Last week a suicide bomber killed several children in Iraq because they were getting chocolates from an american truck. Don't you think terrorists would LOVE to slaughter some "infidel kids" if they had the chance? SPECIALLY if they see Disney as some "company of the devil"?
As much as I hate bush and his totalitarian government, or the lack of quality in Disney movies storilines, I don't want to think of the things that could happen in Disney World if some terrorist went there.
I have very fond memories of my trip to DW with my parents, and I wouldn't like those memories be replaced with another 9/11.
Besides, Disney's not invading any country, is it? In fact, a terrorist attack in Disney World would give Bush the PERFECT excuse to invade another "terrorist" country. And we don't want that, do we?
I know it was designed as a joke game, but this way you could draw the maps for the roads between villages just by riding on your bike!:D I find that pretty convenient.
Transformers was aired in 1984. Cartoons (anime or otherwise) with good storylines were rare, if not unique. After all, what was the competition? He-man? Voltron? Mazinger Z (pfft) ?
Transformers was written for young, gullible kids. Yes, it was also made to sell toys, but what difference does it make with othercartoonsof today?
Anyway, it was a show about good vs. evil. And the evil characters were REALLY evil. I loved the way Megatron planned the destruction of the autobots, he was evil, and i just loved that (well actually i hated him, but you get the point). We rarely see characters like him today. And remember, in 1984, kids weren't aware of conspiracies, and intensive drama was definitely taboo. We were children! We didn't have to worry about terrorism, drugs, or our best friend committing suicide. We just wanted to play, have fun, and watch some TV.
Call me naive, but it was a show perfectly adapted for our young, innocent mindsets. And we loved it.
*rolls eyes* Oh boy... *Takes a deep breath* OK here goes.
To clarify: I did NOT say "percentage of machines in the world which use linux AND are infected".
I said: "percentage of LINUX machines in the world which are infected". If in the world there's one Linux machine and 200 Windows machines, and that only Linux machine is infected with spyware, the infected percentage for Linux would be 100%.
Now please re-read my post and compare the figures.
A friend's machine is full of spyware. Common users have no knowledge of ad-aware, so what's the point of having your windows "updated" automatically, when you haven't cleaned up the spyware in the first place?
OH, and with the new SP2, you _HAVE_ to connect to the internet to activate your product, so that makes windows CD's either crippled (you can't connect w/o activating, and you can't activate w/o connecting first) or insecure by default. And I bet most of the people haven't gone to the stores to replace their WinXP SP1 CD with SP2.
The *current* build of XP might be more secure, but in general, the whole policies stuff is making that security COMPLETELY USELESS.
A good measure of windows security I'd suggest:
* Percentage of Linux machines in the world infected with spyware? 0. * Percentage of Windows machines in the world infected with spyware? 80, maybe more.
despite the grave implications in freedom of speech, and how aberrant the "law" has become, here's a hint regarding copyright infringement:
Don't promote unlawful activities in public. - Where the people are watching you. - Specially when some of those are the police officers. - And very, very important: If you're still crazy and do the above, NEVER, EVER EVER do it while wearing a T-Shirt with your name and phone number.
Your sarcastic comment made it look like file sharing is totally evil. I'd view it as what triggered a revolution against evil record company monopolies.
Remember, the founding fathers were OUTLAWS before July 4!
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it could be that bosses have unrealistic expectations about their employees in the information age *cough* Electronic Arts *cough*
I accept all the trashed computers with spyware. I'm sure I can find some use for them O:)
Last week a suicide bomber killed several children in Iraq because they were getting chocolates from an american truck. Don't you think terrorists would LOVE to slaughter some "infidel kids" if they had the chance? SPECIALLY if they see Disney as some "company of the devil"?
As much as I hate bush and his totalitarian government, or the lack of quality in Disney movies storilines, I don't want to think of the things that could happen in Disney World if some terrorist went there.
I have very fond memories of my trip to DW with my parents, and I wouldn't like those memories be replaced with another 9/11.
Besides, Disney's not invading any country, is it? In fact, a terrorist attack in Disney World would give Bush the PERFECT excuse to invade another "terrorist" country. And we don't want that, do we?
can you say OpenOffice?
If you teach me to spell "slow", yeah, I can.
firefox/firefly I'm getting really confused...
:)
Hey, it's not like a CIA Agent is googling for your records, hacking your website or sending cylons after you . So please take it with at least some serenity , will ya?
Finally, a GOOD use for the DMCA... putting people behind bars that support the DMCA.
Don't you mean "putting the people that BEGIN TO DOUBT their support of the DMCA, behind bars"? Nice help, compadre!
On the other hand... in Farenheit 451, wasn't Montag's persecution what led him to his full conversion against the system?
He's rather realizing the error of his ways. Later he'll realize how evil DRM actually is.
current bandwidth usage could be reduced drastically by implementing all the features suggested in the MPEG4 spec.
It's interesting, how hardware innovation is going much faster than software.
Will Microsoft delete legit e-mails coming from Yahoo! ?
Blocking read access (by apps) to DRM'ed files unless the app's authorized?
Hey Microsoft! I have here JUST what you need!
*handles vinyl disc player*
Link
:D I find that pretty convenient.
I know it was designed as a joke game, but this way you could draw the maps for the roads between villages just by riding on your bike!
You mean, of course, another live-action He-Man movie.
:(
AHHHHHHHH my eyes! My eyes! *crackle* They're melting!!!! *crackle*
Yes, I saw that movie, someone give me back my childhood bwaa!!!
But the cartoon sucked. Always sucked.
OK, let's review...
Transformers was aired in 1984. Cartoons (anime or otherwise) with good storylines were rare, if not unique. After all, what was the competition?
He-man? Voltron? Mazinger Z (pfft) ?
Transformers was written for young, gullible kids. Yes, it was also made to sell toys, but what difference does it make with other cartoons of today?
Anyway, it was a show about good vs. evil. And the evil characters were REALLY evil. I loved the way Megatron planned the destruction of the autobots, he was evil, and i just loved that (well actually i hated him, but you get the point). We rarely see characters like him today. And remember, in 1984, kids weren't aware of conspiracies, and intensive drama was definitely taboo. We were children! We didn't have to worry about terrorism, drugs, or our best friend committing suicide. We just wanted to play, have fun, and watch some TV.
Call me naive, but it was a show perfectly adapted for our young, innocent mindsets. And we loved it.
I know a lot of one dimensional people. Would this take pictures of them too?
Sure! Here's one: ___________________
(Scary face, isn't it)
Anyway. I've always thought of a musical MIDI keyboard with glowing keys.
:)
Why? You give it the music, and it can teach you to play a specific piece of music. Just put your hands on the glowing keys, and ta-da!
See? I can use stupid logic too!
*rolls eyes* Oh boy... *Takes a deep breath*
OK here goes.
To clarify: I did NOT say "percentage of machines in the world which use linux AND are infected".
I said: "percentage of LINUX machines in the world which are infected". If in the world there's one Linux machine and 200 Windows machines, and that only Linux machine is infected with spyware, the infected percentage for Linux would be 100%.
Now please re-read my post and compare the figures.
Thank you.
A friend's machine is full of spyware. Common users have no knowledge of ad-aware, so what's the point of having your windows "updated" automatically, when you haven't cleaned up the spyware in the first place?
OH, and with the new SP2, you _HAVE_ to connect to the internet to activate your product, so that makes windows CD's either crippled (you can't connect w/o activating, and you can't activate w/o connecting first) or insecure by default. And I bet most of the people haven't gone to the stores to replace their WinXP SP1 CD with SP2.
The *current* build of XP might be more secure, but in general, the whole policies stuff is making that security COMPLETELY USELESS.
A good measure of windows security I'd suggest:
* Percentage of Linux machines in the world infected with spyware? 0.
* Percentage of Windows machines in the world infected with spyware? 80, maybe more.
So which OS is more secure, huh?
despite the grave implications in freedom of speech, and how aberrant the "law" has become, here's a hint regarding copyright infringement:
Don't promote unlawful activities in public.
- Where the people are watching you.
- Specially when some of those are the police officers.
- And very, very important: If you're still crazy and do the above, NEVER, EVER EVER do it while wearing a T-Shirt with your name and phone number.
Your sarcastic comment made it look like file sharing is totally evil. I'd view it as what triggered a revolution against evil record company monopolies.
Remember, the founding fathers were OUTLAWS before July 4!
Because it's too ambiguous?
bit = because it's too ambiguous? Hmmm....
The link said NYTimes. Instinctively we began looking for "non-reg" links in the discussion.
Who put Bill Gates in charge of the NASA?
And who is payin for it? As usual, we are.
Um.... can you mention one thing that nobody pays for, yet everyone gets?
I'm sorry, maybe it's your wording, maybe it's just me, but I didn't quite catch your logic in here.
Here's the suggested output that will be broadcasted into analog TV's:
"Nothing for you to see here.
Move along."
Fine, now the article will have to be renamed to "The Floating Website".