The claim that the clip in question violates the IOCs copyright....
Is rubbish. You can't "copyright" 5 circles. Maybe "trademark". And I believe most countries have enacted special laws to protect the Olympic names and synbols. But again, it's not "copyright".
Indeed. So where would you put the Wacom on this laptop
In the middle. Delete the trackpad. It has the traditional ThinkPad Trackpoint "nipple" in the keyboard: that, plus trackpad + Wacom = 3 pointing devices. I have an old ThinkPad X24 with only a Trackpoint, it's fine for running most software as-is.
I don't see a slot for the Wacom pen, surely there should be a slot it clips into?
Sure, it's impossible to prove what people really believe or if they are just having an extended joke. Nevertheless, the Flat Earthers don't seem to engage in the kind of activity a "True Believer" might do (as the Creationists, eg). No law suits trying to expose the "conspiracy", or campaigns to have their point of view taught in schools. They just play mind games on their websites and debate those who turn up.
The implicit comparison is apt. Denying a round earth is quite close in ignorance to denying evolution.
The vital difference is that probably 99% of avowed Flat Earthers don't actually believe it. They are just playing a role and defending an absurd position as an intellectual exercise, like a debating club where you have to advocate a point of view regardless of your personal beliefs.
Timothy (The "editor") wrote "There's a new reason to hope that the no-cell-chatter bill now under consideration in the US doesn't bring with it a Faraday-cage mandate, and that reason is landing safely."
How about reading TFA: "the twin-engined Piper plane... with four passengers". It wasn't a fucking jumbo jet. That kind of plane is never going to be affected by any "no cell chatter" rules, much less have any "Faraday cage" built into it. And I think an airliner would have multiple multiple communications backups.
Reminds me of the wackos who say cell phones should be allowed in cinemas "in case of terrorist attack".
The only reason Timothy linked this with the cell phone ban on passenger planes is that it is guaranteed to start up a multi-page thread arguing that subject again, reardless of its irrelevance. Too bad he couldn't think of a way to get gun rights or evolution into the story too.
"Research"??? At least he's being honest, it's obvious he doesn't have the ability now, if he ever did, to create a story that isn't a rehash. Problem is he isn't rehashing imaginative stuff by good writers, as he did in his early movies, but third-generation self-plagiarism. He should stick to marketing action figures and hand over the creative reins to someone who hasn't disappeared up their own asshole.
People in countries with higher wages pay more for products. Who would've thought? Maybe that price comparison should factor in the two countries' average incomes.
In other news, rice costs more here than in India. They must think we're stupid.
Yes, you may be rich, but you are stupid. (And the dipshits that modded you up even more so.) Many hi-tech goods are much cheaper in the US than in most third-world countries. It's about markets, competition, trade barriers, monopolies. Businesses don't calculate what would be a "fair" price related to wages, they just charge what the market will bear.
"Do you really have to check with your local ordinances before you fantasize about anything?"
I believe in lots of countries they're throwing the book (and more) at people with child porn.
We are talking about an Olympic sporting event, watched by millions of people, broadcast by every major TV network in the world.
I usually look for their age first. Like that US blond softball player. She is legal. As long as they are legal, all is good.
I really don't think "legality" is an issue when they are in Beijing and I am thousands of miles away watching them on TV. Do you really have to check with yuor local ordinances before you fantasize about anything?
Anyway I just checked and I still could Click on Options, Filters, Create
Duh -- you're right. I was looking under "Spam" options. I didn't look at "Mangement" options. I sent an email to their support a couple of years ago asking about this, couldn't get any sensible reply at all, certainly no reference to this feature. Is it perhaps new? I haven't looked at Yahoo's web interface for a couple of years aside from checkijg the spam folder, I use POP all the time.
Both Google and Yahoo (not sure about Hotmail) use global spam filters that everyone trains, the idea being that the more training the filter gets, the more accurate it is. Seems there are flaws with that idea.
Yahoo's is fucking useless. There is no way you can write your own rules -- why can't I block all email with certain words in the subject, or from a particular domain? I do have a smidgin of intelligence, why won't they let me use it directly? No matter how many times I delete similar spam, they don't learn a damn thing. I only stick with Yahoo because I've got lots of business contacts who use that address -- I really must transition to my own domain.
Me, too. They also started throwing all the moveon e-mails and tor e-mails into the spam folder as well. So is yahoo not delivering the mail at all, or just throwing it straight into folks spam folder?
Though there is no explicit "white list" for Yahoo mail, if an address is in your address list, it will not be marked spam.
Took me a long while to work that out, as I hardly ever send mail from their web interface and so never used the address list for that. So now when I check through my spam folder (about once a week) and find a false positive, I add the address to my list.
There are (almost) always multiple possible motives, people; thinking you can sit in your parents basement and know them all is nothing short of arrogance.
"Arrogance"? Like some dipshit posting ungrammatical groundless sneers?
FYI, asshole, I left my parents' home over 30 years ago.
This case occurred because they are a large company, and have a crude obscenity filter. NOT because they are a monopoly!
They had a crude obscenity filter because a monopoly doesn't need a better one. There is no economic incentive for them to spend the resources on things like that. They can't lose customers no matter how badly they treat them.
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No. Not "clearly" at all.
Is rubbish. You can't "copyright" 5 circles. Maybe "trademark". And I believe most countries have enacted special laws to protect the Olympic names and synbols. But again, it's not "copyright".
In the middle. Delete the trackpad. It has the traditional ThinkPad Trackpoint "nipple" in the keyboard: that, plus trackpad + Wacom = 3 pointing devices. I have an old ThinkPad X24 with only a Trackpoint, it's fine for running most software as-is.
I don't see a slot for the Wacom pen, surely there should be a slot it clips into?
There are. So? Faking any part of a "news" program is unacceptable.
In many places these were broadcast as part of a "news" program. There is a line and this crossed it, as far as I'm concerned.
You can't know, obviously. But when they build theme parks, take cases to the Supreme Court, that seems a bit extreme to be a joke.
And this magic charm I can sell you for a low, low price can "deter" tiger attacks, though not guaranteed to "prevent all" of them.
Sure, it's impossible to prove what people really believe or if they are just having an extended joke. Nevertheless, the Flat Earthers don't seem to engage in the kind of activity a "True Believer" might do (as the Creationists, eg). No law suits trying to expose the "conspiracy", or campaigns to have their point of view taught in schools. They just play mind games on their websites and debate those who turn up.
I should have said "allowed to use".
The vital difference is that probably 99% of avowed Flat Earthers don't actually believe it. They are just playing a role and defending an absurd position as an intellectual exercise, like a debating club where you have to advocate a point of view regardless of your personal beliefs.
It didn't "deter" the 9/11 hijackings, did it? It probably was the reason the passengers rushed the cabin and crashed Flight 93 though.
How about reading TFA: "the twin-engined Piper plane ... with four passengers". It wasn't a fucking jumbo jet. That kind of plane is never going to be affected by any "no cell chatter" rules, much less have any "Faraday cage" built into it. And I think an airliner would have multiple multiple communications backups.
Reminds me of the wackos who say cell phones should be allowed in cinemas "in case of terrorist attack".
The only reason Timothy linked this with the cell phone ban on passenger planes is that it is guaranteed to start up a multi-page thread arguing that subject again, reardless of its irrelevance. Too bad he couldn't think of a way to get gun rights or evolution into the story too.
Check out Bubba Ho-Tep. It's got mummies. It's got Elvis. It's got BRUCE CAMPBELL.
"Research"??? At least he's being honest, it's obvious he doesn't have the ability now, if he ever did, to create a story that isn't a rehash. Problem is he isn't rehashing imaginative stuff by good writers, as he did in his early movies, but third-generation self-plagiarism. He should stick to marketing action figures and hand over the creative reins to someone who hasn't disappeared up their own asshole.
Yes, you may be rich, but you are stupid. (And the dipshits that modded you up even more so.) Many hi-tech goods are much cheaper in the US than in most third-world countries. It's about markets, competition, trade barriers, monopolies. Businesses don't calculate what would be a "fair" price related to wages, they just charge what the market will bear.
Non sequitur.
I believe in lots of countries they're throwing the book (and more) at people with child porn.
We are talking about an Olympic sporting event, watched by millions of people, broadcast by every major TV network in the world.
WTF are you talking about "child porn"?
I really don't think "legality" is an issue when they are in Beijing and I am thousands of miles away watching them on TV. Do you really have to check with yuor local ordinances before you fantasize about anything?
On the other hand, watching nubile athletic girls contort themselves does it for me.
Thanks for your useless patronising response.
Duh -- you're right. I was looking under "Spam" options. I didn't look at "Mangement" options. I sent an email to their support a couple of years ago asking about this, couldn't get any sensible reply at all, certainly no reference to this feature. Is it perhaps new? I haven't looked at Yahoo's web interface for a couple of years aside from checkijg the spam folder, I use POP all the time.
No matter, thanks.
Yahoo's is fucking useless. There is no way you can write your own rules -- why can't I block all email with certain words in the subject, or from a particular domain? I do have a smidgin of intelligence, why won't they let me use it directly? No matter how many times I delete similar spam, they don't learn a damn thing. I only stick with Yahoo because I've got lots of business contacts who use that address -- I really must transition to my own domain.
Though there is no explicit "white list" for Yahoo mail, if an address is in your address list, it will not be marked spam.
Took me a long while to work that out, as I hardly ever send mail from their web interface and so never used the address list for that. So now when I check through my spam folder (about once a week) and find a false positive, I add the address to my list.
"Arrogance"? Like some dipshit posting ungrammatical groundless sneers?
FYI, asshole, I left my parents' home over 30 years ago.
They had a crude obscenity filter because a monopoly doesn't need a better one. There is no economic incentive for them to spend the resources on things like that. They can't lose customers no matter how badly they treat them.