Sex offenders, on the other hand, are usually incestuous, and the recidivism rate for these offenders is quite low, especially compared to the general prison population. Jump out of the bushes type of offenders are quite rare, and these people do have much higher recidivism rates.
I was with you until you spewed this garbage. "Sex offender" can be someone that pissed on a bush and got caught. Thanks for illustrating the problems with general labels though.
That reasoning would be applicable if it were true. Unfortunately people are highly predictable. If they do something once, chances are they will do it again.
Its a shame people really believe this, because its certainly not true. My wife's ex was a wife beater; there's a difference between his line of thinking and the person that gets caught up in the heat of the moment.
Note that no one is excusing hitting someone; its still wrong, but to claim that if you do it once you'll do it again is simply amazing. Someone that's 37 years old, never hit anyone and does it once... suddendly they are predicable and will do it again? What about the prior 37 years where he didn't hit anyone?
Your line of "reasoning" is exteremly dangerous, because if you continue with it, anyone that does something once WILL likely do it again, because everyone expects him to.
No, its not. But one time does not make a pattern either. People seem to think 'if you can do it once you'll with 100% certainty do it again.' Sorry, I don't want to lock anyone into that line of reasoning, because if that's what we as a society believe, there will be no reason for someone to NOT do it again.
Um, actually it does matter if its a man or a woman. Cops typically won't haul the woman away. Indeed, even filmed on Cops, the wife admitted he didn't hit her husband, she hit him, and they STILL cuffed the man and took him away.
I don't see why that's a problem; the big book stores here have a much better selection than the local places. Unfortunately because I live in a small city, even their selection sucks... but the same chain store near Philly had an unbelievable selection of books.
Yes, they can sneak into your home and install keyloggers. I don't think they expect people to have any countermeasures in place though to detect an intrusion, becuase I'm willing to bet almost no one does. Because its not expected, I don't find it likely they'd prepare for the possiblity.
So, what good does it do them to install a keylogger when they don't know about the hidden camera watching the room?
Everyone hates Microsoft. People feel they deserve derision even when it's not their fault.
Which is irrational.
It's an easy target. Microsoft has the kind of track record that makes people expect them to screw up.
Thier track record as of late has been pretty good.
Complexity. Good code or not, Microsoft has so much code that there's bound to be a problem somewhere.
No doubt. But a problem so severe that people can't migrate to 64-bit? Very doubtful, given that they have had 64 bit support for a few years now.
Because it's probably going to happen. Face it, It wouldn't be the first time that a bug has been unearthed after more than a decade in Microsoft code. They've shown an uncanny level of innovation when it comes to finding ways to screw up even the most simple things.
Yes, they can screw things up. But so much so that it actively keeps people from moving to 64-bit hardware? Again, I think this is doubtful.
The problem is that people have already built decoders. You blame the last 10% on obfuscation; do you have evidence of this? Perhaps that last 10% just isn't worth the time it would take to build.
Its funny you came up with that (crappy) analogy. "Letting it go," so to speak, is exactly how many US Vets dealt with being tortured by the North Vietnamese. So yes, exactly.
Well, you could, you know, download the Vista Wireless drivers onto a usb drive and reboot into Vista. Why you put the memory back in without getting the hotfix installed is beyond me though.
Ha. Asked for my zip code at an EB store, I told them 12345. He said, "if you don't want to give it you don't have to." I said "no, its Schenectady, NY." "Oh."
Why would you expect any file format to be readable by versions arbitrary in the future? The analogy is fine; a car is a SYSTEM that works together, the road plays a smaller part in whether or not the car runs. That is, except for keeping traction, road conditions don't decide if the engine generates power.
You're going out way in left field now. Quality means that you can actually run the software on the platform its supposed to work with, and that it won't crash constantly. Your bet is nothing but your speculation, and hasn't panned out in most cases.
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I prefer to think of Jesus as depected in Family Guy... doing crappy magic tricks with his hands.
Sex offenders, on the other hand, are usually incestuous, and the recidivism rate for these offenders is quite low, especially compared to the general prison population. Jump out of the bushes type of offenders are quite rare, and these people do have much higher recidivism rates.
I was with you until you spewed this garbage. "Sex offender" can be someone that pissed on a bush and got caught. Thanks for illustrating the problems with general labels though.
That reasoning would be applicable if it were true. Unfortunately people are highly predictable. If they do something once, chances are they will do it again.
Its a shame people really believe this, because its certainly not true. My wife's ex was a wife beater; there's a difference between his line of thinking and the person that gets caught up in the heat of the moment.
Note that no one is excusing hitting someone; its still wrong, but to claim that if you do it once you'll do it again is simply amazing. Someone that's 37 years old, never hit anyone and does it once... suddendly they are predicable and will do it again? What about the prior 37 years where he didn't hit anyone?
Your line of "reasoning" is exteremly dangerous, because if you continue with it, anyone that does something once WILL likely do it again, because everyone expects him to.
No, its not. But one time does not make a pattern either. People seem to think 'if you can do it once you'll with 100% certainty do it again.' Sorry, I don't want to lock anyone into that line of reasoning, because if that's what we as a society believe, there will be no reason for someone to NOT do it again.
Um, actually it does matter if its a man or a woman. Cops typically won't haul the woman away. Indeed, even filmed on Cops, the wife admitted he didn't hit her husband, she hit him, and they STILL cuffed the man and took him away.
Justice indeed.
Oh, right. You said they were inadequate. Thanks for your expert opinion, because I guess IBM doesn't have the guts to speak up.
You keep saying this, but it's not been a reflection on reality.
I don't see why that's a problem; the big book stores here have a much better selection than the local places. Unfortunately because I live in a small city, even their selection sucks... but the same chain store near Philly had an unbelievable selection of books.
More to the point, why should book sellers in France not be able to sell the book for whatever price they want?
Its not as clear cut anymore, when they consider a traffic violations a "civil" offense.
Yes, they can sneak into your home and install keyloggers. I don't think they expect people to have any countermeasures in place though to detect an intrusion, becuase I'm willing to bet almost no one does. Because its not expected, I don't find it likely they'd prepare for the possiblity.
So, what good does it do them to install a keylogger when they don't know about the hidden camera watching the room?
Everyone hates Microsoft. People feel they deserve derision even when it's not their fault.
Which is irrational.
It's an easy target. Microsoft has the kind of track record that makes people expect them to screw up.
Thier track record as of late has been pretty good.
Complexity. Good code or not, Microsoft has so much code that there's bound to be a problem somewhere.
No doubt. But a problem so severe that people can't migrate to 64-bit? Very doubtful, given that they have had 64 bit support for a few years now.
Because it's probably going to happen. Face it, It wouldn't be the first time that a bug has been unearthed after more than a decade in Microsoft code. They've shown an uncanny level of innovation when it comes to finding ways to screw up even the most simple things.
Yes, they can screw things up. But so much so that it actively keeps people from moving to 64-bit hardware? Again, I think this is doubtful.
Perhaps you should try to comprehend TFA. These documents have been available since 2006. Is two years not enough time?
The problem is that people have already built decoders. You blame the last 10% on obfuscation; do you have evidence of this? Perhaps that last 10% just isn't worth the time it would take to build.
Its funny you came up with that (crappy) analogy. "Letting it go," so to speak, is exactly how many US Vets dealt with being tortured by the North Vietnamese. So yes, exactly.
What do you mean there's no time? YOU CAN ALREADY GET THEM. Just send an email via the KB link. Christ on a pony..
Huh? The new formats, .docx and such, are covered under the OOXML standard they are trying to get approved. What exactly is your issue?
Well, you could, you know, download the Vista Wireless drivers onto a usb drive and reboot into Vista. Why you put the memory back in without getting the hotfix installed is beyond me though.
Funny, becuase I've contacted support and gotten assistence very quickly, and have gotten follow up calls.
No, they wouldn't. You control how frustrated you are, and how you deal with it.
Ha. Asked for my zip code at an EB store, I told them 12345. He said, "if you don't want to give it you don't have to." I said "no, its Schenectady, NY." "Oh."
Why would you expect any file format to be readable by versions arbitrary in the future? The analogy is fine; a car is a SYSTEM that works together, the road plays a smaller part in whether or not the car runs. That is, except for keeping traction, road conditions don't decide if the engine generates power.
Why would you blame MS? They've had 64 bit OSes for some time now. Exchange Server 2008 is 64-bit only. So why exactly would you blame them?
You're going out way in left field now. Quality means that you can actually run the software on the platform its supposed to work with, and that it won't crash constantly. Your bet is nothing but your speculation, and hasn't panned out in most cases.
Well, also here in real life, people don't expect to buy, say an air filter for an 89 Camero, and have it work in their 03 Explorer.