I had an idea. Make a big cloth board that has certain conclusions on it and then have people "jump to" them..
Either that, or start selling pet rocks or chia pets.
I laughed when I read this.. perhaps they really are distributing this in order to make people use their software:
Microsoft dished out evaluation copies of Orifice to the assembled hax. When we've got a spare day or two we'll investigate the whole caboodle and let you know.
To all the people who are complaining about the "loss" of data and how the manufacturers are fleecing the consumer please read the end of the article. The author states:
3.7. Was the consumer ever cheated as a result? Here's the most surprising answer of all -- the consumer always had all the capacity he was promised...
I think I'm dealing with it fairly well. Not trying to be a jerk, but I seriously never thought of it as that much of a problem. Different strokes for different folks I guess.:)
Don't most services that require bills offer some type of electronic payments? Wouldn't scanning your bills just be more work than going to their website and paying it that way?
These ridiculous examples of documentation are due to the fact that people love to sue. I remember two examples of people and McDonald's: (1) Someone sued for spilling the hot coffee on themselves, (2) there was a group trying to sue that their food made them fat. Pretty soon, we will see a warning on their food saying "May cause weight gain." It's a sad commentary on society these days.
Wow. I thought I was the only one that kept the archives just in case. After I install something, I hang on to the install package so that if I accidentally zap the application I can re-install from the package.
Yes. But skills like using a bayonet and land navigation skills are perishable.. if not practiced, they will be lost. With all these gizmos and widgets, soldiers don't get the opportunity to get their hands dirty with the good old way of doing things.
Obviously they did, but that still doesn't change the fact that technology, most notably GPS, is going to replace the basic map reading skills.
Basic Training may not change much from what it is now; however, once soldiers get to their units and they see their officers using their fancy GPS machines, they are going to wonder why they ever learned how to read a stupid old paper map in the first place. That's when the military is going to be in trouble.
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I had an idea. Make a big cloth board that has certain conclusions on it and then have people "jump to" them..
Either that, or start selling pet rocks or chia pets.
I laughed when I read this.. perhaps they really are distributing this in order to make people use their software:
Microsoft dished out evaluation copies of Orifice to the assembled hax. When we've got a spare day or two we'll investigate the whole caboodle and let you know.
Is something wrong with mine? It keeps telling me it can't connect to the store because it is busy.
Check here.
To all the people who are complaining about the "loss" of data and how the manufacturers are fleecing the consumer please read the end of the article. The author states:
3.7. Was the consumer ever cheated as a result? Here's the most surprising answer of all -- the consumer always had all the capacity he was promised...
But the article says that you, in fact, get what the hard drive manufacturers are claiming. The only difference is in the OS reporting.
I think I'm dealing with it fairly well. Not trying to be a jerk, but I seriously never thought of it as that much of a problem. Different strokes for different folks I guess. :)
Don't most services that require bills offer some type of electronic payments? Wouldn't scanning your bills just be more work than going to their website and paying it that way?
. . .because I downloaded all my favorite books off of Kazaa and iMesh.
How is this the end of "physical" media? So is this stuff just going to be stored on nothing? It's rather misleading.
These ridiculous examples of documentation are due to the fact that people love to sue. I remember two examples of people and McDonald's: (1) Someone sued for spilling the hot coffee on themselves, (2) there was a group trying to sue that their food made them fat. Pretty soon, we will see a warning on their food saying "May cause weight gain." It's a sad commentary on society these days.
Too bad this article won't change anyone's plans on using Windows in the future. . .
They will still flock to it like lemmings.
ZoneAlarm is all I've really got as well. I also noticed a ton of port 135 in my Internet Logs. My computer is fine right now. *crosses fingers*
I've been preparing my whole life for this moment! Holes! Holes!
My cell phone volume control goes to eleven.
I always held the belief that hand-eye coordination was vastly improved through video gaming.
We could see some grandma's doing some nasty clothing mods!
Wow. I thought I was the only one that kept the archives just in case. After I install something, I hang on to the install package so that if I accidentally zap the application I can re-install from the package.
Well, it depends on if you consider those "crashes" or just routine maintenance. In either case, you've got a solid point.
What happens if your HD goes kaput???
Having all the "extra" space won't really bring back all your old stuff.
Yes. But skills like using a bayonet and land navigation skills are perishable.. if not practiced, they will be lost. With all these gizmos and widgets, soldiers don't get the opportunity to get their hands dirty with the good old way of doing things.
Obviously they did, but that still doesn't change the fact that technology, most notably GPS, is going to replace the basic map reading skills.
Basic Training may not change much from what it is now; however, once soldiers get to their units and they see their officers using their fancy GPS machines, they are going to wonder why they ever learned how to read a stupid old paper map in the first place. That's when the military is going to be in trouble.
The military better watch itself -- if they start relying too heavily on technology, soldiers will lose the fundamental skills that make them unique.
Yeah, the whole "free electricity" thing is what I was referring to.
Sorry, should have made that clearer.
You could do what we all know we're doing anyway.. storing buttloads of pr0n on those old-timers!
Gosh, I love euphemisms..