Looking at how when I was at work and Diana's funeral was on, a lot of people for some odd reason seemed to go to pieces... now I don't live my life through the glamour of others so I don't have any of those issues, and you probably do not either. We may even collectively PUKE over the thought that Diana was "as important" as "oooh poor US 9/11" but the fact remains that a lot of people seemed to care... and a lot of people mourned her.
The whole point of what they said was that it had nothing to do with US... If a billion people are exposed to a funeral of some person they remotely knew... its likely that at least a large ratio will react strongly. Same as with 9/11 footage (which our government uses to extort emotional responses from the weak minded on a daily basis without any "science" involved from their part).
JOKE EXAMPLE: --"Sir, we can't go take the iraqi's oil and finish daddy's crusade!! The people want Osama, not Saddama!!" --"Oh yeah?? Play the 9/11 footage plus some sad music and declare all who oppose the war, unpatriotic and in league with those EVIL killers!" --"Yes sir!" RESULT: (a few weeks later we're at war with a nigh unanimous decision by people more afraid of political suicide than to send hapless teenage fools to their horrid deaths...)
I tune out a lot too, but judging by TFA alone, they said the reaction to Diana was predicted while it was occuring, might've been RF issues.
9/11 they say was producing a reaction quite a bit of time ahead... not minutes or seconds or as it happened.
9/11 was something allowed to happen so there would be something to sway a mindless mob here in the USA... much like the "Coliseum is the heart of the Plebes, the heart of Rome..." so it is with the americans... Televiseum is the heart of the USA's mob... sway it, and you sway their unquestioning loyalties. It is nice to know that 9/11 is a world defining event. I mean, its not like terrorism hasn't existed or even been USED by america to achieve its global aims... its just that now, our leaders used it to achieve THEIR ends HERE... AT HOME.
I'm tired of ranting, I've laundry to do... 1984's perpetual war is here... Oceania IS at war with Eastasia/Eurasia, Big Brother IS watching you, the people who voted for Bush are generally easilly swayed sheep, who vote based on religious party lines and less on facts... but then again, if its on TV and on Forbes and GQ... well... it MUST be true!!
Farewell oh sheep of they who pay orators to sway your blind loyalties to the empty promises of a priest or wannabe christian messiah.
What you seem to be missing in your logic, is quite ironic.
Users do *not* want to learn anything new. Most people *are* inherently *very* lazy. You cannot get people who hate learning to learn anything new. Most of them are so caught up in their own cycles just like we geeks are caught up in ours, that they find it impossible to fathom logic beyond that of their jobs and familial units. While geeks will learn about anything and everything, that is exactly what it was that kept many of our kind from getting girlfriends or getting laid while in high school and college... we were too busy learning about things in and outside of our job focus. Learning takes time and effort, and focus. Most people cannot focus on their own jobs, and for most that is the primary thing they focus on. Others can't focus on anything.
Few people look outside the box because, in general, what they see is painful and difficult to understand. (Or it leaves their tiny minds shattered and depressed, with suicidal tendencies).
There is a reason why there are so many unemployed computer science graduates. Many of them went in seeking the glamour of 6 figure a year jobs, only to find themselves in front of the runaway truck of "you need a brain or your job is going to a guy or girl in the east who HAS one".
I recently dealt with a batch of users who couldn't possibly fathom that "no sir, your files are in only two locations, not six... you are simply clicking on links to the same location".
Their eyes glazed even though I completely dumbed it down to their level with a "looking through several windows into the same room.. the window name is different, as is its location, but they all open into the same room" These "tech savvy" users who thought they were "hip" couldn't understand something SO IDIOTICALLY SIMPLE!!!
These are your typical users... and it isn't that the software isn't properly designed (though I agree that a lot of it needs some work) it is that software has to travel a huge path of PATENTS and other BULLSHIT which, because some idiot at Microsoft or elsewhere has decided to patent, you cannot use in your program. And because THEY bungled their implementation, their patent prevents someone from making a better one with those words. (You have NO idea how many users want to keep the 3000+ documents in their "recycle" bin or "trash").
They even threaten to sue when their.pst and.ost get over 3 gigs and much as the microsoft knowledge base site points out, they WILL 100% of the time get corrupted after they hit 3 gigs or more).
Users suck, they're stupid, and they don't want to learn. Quite like the idiots who you claim want to learn but they unknowingly drive their car to death without changing the oil after buying it new off the lot. There is a manual. But the manual is hard to read, and that drivers' ed class was SO hard to stay awake in... who wants to learn about such trivial things like "change your goddamn oil every 3000 to 5000 miles!!" People don't like dealing with this because it is hard to remember... in an ideal world, most users would have to NOT use their brains at all and yet glean much cash rewards for stupidity... period.
You DOLT... its BONZI buddy, in reference to the purple gorilla thing that is not as popular as weatherbug (whom a client argued with me about) and then reinstalled it and claimed I hadn't cleaned out her computer completely and she wanted a refund!!
Secondly! You are not familiar with Active X are you? Most computers by default do not allow Active X unsigned plugins. Okay, downside of all that is that Active X and its only existing interpreter (official one at least) being Internet Explorer are both more exploit prone than 1 year old PHP implementations done by microsofties in a GUI environment (we all know how clean THEIR code is).
All in all hatred of microsoft is bred of three things... Linux is better and they're trying to kill the movement... microsoft marketing is made of lies... microsoft enforcers are all based on greed or stupidity... very little else goes behind their reasoning.
P.S. I have seen some pretty bad ass implementations of spyware kids, and most of them rely on "microsoft technologies" or that are "cutting edge" so cutting edge in fact that they cut themselves.
Well, here's MY catchy thing of the day. I've run Adaware with latest defs and voila... those system hooks didn't help... a client's computer was CRAWLING with spyware and adaware is what removed them... strange since Giant... *cough cough* MICROSOFT antispyware was running with all settings enabled... strange indeed... oh well, guess some things get past it...
goes to play that since Microsoft put all the dummies, morons and assholes on the 'net... they now have to deal with irate, moronic assholes and idiots who think they're "compewtah gawds" (read, idiotic asinine MORONS!)
Besides, has anyone besides me found that Antispyware simply flags legitimate apps half the time (VNC, NetopHost, etc, PC Anywhere, you name it all get tagged as spyware)
I thought he said "France was acting in the interest of ITS people while the USA as usual sacrifices its people for the interests of the few... namely the big election dollars". The french take more active interest in everything occuring in their society (and there's less of them so by numbers its a higher percentage of educated people there).
That said yes France acts in its own interest. Its just that the EU's educated populace has more say in what is done to/for them, or seems to (save the UK where Blair rules supreme and at the right hand of George W. (no not the hero, the current US overlord).
-DaedalusHKX
PS - CONTRARY to your ignorant opinion... other countries produce media as well, the difference is that most of it is affordable and even more is obscure. That is not the case with OUR products which are hyped to hell and back. Our media industry spends everything on advertising and thus saturates the airwaves with a few good (sometimes) tunes that sell overpriced cds featuring bland content to a market that would prefer to pay their rent rather than pay 20 bucks for 7 tracks (if you're lucky) of overpriced crap. Same goes for movies... they're coming out at the rate of dozens per month, but they're all crap, with the cream of the crop being "feel good" stuff that isn't really worth the 8 bucks. I'm planning on boycotting the shitty ones and sticking with the good ones. Figure I can probably borrow a copy from a friend or watch it once it hits the rentals.
Face it, the 60's is gone, we lost the morals but kept the weed.
And I wouldn't touch MS for mission critical stuff even if they paid me... well actually I'd touch the box if they paid me, and I'd install it if someone else wants it and "ahem" PAYS me:)
Otherwise no dice. I agree with ya 100%, not 'cause I hate microsoft but 'cause all I use MS stuff for is gaming and quickbooks (but that's for the secretary cuz she'd not know what to do with herself in Linux.
You don't get it do you?! Technically speaking I'm asking that people be EDUCATED AND TAKE TIME TO BE EDUCATED in such SIMPLE concepts as TWO FUCKING BUTTONS!
If they can't take the time, they should not be using computers. 2 buttons on a goddamn mouse is NOT difficult. It isn't. They should try pure commandline if they think 2 buttons is tough. And personally I found apple's interface on any mac os MORE difficult since 2 buttons are more easy than Ctrl / apple/option click. That's my opinion. I know the rest of the world differs. That's their loss:)
I am a single guy, no girlfriend, no fingernail polish remover anywhere nearby. Opposed to this, I walk to my garage and get my can(s) of WD40. Point in case. You might live in a city and therefore have no garage, but I'm sure you've had problems with squeaky doors.
EITHER WAY, USE WHAT YOU WANT to use. I'm not forcing you to use WD40, it just works for me. It's easy to clean off. It has not impaired any of my CPUS. Part B. I know what I'm doing. Part C, I don't feel like buying fingernail polish remover when I have the necessary tools AT hand. (40 or so footsteps away). Why waste 2 gallons of gas getting to a CVS or some other drug store when I got my thermal goo removing materials right nearby?
THAT is what I was saying. Thank you for your time.
Sorry to all you germans but the comparison is necessary, and it seems that the gene pool needs thinning. Those too STUPID to adapt SHOULD die or suffer, much like the dog sitting on a nail yelping. If it is not "painful enough" the dog will not move. That is the way of the universe. That which is weak should be removed. Period. Not by force. It should simply have support removed... if it cannot stand on its own, it will wipe itself out. That simple. We are not for socialism or any form of group help government, but we are also against letting the weak fend for themselves with minimal support... that in itself is hypocrisy. Humanity is becoming a weak race, but we remain warmongers and conquerors (until we run into an alien race, try to study them by killing a few of them, and they retaliate and turn us into lab samples of "primitive carbon/meat based life").
The same goes for stupid users. If they are SO stupid as to NOT understand the SIMPLE difference between right and left, then they should be allowed to die of their own ignorance by drying their hair in the bathtub with a blow dryer or to pay a tech support company excessive fees to be taught how to HOLD a freaking multi button mouse.
If they can drive a car (2 to 3 pedals, several control stalks, steering wheel, at least 40 buttons for controls other than the multifunction stalks, automatic shifter or manual shifter, and all those blinky status lights with no text, they can operate all that fine but can't use a MOUSE?!) how the HELL can they NOT handle a mouse?! And these are the same people who will tell you they can do various flavors of calculus... right, and they can't tell the difference between their left and right fingers? And they don't posess the dexterity in one hand to actually HOLD the damn mouse and click TWO buttons???? C'mon that's pitiful.
-Daedalus
PS - besides, the mouse is the least of their worries, most of the ppl who have mouse button problems are the same uninformed morons who don't even know what a window is, or that their case isn't their hard drive and their monitor is NOT their computer, and that turning off their computer and their hard drive is not how you reset your computer. But who am I to argue with the majority of humanity. After all... if we recall IQ tests, the "average" refers to the majority. And the average is LOW!:)
I said toilet paper with rubbing alcohol, the second sheet for rubbing off excess mess to prevent it from leaving drying stains, on the upside it (WD40 or any other degreaser) WILL completely remove anything else involved... and silicone compound leaves that same greasy mess, and silver compound literally taints your cpu by remaining in every crevice, hole and pore the surface might have. Nothing short of a solvent will remove it after that. All in all once used a CPU will never be as clean as when it was originally sealed and shipped.
-Daedalus
PS - Actually tho, speaking of harshness of solvents, as I recall from childhood, WD40 (and most copy cats) doesn't eat paint... acetone does. And not just clearcoat, shaving cream does that trick fine... but it actually dissolves some paints downright quick. WD40 does not. On the other hand, being a petroleum based solvent it WILL however produce nasty fumes, leave greasy residue/film and burn if exposed to heat. Thus it is recommended to clean the cpu with an alcohol swab, but the stuff WILL definitely remove silver goop without trouble. Plus, I do not have acetone in my garage anymore, not for years since I lived in europe, but I bet damn near EVERYONE has a can of WD40! Even the least tech savvy redneck has a can in their garage if not for car work then for squeaky door hinges.
Re:WD40 or MagicOFF at advance auto works 4 me :)
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WD40... it doesn't penetrate the CPU itself... but it dissolves the silver goop. For silicone based goops just use everyday rubbing alcohol, isopropyl is best but ethyl alcohol makes no difference really. I believe ethyl is potable and combustible... double check that but I'm pretty sure on it. Either way almost anything can clean the radioshack crap, but alcohol is the least likely to damage the chip itself. My recommendation is that WD40 is overkill but not as bad as acetone. Acetone is way harsh compared to an oil based lubricant. (as you may recall WD40 is not an abrasive, it is a lubricant and a mild solvent). I recommend NOT spraying it onto the chip, spray it ona piece of paper towel, fold the corner and neatly remove any of the goop from tight areas, then with a few broad sweeps remove the rest of the crap from the die itself. Bam, done.
Soap and water works for a heatsink with the added effect that it will look like new, unless you stained it with something... even arctic silver comes off with some UltraDown, Ivory or whatever other dishwashing soap you use. Period. My heatsinks all look pearly white clean (except the annodized ones, they look pearly black but still... you get the idea).
I have several multi ghz cpus from amd, and not ONE has fried, had issues, etc. I don't see why yours would be any different.
I needed a server, I got a mac, I killed mac os, put on BSD and yellow dog and never looked back. It sure is nice not to have a graphics server slaughtering my cpu power and ram. It is even nicer not to have a built in monitor. Hence why the desktop non toastermac units are wonderful. I have several and they work like a charm. I dare anyone to find a faster performing desktop unit at 400 mhz than a mac. There is no intel based 400 mhz unit that even comes CLOSE to comparing to a mac... and for the price there is damn near nothing out there PERIOD. (That's to shut up anyone who brings up SPARC or MIPS stuff (those are out of end user price range).)
-Daedalus
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I should know I've installed several dozen and got pissed at using various custom substances so a qtip dipped in wd40 along with a soft tissue dipped in likewise and one piece of toilet paper (to wipe off that nasty ass gasoline smell it leaves behind and the greasy looking stains you'd otherwise have left on it).
And voila, looked like new, took a new coat of thermal paste/grease and... ran like new, all my servers still running after 2.0 years:)
That's my 2 cents.
JOKE: And to boot I bet it will never squeak either. Plus WD40 cuts through roughly any household thermal grease, including the vaunted Arctic Silver II stuff. The silicone paste comes off with water if anyone's worried. A moist towelette type thing will work just fine including the Staples/Radioshack anti static wipes. Hope that helps.
-Daedalus
PS - Arctic Silver 2 is good stuff, but not really much more effective than say... radioshack 1.99 tubes of thermal goo... the only rule is that you should use SOME form of evening compound to fill in gaps and uneven surface finish between cpu and heatsink... any paste will usually do, even thermal pads are better than nothing, unless that ONE degree difference from Arctic Silver II REALLY means much to you... in general all the silver compounds do is react to temperature changes more quickly... but unless you're running a superspiking cpu, you won't have an issue, and I have never had a cpu that spiked so fast and so hard that the thermal paste made a difference. Oh and to add, I've never had a CPU fail. It is all about cooling and how often you turn them on and off. Much like diesel motors...
We're supposed to be dealing with users of intelligence AND reflex here. At first it takes 1 cycle of brain activity (wow, a WHOLE thought!!!) to decide between left and right click. If after 1 week it does not become reflex, feel free to purge the test subject and procure a new one.
(** locks and loads, getting ready to purge a series of test subjects of his own **).
HINT: Keep a high caliber LART handy. And make the AR process VERY painful, videotaped if possible. I'm sure someone here at/. can add the final steps as "distribute tapes on amazon", "???" and "profit" here:)
Once the fear is struck into the heathen lusers they shalt knoweth fear and thy will shalt be done!!! Either that or you'll have to AR a few more, keeping in mind that the high caliber LART should definitely be multimode, with a single shot Apple LART variety, otherwise with clearly labelled "so-slow-grandma-with-a-glock-shoots-faster" and "holy-shit-thats-faster-than-a-vulcan-gattling-gun " modes. Obviously this LART however is designed for "postal" techies and should therefore contain only the following signs on fire modes "single", "burst" and "I-brake-for-nuclear-holocaust".
I dunno, I learned both mac and pc at the same time. I actually had a 3 button Optical Lite Mouse on my 386 and a 1 button on a toaster mac.
It seems ODD to me that ANYONE remotely intelligent and willing to figure things out would ever have that much difficulty adapting to a new interface. I learned two at once and neither killed me with "pushing the wrong button". Seems to be a coordination problem. In which case instead of idioticizing the hardware and software we should be educating the lusers instead. Who's with me?!
Personally, I will NEVER trade the 3 buttoner for a 1... the 1 button mouse is what KILLS me in everyday use and why macs serve only one purpose in my experience. To be reinstalled with Linux or BSD and put to use serving, that way I can webmin them from my nice 4 button 1 wheel logitech/logitech 108 key environment:).
Don't get me wrong, the mac hardware is great, it is the Mac OS and their input devices that SUCK. (the keyboard power on/off features is NEAT tho, as is the hold C or opt+alt+shift+del to start from cd (depending on architecture and age of mac in question)).
Power users can tell such simple things apart, such as left and right click. I did tech support for sometime and still do for my parents and close family friends. Most of them are mid 40's to mid 50's and it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get those people to use two fingers, one for each button and to tell which "click" to use. It is beyond aggravating. I'm sure plenty of other frustrated tech support types can sympathize with you as well bud.
I went there after posting and noticed that it seems to be a much work in progress... not quite the same scope for what I am planning out, but should be fun... and of course "ANYTHING to obliterate the RIAA and make them WORK for their money".
-Daedalus
PS - Salary and "compensation" should be relevant to the amount of work, personal danger, and risks of the job. Therefore a CEO should make LESS than a good janitor. All CEO's should also take a pay cut for every job they slash. Thus it will be in their best interest to observe the rights of those beneath their now GODLY wings...
The opera music to it was hilarious beyond help... heh... goddamn makes me wish to get the source and compile it just to watch that intro:) someone needs to make a high quality mpeg... avi? divx or something of it.
THAT would bring even Gnutella to its knees with traffic... "all your users are belong to quakeworld_tf_intro.mpeg!"
Other than the aforementioned foreigners and my former professors, most of the denizens of this land, natives or otherwise are a tad too brainwashed and go up in arms over any little thing without even thinking it through or asking for complete logical and damning proof before sending our kids to die or get poisoned (and die later, off the air so the prez doesn't take the fall, read assertation on DU vs conventional ammo)... but they never do. They just go nuts and pop another Budweiser while screaming Right Wing Bloody Murder To All Who Disagree which by the way will become the title to our new national anthem.
I would love to but I can't fly to germany, I'm stuck in the US of A for now... planning to move to sweden or some other place back in europe again... just because more people are EDUCATED over there. America is too full of TV brainwashed rednecks... not enough educated people... Makes having a conversation in this country on any "controversial" topic something I have to seek foreigners or old professors for. Other than them, most of them think "hot diggety dawg" and go nuts.
So yes, If I can afford to visit Germany... I would be delighted to help you guys out. You've had my admiration for years... hopefully you keep going with or without my money (with would be nicer and I'll try).
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Looking at how when I was at work and Diana's funeral was on, a lot of people for some odd reason seemed to go to pieces... now I don't live my life through the glamour of others so I don't have any of those issues, and you probably do not either. We may even collectively PUKE over the thought that Diana was "as important" as "oooh poor US 9/11" but the fact remains that a lot of people seemed to care... and a lot of people mourned her.
The whole point of what they said was that it had nothing to do with US... If a billion people are exposed to a funeral of some person they remotely knew... its likely that at least a large ratio will react strongly. Same as with 9/11 footage (which our government uses to extort emotional responses from the weak minded on a daily basis without any "science" involved from their part).
JOKE EXAMPLE:
--"Sir, we can't go take the iraqi's oil and finish daddy's crusade!! The people want Osama, not Saddama!!"
--"Oh yeah?? Play the 9/11 footage plus some sad music and declare all who oppose the war, unpatriotic and in league with those EVIL killers!" --"Yes sir!"
RESULT: (a few weeks later we're at war with a nigh unanimous decision by people more afraid of political suicide than to send hapless teenage fools to their horrid deaths...)
I tune out a lot too, but judging by TFA alone, they said the reaction to Diana was predicted while it was occuring, might've been RF issues.
9/11 they say was producing a reaction quite a bit of time ahead... not minutes or seconds or as it happened.
9/11 was something allowed to happen so there would be something to sway a mindless mob here in the USA... much like the "Coliseum is the heart of the Plebes, the heart of Rome..." so it is with the americans... Televiseum is the heart of the USA's mob... sway it, and you sway their unquestioning loyalties. It is nice to know that 9/11 is a world defining event. I mean, its not like terrorism hasn't existed or even been USED by america to achieve its global aims... its just that now, our leaders used it to achieve THEIR ends HERE... AT HOME.
I'm tired of ranting, I've laundry to do... 1984's perpetual war is here... Oceania IS at war with Eastasia/Eurasia, Big Brother IS watching you, the people who voted for Bush are generally easilly swayed sheep, who vote based on religious party lines and less on facts... but then again, if its on TV and on Forbes and GQ... well... it MUST be true!!
Farewell oh sheep of they who pay orators to sway your blind loyalties to the empty promises of a priest or wannabe christian messiah.
What you seem to be missing in your logic, is quite ironic.
.pst and .ost get over 3 gigs and much as the microsoft knowledge base site points out, they WILL 100% of the time get corrupted after they hit 3 gigs or more).
Users do *not* want to learn anything new. Most people *are* inherently *very* lazy. You cannot get people who hate learning to learn anything new. Most of them are so caught up in their own cycles just like we geeks are caught up in ours, that they find it impossible to fathom logic beyond that of their jobs and familial units. While geeks will learn about anything and everything, that is exactly what it was that kept many of our kind from getting girlfriends or getting laid while in high school and college... we were too busy learning about things in and outside of our job focus. Learning takes time and effort, and focus. Most people cannot focus on their own jobs, and for most that is the primary thing they focus on. Others can't focus on anything.
Few people look outside the box because, in general, what they see is painful and difficult to understand. (Or it leaves their tiny minds shattered and depressed, with suicidal tendencies).
There is a reason why there are so many unemployed computer science graduates. Many of them went in seeking the glamour of 6 figure a year jobs, only to find themselves in front of the runaway truck of "you need a brain or your job is going to a guy or girl in the east who HAS one".
I recently dealt with a batch of users who couldn't possibly fathom that "no sir, your files are in only two locations, not six... you are simply clicking on links to the same location".
Their eyes glazed even though I completely dumbed it down to their level with a "looking through several windows into the same room.. the window name is different, as is its location, but they all open into the same room" These "tech savvy" users who thought they were "hip" couldn't understand something SO IDIOTICALLY SIMPLE!!!
These are your typical users... and it isn't that the software isn't properly designed (though I agree that a lot of it needs some work) it is that software has to travel a huge path of PATENTS and other BULLSHIT which, because some idiot at Microsoft or elsewhere has decided to patent, you cannot use in your program. And because THEY bungled their implementation, their patent prevents someone from making a better one with those words. (You have NO idea how many users want to keep the 3000+ documents in their "recycle" bin or "trash").
They even threaten to sue when their
Users suck, they're stupid, and they don't want to learn. Quite like the idiots who you claim want to learn but they unknowingly drive their car to death without changing the oil after buying it new off the lot. There is a manual. But the manual is hard to read, and that drivers' ed class was SO hard to stay awake in... who wants to learn about such trivial things like "change your goddamn oil every 3000 to 5000 miles!!" People don't like dealing with this because it is hard to remember... in an ideal world, most users would have to NOT use their brains at all and yet glean much cash rewards for stupidity... period.
You DOLT... its BONZI buddy, in reference to the purple gorilla thing that is not as popular as weatherbug (whom a client argued with me about) and then reinstalled it and claimed I hadn't cleaned out her computer completely and she wanted a refund!!
Secondly! You are not familiar with Active X are you? Most computers by default do not allow Active X unsigned plugins. Okay, downside of all that is that Active X and its only existing interpreter (official one at least) being Internet Explorer are both more exploit prone than 1 year old PHP implementations done by microsofties in a GUI environment (we all know how clean THEIR code is).
All in all hatred of microsoft is bred of three things... Linux is better and they're trying to kill the movement... microsoft marketing is made of lies... microsoft enforcers are all based on greed or stupidity... very little else goes behind their reasoning.
P.S. I have seen some pretty bad ass implementations of spyware kids, and most of them rely on "microsoft technologies" or that are "cutting edge" so cutting edge in fact that they cut themselves.
Well, here's MY catchy thing of the day.
I've run Adaware with latest defs and voila... those system hooks didn't help... a client's computer was CRAWLING with spyware and adaware is what removed them... strange since Giant... *cough cough* MICROSOFT antispyware was running with all settings enabled... strange indeed... oh well, guess some things get past it...
goes to play that since Microsoft put all the dummies, morons and assholes on the 'net... they now have to deal with irate, moronic assholes and idiots who think they're "compewtah gawds" (read, idiotic asinine MORONS!)
Besides, has anyone besides me found that Antispyware simply flags legitimate apps half the time (VNC, NetopHost, etc, PC Anywhere, you name it all get tagged as spyware)
You know the strangest thing?
I thought he said "France was acting in the interest of ITS people while the USA as usual sacrifices its people for the interests of the few... namely the big election dollars". The french take more active interest in everything occuring in their society (and there's less of them so by numbers its a higher percentage of educated people there).
That said yes France acts in its own interest. Its just that the EU's educated populace has more say in what is done to/for them, or seems to (save the UK where Blair rules supreme and at the right hand of George W. (no not the hero, the current US overlord).
-DaedalusHKX
PS - CONTRARY to your ignorant opinion... other countries produce media as well, the difference is that most of it is affordable and even more is obscure. That is not the case with OUR products which are hyped to hell and back. Our media industry spends everything on advertising and thus saturates the airwaves with a few good (sometimes) tunes that sell overpriced cds featuring bland content to a market that would prefer to pay their rent rather than pay 20 bucks for 7 tracks (if you're lucky) of overpriced crap. Same goes for movies... they're coming out at the rate of dozens per month, but they're all crap, with the cream of the crop being "feel good" stuff that isn't really worth the 8 bucks. I'm planning on boycotting the shitty ones and sticking with the good ones. Figure I can probably borrow a copy from a friend or watch it once it hits the rentals.
Face it, the 60's is gone, we lost the morals but kept the weed.
Mod me as you will, just thought you two were funny.
And Khy, please stop advertising for me. I build my own hype machines you know =D
Lata,
~Daedalus
Whore??
I don't get this... you just being an asshole or did you grow a set and show the rest of us you're an asshole?
~Daedalus
And I wouldn't touch MS for mission critical stuff even if they paid me... well actually I'd touch the box if they paid me, and I'd install it if someone else wants it and "ahem" PAYS me :)
Otherwise no dice. I agree with ya 100%, not 'cause I hate microsoft but 'cause all I use MS stuff for is gaming and quickbooks (but that's for the secretary cuz she'd not know what to do with herself in Linux.
-DaedalusHKX
You don't get it do you?! Technically speaking I'm asking that people be EDUCATED AND TAKE TIME TO BE EDUCATED in such SIMPLE concepts as TWO FUCKING BUTTONS!
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If they can't take the time, they should not be using computers. 2 buttons on a goddamn mouse is NOT difficult. It isn't. They should try pure commandline if they think 2 buttons is tough. And personally I found apple's interface on any mac os MORE difficult since 2 buttons are more easy than Ctrl / apple/option click. That's my opinion. I know the rest of the world differs. That's their loss
-Daedalus
I am a single guy, no girlfriend, no fingernail polish remover anywhere nearby. Opposed to this, I walk to my garage and get my can(s) of WD40. Point in case. You might live in a city and therefore have no garage, but I'm sure you've had problems with squeaky doors.
EITHER WAY, USE WHAT YOU WANT to use. I'm not forcing you to use WD40, it just works for me. It's easy to clean off. It has not impaired any of my CPUS. Part B. I know what I'm doing. Part C, I don't feel like buying fingernail polish remover when I have the necessary tools AT hand. (40 or so footsteps away). Why waste 2 gallons of gas getting to a CVS or some other drug store when I got my thermal goo removing materials right nearby?
THAT is what I was saying. Thank you for your time.
-Daedalus
Sorry to all you germans but the comparison is necessary, and it seems that the gene pool needs thinning. Those too STUPID to adapt SHOULD die or suffer, much like the dog sitting on a nail yelping. If it is not "painful enough" the dog will not move. That is the way of the universe. That which is weak should be removed. Period. Not by force. It should simply have support removed... if it cannot stand on its own, it will wipe itself out. That simple. We are not for socialism or any form of group help government, but we are also against letting the weak fend for themselves with minimal support... that in itself is hypocrisy. Humanity is becoming a weak race, but we remain warmongers and conquerors (until we run into an alien race, try to study them by killing a few of them, and they retaliate and turn us into lab samples of "primitive carbon/meat based life").
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The same goes for stupid users. If they are SO stupid as to NOT understand the SIMPLE difference between right and left, then they should be allowed to die of their own ignorance by drying their hair in the bathtub with a blow dryer or to pay a tech support company excessive fees to be taught how to HOLD a freaking multi button mouse.
If they can drive a car (2 to 3 pedals, several control stalks, steering wheel, at least 40 buttons for controls other than the multifunction stalks, automatic shifter or manual shifter, and all those blinky status lights with no text, they can operate all that fine but can't use a MOUSE?!) how the HELL can they NOT handle a mouse?! And these are the same people who will tell you they can do various flavors of calculus... right, and they can't tell the difference between their left and right fingers? And they don't posess the dexterity in one hand to actually HOLD the damn mouse and click TWO buttons???? C'mon that's pitiful.
-Daedalus
PS - besides, the mouse is the least of their worries, most of the ppl who have mouse button problems are the same uninformed morons who don't even know what a window is, or that their case isn't their hard drive and their monitor is NOT their computer, and that turning off their computer and their hard drive is not how you reset your computer. But who am I to argue with the majority of humanity. After all... if we recall IQ tests, the "average" refers to the majority. And the average is LOW!
I said toilet paper with rubbing alcohol, the second sheet for rubbing off excess mess to prevent it from leaving drying stains, on the upside it (WD40 or any other degreaser) WILL completely remove anything else involved... and silicone compound leaves that same greasy mess, and silver compound literally taints your cpu by remaining in every crevice, hole and pore the surface might have. Nothing short of a solvent will remove it after that. All in all once used a CPU will never be as clean as when it was originally sealed and shipped.
-Daedalus
PS - Actually tho, speaking of harshness of solvents, as I recall from childhood, WD40 (and most copy cats) doesn't eat paint... acetone does. And not just clearcoat, shaving cream does that trick fine... but it actually dissolves some paints downright quick. WD40 does not. On the other hand, being a petroleum based solvent it WILL however produce nasty fumes, leave greasy residue/film and burn if exposed to heat. Thus it is recommended to clean the cpu with an alcohol swab, but the stuff WILL definitely remove silver goop without trouble. Plus, I do not have acetone in my garage anymore, not for years since I lived in europe, but I bet damn near EVERYONE has a can of WD40! Even the least tech savvy redneck has a can in their garage if not for car work then for squeaky door hinges.
WD40... it doesn't penetrate the CPU itself... but it dissolves the silver goop. For silicone based goops just use everyday rubbing alcohol, isopropyl is best but ethyl alcohol makes no difference really. I believe ethyl is potable and combustible... double check that but I'm pretty sure on it. Either way almost anything can clean the radioshack crap, but alcohol is the least likely to damage the chip itself. My recommendation is that WD40 is overkill but not as bad as acetone. Acetone is way harsh compared to an oil based lubricant. (as you may recall WD40 is not an abrasive, it is a lubricant and a mild solvent). I recommend NOT spraying it onto the chip, spray it ona piece of paper towel, fold the corner and neatly remove any of the goop from tight areas, then with a few broad sweeps remove the rest of the crap from the die itself. Bam, done.
-Daedalus
Soap and water works for a heatsink with the added effect that it will look like new, unless you stained it with something... even arctic silver comes off with some UltraDown, Ivory or whatever other dishwashing soap you use. Period. My heatsinks all look pearly white clean (except the annodized ones, they look pearly black but still... you get the idea).
I have several multi ghz cpus from amd, and not ONE has fried, had issues, etc. I don't see why yours would be any different.
-Daedalus
I needed a server, I got a mac, I killed mac os, put on BSD and yellow dog and never looked back. It sure is nice not to have a graphics server slaughtering my cpu power and ram. It is even nicer not to have a built in monitor. Hence why the desktop non toastermac units are wonderful. I have several and they work like a charm. I dare anyone to find a faster performing desktop unit at 400 mhz than a mac. There is no intel based 400 mhz unit that even comes CLOSE to comparing to a mac... and for the price there is damn near nothing out there PERIOD. (That's to shut up anyone who brings up SPARC or MIPS stuff (those are out of end user price range).)
-Daedalus
I should know I've installed several dozen and got pissed at using various custom substances so a qtip dipped in wd40 along with a soft tissue dipped in likewise and one piece of toilet paper (to wipe off that nasty ass gasoline smell it leaves behind and the greasy looking stains you'd otherwise have left on it).
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And voila, looked like new, took a new coat of thermal paste/grease and... ran like new, all my servers still running after 2.0 years
That's my 2 cents.
JOKE: And to boot I bet it will never squeak either. Plus WD40 cuts through roughly any household thermal grease, including the vaunted Arctic Silver II stuff. The silicone paste comes off with water if anyone's worried. A moist towelette type thing will work just fine including the Staples/Radioshack anti static wipes. Hope that helps.
-Daedalus
PS - Arctic Silver 2 is good stuff, but not really much more effective than say... radioshack 1.99 tubes of thermal goo... the only rule is that you should use SOME form of evening compound to fill in gaps and uneven surface finish between cpu and heatsink... any paste will usually do, even thermal pads are better than nothing, unless that ONE degree difference from Arctic Silver II REALLY means much to you... in general all the silver compounds do is react to temperature changes more quickly... but unless you're running a superspiking cpu, you won't have an issue, and I have never had a cpu that spiked so fast and so hard that the thermal paste made a difference. Oh and to add, I've never had a CPU fail. It is all about cooling and how often you turn them on and off. Much like diesel motors...
Please tell me its a joke.
/. can add the final steps as "distribute tapes on amazon", "???" and "profit" here :)
n " modes. Obviously this LART however is designed for "postal" techies and should therefore contain only the following signs on fire modes "single", "burst" and "I-brake-for-nuclear-holocaust".
We're supposed to be dealing with users of intelligence AND reflex here. At first it takes 1 cycle of brain activity (wow, a WHOLE thought!!!) to decide between left and right click. If after 1 week it does not become reflex, feel free to purge the test subject and procure a new one.
(** locks and loads, getting ready to purge a series of test subjects of his own **).
HINT: Keep a high caliber LART handy. And make the AR process VERY painful, videotaped if possible. I'm sure someone here at
Once the fear is struck into the heathen lusers they shalt knoweth fear and thy will shalt be done!!! Either that or you'll have to AR a few more, keeping in mind that the high caliber LART should definitely be multimode, with a single shot Apple LART variety, otherwise with clearly labelled "so-slow-grandma-with-a-glock-shoots-faster" and "holy-shit-thats-faster-than-a-vulcan-gattling-gu
-Daedalus
PS - Someone mod kangarooski as funny please.
I dunno, I learned both mac and pc at the same time. I actually had a 3 button Optical Lite Mouse on my 386 and a 1 button on a toaster mac.
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It seems ODD to me that ANYONE remotely intelligent and willing to figure things out would ever have that much difficulty adapting to a new interface. I learned two at once and neither killed me with "pushing the wrong button". Seems to be a coordination problem. In which case instead of idioticizing the hardware and software we should be educating the lusers instead. Who's with me?!
Personally, I will NEVER trade the 3 buttoner for a 1... the 1 button mouse is what KILLS me in everyday use and why macs serve only one purpose in my experience. To be reinstalled with Linux or BSD and put to use serving, that way I can webmin them from my nice 4 button 1 wheel logitech/logitech 108 key environment
Don't get me wrong, the mac hardware is great, it is the Mac OS and their input devices that SUCK. (the keyboard power on/off features is NEAT tho, as is the hold C or opt+alt+shift+del to start from cd (depending on architecture and age of mac in question)).
-Daedalus
Power users can tell such simple things apart, such as left and right click. I did tech support for sometime and still do for my parents and close family friends. Most of them are mid 40's to mid 50's and it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get those people to use two fingers, one for each button and to tell which "click" to use. It is beyond aggravating. I'm sure plenty of other frustrated tech support types can sympathize with you as well bud.
-Daedalus
I went there after posting and noticed that it seems to be a much work in progress... not quite the same scope for what I am planning out, but should be fun... and of course "ANYTHING to obliterate the RIAA and make them WORK for their money".
-Daedalus
PS - Salary and "compensation" should be relevant to the amount of work, personal danger, and risks of the job. Therefore a CEO should make LESS than a good janitor. All CEO's should also take a pay cut for every job they slash. Thus it will be in their best interest to observe the rights of those beneath their now GODLY wings...
Guess my efforts shall now be in vain... or perhaps a bit of help/constructive competition won't hurt.
-Daedalus
The opera music to it was hilarious beyond help... :) someone needs to make a high quality mpeg... avi? divx or something of it.
heh... goddamn makes me wish to get the source and compile it just to watch that intro
THAT would bring even Gnutella to its knees with traffic... "all your users are belong to quakeworld_tf_intro.mpeg!"
-Daedalus
"Other than them, most of them think..."
Other than the aforementioned foreigners and my former professors, most of the denizens of this land, natives or otherwise are a tad too brainwashed and go up in arms over any little thing without even thinking it through or asking for complete logical and damning proof before sending our kids to die or get poisoned (and die later, off the air so the prez doesn't take the fall, read assertation on DU vs conventional ammo)... but they never do. They just go nuts and pop another Budweiser while screaming Right Wing Bloody Murder To All Who Disagree which by the way will become the title to our new national anthem.
-Daedalus
I would love to but I can't fly to germany, I'm stuck in the US of A for now... planning to move to sweden or some other place back in europe again... just because more people are EDUCATED over there. America is too full of TV brainwashed rednecks... not enough educated people... Makes having a conversation in this country on any "controversial" topic something I have to seek foreigners or old professors for. Other than them, most of them think "hot diggety dawg" and go nuts.
So yes, If I can afford to visit Germany... I would be delighted to help you guys out. You've had my admiration for years... hopefully you keep going with or without my money (with would be nicer and I'll try).
-Daedalus
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