Do mac users run virus scanners often?
How do they know if they have viruses that aren't commonly known yet?
The anti-virus companies would dearly love there to be, and if they found one would announce it with a fanfare, to promote sale of their software which is so far quite redundant on Macs (except for finding PC viruses attached to mails or documents that can't run on Macs).
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HOWTO: The Anti-Printer
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I've wondered if this could be used on a smaller scale in conjunction with a conventional shredder - simply have the shredder empty into a bucket of water where the small bits will quickly lose their shape and become impossible to put back together.
I remember a gadget sold aboot 20 years ago that you put old newspaper into, added water, then it squeezed this into "logs" which you put aside to dry. In winter time, burns like wood. (Normal paper burns too fast for a fireplace, you have to keep feeding in handfuls.)
Why should he be entitled to keep earning from something he did so long ago? I'm not entitled to earn money for the work I did yesterday, let alone work I did years ago, I have to work again today to get more money. Why are artists so different?
Some things can be resold many times. Like real property, you can rent it out and earn money indefinitely. Not that I think this model is good for copyright.
For inventions, like drugs, technical innovations, these should enter the public domain faster, so that society can benefit from the free combination of ideas, this is why we have patents, abused as they are. For cultural goods, like songs, I don't see how society is harmed by payuing a tithe to the creator. You can do a cover version if you want by licensing it. Conversely, I don't see how society is helped by making copyright indefinite, but I think we can wait till the artist dies.
Great! Really. Except that it should be in the public domain by now.
Mclean is still alive, he's entitled to keep earning from it. I'm in favour of copyright up to the author/artist's death, and maybe 10 years later (for one thing, if death would make something immediately fall into public domain, elderly artists couldn't get anyone to sign a contract with them).
The phrase "begs the question" probably took over in its current usage because it is more descriptive than merely "raises the question".
Well, I think "begs" is not more descriptive, perhaps it's just a less common word, so it seems a more interesting one.
As long as the phrase makes sense and isn't describing some other fallacy I don't see how it can be wrong
Well, since the "begs = asks" usage is competely opposite to "begs = answers" of the "logical" original use, confusion is very likely, or at least teeth-grinding from those who know the original meaning.
A man returning from a trip to France earlier this month may have spread measles at four Redmond locations, including two on the Microsoft campus, health officials said yesterday.
The man, in his 40s, returned to the Seattle area Aug. 8, but he was only contagious and exposed to the public for a few days, said Dr. Jeff Duchin, head of communicable diseases for Public Health -- Seattle & King County. The man is recovering and is no longer contagious, Duchin said.
Measles is a potentially fatal disease that can cause pneumonia and brain swelling in some cases. Most people are not at risk of contracting the disease because they either were vaccinated or developed immunity after having measles as a child, officials said.
Anyone who has not been vaccinated or developed immunity, and was at the following locations during these times, should call their doctor, Duchin said.
Building 40 on the Microsoft campus, One Microsoft Way in Redmond, all day Aug. 16-19.
The cafeteria between buildings 40 and 41 on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 17-19.
Malay Satay Hut, 15230 N.E. 24th St., Redmond, from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 16.
Thai Ginger at Redmond Town Center, 16480 N.E. 74th St., from 8-11 p.m. Aug. 20.
This is sensationalised, biased, "news" at it's worst. I can't believe this got past the editors.
Ha, ha, ha. But seriously, whatever he was at the MS campus for 4 days, and ate at the cafeteria, so it does seem likely he was employed there. However, the "outsourcing" hook that made up half the submission really is flamebait, he was in France. What does MS outsource to France?
It seems to me that all the arguments that there is only one acceptable use of "begs the question" seem to have the implicit premise that there should only be one use of a phrase.
I've been guilty of misusing it myself; but after thought I believe that it does actually have one only correct meaning. It seems unlikely such a rather odd phrase could have originated twice separately, so I think it's just something that people have seen, misunderstood and gone on to misuse. Just because half the people here or on usenet spell "separate" with 3 "e"s or can't distinguish "lose" from "loose", doesn't make them right. Though in the face of continued misuse, technically incorrect words and phrases do eventually become accepted -- e.g. the common uses of "decimate", "immolate".
malaysia has a large number of english-speaking workers ready to take those Indian call center jobs that are getting too expensive...
I doubt they're cheaper. Malaysia has a lot of illegal immigrants from India who sneak in to work. It's cheaper than the US, Europe, or Japan but I think generally a rather more expensive place than India. White-collar workers in Malaysia have a pretty nice life-style.
From the webpage: You need at least.NET Framework 1.1 in order to run it.
Yes, very Lite indeed:P
Distinguish between the tool to create the disks (nLite) and the resulting systems.
1) You need.NET to MAKE the installer disks. Not needed on the target machines.
2) On the download page there is a link to a 4MB "Alternative Runtimes.NET" that will do the job, so you don't need the full.NET even on the machine you create the disks with.
Which was itself borrowed from a speech by Abraham Lincoln.
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. We say we are for the Union. The world will not forget that we say this. We know how to save the Union. The world knows we do know how to save it. We -- even we here -- hold the power, and bear the responsibility. In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free -- honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just -- a way which, if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless.
--From the December 1, 1862 Message to Congress
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Windows 95 Turns 10
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I'm still administrating several 95er machines of people who didn't make it to a machine which could run win2k or XP.
Seriously, check out nLite, and also at the nLite forum, especially this FAQ. This is a free Win2k and XP customisable installer. You can use this to get a seriously stripped down install that should run on your old dogs. Worth checking out other parts of this site if you've got to admin Windows.
How many germs would be on the average book that someone took to the crapper
I've seen plenty of studies showing that keyboards are full of more bugs than anything else in a house or office, INCLUDING the toilet. Given the large percentage of people who use toilets without washing, this is inevitable. So keep out of libraries whether you're reading books or using a terminal if you value your health.
Books aren't a collection of highlights, they're (potentially) multi-page, often multi-hundred-page long works. Maybe you;re able to read somethng that long on a screen comfortably and efficiently, I can't.
The library just isn't as cool as it once was simply because no one wants books anymore. We outnumber folks like you
This is a fucking UNIVERSITY. If university students can't read an entire book except in blipvert fragments, it's goodbye to civilisation as we know it.
And strangely enough, this acronym isn't used in TFA at all. In fact, if the submitter did mean "Unique IP" that's not at all what the article is about (after all, that's trivial to record). They're looking for the number of unique individuals, and trying to deduce that from Cookies, IP, and other data.
At my school, and also university, A was 80-100, B 70-79, C 60-69, D 50-59. It's all relative, of course, but pushing the curve up so that almost everyone gets over 90 gets silly and defeats the point of having a percentage scale. Reminiscent of those arcade games where points are awarded in multiples of 1,000 or 10,000 because it's more cool to say you got "one million" rather than "one hundred".
Is 79% really "underwhelming"? It's not superlative, but on the face of it sounds pretty good. Maybe they should revise their scoring method if 79% is lousy.
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Perhaps you've heard of "open source" software. Whatever Linux has going for it, it isn't "security through obscurity".
The anti-virus companies would dearly love there to be, and if they found one would announce it with a fanfare, to promote sale of their software which is so far quite redundant on Macs (except for finding PC viruses attached to mails or documents that can't run on Macs).
I remember a gadget sold aboot 20 years ago that you put old newspaper into, added water, then it squeezed this into "logs" which you put aside to dry. In winter time, burns like wood. (Normal paper burns too fast for a fireplace, you have to keep feeding in handfuls.)
If the Arctic melts, Greenland will follow suit. There's not as much glacier ice as Antarctica, but it's got to have an effect.
Some things can be resold many times. Like real property, you can rent it out and earn money indefinitely. Not that I think this model is good for copyright.
For inventions, like drugs, technical innovations, these should enter the public domain faster, so that society can benefit from the free combination of ideas, this is why we have patents, abused as they are. For cultural goods, like songs, I don't see how society is harmed by payuing a tithe to the creator. You can do a cover version if you want by licensing it. Conversely, I don't see how society is helped by making copyright indefinite, but I think we can wait till the artist dies.
In that case you probably know their address. Dial 911 and tell the operator where you are; in the meantime, try CPR.
Mclean is still alive, he's entitled to keep earning from it. I'm in favour of copyright up to the author/artist's death, and maybe 10 years later (for one thing, if death would make something immediately fall into public domain, elderly artists couldn't get anyone to sign a contract with them).
A situation no more "invites" or "begs" than "asks". They're all metaphorical.
Well, I think "begs" is not more descriptive, perhaps it's just a less common word, so it seems a more interesting one.
As long as the phrase makes sense and isn't describing some other fallacy I don't see how it can be wrong
Well, since the "begs = asks" usage is competely opposite to "begs = answers" of the "logical" original use, confusion is very likely, or at least teeth-grinding from those who know the original meaning.
China, Cultural Revolution, 1966-76.
Especially since the guy was in France.
Vaccinate before you travel! (yeah i know, none for measles
According to the CDC, a measles vaccine has been available and used since 1963.
This is sensationalised, biased, "news" at it's worst. I can't believe this got past the editors.
Ha, ha, ha. But seriously, whatever he was at the MS campus for 4 days, and ate at the cafeteria, so it does seem likely he was employed there. However, the "outsourcing" hook that made up half the submission really is flamebait, he was in France. What does MS outsource to France?
I've been guilty of misusing it myself; but after thought I believe that it does actually have one only correct meaning. It seems unlikely such a rather odd phrase could have originated twice separately, so I think it's just something that people have seen, misunderstood and gone on to misuse. Just because half the people here or on usenet spell "separate" with 3 "e"s or can't distinguish "lose" from "loose", doesn't make them right. Though in the face of continued misuse, technically incorrect words and phrases do eventually become accepted -- e.g. the common uses of "decimate", "immolate".
I doubt they're cheaper. Malaysia has a lot of illegal immigrants from India who sneak in to work. It's cheaper than the US, Europe, or Japan but I think generally a rather more expensive place than India. White-collar workers in Malaysia have a pretty nice life-style.
Civilisation? I thought we were talking about television.
Distinguish between the tool to create the disks (nLite) and the resulting systems.
1) You need .NET to MAKE the installer disks. Not needed on the target machines.
2) On the download page there is a link to a 4MB "Alternative Runtimes .NET" that will do the job, so you don't need the full .NET even on the machine you create the disks with.
Which was itself borrowed from a speech by Abraham Lincoln.
Seriously, check out nLite, and also at the nLite forum, especially this FAQ. This is a free Win2k and XP customisable installer. You can use this to get a seriously stripped down install that should run on your old dogs. Worth checking out other parts of this site if you've got to admin Windows.
I've seen plenty of studies showing that keyboards are full of more bugs than anything else in a house or office, INCLUDING the toilet. Given the large percentage of people who use toilets without washing, this is inevitable. So keep out of libraries whether you're reading books or using a terminal if you value your health.
Books aren't a collection of highlights, they're (potentially) multi-page, often multi-hundred-page long works. Maybe you;re able to read somethng that long on a screen comfortably and efficiently, I can't.
The library just isn't as cool as it once was simply because no one wants books anymore. We outnumber folks like you
This is a fucking UNIVERSITY. If university students can't read an entire book except in blipvert fragments, it's goodbye to civilisation as we know it.
They tattooed ordinary figures, not barcodes. Photo
No one has worked it out yet? I Googled for "UIP hits", only found a few pages in German.
Unique Individual? P???
At my school, and also university, A was 80-100, B 70-79, C 60-69, D 50-59. It's all relative, of course, but pushing the curve up so that almost everyone gets over 90 gets silly and defeats the point of having a percentage scale. Reminiscent of those arcade games where points are awarded in multiples of 1,000 or 10,000 because it's more cool to say you got "one million" rather than "one hundred".
Is 79% really "underwhelming"? It's not superlative, but on the face of it sounds pretty good. Maybe they should revise their scoring method if 79% is lousy.