Yeah, but the Enforcement Droid Series 209's OS was a buggy piece of shite, as the franchise hammered home after 3 titles. - It can't hear the disarmament of it's arrestees, and so slaughters them. - It can't manage to question why a police car might need to park illegally on private property. - It didn't notice the Cobra Assault Cannon that Murphy was toting, until a nanosecond before 2 rounds blew it to hell - It can't walk down the street without getting stuck in a manhole.
ED-209 was a satire of corporate greed, overdevelopment, and overbudgeting to make an inferior product intended to saddle taxpayers with a lame duck project for long term ("Spare parts for 20 years! Who cared if the damn thing worked!" - Dick Jones), to turn a profit.
That said, it's just another example of how ED-209 sucked that it was hacked to be "Loyal as a Puppy." Also keep in mind that it was stated earlier that she was doing Calculus homework, and conversing on-the-level with a PHD in cybernetics later in the movie, so I imagine that she might be a touch above average in her skills.
P.S. The reason Robocop's OS is so solid is that he runs on a "Lifetime of On-The-Street Law Enforcement programming..." ...and DOS.
Sony PRS-300 has my dollar as a first device, mostly because of Calibre support. I might get a Kindle later, but by then, other models might have pegged the featureset that makes it so attractive, without being tied to the cloud.
The Sony is a nice compact eReader, cheap ($119) for a true e-ink device, 512MB of onboard memory lets me store all I really need to read at a given moment, and with Calibre (an iTunes-like open source eBook manager), I can swap out content simply by plugging in my USB cable to my PC when I recharge the book's battery. Just make sure to not install the Sony library/store software stored on the internal flash-RAM drive that autoruns when you first plug in the reader.
Here are some perks of Calibre:
- All books are added to my library locally on my PC. I can back this library up to external media for easy restoration or storage on multiple PCs.
- eBook content can be imported in almost any format, and Calibre can convert them to known compatible formats for your eReader of choice, DRM-free.
- News content can be downloaded automagically by Calibre, daily, from all kinds of sources (with more being added with every version!).
- My content is managed by ME.
- Calibre has an integrated reader for use on the host PC directly, compatible with all the formats it supports.
Sure I don't have all that fancy 3G internet access/online library stuff through the reader, but I (as well as most other people) have a laptop for that. If I need new reading material, I'll just tether my laptop, download what I want, and sync it over to my reader for later.
I'm glad I started out on the right path, for once.
Because it's a game console. You can play Zelda on it. And Mario. Playing such games doesn't have anything to do with treating the man's injury. Besides (and maybe even more important) a lot of people want a game console, like a Nintendo Wii. Giving away such devices for free when people are sick is going to make a lot of people sick.
Yeah, and PCs that run hospital networks, digital radiology equipment, and feedback-based physical therapy equipment, among many other things, can be used to play Modern Warfare and World of Warcraft. Does that mean that PCs are just toys and can never be used for "real" treatment and therapy purposes? No.
If the MD recommended a Wii, then he almost certainly recommended the Wii game and accompanying hardware for the appropriate therapy, as well as some sort of a plan (play WiiFIT yoga level 1 for 30 mins a day, or something), then THAT should certainly be covered by WorkComp.
I'd never expect a copy of Twilight Princess or NewSMB to be covered, but if he wants to buy it himself, who cares? (Then again, all this is based on the supposition of Common Sense, and when has that ever been prevalent in a Government setting?)
The Latin word Torino (the proper spelling of 'Turin') means "small crag" or "small cliff". Similar to Greek Sparta, this citystate was notorious for performing infanticide of small, weak, and handicapped children. These kids would be thrown off the cliffs to their deaths for no other crime than being genetically inferior.
Yeah. If only the Latin name wasn't Augusta Taurinorum, that has nothing to do with cliffs and all with the emperor's name and the name of the local people.
As has been said to me before, "You do good, and nobody remembers. You do bad, and nobody forgets." It all comes down to the face that we are expected by civilized society to act... Well... civil. Being a good citizen and a decent person is to be expected, but anything outside of that norm puts a stamp on you for all eternity.
"anyone else wonder why Add/Remove programs is called that even though you really can't add in any programs from there"
Actually I'm wondering why you haven't noticed that you can.
And under a Windows Terminal Server environment, using the "Add Program" feature is a requirement for any application that doesn't use a Windows Installer or InstallShield shell to trip the server into Installation Mode.
At least with Windows, I almost never have to use the term "compile," and if it does, it doesn't bother me about it.
"Blissfully ignorant since Windows 3.1, March 1992."
P.S. Yes, I used DOS... When I was 8 and my brain was still play-doh, and I'm happy I'll never have to write another config.sys file again!
Why would I (as a carrier) want to spend a boatload of money on a big screen tv, when i can put up a poster with a Tag on it that I got made at Kinkos? It not only uses YOUR display device, but you can bookmark the site and save it for other times that you're not within physical proximity of the Tag. For travel schedules, this is quite nice, and can keep the ammount of displays for non-Tag equipped travelers to a minimum. You don't have to go tromping around the terminal looking for screens. Just pull it up on the mobile.
It's probably just an issue within the cooked ROM. I'm actually running the the official WM6.1 ROM from HTC (bloatware removed) and it worked just fine.
I'm waiting for Slashdot to update its category image for Apple with the "Bill of Borg" image reserved for Micro$oft stories.
Apparently, Jobs and his minions are really stealing back concepts of "Squash the User and Their Rights" in exchange for the UI thefts of years past.
I'll admit that I wasn't much of an Apple Fainboi over the years, and it was only last Christmas that I broke down and bought an 80GB iPod Classic over my USB Mass Storage models I've always used. I just never thought that Apple would stoop so low as to say, "Here is a development platform to create ANYTHING you think there would be a demand for," and then turn around and say "Oh, no.. You can't make that. WE'RE doing that. Oh, BTW... don't tell anyone what Jerks we are. We have a reputation to uphold."
I thought Apple's main goals were to innovate and empower the people, and turn a nice profit while doing so.
Aparrently, empowerment doesn't apply to [snootytone]"Those programmer people...UGH!"[/snootytone]
Wargames defined a generation of nerds who are responsible for where we are now in computing.
Very true... My all-in-one NAT Box/Media Server/Web Server/Terminal Server at my home is named Mastercontrol in homage to the all encompassing Evil AI Tron. It was truly the first man vs. machine movie for me, beating out Terminator by 2 years.
The Tron 2.0 PC game has never lost its replay value to me. I've beaten it at least ten times, and this video is giving me the urge to play it again. It was a beautiful game, and still looks great. Because the machine-world environment was not very complicated graphically, nearly any system could play it. Constant evolution of software and networking standards today has meant that I've kept building storylines in my head based on the Tron universe in anticipation of the sequel. I know Disney won't let me down. I also can't wait for more games to be released based on the new flick.
Just about anything plastic-safe could be used such as a Lysol cleaner or diluted Dial liquid soap, but keep in mind that if you're the only one using it, you can't get sick from the same Influenza virus twice. Even if you get the Flu twice in a season, it's 2 strains that infected you. I'd only be concerned about the actual contact surfaces (KB, touchpad, mouse), and if you've got too much of the OCD, I'd suggest looking into something like the Virtually Indestructible Keyboard with integrated Mousing Stick. It is completely submersible in disinfecting solution up to the point that the cord joins the keyboard. Then I'd wrap the laptop in saran wrap except for the cooling vents. A little overboard, but probably effective.
I can look at the caller ID of a phone call and choose not to answer, and I won't burn minutes on some unidentified telemarketer. If someone spams me an SMS Advertisement for the latest online dating site (that seems to be 90% of my spam) I have no choice but to receive the message, and AT&T charges me for that "privilege"
No, because it was the number one easiest way to votepander in a city that was trying to lose its reputation as a den of thieves.
Yeah... Katrina really helped out THAT stereotype. All I saw were pictures of misery and people LOOTING. Perhaps it's because N.O. IS a den of thieves. Just let the people have their bewbies in traffic.
Dell has never made a dime off of me with that Trialware crap. The first thing I do when I get my new dell laptop (I've purchased 3 so far) is to level the hard drive, hose the utility partitions, and reinstall the os with a little unpartitioned space left over if i feel like dual booting with linux. If dell just sold it with a clean OS and the drivers installed, the world would be such a better place.
For those not in the know, that's a golf shot that screwed up so bad, that it needs to be done again and the players pretend the original never happened (essentially a "do-over"). Totally not a tournament rule, though I was once at a tourney where a younger player called for one, not knowing. He was a friend, and I was so embarrassed.
"rather flamboyant hippie types" You haven't spent much time in Santa Fe, have you? There is a reason why they call it "The City Different". LOL... Hell no. I live in Mississippi (not by choice) and have to spend all my time dodging bibles.
Can I claim allergy to "The Word of God" and demand religion be disbanded?
Yeah... I was looking at the video of his "shielded" house and automobile, and wondered to myself if he had a microwave oven. I imagine more scatter 2.4gHz radiation is given off by a 500w mini microwave than that of a full power 500mw access point. If he's ever made a bag of popcorn, I say case dismissed.
Also, every telephone in his house better have a bloody cord. I hope the the state's lawyers look into that too. I hope their laziness and desire for convenience tanks their suit.
"GO WEAR YOUR TINFOIL HAT AND LEAVE MY WiFi ALONE!"
(on a side observation in no way related to my opinion above, the two interviewed seem to be rather flamboyant hippie types, don't they? They also appear to look almost exactly alike. Creepy...)
Actually, I was thinking about the possibility of driving one around the office, chirping at people adoringly, and when they lean down... KAPOW! 1500 Lumens to the face! R2 was always a badass. I think I could mod a tazer in the motorized flip-out iPod bay without much trouble.
I have to chuckle. A Cabbage Patch Kids game? There was probably a reason those ROMs never made it to mass production. I remember E.T. for Atari. If THAT game made it to press run, how bad does the CPK game have to be?!?
Now a Garbage Pail Kids game... THAT I'd play. Even now.
I'm one of them... My coax comes out of the jack into a lightning arrestor, and then directly into my cable modem.I haven't watched live broadcast/cable television in my home in almost 4 years. Most of what I watch is from the BBC or other foreign networks anyways via stream or Bitorrent. American TV bores me these days. The only reason that I pay for cable TV service is that the $10 "Limited Basic Cable" plan reduces my $69 cable modem fee to $41, resulting in a $51 bill.
Now if only I could keep taxes from inflating it by ANOTHER $10/mo.
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Competition my ass... Hey AT&T.... Where's my $49.99 Unlimited Voice/SMS/Data plan option to compete with T-Mobile's current advertising blitz?
Oh. My bill is still $132.00/month for Unlimited Voice/SMS/Data?
Yeah... That's what I thought.
Yeah, but the Enforcement Droid Series 209's OS was a buggy piece of shite, as the franchise hammered home after 3 titles.
- It can't hear the disarmament of it's arrestees, and so slaughters them.
- It can't manage to question why a police car might need to park illegally on private property.
- It didn't notice the Cobra Assault Cannon that Murphy was toting, until a nanosecond before 2 rounds blew it to hell
- It can't walk down the street without getting stuck in a manhole.
ED-209 was a satire of corporate greed, overdevelopment, and overbudgeting to make an inferior product intended to saddle taxpayers with a lame duck project for long term ("Spare parts for 20 years! Who cared if the damn thing worked!" - Dick Jones), to turn a profit.
That said, it's just another example of how ED-209 sucked that it was hacked to be "Loyal as a Puppy."
Also keep in mind that it was stated earlier that she was doing Calculus homework, and conversing on-the-level with a PHD in cybernetics later in the movie, so I imagine that she might be a touch above average in her skills.
P.S. The reason Robocop's OS is so solid is that he runs on a "Lifetime of On-The-Street Law Enforcement programming..."
...and DOS.
Sony PRS-300 has my dollar as a first device, mostly because of Calibre support. I might get a Kindle later, but by then, other models might have pegged the featureset that makes it so attractive, without being tied to the cloud.
The Sony is a nice compact eReader, cheap ($119) for a true e-ink device, 512MB of onboard memory lets me store all I really need to read at a given moment, and with Calibre (an iTunes-like open source eBook manager), I can swap out content simply by plugging in my USB cable to my PC when I recharge the book's battery. Just make sure to not install the Sony library/store software stored on the internal flash-RAM drive that autoruns when you first plug in the reader.
Here are some perks of Calibre:
- All books are added to my library locally on my PC. I can back this library up to external media for easy restoration or storage on multiple PCs.
- eBook content can be imported in almost any format, and Calibre can convert them to known compatible formats for your eReader of choice, DRM-free.
- News content can be downloaded automagically by Calibre, daily, from all kinds of sources (with more being added with every version!).
- My content is managed by ME.
- Calibre has an integrated reader for use on the host PC directly, compatible with all the formats it supports.
Sure I don't have all that fancy 3G internet access/online library stuff through the reader, but I (as well as most other people) have a laptop for that. If I need new reading material, I'll just tether my laptop, download what I want, and sync it over to my reader for later.
I'm glad I started out on the right path, for once.
Because it's a game console. You can play Zelda on it. And Mario. Playing such games doesn't have anything to do with treating the man's injury. Besides (and maybe even more important) a lot of people want a game console, like a Nintendo Wii. Giving away such devices for free when people are sick is going to make a lot of people sick.
Yeah, and PCs that run hospital networks, digital radiology equipment, and feedback-based physical therapy equipment, among many other things, can be used to play Modern Warfare and World of Warcraft. Does that mean that PCs are just toys and can never be used for "real" treatment and therapy purposes? No.
If the MD recommended a Wii, then he almost certainly recommended the Wii game and accompanying hardware for the appropriate therapy, as well as some sort of a plan (play WiiFIT yoga level 1 for 30 mins a day, or something), then THAT should certainly be covered by WorkComp.
I'd never expect a copy of Twilight Princess or NewSMB to be covered, but if he wants to buy it himself, who cares?
(Then again, all this is based on the supposition of Common Sense, and when has that ever been prevalent in a Government setting?)
I'm not sure that China knows what they're messing with. If they keep poking Google's assets, the GoogCloud could very well go SkyNet on their asses.
"Google's Search Algorithm became self-aware at 3:37am on Friday, January 15 2010."
The Latin word Torino (the proper spelling of 'Turin') means "small crag" or "small cliff". Similar to Greek Sparta, this citystate was notorious for performing infanticide of small, weak, and handicapped children. These kids would be thrown off the cliffs to their deaths for no other crime than being genetically inferior.
Yeah. If only the Latin name wasn't Augusta Taurinorum, that has nothing to do with cliffs and all with the emperor's name and the name of the local people.
This all sounds like a bunch of bull to me.
That's Toro, not Torino.
As has been said to me before, "You do good, and nobody remembers. You do bad, and nobody forgets." It all comes down to the face that we are expected by civilized society to act... Well... civil. Being a good citizen and a decent person is to be expected, but anything outside of that norm puts a stamp on you for all eternity.
"Would you like to know more?..."
"anyone else wonder why Add/Remove programs is called that even though you really can't add in any programs from there"
Actually I'm wondering why you haven't noticed that you can.
And under a Windows Terminal Server environment, using the "Add Program" feature is a requirement for any application that doesn't use a Windows Installer or InstallShield shell to trip the server into Installation Mode.
At least with Windows, I almost never have to use the term "compile," and if it does, it doesn't bother me about it.
"Blissfully ignorant since Windows 3.1, March 1992."
P.S. Yes, I used DOS... When I was 8 and my brain was still play-doh, and I'm happy I'll never have to write another config.sys file again!
Why would I (as a carrier) want to spend a boatload of money on a big screen tv, when i can put up a poster with a Tag on it that I got made at Kinkos? It not only uses YOUR display device, but you can bookmark the site and save it for other times that you're not within physical proximity of the Tag. For travel schedules, this is quite nice, and can keep the ammount of displays for non-Tag equipped travelers to a minimum. You don't have to go tromping around the terminal looking for screens. Just pull it up on the mobile.
It's probably just an issue within the cooked ROM. I'm actually running the the official WM6.1 ROM from HTC (bloatware removed) and it worked just fine.
"innovate"?, when have Apple "innovated" in the past? I thought they just nicked someone elses idea and tarted it up to look shiny!
I was referring to their publicly admitted goals... unfortunately, rarely are true goals ever admitted these days.
I'm waiting for Slashdot to update its category image for Apple with the "Bill of Borg" image reserved for Micro$oft stories. Apparently, Jobs and his minions are really stealing back concepts of "Squash the User and Their Rights" in exchange for the UI thefts of years past. I'll admit that I wasn't much of an Apple Fainboi over the years, and it was only last Christmas that I broke down and bought an 80GB iPod Classic over my USB Mass Storage models I've always used. I just never thought that Apple would stoop so low as to say, "Here is a development platform to create ANYTHING you think there would be a demand for," and then turn around and say "Oh, no.. You can't make that. WE'RE doing that. Oh, BTW... don't tell anyone what Jerks we are. We have a reputation to uphold." I thought Apple's main goals were to innovate and empower the people, and turn a nice profit while doing so.
Aparrently, empowerment doesn't apply to [snootytone]"Those programmer people...UGH!"[/snootytone]
Well, that regular work must not have paid very well; it had to use a bus to get around.
I'm sure it paid pretty well, considering all the time it spends in rolling in cache.
Ok.. I know that one was a stretch)
My all-in-one NAT Box/Media Server/Web Server/Terminal Server at my home is named Mastercontrol in homage to the all encompassing Evil AI Tron.
Gah... I meant to say "The Evil AI Tron fought against." Curses!
Wargames defined a generation of nerds who are responsible for where we are now in computing.
Very true... My all-in-one NAT Box/Media Server/Web Server/Terminal Server at my home is named Mastercontrol in homage to the all encompassing Evil AI Tron. It was truly the first man vs. machine movie for me, beating out Terminator by 2 years.
The Tron 2.0 PC game has never lost its replay value to me. I've beaten it at least ten times, and this video is giving me the urge to play it again. It was a beautiful game, and still looks great. Because the machine-world environment was not very complicated graphically, nearly any system could play it. Constant evolution of software and networking standards today has meant that I've kept building storylines in my head based on the Tron universe in anticipation of the sequel. I know Disney won't let me down. I also can't wait for more games to be released based on the new flick.
Just about anything plastic-safe could be used such as a Lysol cleaner or diluted Dial liquid soap, but keep in mind that if you're the only one using it, you can't get sick from the same Influenza virus twice. Even if you get the Flu twice in a season, it's 2 strains that infected you. I'd only be concerned about the actual contact surfaces (KB, touchpad, mouse), and if you've got too much of the OCD, I'd suggest looking into something like the Virtually Indestructible Keyboard with integrated Mousing Stick. It is completely submersible in disinfecting solution up to the point that the cord joins the keyboard. Then I'd wrap the laptop in saran wrap except for the cooling vents. A little overboard, but probably effective.
you get charged to *receive* sms messages????
wow.
they'll be charging to receive phone calls next.
I can look at the caller ID of a phone call and choose not to answer, and I won't burn minutes on some unidentified telemarketer.
If someone spams me an SMS Advertisement for the latest online dating site (that seems to be 90% of my spam) I have no choice but to receive the message, and AT&T charges me for that "privilege"
No, because it was the number one easiest way to votepander in a city that was trying to lose its reputation as a den of thieves.
Yeah... Katrina really helped out THAT stereotype. All I saw were pictures of misery and people LOOTING. Perhaps it's because N.O. IS a den of thieves. Just let the people have their bewbies in traffic.
Dell has never made a dime off of me with that Trialware crap. The first thing I do when I get my new dell laptop (I've purchased 3 so far) is to level the hard drive, hose the utility partitions, and reinstall the os with a little unpartitioned space left over if i feel like dual booting with linux. If dell just sold it with a clean OS and the drivers installed, the world would be such a better place.
They got Mulligan'd
For those not in the know, that's a golf shot that screwed up so bad, that it needs to be done again and the players pretend the original never happened (essentially a "do-over"). Totally not a tournament rule, though I was once at a tourney where a younger player called for one, not knowing. He was a friend, and I was so embarrassed.
Can I claim allergy to "The Word of God" and demand religion be disbanded?
Yeah... I was looking at the video of his "shielded" house and automobile, and wondered to myself if he had a microwave oven. I imagine more scatter 2.4gHz radiation is given off by a 500w mini microwave than that of a full power 500mw access point. If he's ever made a bag of popcorn, I say case dismissed.
Also, every telephone in his house better have a bloody cord. I hope the the state's lawyers look into that too. I hope their laziness and desire for convenience tanks their suit.
"GO WEAR YOUR TINFOIL HAT AND LEAVE MY WiFi ALONE!"
(on a side observation in no way related to my opinion above, the two interviewed seem to be rather flamboyant hippie types, don't they? They also appear to look almost exactly alike. Creepy...)
Actually, I was thinking about the possibility of driving one around the office, chirping at people adoringly, and when they lean down... KAPOW! 1500 Lumens to the face! R2 was always a badass. I think I could mod a tazer in the motorized flip-out iPod bay without much trouble.
I have to chuckle. A Cabbage Patch Kids game? There was probably a reason those ROMs never made it to mass production. I remember E.T. for Atari. If THAT game made it to press run, how bad does the CPK game have to be?!?
Now a Garbage Pail Kids game... THAT I'd play. Even now.
I'm one of them... My coax comes out of the jack into a lightning arrestor, and then directly into my cable modem.I haven't watched live broadcast/cable television in my home in almost 4 years. Most of what I watch is from the BBC or other foreign networks anyways via stream or Bitorrent. American TV bores me these days. The only reason that I pay for cable TV service is that the $10 "Limited Basic Cable" plan reduces my $69 cable modem fee to $41, resulting in a $51 bill.
Now if only I could keep taxes from inflating it by ANOTHER $10/mo.