Citizens haven't been forced to carry ID cards since 1955.
Um... I lived in France for several years, and everyone, citizen or foreigner, was required to carry an I.D. at all times. One of my friends was caught without identification, and was required to bring it to the police station the next day. I remember going along with him.
Actually, you can play two of the Zelda 64 games if you get the Zelda Collector's Edition Disk for Gamecube. I have it, and it has provided months of entertainment.
In other news, 13 days after its feeding tube was removed, BSD died quietly today.
Seriously, I'd complain about all these obviously fake news stories on./ for April Fool's Day, except it doesn't look much different from any other day.
Actually, the big retailers seem to be enforcing this. I went out to the mall last week and bought stuff at a lot of different stores. Every single one of them checked my signature. One store even asked for I.D. I think that the big corporations are aware of the problem of identity theft, and they are enforcing the policy of checking the signature, not that it's going to do any good.
So, add in a copy of Office to compete with Appleworks ($250), a copy of Acid to compete with Garageband ($100), a licensed copy of Acrobat Distiller so that you can create PDFs (it's built in on the Mac), a copy of Adobe Premiere Express to compete with iMovie ($200), a copy of something that can handle full-screen video conferencing (any ideas?), plus a copy of Quicken for your taxes ($30). Oh, and 'cause you're running a Windows box, don't forget the Anti-virus software ($20).
Although I agree with the premise, I have to point out the weakness of this part of the argument. A copy of OpenOffice.org ($0). A copy of
PDFCreator ($0), and a copy of AVG Free ($free, duh). You can't say free software is cool on your Mac or *nix box without admitting that it is also available for Windows.
Another poster has already pointed out that you are violating the EULA by installing AVG on commercial systems, so I won't harp about how this is unethical , detrimental to their revenue stream, and may ulitmately lead to loss of the qualities you so admire.
However, the AVG installer is smart enough to notice when it is being put on 2003 server, and it refuses to install AVG Free on those machines.
What are they going to do next. Sue the makers of Champions(tm) because the system allows you to create any character you want, including popular superheroes?
I remember this from helping my fellow students in my CS classes. 80 errors is a good thing. Just fix the first one, and the rest usually go away. Invariably it is a missing semicolon.
One error is a problem, especially when it happens late in development, and it pops up in code you thought you had already vetted. That one is going to take much longer to fix than those 80 others.
Ok, so the robot eats flies for power. I understand this. So the robot is designed to survive toxic environments. I understand this. What I don't understand is, are flies designed to survive toxic environments? I don't mean dung heaps, I mean radioactivity, and poisonous gasses.
I have a Dell laptop that I bought through my school. My cat knocked a pitcher of water on to it. I told them exactly what happened, and they shipped me a refurbished model with better specs. A while later, that one started smoking. They replaced it with a refurbished model with even better specs. Just before my warranty expired, my shift key broke, and the touchpad freaked out. They sent a repairman to my house to replace the parts. The warranty has now expired, but I am typing on a computer that is two years newer than the one I bought. Dell has been good to me.
I graduated from Quinnipiac University. I also work during the summer at Wesleyan University, teaching high-school students. In both places the library is wide open, all you have to do is to be reasonably dressed, and polite. If I want access to the "cool" stuff like gyms, video editing labs, etc. all I have to do is ask. My father worked at UMASS for almost thirty years, and that was always my experience there also. I'm sorry to hear that it is otherwise some places.
Are you a college graduate? The colleges I know of subscribe to services like the ones you described. As a graduate I can still use these resources, and the resources of almost any College or Universiy through sharing programs.
Remember when you got your diploma and they said something about the bestowing "rights and priviliges," well this is one of the more useful ones. I use college libraries if I want reprints of old articles, or need to use inter-library loans to get an obscure book. Lifetime membership at the gym isn't bad either.
Your assumption is too simple, and I can think of two exceptions right off the bat.
First of all, non-essential services lose money when their business is closed. A restaraunt does not get the night's customers back another night if they have a power failure, and a ski resort doesn't get the weekend's customers back the next weekend if it rains.
Second, you aren't factoring in competition. Amazon is down? I guess I'll check eBay for that book, or Barnes and Noble, etc.
Economics is never a simple linear relationship in the real world.
2) He thinks that security is a yes/no option. Security is nothing like that. If someone were to be honest with him, and tell him that nothing is truely secure and it's all trade-offs, and then explain the trade-offs of their particular product, I'm sure he would have thought they were weaseling, when in fact they were telling the truth.
In computers you can almost never say a straight up, "Yes" or, "No." I started teaching computers at a small Catholic school last September, and immediately became the technology "go to" guy. I drive my co-workers nuts with my true, but vague answers to questions. I find myselfy constantly saying, "That should work," or "Theoretically that is possible," or, the kicker, "I don't know." This drives people nuts. I am the computer teacher, therefore I should know everything, and I should just say, "Yes," and make them happy. When people question why I don't know, I use this analogy: Would you ask the pilot of a large, complicated airplane to fix the engine, or load the cargo, or even work the coffee machine? Yes, some pilots might know how to do these things, but others don't, and leave them to other experts. I teach compters, know a lot about software and programming, and almost nothing about hardware or networks. Go ask the mechanic, or the sterwardress.
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No, the reason he wasn't taken straight to the police station was that he was only sixteen, and they decided to make an exception for him.
Um... I lived in France for several years, and everyone, citizen or foreigner, was required to carry an I.D. at all times. One of my friends was caught without identification, and was required to bring it to the police station the next day. I remember going along with him.
Actually, you can play two of the Zelda 64 games if you get the Zelda Collector's Edition Disk for Gamecube. I have it, and it has provided months of entertainment.
In other news, 13 days after its feeding tube was removed, BSD died quietly today.
Seriously, I'd complain about all these obviously fake news stories on ./ for April Fool's Day, except it doesn't look much different from any other day.
It just goes to show, you can't make a dinosaur without breaking legs.
Thanks, everybody. I'll be here all night. Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Actually, the big retailers seem to be enforcing this. I went out to the mall last week and bought stuff at a lot of different stores. Every single one of them checked my signature. One store even asked for I.D. I think that the big corporations are aware of the problem of identity theft, and they are enforcing the policy of checking the signature, not that it's going to do any good.
Yes.
Although I agree with the premise, I have to point out the weakness of this part of the argument. A copy of OpenOffice.org ($0). A copy of PDFCreator ($0), and a copy of AVG Free ($free, duh). You can't say free software is cool on your Mac or *nix box without admitting that it is also available for Windows.
Another poster has already pointed out that you are violating the EULA by installing AVG on commercial systems, so I won't harp about how this is unethical , detrimental to their revenue stream, and may ulitmately lead to loss of the qualities you so admire.
However, the AVG installer is smart enough to notice when it is being put on 2003 server, and it refuses to install AVG Free on those machines.
Your new here, aren't you?
What are they going to do next. Sue the makers of Champions(tm) because the system allows you to create any character you want, including popular superheroes?
I remember this from helping my fellow students in my CS classes. 80 errors is a good thing. Just fix the first one, and the rest usually go away. Invariably it is a missing semicolon.
One error is a problem, especially when it happens late in development, and it pops up in code you thought you had already vetted. That one is going to take much longer to fix than those 80 others.
Ok, so the robot eats flies for power. I understand this. So the robot is designed to survive toxic environments. I understand this. What I don't understand is, are flies designed to survive toxic environments? I don't mean dung heaps, I mean radioactivity, and poisonous gasses.
I have a Dell laptop that I bought through my school. My cat knocked a pitcher of water on to it. I told them exactly what happened, and they shipped me a refurbished model with better specs. A while later, that one started smoking. They replaced it with a refurbished model with even better specs. Just before my warranty expired, my shift key broke, and the touchpad freaked out. They sent a repairman to my house to replace the parts. The warranty has now expired, but I am typing on a computer that is two years newer than the one I bought. Dell has been good to me.
A popular one is not@aol.com.
I graduated from Quinnipiac University. I also work during the summer at Wesleyan University, teaching high-school students. In both places the library is wide open, all you have to do is to be reasonably dressed, and polite. If I want access to the "cool" stuff like gyms, video editing labs, etc. all I have to do is ask. My father worked at UMASS for almost thirty years, and that was always my experience there also. I'm sorry to hear that it is otherwise some places.
Unfortunately, this is also the demographic age least likely to vote.
Are you a college graduate? The colleges I know of subscribe to services like the ones you described. As a graduate I can still use these resources, and the resources of almost any College or Universiy through sharing programs.
Remember when you got your diploma and they said something about the bestowing "rights and priviliges," well this is one of the more useful ones. I use college libraries if I want reprints of old articles, or need to use inter-library loans to get an obscure book. Lifetime membership at the gym isn't bad either.
My bad. How unlike a Slashdot reader to go off half-cocked, and Jump to Conclusions(tm) before Reading The F(ine) Article.
This movie has been getting a lot of hype, but I don't know about records. According to the box office numbers it is not even on the charts: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movies/box_office.ph p
Yet, this movie that I have never heard of is #13: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/SuperSizeMe-113227 2/reviews.php
Is it time to put on our tinfoil hats, and start yelling, "Conspiracy! Cover-up!"
Your assumption is too simple, and I can think of two exceptions right off the bat.
First of all, non-essential services lose money when their business is closed. A restaraunt does not get the night's customers back another night if they have a power failure, and a ski resort doesn't get the weekend's customers back the next weekend if it rains.
Second, you aren't factoring in competition. Amazon is down? I guess I'll check eBay for that book, or Barnes and Noble, etc.
Economics is never a simple linear relationship in the real world.
Scroll down the page and you will see this
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/14/172423 6&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188
Blockquote the poster...
In computers you can almost never say a straight up, "Yes" or, "No." I started teaching computers at a small Catholic school last September, and immediately became the technology "go to" guy. I drive my co-workers nuts with my true, but vague answers to questions. I find myselfy constantly saying, "That should work," or "Theoretically that is possible," or, the kicker, "I don't know." This drives people nuts. I am the computer teacher, therefore I should know everything, and I should just say, "Yes," and make them happy. When people question why I don't know, I use this analogy: Would you ask the pilot of a large, complicated airplane to fix the engine, or load the cargo, or even work the coffee machine? Yes, some pilots might know how to do these things, but others don't, and leave them to other experts. I teach compters, know a lot about software and programming, and almost nothing about hardware or networks. Go ask the mechanic, or the sterwardress.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
Wait...
Ewwww!