Absolutely seriously. My eyes aren't in that bad of shape, but they aren't exactly perfect either. Plus I can't see IR or UV. If bionic eyes were tested enough to be completely safe and healthy for the body, as well as 99.999% reliable (preferably 100%), they could be considered a reliable replacement. Add in a few features like integration into computing systems, switching between UV detection, IR detection, and traditional visible light detection, etc, and you would have some really awesome eyes. I would absolutely pick up a pair of these if they were cheap enough and fail safe enough. It would almost be a step toward Predator type systems, just get me a shoulder cannon and I'm all set:) . Just imagine being able to step up to a computer console and plug yourself in. Or even better, using secure IR signals (make sure to switch out of IR detection mode, heh) or WiFi signals. Add in a few memory modules, and you can carry all of your data with you. This would be great.
Um, excuse me? Are you saying that I am responsible for all the poor, drunken-off-their-asses, crack-snorting, pot-smoking scum in this country that can't get a job because of the situation that they have gotten themselves into despite the fact that I have worked my ass off to get out of the freaking gutter I started in and keep a decent job that can buy me some health insurance? Or the lunatics that hook up and have 20 kids, never knowing when to stop, sending themselves spiraling into disarray? The only sympathy I have for anyone that can't get health insurance is for the veterans that got screwed over one way or another. Even then most of them can visit a VA hospital, despite some of the poor facilities. They most definitely deserve better treatment over any of the other scum out there. I have no sympathy for any of those people. I swear I gag and choke whenever it comes to thinking about how much money is sucked from the hard working American and given to some low life on Medicaid that'll just go run out and grab some heroin to shoot up with after treatment or get shot a day later because of their stupidity.
We are not communists, Americans should not be required to pay for other people's health insurance. We can help others out if we so choose, and I certainly don't mind helping out people that are trying to get out of their bad conditions, but I don't wanna drop a penny on any poor sap that is fixed on feeling sorry for themselves and looking for a handout.
I never said MS was liable for the damage I simply stated that it was the fault of MS that the bugs were present, and that MS was at fault for the havoc. MS wrote the code right? So that must mean that MS wrote the bugs too right? The bugs are causing problems right? So that means that MS inadvertently caused the problems right? Who can fix the bugs, thereby stopping the havoc? MS. Sure, you could blame the users for using the software and thereby causing the havoc, but does anyone expect someone to buy software and not use it? And shouldn't the default MS product come secure, and any changes or modifications be the cause of any problems? MS is responsible for the problems. Legal liability is something else, I'm simply stating that the bugs and havoc are the fault of MS. Ok? Or is that too hard to understand. Sorry you can't comprehend the notion of responsibility.
The authors of BIND, sendmail, Linux, Apache, etc are all responsible for the bugs in their code too. I am just more lenient with them because they release their work for free. MS charges a lot of money for their work, so I expect a higher degree of professionalism, better security, better stability, and for the program to overall work much better than the free alternatives - which is the case in almost any other industry. For some reason, that concept seems to missing here.
A lot of people have suggested this solution, but I could see a slight problem that this could present. What if some authorities, MS, BSA, RIAA, MPAA, etc happen to check your organization out. If they end up finding out that you are limiting to some extent, but not blocking, illegal actions, then they can rightly claim that you have the power to limit the illegal activites but are choosing otherwise. This would be a very bad case to defend, claiming that you only wanted to limit the illegal behaviour to some extent, not stop it completely.
In the US "Microsoft Schools Agreement 3.0," for example, "100 per cent of all Pentiums, Power Macs, iMacs or better" are specified, whereas the FAQ document for the UK Microsoft School Agreement says "You need to count 100% of all Pentiums, Power Macs and iMacs."
So why not just use a ton of Athlon systems? They only list Pentiums... Although the "or better" could be read a couple ways: all macs at or above the iMac level, or anything better than a Pentium, Power Mac or iMac. Even then you could just claim that Athlons really suck and are worse than all of the above, heh. Just a thought.
When Boeing originally sells a plane, it works perfectly. When MS sells Outlook, it should work perfectly, but doesn't. As time goes on, the plane ages and stops working perfectly. As time goes on, Outlook does not age, and should continue to work perfectly (theoretically), but still continues to not work perfectly. As time goes on, if flaws are found in a Boeing plane that result in a plane crash (not due to aging), Boeing is responsible. As time goes on, if flaws are found in Outlook and causes electronic havoc, MS is responsible. If someone chooses to take a Boeing plane and intentionally crash it into a building, Boeing is not at fault. If someone takes Outlook and intentionally uses it to spread a virus, or commit other malicious behavior, MS is not at fault.
Capiche? Or is that too complicated for you?
Now, if Boeing designed the navigation systems of its planes with a bug that caused them to direct towards and crash into any nearby buildings by default, then Boeing is at fault.
Woa, you completely missed the point there buddy. We were talking about something covered under freedom of expression - porn movies. Last I heard, a car or gun was not covered under expression freedoms (setting aside the designer concepts of the car and such, we're talking pure functionality - maybe something with doors rusted through, etc).
Ah, that makes sense. When I read the article and your comment, I didn't really pick up on the location of the smart chip other than being on the printer, heh. I can see how the by-pass techniques that some of the refillers came up with would be useful now.
I don't understand why you can't just take the cartridge out and refill it then? It has to allow for removing a low cartridge and inserting a new full cartridge right? Otherwise, what do you do when the ink runs out?
"it's because of unequal distribution of capitalism and freedom."
So your solution is to use the $40 billion to convert everyone to communism, thereby eliminating the very process that produced the $40 billion in the first place? There's a reason there are only 2 (maybe 3 or 4?) communist nations left in the world... it doesn't work.
Well, I kinda guessed that wasn't your solution but right off the bat it sure sounds like that. However, how exactly do you propose we distribute capitalism and freedom evenly? That's a tough concept to even see. Eliminating the hunger for today alone would be rather easy, and quite inexpensive at that. I would guess that we could feed everyone in the world that is hungry for a million or two (possibly much less) a day. I mean, if the Christian Childrens Fund can feed, clothe, and educate a single kid for $.70 a day, then a million dollars could at least feed prolly over 1.5 million people a day. We could end world hunger - mind you, this is hunger, not poverty or the likes, we are only considering the people who it is absolutely impossible for to find food, no matter what (well, their lives depend on it, so I would assume they are trying pretty hard); I would imagine that the number of starving people in the world only reaches the thousands order (1k, 10k, 100k, up to 1M) - for a 100 days with a $100 million, only.25% of the $40 billion. during the same time we could provide tools, educations, irrigation, whatever to help them on their way to being self-sufficient in farming and whatnot.
I wonder what the field of donations and community support looks like for MS. I would imagine that propositions would need to be passed through a set of board members, or even all of the shareholders through a vote, but even then with so much money on hand they should have a decently sized amount of donations and community support stacked up. If nothing else, this is a good way to write off certain taxes while bolstering their PR department.
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Geez Louise! Tadpoles the size of your fist eh? Know of any articles or pictures that shows these things in reference? I found a few things on google about BC frogs, but not much talking about these problematic huge frogs.
Actually, it's a compromise that Honeynet encountered, could not decipher, and decided to have some other poor saps do their work for them. If you find out what it is and what it does, but only provide scant information to Honeynet, you don't win the prize. It's sort of like some of those companies that sponsor hacking "contests". They challenge people to compromise a test bed they have set up, and whoever does wins some grand prize. The only catch is that you have to tell them anything and everything, to the last detail, that you did. If you simply only leave proof that you were successful, then you don't get the prize. These are cheap scams to outsource some work/research/testing that needs to be done, to the public for only the cost of a few prizes (even though they may be somewhat decent) for much less than it would take to hire someone professionally for $50k, $60k, or $70k a year.
I wonder if the 'channel up' and 'channel down' buttons are in violation of this "contract" as well. Under their train of thought anyone who changes the channel during commercials, or even gets up from the TV to get something to eat or use the bathroom during commercials is a criminal. I know I for one find a couple shows to watch at the same time, and always flip between channels when commercials come on. It always annoys me when the stations time their commercials together too, heh. Well, at least I don't have to watch both sets of commercials... or do I?
I'm not sure about the whole deal with Conan completely writing/mostly writing/having minor involvement with certain Simpsons episodes... However, I have noticed lately that episodes in this latest season, the 13th season, and specifically the later half of this season, have not been up to par with previous episodes. At the same time I have also noticed a major change in the credits. The list of executives, producers, etc have been changed around. Whereas Matt Groening used to be the executive producer previously, Al Jean now holds the position (or at least that is what the credits reflect). And I have found these episodes to be only mildly humorous - not funny, hilarious, or anything else. I'm hardly laughing at any of the jokes, am able to predict quite a few of the pokes and jabs that are meant to be jokes, and am even finding myself mildly annoyed at the stupidity and predictability of some of the spoofs and setups. This is not good.
On the other hand, I watch re-runs of the Simpsons regularly (UPN runs re-runs every weekday at 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm eastern currently, and have run 2 re-runs per day at different times in previous years). And these re-runs hardly ever cease to amuse me. I usually end up cracking up and laughing out loud at them, and finding most of the episodes absolutely hilarious. This is despite the fact that I've seen most (prolly all) of them several times over (at least 5 to 10 times each) to the point of being able to memorize portions of them unintentionally.
All of these episodes have classic qualities that seem to be lacking in the most recent episodes. Hopefully the Simpsons will be able to recognize this and change accordingly, or if not - at least go out with a bang and not drag it out like the X-Files or other shows have done. Since Groening seems to want to move on with Futurama, perhaps he can cary some of the classic qualities of the Simpsons there.
Yeh, that was actually kinda fun, although prolly because I was just bored out of mind already, heh. I had a box of Chex, saw the CD, and just popped it in a comp for the heck of it. Played a few rounds, seemed kinda fun, so I played it some more and tried to win. I think you had to escape from the planet or something in the end.
Another thing you could do is just to completely ignore all of their requests. If they begin by sending you letters, just keep them and don't respond. If they start to call you, then have the secretaries/operators send them to a voice messaging system. Again, store all messages, but don't respond. If they start showing up in person, just record any requests, keep all papers or cards they give you, but always tell them that the person they wish to speak with is currently not there. If you never respond they can never know exactly what your intentions are, whether you wish to comply with their audit, etc. I'm not sure what their next step would be though. If they initiated some sort of court action, you would have to show up then, otherwise you would most likely automatically lose.
Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!...
What'd I say?
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail!
[crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...
Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You'll all be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
All: [singing] Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: Once again...
All: Monorail!
Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
All: [singing] Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!
[big finish]
Monorail!
Homer: Mono... D'oh!
I wasn't really trying to affiliate them with MS. It was just something that we could sortof have a chuckle at. It's not outrageously funny that they're located in Redmond, just kinda humorous.
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Absolutely seriously. My eyes aren't in that bad of shape, but they aren't exactly perfect either. Plus I can't see IR or UV. If bionic eyes were tested enough to be completely safe and healthy for the body, as well as 99.999% reliable (preferably 100%), they could be considered a reliable replacement. Add in a few features like integration into computing systems, switching between UV detection, IR detection, and traditional visible light detection, etc, and you would have some really awesome eyes. I would absolutely pick up a pair of these if they were cheap enough and fail safe enough. It would almost be a step toward Predator type systems, just get me a shoulder cannon and I'm all set
Nice to see the 700 bucks I spent on a Jornada 760 a couple months ago is going to waste. Too bad I can't return it.
Ya know, a modular version of Windows wouldn't be all that bad. If it had a decent performance, I would use it and recommend it for some processes.
Um, excuse me? Are you saying that I am responsible for all the poor, drunken-off-their-asses, crack-snorting, pot-smoking scum in this country that can't get a job because of the situation that they have gotten themselves into despite the fact that I have worked my ass off to get out of the freaking gutter I started in and keep a decent job that can buy me some health insurance? Or the lunatics that hook up and have 20 kids, never knowing when to stop, sending themselves spiraling into disarray? The only sympathy I have for anyone that can't get health insurance is for the veterans that got screwed over one way or another. Even then most of them can visit a VA hospital, despite some of the poor facilities. They most definitely deserve better treatment over any of the other scum out there. I have no sympathy for any of those people. I swear I gag and choke whenever it comes to thinking about how much money is sucked from the hard working American and given to some low life on Medicaid that'll just go run out and grab some heroin to shoot up with after treatment or get shot a day later because of their stupidity.
We are not communists, Americans should not be required to pay for other people's health insurance. We can help others out if we so choose, and I certainly don't mind helping out people that are trying to get out of their bad conditions, but I don't wanna drop a penny on any poor sap that is fixed on feeling sorry for themselves and looking for a handout.
Knock, knock... Anyone in there? Troll?
I never said MS was liable for the damage I simply stated that it was the fault of MS that the bugs were present, and that MS was at fault for the havoc. MS wrote the code right? So that must mean that MS wrote the bugs too right? The bugs are causing problems right? So that means that MS inadvertently caused the problems right? Who can fix the bugs, thereby stopping the havoc? MS. Sure, you could blame the users for using the software and thereby causing the havoc, but does anyone expect someone to buy software and not use it? And shouldn't the default MS product come secure, and any changes or modifications be the cause of any problems? MS is responsible for the problems. Legal liability is something else, I'm simply stating that the bugs and havoc are the fault of MS. Ok? Or is that too hard to understand. Sorry you can't comprehend the notion of responsibility.
The authors of BIND, sendmail, Linux, Apache, etc are all responsible for the bugs in their code too. I am just more lenient with them because they release their work for free. MS charges a lot of money for their work, so I expect a higher degree of professionalism, better security, better stability, and for the program to overall work much better than the free alternatives - which is the case in almost any other industry. For some reason, that concept seems to missing here.
A lot of people have suggested this solution, but I could see a slight problem that this could present. What if some authorities, MS, BSA, RIAA, MPAA, etc happen to check your organization out. If they end up finding out that you are limiting to some extent, but not blocking, illegal actions, then they can rightly claim that you have the power to limit the illegal activites but are choosing otherwise. This would be a very bad case to defend, claiming that you only wanted to limit the illegal behaviour to some extent, not stop it completely.
Well, the article noted this:
In the US "Microsoft Schools Agreement 3.0," for example, "100 per cent of all Pentiums, Power Macs, iMacs or better" are specified, whereas the FAQ document for the UK Microsoft School Agreement says "You need to count 100% of all Pentiums, Power Macs and iMacs."
So why not just use a ton of Athlon systems? They only list Pentiums... Although the "or better" could be read a couple ways: all macs at or above the iMac level, or anything better than a Pentium, Power Mac or iMac. Even then you could just claim that Athlons really suck and are worse than all of the above, heh. Just a thought.
Um, troll, no.
When Boeing originally sells a plane, it works perfectly. When MS sells Outlook, it should work perfectly, but doesn't. As time goes on, the plane ages and stops working perfectly. As time goes on, Outlook does not age, and should continue to work perfectly (theoretically), but still continues to not work perfectly. As time goes on, if flaws are found in a Boeing plane that result in a plane crash (not due to aging), Boeing is responsible. As time goes on, if flaws are found in Outlook and causes electronic havoc, MS is responsible. If someone chooses to take a Boeing plane and intentionally crash it into a building, Boeing is not at fault. If someone takes Outlook and intentionally uses it to spread a virus, or commit other malicious behavior, MS is not at fault.
Capiche? Or is that too complicated for you?
Now, if Boeing designed the navigation systems of its planes with a bug that caused them to direct towards and crash into any nearby buildings by default, then Boeing is at fault.
Woa, you completely missed the point there buddy. We were talking about something covered under freedom of expression - porn movies. Last I heard, a car or gun was not covered under expression freedoms (setting aside the designer concepts of the car and such, we're talking pure functionality - maybe something with doors rusted through, etc).
Ah, that makes sense. When I read the article and your comment, I didn't really pick up on the location of the smart chip other than being on the printer, heh. I can see how the by-pass techniques that some of the refillers came up with would be useful now.
Huh?
I don't understand why you can't just take the cartridge out and refill it then? It has to allow for removing a low cartridge and inserting a new full cartridge right? Otherwise, what do you do when the ink runs out?
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"it's because of unequal distribution of capitalism and freedom."
So your solution is to use the $40 billion to convert everyone to communism, thereby eliminating the very process that produced the $40 billion in the first place? There's a reason there are only 2 (maybe 3 or 4?) communist nations left in the world... it doesn't work.
Well, I kinda guessed that wasn't your solution but right off the bat it sure sounds like that. However, how exactly do you propose we distribute capitalism and freedom evenly? That's a tough concept to even see. Eliminating the hunger for today alone would be rather easy, and quite inexpensive at that. I would guess that we could feed everyone in the world that is hungry for a million or two (possibly much less) a day. I mean, if the Christian Childrens Fund can feed, clothe, and educate a single kid for $.70 a day, then a million dollars could at least feed prolly over 1.5 million people a day. We could end world hunger - mind you, this is hunger, not poverty or the likes, we are only considering the people who it is absolutely impossible for to find food, no matter what (well, their lives depend on it, so I would assume they are trying pretty hard); I would imagine that the number of starving people in the world only reaches the thousands order (1k, 10k, 100k, up to 1M) - for a 100 days with a $100 million, only
I wonder what the field of donations and community support looks like for MS. I would imagine that propositions would need to be passed through a set of board members, or even all of the shareholders through a vote, but even then with so much money on hand they should have a decently sized amount of donations and community support stacked up. If nothing else, this is a good way to write off certain taxes while bolstering their PR department.
"If only they had gotten off their but sooner."
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Geez Louise! Tadpoles the size of your fist eh? Know of any articles or pictures that shows these things in reference? I found a few things on google about BC frogs, but not much talking about these problematic huge frogs.
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Actually, it's a compromise that Honeynet encountered, could not decipher, and decided to have some other poor saps do their work for them. If you find out what it is and what it does, but only provide scant information to Honeynet, you don't win the prize. It's sort of like some of those companies that sponsor hacking "contests". They challenge people to compromise a test bed they have set up, and whoever does wins some grand prize. The only catch is that you have to tell them anything and everything, to the last detail, that you did. If you simply only leave proof that you were successful, then you don't get the prize. These are cheap scams to outsource some work/research/testing that needs to be done, to the public for only the cost of a few prizes (even though they may be somewhat decent) for much less than it would take to hire someone professionally for $50k, $60k, or $70k a year.
*Takes off tinfoil hat.*
I wonder if the 'channel up' and 'channel down' buttons are in violation of this "contract" as well. Under their train of thought anyone who changes the channel during commercials, or even gets up from the TV to get something to eat or use the bathroom during commercials is a criminal. I know I for one find a couple shows to watch at the same time, and always flip between channels when commercials come on. It always annoys me when the stations time their commercials together too, heh. Well, at least I don't have to watch both sets of commercials... or do I?
I'm not sure about the whole deal with Conan completely writing/mostly writing/having minor involvement with certain Simpsons episodes... However, I have noticed lately that episodes in this latest season, the 13th season, and specifically the later half of this season, have not been up to par with previous episodes. At the same time I have also noticed a major change in the credits. The list of executives, producers, etc have been changed around. Whereas Matt Groening used to be the executive producer previously, Al Jean now holds the position (or at least that is what the credits reflect). And I have found these episodes to be only mildly humorous - not funny, hilarious, or anything else. I'm hardly laughing at any of the jokes, am able to predict quite a few of the pokes and jabs that are meant to be jokes, and am even finding myself mildly annoyed at the stupidity and predictability of some of the spoofs and setups. This is not good.
On the other hand, I watch re-runs of the Simpsons regularly (UPN runs re-runs every weekday at 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm eastern currently, and have run 2 re-runs per day at different times in previous years). And these re-runs hardly ever cease to amuse me. I usually end up cracking up and laughing out loud at them, and finding most of the episodes absolutely hilarious. This is despite the fact that I've seen most (prolly all) of them several times over (at least 5 to 10 times each) to the point of being able to memorize portions of them unintentionally.
All of these episodes have classic qualities that seem to be lacking in the most recent episodes. Hopefully the Simpsons will be able to recognize this and change accordingly, or if not - at least go out with a bang and not drag it out like the X-Files or other shows have done. Since Groening seems to want to move on with Futurama, perhaps he can cary some of the classic qualities of the Simpsons there.
Yeh, that was actually kinda fun, although prolly because I was just bored out of mind already, heh. I had a box of Chex, saw the CD, and just popped it in a comp for the heck of it. Played a few rounds, seemed kinda fun, so I played it some more and tried to win. I think you had to escape from the planet or something in the end.
Woa, geez! I live in Michigan and had no clue this was even passed. I'm gonna have to check the voting records of my representatives...
Another thing you could do is just to completely ignore all of their requests. If they begin by sending you letters, just keep them and don't respond. If they start to call you, then have the secretaries/operators send them to a voice messaging system. Again, store all messages, but don't respond. If they start showing up in person, just record any requests, keep all papers or cards they give you, but always tell them that the person they wish to speak with is currently not there. If you never respond they can never know exactly what your intentions are, whether you wish to comply with their audit, etc. I'm not sure what their next step would be though. If they initiated some sort of court action, you would have to show up then, otherwise you would most likely automatically lose.
For those interested:
Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail!
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail! [crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...
Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You'll all be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man. I swear it's Springfield's only choice... Throw up your hands and raise your voice! All: [singing] Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: Once again...
All: Monorail!
Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
All: [singing] Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! [big finish] Monorail!
Homer: Mono... D'oh!
No... Prolly not.
I wasn't really trying to affiliate them with MS. It was just something that we could sortof have a chuckle at. It's not outrageously funny that they're located in Redmond, just kinda humorous.