Well, on the smoking ban, I actually don't entirely agree. Whether or not second hand smoke causes problems (which really hasn't been determined either way), I don't want to come home smelling like smoke, etc just because I decide to go bowling with friends.
But, I do agree with your overall point as a whole. People should only be concerned about themselves...quite worrying what other people do so freaken much.
You most certainly do not have the right to roam on to my driveway, for example, which is clearly private property.
Is it? Where does it stop "clearly" being your private property? A family I know owns 40 acres of land. Which part of their land would not "clearly" be their private property anymore? The area where it becomes woods? The area where they stop mowing their lawn and let the grass grow?
The problem with the word clearly is that it clearly does not define anything.
Additionally, with Ctrl+Tab (and not with Ctrl+PgDn) I can keep one hand on the keyboard and the other on my...mouse...um...for scrolling and stuff...um...
...you know...so I can browse and flip between pic...err...windows...err...
With that said, there are MANY bad martial arts schools out there.
I second this. Be very, very careful about your choice of martial arts schools. Most places will let you try out a few classes for free. Do it. Make sure you meet the head instructor, look at class makeup, look at what belt ranks are there. I tried out one school that had 30 students and not a single black belt. That may seem "hardcore," but it can get extremely frustrating if an instructor never promotes people. Additionally, when a school has no black belts, it may indicate that they don't stick around for various reasons.
Either way, I highly recommend martial arts as a form of working out.
(and what's with the idiot bike riders who don't even follow traffic rules?)
This this this this this.
Just this morning, I saw a biker ride straight through a red light not even stopping to look left or right to see if cars coming. Good thing the woman coming in from the right was watching carefully.
Bikers - you aren't the only people on the roads. Obey the laws.
The parent's reference is pretty funny. For those of you who didn't get the reference, check out Miss South Carolina's response during the Miss USA pageant last year.
I can't decide if I want to fall over laughing or punch myself in the face from her response.
That was an amazing speech, Professor Pausch. Your family will be in my prayers. You had a great way of looking at life, and I sincerely believe that your children will benefit very much from that.
My guess would be that you were modded a troll because you rejoiced over the fact that a guy had killed (or attempted to kill) his kids.
No matter what you think about nature vs. nurture, killing kids is definitely not something to rejoice about in any circumstance and will most definitely get you modded as a troll.
That's looking at the silver lining, I suppose. Makes you look like an arse, though.
And, for the record, the child would not necessarily grow up to be like her father. Genetics only plays part of the role (environment playing a part as well).
So what? It sucks that they won't. But, as other people have pointed out, don't buy their hardware/return their hardware and get something that is supported.
Nobody HAS to support anything. So, it's not like they have some ulterior and evil motive. They just don't want to support Linux.
Sucks for them that they're going to get some bad press about this as it is now on Slashdot's front page.
I do have a hunch that "fear-mongering" will continue to remove rights and privileges for people who use these services legally. (It's all for the children, though, so it's okay.)
1. First, record every failed and successful login attempt. When a person logs in, put, right at the top of the site, a listing of the last logins (failed or otherwise - if there's a failed one, make sure it's red or something along those lines). Include date, time and IP address.
2. The locking mechanism isn't a bad idea, but it needs to be implemented in such a way that the person should rarely reach it. In fact, if someone tries to login repeatedly, it should take them longer, each time, to get a response back. (I am not a web developer, so this may be impossible.) So, for example, if I fail once, I get a response about the failure immediately. If I fail a fifth time, it'll take a looooong time before I either get a response back, or get to try again. After X amount of times, you get locked out completely.
3. If someone does have to call the bank to get a password reset, a couple things should happen.
a. The support desk should not give the password over the phone. Stupid idea. Instead, they need to confirm 3 RANDOM questions that have already been determined at setup of the account. Once these have been confirmed, the bank will then e-mail the new password to the registered e-mail with that account.
b. If that person (surprise, surprise) forgot their e-mail password, or have a bad e-mail address registered, then a password is sent via snail mail to the registered address of the bank.
c. If A and B don't work, the customer has to get a notarized letter or some such nonesense to get their password reset.
If you mean Google is a full-service evil, I have to disagree.
People who exploit the services are "evil." Google is not evil for providing very excellent services. It's the same arguments with respect to guns - who do you blame? The gun manufacturer, or the guy who shot the gun?
In the two cases this has happened to me, I got the person's voice mail and it was *obviously* a wrong number. So, I just hung up instead of leaving a(what would have been an awkward) message.
In the first case, the guy calls me back immediately. It was annoying that he even had the gall to do that.
In the second case, the person called me back two days later and then hung up as soon as I picked up the phone and said, "Hello."
Either way...how hard is it just to NOT CALL BACK? Who cares who called you? That's what annoys me about it.
In cases where someone actually picks up the phone (and I didn't realize I was dialing the wrong number - which tends not to happen too often), I apologize and then hang up. End of story.
I've used this to try to determine who called me if they don't leave a message - the system will play their recorded clip of them reading their name.
Ooo...very nice tip. Thanks for the heads up.
On a side (but related) note, I really hate when someone calls me back when I dial a wrong number. Conversation goes something like this.
Me: [calls wrong number] Me: Oh crap! [hang up] My Phone: [ring, ring] Me: Hello? Random Person: Who is this? Me: Ummm...who is this? RP: You just called my phone a second ago. Who are you? Me: I did? No...I don't think so. I was looking at pr0n a minute ago. I definitely wasn't calling your phone. RP: [silence] Me: [hangs up]
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Reminds me of a funny song quote I recently heard...
"I miss him, but my aim is getting better."
Well, on the smoking ban, I actually don't entirely agree. Whether or not second hand smoke causes problems (which really hasn't been determined either way), I don't want to come home smelling like smoke, etc just because I decide to go bowling with friends.
But, I do agree with your overall point as a whole. People should only be concerned about themselves...quite worrying what other people do so freaken much.
Microsoft's Sam Ramji is like a turkey knocking on Thanksgiving's door.
He's welcomed?
You most certainly do not have the right to roam on to my driveway, for example, which is clearly private property.
Is it? Where does it stop "clearly" being your private property? A family I know owns 40 acres of land. Which part of their land would not "clearly" be their private property anymore? The area where it becomes woods? The area where they stop mowing their lawn and let the grass grow?
The problem with the word clearly is that it clearly does not define anything.
Not Buddha. CowboyNeal.
You forgot about the best browser ever! IE!
Internet Explorer 7
Ahhh...Internet Explorer. A breath of fresh air, it is.
Additionally, with Ctrl+Tab (and not with Ctrl+PgDn) I can keep one hand on the keyboard and the other on my...mouse...um...for scrolling and stuff...um...
...you know...so I can browse and flip between pic...err...windows...err...
Crap.
With that said, there are MANY bad martial arts schools out there.
I second this. Be very, very careful about your choice of martial arts schools. Most places will let you try out a few classes for free. Do it. Make sure you meet the head instructor, look at class makeup, look at what belt ranks are there. I tried out one school that had 30 students and not a single black belt. That may seem "hardcore," but it can get extremely frustrating if an instructor never promotes people. Additionally, when a school has no black belts, it may indicate that they don't stick around for various reasons.
Either way, I highly recommend martial arts as a form of working out.
#5 - Once you take care of the "introverted" problem... get a girlfriend and do a lot of the world's #1 calorie-burning exercise.
Doing the dishes?
Seriously, though, the type of physical activity you're referring to does not burn nearly the amount of calories people tend to attribute to it.
Second...why the hating on the introverts? Nothing wrong with being introverted. (FTR: I'm definitely not an introvert.)
(and what's with the idiot bike riders who don't even follow traffic rules?)
This this this this this.
Just this morning, I saw a biker ride straight through a red light not even stopping to look left or right to see if cars coming. Good thing the woman coming in from the right was watching carefully.
Bikers - you aren't the only people on the roads. Obey the laws.
The parent's reference is pretty funny. For those of you who didn't get the reference, check out Miss South Carolina's response during the Miss USA pageant last year.
I can't decide if I want to fall over laughing or punch myself in the face from her response.
Here at Slashdot, we call that "Prior Art."
I don't like the high and make my money in other ways.
Translation: I'm a pimp.
Follow the link for the transcription of Randy Pausch's Last Lecture.
That was an amazing speech, Professor Pausch. Your family will be in my prayers. You had a great way of looking at life, and I sincerely believe that your children will benefit very much from that.
I know many people who already have...
My guess would be that you were modded a troll because you rejoiced over the fact that a guy had killed (or attempted to kill) his kids.
No matter what you think about nature vs. nurture, killing kids is definitely not something to rejoice about in any circumstance and will most definitely get you modded as a troll.
That's looking at the silver lining, I suppose. Makes you look like an arse, though.
And, for the record, the child would not necessarily grow up to be like her father. Genetics only plays part of the role (environment playing a part as well).
So what? It sucks that they won't. But, as other people have pointed out, don't buy their hardware/return their hardware and get something that is supported.
Nobody HAS to support anything. So, it's not like they have some ulterior and evil motive. They just don't want to support Linux.
Sucks for them that they're going to get some bad press about this as it is now on Slashdot's front page.
+1 Scary
I do have a hunch that "fear-mongering" will continue to remove rights and privileges for people who use these services legally. (It's all for the children, though, so it's okay.)
Only if the thread is irrational
What discussion thread isn't? The empty thread?
One where no girls are involved.
I would say I am going to be modded down for this, but considering there are 0 females on Slashdot, I'm not too worried.
Well, you could do it like this...
1. First, record every failed and successful login attempt. When a person logs in, put, right at the top of the site, a listing of the last logins (failed or otherwise - if there's a failed one, make sure it's red or something along those lines). Include date, time and IP address.
2. The locking mechanism isn't a bad idea, but it needs to be implemented in such a way that the person should rarely reach it. In fact, if someone tries to login repeatedly, it should take them longer, each time, to get a response back. (I am not a web developer, so this may be impossible.) So, for example, if I fail once, I get a response about the failure immediately. If I fail a fifth time, it'll take a looooong time before I either get a response back, or get to try again. After X amount of times, you get locked out completely.
3. If someone does have to call the bank to get a password reset, a couple things should happen.
a. The support desk should not give the password over the phone. Stupid idea. Instead, they need to confirm 3 RANDOM questions that have already been determined at setup of the account. Once these have been confirmed, the bank will then e-mail the new password to the registered e-mail with that account.
b. If that person (surprise, surprise) forgot their e-mail password, or have a bad e-mail address registered, then a password is sent via snail mail to the registered address of the bank.
c. If A and B don't work, the customer has to get a notarized letter or some such nonesense to get their password reset.
It's full-service evil.
If you mean Google is a full-service evil, I have to disagree.
People who exploit the services are "evil." Google is not evil for providing very excellent services. It's the same arguments with respect to guns - who do you blame? The gun manufacturer, or the guy who shot the gun?
Ah...perhaps I should clarify.
In the two cases this has happened to me, I got the person's voice mail and it was *obviously* a wrong number. So, I just hung up instead of leaving a(what would have been an awkward) message.
In the first case, the guy calls me back immediately. It was annoying that he even had the gall to do that.
In the second case, the person called me back two days later and then hung up as soon as I picked up the phone and said, "Hello."
Either way...how hard is it just to NOT CALL BACK? Who cares who called you? That's what annoys me about it.
In cases where someone actually picks up the phone (and I didn't realize I was dialing the wrong number - which tends not to happen too often), I apologize and then hang up. End of story.
Hope that clarified my position a bit.
One dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is about the size of the city of New Jersey and growing.
How many football fields worth of VW Bugs is that?
I've used this to try to determine who called me if they don't leave a message - the system will play their recorded clip of them reading their name.
Ooo...very nice tip. Thanks for the heads up.
On a side (but related) note, I really hate when someone calls me back when I dial a wrong number. Conversation goes something like this.
Me: [calls wrong number]
Me: Oh crap! [hang up]
My Phone: [ring, ring]
Me: Hello?
Random Person: Who is this?
Me: Ummm...who is this?
RP: You just called my phone a second ago. Who are you?
Me: I did? No...I don't think so. I was looking at pr0n a minute ago. I definitely wasn't calling your phone.
RP: [silence]
Me: [hangs up]