The last thing scientists are worried about are destroying these inestimably valuable relics from the past. It's shoot first, ask questions later, at Stanford!
Err... you "earn" your TV time by exercising. You "earn" your allowance by doing your weekly chores. I don't see much difference.
I don't think the shoe is a viable idea. Even if it was, I don't think kids will take well to being parented by an insole.
I've found that people live their lives with much more ease having a scape-goat in their lives. It's centrally dishonest, but allows the everyman to carry on with his life without having to come to terms with his own inadequacies. In other words: my goat sucks, not me.
Does anyone else get a sinking feeling in their tummy every time Microsoft does something right, something better, or something intelligent?
I like hating them. If I can't hate them, I'll have to hate something else. And I haven't been paying much attention to worthy targets over the past few years.
I'm afraid I might have to turn my hate inwards if they improving. And that can't be good.
Being 'acclimated' to it means you don't notice it as much right, so how bad could it be?
I dislike ads (I mute them when I watch TV), and it pisses me off when my roommate actively watches ads. He likes to keep them unmuted to keep the brain-suck action at a consistently high level during boobathons.
But nevertheless, he's still the same person, ads or no ads. The ads bother me and they don't bother him and we both seem to be getting on fine with our lives.
It seems unlikely to me that the good movie-going populace of America is going to champion the cause of peer-to-peer software at the cost of not going to the theaters.
There's a reason the RIAA and MPAA have so much power. They control a valuable commodity.
The RIAA/MPAA are bastards, but most people don't know that. And most people will see Matrix 3 and never have a reason not to.
Backups. Consumer level PC need a VERY GOOD inexpensive method of backing up stuff... I'm talking the whole hard drive in a manner of minutes. Cheap. Often.
It's called RAID 1. It's dirt cheap and it backs up your entire hard drive instantly (not minutes).
I fail to see how a database company maintaining a customer database constitutes "data mining." You might as well just say: if you can't do a job right, don't do it.
We'd all be better off if every company took that moral stance to heart. But, we all know it ain't gonna happen.
What about van Eck phreaking? Fido borders can't stop that. Of course its not a real very real threat, but it only takes once.
Expect your wife to receive hard copies of that 'questionable' pornography you enjoy so much from the van Eck'ing P.I. she hired (he looks like Tom Selleck:-)
You're right, but DRM scares me. I like to touch the things I own. Call it asthetic, because it ain't practical. Until your life gets th' ole "rd/s/q".
While the economical, ecological and informational value of epaper is undeniable, there's something to be said for "having it in ink." I'd hate to have my bookshelf wiped out by a solar flare or malicious EMP field.
Not to rain on anyone's parade -- epaper is cool -- but there's a reason the 10 commandments were written in stone and not scratched in the dirt. Allegorically speaking...
We must return to the Tribe. It is our only hope of survival! Just because something is better (as IE is), doesn't mean you must use it. When you do, you lose your identity.
Kill your TV, your SUV and your IE. (-;
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I don't know about you, but I look dead sexy under x-ray. Let's have it!
MSFT vs MSF.L
If I don't need to learn how to patch to ... patch, isn't that the definition of "easier"?
Because that would be hard. Leaning sheets of aluminum against your house is easy. Redoing siding (if you've ever done it) is hard.
The last thing scientists are worried about are destroying these inestimably valuable relics from the past. It's shoot first, ask questions later, at Stanford!
Err... you "earn" your TV time by exercising. You "earn" your allowance by doing your weekly chores. I don't see much difference. I don't think the shoe is a viable idea. Even if it was, I don't think kids will take well to being parented by an insole.
I've found that people live their lives with much more ease having a scape-goat in their lives. It's centrally dishonest, but allows the everyman to carry on with his life without having to come to terms with his own inadequacies. In other words: my goat sucks, not me.
Does anyone else get a sinking feeling in their tummy every time Microsoft does something right, something better, or something intelligent? I like hating them. If I can't hate them, I'll have to hate something else. And I haven't been paying much attention to worthy targets over the past few years. I'm afraid I might have to turn my hate inwards if they improving. And that can't be good.
Being 'acclimated' to it means you don't notice it as much right, so how bad could it be?
I dislike ads (I mute them when I watch TV), and it pisses me off when my roommate actively watches ads. He likes to keep them unmuted to keep the brain-suck action at a consistently high level during boobathons.
But nevertheless, he's still the same person, ads or no ads. The ads bother me and they don't bother him and we both seem to be getting on fine with our lives.
I don't really see the big deal.
Hot swapable HDDs. Swap on, swap off kemosabe
There's a reason the RIAA and MPAA have so much power. They control a valuable commodity.
The RIAA/MPAA are bastards, but most people don't know that. And most people will see Matrix 3 and never have a reason not to.
It's called RAID 1. It's dirt cheap and it backs up your entire hard drive instantly (not minutes).
badabing
I fail to see how a database company maintaining a customer database constitutes "data mining." You might as well just say: if you can't do a job right, don't do it.
We'd all be better off if every company took that moral stance to heart. But, we all know it ain't gonna happen.
pb
Don't you mean "If he wan't selling the canola, what is the problem?"
Readin da post...dun-dun-dah..
But seriously folks, better read the "pissed off seed company's" side of the story before getting up on the soap box.
I bet that farmer couldn't wait to get his eager little sweaty palms on that "Round-up Ready" canola strain. It sounds soooo tasty.
Eat less GMO :-)
I'm going to move my DirecTV dish on to my neighbor's roof so he has to pay the bill. No GMO! No GMO! err... what did I just eat?
Wow -- do you have a deep, evil villain's voice?
Expect your wife to receive hard copies of that 'questionable' pornography you enjoy so much from the van Eck'ing P.I. she hired (he looks like Tom Selleck :-)
Paranoia Strikes Deep
-boi
You're right, but DRM scares me. I like to touch the things I own. Call it asthetic, because it ain't practical. Until your life gets th' ole "rd /s /q".
If 802.11g didn't make you want to stick your head in front of a Cantenna to get a preview of brain tumors to come, this new standard certainly will.
While the economical, ecological and informational value of epaper is undeniable, there's something to be said for "having it in ink." I'd hate to have my bookshelf wiped out by a solar flare or malicious EMP field.
Not to rain on anyone's parade -- epaper is cool -- but there's a reason the 10 commandments were written in stone and not scratched in the dirt. Allegorically speaking...
We must return to the Tribe. It is our only hope of survival! Just because something is better (as IE is), doesn't mean you must use it. When you do, you lose your identity. Kill your TV, your SUV and your IE. (-;
Why doesn't slashdot have a big User-Agent meter on the front page, exposing how many of its degenerate readers use IE? Because!
I just saw XMen2 -- I wanna be a superhero!
Everyone knows that moist towelettes are the true path to world peace and prosperity. Just ask Scott Grantham and Greg Gerou.
Mmm... and how does a school having a bunch of outdated OEM copies of Win95 not translate into profit for Microsoft?
They'll upgrade eventually. Or they'll freak out when they can't find the licenses/media for the computers.