To further blur the truth of that statement, Canada is not our country's full name - it is actually The Dominion Of Canada.
It was never officially changed, however, its appearance in numerous speeches and "big important federal documents" makes it an "essentially true" statement - but come on Dominion Of Canada. How evil sounding is that? We could take over the world with that name. By fear alone!
Of course, we have the weakness of just not really feeling like taking over the world, but really, what would we do with it anyways?
I played an FPS in the Star Trek universe a while ago, and i remember it being a lot of fun. It dealt a lot with the borg, and i believe was in the Picard timeframe.
It is necessary to mask Opera as Firefox in order for all the features to be enabled properly. Google has, on several occasions, made some workarounds to force detection of the "real" browser (cookies, javascript, etc) and this re-breaking Gmail.
But yes, it works ok now, if you mask it. Which i think it incredibly silly.
What i dont partcularily like is how Google prevents Opera from functioning as intended in man of their services - Gmail being the initial that comes to mind.
Im sure many of you would just say "Well, just switch to Firefox" but frankly, i cant stand that program. Regardless, i think its bullshit that Google has a browser sniffer that disables many basic features of Gmail, and continues to (seemingly) intentionally "break" Gmail for Opera users.
Promoting their own software is perfectly normal - what sane company wouldnt promote themselves over their own venues? Thats like a TV channel not advertising itself.
And my own revision of the kettle analogy:
"Kettle, this is my friend Pot."
"Hey Kettle."
"Hey Pot."
{whisper} "Hey, is it just me, or is that guy black?"
Too funny to ignore. I hope no one labels me a racist.
Im sure many others would disagree, but i had a 2006 Chevy Impala which was probably my idea of a perfect car.
It looked good, it sounded and ran well, and (if i didnt have a lead foot) could get up to 25 MPG in the city. Of course, i did have a lead foot, so that didnt help much.
Certainly, hybrids and many other non hybrids beat that MPG easily - but i found it to be a very fair balance between the many variables.
No, im actually pretty sure that Slashdot is mostly made up of screaming psycho liberals.
Not saying its a bad thing, really - its getting harder and harder to beat out the screaming psycho conservatives, and balance is a very important thing to maintain.
On a less sarcastic note however, I am very confident that most of the Slashdot population are democrats of liberals. I suppose you could also say Libertarian.
The internet costs money to maintain. Bandwidth costs money. Videos and music take up lots of bandwidth, and a very popular website getting a lot of hits is a blessing and a curse.
Speaking words to a friends cost no one anything - sharing an idea or telling someone a story, instead of giving them a link to the website which contains the story, costs no one anything.
And no, im not saying we should stop using the internet blah blah blah.
Honestly though, i dont really understand what the big deal is.
Regardless of safety, (i mean, youre already in the area with guns, shooting at things. Bears? Anyone?), i dont really think its anyones business to make it illegal - let them do it. If they so desire, then by all means.
Although, it certainly paint an incredibly funny picture, and im sure itll be on the news in a few days (if it becomes legal) and there'll be this huge anti-gun movement because of it.
People just care WAY TOO MUCH sometimes, you know?
I do agree - and you have to realize that im not some "ZOMGMICROSOFTRULEZ" type of guy - im not.
I just dont think that the other two OS'es (Mac and Linux) are as immune as everyone thinks. Where there is a will, there is a way. Im confident that given enough time and talent, someone at some point would design a rootkit/spyware/adware for Linux that broke all the rules.
Im not saying it wouldnt be harder, or involve some bizarre weakness which would soon be patched, but how would that be any different from Windows?
The repositories are a very strong point for Linux, yes. But there are a few of them that exist out there for Windows - downloads.com comes to mind, as a (pretty) safe place to grab downloads, unless i misunderstand your meaning.
In short, Linux is great, for now. With the intelligent people behind the wheel, Linux is a bastion of defensable land on par with a castle. But as soon as you get Joe Average behind the wheel, everything changes.
You fail to realize that if Linux was the most popular OS on the internet, it would be having exactly the same problem, only people would be talking down to Linux instead of Windows.
You have a 50% chance of getting away scot free if you run now, a 25% chance of having to kill a cop and getting away free, and a 25% chance of going to jail for life.
(And you're totally right, by the way. WHo gives a crap if she has awful taste in books? That would be like turning a girl away casue she doesnt play video games, or worse, likes the PS3)
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The first step is admitting you have a problem.
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It was never officially changed, however, its appearance in numerous speeches and "big important federal documents" makes it an "essentially true" statement - but come on Dominion Of Canada. How evil sounding is that? We could take over the world with that name. By fear alone!
Of course, we have the weakness of just not really feeling like taking over the world, but really, what would we do with it anyways?
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Those people are weird.
Theres some great much over here...
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Im sure ill catch flack for this, but Incubus new CD is really good. Anna Molly is a damn good song.
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I wish i could remember the name > -Red
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It is necessary to mask Opera as Firefox in order for all the features to be enabled properly. Google has, on several occasions, made some workarounds to force detection of the "real" browser (cookies, javascript, etc) and this re-breaking Gmail.
But yes, it works ok now, if you mask it. Which i think it incredibly silly.
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Im sure many of you would just say "Well, just switch to Firefox" but frankly, i cant stand that program. Regardless, i think its bullshit that Google has a browser sniffer that disables many basic features of Gmail, and continues to (seemingly) intentionally "break" Gmail for Opera users.
Promoting their own software is perfectly normal - what sane company wouldnt promote themselves over their own venues? Thats like a TV channel not advertising itself.
And my own revision of the kettle analogy:
"Kettle, this is my friend Pot."
"Hey Kettle."
"Hey Pot."
{whisper} "Hey, is it just me, or is that guy black?"
Too funny to ignore. I hope no one labels me a racist.
-Red
It looked good, it sounded and ran well, and (if i didnt have a lead foot) could get up to 25 MPG in the city. Of course, i did have a lead foot, so that didnt help much.
Certainly, hybrids and many other non hybrids beat that MPG easily - but i found it to be a very fair balance between the many variables.
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In the article, it explaineed the possibility that Apple would be moving away from their famed clickwheel to a... well... different approach.
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Awesome joke though. Gave me a good laugh.
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Not saying its a bad thing, really - its getting harder and harder to beat out the screaming psycho conservatives, and balance is a very important thing to maintain.
On a less sarcastic note however, I am very confident that most of the Slashdot population are democrats of liberals. I suppose you could also say Libertarian.
-Red
The internet costs money to maintain. Bandwidth costs money. Videos and music take up lots of bandwidth, and a very popular website getting a lot of hits is a blessing and a curse.
Speaking words to a friends cost no one anything - sharing an idea or telling someone a story, instead of giving them a link to the website which contains the story, costs no one anything.
And no, im not saying we should stop using the internet blah blah blah.
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Regardless of safety, (i mean, youre already in the area with guns, shooting at things. Bears? Anyone?), i dont really think its anyones business to make it illegal - let them do it. If they so desire, then by all means.
Although, it certainly paint an incredibly funny picture, and im sure itll be on the news in a few days (if it becomes legal) and there'll be this huge anti-gun movement because of it.
People just care WAY TOO MUCH sometimes, you know?
And Bruce Lee totally owns Chuck Norris.
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I just dont think that the other two OS'es (Mac and Linux) are as immune as everyone thinks. Where there is a will, there is a way. Im confident that given enough time and talent, someone at some point would design a rootkit/spyware/adware for Linux that broke all the rules.
Im not saying it wouldnt be harder, or involve some bizarre weakness which would soon be patched, but how would that be any different from Windows?
The repositories are a very strong point for Linux, yes. But there are a few of them that exist out there for Windows - downloads.com comes to mind, as a (pretty) safe place to grab downloads, unless i misunderstand your meaning.
In short, Linux is great, for now. With the intelligent people behind the wheel, Linux is a bastion of defensable land on par with a castle. But as soon as you get Joe Average behind the wheel, everything changes.
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THe authorities are on there way to your house.
You have a 50% chance of getting away scot free if you run now, a 25% chance of having to kill a cop and getting away free, and a 25% chance of going to jail for life.
what do you do
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Either that, or you must be new here.
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(And you're totally right, by the way. WHo gives a crap if she has awful taste in books? That would be like turning a girl away casue she doesnt play video games, or worse, likes the PS3)
You must be new here.
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