"Regardless of what the little slashdot hippies think, this is a proven strategy to get rid of a complex drug like meth"
Um, no, all this does is slow down home grown meth labs (which convert OTC meds into meth/amphetamine), it does nothing to stop importing the same drugs from Mexico, or importing the raw materials to make methamphetamine or amphetamine by biker gangs who use real chemists.
"they did the same thing with something called "Quaids" (not actually sure how you spell it so that's a guess) back in the 80's, and those are simply not around anymore."
Are you talking about qualudes/ludes/blues? you're also wrong, these are now sold in pharmacutical grade often imported or just churned out by pill mills. I got some the other day (I have insomnia and these work quite well thank you, which is ironic because my doctor didn't want to prescribe them so i found them on the street instead).
"Meth is a horribly addictive drug, so anything they do to limit it is fine by me."
I agree meth is a horribly addictive drug, as a matter of fact look how many children are currently hooked on it.. http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/20050301/does-ritalin-increase-cancer-risk-in-children "Ritalin is a stimulant widely prescribed for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with roughly 10 million prescriptions filled each year in the United States."
"Sure, but that's the pharmacy, being forced by the gov't being dicks."
"Just like smoking isn't a right either (hence the bans on it)."
Just like public demonstrations aren't a "right" in non-approved areas, that's why there is a ban on them.. good thing it's easy to tell what is a "right" or not by the government's stance on it's legality.
"Giving a developer a workstation with a user account with no administrator privileges on Windows is among them."
Why would you give a developer a domain system with administrative purposes?
Why not a domain system with a local account that has admin that he can use when testing.. or require development work to be done in a VM session where they control their own permissions?
Why subject the security of the whole network to one user's practices?
I don't want to have to continuously troubleshoot why a system is being knocked off the network because this developer decided to use a computer name that already exists, or knocks production systems off line because he happened to enable DHCP and is now accepting requests from test servers... (to name a couple of examples)
"Same really with the no-fly lists. Before the no-fly lists four aircraft where hijacked, and afterwards?"
You know the parent has a point (if even causually) we could stop 100% of airplane hijacks if we didn't allow anyone to fly.. and the way the watch list seems to be ballooning that seems to be the apparently soon to be reality.
"The hardware is flaky but pretty, and very expensive. Not in my experience, except for the "pretty". "
Well it is in mine, so what does that mean? (pretty is subjective anyway)
"The CEO and company seem neurotic.
Not in my experience. I have never heard that Steve Jobs has been throwing any chairs around, or threatened to cut off someone's air supply, or similar."
It is in mine, again what does that mean.. neurotic is also pretty subjective depending on your mental state.
"Most of the users are self-indulgent, arty, smug, pretentious types. In my experience (and I know quite a few of them) that is utter bullshit. "
In my experience it is mostly true, of at least one of the traits.. but i guess you could say that for most of the population.
"The average person wants nothing to do with this. Don't take your average pimpled PC sales person or IT man with a hate for end users as "average person". "
their system's current market share would seem to dictate otherwise.
my 2cents (since we all seem to be throwing that around)
maybe he is lucky like me and has a wife and kids who play the games with him online.. although then it does cost me 200x4 for the vid cards.. oh well..
it also says the paper was a month old. so the switcheroo could have happened anytime int he last month.. kind of making the manufacturer date irrelevant?
what pisses me off is that the money i earn is taxed, then when i spend it i get taxed again, how did we ever accept that "sales" tax should be paid by the buyer and not the seller?
"You know the current batch of patent and other IP laws will have to be scrapped before any of that is allowed"
It would seem more necessary than less, unless the profit is made in the delivery of raw common elements how else would someone make a living?
If we all respected IP laws (or had no choice not to) then it would make sense (to me) that what you would be buying is the blueprint the assembler uses to build $whatever it is you want...
"No doubt many hardcore gamers are happy to pay the $2-3k per year it takes to stay on the bleeding edge."
when you say bleeding edge you are talking about computer enthusiasts, not gamers. Those who overclock to get the highest artificial benchmark score.
I myself AM an hardcore gamer and am not happy to pay that much, my last "bleeding edge" system cost me 700 bucks, as i bought it a year or so after the hardware came out, and it still plays all games at a decent res (1280x1024) with all settings on high 2 years later. I'd much rather spend 1000 bucks on software, which i have over those 2 years.
i have yet to see a game that was "un-fun" if i exceeded the minimum requirements, yes i couldn't run at the highest setting at 1600x1200, but i you don't "need" that in order for a game to be fun?
I would think gameplay/story/re-playability would come before maximum eye candy/fps.
I would also say that comparing Console GAMES to their PC ports.. the PC versions ALWAYS look better than the console, and you don't need bleeding edge hardware to do so.
"This is a good list. Another con of PCs, and what ultimately drove me to buy an XBox 360, was the frequent disappointment I'd get from buying games and discovering my video hardware wasn't good enough."
Typically there is a section on the game's box that says hardware requirements, the minimum means you will be able to play the game on the mid to low settings, the reccommended means you can play on full settings with an average FPS of 30-60 depending on resolution.
If you are buying a game and don't meat the minimum requirements, i can hardly see how you could blame "PCs"
So it get to the end and i see the cake and then it dumps me in a pile of fire (so i understand the "lie" now).. i have to say that was a really lame ending, and it seemed really short too..
I hope they answer a lot of the questions from this one in a possible sequel...
This whole line of reasoning was explored int he movie Bicentennial man.. i'd recommend it.. long but interesting. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182789/
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"Regardless of what the little slashdot hippies think, this is a proven strategy to get rid of a complex drug like meth"
Um, no, all this does is slow down home grown meth labs (which convert OTC meds into meth/amphetamine), it does nothing to stop importing the same drugs from Mexico, or importing the raw materials to make methamphetamine or amphetamine by biker gangs who use real chemists.
"they did the same thing with something called "Quaids" (not actually sure how you spell it so that's a guess) back in the 80's, and those are simply not around anymore."
Are you talking about qualudes/ludes/blues? you're also wrong, these are now sold in pharmacutical grade often imported or just churned out by pill mills. I got some the other day (I have insomnia and these work quite well thank you, which is ironic because my doctor didn't want to prescribe them so i found them on the street instead).
"Meth is a horribly addictive drug, so anything they do to limit it is fine by me."
I agree meth is a horribly addictive drug, as a matter of fact look how many children are currently hooked on it..
http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/news/20050301/does-ritalin-increase-cancer-risk-in-children
"Ritalin is a stimulant widely prescribed for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), with roughly 10 million prescriptions filled each year in the United States."
"Sure, but that's the pharmacy, being forced by the gov't being dicks."
There fixed that for ya.
I guess you aren't familiar with what i am talking about, not that i'm surprised. you're canadian, is that right?
"Just like smoking isn't a right either (hence the bans on it)."
Just like public demonstrations aren't a "right" in non-approved areas, that's why there is a ban on them.. good thing it's easy to tell what is a "right" or not by the government's stance on it's legality.
"I don't know. Maybe you just hang out with the wrong sort of people."
yah someone should report them as suspicious.
"And what about the rules saying that you have to change your pass word and you can't use part of your last few passwords."
typically to stop people from using "password1, password12, password123" or "password1, password2, password3"?
"Giving a developer a workstation with a user account with no administrator privileges on Windows is among them."
Why would you give a developer a domain system with administrative purposes?
Why not a domain system with a local account that has admin that he can use when testing.. or require development work to be done in a VM session where they control their own permissions?
Why subject the security of the whole network to one user's practices?
I don't want to have to continuously troubleshoot why a system is being knocked off the network because this developer decided to use a computer name that already exists, or knocks production systems off line because he happened to enable DHCP and is now accepting requests from test servers... (to name a couple of examples)
taht sig toke me 5 hours to complate, well woerth the tiem
yuod be surprisd how much tiem and effert is needad for soem peopal
"Keep anyone from finding the bread, and you've got yourself some weak wine."
Hmm, i wonder if that has any correlation since the bible says the participants of the wedding said that the wine jesus made was the "good stuff"...
"Same really with the no-fly lists. Before the no-fly lists four aircraft where hijacked, and afterwards?"
You know the parent has a point (if even causually) we could stop 100% of airplane hijacks if we didn't allow anyone to fly.. and the way the watch list seems to be ballooning that seems to be the apparently soon to be reality.
"The hardware is flaky but pretty, and very expensive.
Not in my experience, except for the "pretty". "
Well it is in mine, so what does that mean? (pretty is subjective anyway)
"The CEO and company seem neurotic.
Not in my experience. I have never heard that Steve Jobs has been throwing any chairs around, or threatened to cut off someone's air supply, or similar."
It is in mine, again what does that mean.. neurotic is also pretty subjective depending on your mental state.
"Most of the users are self-indulgent, arty, smug, pretentious types.
In my experience (and I know quite a few of them) that is utter bullshit. "
In my experience it is mostly true, of at least one of the traits.. but i guess you could say that for most of the population.
"The average person wants nothing to do with this.
Don't take your average pimpled PC sales person or IT man with a hate for end users as "average person". "
their system's current market share would seem to dictate otherwise.
my 2cents (since we all seem to be throwing that around)
"but they just made the fan smaller, which generally means louder. :|"
weird, TFA said the it was whisper quiet but still smaller.
maybe he is lucky like me and has a wife and kids who play the games with him online.. although then it does cost me 200x4 for the vid cards.. oh well..
"TFA says it was a New York Post dated 9/16/07,
it also says the paper was a month old. so the switcheroo could have happened anytime int he last month.. kind of making the manufacturer date irrelevant?
"Sellers would just end up factoring that into the cost anyway."
Good, then i would see the real price advertised instead of seeing something 8% cheaper than it really will be...
what pisses me off is that the money i earn is taxed, then when i spend it i get taxed again, how did we ever accept that "sales" tax should be paid by the buyer and not the seller?
"You know the current batch of patent and other IP laws will have to be scrapped before any of that is allowed"
It would seem more necessary than less, unless the profit is made in the delivery of raw common elements how else would someone make a living?
If we all respected IP laws (or had no choice not to) then it would make sense (to me) that what you would be buying is the blueprint the assembler uses to build $whatever it is you want...
I'd give him an audience again.. that's right.. live webcam feed of all cleaning duties!
Come on Jack, Feel validated because someone will actually care again about what you are doing!!
"No doubt many hardcore gamers are happy to pay the $2-3k per year it takes to stay on the bleeding edge."
when you say bleeding edge you are talking about computer enthusiasts, not gamers. Those who overclock to get the highest artificial benchmark score.
I myself AM an hardcore gamer and am not happy to pay that much, my last "bleeding edge" system cost me 700 bucks, as i bought it a year or so after the hardware came out, and it still plays all games at a decent res (1280x1024) with all settings on high 2 years later. I'd much rather spend 1000 bucks on software, which i have over those 2 years.
i have yet to see a game that was "un-fun" if i exceeded the minimum requirements, yes i couldn't run at the highest setting at 1600x1200, but i you don't "need" that in order for a game to be fun?
I would think gameplay/story/re-playability would come before maximum eye candy/fps.
I would also say that comparing Console GAMES to their PC ports.. the PC versions ALWAYS look better than the console, and you don't need bleeding edge hardware to do so.
i'd even pay him 6.
"This is a good list. Another con of PCs, and what ultimately drove me to buy an XBox 360, was the frequent disappointment I'd get from buying games and discovering my video hardware wasn't good enough."
Typically there is a section on the game's box that says hardware requirements, the minimum means you will be able to play the game on the mid to low settings, the reccommended means you can play on full settings with an average FPS of 30-60 depending on resolution.
If you are buying a game and don't meat the minimum requirements, i can hardly see how you could blame "PCs"
"As a Engineer, I can't tell how to re-point a sentry like you could in TFC."
You don't, it actually can detect in full 360, so no need.
I was just joking around but i guess some people have no sense of humor.. sigh.
So it get to the end and i see the cake and then it dumps me in a pile of fire (so i understand the "lie" now).. i have to say that was a really lame ending, and it seemed really short too..
I hope they answer a lot of the questions from this one in a possible sequel...
This whole line of reasoning was explored int he movie Bicentennial man.. i'd recommend it.. long but interesting.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182789/