"Stuff like this happens all the time. Would you really prevent the development of technologies that can solve tricky problems like this and bring people alive out of hostage situations, just because sometime it might be used incorrectly against a group of people with no lasting effect?"
That's the question isn't it.. the same question that came up in regards to hiroshima.
Should we allow something that can be used for evil to be allowed to exist or be used, as an application for "good".
The problem is who is defining good, as this changes.
unfortunately when you say no lasting effect you discount the many ways this can be used that will have a lasting effect, the mental wrath torture produces and the silencing all of political dissent are two things that rapidly come to mind that would definitely have a lasting effect even tho the short term use is for "good"?
Well i'd say maybe you are installing it wrong? I usually do it like this.. windows>SP2>drivers>programs.. if you install drivers before the SP2 then i have seen problems, but never in the way i specified (unless of course the driver is bad itself).
The mian problem i see is that people install drivers right away for things like network cards so they can do the auto update.. this typically hoses something down the way.. just get the sp2 as an executable and burn it to a CD for this purpose.. i have a CD burned with SP2 and other updates that i use after a clean xp install.
his name is R. Lee Ermey, he has been in a lot of movies, and is pretty cool guy (insane is not the word i'd use, intimidating, over the top, my grandpa, sure.. insane, no)
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"I have to agree. I don't remember the last time I got bsod or serious errors. It is very stable and fast, even with all the abuse it has received since I did a clean install a couple of years ago."
I'd say the same thing about XP, the only time i have gotten BSOD was with hardware problems. and i'm not a casual user.
"Multi-button mouse support has in fact traditionally been far better for macs than for Windows; the OS itself is quite capable of handling 5+ buttons, scrollwheels, and so on automatically, without any third-party software or special drivers needed."
You mean because it is a Mac mouse with driver support already built in? My logitech mouse has 7 buttons and a scroll wheel an I can use all of them in windows without a "special driver", i just can't program them for alternate uses in the OS without a driver... in games i can reprogram all of the buttons for any use...
"Exactly how much force should the police be allowed to use in this kind of situation. "
When i was involved in a citizen's arrest (stopping someone who had beat and robbed an old man, i picked the kid up and held him in a bear hug) I was told by the cop that i was legally allowed to use whatever force was needed to hold the person in custody. But just that amount of force.
He explained it a little bit more saying basically if the person isn't trying to get away then you shouldn't be using force.. once the person stops fleeing you stop the force.
"On the one hand I'd love for people to know the figures. But don't you think the RIAA would love to have that information?"
I don't know.. would knowing a person's defense fund limitations help with their case? (sorry not too familiar with the fine points of litigation, if you have a Windows XP problem i could help tho:P)
and it's a pain in the butt if you decide you actually want to use MS updates in the future, as the website won't let you download them unless this process is running, so a reboot is forced once you realize you had it turned off previously. (restarting the service doesn't seem to work in this case, rebooting when the service set to enabled does).
"Free with HL2, and it always has been. I.e. CS:S isn't worth anywhere close to $30 either."
I just went to a lan party in San Jose where Valve gave out free copies of HL2 but you had to reg thru steam, i grabbed one and installed it on my son's system so he could play CS:S with me.. unfortunately having HL2 DOES NOT entitle you to CS:S.
yeah, so the it's the inverse of my opinion;) well you're probably right.. and it's probably more to due with his self esteem. unless of course he is married, i would tend to think if it was one of the other things you listed, after developing this sort of relationship.. it wouldn't matter, the only 2 i could see it being is that he is reasonably ok looking and is terrified you'll ignore/spurn him like others have done once you actually meet... or like i said, married.
How would he know if the Woman was committing a crime or not? She refused to cooperate. All the woman had to do was sit on her side of the bus and none of this would have happened. But no...she chose to be a cunt. They thought the woman was Black. So when the cop shows up and she refuses to sit at the back of the bus...the cop sees the Woman is black and arrests her. Also, we are hearing her side of things, not the cop's or the store's. It surprises me that people would want to donate money to this moron. It is clear she just likes the attention. Any normal person would just sit in the back of the bus and be happily on their way. People like this Woman is annoying and are a waste of the time for the bus and the police. And now she is suing...putting more money in to the pocket of lawyers...all this crap could be avoided if she wasn't such a pretentious cunt.
I know it's not true.. I blew him up with my rocket launcher in the last level of Quake. All you had to do was time it with the purple spikey thing which handily he had one flying around..
"Just that it happens on both sides, neither is free from blame."
Then instead of pointing the finger at the other side when it DOES happen.. you should be lining up with your fellow Americans and decry the practice in whole. Otherwise it just makes you look like you are defending the practice of one side because "the other side does it too".
Then when democrats do the same thing you can decry that as well and not look a hypocrite.
This goes for all partisan bickering.. we need to point out EVERY infraction no matter which "side" is perpetrating the offense and show both parties that we won't stand for it.. just because they can't work together on issues doesn't mean WE can't.
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"Stuff like this happens all the time. Would you really prevent the development of technologies that can solve tricky problems like this and bring people alive out of hostage situations, just because sometime it might be used incorrectly against a group of people with no lasting effect?"
That's the question isn't it.. the same question that came up in regards to hiroshima.
Should we allow something that can be used for evil to be allowed to exist or be used, as an application for "good".
The problem is who is defining good, as this changes.
unfortunately when you say no lasting effect you discount the many ways this can be used that will have a lasting effect, the mental wrath torture produces and the silencing all of political dissent are two things that rapidly come to mind that would definitely have a lasting effect even tho the short term use is for "good"?
Well i'd say maybe you are installing it wrong? I usually do it like this.. windows>SP2>drivers>programs.. if you install drivers before the SP2 then i have seen problems, but never in the way i specified (unless of course the driver is bad itself).
The mian problem i see is that people install drivers right away for things like network cards so they can do the auto update.. this typically hoses something down the way.. just get the sp2 as an executable and burn it to a CD for this purpose.. i have a CD burned with SP2 and other updates that i use after a clean xp install.
Sean Hannity... is that you?
his name is R. Lee Ermey, he has been in a lot of movies, and is pretty cool guy (insane is not the word i'd use, intimidating, over the top, my grandpa, sure.. insane, no)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000388/
"I have to agree. I don't remember the last time I got bsod or serious errors. It is very stable and fast, even with all the abuse it has received since I did a clean install a couple of years ago."
I'd say the same thing about XP, the only time i have gotten BSOD was with hardware problems. and i'm not a casual user.
1. make cheap photocopies of 50$ bills
2. swap with real ones in attic
3. burn down attic
$. go to jai.. i mean profit!
"Multi-button mouse support has in fact traditionally been far better for macs than for Windows; the OS itself is quite capable of handling 5+ buttons, scrollwheels, and so on automatically, without any third-party software or special drivers needed."
You mean because it is a Mac mouse with driver support already built in? My logitech mouse has 7 buttons and a scroll wheel an I can use all of them in windows without a "special driver", i just can't program them for alternate uses in the OS without a driver... in games i can reprogram all of the buttons for any use...
"Exactly how much force should the police be allowed to use in this kind of situation. "
When i was involved in a citizen's arrest (stopping someone who had beat and robbed an old man, i picked the kid up and held him in a bear hug) I was told by the cop that i was legally allowed to use whatever force was needed to hold the person in custody. But just that amount of force.
He explained it a little bit more saying basically if the person isn't trying to get away then you shouldn't be using force.. once the person stops fleeing you stop the force.
does that help?
"On the one hand I'd love for people to know the figures. But don't you think the RIAA would love to have that information?"
:P)
I don't know.. would knowing a person's defense fund limitations help with their case? (sorry not too familiar with the fine points of litigation, if you have a Windows XP problem i could help tho
I already posted this on an above comment but wanted to make sure you see it since i'm sure there are a lot of replies to sort through.
Will we be able to know how much money has been generated or will this be attorney client privilege?
Sent some money.. hope it helps.
Will it be possible to get some sort of status on how much money was generated from this in the future or is that Attorney client privilege?
Sent some cash.. hope it helps.
and it's a pain in the butt if you decide you actually want to use MS updates in the future, as the website won't let you download them unless this process is running, so a reboot is forced once you realize you had it turned off previously. (restarting the service doesn't seem to work in this case, rebooting when the service set to enabled does).
"Free with HL2, and it always has been. I.e. CS:S isn't worth anywhere close to $30 either."
I just went to a lan party in San Jose where Valve gave out free copies of HL2 but you had to reg thru steam, i grabbed one and installed it on my son's system so he could play CS:S with me.. unfortunately having HL2 DOES NOT entitle you to CS:S.
What you have must have been a bundle.
"That's why living in Alice Springs, Australia was so nice."
And the chicken dishes were excellent.
yeah, so the it's the inverse of my opinion ;) well you're probably right.. and it's probably more to due with his self esteem. unless of course he is married, i would tend to think if it was one of the other things you listed, after developing this sort of relationship.. it wouldn't matter, the only 2 i could see it being is that he is reasonably ok looking and is terrified you'll ignore/spurn him like others have done once you actually meet... or like i said, married.
GL
"He lives about 8 minutes away. Is that weird?"
I makes me think you are afraid for him to see how you look, that once he does know what you look like he won't want to be as friendly or whatever.
"An f'in email would only have prevented 9/11 if it had gotten to the right person at the right time and they had all of the other pieces in place."
Yah if only, like, i dunno, the president, in some soft of daily briefing.. hmmmm
Sorry i'm so used to living near the airport i thought it was just another 757.
"I also encourage people to think hard about which is really the more interesting and challenging accomplishment."
Obviously it's spending 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds listening to a woman nag about headwinds, proper wing tilt and hygiene.
How would he know if the Woman was committing a crime or not? She refused to cooperate. All the woman had to do was sit on her side of the bus and none of this would have happened. But no...she chose to be a cunt. They thought the woman was Black. So when the cop shows up and she refuses to sit at the back of the bus...the cop sees the Woman is black and arrests her. Also, we are hearing her side of things, not the cop's or the store's. It surprises me that people would want to donate money to this moron. It is clear she just likes the attention. Any normal person would just sit in the back of the bus and be happily on their way. People like this Woman is annoying and are a waste of the time for the bus and the police. And now she is suing...putting more money in to the pocket of lawyers...all this crap could be avoided if she wasn't such a pretentious cunt.
"Add to that if you don't buy the Steam versions you can always sell them on again."
True for all execept bioshock which limits you the number of times you can register the software with the anticopy software drm that comes with it.
I know it's not true.. I blew him up with my rocket launcher in the last level of Quake. All you had to do was time it with the purple spikey thing which handily he had one flying around..
i guess he never thought that one through
They actually have whiteboards that can do this.. pretty cool stuff.. you can print out what you have written on the white board or save it to a file.
"I don't think your pot plants will like that."
:P urine helps green leaf growth in diluted concentrations...
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Actually they will
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_urine#Gardenin
"Just that it happens on both sides, neither is free from blame."
Then instead of pointing the finger at the other side when it DOES happen.. you should be lining up with your fellow Americans and decry the practice in whole. Otherwise it just makes you look like you are defending the practice of one side because "the other side does it too".
Then when democrats do the same thing you can decry that as well and not look a hypocrite.
This goes for all partisan bickering.. we need to point out EVERY infraction no matter which "side" is perpetrating the offense and show both parties that we won't stand for it.. just because they can't work together on issues doesn't mean WE can't.