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Most Linux distributions are now pretty secure out of the box. Also, most Linux distros at least warn the user that they are running as root and tell them to run as a user. The one exception that I know of is Lindows (or whatever it's name is).
If dominant market share is a reason for increased security problems, Apache with about 70% of market share has had far fewer security problems than IIS.
It is assinine to rebuild New Orleans in it's current location. It's stupid to rebild a coastal city that is already mostly below sea level, is still sinking, and has a haywired dike system. Restore the areas that did not flood and use them as tourist areas. Build parks and wetlands in the parts of the city that are under sealevel or are prone to flooding and restore the wetlands around New Orleans.
In the US, a 10kW water heater would use exactly the same size wire as an electric stove.
Electric water heaters are used in a great many homes in the US and Canada. A typical residential American electic water heater holds between 30 and 50 gallons and is connected to either a 240V 30A or 240V 40A circuit. 120V residential water heaters are extremely rare. A 10kW tankless water heater in the US or Canada would be provided with it's own 240V 50A circuit, the same as a kitchen range would use.
Note that almost all homes in the US and Canada have split phase electrical service with two hot wires and a neutral wire (neutral is usually at earth/ground potential). In the US and Canada most wall outlets are ~117V and most large residential electrical appliances are supplied with ~240V. See http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_2/chpt_10/1.ht ml or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_phase
I know that at least a few non-tech people use extensions, especially Adblock. I had used Opera for a long time before I started using FF. Many of the extensions that I use provide functionality that I missed from when I had been using Opera (especially SessionSaver). I would probably still be using Opera if it had the functionality of the Adblock and Forcastfox extensions.
1.5 isn't out yet - you, like me, are using an RC. Many extension authors are lazy and will only update their extensions after 1.5 is *really* released.
Yeah, I know that I've been using RC's, it just seems that 1.5RCn has been out for quite a while. After 1.5 is released I don't think that I will be upgrading or testing RCs until my "must have" extensions are updated to work with the latest release or RC (or unless there an upgrade due to a major security problem). At work I am using 1.0.7 and at home I am using 1.5RC3. The only real differences that I see between the two versions are in the functionality provided by extensions.
How are non-tech people going to have confidence in Firefox when it breaks their favorite extensions? After upgrading, one must do a daily extension update until all of the extensions will work again.
I did not use the word "childrens toy" to indicate the target audience (although it may be accurate), I used the term to indicate the way that most game consoles are treated. I would not give Jack Thomson the sweat off of my balls. Oh, and the original Atari 2600 generation is older than 35.
"Either way, you can be sure that Microsoft (or any console maker) will set their launch date a full year ahead of what would be needed to ensure a quality product."
That may be true for computer products, it is not true for consumer goods in general. Production schedules for consumer goods are set according to the launch date that is determined by marketing droids who figure out the most advantageous launch date to maximize the sale of the product. Marketing may ask the production folks how long it will take to bring a widget to market, marketing will then set a launch date way before the time that the production people say that they can produce it. Somehow, the production people usually find shortcuts and workarounds that allow them to produce the goods in time for the marketing droid imposed launch date.
Re:How many of you have it on the carpet.
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It's a children's toy and as such it gets treated as childrens' toys normally get treated. With a few wierd exceptions, such as the Creepy Crawler maker or the Easy Bake oven (which are usually seldom used and run out of refills by New Years Day); if a children's toy overheats when sitting in a proper position on a normally carpeted floor, then it has a serious engineering problem.
Every audio or video component (toy or not) that I have ever seen in any entertainment center will work fine and not overheat if it is operated while sitting on normally carpeted floors. The few audio and video components that have bottom ventilation holes have feet that are long enough to keep the ventilation holes above the pile of most carpet. I have seen a few long shag carpets that could possibly block the bottom ventilation on certain components, but even then I am not sure that the component would overheat.
You usually dont have to wait to replace a toaster
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A defective new $15 toaster can be much easier to deal with than a defective new $300-$400 (or $1000+ on EBay) toy. Even if your toaster vs. XBox 360 defect anology were valid, most stores will just have you grab another toaster off the shelf to replace a defective toaster. Hell, paying $15 for another toaster isn't a big thing. Right now, few stores have any XBox 360's on the shelf and the few stores that have any left would probably prefer to sell them rather than give them up for an exchange. How long will it take to replace an XBox 360 that was discovered to be defective today? how about if it is discovered to be defective on Dec. 25th?
Except for the Society of Friends (Quakers), the understanding that women and men are equal is relatively new in Christian denominations, it is unevenly applied by many denominations, and it seems that many conservative Christians frequently define the term as "equal... but in different ways."
The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. (the SBC), the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and many fundamentalist Christian denominations steadfastly refuse to ordain women. The SBC allowed the ordination women for a short period of time but it stopped allowing the ordination of women in 2002.
In 1998, the SBC ruled that a wife should "submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband." The ruling was ratified in 2000.
Jesus' behaviour, including his treatment of women, was considered radical in his day and he violated many laws and traditions. It is too bad that today's Christians don't demonstrate the same compassion that Christ taught.
Science cannot treat origins as a scientific endeavor. Nothing about origins should not be taught in science class.
Neither of these statements parse.
What the Bible says:
....1 Cor 14:34-35 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
....1 Tim 2:11-14 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Do you also believe that schools should teach that women are inferior to men (the Bible says that they are) or that the Easter Bunny exists (who can prove that he doesn't exist?)? Scientists may not have considered all possibilities, but many scientists have looked at ID and have essentially concluded that it is supernatural hocus-pocus.
I have absolutely zero sympathy for anybody getting hit by the $IE_EXPLOIT_OF_THE_WEEK. The security problems with IE have been publicised ad-nauseum in the popular media and anybody who still allows IE to be used on a computer that they administer deserves all of the crap that they get from using IE.
Mythbusters recently busted the myth about a pickup truck getting better gas milage if the tailgate is down. The show also showed the aerodynamics of a pickup bed with and without the tailgate open. What happens to the aerodynamics (and gas mileage) if a pickup toolbox is installed across the front of the bed?
Also, how can we reconcile the article's statement "...a culture, barely changed in centuries..." with "there were no public hospitals or schools until the 1950s, and no paper currency, roads or electricity until several years after that. Bhutan had no diplomatic relations with any other country until 1961, and the first invited western visitors came only in 1974"?
The British, and later India, have been active in the internal affairs of Bhutan since the late 1800's. Although Bhutan is still dependant upon India for financial assistance and military protection, Bhutan became independant from India in 1949. Bhutan is about half the size of Indiana and it's economy is one of the world's smallest and least developed. Approximately 104,000 Bhutanese refugees live in Nepal, things must be bad if that many people choose to be refugees in Nepal.
I also visit a number of trusted websites that use Javascript, and for those sites I turn Javascript on. Surfing with Javascript turned on is considered by many to be an unacceptable security risk.
Most of the new versions of pop-unders use Javascript to sneak past the pop-up blockers. I really hope that you are not actually surfing with Javascipt enabled.
I agree with you that setting an arbitrary age for "age of consent" laws is not an optimal situation. I am not a lawyer. The under-age sex laws in your country are not that much different from the laws in the US.
In the US, most state laws say that somebody under n years of age is unable to give consent to having sex, hence, it is always considered to be non-consentual; it does not matter whether it was forced or not. If it were forced rape, the rapist would also be charged with assault and probably some other things. The age of consent in the US varies by state and can vary depending upon the age and/or sex of both parties. According to the table at http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm, the US age of consent ages are pretty much in line with the rest of the world. The table also has links to the laws specific to different countries and US states.
Your country's law and the US state laws in these matters seem to be pretty similar, the ages vary and in many cases the names of the laws are different. I think that as in your country, there are US states where it would also be legal for a 16 year old to have sex with a 15 year old.
Radium water reached the height of it's popularity in the 1920's and the US government didn't take action against radium water until the 1930's -- the US FTC took action against those products that had radiation levels that were TOO LOW.
You do realize that the article about the Aqua Assault RoboFighters is satire, don't you?
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Most Linux distributions are now pretty secure out of the box. Also, most Linux distros at least warn the user that they are running as root and tell them to run as a user. The one exception that I know of is Lindows (or whatever it's name is).
If dominant market share is a reason for increased security problems, Apache with about 70% of market share has had far fewer security problems than IIS.
They also left out Spybot and AdAware. ZDNet's reviews are just like Fox News; Fair and Balanced.
It is assinine to rebuild New Orleans in it's current location. It's stupid to rebild a coastal city that is already mostly below sea level, is still sinking, and has a haywired dike system. Restore the areas that did not flood and use them as tourist areas. Build parks and wetlands in the parts of the city that are under sealevel or are prone to flooding and restore the wetlands around New Orleans.
This sort of thing sounds like what a child would do.
In the US, a 10kW water heater would use exactly the same size wire as an electric stove.
t ml or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_phase
Electric water heaters are used in a great many homes in the US and Canada. A typical residential American electic water heater holds between 30 and 50 gallons and is connected to either a 240V 30A or 240V 40A circuit. 120V residential water heaters are extremely rare. A 10kW tankless water heater in the US or Canada would be provided with it's own 240V 50A circuit, the same as a kitchen range would use.
Note that almost all homes in the US and Canada have split phase electrical service with two hot wires and a neutral wire (neutral is usually at earth/ground potential). In the US and Canada most wall outlets are ~117V and most large residential electrical appliances are supplied with ~240V. See http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_2/chpt_10/1.h
I know that at least a few non-tech people use extensions, especially Adblock. I had used Opera for a long time before I started using FF. Many of the extensions that I use provide functionality that I missed from when I had been using Opera (especially SessionSaver). I would probably still be using Opera if it had the functionality of the Adblock and Forcastfox extensions.
1.5 isn't out yet - you, like me, are using an RC. Many extension authors are lazy and will only update their extensions after 1.5 is *really* released.
Yeah, I know that I've been using RC's, it just seems that 1.5RCn has been out for quite a while. After 1.5 is released I don't think that I will be upgrading or testing RCs until my "must have" extensions are updated to work with the latest release or RC (or unless there an upgrade due to a major security problem). At work I am using 1.0.7 and at home I am using 1.5RC3. The only real differences that I see between the two versions are in the functionality provided by extensions.
ASSOCIATION = Appropriate recording industry association, such as RIAA, BPI, IFPI, SDMI, ARIA, ETC.
Indies need to label their albums specifically stating that they are not $ASSOCIATION members.
This sort of labeling was done in the US in the early 20th century to indicate non-membership in the various Trusts and cartels of the era.
How are non-tech people going to have confidence in Firefox when it breaks their favorite extensions? After upgrading, one must do a daily extension update until all of the extensions will work again.
I did not use the word "childrens toy" to indicate the target audience (although it may be accurate), I used the term to indicate the way that most game consoles are treated. I would not give Jack Thomson the sweat off of my balls. Oh, and the original Atari 2600 generation is older than 35.
According to the eBay Toy Finder, the Manufacturer's Recommended Age for the XBox 360 is 5+ http://toyfinder.ebay.com/best_kids_toys/products/ Microsoft_xbox_360.html
"Either way, you can be sure that Microsoft (or any console maker) will set their launch date a full year ahead of what would be needed to ensure a quality product."
That may be true for computer products, it is not true for consumer goods in general. Production schedules for consumer goods are set according to the launch date that is determined by marketing droids who figure out the most advantageous launch date to maximize the sale of the product. Marketing may ask the production folks how long it will take to bring a widget to market, marketing will then set a launch date way before the time that the production people say that they can produce it. Somehow, the production people usually find shortcuts and workarounds that allow them to produce the goods in time for the marketing droid imposed launch date.
It's a children's toy and as such it gets treated as childrens' toys normally get treated. With a few wierd exceptions, such as the Creepy Crawler maker or the Easy Bake oven (which are usually seldom used and run out of refills by New Years Day); if a children's toy overheats when sitting in a proper position on a normally carpeted floor, then it has a serious engineering problem.
Every audio or video component (toy or not) that I have ever seen in any entertainment center will work fine and not overheat if it is operated while sitting on normally carpeted floors. The few audio and video components that have bottom ventilation holes have feet that are long enough to keep the ventilation holes above the pile of most carpet. I have seen a few long shag carpets that could possibly block the bottom ventilation on certain components, but even then I am not sure that the component would overheat.
A defective new $15 toaster can be much easier to deal with than a defective new $300-$400 (or $1000+ on EBay) toy. Even if your toaster vs. XBox 360 defect anology were valid, most stores will just have you grab another toaster off the shelf to replace a defective toaster. Hell, paying $15 for another toaster isn't a big thing. Right now, few stores have any XBox 360's on the shelf and the few stores that have any left would probably prefer to sell them rather than give them up for an exchange. How long will it take to replace an XBox 360 that was discovered to be defective today? how about if it is discovered to be defective on Dec. 25th?
Here are my facts:
... but in different ways."
....1 Cor 14:34-35 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
....1 Tim 2:11-14 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Except for the Society of Friends (Quakers), the understanding that women and men are equal is relatively new in Christian denominations, it is unevenly applied by many denominations, and it seems that many conservative Christians frequently define the term as "equal
The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. (the SBC), the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and many fundamentalist Christian denominations steadfastly refuse to ordain women. The SBC allowed the ordination women for a short period of time but it stopped allowing the ordination of women in 2002.
In 1998, the SBC ruled that a wife should "submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband." The ruling was ratified in 2000.
Jesus' behaviour, including his treatment of women, was considered radical in his day and he violated many laws and traditions. It is too bad that today's Christians don't demonstrate the same compassion that Christ taught.
Science cannot treat origins as a scientific endeavor. Nothing about origins should not be taught in science class.
Neither of these statements parse.
What the Bible says:
These seem better:
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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6140117.html
http://www.gamingsteve.com/archives/2005/11/jack_
http://www.gtasanandreas.net/news/single.php?id=2
Do you also believe that schools should teach that women are inferior to men (the Bible says that they are) or that the Easter Bunny exists (who can prove that he doesn't exist?)? Scientists may not have considered all possibilities, but many scientists have looked at ID and have essentially concluded that it is supernatural hocus-pocus.
I have absolutely zero sympathy for anybody getting hit by the $IE_EXPLOIT_OF_THE_WEEK. The security problems with IE have been publicised ad-nauseum in the popular media and anybody who still allows IE to be used on a computer that they administer deserves all of the crap that they get from using IE.
Mythbusters recently busted the myth about a pickup truck getting better gas milage if the tailgate is down. The show also showed the aerodynamics of a pickup bed with and without the tailgate open. What happens to the aerodynamics (and gas mileage) if a pickup toolbox is installed across the front of the bed?
Also, how can we reconcile the article's statement "...a culture, barely changed in centuries..." with "there were no public hospitals or schools until the 1950s, and no paper currency, roads or electricity until several years after that. Bhutan had no diplomatic relations with any other country until 1961, and the first invited western visitors came only in 1974"?
The British, and later India, have been active in the internal affairs of Bhutan since the late 1800's. Although Bhutan is still dependant upon India for financial assistance and military protection, Bhutan became independant from India in 1949. Bhutan is about half the size of Indiana and it's economy is one of the world's smallest and least developed. Approximately 104,000 Bhutanese refugees live in Nepal, things must be bad if that many people choose to be refugees in Nepal.
I also visit a number of trusted websites that use Javascript, and for those sites I turn Javascript on. Surfing with Javascript turned on is considered by many to be an unacceptable security risk.
Most of the new versions of pop-unders use Javascript to sneak past the pop-up blockers. I really hope that you are not actually surfing with Javascipt enabled.
It could be because Van Zant listeners care more about privacy and what's right than Celine Dion listeners.
I agree with you that setting an arbitrary age for "age of consent" laws is not an optimal situation. I am not a lawyer. The under-age sex laws in your country are not that much different from the laws in the US.
In the US, most state laws say that somebody under n years of age is unable to give consent to having sex, hence, it is always considered to be non-consentual; it does not matter whether it was forced or not. If it were forced rape, the rapist would also be charged with assault and probably some other things. The age of consent in the US varies by state and can vary depending upon the age and/or sex of both parties. According to the table at http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm, the US age of consent ages are pretty much in line with the rest of the world. The table also has links to the laws specific to different countries and US states.
Your country's law and the US state laws in these matters seem to be pretty similar, the ages vary and in many cases the names of the laws are different. I think that as in your country, there are US states where it would also be legal for a 16 year old to have sex with a 15 year old.
Radium water reached the height of it's popularity in the 1920's and the US government didn't take action against radium water until the 1930's -- the US FTC took action against those products that had radiation levels that were TOO LOW.
You do realize that the article about the Aqua Assault RoboFighters is satire, don't you?