It may be the reason for the second ammendment, only thing is the second amendment is now redundant. The very instant anyone attempts to put together a group of people with the aim of affecting Government policies or methods through the 'bearing arms' avenue, they'll be thrown in prison or sent to GTMO.
Somebody mod parent up, he's absolutely spot on. How useful is the 2nd amendment anymore, when even a few hippie war protesters are so dangerous, they have to be confined in 'free-speech zones'? Maybe a 'test case' is in order....
If you want to print some pictures, just upload them to wal-mart or something. I don't know about everyone else, but pictures are not something I print a lot of, and many things I do print would quickly exhaust ink cartridges. And as the parent stated: clogged cartridges suck. Who as a home user uses their printer frequently enough to keep that from happening? This is not a problem with laserjet toner.
Game over, SCHecklerX wins the thread.
Seriously, why are we even having these conversations any more? Ooh, a new way to clog up your ink cartridges! Mod me troll if you want, but why we're still debating (heh! not even, it's DEAD!) the pros and cons of inkjet technology is beyond me.
To recap: You want to print a little? Spend the money on an LJ, becuase an underused IJ clogs up.
You want to print a lot? Spend the money on an LJ, because it's more cost-effective.
Want to print pictures? Go to Wal-mart like the man said.
Come on folks, do yourselves a favour: take your inkjets out to a field somewhere, crank the Rap tunes up to 11 and have at 'em with a baseball bats. You know you want to.
I'm not sure how being able to recognize yourself in the mirror plays into it.
But if we can't empathize with ourselves, how can empathize with others? Or, until you see yourself as a thinking, feeling human being (as opposed to some dumb animal that exists at the level of an auomaton), you'll never have the capacity to see others for what they are.
But there is a certain point at which the stench, impossibility of finding important items, and spousal/co-worker nagging will counter any increased productivity.
Woah there. Messy!=dirty. My place might look like a hurricane hit it, but I keep it clean.
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Windows is not nearly as unstable as the FUDDERS would like to make it seem.
Of course not, but you're still one lucky bastard.
Sure, win2k was a huge step up (well, after SP2, anyway). But don't kid yourself into thinking it crashed less than previous versions, it's just that it didn't tend to fubar your data up when it did. You can talk all you want about how much more reliable its become (true), but that still doesn't change the fact that I've lost entire days of my life troubleshooting some random, obscure or simply illogical "hiccup".
And don't even get me started on XP, it was fucking useless when it first came out. Yeah, yeah, I know, but it was a complete WTF for me: how and why would you want to release a shittified version of 2000?
Awesome, a first post that's funny and insightful! Honestly, if you've ever had to install Windows more than [many] times, you'll know full well the average install attempts per succesful attempts is easily 2:1.
Funny, I just ordered 2 dell servers sans OS as well. If you have a lot of OS install disks hanging around, it's a great option, especially since they were running some kind of special. I ended up buying two for under a grand, and I usually prefer to roll my own.
LOL, you just made GP's point for him: Ebola kills quickly, and therefore doesn't get much of a chance to spread. You may have noticed that only handfuls of people have died of it, as opposed to thousands or millions.
If Google were ever dumb enough (they aren't) to start self-censoring to penalize foes in other areas of their business, people wouldn't use Google.
While I agree with you that Google censoring certain companies/websites would be as bad for them as anyone else, how about this: They don't have to censor anything from Viacom, just "nudge" their pagerank back a little, 20 or 30 spots would be fine. After all, how many search page results do you think people go through before they give up?
Uhm... No it's not. It's about getting political power.
Well then, considering they make Georgie Boy jump whenever they want, maybe they have it after all?
Come to think of it, maybe that's not such a bad idea: Get a few AQ guys some congressional seats. After a month, they'll be so deep in pork, lobbyists and high-class prostitutes that the last thing they'll want to do is blow stuff up.
If a government is prohibited from tapping phone calls originating from their country, then once a terrorist gets into the country, they have carte blanche. It's beyond stupid.
Hell yeah. Can't let those towelheads get their hands on our cellph^H^H^H WMDs.
It is clear to me that Marvel today is where DC was.
Agreed. As a former Marvel Zombie myself, It's actually a bit of a shock to finding DC's stuff a lot more interesting and cutting-edge (well, as cutting edge as one of the major publishers can be, at any rate.)
Further, the current Marvel "Civil War" storyline was worse than bad. Despite a few interesting subplots, the whole thing's been a dull and plodding affair, which is weird, as Marvel used to be pretty good when it came to major crossovers like this.
Without such protections, someone would invent something and then die of starvation before seeing any kind of profit. While he is trying to produce his invention, some megacorp would take his idea and put it in mass production and beat him to his own market. The inventor would be left with jack because noone would have to pay him to produce his innovation for themselves.
Which RCA did to Farnsworth even though he had a patent, so what's your argument?
With respect to these transitions (eg. increased surveillance) it is not our society. It is the society of those who write the laws. The need to feel safe is an alibi.
Agreed, but I'm loathe to not put at least some of the responsibility on the general public. If you can't be arsed keeping up with current events and reacting accordingly instead of screaming foul after the fact, you deserve what you get.
If you're one of those people who're on the fence about software patents and think they should kept, then drop the term to seven years or so. Considering how fast the computer and software field move, seven years is a lifetime.
You're onto something there: Different terms for different fields. Software would probably work well at 7 years, but something like a song would be longer, say somewhere around 50 to a 100 years. Let completely different industries be treated differently.
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It may be the reason for the second ammendment, only thing is the second amendment is now redundant. The very instant anyone attempts to put together a group of people with the aim of affecting Government policies or methods through the 'bearing arms' avenue, they'll be thrown in prison or sent to GTMO.
Somebody mod parent up, he's absolutely spot on. How useful is the 2nd amendment anymore, when even a few hippie war protesters are so dangerous, they have to be confined in 'free-speech zones'? Maybe a 'test case' is in order....
Prior Art, though that's never been much of a stumblimg block for MS.
If you want to print some pictures, just upload them to wal-mart or something. I don't know about everyone else, but pictures are not something I print a lot of, and many things I do print would quickly exhaust ink cartridges. And as the parent stated: clogged cartridges suck. Who as a home user uses their printer frequently enough to keep that from happening? This is not a problem with laserjet toner.
Game over, SCHecklerX wins the thread.
Seriously, why are we even having these conversations any more? Ooh, a new way to clog up your ink cartridges! Mod me troll if you want, but why we're still debating (heh! not even, it's DEAD!) the pros and cons of inkjet technology is beyond me.
To recap: You want to print a little? Spend the money on an LJ, becuase an underused IJ clogs up.
You want to print a lot? Spend the money on an LJ, because it's more cost-effective.
Want to print pictures? Go to Wal-mart like the man said.
Come on folks, do yourselves a favour: take your inkjets out to a field somewhere, crank the Rap tunes up to 11 and have at 'em with a baseball bats. You know you want to.
I'm not sure how being able to recognize yourself in the mirror plays into it.
But if we can't empathize with ourselves, how can empathize with others? Or, until you see yourself as a thinking, feeling human being (as opposed to some dumb animal that exists at the level of an auomaton), you'll never have the capacity to see others for what they are.
But there is a certain point at which the stench, impossibility of finding important items, and spousal/co-worker nagging will counter any increased productivity.
Woah there. Messy!=dirty. My place might look like a hurricane hit it, but I keep it clean.
Windows is not nearly as unstable as the FUDDERS would like to make it seem.
Of course not, but you're still one lucky bastard.
Sure, win2k was a huge step up (well, after SP2, anyway). But don't kid yourself into thinking it crashed less than previous versions, it's just that it didn't tend to fubar your data up when it did. You can talk all you want about how much more reliable its become (true), but that still doesn't change the fact that I've lost entire days of my life troubleshooting some random, obscure or simply illogical "hiccup".
And don't even get me started on XP, it was fucking useless when it first came out. Yeah, yeah, I know, but it was a complete WTF for me: how and why would you want to release a shittified version of 2000?
Awesome, a first post that's funny and insightful! Honestly, if you've ever had to install Windows more than [many] times, you'll know full well the average install attempts per succesful attempts is easily 2:1.
Maybe he's talking about the Fruit Fracker from Battlestar Galactica.
SPOILER: The fruit fracker is one of the remaining 5 Cylons. You heard it here first, folks!
It's also a bit easier to recover a Buffalo WHR-G54S from an accidental "bricking". The emergency TFTP bootloader is nearly impossible to damage.
Very useful info, thank you. I'll think I'll pick one up next time I need a router. Got a linksys monoculture springing up around me anyway...
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Funny, I just ordered 2 dell servers sans OS as well. If you have a lot of OS install disks hanging around, it's a great option, especially since they were running some kind of special. I ended up buying two for under a grand, and I usually prefer to roll my own.
Fair warning, though, when you don't buy any extras, it makes them really sad.
Should this be a "Good to see where our priorities are" rant, or a "Yaay, the private sector sure solves all problems!" rant?
Naaaah, just let your head explode.
LOL, you just made GP's point for him: Ebola kills quickly, and therefore doesn't get much of a chance to spread. You may have noticed that only handfuls of people have died of it, as opposed to thousands or millions.
Very good point. Why does MS prefer big honkin' files over a more granular approach anyway?
If Google were ever dumb enough (they aren't) to start self-censoring to penalize foes in other areas of their business, people wouldn't use Google.
While I agree with you that Google censoring certain companies/websites would be as bad for them as anyone else, how about this: They don't have to censor anything from Viacom, just "nudge" their pagerank back a little, 20 or 30 spots would be fine. After all, how many search page results do you think people go through before they give up?
Uhm... No it's not. It's about getting political power.
Well then, considering they make Georgie Boy jump whenever they want, maybe they have it after all?
Come to think of it, maybe that's not such a bad idea: Get a few AQ guys some congressional seats. After a month, they'll be so deep in pork, lobbyists and high-class prostitutes that the last thing they'll want to do is blow stuff up.
If a government is prohibited from tapping phone calls originating from their country, then once a terrorist gets into the country, they have carte blanche. It's beyond stupid.
Hell yeah. Can't let those towelheads get their hands on our cellph^H^H^H WMDs.
It is clear to me that Marvel today is where DC was.
Agreed. As a former Marvel Zombie myself, It's actually a bit of a shock to finding DC's stuff a lot more interesting and cutting-edge (well, as cutting edge as one of the major publishers can be, at any rate.)
Further, the current Marvel "Civil War" storyline was worse than bad. Despite a few interesting subplots, the whole thing's been a dull and plodding affair, which is weird, as Marvel used to be pretty good when it came to major crossovers like this.
"Cum on my face, and I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
Thank you. I checked in on this thread solely to make sure the appropriate Tap reference was in place. Carry on.
Cool, thanks for the useful info (Zonk, you paying attention?). This game actually makes me want to pick up a 360 now, instead of waiting for Halo 3.
Without such protections, someone would invent something and then die of starvation before seeing any kind of profit. While he is trying to produce his invention, some megacorp would take his idea and put it in mass production and beat him to his own market. The inventor would be left with jack because noone would have to pay him to produce his innovation for themselves.
Which RCA did to Farnsworth even though he had a patent, so what's your argument?
Let's just say I'm not planning on voting for Sen. Clinton ever.
Running an informal survey, what are your reasons for not voting for her?
With respect to these transitions (eg. increased surveillance) it is not our society. It is the society of those who write the laws. The need to feel safe is an alibi.
Agreed, but I'm loathe to not put at least some of the responsibility on the general public. If you can't be arsed keeping up with current events and reacting accordingly instead of screaming foul after the fact, you deserve what you get.
If you're one of those people who're on the fence about software patents and think they should kept, then drop the term to seven years or so. Considering how fast the computer and software field move, seven years is a lifetime.
You're onto something there: Different terms for different fields. Software would probably work well at 7 years, but something like a song would be longer, say somewhere around 50 to a 100 years. Let completely different industries be treated differently.