I'm working on a Dell right now that has a 1366x768 display. It's 15.4".
Hear, Hear!!
That is very sad. And you know how many laptops in the 13.3-14" range are manufactured with better than 1366x768 resolution? Maybe 3 or 4 choices altogether, including the relatively high end ones.
When I did my research, I learned that HP Envy 14" model had advertised but (at the time, anyway) failed to deliver a higher-resolution screen and I saw many a post wondering when and how to get it.
Why is it so hard?
Including the (non-trivial) civilian casualties that they don't like? Who cares about that, right?
Should we be forced to use stone clubs and IEDs because those apes do?
Oh, my, you must be one of those people who aren't bothered by the collateral damage at all...
You know, they are people - even the actual terrorists and certainly the civilians (medics, funeral processions, etc) that are being killed. Dehumanizing people who are being bombed is a common strategy, but an evil one. And someone modded you up, too.
People use google or another search engine.
I've seen less-computer-literate people type in the entire URL into google (e.g. open google, and type in cnn.com/search to go to CNN's website)
It's really nice, could storage of saves by default, all your games accessible wherever you are with your steam password. It actually makes your life *easier* than piracy
I have never used Steam. Can I re-sell/give away games by transferring my license? Because no-DRM should mean that too.
According to the discussion of the last Humble Bundle release, a couple of the "Linux" versions are Wine wrappers that do not necessarily work, because Wine just doesn't always help. Just because it says "Linux" doesn't mean it is "ported to Linux".
Links to Kickstarter projects are much more interesting BEFORE the the funding round ends. It's too late for anyone to participate.
By the way, why can't I fund a closed (but funded) Kickstarter project past the deadline?
Ha, funny you should mention Humble Bundle. I just read the discussion about the new Humble Bundle (#5).
Turns out that one or two of the game "ports" are actually Wine wrappers that work very poorly or not at all in some cases. A Wine wrapper does not count as a port. If you can't expect HB games to be properly ported, who can you expect from an average indy developer?
If they are calling landlines, it is pretty much just the elderly.
But they are not. Read the link provided...
"Each sample includes a minimum quota of 400 cell phone respondents and 600 landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents by region"
Of course not all people answer unknown cell phone calls and maybe they have to filter based on Do Not Call registry.
being an athiest (or better yet, simply rejecting the bullshit that religion tries to force on us)
I think those are the same thing (atheist/rejecting religion). You are strategically excluding Agnosticism, i.e. people who try to remain neutral/skeptical rather than get into the religion war on either side.
I think religion, in today's world, is a form of mental disorder.
That's not better than a position of a raving religious zealot. The only difference is that you sound like a raving anti-religious zealot. You know, many religious people are quite sane and do not believe that religious beliefs should be imposed on others or involved politics. Hopefully, you are aware of this.
To me what happened with al-Awlaki is no different. This is among one of the few things he's done that I can support and get behind.
I could argue with you, but there is so much more to point out... Can you also get behind the assassination of al-Awlaki's 16-year old son?
We are so much past debating one difficult ethical dilemma now (was it ok to kill Osama? Was it ok to kill al-Awlaki?). We are up to, is it ok to kill dozens of people some of whom had been declared "terrorists" by an internal White House review.
It's good to live in a world where one does not have to compromise their principles for reality. I am going to assume that you do not currently have any children in a console-playing age (with peers who own and play consoles).
This is why allowing.xxx was a slippery slope. Now we crossed the line so real evil can get top level domains.bank and.insurance indeed.
No one types in domain address anymore, so it doesn't really matter.
Moreover, if someone does type in address www.someplace.bank, they will often type it into google's search box and not into the browser navigation toolbar...
If you play indie games, a growing number of those are ported to Linux. If you play major-label games, there are plenty of those on consoles.
What the hell kind of answer is that? "A growing number"? That's like "up to 100%" (i.e. anywhere between 0% and 100%). Indie games are rarely ported to Linux. That may be changing, but it hasn't happened yet, so what good is it now?
I'll give you the major-label games and consoles, though some major-label games may be ported to just ONE of the major consoles.
Barely! AC already listed all things that require Windows (Some internet providers, most games, Office documents, etc)
Also - have you ever tried to buy a computer without Windows pre-installed? Only a subset of brands (especially for laptops) can even be bought without Windows already pre-installed and paid for! I can assure you that when a computer for my office was purchased, it came with Windows without me being asked.
If the publisher owns it, and the publisher wants it canceled, no amount of crowd funding is going to bring it back.
That's true, but I am assuming that publishers are self-interested entities. FireFly was not cancelled as a result of vendetta but because it was too expensive to produce.
Perhaps if they had all or most of the costs pledged and available, they'd film the 2nd season? I can't wait for this to become an option for shows. All those DVD-buying campaigns were too indirect.
When we kill civilians, it's truly by accident.... We also tend to apologize for it and in many cases,
(With all due respect) -- Bullshit and Bullshit
While I agree that US does not target civilians, there is not enough of a review process (well, we don't really know who reviews) and there are certainly no apologies. Last I heard, the official position vacillates between "there is no drone program" to "the drone program is very precise, there is no collateral damage" and, finally, Obama's "Look, we really kill very few good people by accident, it's mostly bad guys"
They barely admit that collateral damage exists. No one had ever apologized or explained how future collateral damage is being prevented. Because there is no drone program and the drone strikes are so accurate that there is no collateral damage.
$675K @ $30/hour is 22,500 hours of labor to pay it back. That's 937 days at 24 hours/day, or 2.5 years. Or, working 40 hours/week, that's nearly 11 years of labor.
I see that you are only counting the labor required to repay debts (so ignoring expenses such as food, etc.). But tell me, are the taxes suspended for those who are paying off their debts? That's at least 20%+ extra, bringing it up to 13.2+ years.
Considering he may have to pay for food and shelter, that sounds like the rest of his life assuming $30/hour income.
but it's not as if he's going to suffer prison time, death, or injury as a result of this judgment. At worst, he's going to have to declare bankruptcy, and possibly have his wages garnished for the rest of his life.
If this is not a cruel and unusual punishment, then I don't know what is! The Constitution didn't set any exact formula, but downloading 30 songs resulting in wages garnished FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE is clearly cruel and unusual.
I don't know how anyone can think otherwise.
Sure, they throw us a bone every now an then (cops can't throw a GPS on your car anytime the feel like it), but...
I think that one has failed because they asked if GPS can be placed on their cars and the answer was "yes". I guess they don't anticipate downloading MP3s or caring about who is elected.
Considering that they have lifetime tenure, I really don't understand why they aren't doing their job.
The results turn on a few percentage points. The 2010 midterms, by all accounts a blow-out, had only a 6.5% difference between the major parties.
You mean the results in a minority of districts turn on a few percentage points. While the rest are completely un-competitive.
Quoth wikipedia: "In the 2000 Congressional Elections, out of the 435 Congressional districts in which there were elections, 359 were listed as "safe" by Congressional Quarterly. [4] In all of these 359, there was no uncertainty as to who would win."
If they were simply required to do business under the same rules as their competitors, they'd be kicking UPS' punk ass raw.
There is more to this than just the pension plan issue
USPS is required to serve all areas uniformly (i.e. rural routes that are not worth it). UPS will simply not service sparse rural areas and compete only in the plentiful areas. You can't talk about "capitalist" competition when USPS is forced to serve certain places. Any regular corporation would scale back from lossy areas.
I guess my point is that they should be operated as a government service and not pretend that they are a regular company that can compete with others.
Instead of the guys who build ATMs, we should have hired the guys who build slot machines.
ATMs are very reliable! Because if an ATM were to spontaneously spit out money, you bet that owner bank will hold the manufacturer responsible and make them pay! So ATMs don't really screw up, ever
This is a symptom of no one holding them accountable. If every lost/wrong vote cost, say, $1000 to the manufacturer, such crap would not happen.
"free speech" doesn't mean "free to say whatever you want"
You bet your bottom it does.
Free speech does not apply to commercial speech (in US, at least). I don't think advertisers have the option to fall back on 1st amendment if it is pretty clear that the "speech" in question is an advert.
Perhaps with Citizens vs United paving the way there will be a revision extending 1st amendment to all commercial speech (?)
TSA is a giant waste of money, unless you have stock in a nail-clipper supply company.
Oh, the list goes on! The whole industry formed around the idea of providing
3-oz plastic bottles (took years until something convenient came to the market, btw)
TSA-approved locks on the luggage
The water/soda vendors in the airport almost doubled their prices.
TSA-approved laptop bags that make it easier to flip them open
All we need now is self-removing shoes.
For instance, there are numerous cases of pedophile teachers; but I doubt you feel uncomfortable to send your kids to the school.
I'll keep saying it -- there is a perceived benefit to sending kids to school (they may learn something). That offsets the various risks that are involved in the process. In the absence of benefits (as TSA does not benefit travelers, hasn't caught a single terrorists or verify-ably stopped an attack), the process is a net loss
Yes, the risk of pedophiles or cancer (*) or whatever is presumably reasonably low, but what do you have to gain?
* I understand that at least some earlier machines that were bought and scrapped did have an admitted risk. TSA will probably admit that current ones may cause cancer when they are ready to buy the new-gen batch of scanners.
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I'm working on a Dell right now that has a 1366x768 display. It's 15.4".
Hear, Hear!!
That is very sad. And you know how many laptops in the 13.3-14" range are manufactured with better than 1366x768 resolution? Maybe 3 or 4 choices altogether, including the relatively high end ones.
When I did my research, I learned that HP Envy 14" model had advertised but (at the time, anyway) failed to deliver a higher-resolution screen and I saw many a post wondering when and how to get it.
Why is it so hard?
Fuck our enemies feelings about our weaponry.
Including the (non-trivial) civilian casualties that they don't like? Who cares about that, right?
Should we be forced to use stone clubs and IEDs because those apes do?
Oh, my, you must be one of those people who aren't bothered by the collateral damage at all...
You know, they are people - even the actual terrorists and certainly the civilians (medics, funeral processions, etc) that are being killed. Dehumanizing people who are being bombed is a common strategy, but an evil one. And someone modded you up, too.
People use google or another search engine.
I've seen less-computer-literate people type in the entire URL into google (e.g. open google, and type in cnn.com/search to go to CNN's website)
It's really nice, could storage of saves by default, all your games accessible wherever you are with your steam password. It actually makes your life *easier* than piracy
I have never used Steam. Can I re-sell/give away games by transferring my license? Because no-DRM should mean that too.
Humble Indie Bundles ... have a Linux version
According to the discussion of the last Humble Bundle release, a couple of the "Linux" versions are Wine wrappers that do not necessarily work, because Wine just doesn't always help. Just because it says "Linux" doesn't mean it is "ported to Linux".
Links to Kickstarter projects are much more interesting BEFORE the the funding round ends. It's too late for anyone to participate.
By the way, why can't I fund a closed (but funded) Kickstarter project past the deadline?
The Humble Bundles, for example.
Ha, funny you should mention Humble Bundle. I just read the discussion about the new Humble Bundle (#5).
Turns out that one or two of the game "ports" are actually Wine wrappers that work very poorly or not at all in some cases. A Wine wrapper does not count as a port. If you can't expect HB games to be properly ported, who can you expect from an average indy developer?
If they are calling landlines, it is pretty much just the elderly.
But they are not. Read the link provided...
"Each sample includes a minimum quota of 400 cell phone respondents and 600 landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents by region"
Of course not all people answer unknown cell phone calls and maybe they have to filter based on Do Not Call registry.
being an athiest (or better yet, simply rejecting the bullshit that religion tries to force on us)
I think those are the same thing (atheist/rejecting religion). You are strategically excluding Agnosticism, i.e. people who try to remain neutral/skeptical rather than get into the religion war on either side.
I think religion, in today's world, is a form of mental disorder.
That's not better than a position of a raving religious zealot. The only difference is that you sound like a raving anti-religious zealot. You know, many religious people are quite sane and do not believe that religious beliefs should be imposed on others or involved politics. Hopefully, you are aware of this.
To me what happened with al-Awlaki is no different. This is among one of the few things he's done that I can support and get behind.
I could argue with you, but there is so much more to point out... Can you also get behind the assassination of al-Awlaki's 16-year old son?
We are so much past debating one difficult ethical dilemma now (was it ok to kill Osama? Was it ok to kill al-Awlaki?). We are up to, is it ok to kill dozens of people some of whom had been declared "terrorists" by an internal White House review.
Why get sad? Just don't buy it.
It's good to live in a world where one does not have to compromise their principles for reality. I am going to assume that you do not currently have any children in a console-playing age (with peers who own and play consoles).
This is why allowing .xxx was a slippery slope. Now we crossed the line so real evil can get top level domains .bank and .insurance indeed.
No one types in domain address anymore, so it doesn't really matter.
Moreover, if someone does type in address www.someplace.bank, they will often type it into google's search box and not into the browser navigation toolbar...
If you play indie games, a growing number of those are ported to Linux. If you play major-label games, there are plenty of those on consoles.
What the hell kind of answer is that? "A growing number"? That's like "up to 100%" (i.e. anywhere between 0% and 100%). Indie games are rarely ported to Linux. That may be changing, but it hasn't happened yet, so what good is it now?
I'll give you the major-label games and consoles, though some major-label games may be ported to just ONE of the major consoles.
You have the right to not buy their crap.
Barely! AC already listed all things that require Windows (Some internet providers, most games, Office documents, etc)
Also - have you ever tried to buy a computer without Windows pre-installed? Only a subset of brands (especially for laptops) can even be bought without Windows already pre-installed and paid for! I can assure you that when a computer for my office was purchased, it came with Windows without me being asked.
If the publisher owns it, and the publisher wants it canceled, no amount of crowd funding is going to bring it back.
That's true, but I am assuming that publishers are self-interested entities. FireFly was not cancelled as a result of vendetta but because it was too expensive to produce.
Perhaps if they had all or most of the costs pledged and available, they'd film the 2nd season? I can't wait for this to become an option for shows. All those DVD-buying campaigns were too indirect.
When we kill civilians, it's truly by accident. ... We also tend to apologize for it and in many cases,
(With all due respect) -- Bullshit and Bullshit
While I agree that US does not target civilians, there is not enough of a review process (well, we don't really know who reviews) and there are certainly no apologies. Last I heard, the official position vacillates between "there is no drone program" to "the drone program is very precise, there is no collateral damage" and, finally, Obama's "Look, we really kill very few good people by accident, it's mostly bad guys"
They barely admit that collateral damage exists. No one had ever apologized or explained how future collateral damage is being prevented. Because there is no drone program and the drone strikes are so accurate that there is no collateral damage.
$675K @ $30/hour is 22,500 hours of labor to pay it back. That's 937 days at 24 hours/day, or 2.5 years. Or, working 40 hours/week, that's nearly 11 years of labor.
I see that you are only counting the labor required to repay debts (so ignoring expenses such as food, etc.). But tell me, are the taxes suspended for those who are paying off their debts? That's at least 20%+ extra, bringing it up to 13.2+ years.
Considering he may have to pay for food and shelter, that sounds like the rest of his life assuming $30/hour income.
but it's not as if he's going to suffer prison time, death, or injury as a result of this judgment. At worst, he's going to have to declare bankruptcy, and possibly have his wages garnished for the rest of his life.
If this is not a cruel and unusual punishment, then I don't know what is! The Constitution didn't set any exact formula, but downloading 30 songs resulting in wages garnished FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE is clearly cruel and unusual.
I don't know how anyone can think otherwise.
Sure, they throw us a bone every now an then (cops can't throw a GPS on your car anytime the feel like it), but...
I think that one has failed because they asked if GPS can be placed on their cars and the answer was "yes". I guess they don't anticipate downloading MP3s or caring about who is elected.
Considering that they have lifetime tenure, I really don't understand why they aren't doing their job.
The results turn on a few percentage points. The 2010 midterms, by all accounts a blow-out, had only a 6.5% difference between the major parties.
You mean the results in a minority of districts turn on a few percentage points. While the rest are completely un-competitive.
Quoth wikipedia: "In the 2000 Congressional Elections, out of the 435 Congressional districts in which there were elections, 359 were listed as "safe" by Congressional Quarterly. [4] In all of these 359, there was no uncertainty as to who would win."
If they were simply required to do business under the same rules as their competitors, they'd be kicking UPS' punk ass raw.
There is more to this than just the pension plan issue
USPS is required to serve all areas uniformly (i.e. rural routes that are not worth it). UPS will simply not service sparse rural areas and compete only in the plentiful areas. You can't talk about "capitalist" competition when USPS is forced to serve certain places. Any regular corporation would scale back from lossy areas.
I guess my point is that they should be operated as a government service and not pretend that they are a regular company that can compete with others.
Instead of the guys who build ATMs, we should have hired the guys who build slot machines.
ATMs are very reliable! Because if an ATM were to spontaneously spit out money, you bet that owner bank will hold the manufacturer responsible and make them pay! So ATMs don't really screw up, ever
This is a symptom of no one holding them accountable. If every lost/wrong vote cost, say, $1000 to the manufacturer, such crap would not happen.
"free speech" doesn't mean "free to say whatever you want"
You bet your bottom it does.
Free speech does not apply to commercial speech (in US, at least). I don't think advertisers have the option to fall back on 1st amendment if it is pretty clear that the "speech" in question is an advert.
Perhaps with Citizens vs United paving the way there will be a revision extending 1st amendment to all commercial speech (?)
TSA is a giant waste of money, unless you have stock in a nail-clipper supply company.
Oh, the list goes on! The whole industry formed around the idea of providing
3-oz plastic bottles (took years until something convenient came to the market, btw)
TSA-approved locks on the luggage
The water/soda vendors in the airport almost doubled their prices.
TSA-approved laptop bags that make it easier to flip them open
All we need now is self-removing shoes.
For instance, there are numerous cases of pedophile teachers; but I doubt you feel uncomfortable to send your kids to the school.
I'll keep saying it -- there is a perceived benefit to sending kids to school (they may learn something). That offsets the various risks that are involved in the process. In the absence of benefits (as TSA does not benefit travelers, hasn't caught a single terrorists or verify-ably stopped an attack), the process is a net loss
Yes, the risk of pedophiles or cancer (*) or whatever is presumably reasonably low, but what do you have to gain?
* I understand that at least some earlier machines that were bought and scrapped did have an admitted risk. TSA will probably admit that current ones may cause cancer when they are ready to buy the new-gen batch of scanners.