I don't understand what you're getting at. If it's a user option and not turned on by default, how is it a bad thing?
Some people like having Expose activated by moving the mouse to the corners, so be it. I don't happen to be one of these people, but I'm not going to fault people who want to work like this in OS X.
If I hide the taskbar in Windows, and a newbie comes along and can't find the taskbar, should he blame Windows for having bad UI design?
Well, if he's gonna bitch about CSI Miami, he should at least get it right. David Caruso plays a Lieutenant, so he's a ranking police officer as well as being a CSI. Hence the respect shown to him. All the CSIs in his lab are experienced police officers or detectives.
CSI Miami is quite different to the original CSI set in Las Vegas. The Miami CSIs are cops, not just forensic scientists or lab techs. If you're looking for forensics techs, those are the guys and girls who work exclusively in the labs, who do appear on the show.
I think people are getting their panties in a bunch for no reason. The TV shows aren't about forensics people as such, they're about cops. These are cop shows, with some forensics thrown in!
This camera-finding gadget was also featured on a recent (in Australia) episode of CSI Miami -- the one about the plane crash landing on the beach with the pilot killed by CO poisoning.
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I've never had my Firefox bookmarks overwritten... am I missing something?
The shotgun is possibly the most lethal close quarter battle weapon in existence. Most shotguns used by police or military these days are semi-auto or full auto, you don't need to manually chamber each round.
I think the purpose of a shotgun-wielding robot would be very much to hunt and kill: send it into a cave to flush out the enemies hiding in ambush within. In CQB when you charge through a bobby-trapped door, it's better to let the robot catch the blast or burst than to get one of your soldiers killed.
They're not going to use a robot for covering fire, there's no point when humans can do it much more effectively.
I also think that people who aren't fighting for their lives are likely to be more careful to avoid shooting bystanders.
What you say makes sense, but unfortunately real life does not bear this out... can you say, "Aw, dude"?
It's much harder to kill someone up close when you have to see their head explode with your own bare eyes. When you do it via remote screen, it's just like a game, blowing shit up. Aw, dude! Look at the fireworks!
But let's be serious for a moment... If a soldier disobey an order (illegal or not), he will be punished and his military career is over. In the best case, he will stay in the military but will never be promoted to a higher rank. OTOH, If a soldier obey an illegal order, most of the time nothing will happen. Sure, there are some exception (Abhu Ghraib) but it's rare
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. This is precisely what happens, and not just in the US military.
US soldiers will shoot to kill crowds with RPG-toting gunmen in their midst. Yes, that includes women and children. Soldiers will also shoot to kill unarmed women who are shielding gunmen standing behind them using them as cover.
Not something that I agree with quite obviously, but then again I've never been under fire so I have no idea how I'd react myself.
In case anyone is wondering what I'm refering to, it's the real-life incident known as "Black Hawk Down".
Uh no, a robber would just go pick on easier targets or go into an easier line of thieving business. Why make it harder and more expensive on yourself to get a bulletproof vest and a high-powered weapon if you can simply steal money through more lucrative and less dangerous means, e.g. ID theft and fraud?
My library bought a 4MP Kodak digicam last year, it's an expensive piece of shit that has horrible, substandard image quality. It was bought on the basis that "Kodak is a reliable company" -- ooh boy, what a mistake.
In the future, we'll be going with Canon for sure.
Not sure which country you're in, but here in Australia it looks like they're withdrawing the Athlon XPs and replacing them with Semprons... the A64 range is of course the "pro" range. So these Semprons aren't exactly intended for third world markets -- damn, can people in those countries even afford CPUs like this??
Semprons are the new Durons, essentially.
I also noticed that the prices for AMD CPUs have gone up recently, with the introduction of the Semprons. My first thought was "WTF?"...
On the flipside, I'm a public servant who works in a library and I see plenty of public servants in my building as well as the local council who do little to no work (literally sit there and play Solitaire, or call their friends and chat all day).
Having said that, most of my colleagues at the library are damn hard working, even though many of us are paid jack all. Anyway, is it hardly surprising that the character of a person can be determined by how conscientious and hard working they are?:)
The problem with government work is that hardly anyone is ever fired for incompetence or not doing work. Job security is very good. As a consequence, most people do the minimum workload required, which in some cases is approaching zero. So you'd have to be a truly huge bludger if you got the sack...
I work in a library, and one thing we've discovered is that eventually, somehow, somewhere, someone will steal something that just boggles your mind.
Like empty plastic CD cases -- one guy took a whole bunch of our CD albums off the rack, sneaked off to some dark corner of the library, then removed all the liner notes and CDs and walked out with the plastic cases. I mean, WTF?
Mate, if I could shake your hand I would. Good on you for doing your bit.
(this is coming from a cynical library assistant who has seen far too much of society's scum get away with all sorts of things, and that's just in the library...)
I find it hard to believe that nobody has bought your software with millions of downloads. I find that a really good program gets about a 1% (ouch) download/purchase rate.
I agree.
I just looked at the Net Weasel website, and from what I can see the proggie looks *crap*. I find it extremely hard to believe that so many people would bother even trying something which looks so substandard, when there are much better free editors out there (such as HTML-Kit).
It's a tough call, and I think the only really correct answer to whether to fight back or not is "it depends". Many criminals are cowards, but others can get emboldened by your resistance.
You have to rely on your instincts to tell you whether to fight back or not.
I should point out that one should never leave a baby or young child alone with a dog, especially if the dog is not familiar with the child.
The child may inadvertently/accidentally challenge the dog, which may cause it to "discipline" the child, by the only means available to it -- its teeth.
(No, I'm not a dog hater, I happen to own two dogs)
As just one example, my ex-wife ran up a bunch of bills on my Discover card right before she moved out. Even though I had the card itself in my possession the whole time )and her name was never on it as a co-signer), she used some old "cash advance checks" to get thousands of dollars for herself.
dude, I don't wanna rub it in or anything, but it was your card, and hence you were responsible for it. If she did something illegal in order to get the cash advances, then refer it to law enforcement to clear up.
If the bill collectors are in the wrong, then notify them that their unjustified harassment is to stop, or else you'll bring in the police.
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I don't understand what you're getting at. If it's a user option and not turned on by default, how is it a bad thing?
Some people like having Expose activated by moving the mouse to the corners, so be it. I don't happen to be one of these people, but I'm not going to fault people who want to work like this in OS X.
If I hide the taskbar in Windows, and a newbie comes along and can't find the taskbar, should he blame Windows for having bad UI design?
Well, if he's gonna bitch about CSI Miami, he should at least get it right. David Caruso plays a Lieutenant, so he's a ranking police officer as well as being a CSI. Hence the respect shown to him. All the CSIs in his lab are experienced police officers or detectives.
CSI Miami is quite different to the original CSI set in Las Vegas. The Miami CSIs are cops, not just forensic scientists or lab techs. If you're looking for forensics techs, those are the guys and girls who work exclusively in the labs, who do appear on the show.
I think people are getting their panties in a bunch for no reason. The TV shows aren't about forensics people as such, they're about cops. These are cop shows, with some forensics thrown in!
This camera-finding gadget was also featured on a recent (in Australia) episode of CSI Miami -- the one about the plane crash landing on the beach with the pilot killed by CO poisoning.
I've never had my Firefox bookmarks overwritten... am I missing something?
The shotgun is possibly the most lethal close quarter battle weapon in existence. Most shotguns used by police or military these days are semi-auto or full auto, you don't need to manually chamber each round.
I think the purpose of a shotgun-wielding robot would be very much to hunt and kill: send it into a cave to flush out the enemies hiding in ambush within. In CQB when you charge through a bobby-trapped door, it's better to let the robot catch the blast or burst than to get one of your soldiers killed.
They're not going to use a robot for covering fire, there's no point when humans can do it much more effectively.
What you say makes sense, but unfortunately real life does not bear this out... can you say, "Aw, dude"?
It's much harder to kill someone up close when you have to see their head explode with your own bare eyes. When you do it via remote screen, it's just like a game, blowing shit up. Aw, dude! Look at the fireworks!
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up. This is precisely what happens, and not just in the US military.
US soldiers will shoot to kill crowds with RPG-toting gunmen in their midst. Yes, that includes women and children. Soldiers will also shoot to kill unarmed women who are shielding gunmen standing behind them using them as cover.
Not something that I agree with quite obviously, but then again I've never been under fire so I have no idea how I'd react myself.
In case anyone is wondering what I'm refering to, it's the real-life incident known as "Black Hawk Down".
Uh no, a robber would just go pick on easier targets or go into an easier line of thieving business. Why make it harder and more expensive on yourself to get a bulletproof vest and a high-powered weapon if you can simply steal money through more lucrative and less dangerous means, e.g. ID theft and fraud?
My library bought a 4MP Kodak digicam last year, it's an expensive piece of shit that has horrible, substandard image quality. It was bought on the basis that "Kodak is a reliable company" -- ooh boy, what a mistake.
In the future, we'll be going with Canon for sure.
Not sure which country you're in, but here in Australia it looks like they're withdrawing the Athlon XPs and replacing them with Semprons... the A64 range is of course the "pro" range. So these Semprons aren't exactly intended for third world markets -- damn, can people in those countries even afford CPUs like this??
Semprons are the new Durons, essentially.
I also noticed that the prices for AMD CPUs have gone up recently, with the introduction of the Semprons. My first thought was "WTF?"...
On the flipside, I'm a public servant who works in a library and I see plenty of public servants in my building as well as the local council who do little to no work (literally sit there and play Solitaire, or call their friends and chat all day).
:)
Having said that, most of my colleagues at the library are damn hard working, even though many of us are paid jack all. Anyway, is it hardly surprising that the character of a person can be determined by how conscientious and hard working they are?
The problem with government work is that hardly anyone is ever fired for incompetence or not doing work. Job security is very good. As a consequence, most people do the minimum workload required, which in some cases is approaching zero. So you'd have to be a truly huge bludger if you got the sack...
I work in a library, and one thing we've discovered is that eventually, somehow, somewhere, someone will steal something that just boggles your mind.
Like empty plastic CD cases -- one guy took a whole bunch of our CD albums off the rack, sneaked off to some dark corner of the library, then removed all the liner notes and CDs and walked out with the plastic cases. I mean, WTF?
BTW libraries are kleptomaniac magnets.
Mate, if I could shake your hand I would. Good on you for doing your bit.
(this is coming from a cynical library assistant who has seen far too much of society's scum get away with all sorts of things, and that's just in the library...)
Or alternatively, what's to stop antivirus companies from helping to spread and propagate viruses? :)
I agree.
I just looked at the Net Weasel website, and from what I can see the proggie looks *crap*. I find it extremely hard to believe that so many people would bother even trying something which looks so substandard, when there are much better free editors out there (such as HTML-Kit).
This got Score:5 Insightful? Now I truly know some moderators must be on crack...
It's a tough call, and I think the only really correct answer to whether to fight back or not is "it depends". Many criminals are cowards, but others can get emboldened by your resistance.
You have to rely on your instincts to tell you whether to fight back or not.
I should point out that one should never leave a baby or young child alone with a dog, especially if the dog is not familiar with the child.
The child may inadvertently/accidentally challenge the dog, which may cause it to "discipline" the child, by the only means available to it -- its teeth.
(No, I'm not a dog hater, I happen to own two dogs)
You did the right, and reasonable, thing. Thanks for sharing your story.
You're much kinder than I am. I think the Pegasus Mobile NoteTaker is a complete fricken' joke.
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Unfortunately, it is for real...
http://pegasustec.en.ec21.com/GC00554976
Thanks for posting that explanation... sorry to hear about your situation. It really sounds like the system sucks, bigtime :(
Don't forget the compact shark tank. For all your "sharks-with-fricken'-laser-beams-attached-to-thei r-heads" needs.
dude, I don't wanna rub it in or anything, but it was your card, and hence you were responsible for it. If she did something illegal in order to get the cash advances, then refer it to law enforcement to clear up.
If the bill collectors are in the wrong, then notify them that their unjustified harassment is to stop, or else you'll bring in the police.
Don't worry. I think he just got his linguistics mixed up with his marketing.