What I mean by control is this:
Last time I watched a DVD movie, I was forced to sit through a bunch of obnoxious previews, and the "fast forward" button didn't work until they all ended, and that really truly pissed me off.
My computer is not a multimedia device.
I expect it to play when I say play, stop when I say stop, pause when I say pause, and fast forward when I say fast forward. All else is irrelevant.
Plus, I can count on being able to back up my tapes. Backing up DVD runs afoul of copyright law.
What few movies I do have are VHS. Fast forward is good enough. Rewinding is not a problem. DVD and VHS look EXACTLY IDENTICAL as far as I'm concerned.
Deposit the liability limit (generally around $30,000) at your local driving authority. Get a recipt. You no longer need insurance, however, should you have an accident, you will need to make another deposit.
Don't have $30,000? THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE INSURANCE.
Government has tanks, Nuclear warheads, and thousands of times the people I could summon up.
If I did rise up and shoot at the government they would simply shoot back with more firepower than I'm legally allowed to own. And then I'd be dead and they'd go right back to business as usual.
My current bank describes me as an excellent customer. They will certainally miss the $500 or so (I've had up to $2,000 at some point.) For banks, every cent counts.
Screw big media. And Paypal.
If I can do the basics, I can live with TC. I still oppose it.
If my bank refuses a connection for this reason, I fully intend to widthdraw every cent deposited, close the accounts, and flip them the finger. Should they delay in giving me every cent, I'll have a nice policeman show up and ask them why not?
Paypal doesn't work for me anyway. I don't use DVDs [Because I don't trust them.]
If my computer doesn't boot from lack of signage, the equipment is being shipped back as defective. If this happens multiple times, my lawyer will write them a nice letter asking them if they intend to fulfill their part of the bargin.
Once I've bought it, it's mine, and I do intend to control it my way.
I have a very bad conception of quantum computing as it is, I've somehow confused it with the idea of getting computing power out of the atoms themselves. (which is probably as related to actual quantum computing as star trek is to physics.)
Still, this is good. A few more angstroms out of electronics means a few more decades of potential improvement.
Highlight the URL you want to copy and press Ctrl-C, highlight the URL you want to replace and press Ctrl-V.
If I do that, it pastes the highlighted URL instead of the copied URL. Which is not what I wanted. I'm not sure if this means my X installation is misinstalled or what.
Slashdot Mirror
This would solve the problem. Except that I suspect it would summon the MPAA and their lawyers faster than I could say "Holy slashdot."
Digital Smigital, if it does the five functions (and VHS does) then I'm satisfied.
What I mean by control is this:
Last time I watched a DVD movie, I was forced to sit through a bunch of obnoxious previews, and the "fast forward" button didn't work until they all ended, and that really truly pissed me off.
My computer is not a multimedia device.
I expect it to play when I say play, stop when I say stop, pause when I say pause, and fast forward when I say fast forward. All else is irrelevant.
Plus, I can count on being able to back up my tapes. Backing up DVD runs afoul of copyright law.
What few movies I do have are VHS. Fast forward is good enough. Rewinding is not a problem. DVD and VHS look EXACTLY IDENTICAL as far as I'm concerned.
Personally, I refuse to use DVDs. They offer too little control for my taste, and frankly, I don't give two hoots if it's digital or analog.
If this makes it hard for me to rent movies, I guess I'll just not see as many movies as before.
I forgot to add on the end:
</captainobvious>
I think this is going to sink the itanium project.
Deposit the liability limit (generally around $30,000) at your local driving authority. Get a recipt. You no longer need insurance, however, should you have an accident, you will need to make another deposit.
Don't have $30,000? THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE INSURANCE.
What prevents a person from pleading the fifth?
Apparently, publishers don't like libraries. It decreases sales of their book.
However, it massively accelerates research. Clearly a good thing.
(Mod me down, this post is stupid.)
If I were providing encryption to a Mob Boss (I do not actually know any, this is hypothetical), this is what I'd tell him after I installed it.
"For best security, always assume that the FBI has cracked the codes and is listening to your every word."
Yeah, vinnie, I washed those ten shirts. Begonia Begonia unlatch the ferret.
Yeah. FBI would probably arrest me anyway.
Mitnick is a con-man combined with a cracker.
This guy is pure cracker.
Bonzi Buddy displays a little purple monkey who issues useless advice, a la clippy.
You know, we really should work on making a spyware free replacement for Bonzi Buddy.
People LIKE Bonzi Buddy, and while the spyware would irritate them, they're really not aware of it.
Most linux distrobutions don't have an auto-install like windows does, plus this logging in thing really confuses a lot of people.
The gap is, however, narrowing. Soon linux will be the easy to use OS.
Public computers have no expectation of privacy -- the machine does not belong to you, it belongs to the public.
This guy is goofing off on the people of Alabama's dollar. The higher ups IGNORE this wrong doing, and indeed, seem to ENCOURAGE it.
Admittedly, conspiracy to waste public tax dollars seems kind of a frivolous charge, but it is still an abuse.
And covering yourself up like that is simply unacceptable.
Firing this guy is a great moral evil.
In most jobs I've worked out, playing solitare during working hours is a firable offense.
This organization has an additude of conspiracy. The top brass should be at least fired, and probably arrested.
If ever asked to join military service, immediately shoot self in head.
Government has tanks, Nuclear warheads, and thousands of times the people I could summon up.
If I did rise up and shoot at the government they would simply shoot back with more firepower than I'm legally allowed to own. And then I'd be dead and they'd go right back to business as usual.
My current bank describes me as an excellent customer. They will certainally miss the $500 or so (I've had up to $2,000 at some point.)
For banks, every cent counts.
Screw big media. And Paypal.
If I can do the basics, I can live with TC. I still oppose it.
If my bank refuses a connection for this reason, I fully intend to widthdraw every cent deposited, close the accounts, and flip them the finger. Should they delay in giving me every cent, I'll have a nice policeman show up and ask them why not?
Paypal doesn't work for me anyway. I don't use DVDs [Because I don't trust them.]
If my computer doesn't boot from lack of signage, the equipment is being shipped back as defective. If this happens multiple times, my lawyer will write them a nice letter asking them if they intend to fulfill their part of the bargin.
Once I've bought it, it's mine, and I do intend to control it my way.
I have a very bad conception of quantum computing as it is, I've somehow confused it with the idea of getting computing power out of the atoms themselves. (which is probably as related to actual quantum computing as star trek is to physics.)
Still, this is good. A few more angstroms out of electronics means a few more decades of potential improvement.
My new digital camera is a Vivitar. Windows found the drivers instantly.
With linux....I can see the camera, but I can't mount it. Although over time I found out that it uses SCSI, and a vfat filesystem.
Windows does stuff for you. Linux is for those who want to see and control every bit.
I just used apt-get to install the newest X drivers, and now it believes more normally.
Must have been a bug with that version.
The mouse I have works fine as is, and $10 would get me share in stock that would pass me additional money every three months. Or, you know, food.
Honestly, I might be annoyed that ctrl+c then ctrl+v doesn't do what I expected it to, but buying a new mouse is hardly going to fix that.
Highlight the URL you want to copy and press Ctrl-C, highlight the URL you want to replace and press Ctrl-V.
If I do that, it pastes the highlighted URL instead of the copied URL. Which is not what I wanted. I'm not sure if this means my X installation is misinstalled or what.