It was a joke, but also a way of pointing out you yourself are blinded by the light.
While Linux is certainly more open than Apple API, claiming that Linux API's are documented is BS - no there aren't hidden stuff like the original discussion went on, but as I said, I've written several API and they are largely undocumented since I'm the only user of those API.
Just pointing out the fallacy of your claim - also any good joke leaves the mark confused:)
TAP 3.11 which are transferred regularly between operators provides location information, cell information, IMEI, IMSI and what you have been up to. It's for creating a thing called a bill, it's very helpful to know exactly where and why one of their users should be charged $xxx, but it's not accurate to a few meters.
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So because some Germans went nuts 70 years ago we should hold all Germans accountable today?
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Don't forget the billions they have pledged in funding for research into handling this better in the future.
I find it so strange people keep claiming BP is running from the bill when BP has done all it can to limit the problem, both now and in the future. People seem to forget that BP is one of the biggest energy companies in the world (3rd I think) and are drilling all over the planet, if they fail to handle this spill or try to run away from it they will lose contracts around the world.
BP is not a US company, thus when they said they would foot the bill, they more than likely meant every single word of it.
Remember, this is a huge bill right now, but BP is one of the largest energy companies in the world, and while they might be able to steer clear in the US, the rest of the world would punish them dearly for not cleaning up and not reacting proper. Think they could keep drilling other places in the world if they ignored a spill?
Here in communist Denmark, companies are by law not able to lock people in for more than 6 months, rebates are unknown - if they want you to have it cheaper, they have to lower the price, no suckering in the lazy.
"Netbooks have tried to bundle with 3G but I think it is safe to say it has been fairly unsuccessful."
I think it's fairly safe to say bullshit - might be true for your neck of the woods, but around here, bundling a 3G dongle is a big hit (EU - Denmark), in fact, such a big hit some of the big carriers are having trouble delivering the amount of bandwith needed.
1. The web was very much alive when the FDIV bug was discovered. 2. I seriously doubt you as a teenager spent 2 weeks finding this bug, this guy (who happens to be the one who found it) spent some weeks digging through everything to prove it was the FPU that bit him: http://www.trnicely.net/pentbug/pentbug.html
Oh, and even when the "computer is wrong" it's still a human error.
When we do mediation in Java we don't have proper floating point available, so calculations are done in 1000 of a cent, when you already spent 5 digits to get to a dollar, the 2 billion mark isn't that far away.
Firmware upgrade is not your harddrive getting new software - and even if it was, are you seriously suggesting to people that it's ok that they have to pay for a new harddrive and have to change it out whenever they want to use that other option?
No fucking way you have a PS3 or know anything about this issue...
You obviously don't own a PS3, so let us enlighten you a bit.
If you don't upgrade you get Linux support - that much you got, however, failing to upgrade wont just affect your PSN games, they will be the first to go, but over time you will lose support for all new games since they will require a newer firmware. Also, not upgrading will prevent you from signing on to PSN, which will prevent you from playing with your friends, which kinda makes the PS3 useless for most of the fun games.
Also, if you don't sign on to PSN, your high scores wont show in all games, again making the point of most games moot. Sony did remove functionality, no matter how you look at it, a PS3 owner is forced to upgrade and lose Linux or stay put and lose PSN (and most games) - this lawsuit has its merits.
You missed out on a lot then, the later dungeons where absolutely awesome. What kept me playing DDO for years was the teamplaying aspect, was (and still am) bored with WoW kids acting like spoiled brats.
In DDO, no co-op and coordination == wipe, all quests are done easily if you work together, if your tank just rushes off and burns the clerics mana you are dead. Well it used to be like that, but after level 16 and crafting got introduced the game got too easy (weapons and players where way too powerfull) so I lost interest since you strictly speaking didn't need a group for most quests.
I don't know parent, but I sure as hell can relate to what he is saying.
US federal law is a joke, there are so many obscure laws that even lawenforcement don't know them all. This is exactly for the reason GP stated, if the feds want you they can hit you with the strangest of interstate crimes. Don't believe me, well let me enlighten you:
No, Facebook cannot at any time reveal whatever they want - there are such things as laws, when Facebook decided to start doing business outside the US they accepted they had to operate under foreign laws - last time they did something like this they got hit by the Danish data proectection agency, and trust me, once they got a sniff of this this will be removed (at least for Danes).
My graduate project was about anonymous communication and I care very much about privacy, I'm on Facebook, not because I feel my life should be public, but because I live in the worlds most - per capita - facebook connected country, not on facebook = not part of social events. Whether I like Facebooks changes or not, I'm forced to be there.
People claiming T-Bone might be tastier in the US are frankly idiots (same goes the other way around, never claimed they would taste better, I claimed better meat), but even so, if I ever go to the US I will hit burger joints (not the big chains, but the proper burger joints) and places that sells T-Bone and spare ribs like there was no tomorrow. The reason I suspect, for most people thinking the meat is better in the US is because it's cheaper (think heavily subsidiced) and thus normal people can actually afford going to a proper grill and buy a T-Bone.
In Europe the meat is very expensive, want to buy a T-Bone (proper prepared) in Copenhagen it will set you back at least $100 (for the T-Bone, add another $50 for wine), thus most people end up cooking it themselves and mess it up, making a propper meal out of meat is an artform - overheat your nice beautiful slice of backside and you will end up with something thats best used as a new sole for your shoes.
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There are machines wrongly programmed, but other than that, I call bullshit on you.
Those cranes use a pneumatic pump to grab items and it's set to not pick something up untill a certain amount of games has been played.
So they waited a full year before sending information about the world trade centers?
It was a joke, but also a way of pointing out you yourself are blinded by the light.
While Linux is certainly more open than Apple API, claiming that Linux API's are documented is BS - no there aren't hidden stuff like the original discussion went on, but as I said, I've written several API and they are largely undocumented since I'm the only user of those API.
Just pointing out the fallacy of your claim - also any good joke leaves the mark confused :)
Linux has loads of undocumented APIs, I've written several. Documentation is usually just: "//Fixme: Write documentation later"
Might wanna throw that phone away then.
TAP 3.11 which are transferred regularly between operators provides location information, cell information, IMEI, IMSI and what you have been up to. It's for creating a thing called a bill, it's very helpful to know exactly where and why one of their users should be charged $xxx, but it's not accurate to a few meters.
So because some Germans went nuts 70 years ago we should hold all Germans accountable today?
Don't forget the billions they have pledged in funding for research into handling this better in the future.
I find it so strange people keep claiming BP is running from the bill when BP has done all it can to limit the problem, both now and in the future. People seem to forget that BP is one of the biggest energy companies in the world (3rd I think) and are drilling all over the planet, if they fail to handle this spill or try to run away from it they will lose contracts around the world.
How do you move your car out of the way of an emergency vehicle when the engine isn't running?
Nice, never heard of all of those, gonna give them a leech :) Black books and IT-Crowd was genius indeed.
BP is not a US company, thus when they said they would foot the bill, they more than likely meant every single word of it.
Remember, this is a huge bill right now, but BP is one of the largest energy companies in the world, and while they might be able to steer clear in the US, the rest of the world would punish them dearly for not cleaning up and not reacting proper. Think they could keep drilling other places in the world if they ignored a spill?
How nice it must be in the land of the free.
Here in communist Denmark, companies are by law not able to lock people in for more than 6 months, rebates are unknown - if they want you to have it cheaper, they have to lower the price, no suckering in the lazy.
"Netbooks have tried to bundle with 3G but I think it is safe to say it has been fairly unsuccessful."
I think it's fairly safe to say bullshit - might be true for your neck of the woods, but around here, bundling a 3G dongle is a big hit (EU - Denmark), in fact, such a big hit some of the big carriers are having trouble delivering the amount of bandwith needed.
No, it's automated automated teller machines machines.
Yeah, but a flight to the US is like $600-$700.
Bullshit.
1. The web was very much alive when the FDIV bug was discovered.
2. I seriously doubt you as a teenager spent 2 weeks finding this bug, this guy (who happens to be the one who found it) spent some weeks digging through everything to prove it was the FPU that bit him:
http://www.trnicely.net/pentbug/pentbug.html
Oh, and even when the "computer is wrong" it's still a human error.
Why is that rare?
When we do mediation in Java we don't have proper floating point available, so calculations are done in 1000 of a cent, when you already spent 5 digits to get to a dollar, the 2 billion mark isn't that far away.
Wait... What???
Firmware upgrade is not your harddrive getting new software - and even if it was, are you seriously suggesting to people that it's ok that they have to pay for a new harddrive and have to change it out whenever they want to use that other option?
No fucking way you have a PS3 or know anything about this issue...
You obviously don't own a PS3, so let us enlighten you a bit.
If you don't upgrade you get Linux support - that much you got, however, failing to upgrade wont just affect your PSN games, they will be the first to go, but over time you will lose support for all new games since they will require a newer firmware. Also, not upgrading will prevent you from signing on to PSN, which will prevent you from playing with your friends, which kinda makes the PS3 useless for most of the fun games.
Also, if you don't sign on to PSN, your high scores wont show in all games, again making the point of most games moot. Sony did remove functionality, no matter how you look at it, a PS3 owner is forced to upgrade and lose Linux or stay put and lose PSN (and most games) - this lawsuit has its merits.
We just got a new receptionist and she is totally blank, no way she can do any harm, just learned how to make @ and cp+paste.
The real trouble starts when a user knows just enough to connect the dots, but not the avalance of trouble heading their way.
You missed out on a lot then, the later dungeons where absolutely awesome. What kept me playing DDO for years was the teamplaying aspect, was (and still am) bored with WoW kids acting like spoiled brats.
In DDO, no co-op and coordination == wipe, all quests are done easily if you work together, if your tank just rushes off and burns the clerics mana you are dead.
Well it used to be like that, but after level 16 and crafting got introduced the game got too easy (weapons and players where way too powerfull) so I lost interest since you strictly speaking didn't need a group for most quests.
I don't know parent, but I sure as hell can relate to what he is saying.
US federal law is a joke, there are so many obscure laws that even lawenforcement don't know them all. This is exactly for the reason GP stated, if the feds want you they can hit you with the strangest of interstate crimes. Don't believe me, well let me enlighten you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
No, Facebook cannot at any time reveal whatever they want - there are such things as laws, when Facebook decided to start doing business outside the US they accepted they had to operate under foreign laws - last time they did something like this they got hit by the Danish data proectection agency, and trust me, once they got a sniff of this this will be removed (at least for Danes).
Really?
My graduate project was about anonymous communication and I care very much about privacy, I'm on Facebook, not because I feel my life should be public, but because I live in the worlds most - per capita - facebook connected country, not on facebook = not part of social events. Whether I like Facebooks changes or not, I'm forced to be there.
Nonesense.
People claiming T-Bone might be tastier in the US are frankly idiots (same goes the other way around, never claimed they would taste better, I claimed better meat), but even so, if I ever go to the US I will hit burger joints (not the big chains, but the proper burger joints) and places that sells T-Bone and spare ribs like there was no tomorrow. The reason I suspect, for most people thinking the meat is better in the US is because it's cheaper (think heavily subsidiced) and thus normal people can actually afford going to a proper grill and buy a T-Bone.
In Europe the meat is very expensive, want to buy a T-Bone (proper prepared) in Copenhagen it will set you back at least $100 (for the T-Bone, add another $50 for wine), thus most people end up cooking it themselves and mess it up, making a propper meal out of meat is an artform - overheat your nice beautiful slice of backside and you will end up with something thats best used as a new sole for your shoes.
Really, so when you are in Denmark you turn to canibalism?
Did you know most Irish don't know what Irish coffee is?