I would agree that it isn't our place to judge, but looking at this incident, I would question the responsibility of the parents. I do not know this kid's background, but I'd be willing to bet that he's done other stupid stuff relating to things he's seen or heard. Assuming that's the case, the parents should be painfully aware that their child is impressionable. It is the parents responsibility to identify and contain the threats a child poses. Relating to model parents having serial killer children, the parents must have had some indication that the child was offbase. No one is perfect, I know, but parents should be able to identify when their child is acting outside the bounds of normal behavior. On video games programming this kid, your brain is like a computer. You get out what you put in. I'm not saying it trained him to kill them, but it should be obvious to anyone that the more we expose ourselves to violence, the more we as a society will come to accept it.
The parent has been moderated as funny, which says quite a bit about. Everyone would like to deny that there is a chance of that happening, but the sad truth is, it's possible.
I believe that trend will rise. Up until November, I owned an HP iPAQ, that I sold to my boss. I had talked him and another coworker into buying pda's, because it's important that we have the information we need on us. (We're project managers for a construction company). After hooking them, I went and bought my new MPx220 Smartphone. I showed them all the cool functionality, and now they're wondering how they can sell their pda's (that I just made them get) to get smartphones. The ability to call anyone in my contacts with a voice command far outways any use a stylus gives me.
This higher end video card requirement will be the future, not the present. Grandma and Grandpa are not going to be buying Longhorn to put on their current PC, they will buy a new one. Machines that will come with longhorn will have a passable video card in them, probably something in the $100 retail range (I'm guessing). Even the cheap ATI video cards have pixel shader 2.0, and you can get those for something like $50. What this will eliminate is the Intel EXTREME Graphics (which I've found to be nothing EXTREME about them), and other cheap onboard crap.
I remember playing GTA3 one day and I looked down at my watch and realized I was late for work. I jumped into my car and whipped out into the street without looking. After I ran a stop sign or two, I realized that I wasn't in a game and that if I didn't straigten up, I wouldn't be playing one again either.
This will lead to a whole new realm of modding. I can invision mods where super bright LED's set your case aglow, while people still don't care that they're cooking their system from the inside out.
This always blows my mind. I graduated from Purdue in '03 in Constructiong Engineering Management, and I'm always so shocked to hear people talk of Purdue so highly. People in Indiana (which I'm from) tend to think of Purdue as a local community college, nothing impressive. The thought of having to go to another school to get recommendations to get in just seems odd.
I'm aware that Purdue is competitive, and no, I did not turn heads with my academic performance. I'm also aware that this is totally off-topic.
I think it's the continuing coverage of illegally trading files that's helping the RIAA. Once a week I read some Slashdot story about RIAA losing this case, or winning that one. Then I read through the comments to see who thinks it is ok and who thinks it isn't. It forces everyone to reflect on where they stand, they for it or against it. This continual advertising can only help them. Instead of thinking about work (which we all should be doing), I'm considering if I should ethically be downloading music or not. With music on my brain all the time now, I can't help but get the urge to get some new music. Regardless of how your get it, the RIAA has now made music your forefront concern.
I disagree. You have the rest of your life to do those activities too. I interned every summer during school, and it made my initial job hunt a breeze. While my classmates were struggling to fill up one page on a resume, I was trying to fit mine into two. The things you'll learn as an underpaid (though I wasn't) intern will directly contribute to your skills at post college jobs.
Companies give you weeks of vacation for a reason. You'll have the money and motivation to go out and enjoy the world. Eeking by during the summers trying to have a little fun doesn't pay off in the long run.
The problem with this is the same as with construction. The government highers the lowest bidder to build all its buildings, and you know what? You get what you pay for. Having policies that the people can decide would be a good thing, but who is going to ensure they're being followed? The government, what is left of it, would still have to employ some body to oversee the contractors to determine their compliance. It would have to be the same checks and balances that exist today (Ex: Internal Affairs to the police), but there would be more room for corruption and negligence from the disassociation between those doing the job and why they do it.
Now, the police and firefighters work because that's what they want to do with their lives, help people, but how would that change if they were just contractors? With no promise of work after the next bid, and already having to work for less so their company can be low bidder, how much will the worker care about his job over his paycheck?
This is pretty much how I learned. I was messing around with VBA in Excel to do some functions in college, but making my website was my very first programming experience. They gotta start by learning the overly simple HTML, then they can learn PHP and all's well.
I agree with what you're saying, it would be bad for business. If it was me (and thank god it isn't), and I had billions lying around, I'd still consider it. I don't think I could pass up the opportunity to tell the world that they are just a waste of time to me.
I wonder if Bill has ever considered giving everyone the big finger on this. I mean, what would the EU do, if all of a sudden, Microsoft will not longer sell anyone any software. The people who visit these forums will obviously shout "go to linux" or "mac or die", but the general masses can't switch like that. The people suing Microsoft would be in a hard spot if they refused to sell to them anymore.
If the users knew enough to run IE from Start>Run or through Word, I do not think it was because they were to scared to "try a new program". They liked what they had, why change?
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You can sue for anything you want, you just might not win.
Damnit, don't say Newegg on here. You'll just tip them off where we get our shit. There's alot of internet...security by obscurity.
I would agree that it isn't our place to judge, but looking at this incident, I would question the responsibility of the parents. I do not know this kid's background, but I'd be willing to bet that he's done other stupid stuff relating to things he's seen or heard. Assuming that's the case, the parents should be painfully aware that their child is impressionable. It is the parents responsibility to identify and contain the threats a child poses.
Relating to model parents having serial killer children, the parents must have had some indication that the child was offbase. No one is perfect, I know, but parents should be able to identify when their child is acting outside the bounds of normal behavior.
On video games programming this kid, your brain is like a computer. You get out what you put in. I'm not saying it trained him to kill them, but it should be obvious to anyone that the more we expose ourselves to violence, the more we as a society will come to accept it.
The parent has been moderated as funny, which says quite a bit about. Everyone would like to deny that there is a chance of that happening, but the sad truth is, it's possible.
I believe that trend will rise. Up until November, I owned an HP iPAQ, that I sold to my boss. I had talked him and another coworker into buying pda's, because it's important that we have the information we need on us. (We're project managers for a construction company). After hooking them, I went and bought my new MPx220 Smartphone. I showed them all the cool functionality, and now they're wondering how they can sell their pda's (that I just made them get) to get smartphones. The ability to call anyone in my contacts with a voice command far outways any use a stylus gives me.
Did Netcraft confirm it?
This higher end video card requirement will be the future, not the present. Grandma and Grandpa are not going to be buying Longhorn to put on their current PC, they will buy a new one. Machines that will come with longhorn will have a passable video card in them, probably something in the $100 retail range (I'm guessing). Even the cheap ATI video cards have pixel shader 2.0, and you can get those for something like $50. What this will eliminate is the Intel EXTREME Graphics (which I've found to be nothing EXTREME about them), and other cheap onboard crap.
I keep my will in my safety deposit box, which says who my estate executor is.
I remember playing GTA3 one day and I looked down at my watch and realized I was late for work. I jumped into my car and whipped out into the street without looking. After I ran a stop sign or two, I realized that I wasn't in a game and that if I didn't straigten up, I wouldn't be playing one again either.
This will lead to a whole new realm of modding. I can invision mods where super bright LED's set your case aglow, while people still don't care that they're cooking their system from the inside out.
This always blows my mind. I graduated from Purdue in '03 in Constructiong Engineering Management, and I'm always so shocked to hear people talk of Purdue so highly. People in Indiana (which I'm from) tend to think of Purdue as a local community college, nothing impressive. The thought of having to go to another school to get recommendations to get in just seems odd.
I'm aware that Purdue is competitive, and no, I did not turn heads with my academic performance. I'm also aware that this is totally off-topic.
It's obviously the Segway.
I think it's the continuing coverage of illegally trading files that's helping the RIAA. Once a week I read some Slashdot story about RIAA losing this case, or winning that one. Then I read through the comments to see who thinks it is ok and who thinks it isn't. It forces everyone to reflect on where they stand, they for it or against it. This continual advertising can only help them. Instead of thinking about work (which we all should be doing), I'm considering if I should ethically be downloading music or not. With music on my brain all the time now, I can't help but get the urge to get some new music. Regardless of how your get it, the RIAA has now made music your forefront concern.
I disagree. You have the rest of your life to do those activities too. I interned every summer during school, and it made my initial job hunt a breeze. While my classmates were struggling to fill up one page on a resume, I was trying to fit mine into two. The things you'll learn as an underpaid (though I wasn't) intern will directly contribute to your skills at post college jobs. Companies give you weeks of vacation for a reason. You'll have the money and motivation to go out and enjoy the world. Eeking by during the summers trying to have a little fun doesn't pay off in the long run.
The problem with this is the same as with construction. The government highers the lowest bidder to build all its buildings, and you know what? You get what you pay for. Having policies that the people can decide would be a good thing, but who is going to ensure they're being followed? The government, what is left of it, would still have to employ some body to oversee the contractors to determine their compliance. It would have to be the same checks and balances that exist today (Ex: Internal Affairs to the police), but there would be more room for corruption and negligence from the disassociation between those doing the job and why they do it. Now, the police and firefighters work because that's what they want to do with their lives, help people, but how would that change if they were just contractors? With no promise of work after the next bid, and already having to work for less so their company can be low bidder, how much will the worker care about his job over his paycheck?
Isn't the point of the subpoena to determine who John/Jane Doe is?
This is pretty much how I learned. I was messing around with VBA in Excel to do some functions in college, but making my website was my very first programming experience. They gotta start by learning the overly simple HTML, then they can learn PHP and all's well.
...and is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems
Let's sue Microsoft for including this with the OS, just like Media Player. We're all going to be rich.
I agree with what you're saying, it would be bad for business. If it was me (and thank god it isn't), and I had billions lying around, I'd still consider it. I don't think I could pass up the opportunity to tell the world that they are just a waste of time to me.
I wonder if Bill has ever considered giving everyone the big finger on this. I mean, what would the EU do, if all of a sudden, Microsoft will not longer sell anyone any software. The people who visit these forums will obviously shout "go to linux" or "mac or die", but the general masses can't switch like that. The people suing Microsoft would be in a hard spot if they refused to sell to them anymore.
The only obstacle I've found to work is Slashdot.
If the users knew enough to run IE from Start>Run or through Word, I do not think it was because they were to scared to "try a new program". They liked what they had, why change?
Actually, they have raised it to $150. It was $125 before they did away with rebates. I'm the devil they want gone.
This is dicrimination. If you keep talking over my head, I'll feel short. That violates my human rights.