I didn't say it had no effects, but it doesn't cause nearly 800,000 deaths per year, either. Or whatever the ridiculously huge number is that people throw around. In fact, I don't think doctors even agree that second hand smoke is even a real cancer risk. Maybe if you hang around for 30 years in a closed area that has a lot of heavy smoking going on (like a bar), then it might become a risk. The odds of anyone doing that and not already being a smoker, especially these days, are pretty low.
Well sure, but the trend of banning smoking outside is starting in the western US. San Francisco has already done it, as well as banning smoking inside a smoking club as though tobacco were an illegal substance. I say that because I remember the judge's statement having that slant to it.
Maybe one day the truth will be out about second hand smoke, which suffers from the same super inflated and misinterpreted statistics as the subject in TFA.
Everything linked in TFA has been out for a while, now. As in, I remember reading about all of them... the soonest would be about 3 days ago. And they were all relatively old then, too. I did the Twilight Princess buffer overflow on my Wii last week just for fun.
You're absolutely right, actually. I do want to point out that I wasn't supporting the teacher's litigation, but rather the fact that he didn't blame me. Which would be kinda stupid, anyway. I mean, I didn't post anything about him. There's a site somewhere on the tubes that has a list of the top 10 worst teachers (it includes the one that smashed that kid's cell phone). There's a French teacher on the list who attacked a student who refused to cooperate. When I say "refused to cooperate," I mean to say "didn't want to be in class and refused to sit at his desk." Not really something I'd kick ass over.
I accidentally (seriously, it was an accident) unleashed Sub7 onto my high school when some punk found it on one of the computers I used. Some friends and I were just playing around with it, not doing anything harmful. But this little nub managed to ruin about ten computers with it. He took the fall for it, though. At the next class period, the teacher gave us a lecture about vandalism. A number of us were very obviously trying not to laugh.
Actually, that exact thing happened recently on a site I run. The teacher emailed me and just asked me to take the post down, and also said he didn't hold me or my site responsible. Of course, the site rules clearly state that the posters are responsible for what they post, not us. But still. I'm glad to see that at least one teacher handles this in the proper way (ie, being civil and hating the correct party). According to the teacher, this poor kid is getting slapped with a lawsuit and criminal charges for defamation of character. Oh well, ce la vie.
I wasn't branding the average consumer as a moron, I was simply pointing out that the cumbersome name "HD-DVD" compared to the name "Blu-ray" wasn't a great choice from a marketing standpoint. While it may have seemed a good idea to slap two buzzwords together at the time, the end result is that it just doesn't have the pizazz that "Blu-ray" suggests. Names go a long way because, well, a rose by any other name doesn't smell as sweet if you don't stop to smell it.
I'd have to disagree, actually. I'm largely disappointed with my Wii, which I eagerly purchased for pickup at 12:01AM release day. Nintendo most certainly is winning in sales, but they're essentially shooting themselves in the foot when they release ports of previous generation games (Brothers in Arms, Okami), the Virtual Console won't be Nintendo's saving grace, and there's simply too much focus on innovation. No company is willing to make a Wii game without motion control except for Nintendo. Meanwhile, the 360 and the PS3 are getting all the original games and the Wii owners are stuff with, frankly, a horrific lineup. Unlike other consoles, recent Nintendo consoles have relied mainly on sequels. Near the end of the Gamecube's lifespan, I'd venture to guess that 95% of them were used simply to play Smash Bros. Melee and maybe Wind Waker and Double Dash. And coming this year is Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii, the games that will be played over and over until the next Nintendo console.
For now we're stuck with Professional Bull Riding, Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting, and any number of games featuring "kid(s|z)" or "Wii" in the title, which I've noticed generally suggests low quality and a complete lack of creativity or suggestion of new content (it's just Mario Kart again, but on the Wii). It's not like the Wii can't and won't have good games, they just push the wrong ones.
But I'll admit I could be wrong. Maybe Nintendo will do something surprising. Personally, I hope they do. I hate feeling like I wasted money.
And that the general public (the non-tech general public) would see two terms they know, "HD" and "DVD" and think it was a natural progression. You're close. Consider this: the average consumer probably doesn't know the difference between an HD-DVD and playing a regular DVD on an HD television. While most of us see natural progression, your average Joe Bang-On-The-Monitor-When-The-Computer-Freezes just sees a new name for DVDs. It doesn't really suggest any new technology. Blu-ray, on the other hand, is very obviously something new. "You know it's new because 'blue' is misspelled and the term 'ray' was used," thinks Mr. BOTMWTCF. "HD-DVD... Why did they rename DVDs just because HD televisions are all the rage?" thinks Mr. BOTMWTCF.
Unless the post was from a computer, which may or may not exist, or may both exist and not exist at the same time, of which he would be an AI construct inside that brings up a whole new level of abstractness that... Oh dear, I've gone cross-eyed.
Just a normal, consumer cable connection. But I guess I failed to insinuate that I was just speaking specifically for my experiences with Ubuntu. The main point, however, was that most of the install is pretty much independent, unlike Windows which generally requires the user to do something additional prior to the installation. (My understanding is that the Ubuntu installer downloads the most recent versions of the software it needs.)
Yeah, I agree with you there. Wubi is nice and simple but does require a little work once you get things running. All of it things a normal Ubuntu install does for you automagically.
I'm not entirely sure why Wubi hasn't gained more popularity. It's a wonderfully simple concept that should appeal to just about anyone wanting to take Linux for a test drive.
There's no clear signpost as to what's the "right" distro for beginners(UBUNTU UBUNTU UBUNTU, but newbies won't know that, go google "which linux distro should I choose?" and get back to me when the top result isn't a TEN QUESTION QUIZ. Actually, that's not a horrible idea for a website. Just a small questionnaire that lets you know which distro is/distros are right for your skill level.
While that may be true, I'm going to bet that most people aren't going to try switching OS's every 3 months. Actually, regular Linux users kinda already do this. That is, if you consider Windows 3.5, 4.0, 5.0 (2k), 5.1 (XP), and whatever Vista is (I guess 5.2) different OSes, then Ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 are different OSes as well. But I guess that's just perception, because I've never really thought of it as any more than just another software update when I updated from 7.04 to 7.10.
For some distros, this is true. But some people just stick to Ubuntu which does all that automatically. I can generally get a fully updated Ubuntu install done in maybe a couple hours, most of which is spent just automatically updating/installing everything.
I know a girl named ALICE who's up for anything (as long as you've got the time to build some good training files).;) And bonus, if you're freaky you can invite her cousin MegaHAL for a little two on one.
Not really, because he actively disclosed sensitive information. He made no attempts to hide it in plain sight, which would be a more passive, and security-through-obscurity-style, approach. Security through obscurity is still a terrible practice.
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You've obviously never been in a burning building, so I'd like to point out that it's the FIRE most people are running from, not the smoke.
I didn't say it had no effects, but it doesn't cause nearly 800,000 deaths per year, either. Or whatever the ridiculously huge number is that people throw around. In fact, I don't think doctors even agree that second hand smoke is even a real cancer risk. Maybe if you hang around for 30 years in a closed area that has a lot of heavy smoking going on (like a bar), then it might become a risk. The odds of anyone doing that and not already being a smoker, especially these days, are pretty low.
Well sure, but the trend of banning smoking outside is starting in the western US. San Francisco has already done it, as well as banning smoking inside a smoking club as though tobacco were an illegal substance. I say that because I remember the judge's statement having that slant to it.
Maybe one day the truth will be out about second hand smoke, which suffers from the same super inflated and misinterpreted statistics as the subject in TFA.
Everything linked in TFA has been out for a while, now. As in, I remember reading about all of them... the soonest would be about 3 days ago. And they were all relatively old then, too. I did the Twilight Princess buffer overflow on my Wii last week just for fun.
You're absolutely right, actually. I do want to point out that I wasn't supporting the teacher's litigation, but rather the fact that he didn't blame me. Which would be kinda stupid, anyway. I mean, I didn't post anything about him. There's a site somewhere on the tubes that has a list of the top 10 worst teachers (it includes the one that smashed that kid's cell phone). There's a French teacher on the list who attacked a student who refused to cooperate. When I say "refused to cooperate," I mean to say "didn't want to be in class and refused to sit at his desk." Not really something I'd kick ass over.
I accidentally (seriously, it was an accident) unleashed Sub7 onto my high school when some punk found it on one of the computers I used. Some friends and I were just playing around with it, not doing anything harmful. But this little nub managed to ruin about ten computers with it. He took the fall for it, though. At the next class period, the teacher gave us a lecture about vandalism. A number of us were very obviously trying not to laugh.
Actually, that exact thing happened recently on a site I run. The teacher emailed me and just asked me to take the post down, and also said he didn't hold me or my site responsible. Of course, the site rules clearly state that the posters are responsible for what they post, not us. But still. I'm glad to see that at least one teacher handles this in the proper way (ie, being civil and hating the correct party). According to the teacher, this poor kid is getting slapped with a lawsuit and criminal charges for defamation of character. Oh well, ce la vie.
I wasn't branding the average consumer as a moron, I was simply pointing out that the cumbersome name "HD-DVD" compared to the name "Blu-ray" wasn't a great choice from a marketing standpoint. While it may have seemed a good idea to slap two buzzwords together at the time, the end result is that it just doesn't have the pizazz that "Blu-ray" suggests. Names go a long way because, well, a rose by any other name doesn't smell as sweet if you don't stop to smell it.
I'd have to disagree, actually. I'm largely disappointed with my Wii, which I eagerly purchased for pickup at 12:01AM release day. Nintendo most certainly is winning in sales, but they're essentially shooting themselves in the foot when they release ports of previous generation games (Brothers in Arms, Okami), the Virtual Console won't be Nintendo's saving grace, and there's simply too much focus on innovation. No company is willing to make a Wii game without motion control except for Nintendo. Meanwhile, the 360 and the PS3 are getting all the original games and the Wii owners are stuff with, frankly, a horrific lineup. Unlike other consoles, recent Nintendo consoles have relied mainly on sequels. Near the end of the Gamecube's lifespan, I'd venture to guess that 95% of them were used simply to play Smash Bros. Melee and maybe Wind Waker and Double Dash. And coming this year is Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii, the games that will be played over and over until the next Nintendo console.
For now we're stuck with Professional Bull Riding, Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting, and any number of games featuring "kid(s|z)" or "Wii" in the title, which I've noticed generally suggests low quality and a complete lack of creativity or suggestion of new content (it's just Mario Kart again, but on the Wii). It's not like the Wii can't and won't have good games, they just push the wrong ones.
But I'll admit I could be wrong. Maybe Nintendo will do something surprising. Personally, I hope they do. I hate feeling like I wasted money.
And AdSense is Google. Google pays (probably a pretty penny) for their IP blocks.
Unless the post was from a computer, which may or may not exist, or may both exist and not exist at the same time, of which he would be an AI construct inside that brings up a whole new level of abstractness that... Oh dear, I've gone cross-eyed.
There's no conclusive evidence that suggests that he exists, and therefore a low probability that you'll get pictures.
Just a normal, consumer cable connection. But I guess I failed to insinuate that I was just speaking specifically for my experiences with Ubuntu. The main point, however, was that most of the install is pretty much independent, unlike Windows which generally requires the user to do something additional prior to the installation. (My understanding is that the Ubuntu installer downloads the most recent versions of the software it needs.)
Yeah, I agree with you there. Wubi is nice and simple but does require a little work once you get things running. All of it things a normal Ubuntu install does for you automagically.
I'm not entirely sure why Wubi hasn't gained more popularity. It's a wonderfully simple concept that should appeal to just about anyone wanting to take Linux for a test drive.
For some distros, this is true. But some people just stick to Ubuntu which does all that automatically. I can generally get a fully updated Ubuntu install done in maybe a couple hours, most of which is spent just automatically updating/installing everything.
Well, sometimes insight is funny that way. Er, I mean sometimes in that way insight is funny.
I know a girl named ALICE who's up for anything (as long as you've got the time to build some good training files). ;) And bonus, if you're freaky you can invite her cousin MegaHAL for a little two on one.
This must be what you guys are doing when you *should* be doing quality and stress testing on your machines.
Not really, because he actively disclosed sensitive information. He made no attempts to hide it in plain sight, which would be a more passive, and security-through-obscurity-style, approach. Security through obscurity is still a terrible practice.
He obviously doesn't use the internet for its intended purpose, otherwise he'd know people DO mate with vegetables.