OK, the grandparent was talking about suing them and you go off on a tangent about the size of government.
It wasn't a tangent - the courts are part of the government. All branches of the government are increasing in size and reach, and it's a bad thing.
And it is indeed their computer, not McAfee's or Symantec's. Since people choose which computer to make theirs, perhaps they shouldn't choose computers which they are too stupid to use, hmm? This is free enterprise at its finest; the companies use their money to buy parts, pay their workers to assemble computers, and pay people to distribute them. End users freely give their own money to buy these computers, and then find they can't use them properly. Please tell me which of those steps involved anything illegal, or anything over which the US judicial system could have jurisdiction.
It is about time that someone sued the pants off of them.
No, no, no. It's that attitude that has made the world the craphole it is today. If people are too dumb to be able to boot into safe mode even with explicit instructions, that doesn't mean the government needs to butt in. The government is already too big and powerful anyway. They legislate everything, even if they have no jurisdiction over it. People sue and win over small things because the courts don't throw out enough cases, and the executive is so fucked up that they try to rule the rest of the world. The last thing we need is the courts getting involved in the contents of people's personal (and personally funded) computers.
It would be pathetically easy to block any number of IP addresses you managed to hijack. You'd probably need over a thousand machines before they became difficult to block, and nobody would buy or create a botnet of a thousand machines or more simply to vandalize Wikipedia.
This isn't what you asked, but you shouldn't follow trends, you'll just end up with a little knowledge of everything. Just concentrate on C or C++ for *NIX (or something similarly consistent) and you'll eventually be a guru, able to do anything you wish with it.
Same here. I am always saddened by how many people refuse to read it because they're afraid they won't understand all the big words, or they won't enjoy it much, or their friend's sister's former roommate didn't like it as much as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
There are many roadways which are on public land which are tolled by private companies because private companies funded and own the roads.
No, there aren't. Privately-owned roads are on privately-owned land. Public land is for the use of the public, and you're not allowed to build roads on public land. That would be trespassing of some sort.
Haha... they already seem to have changed the motto back from "The nuts and volts of news for nerds." Thank God, because that would be a pretty crappy motto.
And I'm really noticing the extra space around everything - it hurts the eyes, makes me move my eyes more, and requires way too much scrolling.
"Have you Meta-Moderated recently?" on the main page is on a background not unlike a story heading, so it doesn't stand out at all - not cool.
1. The font sucks. It's harder to read. 2. Too much white, like there's too much space in between everything. 3. Posts not indented enough, it's hard to tell what's a reply to what without much pointless scrolling up and down. 4. Accidentally clicking on the "sections" header opens a settings box which won't go away for a minimum of 5 seconds after you click the [x]. 5. The "Read More" link is far away from where my eyes and cursor end up after reading the summary. 6. Scores on the wrong side of the comment header. 7. Why the hell isn't the old layout an option? CmdrTaco was explicit in his statements that it was just a superficial redesign with no drastic changes, it can't require much more than an extra variable in the code.
I'm sure I'll keep discovering reasons to hate it as time goes on. If you'd like updates, just say so and I'll post them here.
Firstly, the median is one of the three commonly used averages. Secondly, intelligence is almost normally distributed (the number of extremes on the upper end is higher than the number of extremes on the low end - thank you, natural selection), so if you're using the mean as the average, more than 50% of the population is below average and the point still stands.
"Hello, Director? This is Steve Smith from Network Operations. We're just updating a configuration file on everyone's machine, there was a problem with data security that we need to fix right away. Could we get your password real quick? It won't take more than a minute, and you won't be deprived of service during the update."
The government the Russians tried to create between the 2 Revolutions in 1917 was supposed to be liberal(ish), but you can probably guess how long Russia stayed republican. Socialism didn't really spread politically, it was all military. The Soviet Union might have oozed through a few democracies, I don't know. I'm not too strong international history of the 20th century. You could try google or wikipedia.
I am utterly confused. The comment I responded to said "socialism has nothing to to with police states." I disagreed. What do overthrown democracies have to do with anything? Are you trying to say that socialist states are totalitarian because they all overthrow totalitarian systems?
The European Union is not socialist. They have high taxes and a large budget, but they're not socialist. Socialism requires central control of the means of production to effect the best possible distribution of goods and services.
Socialism has nothing to to with police states. Of course, people who called themselves socialists did, but calling yourself something doesn't automatically turn you into that.
That's only in theory. Every socialist state ever created has shown that socialism can't be implemented without abandoning all ideals of equality among men and peaceful coexistence. Socialism can't exist without totalitarianism, because it requires cooperation from everyone, voluntary or not.
Your second-to-last sentence, as written, denies the existence of adult stem cells, which is blatantly false. Educate yourself on grammar, then someone might take you seriously.
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OK, the grandparent was talking about suing them and you go off on a tangent about the size of government.
It wasn't a tangent - the courts are part of the government. All branches of the government are increasing in size and reach, and it's a bad thing.
And it is indeed their computer, not McAfee's or Symantec's. Since people choose which computer to make theirs, perhaps they shouldn't choose computers which they are too stupid to use, hmm? This is free enterprise at its finest; the companies use their money to buy parts, pay their workers to assemble computers, and pay people to distribute them. End users freely give their own money to buy these computers, and then find they can't use them properly. Please tell me which of those steps involved anything illegal, or anything over which the US judicial system could have jurisdiction.
It is about time that someone sued the pants off of them.
No, no, no. It's that attitude that has made the world the craphole it is today. If people are too dumb to be able to boot into safe mode even with explicit instructions, that doesn't mean the government needs to butt in. The government is already too big and powerful anyway. They legislate everything, even if they have no jurisdiction over it. People sue and win over small things because the courts don't throw out enough cases, and the executive is so fucked up that they try to rule the rest of the world. The last thing we need is the courts getting involved in the contents of people's personal (and personally funded) computers.
It would be pathetically easy to block any number of IP addresses you managed to hijack. You'd probably need over a thousand machines before they became difficult to block, and nobody would buy or create a botnet of a thousand machines or more simply to vandalize Wikipedia.
This isn't what you asked, but you shouldn't follow trends, you'll just end up with a little knowledge of everything. Just concentrate on C or C++ for *NIX (or something similarly consistent) and you'll eventually be a guru, able to do anything you wish with it.
MXPX isn't punk. Choking Victim is punk.
That won't happen if you use permanent magnets for the storage container, and release the antimatter by mechanically rotating one or more of them.
"bad as Dilbert?" It's not bad unless you make it so - the BOFH works in the same type of corporation as Dilbert, but he manages...
Same here. I am always saddened by how many people refuse to read it because they're afraid they won't understand all the big words, or they won't enjoy it much, or their friend's sister's former roommate didn't like it as much as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
There are many roadways which are on public land which are tolled by private companies because private companies funded and own the roads.
No, there aren't. Privately-owned roads are on privately-owned land. Public land is for the use of the public, and you're not allowed to build roads on public land. That would be trespassing of some sort.
Don't you mean whose butt?
OK, you win this round, but I tell you I'll have the war!
I liked it exactly how it was. And yes, I would be a terrible manager. I hate managers.
Haha... they already seem to have changed the motto back from "The nuts and volts of news for nerds." Thank God, because that would be a pretty crappy motto.
And I'm really noticing the extra space around everything - it hurts the eyes, makes me move my eyes more, and requires way too much scrolling.
"Have you Meta-Moderated recently?" on the main page is on a background not unlike a story heading, so it doesn't stand out at all - not cool.
1. The font sucks. It's harder to read.
2. Too much white, like there's too much space in between everything.
3. Posts not indented enough, it's hard to tell what's a reply to what without much pointless scrolling up and down.
4. Accidentally clicking on the "sections" header opens a settings box which won't go away for a minimum of 5 seconds after you click the [x].
5. The "Read More" link is far away from where my eyes and cursor end up after reading the summary.
6. Scores on the wrong side of the comment header.
7. Why the hell isn't the old layout an option? CmdrTaco was explicit in his statements that it was just a superficial redesign with no drastic changes, it can't require much more than an extra variable in the code.
I'm sure I'll keep discovering reasons to hate it as time goes on. If you'd like updates, just say so and I'll post them here.
That game still kicks ass after 10 years.
Firstly, the median is one of the three commonly used averages. Secondly, intelligence is almost normally distributed (the number of extremes on the upper end is higher than the number of extremes on the low end - thank you, natural selection), so if you're using the mean as the average, more than 50% of the population is below average and the point still stands.
Most organizations don't. Even if they do, 50% of the population is below average. Almost every government and corporation has at least 1 idiot.
"Hello, Director? This is Steve Smith from Network Operations. We're just updating a configuration file on everyone's machine, there was a problem with data security that we need to fix right away. Could we get your password real quick? It won't take more than a minute, and you won't be deprived of service during the update."
The government the Russians tried to create between the 2 Revolutions in 1917 was supposed to be liberal(ish), but you can probably guess how long Russia stayed republican. Socialism didn't really spread politically, it was all military. The Soviet Union might have oozed through a few democracies, I don't know. I'm not too strong international history of the 20th century. You could try google or wikipedia.
I am utterly confused. The comment I responded to said "socialism has nothing to to with police states." I disagreed. What do overthrown democracies have to do with anything? Are you trying to say that socialist states are totalitarian because they all overthrow totalitarian systems?
I seriously doubt there have been any. Socialism can't be implemented without strict control, which is why socialism and police states go together.
The European Union is not socialist. They have high taxes and a large budget, but they're not socialist. Socialism requires central control of the means of production to effect the best possible distribution of goods and services.
Socialism has nothing to to with police states. Of course, people who called themselves socialists did, but calling yourself something doesn't automatically turn you into that.
That's only in theory. Every socialist state ever created has shown that socialism can't be implemented without abandoning all ideals of equality among men and peaceful coexistence. Socialism can't exist without totalitarianism, because it requires cooperation from everyone, voluntary or not.
I wasn't entirely serious... do YOU take job advice from the BOFH?
Your second-to-last sentence, as written, denies the existence of adult stem cells, which is blatantly false. Educate yourself on grammar, then someone might take you seriously.