So I showed my kids the multi part color documentary on world war two.
We discussed all kinds of issues: Bombings, genocide, gas chambers, blockades, dictators.
They get it. They know war is horrible and they know what a game is.
It's called parenting. I applaud this guy's efforts.
That's why we homeschool.
Our 5 kids are very curious all the time. Always reading. Always learning.
They have no exposure to the "system" that drives curiosity out of them.
I have my router connected through my ISP "Router/Modem"
I have a Linksys BEFSR81 that I've run for about 7 years. I also had reboot issues until I hooked it up to a better power source. Now it's very stable. On an older circuit in the house, I had to reboot it every week.
I can play World of Tanks and get about 150 ping. I'm happy.
Educate yourself asshole. I RAN a fucking control center controlling over 700 windmills. I logged all the production from these windmills.
I'm pretty sure I know more about this that you unless you're a fucking engineer that specializes in this field.
I'm pretty fucking sure I know exactly when the wind blows, and had the logs to prove it.
If you're not over 70, you have no business calling me son, asshole.
Perhaps you should do the math. 5 million dollar windmill @ $10 / mega watt.
How long to pay that off?
Generator or gearbox costs over a million dollars.
The wind here btw is available 90% of the time and they STILL LOSE MONEY.
The only reason they built them was for the green credits that they have since been screwed out of. The whole industry is bullshit. But if you knew anything about it, you'd also know that.
It's not green by any stretch of the imagination. It's not valueable. When it's very hot, no wind, when it's very cold, no wind. So basically useless when you need it the most.
I was an operator at the largest windmill company in Canada. There's lots of lying going around. It doesn't make any money, it destroys the health of the operators and technicians. I'm not even mentioning that the company has to pay another company to remove the dead bats at one farm. Truckloads every year.
Wind energy is the biggest bullshit story ever pulled on the public.
Most rural municipalities also have bylaws that prevent the deployment of turbines.
There was one setup here. The guys had a small turbine and a basement full of batteries. Always down for repairs. Finally broke down and had power poles run to his house so he could go on the grid. Wasted thousands of dollars.
This game has enticed me to upgrade my video card twice and my whole system once.
That's over $500 that I wouldn't have spent otherwise. I still have 6 or 8 win xp machines for older games and older hardware that still works perfectly.
Exactly. Microsoft doesn't want to update it fine, release the source and let someone else do it. I have machines still on Service Pack 2 that have never had any issues. (yes I have anti-virus and scan with anti-malware)
XP works fine, has some features I like better than 7 and works on tons of machines that don't need to go to the landfill. I have at least 10 boxes that will never be upgraded and I don't have any issues. I will never put linux on these machines. Linux is completely over rated and useless to me.
Most of this crap is FUD. Look after your network and don't be stupid on the web. Simple.
I agree wholeheartedly. There is not now, nor will there ever be, a reason to have all computers facing the internet without a router. IPv6 has been a collossal (sp?) waste of resources.
I tried a dumb little experiment the other week. I'm not retarded, I've been playing with computers since 1994.
I thought I'd be "smart" and use the second port on my isp supplied router for gaming. The port is there for x-box and the like. Thought I'd get a better ping. My wife likes watching videos while I play WoT.
Guess what? Virus like RIGHT NOW!!! I have antivirus, firewall and hosts file. I don't download anything sketchy, yet I was owned in no time.
I changed back to my router, which is behind their router, cleaned out my system and haven't had any issues since. I now use qos from my switch. (Yes I realize I should have done that first).
So by going through two routers I have no need for an ipv6 address and I can do anything I need to do including online gaming. People hate change naturally and there's no way people will change for NO REAL REASON!!! I have been saying this for 8 years now.
What really pissed me off was, that I bought the game on CD but still had to go to Steam to activate it!!?? WTF? I didn't want to play online or with other people. Steam didn't need to be involved at all.
I see that Steam is the new Linux around here, but I won't play anything from their site just like I won't use Linux for anything either.
What I do play is World of Tanks. Installed without a hitch, works perfectly, and I don't have to give all my personal info away.
I don't know. It worked for a bit, then connected to steam and didn't work anymore.
I read something on their site about how to fix it, but it didn't work for me.
I hate steam. Won't play any of their games. I tried one steam game and the entire experience was a farce. Yes, that's all it took, bought a cd, had to use steam, game screwed up and lost sound. Couldn't fix it. Bye Steam. DIAF.
The best game I found in years though is World of Tanks. I've upgraded my PC for better graphics.
I will always game on a PC. Consoles to me are so 80's.
How about the people that read the Bible and don't listen to God?
Many "religious" people are basically frauds. They take the parts of the Bible that suit them and ignore the really important stuff.
Jesus said, "Many are called, but few are chosen."
This is the most damning of all in my opinion:
Matthew 7
21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? 23 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!
Just because someone says they are believers of God, doesn't mean they really are. I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The proof of that is in my life. My actions alone.
I must be completed retarded, firstly for responding to trolls and secondly that I can build all the machines in my gigabit lan, tweak them to run as fast as possible, remove all the chances of loading ad sites with a host file, not use internet explorer or microsoft email, not click on any unfamiliar attachments and never see any unusual traffic on my lan.
Yet according to you, the new internet expert, I must be owned because you cannot fathom that someone besides yourself can actually run a computer?
I cannot believe the ignorant troll responses this post has garnered. You guys should get the hell out of your mom's basement and open your minds a little.
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Thanks for the link. This is exactly what we watched. On Netflix.
We discussed all kinds of issues:
Bombings, genocide, gas chambers, blockades, dictators.
They get it. They know war is horrible and they know what a game is.
It's called parenting. I applaud this guy's efforts.
That's why we homeschool.
Our 5 kids are very curious all the time. Always reading. Always learning.
They have no exposure to the "system" that drives curiosity out of them.
I have a Linksys BEFSR81 that I've run for about 7 years. I also had reboot issues until I hooked it up to a better power source. Now it's very stable. On an older circuit in the house, I had to reboot it every week.
I can play World of Tanks and get about 150 ping. I'm happy.
I'm pretty sure I know more about this that you unless you're a fucking engineer that specializes in this field.
I'm pretty fucking sure I know exactly when the wind blows, and had the logs to prove it. If you're not over 70, you have no business calling me son, asshole.
How long to pay that off?
Generator or gearbox costs over a million dollars.
The wind here btw is available 90% of the time and they STILL LOSE MONEY.
The only reason they built them was for the green credits that they have since been screwed out of. The whole industry is bullshit. But if you knew anything about it, you'd also know that.
It's not green by any stretch of the imagination. It's not valueable. When it's very hot, no wind, when it's very cold, no wind. So basically useless when you need it the most.
I was an operator at the largest windmill company in Canada. There's lots of lying going around. It doesn't make any money, it destroys the health of the operators and technicians. I'm not even mentioning that the company has to pay another company to remove the dead bats at one farm. Truckloads every year.
Wind energy is the biggest bullshit story ever pulled on the public.
Most rural municipalities also have bylaws that prevent the deployment of turbines.
There was one setup here. The guys had a small turbine and a basement full of batteries. Always down for repairs. Finally broke down and had power poles run to his house so he could go on the grid. Wasted thousands of dollars.
This game has enticed me to upgrade my video card twice and my whole system once.
That's over $500 that I wouldn't have spent otherwise. I still have 6 or 8 win xp machines for older games and older hardware that still works perfectly.
I can't believe that slashdot users can't do this:
Download, extract, right click, install, reboot.
Why use Adblock when a hosts file works across the whole system? Honestly, never understood Adblock.
Isn't "THIS" supposed to be year of Linux on the Desktop?
I'm so sick of Linux. Servers ya, Desktop, never again.
Common sense is so rare now that it's considered a super power!
Nobody landed on the moon. Man that one sure pisses people off.
Go from +2 to -1 troll in seconds.. :-)
LOL ... just awesome!
(yes I have anti-virus and scan with anti-malware)
XP works fine, has some features I like better than 7 and works on tons of machines that don't need to go to the landfill. I have at least 10 boxes that will never be upgraded and I don't have any issues. I will never put linux on these machines. Linux is completely over rated and useless to me.
Most of this crap is FUD. Look after your network and don't be stupid on the web. Simple.
We now have these wonderful devices called flash drives. I think one of those might work. /sarcasm
In this day in age, I'm pretty sure everyone can find either another computer or a family member to download a 20 meg (or so) file for them.
I agree wholeheartedly. There is not now, nor will there ever be, a reason to have all computers facing the internet without a router. IPv6 has been a collossal (sp?) waste of resources.
I tried a dumb little experiment the other week. I'm not retarded, I've been playing with computers since 1994.
I thought I'd be "smart" and use the second port on my isp supplied router for gaming. The port is there for x-box and the like. Thought I'd get a better ping. My wife likes watching videos while I play WoT.
Guess what? Virus like RIGHT NOW!!! I have antivirus, firewall and hosts file. I don't download anything sketchy, yet I was owned in no time.
I changed back to my router, which is behind their router, cleaned out my system and haven't had any issues since. I now use qos from my switch. (Yes I realize I should have done that first).
So by going through two routers I have no need for an ipv6 address and I can do anything I need to do including online gaming. People hate change naturally and there's no way people will change for NO REAL REASON!!! I have been saying this for 8 years now.
You have my sympathies for having the misfortune of living in the highest taxed jurisdiction in Canada.
I see that Steam is the new Linux around here, but I won't play anything from their site just like I won't use Linux for anything either.
What I do play is World of Tanks. Installed without a hitch, works perfectly, and I don't have to give all my personal info away.
But will America let them on the soundstage?
I don't know. It worked for a bit, then connected to steam and didn't work anymore. I read something on their site about how to fix it, but it didn't work for me.
I hate steam. Won't play any of their games.
I tried one steam game and the entire experience was a farce. Yes, that's all it took, bought a cd, had to use steam, game screwed up and lost sound. Couldn't fix it. Bye Steam. DIAF.
The best game I found in years though is World of Tanks. I've upgraded my PC for better graphics.
I will always game on a PC. Consoles to me are so 80's.
Many "religious" people are basically frauds. They take the parts of the Bible that suit them and ignore the really important stuff.
Jesus said, "Many are called, but few are chosen."
This is the most damning of all in my opinion:
Matthew 7
21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? 23 And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!
Just because someone says they are believers of God, doesn't mean they really are. I am a follower of Jesus Christ. The proof of that is in my life. My actions alone.
Psalm 14:1
The fool has said in his heart,
There is no God.
Peace. Let the flaming begin....
flame on fanbois!
I must be completed retarded, firstly for responding to trolls and secondly that I can build all the machines in my gigabit lan, tweak them to run as fast as possible, remove all the chances of loading ad sites with a host file, not use internet explorer or microsoft email, not click on any unfamiliar attachments and never see any unusual traffic on my lan.
Yet according to you, the new internet expert, I must be owned because you cannot fathom that someone besides yourself can actually run a computer?
I cannot believe the ignorant troll responses this post has garnered. You guys should get the hell out of your mom's basement and open your minds a little.
/rant