Actually, I don't believe I used the expression "BDSM" anywhere in my post...I believe I was more specific. Or, are you defending violence as a form of affection?
You might be surprised how much I do know of the BDSM community. In some manifestations, the "top" is merely the guide who assist the "bottom" in exploring directions they could never have gone alone. In a perfect arrangement, it is the "bottom" that should have ultimate control. However, like all relationships, perfection is rare.
BDSM covers a wide swath of the "kink" community, while much of it is benign, there are aspects that get dangerous ("edge play", for example). There is also a tendancy for both sides (top and bottom) to want to go a little further each time as the "novelty" wears off.
However, there's no point in me going into the psychology here.....what I know comes from friends who are themselves members of this community....and they talk to me about it because I am not judgemental.
When setting up the "family computer" about a year ago, I was looking at a screensaver that grabbed images at random from the internet and assembled them into a collage. What I described is pretty much one of the images that came up (and don't think that was the worst - I'd probably get Slashdot in legal trouble if I described the worst of what came up). Further testing of this screensaver would show that, on almost every run, it would grab what I would call an "non child-friendly image".
Now mind you, I have no problem with nudity.....but too many of these "random images" were a problem. Here's the thing....if I'm finding these images on a random search, then my kids are likely to find them as well. Hence, my desire to control their level of access, at least for now.
And yes.....that particular screensaver hack is disabled.
Timmy can go to his local library and check out old issues of National Geographic - which, as we all know, has plenty of pictures of Nubian goddesses in all their naked glory!
Nudity != PORN , I'm really not concerned if my children see a naked human. To take such a position would be an insult to the human body itself...not to mention it's creator (should you subscribe to that belief).
However, same "Nubian Goddess" strapping on a rubber penis and moving toward some hapless individual tied, bent-over, to a table....now we have a problem here...don't we? NOW, we confuse notions of violence and sexual behaviour....NOW, we begin to present people as objects....NOW, we create an even bigger insult to the human body.
Various groups try to make this issue more complex than it really is, but it's quite simple
I haven't had that problem yet...and I've tried SLAX, SuSE, and Knoppix with the KDE desktop....I don't really see much difference with Kubuntu although SuSE has a lot more configuration utilities.
Also, from my experience with Ubuntu, it is possible to just create a Root account, info is in the forums....that should deal with your dialog issues if nothing else will.
Also, I have nothing against Gnome....I've spent more then a year using exclusivly Gnome and it works just fine....but I've also spent a similar amount of time with KDE and, all things considered, I like it better.
I'd say, if anything, this latest version of KDE is more responsive, and I'm running a relatively low end system.
Having a couple of small children who play the GameCube, and knowing the Wii provides internet access and is backwards-compatable with the GameCube games...I have been considering getting one so as to have an internet access port at the TV for sites like "Playhouse Disney", "Nicklodeon", "PBS", etc.
Not to be a prude, but there is some pretty harsh stuff out there (not just porn BTW) that is not exactly "kid-friendly".
While screaming, "but you can get to porn!...THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!" is a tad reactionary, it would be a cool feature to store a "white-list" of acceptable websites on the console. So, that this particular "internet access port" is limited to specific locations - very much like enabling "parental control" on my Satellite TV box.
Just upgraded from Ubuntu Breezy to Kubuntu Edgy....after having decided that, while I liked Ubuntu better than SuSE, I also prefered KDE to Gnome. I like to run a "clean" desktop but I did break down and add the SuperKaramba package "Liquid Weather"....
It's a very slick looking desktop...won't be upgrading to Vista here
were occurring right at that magic age around 25, when we tend to loose that elasticity of brain that allows us to hold more complex logic structures in our heads
No, the brain remains compliant as long as you keep it challenged. Case in point, Chess "Super" GrandMaster Anatoly Karpov recently returned from retirement to participate in a major tournament and actually went un-defeated...besting other "Super" Grandmaster's including Kasparov....Based on that tournament, his estimated ELO would have been over 2900....and many noted that, if anything, he's become stronger.
Many people in the competitive chess world think as you do. That is, if you don't make GM by the age of 20, you never will. I'm about twice that age and just started playing competitively - never really played before but I took the game up primarily to keep my mind active. Good thing I don't subscribe to the theory that I should be "loosing my ability to hold complex logic structures in my head".
For another example, where I currently work I sometimes get asked questions from the younger engineers. One day, one of them asked me how I was able to remember all of this stuff given that I've been out of college so long. I told him that the vast majority of what I learned was after I graduated.
In college, you are forced to apply yourself. After that, you're on your own. It's not age that causes you to lose your mental sharpness, it's atrophy....you lose if you don't use it. If you stay physically active, you remain physically fit, if you stay mentally active, you remain mentally fit.
Solid, well designed, gameplay is better than "rich graphics" and a "M for Mature" rating?
Not that you can't have all of the above, but the latter can't substiture for the former. Very interesting that the "lower end" Wii doing so well by comparison.
Been at the present gig a little over a year but it has been very difficult to get 'hooked in'. Long story, I came on board for a particular project that wasn't ready when I arrived so I wound up getting "bounced around" and they never did quite figure out what to do with me. This, in turn, left me with a very insecure feeling about my job security here.
Meanwhile, another company (or headhunter) finds me and makes this monster offer - way too good to refuse.
This would be the second job I've left in as many years, the first was due to reductions in health care and this one is just disorganized management I suppose.
Prior to that however, I had decent longevity, and I sincerely hope this latest one turns out to be the same deal.
As far as the interview went, I was honest, but I didn't trash my current employer. In fact, they've got good people where I'm at.....they're just disorganized.
I've been out of my parent's basement for little more than a year and I have only good things to say about the dating market
Some of those eHarmony chicks are hot!
So far, there doesn't seem to be any lack of demand for a good geek
A real-live woman actually talked to me yesterday
I've got to admit, though, I feel a little disloyal at this point. Several girls have come my way and I've taken them. My list of ex-girlfriends is starting to make me look a bit restless and it worries me
I've yet to make it past the first date
Until now I've just chalked it up to 'It's just hormones,'
One or two of them have restaining orders against me
but now another chick has been dropped into my lap.
I crashed into her shopping cart at the supermarket
Would I be digging my own grave by taking this girl?
{Most likely}
It'd be only my fourth time speaking to a woman in 19 years
{The most accurate statement made so far}
but each offered benefits and a 30% to 40% increase in cup size.
{The most in-accurate statment you've made so far}
I know better than to put a price on satisfaction but I'm pretty certain I'd be happy with her even though all I ever do with girls is hold hands.
{if you're getting that far with this one...hold onto that}
Is being branded as a 'hot potato' enough to keep you from switching? What's your price on this stigma?
all the more tantalizing. Even if the only thing we did was use Mars as a test bed for climatological effects on Earth. It's an engineering/scientific endevour that appears just out of our reach...but only just.
Then again...it may be that the phrase, "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature" applies to the Solar System as well.
We simply purchase pre-installed with Windows, wipe the drive, and install Linux. This reminds me of when you could still purchase music on cassette tapes. Often, if you needed a cassette to record on, it would be cheaper to grab something out of the bargin bin from some washed-up band, put a piece of tape over the copy protection hole, and viola', you have an inexpensive cassette tape ready to record on.
The main difference is that I always felt a little guilty about bying someones music just because I wanted the cassette it was recorded on.
They are offering fixed rate contracts as long as 25 years.....I don't think we're necessariy dealing with a bold-faced scam here. More likely, we are dealing with a potentially over-ambitious business model. I'm looking into it right now and my first question is, "where are they getting the money from?"
Right now, it appears that all you are on the hook for is a $500.00 deposit. You would lose that if they went bankrupt I suppose.
I'd love to see it work....but I don't yet understand where the profit is coming from.
They can simply require any submission to have some sort of referenceable source...you know, kinda like what I have to do when I make a regulatory compliance finding or structural analysis.
Although...I did once reference a paper that I wrote on work done a few years later...this then, would be the engineering equivalent of "because I said so".
Then again, the prior paper had numerous outside references to support it.
The point is, Wikipedia can require submitters to show some evidence that they are not just "pulling this out of their ass".
Slashdot Mirror
I've heard there are plans to make that into a movie....my understanding is that it also does not "end well".
Then again...they could do the "Count of Monte Cristo" treatment to it.
For that matter, the original Count of Monte Cristo did not end well, nor does Casablanca....but those are "old movies", so perhaps you have a point.
Also...you do realize that only a user on the list of "sudo-ers" can do that right?
Actually, I don't believe I used the expression "BDSM" anywhere in my post...I believe I was more specific. Or, are you defending violence as a form of affection?
You might be surprised how much I do know of the BDSM community. In some manifestations, the "top" is merely the guide who assist the "bottom" in exploring directions they could never have gone alone. In a perfect arrangement, it is the "bottom" that should have ultimate control. However, like all relationships, perfection is rare.
BDSM covers a wide swath of the "kink" community, while much of it is benign, there are aspects that get dangerous ("edge play", for example). There is also a tendancy for both sides (top and bottom) to want to go a little further each time as the "novelty" wears off.
However, there's no point in me going into the psychology here.....what I know comes from friends who are themselves members of this community....and they talk to me about it because I am not judgemental.
When setting up the "family computer" about a year ago, I was looking at a screensaver that grabbed images at random from the internet and assembled them into a collage. What I described is pretty much one of the images that came up (and don't think that was the worst - I'd probably get Slashdot in legal trouble if I described the worst of what came up). Further testing of this screensaver would show that, on almost every run, it would grab what I would call an "non child-friendly image".
Now mind you, I have no problem with nudity.....but too many of these "random images" were a problem. Here's the thing....if I'm finding these images on a random search, then my kids are likely to find them as well. Hence, my desire to control their level of access, at least for now.
And yes.....that particular screensaver hack is disabled.
Timmy can go to his local library and check out old issues of National Geographic - which, as we all know, has plenty of pictures of Nubian goddesses in all their naked glory!
Nudity != PORN , I'm really not concerned if my children see a naked human. To take such a position would be an insult to the human body itself...not to mention it's creator (should you subscribe to that belief).
However, same "Nubian Goddess" strapping on a rubber penis and moving toward some hapless individual tied, bent-over, to a table....now we have a problem here...don't we? NOW, we confuse notions of violence and sexual behaviour....NOW, we begin to present people as objects....NOW, we create an even bigger insult to the human body.
Various groups try to make this issue more complex than it really is, but it's quite simple
Body == GOOD
abuse of body == BAD
Objectification of fellow humans == BAD
Confusing violence and affection == BAD
etc.
Thanks :)
Now, if I can figure out how to make user-specific whitelist on my Kubuntu box, I'd be golden.
I haven't had that problem yet...and I've tried SLAX, SuSE, and Knoppix with the KDE desktop....I don't really see much difference with Kubuntu although SuSE has a lot more configuration utilities.
Also, from my experience with Ubuntu, it is possible to just create a Root account, info is in the forums....that should deal with your dialog issues if nothing else will.
Also, I have nothing against Gnome....I've spent more then a year using exclusivly Gnome and it works just fine....but I've also spent a similar amount of time with KDE and, all things considered, I like it better.
I'd say, if anything, this latest version of KDE is more responsive, and I'm running a relatively low end system.
Having a couple of small children who play the GameCube, and knowing the Wii provides internet access and is backwards-compatable with the GameCube games...I have been considering getting one so as to have an internet access port at the TV for sites like "Playhouse Disney", "Nicklodeon", "PBS", etc.
Not to be a prude, but there is some pretty harsh stuff out there (not just porn BTW) that is not exactly "kid-friendly".
While screaming, "but you can get to porn!...THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!" is a tad reactionary, it would be a cool feature to store a "white-list" of acceptable websites on the console. So, that this particular "internet access port" is limited to specific locations - very much like enabling "parental control" on my Satellite TV box.
That would seem reasonable.
Such as?
I've not run into any problems so far, anything in particular I should be aware of?
It was a full page magazine add that simply read:
C:\ONGRATS.W95!
Poking fun at the fact the W95 can now support long file names.
Just upgraded from Ubuntu Breezy to Kubuntu Edgy....after having decided that, while I liked Ubuntu better than SuSE, I also prefered KDE to Gnome. I like to run a "clean" desktop but I did break down and add the SuperKaramba package "Liquid Weather"....
It's a very slick looking desktop...won't be upgrading to Vista here
36,000 files on the disk...36,000 files!
Deleting this file, Cancel or Allow?
35,999 files on the disk
35,999 files on the disk....35,999 files!
Delete this file, Cancel or Allow?
35,998 files on the disk
etc.....
were occurring right at that magic age around 25, when we tend to loose that elasticity of brain that allows us to hold more complex logic structures in our heads
No, the brain remains compliant as long as you keep it challenged. Case in point, Chess "Super" GrandMaster Anatoly Karpov recently returned from retirement to participate in a major tournament and actually went un-defeated...besting other "Super" Grandmaster's including Kasparov....Based on that tournament, his estimated ELO would have been over 2900....and many noted that, if anything, he's become stronger.
Many people in the competitive chess world think as you do. That is, if you don't make GM by the age of 20, you never will. I'm about twice that age and just started playing competitively - never really played before but I took the game up primarily to keep my mind active. Good thing I don't subscribe to the theory that I should be "loosing my ability to hold complex logic structures in my head".
For another example, where I currently work I sometimes get asked questions from the younger engineers. One day, one of them asked me how I was able to remember all of this stuff given that I've been out of college so long. I told him that the vast majority of what I learned was after I graduated.
In college, you are forced to apply yourself. After that, you're on your own. It's not age that causes you to lose your mental sharpness, it's atrophy....you lose if you don't use it. If you stay physically active, you remain physically fit, if you stay mentally active, you remain mentally fit.
Samba De Amigo? DDR? I guess I would say that, if the game is fun....it's well designed
Solid, well designed, gameplay is better than "rich graphics" and a "M for Mature" rating?
Not that you can't have all of the above, but the latter can't substiture for the former. Very interesting that the "lower end" Wii doing so well by comparison.
Been at the present gig a little over a year but it has been very difficult to get 'hooked in'. Long story, I came on board for a particular project that wasn't ready when I arrived so I wound up getting "bounced around" and they never did quite figure out what to do with me. This, in turn, left me with a very insecure feeling about my job security here.
Meanwhile, another company (or headhunter) finds me and makes this monster offer - way too good to refuse.
This would be the second job I've left in as many years, the first was due to reductions in health care and this one is just disorganized management I suppose.
Prior to that however, I had decent longevity, and I sincerely hope this latest one turns out to be the same deal.
As far as the interview went, I was honest, but I didn't trash my current employer. In fact, they've got good people where I'm at.....they're just disorganized.
I've been out of my parent's basement for little more than a year and I have only good things to say about the dating market
Some of those eHarmony chicks are hot!
So far, there doesn't seem to be any lack of demand for a good geek
A real-live woman actually talked to me yesterday
I've got to admit, though, I feel a little disloyal at this point. Several girls have come my way and I've taken them. My list of ex-girlfriends is starting to make me look a bit restless and it worries me
I've yet to make it past the first date
Until now I've just chalked it up to 'It's just hormones,'
One or two of them have restaining orders against me
but now another chick has been dropped into my lap.
I crashed into her shopping cart at the supermarket
Would I be digging my own grave by taking this girl?
{Most likely}
It'd be only my fourth time speaking to a woman in 19 years
{The most accurate statement made so far}
but each offered benefits and a 30% to 40% increase in cup size.
{The most in-accurate statment you've made so far}
I know better than to put a price on satisfaction but I'm pretty certain I'd be happy with her even though all I ever do with girls is hold hands.
{if you're getting that far with this one...hold onto that}
Is being branded as a 'hot potato' enough to keep you from switching? What's your price on this stigma?
"hot potato" = Horny and Fat
all the more tantalizing. Even if the only thing we did was use Mars as a test bed for climatological effects on Earth. It's an engineering/scientific endevour that appears just out of our reach...but only just.
Then again...it may be that the phrase, "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature" applies to the Solar System as well.
The apathy demonstrated by M$ or thier sheer ignorance
:) }
meh...who knows?....who cares?
{so, is this joke beaten to death yet
We simply purchase pre-installed with Windows, wipe the drive, and install Linux. This reminds me of when you could still purchase music on cassette tapes. Often, if you needed a cassette to record on, it would be cheaper to grab something out of the bargin bin from some washed-up band, put a piece of tape over the copy protection hole, and viola', you have an inexpensive cassette tape ready to record on.
The main difference is that I always felt a little guilty about bying someones music just because I wanted the cassette it was recorded on.
I think the naysayers will be put in their place in the next month or so when the press release comes out
Excellent, I'm trying to look at these guys with an open mind....I look forward to thier press release.
They are offering fixed rate contracts as long as 25 years.....I don't think we're necessariy dealing with a bold-faced scam here. More likely, we are dealing with a potentially over-ambitious business model. I'm looking into it right now and my first question is, "where are they getting the money from?"
Right now, it appears that all you are on the hook for is a $500.00 deposit. You would lose that if they went bankrupt I suppose.
I'd love to see it work....but I don't yet understand where the profit is coming from.
They can simply require any submission to have some sort of referenceable source...you know, kinda like what I have to do when I make a regulatory compliance finding or structural analysis.
Although...I did once reference a paper that I wrote on work done a few years later...this then, would be the engineering equivalent of "because I said so".
Then again, the prior paper had numerous outside references to support it.
The point is, Wikipedia can require submitters to show some evidence that they are not just "pulling this out of their ass".
but you didn't hear that from me....nor that he whacks them around almost every day...
Paul Newman, I think.....addresses this very issue, you'll like it.