The problems here with people turning off Windows Updates can be laid right at the feet of Microsoft.
Sneaking in "Urgent" patchs that introduce unwanted functionality, start spying on the end user, etc? Not to mention the older issues with newer patches breaking production software. And the oldest issue of all, Windows updates breaking (and bricking) systems to the point of needing a complete reload.
If those jackasses up in Redmond would pay attention, and hire people to ride herd on all the Indian and Chinese programmers they're paying pennies a day for, they'd know this by now.
But nope! Gotta shovel this shit out as fast as humanly possible. QA is for pussies! Isn't that what our paying user base is paying for?
This situation has been going on for decades now. And it's only getting worse...
Because these people, long ago, managed to create an atmosphere (social, political, etc) where they could conflate nuclear power with nuclear bombs, and nobody in their right mind would question them, lest they be screeched at incessantly.
Sure, he may have given a reason for ceasing use of the frog artwork HIMSELF.
But the meme jihadis are going to continue using it regardless.
Hell, now that the creator's effectively renounced it, they may even use it MORE. For the lulz.
Sit back and actually THINK about this for a sec.
We've reached a point that, by effectively TOUCHING something, we create a situation where a content creator considers it "destroyed" and relinquishes ownership.
Do you realize what kind of power that imbues on people?
If you want to take something away from someone, simply do something with it they consider "offensive misuse" until they give up on it.
And you can effectively do it with pretty much ANY intellectual property these people own or use!
So. Basically any time this country tries to make itself heard to the government via legitimate avenues, they're going to claim "We got DDOSed!" and do whatever the fuck they want anyhow...
Basically, as long as it moves in lock-step with what major media and a bunch of heavily biased corporations tell you, for your own good of course, it's not fake news.
However, if it dissents in any way with the popular narrative, it's GOTTA be fake!
See! We even have Snopes and FactCheck.org looking into it for us! Because none of their fact-checkers would EVER exhibit ANY sort of bias! And any stories to the contrary MUST be fake news right?
Now to get real here.
Any time you see "news" from ANY outlet whatsoever, assume that the outlet has some sort of sociopolitical axe to grind. Apply skepticism in liberal amounts. Do your OWN fact-checking.
Well, unless you like looking like an idiot later on if you're parroting something incorrect...
1: Ignore them. They're simply a service provider.
OR if you're too constitutionally frail for that option like an adult should be
2: Rake together a metric shitload of money and buy the company.
Then you can have your way with your company. Which will immediately begin shedding customers because you're not a trustworthy provider any longer.
And, in the end, you can go broke knowing you shut down that EEEEVIL bastion of wrong-think support!
Because hey, you can always live fat on the public teat...unless you're white or heterosexual or a guy (or all of the above).
Freedom of speech is UNIVERSAL. It does not mean YOU get to say whatever you want and make anyone who disagrees with you shut up. Even if what they're saying is stupid, and evil and offensive.
You want to beat these people? BEAT THEM WITH BETTER *IDEAS*!
Until more people realize this, they're no better than the people they hate on.
So, yes, you are. Way to admit to lying in the next sentence, retard.
Wow. You normally this ignorant of grammar? Or did you have to practice?
One is not a negation of the other. It's a distinction.
I'm saying, as of right now, there are problems with solar that will continue to prevent it, in its current format, from being a truly significant fraction of the US power budget. Both on a carrier level and on a personal system level.
Given a bit more time for the technology to advance, as well as ancillary technologies (like batteries), and it'll begin being more sensible in a broader application. And THAT is when we'll see it start taking off into appreciable percentage points.
A) Further improvements in efficiency (currently seen in the lab but having not made it to market yet) and form factor, both for the solar cells themselves, as well as power storage systems
B) Scaling of the industry, resulting in further price drops,
C) Elimination of subsidies so true, universal pricing can be factored.
Basically, out in the future, I can see my minor complaints about solar TOTALLY falling away. In fact, I EXPECT them to. So, when I say "It's not "there" yet. It doesn't mean I think "there" is an unreachable end-point that isn't worth striving for.
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The problems here with people turning off Windows Updates can be laid right at the feet of Microsoft.
Sneaking in "Urgent" patchs that introduce unwanted functionality, start spying on the end user, etc?
Not to mention the older issues with newer patches breaking production software.
And the oldest issue of all, Windows updates breaking (and bricking) systems to the point of needing a complete reload.
If those jackasses up in Redmond would pay attention, and hire people to ride herd on all the Indian and Chinese programmers they're paying pennies a day for, they'd know this by now.
But nope! Gotta shovel this shit out as fast as humanly possible. QA is for pussies! Isn't that what our paying user base is paying for?
This situation has been going on for decades now. And it's only getting worse...
Okay, phones and even less useful tablets.
Happy now Mr. AC Fuckface?
Yeah, because if I want to steal content, the FIRST device I think of for doing so is MY FUCKING PHONE.
Riiiight.
Never mind that a desktop (or even a laptop) PC is orders of magnitude more powerful and possesses FAR more options for absconding with the content...
Because these people, long ago, managed to create an atmosphere (social, political, etc) where they could conflate nuclear power with nuclear bombs, and nobody in their right mind would question them, lest they be screeched at incessantly.
Exactly.
Today's "nuclear expert" is yesterday's nuke hating alarmist protestor.
And the actual amount of real knowledge about the nuclear industry, nuclear power and nuclear weapons in general is about the same. Nil.
Survey?
What survey?
Nonono! I think you are MISTAKEN!
I could do very well without any or all of the above companies.
None of them offer any services I'd particularly miss.
It's not unpopular to stupid shame.
The main problem is, stupid shaming doesn't work.
You have to have some modicum of intelligence to experience shame.
This is why stupid people are effectively shameless.
Chas, the Bringer of Truth. Fuck you Snopes, Chas is here.
You apparently missed my "Fuck that. Do your own research." message.
Not surprising....
Sure, he may have given a reason for ceasing use of the frog artwork HIMSELF.
But the meme jihadis are going to continue using it regardless.
Hell, now that the creator's effectively renounced it, they may even use it MORE. For the lulz.
Sit back and actually THINK about this for a sec.
We've reached a point that, by effectively TOUCHING something, we create a situation where a content creator considers it "destroyed" and relinquishes ownership.
Do you realize what kind of power that imbues on people?
If you want to take something away from someone, simply do something with it they consider "offensive misuse" until they give up on it.
And you can effectively do it with pretty much ANY intellectual property these people own or use!
SIMPLY BY CO-OPTING IT!
How fucking crazy and stupid is that?
So. Basically any time this country tries to make itself heard to the government via legitimate avenues, they're going to claim "We got DDOSed!" and do whatever the fuck they want anyhow...
JOY!
How can the truth about FC.org and Snopes be either baseless or a smear?
Shows what you know.
We've been living in Idiocracy since the 90's.
Basically, as long as it moves in lock-step with what major media and a bunch of heavily biased corporations tell you, for your own good of course, it's not fake news.
However, if it dissents in any way with the popular narrative, it's GOTTA be fake!
See! We even have Snopes and FactCheck.org looking into it for us! Because none of their fact-checkers would EVER exhibit ANY sort of bias!
And any stories to the contrary MUST be fake news right?
Now to get real here.
Any time you see "news" from ANY outlet whatsoever, assume that the outlet has some sort of sociopolitical axe to grind.
Apply skepticism in liberal amounts.
Do your OWN fact-checking.
Well, unless you like looking like an idiot later on if you're parroting something incorrect...
1: Ignore them. They're simply a service provider.
OR if you're too constitutionally frail for that option like an adult should be
2: Rake together a metric shitload of money and buy the company.
Then you can have your way with your company. Which will immediately begin shedding customers because you're not a trustworthy provider any longer.
And, in the end, you can go broke knowing you shut down that EEEEVIL bastion of wrong-think support!
Because hey, you can always live fat on the public teat...unless you're white or heterosexual or a guy (or all of the above).
Freedom of speech is UNIVERSAL.
It does not mean YOU get to say whatever you want and make anyone who disagrees with you shut up.
Even if what they're saying is stupid, and evil and offensive.
You want to beat these people?
BEAT THEM WITH BETTER *IDEAS*!
Until more people realize this, they're no better than the people they hate on.
It gives us a chance to eradicate some of these ancient diseases for good.
Rather than going "Locked in the ice. Too much trouble!"
"AT THIS TIME"
So, yes, you are. Way to admit to lying in the next sentence, retard.
Wow. You normally this ignorant of grammar? Or did you have to practice?
One is not a negation of the other. It's a distinction.
I'm saying, as of right now, there are problems with solar that will continue to prevent it, in its current format, from being a truly significant fraction of the US power budget. Both on a carrier level and on a personal system level.
Given a bit more time for the technology to advance, as well as ancillary technologies (like batteries), and it'll begin being more sensible in a broader application. And THAT is when we'll see it start taking off into appreciable percentage points.
So, anything else you wish to troll about?
Well, the US doesn't.
Mainly because we have no more P238 in stock.
Yeah. The new layout somewhat obfuscates functionality.
And the comment system is currently broken in this layout. It doesn't respect carriage returns.
So you wind up with "walloftext"
Reread the part when I talk about the divide between the rich and the poor.
I am not picking out solar.
I am picking out solar AT THIS TIME.
Assuming
A) Further improvements in efficiency (currently seen in the lab but having not made it to market yet) and form factor, both for the solar cells themselves, as well as power storage systems
B) Scaling of the industry, resulting in further price drops,
C) Elimination of subsidies so true, universal pricing can be factored.
Basically, out in the future, I can see my minor complaints about solar TOTALLY falling away. In fact, I EXPECT them to.
So, when I say "It's not "there" yet. It doesn't mean I think "there" is an unreachable end-point that isn't worth striving for.
Yes but they're commonly referred to as "nuclear batteries".
Exactly. He's assuming an adjustable system for more or less perfect angle with a true solar south facing and minimal property shading.
Yeah. No.
Things like "carbon taxes" are just a scam.
Because it doesn't affect the industry power generator AT ALL. The costs are simply passed on to the customer.
As the poster above said, the rich can avoid those, and the non-rich simply don't have the capital to switch over to something else. So they're STUCK.
Actually there is such a thing as a nuclear battery.
Essentially it's a chunk of pure plutonium which generate power as the element decays.
It's useful for low power operations over a VERY extended period (like space probes).
Elsewhere, it's not so useful.