Specifically, a fire in the Central Library caused by some guy with a scar on his face - followed by the State Alchemists telling you to scribe all the books you read because you happen to have photographic memory. Now THAT's a librarian's worst nightmare;-)
Yahoo! Answers is a community-driven knowledge market website launched by Yahoo! on December 13, 2005 that allows users to ask questions of other users and answer other users' questions. The site gives members the chance to earn points as a way to encourage participation and is based on Naver's Knowledge iN.
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Criticism
The site has been criticized as being more about social networking than providing accurate information.[5]
References
5. ^ Leibenluft, Jacob (2007-12-07). A Librarian's Worst Nightmare: Yahoo! Answers, where 120 million users can be wrong.
People == people. IMHO, Ron Paul's the only one who can save the US from becoming totalitarian - but then again, it's only my opinion.
Regarding that other poster who said that I was for running away from problems instead of solving them, no, I'm not. That's why I said "if". You can give the system a chance and see if you truly can solve those problems in the democratic way. As I'm against a civil revolution, I don't know of any solution short of leaving that country.
Unless... perhaps the jewish way could work. Have children. Have as many children as you can, and make sure you raise them with your ideals so they become the majority. Wait, that didn't work in ancient Egypt, they had to flee anyway:(
Sigh, I don't think the sheeple will be enough pissed-off for a change until it's too late.
I think a huge design flaw in Windows was denying access to the settings instead of just sandboxing (caging) the registry and emulating those settings so the program can't really distinguish between the current user settings and the global settings.
Had this been implemented, people could install any programs and they wouldn't affect other accounts - which meant that, if you got a virus, the virus would only be for your current user. It would be a lot easier for an admin to then scan the registry for viruses, and then delete the offending entries without the need to boot into safe mode.
Finally, I cannot give enough emphasis to the need to switch to Linux - really guys, with virtualization you don't even need a dual boot, and you can still run your favorite windows programs without any hassle - unless you're a gamer, but aren't the freedom and safety worth it?
The heat in the earth's core is powered by the sun. And so is the earth's movement. And the current hurricanes are caused by, guess what? Global warming, which is nothing that the accumulation of... solar power. And the lightning, is powered by the perpetual (yes, perpetual) motion of water vapor (powered by, guess what - the sun!) condensed into raindrops. See all the oil below the Earth's surface? Well, it's nothing but hydrocarbons, which in turn were organic materials created by the food chain which goes down to photosynthesis. Sun again.
In other words, all energy in the Earth is derivated from the sun's nuclear fusion energy. Do you really believe we'll just use it all up by putting some magnetic buoys in the sea?
You got a point in there. Altho there are very good First-person shooter and rpg engines, there aren't any third-person 3D game engines that would allow us to make games like Castlevania LOI,Silent Hill, Prince of Persia, etc. etc. etc.
A framework like that would completely disrupt the game industry.
The C64 has what many console lovers would dream of:
It is an open platform. You can write your own games, and give them away to your friends. Remember the listings in C64 magazines? You can't do that with consoles like the Playstation, which is HARDWIRED so only "authorized" games can be booted on it. Nice move, really:-/
Don't be misguided by the other reply - altho LOI levels lack the depth and mystery of 2D Castlevania incarnations, it was excellent for a first attempt at bringing the Castlevania feel into 3D.
And IMHO, it is a true Castlevania. Get it, it's worth it.
Nice point. People will still get sent to jail, but that won't stop piracy. Eventually, they'll have to admit that the only way to minimize (not stop) piracy is to step on the citizens' legal rights like privacy and free speech.
But even with that, they can't control the world and enforce the same laws without stepping on the other nations' rights.
Rather than being vigilant, they believe the hype around some product claiming to take away all the security risks.
A friend told me that his computer at work is filled with viruses because his coworkers always ask him to read chain mails and stuff. When a message pops up about a dangerous program, they tell him: "Hit OK, the computer's protected by an antivirus, so no problem".
As if the antivirus actually prevented the programs from doing harm once they begin executing.
The sad part, is that he can't enforce any kind of policies because the computer doesn't belong to him, but to the company he works for. And the company doesn't give a damn. They believe viruses are just "how it is".
They can't take advantage of the technology they invented, because they can't make enough money on it to cover their overhead, but they sure don't want anyone else to develop it. Non-compete contracts are one way to make sure that doesn't happen.
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Probably because they want a nice shiny TM next to the NSFW tag.
You dumb - any decent slashdotter would know that there are NO SUCH THINGS as girlfriends. Face it, IT'S A MYTH!
a real life librarians worst nightmare is a fire.
;-)
Specifically, a fire in the Central Library caused by some guy with a scar on his face - followed by the State Alchemists telling you to scribe all the books you read because you happen to have photographic memory. Now THAT's a librarian's worst nightmare
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True. That's why if I want a well-researched answer, I submit my question as an Ask Slashdot article.
Ah, so that's the reason why questions get answered 3 months later!
I use nano. It's enough for my basic needs, and doesn't depend on cryptic key sequences :)
No wonder this guy is sick and needs implants. He's lucky he's not dead yet.
:D
Yes, but after he dies, he can be turned into ethanol, too!
I hope you're not implying Dems == people
:(
People == people. IMHO, Ron Paul's the only one who can save the US from becoming totalitarian - but then again, it's only my opinion.
Regarding that other poster who said that I was for running away from problems instead of solving them, no, I'm not. That's why I said "if". You can give the system a chance and see if you truly can solve those problems in the democratic way. As I'm against a civil revolution, I don't know of any solution short of leaving that country.
Unless... perhaps the jewish way could work. Have children. Have as many children as you can, and make sure you raise them with your ideals so they become the majority. Wait, that didn't work in ancient Egypt, they had to flee anyway
Sigh, I don't think the sheeple will be enough pissed-off for a change until it's too late.
Wrong answer. Let me fix it for you.
There.
I think a huge design flaw in Windows was denying access to the settings instead of just sandboxing (caging) the registry and emulating those settings so the program can't really distinguish between the current user settings and the global settings.
Had this been implemented, people could install any programs and they wouldn't affect other accounts - which meant that, if you got a virus, the virus would only be for your current user. It would be a lot easier for an admin to then scan the registry for viruses, and then delete the offending entries without the need to boot into safe mode.
Finally, I cannot give enough emphasis to the need to switch to Linux - really guys, with virtualization you don't even need a dual boot, and you can still run your favorite windows programs without any hassle - unless you're a gamer, but aren't the freedom and safety worth it?
leave the US while you can. Serious.
:)
Well, let's see what happens in the next elections. If the people lose, you're welcome to establish here below the Bravo
in state hospitals. But not just with sponges. Also with forceps and other surgical instruments :-S
The heat in the earth's core is powered by the sun. And so is the earth's movement. And the current hurricanes are caused by, guess what? Global warming, which is nothing that the accumulation of... solar power. And the lightning, is powered by the perpetual (yes, perpetual) motion of water vapor (powered by, guess what - the sun!) condensed into raindrops. See all the oil below the Earth's surface? Well, it's nothing but hydrocarbons, which in turn were organic materials created by the food chain which goes down to photosynthesis. Sun again.
In other words, all energy in the Earth is derivated from the sun's nuclear fusion energy. Do you really believe we'll just use it all up by putting some magnetic buoys in the sea?
I don't think so.
You got a point in there. Altho there are very good First-person shooter and rpg engines, there aren't any third-person 3D game engines that would allow us to make games like Castlevania LOI,Silent Hill, Prince of Persia, etc. etc. etc.
A framework like that would completely disrupt the game industry.
I for one sort of welcome our semi-overlords.
:P
Too late. Resistance WAS futile!
The C64 has what many console lovers would dream of:
:-/
It is an open platform. You can write your own games, and give them away to your friends. Remember the listings in C64 magazines? You can't do that with consoles like the Playstation, which is HARDWIRED so only "authorized" games can be booted on it. Nice move, really
It was actually the 3rd attempt. There were 2 3D Castlevania games on the N64.
My bad. I meant to say the first successful attempt.
Don't be misguided by the other reply - altho LOI levels lack the depth and mystery of 2D Castlevania incarnations, it was excellent for a first attempt at bringing the Castlevania feel into 3D.
And IMHO, it is a true Castlevania. Get it, it's worth it.
Other suggestions:
* MOOXML (Microsoft Office Obnoxious XML - forgot where I found that one)
* BOOXML (Ballmer Oriented Office XML)
* POOXML (Prehistoric Objects Office XML)
* SUCKXML (Steve's Universally Condemned, Killed XML)
Cast your votes!
House of Sacred Remains, Dark Palace of Waterfalls, and Garden Forgotten by Time.
And in Symphony, you forgot "Dance of Pales" (Olrox's headquarters)
like they can really do anything against piracy?
Nice point. People will still get sent to jail, but that won't stop piracy. Eventually, they'll have to admit that the only way to minimize (not stop) piracy is to step on the citizens' legal rights like privacy and free speech.
But even with that, they can't control the world and enforce the same laws without stepping on the other nations' rights.
And not even that will stop piracy.
Glickman called piracy the MPAA's #1 issue
No, the MPAA's #1 issue is their high prices and crappy movies.
Rather than being vigilant, they believe the hype around some product claiming to take away all the security risks.
:-/
A friend told me that his computer at work is filled with viruses because his coworkers always ask him to read chain mails and stuff. When a message pops up about a dangerous program, they tell him: "Hit OK, the computer's protected by an antivirus, so no problem".
As if the antivirus actually prevented the programs from doing harm once they begin executing.
The sad part, is that he can't enforce any kind of policies because the computer doesn't belong to him, but to the company he works for. And the company doesn't give a damn. They believe viruses are just "how it is".
Thank you, Microsoft. Really.
And software patents are another.
Exactly. As if removing the spyware also went back in time and actually prevented the spyware from HAVING SPIED on you already!