Despite recent articals to the contrary, Vista is NOT secure at all for the average user, because the security "features"are so annoying that the average user turns them off after a very short time.
Odd. The only time I see Vista's security features is when FF upgrades itself. Certainly not enough to annoy me.
Using Gmail for file storage, last time I checked, was neither supported or even condoned -- hence the reason you need third party apps to do it.
IME, those third party apps tend to break everytime Google makes a change. I don't really blame either Google or the third party app-maker for that, but the fact is, using Gmail for file storage is like playing Russian roulette with your data.
Without a DVR, there is zero chance that I'll see any show that doesn't air between 7-10PM on weekdays. For that matter, the odds of me seeing shows that ARE between 7-10PM is slim, since I'm often doing other stuff too. From their POV, they'd probably be better off with me seeing bits of pieces of commercials at FF speed than with me seeing nothing at all.
Agreed! Someone in one of the games I play has been playing the game for a long time and developed a reputation as an "elder statesman". I picture him as a distingushed older man with a wise voice. But, IRL he's 15, and presumably has a teen voice. I just ignore his RL age, but that would be a lot harder with voice.
I thought it was the opposite. Linux tends to work great on old hardware, but the 2007 computer you just bought probably has a shitload of unsupported stuff on it.
It's pretty much the same in the US, except that we don't have a "national" debit card. But that won't solve the OP's problem because he doesn't have (or want) a bank account.
IME, it's possible to avoid bank fees, but it's also easy, especially for poor people, to get socked by them. My main bank charges if I go below a minimum balance, or if I make too many withdrawals on my savings account in a 3 month period. I haven't gotten either of those fees in years, but I used to get them when my finances were in the toilet.
If we assume that there has been intelligent life somewhere in the galaxy, not necessarily one continuous civilization or species, for at least half of that time and that at some point one of these species developed a barely practicable interstellar drive, able to travel at say 1/1000 light speed, then the fact that we are not already part of some vast galactic empire tends to suggest, with high probability, that such travel is simply not possible or at best not practicable since there has already been enough time elapsed for this (the colonization of the Milky Way) to have happened at least a couple of times over.
How do you know we're NOT in the middle of a vast galactic empire? We're probably one of a large number of planets listed under the "No intelligent life" category.
If you really want to get picky on classification, we probably shouldn't put the outer planets in the same category with Earth. Earth & Pluto are more alike than Earth & Uranus. Earth & Pluto are both round, solid masses of various minerals. Uranus and the other outer planets are just enormous masses of gas with no solid surface and no rocky minerals.
A few months ago, I had problems with the electricity in my 100 year old house. The furnice, refrigerator, and some of my overhead lights worked, but the power to the wall outlets kept going out at unpredictable times. Which meant no TV, no Internet, no desktop PC, and barely enough juice in my laptop for 1 or 2 DVDs. It took nearly a month to get the problem fixed. The biggest thing I missed was the Internet.
The Allies didn't NEED to slaughter the Germans. They surrendered. But what if they had fought on after the war was lost? What if they had still planned to conquer the world and were prepared to fight for 1,000 years to accomplish that, even after we had destroyed their warmachines?
IMO, many people take drugs with the attitude that "I won't get addicted because only losers get addicted". So, he takes the drugs and, surprise, he gets addicted.
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Odd. The only time I see Vista's security features is when FF upgrades itself. Certainly not enough to annoy me.
Loyalty buys loyalty. If I know my company is going to screw me, I won't feel too bad about screwing them.
What if you forget the password?
IME, those third party apps tend to break everytime Google makes a change. I don't really blame either Google or the third party app-maker for that, but the fact is, using Gmail for file storage is like playing Russian roulette with your data.
Probably quite awhile, at my current weight. A bigger problem for my namesake was the possibility of becoming food!
Without a DVR, there is zero chance that I'll see any show that doesn't air between 7-10PM on weekdays. For that matter, the odds of me seeing shows that ARE between 7-10PM is slim, since I'm often doing other stuff too. From their POV, they'd probably be better off with me seeing bits of pieces of commercials at FF speed than with me seeing nothing at all.
Agreed! Someone in one of the games I play has been playing the game for a long time and developed a reputation as an "elder statesman". I picture him as a distingushed older man with a wise voice. But, IRL he's 15, and presumably has a teen voice. I just ignore his RL age, but that would be a lot harder with voice.
I thought it was the opposite. Linux tends to work great on old hardware, but the 2007 computer you just bought probably has a shitload of unsupported stuff on it.
It's pretty much the same in the US, except that we don't have a "national" debit card. But that won't solve the OP's problem because he doesn't have (or want) a bank account.
IME, it's possible to avoid bank fees, but it's also easy, especially for poor people, to get socked by them. My main bank charges if I go below a minimum balance, or if I make too many withdrawals on my savings account in a 3 month period. I haven't gotten either of those fees in years, but I used to get them when my finances were in the toilet.
Or it could work the other way. We might advance more in the next century than we did in the last 5,000 years.
How do you know we're NOT in the middle of a vast galactic empire? We're probably one of a large number of planets listed under the "No intelligent life" category.
It would get them off the streets for 10 years!
As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing wrong with vigilantism, as long as you get the right guy.
If you really want to get picky on classification, we probably shouldn't put the outer planets in the same category with Earth. Earth & Pluto are more alike than Earth & Uranus. Earth & Pluto are both round, solid masses of various minerals. Uranus and the other outer planets are just enormous masses of gas with no solid surface and no rocky minerals.
Yeah, she could make his life hell for that!
Only in Kansas! And, in their defense, that part of the world IS flat.
A few months ago, I had problems with the electricity in my 100 year old house. The furnice, refrigerator, and some of my overhead lights worked, but the power to the wall outlets kept going out at unpredictable times. Which meant no TV, no Internet, no desktop PC, and barely enough juice in my laptop for 1 or 2 DVDs. It took nearly a month to get the problem fixed. The biggest thing I missed was the Internet.
Goats with machine guns? (I refuse to say anything else goat related)
I'll just send this email to my lawyer and - oops!
The Allies didn't NEED to slaughter the Germans. They surrendered. But what if they had fought on after the war was lost? What if they had still planned to conquer the world and were prepared to fight for 1,000 years to accomplish that, even after we had destroyed their warmachines?
when I can get tissues by asking "Beam me up scotties".
Makes sense, since the real world sucks.
That assumes that the mall owner IS smart enough not to piss off too many shoppers. In the case of LJ, that is questionable.
IMO, many people take drugs with the attitude that "I won't get addicted because only losers get addicted". So, he takes the drugs and, surprise, he gets addicted.