If you're going to be a pedant, go all the way: even though it is a common phrase, there is no plural for intent, since it is a non-count abstract noun.
>> Maybe he should have known better, but he didn't, and I'm not going to fault him for erring on the side of caution.
And therein lies the root of the problem: There is absolutely no consequence to acting, reacting, or over-reacting in an unreasonable, ignorant, or just plain stupid way.
All actions should have consequences, even those obviously foolish ones taken with the best of intentions. This is precisely the reason why people who constantly "abuse" the 911 emergency services for--what some officials deem--trivial reasons, get police warnings or have to pay penalties for wasting everybody's time.
It's obvious the kid violated school policies, and therefore needs councelling.
SCHOOL DRESS
As a student of MTM, you are given the opportunity to dress for success and represent Millennial with pride.
Monday-Thursday students may wear their choice of:
MTM Polo Shirt
MTM pants, shorts, or skirt
MTM outerwear: sweater, hooded sweatshirt, or track jacket
Footwear: close-toed shoes
It is not explained in the article, but the kid wore flip-flops on a Wednesday.
That may be true, but the original poster did say "[t]he Terrorists have won and brought your society to their knees"; to which was replied "[w]e managed that all on our own thank you very much", and that started the whole argument.
So you have just sided with the retort to the original poster. What was your point in arguing?
Last time I used it (it's been a few months), it still whitelisted some crappy sites by default, including Google and such. This could have changed over the months, as it seems to be updated every other week.
Still, in my keyboard at least, the nearest ALT to the SysReq key is more than a fully stretched hand away. This means that I would need two hands to press it, leaving me to do some rather interesting pinky gymnastics to hit the other keys with one of my hands.
In order to "reboot" a computer it must be "booted" in the first place, which requires having legs and feet. "I've just changed the socks of my computer before putting in new boots", see how retarded that sounds?
True, but as pointed out above, they weren't testing the accuracy of clicking links on a webpage; they were testing the accuracy of tracking finger gestures, which seems to be the new trend in touchscreen devices.
That would be very true if touchscreens were purely a point-and-click (or aim-and-stab) input control. However, what Apple has tried to do with the iPhone (and the recent "Magic Mouse" is indicative of this trend) is to create a new human-device interface mechanism that depends more on natural and intuitive gestures than aiming and stabbing a specific screen area. Because of this, the ability to track finger movements consistently and accurately is very important.
If, on the other hand, your user interface depends on a literal translation of a desktop point-and-click GUI, designed to be used primarily with a mouse and keyboard, to a touchscreen input control; then, of course, consistent and accurate tracking is less important than detecting the precise region where pressure was applied at a specific time. But if that is the case, the problems are deeper than just accuracy.
That's the actual strength of AdBlock, and the reason it currently cannot be implemented as a JetPack: AdBlock has the option of blocking the ads when the URL is found in the source, therefore not loading it. It works at a lower level than what the JetPack platform offers.
To me, ad-blocking is more than just not showing ads, it's about not being tracked by ad brokers that leave "web-bugs" all around the World Wide Web. Blocking requests to the ad servers themselves is what makes AdBlock far more useful than CSS and layout modifiers, and the primary reason I stay with Firefox in spite of its shortcomings. Adblock, together with the ability to black-list servers in the cookie manager with a simple "Remember this setting" checkbox, are actually the only reasons I continue to use Firefox.
Slashdot Mirror
I will, when it finds Twitter.com.
-dZ.
If you're going to be a pedant, go all the way: even though it is a common phrase, there is no plural for intent, since it is a non-count abstract noun.
-dZ.
>> Maybe he should have known better, but he didn't, and I'm not going to fault him for erring on the side of caution.
And therein lies the root of the problem: There is absolutely no consequence to acting, reacting, or over-reacting in an unreasonable, ignorant, or just plain stupid way.
All actions should have consequences, even those obviously foolish ones taken with the best of intentions. This is precisely the reason why people who constantly "abuse" the 911 emergency services for--what some officials deem--trivial reasons, get police warnings or have to pay penalties for wasting everybody's time.
-dZ.
>> Regardless of whether the search was reasonable, do you realize how misled you have been by the summary's "scare quotes"?
OMG!!! "scare quotes" in Slashdot!! The terrorists have won!!11one
dZ.
It's obvious the kid violated school policies, and therefore needs councelling.
It is not explained in the article, but the kid wore flip-flops on a Wednesday.
-dZ.
That may be true, but the original poster did say "[t]he Terrorists have won and brought your society to their knees"; to which was replied "[w]e managed that all on our own thank you very much", and that started the whole argument.
So you have just sided with the retort to the original poster. What was your point in arguing?
-dZ.
I guess you missed the part where I said, "the nearest ALT to the SysReq key is more than a fully stretched hand away". That's the one on the right.
The SysRq key in my keyboard is on the top-right corner, above the numeric keypad.
-dZ.
But then it'll just be plain old Web 1.0. Boooooooring.
-dZ.
Last time I used it (it's been a few months), it still whitelisted some crappy sites by default, including Google and such. This could have changed over the months, as it seems to be updated every other week.
-dZ.
Still, in my keyboard at least, the nearest ALT to the SysReq key is more than a fully stretched hand away. This means that I would need two hands to press it, leaving me to do some rather interesting pinky gymnastics to hit the other keys with one of my hands.
-dZ.
Haha! That's silly! Why would they confuse the O with a zero when they write morse code, do they spell out the "DØT"?
-dZ.
That's why they call it an "imperative" programming language.
-dZ.
Then plug the active flicking thingy directly into your skull and make your eyes blink alternately, in sync with the screen--no glasses needed!
You read it here first. My patent is pending.
-dZ.
I really wish people stop using "booting" and it's variations when not talking about ankle-tall shoes.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/boot?jss=0
In order to "reboot" a computer it must be "booted" in the first place, which requires having legs and feet. "I've just changed the socks of my computer before putting in new boots", see how retarded that sounds?
-dZ.
No, no, no. After Spiderman VI - Jason Lives, comes Spiderman vs. Alien vs. Predator, in 3-D!
-dZ.
And the lazy eye! Don't forget that creepy lazy eye!
-dZ.
Or new shoes.
Hum, is that "putting on tall shoes again"?
-dZ.
Right, because being an emo, sulky kid never happened before this generation. EVAHR!!1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorrows_of_Young_Werther
-dZ.
Right, because there is nothing in between an overly (mis)diagnosed population of young people, and the cronically ill.
-dZ.
Wow! A Slashdot pedant criticising proper English for, er, being proper.
-dZ.
True, but as pointed out above, they weren't testing the accuracy of clicking links on a webpage; they were testing the accuracy of tracking finger gestures, which seems to be the new trend in touchscreen devices.
-dZ.
That would be very true if touchscreens were purely a point-and-click (or aim-and-stab) input control. However, what Apple has tried to do with the iPhone (and the recent "Magic Mouse" is indicative of this trend) is to create a new human-device interface mechanism that depends more on natural and intuitive gestures than aiming and stabbing a specific screen area. Because of this, the ability to track finger movements consistently and accurately is very important.
If, on the other hand, your user interface depends on a literal translation of a desktop point-and-click GUI, designed to be used primarily with a mouse and keyboard, to a touchscreen input control; then, of course, consistent and accurate tracking is less important than detecting the precise region where pressure was applied at a specific time. But if that is the case, the problems are deeper than just accuracy.
-dZ.
>> ...that doesn't open up the whole performance and security bag of worms
I thought worms came in cans.
-dZ.
That's the actual strength of AdBlock, and the reason it currently cannot be implemented as a JetPack: AdBlock has the option of blocking the ads when the URL is found in the source, therefore not loading it. It works at a lower level than what the JetPack platform offers.
To me, ad-blocking is more than just not showing ads, it's about not being tracked by ad brokers that leave "web-bugs" all around the World Wide Web. Blocking requests to the ad servers themselves is what makes AdBlock far more useful than CSS and layout modifiers, and the primary reason I stay with Firefox in spite of its shortcomings. Adblock, together with the ability to black-list servers in the cookie manager with a simple "Remember this setting" checkbox, are actually the only reasons I continue to use Firefox.
-dZ.