computers are amazing to me in how differently they behave than most other devices. just the idea of being able to run a plethora of different programs on the same machine, and each can do whatever it was programmed to do is pretty crazy, especially considering how easy it is to write compared to developing a standalone product to do the same thing. being able to copy data so readily is also pretty neat.
True, I can't think of any other widely available tool that is as flexible. I think though that the majority of user don't use the full capabilities of the computer and so are protected from the complexity.
How do YOU figure a computer IS potentially more dangerous THAN A car?
Computers aren't THAT bloody complicated unless you're digging under the hood or something has broken. Plenty OF people out there happilly use THEIR computers for years without understanding anything MORE that how they launch Microsoft word AND THE interweb. If they run in to problems they call tech support.
If you've got A central heating system at home, do you think you should be expected TO be a central heating EXPERT?
I don't have the box with me at the moment but I think World of Warcraft actually does something similar.
in the smallprint on the rear of the box, it says that you will need to agree to their terms of usage to use their online gaming. Of course, agreeing to these terms for accessing their server is different to agreeing to terms for using the software itself.
Don't drink tap water either, go for imported bottled water. It's the only way to avoid the mind-control drugs. Lucky I have a well outside my remote wooden shack in Montana so I'm okay.
Is there some kind of history between you and the parent? No-one responds so angrilly to just one comment in this way without a prior history or a serious fucking mental imbalance.
Try reading aloud this sentence without having to stop and take a breath. I can't.
Intel is trying to eliminate the human factor when dealing with root-kits detection by developing a new hardware-based technique to discover and notify users when they are downloading unintentionally a root-kit to their computer.
The writer's English is quite entertaining though. Not quite a candidate for Engrish.com but close.
How can they be sure that there isn't some nasty spyware in the hardware or federal agents in the house across the street reading your screen contents with an electro-magneto-view'o'scope? Personally I think that everyone should live along in wooden shacks in the middle of nowhere. The only reason to leave the house is to buy supplies and post a few pipe bombs.
Hope things work out anyway. Regarding debt, there's no reason to be in debt for the rest of your life but you probably would end up with some debt. See this as an investment in yourself that will pay-off when you find your first graduate level position. It would be nice to get a university education for free but I agree with the idea that the student should pay for some of it - even if this does involve having to take a loan.
True the claims are on a Labour web site but that doesn't mean that they are all wrong. You're correct to mention the claim about nurses. Adding nurses does not guarantee an improvement - what if the nurses are not as qualified as previous nurses or are simply not utilised effectively? However, what are these 'lower standards' and do they impact the quality of service that patients receive?
The main reason I responded to your post was because of the sheer 'fuck the world' negativity in it. There is a lot of stuff that can be improved but by concentrating on what's bad, you miss the good stuff. Things are never as bad as they seem and it's a damn sight easier to change things for the better if you can look at things objectively.
BTW, good luck with Uni, hope you get that sorted out. Supermarkets are a good bet for getting some cash together. I did night-shifts during the summer holidays, add a student loan and that say me through. Wasn't exactly smoking the expensive cigarettes though.
This has always been the most amusing thing about religion and philosphy. If someone takes a fancy to some elements of a belief system but perhaps don't like some of the rules, you just fork and develop your own branch. I meet a lot of casual christians who have just adopted the common happy touchy feely (easy to adhere to) stuff but ignore the more serious rules that are either anachronistic or just plain difficult to observe.
This is made easier by the fact that many religious texts are volumous.
I can see how annoying this could be though when someone co-opts your belief system. Maybe there needs to be an ISO standard for religions?
I remember reading about the good folk at god hates fags. Seems at their core they are a fun loving family who consider it okay to hold noisy protests at the funerals of gays. Seems they believe that gays will burn in hell and they want to make sure that the grieving friends & relatives are aware of this. Lovely bunch.
And the energy being was formed when atoms got bored, decided to explode and formed the energy being.
If science doesn't have an answer then you can look for the answer yourself or make up stories. I came home today and found my tap dripping. I'm pretty sure I turned it off before I left so therefore Mariah Carey must have sneaked in to my house in gaseous form (so she could slip under the door) and turned the tap on.
True, the consumer is left with familiar choice. Either they can buy a 20 cent washer and fix their dripping tap themselves or pay 50 euro for a plumber to come and do it for them.
Personally I find transferring music from my Mac to my Sony Ericsson via Bluetooth nice and easy but it's still not as straight-forward as it could be for the average consumer.
Well yes but someone who wants to drive a Renault has only one supplier, Renault. Yes you can buy cars from other companies but if you want a Renault then Renault seem to have the monopoly on that.
It would be amusing if the owner of the code began to adopt the "Sue the users" approach that other companies have been trying when it comes to code that's been used without a licence. Maybe then people would finally realise how dangerous Celine Dion's music is.
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True, I can't think of any other widely available tool that is as flexible. I think though that the majority of user don't use the full capabilities of the computer and so are protected from the complexity.
How do YOU figure a computer IS potentially more dangerous THAN A car?
Computers aren't THAT bloody complicated unless you're digging under the hood or something has broken. Plenty OF people out there happilly use THEIR computers for years without understanding anything MORE that how they launch Microsoft word AND THE interweb. If they run in to problems they call tech support.
If you've got A central heating system at home, do you think you should be expected TO be a central heating EXPERT?
I don't have the box with me at the moment but I think World of Warcraft actually does something similar.
in the smallprint on the rear of the box, it says that you will need to agree to their terms of usage to use their online gaming. Of course, agreeing to these terms for accessing their server is different to agreeing to terms for using the software itself.
There is a beta version of Google Earth for the Mac. I've already seen it running but for the life of me can't remember where to download it from.
Not have as dangerous as the alien saucers that always seem to visit me when I'm alone and have my old blurry camera available to record the event.
Here's a link to the documentary series hosted at archive.org.
The Power of Nightmares
I'd definitely recommend watching the whole series, I think it's a series of 3 hour-long episodes. Informative and at times amusing.
Heh heh, this is cool. We should start a conspiracy web site. I'm sure there aren't many of those on the web ;-)
Don't drink tap water either, go for imported bottled water. It's the only way to avoid the mind-control drugs. Lucky I have a well outside my remote wooden shack in Montana so I'm okay.
Oh that mod doesn't have much of a sense of humour.
Lucky we have the Urban Dictionary. Otherwise I woulnd't have a clue what 'Pimp my ride' means.
Is there some kind of history between you and the parent? No-one responds so angrilly to just one comment in this way without a prior history or a serious fucking mental imbalance.
The writer's English is quite entertaining though. Not quite a candidate for Engrish.com but close.
The worrying thing is that this is plausible. I'm just waiting for someone to prove a link between casual music sharers and Al Quaeda.
True but you don't go far enough.
How can they be sure that there isn't some nasty spyware in the hardware or federal agents in the house across the street reading your screen contents with an electro-magneto-view'o'scope? Personally I think that everyone should live along in wooden shacks in the middle of nowhere. The only reason to leave the house is to buy supplies and post a few pipe bombs.
Hope things work out anyway. Regarding debt, there's no reason to be in debt for the rest of your life but you probably would end up with some debt. See this as an investment in yourself that will pay-off when you find your first graduate level position. It would be nice to get a university education for free but I agree with the idea that the student should pay for some of it - even if this does involve having to take a loan.
True the claims are on a Labour web site but that doesn't mean that they are all wrong. You're correct to mention the claim about nurses. Adding nurses does not guarantee an improvement - what if the nurses are not as qualified as previous nurses or are simply not utilised effectively? However, what are these 'lower standards' and do they impact the quality of service that patients receive?
The main reason I responded to your post was because of the sheer 'fuck the world' negativity in it. There is a lot of stuff that can be improved but by concentrating on what's bad, you miss the good stuff. Things are never as bad as they seem and it's a damn sight easier to change things for the better if you can look at things objectively.
BTW, good luck with Uni, hope you get that sorted out. Supermarkets are a good bet for getting some cash together. I did night-shifts during the summer holidays, add a student loan and that say me through. Wasn't exactly smoking the expensive cigarettes though.
Umm, independance for the Bank of England? That seems fairly good.
Here's a list of some other bits and bobs they're quite happy about.
Labour's top 50 achievements
BTW, considered a job writing for the Daily Mail?
This has always been the most amusing thing about religion and philosphy. If someone takes a fancy to some elements of a belief system but perhaps don't like some of the rules, you just fork and develop your own branch. I meet a lot of casual christians who have just adopted the common happy touchy feely (easy to adhere to) stuff but ignore the more serious rules that are either anachronistic or just plain difficult to observe.
This is made easier by the fact that many religious texts are volumous.
I can see how annoying this could be though when someone co-opts your belief system. Maybe there needs to be an ISO standard for religions?
I remember reading about the good folk at god hates fags. Seems at their core they are a fun loving family who consider it okay to hold noisy protests at the funerals of gays. Seems they believe that gays will burn in hell and they want to make sure that the grieving friends & relatives are aware of this. Lovely bunch.
And the energy being was formed when atoms got bored, decided to explode and formed the energy being.
If science doesn't have an answer then you can look for the answer yourself or make up stories. I came home today and found my tap dripping. I'm pretty sure I turned it off before I left so therefore Mariah Carey must have sneaked in to my house in gaseous form (so she could slip under the door) and turned the tap on.
It's the risk you take when you post a controversial point of view.
True, the consumer is left with familiar choice. Either they can buy a 20 cent washer and fix their dripping tap themselves or pay 50 euro for a plumber to come and do it for them.
Personally I find transferring music from my Mac to my Sony Ericsson via Bluetooth nice and easy but it's still not as straight-forward as it could be for the average consumer.
Well yes but someone who wants to drive a Renault has only one supplier, Renault. Yes you can buy cars from other companies but if you want a Renault then Renault seem to have the monopoly on that.
everyone's bitting at the chops
Best metaphor ever!
It would be amusing if the owner of the code began to adopt the "Sue the users" approach that other companies have been trying when it comes to code that's been used without a licence. Maybe then people would finally realise how dangerous Celine Dion's music is.
It's the same code that's been churned out by record companies for the past few years with a few dirty hacks.