Personally, I think watching sports on TV is a waste of time because for every 5 minutes of the game, there are 10 to 15 minutes of ads. No big deal though if you just want to have it on in the background and a lot less annoying if you actually go to a game.
I don't know where you're getting your Windows CD's but I've never seen one that came with a preinstalled copy of Office. However, practically every copy of Linux comes with OpenOffice.org.
If Windows came with a full version of Office, people would, rightfully, be screaming bloody murder about monopoly abuse. However, I have seen certain manufacturers include a trial version of Office 2007 as part of the crapware in their default image.
Yeah, its always a good idea to lump everyone together and make the sane, logical people pay for the idiocy of all the crazies. Must be nice to be superior.
I was aiming more at the Subaru owners than hybrid owners and even then it was only in jest. I have no problem with hybrid cars looking different than the regular models. I just think that the way the auto industry has decided to design hybrids could have been so much more futuristic and awesome, not just a boring look at the soccer-mom station wagon of the future.
The Prius, in my opinion, is one of the ugliest cars in all of creation. Why is it that any sort of hybrid or electric car has to be hideous? Do they have to make it into some sort of hatchback to entice the hipsters? (I fear the day Suburu makes an electric car, the level of smug will be unprecedented) This, however, doesn't ring true for most of Tesla's cars.
Hopefully this alliance between Tesla and Toyota will give us sexy electric cars that don't cost a fortune.
No, not at all. I'm saying "be aware of the consequences of your actions before you do them." And if it's not that important you do them, why bother in the first place?
Ah yes, the old "he was asking for it", blame the victim mentality. Of course people should be aware of the consequences of their actions. However, that does not mean that those consequences are justified. Me calling you an asshole or your wife a slut in a public place does not exonerate you if you decide to break my nose or shoot me. The point is that you have no right to not be offended. Any action you take in response to an offensive statement, image, etc is entirely on you. Blaming the victim of your rage for "inciting" you is just a cop out and shows that there is no place for you in a modern, peaceful society since you could potentially fly off the handle over the smallest annoyance and you are completely incapable of taking responsibility for your actions.
Everyone knows the only truly unselfish way to have children is to adopt them from a third world country and then mention that little tidbit in every conversation you have so that you can feel smug and superior to all the little people who reproduce the old fashioned way. I mean, it is all the rage with celebrities, so it must be the right thing to do! The only other option is to not have any kids and you can still feel superior to the breeders by pointing out how selfish they are and that you don't have kids because the world already has too many orphans.
Next up, how eating enough food to stay alive while millions starve around the world makes you a selfish prick.
Honestly, this is nothing new at all. When I was in jr. high in California in the mid 90's, I was caught chewing gum during recess. They only gave me a single lunch detention, but everyone knew that gum wasn't allowed because of assholes who stick it under every desk and on every surface imaginable. Where was my news story?
Steam has a tendency to lock accounts that log in from multiple IP addresses. 'Cause, you know, that's a crime.
I have never heard anything about this. Can you provide a link or citation other than annecdotes? I have never had an issue with Steam. In fact, I was house sitting for my parents a few weeks ago and when I got bored I installed Steam and purchased Deus Ex for around $10. Since then I've had Steam install the game on all my other computers at home. The only thing missing is a way to synchronize saved games through your Steam account.
True, but if you knew me you would know it is a play on my actual name and the fact that I can sometimes be a bit of a dick. Guacamole tells me absolutely nothing about the software. Not everything needs a catchy name, but it just doesn't seem like they even tried to come up with anything decent.
Why do so many open source projects have the dumbest names? Whats next? Ketchup? Towel? Come on guys, put the bowl down for five minutes and come up with a name that isn't related to the munchies in front of you or the stains on your shirt.
But parents can't be aware of what their children are doing 100% of the time. It's a LOT easier to control distribution at the point of sale, rather than at the point of consumption. If a parent tells their kid they are not allowed to purchase or play a certain game, can that parent ensure that their 15-year-old kid won't still buy that game when said parent tells their kid "yes, you may go to the mall with your friends"? 1,000 parents, enforcing a self-ban on violent games for their 1,500 kids isn't nearly as effective as 100 retailers being banned from selling them to those kids. If the parents want their kids to have access to those games, then they can still buy GTA 9 for Johnny's birthday.
That is why there are parental controls on every single current generation video game console. There are also a number of software solutions for the computer. Why do we need a law that affects everyone just to pick up the slack for the few who are just too lazy to care?
Every day I see people who feel the need to look directly at the person in the passenger's seat in order to carry on a conversation with them while driving. People are going to zone out or focus on something else while driving because they just don't care. What we need is some sort of HUD on the windshield or rear-view that displays a directional arrow or something similar every 3 seconds. If the arrow is pointing left, the driver should have to press a corresponding button on the left-hand side of the steering wheel, and a button on the right-hand side when the arrow is pointing to the right. Give insurance companies access to this information under legislation which states that while rates for inattentive drivers may increase, rates for attentive drivers must decrease.
I know my idea isn't perfect but I think it points us in the direction of devising a way to measure and encourage driver attentiveness in a quick and fairly unobtrusive way. So many accidents could have easily been avoided if at least one more person involved had been paying attention.
But this script only blocks these categories on the computer where the script is installed. Doesn't really help you if you have the Facebook app on your iPhone or Blackberry, or if you log on from a different machine. The only way to filter that crap out from your account is by clicking the X at the top right corner of the post and hiding all posts from the specific application or person. One could argue that most of the content on Facebook is crap, but some people actually like using it and comments like "I don't have/need Facebook" don't really bring anything to the discussion. Doesn't mean people will stop mentioning it though...
Salt is not good for you. Anything not good for you is bad, hence, illegal. Alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, red meat...bad language, child play, gasoline, uneducational toys, and anything spicy.
It's a gun. It's used to kill things, and only to kill things.
I'm getting really tired of this statement and sentiment in general. Not everyone who owns a gun is a redneck Texan who runs around shooting twin pistols wildly into the air or at any living creature that crosses their path. I own two guns and I have never shot at any living being and I never intend to. As far as home defense purposes, my guns are useless to me because I keep them unloaded with safeties/trigger locks on and I don't even have any kids in my house. I won't ever load my guns in my own home because I am just too paranoid that I might accidentally drop it or snag the trigger or anything to cause an accidental discharge. Since I don't keep my guns for home defense there is no reason to load them in the house anyway. I do have an actively monitored alarm system which I feel is a much more effective deterrent against robbery/home invasion but my point is that I own guns because I like shooting targets at the range as well as trap and skeet, not to kill things.
That said, this man is the worst kind of careless idiot. Incidents like this further enforce my belief that there needs to be a federal law requiring people to be certified in basic firearm safety before being allowed to purchase any type of firearm. Perhaps there could be independent certifications for semi-auto pistols, revolvers, pump shotguns, breach-load shotguns, semi-auto rifles, bolt-action rifles, etc.
On a somewhat related note, just yesterday I noticed that the rooms in which my grad school classes are taught have a power strip tucked away at the front of each row (basically a long table with attached chairs on a swivel base), with the exception of the first three. At first I thought this was simply because of budgeting or laziness, but the more I think about it the more I wonder if it is to discourage people with laptops from sitting in the first three rows. Of course with iPhones and netbooks getting more than three hours of battery life it probably isn't as effective at dissuading Facebook and YouTube addicts from sitting up front, but I'm still intrigued as to whether or not this is the actual reason.
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"See those guys over there? They don't speak the same language as us which means they speak an evil language! Wipe them out!"
What if you own the phone but your employer pays for the service tied to the SIM card?
Personally, I think watching sports on TV is a waste of time because for every 5 minutes of the game, there are 10 to 15 minutes of ads. No big deal though if you just want to have it on in the background and a lot less annoying if you actually go to a game.
If Windows came with a full version of Office, people would, rightfully, be screaming bloody murder about monopoly abuse. However, I have seen certain manufacturers include a trial version of Office 2007 as part of the crapware in their default image.
Yeah, its always a good idea to lump everyone together and make the sane, logical people pay for the idiocy of all the crazies. Must be nice to be superior.
Really? Cause I just searched for it, found it, and downloaded it on my new Nexus One.
Yes, the US government needs to "top kill" BP.
I was aiming more at the Subaru owners than hybrid owners and even then it was only in jest. I have no problem with hybrid cars looking different than the regular models. I just think that the way the auto industry has decided to design hybrids could have been so much more futuristic and awesome, not just a boring look at the soccer-mom station wagon of the future.
The Prius, in my opinion, is one of the ugliest cars in all of creation. Why is it that any sort of hybrid or electric car has to be hideous? Do they have to make it into some sort of hatchback to entice the hipsters? (I fear the day Suburu makes an electric car, the level of smug will be unprecedented) This, however, doesn't ring true for most of Tesla's cars. Hopefully this alliance between Tesla and Toyota will give us sexy electric cars that don't cost a fortune.
Ah yes, the old "he was asking for it", blame the victim mentality. Of course people should be aware of the consequences of their actions. However, that does not mean that those consequences are justified. Me calling you an asshole or your wife a slut in a public place does not exonerate you if you decide to break my nose or shoot me. The point is that you have no right to not be offended. Any action you take in response to an offensive statement, image, etc is entirely on you. Blaming the victim of your rage for "inciting" you is just a cop out and shows that there is no place for you in a modern, peaceful society since you could potentially fly off the handle over the smallest annoyance and you are completely incapable of taking responsibility for your actions.
Everyone knows the only truly unselfish way to have children is to adopt them from a third world country and then mention that little tidbit in every conversation you have so that you can feel smug and superior to all the little people who reproduce the old fashioned way. I mean, it is all the rage with celebrities, so it must be the right thing to do! The only other option is to not have any kids and you can still feel superior to the breeders by pointing out how selfish they are and that you don't have kids because the world already has too many orphans.
Next up, how eating enough food to stay alive while millions starve around the world makes you a selfish prick.
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Honestly, this is nothing new at all. When I was in jr. high in California in the mid 90's, I was caught chewing gum during recess. They only gave me a single lunch detention, but everyone knew that gum wasn't allowed because of assholes who stick it under every desk and on every surface imaginable. Where was my news story?
I have never heard anything about this. Can you provide a link or citation other than annecdotes? I have never had an issue with Steam. In fact, I was house sitting for my parents a few weeks ago and when I got bored I installed Steam and purchased Deus Ex for around $10. Since then I've had Steam install the game on all my other computers at home. The only thing missing is a way to synchronize saved games through your Steam account.
True, but if you knew me you would know it is a play on my actual name and the fact that I can sometimes be a bit of a dick. Guacamole tells me absolutely nothing about the software. Not everything needs a catchy name, but it just doesn't seem like they even tried to come up with anything decent.
Why do so many open source projects have the dumbest names? Whats next? Ketchup? Towel? Come on guys, put the bowl down for five minutes and come up with a name that isn't related to the munchies in front of you or the stains on your shirt.
I guess you never grew up believing in Santa Claus.
That is why there are parental controls on every single current generation video game console. There are also a number of software solutions for the computer. Why do we need a law that affects everyone just to pick up the slack for the few who are just too lazy to care?
Every day I see people who feel the need to look directly at the person in the passenger's seat in order to carry on a conversation with them while driving. People are going to zone out or focus on something else while driving because they just don't care. What we need is some sort of HUD on the windshield or rear-view that displays a directional arrow or something similar every 3 seconds. If the arrow is pointing left, the driver should have to press a corresponding button on the left-hand side of the steering wheel, and a button on the right-hand side when the arrow is pointing to the right. Give insurance companies access to this information under legislation which states that while rates for inattentive drivers may increase, rates for attentive drivers must decrease.
I know my idea isn't perfect but I think it points us in the direction of devising a way to measure and encourage driver attentiveness in a quick and fairly unobtrusive way. So many accidents could have easily been avoided if at least one more person involved had been paying attention.
But this script only blocks these categories on the computer where the script is installed. Doesn't really help you if you have the Facebook app on your iPhone or Blackberry, or if you log on from a different machine. The only way to filter that crap out from your account is by clicking the X at the top right corner of the post and hiding all posts from the specific application or person. One could argue that most of the content on Facebook is crap, but some people actually like using it and comments like "I don't have/need Facebook" don't really bring anything to the discussion. Doesn't mean people will stop mentioning it though...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Avast required free registration for Avast Home for quite a while?
Salt is not good for you. Anything not good for you is bad, hence, illegal. Alcohol, caffeine, contact sports, red meat...bad language, child play, gasoline, uneducational toys, and anything spicy.
I'm getting really tired of this statement and sentiment in general. Not everyone who owns a gun is a redneck Texan who runs around shooting twin pistols wildly into the air or at any living creature that crosses their path. I own two guns and I have never shot at any living being and I never intend to. As far as home defense purposes, my guns are useless to me because I keep them unloaded with safeties/trigger locks on and I don't even have any kids in my house. I won't ever load my guns in my own home because I am just too paranoid that I might accidentally drop it or snag the trigger or anything to cause an accidental discharge. Since I don't keep my guns for home defense there is no reason to load them in the house anyway. I do have an actively monitored alarm system which I feel is a much more effective deterrent against robbery/home invasion but my point is that I own guns because I like shooting targets at the range as well as trap and skeet, not to kill things.
That said, this man is the worst kind of careless idiot. Incidents like this further enforce my belief that there needs to be a federal law requiring people to be certified in basic firearm safety before being allowed to purchase any type of firearm. Perhaps there could be independent certifications for semi-auto pistols, revolvers, pump shotguns, breach-load shotguns, semi-auto rifles, bolt-action rifles, etc.
On a somewhat related note, just yesterday I noticed that the rooms in which my grad school classes are taught have a power strip tucked away at the front of each row (basically a long table with attached chairs on a swivel base), with the exception of the first three. At first I thought this was simply because of budgeting or laziness, but the more I think about it the more I wonder if it is to discourage people with laptops from sitting in the first three rows. Of course with iPhones and netbooks getting more than three hours of battery life it probably isn't as effective at dissuading Facebook and YouTube addicts from sitting up front, but I'm still intrigued as to whether or not this is the actual reason.
Then only criminals will have laser vision! Think of the children! The tasty tasty children...
Wow, not one person, mods included, appears to have caught the Futurama references... for shame