Ah, sorry, I'm English. I didn't know that Americans had such a word. It's an ugly little thing though, isn't it? I'd check OminiDictionary but my workplace firewall won't allow it.
I would think that whoever caused the computer to act would be ultimately responsible. If that someone wrote the OS with malicious code, then whoever wrote the OS. If that someone was a malicious remote user, then the remote user, and if that someone is the PC's owner, then the owner.
The trick is proving who caused the effect. It's not as simple as proving who was behind the wheel of a car.
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"American English has some small differences from British English. American English has both spelling and grammatical differences from British English, some of which were made as part of an attempt to rationalize the English spelling used by British English at the time. Unlike many 20th century language reforms (e.g., Turkey's alphabet shift, Norway's spelling reform) the American spelling changes were not driven by government, but by textbook writers and dictionary makers."
This is excellent stuff, and PROOF that the American way is the WRONG way. English is neither designed by committee nor it's 'proper' usage dictated by an academy. The dictionary follows the living language, it does not define its boundaries.
American "English" will die as surely as French has.
International "English" will grow as a subset of English and eventually become Earth's lingua franca.
But it DOES serve a purpose. English is a "live" language, for sure, and therefore subject to a constant evolution, but basic rules remain and we cannot communicate effectively without them. Computers can help us by providing spell checking services to our various text editing applications, at Slashdot you';d at LEAST expect to find the computer literate, if the not the conventionally literate.
I can usually understand what someone says when they speak with their mouth full too, but it doesn't make it a good idea to express yourself that way.
"I've never understood the whole form factor debate/complaint."
It really just comes down to engineering elegance. Why make something massive using commodity parts when you could design a SYSTEM that's actually specifically engineered for its purpose. That's why the GameCube and the PlayStation are so named - quite what X-Box is supposed to mean beyond "meaningless box" is anyone's guess.
don't forget that Terra Soft has a fairly well established clustering solution for YDL called Black Lab - that's probably the MAIN reason why the USN went with Terra Softs' solution rather than OSX.
Overloading electrical systems is not what I was thinking of - a server isn't going to overload its supply just because it's at 100% load while getting nowhere.
I submit that it is NOT possible to physically break a server with a DDOS attack such as a Slashdotting.
"But you are the wrong demographic. Most people could give a shit if they lost a site because it couldn't pay the bills (for slashdot, that would be me)."
What do you mean? Do you mean that most people COULDN'T give a shit or that most people could?
I'm totally baffled as to the point you're trying to make here.
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Are the Quakers communists by your definition then?
Try looking up ETHICS in your dictionary sometime.
Funnily enough, they DON'T.
They should, but they don't. it's not unusual to see a TFT display with a 60W rating these days.
Ah, sorry, I'm English. I didn't know that Americans had such a word. It's an ugly little thing though, isn't it? I'd check OminiDictionary but my workplace firewall won't allow it.
I would think that whoever caused the computer to act would be ultimately responsible. If that someone wrote the OS with malicious code, then whoever wrote the OS. If that someone was a malicious remote user, then the remote user, and if that someone is the PC's owner, then the owner.
The trick is proving who caused the effect. It's not as simple as proving who was behind the wheel of a car.
That's beautiful.
Twain really is the best of American writers.
"American English has some small differences from British English. American English has both spelling and grammatical differences from British English, some of which were made as part of an attempt to rationalize the English spelling used by British English at the time. Unlike many 20th century language reforms (e.g., Turkey's alphabet shift, Norway's spelling reform) the American spelling changes were not driven by government, but by textbook writers and dictionary makers."
This is excellent stuff, and PROOF that the American way is the WRONG way. English is neither designed by committee nor it's 'proper' usage dictated by an academy. The dictionary follows the living language, it does not define its boundaries.
American "English" will die as surely as French has.
International "English" will grow as a subset of English and eventually become Earth's lingua franca.
I don't think that there's such a word as "spelt". I was always taught that you SAY "spelt" but spell it "spelled".
As to the thrust of this entire story - consistency makes good engineering sense. Either English or American, but certainly not BOTH.
But it DOES serve a purpose. English is a "live" language, for sure, and therefore subject to a constant evolution, but basic rules remain and we cannot communicate effectively without them. Computers can help us by providing spell checking services to our various text editing applications, at Slashdot you';d at LEAST expect to find the computer literate, if the not the conventionally literate.
I can usually understand what someone says when they speak with their mouth full too, but it doesn't make it a good idea to express yourself that way.
It's always funny to read what North Americans think socialism is.
Funny, but not necessarily interesting.
Shrek is most definitely for kids.
Stupid kids, at that.
NOT a typo - he did it TWICE
it's called stupidity, different thing altogether
Are you from the FUTURE?
What are the women like in your time?
I never post AC, only fuckers like you do THAT.
"I've never understood the whole form factor debate/complaint."
It really just comes down to engineering elegance. Why make something massive using commodity parts when you could design a SYSTEM that's actually specifically engineered for its purpose. That's why the GameCube and the PlayStation are so named - quite what X-Box is supposed to mean beyond "meaningless box" is anyone's guess.
only a 12 year old would write something as stupid as THAT
Is that atrocity supposed to be FUCKED or PSYCHED?
Learn to fucking read and write you dozy slob.
The GC is a MUCH better design than the X-Box. Smaller, cooler, quieter, more integrated and no less powerful.
And I think you'll find that the GC outsells the X-Box in EVERY market except the USA and UK (and only just in the UK).
Let's face it, the GC has better games too.
not heard of iDrive then?
(a lot)
don't forget that Terra Soft has a fairly well established clustering solution for YDL called Black Lab - that's probably the MAIN reason why the USN went with Terra Softs' solution rather than OSX.
I wish you'd just hurry up and fucking die.
Overloading electrical systems is not what I was thinking of - a server isn't going to overload its supply just because it's at 100% load while getting nowhere.
I submit that it is NOT possible to physically break a server with a DDOS attack such as a Slashdotting.
Has a server ever ACTUALLY caught fire or physically broken due to an excessively large number of requests that were made of it?
"But you are the wrong demographic. Most people could give a shit if they lost a site because it couldn't pay the bills (for slashdot, that would be me)."
What do you mean? Do you mean that most people COULDN'T give a shit or that most people could?
I'm totally baffled as to the point you're trying to make here.
No, those ARE the intended purposes of current 4x4s...
Hence you both look like AND are a twat etc etc
Stop your foul whining you filthy piece of distended rectum!