I usually drop my bat and run like hell, if you want to carry your bat along for the ride, I don't think it's an illegal play but I assume the next batter might be a little peeved.
Thirty six percent of eligible American voters do not vote*. Maybe if the election laws were changed so everyone could find a candidate they'd vote for, we'd have a true demoracy. Until then, we'll have the current WASP dynasty.
I won't buy a Hybrid car, it's too expensive. I won't buy solar panels for my roof, they're too expensive.
The fact of the matter is that if we want our planet to be here for our children, we need to re-evaluate our priorities, do things that GASP might inconvenience us. It's not a game anymore, it's we're not talking about 3 toed butterflies or baby seals, global warming is happening as we speak, and we can stop it.
One thing I hate is marketing directed at children... technically speaking, a child cannot legally enter into a contract. But they can beg their parents for a product.
If children truly can't make informed decisions, an assertion I agree with, then it logically follows that advertising to such persons should be 100% illegal.
If I was a malicious virus writer, I'd probably start looking for exploits in the Vista beta the second I heard people spouting off it won't need anti-virus. I think we all know how the hacker mentality is.
Sony: Our CDs have uncrackable DRM!
Random Hacker: I cracked it. With a sharpie. And made a post on usenet telling others how to do so.
Sony: *scream*
I'm not saying that virii writers weren't going to attack Vista, but I think now I can say with about 80% certainty there will be a 0day vista exploit being exploited on release day.
Can anyone tell me why anyone uses Linux instead of OSX?
I personally understand that not everyone can afford a Mac, but those who can, and hate wiindows, often go the linux route. Why? OSX is based on BSD, so it has a terminal, can runn free software etc. It also has a great GUI and supports apps I need for school, such as MS Office. (While writer is great the rest of Open office is a bit lacking)
I think if Jobs quit jacking up the prices of macs to make their owners feel superior and started actually competing, OSX would be the consumer desktop, and unix/linux variants would own the server world.
Yes, because it is utterly impossible to enjoy both Pepsi and Coke, like choclate AND vanilla ice cream or like both Slashdot AND Digg.
I'm tired of this rivalry, really. I'll probably get modded down for saying this, but both Slashdot and Digg are quality sites, and if we quit thinking of digg as slashdot with voting, we'd be able to enjoy it better.
Depending on your corporate culture (though personally I'd never work somewhere more concerned with appearances than worker productivity), I'd reccomend some music either on headphones if in a cubicle situation or softly playing in your office.
Take a short break every 45 minutes. Once a day, have this "break" be your suck up period for your boss. Give him (or her) a general status report, inquire about any anything you need to ask, then ask him (or her) a few personal questions. You have no idea how asking how your bosses weekend went will help your career.
Basically, when you take a break actually walk around, don't just read/.
After moving to openoffice, I've found that in writer at least, you can get by fine with rich text format or just plain old.txt, and anything that's too complex to save in anything but Open Document format can be exported as a PDF.
Or maybe the guy just stupid and/or high. I live in a relatively affluent area and most of the cop cars have VERY old computers... we're taking DOS era. Not exactly a great risk to reward ratio.
I remember reading somewhere that classic games downloaded to the Wii could be stored on SD cards (I'm fuzzy on whether any other types of starage, IE usb hard drives).
This alone has me conviced to get a Wii. Quite frankly, I'm tired of paying over and over to play the same classic games I had on the NES. I have a feeling piracy will be rampant with these downloaded Wii ports, and quite frankly I'm glad. Maybe that will convince Nintendo to start working on NEW content, ala "New Super Mario Bros" for the DS.
I picked mine up yesterday... no interesting journey stories to tell though, I pre-ordered mine the day the USA release date was announced.
One thing I like is the new brightness settings. There are four, the lowest being equivalent to the old DS's screen. On just the second highest setting colors are very vibrant. It's hard to describe, but the games just look better.
The higher settings mean I can play on the bus fine. I used to have trouble with the old DS getting too much glare, not anymore!
The only flaw is the fact GBA games stick out of the GBA slot about an inch. If like me you're one of those people who hated playing classic Game Boy games on your Game Boy Advance, this will really irk you. I suggest picking up a used SP, that's that I use to play my old GBA games and they're getting pretty cheap.
"Google Notebook is an interactive scratch pad for every website a user visits, offering a single online location to collect web findings without having to leave the browser window. For example, if a user were planning a vacation, she could clip the most relevant materials on the pages she visits and add personal notes to help organize all of her research."
This is something I'd really like. A way to pack up papers online without messing around with gdrive software.
Personally, I think the best way for a company to deal with user stupidity is twofold.
First, give a class that teaches basics such as password security, how to use a virus/spyware scanner, polite email etiquitte. Have it catered, pay for their time.
Then at the end, pass out printed material that matches what was covered, and announce anyone who causes a loss of productivity due to not following the guidlines of the acceptable use policy will be warned once, then fired.
I have a pet theory. I call it the "Shit Smeared Stall Effect". No one would smear their home bathroom with feces. They have to [i]live[/i] there after all.
But a public restroom will probably be used only once per day. If you defile it, it won't effect you since the cleaning crew comes in that night and pretties it up.
These people don't care about their work computers. What's the worst that can happen? IT takes their comp off to be re-imaged, and they sit and twiddle their thumbs for a while? That's hardly a deterrent.
I second this statement. I bought a copy of Time Crisis 2 for the PS2 a while back. I thought it was awesome in theory. INFINITE CONTINUES? HELL YEAH.
But after about 25 minutes, your hand gets tired as hell. If anyone's held both the Guncon 2 and the Wii remote I'd love to hear a comparison.
Not only will add ons probably be numerous, they'd probably be very cheap to produce since you need no electronics: Just plastic and/or metal. Easy to mass produce.
For example, a racing game might come with an steering wheel cover. Some menu option adjusts the sensitivity of the game to the fact your hands are farther from the remote.
I like how you slip "Coca Cola Blak" in there with other, innocent beverages. It's like linking to a series of leaked photos on your webhost, and the one halfway through is goatse.
First off, my music folder is very organized. Each major genre has a folder. In each of these folders are any sub genres. Inside the sub genre folder are all the artists, then each album is a folder in the artist folder.
So "Down In It" by Nine Inch Nails would be located at:
C:\greg\My Documents\My Music\Rock\Industrial\Nine Inch Nails\Pretty Hate Machine\Down In It.mp3
Also, I make use of smart playlists in iTunes. Each of my Genres gets a playlist. I have playlists that only consist of songs I haven't listened to in in a while, a playlist for my favorite songs (based on song rating of 4/5 or better).
I have a "new music" playlist that adds any song without a rating to it.
Between these two systems, whether I have iTunes open or I'm using explorer, I can easily find whatever music I'm looking for.
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I usually drop my bat and run like hell, if you want to carry your bat along for the ride, I don't think it's an illegal play but I assume the next batter might be a little peeved.
Thirty six percent of eligible American voters do not vote*. Maybe if the election laws were changed so everyone could find a candidate they'd vote for, we'd have a true demoracy. Until then, we'll have the current WASP dynasty.
*(Check census.gov if you don't believe me)
I'm curious as to whether selling such an exploit would be allowed on Ebay. A++++++++ WOULD BUY AGAIN, OWNED OVER 50,000 noobs!
And let's keep in mind a European Libertarian would be highly confused at the ranting of an American libertarian.
I won't buy a Hybrid car, it's too expensive. I won't buy solar panels for my roof, they're too expensive.
The fact of the matter is that if we want our planet to be here for our children, we need to re-evaluate our priorities, do things that GASP might inconvenience us. It's not a game anymore, it's we're not talking about 3 toed butterflies or baby seals, global warming is happening as we speak, and we can stop it.
One thing I hate is marketing directed at children... technically speaking, a child cannot legally enter into a contract. But they can beg their parents for a product. If children truly can't make informed decisions, an assertion I agree with, then it logically follows that advertising to such persons should be 100% illegal.
Maybe we shouldn't rattle their cages...
If I was a malicious virus writer, I'd probably start looking for exploits in the Vista beta the second I heard people spouting off it won't need anti-virus. I think we all know how the hacker mentality is.
Sony: Our CDs have uncrackable DRM!
Random Hacker: I cracked it. With a sharpie. And made a post on usenet telling others how to do so.
Sony: *scream*
I'm not saying that virii writers weren't going to attack Vista, but I think now I can say with about 80% certainty there will be a 0day vista exploit being exploited on release day.
Can anyone tell me why anyone uses Linux instead of OSX? I personally understand that not everyone can afford a Mac, but those who can, and hate wiindows, often go the linux route. Why? OSX is based on BSD, so it has a terminal, can runn free software etc. It also has a great GUI and supports apps I need for school, such as MS Office. (While writer is great the rest of Open office is a bit lacking) I think if Jobs quit jacking up the prices of macs to make their owners feel superior and started actually competing, OSX would be the consumer desktop, and unix/linux variants would own the server world.
How else could you smuggle the map into the prison?! (Protip: They check your butt.)
Yes, because it is utterly impossible to enjoy both Pepsi and Coke, like choclate AND vanilla ice cream or like both Slashdot AND Digg. I'm tired of this rivalry, really. I'll probably get modded down for saying this, but both Slashdot and Digg are quality sites, and if we quit thinking of digg as slashdot with voting, we'd be able to enjoy it better.
That sounds so much better than acronyms for linux programs. GNU Image Manipulation Program for example. Now those people know how to make an acronym!
Thanks for the story!
Depending on your corporate culture (though personally I'd never work somewhere more concerned with appearances than worker productivity), I'd reccomend some music either on headphones if in a cubicle situation or softly playing in your office. Take a short break every 45 minutes. Once a day, have this "break" be your suck up period for your boss. Give him (or her) a general status report, inquire about any anything you need to ask, then ask him (or her) a few personal questions. You have no idea how asking how your bosses weekend went will help your career. Basically, when you take a break actually walk around, don't just read /.
After moving to openoffice, I've found that in writer at least, you can get by fine with rich text format or just plain old .txt, and anything that's too complex to save in anything but Open Document format can be exported as a PDF.
Or maybe the guy just stupid and/or high. I live in a relatively affluent area and most of the cop cars have VERY old computers... we're taking DOS era. Not exactly a great risk to reward ratio.
I remember reading somewhere that classic games downloaded to the Wii could be stored on SD cards (I'm fuzzy on whether any other types of starage, IE usb hard drives). This alone has me conviced to get a Wii. Quite frankly, I'm tired of paying over and over to play the same classic games I had on the NES. I have a feeling piracy will be rampant with these downloaded Wii ports, and quite frankly I'm glad. Maybe that will convince Nintendo to start working on NEW content, ala "New Super Mario Bros" for the DS.
I picked mine up yesterday... no interesting journey stories to tell though, I pre-ordered mine the day the USA release date was announced.
One thing I like is the new brightness settings. There are four, the lowest being equivalent to the old DS's screen. On just the second highest setting colors are very vibrant. It's hard to describe, but the games just look better.
The higher settings mean I can play on the bus fine. I used to have trouble with the old DS getting too much glare, not anymore!
The only flaw is the fact GBA games stick out of the GBA slot about an inch. If like me you're one of those people who hated playing classic Game Boy games on your Game Boy Advance, this will really irk you. I suggest picking up a used SP, that's that I use to play my old GBA games and they're getting pretty cheap.
I will counter with three word: Firefox opening PDF
"Google Notebook is an interactive scratch pad for every website a user visits, offering a single online location to collect web findings without having to leave the browser window. For example, if a user were planning a vacation, she could clip the most relevant materials on the pages she visits and add personal notes to help organize all of her research."
This is something I'd really like. A way to pack up papers online without messing around with gdrive software.
Personally, I think the best way for a company to deal with user stupidity is twofold. First, give a class that teaches basics such as password security, how to use a virus/spyware scanner, polite email etiquitte. Have it catered, pay for their time. Then at the end, pass out printed material that matches what was covered, and announce anyone who causes a loss of productivity due to not following the guidlines of the acceptable use policy will be warned once, then fired. I have a pet theory. I call it the "Shit Smeared Stall Effect". No one would smear their home bathroom with feces. They have to [i]live[/i] there after all. But a public restroom will probably be used only once per day. If you defile it, it won't effect you since the cleaning crew comes in that night and pretties it up. These people don't care about their work computers. What's the worst that can happen? IT takes their comp off to be re-imaged, and they sit and twiddle their thumbs for a while? That's hardly a deterrent.
I second this statement. I bought a copy of Time Crisis 2 for the PS2 a while back. I thought it was awesome in theory. INFINITE CONTINUES? HELL YEAH. But after about 25 minutes, your hand gets tired as hell. If anyone's held both the Guncon 2 and the Wii remote I'd love to hear a comparison.
Not only will add ons probably be numerous, they'd probably be very cheap to produce since you need no electronics: Just plastic and/or metal. Easy to mass produce. For example, a racing game might come with an steering wheel cover. Some menu option adjusts the sensitivity of the game to the fact your hands are farther from the remote.
Until we get an ask slashdot from you inquiring how to remove the wii remote embedded in your wall.
I like how you slip "Coca Cola Blak" in there with other, innocent beverages. It's like linking to a series of leaked photos on your webhost, and the one halfway through is goatse.
I use two methods.
First off, my music folder is very organized. Each major genre has a folder. In each of these folders are any sub genres. Inside the sub genre folder are all the artists, then each album is a folder in the artist folder.
So "Down In It" by Nine Inch Nails would be located at:
C:\greg\My Documents\My Music\Rock\Industrial\Nine Inch Nails\Pretty Hate Machine\Down In It.mp3
Also, I make use of smart playlists in iTunes. Each of my Genres gets a playlist. I have playlists that only consist of songs I haven't listened to in in a while, a playlist for my favorite songs (based on song rating of 4/5 or better).
I have a "new music" playlist that adds any song without a rating to it.
Between these two systems, whether I have iTunes open or I'm using explorer, I can easily find whatever music I'm looking for.