How many kids skip school before they're in middle school anyway? If you skipped, odds are your parents were in on it, because you were with them. A 9 year old hanging out at the mall smoking a cigarette is a little... strange.
Don't be so quick to pass it off. There's no telling what might happen with this HIV cure, what if you get a mutation, and you become infected with regular HIV? Sure, you won't get cancer, but you won't get laid anymore either.
I'd say the most common problem with OCed computers is underestimating the cooling. Second would be underestimating your power supply's abilities. Overclocking by itself won't kill anything, so long as proper protective measures are taken.
I think the editors do this intentionally, just to make sure we're all on the ball. It'd be a sad day for/. when a dupe was posted and the first ten posts weren't making that fact very obvious.
If I lived forever I'd be exactly like that guy in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. The guy who spends all of enternity insulting various lifeforms.
Wowbagger, the Infinitely Prolonged. That'd be me.
Exactly. Nothing can be proven if it isn't observed. We can't see atoms. Literally... cannot... see them. They're just a theory. The idea of the earth going around Sol? That's a theory too, but the bible has its own view on that as well. I don't see any disclaimers in the Physics textbooks about that.
Remember way back when, when the Phone companies would actully HIRE people that were Phreaking, because it turned out they knew more about the engineering behind the telephone lines than the people that actully worked for the phone company?
Electronic computers, and more importantly, the Internet, are going to be the two most influential inventions of the next century. The 20th had the television, and the 21st has the Internet.
Computers can't be used for much without software, as the average/.er is no doubt aware. The key difference between the Internet and the television is that the masses control the Internet, it isn't available only to people able to broadcast over the waves, and it falls under no enforcement by the FCC. Of course only internet users in the United States have to worry about the FCC anyway. The point is this: freedom is important to most people, and it's something people are more than willing to die for.
Dying for software might seem extreme, but it's got to be more extreme to put someone in a life or death situation because of it anyway.
No, the Air Force guy isn't committing any civilian crimes, but he IS committing a whole slew of military crimes, some of which involve transmiting classified data to an unauthorized source.
Nothing is classified in the civilian world, well... before the DMCA was passed, nothing was classified.
It's called Treason, and yes, it still holds the death penalty. Treason is a federal juristiction crime, not a state or local crime, so local laws hold no bearing. The federal laws state execution and that's exactly what Treason carries. No jail time, just instant execution.
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Where can I find me one of those girls that's willing to sign a contract like that?
How many kids skip school before they're in middle school anyway? If you skipped, odds are your parents were in on it, because you were with them. A 9 year old hanging out at the mall smoking a cigarette is a little... strange.
It doesn't imply anything. It was a joke.
It's gotten a little complex, now you require a paperclip and some masking tape. Don't question how it works, just believe.
Don't be so quick to pass it off. There's no telling what might happen with this HIV cure, what if you get a mutation, and you become infected with regular HIV? Sure, you won't get cancer, but you won't get laid anymore either.
Don't be rediculous, this has far greater possibilities... can anybody say "lottery"?
I'd say the most common problem with OCed computers is underestimating the cooling. Second would be underestimating your power supply's abilities. Overclocking by itself won't kill anything, so long as proper protective measures are taken.
Mister Gates makes a good point, though. If the entire planet switched to non-Microsoft software, where would we get our daily dose of Clippy?
Dogs are also warm and cuddly.
With the exception of the robots in porn, there arn't many robots that can make that claim.
I think the editors do this intentionally, just to make sure we're all on the ball. It'd be a sad day for /. when a dupe was posted and the first ten posts weren't making that fact very obvious.
Karma whoring for your pleasure
If I lived forever I'd be exactly like that guy in the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. The guy who spends all of enternity insulting various lifeforms.
Wowbagger, the Infinitely Prolonged. That'd be me.
That's a great idea....
FOR ME TO POOP ON!
Sorry, you left yourself wide open, and I have no willpower to restrain myself.
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Exactly. Nothing can be proven if it isn't observed. We can't see atoms. Literally... cannot... see them. They're just a theory. The idea of the earth going around Sol? That's a theory too, but the bible has its own view on that as well. I don't see any disclaimers in the Physics textbooks about that.
Long ago they figured we might try that, which is why the U.S. government spends more on defense than any other country on the fucking planet.
Just about all software that caters to a business has an auto-run and auto-update feature, just to ease the pains of the local IT guys.
Even the built in copy of defrag on Windows 98 has an option to be added to the task manager.
Remember way back when, when the Phone companies would actully HIRE people that were Phreaking, because it turned out they knew more about the engineering behind the telephone lines than the people that actully worked for the phone company?
Why not offer this dude a job?
I'd much rather have seen the release of a Starcraft MMO rather than Yet Another Fantasy MMO, but such is life.
You sir, are my hero.
We'll have 802.12... DUH!
I'm curious how you get your motherboard grounded correctly. Do you have to add a sheet of metal or something? I'd love to make a LEGO case.
Electronic computers, and more importantly, the Internet, are going to be the two most influential inventions of the next century. The 20th had the television, and the 21st has the Internet.
/.er is no doubt aware. The key difference between the Internet and the television is that the masses control the Internet, it isn't available only to people able to broadcast over the waves, and it falls under no enforcement by the FCC. Of course only internet users in the United States have to worry about the FCC anyway. The point is this: freedom is important to most people, and it's something people are more than willing to die for.
Computers can't be used for much without software, as the average
Dying for software might seem extreme, but it's got to be more extreme to put someone in a life or death situation because of it anyway.
On the whole, religion has killed more people than all forms of revolution and all wars over money, gold or resources.
Nobody, but not because it's a faceless organization. Nobody because the RIAA/MPAA are not bound by English law, but United States' law.
No, the Air Force guy isn't committing any civilian crimes, but he IS committing a whole slew of military crimes, some of which involve transmiting classified data to an unauthorized source.
Nothing is classified in the civilian world, well... before the DMCA was passed, nothing was classified.
It's called Treason, and yes, it still holds the death penalty. Treason is a federal juristiction crime, not a state or local crime, so local laws hold no bearing. The federal laws state execution and that's exactly what Treason carries. No jail time, just instant execution.
These assholes deserve it, too.