The only downside is that such laws are dirty hacks to paper over the real problem of a sue crazy society.
The downside is that these stupid laws cultivate societal contempt for the process of making, enforcing and adjudicating law as well as reinforce the stereotype of politicians being asshats. Did I mention that politicians are asshats?
As a teacher, may I say, I would have considered stapling your lips shut.
Your science teacher most likely knew you were right.
Knowing the student was right, a competent teacher would never engage in such an abuse of authority and abuse of a child in giving the "test" in the first place. Any teacher with power and control issues should consider a career change and leave the students alone.
What he wants is independent X servers and an X client that can move between the servers. Something like the console app 'screen' for X.
There is such an app under development, but I can't recall the name and it was awkward to use. It was really intended to leave a GUI app running on a remote computer after the remote login was closed.
Having used dual displays in Linux for many years, I've found it easier and more effective to span the monitors with xinerama and manually set the size of an apps' window to fill the physical display and edit the menu entry to always open the app in one or the other displays. You can't use the window "maximize" function, but "minimize" and "restore" work as advertised.
So are there Flash plug-in exploits that target Linux? I understand that you could remotely execute code with the UID of the user, but are there exploits in the wild?
If it's a non-tech field, meh, I don't care that much. But I have to chuckle when I see a small business with a website and their own domain name, but still using @comcast or @aol on their business card for email.
And the website has blinking text, waving American flags and 37 colors with a complex patterned background (plus disco music) and a links page full of dead links; will not render properly in Netscape 3 and has been "Under Construction" forever.
And this is different than the current system how? Sure, there are TONS of great add-ons/plug-ins/whatever-they-are-called for FF, but honestly, the entry bar is pretty low, and for as many great ones there are, there are two crappy pieces of shit.
I realize this is Slashdot, dammit but peanuts are not nuts; they are legumes. However, the tendency amongst us is to lump these legumes in with actual nuts, gonads and any unrelated item that can produce a snicker. Please continue.
FTA, this is probably why they are "hidden": "These canonical names do not change for different languages. They are always in English, even if the system's language is non-English."
Do you hate Silverlight because it's Microsoft or is there something wrong with the technology that has made you stay away?
I would suspect because Silverlight is closed and proprietary, things that are unhelpful towards getting everything to "just work", requiring that additional money be spent unnecessarily to view content you've already paid for. Even attempts like Mono are pointless because those are ultimately tied to closed specs, patents and licenses and the rules can be changed at a whim thereby holding everyone hostage. If free, open standards are available what's the harm to the consumer in using them?
(Xerox did not invent as much as people like to say. They just continued Engelbart's unsung work. Period.)
tmp31416
He invented the computer mouse and important concepts. Brilliant guy, but did not put it all together in the way we now know Windows. Not as I read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart
Anyway, I'm just poking fun at the current Microsoft windows 7 ad campaign where many individuals claim to have invented "Windows". And I'm certain Engelbart drew upon earlier inspiration for his ideas. There is nothing new, just different ways to see old things.
We recognize that vector graphics are an important component of the next generation Web platform. As evidenced by our ongoing involvement in W3C working groups, we are committed to participating in the standards process to subvert those standards to our benefit. Our involvement with the SVG working group builds on that commitment.
The dumb thing about this study is that they ask women if they have a G-spot.
Shit, with that methodology and the right sample population I can prove that men don't have prostate glands or spleens.
Men aren't aware of prostate glands until they are in their 40's and they need to pee 30 times a day. They then bow to Lord Flowmax in humble gratitude.
...because MS Office can't continue adding new features forever. They'll try, but eventually their software will plateau and stabilize into an Office suite that has all of the features anybody would ever want. And then it will take OO a few years to duplicate all of those features and then it'll be a real threat. OO will always be a few years behind, until MS Office stops changing.
I think the usefulness of introducing incompatible binary file formats as a way to force corporate upgrades is over for MS. And really, what new features that will be generally used could possibly be left to introduce? That leaves UI changes (hated by the established user base) and bug fixes (no revenue produced, so WGAS?). All MS has left is the delivery model since that can be tied to the "new" cloud-based version of MS Windows and Google seems to be all over that. But over time, the traditional version of MS Office will yield to OO because of economic and OS-dependency issues. Microsoft needs a new business model or it will die.
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Its intent is obviously to criminalize witnesses who do not intervene... and a poorly-thought-out law it is.
No, not at all. It's intent is to criminalize failure to report crimes you witness, not failure to intervene in crimes you witness.
But its effect is to continue to make us all inadvertent criminals in one way or another.
The only downside is that such laws are dirty hacks to paper over the real problem of a sue crazy society.
The downside is that these stupid laws cultivate societal contempt for the process of making, enforcing and adjudicating law as well as reinforce the stereotype of politicians being asshats. Did I mention that politicians are asshats?
14. There will be cake. 15. The cake is a lie.
Does this mean a blowjob is out of the question?
As a teacher, may I say, I would have considered stapling your lips shut.
Your science teacher most likely knew you were right.
Knowing the student was right, a competent teacher would never engage in such an abuse of authority and abuse of a child in giving the "test" in the first place. Any teacher with power and control issues should consider a career change and leave the students alone.
Unfortunately, this course of action did not get me any tail.
You must have been too old for the teacher.
He wants independent desktops, guys.
What he wants is independent X servers and an X client that can move between the servers. Something like the console app 'screen' for X.
There is such an app under development, but I can't recall the name and it was awkward to use. It was really intended to leave a GUI app running on a remote computer after the remote login was closed.
Having used dual displays in Linux for many years, I've found it easier and more effective to span the monitors with xinerama and manually set the size of an apps' window to fill the physical display and edit the menu entry to always open the app in one or the other displays. You can't use the window "maximize" function, but "minimize" and "restore" work as advertised.
Always nice to see a company exhibit such care for their customers and not be evil/greedy/stupid. Oh, wait . . .
And what good is an MBA?
You avoid standing with the Liberal Arts undegrads in the unemployment line, i.e. you get your own special Hell.
So are there Flash plug-in exploits that target Linux? I understand that you could remotely execute code with the UID of the user, but are there exploits in the wild?
Massive Thread Drift Fosters Occasionally Insightful Morality/Spelling Debate Amongst 14-year-old Slashdotters.
Surprisingly, Haiti Remains in Need of Assistance; Radio Operators Still Shot.
Godwin's Law Invoked at 11.
I thought they sold to Michael Jackson? And agin re-sold? I just started hearing new covers of Beatles songs in otherwise unremarkable adverts.
Anyway, just buy them back like you did my beloved TR3's. And please repatriate Benny Hill as well.
If it's a non-tech field, meh, I don't care that much. But I have to chuckle when I see a small business with a website and their own domain name, but still using @comcast or @aol on their business card for email.
And the website has blinking text, waving American flags and 37 colors with a complex patterned background (plus disco music) and a links page full of dead links; will not render properly in Netscape 3 and has been "Under Construction" forever.
So what's the new cool?
j.public@ibm.com?
imsomebody@somebody.com?
bigkarma@slashdot.org?
a.megahottie@mayspace.com?
me@gmail.com?
What?
If it works, don't fix it I say.
Oh, and here = Helsinki, Finland.
Fix it until it breaks.
And this is different than the current system how? Sure, there are TONS of great add-ons/plug-ins/whatever-they-are-called for FF, but honestly, the entry bar is pretty low, and for as many great ones there are, there are two crappy pieces of shit.
Just like people. Mozilla imitates life.
Here's all the help you need: http://www.google.com/
I realize this is Slashdot, dammit but peanuts are not nuts; they are legumes. However, the tendency amongst us is to lump these legumes in with actual nuts, gonads and any unrelated item that can produce a snicker. Please continue.
Ummm... What do you mean by "undocumented"? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee330741(VS.85).aspx All these stupid articles are simply fanboys trying to get clicks on their sites. This is old news. Move along.
FTA, this is probably why they are "hidden": "These canonical names do not change for different languages. They are always in English, even if the system's language is non-English."
Do you hate Silverlight because it's Microsoft or is there something wrong with the technology that has made you stay away?
I would suspect because Silverlight is closed and proprietary, things that are unhelpful towards getting everything to "just work", requiring that additional money be spent unnecessarily to view content you've already paid for. Even attempts like Mono are pointless because those are ultimately tied to closed specs, patents and licenses and the rules can be changed at a whim thereby holding everyone hostage. If free, open standards are available what's the harm to the consumer in using them?
ahem.
quote:
(Xerox did not invent as much as people like to say. They just continued Engelbart's unsung work. Period.)
tmp31416
He invented the computer mouse and important concepts. Brilliant guy, but did not put it all together in the way we now know Windows. Not as I read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart
Anyway, I'm just poking fun at the current Microsoft windows 7 ad campaign where many individuals claim to have invented "Windows". And I'm certain Engelbart drew upon earlier inspiration for his ideas. There is nothing new, just different ways to see old things.
We recognize that vector graphics are an important component of the next generation Web platform. As evidenced by our ongoing involvement in W3C working groups, we are committed to participating in the standards process to subvert those standards to our benefit. Our involvement with the SVG working group builds on that commitment.
Fixed that for you.
This granularity helped to smove out movement, including Mario's beloved jump.
A new techincamation term? Nice to see former President Bush got a gig as a copywriter.
The dumb thing about this study is that they ask women if they have a G-spot.
Shit, with that methodology and the right sample population I can prove that men don't have prostate glands or spleens.
Men aren't aware of prostate glands until they are in their 40's and they need to pee 30 times a day. They then bow to Lord Flowmax in humble gratitude.
And talked to death there . . .
Most Slashdotters think a Vagina is that blurred area over the crotch in pictures of the only naked women they've ever seen.
...because MS Office can't continue adding new features forever. They'll try, but eventually their software will plateau and stabilize into an Office suite that has all of the features anybody would ever want. And then it will take OO a few years to duplicate all of those features and then it'll be a real threat. OO will always be a few years behind, until MS Office stops changing.
I think the usefulness of introducing incompatible binary file formats as a way to force corporate upgrades is over for MS. And really, what new features that will be generally used could possibly be left to introduce? That leaves UI changes (hated by the established user base) and bug fixes (no revenue produced, so WGAS?). All MS has left is the delivery model since that can be tied to the "new" cloud-based version of MS Windows and Google seems to be all over that. But over time, the traditional version of MS Office will yield to OO because of economic and OS-dependency issues. Microsoft needs a new business model or it will die.