A) I don't think he meant, "Cue the jokes", I think he really meant, "Queue up the jokes." Although the first is better usage.
B) The reason is obvious. People don't usually get angry when you question their Astrological beliefs. It's expected. If only the same would be true about religion. Even a Scientologist, who must be used to being thought a nut, will get defensive if you suggest they are not correct in one of their many beliefs. Normally, if someone contradicts something that you know is right, you don't feel threatened. Not so with religion. Better to stay away.
Right, executives aren't over paid. Stockholders are never surprised and outraged by the amount of money these same people walk away with after they're fired. I'm sure they also don't force mergers and other transactions that are in their own self-interest, but against the company's interest. There's no in-crowd who support and encourage these pay structures in the hope of cashing in themselves one day. But most of all, I know for a fact that the majority of these people are not overpaid for the value they add to their companies.
In any case, if I'm not a CEO myself, I clearly have no room to talk.
The only reason for the Castro brothers to outlive the fall of the iron curtain is the embargo.
I see this said a lot without any justification other than the fact that the embargo did not remove them from power. Maybe Castro is a smart enough dictator to have stayed in power anyway. Forgive me if I don't take unsupported speculation as fact.
You don't get it. Whether or not you're serious about snapping necks if you could, you clearly don't get it. By authoritarian, I think the OP is referring to those teachers who fear that any breach of their authority is a threat to his control of the classroom. What those kinds of teachers don't understand is that a tirade against some prank is wasted on those not involved and welcomed by the perpetrators. It's a stupid response, because it make them look mean, insecure, vulnerable, and it creates an adversarial relationship with even more of your students.
I agree the classroom would be a better place if all students behaved better, but teenagers being what they are you are going to have to deal with some troublemakers. Do you think over-enforcing your authority is a winning strategy? I'd say defending the important rules consistently and fairly is best. Being good natured about the harmless stuff will earn some respect. Now regarding internet slander, I'd just ignore it, if you can, or deny what you have to as succinctly as possible, because if you really haven't learned that it is possible to anonymously post something on the internet, I'm sure one of your bored students would be happy to show you, if you're gonna be a jerk about it.
You ignore the fact that Yahoo used Google as their default search in 2000. Since Yahoo directory searches were much more popular at that time, they viewed it as a compliment to their main service. So, Yahoo had all the improved keyword searching you speak of - through Google - before Google was big.
Search without the portal page, the death of directory search, which couldn't scale, and the Yahoo partnership must be considered as factors.
Your speculative "happy users" analysis does not merit the authoritative conclusion you've given it.
Presumably it says that under no reasonable interpretation is the service actually unlimited, but that the asterisk is really a great marketing technique that benefits* all of Comcast's customers and they promise* not to deceive us again.
I won't question your motives, but I thought it should be characterized as an issue of support. When I had my wireless problems over a year ago, I updated my NetworkManager myself. So it's wrong to say it isn't currently working in Linux. Windows drivers have their problems too, but when you buy from a vendor they've ironed these problems out for you. I certainly appreciate not having to deal with these issues, so that is a legitimate buying decision.
On the other hand, a friend of mine wonders why her keyboard becomes unresponsive sometimes and why she always has to reboot to get video conferencing working in Vista. So you're never completely safe.
Yeah, but you're just one guy. If it works for the vast majority, then that *does* cut it. I also object to your comparing pre-installed Vista, with a Ubuntu you set up yourself. Pre-installed Ubuntu is available, and it comes with everything working - I can tell you're shocked. When your only criticism is getting everything working for the first time, you're setting up pre-installed Vista to win the comparison.
To add my experiences with Ubuntu (and being more specific) I had troubles with Ubuntu 6.06 on my T42 ThinkPad trying to use wireless security, although connectivity and WEP worked straight off. Later, Ubuntu 7.10 had a greatly improved NetworkManager. It's everything thing I need. My hat's off to those guys. Even VPN works beautifully through the same interface.
I do hope an open source 11n driver comes out soon. It's really up to which chip vendor wants write one, and it was in this area that I had hopes for the Dell/Ubuntu laptops. If they want to ship 11n, then they'll push someone to support it. You see, your characterization was mistaken. You said:
HP, and Microsoft, fixed the issue with the Broadcom wireless driver
No they didn't. Broadcom fixed it. HP forced them too, and Microsoft did nothing. That's the way it's going to be. Once HP and Dell care, Linux support will be there before the product is shipped.
That's ridiculous. WoL has a few modes you can test to verify that it works. Wake on anything is not Wake-on-Lan, and no chip maker could claim that it was. With as much pointless chatter as there is on a windows network these days, you would just think that the suspend functionality of your PC was disabled.
That was the one. We had Trash80s at school, so I had access. There was a real-time version that we all migrated to later called "Time Trek", which was quite challenging. I recall you had to know the firing angle in degrees as fast as you could type it. That was great. Once my friend got his C64, we had Jumpman.
Shouldn't you be a little less skeptical given that this was the basis of the original DOJ cases against Microsoft in the U.S.?... before they mysteriously went away, that is. If you want to suspect that justice is being subverted, you might look instead to why those lawsuits did not follow to their logical conclusion after the initial ruling. It's not hard to follow the money in that case, now is it?
The argument that Microsoft's inclusion of functionality with Windows discourages third parties from making such functionality implies a far different view of OS and applications that is present in the market.
The problem is that users and, more importantly, OEMs should be able to remove the included versions without negative consequences. Given that windows update requires IE, I'd say Opera and Firefox don't have a level playing field. There is also the issue of releasing full specifications and giving the built-in apps preferred access to the OS.
It's not anyone's fault that random users don't care about which browser they use.
That's the typical case: users will use what's most convenient. Microsoft can dictate that IE is most convenient. So there's your problem.
Let any company make deals with OEMs to be the default browser, or in the absence of any deal, let the OEMs choose without pressure from MS what's best for their business.
If however the courts can show that you knew the risks and consequences... you are much more likely to be held accountable.
How so? Criminal negligence? Do you have any precedents to support your opinion that you could be prosecuted under these circumstances? Can an ISP be prosecuted for giving unrestricted access to a customer they haven't done a background check on? Can the manufacturers be prosecuted for selling wireless devices that have an unsecured mode?
You are really misrepresenting the liability of providing an internet connection whose expected use is entirely benign.
It's a passphrase, you can make it long and mnemonic:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves. There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold. If people could be trusted, I wouldn't need this passphrase.
You can choose something less obvious or combine unrelated phrases:
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you. V.G. Cleveland rocks! 640K ought to be enough for anybody.
If you show your guests something like that, they should be able to retype it from memory.
You have to show your work anyway. My graphing calculator was for verification. With ten pages of equations, you can easily make a mistake somewhere. If you made it early, you won't even get partial credit. My HP48 served me well.
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...every Java-mangling halfwit could also make Titanic.
They probably couldn't make great art, but I think they could certainly make Titanic.
Come on, this guy was right. the phpBB vulnerability has nothing to do with 9/11, and certainly nothing to do with blaming the government for 9/11.
Do you want more posts that start like this, "This reminds me of George Bush's environmental policy..."
Moderation is supposed to stop that sort of thing. Instead he's +5.
Not immoral, and not illegal in many places. ...and never comparable to stealing a bicycle. Was that a troll?
A) I don't think he meant, "Cue the jokes", I think he really meant, "Queue up the jokes." Although the first is better usage.
B) The reason is obvious. People don't usually get angry when you question their Astrological beliefs. It's expected. If only the same would be true about religion. Even a Scientologist, who must be used to being thought a nut, will get defensive if you suggest they are not correct in one of their many beliefs. Normally, if someone contradicts something that you know is right, you don't feel threatened. Not so with religion. Better to stay away.
Right, executives aren't over paid. Stockholders are never surprised and outraged by the amount of money these same people walk away with after they're fired. I'm sure they also don't force mergers and other transactions that are in their own self-interest, but against the company's interest. There's no in-crowd who support and encourage these pay structures in the hope of cashing in themselves one day. But most of all, I know for a fact that the majority of these people are not overpaid for the value they add to their companies.
In any case, if I'm not a CEO myself, I clearly have no room to talk.
I think you mean that your character lost his virginity. That doesn't count.
The only reason for the Castro brothers to outlive the fall of the iron curtain is the embargo.
I see this said a lot without any justification other than the fact that the embargo did not remove them from power. Maybe Castro is a smart enough dictator to have stayed in power anyway. Forgive me if I don't take unsupported speculation as fact.
You don't get it. Whether or not you're serious about snapping necks if you could, you clearly don't get it. By authoritarian, I think the OP is referring to those teachers who fear that any breach of their authority is a threat to his control of the classroom. What those kinds of teachers don't understand is that a tirade against some prank is wasted on those not involved and welcomed by the perpetrators. It's a stupid response, because it make them look mean, insecure, vulnerable, and it creates an adversarial relationship with even more of your students.
I agree the classroom would be a better place if all students behaved better, but teenagers being what they are you are going to have to deal with some troublemakers. Do you think over-enforcing your authority is a winning strategy? I'd say defending the important rules consistently and fairly is best. Being good natured about the harmless stuff will earn some respect. Now regarding internet slander, I'd just ignore it, if you can, or deny what you have to as succinctly as possible, because if you really haven't learned that it is possible to anonymously post something on the internet, I'm sure one of your bored students would be happy to show you, if you're gonna be a jerk about it.
Aggh, you said it again. It's "lose" and "losing" as in "to no longer have", not "loose" as in "not tight".
I fear this is a loosing battle.
(I suppose you also meant that they chose to move.)
You ignore the fact that Yahoo used Google as their default search in 2000. Since Yahoo directory searches were much more popular at that time, they viewed it as a compliment to their main service. So, Yahoo had all the improved keyword searching you speak of - through Google - before Google was big.
Search without the portal page, the death of directory search, which couldn't scale, and the Yahoo partnership must be considered as factors.
Your speculative "happy users" analysis does not merit the authoritative conclusion you've given it.
Presumably it says that under no reasonable interpretation is the service actually unlimited, but that the asterisk is really a great marketing technique that benefits* all of Comcast's customers and they promise* not to deceive us again.
Not demonstrated. The sorry state of most wireless networks does not mean I can't secure mine. The article is alarmist, and a few years too late.
I won't question your motives, but I thought it should be characterized as an issue of support. When I had my wireless problems over a year ago, I updated my NetworkManager myself. So it's wrong to say it isn't currently working in Linux. Windows drivers have their problems too, but when you buy from a vendor they've ironed these problems out for you. I certainly appreciate not having to deal with these issues, so that is a legitimate buying decision.
On the other hand, a friend of mine wonders why her keyboard becomes unresponsive sometimes and why she always has to reboot to get video conferencing working in Vista. So you're never completely safe.
Yeah, but you're just one guy. If it works for the vast majority, then that *does* cut it. I also object to your comparing pre-installed Vista, with a Ubuntu you set up yourself. Pre-installed Ubuntu is available, and it comes with everything working - I can tell you're shocked. When your only criticism is getting everything working for the first time, you're setting up pre-installed Vista to win the comparison.
To add my experiences with Ubuntu (and being more specific) I had troubles with Ubuntu 6.06 on my T42 ThinkPad trying to use wireless security, although connectivity and WEP worked straight off. Later, Ubuntu 7.10 had a greatly improved NetworkManager. It's everything thing I need. My hat's off to those guys. Even VPN works beautifully through the same interface.
I do hope an open source 11n driver comes out soon. It's really up to which chip vendor wants write one, and it was in this area that I had hopes for the Dell/Ubuntu laptops. If they want to ship 11n, then they'll push someone to support it. You see, your characterization was mistaken. You said:
HP, and Microsoft, fixed the issue with the Broadcom wireless driver
No they didn't. Broadcom fixed it. HP forced them too, and Microsoft did nothing. That's the way it's going to be. Once HP and Dell care, Linux support will be there before the product is shipped.
I think the only fair way to resolve this is to have a water immersion measurement to determine it's actual volume. Have you bought one yet?
That's ridiculous. WoL has a few modes you can test to verify that it works. Wake on anything is not Wake-on-Lan, and no chip maker could claim that it was. With as much pointless chatter as there is on a windows network these days, you would just think that the suspend functionality of your PC was disabled.
but, but... they printed a correction. Doesn't that mean we have to let it slide?
;-)
http://www.ktvu.com/news/15054540/detail.html
I like how they say that the readers may have interpreted it wrong. Those damn readers!
That was the one. We had Trash80s at school, so I had access. There was a real-time version that we all migrated to later called "Time Trek", which was quite challenging. I recall you had to know the firing angle in degrees as fast as you could type it. That was great. Once my friend got his C64, we had Jumpman.
Shouldn't you be a little less skeptical given that this was the basis of the original DOJ cases against Microsoft in the U.S.? ... before they mysteriously went away, that is. If you want to suspect that justice is being subverted, you might look instead to why those lawsuits did not follow to their logical conclusion after the initial ruling. It's not hard to follow the money in that case, now is it?
The argument that Microsoft's inclusion of functionality with Windows discourages third parties from making such functionality implies a far different view of OS and applications that is present in the market.
The problem is that users and, more importantly, OEMs should be able to remove the included versions without negative consequences. Given that windows update requires IE, I'd say Opera and Firefox don't have a level playing field. There is also the issue of releasing full specifications and giving the built-in apps preferred access to the OS.
It's not anyone's fault that random users don't care about which browser they use.
That's the typical case: users will use what's most convenient. Microsoft can dictate that IE is most convenient. So there's your problem.
Let any company make deals with OEMs to be the default browser, or in the absence of any deal, let the OEMs choose without pressure from MS what's best for their business.
If however the courts can show that you knew the risks and consequences... you are much more likely to be held accountable.
How so? Criminal negligence? Do you have any precedents to support your opinion that you could be prosecuted under these circumstances? Can an ISP be prosecuted for giving unrestricted access to a customer they haven't done a background check on? Can the manufacturers be prosecuted for selling wireless devices that have an unsecured mode?
You are really misrepresenting the liability of providing an internet connection whose expected use is entirely benign.
It's a passphrase, you can make it long and mnemonic:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold.
If people could be trusted, I wouldn't need this passphrase.
You can choose something less obvious or combine unrelated phrases:
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you. V.G.
Cleveland rocks! 640K ought to be enough for anybody.
If you show your guests something like that, they should be able to retype it from memory.
You have to show your work anyway. My graphing calculator was for verification. With ten pages of equations, you can easily make a mistake somewhere. If you made it early, you won't even get partial credit. My HP48 served me well.
You suggest a microwave frequency?! Maybe electrical engineering is not for you.