First off Orca's don't kill humans in the wild because they swim in cold waters that don't have humans.
Are you sure? From the site http://www.orcasafari.co.uk/ : See Orcas or Killer Whales in their natural environment and still be home for bed ! Your day trip destination to see the Orcas or Killer Whales is in the fjords to the far north of Norway, and one area in particular where every year large numbers of Orcas congregate.
1) So you say there is no need for them to read our emails? Apparently the NSA disagrees with you. 2) To avoid the direct link between two people, avoid the direct link between two people. Person 1 posts it into a group. Posting can be done in plain text, in code, inside a binary or just something like "John has a big moustage" Person 2 reads this message and knows it is time to do whatever he needs to do. Or he replies in yet another group as a reply. e.g. an image of cat, that means he agrees.
Usenet has the advantage that there is no direct link between sender and receiver. They can not know who I was intending the images for that I post on alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper. Does the image quasi_unknown_20120908_15hevl.jpg posted on 5 Aug 2013 contain any message? Or perhaps the name contains the code? And if it is a message, for who was it intended? Perhaps _I_ do not even know.
Usenet can be the poor peoples number station. And do not forget that terrorists (the people who intend to catch, I hope) are not stupid.
If I can think of it, I am sure they will have many others who can think of it and better methods as well.
You must be new to the Interwebs. We had this discussion already when people made websites with 'best viewed in 800x600' while many were still using 640x480.
The problem that exist with websites now is that I have my 1920x1200 screen, but the content is still 640x480. The rest is adds.
So you get 56 days interest free credit. That is nice. However the store needs to include its price, so it will make the same amount of money. The customer pays that cost.
Put it in another way. Creditcard companies make money. That money has to come from somewhere. The customer pays that profit.
Credit card companies make money on two fronts. 1) The swipe fees. 2) People taking up the credit
read some about swipe fees for some prices.
See how many purchases you do with a card per month. Each purchase costs 21 cents (used to be 44). How much money are you talking about? Now take the money and see how much extra interest you would have made.
I am pretty sure that you pay more in swipe fees than you would receive in interest of that money.
Visa/Mastercard is rather pointless. Why would someone go through a 'middle-man' method, thus incurring a surcharge, when they can just pay the company with cash?
There are many good reasons for going through a middleman and add charges. And each case is different. Most of the time what you pay for is convenience.
Whether this is something you would want depends on situation and person. Having the option is good. Many people buy a computer a a whole. I like to buy it in pieces.
Others take up credit on their card, while it would be much cheaper to ask money directly from the bank. Why would they do that? because it is easy. People like to pay for easy. People pay a LOT for easy.
Pressing a button to get a cab is easier then actually calling and there are apparently enough people willing to pay for that.
But mostly pray he's leaving happy, and not pissed.
That is basically with every person you need to replace. If this is an issue at IT level, it will be an issue at every level.
If it is an issue, then the 'hit by a bus' problem will also exist.
At every company I have worked, I see it at some level. Only one person responsible for some task. Sales rep who is the only person who has contacts with specific customers. HR person the only one who does salary. Accountant the only one who knows the password to critical files.
The first thing I try to do when I get at a company is to get away from the 'This is my problem/customer/whatever' and go to 'This is the companies problem/customer/whatever'. This will not be easy for people who feel insecure.
Try to ask 'what department is responsible for...' instead of 'who is responsible for...'. And remember : Graveyards are full of irreplaceable people.
If you tell a kid that it should not steal cookies and when it does you do nothing about it, it will assume that it is allowed to take the cookies. The longer you allow it, the harder it will be to enforce the rule.
The defense of the parent could be anything from "Because I said so." to "My house, my rules."
So who has told the NSA to stop it and what actions have been taken to punish them? If I were the NSA, I would assume that all I do is authorized, until somebody stops me.
Just like some people never learned to eat vegetables or meat or fish. This all without ever trying it.
Let us look at something relatively: Fresh fries. In Belgium and The Netherlands, you eat them with mayonnaise. In the UK with vinegar. Ask either to try the other and you will get an initial look of terror on their face.
And why do they dislike the other so much? Because we have never learned to eat it.
Also eating is social. So if you try to do something too awkward, you will most likely not be asked to host the next dinner. This means the majority will not do that.
What is worse is that even with such a biased questioning, 50% of the people approve. That means that people know their email is read. They know the data is used for other things. Thus they know the government is lying to their face. Yet they still agree.
If it were a fair questioning, that number might have been even higher.
I normally never blame the rape victim, but it is hard to defend the victim if (s)he bends over willingly and asks for more with a smile.
I live in Socialist Europe where people are protected by all kinds of laws. If you would be caught that you lied about a doctorate, that would mean immediate termination of your job. No compensation and no right on unemployment benefits.
I am very much interested as to why she lied about that doctorate. For many jobs on that level they would ask 'doctorate or similar through experience'. As it is very unlikely that they hire a person at the age that has no experience, there would be no reason to lie about it.
If a job actually requires a doctorate, it will be checked before you begin. Not 100% foolproof, but if you then get caught, immediate termination and possible lawsuits (depending on the case) will follow. Or: Go directly to jail; do not pass go, do not collect $200.
he official software also comes with nvidia-xconfig for the initial config, nvidia-settings to be run as root for the settings and nvidia-smi for the CLI part. I use openSUSE and after adding the NVidia repo, I do the following: 1) Close X 2) As root, run nvidia-xconfig 3) Log back in as standard user 4) Open a terminal, su to root and run nvidia-settings 5) Configure anything as I desire 6) Restart X
I have a GeForce GT 520 (1GB) and a GeForce 8400GS (0.5GB) with 2x1920x1200 and 2x1920x1080. Both GPU's run at below 30% and I never had any issue with it being slow.
glxgears -fullscreen runs at 60FPS. Good enough for my eyes.
Reluctant is the right word. This is what your kid might be doing: 1) Turn off the showing of images in the browser. 2) Google for e.g. adult stories 3) start reading e.g. this (NSFW !!!!) and with the search, you find much more.
Hey, perhaps you run Linux, so he can use lynx or any other text based browser, so you, on the couch, won't be able to read it.;-)
I used to get around the age restrictions at the movies by buying the book. When I later saw the move, I can tell you that the book was WAY worse (or perhaps just my imagination).
That said, you are doing the right thing: parenting.
Someone calls you out as wrong, the first instinct isnt "AM i wrong?", but "how can I refute him". This is part of human nature, and I havent really found anything to indicate that it isnt universal;
I believe this is because since a very young age we are learned that being wrong and even not knowing things is negative. Points get deducted when you answer wrong on a test. Some schools even go as far as to you being wrong when you get another answer then what the teacher is telling you. it should be.
People here will have tried to help others over the phone with a PC problem. Be it as a job or just a member of the family. You will notice when you ask "What happens if you click on SUBMIT" you get sometimes the strangest answers. If you would ask "What do you see?" you will get the feedback that they do not even SEE the SUBMIT button. Some people on this side won't even know how to cope with that "What do you mean? It must be there> You are doing something wrong." and blaming the other person, while in truth nobody is at fault.
Not being able to accept that being wrong is an option and not negative is a learned process, I think. That is why young people (kids) learn so much fuster to use a computer then old people.
Kids will not be afraid to press the wrong button and if it goes wrong, they have learned not to press that button the next time. Old people tend to hesitate and will panic when they press the wrong button.
The old people who are the exception are those whore are not afraid to make mistakes.
I would call it a human problem. Many parents tell their kids not to smoke, while they do so themselves. Same will go for driving under influence. People telling their SO not to cheat on them, while they do so themselves.
As we are technical people here on/., we recognise the technical illiteracy. What I wonder is what OTHER things they are illiterate in.
Remember that politics is an emotional, not a rational way of handling things. "Soft drugs less dangerous then other things? Doesnâ(TM)t matter, we keep focusing on that." "We promised X? Doesn't matter."
The sad part is that if you would be able to find a honest politician, he will either have no power or become dishonest towards his ideals.
On the other hand, ISPs have a clear business incentive to improve their speed and capacity (not that they've been actually doing so).
If it was a clear business incentive, then why don't they do it? The reason is because that is not their objective. Their objective is to make money. The means to do that is by providing internet and if their is extra money to be made by faster Internet, then they will do that.
The board will ask how to make more money and there are two proposals on the table. 1) 100Million investment in the network over the next 10 years. This will result in X amount extra customers per year. This will bring us Y1 profit. 2) 30Million investment in advertising over the next 3 years. This will also result in X amount extra customers per year. This will bring us Y2
You can be sure they will go for 30 million, unless Y1 is larger then Y2.
Do understand that this is a very limited example. Sometimes getting market share is more important then making profit.
I am happy that soon they will not be doing the spying illegally anymore. The spying will be legal. I hope that many other countries will follow this example.
Perhaps for the USofA, who like wordplay and say "combatant" because it makes it possible to keep them for forever and a day, we could use a word like "Curiosity" instead of "Spying".
Yes, "Curiosity" sounds double plus good. Let me try that in a sentence "The department of Truth handles all Curiosity." Yep,. Sounds great. Please make it so.
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Are you sure? From the site http://www.orcasafari.co.uk/ :
See Orcas or Killer Whales in their natural environment and still be home for bed ! Your day trip destination to see the Orcas or Killer Whales is in the fjords to the far north of Norway, and one area in particular where every year large numbers of Orcas congregate.
I hope the NSA is taping all these communications so we are able to prevent attacks.
1) So you say there is no need for them to read our emails? Apparently the NSA disagrees with you.
2) To avoid the direct link between two people, avoid the direct link between two people.
Person 1 posts it into a group. Posting can be done in plain text, in code, inside a binary or just something like "John has a big moustage"
Person 2 reads this message and knows it is time to do whatever he needs to do. Or he replies in yet another group as a reply. e.g. an image of cat, that means he agrees.
Usenet has the advantage that there is no direct link between sender and receiver. They can not know who I was intending the images for that I post on alt.binaries.pictures.wallpaper. Does the image quasi_unknown_20120908_15hevl.jpg posted on 5 Aug 2013 contain any message? Or perhaps the name contains the code? And if it is a message, for who was it intended? Perhaps _I_ do not even know.
Usenet can be the poor peoples number station. And do not forget that terrorists (the people who intend to catch, I hope) are not stupid.
If I can think of it, I am sure they will have many others who can think of it and better methods as well.
He said is should be legal (Free as in speech). he never said it should be free (as in beer).
You must be new to the Interwebs. We had this discussion already when people made websites with 'best viewed in 800x600' while many were still using 640x480.
The problem that exist with websites now is that I have my 1920x1200 screen, but the content is still 640x480. The rest is adds.
So you get 56 days interest free credit. That is nice. However the store needs to include its price, so it will make the same amount of money. The customer pays that cost.
Put it in another way. Creditcard companies make money. That money has to come from somewhere. The customer pays that profit.
Credit card companies make money on two fronts.
1) The swipe fees.
2) People taking up the credit
read some about swipe fees for some prices.
See how many purchases you do with a card per month. Each purchase costs 21 cents (used to be 44). How much money are you talking about?
Now take the money and see how much extra interest you would have made.
I am pretty sure that you pay more in swipe fees than you would receive in interest of that money.
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/11/21/graveyards-full/
Visa/Mastercard is rather pointless. Why would someone go through a 'middle-man' method, thus incurring a surcharge, when they can just pay the company with cash?
There are many good reasons for going through a middleman and add charges. And each case is different. Most of the time what you pay for is convenience.
Whether this is something you would want depends on situation and person. Having the option is good. Many people buy a computer a a whole. I like to buy it in pieces.
Others take up credit on their card, while it would be much cheaper to ask money directly from the bank. Why would they do that? because it is easy. People like to pay for easy. People pay a LOT for easy.
Pressing a button to get a cab is easier then actually calling and there are apparently enough people willing to pay for that.
That is basically with every person you need to replace.
If this is an issue at IT level, it will be an issue at every level.
If it is an issue, then the 'hit by a bus' problem will also exist.
At every company I have worked, I see it at some level. Only one person responsible for some task. Sales rep who is the only person who has contacts with specific customers. HR person the only one who does salary. Accountant the only one who knows the password to critical files.
The first thing I try to do when I get at a company is to get away from the 'This is my problem/customer/whatever' and go to 'This is the companies problem/customer/whatever'. This will not be easy for people who feel insecure.
Try to ask 'what department is responsible for ...' instead of 'who is responsible for ...'. And remember : Graveyards are full of irreplaceable people.
Previous art exists: Mad magazine from 1979
Am I really that old that I remember seeing the original
Nononono. It is UP 28%. As the whole thing was a misconduct in the first place, I am guessing they are now at 126% at least.
If you tell a kid that it should not steal cookies and when it does you do nothing about it, it will assume that it is allowed to take the cookies. The longer you allow it, the harder it will be to enforce the rule.
The defense of the parent could be anything from "Because I said so." to "My house, my rules."
So who has told the NSA to stop it and what actions have been taken to punish them? If I were the NSA, I would assume that all I do is authorized, until somebody stops me.
Just like some people never learned to eat vegetables or meat or fish. This all without ever trying it.
Let us look at something relatively: Fresh fries. In Belgium and The Netherlands, you eat them with mayonnaise. In the UK with vinegar. Ask either to try the other and you will get an initial look of terror on their face.
And why do they dislike the other so much? Because we have never learned to eat it.
Also eating is social. So if you try to do something too awkward, you will most likely not be asked to host the next dinner. This means the majority will not do that.
If these words are allowed, how will this posting be moderated; you kike faggot nigger.
Seriously, think about how you perhaps would ban one word and not another.
What is worse is that even with such a biased questioning, 50% of the people approve. That means that people know their email is read. They know the data is used for other things. Thus they know the government is lying to their face. Yet they still agree.
If it were a fair questioning, that number might have been even higher.
I normally never blame the rape victim, but it is hard to defend the victim if (s)he bends over willingly and asks for more with a smile.
Why not immediately? And resign?
I live in Socialist Europe where people are protected by all kinds of laws. If you would be caught that you lied about a doctorate, that would mean immediate termination of your job. No compensation and no right on unemployment benefits.
I am very much interested as to why she lied about that doctorate. For many jobs on that level they would ask 'doctorate or similar through experience'. As it is very unlikely that they hire a person at the age that has no experience, there would be no reason to lie about it.
If a job actually requires a doctorate, it will be checked before you begin. Not 100% foolproof, but if you then get caught, immediate termination and possible lawsuits (depending on the case) will follow. Or: Go directly to jail; do not pass go, do not collect $200.
he official software also comes with nvidia-xconfig for the initial config, nvidia-settings to be run as root for the settings and nvidia-smi for the CLI part.
I use openSUSE and after adding the NVidia repo, I do the following:
1) Close X
2) As root, run nvidia-xconfig
3) Log back in as standard user
4) Open a terminal, su to root and run nvidia-settings
5) Configure anything as I desire
6) Restart X
I have a GeForce GT 520 (1GB) and a GeForce 8400GS (0.5GB) with 2x1920x1200 and 2x1920x1080. Both GPU's run at below 30% and I never had any issue with it being slow.
glxgears -fullscreen runs at 60FPS. Good enough for my eyes.
Reluctant is the right word. This is what your kid might be doing:
1) Turn off the showing of images in the browser.
2) Google for e.g. adult stories
3) start reading e.g. this (NSFW !!!!) and with the search, you find much more.
Hey, perhaps you run Linux, so he can use lynx or any other text based browser, so you, on the couch, won't be able to read it. ;-)
I used to get around the age restrictions at the movies by buying the book. When I later saw the move, I can tell you that the book was WAY worse (or perhaps just my imagination).
That said, you are doing the right thing: parenting.
Marketeer or drug-dealer? You decide.
I believe this is because since a very young age we are learned that being wrong and even not knowing things is negative. Points get deducted when you answer wrong on a test.
Some schools even go as far as to you being wrong when you get another answer then what the teacher is telling you. it should be.
People here will have tried to help others over the phone with a PC problem. Be it as a job or just a member of the family. You will notice when you ask "What happens if you click on SUBMIT" you get sometimes the strangest answers. If you would ask "What do you see?" you will get the feedback that they do not even SEE the SUBMIT button. Some people on this side won't even know how to cope with that "What do you mean? It must be there> You are doing something wrong." and blaming the other person, while in truth nobody is at fault.
Not being able to accept that being wrong is an option and not negative is a learned process, I think. That is why young people (kids) learn so much fuster to use a computer then old people.
Kids will not be afraid to press the wrong button and if it goes wrong, they have learned not to press that button the next time. Old people tend to hesitate and will panic when they press the wrong button.
The old people who are the exception are those whore are not afraid to make mistakes.
Paranoid would be nice, because then you only THINK they are following you. However they ARE actually following you.
I would call it a human problem. Many parents tell their kids not to smoke, while they do so themselves. Same will go for driving under influence. People telling their SO not to cheat on them, while they do so themselves.
I am sure you can find many more examples.
As we are technical people here on /., we recognise the technical illiteracy. What I wonder is what OTHER things they are illiterate in.
Remember that politics is an emotional, not a rational way of handling things. "Soft drugs less dangerous then other things? Doesnâ(TM)t matter, we keep focusing on that." "We promised X? Doesn't matter."
The sad part is that if you would be able to find a honest politician, he will either have no power or become dishonest towards his ideals.
I am happy that soon they will not be doing the spying illegally anymore.
The spying will be legal. I hope that many other countries will follow this example.
Perhaps for the USofA, who like wordplay and say "combatant" because it makes it possible to keep them for forever and a day, we could use a word like "Curiosity" instead of "Spying".
Yes, "Curiosity" sounds double plus good. Let me try that in a sentence "The department of Truth handles all Curiosity." Yep,. Sounds great. Please make it so.