isn't it about the code structure, not the hardware structure?
Don't get me wrong - I love voodoo2s. I have one of the little SLI(?) ribbon cables in front of me. It's been knocking round my desk since I scrapped my poor, poor Voodoo2 (R.I.P.)
Damn those things got hot. I had to get one of those voodoo2 cooling things with the two fans just to get it to stop freaking out. Creative, it was. Both in brand and nature:-P
I certainly agree. Who the hell needs to know someone's race? Sure, you can say that some racial communities have higher levels of certain diseases, but if you've got medical history, surely that's enough. That sounds like a horribly invasive thing to collect about someone.
"If a cop shot some guy, it should be because the cop was in imminent danger"
In a perfect world, yes. Unfortunately, enough people get offed by the cops for reaching for cellphones. I know radiation can kill, but that's policing gone too far. Also, remember the excellent LAPD, and their penchant for being violent towards black people without cause. Oh, and threatening people with deportation for not complying with their investigations. And serial rape. And I'm sure there's more that goes unreported.
The real issue is, how can a cop get the SSN from a homeless person acting "strangely" without asking him for it? Surely if he has a serious mental issue which is endangering himself, he's not going to be in the correct frame of mind to recite his SSN. And definitely not before a rookie enters some unilateral 9mm "questioning" of the insides of the poor homeless person's torso.
So far, all I can see is gross invasion of privacy, and a supposed quick-fix solution to a problem people are constantly overlooking the cause of.
Maybe the reluctance to accept help is the illness? If that's the case, then he does need free mental healthcare.
You can't look at something like mental health on face value. It is, after all, mental.
Not enough is known about homelessness because people jump to the conclusion that they're all perfectly sane, just lazy or unwilling to accept help. If we put that prejudice aside, we can look at the actual problem instead of having this knee-jerk reaction to it, and start to help these people. After all, do you think people like living on doorsteps and starving? I know I wouldn't, unless something was seriously wrong in my head. I pray that people wouldn't assume I was lazy, and they'd try to help me.
but if you've not taken the plunge into the murky world of wireless, this is the ticket to great wireless, without worrying what's lurking in your wall cavity, or how many airports you'll need to cover your entire house.;)
Well, as the article states, the range of this technology is waay greater than existing 802.whatever standards, so that's gotta help with reliability.
This technology isn't just purely about the speed, but the range. It takes the emphasis off the signal strength and puts it on the computer, therefore we get better everything.:)
Well, white america (as a whole) isn't doing ANYTHING to stop this image. People didn't just pull it out of their ass - they think this for a reason. If more was done to actually stop people shouting racist slurs, then maybe non-white people wouldn't feel this way.
Guess what - they also pay taxes. Sales tax. Everyone who buys anything where sales tax applies is paying taxes. As the US has a very, very meagre welfare state, they aren't entitled to many free handouts from the government, so they're more likely to actually help the economy than damage it.
Also remember that the first white guys to land on America didn't have visas, or ask the locals. Yet you'd probably not look at a white guy the same way you look at anyone else.
Do you seriously believe that? That someone can be persecuted because of their appearance? White guys who collect weapons are dangerous. They're armed. Of course they deserve monitoring. They have at their disposal the tools to kill many, many people. As far as I'm aware, people who aren't white don't inherently have these weapons, so why should they be persecuted solely because of their race?
If your analogy was correct, ALL white people (regardless of how many weapons they own, or if they live in a shack in the forest or not) would be being monitored. Guess what - they're not. They're also not subjected to being shouted at in the streets due to their race. They're not subjected to random searches JUST TO GET IN TO A RESTAURANT. They're not treated with suspicion by their friends.
It's not "bleeding heart liberal bs", it's racism by white people such as yourself. If you can't tell the difference, then you've just proved my point, and the point of the original poster.
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Don't get me wrong - I love voodoo2s. I have one of the little SLI(?) ribbon cables in front of me. It's been knocking round my desk since I scrapped my poor, poor Voodoo2 (R.I.P.)
Damn those things got hot. I had to get one of those voodoo2 cooling things with the two fans just to get it to stop freaking out. Creative, it was. Both in brand and nature :-P
I certainly agree. Who the hell needs to know someone's race? Sure, you can say that some racial communities have higher levels of certain diseases, but if you've got medical history, surely that's enough. That sounds like a horribly invasive thing to collect about someone.
In a perfect world, yes. Unfortunately, enough people get offed by the cops for reaching for cellphones. I know radiation can kill, but that's policing gone too far. Also, remember the excellent LAPD, and their penchant for being violent towards black people without cause. Oh, and threatening people with deportation for not complying with their investigations. And serial rape. And I'm sure there's more that goes unreported.
The real issue is, how can a cop get the SSN from a homeless person acting "strangely" without asking him for it? Surely if he has a serious mental issue which is endangering himself, he's not going to be in the correct frame of mind to recite his SSN. And definitely not before a rookie enters some unilateral 9mm "questioning" of the insides of the poor homeless person's torso.
So far, all I can see is gross invasion of privacy, and a supposed quick-fix solution to a problem people are constantly overlooking the cause of.
You can't look at something like mental health on face value. It is, after all, mental.
Not enough is known about homelessness because people jump to the conclusion that they're all perfectly sane, just lazy or unwilling to accept help. If we put that prejudice aside, we can look at the actual problem instead of having this knee-jerk reaction to it, and start to help these people. After all, do you think people like living on doorsteps and starving? I know I wouldn't, unless something was seriously wrong in my head. I pray that people wouldn't assume I was lazy, and they'd try to help me.
or using more, higher quality receivers :)
but if you've not taken the plunge into the murky world of wireless, this is the ticket to great wireless, without worrying what's lurking in your wall cavity, or how many airports you'll need to cover your entire house. ;)
Well, as the article states, the range of this technology is waay greater than existing 802.whatever standards, so that's gotta help with reliability.
:)
This technology isn't just purely about the speed, but the range. It takes the emphasis off the signal strength and puts it on the computer, therefore we get better everything.
as the previous guy and the subject say - RTFA.
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It supports MUCH GREATER RANGES. That's where it leaves us. Your two airports could be replaced by one of these puppies, and there'd be no gaps.
sheesh. does it have to be this hard?
Well, white america (as a whole) isn't doing ANYTHING to stop this image. People didn't just pull it out of their ass - they think this for a reason. If more was done to actually stop people shouting racist slurs, then maybe non-white people wouldn't feel this way.
Guess what - they also pay taxes. Sales tax. Everyone who buys anything where sales tax applies is paying taxes. As the US has a very, very meagre welfare state, they aren't entitled to many free handouts from the government, so they're more likely to actually help the economy than damage it. Also remember that the first white guys to land on America didn't have visas, or ask the locals. Yet you'd probably not look at a white guy the same way you look at anyone else.
Do you seriously believe that? That someone can be persecuted because of their appearance? White guys who collect weapons are dangerous. They're armed. Of course they deserve monitoring. They have at their disposal the tools to kill many, many people. As far as I'm aware, people who aren't white don't inherently have these weapons, so why should they be persecuted solely because of their race?
If your analogy was correct, ALL white people (regardless of how many weapons they own, or if they live in a shack in the forest or not) would be being monitored. Guess what - they're not. They're also not subjected to being shouted at in the streets due to their race. They're not subjected to random searches JUST TO GET IN TO A RESTAURANT. They're not treated with suspicion by their friends.
It's not "bleeding heart liberal bs", it's racism by white people such as yourself. If you can't tell the difference, then you've just proved my point, and the point of the original poster.