> In order to get the full experience, you also have to hook your computer to the the dimmer switch for the lights in the room.
And spend some time in the traffic jams before and after viewing it. Bonus points for being back home when the stock exchange opens. Then spend the rest on the afternoon on the phone with your broker pleading him to finally give you your shares... And the next day brag to your friends that you not only had located the only cloudless spot in a 50 mile radius but also made $25.000...
> I routinely have my "physical address" associated with my PO box be my LAST physical address
Or a completely made-up address altogether. Just make sure the Zip code matches the city and street.
Hey, if it works for E*Trade, why wouldn't it work for a P.O. Box ?
> Why? So I don't have to worry about operating system incompatibities. Scoff at this you may, but remember that VIA is one of the most prominent AMD motherboard suppliers. Windows 2000 out of the box does not work with some VIA chipsets. A service pack is required.
*Scoff* *Scoff*: But who in his right mind would waste such a beautiful machine on Windows 2000 anyways? And which motherboard doesn't need a service pack to run Windows?
> 3. Gamma Radiation - This is what cellphones give off. They are simply high energy photons with a specific frequency. Light might be considered gamma radiation. The higher the frequency, the more damaging they are.
Actually, most scientists use the term gamma radiation only for electromagnetic rays of a very highly frequency, as usually only found in radioactive decay. Gamma rays have a higher frequency than X-rays, which are higher than ultraviolet, which in turn are higher than visual light, which is still zillions times higher than even the most high frequency radio waves. It would make more sense to compare the mobile's radiation to microwaves, rather than to gamma rays.
> If 'stopping genocide' requires unethical actions, why pretend that war is ethical at all?
Sometimes the end does justify the means. If the evil combatted is so extra-ordinarily bad, and if the only way to bring it down is a slightly unethical action, I'd opt for the slightly unethical action, rather than the unspeakable evil.
Or maybe he was just trying to prop up his APCC shares some more. Apparently, they already have benefitted greatly from the current Californian power crisis!
> Major Emciessi! It's General Protectionfault on the phone! He demands to know why our SmarTrucks' laser keep spontaneously activating themselves and burning '1 0wn J00!' into nearby objects!
Yeah, as if Linux would solve anything here: "Major Emciessi! It's Colonel Panic on the phone! He demands..."
> they basically discriminate (even unintentionally) against computer users who choose not to use M$ products.
Actually, while most of us chose not to use Microsoft products, for some less fortunate people it is not just a question of choice. Blind people often surf with "braille lines" or text-to-speech software. Neither of these devices can represent images; they only work with text-based browsers (such as lynx). Those people will effectively be locked out of the new site, just like wheelchair bound people are effectively locked out of building which can only be accessed through stairs.
> thats why you dont watch the dubbed/subbed versions.
But what if in your country, all TV station only show dubbed versions? You can always get them from an "unofficial" source, but while you're at it, why not also profit from the improved "earlyness" of said unofficial source...
Oh, and as far as subbed versions are concerned: they are no problem, as you still have the original sound. And as an added benefit, you get to see in realtime where the translator screwed up, and how.
Don't they realize that by condemning Peter Veeck for posting the building code, they are in effect repealing that building code. Here In France, we have a saying "Nul n'est censé ignorer la loi", meaning "Nobody is supposed to be in ignorance of the law". This saying is supposed to forestall the stupid excuse of "But your Honor, I didn't know that this act that I committed was against the law. Honest.".
Now, the accused can prove that he could not have possibly known about the law (because publishing it would have been prohibited by copyright...), and suddenly this stupid excuse becomes a perfectly acceptable defense!
> Not to mention out-of-order packet reception. I think we could have a rather large issue hunting for pigeon #35431 in the Great Flock.
TCP/IP is perfectly able to deal with packet loss and re-ordering, so no problem there. Of course, this might cause some performance drop, unless selective acknowledge (SACK) is used.
> Farmers out in their fields with shotguns have a lot lower chance of disrupting your ethernet connection but could take out pigeons #234, 54245 and 6644 with one good blast of 00 buck.
True enough. However, consider this: roadworkers have a lot lower chance of permanently stopping your pigeons from flying but could take out your spiffy new phiber optic link with an appropriately placed "dig" of their backhoe... And don't talk about backup connectivity: everybody knows that usually the backup fiber runs within the same duct as the primary.
CPIP could allow for as high a bandwidth (amount of data sent in a given time) as you wish: just send an enormous number of pigeons at once! Latency (time to deliver the data to destination) might be a problem though: 2 hour ping times, as observed at the event.
As the saying goes: there is no higher bandwidth link than a UPS truck fully loaded with DVDs...
> If they knew what was going to happen with their stuff, sure then they might be blamed, but how many people expected that 8 million Jews would be killed in concentration camps before say 1942 ?
Problem is, they knew. That's the whole point. And an important difference between IBM and your hypothecical screwdriver manufacturer. IBM did customizations of their machinery to better fit its job, they did onsite-maintainance of the devices, which were often located right inside the concentration camps.
IBM's work was sufficiently appreciated by the Nazis that they awarded Watson a medal for his efforts:
"It indicates a sentiment that was noncritical of what was going on in Nazi Germany," Milton says of Watson's award from Hitler. "It indicates a willingness to overlook certain problems. Your willingness to accept this [award] already tells you something very compromising about the thought process in corporate ideology."
> The security depends on you maintaining the secrecy of your private key. That was generated by your engineer on the server itself and VeriSign would never see it.
But the engineer who had left could very well have taken a copy for himself; and use that for his advantage one day...
Actually, an acquaintance of mine passed the MCSE. Being the curious bastard I was, I asked him what they told him to do if a machine bluescreened. I figured that maybe they teach a magic procedure to make sense of the numbers that are displayed, or maybe an e-mail address to submit them to. Nope. The simple answer was:
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Hopefully, this close Mars does not have the same effect on the Linux shares as the moon, when it is unusually close to the earth.
And spend some time in the traffic jams before and after viewing it. Bonus points for being back home when the stock exchange opens. Then spend the rest on the afternoon on the phone with your broker pleading him to finally give you your shares... And the next day brag to your friends that you not only had located the only cloudless spot in a 50 mile radius but also made $25.000...
During one of the previous eclipses, Red Hat shares rose by over 1500% in just a couple of days. Buy buy buy!
Or a completely made-up address altogether. Just make sure the Zip code matches the city and street. Hey, if it works for E*Trade, why wouldn't it work for a P.O. Box ?
*Scoff* *Scoff*: But who in his right mind would waste such a beautiful machine on Windows 2000 anyways? And which motherboard doesn't need a service pack to run Windows?
Actually, most scientists use the term gamma radiation only for electromagnetic rays of a very highly frequency, as usually only found in radioactive decay. Gamma rays have a higher frequency than X-rays, which are higher than ultraviolet, which in turn are higher than visual light, which is still zillions times higher than even the most high frequency radio waves. It would make more sense to compare the mobile's radiation to microwaves, rather than to gamma rays.
Sometimes the end does justify the means. If the evil combatted is so extra-ordinarily bad, and if the only way to bring it down is a slightly unethical action, I'd opt for the slightly unethical action, rather than the unspeakable evil.
Or maybe he was just trying to prop up his APCC shares some more. Apparently, they already have benefitted greatly from the current Californian power crisis!
Indeed, the other kids have finished theirs long ago, and are in the streets playing ball.
Yeah, as if Linux would solve anything here: "Major Emciessi! It's Colonel Panic on the phone! He demands ..."
Actually, while most of us chose not to use Microsoft products, for some less fortunate people it is not just a question of choice. Blind people often surf with "braille lines" or text-to-speech software. Neither of these devices can represent images; they only work with text-based browsers (such as lynx). Those people will effectively be locked out of the new site, just like wheelchair bound people are effectively locked out of building which can only be accessed through stairs.
But what if in your country, all TV station only show dubbed versions? You can always get them from an "unofficial" source, but while you're at it, why not also profit from the improved "earlyness" of said unofficial source...
Oh, and as far as subbed versions are concerned: they are no problem, as you still have the original sound. And as an added benefit, you get to see in realtime where the translator screwed up, and how.
Many people do many things that AREN'T entirely motivated by the size of their paycheck.
Indeed. Some people are motivated by the amount of holidays they get, and the light working schedule...
Sorry, couldn't resist...
Now, the accused can prove that he could not have possibly known about the law (because publishing it would have been prohibited by copyright...), and suddenly this stupid excuse becomes a perfectly acceptable defense!
TCP/IP is perfectly able to deal with packet loss and re-ordering, so no problem there. Of course, this might cause some performance drop, unless selective acknowledge (SACK) is used.
> Farmers out in their fields with shotguns have a lot lower chance of disrupting your ethernet connection but could take out pigeons #234, 54245 and 6644 with one good blast of 00 buck.
True enough. However, consider this: roadworkers have a lot lower chance of permanently stopping your pigeons from flying but could take out your spiffy new phiber optic link with an appropriately placed "dig" of their backhoe... And don't talk about backup connectivity: everybody knows that usually the backup fiber runs within the same duct as the primary.
As the saying goes: there is no higher bandwidth link than a UPS truck fully loaded with DVDs...
Problem is, they knew. That's the whole point. And an important difference between IBM and your hypothecical screwdriver manufacturer. IBM did customizations of their machinery to better fit its job, they did onsite-maintainance of the devices, which were often located right inside the concentration camps.
IBM's work was sufficiently appreciated by the Nazis that they awarded Watson a medal for his efforts:
But the engineer who had left could very well have taken a copy for himself; and use that for his advantage one day...
True, you can do that. But it still disables all of javascript, rather than selectively disabling just its most annoying features (popups).
Nope. Just don't use them anymore, and let your bank know why. If enough people do it, it might put some pressure on them... Or maybe not...
Dude, just wait 40 years, and you'll be glad when your neighbour's kid will care for you in your old age, because you didn't have any yourself.
Aren't you confusing DHMO with C2H60 here?
I just press the reset button...
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