I fully support the rights of young nubile 18+ women to show adults whatever they like (or even old fat guys if that is your thing). That is freedom of expression. However,to deceptively lure is not freedom of speech. Just like Bayer can not show an add saying that aspirin cures cancer. Under your definition of free speech, that's OK. How about if I call your dear old mom or grandma and claim to be their bank's manager... "I just need to account or credit card number for verification." Is that not free speech? If I were to stand of the far side of a busy street and call children to cross it, is that freedom of speech? They are just words, right?
Freedom of speech was intended to allow citizens to express grievences with the government, not for luring kids to porn sites. This is not a free speech issue. Truth in advertising maybe, but not free speech.
mean, some right-wingers have this idea stuck in their head that the pr0n on the internet is there for the children, that people are trying to lure kids to the porn sites for some reason which I (nor they) cannot imagine.
I seem to remember a site called "Whitehouse.com" (not.gov) that was a porn site whose name was designed to get hits from those who were not looking for porn, especially children. Seriously, how many adults look for the Whitehouse home page? Who do you think the webmasters of Whitehouse.com were trying to attract with their misleading name? It's not about who has the credit cards, it's who knows how to use a mouse well enough to do a click-through.
I hate seeing those freedoms being eroded away daily, by a government that feels that the threat of terrorism gives them the right to do whatever they want, regardless of what our founding fathers wanted for this country. Who is saying that porn peddlers are terrorists? I don't think the Founders meant that free speech would include using the names of children's toys to intentionally and deceptively lure kids to porn sites. That's like saying that "Hey little girl, you want some candy? Step into my van." on the school yard is protected under free speech.
I too served in the Army, but it certainly wasn't to protect the rights of pedophiles and child pornographers. I served to protect the innocent and their rights, not those that would intentionally harm them.
Well don't expect the same level of cooperation between AMD and nVidia that we've seen these past few years. For some reason I don't see nVidia getting terribly excited about making chipsets for their number one competitor.
What planet is this America on? The one I live in did fuck up the rest of the world to become a powerful nation, and continues to do so in order to retain that power.
Read your history books.
Yeah, I studied history. We sure did fuck those poor civilians in Berlin when we dropped all that food on them during that Berlin Airlift thingie. And stopping the Nazis sure did fuck the world up. Ousting that Milosivich guy because he was raping and killing Muslims... I mean, how is that any of our business? You don't have to look very far beyond all those Jap civilians we put in gas chambers after Japan surrendered. Of course don't even get me started how the US took over all those countries and made them sub-states. The US raping Brazil, Chile and Portugal for all the natural resources they can get their hands on! Yeah, America is an evil empire.
In a communist country, all business is owned and controlled by the government. So corporate espianage is government spying. (insert mother russia joke here).
So, put your tin-foil hat back on. It is warranted.
While I applaud you sticking to your guns, I do not understand this stance at all. "Since Linux desktop distros would have never progressed with the user-friendliness they have today without Microsoft Windows, I'll continue to use Microsoft Windows". Well, not really. If it were not for Windows, MacOS would drive X innovation. Some would say it already does. You don't have to spend too much time with KDE and/or XGL to understand why. If it were not for MacOS and Windows, Gnome XFCE and KDE would all spur eachother along. Still, I understand you analogy, but there are more than just two OS's out there and the Linux world provides its own competition.
I personally believe that we should acknowledge Intel for making a revolutionary product, and look forward to AMD's response. Being a fanboy just means that you purposely put blinders on yourself for something as trivial as hardware... something normally reserved for politics or religion. I did acknowledge that Intel has a better processor right now. I always knew they would as soon as their executives got off their asses and started writing checks to their researchers. But AMD had the best processor before releasing their X2's, so you can't say they don't innovate because of Intel, or at least they continue to innovate even though they are in the lead. I guess I should be thankful though. If Intel did that, AMD wouldn't exist. But then we really wouldn't need AMD if that were the case as long as the prices were reasonable. Unfortunately, they never are with a monopoly.
This processor, imho, is as much an AMD product as it is and Intel one. Not because AMD developed it, but because it would not exist if it were not for AMD. If AMD were to go under tomorrow, this would be the last processor we can expect to see from Intel for at least 10 years. For this reason alone, I will continue to buy AMD.
And yes, I am excited about this CPU. It is superior to any AMD CPU currently on the market. However, there was never any doubt in my mind that Intel could create this CPU since they have more research money that NASA. It just took them getting mopped for a while to motivate them. This is the CPU Intel should have released years ago. Good to see they are finally close to where they should be. However, don't expect me to congratulate Intel too much for doing what they should have been doing anyway!
Security is one of the reasons why the US has a successful economy.
Uhuh.
Uh, yeah. It's fairly certain that the US Gov't is not going to radically change overnight, when compared to say... Burma. The odds of a coup happening here are pretty slim. Businesses know that the rules are not going the change overnight and some new government is not going to seize your business. This is why foreign based investments can be considered risky. Granted, some domestic investments are risky too, but not because of governmental uncertainty. So, YES, the security of the US government plays a roll in its economy.
If you are looking to open a business, are you going to do it where there are drug dealers and gangs on every corner and you need an armed security team 24/7?
So to avoid these things I'd open a business in... the USA? You're joking, right?
Nope, no joke. To avoid problems with crime, you are not going to open a business in Compton, Gary IN or Houston's fith ward. Even though you may be able to do so cheaper than say, Malibu or Silicon Valley, the risk due to crime is too great. It may not be PC to say so, but there are bad parts of town in any city, just like there are bad parts of the world. Compare the levels of corruption all the way down to the local levels in a country like Mexico to a country like the US, Canada or England.
Stability and security are necessities to a successful business. I think we learned that in Jr. High.
Security is one of the reasons why the US has a successful economy. If you are looking to open a business, are you going to do it where there are drug dealers and gangs on every corner and you need an armed security team 24/7? Of course not! You are going to open your business where you employees can make it to and from work safely.
The same can be said for a country. Right now, I'm willing to be there are not a whole lot of companies looking to open shops up in N Korea, Lebanon, Iran and Syria.
Stable governments are another factor. You don't need a MBA to know that what happened to white owned farms in S Africa could just as easily happen to your call center.
So while businesses may need to pay more to an American employee (or employee from any developed country), it is as much an investment in security as it is in the employees themselves.
I just felt like I needed to point out that the assumpts you made about me, because of my age, were all wrong. Its okay though, I get that all the time.
You are correct, I did make assumptions. Of course you didn't give me all the information, but no one can expect you to post your life's story in every post. That would make for one hell of sig!
No one said it was easy or for anyone, the point is that it CAN BE and IS done all the time. Of course, your situation might dictate that it wouldn't work for you. There are always exceptions.
No, it's not easy. It is certainly not impossible either. However, for me, an online school made more sense. It certainly wasn't easier, but it allowed me to keep working while going to school. That was the best choice for me. Granted, I could have quite my job that was paying $35,000/yr at the time and taken one paying $6.00/hr so I could make that 8:00am class, but that didn't make much sense for me. I chose the online route instead. Now, instead of having just a degree, I now have a degree with 10 years of experience. Of course, this may not be the best choice for everyone, it just worked best for me.
What set all this off was someone saying they would not consider someone with an online degree. Not all of us have the opportunity to attend a brick-and-mortar four-year university. Saying I will not be considered because I did not have the opportunity seemed a bit elitist to me, even though I found my own, non-traditional path to a degree.
Interesting point, considering your sig: OK, my sig... My sig is in response to Cindy Shehan and the founder of code pink who said that Cuba and Venesuela were both paradise, yet they came back here to the US. I don't understand that. If you like Communism, go to a Communist country. If Cubans were free to leave Cuba, do you think they would stay there and protest? No! They'd leave and go to Miami. Those that are trying to make America Communists, and they are out there, would make life much easier for everyone, especially themselves, if they just moved to a country that already has what they want. No one is trying to change KFC into McDonalds. Why? We already have McDonalds. If you want a burger, that's where you go. If you want chicken, go to KFC. I like KFC and appreciate it very much if you don't turn into a McDonalds just because you think it's better. (Not you personally of course. I'm speaking figuratively)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this just two dual-core AMD processors on a single board? What's to stop Intel from releasing a dual-socket board and slapping two Conroes in it (provided the chip supports it)?
Good for you. Unfortunately, not everyone is 22 with only themselves to support. I am 35 with a mortgage and a family to support. Unfortunately, Sallie Mae, who I also owe money, would not loan me enough to pay for school, keep a roof over my head and put food in my family's mouths. The GI Bill helped, but still wouldn't pay for everything. I still have to keep everyone in my home with the same last name alive, which means I have to work full time. So it's great that you were able to do it, but we have different circumstances that make up our lives. Should I be denied a job because I was able to fulfill my other responsibilities while still achieving my degree objectives?
If I were to hire an employee, I would disregard any degrees from online universities. Why should I (and any private high schools/colleges) consider a student who comes from an online middle school?
I may be a bit biased as I graduated from an online university. Unfortunately, I do not have a rich mommy and daddy to pay for my school and even if I did, I still would have done it myself. I didn't have time to go to frat-daddy mixer keggers or get into squirt gun fights in the dorms after binge drinking. I had to work a full and a part time jobs just to make ends meet, and was still able to make a 3.51 GPA at an accredited university. I tried going to a couple of "real" universities, but always had to drop as soon as I hit a required course that was only available at during the hours I had to work. An online university gave me the opportunity to work, travel for work, and do my coursework whenever I could squeeze in a couple of minutes to get stuff done. Most of the work I did was between the hours of midnight and 3:00am and I was still able to make it to work at 7:00am and 6:00pm every day.
So if you won't even consider this type of self motivated, hard working and goal oriented applicant, you are selling your company short.
I was doing tech support for Win95 way back when it came out, I think it was in 1995 (duh), I had a customer who wanted larger fonts on the desktop. I explained how to change the size of the fonts for desktop icons. As soon as we did, "Network Neighborhood" turned into "Network Neighborho...". Of course, the guys on the phone got a kick out of that and it was knows as "Net Ho" for at least a week after that.
For some reason, I remember seeing Stevie Wonder with a device like this on a commercial about 15 years ago. He was using it to read fan mail. Was that device fake or is this story non-news?
Well how about this for a rule of thumb - if the you can't spell the username you shouldn't be given the password. I agree. However, we don't usually have a choice. Most of the time, we are just going in to rename a printer or check drive space, so the damage that can be done is limited, most of the time. Fortunately, if they can't spell administrator, they are not the type that knows just enough to be dangerous.
Why are you having users log in as admin rather than logging in remotely and fixing whatever needs fixing? Unfortunately, we are not given access to some of our client's networks. Trust me, if I were able to log in remotely, I would be talking to most of these idiots.
I can't tell you how many hours of my life I've wasted trying to get someone on the other end of the phone to type in a-d-m-i-n-i-s-t-r-a-t-o-r.
Finally, my company started installing a-d-m-i-n accounts with admin rights. I suggested a user named simply A, but they thought admin was simple enough.
As more users make the switch, so will the malware coders.
That said, it will be years before OSX overtakes Windows, if it ever does. Still, with OSX's mature tried-and-true UNIX core, I don't see as many problems as with MS's OS.
"Taking full advantage of the processing power that those multicore architectures potentially make available requires operating systems and development tools that don't exist largely today," In other words: The more resources that are available on a system, the more resources Windows will consume.
As much respect as I have for Professor Hawking, I have to say that this is rather obvious. Even if we don't kill ourselves or get killed by some sort of natural disaster, eventually, the sun will go super nova and destroy us anyway.
So yeah, if the human race is to live to the end of the universe, we have to colonize space. You don't have to be Hawking to know that!
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I fully support the rights of young nubile 18+ women to show adults whatever they like (or even old fat guys if that is your thing). That is freedom of expression. However,to deceptively lure is not freedom of speech. Just like Bayer can not show an add saying that aspirin cures cancer. Under your definition of free speech, that's OK. How about if I call your dear old mom or grandma and claim to be their bank's manager... "I just need to account or credit card number for verification." Is that not free speech? If I were to stand of the far side of a busy street and call children to cross it, is that freedom of speech? They are just words, right?
Freedom of speech was intended to allow citizens to express grievences with the government, not for luring kids to porn sites. This is not a free speech issue. Truth in advertising maybe, but not free speech.
mean, some right-wingers have this idea stuck in their head that the pr0n on the internet is there for the children, that people are trying to lure kids to the porn sites for some reason which I (nor they) cannot imagine.
.gov) that was a porn site whose name was designed to get hits from those who were not looking for porn, especially children. Seriously, how many adults look for the Whitehouse home page? Who do you think the webmasters of Whitehouse.com were trying to attract with their misleading name?
I seem to remember a site called "Whitehouse.com" (not
It's not about who has the credit cards, it's who knows how to use a mouse well enough to do a click-through.
I hate seeing those freedoms being eroded away daily, by a government that feels that the threat of terrorism gives them the right to do whatever they want, regardless of what our founding fathers wanted for this country.
Who is saying that porn peddlers are terrorists?
I don't think the Founders meant that free speech would include using the names of children's toys to intentionally and deceptively lure kids to porn sites. That's like saying that "Hey little girl, you want some candy? Step into my van." on the school yard is protected under free speech.
I too served in the Army, but it certainly wasn't to protect the rights of pedophiles and child pornographers. I served to protect the innocent and their rights, not those that would intentionally harm them.
Well don't expect the same level of cooperation between AMD and nVidia that we've seen these past few years. For some reason I don't see nVidia getting terribly excited about making chipsets for their number one competitor.
What planet is this America on? The one I live in did fuck up the rest of the world to become a powerful nation, and continues to do so in order to retain that power.
Read your history books.
Yeah, I studied history. We sure did fuck those poor civilians in Berlin when we dropped all that food on them during that Berlin Airlift thingie. And stopping the Nazis sure did fuck the world up. Ousting that Milosivich guy because he was raping and killing Muslims... I mean, how is that any of our business? You don't have to look very far beyond all those Jap civilians we put in gas chambers after Japan surrendered. Of course don't even get me started how the US took over all those countries and made them sub-states. The US raping Brazil, Chile and Portugal for all the natural resources they can get their hands on! Yeah, America is an evil empire.
I know it's OT. Just feeding the other OT trolls.
In a communist country, all business is owned and controlled by the government. So corporate espianage is government spying. (insert mother russia joke here).
So, put your tin-foil hat back on. It is warranted.
Why can't the Chinese set up thier firewalls block this kind sh*t?
Not only does this make M$ money due to the licensing charges, but it also gets its foot in the door in an otherwise Linux/UNIX shop.
While I applaud you sticking to your guns, I do not understand this stance at all. "Since Linux desktop distros would have never progressed with the user-friendliness they have today without Microsoft Windows, I'll continue to use Microsoft Windows".
Well, not really. If it were not for Windows, MacOS would drive X innovation. Some would say it already does. You don't have to spend too much time with KDE and/or XGL to understand why. If it were not for MacOS and Windows, Gnome XFCE and KDE would all spur eachother along. Still, I understand you analogy, but there are more than just two OS's out there and the Linux world provides its own competition.
I personally believe that we should acknowledge Intel for making a revolutionary product, and look forward to AMD's response. Being a fanboy just means that you purposely put blinders on yourself for something as trivial as hardware... something normally reserved for politics or religion.
I did acknowledge that Intel has a better processor right now. I always knew they would as soon as their executives got off their asses and started writing checks to their researchers. But AMD had the best processor before releasing their X2's, so you can't say they don't innovate because of Intel, or at least they continue to innovate even though they are in the lead. I guess I should be thankful though. If Intel did that, AMD wouldn't exist. But then we really wouldn't need AMD if that were the case as long as the prices were reasonable. Unfortunately, they never are with a monopoly.
My name is ArcherB and I am an AMD fanboy.
This processor, imho, is as much an AMD product as it is and Intel one. Not because AMD developed it, but because it would not exist if it were not for AMD. If AMD were to go under tomorrow, this would be the last processor we can expect to see from Intel for at least 10 years. For this reason alone, I will continue to buy AMD.
And yes, I am excited about this CPU. It is superior to any AMD CPU currently on the market. However, there was never any doubt in my mind that Intel could create this CPU since they have more research money that NASA. It just took them getting mopped for a while to motivate them. This is the CPU Intel should have released years ago. Good to see they are finally close to where they should be. However, don't expect me to congratulate Intel too much for doing what they should have been doing anyway!
Security is one of the reasons why the US has a successful economy.
... the USA? You're joking, right?
Uhuh.
Uh, yeah. It's fairly certain that the US Gov't is not going to radically change overnight, when compared to say... Burma. The odds of a coup happening here are pretty slim. Businesses know that the rules are not going the change overnight and some new government is not going to seize your business. This is why foreign based investments can be considered risky. Granted, some domestic investments are risky too, but not because of governmental uncertainty. So, YES, the security of the US government plays a roll in its economy.
If you are looking to open a business, are you going to do it where there are drug dealers and gangs on every corner and you need an armed security team 24/7?
So to avoid these things I'd open a business in
Nope, no joke. To avoid problems with crime, you are not going to open a business in Compton, Gary IN or Houston's fith ward. Even though you may be able to do so cheaper than say, Malibu or Silicon Valley, the risk due to crime is too great. It may not be PC to say so, but there are bad parts of town in any city, just like there are bad parts of the world. Compare the levels of corruption all the way down to the local levels in a country like Mexico to a country like the US, Canada or England.
Stability and security are necessities to a successful business. I think we learned that in Jr. High.
Security is one of the reasons why the US has a successful economy. If you are looking to open a business, are you going to do it where there are drug dealers and gangs on every corner and you need an armed security team 24/7? Of course not! You are going to open your business where you employees can make it to and from work safely.
The same can be said for a country. Right now, I'm willing to be there are not a whole lot of companies looking to open shops up in N Korea, Lebanon, Iran and Syria.
Stable governments are another factor. You don't need a MBA to know that what happened to white owned farms in S Africa could just as easily happen to your call center.
So while businesses may need to pay more to an American employee (or employee from any developed country), it is as much an investment in security as it is in the employees themselves.
That's my 2 pesos anyway.
I just felt like I needed to point out that the assumpts you made about me, because of my age, were all wrong. Its okay though, I get that all the time.
You are correct, I did make assumptions. Of course you didn't give me all the information, but no one can expect you to post your life's story in every post. That would make for one hell of sig!
No one said it was easy or for anyone, the point is that it CAN BE and IS done all the time. Of course, your situation might dictate that it wouldn't work for you. There are always exceptions.
No, it's not easy. It is certainly not impossible either. However, for me, an online school made more sense. It certainly wasn't easier, but it allowed me to keep working while going to school. That was the best choice for me. Granted, I could have quite my job that was paying $35,000/yr at the time and taken one paying $6.00/hr so I could make that 8:00am class, but that didn't make much sense for me. I chose the online route instead. Now, instead of having just a degree, I now have a degree with 10 years of experience. Of course, this may not be the best choice for everyone, it just worked best for me.
What set all this off was someone saying they would not consider someone with an online degree. Not all of us have the opportunity to attend a brick-and-mortar four-year university. Saying I will not be considered because I did not have the opportunity seemed a bit elitist to me, even though I found my own, non-traditional path to a degree.
Interesting point, considering your sig:
OK, my sig... My sig is in response to Cindy Shehan and the founder of code pink who said that Cuba and Venesuela were both paradise, yet they came back here to the US. I don't understand that. If you like Communism, go to a Communist country. If Cubans were free to leave Cuba, do you think they would stay there and protest? No! They'd leave and go to Miami. Those that are trying to make America Communists, and they are out there, would make life much easier for everyone, especially themselves, if they just moved to a country that already has what they want. No one is trying to change KFC into McDonalds. Why? We already have McDonalds. If you want a burger, that's where you go. If you want chicken, go to KFC. I like KFC and appreciate it very much if you don't turn into a McDonalds just because you think it's better. (Not you personally of course. I'm speaking figuratively)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this just two dual-core AMD processors on a single board? What's to stop Intel from releasing a dual-socket board and slapping two Conroes in it (provided the chip supports it)?
Good for you. Unfortunately, not everyone is 22 with only themselves to support. I am 35 with a mortgage and a family to support. Unfortunately, Sallie Mae, who I also owe money, would not loan me enough to pay for school, keep a roof over my head and put food in my family's mouths. The GI Bill helped, but still wouldn't pay for everything. I still have to keep everyone in my home with the same last name alive, which means I have to work full time. So it's great that you were able to do it, but we have different circumstances that make up our lives. Should I be denied a job because I was able to fulfill my other responsibilities while still achieving my degree objectives?
If I were to hire an employee, I would disregard any degrees from online universities. Why should I (and any private high schools/colleges) consider a student who comes from an online middle school?
I may be a bit biased as I graduated from an online university. Unfortunately, I do not have a rich mommy and daddy to pay for my school and even if I did, I still would have done it myself. I didn't have time to go to frat-daddy mixer keggers or get into squirt gun fights in the dorms after binge drinking. I had to work a full and a part time jobs just to make ends meet, and was still able to make a 3.51 GPA at an accredited university. I tried going to a couple of "real" universities, but always had to drop as soon as I hit a required course that was only available at during the hours I had to work. An online university gave me the opportunity to work, travel for work, and do my coursework whenever I could squeeze in a couple of minutes to get stuff done. Most of the work I did was between the hours of midnight and 3:00am and I was still able to make it to work at 7:00am and 6:00pm every day.
So if you won't even consider this type of self motivated, hard working and goal oriented applicant, you are selling your company short.
What's really sad is that I didn't get it until I read your NT Technology bit.
I am curious to see if the spel checker works. Yep... sure does.
I was doing tech support for Win95 way back when it came out, I think it was in 1995 (duh), I had a customer who wanted larger fonts on the desktop. I explained how to change the size of the fonts for desktop icons. As soon as we did, "Network Neighborhood" turned into "Network Neighborho...". Of course, the guys on the phone got a kick out of that and it was knows as "Net Ho" for at least a week after that.
Just thought I'd share.
For some reason, I remember seeing Stevie Wonder with a device like this on a commercial about 15 years ago. He was using it to read fan mail. Was that device fake or is this story non-news?
Anyone else remember this ad?
Well how about this for a rule of thumb - if the you can't spell the username you shouldn't be given the password.
I agree. However, we don't usually have a choice. Most of the time, we are just going in to rename a printer or check drive space, so the damage that can be done is limited, most of the time. Fortunately, if they can't spell administrator, they are not the type that knows just enough to be dangerous.
Why are you having users log in as admin rather than logging in remotely and fixing whatever needs fixing?
Unfortunately, we are not given access to some of our client's networks. Trust me, if I were able to log in remotely, I would be talking to most of these idiots.
I can't tell you how many hours of my life I've wasted trying to get someone on the other end of the phone to type in a-d-m-i-n-i-s-t-r-a-t-o-r.
Finally, my company started installing a-d-m-i-n accounts with admin rights. I suggested a user named simply A, but they thought admin was simple enough.
As more users make the switch, so will the malware coders.
That said, it will be years before OSX overtakes Windows, if it ever does. Still, with OSX's mature tried-and-true UNIX core, I don't see as many problems as with MS's OS.
"Taking full advantage of the processing power that those multicore architectures potentially make available requires operating systems and development tools that don't exist largely today,"
In other words:
The more resources that are available on a system, the more resources Windows will consume.
As much respect as I have for Professor Hawking, I have to say that this is rather obvious. Even if we don't kill ourselves or get killed by some sort of natural disaster, eventually, the sun will go super nova and destroy us anyway.
So yeah, if the human race is to live to the end of the universe, we have to colonize space. You don't have to be Hawking to know that!