Basically, you teach your kids good morals. If you want them to trust you and feel they can openly express themselves around you, you can't be suspicious about everything they do - it's not supportive or fair. Instead, you have to tell them what not to do and give them legitimate reasons. If you can't provide a legitimate reason for someone not to do something, there's probably no reason for them not to be able to do it.
...what's wrong with cell phones these days isn't the insane, impractical designs (although that's mostly Nokia) or the fact that they're trying to make a phone that does everything for you - I don't like the way service providers rip off their customers at every opporunity. You know.
"High quality streaming video!*
Digital camera and video recorder!
XHTML browser!
Multimedia messaging!
Built in JAVA!~
* Cost: $0.10/second
Phone doesn't have enough memory to make this worthwhile. It can't be upgraded.
Cost: $0.10/page
Cost: $0.15/KB
~ Not activated until you give us your firstborn."
All of the big internet 'epidemics' so to speak (I Love You, WBlast, and so forth) have completly missed my system. I've been a Windows user for a long, long time and I don't think I've ever received an email containing a virus. Maybe my ISP just has really good filtering... or maybe the viruses only go after American domains... Weird.
"I am wary of these "where were the parents" type simplifications. It seems to me that these are all based on a mythical image of the American Family that is taken straight from 1950's television, and has little (or no) bearing on today's society. Where were the parents? Working two jobs that require 60+ hours a week so they can continue to enjoy the "middle class" life in some suburban development near a semi-decent school. By the time Mom & Dad have come home at 6:00 or 7:00 pm and made dinner, they are probably way too strung out from a 14 hour day to be providing much useful moral guidance."
Both of my parents have worked full time jobs my whole life (neither of them are retired yet), and they still found the time to teach me moral values strong enough that I never would have even considered shooting at trucks from the side of a highway. Parenting may not be as easy as it was fifty years ago, but that's not an excuse to do a poor job at it - lots of things these days are harder than they were. Many things are easier, too, but that's not relevant. My point is that just because something is harder than it was fifty years ago, you can't do a half-assed job and pass off your responsibility to someone (or something) else when your shitty work falls through.
I shouldn't even be bothering with this, but besides hundreds of other differences, Windows is an operating system - XBox is a video game console. Yeah, they're totally the same thing just because they're both made by MS. Who the hell modded that "insightful?"
Well, universal standards are great and all, but I for one enjoy my freedom on the web. Besides, I wouldn't want the government to have control over standards - politicians are bad enough at politics, they don't need to ruin the internet as well. "Program has performed an illegal operation" would take on a whole new meaning.
Here's my view on it: While it seems highly unlikely that personal electronic devices (especially those not designed to emit RF signals) could cause problems with a commerical airplane, I think it's much better to err on the side of caution - I mean, even if the odds are one in a billion, isn't it better to give up using your phone for a couple hours than take the chance? I've got nothing against people using laptops and things like that on planes, but unless you've got something really important to say, I think you should just keep your phone off.
I can't believe they let them patent that in the first place - it's so broad. Can I go out and patent everything related to x? That'd be a nice way to make some quick cash.
I agree with those who said that because of the EULA, you're accepting this as long as you're using the program, but how far are we going to let EULAs go?
"Fig 10.13 - By using this software, you agree to be fucked in the ass by a burly man."
How many people actually read the EULAs? I know you're supposed to, but I think it's a bit outrageous that you can get away with spying on someone because you said you're allowed to in the software's license. I think that companies who are going to perform actions like that should be forced to either write up a simpler version of the EULA along with the normal one so that the user doesn't have to spend half an hour trying to sort out the relevant information from the pointless legal junk. That or they should at least highlight key points.
Yeah, the PC is a great gaming console, as long as you don't mind spending about 10 times as much money as you need to be to get working, non-laggy games. I also hope you don't mind the fact that the game still doesn't look as good as most of the console games out there, because it has to be designed for the lowest common denominator so that those of us who aren't Bill Gates can actually afford a system capable of playing it. Oh, and don't forget the total lack of stability, the annoying and often faulty software activation process, and the amount of space it's wasting on your hard disk.
How much do they expect people to pay for these? I've never seen anything uglier in my life. Now, quick, somebody hand me something to gouge out my eyes with.
I've always hated Gamespot for their biased reviews, but this is just... beyond words. Transcendant, almost. Someone give me a good, hard kick if I ever visit that site again.
I can't agree or disagree with this because I don't use Linux often, but not being able to avoid crude jokes and other negative comments about Windows, Microsoft or Bill Gates does get annoying. I don't always disagree with the comments, but several of them are incredibly immature, and I often find myself rolling my eyes and wondering why 'whoever posted that' is a Slashdotter. But personally, I like Windows. Okay, I'll admit that 98, ME and 2000 could be very problematic at times, but XP is great as far as I'm concered. I'm not saying it's better than Linux, because I don't think it is, but it's a good, easy to use OS.
Last time I posted something like this, I was flamed, so we'll see what happens this time. I guess it's the price I pay for surfing a great site like this - there's really no better source for tech news, but it's not perfect.
Three words: Opening the XBox
It's a book about, basically, all the decisions Microsoft made during the time they were working on the XBox. If that doesn't alleivate your doubt, I don't think anything will.
Good point, but, Live can detect modified hardware and ban a system from the service. I imagine this could be bypassed too, but at least it's not as easy as it could be to cheat on Live.
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Basically, you teach your kids good morals. If you want them to trust you and feel they can openly express themselves around you, you can't be suspicious about everything they do - it's not supportive or fair. Instead, you have to tell them what not to do and give them legitimate reasons. If you can't provide a legitimate reason for someone not to do something, there's probably no reason for them not to be able to do it.
Stupid people like you need to be banned from the internet.
...what's wrong with cell phones these days isn't the insane, impractical designs (although that's mostly Nokia) or the fact that they're trying to make a phone that does everything for you - I don't like the way service providers rip off their customers at every opporunity. You know.
" High quality streaming video!*
Digital camera and video recorder!
XHTML browser!
Multimedia messaging!
Built in JAVA!~
* Cost: $0.10/second
Phone doesn't have enough memory to make this worthwhile. It can't be upgraded.
Cost: $0.10/page
Cost: $0.15/KB
~ Not activated until you give us your firstborn."
Agh.
...it was spelled Japanese. Note the capital, too.
All of the big internet 'epidemics' so to speak (I Love You, WBlast, and so forth) have completly missed my system. I've been a Windows user for a long, long time and I don't think I've ever received an email containing a virus. Maybe my ISP just has really good filtering... or maybe the viruses only go after American domains... Weird.
Don't forget lava lamps...
"I'll just plug in my new magnetic WLAN card and... oh shit, now my laptop doesn't work. Dammit."
I agree with you for the most part - however...
"I am wary of these "where were the parents" type simplifications. It seems to me that these are all based on a mythical image of the American Family that is taken straight from 1950's television, and has little (or no) bearing on today's society. Where were the parents? Working two jobs that require 60+ hours a week so they can continue to enjoy the "middle class" life in some suburban development near a semi-decent school. By the time Mom & Dad have come home at 6:00 or 7:00 pm and made dinner, they are probably way too strung out from a 14 hour day to be providing much useful moral guidance."
Both of my parents have worked full time jobs my whole life (neither of them are retired yet), and they still found the time to teach me moral values strong enough that I never would have even considered shooting at trucks from the side of a highway. Parenting may not be as easy as it was fifty years ago, but that's not an excuse to do a poor job at it - lots of things these days are harder than they were. Many things are easier, too, but that's not relevant. My point is that just because something is harder than it was fifty years ago, you can't do a half-assed job and pass off your responsibility to someone (or something) else when your shitty work falls through.
I shouldn't even be bothering with this, but besides hundreds of other differences, Windows is an operating system - XBox is a video game console. Yeah, they're totally the same thing just because they're both made by MS. Who the hell modded that "insightful?"
I don't mean to bitch unnecessarily, but Art of the Saber has been online for some time now. Ho hum.
Well, universal standards are great and all, but I for one enjoy my freedom on the web. Besides, I wouldn't want the government to have control over standards - politicians are bad enough at politics, they don't need to ruin the internet as well. "Program has performed an illegal operation" would take on a whole new meaning.
Here's my view on it: While it seems highly unlikely that personal electronic devices (especially those not designed to emit RF signals) could cause problems with a commerical airplane, I think it's much better to err on the side of caution - I mean, even if the odds are one in a billion, isn't it better to give up using your phone for a couple hours than take the chance? I've got nothing against people using laptops and things like that on planes, but unless you've got something really important to say, I think you should just keep your phone off.
...is when it'll be legal for me to hack the shit out of anyone who spams me.
Floppies. Lots and lots of floppies. ;P
I can't believe they let them patent that in the first place - it's so broad. Can I go out and patent everything related to x? That'd be a nice way to make some quick cash.
I agree with those who said that because of the EULA, you're accepting this as long as you're using the program, but how far are we going to let EULAs go?
" Fig 10.13 - By using this software, you agree to be fucked in the ass by a burly man."
How many people actually read the EULAs? I know you're supposed to, but I think it's a bit outrageous that you can get away with spying on someone because you said you're allowed to in the software's license. I think that companies who are going to perform actions like that should be forced to either write up a simpler version of the EULA along with the normal one so that the user doesn't have to spend half an hour trying to sort out the relevant information from the pointless legal junk. That or they should at least highlight key points.
Yeah, the PC is a great gaming console, as long as you don't mind spending about 10 times as much money as you need to be to get working, non-laggy games. I also hope you don't mind the fact that the game still doesn't look as good as most of the console games out there, because it has to be designed for the lowest common denominator so that those of us who aren't Bill Gates can actually afford a system capable of playing it. Oh, and don't forget the total lack of stability, the annoying and often faulty software activation process, and the amount of space it's wasting on your hard disk.
Sounds fun to me!
It's not Linux, who cares? ;P
How much do they expect people to pay for these? I've never seen anything uglier in my life. Now, quick, somebody hand me something to gouge out my eyes with.
I've always hated Gamespot for their biased reviews, but this is just... beyond words. Transcendant, almost. Someone give me a good, hard kick if I ever visit that site again.
I can't agree or disagree with this because I don't use Linux often, but not being able to avoid crude jokes and other negative comments about Windows, Microsoft or Bill Gates does get annoying. I don't always disagree with the comments, but several of them are incredibly immature, and I often find myself rolling my eyes and wondering why 'whoever posted that' is a Slashdotter. But personally, I like Windows. Okay, I'll admit that 98, ME and 2000 could be very problematic at times, but XP is great as far as I'm concered. I'm not saying it's better than Linux, because I don't think it is, but it's a good, easy to use OS. Last time I posted something like this, I was flamed, so we'll see what happens this time. I guess it's the price I pay for surfing a great site like this - there's really no better source for tech news, but it's not perfect.
Three words: Opening the XBox It's a book about, basically, all the decisions Microsoft made during the time they were working on the XBox. If that doesn't alleivate your doubt, I don't think anything will.
In the gaming industry? Microsoft might be trying to do that, but look at Sony - they are doing it.
Good point, but, Live can detect modified hardware and ban a system from the service. I imagine this could be bypassed too, but at least it's not as easy as it could be to cheat on Live.
PDF may be better for content in some cases, but Flash? Puh-lease.