Regardless of what you install there's no guaranteed way to stop your kid from stumbling upon boobs on the internet
good grief...did you actually read and understand what he wrote? Not 'censorship', but rather deleting the already existing porn off a netbook that he is giving a 4 year old.
Or would you rather he give the kid the netbook, preloaded with porn? "Here ya go kid...have a nice life!"
True. But increasingly, some avenues only accept PayPal. eBay being the obvious one. e.g. Last year, I needed a new bulb for my DLP flat panel TV. Everywhere else, it was $3-4-500. Found several, new(?) on eBay for $100. The only payment allowed/accepted was PayPal. No way I'm linking PayPal to an actual account of mine that has actual money/credit. So...go to the local drugstore, buy a prepaid card, put enough money in it to cover, link that card to a PayPal acct....then actually buy the thing. PITA, especially if I were buying regularly from eBay.
https://www.paypal.com/uk/ "PayPal was granted a bank license with the Luxembourg bank authority." "PayPal Luxembourg will be regulated to the same standard as all major European banks. Banking laws and standards in the European Union ensure that customers are just as protected by a Luxembourg bank as by a UK, French, or German bank."
However, let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. His heart is in the right place. What he needs is better guidance.
Shweet jumped up jebus. His heart was not in the right place. He ran a botnet distributing malware. Malware for data theft. Surveillance on people using infected PCs. Infected by him. He knew precisely what he was doing. But yes...lets glorify the poor, misunderstood dude working in his mom's living room. 'neato stuff' indeed. YGBSM. You know...there are ways to learn how to do that without abusing innocent civilians.
"Crossed the line" is an understatement. And this gets modded up, or recommended for a job.
There is only one reason why US broadband sucks: we have telecom monopolies which are federally-mandated through lack of oversight.
Agreed. But TimeWarner and Verizon laid the cables. And others are leasing from them. Unless you want every tom, dick, and harry stringing yet another set of redundant lines (I know I don't) either we lease from the 2 or 3 physical owners, or there is an endless line of road and yard digging up. And rewiring NYC is a nontrivial matter.
And if I want a blazing 3 Mbps, I'd better be willing to dole out $50/month.
And I can get 35/35 FiOS for $69, here in JerkWater Virginia. Currently, I have 9/2 via Cox for ~$50, but switching over after the first of the year.
Why don't high density American cities have cheap superfast connections?
Because the same company, Verizon in this case, also has to service the non-high density parts. Yes, they have different pricing for different areas. But the probably can't/don't want to price it too differently.
Full body scan and TSA style cavity search, nut-grabbing patdown when you pick up your kid from daycare?
Couple of years ago, on another site, someone made almost that exact comment. (paraphrasing) No one should be allowed to enter a school without a full background check and metal detector on the way in. No one, not even a parent. His rationale? He wants to be sure of who is around his children. No one has a right to be around his kids unless he knows 'for sure' that they have been vetted and are not a danger.
1. Grow better drivers. Do this anyway.
2. If you must, increase the fines/penalties for causing a crash while on the phone
3. Or, you can go the nuclear option - remove all air bags and seatbelts. Install a 6" steel spike on the steering wheel, aimed at the drivers chest. Everyone becomes real polite.
Exactly. I have a very basic PAYG phone from VirginMobile. $20. No frills, no web, blah, blah. Why? Because I simply don't/can't use it much. At work, no cell phones. Period. At home, landline and multiple PC's. If we're out with friends, we're out with friends, not dinking around on the phone.
I realize TFA is talking about the white pages, but that is exactly the only time I've used the phone book in the last xx years. Power out...call the elec company. What's the number? Can't look it up, no internet. Can't look on a bill, all paperless. (And no, we don't have net enabled smartphones) Had to dig out the yellow pages.
The only other time I've used either is as a booster seat for one of the grandkids.
By view all steps, they mean view all steps on one page instead of the classic online magazine click for a new page of ads for each sentence.
Quite often, though, there are several pics of [whatever] that are only available to subscribers. [Whatever] can be built via free, but pay and you get extra pics.
However, with no first hand knowledge of fire control systems, I'm mostly just hoping that's the case.;-)
That is the case.
A SLBM (or silo based ICBM, or aircraft carried weapon) can't just launch via an accident. 1. The sub has to come up to the proper launch depth (normally they are hanging out quite a bit deeper) 2. Several officers in the command chain (Captain, Exec, WEPS, etc) have to give the OK, via codes and keys.
There isn't just a big Easy button labeled 'Launch', when if you accidentally bump it, a missile leaves the sub.
I don't know where I read this, but it seems like there is at least an annual test of the launcher systems of all nuclear submarines, simply to make sure that the crew is sufficiently trained on the procedure and that the equipment is all working as intended.
Seeing as we have 14 of these things, that would be one test launch, at least every other month (some subs in dock for training or refit). Seeing as we haven't seen any other recent 'unknown' launches...well, you make the call.
If "dangerous weapons" had been allowed to law-abiding citizens 9/11 would never have happened.
Yes it would have. The terrorists would simply load up one or two aircraft with several firearms, overwhelming the one or two carrying civilians. If 'we' could carry, so could they.
Yup, me. ...and when it comes to paying taxes, I'm all for it. Of course I'm a left leaning person who believes that civic and social responsibility are important features of a functioning democracy.
Of course, there is nothing preventing you from stroking an extra check to the govt. Asking/requiring/demanding your neighbors do the same...not so good.
It's not enforced at the federal level, but AFAIK, everyone who wishes to own a motor vehicle in the States is required by (state) law to buy auto insurance or face a fine.
In Virginia, you are specifically not required to have insurance. You may pay a $500 Uninsured Motor Vehicle Fee, get your plates or renewal, and be on your way. Note that this provides zero protection for you or your car, and you may be personally liable in a crash.
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This is Discovery's final trip. Still one more scheduled after that for Endeavour.
State of the nation? You don't seriously think this is new, do you?
No-one "needs" anything for a TV. Just dump it when it breaks again, you'll find you have a lot more time in life.
Would it make a difference to your snooty anonymous ass if I said it was for my 61" PC monitor? Because that's what it's mostly used for.
Regardless of what you install there's no guaranteed way to stop your kid from stumbling upon boobs on the internet
good grief...did you actually read and understand what he wrote?
Not 'censorship', but rather deleting the already existing porn off a netbook that he is giving a 4 year old.
Or would you rather he give the kid the netbook, preloaded with porn? "Here ya go kid...have a nice life!"
GMAFB
True. But increasingly, some avenues only accept PayPal. eBay being the obvious one.
e.g. Last year, I needed a new bulb for my DLP flat panel TV. Everywhere else, it was $3-4-500. Found several, new(?) on eBay for $100. The only payment allowed/accepted was PayPal. No way I'm linking PayPal to an actual account of mine that has actual money/credit. So...go to the local drugstore, buy a prepaid card, put enough money in it to cover, link that card to a PayPal acct....then actually buy the thing. PITA, especially if I were buying regularly from eBay.
But plain and simple, if it does get destroyed, there's not a family crying about it back home.
Instead, there's a CEO, a Senator, and two Congresscritters rejoicing, because they get to sell another one.
But plain and simple, if it does get destroyed, there's not a family crying about it back home.
I'd rather a phalanx of these things go first. I'll drive one from back here.
Marine Lt: "C'mon men, lets take this hill!"
Army Lt: "Ok...you guys go take that hill!"
USAF SrA: "Ok, Lt, you go...we'll be here when you get back."
PayPal is [paypal.com] a registered bank.
Depending on where you are. From your link:
https://www.paypal.com/uk/
"PayPal was granted a bank license with the Luxembourg bank authority."
"PayPal Luxembourg will be regulated to the same standard as all major European banks. Banking laws and standards in the European Union ensure that customers are just as protected by a Luxembourg bank as by a UK, French, or German bank."
Not a lot of good outside the EU.
However, let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. His heart is in the right place. What he needs is better guidance.
Shweet jumped up jebus.
His heart was not in the right place. He ran a botnet distributing malware. Malware for data theft. Surveillance on people using infected PCs. Infected by him. He knew precisely what he was doing.
But yes...lets glorify the poor, misunderstood dude working in his mom's living room.
'neato stuff' indeed. YGBSM. You know...there are ways to learn how to do that without abusing innocent civilians.
"Crossed the line" is an understatement. And this gets modded up, or recommended for a job.
There is only one reason why US broadband sucks: we have telecom monopolies which are federally-mandated through lack of oversight.
Agreed. But TimeWarner and Verizon laid the cables. And others are leasing from them. Unless you want every tom, dick, and harry stringing yet another set of redundant lines (I know I don't) either we lease from the 2 or 3 physical owners, or there is an endless line of road and yard digging up. And rewiring NYC is a nontrivial matter.
And if I want a blazing 3 Mbps, I'd better be willing to dole out $50/month.
And I can get 35/35 FiOS for $69, here in JerkWater Virginia. Currently, I have 9/2 via Cox for ~$50, but switching over after the first of the year.
Why don't high density American cities have cheap superfast connections?
Because the same company, Verizon in this case, also has to service the non-high density parts. Yes, they have different pricing for different areas. But the probably can't/don't want to price it too differently.
Full body scan and TSA style cavity search, nut-grabbing patdown when you pick up your kid from daycare?
Couple of years ago, on another site, someone made almost that exact comment. (paraphrasing) No one should be allowed to enter a school without a full background check and metal detector on the way in. No one, not even a parent.
His rationale? He wants to be sure of who is around his children. No one has a right to be around his kids unless he knows 'for sure' that they have been vetted and are not a danger.
And as of yesterday (Nov 23), Zogby & LA Times shows 61% oppose.
Rapidly going down the tubes.
1. Grow better drivers. Do this anyway.
2. If you must, increase the fines/penalties for causing a crash while on the phone
3. Or, you can go the nuclear option - remove all air bags and seatbelts. Install a 6" steel spike on the steering wheel, aimed at the drivers chest. Everyone becomes real polite.
What's a "landline"?
The telephonic speaking device that SWMBO occupies for a couple of hours a day. Like right now.
Exactly. I have a very basic PAYG phone from VirginMobile. $20. No frills, no web, blah, blah. Why? Because I simply don't/can't use it much.
At work, no cell phones. Period. At home, landline and multiple PC's. If we're out with friends, we're out with friends, not dinking around on the phone.
What about when the power is out?
I realize TFA is talking about the white pages, but that is exactly the only time I've used the phone book in the last xx years. Power out...call the elec company. What's the number? Can't look it up, no internet. Can't look on a bill, all paperless. (And no, we don't have net enabled smartphones) Had to dig out the yellow pages.
The only other time I've used either is as a booster seat for one of the grandkids.
I say ditch it, unless you opt in.
By view all steps, they mean view all steps on one page instead of the classic online magazine click for a new page of ads for each sentence.
Quite often, though, there are several pics of [whatever] that are only available to subscribers. [Whatever] can be built via free, but pay and you get extra pics.
However, with no first hand knowledge of fire control systems, I'm mostly just hoping that's the case. ;-)
That is the case.
A SLBM (or silo based ICBM, or aircraft carried weapon) can't just launch via an accident.
1. The sub has to come up to the proper launch depth (normally they are hanging out quite a bit deeper)
2. Several officers in the command chain (Captain, Exec, WEPS, etc) have to give the OK, via codes and keys.
There isn't just a big Easy button labeled 'Launch', when if you accidentally bump it, a missile leaves the sub.
I don't know where I read this, but it seems like there is at least an annual test of the launcher systems of all nuclear submarines, simply to make sure that the crew is sufficiently trained on the procedure and that the equipment is all working as intended.
Seeing as we have 14 of these things, that would be one test launch, at least every other month (some subs in dock for training or refit). Seeing as we haven't seen any other recent 'unknown' launches...well, you make the call.
If "dangerous weapons" had been allowed to law-abiding citizens 9/11 would never have happened.
Yes it would have. The terrorists would simply load up one or two aircraft with several firearms, overwhelming the one or two carrying civilians. If 'we' could carry, so could they.
Yup, me.
...and when it comes to paying taxes, I'm all for it. Of course I'm a left leaning person who believes that civic and social responsibility are important features of a functioning democracy.
Of course, there is nothing preventing you from stroking an extra check to the govt. Asking/requiring/demanding your neighbors do the same...not so good.
"...was able to fly the only mission unmanned."
Like a VW, Subaru, or BMW bike? This is new?
Ok, they may be taking this to a new level, but this design has been around for quite a while.
Huh? You're trying to get to who?
What?
It's not enforced at the federal level, but AFAIK, everyone who wishes to own a motor vehicle in the States is required by (state) law to buy auto insurance or face a fine.
In Virginia, you are specifically not required to have insurance. You may pay a $500 Uninsured Motor Vehicle Fee, get your plates or renewal, and be on your way.
Note that this provides zero protection for you or your car, and you may be personally liable in a crash.