Can you break a chair over someone's back? Or failing that, a bottle or vase over their head? That would be cool. It's not a brawl unless chairs get broken and tables overturned. Marshall M. Dillon would agree.
(excuse me, macbookpro) what did I see? Gray text on a black background! I'm not an old codger by any means, but I can't read that. I had to cut and paste into a word processor in order to read the page. Was the Apple user interface group out back having a smoke when this page was being designed?
I can't find anywhere on the site where I can send them a quick email to point out their faux pas, so I have to satisfy myself with ranting here.
I even have my hard drive encrypted so if I should die suddenly, no one has to search through my porn. One's porn says a lot about a person, most of which should probably be left unsaid.
"That way I can plan my budget and buy instant noddles in bulk."
Buy oatmeal (not instant) in bulk... it's cheaper and healthier than ramen. That's what I'm doing... I have to pay down my credit cards from last Christmas still, AND I have to save up for a DS lite and possibly the Revolution. It's a good thing they haven't been released yet.
I just checked it out, Mac OS X 10.4.5, Safari 2.0.3. I don't have Opera, I can't check that.
So if Safari passed the acid test, is the scrolling bug a flaw in the test, as in a browser that correctly implements the standard will still display a scrolling bug, or did Safari not really pass?
I agree totally. If it is too much work for the poster to expand a TLA [Three Letter Acronym] with square brackets like normal people, they could use the following format: TLA and still appear all 1337.
No I really do agree, I hate when the poster doesn't define the acronym he uses, and I have to read through all the posts trying to figure it out.
they are already burning anything that burns for cooking and heating. A lot of madagascar is being deforested for fuel for the population, for instance. Not everyone can set up a wind farm to fill all their energy needs
While I think it would be much better for the Chinese subjects for microsoft to not proactively censor web pages, for google to not censor search results, and for Yahoo to not sell out dissidents, I also think it is hypocritical for the government to censure these tech companies and yet extend "most favored nation" trade status to China themselves.
Or is that irony instead of hypocrisy? And is it ironic that China really doesn't need the cooperation of these companies, since with the Cisco routers they purchased, they can monitor, track and censor their subjects as much as they wish? Cisco is being dinged not for selling the technology, but for providing instruction manuals that describe how to do those things.
A lot of stuff goes out of print, small lables go under, you can search years at used record stores and not find a replacement. If you have a moral objection to the ebay/paypal conglomerate, you're screwed. (If you think ebay/paypal is the greatest thing hagen daaz ice cream, and they have not screwed you _yet,_ that still doesn't mean you can find a replacement.)
Any replacement vinyl or CDs you can find, apparently you are still not allowed to media shift to your ipod? Bite me.
Yeah, that's a joke, but it is also a pet peeve of mine
"This new law seeks to discover whether Einstein's theory was correct..."
Einstein's theory may be a theory, but this new "law" is only a hypothesis until it gains enough confirming experimental and observational evidence that most scientists in that field accept it as valid. Theories become law when they are basically irrefutable, e.g. 1st Law of Thermodynamics.
it is not the toon that needs to stay in shape to adventure, it is the gamer. If you haven't played a character in a while, whether you were just offline or if your primary is a mage and your alt is a tank, you need to practice your own skills on greenie or even gray mobs. What are your best combos? is your hotbutton bar optimized for your current level and the types of mobs you are facing? what tactics work best vs. casters? vs. the snare+range types? vs. BAF melee types who run for help before you expect them too?
I know I haven't played my warlock in a while, so there were several things I needed to relearn, like emergency tactics to disengage when I'm over my head... like when I've accidentally pulled a couple adds, and the blue guy isn't holding aggro like he should, then perhaps aoe spells are more trouble than help. (todo: acquire more healing potions...) Also, how does a warlock fit in a group setting? The mage's nukes really can pound on a target before my first DOT can cast. About all I can do is make sure the proper curses are on the proper targets--demonspeak on the casters, weakness on the melee types, recklessness on the BAF types, agony on everyone else. And by then the fight is usually over anyway. If there is a better way I can only find it by _actually_playing_. Characters staying in shape offline indeed...
Furthermore, it wouldn't hurt for the gamer himself to stay in shape. turn of the computer once in a while and take a walk in the fresh air. You'll have more stamina for those weekend gaming marathons if you work out during the week.
piss all over the seat is still piss all over the seat. Pubic hair clustered on the floor and stuck to various porcelain fixtures is still pretty gross. And all those people whose aim is _so_poor_ that they get feces _outside_ of the toilet... wtf?
The fact is, public restrooms are pretty gross to begin with, and ones without a regular cleaning staff are absolutely unuseable. Self cleaning restroom without an actual cleaning staff will make no difference.
I know none of you guys clean your bathrooms at home, because as I guy I can vouch for our basic laziness and general disgusting behavior. If any of you has a wife, girlfriend, domestic partner, or yes, your mom, for some of you, who does clean the bathroom, you had damned well better appreciate her.
from the article: "Honda was quick to point out that their system isn't exactly set up for you to take a nap, since the ADAS system will beep every 10 seconds to make sure you're paying attention, requiring you to touch the steering wheel to inform the car you're still in charge..."
So what if you do, for whatever reason, neglect to touch the steering wheel every ten seconds? After beeping for ten minutes does it just shut itself off and send your car carreening over a cliff? slam on the brakes in the middle of the highway? Or just keep driving and beeping until you physically wrest control from it (presumeably by taking the wheel and changing lanes or exiting the highway, tapping the brake, whatever.)
On the other hand, a system that could take over when the driver is incapacitated would be a good thing. Many accidents are caused by fatigued drivers. I was lucky that I didn't crash when I "fell asleep" for about 5 miles on the highway (Chevy Chase?) and "woke up" and I realised that I had taken a wrong turn a few miles back, and couldn't remember anything about the last several minutes. This was on my normal commute, that was a turn I just never would have made even if I weren't paying attention.
Why not run multiple instances on the same cluster then? I wondered why DAoC wasn't doing that when server populations plummeted after they released Trials of Atlantis (I just checked www.camelotherald.com and it looks like that is what they ARE doing now. Also, the number of people logged in is pathetically low)
What EQ2 is doing is combining the populations of the servers (how will they resolve naming disputes?) Their explanation makes sense in that respect. You don't have to combine the populations to make better use of your infrastructure.
"It was recently decided in a court of law that certain portions of code... infringe a third-party patent," Microsoft said... "As a result, Microsoft must make available a revised version of these products with the allegedly [emphasis mine] infringing code replaced."
It is not allegedly infringing, it was found to be infringing in a court of law. You can only claim no wrongdoing if you settled out of court and the settlement stipulated that you could claim that.
I have the WoW and NWN plates, I thought it was a good idea at the time (November 2004) If you play different games which don't let you change the key mappings, maybe it is useful, to spare yourself from memorizing multiple control schemes. It certainly is helpful to look at the board and see the controls if you don't have any key mappings memorized.
The keys don't feel quite right, though, which makes in-game texting wierd, and I certainly don't like the base keyboard for everyday use.
It's all moot for me now, because I do most of my gaming on a Mac these days (WoW, NWN, some CoD, puzzle pirates, and misc. casual games. Nothing latest and greatest.)
Didn't senator hollings suggest damaging the computers of end users? I think he intended it to be more severe, and more obvious to the victim. On the other hand, I don't think he intended it to be done "minority report" style before any "piracy" has taken place (and irrespective of whether piracy would ever have taken place).
I once had a sig here at slashdot: when a representative refers to his constituents as consumers rather than citizens, you know who is signing his paycheck. (That's a pet peeve of mine.)
I've read the link you posted, and I'm appalled. Actually, I've been pissed at sony for a while now, more so since I've heard about the first 4 rootkit, but I'm still appalled.
I've been a microsoft basher since OS/2 2.3, but I think MS can go a long way toward promoting good will among end users if they issue a security patch that uninstalls this rootkit, and prevents it from installing in the future.
They won't though, because I think they care more about revenue streams based on relationships with media providers than the licensing fees from end users, who are already basically locked into the microsoft way. Besides, anti-virus companies and most likely microsoft itself are concerned with violating any potential EULA, no matter how deceptive or even whether it was presented. From sarc
"WARNING: Removing this security risk...may violate the manufacturer's end-user license agreement."
I would imagine microsoft is very sensitive about violating EULAs, since they have pretty restrictive EULAs themselves.
"Now if MS would compile a database of offending sites and allow me to use it as a blacklist for my browser, that'd be even better. Unfortunately they'd probably only make it available for IE."
Actually, what they would do is make it an active X control that silently overwrites your host file.
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Can you break a chair over someone's back? Or failing that, a bottle or vase over their head? That would be cool. It's not a brawl unless chairs get broken and tables overturned. Marshall M. Dillon would agree.
I hope the ACLU will ensure that discrimination against metal people will not be allowed to continue.
That is people of metal, you biologist
This is offtopic, sure, but it bugs me.
I'm a mac fan, I have two macs (one is a mini I use surreptitiously at work) but when I went to the apple site to look at the new powerbook
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/
(excuse me, macbookpro) what did I see? Gray text on a black background! I'm not an old codger by any means, but I can't read that. I had to cut and paste into a word processor in order to read the page. Was the Apple user interface group out back having a smoke when this page was being designed?
I can't find anywhere on the site where I can send them a quick email to point out their faux pas, so I have to satisfy myself with ranting here.
That is all.
I even have my hard drive encrypted so if I should die suddenly, no one has to search through my porn. One's porn says a lot about a person, most of which should probably be left unsaid.
"That way I can plan my budget and buy instant noddles in bulk."
Buy oatmeal (not instant) in bulk... it's cheaper and healthier than ramen. That's what I'm doing... I have to pay down my credit cards from last Christmas still, AND I have to save up for a DS lite and possibly the Revolution. It's a good thing they haven't been released yet.
I just checked it out, Mac OS X 10.4.5, Safari 2.0.3. I don't have Opera, I can't check that.
So if Safari passed the acid test, is the scrolling bug a flaw in the test, as in a browser that correctly implements the standard will still display a scrolling bug, or did Safari not really pass?
"the computer would sometimes get an answer out of the computer even though the program did not run."
sounds like another answer to a question no one asked.
I agree totally. If it is too much work for the poster to expand a TLA [Three Letter Acronym] with square brackets like normal people, they could use the following format: TLA and still appear all 1337.
No I really do agree, I hate when the poster doesn't define the acronym he uses, and I have to read through all the posts trying to figure it out.
they are already burning anything that burns for cooking and heating. A lot of madagascar is being deforested for fuel for the population, for instance. Not everyone can set up a wind farm to fill all their energy needs
While I think it would be much better for the Chinese subjects for microsoft to not proactively censor web pages, for google to not censor search results, and for Yahoo to not sell out dissidents, I also think it is hypocritical for the government to censure these tech companies and yet extend "most favored nation" trade status to China themselves.
Or is that irony instead of hypocrisy? And is it ironic that China really doesn't need the cooperation of these companies, since with the Cisco routers they purchased, they can monitor, track and censor their subjects as much as they wish? Cisco is being dinged not for selling the technology, but for providing instruction manuals that describe how to do those things.
A lot of stuff goes out of print, small lables go under, you can search years at used record stores and not find a replacement. If you have a moral objection to the ebay/paypal conglomerate, you're screwed. (If you think ebay/paypal is the greatest thing hagen daaz ice cream, and they have not screwed you _yet,_ that still doesn't mean you can find a replacement.)
Any replacement vinyl or CDs you can find, apparently you are still not allowed to media shift to your ipod? Bite me.
If that happens, rotate your computer 180 degrees. It will never know the difference. :-D
Yeah, that's a joke, but it is also a pet peeve of mine
"This new law seeks to discover whether Einstein's theory was correct..."
Einstein's theory may be a theory, but this new "law" is only a hypothesis until it gains enough confirming experimental and observational evidence that most scientists in that field accept it as valid. Theories become law when they are basically irrefutable, e.g. 1st Law of Thermodynamics.
how does a 5 bladed razor help visualize data correlation?
it is not the toon that needs to stay in shape to adventure, it is the gamer. If you haven't played a character in a while, whether you were just offline or if your primary is a mage and your alt is a tank, you need to practice your own skills on greenie or even gray mobs. What are your best combos? is your hotbutton bar optimized for your current level and the types of mobs you are facing? what tactics work best vs. casters? vs. the snare+range types? vs. BAF melee types who run for help before you expect them too?
I know I haven't played my warlock in a while, so there were several things I needed to relearn, like emergency tactics to disengage when I'm over my head... like when I've accidentally pulled a couple adds, and the blue guy isn't holding aggro like he should, then perhaps aoe spells are more trouble than help. (todo: acquire more healing potions...) Also, how does a warlock fit in a group setting? The mage's nukes really can pound on a target before my first DOT can cast. About all I can do is make sure the proper curses are on the proper targets--demonspeak on the casters, weakness on the melee types, recklessness on the BAF types, agony on everyone else. And by then the fight is usually over anyway. If there is a better way I can only find it by _actually_playing_. Characters staying in shape offline indeed...
Furthermore, it wouldn't hurt for the gamer himself to stay in shape. turn of the computer once in a while and take a walk in the fresh air. You'll have more stamina for those weekend gaming marathons if you work out during the week.
piss all over the seat is still piss all over the seat. Pubic hair clustered on the floor and stuck to various porcelain fixtures is still pretty gross. And all those people whose aim is _so_poor_ that they get feces _outside_ of the toilet... wtf?
The fact is, public restrooms are pretty gross to begin with, and ones without a regular cleaning staff are absolutely unuseable. Self cleaning restroom without an actual cleaning staff will make no difference.
I know none of you guys clean your bathrooms at home, because as I guy I can vouch for our basic laziness and general disgusting behavior. If any of you has a wife, girlfriend, domestic partner, or yes, your mom, for some of you, who does clean the bathroom, you had damned well better appreciate her.
from the article: "Honda was quick to point out that their system isn't exactly set up for you to take a nap, since the ADAS system will beep every 10 seconds to make sure you're paying attention, requiring you to touch the steering wheel to inform the car you're still in charge..."
So what if you do, for whatever reason, neglect to touch the steering wheel every ten seconds? After beeping for ten minutes does it just shut itself off and send your car carreening over a cliff? slam on the brakes in the middle of the highway? Or just keep driving and beeping until you physically wrest control from it (presumeably by taking the wheel and changing lanes or exiting the highway, tapping the brake, whatever.)
On the other hand, a system that could take over when the driver is incapacitated would be a good thing. Many accidents are caused by fatigued drivers. I was lucky that I didn't crash when I "fell asleep" for about 5 miles on the highway (Chevy Chase?) and "woke up" and I realised that I had taken a wrong turn a few miles back, and couldn't remember anything about the last several minutes. This was on my normal commute, that was a turn I just never would have made even if I weren't paying attention.
Why not run multiple instances on the same cluster then? I wondered why DAoC wasn't doing that when server populations plummeted after they released Trials of Atlantis (I just checked www.camelotherald.com and it looks like that is what they ARE doing now. Also, the number of people logged in is pathetically low)
What EQ2 is doing is combining the populations of the servers (how will they resolve naming disputes?) Their explanation makes sense in that respect. You don't have to combine the populations to make better use of your infrastructure.
"It was recently decided in a court of law that certain portions of code ... infringe a third-party patent," Microsoft said ... "As a result, Microsoft must make available a revised version of these products with the allegedly [emphasis mine] infringing code replaced."
It is not allegedly infringing, it was found to be infringing in a court of law. You can only claim no wrongdoing if you settled out of court and the settlement stipulated that you could claim that.
My rating: eh...
I have the WoW and NWN plates, I thought it was a good idea at the time (November 2004) If you play different games which don't let you change the key mappings, maybe it is useful, to spare yourself from memorizing multiple control schemes. It certainly is helpful to look at the board and see the controls if you don't have any key mappings memorized.
The keys don't feel quite right, though, which makes in-game texting wierd, and I certainly don't like the base keyboard for everyday use.
It's all moot for me now, because I do most of my gaming on a Mac these days (WoW, NWN, some CoD, puzzle pirates, and misc. casual games. Nothing latest and greatest.)
Thanks for the correction. Neither one is from my state.
Didn't senator hollings suggest damaging the computers of end users? I think he intended it to be more severe, and more obvious to the victim. On the other hand, I don't think he intended it to be done "minority report" style before any "piracy" has taken place (and irrespective of whether piracy would ever have taken place).
I once had a sig here at slashdot: when a representative refers to his constituents as consumers rather than citizens, you know who is signing his paycheck. (That's a pet peeve of mine.)
I've been a microsoft basher since OS/2 2.3, but I think MS can go a long way toward promoting good will among end users if they issue a security patch that uninstalls this rootkit, and prevents it from installing in the future.
They won't though, because I think they care more about revenue streams based on relationships with media providers than the licensing fees from end users, who are already basically locked into the microsoft way. Besides, anti-virus companies and most likely microsoft itself are concerned with violating any potential EULA, no matter how deceptive or even whether it was presented. From sarc I would imagine microsoft is very sensitive about violating EULAs, since they have pretty restrictive EULAs themselves.
Nice troll, but you have a valid point. Good work!
"Now if MS would compile a database of offending sites and allow me to use it as a blacklist for my browser, that'd be even better. Unfortunately they'd probably only make it available for IE."
Actually, what they would do is make it an active X control that silently overwrites your host file.
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