More recent reports state they are not entirely sure why the generators cut out but its still seems the most reasonable explanation otherwise I can't possibly explain how eighteen generators, each presumably with independent fuel sources, would all cut out at exactly the same time, after successfully automatically starting and running for an hour.
While true, it doesn't invalidate my comment in the least. Do an ldd several KDE and Gnome applications. Heck, even do it on what people typically think is a Gtk+ application. You've notice both tend to pull in lots from their respective Gnome/KDE environment. Which means, despite COW and shared lib sharing, you're using massive amounts of extra memory which would otherwise not be required. Granted, with larger amounts of memory becoming common these days its not the end of the world, but for the low end it can literally be a show stopper.
This is in fact, one of the areas where Miguel screwed up. There were already several very fast CORBA implementations available. Rather than using theirs, it was NIH and a much, much slower implementation was created. This had the effect of CORBA's role being dramatically reduced because so many believed CORBA was woefully too slow for any practical use. The truth is, they frequently inappropriately used CORBA (bad architecture) and wrongly blamed CORBA when in fact, it was their NIH-implementation of CORBA which was slow rather than CORBA itself.
Is IE ten times as fast as Firefox 3.6 or Firefox 4 RC1?
The reality is, no one really knows how fast IE really is. Firefox has caught IE cheating at several benchmarks and when this was taken into account (adding NOOP), those same benchmarks were several times SLOWER than all other browsers, despite the fact the change should have made absolutely no effect. The implications are extremely profound.
Now that should not be interpreted to say that IE is slower than everything else at everything. The simple truth is, the parts where IE isn't purposely cheating have had pretty strong improvements over previous IE releases. That in of itself, assuming you care to run IE, meaning an upgrade should seriously be considered.
Just the same, at the end of the day, one should be extremely skeptical of any and all performance comparisons of IE if its using any well known benchmark; otherwise you're being spoon fed lies by Microsoft.
Remember, most low power designs specifically allow for cores to be shutdown when idle. This allows for substantial power savings. But, despite the CPU drawing very little power, the memory still requires full refresh cycles. This is, in part, why suspend exists as it allows memory contents to be flushed to disk, thusly removing the need to continued memory refresh cycles. Accordingly, if you can reduce the power required for memory refresh, you can greatly extend the "standby" life of many devices.
Dude you don't need to be convicted of a felony, or even a crime to have your rights revoked. In many states a simple psych eval is all that's needed to deny you your rights (psychology is a pseudo-science with many quacks willing to say whatever gets them paid). Another example is in Ohio where *any* drug conviction even a minor misdemeanor (same as a ticket and technically not a crime) bars your from owning a firearm until and unless you are able to beg your county prosecutor to reinstate your rights.
This is the sad truth. It wasn't so long ago that when you were released from prison you were given cash for roughly 30-days of living if you stretched it real tight. Likewise, if you were arrested with a firearm, you were returned your firearm and given six or so shells for your weapon. Yes, that's right, felons were re-armed if they were arrested with a firearm. They understood this was essential to allowing them to live. Of course socio-economically times have changed somewhat in that regard, but the point remains, anything else is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. This is something that was well understood and accepted even less than a hundred years ago.
The sad truth is, unless there is a Constitutional amendment to revoke the second amendment rights from criminals, all of these laws are unconstitutional. Frequently citing US law, Title 18, Section 922(g) of the US Code, is given as an excuse why felons are not allowed to carry weapons but completely ignores the fact that a law can not usurp the protections provided by the US Constitution and it is specifically mandated only an amendment can do such a thing. So according to the US Constitution and US law, the US and state laws which prevent felons from owning weapons is both unconstitutional and illegal - nonetheless, its enforced.
No. The fact that wide spread misinformation is frequently used to justify a notion validates that there's nothing common about a person being able to rationally think. Thusly, saying, "common sense", to quantify one's verbal position, actually validates the argument is lost rather than won.
So you're saying people are being blacklisted and fired? You're saying the judge was intimidated into make this decision? You're saying those who resist the investigation will never work again? So you're saying people are being interviewed about their associations with other Americans such that those associations can be held against them if they refuse to cooperate? And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
You clearly have no fucking idea what you're talking about. You really are one stupid piece of shit. When I said the comparison was idiotic, it was 100% accurate. And those that disagree but have a fucking thesis written to justify why they disagree because otherwise, it validates just how fucking stupid people like you are. Pathetic.
Now until the material has been ordered to be turned over or is part of a discovery motion it isn't evidence at all so destruction of it isn't a crime at all. If they had destroyed the information a week ago then there would be nothing anyone could do - no crime.
That's not true. If you have been made aware information is relevant to an investigation and you destroy it, you can and very likely will be charged with destruction of evidence. Legal notice is absolutely not required. In order to avoid such charges you must show that such destruction is normal procedure, otherwise, it actually validates that you knowingly destroyed evidence in hopes of obstructing an investigation.
So as it applies here, they absolutely know the information is actively being pursued. Destruction of that information would result in a shit-load of legal problems for all those involved.
Hate to burst your bubble, but citing law doesn't make me anything other than more knowledgeable than you.
The prosecution found a judge who would ignore the constitution to rubber stamp what ever they needed
Actually, they found a judge that understands the laws. Since you very clearly do not, I have no idea why you're wasting our time.
It's a sad day for US democracy
Its called due process. This exactly process has in place for a very, very long time. Get over yourself.
Here's reality for you. Under US law, a crime has been committed. They have a legal right to investigate. They need only show reasonable cause and some relevant link to the requested information for a judge to grant access. Period. That's it. That's due process and is EXACTLY how the law should function. Period. End of discussion. Therefore, if someone were to delete the information after being made aware (legal notice not required) the feds are interested in the data, then those parties are in violation of the law and can be prosecuted to the full extend provided by the law. Period. End of discussion.
I'm sorry that proper due process and reality upsets you. Regardless, that's where we're at.
That was all started back when Miguel was creating the project. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Gnome to KDE but Miguel really screwed things up with one exceptionally poor decision after another - almost all of which is firmly rooted in the NIH-mantra. Its a tradition many were seemingly happy to carry on. Sadly, NIH is almost always a sign of significant personality flaws. This is turn easily feeds back into the lack of leadership, lack of formalization, lack of documentation, and lack of communication. All are traits of people who are actively trying to hide their work from peers until, hopefully, it can be forced down their throat within minimal review and criticism. Though admittedly, there are other factors which can justify this type of behavior too; especially if you're trying to jam it down the throats of completely unreasonable NIH personalities. Doesn't make it right, but it doesn't make it understandable.
Again, I use Gnome daily but it doesn't change the fact that Miguel created a really bad architecture, creating poor implementations of various technologies because of NIH, then created a collection of like-minded yes men, who then proceeded to create one kludge after another trying to fix the cluster fuck of bad ideas and implementations originally created by Miguel. Literally, the project has been primed for this cluster fuck since its inception. And you note, both editorials clearly say, "NIH" and that the GNOME project is structurally broken. I've been literally saying this for years now. I've not followed Gnome for several years now and none of this is the least bit surprising to me. Not one bit.
While the telecommute comments are pretty dumb, he is correct in that communication for any large project is required - though physical presence absolutely is not., contrary to his assertions. Regardless, they desperately need to adopt some formalized process if they hope to salvage the project. Looking at projects like Python's PEPs would be an excellent start. But then again, for them to move in that directly likely isn't possible with the current mix of personalities because it means being reviewed and criticisms early and often, which all too often is in stark contrast with the personalities involved.
I seriously hope they get things resolved. But if they don't, KDE is looking pretty strong these days. I just don't want to have to have both sets of widgets and frameworks loaded to maintain my preferred applications.
"First impression" may be human nature, but your reaction to many of the things that impress you (or not) are learned socially.
Why are you restating what I said? The fact is, SOME of your reaction is cultural; as I very clearly spelled out. A lot is not. A lot of the reaction is ingrained in our DNA. Its exists for breeding purposes and mate selection. Its why humans are so creeped out by human-like robots.
If somebody at Twitter deleted those accounts, or at least deleted the identifying information and it couldn't clearly be established who had done it... what could the US government do to Twitter as a corporation?
Who cares what they'd do to the corporation. The people who deleted the information would be charged with interference with a federal investigation, destruction of evidence, and likely a number of other associated charges. Furthermore, the fact someone would deem the information worthy of destruction actually bolsters the government's position the information is worth obtaining.
.Its like McCarthyism all over again.
No its not. Go learn some history. The comparison is idiotic.
What could have happened that the reactor didn't scram?
No, all reactors properly shutdown with fail safes. The problem is, their reactors require active cooling which is something modern reactor designs specifically avoid for exactly these reasons. The problem is, just because the reactor has shutdown does mean the heat instantly goes away nor does it mean the core immediately stops creating heat. Their reactor designs require electric pumps to circulate coolant. When the reactor went down from the quake, their emergency generators started up. Those ran for about an hour until the tsunami reached the plant. The water, from what I've read, got into the generators and caused all of them to shutdown at the same time. The reactor's fail safes then fell back on a large battery bank. The batteries can't last for too long and from what I understand, power only a small subject of coolant pumps. As a result, the core temperature has continued to rise and a lot of water has evaporated. This is why they are working to get replacement batteries until they can get new generators online.
As a result of the heat, a lot of hydrogen formed and caused a massive explosion at one of the plants. Again, from what I've read, the explosion was external to the core's containment. As such, actual containment has not been lost. In order to address building coolant pressures from the rising temperatures, they've been forced to vent filtered yet radiative coolant.
Last I've heard, one worker has died from the explosion and a second was injured. Likewise, they are preparing to issue iodine to the surround population. Seems some of what has been vented is a radioactive form of iodine. Thusly, when the population ingests a non-radioactive source, its prevents absorption of yet additional iodine, including the radioactive iodine which has been released.
Why are you in such a denial of reality? You seem to be projecting. The person you are projecting on to me is not me.
When you've bothered to do some homework on the subject, I'll happily accept your applogy. Until such time, you're either trolling or woefully ignorant on the subject matter. If the later, it further hints of a personality flaw because you should know full well you have no idea what the hell you're talking about.
Basically this boils down to - science supports everything I said. You say science is completely wrong and only you know better. Which is more likely. Exactly.
I try to find out more about the person before classifying them (which is what we are speaking of).
Whooosh!!! You completely missed the point. Immediately after meeting someone you absolutely have classified them. Both consciously and unconsciously. Period. End of discussion. This is always true assuming you are human. Period.
As I originally stated, you can decided what you want to do about your conscious evaluation. A large minority of humanity make an effort to defer final judgment. Which, I believe, is what you're trying to say. Regardless, your unconscious "book by its cover" is extremely difficult to get past and will likely be with you for an extended period of time. I many cases, this impression will last the life of the relationship.
When I purchased Portal at a regular store in a regular box I did it to get the advantages of physical media. But I got burnt... the physical media was just a ruse.
This means you're conflating things and giving an extremely poor interpretation in order to invalidate an otherwise valid point. The simple fact is, unless ALL games are tied to steam, while unfortunate, it doesn't invalidate my point in the least.
Thus showing exactly why I tell people I like comic books: I don't need short sight knee jerk reactionary bozos like you in my life.
So you're saying your personality can't otherwise compensate for what may be a cushioned negative reaction once someone gets to know you.
IT's not human nature. It's social training and the inability to actually think.
It is human nature. There is practically endless studies validating this point exactly. The old cliche, you only get one chance to make a first impression, has been endlessly validated. Your position on the matter is factually incorrect and should hopefully give you pause as to the origin of such incorrect "self discovery."
Like it or not, within seconds of meeting someone for the first time, consciously and unconsciously you have read the book by its cover. Period. Now then, what you do with that summation will differ from person to person but nonetheless, it absolutely is human nature.
You see someone with a asymmetrical facial feature, subtract points based on the degree of asymmetry. They don't have perfectly groomed hair? Subtract again. Wear glasses? Subtract again. Bald? Subtract. Teeth? Subtract again. Now the cultural norm will dictate the severity of subtraction (example, teeth in UK vs USA) but nonetheless, its programmed into the DNA of humanity. And as physical characteristics play a major role in this analysis, so does behavior. Someone with a reputation for state sanctioned executions is far less approachable than someone who is a well established lover.
So honestly, until societal norms change, if in fact they ever do in this regard, its by far to your own advantage to not discuss things like comic books and D&D to people you just met. If in fact you develop a friendship, its far less likely that such disclosure later will have any impact on the relationship other than perhaps some friendly jabs.
Meanwhile, back in reality, you're almost entirely wrong. The fact you've been moderated up only underscored the general lack of intelligence on/. these days.
Virtual media has almost no advantages over that of physical media. The virtual advantage is instance satisfaction and the ability to download without carrying media with you. That's it. Physical media on the other hand, isn't tied to an account and can frequently be resold - though they are working hard to prevent the second hand market.
At it applies to the story at hand, we wouldn't be reading your "brilliant" rebuttal if he had simply purchased physical media. So basically your cure all of virtual purchases is, IN FACT, the sole reason we're reading about his stupidity in the first place. Which ultimately means, more often than not, complete loss of privacy, anonymity, and control with virtual purchases.
But hey, if personal loss is a great reason to frequently pay a premium for what should be a dramatically less expensive good, well, you continue to prove your intelligence.
You wouldn't happen to be sterile would you? I really need something to celebrate...
It can be. Had he had physical media available, he's free to register it however he likes. Since he purchased it as virtual goods, the purchase is directly associated with his troll account, thusly tying the two together.
Virtual purchase means loss of control and privacy. Physical purchase means, in most cases, you retain control, privacy, and have physical media in hand; all more often than not.
So basically, the troll was locked out entirely because he purchased a virtual download rather than physical media.
Its really a story about idiots who buy their games online. Unless you're getting seriously steep discounts, physical media should always be preferred.
Actually, latency doesn't matter that much for VoIP. What matters is packet loss and jitter - meaning the average latency between voice packets. VoIP works perfectly fine over high latency links, including satellite.
Now exceedingly high latency might lead to the awkwardness of both parties constantly attempting to begin talking at the same time, thinking the other party has yielded. Aside from that, VoIP works well over high latency communication paths.
As it applies here, if it takes 300ms for the first voice packet to arrive at the destination but there is only 35ms, on average, delay between voice packets, assuming a jitter buffer is used by the receiver, it will work and sound absolutely fine. Its just that the receiver will have to wait roughly 335ms from the speaker beginning transmission before they actually hear them speak.
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More recent reports state they are not entirely sure why the generators cut out but its still seems the most reasonable explanation otherwise I can't possibly explain how eighteen generators, each presumably with independent fuel sources, would all cut out at exactly the same time, after successfully automatically starting and running for an hour.
While true, it doesn't invalidate my comment in the least. Do an ldd several KDE and Gnome applications. Heck, even do it on what people typically think is a Gtk+ application. You've notice both tend to pull in lots from their respective Gnome/KDE environment. Which means, despite COW and shared lib sharing, you're using massive amounts of extra memory which would otherwise not be required. Granted, with larger amounts of memory becoming common these days its not the end of the world, but for the low end it can literally be a show stopper.
This is in fact, one of the areas where Miguel screwed up. There were already several very fast CORBA implementations available. Rather than using theirs, it was NIH and a much, much slower implementation was created. This had the effect of CORBA's role being dramatically reduced because so many believed CORBA was woefully too slow for any practical use. The truth is, they frequently inappropriately used CORBA (bad architecture) and wrongly blamed CORBA when in fact, it was their NIH-implementation of CORBA which was slow rather than CORBA itself.
Is IE ten times as fast as Firefox 3.6 or Firefox 4 RC1?
The reality is, no one really knows how fast IE really is. Firefox has caught IE cheating at several benchmarks and when this was taken into account (adding NOOP), those same benchmarks were several times SLOWER than all other browsers, despite the fact the change should have made absolutely no effect. The implications are extremely profound.
Now that should not be interpreted to say that IE is slower than everything else at everything. The simple truth is, the parts where IE isn't purposely cheating have had pretty strong improvements over previous IE releases. That in of itself, assuming you care to run IE, meaning an upgrade should seriously be considered.
Just the same, at the end of the day, one should be extremely skeptical of any and all performance comparisons of IE if its using any well known benchmark; otherwise you're being spoon fed lies by Microsoft.
Remember, most low power designs specifically allow for cores to be shutdown when idle. This allows for substantial power savings. But, despite the CPU drawing very little power, the memory still requires full refresh cycles. This is, in part, why suspend exists as it allows memory contents to be flushed to disk, thusly removing the need to continued memory refresh cycles. Accordingly, if you can reduce the power required for memory refresh, you can greatly extend the "standby" life of many devices.
Dude you don't need to be convicted of a felony, or even a crime to have your rights revoked. In many states a simple psych eval is all that's needed to deny you your rights (psychology is a pseudo-science with many quacks willing to say whatever gets them paid). Another example is in Ohio where *any* drug conviction even a minor misdemeanor (same as a ticket and technically not a crime) bars your from owning a firearm until and unless you are able to beg your county prosecutor to reinstate your rights.
This is the sad truth. It wasn't so long ago that when you were released from prison you were given cash for roughly 30-days of living if you stretched it real tight. Likewise, if you were arrested with a firearm, you were returned your firearm and given six or so shells for your weapon. Yes, that's right, felons were re-armed if they were arrested with a firearm. They understood this was essential to allowing them to live. Of course socio-economically times have changed somewhat in that regard, but the point remains, anything else is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. This is something that was well understood and accepted even less than a hundred years ago.
The sad truth is, unless there is a Constitutional amendment to revoke the second amendment rights from criminals, all of these laws are unconstitutional. Frequently citing US law, Title 18, Section 922(g) of the US Code, is given as an excuse why felons are not allowed to carry weapons but completely ignores the fact that a law can not usurp the protections provided by the US Constitution and it is specifically mandated only an amendment can do such a thing. So according to the US Constitution and US law, the US and state laws which prevent felons from owning weapons is both unconstitutional and illegal - nonetheless, its enforced.
No. The fact that wide spread misinformation is frequently used to justify a notion validates that there's nothing common about a person being able to rationally think. Thusly, saying, "common sense", to quantify one's verbal position, actually validates the argument is lost rather than won.
So you're saying people are being blacklisted and fired? You're saying the judge was intimidated into make this decision? You're saying those who resist the investigation will never work again? So you're saying people are being interviewed about their associations with other Americans such that those associations can be held against them if they refuse to cooperate? And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
You clearly have no fucking idea what you're talking about. You really are one stupid piece of shit. When I said the comparison was idiotic, it was 100% accurate. And those that disagree but have a fucking thesis written to justify why they disagree because otherwise, it validates just how fucking stupid people like you are. Pathetic.
Now until the material has been ordered to be turned over or is part of a discovery motion it isn't evidence at all so destruction of it isn't a crime at all. If they had destroyed the information a week ago then there would be nothing anyone could do - no crime.
That's not true. If you have been made aware information is relevant to an investigation and you destroy it, you can and very likely will be charged with destruction of evidence. Legal notice is absolutely not required. In order to avoid such charges you must show that such destruction is normal procedure, otherwise, it actually validates that you knowingly destroyed evidence in hopes of obstructing an investigation.
So as it applies here, they absolutely know the information is actively being pursued. Destruction of that information would result in a shit-load of legal problems for all those involved.
you have no idea how right-winged your comments
Hate to burst your bubble, but citing law doesn't make me anything other than more knowledgeable than you.
The prosecution found a judge who would ignore the constitution to rubber stamp what ever they needed
Actually, they found a judge that understands the laws. Since you very clearly do not, I have no idea why you're wasting our time.
It's a sad day for US democracy
Its called due process. This exactly process has in place for a very, very long time. Get over yourself.
Here's reality for you. Under US law, a crime has been committed. They have a legal right to investigate. They need only show reasonable cause and some relevant link to the requested information for a judge to grant access. Period. That's it. That's due process and is EXACTLY how the law should function. Period. End of discussion. Therefore, if someone were to delete the information after being made aware (legal notice not required) the feds are interested in the data, then those parties are in violation of the law and can be prosecuted to the full extend provided by the law. Period. End of discussion.
I'm sorry that proper due process and reality upsets you. Regardless, that's where we're at.
GNOME has a long history of "NIH"
That was all started back when Miguel was creating the project. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Gnome to KDE but Miguel really screwed things up with one exceptionally poor decision after another - almost all of which is firmly rooted in the NIH-mantra. Its a tradition many were seemingly happy to carry on. Sadly, NIH is almost always a sign of significant personality flaws. This is turn easily feeds back into the lack of leadership, lack of formalization, lack of documentation, and lack of communication. All are traits of people who are actively trying to hide their work from peers until, hopefully, it can be forced down their throat within minimal review and criticism. Though admittedly, there are other factors which can justify this type of behavior too; especially if you're trying to jam it down the throats of completely unreasonable NIH personalities. Doesn't make it right, but it doesn't make it understandable.
Again, I use Gnome daily but it doesn't change the fact that Miguel created a really bad architecture, creating poor implementations of various technologies because of NIH, then created a collection of like-minded yes men, who then proceeded to create one kludge after another trying to fix the cluster fuck of bad ideas and implementations originally created by Miguel. Literally, the project has been primed for this cluster fuck since its inception. And you note, both editorials clearly say, "NIH" and that the GNOME project is structurally broken. I've been literally saying this for years now. I've not followed Gnome for several years now and none of this is the least bit surprising to me. Not one bit.
While the telecommute comments are pretty dumb, he is correct in that communication for any large project is required - though physical presence absolutely is not., contrary to his assertions. Regardless, they desperately need to adopt some formalized process if they hope to salvage the project. Looking at projects like Python's PEPs would be an excellent start. But then again, for them to move in that directly likely isn't possible with the current mix of personalities because it means being reviewed and criticisms early and often, which all too often is in stark contrast with the personalities involved.
I seriously hope they get things resolved. But if they don't, KDE is looking pretty strong these days. I just don't want to have to have both sets of widgets and frameworks loaded to maintain my preferred applications.
"First impression" may be human nature, but your reaction to many of the things that impress you (or not) are learned socially.
Why are you restating what I said? The fact is, SOME of your reaction is cultural; as I very clearly spelled out. A lot is not. A lot of the reaction is ingrained in our DNA. Its exists for breeding purposes and mate selection. Its why humans are so creeped out by human-like robots.
If somebody at Twitter deleted those accounts, or at least deleted the identifying information and it couldn't clearly be established who had done it... what could the US government do to Twitter as a corporation?
Who cares what they'd do to the corporation. The people who deleted the information would be charged with interference with a federal investigation, destruction of evidence, and likely a number of other associated charges. Furthermore, the fact someone would deem the information worthy of destruction actually bolsters the government's position the information is worth obtaining.
.Its like McCarthyism all over again.
No its not. Go learn some history. The comparison is idiotic.
Wisdom is not common sense.
Common sense is a myth. The fact so many people believe common sense exists validates my point.
What could have happened that the reactor didn't scram?
No, all reactors properly shutdown with fail safes. The problem is, their reactors require active cooling which is something modern reactor designs specifically avoid for exactly these reasons. The problem is, just because the reactor has shutdown does mean the heat instantly goes away nor does it mean the core immediately stops creating heat. Their reactor designs require electric pumps to circulate coolant. When the reactor went down from the quake, their emergency generators started up. Those ran for about an hour until the tsunami reached the plant. The water, from what I've read, got into the generators and caused all of them to shutdown at the same time. The reactor's fail safes then fell back on a large battery bank. The batteries can't last for too long and from what I understand, power only a small subject of coolant pumps. As a result, the core temperature has continued to rise and a lot of water has evaporated. This is why they are working to get replacement batteries until they can get new generators online.
As a result of the heat, a lot of hydrogen formed and caused a massive explosion at one of the plants. Again, from what I've read, the explosion was external to the core's containment. As such, actual containment has not been lost. In order to address building coolant pressures from the rising temperatures, they've been forced to vent filtered yet radiative coolant.
Last I've heard, one worker has died from the explosion and a second was injured. Likewise, they are preparing to issue iodine to the surround population. Seems some of what has been vented is a radioactive form of iodine. Thusly, when the population ingests a non-radioactive source, its prevents absorption of yet additional iodine, including the radioactive iodine which has been released.
Why are you in such a denial of reality? You seem to be projecting. The person you are projecting on to me is not me.
When you've bothered to do some homework on the subject, I'll happily accept your applogy. Until such time, you're either trolling or woefully ignorant on the subject matter. If the later, it further hints of a personality flaw because you should know full well you have no idea what the hell you're talking about.
Basically this boils down to - science supports everything I said. You say science is completely wrong and only you know better. Which is more likely. Exactly.
I try to find out more about the person before classifying them (which is what we are speaking of).
Whooosh!!! You completely missed the point. Immediately after meeting someone you absolutely have classified them. Both consciously and unconsciously. Period. End of discussion. This is always true assuming you are human. Period.
As I originally stated, you can decided what you want to do about your conscious evaluation. A large minority of humanity make an effort to defer final judgment. Which, I believe, is what you're trying to say. Regardless, your unconscious "book by its cover" is extremely difficult to get past and will likely be with you for an extended period of time. I many cases, this impression will last the life of the relationship.
This may apply to a majority of the population, but it does not apply to everyone.
Reality says otherwise. No need to read your post any further.
When I purchased Portal at a regular store in a regular box I did it to get the advantages of physical media. But I got burnt... the physical media was just a ruse.
This means you're conflating things and giving an extremely poor interpretation in order to invalidate an otherwise valid point. The simple fact is, unless ALL games are tied to steam, while unfortunate, it doesn't invalidate my point in the least.
You're using a computer so chances are, you ARE living in that world. The fact you don't realize it is kind of tragic.
Thus showing exactly why I tell people I like comic books: I don't need short sight knee jerk reactionary bozos like you in my life.
So you're saying your personality can't otherwise compensate for what may be a cushioned negative reaction once someone gets to know you.
IT's not human nature. It's social training and the inability to actually think.
It is human nature. There is practically endless studies validating this point exactly. The old cliche, you only get one chance to make a first impression, has been endlessly validated. Your position on the matter is factually incorrect and should hopefully give you pause as to the origin of such incorrect "self discovery."
Like it or not, within seconds of meeting someone for the first time, consciously and unconsciously you have read the book by its cover. Period. Now then, what you do with that summation will differ from person to person but nonetheless, it absolutely is human nature.
You see someone with a asymmetrical facial feature, subtract points based on the degree of asymmetry. They don't have perfectly groomed hair? Subtract again. Wear glasses? Subtract again. Bald? Subtract. Teeth? Subtract again. Now the cultural norm will dictate the severity of subtraction (example, teeth in UK vs USA) but nonetheless, its programmed into the DNA of humanity. And as physical characteristics play a major role in this analysis, so does behavior. Someone with a reputation for state sanctioned executions is far less approachable than someone who is a well established lover.
So honestly, until societal norms change, if in fact they ever do in this regard, its by far to your own advantage to not discuss things like comic books and D&D to people you just met. If in fact you develop a friendship, its far less likely that such disclosure later will have any impact on the relationship other than perhaps some friendly jabs.
Meanwhile, back in reality, you're almost entirely wrong. The fact you've been moderated up only underscored the general lack of intelligence on /. these days.
Virtual media has almost no advantages over that of physical media. The virtual advantage is instance satisfaction and the ability to download without carrying media with you. That's it. Physical media on the other hand, isn't tied to an account and can frequently be resold - though they are working hard to prevent the second hand market.
At it applies to the story at hand, we wouldn't be reading your "brilliant" rebuttal if he had simply purchased physical media. So basically your cure all of virtual purchases is, IN FACT, the sole reason we're reading about his stupidity in the first place. Which ultimately means, more often than not, complete loss of privacy, anonymity, and control with virtual purchases.
But hey, if personal loss is a great reason to frequently pay a premium for what should be a dramatically less expensive good, well, you continue to prove your intelligence.
You wouldn't happen to be sterile would you? I really need something to celebrate...
Dip shit troll moderator...
It can be. Had he had physical media available, he's free to register it however he likes. Since he purchased it as virtual goods, the purchase is directly associated with his troll account, thusly tying the two together.
Virtual purchase means loss of control and privacy. Physical purchase means, in most cases, you retain control, privacy, and have physical media in hand; all more often than not.
So basically, the troll was locked out entirely because he purchased a virtual download rather than physical media.
Its really a story about idiots who buy their games online. Unless you're getting seriously steep discounts, physical media should always be preferred.
Actually, latency doesn't matter that much for VoIP. What matters is packet loss and jitter - meaning the average latency between voice packets. VoIP works perfectly fine over high latency links, including satellite.
Now exceedingly high latency might lead to the awkwardness of both parties constantly attempting to begin talking at the same time, thinking the other party has yielded. Aside from that, VoIP works well over high latency communication paths.
As it applies here, if it takes 300ms for the first voice packet to arrive at the destination but there is only 35ms, on average, delay between voice packets, assuming a jitter buffer is used by the receiver, it will work and sound absolutely fine. Its just that the receiver will have to wait roughly 335ms from the speaker beginning transmission before they actually hear them speak.