I think where all of the confusion is coming from is : abuse overall-all types being lumped together lumped together. Child abuse (all types combined) is more often committed by a family member, but when you start breaking it down into the varios types of abuse, then things start getting tricky to define easily.
here is the statistics ( they have MANY beakdowns of the data!) page for US Dept. of Health and Human Services (child abuse is part of their domain) from a quick google:(http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/stats/i ndex.cfm)
I agree with oyu on this:"This "breaking into my house" metaphor is getting carried too far..."
The difference between your example (salesman at the door- good example!) and spam is that to deal with that salesman, I can get a restraining order or similar deal (shotgun by the door!) to help me- with spammers, there is no effective way to get a "restraining" order to keep them away from the doorbell.
"...'The Future of Sex and Technology,' and 'The Making of the SeXbox: Applied Hardware'."
BSOD will take on a whole new meaning: Ball Scruncher Of Death!
Re:Blu Ray & HD-DVD, two solutions to a non pr
on
CNN On The $500 PS3
·
· Score: 1, Interesting
Arrgghh, Mates! Ya gotta stop the PIRATES!
It has nothing to do with consumer's viewing experience, it has all to do with a far better DRM/copy protection (anti-piracy) for the media industries. Don't kid yourselves- the only way this concerns you (us consumers) is how to coerce us into maintaining thei profits, nothing more.
They do in fact! Never knowing what they are getting into in many buildings (industrial, offices, apartments, etc.)- they carry such volt meters- these places usually have ELECTRICITY going to them, high-voltage power lines, etc.
Think about it.
FAT 32 will support drives up to 137 GB with LBA enabled, but as far as writing to FAT 32, you can only make/move data in 4.3-7 GB chunks at a time. (ie: trying to backup drive to seperate drive, or write to DVD- writing to DVD it is diffucult to completely "fill up" a 4.7 GB DVD, it will usually give you errors with anything over 4.3 GB in my experience with both Win98se and WinXP w/FAT 32- converting XP to NTFS allowed me to "fill up" DVD)
It's funny as all get-out watching all the apple fanboys backpeddle when the shoe is on the other foot! HaHaHaHaHA!
This is better than the saturday morning cartoons!
I agee. And for all of you "young whippersnappers" out ther that think us oldies can't game, well, all I can say is put your keyboard/controller where your mouth is. I play Battlefield 1942, Desert Combat mod for BF1942, and Battlefield 2; (I'll turn 49 next month) if any of you play any of those and find youself pwned by "SgtTomcat" by way of sniper rifle or AH-64, then you can rest assured that you got put in the dirt by someone who is "older than dirt"! 24 being old?!?! pshaww!
note: no AC post and I give you my real gaming name- the challenge has been issued!
Exactly- sounds like the documentation you would recieve with your Big Mac (tm) and Freedom Fries. Although now that I think about it, it sounds PERFECT for all of the clueless mac fanboys!
FTA:"With the company's security problems still monopolizing the news, you might have expected that Bill Gates would address the vulnerability at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Instead, he boasted how Microsoft's new operating system, Vista, would extend the company's tendrils into your living room. Sure, it might be nice to connect your computer and your television set. But is it worth it to give hackers access to your television?"
LOL!!! My prediction? One week after "tendrils" are extended, we have Goatse pics on all of the network's broadcasts- gaping across screens all over America...IN HDTV!!!!!LOL!!!!I can't wait, then maybe will start to wake up about security after getting "spammed" with Goatse on their tv's! HaHaHaHaHA!
LOL! I think why this slipped over so many heads is because TFA forgot to mention that all of these AMD/Dells will also come bundled with Duke Nukem Forever.
The "rotating software" is almost always part of your graphics card drivers, not monitor drivers- it's the graphics card that is having to "rotate" the image. Try this- (Windows OS) right click desktop>left click "prperties" > select "settings" tab > select "advanced" button >look for your settings here to rotate display.:)
"Why do so many Yanks act like Yurp is just one country"
Good point, we do seem to act this way. Fairly simple to explain tho': geographically, (ie: close proximity of borders compared between EU nations and US' state borders) the illusion (or oversimplification) of similarity makes the concept easier for most "Yanks" to concieve the "big picture) geographically. I think the main reason that we do these mental gymnastics are because of the way we developed here. We have a LARGE country here, we have become very mobile in our lives here. It is fairly common here to have family (still living in same country as you) several thousands of miles away that you go visit frequently (xmas, thanksgiving, weddings, etc.), so the concept of travelling acroos/through several states easily is the most direct comparison for us to make with "Yurp".
An illustration (BTW-I've spent several years in Germany and used that oppurtunity to travel around "Yurp" ALOT!): While living in Pennsylvania and working commercial construction, we would frequently work in NYC and NJ. I lived on 1200 acre farm, and closest neighbor was 0.6 miles/ 1 kilometer. Some of the electricians on the job (local NJ or NYC) would have a hard time accepting the reality of not having MANY neighbors MUCH closer- they would literally remark "I just can't picture that in my head!" This may seem to contridict my explaination above, but wait, there's more! These (electricians) guys had grew up and spent their whole lives within a several square mile radius from where they were born- this is not typical for us here in US. The point is: you use your perception of the world (geographically speaking in this case) around you to try and understand the rest of the world. To us, travelling around the US is similar to travelling around EU- the size scale is too close to the relationship between US/States borders (proximity-wise) and EU/Nations borders for us to NOT be influenced by this.
Personally, I've found it much easier to travel around "Yurp" than here (US) by far. It's very convient to just hop in the car and take off cross country, but a hassle (lodging, fuel, having to stay alert, etc.) compared to boarding a train in Stuttgart and going to say, Paris ( I know- I hated Paris too- just first place popped in head). Our dependence on our cars/trucks during the early/mid 1900's was the easy way out for interstate travel/commerce compared to the difficulties of railroads helped produce this mindset. Or simply: we think like this due to our population density.:)
becaauuuse..."Let's build a snowman!
We can make him our best friend.
[Miller] Shut the fuck up, Swan!
We can name him Shannon! Shannon Wilson Bell!
[Miller] Swan, shut the fuck up!
We can make him tall or we can make him not so tall...
(Swan is interrupted by a bullet to the head)"(Let's Build A Snowman! (Reprise)http://www.cannibalthemusical.net/songs.s html#snowman)
Yes, by this time I wanted to shoot him myself! (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800257737/info)
LOL- I was going to post this, blaming the allies from WWII and their confounded top secret ice ships (http://www.combinedops.com/Pykrete.htm). I'm wondering though if we maybe shouldn't look at some older seemingly hair-brained ideas that may not be so far out with modern tecnology.
I've been using a Logitech Trackman Marble (T-CH11 mod.#) for 3-4 years now, and hate having to use a regular mouse for anything. I also play Battlefield (1942, DC, and 2), and have always been able to turn quicker than my buddies can when we LAN.
Much lower than I expected. This number was obtained by a quick and informal survey of (at time of survey) 264 comments. The criteria I used to determine poster did not RTFA was: 1. comments directly referring to a voucher for a new tv with the poster's understanding the vouchers were for a tv, not DAC box for those depending on OTA reception of signal.
2. vague posts (ie:several comments along the lines of 'after 2009, no more tv for me'- having no way to determine whether these type comments were in reference to not willing to buy new tv, or not willing to buy DAC box or not willing to subscribe to cable/sattelite, etc.) were not counted as "did not RTFA", even if the context of said post indicated otherwise.
3. basically #1 was main (only) criteria as "did not RTFA", using #2 (and similar) as qualifiers or obvious cut-off points for #1.
Very informalal for sure, but repeatable by anyone that cares to check.
LOL
Slashdot Mirror
Thanks for the tools! I am also fed up with this crap, and was trying to figure out how to take action when I scrolled down to read your comment!
I think where all of the confusion is coming from is : abuse overall-all types being lumped together lumped together. Child abuse (all types combined) is more often committed by a family member, but when you start breaking it down into the varios types of abuse, then things start getting tricky to define easily. here is the statistics ( they have MANY beakdowns of the data!) page for US Dept. of Health and Human Services (child abuse is part of their domain) from a quick google:(http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/general/stats/i ndex.cfm)
I agree with oyu on this:"This "breaking into my house" metaphor is getting carried too far..." The difference between your example (salesman at the door- good example!) and spam is that to deal with that salesman, I can get a restraining order or similar deal (shotgun by the door!) to help me- with spammers, there is no effective way to get a "restraining" order to keep them away from the doorbell.
"...'The Future of Sex and Technology,' and 'The Making of the SeXbox: Applied Hardware'." BSOD will take on a whole new meaning: Ball Scruncher Of Death!
Arrgghh, Mates! Ya gotta stop the PIRATES! It has nothing to do with consumer's viewing experience, it has all to do with a far better DRM/copy protection (anti-piracy) for the media industries. Don't kid yourselves- the only way this concerns you (us consumers) is how to coerce us into maintaining thei profits, nothing more.
They do in fact! Never knowing what they are getting into in many buildings (industrial, offices, apartments, etc.)- they carry such volt meters- these places usually have ELECTRICITY going to them, high-voltage power lines, etc. Think about it.
FAT 32 will support drives up to 137 GB with LBA enabled, but as far as writing to FAT 32, you can only make/move data in 4.3-7 GB chunks at a time. (ie: trying to backup drive to seperate drive, or write to DVD- writing to DVD it is diffucult to completely "fill up" a 4.7 GB DVD, it will usually give you errors with anything over 4.3 GB in my experience with both Win98se and WinXP w/FAT 32- converting XP to NTFS allowed me to "fill up" DVD)
It's funny as all get-out watching all the apple fanboys backpeddle when the shoe is on the other foot! HaHaHaHaHA! This is better than the saturday morning cartoons!
I agee. And for all of you "young whippersnappers" out ther that think us oldies can't game, well, all I can say is put your keyboard/controller where your mouth is. I play Battlefield 1942, Desert Combat mod for BF1942, and Battlefield 2; (I'll turn 49 next month) if any of you play any of those and find youself pwned by "SgtTomcat" by way of sniper rifle or AH-64, then you can rest assured that you got put in the dirt by someone who is "older than dirt"! 24 being old?!?! pshaww! note: no AC post and I give you my real gaming name- the challenge has been issued!
Exactly- sounds like the documentation you would recieve with your Big Mac (tm) and Freedom Fries. Although now that I think about it, it sounds PERFECT for all of the clueless mac fanboys!
FTA:"With the company's security problems still monopolizing the news, you might have expected that Bill Gates would address the vulnerability at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Instead, he boasted how Microsoft's new operating system, Vista, would extend the company's tendrils into your living room. Sure, it might be nice to connect your computer and your television set. But is it worth it to give hackers access to your television?" LOL!!! My prediction? One week after "tendrils" are extended, we have Goatse pics on all of the network's broadcasts- gaping across screens all over America...IN HDTV!!!!!LOL!!!!I can't wait, then maybe will start to wake up about security after getting "spammed" with Goatse on their tv's! HaHaHaHaHA!
LOL! I think why this slipped over so many heads is because TFA forgot to mention that all of these AMD/Dells will also come bundled with Duke Nukem Forever.
I second that wholeheartedly!
Sounds like 'tain't to me: "'tain't pussy, 'tain't asshole- it's inbetween!"
The "rotating software" is almost always part of your graphics card drivers, not monitor drivers- it's the graphics card that is having to "rotate" the image. Try this- (Windows OS) right click desktop>left click "prperties" > select "settings" tab > select "advanced" button >look for your settings here to rotate display. :)
"Why do so many Yanks act like Yurp is just one country"
:)
Good point, we do seem to act this way. Fairly simple to explain tho': geographically, (ie: close proximity of borders compared between EU nations and US' state borders) the illusion (or oversimplification) of similarity makes the concept easier for most "Yanks" to concieve the "big picture) geographically. I think the main reason that we do these mental gymnastics are because of the way we developed here. We have a LARGE country here, we have become very mobile in our lives here. It is fairly common here to have family (still living in same country as you) several thousands of miles away that you go visit frequently (xmas, thanksgiving, weddings, etc.), so the concept of travelling acroos/through several states easily is the most direct comparison for us to make with "Yurp".
An illustration (BTW-I've spent several years in Germany and used that oppurtunity to travel around "Yurp" ALOT!):
While living in Pennsylvania and working commercial construction, we would frequently work in NYC and NJ. I lived on 1200 acre farm, and closest neighbor was 0.6 miles/ 1 kilometer. Some of the electricians on the job (local NJ or NYC) would have a hard time accepting the reality of not having MANY neighbors MUCH closer- they would literally remark "I just can't picture that in my head!" This may seem to contridict my explaination above, but wait, there's more! These (electricians) guys had grew up and spent their whole lives within a several square mile radius from where they were born- this is not typical for us here in US. The point is: you use your perception of the world (geographically speaking in this case) around you to try and understand the rest of the world. To us, travelling around the US is similar to travelling around EU- the size scale is too close to the relationship between US/States borders (proximity-wise) and EU/Nations borders for us to NOT be influenced by this.
Personally, I've found it much easier to travel around "Yurp" than here (US) by far. It's very convient to just hop in the car and take off cross country, but a hassle (lodging, fuel, having to stay alert, etc.) compared to boarding a train in Stuttgart and going to say, Paris ( I know- I hated Paris too- just first place popped in head).
Our dependence on our cars/trucks during the early/mid 1900's was the easy way out for interstate travel/commerce compared to the difficulties of railroads helped produce this mindset.
Or simply: we think like this due to our population density.
In Soviet Russia, mouse watches YOU!
The possibilities (small LAN gaming rigs using several of these!)- SWEET!
becaauuuse..."Let's build a snowman! We can make him our best friend. [Miller] Shut the fuck up, Swan! We can name him Shannon! Shannon Wilson Bell! [Miller] Swan, shut the fuck up! We can make him tall or we can make him not so tall... (Swan is interrupted by a bullet to the head)"(Let's Build A Snowman! (Reprise)http://www.cannibalthemusical.net/songs.s html#snowman)
Yes, by this time I wanted to shoot him myself! (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800257737/info)
From TFA (http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/01/04/news/l ocal/doc43bb692ac9e86281138542.txt#top):
"Handed down by U. S. District Judge Charles R. Wolle on Dec. 23, the judgment also prohibits McCalla from accessing the Internet for three years." I'm not sure where the "not allowed to use a computer" got introduced here. :)
RTFA on /.? you're new here, aren't you? :)
LOL- I was going to post this, blaming the allies from WWII and their confounded top secret ice ships (http://www.combinedops.com/Pykrete.htm). I'm wondering though if we maybe shouldn't look at some older seemingly hair-brained ideas that may not be so far out with modern tecnology.
I've been using a Logitech Trackman Marble (T-CH11 mod.#) for 3-4 years now, and hate having to use a regular mouse for anything. I also play Battlefield (1942, DC, and 2), and have always been able to turn quicker than my buddies can when we LAN.
OOPS! results missing from my comment: 30 comments out of 264 meet #1 in my survey - 30/264=0.11363636363636...., or 11.36% rounded. Sorry, my bad!
Much lower than I expected. This number was obtained by a quick and informal survey of (at time of survey) 264 comments. The criteria I used to determine poster did not RTFA was: 1. comments directly referring to a voucher for a new tv with the poster's understanding the vouchers were for a tv, not DAC box for those depending on OTA reception of signal. 2. vague posts (ie:several comments along the lines of 'after 2009, no more tv for me'- having no way to determine whether these type comments were in reference to not willing to buy new tv, or not willing to buy DAC box or not willing to subscribe to cable/sattelite, etc.) were not counted as "did not RTFA", even if the context of said post indicated otherwise. 3. basically #1 was main (only) criteria as "did not RTFA", using #2 (and similar) as qualifiers or obvious cut-off points for #1. Very informalal for sure, but repeatable by anyone that cares to check. LOL