.. to "professional doorstop". No more insulting that brick.
How difficult can it be to see the difference between a (full) operating laptop and a professional doorstop? The doorstop won't budge... just like a brick (should do);)
I'd not bury this under blankets and cloths too much; my previous laptop catched fire just by lying on my bed ; I'm very surprised my entire bed didn't burn down. This problem was caused by bad electricity being fed at that time. It has to be a small problem in the device or the charger, a bad electricity delivery or anything which triggers this event to have your house burned down..
With the latest 2 DVD drives I bought I replaced the blue leds with a green led ; much more relaxed to watch for and finally not something which is lighting up my room till outside with a blue alienated light getting people to think I must have to do something with ET's.
I'm creating a system myself; already for a couple of years now; which is more a FMS (File Management System) instead of a CMS. It supports not only normal videos but also almost any file which can be read out using Linux, Perl and some C++ for the faster routines. This goes from audio-video to documents, 3d files, models, 20 different image formats (thx to ImageMagick) and lots more..
The system auto-converts videos, audio, documents etc to a much more readable format, ready to be casted upon a computer, pda, cellphone, anything which has a webbrowser built in.
The libraries are already at version 4 as we speak and there are still a lot of things missing. Youtube is rather a database, coupled to a website; while the IF I'm designing is rather a website/script which reads out the files immediately ; broadcasting them in different (secure) ways. Combine this with a fully supported XML in/export for the metadata available for that file; an easy policy of changing this data and you got yourself a nice FMS which can do lots more than Youtube.
When I'm getting at version 5 I'm thinking about dedicating earlier versions as OSS; this way diversity can be created around the world without giving away the latest code which is also going to be used for my company. Call me protective although I've also invested my time and money in this system which I sure don't just want to give away like that before hosting it myself first;)
mod parent up please, he is a hero! This guy does what he gets, the few things you have in this society next to working and all kinds of things that are just being expected from you is rights. You are virtually property of a government, obliged to do all things expected from you or they will rob you before you can tell Z. Your name is in a database and being policed by government officials. Basically the only thing you got in this age is knowing your rights.
Too many people are too passive towards events that happen right-on-the-spot. Whenever I am on my way to my mom's birthday or to get something to eat, when someone stops me in MY normal planning in a very intrusive way; I should take the right to respond on that in complete terms.
As I read they were ready to drive away because he had family members waiting; he waived away the intrusive check and at the end called the cops for help because that guy was going over the line. He asked, as victim (it was his paid stuff) for help at the authorities. It should be atleast considered to not be arrested for something which has nothing to do with the entire incident while asking for help because he wanted the intrusive guy to stop.
It's a complete mixture of facts which led to a snowball effect, immediate arrest; there is nothing else which can -stop- you from your tracks in this society. He did not deserve this and to my opinion this guy is a hero for himself and a lot of people around him; including you if he wins this case.
I'm European (most specifically Belgian) and got stepped on my rights too, multiple times, by its government officials; it's not an American thing only. Reference to an earlier post about something similar but this time without envolvement of government officials.
I did not sue because it costs -me- also money in the beginning which I do not have enough of to stop every stupid thing happening to me. I just react by myself and the one who did it will for sure know it forever that he did cross the lines; with words only. It's not even a normal practice to just sue in Belgium for such small amount of money because it would add up too much; the minimim amount which would be feasable would be over 1000 Euro or by the "vredegerecht" which is a court for civilian matters only costing nothing/small amounts of money to start a procedure.
What I did is put the entire article in Dutch on one my blog, contacted "Test Aankoop" (consumer magazine) and told them the story. I've had my say, Mediamarkt has read it too; I can even return the letter with the amount but I'm so -fed up- with the store I don't even want it at the moment. I'll get it when I need it and that'll be end of story. To even mention, even asking test-aankoop costs money, yearly... the circle never ends...
I've had a similar encounter. I went to Mediamarkt, a very big store comparable to Circuit City. I went there to buy a shaver, took the box with me, paid it to the cashier and went home. Opened the box, to my surprise there was NO SHAVER in it, only an adapter, the cleaning brush and the protection cover.
Called back to Mediamarkt the next day, since it was already closed when I came home, they told me I should drop in with the receipt and the box and that would be it. I went that next day immediately to customer service, gave the box and told them (in trust) I didn't need the money back, I just needed the shaver. I got a ticket that could be used for either returning to cash or to swap the shaver.
I went downstairs in the shop, went looking to shavers and found out there were no similar models available anymore; so asked to the shop representative to try to find when they will be back in the shop. She told me it could take weeks. I asked after if there were any blades available for my -old- shaver and if those blades might fit because the older model was of the same brand (not the same type). That would take 2 months to order (GOSH!).
After that she told she had one in stock and would do anything to find it. Five minutes later the representative comes back to me with a shaver, in box, I was happy and went to the DVD section. Saw the entire Star Trek serie on DVD for a low price but "The Wrath of Kahn" was missing; so in all haste I lay down the shaver on the DVD's, go to the DVD shop representative and ask them if that movie was in stock. It wasn't and went further watching to the dvd's unknowing I have left the shaver with the DVD's.
With an entire stack of DVD's I went to the cashier and found out I had "lost" my shaver, so I go back to the isles to search for the shaver; alas.. it was not found...
Big bummers, since I had movies to watch too but nothing to shave off my beard I was growing at that time; I went to the store manager downstairs and asked him where "lost items" being put wrong in isles go to. He told me it would be in the back of the store; where I went but the line was just waaaaaay to long to be waiting there and I needed to work about one hour later.
I went to the cashier, gave the ticket to the desk and suddenly had a security guard telling me I stole SHAVERS!
His argument was that I stole the shaver from the box when home, I stole a shaver in the shop and I stole another shaver in stock; while there was only one left in the store. I told very politely I got ADHD and am sometimes a little bit fast in thinking, which might have caused that I've lost this shaver in particular. The shop representatives were searching the shop for that missing shaver in the whiletime.
The guard was VERRRRRRRYYYYYY rude, he started to yell (in public) if I could call my doctor to confirm my medical condition because else I would be an ordinary thief. This he yelled in the shop; while I had atleast 3 business customers around me (since the store is very nearby the corporations I work for).
The missing shaver was returned and seemed to have fallen behind the DVD boxes, it was there all the time and the second missing shaver seemed to be a demo model. No apology, no mercy, no quarter, I was still treated like a thief and the guard said "you probably did stole that one shaver anyways!" I told him: yes and I will probably charge it with my tongue since the charger is still in the pack you have lying next to you!...
I never have felt so much aggression inside of me, just because of the fact I have been treated like a thief! I asked them if I could call because I did not have my cellphone with me, I was prevented to call; even to the police. Later on I've found out what they did was highly illegal; since they cannot do a citizen arrest without calling the police.
I've got a ticket worth 115 Euro, the amount of money I paid for the shaver. This even after I told them LOUD AND CLEAR I was *NEVER* going to put foot i
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3641 475.stm
It was not clear of the counterfeit powder included any toxic ingredients, but some children were reported to have died within three days of being fed the fake milk. Others were hospitalised when their parents realised they were ill. Fuyang's People's Hospital alone received more than 60 babies who had been fed fake milk formula, according to the Beijing News. Makes me REALLY wonder about the quality of the stuff we eat, use and abuse; since when I was young the news has been telling many things that products need to be troughoutly tested before they can be used as medicine or healthcare products.
Feeding a baby who has just been put on the world is considered health care. These kids cannot care of themselves or tell us they are missing something; the language is just not there yet for that to happen. The responsibility does not only lie in the hands of its parents but also of the manufacturers who are selling "genuine" products while they are not even that "genuine" at all. The missing of an important vitamin B1 ingredient could cause complications which could have been forseen before by sampling the products throughout to look for any missing and needed contents to be called "milk".
Ok, on the other hand, different countries, different rules, but; we are obliged to carry a number, nationality and pay taxes, I'd sure expect the governments to protect that certain asset of citizenship?...
What could be the conclusion of this?
- What we eat, drink and use is not all so throughoutly tested as we think? (shocking in the age of technology) - In other words, look what you put in your mouth first! (what's new?) - News is overrated ? (what's new?) - The government is not "doing its job" to protect it's citizen? (what's new?) - I rather stick with my real milk which I'm drinking since I'm born; still liking every glass of it; (mmmm) - But find the quality of the taste in the milk disturbingly worse than it used to be in the past of different brands. (what changed?)
It's not only milk but a lot of different products which we use in daily lives;
The quality of everything we use is not deemed to be quality; we do not demand the quality enough, it's too expensive to be quality so cheaper components will be used or left behind or we simply don't pay enough to get quality. It's the industry which gives us what we demand; if we demand better products, better tested and it will still be sold in large amounts; the price will be somewhat the same and the product has a better background check too. In my book you still pay for quality; although in the food sector quality is not always visible through the naked eye. Food is still something which keeps us alive or kills us (in an instant) if we do not know for sure what is (missing) in those products we put in our mouths.
I never really saw the use of using artificial products over the real thing and why giving them to babies while they should get most of the real nature to grow up? Most possibly naivity which is caused by ignorance and totally not knowing/caring about what we really buy. Welcome to the industrial age.
Add to it we have lost the right of privacy some time ago too and I'll feel a lot better already;)
Remember, C isn't for amateurs. That's why high-level languages were invented. To demonstrate how difficult it is to effectively program in C, I've deliberately left a bug in of my own as well as a potentially confusing design issue. See if you can find them. Oh, I am using Perl to be deliberately confusing myself and the others around me... Actually I don't have to do anything to be confusing, it just does that by design;)
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.. to "professional doorstop". No more insulting that brick.
... just like a brick (should do) ;)
How difficult can it be to see the difference between a (full) operating laptop and a professional doorstop?
The doorstop won't budge
you forgot something:
.. ;)
while ($coldenough)
You like to touch Perl ... but only at the soft side ;)
:p
If I have to pick inbetween C, Perl, ASM or Pascal I'll be picking Perl for it's difficult and yet simple language
Make yourself at home, eat a seed while waiting ...
If I am living my life further for 30 years longer with a heartproblem or it ends now because I got in touch with a Taser;
...
I'd say the cause is the Taser which has for sure shortened my lifetime
.. we would need 3 more worlds to survive overpopulation;
I surely hope this isn't called a "medical breakthrough" since our bodies are not even made for such extensions..
Yea, I know, some pieces fell automagically from that truck into my livingroom...
I'd not bury this under blankets and cloths too much; my previous laptop catched fire just by lying on my bed ; I'm very surprised my entire bed didn't burn down. This problem was caused by bad electricity being fed at that time. It has to be a small problem in the device or the charger, a bad electricity delivery or anything which triggers this event to have your house burned down..
With the latest 2 DVD drives I bought I replaced the blue leds with a green led ; much more relaxed to watch for and finally not something which is lighting up my room till outside with a blue alienated light getting people to think I must have to do something with ET's.
Finally I got rid of the Men in Black too...
.. television is hiding the true emotions of these animals! .. oh well bother..
Protect the dino now before it is
You might have the Microsoft version connected, ..
once it bites in your USB plug you'll never be able to unplug it
That happens when you don't think about Mice-World-Domination!
Mice with friggin' lasers on their foreheads ? Lasermice ? .. .. they had to adapt!
Sharks were not so mobile on dry lands anyways
Did your pigeo..err packets fully arrive ? Or was it shot in mid-air ?
I so hate man-in-the-middle attacks just for that reason only; loss of pigeons!
[ Add to suelist ]
[ Monitor Internet ]
A few things that can be done to avoid hash verification ..
;)
- Add a watermark in the video
- Add something in the beginning or the end
- Alter the colors a bit
- Convert to 16:9
lots more which can be done, although these tricks should already defeat any early hash checking code.
I'm creating a system myself; already for a couple of years now; which is more a FMS (File Management System) instead of a CMS. It supports not only normal videos but also almost any file which can be read out using Linux, Perl and some C++ for the faster routines. This goes from audio-video to documents, 3d files, models, 20 different image formats (thx to ImageMagick) and lots more..
;)
The system auto-converts videos, audio, documents etc to a much more readable format, ready to be casted upon a computer, pda, cellphone, anything which has a webbrowser built in.
The libraries are already at version 4 as we speak and there are still a lot of things missing. Youtube is rather a database, coupled to a website; while the IF I'm designing is rather a website/script which reads out the files immediately ; broadcasting them in different (secure) ways. Combine this with a fully supported XML in/export for the metadata available for that file; an easy policy of changing this data and you got yourself a nice FMS which can do lots more than Youtube.
When I'm getting at version 5 I'm thinking about dedicating earlier versions as OSS; this way diversity can be created around the world without giving away the latest code which is also going to be used for my company. Call me protective although I've also invested my time and money in this system which I sure don't just want to give away like that before hosting it myself first
... Thanks for raping my computer, messing with my eyes and giving me 5 extra braintumors on top looking to that site!
heeeeellllooooo 1990! We're back!
Only after nuking your bank accounts!
mod parent up please, he is a hero! This guy does what he gets, the few things you have in this society next to working and all kinds of things that are just being expected from you is rights. You are virtually property of a government, obliged to do all things expected from you or they will rob you before you can tell Z. Your name is in a database and being policed by government officials. Basically the only thing you got in this age is knowing your rights.
...
Too many people are too passive towards events that happen right-on-the-spot. Whenever I am on my way to my mom's birthday or to get something to eat, when someone stops me in MY normal planning in a very intrusive way; I should take the right to respond on that in complete terms.
As I read they were ready to drive away because he had family members waiting; he waived away the intrusive check and at the end called the cops for help because that guy was going over the line. He asked, as victim (it was his paid stuff) for help at the authorities. It should be atleast considered to not be arrested for something which has nothing to do with the entire incident while asking for help because he wanted the intrusive guy to stop.
It's a complete mixture of facts which led to a snowball effect, immediate arrest; there is nothing else which can -stop- you from your tracks in this society. He did not deserve this and to my opinion this guy is a hero for himself and a lot of people around him; including you if he wins this case.
I'm European (most specifically Belgian) and got stepped on my rights too, multiple times, by its government officials; it's not an American thing only. Reference to an earlier post about something similar but this time without envolvement of government officials.
I did not sue because it costs -me- also money in the beginning which I do not have enough of to stop every stupid thing happening to me. I just react by myself and the one who did it will for sure know it forever that he did cross the lines; with words only. It's not even a normal practice to just sue in Belgium for such small amount of money because it would add up too much; the minimim amount which would be feasable would be over 1000 Euro or by the "vredegerecht" which is a court for civilian matters only costing nothing/small amounts of money to start a procedure.
What I did is put the entire article in Dutch on one my blog, contacted "Test Aankoop" (consumer magazine) and told them the story. I've had my say, Mediamarkt has read it too; I can even return the letter with the amount but I'm so -fed up- with the store I don't even want it at the moment. I'll get it when I need it and that'll be end of story. To even mention, even asking test-aankoop costs money, yearly... the circle never ends
I've had a similar encounter. I went to Mediamarkt, a very big store comparable to Circuit City. I went there to buy a shaver, took the box with me, paid it to the cashier and went home. Opened the box, to my surprise there was NO SHAVER in it, only an adapter, the cleaning brush and the protection cover.
.. it was not found ...
Called back to Mediamarkt the next day, since it was already closed when I came home, they told me I should drop in with the receipt and the box and that would be it. I went that next day immediately to customer service, gave the box and told them (in trust) I didn't need the money back, I just needed the shaver. I got a ticket that could be used for either returning to cash or to swap the shaver.
I went downstairs in the shop, went looking to shavers and found out there were no similar models available anymore; so asked to the shop representative to try to find when they will be back in the shop. She told me it could take weeks. I asked after if there were any blades available for my -old- shaver and if those blades might fit because the older model was of the same brand (not the same type). That would take 2 months to order (GOSH!).
After that she told she had one in stock and would do anything to find it. Five minutes later the representative comes back to me with a shaver, in box, I was happy and went to the DVD section. Saw the entire Star Trek serie on DVD for a low price but "The Wrath of Kahn" was missing; so in all haste I lay down the shaver on the DVD's, go to the DVD shop representative and ask them if that movie was in stock. It wasn't and went further watching to the dvd's unknowing I have left the shaver with the DVD's.
With an entire stack of DVD's I went to the cashier and found out I had "lost" my shaver, so I go back to the isles to search for the shaver; alas
Big bummers, since I had movies to watch too but nothing to shave off my beard I was growing at that time; I went to the store manager downstairs and asked him where "lost items" being put wrong in isles go to. He told me it would be in the back of the store; where I went but the line was just waaaaaay to long to be waiting there and I needed to work about one hour later.
I went to the cashier, gave the ticket to the desk and suddenly had a security guard telling me I stole SHAVERS!
His argument was that I stole the shaver from the box when home, I stole a shaver in the shop and I stole another shaver in stock; while there was only one left in the store. I told very politely I got ADHD and am sometimes a little bit fast in thinking, which might have caused that I've lost this shaver in particular. The shop representatives were searching the shop for that missing shaver in the whiletime.
The guard was VERRRRRRRYYYYYY rude, he started to yell (in public) if I could call my doctor to confirm my medical condition because else I would be an ordinary thief. This he yelled in the shop; while I had atleast 3 business customers around me (since the store is very nearby the corporations I work for).
The missing shaver was returned and seemed to have fallen behind the DVD boxes, it was there all the time and the second missing shaver seemed to be a demo model. No apology, no mercy, no quarter, I was still treated like a thief and the guard said "you probably did stole that one shaver anyways!" I told him: yes and I will probably charge it with my tongue since the charger is still in the pack you have lying next to you!...
I never have felt so much aggression inside of me, just because of the fact I have been treated like a thief!
I asked them if I could call because I did not have my cellphone with me, I was prevented to call; even to the police. Later on I've found out what they did was highly illegal; since they cannot do a citizen arrest without calling the police.
I've got a ticket worth 115 Euro, the amount of money I paid for the shaver. This even after I told them LOUD AND CLEAR I was *NEVER* going to put foot i
It was not clear of the counterfeit powder included any toxic ingredients, but some children were reported to have died within three days of being fed the fake milk.
Others were hospitalised when their parents realised they were ill. Fuyang's People's Hospital alone received more than 60 babies who had been fed fake milk formula, according to the Beijing News. Makes me REALLY wonder about the quality of the stuff we eat, use and abuse; since when I was young the news has been telling many things that products need to be troughoutly tested before they can be used as medicine or healthcare products.
Feeding a baby who has just been put on the world is considered health care. These kids cannot care of themselves or tell us they are missing something; the language is just not there yet for that to happen. The responsibility does not only lie in the hands of its parents but also of the manufacturers who are selling "genuine" products while they are not even that "genuine" at all. The missing of an important vitamin B1 ingredient could cause complications which could have been forseen before by sampling the products throughout to look for any missing and needed contents to be called "milk".
Ok, on the other hand, different countries, different rules, but; we are obliged to carry a number, nationality and pay taxes, I'd sure expect the governments to protect that certain asset of citizenship?
What could be the conclusion of this?
- What we eat, drink and use is not all so throughoutly tested as we think? (shocking in the age of technology)
- In other words, look what you put in your mouth first! (what's new?)
- News is overrated ? (what's new?)
- The government is not "doing its job" to protect it's citizen? (what's new?)
- I rather stick with my real milk which I'm drinking since I'm born; still liking every glass of it; (mmmm)
- But find the quality of the taste in the milk disturbingly worse than it used to be in the past of different brands. (what changed?)
It's not only milk but a lot of different products which we use in daily lives;
The quality of everything we use is not deemed to be quality; we do not demand the quality enough, it's too expensive to be quality so cheaper components will be used or left behind or we simply don't pay enough to get quality. It's the industry which gives us what we demand; if we demand better products, better tested and it will still be sold in large amounts; the price will be somewhat the same and the product has a better background check too. In my book you still pay for quality; although in the food sector quality is not always visible through the naked eye. Food is still something which keeps us alive or kills us (in an instant) if we do not know for sure what is (missing) in those products we put in our mouths.
I never really saw the use of using artificial products over the real thing and why giving them to babies while they should get most of the real nature to grow up? Most possibly naivity which is caused by ignorance and totally not knowing/caring about what we really buy. Welcome to the industrial age.
Add to it we have lost the right of privacy some time ago too and I'll feel a lot better already
They don't have a phone module
.....phone?
Do they charge extra to be able to call or to use your phone as
on the amount of RAM used ... 256k (262144 bytes) will be less paper than 32gb (38654705664 bytes)...
Actually I don't have to do anything to be confusing, it just does that by design
I had enough of being alienated, let's move to the second planet to the right!