I'll second the recommendation for the Brother HL-2170W. I have one, and it prints superbly from Linux and Windows (and OS X, I'll assume, since I once saw it for sale at the Apple store). Watch the weekly ads from your local office supply stores, and you'll be able to get a good deal.
If so, then it's an enormous—dare I say cavernous—kitchen. It would take a whole lot of room to efficiently organize and store all those single-use devices. There's a reason Alton Brown preaches the hatred of unitaskers.
Of course, comparing software to kitchen gadgets is pure folly anyway. "One tool, one job" makes sense for software, but not so much for most tasks in the physical world. Today's hard drives would be analogous to a far more spacious kitchen than even the richest of us could ever hope to have, and stringing together a series of single-use commands to accomplish computing tasks is altogether different than fumbling about with a handful of specialized utensils while trying to prepare dinner.
With all the ongoing debate about the current screwed state of copyright and "intellectual property", I thought it was a well-understood fact around here that information is different from material goods. This is just one more example of that difference.
Not "this".
A grossly unfair prenuptial agreement is a pretty good indication that you're not dealing with two people in love. More likely, you have one person driven by greed presenting a prenup stacked in his/her own favor, and the other person motivated by love—or some other factor, possibly—to go along with it.
If I murder another human being in my home (whether I invited them in or they broke in and threatened my family) you can bet the law is gonna get involved somehow...
If you've killed someone after they broke in and threatened your family, you haven't committed murder. You've defended your home and your family. The police will likely show up (the police are not "the law"; the police merely enforce the law), document that a crime has been committed (take statements, etc.), see that the perpetrator is dead, and call the coroner. If you live in a place where murder charges would be filed against you for defending yourself, your family, and your property, then you need to move. NOW. Anything else that may be tying you to that place is not worth it.
Lower class has a meaning, along the lines of "lessor"
I think the implication here is that the "lower class" doesn't own property, much less have any spare property to lease out...
But yeah, "working class" would have been less judgmental—though, at least in the US, many "working class" people are able to own their homes. Don't know how things are in Australia.
Not to sound like a troll or anything, but do you have a specific reason for resentment of Sony's victory? Or just a generalized bias against them due to the BMG/rootkit thing, viral marketing, faulty batteries, etc?
That doesn't sound like a "generalized bias" to me. The examples you give are some pretty specific reasons—and quite enough to make one distraught that the company behind them is winning the war for control of the next major media format. I don't want to do business with Sony because of those things; now, if I want to buy a copy of a movie in HD, I have to buy Sony Blu-Ray? This bothers me.
Might be a deliberate goof to stop a million horny nerds trying to pwn whomever has Sandra's IP. A bit like the 555 area code used in a lot of film & tv phone numbers.
Probably so. I've noticed similar gaffes in episodes of CSI. Though, it might be more accurate to say that the filmmakers are trying to avoid the liability that might come with a million horny nerds trying to pwn IP addresses.
grinds beans immediately before brewing != "grinds fresh beans"
if those beans have been sitting in a hopper for six weeks before you deposit your dollar, they are going to be stale as hell, and the poor quality will show in the cup.
Maybe you're lucky enough to know of a vending machine that's serviced daily, kept clean, etc. and can actually produce a decent cup of coffee. If you do, please let me know where--it might come in handy in a pinch.
As a "computer technician", there are very few people you would hire, since the "computer technicians" among the Slashdot crowd tend to regard anyone who doesn't subscribe to their own preferred methods and possess their exact skillset, or a superset thereof (a rare case -- hard to know more than someone who knows everything), as a moron.
Thankfully, as a Slashdot-crowd "computer technician", it is also unlikely that you're in a position to hire anyone.
Seriously. In Colorado (at least in the Denver area) *277 would get you a direct connection to the reckless driving office of the state highway patrol.
You mean to tell me that, in Colorado, you can actually dial *ASS to report idiot drivers? That's awesome!
When will the rest of the states get their acts together?
DO NOT BUY a MEAL PLAN...My college charges 2400 for the entire year...I spend less than $1000 per year...
DO NOT LIVE IN THE DORMS...My rent and utilities is well under $200 per month. The dorms cost about $500 per month.
...you don't really need a car...Bum rides off people. Most places you'll need to go are within walking distance of the campus. A lot of grocery stores now deliver...
Where do you go to school?
More to the point, where do you get rent/utils for less than $200/mo, near grocery stores that deliver, and with a ready supply of people with vehicles who are nice enough, trustworthy enough, available enough, and willing enough to haul you around wherever (and whenever) you may need to go?
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He also had a heart attack last year. Some doctor he is!
Atkins' cardiac arrest was a result of cardiomyopathy, caused by an infection he contracted while overseas. Due to his otherwise excellent health, even this was non-fatal; Atkins died of complications caused by severe head trauma.
Don't you mean 486 DX 50? The DX/2 50 had one of those lame multipliers...
Yeah, that's what he/she/it meant (fscking ACs). I can understand where this might be difficult to see, though; as our AC git put half of that thought in the subject line, as if the subject line were part of the comment body.
Hint: the subject line is not part of the comment body. So, Don't Do That.
Whose 11th September? My eleventh September was in 1990. Not a very memorable month, as far as personal events in my own life go -- I recall absolutely nothing about it.
Or perhaps you mean the 11th September after some particular event? The ascension of the current Japanese emperor, maybe? The eleventh September of the Heisei era was in 1999. On a personal note, that September sucked mightily.
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Oh, you meant September 11th, a particular day. I'm surprised you don't remember that one. On that day in 2001, a group of terrorists decided to fuck with the US. They paid dearly for it, they're still paying for it, and they will continue to pay for it until none of them are left to pay any more.
Think about it. Nation 1's athlete gets beaten by Nation 2's genetically-engineered athlete at the Olympics. Nation 1 realizes the same thing could happen with genetically-engineered soldiers on the battlefield.
Does your ISP support v.92? Last I heard, some ISPs weren't even going to support the new protocol because there wasn't a lot of demand for it and OEMs aren't putting the new modems in their machines.
If all the high-speed options for Internet fade in popularity as many predict, the suspend-and-keep-alive feature will become highly desirable. If people can't afford broadband, they can't afford an extra phone line just for 'net access.
Hopefully, it won't come to that. They'll have to pry my cable modem from my cold, lifeless fingers.
What the fuck do you think this is, a business advice site?
No, it'a a news and discussion site, which tends to focus on issues that are important to intelligent, technically-oriented people. Hence, "News for nerds, stuff that matters." When young nerds grow up, being able to pay the bills becomes important. You'll find this out in a few years.
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I'll second the recommendation for the Brother HL-2170W. I have one, and it prints superbly from Linux and Windows (and OS X, I'll assume, since I once saw it for sale at the Apple store). Watch the weekly ads from your local office supply stores, and you'll be able to get a good deal.
If so, then it's an enormous—dare I say cavernous—kitchen. It would take a whole lot of room to efficiently organize and store all those single-use devices. There's a reason Alton Brown preaches the hatred of unitaskers.
Of course, comparing software to kitchen gadgets is pure folly anyway. "One tool, one job" makes sense for software, but not so much for most tasks in the physical world. Today's hard drives would be analogous to a far more spacious kitchen than even the richest of us could ever hope to have, and stringing together a series of single-use commands to accomplish computing tasks is altogether different than fumbling about with a handful of specialized utensils while trying to prepare dinner.
With all the ongoing debate about the current screwed state of copyright and "intellectual property", I thought it was a well-understood fact around here that information is different from material goods. This is just one more example of that difference.
Not "this". A grossly unfair prenuptial agreement is a pretty good indication that you're not dealing with two people in love. More likely, you have one person driven by greed presenting a prenup stacked in his/her own favor, and the other person motivated by love—or some other factor, possibly—to go along with it.
Going from 12-18 missing cables in six years to one missing cable in six years is "no real change"? You, sir, fail math forever.
If I murder another human being in my home (whether I invited them in or they broke in and threatened my family) you can bet the law is gonna get involved somehow...
If you've killed someone after they broke in and threatened your family, you haven't committed murder. You've defended your home and your family. The police will likely show up (the police are not "the law"; the police merely enforce the law), document that a crime has been committed (take statements, etc.), see that the perpetrator is dead, and call the coroner. If you live in a place where murder charges would be filed against you for defending yourself, your family, and your property, then you need to move. NOW. Anything else that may be tying you to that place is not worth it.
The problem is how to use the same "free" radio frequency (2.4 GHz) both for "b/g" and "n" without interferencing
* SLAP *
Don't do that.
Lower class has a meaning, along the lines of "lessor"
I think the implication here is that the "lower class" doesn't own property, much less have any spare property to lease out...
But yeah, "working class" would have been less judgmental—though, at least in the US, many "working class" people are able to own their homes. Don't know how things are in Australia.
Well, I haven't heard of Toshiba trying to install a rootkit on anybody's machine lately...
Might be a deliberate goof to stop a million horny nerds trying to pwn whomever has Sandra's IP. A bit like the 555 area code used in a lot of film & tv phone numbers.
Probably so. I've noticed similar gaffes in episodes of CSI. Though, it might be more accurate to say that the filmmakers are trying to avoid the liability that might come with a million horny nerds trying to pwn IP addresses.
grinds beans immediately before brewing != "grinds fresh beans"
if those beans have been sitting in a hopper for six weeks before you deposit your dollar, they are going to be stale as hell, and the poor quality will show in the cup.
Maybe you're lucky enough to know of a vending machine that's serviced daily, kept clean, etc. and can actually produce a decent cup of coffee. If you do, please let me know where--it might come in handy in a pinch.
As a computer technician, I'd never hire you.
As a "computer technician", there are very few people you would hire, since the "computer technicians" among the Slashdot crowd tend to regard anyone who doesn't subscribe to their own preferred methods and possess their exact skillset, or a superset thereof (a rare case -- hard to know more than someone who knows everything), as a moron.
Thankfully, as a Slashdot-crowd "computer technician", it is also unlikely that you're in a position to hire anyone.
That would be John Peel, then. Sadly missed :(
Not exactly. While Peel sounds like an interesting fellow, the Tom Petty song is about Jim Ladd.
Seriously. In Colorado (at least in the Denver area) *277 would get you a direct connection to the reckless driving office of the state highway patrol.
You mean to tell me that, in Colorado, you can actually dial *ASS to report idiot drivers? That's awesome!
When will the rest of the states get their acts together?
DO NOT BUY a MEAL PLAN...My college charges 2400 for the entire year...I spend less than $1000 per year...
DO NOT LIVE IN THE DORMS...My rent and utilities is well under $200 per month. The dorms cost about $500 per month.
Where do you go to school?
More to the point, where do you get rent/utils for less than $200/mo, near grocery stores that deliver, and with a ready supply of people with vehicles who are nice enough, trustworthy enough, available enough, and willing enough to haul you around wherever (and whenever) you may need to go?
He also had a heart attack last year. Some doctor he is!
Atkins' cardiac arrest was a result of cardiomyopathy, caused by an infection he contracted while overseas. Due to his otherwise excellent health, even this was non-fatal; Atkins died of complications caused by severe head trauma.
Get your facts straight, dipshit.
Don't you mean 486 DX 50? The DX/2 50 had one of those lame multipliers...
Yeah, that's what he/she/it meant (fscking ACs). I can understand where this might be difficult to see, though; as our AC git put half of that thought in the subject line, as if the subject line were part of the comment body.
Hint: the subject line is not part of the comment body. So, Don't Do That.
Or do you mean the 11th September?
Whose 11th September? My eleventh September was in 1990. Not a very memorable month, as far as personal events in my own life go -- I recall absolutely nothing about it.
Or perhaps you mean the 11th September after some particular event? The ascension of the current Japanese emperor, maybe? The eleventh September of the Heisei era was in 1999. On a personal note, that September sucked mightily.
...
Oh, you meant September 11th, a particular day. I'm surprised you don't remember that one. On that day in 2001, a group of terrorists decided to fuck with the US. They paid dearly for it, they're still paying for it, and they will continue to pay for it until none of them are left to pay any more.
decent HP systems
Oxymoron. (at least in the x86 world)
Tolls aren't perfect -- in Chicago, New Jersey and other long-time toll regions, the toll authorities have hired huge staffs
This is the one thing for which toll roads can't be faulted -- they create jobs. This is NOT a Bad Thing.
and created a political constituency out of the people who work in the booths.
A completely neutral point. You can make a political constituency out of any demographic.
... how closely reality follows science fiction.
Think about it. Nation 1's athlete gets beaten by Nation 2's genetically-engineered athlete at the Olympics. Nation 1 realizes the same thing could happen with genetically-engineered soldiers on the battlefield.
Say it with me, now... Eugenics Wars.
How come they're never around when you need them?
+1, Funny, for what it's worth.
Does your ISP support v.92? Last I heard, some ISPs weren't even going to support the new protocol because there wasn't a lot of demand for it and OEMs aren't putting the new modems in their machines.
If all the high-speed options for Internet fade in popularity as many predict, the suspend-and-keep-alive feature will become highly desirable. If people can't afford broadband, they can't afford an extra phone line just for 'net access.
Hopefully, it won't come to that. They'll have to pry my cable modem from my cold, lifeless fingers.
Although you've picked a demographic that will probably get you a large amount of well qualified people, is there any danger of it being illegal?
Although? It would probably be illegal simply because he picked a demographic with a large number of well-qualified people.
--LordEq
Tho' your promise count for nothing
I think not.
You said it, not me...
What the fuck do you think this is, a business advice site?
No, it'a a news and discussion site, which tends to focus on issues that are important to intelligent, technically-oriented people. Hence, "News for nerds, stuff that matters." When young nerds grow up, being able to pay the bills becomes important. You'll find this out in a few years.
--LordEq
Tho' your promise count for nothing