So tell me oh wise troll, how are thoughts more powerful than any weapon? Can a thought destroy a building? Can a thought kill someone? Didn't think so.
The difference between me and you is that I can understand the political satire in your signature, while you have exposed your puny intellect by being unable to comprehend the satire in mine.
And besides, since when is prior demonstration a prerequisite of the definition of a term? Has it been factually demonstrated that thoughts are more powerful than any weapon? Can you cite any example?
Think about it and let me know. Feel free to collaborate with others. This assignment will be graded on the bell curve.
Oh and BTW thanks for agreeing with me. I assume you agree with my comment based on your inability to dispute it, and obvious affection for my signature.
"Does this mean only 600,000 XP users trust Windows Update?"
No, that's not what it means. Users who are savvy enough to know about the 'issues' with Windows Update probably don't use Windows XP, for the most part.
Actually, what this means is that you found a story about Microsoft, and needed a way to trash them, so you came up with a lame rhetorical question.
Honestly, what would you have them do? Not retract the broken update? Around here Microsoft is "damned if they do, damned if they don't". They just can't do right by many Slashdot posters.
Sure Microsoft does a lot of bad things, but certainly retracting a broken is not one of them.
Call them on their bad business practices, sure. But snide remarks like yours only make anti Microsoft people look childish, foolish, and generally make you look like you're really struggling to find something wrong with them.
Anti Microsoft Slashdot Goldmine 1. Find non-news story about Microsoft rightly retracting a broken update. 2. Insert witty, yet trollish rhetorical question. 3. Post to Slashdot. 4. Wait for the Karma to roll in. 5. Profit!
By "the Net" I assume you're referring to the internet.
I just thought I should let you know that IP is not the same as the internet. You know, just to keep you from embarrasing yourself on the front page of a really popular website that has "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters".
Tell me where the article says that the joint venture PC will not be able to run other operating systems? Granted, this is most likely the case, but with the text of the article in mind, you should not make that assumption without some facts.
I used to think the same thing. I spent nearly $600 for a portable minidisc recorder in 1996. At that time, I remember you could hardly find blank disks for the thing.
Then, my job took me to Malaysia and other SE Asian countries.
I wouldn't say that minidisc is huge over there...not nearly. But it is quite a bit bigger than it is here. The hardware is decidedly cheaper, and most record stores sell blank disks. Also, I was able to find several popular (at the time) albums on minidisc.
Also, the minidisc is (used to be) a popular format for cheap multitrack recording ala home studio, even here in the US.
The main problem with cellphones, other than their being an EM transmission source, is not with their interference with the aircraft, although I can see how it may be a problem if everyone on the plane starts using thier multi-milliwatt cellphone at the same time.
No, the main reason you can't use a cellular phone on an aircraft is that you'll be underminining the entire cellular concept. Think about it for a minute. When you're on the ground using your phone, the phone connects to a single cellular transciever or cell site, or perhaps a few at most. When you're tens of thousands of feet up in the air on an aircraft, your cell phone can and will connect to many more cell sites, as many more are visible to the phone. This causes added strain and expense for the cell site operator.
I used to work as flight crew with a airship company, and this is the reason that the FAA gave to our pilots, prohibiting them or passengers from using cell phones in flight.
Before you vote has a chance to not matter, it won't even be physically counted. And as long as you're in Florida, come down to Broward County (my county), where your ballot will likely be either stored in a box next to a filing cabinet (never counted), or burned....yes burned.
Do your self a favor, and please don't listen to people on slashdot who say that you don't have to worry about zoning.
Chack the laws in your area (duh!). Visit the local city hall and ask them. They are the people who know, not Slashdot.
I have no idea about your area, but here's my experience: In 1999 I started doing web design and consulting, etc. out of my house. I had a website with my contact info (address) on it, and my domain's WhoIs information was accurate. The business was also registered to the same address. I never had a customer or client come to my house. Early one Sunday morning, I got a knock on the door. I stumbled out of bed to find the local code enforcement officer at my door. He asked if I was running an "Internet" business out of the residence, and I (not knowing any better) said "yes". He then told me how it was not legal without rezoning the house as a multipurpose, yada yada yada. He didn't give me the fine he was supposed to, but instead gave me one week to sort out the issues or close up shop.
I went down to the local city hall, and found out that rezoning the house would cost a lot more than I had to spend, and by rezoning, I would also incur many other additional costs.
In the end, I just closed shop (I only had a handfull of customers anyway).
On the other hand, my wife is currently running a small business from the same house, and she hasn't had any problems at all. She registered under a DBA/Fictitous Name (I incorporated), and used a PO Box as the address.
Netflix charges you every month, weather you rent any movies or not.
I use them, and have for a while. I have never had a problem with availability, and yes I rent the mainstream blockbusters, as well as lesser known films.
I generally watch a movie the same day I receive it, and generally return it the next morning. The mailbox is on my way to the car, so why not?
update Oh well, its a dupe. Whatever, it gives people something to complain about I guess;)
Oh yeah...and please, pretty please with a cherry on top....please subscribe to Slashdot. We need your money in order to bring you these wonderful posts again, and again, and again....
...and giving operators all the more reasons toget their customers to use their devices.
Unless it prompts the annoying customers to let their phones ring and ring and ring and ring and ring....
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Damn...where's my mod points when I need them? I couldn't have said it better myself. This really should be modded up, so some people can see how hipocritical and silly the sound.
I agree that this person is probably not the best choice for the job, but why don't we all whine and complain when stories about Kevin Mitnick's new IT security company, or Cap'n Crunch's Telecom consulting firm come out?
I sometimes wonder if humanity is pushing itself to a Matrix-esque existence all by ourselves. With more and more devices like this, we're becoming (or expected to become) lazier by the minute. Does anyone really need to get email and see websites from their remote control? I fully understand that that the answer to this question is "no", and that if this product generates a profit, it will only be due to the cool-gadget factor.
That being said, I can picture a day, maybe sooner than 100 years fro now when humans just float around in our stasis fluid, physically connected to some computer (and network). The machine would provide everything from nourishment to sensory input, and we just float there in our own excrement, like drowned, soggy raisins, without a care in the world.
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I still think the Total Recall version would be best, you just see bones and guns/bombs.
I agree...Movies are the best, huh?
Uhh...no I'm not...you're a moron...
So tell me oh wise troll, how are thoughts more powerful than any weapon? Can a thought destroy a building? Can a thought kill someone? Didn't think so.
The difference between me and you is that I can understand the political satire in your signature, while you have exposed your puny intellect by being unable to comprehend the satire in mine.
And besides, since when is prior demonstration a prerequisite of the definition of a term? Has it been factually demonstrated that thoughts are more powerful than any weapon? Can you cite any example?
Think about it and let me know. Feel free to collaborate with others. This assignment will be graded on the bell curve.
Oh and BTW thanks for agreeing with me. I assume you agree with my comment based on your inability to dispute it, and obvious affection for my signature.
A game server got hacked.
Back in real-life:
FCC Decision on Media Ownership Nears - rejected
"Does this mean only 600,000 XP users trust Windows Update?"
No, that's not what it means. Users who are savvy enough to know about the 'issues' with Windows Update probably don't use Windows XP, for the most part.
Actually, what this means is that you found a story about Microsoft, and needed a way to trash them, so you came up with a lame rhetorical question.
Honestly, what would you have them do? Not retract the broken update? Around here Microsoft is "damned if they do, damned if they don't". They just can't do right by many Slashdot posters.
Sure Microsoft does a lot of bad things, but certainly retracting a broken is not one of them.
Call them on their bad business practices, sure. But snide remarks like yours only make anti Microsoft people look childish, foolish, and generally make you look like you're really struggling to find something wrong with them.
Anti Microsoft Slashdot Goldmine
1. Find non-news story about Microsoft rightly retracting a broken update.
2. Insert witty, yet trollish rhetorical question.
3. Post to Slashdot.
4. Wait for the Karma to roll in.
5. Profit!
By "the Net" I assume you're referring to the internet.
I just thought I should let you know that IP is not the same as the internet. You know, just to keep you from embarrasing yourself on the front page of a really popular website that has "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters".
Great. This way you still receive the spam, have to look at is to determine that it's spam, delete it and report it. Loads of progress.
I concur. I traveled through Slidell a few times myself on the way to or from New Orleans.
If I recall there was a horrid sulfer / rotten egg smell blanketing the whole town.
...In other news today, hot chicks around the world were see smiling, knowing secretly that this guy is never, ever gonna get laid.
You beat me to it. I got the same feeling from the wacko who wrote that.
Actually, If I remember correctly, Bowie sued (and won) against Vanilla Ice about the very sample you're referring to.
Vanilla Ice said his sample was different (by a single beat) and therefore unique. Bowie said it was a blatant rip-off and should be paid.
AFAIK, he was.
Tell me where the article says that the joint venture PC will not be able to run other operating systems?
Granted, this is most likely the case, but with the text of the article in mind, you should not make that assumption without some facts.
You're probably in the US then.
I used to think the same thing. I spent nearly $600 for a portable minidisc recorder in 1996. At that time, I remember you could hardly find blank disks for the thing.
Then, my job took me to Malaysia and other SE Asian countries.
I wouldn't say that minidisc is huge over there...not nearly. But it is quite a bit bigger than it is here. The hardware is decidedly cheaper, and most record stores sell blank disks. Also, I was able to find several popular (at the time) albums on minidisc.
Also, the minidisc is (used to be) a popular format for cheap multitrack recording ala home studio, even here in the US.
No, you're wrong. I'm running IE6 on W2K Pro, and it crashed on my system.
a mechanical arm ships with most computers attached to its side...
Wow, that mechanical arm must be pretty big. After all, it's big enough to have most computers attached to its side.
The main problem with cellphones, other than their being an EM transmission source, is not with their interference with the aircraft, although I can see how it may be a problem if everyone on the plane starts using thier multi-milliwatt cellphone at the same time.
No, the main reason you can't use a cellular phone on an aircraft is that you'll be underminining the entire cellular concept. Think about it for a minute. When you're on the ground using your phone, the phone connects to a single cellular transciever or cell site, or perhaps a few at most. When you're tens of thousands of feet up in the air on an aircraft, your cell phone can and will connect to many more cell sites, as many more are visible to the phone. This causes added strain and expense for the cell site operator.
I used to work as flight crew with a airship company, and this is the reason that the FAA gave to our pilots, prohibiting them or passengers from using cell phones in flight.
Try moving down here to Florida.
Before you vote has a chance to not matter, it won't even be physically counted. And as long as you're in Florida, come down to Broward County (my county), where your ballot will likely be either stored in a box next to a filing cabinet (never counted), or burned....yes burned.
Do your self a favor, and please don't listen to people on slashdot who say that you don't have to worry about zoning.
Chack the laws in your area (duh!). Visit the local city hall and ask them. They are the people who know, not Slashdot.
I have no idea about your area, but here's my experience:
In 1999 I started doing web design and consulting, etc. out of my house. I had a website with my contact info (address) on it, and my domain's WhoIs information was accurate. The business was also registered to the same address. I never had a customer or client come to my house. Early one Sunday morning, I got a knock on the door. I stumbled out of bed to find the local code enforcement officer at my door. He asked if I was running an "Internet" business out of the residence, and I (not knowing any better) said "yes". He then told me how it was not legal without rezoning the house as a multipurpose, yada yada yada. He didn't give me the fine he was supposed to, but instead gave me one week to sort out the issues or close up shop.
I went down to the local city hall, and found out that rezoning the house would cost a lot more than I had to spend, and by rezoning, I would also incur many other additional costs.
In the end, I just closed shop (I only had a handfull of customers anyway).
On the other hand, my wife is currently running a small business from the same house, and she hasn't had any problems at all. She registered under a DBA/Fictitous Name (I incorporated), and used a PO Box as the address.
I mean Linux did exist before IBM...
Linux existed before IBM?
Check your facts, dude. Didn't Linus create Linux somewhere around 1991?
Check here for more info.
Uhh....
Why would you want to pay double?
Netflix charges you every month, weather you rent any movies or not.
I use them, and have for a while. I have never had a problem with availability, and yes I rent the mainstream blockbusters, as well as lesser known films.
I generally watch a movie the same day I receive it, and generally return it the next morning. The mailbox is on my way to the car, so why not?
update Oh well, its a dupe. Whatever, it gives people something to complain about I guess ;)
Oh yeah...and please, pretty please with a cherry on top....please subscribe to Slashdot. We need your money in order to bring you these wonderful posts again, and again, and again....
...and giving operators all the more reasons toget their customers to use their devices.
Unless it prompts the annoying customers to let their phones ring and ring and ring and ring and ring....
Damn...where's my mod points when I need them? I couldn't have said it better myself. This really should be modded up, so some people can see how hipocritical and silly the sound.
I agree that this person is probably not the best choice for the job, but why don't we all whine and complain when stories about Kevin Mitnick's new IT security company, or Cap'n Crunch's Telecom consulting firm come out?
I sometimes wonder if humanity is pushing itself to a Matrix-esque existence all by ourselves. With more and more devices like this, we're becoming (or expected to become) lazier by the minute. Does anyone really need to get email and see websites from their remote control? I fully understand that that the answer to this question is "no", and that if this product generates a profit, it will only be due to the cool-gadget factor.
That being said, I can picture a day, maybe sooner than 100 years fro now when humans just float around in our stasis fluid, physically connected to some computer (and network). The machine would provide everything from nourishment to sensory input, and we just float there in our own excrement, like drowned, soggy raisins, without a care in the world.
Ahhhh...the good life...