I think it is rather remarkable that the United States and much of Canada share mostly-comprehensible dialects of the same language. If you look at the same land area anywhere else in the world, you don't have as much homogeneity as we have here.
Not really that surprising. The same group of people took over the US and most of Canada. The natives were at least as diverse lingustically as the rest of the world. Same for South America; except for Brazil & Hatii, everyone speaks Spanish.
The impression I got is, it's not so much the browser. It's the fact that the user doesn't control the computer. At work, I use IE7, but even if I used FF (or Opera, Iron, Lead, or whatever), I wouldn't do anything regarding important passwords (my/. pw doesn't count) on it.
If someone's password is suitably embarrassing odds are quite good that they won't share it with anyone
One of my passwords awhile back had very nit-picky rules for passwords. After about a dozen attempts, I finally found one it accepted. I can guarantee I would never repeat THAT password.
I use a compromise. I've never had a pet. People who know me might guess whose pet I'd "borrow", but that pet croaked decades ago, and there's probably 3 people on the planet who would know that pet, rather than the 15 other pets that person has had. And it's not on FB.:)
I agree. I'm not really the same person I was in HS, but my "inner core" is the same. I'm a natural introvert, but I handle myself fine in social situations, which would have been impossible as a teen or even young adult. But I'm an introvert acting outgoing, not an extrovert.
My case is similar. In high school, I was a classic nerd; sharp in class, totally clueless socially. Nowdays, I have no problem appearing to fit in socially, but I'm still an introvert, even if I can act extroverted.
A big asteroid would take out Earth, but our Mars colony would survive. The sun expanding to a Red Giant would wipe out the solar system, but our colony in that solar system past Betleguse (sic) would survive. The more spread out we are, the harder it will be to kill all of us.
I agree with your point. But, as far as I'm concerned, the Sex Offender List is already worthless. Weiner deserves to be on the list more than the guy who "watered" the bushes, or the 18 y/o kid who celebrated his GFs birthday 2 hours too soon.
I'm in spitting distance of 50. I put two spaces between sentences when I was chiseling them on stone. I put two spaces between sentences when I was typing. So, I still put two spaces on the computer.
I haven't seen any current 3D stuff, but I remember in prehistoric times, I tried to fit 3D glasses over my prescription glasses, and it didn't work well.
For the most part, I prefer reading "real" books to ebooks. However, I don't have room for anymore "real" books. My shelves are overflowing. I can store a lot of ebooks on a Kindle/iPad/iPhone. Also, since I always have my iPhone with me, that means I always have an e-library with me.
However, the difficulty will be convincing people who have been extremely active throughout their lives that it's a good idea
Yeah, that's a problem. My mom has poo-pood any suggestion of any such thing, and it's true that she still gets around fine. But it's only natural that I'm concerned, considering how old the mother of a Cro Magnon must be.
My income is quite a bit less than 100K. My GF's income wouldn't hit 100K with an assist from a runaway Prius. Other than my cow-orkers, most of the people I know are closer to my GF's income than to mine. Unless you live in one of the ultra-expensive parts of the country, 200K is NOT middle-class.
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Not really that surprising. The same group of people took over the US and most of Canada. The natives were at least as diverse lingustically as the rest of the world. Same for South America; except for Brazil & Hatii, everyone speaks Spanish.
That's what plastic surgery is for.
What if your speed varied from 63 to 68? Does each creep past 65 count as a seperate violation?
The impression I got is, it's not so much the browser. It's the fact that the user doesn't control the computer. At work, I use IE7, but even if I used FF (or Opera, Iron, Lead, or whatever), I wouldn't do anything regarding important passwords (my /. pw doesn't count) on it.
One of my passwords awhile back had very nit-picky rules for passwords. After about a dozen attempts, I finally found one it accepted. I can guarantee I would never repeat THAT password.
That explains why nobody realized that my recommendation that they "toss their cookies" was security advice.
I use a compromise. I've never had a pet. People who know me might guess whose pet I'd "borrow", but that pet croaked decades ago, and there's probably 3 people on the planet who would know that pet, rather than the 15 other pets that person has had. And it's not on FB. :)
Because, when you forget your password 5 years later, you won't have a clue what your security word is.
I agree. I'm not really the same person I was in HS, but my "inner core" is the same. I'm a natural introvert, but I handle myself fine in social situations, which would have been impossible as a teen or even young adult. But I'm an introvert acting outgoing, not an extrovert.
My case is similar. In high school, I was a classic nerd; sharp in class, totally clueless socially. Nowdays, I have no problem appearing to fit in socially, but I'm still an introvert, even if I can act extroverted.
In that case, neither the moon nor Mars would be any better. We'd probably have to go to Uranus to escape that problem.
A big asteroid would take out Earth, but our Mars colony would survive. The sun expanding to a Red Giant would wipe out the solar system, but our colony in that solar system past Betleguse (sic) would survive. The more spread out we are, the harder it will be to kill all of us.
Yes.
I agree with your point. But, as far as I'm concerned, the Sex Offender List is already worthless. Weiner deserves to be on the list more than the guy who "watered" the bushes, or the 18 y/o kid who celebrated his GFs birthday 2 hours too soon.
IE still doesn't have a spelcheker. I noe from personall experience.
My high-school janitor would have been better than most of the Presidential candidates in my lifetime.
I'm in spitting distance of 50. I put two spaces between sentences when I was chiseling them on stone. I put two spaces between sentences when I was typing. So, I still put two spaces on the computer.
I haven't seen any current 3D stuff, but I remember in prehistoric times, I tried to fit 3D glasses over my prescription glasses, and it didn't work well.
For the most part, I prefer reading "real" books to ebooks. However, I don't have room for anymore "real" books. My shelves are overflowing. I can store a lot of ebooks on a Kindle/iPad/iPhone. Also, since I always have my iPhone with me, that means I always have an e-library with me.
Considering the iPhone 4, I think there's still some "ironing" going on.
What makes you think they don't? IME, they're quick enough to catch you if you owe more than you paid.
Yeah, that's a problem. My mom has poo-pood any suggestion of any such thing, and it's true that she still gets around fine. But it's only natural that I'm concerned, considering how old the mother of a Cro Magnon must be.
My income is quite a bit less than 100K. My GF's income wouldn't hit 100K with an assist from a runaway Prius. Other than my cow-orkers, most of the people I know are closer to my GF's income than to mine. Unless you live in one of the ultra-expensive parts of the country, 200K is NOT middle-class.
So, to put it another way, you don't need a BS degree, you need to do BSing?
Well, I am rewriting Duke Nukem Forever in Perl 6, so I can port it to the Hurd.