Awesome! Let's pretend the only solution to accountability issues in voting is to make the voting process so expensive that we can't afford to do it anymore!
Way to go, America - it's nice to know that the extremists (and yes, extremists often = stupidest) are making policy once again. This is what happens when:
(a) You aren't honest about the facts of the issue, in order to add weight to "your side"; and
(b) You don't bother analyzing the costs/benefits and parameters of the problem before trying to solve it.
Yes, I'm talking about secret detainment and execution. And yes, I hear people are fearing them less in China.
I'm also quite sure that Americans, in general, don't fear it at all in this country and would laugh in your face if you brought it up. That's about "terrorists" and "foreigners" - and they are probably right, for now.
I'd say he should be thankful that he didn't get "disappeared," which is the usual punishment in China for political dissidents. Is the next comparison going to be "well, I'd rather be a jew in 1940's Germany then a terrorist in today's United States! I mean, waterboarding! Dang!"
Valid and carefully measured statements about the wrongness of what our government is doing here is going to get a HELL of lot more traction, longterm, then overwrought and trumped up B.S. like this.
Are you going to eat both the apple AND the orange? Can you tell which is which?
There's no doubt that there have been human rights issues with pretty much every government on the planet, and the U.S. government ABSOLUTELY isn't exempt.
However, do you understand what it does with your credibility when you don't just compare them with China's, but actually attempt to make them equivalent?
I don't understand - I've had network problems occur tons of times when moving files (ever had a VPN connection crap out over a long transfer? I have - a LOT), and all that happens is I start the move again. I don't lose files - those that made it are here, those that didn't are still there. So what are you talking about?
And this means that the IT department SHOULD be replaced as the ridiculously expensive overhead that it is. If you guys don't see how crazy it is to argue that $3000.00/gig is an okay cost, then you are missing the whole point - this is why company ARE outsourcing equipment and employee resources - the cost savings CAN be made to overcome the hassles - at $3000/gig!
Oh shit! I'm being called a liar by an anonymous coward, who doesn't have any proof whatsoever on "it's" side.
I bought the laptop around April. Does that help?
I have witnesses. Does that help?
I have proof, which you haven't bothered to supply. Does that help?
I actually posted under my own account, instead of hiding behind the mask of a coward. Does that help?
There isn't any question that this response, like your original, is bullshit, guy. He asked a series of yes/no questions? Umm, no he did not. He asked a series of questions which he then implied the answer for, using them as a basis for his argument. Responding with "umm, uh uh dude." is hardly impressive - nor is it a simple response requiring no backing. Do you EVER win an argument?
You mean the mac updates that I had to install immediately after buying a macbook, that took over four reboots, a dozen update "files", and downloaded almost 20 GB of data? Thank goodness it's nothing like XP out of the box!:)
Ah, so it's "post a counter assertion without any effort to actually provide some backing" day at Slashdot. Or wait, is it just the advertising you are doing in your signature that you are posting about?
Lame.
Your only choice is to steal it, in your little mind.
Ever think that your "only choice" is to steal it, watch it @ a friend's house, get cable, or not watch it at all?
NAH! Steal it.
I've been using this feature since Windows XP came out - with a Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server. I've had zero problems. I've heard of zero problems, until today.
Did the files on the server get erased? And then the local compressed file got trashed?
That's what would have had to happen. And that sounds like something bigger then a software bug.
That's stopping this from reaching my home, anyway? This is the fifth year running that I've heard of "bendable displays", etc. - and I've yet to see a commercial product.
Okay, so how fast is it? Is it faster than the current RAM we use, at the size we use it? I mean, this may SEEM like a dumb question, but my understanding is that reading the response from a "quantum query" is non-trivial.
Does anyone know?
I'm still waiting for the time when I send in an email and actually get an answer back that has anything to do with what I asked. For example:
Question: "How do I turn on anti-aliasing in your game?"
Answer: "The Alias game is no longer available in stores."
Umm, gee, thanks. And have you ever tried to CLARIFY after receiving this kind of response? Example:
Response: "I'm not looking for the Alias game - I was wondering how to turn on anti-aliasing in the X-Men 2 game?"
Answer: "X-Men 2 and Alias are different games. Click here for the knowledge base on Alias."
Arg.
Well, interesting. I've got OS X running on a mac laptop right now, and I crashed it doing something pretty simple - I opened a new document in OpenOffice, and shut down X11. The Mac completely froze, with no error message - just completely non-responsive with a nice little "wait" icon for a cursor. I got online to see if I could find out how to shutdown or whatever (recover, in any way), and didn't find anything under any sensible search term ("Mac frozen", etc.) - so I hunted around until I found the menu item in the finder that allows me to "Force Close". After "Force Closing" both X11 and Open Office, the Mac started working again. No error message. No nothing explaining what happened. It just started running again.
I'd consider that more cryptic then your average BSOD - and harder to fix - since a BSOD usually only requires a reboot - and it gives you instructions on what to do, if that doesn't work. Not to mention the fact that it's incredibly rare to get them anymore...
If this is true:
"That's really what UAC is, after all: sudo with a fancy display mechanism (to make it hard to spoof) and extra monitoring to pick up on "suspicious" behavior."
(and it is)
then what the f***?!?! is Apple doing? Why isn't anyone calling Apple on their bullshit hypocrisy? I've got a mac book - I've got a PC running Vista. The UAC/sudo shit is just as annoying in either case - but I can turn UAC off pretty easily - without having to research how to do it (the windows that popup TELL YOU HOW). So, which one is superior ya Whiny lying Mac/Linux hypocrites?:)
This should be obvious, people.
The whole point of evolution is that a species changes over time to deal with pressure from its environment. Humankind has been "coddling the weak" for thousands upon thousands of years now. We protect and nurture those who would not, could not, make it on their own. This means that evolution, as it functions for say, apes, isn't working the same way for us. Our "large brains" and the technology and advantages that come from the abilities we get from it, mean that our genes do not need to change as much as most other species - because instead of changing ourselves, we develop technology, etc. to deal with our environment.
Again, I'm guessing that most scientists are looking at this data and saying, "Well, no shit. I would certainly be surprised if the data showed something else, but this? It's confirmation - nothing exciting."
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Awesome! Let's pretend the only solution to accountability issues in voting is to make the voting process so expensive that we can't afford to do it anymore! Way to go, America - it's nice to know that the extremists (and yes, extremists often = stupidest) are making policy once again. This is what happens when: (a) You aren't honest about the facts of the issue, in order to add weight to "your side"; and (b) You don't bother analyzing the costs/benefits and parameters of the problem before trying to solve it.
And then you have craziness in the opposite direction! :) In Soviet Russia... ;)
Yes, I'm talking about secret detainment and execution. And yes, I hear people are fearing them less in China. I'm also quite sure that Americans, in general, don't fear it at all in this country and would laugh in your face if you brought it up. That's about "terrorists" and "foreigners" - and they are probably right, for now.
Great point! I wish we didn't already know the answer.
I'd say he should be thankful that he didn't get "disappeared," which is the usual punishment in China for political dissidents. Is the next comparison going to be "well, I'd rather be a jew in 1940's Germany then a terrorist in today's United States! I mean, waterboarding! Dang!" Valid and carefully measured statements about the wrongness of what our government is doing here is going to get a HELL of lot more traction, longterm, then overwrought and trumped up B.S. like this.
Are you going to eat both the apple AND the orange? Can you tell which is which? There's no doubt that there have been human rights issues with pretty much every government on the planet, and the U.S. government ABSOLUTELY isn't exempt. However, do you understand what it does with your credibility when you don't just compare them with China's, but actually attempt to make them equivalent?
I don't understand - I've had network problems occur tons of times when moving files (ever had a VPN connection crap out over a long transfer? I have - a LOT), and all that happens is I start the move again. I don't lose files - those that made it are here, those that didn't are still there. So what are you talking about?
And this means that the IT department SHOULD be replaced as the ridiculously expensive overhead that it is. If you guys don't see how crazy it is to argue that $3000.00/gig is an okay cost, then you are missing the whole point - this is why company ARE outsourcing equipment and employee resources - the cost savings CAN be made to overcome the hassles - at $3000/gig!
Says the anonymous coward. *smirk*
My macbook has a 80 GB hard drive. What's with the BS factor in all these responses, aye fanboys?
Oh shit! I'm being called a liar by an anonymous coward, who doesn't have any proof whatsoever on "it's" side. I bought the laptop around April. Does that help? I have witnesses. Does that help? I have proof, which you haven't bothered to supply. Does that help? I actually posted under my own account, instead of hiding behind the mask of a coward. Does that help?
There isn't any question that this response, like your original, is bullshit, guy. He asked a series of yes/no questions? Umm, no he did not. He asked a series of questions which he then implied the answer for, using them as a basis for his argument. Responding with "umm, uh uh dude." is hardly impressive - nor is it a simple response requiring no backing. Do you EVER win an argument?
You mean the mac updates that I had to install immediately after buying a macbook, that took over four reboots, a dozen update "files", and downloaded almost 20 GB of data? Thank goodness it's nothing like XP out of the box! :)
Ah, so it's "post a counter assertion without any effort to actually provide some backing" day at Slashdot. Or wait, is it just the advertising you are doing in your signature that you are posting about? Lame.
Your only choice is to steal it, in your little mind. Ever think that your "only choice" is to steal it, watch it @ a friend's house, get cable, or not watch it at all? NAH! Steal it.
I've been using this feature since Windows XP came out - with a Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 server. I've had zero problems. I've heard of zero problems, until today. Did the files on the server get erased? And then the local compressed file got trashed? That's what would have had to happen. And that sounds like something bigger then a software bug.
That's stopping this from reaching my home, anyway? This is the fifth year running that I've heard of "bendable displays", etc. - and I've yet to see a commercial product.
Okay, so how fast is it? Is it faster than the current RAM we use, at the size we use it? I mean, this may SEEM like a dumb question, but my understanding is that reading the response from a "quantum query" is non-trivial. Does anyone know?
That's great! I wish it were true everywhere. Email certainly is easier for me - I just find I don't get any results.
I'm still waiting for the time when I send in an email and actually get an answer back that has anything to do with what I asked. For example: Question: "How do I turn on anti-aliasing in your game?" Answer: "The Alias game is no longer available in stores." Umm, gee, thanks. And have you ever tried to CLARIFY after receiving this kind of response? Example: Response: "I'm not looking for the Alias game - I was wondering how to turn on anti-aliasing in the X-Men 2 game?" Answer: "X-Men 2 and Alias are different games. Click here for the knowledge base on Alias." Arg.
Chewbacca isn't living anywhere - he died after getting hit by a moon, you insensitive clod!
Four hours is just a long time to respond?
Well, interesting. I've got OS X running on a mac laptop right now, and I crashed it doing something pretty simple - I opened a new document in OpenOffice, and shut down X11. The Mac completely froze, with no error message - just completely non-responsive with a nice little "wait" icon for a cursor. I got online to see if I could find out how to shutdown or whatever (recover, in any way), and didn't find anything under any sensible search term ("Mac frozen", etc.) - so I hunted around until I found the menu item in the finder that allows me to "Force Close". After "Force Closing" both X11 and Open Office, the Mac started working again. No error message. No nothing explaining what happened. It just started running again. I'd consider that more cryptic then your average BSOD - and harder to fix - since a BSOD usually only requires a reboot - and it gives you instructions on what to do, if that doesn't work. Not to mention the fact that it's incredibly rare to get them anymore...
If this is true: "That's really what UAC is, after all: sudo with a fancy display mechanism (to make it hard to spoof) and extra monitoring to pick up on "suspicious" behavior." (and it is) then what the f***?!?! is Apple doing? Why isn't anyone calling Apple on their bullshit hypocrisy? I've got a mac book - I've got a PC running Vista. The UAC/sudo shit is just as annoying in either case - but I can turn UAC off pretty easily - without having to research how to do it (the windows that popup TELL YOU HOW). So, which one is superior ya Whiny lying Mac/Linux hypocrites? :)
This should be obvious, people. The whole point of evolution is that a species changes over time to deal with pressure from its environment. Humankind has been "coddling the weak" for thousands upon thousands of years now. We protect and nurture those who would not, could not, make it on their own. This means that evolution, as it functions for say, apes, isn't working the same way for us. Our "large brains" and the technology and advantages that come from the abilities we get from it, mean that our genes do not need to change as much as most other species - because instead of changing ourselves, we develop technology, etc. to deal with our environment. Again, I'm guessing that most scientists are looking at this data and saying, "Well, no shit. I would certainly be surprised if the data showed something else, but this? It's confirmation - nothing exciting."