Writer can't even split the window so you can see two parts of the document at the same time, a feature Word has had at least since I last installed it from floppy disks. Writer has some *serious* shortcomings. I weaned a friend of mine off Word, due to pricing concerns, and the number of times I've had to try to explain why Writer is lacking a specific, vital feature or function is embarrassing. I'd rather stick with a pirated copy of Office that might be blocked any minute than wrestle with Open Office. I wish it wasn't the case, I really do.
The very fact you think you can define what a "perfect" country is, which is a prerequisite for deciding which country is close to said definition, speaks volumes about just how irrational your claim is. I'd absolutely love for you, Mr. AC, to explain just how you define a "perfect" country. But you won't.
It's hardly "stop-gap". It has plenty of very valid uses that still haven't been bested by any other technology out there. It's not perfect, but then absolutely nothing is. Stop lying like that.:)
There is a *lot* more to graphics than simply pixel counts! Until a phone can provide as much power as an electrical outlet, it won't happen. Consoles will stay ahead, and phones will lag behind.
Mandatory health insurance doesn't just benefit those who are ill, it benefits the rest of society who have any interaction with that person, or their dependants. The more people who are fit enough to work and be productive the better it is for society, which means more people paying taxes. It's like people complaining about funding schools - they don't realise what it would be like if huge swathes of society was deprived of adequate education - society would grind to a halt. But meh - logic doesn't matter to those folks.
Hey, dumbass - the file manager launches the selected image in the chosen image viewer. There is no extra navigation required. This is how it works on every single computer and android I've ever seen. It seems like your issues stem from ignorance, and not technical limitations.
AIDS is a syndrome (hence the S on the end), and is not a virus. That alone makes trusting the article's veracity without severe corroboration a dangerous endeavour indeed.
You sound like a lunatic. I have no idea what kind of fucked-up nonsense your schools are "indoctrinating" kids with, but that sure as fuck didn't happen when I grew up.
Statistically speaking, no-one gives a shit about that, or ever will. Most people just use what works, and expect it to work in the future. It's worked out rather well so far. And I'm pretty sure if Microsoft changes some format to some other, closed-source, encrypted Death Star of a format, tools will be made to convert old documents into the new ones, and people will keep on using what they have since they started. The myth of the openness-desiring user is simply that - a myth.
It's not just about scale - that, as you say, is forgiveable - it's about aspect ratio. They made the Samsungs look more like the Apples by squashing their dimensions differently, changing their shape in the process. That isn't exactly cool, as I'm sure you would agree.
Just think how well they'd be doing if they actually had some coherency of design. Just because they're doing awesomely (and I agree - they are) doesn't mean they're doing as well as they could be.
You can easily sniff for MAC addresses of wireless clients, and assume one yourself. The network would have to be using WEP for you to actually get access, though.
Also, how do you know that someone else who knows the van there isn't just messing around with their SSID, playing a joke? You seem to be assuming an awful lot.
Or it's just someone messing around with a funny SSID. After all, the kid was arrested by the local PD, not the FBI. That makes a lot more sense than what you are suggesting.
Get over yourself. Seriously. It's embarrassing. He's already mentioned that when running Linux in a VM on Windows, both OSs have decent graphics capabilities, and the opposite is true when running Windows in a VM under Linux. You just span that into some bizarre anti-Windows rant, ignoring the point entirely.
Apart from all the CCTV images the police have released to the public for information on the subjects. Apart from those, right? They *are* going after the rioters - they're also going after those who certainly didn't help the situation.
If you want to engage in lazy regurgitation of quote-mining, sure. Otherwise, if you think for a second that they don't actually summarise their entire position on those three words, you'll figure out they mean "really inflammatory, inaccurate messages which could very plausibly lead to property damage and even assault", then it starts to make sense.
But I guess it's just more fun to engage in knee-jerk-reactionary masturbation than think.
The majority of people who were hurt (financially or physically) in the riots are not rich. They're not powerful. They don't hold the paranoid-conspiratorial controls in their hands. This is just the government (or, more accurately Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service) actually cracking down on behaviour which has incited, or has the real possibility of inciting, others to break the laws in very measurable, harmful ways.
So yes, posting inaccurate information is a jailable offence in the UK, if the information is so inflammatory and inaccurate that it incites criminal behaviour. Just as it is in the US. Or anywhere else in the civilised world, come to think of it.
Also, he's not even saying the answer is to block all social networks, just stopping access to people who are using it for nefarious means. Nowhere in the linked article does it state that all networks are to be blocked to everyone. But CmdrTaco is a fucking awful editor, so I guess it's to be expected.
Yes, we're all different, but we're all equal. You are confusing the argument. Of course we can say that men and women have different thought patterns - it's only when you say one is outright-better than the other that things get dicey. Political correctness is all about accuracy of statement. You can make any statement you want, just be accurate about it. Your conflation of "same" and "equal" is a great example of why you could benefit from understanding what PC is, and why PC is necessary to help folks like you understand the difference. Folks who claim political correctness is bad either don't understand the concept, or don't understand other concepts they discuss in public, which are subsequently highlighted as being un-PC. Whenever you read "politically correct", replace it with "accurate", or even just "correct". Then, maybe, you'll understand it as a notion, and see just how useful it is.
IQ is a ridiculously misnamed metric. It tests modernity, not intelligence. People struggling to survive don't give a rat's ass about what various words or shapes have in common - they care more about where dinner is coming from. Once a population gets all the things it needs, IQs start to rise as they have more time to spend on learning about frivolous stuff like numerical sequences and funny shapes.
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Writer can't even split the window so you can see two parts of the document at the same time, a feature Word has had at least since I last installed it from floppy disks. Writer has some *serious* shortcomings. I weaned a friend of mine off Word, due to pricing concerns, and the number of times I've had to try to explain why Writer is lacking a specific, vital feature or function is embarrassing. I'd rather stick with a pirated copy of Office that might be blocked any minute than wrestle with Open Office. I wish it wasn't the case, I really do.
No. Just no. You are rather misinformed.
The very fact you think you can define what a "perfect" country is, which is a prerequisite for deciding which country is close to said definition, speaks volumes about just how irrational your claim is. I'd absolutely love for you, Mr. AC, to explain just how you define a "perfect" country. But you won't.
It's hardly "stop-gap". It has plenty of very valid uses that still haven't been bested by any other technology out there. It's not perfect, but then absolutely nothing is. Stop lying like that. :)
There is a *lot* more to graphics than simply pixel counts! Until a phone can provide as much power as an electrical outlet, it won't happen. Consoles will stay ahead, and phones will lag behind.
Mandatory health insurance doesn't just benefit those who are ill, it benefits the rest of society who have any interaction with that person, or their dependants. The more people who are fit enough to work and be productive the better it is for society, which means more people paying taxes. It's like people complaining about funding schools - they don't realise what it would be like if huge swathes of society was deprived of adequate education - society would grind to a halt. But meh - logic doesn't matter to those folks.
"We"? Were you personally doing it?
Hey, dumbass - the file manager launches the selected image in the chosen image viewer. There is no extra navigation required. This is how it works on every single computer and android I've ever seen. It seems like your issues stem from ignorance, and not technical limitations.
AIDS is a syndrome (hence the S on the end), and is not a virus. That alone makes trusting the article's veracity without severe corroboration a dangerous endeavour indeed.
Your logic is rather faulty.
You sound like a lunatic. I have no idea what kind of fucked-up nonsense your schools are "indoctrinating" kids with, but that sure as fuck didn't happen when I grew up.
Statistically speaking, no-one gives a shit about that, or ever will. Most people just use what works, and expect it to work in the future. It's worked out rather well so far. And I'm pretty sure if Microsoft changes some format to some other, closed-source, encrypted Death Star of a format, tools will be made to convert old documents into the new ones, and people will keep on using what they have since they started. The myth of the openness-desiring user is simply that - a myth.
It's not just about scale - that, as you say, is forgiveable - it's about aspect ratio. They made the Samsungs look more like the Apples by squashing their dimensions differently, changing their shape in the process. That isn't exactly cool, as I'm sure you would agree.
Just think how well they'd be doing if they actually had some coherency of design. Just because they're doing awesomely (and I agree - they are) doesn't mean they're doing as well as they could be.
You can easily sniff for MAC addresses of wireless clients, and assume one yourself. The network would have to be using WEP for you to actually get access, though.
Also, how do you know that someone else who knows the van there isn't just messing around with their SSID, playing a joke? You seem to be assuming an awful lot.
Critical thinking - it's what's for dinner.
Their sniffer would not be broadcasting anything, surely...
Or it's just someone messing around with a funny SSID. After all, the kid was arrested by the local PD, not the FBI. That makes a lot more sense than what you are suggesting.
Get over yourself. Seriously. It's embarrassing. He's already mentioned that when running Linux in a VM on Windows, both OSs have decent graphics capabilities, and the opposite is true when running Windows in a VM under Linux. You just span that into some bizarre anti-Windows rant, ignoring the point entirely.
Apart from all the CCTV images the police have released to the public for information on the subjects. Apart from those, right? They *are* going after the rioters - they're also going after those who certainly didn't help the situation.
If you want to engage in lazy regurgitation of quote-mining, sure. Otherwise, if you think for a second that they don't actually summarise their entire position on those three words, you'll figure out they mean "really inflammatory, inaccurate messages which could very plausibly lead to property damage and even assault", then it starts to make sense.
But I guess it's just more fun to engage in knee-jerk-reactionary masturbation than think.
The majority of people who were hurt (financially or physically) in the riots are not rich. They're not powerful. They don't hold the paranoid-conspiratorial controls in their hands. This is just the government (or, more accurately Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service) actually cracking down on behaviour which has incited, or has the real possibility of inciting, others to break the laws in very measurable, harmful ways.
So yes, posting inaccurate information is a jailable offence in the UK, if the information is so inflammatory and inaccurate that it incites criminal behaviour. Just as it is in the US. Or anywhere else in the civilised world, come to think of it.
You were saying?
Also, he's not even saying the answer is to block all social networks, just stopping access to people who are using it for nefarious means. Nowhere in the linked article does it state that all networks are to be blocked to everyone. But CmdrTaco is a fucking awful editor, so I guess it's to be expected.
Physics. Your move.
As Mark Twain once said: "a German joke is no laughing matter".
Yes, we're all different, but we're all equal. You are confusing the argument. Of course we can say that men and women have different thought patterns - it's only when you say one is outright-better than the other that things get dicey. Political correctness is all about accuracy of statement. You can make any statement you want, just be accurate about it. Your conflation of "same" and "equal" is a great example of why you could benefit from understanding what PC is, and why PC is necessary to help folks like you understand the difference. Folks who claim political correctness is bad either don't understand the concept, or don't understand other concepts they discuss in public, which are subsequently highlighted as being un-PC. Whenever you read "politically correct", replace it with "accurate", or even just "correct". Then, maybe, you'll understand it as a notion, and see just how useful it is.
IQ is a ridiculously misnamed metric. It tests modernity, not intelligence. People struggling to survive don't give a rat's ass about what various words or shapes have in common - they care more about where dinner is coming from. Once a population gets all the things it needs, IQs start to rise as they have more time to spend on learning about frivolous stuff like numerical sequences and funny shapes.