>Why yes, even in a network environment with unpriviged users, power management settings are per user.
That makes me so crazy. I also love how group policy barely integrates with any of this stuff too. Making reg permission changes and running pwrconfig (or whatever its called) in a script is the only way to go.
Users dont need their own power settings. Computers just need one set of power settings. Thats it. MS really dropped the ball on this.
>I'm a freaking die hard democrat and even I can admit that there is a huge difference between those two things.
There isnt. Any stimulus bill is a really spending bill to keep people employed. For instance, the people doing the monitoring are buying supplies from my company that keeps me and others employed. They might use services from my friend's company. That money isnt destroyed, it goes into the economy in some fashion.
Jindal is a anti-science loon. The GOP is an anti-intellectual party and they often make jabs at spending in the sciences. Its pathetic.
If the request is irrational then ignoring it is the right thing to do.
There was a website a few years back of irrational project requirements for web designers. Stuff like "DVD quality full screen video with 0 wait time or buffering."
End users dont understand that 15 years for one computer is a rarity, 10 too, and 5 being more practical. They dont know what RAID is nor to they understand the importance of backups. Teaching them these things is important. Teaching them the limitations of hard drives and power supplies is the ethical thing to do.
All specialists have to deal with irrational and ignorant customers. You serve them best by educating them. You steal from them when you sell them snake and oil and make bullshit promises like "this will last 15 years."
Contracts only work because of a few centuries of law and incredible government power to enforce them.
Oh, start your little nation, my friends and I will simply take a few AR15s and shoot any pasty-geek clutching "Atlas Shrugged" and take all your shit. That is unless the place burns down from your lack of safety regulations. Too cheap to pay for a military? The coast of somalia will be heaven compared to your coastal area.
Id also love to see your schools and hospitals. A better example of how libertarianism only empowers the rich probably cannot be found. Regardless, feel free to start this monstrosity of an idea but dont bring any kids and sterilize yourselves beforehard.
Lets say we do that tomorrow. Now you still need to figure out how to keep food and water on that ship for 50 years. Engineer a fuel source that can carry you with strict safety controls to keep the bag of flesh that is you in alive. Oh, while we're at it we'll need a new groundbreaking psychology that can keep 1,000 yo humans sane, especially ones stuck in a smelly spacecraft for 50 years. I wont hold my breath.
They wouldnt be any less biased, they would just stop doing endorsements. For instance, I could start a non-profit advocacy group and simply give my point of view. No need for any kind of balance.
If theyre going to help the newspaper industry with hand outs Id like to see a return to the fairness doctrine as well. That'll help with bias.
Lastly, they dont need the government to turn them into non-profits. They could simply convert their operations. Granted they'll have to buy back all their stock first.
>Hell, I'll go so far as to say that religion serves most people better in making their way in the world than all the over-prescribed anti-depressants, etc.
Whenever I see a defense of religion I see an attack on psychiatry. I think people who are clinging to beliefs out of desperation and ignorance as opposed to choice and for betterment are truly threatened by the fact the therapy has become a secular "religion." You can learn to cope without belief in the invisible man in the sky. The fact that secular people are doing this and that it works is threatening their worldview, thus the jabs at SSRIs (which truly help people) and other childish attacks.
Direct democracy is a nightmare. Or would you prefer Joe Average to vote on what all agencies do and vote items into and out of the budget? 51% of the people can be a tyrant just as much as the worst dictator.
If you like direct democracy then I hope you like 1 billion dollars earmarked for Rush Limbaugh Appreciation Day and life sentences for people who refuse to call French fries 'freedom fries.'
The founders knew what they were doing and were quite aware of the mob mentality that is direct democracy. Checks and balances is how the system works. Checks against the people is a feature, not a bug. The idea that your average man is a informed saintly type is hilariously naive.
>They didn't seem to care this much about democratic elections when they were backing Pinochet, or the Contras, or any of the other dictators they've pushed on any Latin American country that didn't toe the line.
"They" are federal employees. If the president says to destabilize those countries then so be it. You make it sound like the CIA has its own power. At the end of the day they work for the president.
On top of that they are an intelligence agency. They work just like any other intelligence agency. Perhaps in your ideal pacifist world we wont need one, but I live in the real world.
Lastly, theyre quite capable of determining when an election is fraudulent. You may not like them, but two wrongs dont make a right, and Chazev is really a dangerous person.
No, what he is saying is that you are selectively whining. See, you say Bush stole the election, yet Obama didnt? Why not? How did Obama and the democracy win in 2006 and 2008 under a rigged system?
If the system is rigged by the GOP then we should have a McCain presidency. In other words youre just another nutter spreading conspiracy theories on the web. Your only proof a comment from a party fundraiser.
>president/CEO of Diebold promised to literally do everything in his power to "deliver" Ohio's electoral votes to GWB.
In America, even if you run a voting company, you still have the right to free speech and the right to say who you support politically. Dont like it? Too bad.
Im not one to defend conservatives or CEOs, but the far-left needs to let this go. This guy spoke at a party event. He has the right to hold political views and support politicians.
Also, as much as Im skeptical of electronic voting, it needs to be compared to paper voting on a fair basis. Whats the spoilage rate for paper? 1 or 2%? Maybe more? Are the electronic machines doing worse than this? I think a lot of people get into this "debate" assuming paper voting is perfect and machine voting must also be perfect. These are faulty assumptions.
Personally, I think the code for all this should be open sourced, but in the meantime spreading conspiracy theories and ignoring paper spoilage is hurting the cause, not helping it.
Obviously you have no experience with the BSA, not to mention your casual use of the word rape is offensive. The BSA wont do 'revenge' for just anyone, and certainly not the guy in this scenario.
In reality the BSA doesnt care about some small company thats using its photoshop license two or three times or that it has two windows 2003 servers it didnt pay for. They want big shops with big roll-outs who, regardless of due dilligence, missed a license or two. These are big wins for them because of PR and awarded damages.
Small company with some shenanigans? Thats common and you'll be ignored. A multi-billion dollar international corp, yes, then they might come calling. Of course at that point you wont be anonymous anymore. You'll be implicated immediately (gee, who else would have called, the old sys admin we just fired?) and you'll probably have trouble finding a job afterwards. Heck, you'll probably be blamed for some of it too! Get a lawyer.
Because random tests are flawed. How many times do we need to hear about missed heart conditions or even missed diabetes because an annual random test is not effective as constant real time monitoring for an extended period?
The only reason we have the "annual checkup" system is not because its effective but because its cheap.
I think it's silly how people constantly try to eliminate every imaginable element of risk from their lives instead of just getting out there and living it.
I want to live into old age and have a high quality of life. You may not.
Of course playing up the neo-luddite card on slashdot gets mod points for some odd reason, because its hip for young people who have not had their first serious health crisis to think that anything that protects us in any way is part of a nanny state conspiracy run by Bill Gates and the devil.
Theyre not 10k. I was looking at a used one for under 3k and a new one for 4k recently.
The problem is they are just a bad product with no real market for them outside of lazy meter maids.
Theyre not comfortable to ride. My feet were achy after a few hours on one because youre standing up the whole time. There's a reason why no one built a standing scooter before with conventional technology. Its just too slow for the street and way too fast for the sidewalk at full throttle. It has a hard time with anything that isnt an almost perfectly smooth surface. You cant just quick charge it at the gas station, so you need to plan out your riding well in advance and have locations where they'll let you charge it for several hours. etc
Its a neat piece of technology, but its not serving any demand. Its a top down decree with no market. Its in the category of mini-hovercrafts and tricycles for adults.
>i7 is a nice platform but i'm penny pinching right now and looking for better ROI vs bragging rights.
I wonder if penny-pinching will be more common with the economic downturn. If AMD can price itself lower then ROI will be very tempting, even if the Intel product is faster.
Does it matter? You seem to be surprised by how the market works. Products get reputations. In technology this is driven largely by benchmarks. In every industry there are guys like him who are unknown outside of the industry. It doesnt matter if he's unknown to 99.9999999999999 of the people out there.
Also the web is something of a meritocracy. He's popular because x amount of people think he's good at what he does. Hes not some guy who just registered a blogspot account. He has several years earning his reputation.
Exactly. We joke about this at work but we'd be simply pouring warm water down into the drain. Perfectly good drinking water. If the city found out theyd charge us enough to make AC look cheap.
I guess in some large centrally planned building this can be taken care of, perhaps with some water going into the toilets or into a hot water heater if there is such a large demand, but most (99%) office buildings would just waste it.
I hate the idea that everyone is cut out for science, math, or even graduation. Even in your idealized 50's (which is fiction) there was no shortage of drop-outs, brain dead curriculum, cheating, home economics, etc.
The direction the modern world has taken is for the best. There are tons of electronics kits out there and those who want them can get them. There's tons of great programs like FIRST robotics. Computer Science is alive and well. Math is doing fine, thanks for asking. Those who care will find their way to them.
Dont blame school because 50% of humanity is mostly ignorant dullards. They will eventually find their way into low level bureaucratic positions, government jobs, or manual labor. Schools cant teach character, drive, compassion, or smarts.
What people who idealize the past are afraid of is a society that is actually a meritocracy. Sorry, but its here and its not going away. Dont blame society because your son is an idiot.
Slashdot is nothing more than a rumor mill. Why so surprised? This is the home of anti-corporate conspiracy theories. It makes people feel good to believe that the man is out to get them and only 'non-sheeple' like themselves can see the truth.
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>Why yes, even in a network environment with unpriviged users, power management settings are per user.
That makes me so crazy. I also love how group policy barely integrates with any of this stuff too. Making reg permission changes and running pwrconfig (or whatever its called) in a script is the only way to go.
Users dont need their own power settings. Computers just need one set of power settings. Thats it. MS really dropped the ball on this.
>I'm a freaking die hard democrat and even I can admit that there is a huge difference between those two things.
There isnt. Any stimulus bill is a really spending bill to keep people employed. For instance, the people doing the monitoring are buying supplies from my company that keeps me and others employed. They might use services from my friend's company. That money isnt destroyed, it goes into the economy in some fashion.
Jindal is a anti-science loon. The GOP is an anti-intellectual party and they often make jabs at spending in the sciences. Its pathetic.
If the request is irrational then ignoring it is the right thing to do.
There was a website a few years back of irrational project requirements for web designers. Stuff like "DVD quality full screen video with 0 wait time or buffering."
End users dont understand that 15 years for one computer is a rarity, 10 too, and 5 being more practical. They dont know what RAID is nor to they understand the importance of backups. Teaching them these things is important. Teaching them the limitations of hard drives and power supplies is the ethical thing to do.
All specialists have to deal with irrational and ignorant customers. You serve them best by educating them. You steal from them when you sell them snake and oil and make bullshit promises like "this will last 15 years."
Contracts only work because of a few centuries of law and incredible government power to enforce them.
Oh, start your little nation, my friends and I will simply take a few AR15s and shoot any pasty-geek clutching "Atlas Shrugged" and take all your shit. That is unless the place burns down from your lack of safety regulations. Too cheap to pay for a military? The coast of somalia will be heaven compared to your coastal area.
Id also love to see your schools and hospitals. A better example of how libertarianism only empowers the rich probably cannot be found. Regardless, feel free to start this monstrosity of an idea but dont bring any kids and sterilize yourselves beforehard.
Lets say we do that tomorrow. Now you still need to figure out how to keep food and water on that ship for 50 years. Engineer a fuel source that can carry you with strict safety controls to keep the bag of flesh that is you in alive. Oh, while we're at it we'll need a new groundbreaking psychology that can keep 1,000 yo humans sane, especially ones stuck in a smelly spacecraft for 50 years. I wont hold my breath.
They wouldnt be any less biased, they would just stop doing endorsements. For instance, I could start a non-profit advocacy group and simply give my point of view. No need for any kind of balance.
If theyre going to help the newspaper industry with hand outs Id like to see a return to the fairness doctrine as well. That'll help with bias.
Lastly, they dont need the government to turn them into non-profits. They could simply convert their operations. Granted they'll have to buy back all their stock first.
>Hell, I'll go so far as to say that religion serves most people better in making their way in the world than all the over-prescribed anti-depressants, etc.
Whenever I see a defense of religion I see an attack on psychiatry. I think people who are clinging to beliefs out of desperation and ignorance as opposed to choice and for betterment are truly threatened by the fact the therapy has become a secular "religion." You can learn to cope without belief in the invisible man in the sky. The fact that secular people are doing this and that it works is threatening their worldview, thus the jabs at SSRIs (which truly help people) and other childish attacks.
Direct democracy is a nightmare. Or would you prefer Joe Average to vote on what all agencies do and vote items into and out of the budget? 51% of the people can be a tyrant just as much as the worst dictator.
If you like direct democracy then I hope you like 1 billion dollars earmarked for Rush Limbaugh Appreciation Day and life sentences for people who refuse to call French fries 'freedom fries.'
The founders knew what they were doing and were quite aware of the mob mentality that is direct democracy. Checks and balances is how the system works. Checks against the people is a feature, not a bug. The idea that your average man is a informed saintly type is hilariously naive.
>They didn't seem to care this much about democratic elections when they were backing Pinochet, or the Contras, or any of the other dictators they've pushed on any Latin American country that didn't toe the line.
"They" are federal employees. If the president says to destabilize those countries then so be it. You make it sound like the CIA has its own power. At the end of the day they work for the president.
On top of that they are an intelligence agency. They work just like any other intelligence agency. Perhaps in your ideal pacifist world we wont need one, but I live in the real world.
Lastly, theyre quite capable of determining when an election is fraudulent. You may not like them, but two wrongs dont make a right, and Chazev is really a dangerous person.
No, what he is saying is that you are selectively whining. See, you say Bush stole the election, yet Obama didnt? Why not? How did Obama and the democracy win in 2006 and 2008 under a rigged system?
If the system is rigged by the GOP then we should have a McCain presidency. In other words youre just another nutter spreading conspiracy theories on the web. Your only proof a comment from a party fundraiser.
>president/CEO of Diebold promised to literally do everything in his power to "deliver" Ohio's electoral votes to GWB.
In America, even if you run a voting company, you still have the right to free speech and the right to say who you support politically. Dont like it? Too bad.
Im not one to defend conservatives or CEOs, but the far-left needs to let this go. This guy spoke at a party event. He has the right to hold political views and support politicians.
Also, as much as Im skeptical of electronic voting, it needs to be compared to paper voting on a fair basis. Whats the spoilage rate for paper? 1 or 2%? Maybe more? Are the electronic machines doing worse than this? I think a lot of people get into this "debate" assuming paper voting is perfect and machine voting must also be perfect. These are faulty assumptions.
Personally, I think the code for all this should be open sourced, but in the meantime spreading conspiracy theories and ignoring paper spoilage is hurting the cause, not helping it.
Obviously you have no experience with the BSA, not to mention your casual use of the word rape is offensive. The BSA wont do 'revenge' for just anyone, and certainly not the guy in this scenario.
In reality the BSA doesnt care about some small company thats using its photoshop license two or three times or that it has two windows 2003 servers it didnt pay for. They want big shops with big roll-outs who, regardless of due dilligence, missed a license or two. These are big wins for them because of PR and awarded damages.
Small company with some shenanigans? Thats common and you'll be ignored. A multi-billion dollar international corp, yes, then they might come calling. Of course at that point you wont be anonymous anymore. You'll be implicated immediately (gee, who else would have called, the old sys admin we just fired?) and you'll probably have trouble finding a job afterwards. Heck, you'll probably be blamed for some of it too! Get a lawyer.
>or the Wang principle
Well, only if you ignore the adult DVD of the same name.
Because random tests are flawed. How many times do we need to hear about missed heart conditions or even missed diabetes because an annual random test is not effective as constant real time monitoring for an extended period?
The only reason we have the "annual checkup" system is not because its effective but because its cheap.
I think it's silly how people constantly try to eliminate every imaginable element of risk from their lives instead of just getting out there and living it.
I want to live into old age and have a high quality of life. You may not.
Of course playing up the neo-luddite card on slashdot gets mod points for some odd reason, because its hip for young people who have not had their first serious health crisis to think that anything that protects us in any way is part of a nanny state conspiracy run by Bill Gates and the devil.
Renaming the executable before running it works too.
I agree reinstall is the only way to be 100% sure and can be quicker, but this stuff is still somewhat cleanable.
Theyre not 10k. I was looking at a used one for under 3k and a new one for 4k recently.
The problem is they are just a bad product with no real market for them outside of lazy meter maids.
Theyre not comfortable to ride. My feet were achy after a few hours on one because youre standing up the whole time. There's a reason why no one built a standing scooter before with conventional technology. Its just too slow for the street and way too fast for the sidewalk at full throttle. It has a hard time with anything that isnt an almost perfectly smooth surface. You cant just quick charge it at the gas station, so you need to plan out your riding well in advance and have locations where they'll let you charge it for several hours. etc
Its a neat piece of technology, but its not serving any demand. Its a top down decree with no market. Its in the category of mini-hovercrafts and tricycles for adults.
>i7 is a nice platform but i'm penny pinching right now and looking for better ROI vs bragging rights.
I wonder if penny-pinching will be more common with the economic downturn. If AMD can price itself lower then ROI will be very tempting, even if the Intel product is faster.
>Does anyone but other geeks know who he is?
Does it matter? You seem to be surprised by how the market works. Products get reputations. In technology this is driven largely by benchmarks. In every industry there are guys like him who are unknown outside of the industry. It doesnt matter if he's unknown to 99.9999999999999 of the people out there.
Also the web is something of a meritocracy. He's popular because x amount of people think he's good at what he does. Hes not some guy who just registered a blogspot account. He has several years earning his reputation.
Exactly. We joke about this at work but we'd be simply pouring warm water down into the drain. Perfectly good drinking water. If the city found out theyd charge us enough to make AC look cheap.
I guess in some large centrally planned building this can be taken care of, perhaps with some water going into the toilets or into a hot water heater if there is such a large demand, but most (99%) office buildings would just waste it.
Heck, theyve improved the add-on manager:
http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/21691/
The IE8 blog also lists add-ons as a feature and how to control them via GP.
Not sure what the summary is about. Typically slashdot I guess.
I hate the idea that everyone is cut out for science, math, or even graduation. Even in your idealized 50's (which is fiction) there was no shortage of drop-outs, brain dead curriculum, cheating, home economics, etc.
The direction the modern world has taken is for the best. There are tons of electronics kits out there and those who want them can get them. There's tons of great programs like FIRST robotics. Computer Science is alive and well. Math is doing fine, thanks for asking. Those who care will find their way to them.
Dont blame school because 50% of humanity is mostly ignorant dullards. They will eventually find their way into low level bureaucratic positions, government jobs, or manual labor. Schools cant teach character, drive, compassion, or smarts.
What people who idealize the past are afraid of is a society that is actually a meritocracy. Sorry, but its here and its not going away. Dont blame society because your son is an idiot.
You should look at DansGuardian.
If you just want to block ads you can do this with one of those ad blocking hosts files:
>"We heard there was DRM in the iPod, so we opened the headphones and found this unknown chip!"
Heard? From whom? What proof?
Thats internet journalism for you. The blogger revolution is simply nothing more than rumors and outrage.
Slashdot is nothing more than a rumor mill. Why so surprised? This is the home of anti-corporate conspiracy theories. It makes people feel good to believe that the man is out to get them and only 'non-sheeple' like themselves can see the truth.