Anyone can log into Wikipedia and change anything. You cannot put restrictions on any specific group if it's supposed to be truly open. This is what wikipedia is designed for. By them locking an entry, they have defouled their mission statement.
I switched a long while back. For an every-so-often I-need-a-nice-text-editor getup, it really shines. (FC3) I have switched my father's company completely to Open Office, away from Office 2000 - and it fits their needs perfectly. (Windows XP)
But dang, I didn't want to have to go install a new version at his office! Of course should this release eliminate some of the quirks of V1, it will be worth it.
In the city of Cary, North Carolina, you CANNOT carry a firearm in sight - whether it be loaded or not. If you're carrying one it must be concealed... something about making the public panic if they see a gun. It's a local city law. You won't go to jail for it, but you'll owe a hefty fine.
It appears I didn't completely understand the ruling.
I await the slap of the Mods.
It is still pretty idiotic, though. As a previous poster noted, how the heck is Google supposed to know who the competitors are? Is Google going to be held responsible for keeping track, or will they have to implement something new like a Blacklist for each ad?
Wow, that's completely idiotic. I guess from now on we might as well hit the "I'm feeling Lucky" button, because all the search results returned (for corporations, anyway) will be from the same company.
Umm... Avast has a corporate version. Avast isn't free except on a personal home machine.
Just as another poster pointed out, I too have seen Norton miss viruses that Avast has found. On my private machine, if I can use a free product that performs equally or better than the paid counterpart, you betcha I'm using the free product.
Just another reason to go to free anti-virus software, such as AVG or Avast. I have removed Norton from all my personal computers and replaced them with Avast.
I just wish big corporations would realize that by using Norton/Symantec, that they are using the most targeted [by antivirus-disabling viruses] antivirus software out today.
(oh! did I mention his Iraq exit strategy? NO? Well maybe that's because he didn't have one going in and still doesn't)
Really? Then what did he mean when he said we'd leave when the new established government asks us to? Sometimes you have to stay until asked to leave. Giving a timetable would just enable the insurgents to wait it out, and would give anti-Bush people someing else to complain about. What about Anti-Bush partisans claiming we have too many troops one week, then claiming we have too few the next? People that claim Bush has no exit strategy are just blowing smoke.
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Back on topic, North Korea is an entirely different ballgame. Kim Jong Il will get his, in due time. Each unique nation has to be approached differently - some seem to forget that. For example, Iran will most likely be dealt with diplomatically. North Korea has already refused to negotiate their stance, so they'll be totally different than Iran. Do not forget that North Korea kicked out the UN nuclear inspectors in 2002... and the UN has done pretty much nothing since.
It will be interesting to see what the UN officially says about North Korea in the coming few days. I'll bet they attempt to send back in nuclear inspectors to verify Kim Jong Il's claims - as if they really need verification when a nation officially claims such.
How the parent post get Insightful? Mod parent post Offtopic, please.
Maybe Hit and Run wasn't so good of an example... I didn't realize the voices were the same due to the quality of the speech in the game, which was partially my point.
I have played several other games based on movies or tvshows (like the futurama XBOX game, which was horrid) and some of the voice tracks were a bit... off. I don't know if they used different technology for voice capture or what, but they usually sounded tinny, muffled or just plain out of place. This is one point I was attempting to bring to light, not just using the proper actors.
Sorry about that - I'll try to be a bit clearer next time.
Nothing bugs me quite like a video game based on a tvshow/movie that uses the same characters but different voices.
"The talented voice cast includes: Seth MacFarlane (as Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin and more), Alex Borstein (as Lois Griffin), Seth Green (as Chris Griffin), and Mila Kunis (as Meg Griffin)."
According to that statement it appears they will use the regular people for the voices! Excellent.
Maybe the voices will be more believable than in Simspsons: Hit and Run. Heck, maybe it'll be a better game overall... but I doubt it. Games made after TV/Movies are usually fun for a while, but not for extended amounts of time (for me, anyway).
Agreed. Gaming is the only thing that's holding me to a Microsoft product. All the other applications I use have exact (or better) linux/unix counterparts, and they're all freeware.
The article may be poorly done as some have stated, and it may be something that's posted about once a year, but it's still good to have a recent update of status.
If the video card manufacturers would really start supporting linux drivers, maybe that would change the face of linux gaming. Until then, we're stuck with tuxracer and sub-par video gaming quality.
That is not saying that the student's don't understand the 1st ammendment. You can understand something but realize it needs fine tuning. You can understand but disagree with, as well.
While I may not like how certain companies (CBS) address certain stories (forged documents) I also realize that it's part of the greatness of this country in being able to say what you want, when you want. I may disagree with certain things that are said, but at least we get to have discussions about whether it was right or wrong.
Filtering news through the government is a VERY bad idea, no matter how you look at it. Yes, there's sometimes a reason to stifle a story because of a matter of national security, but those are so few and far between that they shouldn't even be an issue.
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Ubuntu is quite easy to install. The last time I installed Debian, it wasn't as user-friendly.
I guess it's time for me to revisit Ubuntu. Maybe their prior java "issues" could become a thing of the past?
Anyone can log into Wikipedia and change anything. You cannot put restrictions on any specific group if it's supposed to be truly open. This is what wikipedia is designed for. By them locking an entry, they have defouled their mission statement.
Religion isn't the problem, a lack of self control is the problem.
My thoughts exactly.
The space elevator wouldn't take you to the moon, just out of the atmosphere of earth. The moon rotates around the earth, remember?
Or just NIpple...!
How is it possible to be MORE of a Monopoly? Anonymous trolls!
I REALLY wish I had some mod points to mod this f'ing hilarious.
Yeah, but it's no crime to wear tin foil underwear, right?
Good idea... but primer wears off quite easily if a final coat of paint isn't applied.
Maybe a high-gloss paint would suffice.
I agree, it's a bit much.
too bad he's unaccounted for.
"To fully implement the TCP/IP protocol in Windows XP would make creating denial of service attacks 'entirely too trivial'..."
/obvious
As if creating a denial of service using hijacked Windows XP machines isn't trivial already.
I switched a long while back. For an every-so-often I-need-a-nice-text-editor getup, it really shines. (FC3) I have switched my father's company completely to Open Office, away from Office 2000 - and it fits their needs perfectly. (Windows XP)
But dang, I didn't want to have to go install a new version at his office! Of course should this release eliminate some of the quirks of V1, it will be worth it.
In the city of Cary, North Carolina, you CANNOT carry a firearm in sight - whether it be loaded or not. If you're carrying one it must be concealed... something about making the public panic if they see a gun. It's a local city law. You won't go to jail for it, but you'll owe a hefty fine.
It appears I didn't completely understand the ruling.
I await the slap of the Mods.
It is still pretty idiotic, though. As a previous poster noted, how the heck is Google supposed to know who the competitors are? Is Google going to be held responsible for keeping track, or will they have to implement something new like a Blacklist for each ad?
Wow, that's completely idiotic. I guess from now on we might as well hit the "I'm feeling Lucky" button, because all the search results returned (for corporations, anyway) will be from the same company.
Ok, point well taken.
There is a need for diversity in the marketplace, and especially with corporations - however I see many corporations choosing the same solution.
As for personal use, I'll use whatever works best at the time. For now, that doesn't appear to be Norton/Symantec.
Umm... Avast has a corporate version. Avast isn't free except on a personal home machine.
Just as another poster pointed out, I too have seen Norton miss viruses that Avast has found. On my private machine, if I can use a free product that performs equally or better than the paid counterpart, you betcha I'm using the free product.
Just another reason to go to free anti-virus software, such as AVG or Avast. I have removed Norton from all my personal computers and replaced them with Avast.
I just wish big corporations would realize that by using Norton/Symantec, that they are using the most targeted [by antivirus-disabling viruses] antivirus software out today.
(oh! did I mention his Iraq exit strategy? NO? Well maybe that's because he didn't have one going in and still doesn't)
Really? Then what did he mean when he said we'd leave when the new established government asks us to? Sometimes you have to stay until asked to leave. Giving a timetable would just enable the insurgents to wait it out, and would give anti-Bush people someing else to complain about. What about Anti-Bush partisans claiming we have too many troops one week, then claiming we have too few the next? People that claim Bush has no exit strategy are just blowing smoke.
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Back on topic, North Korea is an entirely different ballgame. Kim Jong Il will get his, in due time. Each unique nation has to be approached differently - some seem to forget that. For example, Iran will most likely be dealt with diplomatically. North Korea has already refused to negotiate their stance, so they'll be totally different than Iran. Do not forget that North Korea kicked out the UN nuclear inspectors in 2002... and the UN has done pretty much nothing since.
It will be interesting to see what the UN officially says about North Korea in the coming few days. I'll bet they attempt to send back in nuclear inspectors to verify Kim Jong Il's claims - as if they really need verification when a nation officially claims such.
How the parent post get Insightful? Mod parent post Offtopic, please.
Maybe Hit and Run wasn't so good of an example... I didn't realize the voices were the same due to the quality of the speech in the game, which was partially my point.
I have played several other games based on movies or tvshows (like the futurama XBOX game, which was horrid) and some of the voice tracks were a bit... off. I don't know if they used different technology for voice capture or what, but they usually sounded tinny, muffled or just plain out of place. This is one point I was attempting to bring to light, not just using the proper actors.
Sorry about that - I'll try to be a bit clearer next time.
Nothing bugs me quite like a video game based on a tvshow/movie that uses the same characters but different voices.
"The talented voice cast includes: Seth MacFarlane (as Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin and more), Alex Borstein (as Lois Griffin), Seth Green (as Chris Griffin), and Mila Kunis (as Meg Griffin)."
According to that statement it appears they will use the regular people for the voices! Excellent.
Maybe the voices will be more believable than in Simspsons: Hit and Run. Heck, maybe it'll be a better game overall... but I doubt it. Games made after TV/Movies are usually fun for a while, but not for extended amounts of time (for me, anyway).
Agreed. Gaming is the only thing that's holding me to a Microsoft product. All the other applications I use have exact (or better) linux/unix counterparts, and they're all freeware.
The article may be poorly done as some have stated, and it may be something that's posted about once a year, but it's still good to have a recent update of status.
If the video card manufacturers would really start supporting linux drivers, maybe that would change the face of linux gaming. Until then, we're stuck with tuxracer and sub-par video gaming quality.
That is not saying that the student's don't understand the 1st ammendment. You can understand something but realize it needs fine tuning. You can understand but disagree with, as well. While I may not like how certain companies (CBS) address certain stories (forged documents) I also realize that it's part of the greatness of this country in being able to say what you want, when you want. I may disagree with certain things that are said, but at least we get to have discussions about whether it was right or wrong. Filtering news through the government is a VERY bad idea, no matter how you look at it. Yes, there's sometimes a reason to stifle a story because of a matter of national security, but those are so few and far between that they shouldn't even be an issue.