Why can't congress just leave NASA the fuck alone and let it actually do something. Or barring that at least give it a mission and not micromanage a government agency of which congress cannot adequately manage. Since we will never elect a majority of rocket scientists for our representatives, what gives them the right to think that they should determine what an agency that deals with rocket science does. Do they micromanage the FBI, NSA, CIA? Do they think that they have the right much less the ability to tell people that know what they are doing what they should be doing. This is like a badly run business that has an accountant running the IT department. Shucks guys but microsoft gave us a deal on server products so we scrapped the linux boxes because our balance sheets told us its better.
I AM THOGULUS WARRIOR OF THE UNDEAD. I EAT YOUR LIVER TO REGAIN HEALTH.
Yeah I hate it when I am raiding and I start referring to myself in the third person and act more like the character than myself. Once in high school I put my characters name on a test instead of my own.
Additionally by using the term silver bullet one assumes that the object being fired at is thought to be a werewolf. Since the object is several of Microsoft's programs, it casts those programs into a mythical being of the class of werewolf. By granting those programs the additional properties of the werewolf, it increases their power. As a result I have taken to wearing increased amounts of armor and carrying bath salts around with me because we all know that werewolves despise baths almost as much as silver.
Honest question. Why would you consider Tolkien to be second rate fantasy? Beyond the fact that it stands up on its own merit, without Tolkien most of what you call "actual literature" probably would never have existed.
Just because the software is tested repeatedly for bugs that does not mean they might not exist. It is impossible to check for every eventuality. While it is unlikely that a bug that will have even a very small chance of causing problems will slip through, the price that the plane manufacturer's pay for this level of testing is not a worthwhile investment for most software companies. Most software does not have the burden of being life or death. In comparing proprietary software to open source software one should leave out software which might be proprietary but, as is the case in software for planes, needs to have the extra checks done. Developers for most proprietary software and open source software do not do nearly that extensive of testing themselves. However open source software has the advantage of being tested openly and many of those testers do supply feedback. If I found a bug in Microsoft Word what would I do to tell Microsoft that it incorrectly saves a certain formatting choice? But if it occurred in openoffice I know how to get the information to the developers and I have an option of fixing it myself and submitting a patch. So any future argument on bug testing should not include those highly and rigorously tested areas such as flight, fight, or medicine.
I don't mind google and other places storing my data, if I want to surf anonymously it isn't hard for an decent method using tor or proxies. If by getting data from searches or activities I don't mind them noticing they keep their services free for me to use normally and anonymously I have no problems with this. But if I can no longer use the internet in any way anonymously I would definitely mind this. However, I don't think that it will come to that as so many other people want to use the internet anonymously.
Another method would be for the companies not to store the data linked to any personal information like name, user account, or ip address. One could use the data with no way to trace it back to the user.
He did? I thought he was the dude passed out in the bedroom with that sorority chick. Of course I could be wrong, I don't remember much from that party.
Stardock has used this model for updates and bug fixes for many years. It is very close to steam in experience. This isn't drm, and it does not effect the use of their product by paying customers. If a person buys their game they can get updates and bug fixes easily. I will admit that I like Stardock. I use Windowblinds on windows because I do not like the way windows looks by default and I prefer some of the themes that only work on windowblinds and not with the uxtheme hack. I have never had any problems with their update software, and it provides a very convenient way of installing their software and keeping it up to date. A simple username and password is all that is required and once inputted you never have to deal with putting it in again. While this method does discourage pirates, it has other benefits that make me like it just like I like steam. In fact, steam makes me buy stuff when maybe I shouldn't because its so easy. A simple method for discouraging pirates that makes the users happy sounds like a good idea to me.
These measures that are being taken to supposedly make things safer are just getting out of hand. I am getting pissed off, but I am also getting scared. I do not want to live in a police state. And it is getting where there is nowhere to go if my government finally gets too much like a police state. While I don't think that there will be a sudden shift to a police state, it is getting easier and easier for a government to become one. The technology is here and the first steps have been taken. It's just a matter of "Oh they won't mind a little more surveillance." All this "security" does not make me feel any safer: I am more likely to die from a car crash then from a hijacked plane. While it might reduce the risks involved in flying, my number 1 fear while flying is that the plane will crash, and that rarely happens so I am not that afraid of it. There are so many other things to say on this subject. It hasn't gotten to the level of stupidity, but its getting damn close.
Well what I can see is that NDIS wrapper is declaring itself as gpl and has the right to access the gplonly parts and when loaded does not taint the kernel. However once NDIS wrapper is loaded it can load other things which are not gpl and thus should taint the kernel. Since NDIS wrapper already declared itself as gpl it won't taint the kernel. Therefore adding non-gpl stuff to the kernel via NDIS wrapper does not taint the kernel. Of course I could be completely wrong as I am not a kernel dev.
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And even then a lot of smaller packages get delivered by the USPS. They go by your house every day but Sunday anyway.
Dude its so crazy a black man is president.
Why can't congress just leave NASA the fuck alone and let it actually do something. Or barring that at least give it a mission and not micromanage a government agency of which congress cannot adequately manage. Since we will never elect a majority of rocket scientists for our representatives, what gives them the right to think that they should determine what an agency that deals with rocket science does. Do they micromanage the FBI, NSA, CIA? Do they think that they have the right much less the ability to tell people that know what they are doing what they should be doing. This is like a badly run business that has an accountant running the IT department. Shucks guys but microsoft gave us a deal on server products so we scrapped the linux boxes because our balance sheets told us its better.
I have found www.google.com to be the best collection of porn imaginable. I have offered my porn up to the gods of cloud computing.
I AM THOGULUS WARRIOR OF THE UNDEAD. I EAT YOUR LIVER TO REGAIN HEALTH. Yeah I hate it when I am raiding and I start referring to myself in the third person and act more like the character than myself. Once in high school I put my characters name on a test instead of my own.
There is a third way: having to go piss.
http://www.socuteurl.com/squeakers ahhh so cute
Screw that I want some pink ponies
so this will last?
You can pry my Model M from my cold, grimy, dead, smelly, rotting hands. In fact I might ask to have it buried with me.
I regularly express myself
I have cool gadgets and a drinking problem but am missing the girls. The first two prevent the last one most likely.
Van Eck phreaking and lot of panty hose
Additionally by using the term silver bullet one assumes that the object being fired at is thought to be a werewolf. Since the object is several of Microsoft's programs, it casts those programs into a mythical being of the class of werewolf. By granting those programs the additional properties of the werewolf, it increases their power. As a result I have taken to wearing increased amounts of armor and carrying bath salts around with me because we all know that werewolves despise baths almost as much as silver.
Honest question. Why would you consider Tolkien to be second rate fantasy? Beyond the fact that it stands up on its own merit, without Tolkien most of what you call "actual literature" probably would never have existed.
Just because the software is tested repeatedly for bugs that does not mean they might not exist. It is impossible to check for every eventuality. While it is unlikely that a bug that will have even a very small chance of causing problems will slip through, the price that the plane manufacturer's pay for this level of testing is not a worthwhile investment for most software companies. Most software does not have the burden of being life or death. In comparing proprietary software to open source software one should leave out software which might be proprietary but, as is the case in software for planes, needs to have the extra checks done. Developers for most proprietary software and open source software do not do nearly that extensive of testing themselves. However open source software has the advantage of being tested openly and many of those testers do supply feedback. If I found a bug in Microsoft Word what would I do to tell Microsoft that it incorrectly saves a certain formatting choice? But if it occurred in openoffice I know how to get the information to the developers and I have an option of fixing it myself and submitting a patch. So any future argument on bug testing should not include those highly and rigorously tested areas such as flight, fight, or medicine.
I don't mind google and other places storing my data, if I want to surf anonymously it isn't hard for an decent method using tor or proxies. If by getting data from searches or activities I don't mind them noticing they keep their services free for me to use normally and anonymously I have no problems with this. But if I can no longer use the internet in any way anonymously I would definitely mind this. However, I don't think that it will come to that as so many other people want to use the internet anonymously.
Another method would be for the companies not to store the data linked to any personal information like name, user account, or ip address. One could use the data with no way to trace it back to the user.
do hookers count? of course it wasn't my kids as I don't have any but whatever.
He did? I thought he was the dude passed out in the bedroom with that sorority chick. Of course I could be wrong, I don't remember much from that party.
Stardock has used this model for updates and bug fixes for many years. It is very close to steam in experience. This isn't drm, and it does not effect the use of their product by paying customers. If a person buys their game they can get updates and bug fixes easily. I will admit that I like Stardock. I use Windowblinds on windows because I do not like the way windows looks by default and I prefer some of the themes that only work on windowblinds and not with the uxtheme hack. I have never had any problems with their update software, and it provides a very convenient way of installing their software and keeping it up to date. A simple username and password is all that is required and once inputted you never have to deal with putting it in again. While this method does discourage pirates, it has other benefits that make me like it just like I like steam. In fact, steam makes me buy stuff when maybe I shouldn't because its so easy. A simple method for discouraging pirates that makes the users happy sounds like a good idea to me.
It would why? Grants don't just come on trees.
These measures that are being taken to supposedly make things safer are just getting out of hand. I am getting pissed off, but I am also getting scared. I do not want to live in a police state. And it is getting where there is nowhere to go if my government finally gets too much like a police state. While I don't think that there will be a sudden shift to a police state, it is getting easier and easier for a government to become one. The technology is here and the first steps have been taken. It's just a matter of "Oh they won't mind a little more surveillance." All this "security" does not make me feel any safer: I am more likely to die from a car crash then from a hijacked plane. While it might reduce the risks involved in flying, my number 1 fear while flying is that the plane will crash, and that rarely happens so I am not that afraid of it. There are so many other things to say on this subject. It hasn't gotten to the level of stupidity, but its getting damn close.
Well what I can see is that NDIS wrapper is declaring itself as gpl and has the right to access the gplonly parts and when loaded does not taint the kernel. However once NDIS wrapper is loaded it can load other things which are not gpl and thus should taint the kernel. Since NDIS wrapper already declared itself as gpl it won't taint the kernel. Therefore adding non-gpl stuff to the kernel via NDIS wrapper does not taint the kernel. Of course I could be completely wrong as I am not a kernel dev.
In my rail gun?