Are you sure about that? I was in the same boat you were when going through college, however I think you are only referring to "revolving debt" ie credit cards and unsecured debt. Student loans do not count against you unless you do not pay them when they come due as far as I know because I had a decent score and tons of student loans(certainly more than my income, and at present with a decent job my student loans are about 50% of my income). One thing they do measure is how much credit you used versus what you have available(again on credit cards).
here? You would think that to some people, knowing someone used a Microsoft product was akin being spit on. Why? I'm a mac user but that doesn't mean I really give a damn if someone else uses Windows, Linux or anything else. Hell, I use Linux at work. It's no skin off my back, my OS doesn't stop working because someone is using Windows.
I consider my operating system to be a tool, not a way of life, not something that defines me. Maybe that is why I never understood OS evangelism. Can someone please explain to me that when someone says "Linux will not be the most popular desktop operating system in existence" Linux users feel the need to sling such insults as "numbnuts"(which by the way is not very mature and not likely to win you very many converts) towards them?
You can find them on ebay for usually less than $200, they hook up to a tv, and aren't really prone to viruses. You can get Firefox and you should be good. However, I don't know if they support USB modems.
but he didn't like his old company. They reaped TONS of money off of his invention, and basically give him jack shit(merit based pay in Japan is a relatively new concept and still not very popular) so he left said company and went to the states to work for UC Santa Barbara....
They had to stop in the ionosphere off of exit 50 on Space Highway 7 to go to a Bob Evans because Joseph Tanner forgot to pee and were getting kind of hungry. And you know how the ionosphere Bob Evans is, it takes FOREVER to get going again.
Usually you would say "Japanese" and use the "of" to describe his employer, which is currently UC Santa Barbra(though he wasn't there when he invented the blue LED, but he left the company he was working for in Japan when they basically failed to acknowledge his achievement)
But the xbox 360 also has much of what you said(no blue ray, but that won't be a big deal for a while) And the xbox 360 premium is 2/3 the price of the ps3 and may very well inch lower before the release of the PS3. I don't own a 360 and will probably not own any of the next gen systems, but Sony's hardware is basically just a 360 with blue ray bolted on and a cheap imitation of the Wii controller. Pardon me for not getting excited over that.
Now I feel even worse about my excessive laziness and unwillingness to do anything that even requires the minimum expenditure of energy. Thanks a lot you jerks!
Yes, but shouldn't the restitution go to the victims instead of not even covering the state's expense for the prisoner? This isn't a violent murderer. With things such as ankle bracelets and work release it would be much cheaper and easier to keep him in his own home where he can do a lot of the same labor(such as credit card help and whatever else the prisoners do) or let him work in the prison for 8 hours a day but then you don't have to feed him, don't have to shelter him, you have to pay less guards etc. If he fails to meet the requirements then they can throw him in prison.
their upkeep. Keeping a prisoner isn't cheap either, and really, is prison the answer? Prisons are already overcrowded, not to mention a breeding ground for HIV. While I hate spammers, I don't think they deserved to be shived or deserve to contract some horrible disease(which puts a further burden on the already overburdened health care system) because they spammed.
Garnishing their wages for the rest of their lives and a significant period of house arrest either without an internet connection or with a heavily monitored connection(with restrictions on the services they can use) are both cheaper and more humane without letting the spammer go off scott free.
Well, according to the article what Xanga got in trouble for is not validating the birthdate the users gave to see if it was over 13. They just had to check a box stating that they were over 13. However, suppose they did put an extra check in there that rejected the user if the birthdate indicated they were under 13. The ones with minimal ability in math(given the trackrecord in education, I'm not sure how big a percentage of the local population that really is:P) would just change their birhdate to be older than 13.
But of course, the bigger issue is why the FTC and Xanga have to be parents to these kids. It's not like there isn't a massive ad campaign targeting internet ads, radio, tv, and billboards as well as countless news "exposes" about online predators. Parents cannot claim they didn't think their child could be targeted by these things. Parents need to have talks with their kids explaining the risks and above all educate themselves about what goes on. Parents can then monitor their childs internet activity or install filters at either the local or ISP level(though I'm not sure those ISPs that filter are even around anymore).
But who am I kidding? That would be taking personal responsibility for something, which is becoming vastly unpopular in America(and elsewhere really) these days. Even the conservatives like to exculpate themselves from their own bad behavior by blaming faceless entities....Now that I have gotten way off topic, I'll shut up now.
Why not just make it a video game? Maybe one where Fred Savage finally figures out that his whole career is a joke/pop culture reference and decides to commit suicide. You can use the Wii and it's tactical feedback to kill Fred many different imaginative ways.
Wow, someone doesn't know how to detect sarcasm. It was meant as a slight on the whole M$ thing which I personally detest. The reason I asked is because slashdot seems to have a bigger and bigger anti-Sony bent as of late, and thus if they are a company on slashdot's groupthink hate list, then I was sure slashdot would come up with someway to communicate that in an immature fashion. I just decided to try to get a "funny" mod by accelerating that process....
I read the original Japanese interview*(well kinda sorta, I'm not going to pretend my Japanese is good enough to grasp 100% of it, but I did get the gist of what he was saying). He goes on and on about whether or not the network will be able to handle all the data and states that they are compressing cd audio and whatnot to get the file size down. However, he didn't seem to address the fact that people's memory sticks are at most 1 gig. Are they going to be able to squeeze all that content onto a memory stick?
At any rate, the emulator was only a small part of the interview. Most of it focuses on the interaction between the PS3 and PSP. He went so far as to say that the PS3 will be like a home server and the PSP will be like a PDA/cell phone. He even said that users would store their movies on the ps3 and then could download the ones they want onto the psp. He also dismissed PC emulation but started talking about cell phones again.
In fact, he talked a lot about cell phones and how he envisions the future of portable media. So much in fact the interviewer asked him if he thought it would be possible to combine psp and cell phone technology and his answer was that "I think that is one possibility"(again rough translation). So I guess we won't be surprised if a few years down the road we see a psphone.
What about the snake oil of being incredibly self-important without reading the article and blithely dismissing the product? Maybe this little gem, straight from the article will deflate your little bubble of self-righteousness:
Pings were relatively similar to the standard box, though we did notice latency spikes much less often on the Killer NIC'ed machine.
So yeah....you are so right. They are merely bypassing the cpu with ping requests, and somehow that is magically giving them higher fps and a smoother gameplay experience.
You know, this whole "I'm holier than thou without even reading the article" bs on slashdot is getting really tiresome(I have fallen into the same pit many times myself, I know) It really does inhibit intelligent debate about the article and just makes people feel so much more pompous(as evidenced by frequent use of such words as "snake oil") Oy....
Penn State's new archive goes back to 1887. I read one of the issues and among other things there is an editorial on why Penn State needs a telegraph line and another decrying the current state of science education.
Unless you have an active camera person, how can you tell what parts of the chalk board to focus on? And with the resolution you are broadcasting at, is the chalk board even going to be legible? In some of my favorite classes some of the most interesting and informative parts of the class were the diagrams that the prof drew on the board. How can you accurately film those, esp. if the prof starts using side boards etc.
I guess they could upload the images or not use the sideboards, but I doubt very many professors are going to go out of their way to accommodate lazy students...
What makes you think I'm not an American? Because I am an American who, by the age of 25 has found jobs in both Germany and Japan. ANd I realize that train travel is slower than air, but you know what? How much imported oil do trains require versus planes? I would love it if the states had a good train system, but they don't and it sucks. I think I will keep my "eurocentric" point of view thank you.
I mean, seriously how did the "investors" in this bank think that this was legit? Real banks make their money primarily from loans, ie they collect money from savers and loan it out to others at a higher interest rate. However, banks have a lot of legal means to collect on debts. The bank also usually takes collateral.
A video game bank not run by any central authority doesn't have that power. So suppose they did try to make a legit business out of lending others money. How could they collect? I guess they could take some equipment as 'collateral" but if a player is taking the loan out to buy better equipment what is to prevent that player from reneging on the debts? He no longer needs that old equipment. And there certainly aren't repo men in the game who can take back the property for you(I guess you could destroy it, but you don't gain much). I suppose they could resort to mob style "break your thumbs" type tactics, but they would have to be a powerful player or a player with lots of allies to even do that. Plus, I don't exactly trust "Mob Savings and Loan".
So what on earth did the players who gave this person money think he was going to do with it? 10% no risk returns don 't exist in the real world(well, aside from hyperinflationary periods at any rate), so it should have been pretty obvious to anyone with half a clue what this guy was up to. Another greedy rube got fleeced(virtually at any rate). Boohoo
if you don't want to do that, I would suggest posting news articles about security breaches and identity theft in a prominent place in the office. Make sure to highlight the negative consequences and explain how they can be avoided.
If that still doesn't work, quit. They are going to hold you responsible when the feces hit rapidly spinning blades despite the fact that you have done everything in your power besides smacking them to try to avoid it.
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Are you sure about that? I was in the same boat you were when going through college, however I think you are only referring to "revolving debt" ie credit cards and unsecured debt. Student loans do not count against you unless you do not pay them when they come due as far as I know because I had a decent score and tons of student loans(certainly more than my income, and at present with a decent job my student loans are about 50% of my income). One thing they do measure is how much credit you used versus what you have available(again on credit cards).
=the newest innovation in porn.
here? You would think that to some people, knowing someone used a Microsoft product was akin being spit on. Why? I'm a mac user but that doesn't mean I really give a damn if someone else uses Windows, Linux or anything else. Hell, I use Linux at work. It's no skin off my back, my OS doesn't stop working because someone is using Windows.
I consider my operating system to be a tool, not a way of life, not something that defines me. Maybe that is why I never understood OS evangelism. Can someone please explain to me that when someone says "Linux will not be the most popular desktop operating system in existence" Linux users feel the need to sling such insults as "numbnuts"(which by the way is not very mature and not likely to win you very many converts) towards them?
You can find them on ebay for usually less than $200, they hook up to a tv, and aren't really prone to viruses. You can get Firefox and you should be good. However, I don't know if they support USB modems.
but he didn't like his old company. They reaped TONS of money off of his invention, and basically give him jack shit(merit based pay in Japan is a relatively new concept and still not very popular) so he left said company and went to the states to work for UC Santa Barbara....
They had to stop in the ionosphere off of exit 50 on Space Highway 7 to go to a Bob Evans because Joseph Tanner forgot to pee and were getting kind of hungry. And you know how the ionosphere Bob Evans is, it takes FOREVER to get going again.
Usually you would say "Japanese" and use the "of" to describe his employer, which is currently UC Santa Barbra(though he wasn't there when he invented the blue LED, but he left the company he was working for in Japan when they basically failed to acknowledge his achievement)
But the xbox 360 also has much of what you said(no blue ray, but that won't be a big deal for a while) And the xbox 360 premium is 2/3 the price of the ps3 and may very well inch lower before the release of the PS3. I don't own a 360 and will probably not own any of the next gen systems, but Sony's hardware is basically just a 360 with blue ray bolted on and a cheap imitation of the Wii controller. Pardon me for not getting excited over that.
DIY stripper pole that was advertised on the left side?
Now I feel even worse about my excessive laziness and unwillingness to do anything that even requires the minimum expenditure of energy. Thanks a lot you jerks!
Yes, but shouldn't the restitution go to the victims instead of not even covering the state's expense for the prisoner? This isn't a violent murderer. With things such as ankle bracelets and work release it would be much cheaper and easier to keep him in his own home where he can do a lot of the same labor(such as credit card help and whatever else the prisoners do) or let him work in the prison for 8 hours a day but then you don't have to feed him, don't have to shelter him, you have to pay less guards etc. If he fails to meet the requirements then they can throw him in prison.
their upkeep. Keeping a prisoner isn't cheap either, and really, is prison the answer? Prisons are already overcrowded, not to mention a breeding ground for HIV. While I hate spammers, I don't think they deserved to be shived or deserve to contract some horrible disease(which puts a further burden on the already overburdened health care system) because they spammed.
Garnishing their wages for the rest of their lives and a significant period of house arrest either without an internet connection or with a heavily monitored connection(with restrictions on the services they can use) are both cheaper and more humane without letting the spammer go off scott free.
Well, according to the article what Xanga got in trouble for is not validating the birthdate the users gave to see if it was over 13. They just had to check a box stating that they were over 13. However, suppose they did put an extra check in there that rejected the user if the birthdate indicated they were under 13. The ones with minimal ability in math(given the trackrecord in education, I'm not sure how big a percentage of the local population that really is :P) would just change their birhdate to be older than 13.
But of course, the bigger issue is why the FTC and Xanga have to be parents to these kids. It's not like there isn't a massive ad campaign targeting internet ads, radio, tv, and billboards as well as countless news "exposes" about online predators. Parents cannot claim they didn't think their child could be targeted by these things. Parents need to have talks with their kids explaining the risks and above all educate themselves about what goes on. Parents can then monitor their childs internet activity or install filters at either the local or ISP level(though I'm not sure those ISPs that filter are even around anymore).
But who am I kidding? That would be taking personal responsibility for something, which is becoming vastly unpopular in America(and elsewhere really) these days. Even the conservatives like to exculpate themselves from their own bad behavior by blaming faceless entities....Now that I have gotten way off topic, I'll shut up now.
Why not just make it a video game? Maybe one where Fred Savage finally figures out that his whole career is a joke/pop culture reference and decides to commit suicide. You can use the Wii and it's tactical feedback to kill Fred many different imaginative ways.
What do you think, too dark?
Wow, someone doesn't know how to detect sarcasm. It was meant as a slight on the whole M$ thing which I personally detest. The reason I asked is because slashdot seems to have a bigger and bigger anti-Sony bent as of late, and thus if they are a company on slashdot's groupthink hate list, then I was sure slashdot would come up with someway to communicate that in an immature fashion. I just decided to try to get a "funny" mod by accelerating that process....
start referring to them as "Son¥" now?
I read the original Japanese interview*(well kinda sorta, I'm not going to pretend my Japanese is good enough to grasp 100% of it, but I did get the gist of what he was saying). He goes on and on about whether or not the network will be able to handle all the data and states that they are compressing cd audio and whatnot to get the file size down. However, he didn't seem to address the fact that people's memory sticks are at most 1 gig. Are they going to be able to squeeze all that content onto a memory stick?
At any rate, the emulator was only a small part of the interview. Most of it focuses on the interaction between the PS3 and PSP. He went so far as to say that the PS3 will be like a home server and the PSP will be like a PDA/cell phone. He even said that users would store their movies on the ps3 and then could download the ones they want onto the psp. He also dismissed PC emulation but started talking about cell phones again.
In fact, he talked a lot about cell phones and how he envisions the future of portable media. So much in fact the interviewer asked him if he thought it would be possible to combine psp and cell phone technology and his answer was that "I think that is one possibility"(again rough translation). So I guess we won't be surprised if a few years down the road we see a psphone.
What about the snake oil of being incredibly self-important without reading the article and blithely dismissing the product? Maybe this little gem, straight from the article will deflate your little bubble of self-righteousness:
Pings were relatively similar to the standard box, though we did notice latency spikes much less often on the Killer NIC'ed machine.
So yeah....you are so right. They are merely bypassing the cpu with ping requests, and somehow that is magically giving them higher fps and a smoother gameplay experience.
You know, this whole "I'm holier than thou without even reading the article" bs on slashdot is getting really tiresome(I have fallen into the same pit many times myself, I know) It really does inhibit intelligent debate about the article and just makes people feel so much more pompous(as evidenced by frequent use of such words as "snake oil") Oy....
Penn State's new archive goes back to 1887. I read one of the issues and among other things there is an editorial on why Penn State needs a telegraph line and another decrying the current state of science education.
The more things change....
Unless you have an active camera person, how can you tell what parts of the chalk board to focus on? And with the resolution you are broadcasting at, is the chalk board even going to be legible? In some of my favorite classes some of the most interesting and informative parts of the class were the diagrams that the prof drew on the board. How can you accurately film those, esp. if the prof starts using side boards etc.
I guess they could upload the images or not use the sideboards, but I doubt very many professors are going to go out of their way to accommodate lazy students...
What makes you think I'm not an American? Because I am an American who, by the age of 25 has found jobs in both Germany and Japan. ANd I realize that train travel is slower than air, but you know what? How much imported oil do trains require versus planes? I would love it if the states had a good train system, but they don't and it sucks. I think I will keep my "eurocentric" point of view thank you.
Hooray!
I mean, seriously how did the "investors" in this bank think that this was legit? Real banks make their money primarily from loans, ie they collect money from savers and loan it out to others at a higher interest rate. However, banks have a lot of legal means to collect on debts. The bank also usually takes collateral.
A video game bank not run by any central authority doesn't have that power. So suppose they did try to make a legit business out of lending others money. How could they collect? I guess they could take some equipment as 'collateral" but if a player is taking the loan out to buy better equipment what is to prevent that player from reneging on the debts? He no longer needs that old equipment. And there certainly aren't repo men in the game who can take back the property for you(I guess you could destroy it, but you don't gain much). I suppose they could resort to mob style "break your thumbs" type tactics, but they would have to be a powerful player or a player with lots of allies to even do that. Plus, I don't exactly trust "Mob Savings and Loan".
So what on earth did the players who gave this person money think he was going to do with it? 10% no risk returns don 't exist in the real world(well, aside from hyperinflationary periods at any rate), so it should have been pretty obvious to anyone with half a clue what this guy was up to. Another greedy rube got fleeced(virtually at any rate). Boohoo
if you don't want to do that, I would suggest posting news articles about security breaches and identity theft in a prominent place in the office. Make sure to highlight the negative consequences and explain how they can be avoided.
If that still doesn't work, quit. They are going to hold you responsible when the feces hit rapidly spinning blades despite the fact that you have done everything in your power besides smacking them to try to avoid it.
Where people would just walk off with monuments. Truth is stranger than fiction it seems