I like how you and so many others justify porn as the lesser of evils. Would you rather get shot in the head or in the heart? When are you goinf to stop beating your wife?
Your 15 year old is going to masturbate and possibly have sex as well. None of that is an argument in favor of porn.
"Pornography functions as an alternative to fornication. And I'm talking about regular good old fashion hetero or homosexual adult (above 18) porn. Hardcopies (magazines and videos) of pornography seems risky. You have to store them and purchase them--they leave a paper trail. But internet pornography is accessible and can often be acquired for free. It doesn't leave such an obvious trail back to the user. "
After arguing the case for masturbation so effectively, how did you make the leap to porn? Who needs porn to masturbate when you're an adolescent? I sure didn't.
Why, BTW, did you need to feel the need to place an age qualifacation on porn? Does deviant porn not fill the exact same need; scratch the same itch? If porn performs such a useful role, then why would you worry about a paper trail? By your own argument, porn provides an alternate to fornication in your own words, so why wouldn't child porn be encouraged as an alternative to child molestation? Are you arguing that porn works different for you than other people, specifically, people you don't like?
Anyone who say porn is a problem is a Puritan? Porn is a problem for only 1% according to what source? Since gambling, drinking, etc exist then porn is ok? Who says the magnitude of the problem is overblown?
Can you substantiate any of the things you've claimed, and even if you can, how does arguing against porn harm society?
What is your source for this claim? Clearly porn existed before the internet but that doesn't mean 3/4 of children and adolescents viewed it. Just what is the legal age for "allowed to look at"? Laws aren't written to criminalize children but to protect them.
That was closer to 30 years ago. Trash 80's were long out of date by 1986. Modems were commonly 2400 baud and there were fast modems (trailblazers) introduced around that time. Of course, high schools could have been a decade out of date.
My first modem was a Prometheus 1200 in 1983. I've had a T1 in my home for over 5 years. Can't wait to get rid of it and stop paying those bills.
...and portable browsing can be done by other, better devices anyway. RIM does one thing and that's true push email. How many users really need that? My T-mobile device has SMS-triggered email downloading which is almost the same thing except that it polls my IMAP account every few minutes. I turned it off so i wouldn't get email delivered autmatically. I really don't see the need for most people and I found it annoying.
There are Windows Mobile devices that offer this once you add VOIP software. I have one, the T-mobile MDA Vario, that supposedly can do VOIP though I haven't tried it. Everything else is easy. The device is smaller than a Treo and has a bigger keyboard (though not one-handed).
The Treo can't do real background processing. It's OS is horribly broken/unstable and enabling background tasks like Verichat (for instance) is a death sentence. Versamail is garbage of course. Push email is overrated as very few users really need that feature. The rest of us can poll for new mail every few minutes or do it manually. Oh yeah, the Treo camera sucks.
Why bother talking about products that don't exist like the Treo 700p or future imaginary Treo's that have EDGE support? They don't exist and aren't slated to. You're referring to rumors while this article talks about what's here now.
The Treo is great for one handed operation if it weren't for the horrible, unstable OS and the constant lockups that occur on every single device. No, the problem's not fixed yet and the 650 has been out a year now.
As for your Macbook, why not use bluetooth? No need to tether a phone to connect.
There was no FAT8 and the numbers stored were cluster numbers, not sector numbers. A larger sector size would have meant that that smaller FAT clusters were not possible. The largest FAT cluster would still have been 32K due to BIOS PIO limitations.
Larger sector sizes make it harder for RAID systems to implement parallel access designs because single sector interleaves are now 8x larger than before. Such designs aren't that common and those vendors can still get small sector drives if they need them. For independent access, raising the minimum IO size to 4K will reduce the burden on optimizing small IO. RAID hardware vendors can now export large sector sizes themselves and know that the OS can support them.
Frankly, I don't think RAID people will mind 4K sectors too much. It's overall probably better for them but it won't make much difference. The average IO size won't change much if at all, the smallest IO will clearly be 4K but may already be, and the amount of computation won't change noticably. Remember that larger accesses are not needed or necessarily desired in independent access RAID designs. The goal of those designs is to make the RAID interleave some integer multiple larger than the average access size. Like I said, larger sectors probably won't increase the average IO size but, even if it did, it would only change the tuning. The goal of these RAID implementations is lots of parallel IO, not lots of large IO requests.
When using DMA it doesn't really matter since the whole transfer is performed by the drive. When using PIO, software can use MULTIPLE MODE versions of read and write commands to transfer more than one sector at a time. This results in better performance only because of host software and interface issues. It's not a hard drive internals thing. Multiple mode was added to IDE in the late 80's. You're a little out of date.
Changing the sector size will in no way reduce "the number of error checks and sector head seeks (sic)". It increases the density of user data on the disk with essentially no downside. PC's have not been able to use different sector sizes in the past since BIOS'es assume 512 bytes. It's about time that got fixed.
Forcing a 4K sector size means that the smallest IO will now be 4K. Disk and storage controller vendors will like that I'm sure. Designing high performance storage while worrying about 512 byte performance is ridiculous. Caches no longer have to worry about small sectors. Hoorah!
Newcastle's not that good but better than Samuel Smith Oatmeal (which surprisingly made the list). Obviously an arbitrary list though not a bad selection I suppose.
FW800 was created becaue they could, not because there was a specific application that required it.
There are no hard drives that are firewire native. Internal drives or SATA attached drives will always outperform firewire ones, 400 or 800 doesn't matter. If you take a SATA or ATA drive and put a firewire translator board on it, you think it will yield I/O rates better than native attachment? It doesn't.
Yes, I have a son and he's 23 years old. Thanks for making assumptions about my parenting skills and qualifications. I haven't made any comments to suggest that I'm OK with 10 year olds browsing content "like that" whatever "that" is. I've made no comments whatsoever on my views regarding appropriate content for children.
Actually, what you said was that MySpace made no attempt to verify age or restrict content to minors. That's totally untrue. MySpace meets the same requirements in that respect that other, more specifically adult sites do. MySpace is specifically NOT a site with explicit sexual content and it's usage rules are clear on that. MySpace also requires that any member state his age. I'm not aware of MySpace making any false claims that you suggest they do.
Af for being in the "real world", kids can easily find content as suggestive as the example you give without providing proof of age or being presented adult content warnings. Try googling "well hung 4 your pleasure" and see what you get. It certainly seems to me you're out of touch.
"And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting myspace doesnt have a right to exist and do what they do, just that they should do it responsibly."
And just what does MySpace "do"? The site was established originally for bands. They do not exist to create a playground for sodomites as you suggest. They do have policies forbidding explicit content and they block public access to accounts below 16 years old. Doesn't stop people for posting explicit content or kids lying about their ages of course. MySpace is held to the same standard as other sites and they comply.
Oddly, all this outrage over MySpace and no one sees the real problems. I've personally see child porn trading pages on MySpace. Look carefully for the real outrages and stop whining about the petty stuff. "well hung" isn't worth getting worked up over.
MySpace enforces their age requirements just as much as porn sites do (that is, not at all). How does a porn site know how old I am? (hint: they dont).
Simply clicking on a link certifying your age does nothing to stop a child from viewing adult content and it's not proof that anyone is old enough. Your example, "well hung 4 your pleasure" may be adult content for you but not for everyone. You need to enter the real world.
I've been to personal ad sites and seen underage people I KNOW with ads claiming they are 18 and including explicit images. Young adults think nothing of lying about their age to get what they want. You know how many kids have fake id's? You are entitled to call MySpace a sewer if you want but they are hardly any different than many other sites. Face it, MySpace is used as a hookup/dating site by teens and young adults. It's the users who choose to use it that way, not MySpace.
Different cultures can justify different ages of consent and have it still make sense. Just because one country sets the age at 14 doesn't mean that another is wrong not to.
Also, age of consent laws apply to both sexes, not just women, although some countries have different ages for males and females involved in same or opposite sex relationships. How do you think they justify that? The way you put it, age of consent laws are intended to punish women and that's preposterous. Age of consent laws are intended to protect the young, not discriminate against them!
No matter what age you choose it will never be right for everyone.
Anyone who remembers, and reads the wiki, can clearly see that you've spun this. Clinton did not have a conversation with the judge and spontaneously tell the truth. There was a negotiation between his legal team and that of the prosecutors. Also, Clinton denied having "sexual relations" even though "sexual contact" was what was defined.
What features were those? Difficulty in booting Windows XP? Surely if MS can make do booting using a BIOS then the great Apple can manage it. Didn't Apple use a plain old PC for their Intel developer program? Soon we'll be hearing that Apple "invented" EFI.
Actually, Windows puts "Close" on the window menu, the closest analog of the application menu in Mac OS. The file menu is under the control of the application. I personally find it odd that you can close all windows of an app in OS X and yet not exit (and still have focus on that app without any windows displayed!) but it depends on what you're used to. At least Windows didn't copy the awful mac menu bar that seems so stupidly in fashion today.
As it is under the Windows equivalent (except it's called Close). Windows also has Exit under the file menu. Double cliking the program icon exits as well.
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That is completely absurd! They provide source code to their software so they handcuff nobody. They fact that others aren't compelled to do the same is not their responsibility.
Have you seen what comes by default with Mac OS...?
Yes I have and it's not as great as Windows. iLife is not bundled with Mac OS although it is bundled with the machine. It's not the end-all of bundled software either.
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I like how you and so many others justify porn as the lesser of evils. Would you rather get shot in the head or in the heart? When are you goinf to stop beating your wife?
Your 15 year old is going to masturbate and possibly have sex as well. None of that is an argument in favor of porn.
"Pornography functions as an alternative to fornication. And I'm talking about regular good old fashion hetero or homosexual adult (above 18) porn. Hardcopies (magazines and videos) of pornography seems risky. You have to store them and purchase them--they leave a paper trail. But internet pornography is accessible and can often be acquired for free. It doesn't leave such an obvious trail back to the user.
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After arguing the case for masturbation so effectively, how did you make the leap to porn? Who needs porn to masturbate when you're an adolescent? I sure didn't.
Why, BTW, did you need to feel the need to place an age qualifacation on porn? Does deviant porn not fill the exact same need; scratch the same itch? If porn performs such a useful role, then why would you worry about a paper trail? By your own argument, porn provides an alternate to fornication in your own words, so why wouldn't child porn be encouraged as an alternative to child molestation? Are you arguing that porn works different for you than other people, specifically, people you don't like?
Anyone who say porn is a problem is a Puritan? Porn is a problem for only 1% according to what source? Since gambling, drinking, etc exist then porn is ok? Who says the magnitude of the problem is overblown?
Can you substantiate any of the things you've claimed, and even if you can, how does arguing against porn harm society?
What is your source for this claim? Clearly porn existed before the internet but that doesn't mean 3/4 of children and adolescents viewed it. Just what is the legal age for "allowed to look at"? Laws aren't written to criminalize children but to protect them.
That was closer to 30 years ago. Trash 80's were long out of date by 1986. Modems were commonly 2400 baud and there were fast modems (trailblazers) introduced around that time. Of course, high schools could have been a decade out of date.
My first modem was a Prometheus 1200 in 1983. I've had a T1 in my home for over 5 years. Can't wait to get rid of it and stop paying those bills.
...and portable browsing can be done by other, better devices anyway. RIM does one thing and that's true push email. How many users really need that? My T-mobile device has SMS-triggered email downloading which is almost the same thing except that it polls my IMAP account every few minutes. I turned it off so i wouldn't get email delivered autmatically. I really don't see the need for most people and I found it annoying.
There are Windows Mobile devices that offer this once you add VOIP software. I have one, the T-mobile MDA Vario, that supposedly can do VOIP though I haven't tried it. Everything else is easy. The device is smaller than a Treo and has a bigger keyboard (though not one-handed).
The Treo can't do real background processing. It's OS is horribly broken/unstable and enabling background tasks like Verichat (for instance) is a death sentence. Versamail is garbage of course. Push email is overrated as very few users really need that feature. The rest of us can poll for new mail every few minutes or do it manually. Oh yeah, the Treo camera sucks.
Why bother talking about products that don't exist like the Treo 700p or future imaginary Treo's that have EDGE support? They don't exist and aren't slated to. You're referring to rumors while this article talks about what's here now.
The Treo is great for one handed operation if it weren't for the horrible, unstable OS and the constant lockups that occur on every single device. No, the problem's not fixed yet and the 650 has been out a year now.
As for your Macbook, why not use bluetooth? No need to tether a phone to connect.
There was no FAT8 and the numbers stored were cluster numbers, not sector numbers. A larger sector size would have meant that that smaller FAT clusters were not possible. The largest FAT cluster would still have been 32K due to BIOS PIO limitations.
Larger sector sizes make it harder for RAID systems to implement parallel access designs because single sector interleaves are now 8x larger than before. Such designs aren't that common and those vendors can still get small sector drives if they need them. For independent access, raising the minimum IO size to 4K will reduce the burden on optimizing small IO. RAID hardware vendors can now export large sector sizes themselves and know that the OS can support them.
Frankly, I don't think RAID people will mind 4K sectors too much. It's overall probably better for them but it won't make much difference. The average IO size won't change much if at all, the smallest IO will clearly be 4K but may already be, and the amount of computation won't change noticably. Remember that larger accesses are not needed or necessarily desired in independent access RAID designs. The goal of those designs is to make the RAID interleave some integer multiple larger than the average access size. Like I said, larger sectors probably won't increase the average IO size but, even if it did, it would only change the tuning. The goal of these RAID implementations is lots of parallel IO, not lots of large IO requests.
When using DMA it doesn't really matter since the whole transfer is performed by the drive. When using PIO, software can use MULTIPLE MODE versions of read and write commands to transfer more than one sector at a time. This results in better performance only because of host software and interface issues. It's not a hard drive internals thing. Multiple mode was added to IDE in the late 80's. You're a little out of date.
Changing the sector size will in no way reduce "the number of error checks and sector head seeks (sic)". It increases the density of user data on the disk with essentially no downside. PC's have not been able to use different sector sizes in the past since BIOS'es assume 512 bytes. It's about time that got fixed.
Forcing a 4K sector size means that the smallest IO will now be 4K. Disk and storage controller vendors will like that I'm sure. Designing high performance storage while worrying about 512 byte performance is ridiculous. Caches no longer have to worry about small sectors. Hoorah!
This is nonsense
who only uses lottery money for education? and just how is that good?
Newcastle's not that good but better than Samuel Smith Oatmeal (which surprisingly made the list). Obviously an arbitrary list though not a bad selection I suppose.
FW800 was created becaue they could, not because there was a specific application that required it.
There are no hard drives that are firewire native. Internal drives or SATA attached drives will always outperform firewire ones, 400 or 800 doesn't matter. If you take a SATA or ATA drive and put a firewire translator board on it, you think it will yield I/O rates better than native attachment? It doesn't.
Yes, I have a son and he's 23 years old. Thanks for making assumptions about my parenting skills and qualifications. I haven't made any comments to suggest that I'm OK with 10 year olds browsing content "like that" whatever "that" is. I've made no comments whatsoever on my views regarding appropriate content for children.
Actually, what you said was that MySpace made no attempt to verify age or restrict content to minors. That's totally untrue. MySpace meets the same requirements in that respect that other, more specifically adult sites do. MySpace is specifically NOT a site with explicit sexual content and it's usage rules are clear on that. MySpace also requires that any member state his age. I'm not aware of MySpace making any false claims that you suggest they do.
Af for being in the "real world", kids can easily find content as suggestive as the example you give without providing proof of age or being presented adult content warnings. Try googling "well hung 4 your pleasure" and see what you get. It certainly seems to me you're out of touch.
"And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting myspace doesnt have a right to exist and do what they do, just that they should do it responsibly."
And just what does MySpace "do"? The site was established originally for bands. They do not exist to create a playground for sodomites as you suggest. They do have policies forbidding explicit content and they block public access to accounts below 16 years old. Doesn't stop people for posting explicit content or kids lying about their ages of course. MySpace is held to the same standard as other sites and they comply.
Oddly, all this outrage over MySpace and no one sees the real problems. I've personally see child porn trading pages on MySpace. Look carefully for the real outrages and stop whining about the petty stuff. "well hung" isn't worth getting worked up over.
MySpace enforces their age requirements just as much as porn sites do (that is, not at all). How does a porn site know how old I am? (hint: they dont).
Simply clicking on a link certifying your age does nothing to stop a child from viewing adult content and it's not proof that anyone is old enough. Your example, "well hung 4 your pleasure" may be adult content for you but not for everyone. You need to enter the real world.
I've been to personal ad sites and seen underage people I KNOW with ads claiming they are 18 and including explicit images. Young adults think nothing of lying about their age to get what they want. You know how many kids have fake id's? You are entitled to call MySpace a sewer if you want but they are hardly any different than many other sites. Face it, MySpace is used as a hookup/dating site by teens and young adults. It's the users who choose to use it that way, not MySpace.
Different cultures can justify different ages of consent and have it still make sense. Just because one country sets the age at 14 doesn't mean that another is wrong not to.
Also, age of consent laws apply to both sexes, not just women, although some countries have different ages for males and females involved in same or opposite sex relationships. How do you think they justify that? The way you put it, age of consent laws are intended to punish women and that's preposterous. Age of consent laws are intended to protect the young, not discriminate against them!
No matter what age you choose it will never be right for everyone.
He also sounds ignorant. Not saying it's wrong, but he's irrelevant and out of the loop.
Anyone who remembers, and reads the wiki, can clearly see that you've spun this. Clinton did not have a conversation with the judge and spontaneously tell the truth. There was a negotiation between his legal team and that of the prosecutors. Also, Clinton denied having "sexual relations" even though "sexual contact" was what was defined.
What features were those? Difficulty in booting Windows XP? Surely if MS can make do booting using a BIOS then the great Apple can manage it. Didn't Apple use a plain old PC for their Intel developer program? Soon we'll be hearing that Apple "invented" EFI.
Actually, Windows puts "Close" on the window menu, the closest analog of the application menu in Mac OS. The file menu is under the control of the application. I personally find it odd that you can close all windows of an app in OS X and yet not exit (and still have focus on that app without any windows displayed!) but it depends on what you're used to. At least Windows didn't copy the awful mac menu bar that seems so stupidly in fashion today.
As it is under the Windows equivalent (except it's called Close). Windows also has Exit under the file menu. Double cliking the program icon exits as well.
That is completely absurd! They provide source code to their software so they handcuff nobody. They fact that others aren't compelled to do the same is not their responsibility.
Have you seen what comes by default with Mac OS...?
Yes I have and it's not as great as Windows. iLife is not bundled with Mac OS although it is bundled with the machine. It's not the end-all of bundled software either.