I don't think paedophiles should be put in prison. I do, however, think anyone who rapes a kid should be. More study into paedophilia is needed - we need to see if it is a mental illness (say, resulting from some childhood trauma), or if people are geared for it from birth. Who knows. Until we answer those questions, we can't understand the problem fully.
They also have steak knives in first class on many, many carriers. Which is weird, as I've never eaten a steak on a plane that needed cutting with anything sharper than a napkin, let alone with a steak knife.
I'd hazard a guess at it being far more than one plane's contents. The flow of people in airports is through a series of bottlenecks, and the resulting panic of an explosion going off will result in everyone running to the last exit they remember seeing, if one is not in sight. Couple that with large amounts of people, headed to different flights, going through security at the same time, and the amount of people who'd get killed or seriously hurt could be in the 500+ range.
Yeah! Because the first ever foray of the west into the middle east started with the second gulf war! No democracies had been toppled there, no marauding imperial armies had swept across it, no massacres, no countries created by signing paper thousands of miles away, nothing. It was just middle easterners living among middle easerners.
You're in the massive minority, though. That's the problem - what would really appeal to the slashdot crowd (as large as that is) still won't have enough support in the general population to become massively popular. Most folks just want windows, unfortunately. I'm all for competition, but this isn't it.
I don't want to call you a liar, but Windows activation (for both XP and Vista) requires a large change to hardware for the version of Windows to become de-activated. Maybe you changed a bunch of different stuff over the years, and adding more RAM was the straw that broke the camel's activation? You can read here about that (it's for XP but Vista is the same in this regard). Changing the RAM on its own is not enough - you have to change at least 6 components in your PC for it to freak out. Here's a snippet from the page linked above:
Scenario A:
PC One has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 above. User swaps the motherboard and CPU chip for an upgraded one, swaps the video adapter, adds a second hard drive for additional storage, doubles the amount of RAM, and swaps the CD ROM drive for a faster one.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
Scenario B:
PC Two has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 except that it has no network adapter. User doubles the amount of RAM, swaps the video card and the SCSI controller.
Result: Reactivation is NOT required.
Dockable PCs are treated slightly more leniently. In a dockable PC, if a network adapter exists and is not changed, 9 or more of the other above values would have to change before reactivation was required. If no network adapter exists or the existing one is changed, 7 or more changes (including the network adapter) will result in a requirement to reactivate.
Scenario C:
Dockable PC Three has the full assortment of hardware components listed in Table 1 except that it has no network adapter. User doubles the amount of RAM, swaps to a bigger hard disk drive, and adds a network adapter.
Indeed - adding some humans to the mix would definitely increase the percentage of people caring. I'm still not sure it'll grab everyone, though. I can't imagine gang-bangers from South Central giving a rat's ass about some astronaughts, or some trailer trash in Georgia too drunk to turn the channel:) Personally, I think all of this stuff is insanely great, but then I'm a geek, and it's kind of expected:)
That's exactly what I was thinking. Maybe it's a difference in the humour of Brits vs. everyone else. When I read about this, I instantly assumed it was a way to tell parents (especially Dad) to pay attention to their kids, and not some "oh noes!!!11eleventy 1984!!!" fascist wet-dream.
People thought space exploration was important in the 60s and 70s because if the US didn't get there, the USSR would. Never before has a beep made the US collectively shit its pants before Sputnik. It had nothing to do with furthering humanity, but a lot to do with national pride and being scared of the reds.
People don't want nuclear-powered rockets blasting off into space as NASA has a rather chequered history when it comes to guaranteeing they don't blow up.
I think you meant "the middle-class" instead of "all of society". I doubt every level of society is paying attention to this. I'm not being a dick, but these sorts of things don't mean the same to everyone.
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Not unless the intelligence-gatherers also have the keys, which isn't out of the question.
But it's still compatible with over 80% of the browsers out there ;)
You can get 1920x1200 on 15.4" notebooks these days.
It's just two keys on a keyboard. If that's enough to get your panties in a bunch, may I suggest getting a hobby? :)
In UK police parlance, it's called "going equipped" - having the equipment to commit crimes on you.
Shouldn't the floppies be hidden in a cigarette carton above a ceiling tile instead?
Not until they have 6,602,224,175 pledges. And that was of July last year, so it's a lot more than that now.
Are you that petty that the windows logo pisses you off? Jesus H tapdancing Christ.
Maybe CGI child porno could be their equivalent of the heroin junkie's methadone?
I don't think paedophiles should be put in prison. I do, however, think anyone who rapes a kid should be. More study into paedophilia is needed - we need to see if it is a mental illness (say, resulting from some childhood trauma), or if people are geared for it from birth. Who knows. Until we answer those questions, we can't understand the problem fully.
No. No-one had it in their mouth.
They also have steak knives in first class on many, many carriers. Which is weird, as I've never eaten a steak on a plane that needed cutting with anything sharper than a napkin, let alone with a steak knife.
I'd hazard a guess at it being far more than one plane's contents. The flow of people in airports is through a series of bottlenecks, and the resulting panic of an explosion going off will result in everyone running to the last exit they remember seeing, if one is not in sight. Couple that with large amounts of people, headed to different flights, going through security at the same time, and the amount of people who'd get killed or seriously hurt could be in the 500+ range.
I'd have been more worried about the box of candy. Rock Ridge: Never Forget.
What happens when the gun is stolen?
He was even given permission to invade Kuwait - from the US. He was a team player the whole way through.
You bleeding-heart liberals really piss me off. Brown people == brown people. Don't try to weasel your way out of this one with your logic and facts.
Yeah! Because the first ever foray of the west into the middle east started with the second gulf war! No democracies had been toppled there, no marauding imperial armies had swept across it, no massacres, no countries created by signing paper thousands of miles away, nothing. It was just middle easterners living among middle easerners.
Idiot.
You're in the massive minority, though. That's the problem - what would really appeal to the slashdot crowd (as large as that is) still won't have enough support in the general population to become massively popular. Most folks just want windows, unfortunately. I'm all for competition, but this isn't it.
Indeed - adding some humans to the mix would definitely increase the percentage of people caring. I'm still not sure it'll grab everyone, though. I can't imagine gang-bangers from South Central giving a rat's ass about some astronaughts, or some trailer trash in Georgia too drunk to turn the channel :) Personally, I think all of this stuff is insanely great, but then I'm a geek, and it's kind of expected :)
That's cool - I just wondered why you mentioned the iPhone in particular - it stuck out a mile :)
That's exactly what I was thinking. Maybe it's a difference in the humour of Brits vs. everyone else. When I read about this, I instantly assumed it was a way to tell parents (especially Dad) to pay attention to their kids, and not some "oh noes!!!11eleventy 1984!!!" fascist wet-dream.
People thought space exploration was important in the 60s and 70s because if the US didn't get there, the USSR would. Never before has a beep made the US collectively shit its pants before Sputnik. It had nothing to do with furthering humanity, but a lot to do with national pride and being scared of the reds.
People don't want nuclear-powered rockets blasting off into space as NASA has a rather chequered history when it comes to guaranteeing they don't blow up.
I think you meant "the middle-class" instead of "all of society". I doubt every level of society is paying attention to this. I'm not being a dick, but these sorts of things don't mean the same to everyone.