The problem with your statment is that MOST anime doesn't have tentacle monsters raping 4 year olds. People have this stereotype that a lot of anime is gross and unwatchable when it really isnt. Now, there is a lot of crap anime out there, but there are also a LOT of really good anime. Most of which at least rival anything that comes out of the US in terms of quality, story, and un-lame-ness:/
It can fail... so can the containment in a nuclear reactor. Point is, your info is out there. There's nothing you can do about it. Wouldn't it be worthwhile for you to have it EASIER for yourself? If you are worried about it getting out there, too damn late. I'd rather them put into place better security for my data and use this ID card than leave it the way it is. This ID card would make our lives that much easier and just because of a few problems that COULD happen, you are all against it. Seems short sighted to me. Frankly, I think it would be easier to keep secure all my info in one place than all my info in 10 places. Yes, it would be easier to get all my info that way but there's not much you could do about that.
I say get the ID card (in britain and in the USA) and make better security to control the information.
Why are tech people so paranoid? And, what is the blogging community going to do? Who cares about the blogging community? They seem more like middle-aged tools that most people could care less about so they rant about it on their little site. You people take too much stock in what people write on the internet.... did I mention paranoid?
Um.... it says that having questionable relationships and falsifying data can be prosecuted, but endangering humans and avoiding minor rules for safety isnt? WTF!
Flaimbait? There are countless people talking about how they never had respect for TigerDirect and I just say that I gained respect for them... and because whoever voted this down LOVES Apple and would have Steve Jobs' child, I get -1 Flamebait? Slashdot is too critical about who doesn't agree with the common view.
How about:
Down with Apple, let's see Macintoshes burn in the dark streets tonight! Heil mein fuhrer and all that shit:P
To add to my above statement:
This is an ID. Not you handing someone your soul. You all take it WAY too far and maybe this proves that we should have less of a need for ANY ID system. Hell, let's just not have any system of keeping track of who is in our country. I think it's just as secure having my info in one place than in 10. At least it's easier to secure. Yes, easier to break in, but if there are 10 places my info is stored right now (SSN, Drivers ID, bank acct. etc) then if they get one of those, according to the crazies at slashdot, I'm screwed for life. Now, put it all in one place. They break in, I'm "screwed" but I was before even if they got part of that info. Now, whoever keeps this info can concentrate on keeping that one place secure rather than 10.
I dunno.... but the people against this are either REALLY paranoid or stubborn
If you are worried about them implanting RFID tags under your skin, you need to stop living in your parents' basement and take off your tin-foil hat...
If a state has a law that is different from a federal one, either the state or the federal one overrides the other... just don't remember which was it went:/
I would imagine that the federal one would override the state law though (and that's what I remember seeing... but not 100%)
Why is this so bad? You won't get bitched at when going to a bar out of state for them not knowing your state's ID system, no more passports maybe?, and everything is in one spot.
Of course, there's those that say, I don't want my info stolen... it's all in one place? Shit! I'm gonna get screwed here. Okay, if someone wanted your info, they could get it. You not giving it out doesn't help that much.
As long as someone can't just read some RFID signal from 20 feet away, it doesn't sound too bad to me. Especially if they add the digital pictures and fingerprints. Seems more secure that what we have now. What WOULD be cool is a fingerprint reader just to view contents. That way, nobody can see anything in it unless you authorize it...
ok, if people complain about DRM and people using *.doc formats and everything, why do people also use PDF? You aren't supposed to be able to make a PDF without buying Acrobat, it isn't open source (that I know of), and even if it were, I have to download acrobat just to view it. Why can't people just use an HTML based format so I can view the stuff I get from the web directly in my browser without opening a different program to do so? The people who bitch about DRM are very picky. When something is free to view (but not to create... unless you want to use Adobe's online PDF maker, which is really annoying) you all bow graciously. But when Microsoft doesn't want to open their format, you guys start to cry. I see it as the same thing, and it seems like most of this community decides to play along. PLEASE STOP PUTTING STUFF IN PDF FORMAT! Or at least have an HTML version as well:/
I have a question about time travel. I don't know if anyone else asked it, because there's 300+ replies and I'm not going to read them all, but if I went to a "when" but didn't move from where I was, wouldn't I end possibly VERY far from where the earth is at that time since we move through the universe, not to mention around our star? Just seems even if we can get time travel to work, we wouldn't be able to go back to earth without faster than light travel anyway... but then we'd have it if we did travel time, so I guess it's all good:/
How can they even do this? Why should the ISPs even comply? I don't see why we should even be worried; I don't think an ISP will pick this up and risk losing a good percentage of their users.
Here you go... someone else posted this, but you might need to see it as well.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/newfeature s.html
what there is worthwhile? 200 new features? It has a DVD player... most people's computers come with one. It has JPEG2000 support... WTF? I really don't see much there, they have a calendar update? Who cares? Calendars only really have to do so much...
I never said Longhorn was any better... I said naming every major patch is lame. Why don't they call it OS11-14 then? It's annoying because everyone is raving about OSX and all of Apple just because it has a UNIX backend now and that it ISNT Microsoft. It's even worse than Microsoft in some ways. Apple makes all the hardware and software. And because they make the hardware, the monopoly rules don't really apply. Who else sells a user level OS for Macs? I don't know of any...
You mac people are worse than console fanboys at times. The GUI portion of OSX is awful. There isn't much that they could do to make it worse.
Ok, the UNIX side is very nice for an OS like this, but if you don't know enough UNIX, most things are impossible to do. The other day for work, I had to turn on SSH for one user on a system. The OSX GUI let me turn it on and off, not for individual users, but for everyone. To turn it on for only one user, I had to go find the sshd_config file. What semi-saavy user is going to be able to go do that? They really do everything half-assed on the GUI side, don't they? Also, the only reason that kind of stuff is there on the UNIX side is that it's already been developed for them... lazy programmers
Why do they keep naming every release they send out? I think Apple is the only company I know that does this and it's kind of annoying. They try to make it sound like a whole new OS and all it is are glorified service packs; and for some reason, everyone buys into it. I wanna see Microsoft call Service Pack 2 for WinXP "Dragon" or something dumb; maybe even "Poodle"
Well, the main thing I have a problem with is that EVERYONE on this damn site is more fanboyish for the ipod than any sony fanboy is for the psp. WHY the ipod? It's a pile of shit. It costs 150% of any other player with the same capacity and its really annoying to use.
The PSP can play games. It can also play movies, mp3s, and photos. I would also rather have a flash-based player for jogging. You know, shock isn't good for HDDs. So, the ipod would probably be a bad idea for jogging anyway.
Why an iPod? Why does everyone HAVE to get an ipod? I'd rather use the PSP before I EVER think about buying an ipod. I don't listen to more than 1-2GB of music on my MP3 player at a time anyway. I'll probably pick up either 2x512MB duos or a GB duo and then I'll be able to put movies, music and photos on it. The ipod (or any other mp3 player) can't do movies. Sounds like better than a shitty ipod to me...
Why didn't they just have IBM turn over everything they had that SCO was complaining about in the beginning and gotten it over with? They were running around, asking for a "little more" and where did it get anyone? More legal fees? Doesn't seem like a very efficient use of their time to me.......but I'm not a lawyer...
Oh yeah, I think solar cells only detect certain wavelengths. But if they could figure out the signal processing, wouldn't that be something? It is definetely worthwhile research.
All artificial implants have lifespans. I would assume that these would be no different. But, since they don't do any physical work, they might last long enough.
How do the doctors know what kinds of electrical signals the brain needs in order to see what they;re supposed to see?
Also, if they do figure out how to make this like our vision, don't solar cells "see" in higher wavelengths than our eyes do? Wouldn't people not see blue and purple but instead get UV and the like?
Well, what happens if its 10pm on a Sunday and a project I am doing for a programming class is due at midnight? I haven't used my account since they set it up and now I'm using it more than normal. I have 2 hours to go and now I'm denied access. I can't call tech support until the next day and now my project won't get done. What happens then?
Well, I usually like using handheld systems for when I'm not at home or have a lot of time to kill but there doesn't seem to really be any RPGs for this system yet. Are there any worthwhile games that have been mentioned yet? Or should I wait for more details before I preorder this?
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The problem with your statment is that MOST anime doesn't have tentacle monsters raping 4 year olds. People have this stereotype that a lot of anime is gross and unwatchable when it really isnt. Now, there is a lot of crap anime out there, but there are also a LOT of really good anime. Most of which at least rival anything that comes out of the US in terms of quality, story, and un-lame-ness :/
Well, I know that if I see an anime and like it, if it is licensed, I will buy it on DVD if it's brought to the US.
I dunno where they're getting their facts, but most people I know are like this.
It can fail... so can the containment in a nuclear reactor. Point is, your info is out there. There's nothing you can do about it. Wouldn't it be worthwhile for you to have it EASIER for yourself? If you are worried about it getting out there, too damn late. I'd rather them put into place better security for my data and use this ID card than leave it the way it is. This ID card would make our lives that much easier and just because of a few problems that COULD happen, you are all against it. Seems short sighted to me. Frankly, I think it would be easier to keep secure all my info in one place than all my info in 10 places. Yes, it would be easier to get all my info that way but there's not much you could do about that.
I say get the ID card (in britain and in the USA) and make better security to control the information.
Why are tech people so paranoid? And, what is the blogging community going to do? Who cares about the blogging community? They seem more like middle-aged tools that most people could care less about so they rant about it on their little site. You people take too much stock in what people write on the internet.... did I mention paranoid?
Um.... it says that having questionable relationships and falsifying data can be prosecuted, but endangering humans and avoiding minor rules for safety isnt? WTF!
Flaimbait? There are countless people talking about how they never had respect for TigerDirect and I just say that I gained respect for them... and because whoever voted this down LOVES Apple and would have Steve Jobs' child, I get -1 Flamebait? Slashdot is too critical about who doesn't agree with the common view.
:P
How about:
Down with Apple, let's see Macintoshes burn in the dark streets tonight! Heil mein fuhrer and all that shit
or... shut up you fanboys
shit... TigerDirect EARNED my respect for suing Apple
To add to my above statement: This is an ID. Not you handing someone your soul. You all take it WAY too far and maybe this proves that we should have less of a need for ANY ID system. Hell, let's just not have any system of keeping track of who is in our country. I think it's just as secure having my info in one place than in 10. At least it's easier to secure. Yes, easier to break in, but if there are 10 places my info is stored right now (SSN, Drivers ID, bank acct. etc) then if they get one of those, according to the crazies at slashdot, I'm screwed for life. Now, put it all in one place. They break in, I'm "screwed" but I was before even if they got part of that info. Now, whoever keeps this info can concentrate on keeping that one place secure rather than 10. I dunno.... but the people against this are either REALLY paranoid or stubborn
If you are worried about them implanting RFID tags under your skin, you need to stop living in your parents' basement and take off your tin-foil hat...
If a state has a law that is different from a federal one, either the state or the federal one overrides the other... just don't remember which was it went :/
I would imagine that the federal one would override the state law though (and that's what I remember seeing... but not 100%)
Why is this so bad? You won't get bitched at when going to a bar out of state for them not knowing your state's ID system, no more passports maybe?, and everything is in one spot.
Of course, there's those that say, I don't want my info stolen... it's all in one place? Shit! I'm gonna get screwed here. Okay, if someone wanted your info, they could get it. You not giving it out doesn't help that much.
As long as someone can't just read some RFID signal from 20 feet away, it doesn't sound too bad to me. Especially if they add the digital pictures and fingerprints. Seems more secure that what we have now. What WOULD be cool is a fingerprint reader just to view contents. That way, nobody can see anything in it unless you authorize it...
ok, if people complain about DRM and people using *.doc formats and everything, why do people also use PDF? You aren't supposed to be able to make a PDF without buying Acrobat, it isn't open source (that I know of), and even if it were, I have to download acrobat just to view it. Why can't people just use an HTML based format so I can view the stuff I get from the web directly in my browser without opening a different program to do so? The people who bitch about DRM are very picky. When something is free to view (but not to create... unless you want to use Adobe's online PDF maker, which is really annoying) you all bow graciously. But when Microsoft doesn't want to open their format, you guys start to cry. I see it as the same thing, and it seems like most of this community decides to play along. PLEASE STOP PUTTING STUFF IN PDF FORMAT! Or at least have an HTML version as well :/
I have a question about time travel. I don't know if anyone else asked it, because there's 300+ replies and I'm not going to read them all, but if I went to a "when" but didn't move from where I was, wouldn't I end possibly VERY far from where the earth is at that time since we move through the universe, not to mention around our star? Just seems even if we can get time travel to work, we wouldn't be able to go back to earth without faster than light travel anyway... but then we'd have it if we did travel time, so I guess it's all good :/
How can they even do this? Why should the ISPs even comply? I don't see why we should even be worried; I don't think an ISP will pick this up and risk losing a good percentage of their users.
Here you go... someone else posted this, but you might need to see it as well. http://www.apple.com/macosx/newfeatures/newfeature s.html
what there is worthwhile? 200 new features? It has a DVD player... most people's computers come with one. It has JPEG2000 support... WTF? I really don't see much there, they have a calendar update? Who cares? Calendars only really have to do so much...
I never said Longhorn was any better... I said naming every major patch is lame. Why don't they call it OS11-14 then? It's annoying because everyone is raving about OSX and all of Apple just because it has a UNIX backend now and that it ISNT Microsoft. It's even worse than Microsoft in some ways. Apple makes all the hardware and software. And because they make the hardware, the monopoly rules don't really apply. Who else sells a user level OS for Macs? I don't know of any... You mac people are worse than console fanboys at times. The GUI portion of OSX is awful. There isn't much that they could do to make it worse.
Ok, the UNIX side is very nice for an OS like this, but if you don't know enough UNIX, most things are impossible to do. The other day for work, I had to turn on SSH for one user on a system. The OSX GUI let me turn it on and off, not for individual users, but for everyone. To turn it on for only one user, I had to go find the sshd_config file. What semi-saavy user is going to be able to go do that? They really do everything half-assed on the GUI side, don't they? Also, the only reason that kind of stuff is there on the UNIX side is that it's already been developed for them... lazy programmers
Why do they keep naming every release they send out? I think Apple is the only company I know that does this and it's kind of annoying. They try to make it sound like a whole new OS and all it is are glorified service packs; and for some reason, everyone buys into it. I wanna see Microsoft call Service Pack 2 for WinXP "Dragon" or something dumb; maybe even "Poodle"
Well, the main thing I have a problem with is that EVERYONE on this damn site is more fanboyish for the ipod than any sony fanboy is for the psp. WHY the ipod? It's a pile of shit. It costs 150% of any other player with the same capacity and its really annoying to use. The PSP can play games. It can also play movies, mp3s, and photos. I would also rather have a flash-based player for jogging. You know, shock isn't good for HDDs. So, the ipod would probably be a bad idea for jogging anyway.
Why an iPod? Why does everyone HAVE to get an ipod? I'd rather use the PSP before I EVER think about buying an ipod. I don't listen to more than 1-2GB of music on my MP3 player at a time anyway. I'll probably pick up either 2x512MB duos or a GB duo and then I'll be able to put movies, music and photos on it. The ipod (or any other mp3 player) can't do movies. Sounds like better than a shitty ipod to me...
oh, and I can also play games too
Why didn't they just have IBM turn over everything they had that SCO was complaining about in the beginning and gotten it over with? They were running around, asking for a "little more" and where did it get anyone? More legal fees? Doesn't seem like a very efficient use of their time to me.... ...but I'm not a lawyer...
Oh yeah, I think solar cells only detect certain wavelengths. But if they could figure out the signal processing, wouldn't that be something? It is definetely worthwhile research.
All artificial implants have lifespans. I would assume that these would be no different. But, since they don't do any physical work, they might last long enough.
How do the doctors know what kinds of electrical signals the brain needs in order to see what they;re supposed to see?
Also, if they do figure out how to make this like our vision, don't solar cells "see" in higher wavelengths than our eyes do? Wouldn't people not see blue and purple but instead get UV and the like?
Well, what happens if its 10pm on a Sunday and a project I am doing for a programming class is due at midnight? I haven't used my account since they set it up and now I'm using it more than normal. I have 2 hours to go and now I'm denied access. I can't call tech support until the next day and now my project won't get done. What happens then?
Well, I usually like using handheld systems for when I'm not at home or have a lot of time to kill but there doesn't seem to really be any RPGs for this system yet. Are there any worthwhile games that have been mentioned yet? Or should I wait for more details before I preorder this?