but when DHS says to do it, it's part of some sinister plot... or is it?
Well, here's the question. What's changed? There are a lot of possibilities here, including increased risk in general, increased risk in security, increased corruption in government, increased power-mongering in government, or some members of the DHS getting a clue. Obviously something's changed, else they wouldn't have made this public announcement. Given the NSA phone call data mining, and the recent terrorist plane bombing plot, it could go either way. But that leaves the question, which is better supported by a modification of the code on my computer? I'm inclined to believe it has more to do with the former than it does with the latter.
The third option, government incompetence, is always a valid possibility, of course.
There have been much more important issues that I was unable to get Slashdot to cover.
Now's your chance to do an end-run around the editors. Why don't you post a couple of stories that you would like to draw more attention to below this, or the parent, comment? I know I'd be curious to see what else is on your mind, and I'm sure many other/. readers would be, too. Sure, it's technically off-topic, but when has that really mattered here?
Believe me, getting a 50%...is...easier. The issue in the United States is the indifferent masses.
Huh? You think it's easier to get 30 million indifferent people to agree and do something about a given situation (how many people voted last election?) than it is to find 100 thousand fanatics who are willing to do just about whatever it takes to make a difference? I think you and I live in two different realities.
It's mainly a psychological addiction, with a reward-based component. It's not unlike being addicted to running. After a while you get an endorphin rush while running, and it can get bad enough for people to cause physical damage from running too much. When playing, you can get a rush from the rewards of successful activities. If you're the type to get addicted, this can be enough.
Then there's the whole "I'm a champion" type thing. For those with unsatisfying lives, this can be more than enough.
I'm kind of torn by this law. I understand how it might be bad to arrest someone for being rude or different, but there are other issues as well. For instance, does this mean it's illegal to make kidney pie?
The right to remain silent in the U.S. is based on the miranda act, which obviously doesn't apply to Canada. This is why having your rights read to you in the U.S. is called being mirandized. If they're not read to you, all kinds of bad things can happen, including the whole case against an obviously guilty person being dropped, hence the severity of the consequences for the police who fail to mirandize people they arrest.
While Canada has no miranda act, we do have the parts you listed in the Charter. This doesn't include the right to remain silent, but apparently that's covered by common law.
Just to be a prick (it's what I do...), in the movie Finding Forrester the kid points out that it is acceptable to start a sentence with "and" in modern english to, among other things, make a point. So your assumption that you were wrong was wrong.
It is possible to play entropia without spending money - just expect to be doing something very similar to farming in WOW, and just as fun. There are people I've met in the game who have attained a moderate level of success this way. I only this week went over the rates you've described, since I wanted to do something very expensive and loses cash at the outset. I hope to have it (crafting) be profitable within a month, or at least no longer requiring funding to continue.
In short, you can throw time at it, and save your money. Or you can throw money at it and get to the more enjoyable aspects of the game more quickly.
I personally think that anyone running a modern OS could do with at least 2 cores. The responsiveness of the system would make it all worthwhile. As far as 8 cores, sure maybe one application couldn't use all that, but I currently have 5 applications running right now, 3 of which are active while in the background. I also have SQL server running, and god only knows how many other services in the background. I think I could decently utilize 4 cores RIGHT NOW, let alone what I would do on a day with different tasks on my plate, what I would do if my system could handle it, or what I may need to do in the future.
Then there's my boss. She'll routinely have enough windows open to slow down any workstation-class computer. It almost makes me scream when I see it. but why shouldn't you be able to do that? Why should I have to tell my mother "don't open what you don't need, it will slow your system and make it unstable." That doesn't count as an acceptable environment to me, but it's where far too many people are right now.
Or you can do what I do - play a game where the economy is based on a real currency. I think there are others like it. I'm guessing they don't mind if I sell currency - after all, they do, too. OTOH, why would you want to? There are few reasons why you would.
Do you mind telling me where you're getting this free ice? I think I'll cool my house with it. Of course, if you're paying for that ice, whether you buy it at the store or make it in your refrigerator, that needs to be taken into the efficiency of your circuit, too.
I'm sure it was. But tacking on another $30 to a project with a $100 limit starts limiting your options, whereas a $5 generator has far less impact. And the generator will probably last longer.
I've had tech support calls that consisted of somebody dragging the menu around in IE so that the "back" button had moved! (which underscores perhaps the most worthless feature MS has ever put out - the movable menu. Who ever wants to change that?)
I agree wholeheartedly. A limited part of my job, fortunately, is user support. Dynamic and movable menus make this a total nightmare. Now, not only do they not know where the thing they're looking for is, I can't be sure I do, either.
I can't be bothered to refute all of your statements (some are even true), but I'll address two to demonstrate the lack of completion of your statements. I'd advise the moderators to investigate more before modding him up.
9. The value of a woman might be approximately seven years' work (Gen 29:14-30).
In point of fact, the value of an extraordinarily beautiful women (in the eyes of the laborer) was 14 years, although the bargain was for only 7. Keep reading for a chapter or so, and it's all there.
11. Divorce is forbidden (Deut 22:19, Matt 5:32, 19:9, Mark 10:9-12, Luke 16:18, Rom 7:2, 1 Cor 7:10-11, 7:39).
Correct, under certain circumstances. Those circumstances? If you marry a virgin, consummate the marriage, her parents have proof that she's a virgin, and then disparage her saying she wasn't in fact a virgin. So yes, if you meet all those criteria, and are therefore a lying bastard, you're on the hook for supporting her for the rest of your life. This is explained in the preceding verses of Deut 22, starting at about verse 13. The Matthew reference says that divorce is allowed for reasons of adultery, while the other references from the gospel only disallow remarriage. Note that women weren't allowed to remarry under any circumstances based on those references. The writings of Paul (one of them anyway) do agree with what you said. But you're down to one quote to support your statement.
Those are the two I knew were incorrect or incomplete off the top of my head, although I had to do some reading for the divorce reference.
Sorry about the tone of that reply, I shouldn't have assumed that you had used VB as recently as I had. I didn't use VB5, but I did hear some pretty ugly things about it.
I wrote a VB 6 app in a couple hours that not only notified me of the amount of free space in a given folder (including the root folder), but displayed it in a chart so I could easily pinpoint where all my hard drive space went. Not counting the VB Form, I used two objects: the chart object (crappy, but all I needed) and the filesystemobject object. It took about two hours to get it to where I needed, and I was doing it as a semi-useful learning task (elements of the filesystemobject that I hadn't used before). I imagine it could be done more easily in VB.Net, but I haven't bothered to try. I'm not saying there aren't better tools than VB out there, or that it is easier to do what you were looking for in VB, but don't pass off your lack of knowledge as fact.
Sadly, it's entirely correct punctuation. It's probably the highest comma-to-word ratio I've had in a proper sentence, and it just screams Captain Kirk.
The problem is, most things, almost all of them in the physical world work as you expect them to. The results from their actions are obvious. I push the channel button on my TV, and the pretty pictures change. I push the gas pedal, the car speeds up. I push the brake, the car slows down. I flick the switch, the lights go on, the vacuum starts making noise, whatever. When these things don't happen, you take it to someone who know how to make it work and they fix it. The only reason I have to know what they did or why is so I don't get shafted.
The virtual world is totally different. "Why do we have two mouse buttons? When I select the thingy, it should know what I want to do." "You mean the thing I look at all day isn't the computer??" "Exactly how many kinds of RAM do I have in this thing, and why don't they have different names, and why do I care?" "This virtual world is two square kilometers, takes up 2 GB, and fits into my computer how?" "WTF??? I couldn't see the text, why on earth would I think they would be able to read it? WYSI(Less Than)WYG?"
It's not an intuitive mapping to what we're used to dealing with in the rest of the world, and we need to get used to that. This applies the other way, too. Remember when Apple had pull-out sections on the Quicktime player? Very intuitive from a physical world perspective, but it just doesn't work on a computer screen.
The real trick is to get people to understand two things about computers: They do what you tell them to, not what you want them to; and, never assume that just because the display looks good that that's the totality of the information contained in something. Good luck with that.
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but when DHS says to do it, it's part of some sinister plot... or is it?
Well, here's the question. What's changed? There are a lot of possibilities here, including increased risk in general, increased risk in security, increased corruption in government, increased power-mongering in government, or some members of the DHS getting a clue. Obviously something's changed, else they wouldn't have made this public announcement. Given the NSA phone call data mining, and the recent terrorist plane bombing plot, it could go either way. But that leaves the question, which is better supported by a modification of the code on my computer? I'm inclined to believe it has more to do with the former than it does with the latter.
The third option, government incompetence, is always a valid possibility, of course.
Maybe he just thought they all should take the time to review it. Sounds like a good idea for whitehouse.gov if you ask me...
There have been much more important issues that I was unable to get Slashdot to cover.
/. readers would be, too. Sure, it's technically off-topic, but when has that really mattered here?
Now's your chance to do an end-run around the editors. Why don't you post a couple of stories that you would like to draw more attention to below this, or the parent, comment? I know I'd be curious to see what else is on your mind, and I'm sure many other
Believe me, getting a 50%...is...easier. The issue in the United States is the indifferent masses.
Huh? You think it's easier to get 30 million indifferent people to agree and do something about a given situation (how many people voted last election?) than it is to find 100 thousand fanatics who are willing to do just about whatever it takes to make a difference? I think you and I live in two different realities.
It's mainly a psychological addiction, with a reward-based component. It's not unlike being addicted to running. After a while you get an endorphin rush while running, and it can get bad enough for people to cause physical damage from running too much. When playing, you can get a rush from the rewards of successful activities. If you're the type to get addicted, this can be enough.
Then there's the whole "I'm a champion" type thing. For those with unsatisfying lives, this can be more than enough.
So, seriously, can someone explain to me what the eff "Anti-social behaviour" in a legal context means?
This is slashdot, it's okay to write "fuck", and people will applaud if you write "fsck" instead.
I'm kind of torn by this law. I understand how it might be bad to arrest someone for being rude or different, but there are other issues as well. For instance, does this mean it's illegal to make kidney pie?
So all I gotta do is carry a black hole in my pocket. That's gotta suck...
The right to remain silent in the U.S. is based on the miranda act, which obviously doesn't apply to Canada. This is why having your rights read to you in the U.S. is called being mirandized. If they're not read to you, all kinds of bad things can happen, including the whole case against an obviously guilty person being dropped, hence the severity of the consequences for the police who fail to mirandize people they arrest.
While Canada has no miranda act, we do have the parts you listed in the Charter. This doesn't include the right to remain silent, but apparently that's covered by common law.
Just to be a prick (it's what I do...), in the movie Finding Forrester the kid points out that it is acceptable to start a sentence with "and" in modern english to, among other things, make a point. So your assumption that you were wrong was wrong.
It is possible to play entropia without spending money - just expect to be doing something very similar to farming in WOW, and just as fun. There are people I've met in the game who have attained a moderate level of success this way. I only this week went over the rates you've described, since I wanted to do something very expensive and loses cash at the outset. I hope to have it (crafting) be profitable within a month, or at least no longer requiring funding to continue.
In short, you can throw time at it, and save your money. Or you can throw money at it and get to the more enjoyable aspects of the game more quickly.
Having a strong opinion on something doesn't mean I have to actually know anything about it ;)
This is quite true. In fact, being strongly opinionated and ignorant of the subject often go hand-in-hand.
I think your version of pacman would be far more interesting, especially with better-quality sprites.
I personally think that anyone running a modern OS could do with at least 2 cores. The responsiveness of the system would make it all worthwhile. As far as 8 cores, sure maybe one application couldn't use all that, but I currently have 5 applications running right now, 3 of which are active while in the background. I also have SQL server running, and god only knows how many other services in the background. I think I could decently utilize 4 cores RIGHT NOW, let alone what I would do on a day with different tasks on my plate, what I would do if my system could handle it, or what I may need to do in the future.
Then there's my boss. She'll routinely have enough windows open to slow down any workstation-class computer. It almost makes me scream when I see it. but why shouldn't you be able to do that? Why should I have to tell my mother "don't open what you don't need, it will slow your system and make it unstable." That doesn't count as an acceptable environment to me, but it's where far too many people are right now.
Or you can do what I do - play a game where the economy is based on a real currency. I think there are others like it. I'm guessing they don't mind if I sell currency - after all, they do, too. OTOH, why would you want to? There are few reasons why you would.
Read the link, and you'll see your concerns are justified.
Do you mind telling me where you're getting this free ice? I think I'll cool my house with it. Of course, if you're paying for that ice, whether you buy it at the store or make it in your refrigerator, that needs to be taken into the efficiency of your circuit, too.
Was this even considered?
I'm sure it was. But tacking on another $30 to a project with a $100 limit starts limiting your options, whereas a $5 generator has far less impact. And the generator will probably last longer.
I've had tech support calls that consisted of somebody dragging the menu around in IE so that the "back" button had moved! (which underscores perhaps the most worthless feature MS has ever put out - the movable menu. Who ever wants to change that?)
I agree wholeheartedly. A limited part of my job, fortunately, is user support. Dynamic and movable menus make this a total nightmare. Now, not only do they not know where the thing they're looking for is, I can't be sure I do, either.
I can't be bothered to refute all of your statements (some are even true), but I'll address two to demonstrate the lack of completion of your statements. I'd advise the moderators to investigate more before modding him up.
9. The value of a woman might be approximately seven years' work (Gen 29:14-30).
In point of fact, the value of an extraordinarily beautiful women (in the eyes of the laborer) was 14 years, although the bargain was for only 7. Keep reading for a chapter or so, and it's all there.
11. Divorce is forbidden (Deut 22:19, Matt 5:32, 19:9, Mark 10:9-12, Luke 16:18, Rom 7:2, 1 Cor 7:10-11, 7:39).
Correct, under certain circumstances. Those circumstances? If you marry a virgin, consummate the marriage, her parents have proof that she's a virgin, and then disparage her saying she wasn't in fact a virgin. So yes, if you meet all those criteria, and are therefore a lying bastard, you're on the hook for supporting her for the rest of your life. This is explained in the preceding verses of Deut 22, starting at about verse 13. The Matthew reference says that divorce is allowed for reasons of adultery, while the other references from the gospel only disallow remarriage. Note that women weren't allowed to remarry under any circumstances based on those references. The writings of Paul (one of them anyway) do agree with what you said. But you're down to one quote to support your statement.
Those are the two I knew were incorrect or incomplete off the top of my head, although I had to do some reading for the divorce reference.
Sorry about the tone of that reply, I shouldn't have assumed that you had used VB as recently as I had. I didn't use VB5, but I did hear some pretty ugly things about it.
I wrote a VB 6 app in a couple hours that not only notified me of the amount of free space in a given folder (including the root folder), but displayed it in a chart so I could easily pinpoint where all my hard drive space went. Not counting the VB Form, I used two objects: the chart object (crappy, but all I needed) and the filesystemobject object. It took about two hours to get it to where I needed, and I was doing it as a semi-useful learning task (elements of the filesystemobject that I hadn't used before). I imagine it could be done more easily in VB.Net, but I haven't bothered to try.
I'm not saying there aren't better tools than VB out there, or that it is easier to do what you were looking for in VB, but don't pass off your lack of knowledge as fact.
Sadly, it's entirely correct punctuation. It's probably the highest comma-to-word ratio I've had in a proper sentence, and it just screams Captain Kirk.
For that, my friend, is the horror that awaits you in Tetris, the most frightening game known to human kind.
If, that is, you happen to be, or live in, a cube. (Looks around his cubicle and shivers.)
The problem is, most things, almost all of them in the physical world work as you expect them to. The results from their actions are obvious. I push the channel button on my TV, and the pretty pictures change. I push the gas pedal, the car speeds up. I push the brake, the car slows down. I flick the switch, the lights go on, the vacuum starts making noise, whatever. When these things don't happen, you take it to someone who know how to make it work and they fix it. The only reason I have to know what they did or why is so I don't get shafted.
The virtual world is totally different. "Why do we have two mouse buttons? When I select the thingy, it should know what I want to do." "You mean the thing I look at all day isn't the computer??" "Exactly how many kinds of RAM do I have in this thing, and why don't they have different names, and why do I care?" "This virtual world is two square kilometers, takes up 2 GB, and fits into my computer how?" "WTF??? I couldn't see the text, why on earth would I think they would be able to read it? WYSI(Less Than)WYG?"
It's not an intuitive mapping to what we're used to dealing with in the rest of the world, and we need to get used to that. This applies the other way, too. Remember when Apple had pull-out sections on the Quicktime player? Very intuitive from a physical world perspective, but it just doesn't work on a computer screen.
The real trick is to get people to understand two things about computers: They do what you tell them to, not what you want them to; and, never assume that just because the display looks good that that's the totality of the information contained in something. Good luck with that.