"Just because someone's got stuff out where other people have access to it doesn't mean it's totally up for grabs or that they've given up their property rights to it." -- me
You didn't read my post at all before responding, did you?
One more little thing, web servers are not abandoned property either. So they're not 'anything goes' zones. So what's your point?
Ooo, another one - roads are public resources, but you can't go any speed you want. Well, you can, but if you're caught you'll be in trouble.
Interstate rest areas are public resources, but you're not allowed to stay overnight, or drive through the parking lot at 80 mph, or allowed to get into the broom closet or equipment sheds or power relays.
The telephone system is a public resource, but you'll catch all kinds of hell for sending a power spike up the line or breaking into a neighborhood switch and crossing lines.
USPS mail dropboxes are "put out there for public use" too, but just try pissing in one, or trying to get into it. What, you just wanted to see what sort of envelopes people are using these days? That probably won't fly with the judge.
If you go down to the park and put up a swing, it is most certainly not reasonable to assume people are free to vandalize it. It might happen, but just because it's a "public resource" doesn't mean it's ok to damage it, or even to move it somewhere else.
Street signs are public resources too, but altering them is against the law. Water fountains are public resources, but you'd probably get in trouble for throwing a Tidy-Bowl cookie into one. Roads are public resources, but you'll get into trouble for blocking it off, or painting it, or changing the signs, etc.
The point is, just because it's a "public resource" doesn't mean you can do anything you want with it with impugnity.
If someone gets out of their car and accidentally leaves the key in the ignition, you would still be charged with GTA if you drove off with it. Just because someone left their grill out on the front porch doesn't mean you have a right to cook dinner on it. Just because someone leaves a bicycle leaning against the garage, or even down at the corner store, doesn't mean you have the right to hop on it and take a ride.
Just because someone's got stuff out where other people have access to it doesn't mean it's totally up for grabs or that they've given up their property rights to it.
That makes absolutely no sense at all. You may as well say 'catfood' == 'is that right?' or 'fhtagn' == 'is that right?'
Why not just use 'ok?'? It's still three characters (even though bandwidth is not a resource that needs to be conserved), an established colloquialism, and doesn't raise the blood pressure of the recipient.
I've found that there's no need to put my users through that particular learning curve. They know Win2000 well, no point in frustrating them with something totally different and (IMO) offensively childish.
Besides, they're perfectly free to set it back if they want. So far none have, or have even asked about it.
It's not even gonna be out *next* year.. kinda like tapping Duke Nukem Forever as 2003 Game of the Year, innit?
=)
And as far as the Fischer-Price XP theme goes, every single install of XP I've ever done for myself and others gets instantly reverted to 'Classic' mode. My take is, it's a laptop, not a Speak-n-Spell.
"It is good to see people with his kind of wealth putting it to work for society."
They all do, it's just that most of it isn't high-profile or 'cool' stuff like space travel.
Wealthy people don't stuff their mattresses full of cash or have a Scrooge McDuck vault where they hoard coin and bill, or in any other way keep it totally removed from the economy.
No, instead what you find is that their money is socked away in investment portfolios, mutual funds, annuities, or their own businesses as capital investments. All that money gets invested somewhere in society, whether it's in government bonds, other companies, loans, etc etc etc.
Yeah, I was speaking of distribution in the abstract - 'food gets to where it needs to be', whether that's by truck, plane, stout back, or locals getting the tools and education they need to grow high-yield crops themselves.
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It was a joke. Chill.
Wow. Harness that denial of yours and we can have clean, cheap energy for the whole world for decades.
We got pictures back from ours. Neener. =)
Damn, I forgot what it was.
"Nothing beats apathy."
Yeah, one thing does. I'll tell you later.
You mean India has 'grave labor' laws?
"Just because someone's got stuff out where other people have access to it doesn't mean it's totally up for grabs or that they've given up their property rights to it." -- me
You didn't read my post at all before responding, did you?
One more little thing, web servers are not abandoned property either. So they're not 'anything goes' zones. So what's your point?
Ooo, another one - roads are public resources, but you can't go any speed you want. Well, you can, but if you're caught you'll be in trouble.
Interstate rest areas are public resources, but you're not allowed to stay overnight, or drive through the parking lot at 80 mph, or allowed to get into the broom closet or equipment sheds or power relays.
The telephone system is a public resource, but you'll catch all kinds of hell for sending a power spike up the line or breaking into a neighborhood switch and crossing lines.
How many more of these do you need?
USPS mail dropboxes are "put out there for public use" too, but just try pissing in one, or trying to get into it. What, you just wanted to see what sort of envelopes people are using these days? That probably won't fly with the judge.
If you go down to the park and put up a swing, it is most certainly not reasonable to assume people are free to vandalize it. It might happen, but just because it's a "public resource" doesn't mean it's ok to damage it, or even to move it somewhere else.
Street signs are public resources too, but altering them is against the law. Water fountains are public resources, but you'd probably get in trouble for throwing a Tidy-Bowl cookie into one. Roads are public resources, but you'll get into trouble for blocking it off, or painting it, or changing the signs, etc.
The point is, just because it's a "public resource" doesn't mean you can do anything you want with it with impugnity.
If you want to *be* a sarcastic prick, use Overrated or Offtopic. If you want to *acknowledge* his sarcastic-prickitude, use Underrated or Funny.
Holy buckets. More like a cultural fartifact.
If someone gets out of their car and accidentally leaves the key in the ignition, you would still be charged with GTA if you drove off with it. Just because someone left their grill out on the front porch doesn't mean you have a right to cook dinner on it. Just because someone leaves a bicycle leaning against the garage, or even down at the corner store, doesn't mean you have the right to hop on it and take a ride.
Just because someone's got stuff out where other people have access to it doesn't mean it's totally up for grabs or that they've given up their property rights to it.
Those are Mangalores
"as much minimum power as possible"
The point is made, but the syntax would be "as little power as possible" or even just "minimum possible amount of power".
"not seldom run"
Often run? Again, makes sense, but a bit stiff.
(this is meant as an educational insight, not a slam - I hope you'd do the same for me if I ever posted something in German)
I'd watch it!
Spoken like a gentlemen.
(I've been caught by that a couple times myself, heh)
Perhaps I wasn't responding to Creep73 at all.
Use the Parent link on that post of mine or switch to showing posts at -1, check it out for yourself.
How do you find room for all that arrogance and still have enough breathable air around you?
QRIO the bi-pedal robot, among others...
'lol ok' == 'is that right?'
That makes absolutely no sense at all. You may as well say 'catfood' == 'is that right?' or 'fhtagn' == 'is that right?'
Why not just use 'ok?'? It's still three characters (even though bandwidth is not a resource that needs to be conserved), an established colloquialism, and doesn't raise the blood pressure of the recipient.
I've found that there's no need to put my users through that particular learning curve. They know Win2000 well, no point in frustrating them with something totally different and (IMO) offensively childish.
Besides, they're perfectly free to set it back if they want. So far none have, or have even asked about it.
It's not even gonna be out *next* year.. kinda like tapping Duke Nukem Forever as 2003 Game of the Year, innit?
=)
And as far as the Fischer-Price XP theme goes, every single install of XP I've ever done for myself and others gets instantly reverted to 'Classic' mode. My take is, it's a laptop, not a Speak-n-Spell.
"It is good to see people with his kind of wealth putting it to work for society."
They all do, it's just that most of it isn't high-profile or 'cool' stuff like space travel.
Wealthy people don't stuff their mattresses full of cash or have a Scrooge McDuck vault where they hoard coin and bill, or in any other way keep it totally removed from the economy.
No, instead what you find is that their money is socked away in investment portfolios, mutual funds, annuities, or their own businesses as capital investments. All that money gets invested somewhere in society, whether it's in government bonds, other companies, loans, etc etc etc.
MMmmm, Keira. Hot grits and jailbait.
Dunno, but they usually seem to be pissed off at something.. (mad props)
Yeah, I was speaking of distribution in the abstract - 'food gets to where it needs to be', whether that's by truck, plane, stout back, or locals getting the tools and education they need to grow high-yield crops themselves.