Umm, what? I've repaired my current system more than four times, and it's only added up to about AU$400. Bear in mind that at the time that it took place, the computer was worth over AU$1000. What you say is not always the case.
Stupid thumping gangsta rap whose only function is to shake your car's quarter panels, bubblegum crap pop, or Nu Metal where guys with long hair get up in front of the mike, blast the distortion and whine about their relationships.
Most teenagers with a brain are listening to older music anyway. Not to say that I don't like some Nu Metal, but those who haven't found anything from before 1980 are too late to be saved. I suggest we just put them out of their misery; they're a lost cause.
There is some good music now-days though, it's not all complete and utter bollocks as you describe. But good luck getting it in Australia; over here a lot of things are either US or EU order. Also means you miss out on lots of good bands over here if you attempt to keep to legitimate channels. So no-one does that.
I also remember reading in one of my books that the tritium in fusion bombs will degrade, leaving the bomb with a shelf-life of about 10 years; I'll look it up sometime.
And no, I mean a real book, not The Sum Of All Fears.
Unfortunately, a LOT of people don't live close enough to an exchange to even get any form of DSL
Telstra is partially to blame for this; they refuse to provide any DSL service whatsoever to those who can't get their maximum speed. Agile gives you as much as you can handle though, so when they start getting out into the non-metro areas things may improve.
As it is, I'm in a metro area (Adelaide) and live ~2.1km from the exchange, giving me just over 8Mb/s sync speed, and >800KB/s download speed. It's good that we're finally starting to get better service than in the US:)
Oh, I see now. Still, it's disabled by default, you're not forced to use it. If Genuine Advantage was entirely optional and disabled unless the user explicitly says so, then that would be reasonable. But it's not.
AllOfMP3.com allows users to have music in whatever format they like though. How many legal download services do you see allowing *that*? I would probably use a service like that in addition to CDs if I could download songs in FLAC, etc. Protected AAC is useless if it's illegal to transcode it.
but by the time they hit 15/16 there's no point giving them detentions/lines to get homework done. Just let them see the consequences of their actions and choose their own future, because that's how the real world works
That's pretty much how it is in Australia (well, my school). They may make you stay at school during your frees if you do nothing, but other than that you just get the zero.
some guy figured out how to make a fake finger using a lifted fingerprint and some gelatin that can fool scanners something like 75% of the time
Notice that you said fool scanners. You're not leaving behind a fingerprint then. Gelatin can fool a scanner, but can't leave behind the mixture of oils on the fingers that get picked up as fingerprints.
It *is* peacetime. What made you think otherwise? Has your country declared war? I know mine hasn't.
It began with the Nuremburg trial ritual. The Nazis concerned would have been best treated to a quick firing squad with no drama, and we would have been free thereafter to act cleanly.
You're trying to say that we should ignore the possible innocence of a person, and punish them for the crimes of others?
For example, is a KKK member of a chapter that commits a lynching "innocent" even if he does not participate in the act?
Not sure where $200 comes from. The first twelve years of school here is free.
According to Wikipedia there's another ~$100 per exam, which is where I got that figure from.
At my current high school there aren't any subjects that disallow calculators in the tests. Why would you? You're not doing a class on mental arithmetic. Any teacher that tried to do it would be overruled before anything could come of it. I'm in Australia though, so things might be different over in the US. We don't have the "AP" courses, but some subjects are scaled up for the TER.
Over here they'd crucify anyone who tried to make students pay $200 for Chemistry, and another $200 for Physics, and so on. Or am I misunderstanding the system?
The US. To my knowledge, there are quite a few places that take the abstinence-only route. You have a teenage birth rate of 51.1 babies per thousand females.
Australia. No problems getting sex-ed through over here to my knowledge, and a teenage birth rate of 16.3 babies per thousand females.
While it is not the only factor involved, there is a very big difference.
The DNS server will generally get its data from the ISP's server, not go straight to the root. Where else would it get it from, if not from the DNS server in/etc/resolv.conf?
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But it is nowhere near as sensitive to external magetism as tape.
Umm, what? I've repaired my current system more than four times, and it's only added up to about AU$400. Bear in mind that at the time that it took place, the computer was worth over AU$1000. What you say is not always the case.
Stupid thumping gangsta rap whose only function is to shake your car's quarter panels, bubblegum crap pop, or Nu Metal where guys with long hair get up in front of the mike, blast the distortion and whine about their relationships.
Most teenagers with a brain are listening to older music anyway. Not to say that I don't like some Nu Metal, but those who haven't found anything from before 1980 are too late to be saved. I suggest we just put them out of their misery; they're a lost cause.
There is some good music now-days though, it's not all complete and utter bollocks as you describe. But good luck getting it in Australia; over here a lot of things are either US or EU order. Also means you miss out on lots of good bands over here if you attempt to keep to legitimate channels. So no-one does that.
I imagine that it would be something along the lines of throttling back if the laptop appears to be moving slightly at regular intervals.
Hmm, that's true. I'll have to find that book again. And yes, lithium deutride is correct.
I also remember reading in one of my books that the tritium in fusion bombs will degrade, leaving the bomb with a shelf-life of about 10 years; I'll look it up sometime.
And no, I mean a real book, not The Sum Of All Fears.
Aren't you required to use it to get updates? Is it installed on new PCs?
Yes, that was my point, but the reason I put it under the dynamic category is because it decided what data was required at runtime.
But the reason that the script goes back to the server is because the data has changed, meaning that it is not static.
Umm, AJAX is *more* efficient than a static page. It needs less server capacity because it doesn't require the entire form to be reloaded constantly.
Unfortunately, a LOT of people don't live close enough to an exchange to even get any form of DSL
:)
Telstra is partially to blame for this; they refuse to provide any DSL service whatsoever to those who can't get their maximum speed. Agile gives you as much as you can handle though, so when they start getting out into the non-metro areas things may improve. As it is, I'm in a metro area (Adelaide) and live ~2.1km from the exchange, giving me just over 8Mb/s sync speed, and >800KB/s download speed. It's good that we're finally starting to get better service than in the US
Oh, I see now. Still, it's disabled by default, you're not forced to use it. If Genuine Advantage was entirely optional and disabled unless the user explicitly says so, then that would be reasonable. But it's not.
Umm...what? All NTP does is get the current time from the internet. What are you thinking of?
AllOfMP3.com allows users to have music in whatever format they like though. How many legal download services do you see allowing *that*? I would probably use a service like that in addition to CDs if I could download songs in FLAC, etc. Protected AAC is useless if it's illegal to transcode it.
but by the time they hit 15/16 there's no point giving them detentions/lines to get homework done. Just let them see the consequences of their actions and choose their own future, because that's how the real world works
That's pretty much how it is in Australia (well, my school). They may make you stay at school during your frees if you do nothing, but other than that you just get the zero.
some guy figured out how to make a fake finger using a lifted fingerprint and some gelatin that can fool scanners something like 75% of the time
Notice that you said fool scanners. You're not leaving behind a fingerprint then. Gelatin can fool a scanner, but can't leave behind the mixture of oils on the fingers that get picked up as fingerprints.
Civil processes are a luxury of peacetime.
It *is* peacetime. What made you think otherwise? Has your country declared war? I know mine hasn't.
It began with the Nuremburg trial ritual. The Nazis concerned would have been best treated to a quick firing squad with no drama, and we would have been free thereafter to act cleanly.
You're trying to say that we should ignore the possible innocence of a person, and punish them for the crimes of others?
For example, is a KKK member of a chapter that commits a lynching "innocent" even if he does not participate in the act?
Did he commit the crime? If not, he is innocent.
Not sure where $200 comes from. The first twelve years of school here is free. According to Wikipedia there's another ~$100 per exam, which is where I got that figure from.
At my current high school there aren't any subjects that disallow calculators in the tests. Why would you? You're not doing a class on mental arithmetic. Any teacher that tried to do it would be overruled before anything could come of it. I'm in Australia though, so things might be different over in the US. We don't have the "AP" courses, but some subjects are scaled up for the TER.
Over here they'd crucify anyone who tried to make students pay $200 for Chemistry, and another $200 for Physics, and so on. Or am I misunderstanding the system?
So you're saying that not stripping the ID3 tags makes it different?
I support the creator's right to put DRM to the extent that the user is allowed to break it.
While it is not the only factor involved, there is a very big difference.
The DNS server will generally get its data from the ISP's server, not go straight to the root. Where else would it get it from, if not from the DNS server in /etc/resolv.conf?
Really? I was under the impression that the troops defend theselves, and don't just gamble on the fact that no-one knows where they are.
Cannot be falsified doesn't mean that there's no evidence, it means that there is no possible observation which, if it was found, would disprove it.