Don't you think it's smart (evil-smart)?
Thought experiment:
If you break a window on a random house, you have the following problems:
-Someone could be home (you want to steal stuff, not a fight)
-Neighbours could hear the glass shatter and investigate or call police
-You could hurt yourself on the sharp glass
If you do it this thief's way:
-You already know that the owners are busy elsewhere, and likely to be busy for at least the next hour, since it appeared we were getting ready for some kind of performance.
-In the cover of darkness, nobody who happens to be looking outside would suspect much to see their neighbour's normal car return home and a figure walk from driveway to house and enter it easily.
-You also get a free a getaway vehicle, that you ditch later, and even if you own a vehicle, nobody could get your licence plate if they did notice something.
The thief wasn't from the church, the priest was in the play and actually took note of someone unfamiliar in the basement, but when he questioned him, he answered that he was there to set up for the AA meeting.
There's one added risk with leaving anything with your address on it in your glove box.
I was in a group of people that hung our winter jackets on a coat rack to rehearse for a play in the basement of a church. Someone came in while we were busy, reached into coat pockets until finding a set of keys, walked up and down the street clicking "unlock" until he found the right car, took the insurance papers from the glove box to get the home address. Used the car to drive there. Used the same keyring to enter the house, took TV, VCR, etc, and got out of there.
The people who were violated were just thankful they had decided to encourage their 13 year old to come with them to the rehearsal rather than leave her at home alone for a couple hours, which they have done other times (and for those who aren't parents, it's an age where it's considered normal to be able to be home alone, even in modern paranoid times).
After that, I don't keep anything with my address on it in either of our cars. We photocopy the green registration so that both my wife and I have a copy of both in our wallets, even if we switch cars. And we have the insurance company send us an extra copy of the pink proof of insurance for our wallets too.
Whether you are religious or not, or believe in the existence of the leaders of these religions or not, or believe that there is corruption within the human organizations that run some of these religions or not; the country was founded on values that are consistent with those espoused by "real" religions (oh yes I did), and inconsistent with values tied to the concept of "Satan".
So I'm sorry, but: Satanists, shut up.
At some point, the common values of 98% of people do matter, even while protecting a reasonable freedom of anyone who wants to identify as a minority in some aspect of life. You DO draw a line at hate and violence, for example, regardless that a small minority wants to spread that. Their freedom stops when it goes against the most fundamental rights of everyone else.
I can sympathize - I think I'm a bit under 190 cm. (almost 6'2 - switching to imperial for largely American audience)
I just did a crude measurement of my femur with a ruler - from hip bulge to patella, it's 22.5 inches. + another 4 inches taken up by tailbone / skinny butt behind the hip ball. I have been on planes where I didn't physically fit - my knee pushed into the hard part of a seat in front of me - had to constantly sit on an angle. Very annoying.
I don't know if it's fair to equate height requirements with obesity, in terms of arguing who should pay extra. I'm skinny. I eat well (mostly) and exercise. Maybe a few obese people have medical reasons they can't control, but I believe conventional wisdom is that most such people got that way by making bad choices (yes, in large part due to marketing and the food mass-production system in North America, but they still made those choices).
There are plenty of ways tall people already have to suffer to accommodate shorter people - door handles and kitchen counters/sinks are too low, so it's literally a pain for us to navigate a building and do the dishes. If one thinks tall people should pay extra (over double) because of needing an extra inch of forward space, then fair is fair, the airlines should design variable or configurable row depths and ensure the seat in front of you is touching their short femurs, too. Save all that wasted space in front of short people!
Sigh, can't find anything good when I have mod points a few days ago, and now this.
Original sig is absolutely correct: (except possibly by a fringe standard of morality that someone might claim to have, but that would quickly not hold up to the scrutiny of just about anyone)
"You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want."
and it makes a good point. I rather like it.
Just a random thought (not exactly OT for this subthread, but I had to find somewhere interesting to tack this on)
The cracking time today is irrelevant. How many years until a reasonable sized quantum computer comes out that can decode it in seconds? 10? 20 at the most?
I am an intelligent person (probably like most people here), and also extremely observant by anyone's standards, and I find that the majority of the time, at least one character of the captcha is so hard to read that I have a 50% chance at best of getting it right.
I agree with what you do with your kids, but surely you realize that it's overkill to "nuke it". Forcibly removing both parties would be a bit more palatable, but still, in practice, where would you put them? No, I'm sure the world powers have thought of these ideas and agreed that it's preferable to keep pushing for a more reasonable outcome, even if it has taken too long.
Really? Do the math. How many BlackBerry users would you have to sell the app to in order to make enough money that those one or two days are worth your time. I don't know your app or its price, but surely a few hundred would easily make it worthwhile.
There are 80 million BlackBerry users and growing. You don't think you can sell even a few hundred copies out of 80 million users? Even if you make 10x more money on other platforms, it never hurts to add an extra few % to your bottom line.
I'm not sure what is so hard to understand. You have a phone lock password, which stands in for the client memorized password, as the "something only you know".
Unless you don't have a phone lock password, in which case you are explicitly stating that you don't give a shit about security at all...
Why don't I have mod points when I need them. It's a sad day for/. when the one by AC above scores lower than its troll parent.
I don't know why the one above went by AC, it's a great shut down of an insulting, not well thought out comment by... (oh my, user 137! - respect for that)... ok, maybe that's why someone went AC. Even though #137 made an ugly post, didn't want to make an enemy of someone in the top 200....
You care if you own a smartphone. The new BB10 browser from BlackBerry outperforms desktop browsers in HTML5, and runs on top of QNX, which is like a more stable, secure version of Linux. I'd like to see someone try to hack that, especially in comparison to Android and iPhone.
But since I don't, I can reply:
The one I wanted to chime in with was the former East Germany, or German Democratic Republic. It was hard for my parents to answer when a young me asked "but if the people there are trapped behind the iron curtain and also can't vote, why are they called Democratic?"
BlackBerry has finally caught back up, and passed the iPhone in features and innovation. It's been awhile - give it another try. BB10 removes a lot of that frustration by letting you jump around between apps and notifications without having to keep going back to home and starting over. The typing is very innovative. Yes SwiftKey is comparable, but you save more screen with the BB10 keyboard, and your eyes and fingers don't have to keep darting up to see the predictions. TimeWarp camera reminds me of the kind of thing iPhone USED to be best at surprising us with. Seems like iPhone and BlackBerry have switched places.
Talk to your company about getting a BB10. Your workplace can securely manage the Work partition and nothing can leak to your personal side, not even screenshots. You can have whatever you want on the personal side, backed up on your home computer and untouchable by work, and you don't have to carry 2 phones.
And don't "buy into the idea of the ads you see" comparing raw # of apps - BlackBerry has most of the top apps, and anything you're missing can likely be ported from Android in a short time, since they have an Android runtime on the BB phone.
Yes, I've obviously always been a bit of a fan for some time, but I think the facts speak for themselves. I always loved BB's physical keyboards, but the touch one on BB10 saves so many key strokes, I finally converted and don't mind the touch typing.
SERIOUSLY cool keyboard That keyboard goes somewhat beyond "predictive". First off, the keys are much wider than those on iOS, particularly in portrait mode. Much easier to type on, even without the new features. Second, the prediction scheme is apparently more adaptive, and pays more attention to the way you write as an individual. Third, the ability to "flick" words into the output is frankly brilliant, and I can confirm it's a game-changer. It's an honest productivity-booster.
from dgarrido: “Rumored screen sharing will also be a difference.”
from jagrlover: “Removable battery, HDMI out, Better HTML5 compliance (& a) Higher ringmark score.”
From Nshuti Olivier: "Blackberry 10 is by far better than any iphone or Android phone currently on the market. That is from screen resolution, connectivity, camera, keyboard, OS, Security, Hardware, and the list goes on... BB10 is currently the only phone to feature 2GB of RAM along with fastest Browser on the planet, in facts faster than some of our desktop computers."
I was going to go "friend" you due to the coincidence, but then I checked your last few comments, and find your views on global warming (and your admitted part in it) to be selfish and unsettling, so we'll call it even.
So many of the great things you enjoy today are due to humans that were more than just "live for today" hedonism. And you're content to live off their spoils while the getting is good, but make no effort to make the world a better place for the next generation, if it means you can't do whatever the heck you feel like at all times?
This (preferential) is desperately the voting system I want, even more than proportional representation. (If only there was a way I could vote for Preferential, but have my ballot default to Proportional in case the vote count for Preferential is too low to have a chance to win...;)
See you everybody, I'm moving from Canada to Australia!
Also, I strongly disagree that there's no difference if you choose a candidate randomly when the results are a statistical tie. Yes, there's no difference _to the will of the people_, but imagine what would have happened in the US if Gore had been installed instead of W Bush... nowhere near a "toss-up" as far as outcomes go.
As a Canadian, I brought a small bottle to relatives in the "provincial" captial of L'Aquila, Abruzzo Italy (yes, the one the Earthquake ravaged a few years ago). They were gracious, but looked baffled as to what it might be, and what you would do with it. There was a lot of confused looks among them, and some stereotypical Italian fast talking and expressions. Explaining that it's sweet and you can put it on pancakes, waffles, and even gelato didn't help. Maybe I should have suggested they dip their biscotti in it.
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Thought experiment:
If you break a window on a random house, you have the following problems:
-Someone could be home (you want to steal stuff, not a fight)
-Neighbours could hear the glass shatter and investigate or call police
-You could hurt yourself on the sharp glass
If you do it this thief's way:
-You already know that the owners are busy elsewhere, and likely to be busy for at least the next hour, since it appeared we were getting ready for some kind of performance.
-In the cover of darkness, nobody who happens to be looking outside would suspect much to see their neighbour's normal car return home and a figure walk from driveway to house and enter it easily.
-You also get a free a getaway vehicle, that you ditch later, and even if you own a vehicle, nobody could get your licence plate if they did notice something.
The thief wasn't from the church, the priest was in the play and actually took note of someone unfamiliar in the basement, but when he questioned him, he answered that he was there to set up for the AA meeting.
I was in a group of people that hung our winter jackets on a coat rack to rehearse for a play in the basement of a church. Someone came in while we were busy, reached into coat pockets until finding a set of keys, walked up and down the street clicking "unlock" until he found the right car, took the insurance papers from the glove box to get the home address. Used the car to drive there. Used the same keyring to enter the house, took TV, VCR, etc, and got out of there.
The people who were violated were just thankful they had decided to encourage their 13 year old to come with them to the rehearsal rather than leave her at home alone for a couple hours, which they have done other times (and for those who aren't parents, it's an age where it's considered normal to be able to be home alone, even in modern paranoid times).
After that, I don't keep anything with my address on it in either of our cars. We photocopy the green registration so that both my wife and I have a copy of both in our wallets, even if we switch cars. And we have the insurance company send us an extra copy of the pink proof of insurance for our wallets too.
You'll like the song "Carrot Juice is Murder", by the Arrogant Worms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Sigh. Never any mod points when I really want them, so comment: +1 Insightful
Whether you are religious or not, or believe in the existence of the leaders of these religions or not, or believe that there is corruption within the human organizations that run some of these religions or not; the country was founded on values that are consistent with those espoused by "real" religions (oh yes I did), and inconsistent with values tied to the concept of "Satan".
So I'm sorry, but: Satanists, shut up.
At some point, the common values of 98% of people do matter, even while protecting a reasonable freedom of anyone who wants to identify as a minority in some aspect of life. You DO draw a line at hate and violence, for example, regardless that a small minority wants to spread that. Their freedom stops when it goes against the most fundamental rights of everyone else.
I just did a crude measurement of my femur with a ruler - from hip bulge to patella, it's 22.5 inches. + another 4 inches taken up by tailbone / skinny butt behind the hip ball. I have been on planes where I didn't physically fit - my knee pushed into the hard part of a seat in front of me - had to constantly sit on an angle. Very annoying.
I don't know if it's fair to equate height requirements with obesity, in terms of arguing who should pay extra. I'm skinny. I eat well (mostly) and exercise. Maybe a few obese people have medical reasons they can't control, but I believe conventional wisdom is that most such people got that way by making bad choices (yes, in large part due to marketing and the food mass-production system in North America, but they still made those choices).
There are plenty of ways tall people already have to suffer to accommodate shorter people - door handles and kitchen counters/sinks are too low, so it's literally a pain for us to navigate a building and do the dishes. If one thinks tall people should pay extra (over double) because of needing an extra inch of forward space, then fair is fair, the airlines should design variable or configurable row depths and ensure the seat in front of you is touching their short femurs, too. Save all that wasted space in front of short people!
I doubt the average body weight in the US is only 164 pounds. Are you averaging all people, right down to babies?
I think a better metric would be average body weight of a US adult. Or at least pick an age range that represents most flyers.
Sigh, can't find anything good when I have mod points a few days ago, and now this.
Original sig is absolutely correct: (except possibly by a fringe standard of morality that someone might claim to have, but that would quickly not hold up to the scrutiny of just about anyone)
"You do not have a moral or legal right to do absolutely anything you want."
and it makes a good point. I rather like it.
Just a random thought (not exactly OT for this subthread, but I had to find somewhere interesting to tack this on)
The cracking time today is irrelevant. How many years until a reasonable sized quantum computer comes out that can decode it in seconds? 10? 20 at the most?
+1000 !
I am an intelligent person (probably like most people here), and also extremely observant by anyone's standards, and I find that the majority of the time, at least one character of the captcha is so hard to read that I have a 50% chance at best of getting it right.
I agree with what you do with your kids, but surely you realize that it's overkill to "nuke it". Forcibly removing both parties would be a bit more palatable, but still, in practice, where would you put them? No, I'm sure the world powers have thought of these ideas and agreed that it's preferable to keep pushing for a more reasonable outcome, even if it has taken too long.
@RealTimeWWII has been doing this meme for years. I like it, fairly educational in a few ways. And relatively neutral.
There are 80 million BlackBerry users and growing. You don't think you can sell even a few hundred copies out of 80 million users? Even if you make 10x more money on other platforms, it never hurts to add an extra few % to your bottom line.
Unless you don't have a phone lock password, in which case you are explicitly stating that you don't give a shit about security at all...
I don't know why the one above went by AC, it's a great shut down of an insulting, not well thought out comment by... (oh my, user 137! - respect for that)... ok, maybe that's why someone went AC. Even though #137 made an ugly post, didn't want to make an enemy of someone in the top 200....
You care if you own a smartphone. The new BB10 browser from BlackBerry outperforms desktop browsers in HTML5, and runs on top of QNX, which is like a more stable, secure version of Linux. I'd like to see someone try to hack that, especially in comparison to Android and iPhone.
But since I don't, I can reply: The one I wanted to chime in with was the former East Germany, or German Democratic Republic. It was hard for my parents to answer when a young me asked "but if the people there are trapped behind the iron curtain and also can't vote, why are they called Democratic?"
That's what they did for the Arc de Triomphe in Paris...
Talk to your company about getting a BB10. Your workplace can securely manage the Work partition and nothing can leak to your personal side, not even screenshots. You can have whatever you want on the personal side, backed up on your home computer and untouchable by work, and you don't have to carry 2 phones.
And don't "buy into the idea of the ads you see" comparing raw # of apps - BlackBerry has most of the top apps, and anything you're missing can likely be ported from Android in a short time, since they have an Android runtime on the BB phone.
Yes, I've obviously always been a bit of a fan for some time, but I think the facts speak for themselves. I always loved BB's physical keyboards, but the touch one on BB10 saves so many key strokes, I finally converted and don't mind the touch typing.
Fresh from purchasing a Klappar Cirkus
Benefits of BB10 over iOS:
from dgarrido: “Rumored screen sharing will also be a difference.”
from jagrlover: “Removable battery, HDMI out, Better HTML5 compliance (& a) Higher ringmark score.”
From Nshuti Olivier: "Blackberry 10 is by far better than any iphone or Android phone currently on the market. That is from screen resolution, connectivity, camera, keyboard, OS, Security, Hardware, and the list goes on ... BB10 is currently the only phone to feature 2GB of RAM along with fastest Browser on the planet, in facts faster than some of our desktop computers."
This is exactly what I was going to say!
I was going to go "friend" you due to the coincidence, but then I checked your last few comments, and find your views on global warming (and your admitted part in it) to be selfish and unsettling, so we'll call it even.
So many of the great things you enjoy today are due to humans that were more than just "live for today" hedonism. And you're content to live off their spoils while the getting is good, but make no effort to make the world a better place for the next generation, if it means you can't do whatever the heck you feel like at all times?
Blechh.
See you everybody, I'm moving from Canada to Australia!
Also, I strongly disagree that there's no difference if you choose a candidate randomly when the results are a statistical tie. Yes, there's no difference _to the will of the people_, but imagine what would have happened in the US if Gore had been installed instead of W Bush... nowhere near a "toss-up" as far as outcomes go.
As a Canadian, I brought a small bottle to relatives in the "provincial" captial of L'Aquila, Abruzzo Italy (yes, the one the Earthquake ravaged a few years ago). They were gracious, but looked baffled as to what it might be, and what you would do with it. There was a lot of confused looks among them, and some stereotypical Italian fast talking and expressions. Explaining that it's sweet and you can put it on pancakes, waffles, and even gelato didn't help. Maybe I should have suggested they dip their biscotti in it.
Damn, I had 4 mod points left that I was saving for just a moment like this, and they expired before I got here!
(P.S. It's Krusty)