Users are always the biggest security threat. It's the OS's job to protect them. OSX and Linux seem to haev no problem doing this, so why can't Windows?
If you can present a compelling coherent argument, you don't need to use lame decade old snipes
After decades of presenting compelling coherent arguments, and no one listening or changing their behavior, I find the lame snipes have both weight and accuracy.
IT is seen as a young man's game. My next applicant after you is 23 years old. What do you know that he doesn't?
The proper response from this geezer would be, "I know that I can and will crush him under my boot heel, and then then you if you dare ask that question again."
Otherwise, it is just a cynical attempt to cash in on an existing fan base...
Gee, no gray area there? No room for creativity, imagination, fun? No, it's either tow the party line, or you're a hack, eh?
It's funny you mention Galactica, though. There was quite a bit of revision there, but it still seems to have turned out OK.
Hard to understand the bitterness here
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I'm 38 and I've been watching Star Trek since I was five. The first text I remember reading and understanding were the credits to TOS. By the time I was seven I could tell you the entire plot of a TOS episode by watching the first ten seconds, max.
I thought the trailer was frikkin' awesome. I don't understand the bitterness and disappointment. And I'm not a trek fanboi, either. I stopped watching the series' about one season into Voyager and missed most of Enterprise.
All of this bitching about continuity being broken and stuff going against canon: jesus christ, who cares? It's fiction, people. It's not immutable.
If we can be intelligent, why can't equally complex entities also be intelligent? Like, say, the universe? Or the biosphere of our planet? Or the process of evolution itself? Of couse it's not bound to be an intelligence we can understand, but so what?
It's just that simple. But I find when I mention this idea, folks of both the theological and non-theological bent come along and twist it, so I usually just don't bother. (I'm not arguing either side.)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, does not go away.
Nah, that's too simple. Because we have brains, reality and belief is a strange loop.
Case in point: I've always struggled with my weight. Up until a few years ago, when I lost 80 pounds or so, I was anxious about losing weight. That amounted to a belief that losing weight was difficult. Here's the loop bit: because I was anxious about it, losing weight was more difficult - more stress, less ability to stick with weight loss, more negative cycles, etc.
After losing weight (and subsequently gaining most of it back) I'm no longer anxious about it. I'm still struggling with my weight, but I know I can lose it if I do the right things. It's easier for me to lose weight now. Sadly it's just as easy to gain.:)
After I lost my belief the reality did go away. That's because the reality was formed, in part, by the belief itself.
This notion that humans are responsible for screwing everything about is about as arrogant, in my mind, as the belief people once had that humanity was at the center of the universe.
Arrogant? Why? We have the ability to wipe most human life off the planet in about an hour using nuclear weapons. Why is it arrogance to think we could do it in 50 years by other means?
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Users are always the biggest security threat. It's the OS's job to protect them. OSX and Linux seem to haev no problem doing this, so why can't Windows?
That seems to be all you see. You are guilty of the behavior you criticize. Try understanding.
No, seriously. Goodbye English.
After decades of presenting compelling coherent arguments, and no one listening or changing their behavior, I find the lame snipes have both weight and accuracy.
And get off my lawn.
The proper response from this geezer would be, "I know that I can and will crush him under my boot heel, and then then you if you dare ask that question again."
Didn't make you do anything, kiddo.
Heck, I gave my 14 month old daughter a 5lb sledge hammer just to see if she could lift it.
She did. :)
She's our little Helga. :D
Gee, no gray area there? No room for creativity, imagination, fun? No, it's either tow the party line, or you're a hack, eh?
It's funny you mention Galactica, though. There was quite a bit of revision there, but it still seems to have turned out OK.
I'm 38 and I've been watching Star Trek since I was five. The first text I remember reading and understanding were the credits to TOS. By the time I was seven I could tell you the entire plot of a TOS episode by watching the first ten seconds, max.
I thought the trailer was frikkin' awesome. I don't understand the bitterness and disappointment. And I'm not a trek fanboi, either. I stopped watching the series' about one season into Voyager and missed most of Enterprise.
All of this bitching about continuity being broken and stuff going against canon: jesus christ, who cares? It's fiction, people. It's not immutable.
We have an existence proof for intelligence: us.
Now, halt that snarky comment right there! :)
If we can be intelligent, why can't equally complex entities also be intelligent? Like, say, the universe? Or the biosphere of our planet? Or the process of evolution itself? Of couse it's not bound to be an intelligence we can understand, but so what?
It's just that simple. But I find when I mention this idea, folks of both the theological and non-theological bent come along and twist it, so I usually just don't bother. (I'm not arguing either side.)
The really funny thing is I didn't intend this as a joke.
Nah, that's too simple. Because we have brains, reality and belief is a strange loop.
Case in point: I've always struggled with my weight. Up until a few years ago, when I lost 80 pounds or so, I was anxious about losing weight. That amounted to a belief that losing weight was difficult. Here's the loop bit: because I was anxious about it, losing weight was more difficult - more stress, less ability to stick with weight loss, more negative cycles, etc.
After losing weight (and subsequently gaining most of it back) I'm no longer anxious about it. I'm still struggling with my weight, but I know I can lose it if I do the right things. It's easier for me to lose weight now. Sadly it's just as easy to gain. :)
After I lost my belief the reality did go away. That's because the reality was formed, in part, by the belief itself.
...then it was already green.
AIG.
You are hereby ordered to report to the home office and turn in your geek card.
Arrogant? Why? We have the ability to wipe most human life off the planet in about an hour using nuclear weapons. Why is it arrogance to think we could do it in 50 years by other means?
Yes. It's actually a study in the annoyance level of useless research studies. You'll be receiving your cohort survey shortly.
Didn't we just do that on Nov 4th?
Yeah, but the latency's a bitch.
Obama, like every president elect, now has offices in the General Services Administration.
So, yeah, that's a part of the government.
Clearly you have no hope for the next few.
Hello!
My name is Jo Harding.
You kill my father!
Prepare to...to...dissapate via mesocyclone weakness!
Yes, I have to admit that.
I really don't think there's consensus on whether he's actually dead or not.
Further study is required.
You said it, not me.