Does he really think people are assuming their shit won't even be searched? Well, thanks for that tip for all of the idiots out there I guess...
There are people out there who think if they're being pursued by the police that by crossing into another county/state, that somehow they can't be arrested for whatever crime they committed or that the pursuing police have to stop pursuit. Why should this be any different?
but it's also necessary to get anything out of an increasing number of sites.
If a site relies on Flash to convey its message, I don't go to it. I was looking for a car repair shop after the latest moron hit me and one site was nearly unreachable because the front page was entirely Flash-based. Had it not been for a site map link, I would not have been able to see anything.
Nor is this the first time this has happened. I have come across several sites, including restaurants, who have an entirely Flash-based site. I don't bother going to them either online or offline because of this nonsense.
The ONLY exception I can see for using Flash is if you have a product which you want people to see all sides of and you have a short display of the product rotating.
I have said it before and will continue to say it: There is no reason to have an entirely Flash-based site. None. If people want to come back to your site for a specific reason, they can no longer bookmark a page to do so. If someone has eyesight issues and uses a screen-reader, you've locked them out.
As I said in my journal, Flash is the new blink tag.
Of course you can make mutant atomic supermen. All you need is some DNA and chronitons. Who wouldn't want to have a cannon in their chest or extendible arms?
Granted, you may have to go to the Forbidden Zone in the Galaxy of Terror to get them, but so what?
I didn't want people to think I was trying to drive traffic to my site ala Roland. Obviously, when it comes to the NY Times or other such sites, people know I don't own them. Not so when it comes to blogs.
It's more of a courtesy disclaimer than anything else.
I agree. I was merely looking at the question in as neutral a position as possible. Obviously there are always exceptions, reading a letter condemning your nation while the guy off camera has a gun pointed at you comes to mind, but looking at the question at face value, yes, you are responsible.
If you feel that strongly against signing the document, you could refuse even though you know it would be your death. While it might not give you satisfaction to know you didn't sign the document, at least you know, morally, you did the right thing a moment before the bullet smashes through your skull.
And yes, the von Braun issue is something that is completely hilarious to contemplate.
If your country was invaded and occupied by a foreign power, would you blow yourself up to fight back?
Some Iraqis thought so. I personally prefer the Red Dawn scenario, but to each their own.
If someone pointed a gun at your head and threatened to pull the trigger if you refused to sign a document you knew would lead to a hundred deaths (and you signed!), would that make you ultimately responsible?
Technically, yes. Even though you signed the document under duress, you could have refused to sign it knowing you would be killed for not doing so. Ultimately, it is the person with the gun who is responsible.
Does superior technology give you the moral right to impose your will on a technologically inferior culture?
No, but that didn't stop the European (and now American) powers from doing so anyway.
Reeves is in no way suitable for this role. Not even close. His voice lacks the gravely, emotional sarcasm that Spike is portrayed as having. His near monotone delivery will kill the character and reduce him to a mere shell of the original. Not to mention his hair won't be anywhere near as flowing as Spike's.
The only thing he has going for him is in the looks. His face has a similar appearance to the comic and his body is more or less the same build. Other than that, it's, "Whoa!" all over again.
But hey, since it's a semi-geek thing, I'm sure it will do as well as Serenity did.
So don't go through the automated process. Send them to Microsoft's Security Bulletin Search and they can search for the updates by hand.
I do this for my 2K system and my parents XP systems. Not because the systems aren't legitimate but because we have dial-up and getting automated updates would take forever. I just d/l the patches at work, plop them on my thumb drive and install.
One caveat. Every so often there is a patch/update which does require you to validate your system. You are notified so you have the option of not getting that update (or have a friend get it for you).
this whole thing could have been avoided had you told her WHERE to get the software and that it was free.
I know most/.ers are tired of helping their friends/family/whatever installing software, uninstalling spyware, etc, but when you're trying to promote what you consider to be a better product, sometimes more information and bit of elbow grease is better than simply, "Go get X".
but don't take the blood or the piss test(they can't legally make you)
In most states, if you refuse an on-the-spot breathalyzer test, that is an admission of guilt which automatically triggers penalties. Every state has its own laws regarding what happens if someone refuses with most states now revoking your license, fining you and giving you points on your license (which increases your insurance rates).
People still live in the same house for more than a few years?
My parents have been in their house for almost 45 years. Their next door neighbors moved in a few months after they did. In fact, where they live, at least half of the people are original owners. The ones that aren't originals have been there a minimum of ten years, with most in the 15 - 20 year range.
I know, it's hard to imagine people don't think of their house as a piggy bank and try to flip them, but they are out there.
You're talking kids. The article is about adults. If by the time you're in Uni you don't know you have to take a daily bath/shower (barring late night cram sessions or drunken stupors) and speak clearly, not only did your parents do a shitty job of raising you, but you haven't bothered to learn something so basic to modern society. If you're not willing to learn something like this on your own well before you get to higher education, your ability to learn other things comes into question.
Historically, the people who were getting ready to lead society went to finishing schools, took etiquette classes, etc
That's because only they could afford to go to such places. Today, from roughly second grade onwards, there are health classes which people have to go through which go over the basics of hygiene. Every year, english classes teach people the proper way of forming sentence structures and I'm fairly certain they also make one give some form of public speaking.
To use a tired phrase, this isn't rocket science. With all the commercials bombarding people with the latest and greatest soaps, shampoos (no, not that shampoo) and whatnot, to claim that someone doesn't know they should keep themselves relatively clean is naive. I will grant the speaking clearly part. Listening to the people on (un)reality shows, it's quite obvious where these folks are getting their speaking examples from.
His PC died due to dust accumulation (fried mobo, dead power supply, fused RAM) and he asked me what to do with his system. I told him the only thing he needed to worry about was his HD. Told him to drill a few holes in the drive, use a blowtorch in those holes if he still had one (he used to work in home remodeling), smash the drive with a hammer and put it in a bag with his used cat litter (they have two cats).
If someone is desperate enough to want the information on his drive, they're going to have to work for it.
You could give each citizen $1 million and let things take their course. That would cost you roughly $350 million compared to the $1.5 trillion that has already been spent and the proposed $1 trillion the incoming administration wants to spend.
I know, it's a simple solution with a fairly inexpensive price tag which means no elected official will ever consider it.
To be fair, it seems that (according the army) terrorists were firing mortar shells from structure moments earlier.
Yet, amazingly, for all the aerial drones, balloons (yes, balloons) and other visual devices they have, no image of said mortar firing will ever be provided for the public to view. Instead, we're supposed to rely on the word of a military who attacked a U.S. warship in international waters, who deliberately rammed and nearly sank a humanitarian aid ship and who in 2006, destroyed the only power plant in Gaza.
I'm all for people retaliating when they are attacked, but to deliberately kill journalists, attack your "friends", deny humanitarian aid to those who need it, attack refugee camps, and a whole list of other offenses, is where I draw the line. You want to shape world opinion to your point of view? Quit playing the victim card and start acting like you learned something from everything that's been done to you.
And since when is someone defending their land from an invader a terrorist? Apparently all those Iraqis who fought against the U.S. invasion were terrorists. Same goes George Washington. Hell, by that standard, Red Dawn was nothing but a propaganda story about terrorists.
In some of the cases, I have talked to the people and re-explained they should not be turning their machines and why we are asking them not to do that. I've even walked them through the process to make sure they understand what has to be done.
Same results but again, as I stated earlier, if they can read all the directions for how to restart their machine, the part about doing this every night shouldn't be that hard. In fact, they have to go out of their way to change from restart to shutdown so obviously they know what they're doing and choose not to follow directions.
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Does he really think people are assuming their shit won't even be searched? Well, thanks for that tip for all of the idiots out there I guess...
There are people out there who think if they're being pursued by the police that by crossing into another county/state, that somehow they can't be arrested for whatever crime they committed or that the pursuing police have to stop pursuit. Why should this be any different?
And yes, I'm being serious.
but it's also necessary to get anything out of an increasing number of sites.
If a site relies on Flash to convey its message, I don't go to it. I was looking for a car repair shop after the latest moron hit me and one site was nearly unreachable because the front page was entirely Flash-based. Had it not been for a site map link, I would not have been able to see anything.
Nor is this the first time this has happened. I have come across several sites, including restaurants, who have an entirely Flash-based site. I don't bother going to them either online or offline because of this nonsense.
The ONLY exception I can see for using Flash is if you have a product which you want people to see all sides of and you have a short display of the product rotating.
I have said it before and will continue to say it: There is no reason to have an entirely Flash-based site. None. If people want to come back to your site for a specific reason, they can no longer bookmark a page to do so. If someone has eyesight issues and uses a screen-reader, you've locked them out.
As I said in my journal, Flash is the new blink tag.
Nothing more annoying than getting a huge flash video animation splatted in front of the article you are reading,
There is a solution to this "problem". Don't install Flash. Flash is evil. Flash must die.
Of course you can make mutant atomic supermen. All you need is some DNA and chronitons. Who wouldn't want to have a cannon in their chest or extendible arms?
Granted, you may have to go to the Forbidden Zone in the Galaxy of Terror to get them, but so what?
I don't see why you need the disclaimer.
I didn't want people to think I was trying to drive traffic to my site ala Roland. Obviously, when it comes to the NY Times or other such sites, people know I don't own them. Not so when it comes to blogs.
It's more of a courtesy disclaimer than anything else.
Here is a link to the entire memo Steve sent to employees regarding the layoffs.
No, it's not my blog nor am I affiliated in any way with the site.
I agree. I was merely looking at the question in as neutral a position as possible. Obviously there are always exceptions, reading a letter condemning your nation while the guy off camera has a gun pointed at you comes to mind, but looking at the question at face value, yes, you are responsible.
If you feel that strongly against signing the document, you could refuse even though you know it would be your death. While it might not give you satisfaction to know you didn't sign the document, at least you know, morally, you did the right thing a moment before the bullet smashes through your skull.
And yes, the von Braun issue is something that is completely hilarious to contemplate.
If your country was invaded and occupied by a foreign power, would you blow yourself up to fight back?
Some Iraqis thought so. I personally prefer the Red Dawn scenario, but to each their own.
If someone pointed a gun at your head and threatened to pull the trigger if you refused to sign a document you knew would lead to a hundred deaths (and you signed!), would that make you ultimately responsible?
Technically, yes. Even though you signed the document under duress, you could have refused to sign it knowing you would be killed for not doing so. Ultimately, it is the person with the gun who is responsible.
Does superior technology give you the moral right to impose your will on a technologically inferior culture?
No, but that didn't stop the European (and now American) powers from doing so anyway.
Reeves is in no way suitable for this role. Not even close. His voice lacks the gravely, emotional sarcasm that Spike is portrayed as having. His near monotone delivery will kill the character and reduce him to a mere shell of the original. Not to mention his hair won't be anywhere near as flowing as Spike's.
The only thing he has going for him is in the looks. His face has a similar appearance to the comic and his body is more or less the same build. Other than that, it's, "Whoa!" all over again.
But hey, since it's a semi-geek thing, I'm sure it will do as well as Serenity did.
So don't go through the automated process. Send them to Microsoft's Security Bulletin Search and they can search for the updates by hand.
I do this for my 2K system and my parents XP systems. Not because the systems aren't legitimate but because we have dial-up and getting automated updates would take forever. I just d/l the patches at work, plop them on my thumb drive and install.
One caveat. Every so often there is a patch/update which does require you to validate your system. You are notified so you have the option of not getting that update (or have a friend get it for you).
this whole thing could have been avoided had you told her WHERE to get the software and that it was free.
I know most /.ers are tired of helping their friends/family/whatever installing software, uninstalling spyware, etc, but when you're trying to promote what you consider to be a better product, sometimes more information and bit of elbow grease is better than simply, "Go get X".
"We cannot risk contamination of Earth cows' genetics from six-legged Martian cows."
Oh come on! Everyone knows there are no cows are Mars. Mars has buggalo!
but don't take the blood or the piss test(they can't legally make you)
In most states, if you refuse an on-the-spot breathalyzer test, that is an admission of guilt which automatically triggers penalties. Every state has its own laws regarding what happens if someone refuses with most states now revoking your license, fining you and giving you points on your license (which increases your insurance rates).
Here's a breakdown of PA's DUI laws.
But please, let's not get drunk drivers off the road. We need as many as possible out and about to cull the herd.
Obligatory Futurama.
People still live in the same house for more than a few years?
My parents have been in their house for almost 45 years. Their next door neighbors moved in a few months after they did. In fact, where they live, at least half of the people are original owners. The ones that aren't originals have been there a minimum of ten years, with most in the 15 - 20 year range.
I know, it's hard to imagine people don't think of their house as a piggy bank and try to flip them, but they are out there.
and must die!
Have you been around kids?!?
You're talking kids. The article is about adults. If by the time you're in Uni you don't know you have to take a daily bath/shower (barring late night cram sessions or drunken stupors) and speak clearly, not only did your parents do a shitty job of raising you, but you haven't bothered to learn something so basic to modern society. If you're not willing to learn something like this on your own well before you get to higher education, your ability to learn other things comes into question.
Historically, the people who were getting ready to lead society went to finishing schools, took etiquette classes, etc
That's because only they could afford to go to such places. Today, from roughly second grade onwards, there are health classes which people have to go through which go over the basics of hygiene. Every year, english classes teach people the proper way of forming sentence structures and I'm fairly certain they also make one give some form of public speaking.
To use a tired phrase, this isn't rocket science. With all the commercials bombarding people with the latest and greatest soaps, shampoos (no, not that shampoo) and whatnot, to claim that someone doesn't know they should keep themselves relatively clean is naive. I will grant the speaking clearly part. Listening to the people on (un)reality shows, it's quite obvious where these folks are getting their speaking examples from.
You have to be taught to take a bath, speak clearly and coherently and say please and thank you? Really, you have to be taught this stuff?
What's next? You have to be taught you have to have money in the bank to buy something?
What about 'fog'?
As in the velour fog?
His PC died due to dust accumulation (fried mobo, dead power supply, fused RAM) and he asked me what to do with his system. I told him the only thing he needed to worry about was his HD. Told him to drill a few holes in the drive, use a blowtorch in those holes if he still had one (he used to work in home remodeling), smash the drive with a hammer and put it in a bag with his used cat litter (they have two cats).
If someone is desperate enough to want the information on his drive, they're going to have to work for it.
And to think I wasn't drunk when I wrote my comment.
Thanks for the math updates folks.
You could give each citizen $1 million and let things take their course. That would cost you roughly $350 million compared to the $1.5 trillion that has already been spent and the proposed $1 trillion the incoming administration wants to spend.
I know, it's a simple solution with a fairly inexpensive price tag which means no elected official will ever consider it.
To be fair, it seems that (according the army) terrorists were firing mortar shells from structure moments earlier.
Yet, amazingly, for all the aerial drones, balloons (yes, balloons) and other visual devices they have, no image of said mortar firing will ever be provided for the public to view. Instead, we're supposed to rely on the word of a military who attacked a U.S. warship in international waters, who deliberately rammed and nearly sank a humanitarian aid ship and who in 2006, destroyed the only power plant in Gaza.
I'm all for people retaliating when they are attacked, but to deliberately kill journalists, attack your "friends", deny humanitarian aid to those who need it, attack refugee camps, and a whole list of other offenses, is where I draw the line. You want to shape world opinion to your point of view? Quit playing the victim card and start acting like you learned something from everything that's been done to you.
And since when is someone defending their land from an invader a terrorist? Apparently all those Iraqis who fought against the U.S. invasion were terrorists. Same goes George Washington. Hell, by that standard, Red Dawn was nothing but a propaganda story about terrorists.
In some of the cases, I have talked to the people and re-explained they should not be turning their machines and why we are asking them not to do that. I've even walked them through the process to make sure they understand what has to be done.
Same results but again, as I stated earlier, if they can read all the directions for how to restart their machine, the part about doing this every night shouldn't be that hard. In fact, they have to go out of their way to change from restart to shutdown so obviously they know what they're doing and choose not to follow directions.
In short, your email sucked if the behavior you wanted was a restart shutdown EVERY night.
What part of,
Perform these steps before you leave each day.
isn't clear? It tells the person to do this each day. Not just that one day, but every day.
The only thing that could have made things more clear, and something I suggested but was of course rejected, would have been to say:
Machines should not be turned off unless specifically told to do so.
We, like every organization, have idiots working for us. And they're the ones who of course have the most problems because they can't/won't read.