Do you know what a sociopath is, or do you just use the word because you like the way it sounds in your mouth?
What are 'ownership rights' on 'intellectual property'? Nothing. Absolutely nothing at all
Factually incorrect. Arguing that something *shouldn't* be true is not the same as arguing it *is not true.* There are plenty of ownership rights regarding IP. Why? Because we, as a society and civilization, created them. The idea that intellectual property can and should be owned and protected in some form is enshrined in the laws stretching back centuries.
We can certainly discuss the nature, evolution, and scope of such protection, as well as the moral/ethical considerations, but attempting to claim that such structures don't exist is ridiculous. Of course they do.
"Ideas spring from entire cultures." Ideas spring from cultures. Ideas spring from people. The process is inextricably linked. The fact that you can trace the evolution of an idea in culture doesn't change the fact that it finds new expression (or simply hits the right place / right time) in the hands of a particular person.
Amazing. I visited one site, downloaded one file, dealt with no "explosions", watched no ads, and never had to block scripting or Flash in the first place.
Having an ad run in a window that doesn't demand your attention or invoke its own audio doesn't count as being "forced" to watch it.
Yeah, it sucks that companies use false Download links to get clicks. I hate it. If you're smart enough to install all that ad blocking, you're smart enough to figure out how to spot the accurate link amidst the crap. Does that make the crap good? No -- but it sure pokes a hole in your whole "OMG I had to USE THE REAL INTERNET" whine-fest.
I feel sorry for you if you think a 733MHz system w/ 512MB of RAM is "perfectly adequate." I'm guessing you surf one page at a time, keep nothing open in the background, and go for coffee every time you need to copy data.
I'd love to see just one video of "Obama's screaming Bolsheviks." Can you provide one? Please include a historic screaming Bolshevik video for comparison. I bet the Russians are just darling in those little furry hats.
The US doesn't formally recognize the right of any international court to *bring* such charges against him. No government with any power to bring them has suggested doing so. Because 'war crimes' aren't something you can just arbitrarily declare someone has committed, even if you think you've caught them admitting to a violation of the Geneva Convention or any other international declaration on human rights / rights of noncombatants.
International courts are only as effective as the combined wills of the countries that sit upon them to either 1) Jointly enforce their decisions upon member states or 2) Jointly enforce their decisions upon other countries. No one is going to attempt #2 on the US, particularly over the actions of George W. Bush, and the US isn't going to hand over sufficient sovereign power to make #1 a possibility.
I thought this was absolutely hilarious. It doesn't promote violence against anyone who identifies as TG/TS, nor does it suggest that such people are inherently worth less than those who identify as gay, straight, GQ, GF, or bisexual. True, Rubycodez should've said "she likes guys" instead of "he" given that the transexual in question is MtF rather than FtM, but that's a small slip. Using "cum" instead of "come" is again, a bit juvenile, but "juvenile" isn't a synonym for "hateful."
There's a difference between being sensitive to a certain type of comment and reading attack where no attack exists. The mere act of being silly is not, prima facie, an attack against a group of people.
ThePhilips,
According to Intel, Poulson incorporates redesigned FPU and ALU structures, as well as the 12-issue design (which I admit in the article may not really be a good thing from a code optimization standpoint). It's impossible to currently gauge the compiler improvements Intel may introduce when the chip launches *or* the value of the ALU/FPU pipeline.
You seem to have missed my point that Itanium was badly mis-marketed; it's partly seen as a failure precisely because it was pushed as a next-generation solution for all sorts of systems it should never have been positioned to fulfill. If we *start* from the position that Intel would retrench the chip's marketing more neutrally, then I think my statement is quite accurate.
This semicircle of rocks would be far more interesting / culturally significant if there as an actual reason to see it as such. Stonehenge (and the other henges known to exist) were typically significant, large-scale endeavors that were years in the making. According to the linked articles, this is a few waist high rocks with some smaller, relatively easy to move outliers.
I'm not disputing that it may be a sundial but I'd like to know more about the culture of the tribe(s) that've lived there and whether any bits of lore have been passed down through myth/legend. Assuming the find is validated, it points to how silly our understanding of "firsts" is. I suspect that if we could look backwards clearly, we'd see that discoveries like this were made and remade over and over during prerecorded history. When you consider how much time has passed and how great a part war, climate change, and prevailing ecological conditions may have played, it's small wonder that so few have survived.
Because given economies of scale, it's a lot easier and cheaper to build an inexpensive noise box than it is to equip all blind people with medical sensors that must somehow be calibrated to the needs of each individual *and* be able to interpret and discard false positives with virtually zero margin of error. Sure, in a big open field with a car driving towards you, it's easy to imagine a device that could detect it and warn you. Now imagine a device that can sort through the sounds and movement of people, potential signal interference, and the sound and movement of *other* traffic not directly in the path of the blind person.
Our hypothetical device would almost certainly communicate audibly, which means using it requires an earpiece (further reducing a blind person's hearing), a battery, and possibly a wireless solution like Bluetooth. It must be intelligent enough to give a blind person cogent warnings that said person can take immediate action on--if an electric vehicle is approaching a red-lighted intersection more quickly than it ought, the device needs *some* way to determine between a vehicle that's braking and will stop clear of the individual at the appropriate time and a vehicle that *isn't* braking and will probably run the red light.
Finally, in order to provide useful, safe information, your contraption needs to interface with traffic lights. Even if such precautions weren't needed in the boondocks, you'd want the blind people who live in major cities to know that while they're sacrificing hearing, they'll still be better protected.
OR...
You give a car a noisemaker.
Can't you just right-click and choose "Run as Administrator?" I don't recall ever seeing this issue when I ran Opera 10 and Vista, including when I had UAC on.
What's wrong with a financial motivation? There are always problems and bugs associated with changing providers for any major business, regardless of what you're switching from or to. Chances are that most of the problems you're experiencing will be ironed out in the months to come. Yes, people will probably have to change the way they've done things, possibly change filtering rules, etc--but that's just life.
I've heard people talk about so-called "abusive practices" with PayPal, but over the last ten years I've yet to encounter even a single problem. I've reversed transactions, needed card replacements, etc--and it's all been flawless. Why the hate?
I don't want to come off as a Luddite but I'm wary of introducing technology that young. I know there's a significant body of evidence that very young children should watch an absolute minimum of TV; many of the useful sites mentioned (like YouTube) essentially duplicate a TV experience.
With that said, I'd recommend websites that cater to his desire to figure things out or explore how things work. I'm thinking of games like Crayon Physics, the original Lemmings, or The Incredible Machine. (You can find info on that old title on Wikipedia; I don't know if there are similar modern games. Tetris and a Lego-like building game might also be worth looking at.
I think a system he can do things with will be a lot more useful.
This sounds like the real-world version of the technology the Cylons attempted to employ to repair Galactica. Cover the hull in goo, wait for it to bond, and all is well.
Seconded this. PNC lets me have three months back for free--anything past that I have to request. The request fee, however, is static--it doesn't change based on how much material you want. If you're concerned about your info, you might try to go this route even if you end up switching banks. Last time I checked the fee was modest ($5).
You're confusing 'real world' benchmark with 'entirely inclusive' real world benchmark. A benchmark is a valid real-world test if it models an activity browsers are actually used for. If someone benchmarked a bunch of modern video cards in Half Life 2, that's a real-world test. That doesn't mean HL2 should be the only gaming test, or that readers can look at the HL2 figures and extrapolate comparative performance data for Metro 2033 or World of Warcraft.
This sounds awesome. So when iron is actually nano-iron...it could be real Kryptonite. Or some Element X. Maybe it'll be Element 0, naquadah, naquadria, neutronium, or Vitamin Batsh*t.
I have every key I've ever used on several interlocking rings. Some of them match equipment or dwellings I haven't lived in for 15 years. It's very hard to lose your keys when you feel lighter if you don't have them.;)
I dunno. I'm amused by the concept of thieves as "slow, weighted down." I'm imagining a hunting spree in Times Square, while these more agile, feathered dinosaurs pirates laugh on by.
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Do you know what a sociopath is, or do you just use the word because you like the way it sounds in your mouth?
What are 'ownership rights' on 'intellectual property'? Nothing. Absolutely nothing at all
Factually incorrect. Arguing that something *shouldn't* be true is not the same as arguing it *is not true.* There are plenty of ownership rights regarding IP. Why? Because we, as a society and civilization, created them. The idea that intellectual property can and should be owned and protected in some form is enshrined in the laws stretching back centuries.
We can certainly discuss the nature, evolution, and scope of such protection, as well as the moral/ethical considerations, but attempting to claim that such structures don't exist is ridiculous. Of course they do.
"Ideas spring from entire cultures." Ideas spring from cultures. Ideas spring from people. The process is inextricably linked. The fact that you can trace the evolution of an idea in culture doesn't change the fact that it finds new expression (or simply hits the right place / right time) in the hands of a particular person.
As the reviewer of the game and the author of the story this article links to...
Yeah. I've played it.
I miss a joystick. It's not necessary. And it scales to widescreen just fine.
Amazing. I visited one site, downloaded one file, dealt with no "explosions", watched no ads, and never had to block scripting or Flash in the first place.
Having an ad run in a window that doesn't demand your attention or invoke its own audio doesn't count as being "forced" to watch it.
Yeah, it sucks that companies use false Download links to get clicks. I hate it. If you're smart enough to install all that ad blocking, you're smart enough to figure out how to spot the accurate link amidst the crap. Does that make the crap good? No -- but it sure pokes a hole in your whole "OMG I had to USE THE REAL INTERNET" whine-fest.
Enjoy the game.
I feel sorry for you if you think a 733MHz system w/ 512MB of RAM is "perfectly adequate." I'm guessing you surf one page at a time, keep nothing open in the background, and go for coffee every time you need to copy data.
I'd love to see just one video of "Obama's screaming Bolsheviks." Can you provide one? Please include a historic screaming Bolshevik video for comparison. I bet the Russians are just darling in those little furry hats.
My *Steam* install directory is 100GB+.
Clearly MS is the problem here.
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Prisons_and_Jails#Average You don't go to jail for 10 years, on average, for even violent felonies. Try doing a bit of research before you post. It'll makes you sound less American. ;)
The US doesn't formally recognize the right of any international court to *bring* such charges against him. No government with any power to bring them has suggested doing so. Because 'war crimes' aren't something you can just arbitrarily declare someone has committed, even if you think you've caught them admitting to a violation of the Geneva Convention or any other international declaration on human rights / rights of noncombatants. International courts are only as effective as the combined wills of the countries that sit upon them to either 1) Jointly enforce their decisions upon member states or 2) Jointly enforce their decisions upon other countries. No one is going to attempt #2 on the US, particularly over the actions of George W. Bush, and the US isn't going to hand over sufficient sovereign power to make #1 a possibility.
There's a difference between being sensitive to a certain type of comment and reading attack where no attack exists. The mere act of being silly is not, prima facie, an attack against a group of people.
ThePhilips, According to Intel, Poulson incorporates redesigned FPU and ALU structures, as well as the 12-issue design (which I admit in the article may not really be a good thing from a code optimization standpoint). It's impossible to currently gauge the compiler improvements Intel may introduce when the chip launches *or* the value of the ALU/FPU pipeline. You seem to have missed my point that Itanium was badly mis-marketed; it's partly seen as a failure precisely because it was pushed as a next-generation solution for all sorts of systems it should never have been positioned to fulfill. If we *start* from the position that Intel would retrench the chip's marketing more neutrally, then I think my statement is quite accurate.
Ruby, Not sure what you're referring to here. I'm the original author of the piece. I'm most definitely not MojoKid.
This semicircle of rocks would be far more interesting / culturally significant if there as an actual reason to see it as such. Stonehenge (and the other henges known to exist) were typically significant, large-scale endeavors that were years in the making. According to the linked articles, this is a few waist high rocks with some smaller, relatively easy to move outliers. I'm not disputing that it may be a sundial but I'd like to know more about the culture of the tribe(s) that've lived there and whether any bits of lore have been passed down through myth/legend. Assuming the find is validated, it points to how silly our understanding of "firsts" is. I suspect that if we could look backwards clearly, we'd see that discoveries like this were made and remade over and over during prerecorded history. When you consider how much time has passed and how great a part war, climate change, and prevailing ecological conditions may have played, it's small wonder that so few have survived.
Because given economies of scale, it's a lot easier and cheaper to build an inexpensive noise box than it is to equip all blind people with medical sensors that must somehow be calibrated to the needs of each individual *and* be able to interpret and discard false positives with virtually zero margin of error. Sure, in a big open field with a car driving towards you, it's easy to imagine a device that could detect it and warn you. Now imagine a device that can sort through the sounds and movement of people, potential signal interference, and the sound and movement of *other* traffic not directly in the path of the blind person. Our hypothetical device would almost certainly communicate audibly, which means using it requires an earpiece (further reducing a blind person's hearing), a battery, and possibly a wireless solution like Bluetooth. It must be intelligent enough to give a blind person cogent warnings that said person can take immediate action on--if an electric vehicle is approaching a red-lighted intersection more quickly than it ought, the device needs *some* way to determine between a vehicle that's braking and will stop clear of the individual at the appropriate time and a vehicle that *isn't* braking and will probably run the red light. Finally, in order to provide useful, safe information, your contraption needs to interface with traffic lights. Even if such precautions weren't needed in the boondocks, you'd want the blind people who live in major cities to know that while they're sacrificing hearing, they'll still be better protected. OR... You give a car a noisemaker.
Can't you just right-click and choose "Run as Administrator?" I don't recall ever seeing this issue when I ran Opera 10 and Vista, including when I had UAC on.
What's wrong with a financial motivation? There are always problems and bugs associated with changing providers for any major business, regardless of what you're switching from or to. Chances are that most of the problems you're experiencing will be ironed out in the months to come. Yes, people will probably have to change the way they've done things, possibly change filtering rules, etc--but that's just life.
I've heard people talk about so-called "abusive practices" with PayPal, but over the last ten years I've yet to encounter even a single problem. I've reversed transactions, needed card replacements, etc--and it's all been flawless. Why the hate?
With that said, I'd recommend websites that cater to his desire to figure things out or explore how things work. I'm thinking of games like Crayon Physics, the original Lemmings, or The Incredible Machine. (You can find info on that old title on Wikipedia; I don't know if there are similar modern games. Tetris and a Lego-like building game might also be worth looking at.
I think a system he can do things with will be a lot more useful.
This sounds like the real-world version of the technology the Cylons attempted to employ to repair Galactica. Cover the hull in goo, wait for it to bond, and all is well.
Seconded this. PNC lets me have three months back for free--anything past that I have to request. The request fee, however, is static--it doesn't change based on how much material you want. If you're concerned about your info, you might try to go this route even if you end up switching banks. Last time I checked the fee was modest ($5).
You're confusing 'real world' benchmark with 'entirely inclusive' real world benchmark. A benchmark is a valid real-world test if it models an activity browsers are actually used for. If someone benchmarked a bunch of modern video cards in Half Life 2, that's a real-world test. That doesn't mean HL2 should be the only gaming test, or that readers can look at the HL2 figures and extrapolate comparative performance data for Metro 2033 or World of Warcraft.
I'm familiar with Day-Month-Year and Month-Day-Year. If putting the year in back confuses someone, they're a moron.
1999 called. It wants its stupid, trollish term for Windows software that never made sense in the first place back.
This sounds awesome. So when iron is actually nano-iron...it could be real Kryptonite. Or some Element X. Maybe it'll be Element 0, naquadah, naquadria, neutronium, or Vitamin Batsh*t.
I have every key I've ever used on several interlocking rings. Some of them match equipment or dwellings I haven't lived in for 15 years. It's very hard to lose your keys when you feel lighter if you don't have them. ;)
I dunno. I'm amused by the concept of thieves as "slow, weighted down." I'm imagining a hunting spree in Times Square, while these more agile, feathered dinosaurs pirates laugh on by.