Yeah, I know - minor upgrade, but an upgrade nonetheless...
Since 98SE is sorta like Win99, why would MS terminate support at the same time? Even 98 users had to pay a relatively small amount to get the SE upgrade.
Dude. It's on Friday nights, after Voyager re-runs on UPN (at least for me), and after ST:NextGen reruns on TNN.
Friday night - after two Treks... IC being a geek-popular show. I don't see how it can lose, except by being a shitty Americanization.
(Somewhat OT: Is Drew Carey the sole reason that the US version of "Whose Line" sucks? The other guys are mostly the same... yet... it's different... in a bad way.)
By "right to remain silent", I was of course referring to the Miranda right to remain silent, and you could tack on the right to be informed of one's Miranda rights, just for shits and giggles.
As for the others, it is not clear that these are Consitutional rights, to me, at least. Even being pro-choice, I'm not sure the reasoning in Roe v. Wade is anything but contrived. And given the tenuous support it has in the High Court today, I'm not alone. Of course, I won't say this too loudly, because, hey.
Yes, these rights are Constitutional rights. But "Constitutional right" != "absolute right". Basically, if the Supreme Court says it's a right, it's a Constitutional right. This can change, of course - and then it wouldn't be a Constitutional right... pretty much leading me to the conclusion that the Court can change the Constitution quite a bit. Legitimacy is an illusion, (though it is a nice one). Get over it.
Having said that, I think the combination of (1) the established Constitutional right to adequate legal representation, (2) The 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination, and (3), the the general issue of privacy that was used to establish Griswold and Roe tells me that there ought to be a pretty strong right to privacy regarding communication with one's lawyer.
Show me where, in the Constitution, one has a right to private communication with one's lawyer.
Show me where, in the Constitution, one has a right to remain silent, a right to seek a safe and legal abortion, or the right to use birth control.
Well, to be honest, you can't. It takes some... eh... "interpretation". But that doesn't make these rights any less "Constitutional". That's because the true Constitution-of-the-USA is more than just the document referred to as "the Constitution". Case in point, the UK is considered a Constitutional form of government (at least in some circles...), yet I double-dog-dare you to find the document that is the "Constitution of the UK".
This is also not to say that the right to an attorney (and have it actually mean anything) is an absolute Constitutional right - it probably isn't. Bet your bottom dollar this will be a US Supreme Court case.
We need to be developing systems for the consumer that are about as idiot-proof as a your toaster or CD-player.
I'm not sure if that is possible, and if it is, I'm sure the Slashdot crowd would be the first to call it a tragedy that computers are crippled in such a way.
Personal anecdote: A relative of mine had trouble w/ Outlook Express hanging up his dialup connection all the time. Of course I know the answer, but it's not to be expected that he would. So when he asked me about it, I took him to my computer and showed him the exact friggin' box to uncheck in the preferences. He wrote down what he saw, so he would be able to do it himself. He was still unable to fix his problem, and it required a housecall to get him working again.
I don't know how my car is built, and I don't care. And I don't think that information should be necessary to drive my car. Same deal with computers.
And yet, we're required to have at least some minimal training and certification to be able to drive a car. No such thing exists for computers, for better or worse. And for those of us who don't know anything about cars, we're still vaguely aquainted with the idea of an internal combustion engine. How many computer users identify the CPU as "the box"?! How many can even get that close?!?! How many people refuse to separate the concepts of RAM from Hard disk capacity, even in the abstract (short term vs. long term), forget being able to identify either component in real-space?!
"It's got more megabytes than the other one, and 800 Em-Ach-Zee."
Lots of philosophical texts require extensive footnoting when translated due to these exact problems. Greek, German, whatever... all have major issues on certain words or phrases.
Even a simple word such as "Volk" has a somewhat different connotation when used by Nietzsche . A good translator will give you extensive footnotes.
How hard would it be to differentiate "Anonymous/.er" from pure AC. Logged-in-AC could get different treatment from not-logged-in-AC.
There could even be a system whereby the Legit-User-AC has his own karma, distinct (or not??) from his real karma.
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Unfortunately M$ has set standards.. file extensions. because their programmers seem to think filename extensions are an effective way of determining file types. (yeah renaming a.exe to.txt works!:-P).
In the unlikely event (it has happened to me) that a file gets the wrong extension (and thus program association), renaming is a hell of a lot easier than the Mac alternative - something that I never did figure out.
By sending that to your Rep's office, you put him/her in a tricky situation. For all intents and purposes, there's no real damage done if the publically funded office just forwards or collects mail that was intended for the re-election campaign. There's no real sense in refusing it once it has already entered the office... Unfortunately, this is still illegal.
Your rep can get busted for accepting funds at his/her publically funded office. This is bad. If your rep does this, s/he could get in deep crap. Do everybody a favor and send it to the re-election office. The public office will be more than willing to give you the address.
Fundraising isn't supposed to be done in publicly funded offices, so don't send them any money.
Inquire about where to send money... and also ask about your particular issue... They will certainly respond to the idea of money (and tell you where to send it), so the chances of getting a response to the rest of your letter would be much higher.
(And hey, maybe you don't want to send 'em any money after all...)
That depends on each Representative's personal way of doing business. Some like to remain very informed about constituent opinions, and others allow their staff to handle 99%+ of all correspondence. And of course, there are those in between...
Do I really need to know the time every five seconds? Or do I occasionally find that a clock is not available when I need one.
Live without a watch for a while, and you'll see how easily you find clocks most places. And when there isn't a clock, there's usually some sucker who plunked down some cash for a watch!
I was disgusted to discover that neither my sister (17) nor her boyfriend (19) could offer any idea about what communism is. Wow. It's not like the idea shaped world history, or like any major countries claim to have Communist governments...
I knew the list was intended to have an element of humor, but I was attempting to ask a serious question, so I figured I'd take my karmic chances and reply anyway. Thanks for responding. I'll probably need to switch to SO in a few years... but not right now.
It's been my experience that if a user is so much a novice that they're tripping over their own feet in Windows, then you can swith them to KDE and they'll be no worse off.
Considering the amount of work I've had to done to get my parents up to their current level of usability with Windows, I'd rather not start all over again. If I were starting from scratch, I wouldn't be as concerned about using KDE or Gnome.
For way too many people, learning to use "the computer" means learning how to use specific Microsoft products.
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Since 98SE is sorta like Win99, why would MS terminate support at the same time? Even 98 users had to pay a relatively small amount to get the SE upgrade.
"I opened that virus just like you told us not to."
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But you're right. It wouldn't be the same without 'em.
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Friday night - after two Treks... IC being a geek-popular show. I don't see how it can lose, except by being a shitty Americanization.
(Somewhat OT: Is Drew Carey the sole reason that the US version of "Whose Line" sucks? The other guys are mostly the same... yet... it's different... in a bad way.)
As for the others, it is not clear that these are Consitutional rights, to me, at least. Even being pro-choice, I'm not sure the reasoning in Roe v. Wade is anything but contrived. And given the tenuous support it has in the High Court today, I'm not alone. Of course, I won't say this too loudly, because, hey.
Yes, these rights are Constitutional rights. But "Constitutional right" != "absolute right". Basically, if the Supreme Court says it's a right, it's a Constitutional right. This can change, of course - and then it wouldn't be a Constitutional right... pretty much leading me to the conclusion that the Court can change the Constitution quite a bit. Legitimacy is an illusion, (though it is a nice one). Get over it.
Having said that, I think the combination of (1) the established Constitutional right to adequate legal representation, (2) The 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination, and (3), the the general issue of privacy that was used to establish Griswold and Roe tells me that there ought to be a pretty strong right to privacy regarding communication with one's lawyer.
Ice Cube is one bad*ss mutha... - shut yo mouth.
Show me where, in the Constitution, one has a right to remain silent, a right to seek a safe and legal abortion, or the right to use birth control.
Well, to be honest, you can't. It takes some ... eh... "interpretation". But that doesn't make these rights any less "Constitutional". That's because the true Constitution-of-the-USA is more than just the document referred to as "the Constitution". Case in point, the UK is considered a Constitutional form of government (at least in some circles...), yet I double-dog-dare you to find the document that is the "Constitution of the UK".
This is also not to say that the right to an attorney (and have it actually mean anything) is an absolute Constitutional right - it probably isn't. Bet your bottom dollar this will be a US Supreme Court case.
I meant that when asked where or what the CPU is, many people will point to "the box".
I'm not sure if that is possible, and if it is, I'm sure the Slashdot crowd would be the first to call it a tragedy that computers are crippled in such a way.
Personal anecdote: A relative of mine had trouble w/ Outlook Express hanging up his dialup connection all the time. Of course I know the answer, but it's not to be expected that he would. So when he asked me about it, I took him to my computer and showed him the exact friggin' box to uncheck in the preferences. He wrote down what he saw, so he would be able to do it himself. He was still unable to fix his problem, and it required a housecall to get him working again.
I don't know how my car is built, and I don't care. And I don't think that information should be necessary to drive my car. Same deal with computers.
And yet, we're required to have at least some minimal training and certification to be able to drive a car. No such thing exists for computers, for better or worse. And for those of us who don't know anything about cars, we're still vaguely aquainted with the idea of an internal combustion engine. How many computer users identify the CPU as "the box"?! How many can even get that close?!?! How many people refuse to separate the concepts of RAM from Hard disk capacity, even in the abstract (short term vs. long term), forget being able to identify either component in real-space?!
"It's got more megabytes than the other one, and 800 Em-Ach-Zee."
Even a simple word such as "Volk" has a somewhat different connotation when used by Nietzsche . A good translator will give you extensive footnotes.
There could even be a system whereby the Legit-User-AC has his own karma, distinct (or not??) from his real karma.
In the unlikely event (it has happened to me) that a file gets the wrong extension (and thus program association), renaming is a hell of a lot easier than the Mac alternative - something that I never did figure out.
You have obviously underestimated the destructive power of chitlins.
Also, all the tracks seem to be available on Morpheus...
Your rep can get busted for accepting funds at his/her publically funded office. This is bad. If your rep does this, s/he could get in deep crap. Do everybody a favor and send it to the re-election office. The public office will be more than willing to give you the address.
Inquire about where to send money... and also ask about your particular issue... They will certainly respond to the idea of money (and tell you where to send it), so the chances of getting a response to the rest of your letter would be much higher.
(And hey, maybe you don't want to send 'em any money after all...)
Somebody please mod this up. This is totally correct.
... there's a virus for the watch that displays 4:20 all the time...?
Why?
Live without a watch for a while, and you'll see how easily you find clocks most places. And when there isn't a clock, there's usually some sucker who plunked down some cash for a watch!
Damn.
I knew the list was intended to have an element of humor, but I was attempting to ask a serious question, so I figured I'd take my karmic chances and reply anyway. Thanks for responding. I'll probably need to switch to SO in a few years... but not right now.
Considering the amount of work I've had to done to get my parents up to their current level of usability with Windows, I'd rather not start all over again. If I were starting from scratch, I wouldn't be as concerned about using KDE or Gnome.
For way too many people, learning to use "the computer" means learning how to use specific Microsoft products.