What is this bullshit doublespeak term "pretexting?" So when a regular person does it it's called "fraud" or "lying", but when corporate executives do it it's called "pretexting"? It kind of makes it sound like some technicality, "oh, they were only pretexting, it's not like they were committing fraud".
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Qualcomm 2760 on Sprint.
That was my first cell phone, like 5 years ago. It had no battery life, and the address book was comically limited, but once in a fit of rage I threw it as hard as I could against a concrete wall. It took a small dent on the corner and kept working just fine. The shell is made if 1/4" thick hard plastic.
Can't do that with my Blackberry Pearl.
I actually think there is some sense in introducing someone who hasn't used a computer before to Linux. With Windows, especially on an OEM machine full of crapware, the user is constantly bombarded with popups and warnings. This was too much for my girlfriend's elderly grandma to handle. She had no clue what these things meant and didn't know how to react to them. On the command line, on the other hand, nothing happens unless you type something and hit return. It might be cryptic, but you're in control, and you are forced to pro-actively learn what you are doing, instead of simply reacting to the stuff the computer throws at you. If your mind is not used to GUIs then the command line is simple: type a command and the computer does something.
I'm amazed at how user-hostile Windows is when confronted with someone who has never seen a computer. My girlfriend's elderly grandmother just got a computer for the first time. It's an interesting situation cause she has never used one before in any way or form. I was on the phone with her trying to help her out and when I'd say "click OK", I had to explain that she had to move the cursor over the box that said OK and press the button on the mouse. Now imagine that kind of user confronted with a popup saying "Google Desktop is attempting to connect to the Internet. Allow? Keep Blocking?" It totally freaked her out, and explaining firewalls and how the Internet works was futile. It's like a completely different planet for her. I don't know if Linux or Mac OS X would be any better, but I wonder. What's a good system for someone who hasn't touched a computer before? What would this system need to be like?
How about not making the Hobbit at all? I loved the Lord Of The Rings movies, but for all the good in them, they ruined the books forever for me. When I read them now, I can't help but imagine Frodo being Elijah Wood and Gandalf being Ian McKellen. Every picture that had been formed in my mind by reading the books has been wiped over and replaced with Peter Jackson's vision, and that sucks.
Checked one out yesterday, the 60's Soviet looking shit-brown one. The screen is gorgeous but the unit itself is OMG XOBX HUEG. What's with Microsoft and huge hardware? It is too big and bulky to be carried in my pocket.
Please, show me a country in history which has had no army (or even had a weak army) and was not eventually taken over by a stronger power.
Costa Rica?
Seriously, not having an army has worked great for us. As for military threats? Panama has no army either, and Nicaragua isn't invading us any time soon. Also, we don't have oil, so the US won't be invading either.
I'm a Costa Rican expat. I'd have no problems going to live back there.
Pros:
-Beautiful weather. 75F all year long.
-The overwhelming presence of nature.
-Hot women
-Wildlife
-Growing tech industry, with lots of good paying jobs.
-No army
-Cheap public transportation.
-Coffee literally grows on trees:P
-People are fascinated by foreigners.
Cons:
-Cronyism and corruption.
-Telecom monopoly with shitty service.
-Rising crime.
-Clueless government.
-Guinness is expensive and hard to find.
-Crumbling public infrastructure.
I hear WoW is a lot better than Evercrack in this respect, but a problem I find is that the things that are considered top achievements in WoW are not doable without insane amounts of mindless, repetitive activites. For instance, you want High Warlord or Grand Marshall, you have to PVP 14 hours a day for 6 months. The expansion is supposed to alleviate some of these issues, but I'd still say that you'll enjoy WoW a lot more if you don't feel the urge to top everybody else's achievements. There's a lot of people with no life out there, and if you want to top them, you'll have to give up your life too.
I don't think you are getting it. In albums such as Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, or Abbey Road, the songs segue into each other without any volume fade. Every time I listen to Pink Floyd on the iPod I feel like driving an icepick through my ears. The gap just ruins the experience for me. Gapless playback in indeed a very welcome addition, and the reason I will upgrade my 3 year old iPod. Normal, distinct songs on normal albums don't suffer through this. And the reason you hear about it in Slashdot is because geeks tend to like less mainstream music where nonstandard song structures are more prevalent.
I had a Samsung i300 that had no buttons, just a touch screen. It was a pain if I had to use the thing while I'm eating fried chicken or pizza. It also sucked because I couldn't dial by touch. I just want buttons. Nothing bloody wrong with buttons.
Seems like every discussion about the PSP has to turn into a "I love my DS" thread. And rightly so, so I'll say it: I love my DS. It has me spending on games like they're ale and whores, and I just can't get enough of it. I brought it to work one day and the next day 3 coworkers got one each. The thing is just fun and contagious, which is exactly what a console is supposed to be. The price is there, the games are there, the people to play with are there... Nintendo have a bona fide hit on their hands, while Sony pays the price for their arrogance. The fact that any thread about Sony ends up being about how awesome Nintendo is just drives the point home.
Tons of people are getting into PC gaming that would never have done it before. My girlfriend is into it, a bunch of coworkers and their SO's are into it. Adults with kids and jobs are into it. PC gaming is incredibly popular right now. Except that they're only playing one game, and that game is WoW.
The guy still thinks like a corporation with regards to imports and homebrew games. He says:
>Sure, there are games you might want to play that are either released earlier or, quite possibly, not released at all in your region. But sometimes companies have good reasons to either not release a title into a region or release it at different dates. It may be because of the time and cost of localization, marketing plans, ad buys, cultural considerations, or perhaps even because of the impact of piracy in the region.
Whatever good reasons they might have, there's no reason why their business model considerations should override the inalienable right I have to use the things I have paid money for. If I pay money for an xbox, and I pay money for some japanese game, then I have the right to use them. Marketing considerations shouldn't be more important. If I want to play homebrew games or write my own, it's my own friggin xbox that I bought with my money. That your business model is not compatible with this has, or should have no moral or legal weight whatsoever. That you lose money on every xbox sold? Not my problem. Should have sold it for a profit. I pay money for it, it is as mine as my groceries or my car. Corporations desperately want to move to a model where you don't buy hardware, you "license" it, but when that happens, that's the day I stop buying it.
I say to Dvorak: Learn2Code.
CSS is a pain in the ass, but it works pretty well if you have a vague notion of what you're doing and if you take the time to understand the cascading model. While we're at it, Dvorak is definitely not funny, and a submitter calling his articles funny just reeks of PC Mag employee.
Haya and aya sound the same, but allá and and halla do not, by virtue of the accent. In allá, the accent is in the final a, while in halla, the accent is on the first syllable. Accent rules in Spanish are complicated and confusing, but very thorough.
Not really. Take the word "bass". From looking at the spelling, can you derive the pronunciation? Could be a bass guitar, or could be a bass filet. Or it could be a base geetar or a bas feeleah. Or if you hear the word "base" being pronounced without any context, how do you know if it is "bass" or "base"?.
Other than English, I only know Spanish, and in it, words are truly spelled like they sound. There is a strict one to one mapping between pronunciation and spelling.
j00 no wut? Its alr33dy h4ppening. j00 n33d juts to log to a CS servar LOLOLOL. Peeps r spalling teh wurdz liek they sound an hav b33n doin it fer a loong tiem. LOLOLOLLOLZORZ!!11!!!
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You're not getting it, and neither are the people who buy gold and maybe Blizzard itself. In WOW, leveling up is actually more fun than the boring, pointless endgame. That's why everybody has a million alts.
I thought it was going to be a mouse with a single button that's permanently bound to Frostshock or the pally bubble. Then it would be a true MMO mouse.
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What is this bullshit doublespeak term "pretexting?" So when a regular person does it it's called "fraud" or "lying", but when corporate executives do it it's called "pretexting"? It kind of makes it sound like some technicality, "oh, they were only pretexting, it's not like they were committing fraud".
http://img.epinions.com/images/opti/0d/33/502904-e lec_lg-resized200.jpg
Qualcomm 2760 on Sprint.
That was my first cell phone, like 5 years ago. It had no battery life, and the address book was comically limited, but once in a fit of rage I threw it as hard as I could against a concrete wall. It took a small dent on the corner and kept working just fine. The shell is made if 1/4" thick hard plastic.
Can't do that with my Blackberry Pearl.
I actually think there is some sense in introducing someone who hasn't used a computer before to Linux. With Windows, especially on an OEM machine full of crapware, the user is constantly bombarded with popups and warnings. This was too much for my girlfriend's elderly grandma to handle. She had no clue what these things meant and didn't know how to react to them. On the command line, on the other hand, nothing happens unless you type something and hit return. It might be cryptic, but you're in control, and you are forced to pro-actively learn what you are doing, instead of simply reacting to the stuff the computer throws at you. If your mind is not used to GUIs then the command line is simple: type a command and the computer does something.
I'm amazed at how user-hostile Windows is when confronted with someone who has never seen a computer. My girlfriend's elderly grandmother just got a computer for the first time. It's an interesting situation cause she has never used one before in any way or form. I was on the phone with her trying to help her out and when I'd say "click OK", I had to explain that she had to move the cursor over the box that said OK and press the button on the mouse. Now imagine that kind of user confronted with a popup saying "Google Desktop is attempting to connect to the Internet. Allow? Keep Blocking?" It totally freaked her out, and explaining firewalls and how the Internet works was futile. It's like a completely different planet for her. I don't know if Linux or Mac OS X would be any better, but I wonder. What's a good system for someone who hasn't touched a computer before? What would this system need to be like?
How about not making the Hobbit at all? I loved the Lord Of The Rings movies, but for all the good in them, they ruined the books forever for me. When I read them now, I can't help but imagine Frodo being Elijah Wood and Gandalf being Ian McKellen. Every picture that had been formed in my mind by reading the books has been wiped over and replaced with Peter Jackson's vision, and that sucks.
Checked one out yesterday, the 60's Soviet looking shit-brown one. The screen is gorgeous but the unit itself is OMG XOBX HUEG. What's with Microsoft and huge hardware? It is too big and bulky to be carried in my pocket.
Costa Rica?
Seriously, not having an army has worked great for us. As for military threats? Panama has no army either, and Nicaragua isn't invading us any time soon. Also, we don't have oil, so the US won't be invading either.
I'm a Costa Rican expat. I'd have no problems going to live back there.
:P
Pros:
-Beautiful weather. 75F all year long.
-The overwhelming presence of nature.
-Hot women
-Wildlife
-Growing tech industry, with lots of good paying jobs.
-No army
-Cheap public transportation.
-Coffee literally grows on trees
-People are fascinated by foreigners.
Cons:
-Cronyism and corruption.
-Telecom monopoly with shitty service.
-Rising crime.
-Clueless government.
-Guinness is expensive and hard to find.
-Crumbling public infrastructure.
I hear WoW is a lot better than Evercrack in this respect, but a problem I find is that the things that are considered top achievements in WoW are not doable without insane amounts of mindless, repetitive activites. For instance, you want High Warlord or Grand Marshall, you have to PVP 14 hours a day for 6 months. The expansion is supposed to alleviate some of these issues, but I'd still say that you'll enjoy WoW a lot more if you don't feel the urge to top everybody else's achievements. There's a lot of people with no life out there, and if you want to top them, you'll have to give up your life too.
Very appropriate, now that you can listen to "Brain Damage/Eclipse" without gaps :P
I don't think you are getting it. In albums such as Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, or Abbey Road, the songs segue into each other without any volume fade. Every time I listen to Pink Floyd on the iPod I feel like driving an icepick through my ears. The gap just ruins the experience for me. Gapless playback in indeed a very welcome addition, and the reason I will upgrade my 3 year old iPod. Normal, distinct songs on normal albums don't suffer through this. And the reason you hear about it in Slashdot is because geeks tend to like less mainstream music where nonstandard song structures are more prevalent.
Then it's very easy. Reroll on their server.
Planethood is like porn: I know a planet when I see one.
I had a Samsung i300 that had no buttons, just a touch screen. It was a pain if I had to use the thing while I'm eating fried chicken or pizza. It also sucked because I couldn't dial by touch. I just want buttons. Nothing bloody wrong with buttons.
Seems like every discussion about the PSP has to turn into a "I love my DS" thread. And rightly so, so I'll say it: I love my DS. It has me spending on games like they're ale and whores, and I just can't get enough of it. I brought it to work one day and the next day 3 coworkers got one each. The thing is just fun and contagious, which is exactly what a console is supposed to be. The price is there, the games are there, the people to play with are there... Nintendo have a bona fide hit on their hands, while Sony pays the price for their arrogance. The fact that any thread about Sony ends up being about how awesome Nintendo is just drives the point home.
Tons of people are getting into PC gaming that would never have done it before. My girlfriend is into it, a bunch of coworkers and their SO's are into it. Adults with kids and jobs are into it. PC gaming is incredibly popular right now. Except that they're only playing one game, and that game is WoW.
The guy still thinks like a corporation with regards to imports and homebrew games. He says: >Sure, there are games you might want to play that are either released earlier or, quite possibly, not released at all in your region. But sometimes companies have good reasons to either not release a title into a region or release it at different dates. It may be because of the time and cost of localization, marketing plans, ad buys, cultural considerations, or perhaps even because of the impact of piracy in the region. Whatever good reasons they might have, there's no reason why their business model considerations should override the inalienable right I have to use the things I have paid money for. If I pay money for an xbox, and I pay money for some japanese game, then I have the right to use them. Marketing considerations shouldn't be more important. If I want to play homebrew games or write my own, it's my own friggin xbox that I bought with my money. That your business model is not compatible with this has, or should have no moral or legal weight whatsoever. That you lose money on every xbox sold? Not my problem. Should have sold it for a profit. I pay money for it, it is as mine as my groceries or my car. Corporations desperately want to move to a model where you don't buy hardware, you "license" it, but when that happens, that's the day I stop buying it.
Speaking as a Tauren Shaman, I wouldn't want to face someone who has Windfury and Frostshock.
I say to Dvorak: Learn2Code. CSS is a pain in the ass, but it works pretty well if you have a vague notion of what you're doing and if you take the time to understand the cascading model. While we're at it, Dvorak is definitely not funny, and a submitter calling his articles funny just reeks of PC Mag employee.
Haya and aya sound the same, but allá and and halla do not, by virtue of the accent. In allá, the accent is in the final a, while in halla, the accent is on the first syllable. Accent rules in Spanish are complicated and confusing, but very thorough.
Not really. Take the word "bass". From looking at the spelling, can you derive the pronunciation? Could be a bass guitar, or could be a bass filet. Or it could be a base geetar or a bas feeleah. Or if you hear the word "base" being pronounced without any context, how do you know if it is "bass" or "base"?. Other than English, I only know Spanish, and in it, words are truly spelled like they sound. There is a strict one to one mapping between pronunciation and spelling.
j00 no wut? Its alr33dy h4ppening. j00 n33d juts to log to a CS servar LOLOLOL. Peeps r spalling teh wurdz liek they sound an hav b33n doin it fer a loong tiem. LOLOLOLLOLZORZ!!11!!!
First Family Guy, then Futurama. Where's Firefly?
You're not getting it, and neither are the people who buy gold and maybe Blizzard itself. In WOW, leveling up is actually more fun than the boring, pointless endgame. That's why everybody has a million alts.
I thought it was going to be a mouse with a single button that's permanently bound to Frostshock or the pally bubble. Then it would be a true MMO mouse.