we have a constitutional republic, it just turns out we've turned it into a democracy... aka the tyranny of the majority
Of course the problem with a democracy is it means "majority rules", so if you have more than one group of people then the "majority" gets its way and every "minority" group has to accept it. My understanding of a republic is the leadership is determined by a group of electorates rather than an absolute count of votes from the population. I think this republic is every bit as oppressive as a democracy because the "majority" is going to get to decide who the electorates are anyway.
Any website on geocities is untrustworthy as to how reliable the information is in my opinion.
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Well, I am a female with a degree in software engineering and personally, I don't need anybody to look up to. I know I'm good at what I do and I'm sure my time to shine will come. When that time comes, if it gets mentioned on slashdot, I hope there aren't any pictures of me on the internet.
For Jeri, I can relate to her too. I hope she is enjoying all of this attention and taking it for the flattery it is, rather than focusing on how much the people overlook the accomplishments and relish in the fact that there is a female who knows a bit from a byte.
Yeah and CRTs tend to have over-saturated color that drifts over time.
If the monitor produces colour that is too intense then I would think you can set the colour profile to produce less saturated colour. If the colour changes over time then I would think the profile can be adjusted to change it back. If the monitor is unable to produce the most intense colour (as with an LCD) then I would think the problem is unsolvable. It seems like the CRT is the most versatile monitor type.
Even so, I've been able to get along fine with my laptop's LCD screen. However, every time I look at the video and graphics on my CRT, they look better. But I am no graphics expert. If somebody can direct me to a good reference for colour matching, that would be appreciated.
Maybe they didn't know there would be an article about them. Maybe they did...
Also, I think the advert was meant to be kind of a celebration, and acknowledge people who donated to the promotional campaign. The article probably doesn't do that.
A few things came to mind as soon as I started reading this.
First, I wondered why he thought Linux was the only solution. Then I thought about how the problems mentioned will mainly affect Windows users, which means they will already have PC's and not Macs. So switching to Linux or another free variant of Unix would be the lowest cost option.
Second, when I talk to people about switching from Windows, I feel obligated to tell them all that some software is only made for Windows. And my good friend always tells me he can't switch because the games he likes to play are only available for Windows. Firefox, OpenOffice, and other open source software is good for some but apparently all of his favourite games where you shoot everybody are only available on Windows. And there is a lot of hardware that only have Windows drivers.
These problems may not have anything to do with which operating system has the best design, and they may not be fair, but they have to be addressed before the masses will leave Windows.
I did have one final thought. Maybe the best solution would be to stop fixing the Windows spyware, adware, and malware problem. Microsoft isn't fixing it, but other people come up with solutions that allow them to get away with this somewhat. If we just leave the responsibility to Microsoft, at some point all of the Windows systems will grind to a halt and people will switch because that will be the only way to get any work done. Just a thought.
So, he installs SpyBot, AVG, ZoneAlarm, whatever. Nobody told him that wouldn't work because the processes are on the same box.
Well, the last time I ran Ad-Aware, it actually restarted the computer and set itself to run before the rest of the programs loaded, allowing it to get rid of programs that already had processes loaded and running. It worked. However, I suppose there could be malware that uses the same tactics.
The kind of folks that read/. want complete freedom on the internet. They also want no more spam. The sad truth is that you can't have both.
They're not giving us either one. Given a choice, I would choose freedom on the internet. But since they're not giving us that, I think it's reasonable to call for spam laws that can actually be used to fight spam.
Alien robots are going to come to our planet and find a way to convert this technology into a means of storing energy. Then they're going to take all of our energy, store it in these cubes, and take them back to Cybertron. Be very afraid.
They think of the web as the Internet, their monitor as their computer, their case as their hard drive, etc.
Actually I think they think of the case as the CPU. And they think of the 3.5" floppy disk as the hard disk. Or maybe that's just my personal nightmare.
I think the Mozilla guys made an ad that will appeal to Firefox fans more than anybody else. And it was cool to mention everybody's names but I think there could have been better use of all that space. Like maybe a bunch of tiny text listing all of IE's security holes discovered thus far. Then after that sparks some memories, telling them to Get Firefox as an escape from this might mean more.
I agree, the students shouldn't take a failing grade over this.
My first thought was this professor is crazy and a complaint should be filed if even one student fails over this madness. However, I guess he showed them a method of finding the security holes. And if failing this single homework assignment is enough to fail the class then I guess it's a semester-long assignment. So maybe that's enough time to find the security holes, given the tools to do so. But if nobody scores high enough to pass then he would have to be a sadistic maniac to fail them all. And a failure as a teacher.
I wonder if the professor was able to find ten security holes without the help of his students.
Check out U.S. Bank's Unsubscribe page. Basically what you do is click no on everything, put a checkmark in the checkbox and click the submit button.
The interesting thing is it asks if you're 13 years old or more. If you choose "No" then it won't let you unsubscribe. So if you're under 13 and truthful then there's no way to stop getting mail from them. And one could argue that no 13 year old has a bank account but then, why would they ask the age?
And how do you watch the screen with the phone pressed to your ear?
I was at the Sprint store today. They have advertisements for their new PCS Vision TV service all over the place. There are phones in there with speakerphone capability, which would be adequate for television audio. They're also selling stereo headphones and phones that output stereo sound.
One might think television on a phone is silly but people were also saying a web browser on a phone is silly. I know plenty of people who paid for the PCS internet services. TV on the phone might not be practical but it might be big fun...
Mailwasher Pro supposedly simulates bounced email to fool spammers for people who don't have so much control over their own mail server. I use an older version and it seems to have decreased the junk mail. But I think my most effective anti-spam measure is just keeping the email addresses off of webpages.
I know very little about PGP encryption. I'm wondering, if there is a database of keys that can be used to read the mail then can the government just make the PGP guys hand it over and suddenly be able to read everybody's mail?
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Is THIS the future of TV?
No, this is the future of phone sex.
Somebody had better warn the phone sex operators though. They won't do well when the guy who saw the sexy girl in the adverts calls them up and his phone shows the high pitched schoolboy who actually works for them.
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Of course the problem with a democracy is it means "majority rules", so if you have more than one group of people then the "majority" gets its way and every "minority" group has to accept it. My understanding of a republic is the leadership is determined by a group of electorates rather than an absolute count of votes from the population. I think this republic is every bit as oppressive as a democracy because the "majority" is going to get to decide who the electorates are anyway.
The PHP guys will probably blame it on Apache 2.
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Well, I am a female with a degree in software engineering and personally, I don't need anybody to look up to. I know I'm good at what I do and I'm sure my time to shine will come. When that time comes, if it gets mentioned on slashdot, I hope there aren't any pictures of me on the internet.
For Jeri, I can relate to her too. I hope she is enjoying all of this attention and taking it for the flattery it is, rather than focusing on how much the people overlook the accomplishments and relish in the fact that there is a female who knows a bit from a byte.
If the monitor produces colour that is too intense then I would think you can set the colour profile to produce less saturated colour. If the colour changes over time then I would think the profile can be adjusted to change it back. If the monitor is unable to produce the most intense colour (as with an LCD) then I would think the problem is unsolvable. It seems like the CRT is the most versatile monitor type.
Even so, I've been able to get along fine with my laptop's LCD screen. However, every time I look at the video and graphics on my CRT, they look better. But I am no graphics expert. If somebody can direct me to a good reference for colour matching, that would be appreciated.
Maybe they didn't know there would be an article about them. Maybe they did...
Also, I think the advert was meant to be kind of a celebration, and acknowledge people who donated to the promotional campaign. The article probably doesn't do that.
A few things came to mind as soon as I started reading this.
First, I wondered why he thought Linux was the only solution. Then I thought about how the problems mentioned will mainly affect Windows users, which means they will already have PC's and not Macs. So switching to Linux or another free variant of Unix would be the lowest cost option.
Second, when I talk to people about switching from Windows, I feel obligated to tell them all that some software is only made for Windows. And my good friend always tells me he can't switch because the games he likes to play are only available for Windows. Firefox, OpenOffice, and other open source software is good for some but apparently all of his favourite games where you shoot everybody are only available on Windows. And there is a lot of hardware that only have Windows drivers.
These problems may not have anything to do with which operating system has the best design, and they may not be fair, but they have to be addressed before the masses will leave Windows.
I did have one final thought. Maybe the best solution would be to stop fixing the Windows spyware, adware, and malware problem. Microsoft isn't fixing it, but other people come up with solutions that allow them to get away with this somewhat. If we just leave the responsibility to Microsoft, at some point all of the Windows systems will grind to a halt and people will switch because that will be the only way to get any work done. Just a thought.
Well, the last time I ran Ad-Aware, it actually restarted the computer and set itself to run before the rest of the programs loaded, allowing it to get rid of programs that already had processes loaded and running. It worked. However, I suppose there could be malware that uses the same tactics.
Maybe there's something wrong with your roll...
Isn't that less than one cent for every U.S. citizen they screwed?
That actually sounds like a good idea. Maybe they could have a whole section of the living space that stays fixed while the outer ring rotates.
My first thought was they should make three identical buildings and fabricate a giant robot hand to solve the Towers of Hanoi problem.
They should also put some things in there like prisms or compasses to make all of the rotation a lot more interesting.
They're not giving us either one. Given a choice, I would choose freedom on the internet. But since they're not giving us that, I think it's reasonable to call for spam laws that can actually be used to fight spam.
Alien robots are going to come to our planet and find a way to convert this technology into a means of storing energy. Then they're going to take all of our energy, store it in these cubes, and take them back to Cybertron. Be very afraid.
Actually I think they think of the case as the CPU. And they think of the 3.5" floppy disk as the hard disk. Or maybe that's just my personal nightmare.
I think the Mozilla guys made an ad that will appeal to Firefox fans more than anybody else. And it was cool to mention everybody's names but I think there could have been better use of all that space. Like maybe a bunch of tiny text listing all of IE's security holes discovered thus far. Then after that sparks some memories, telling them to Get Firefox as an escape from this might mean more.
Or crash some major corporation's network. You can tell them your teacher made you do it.
I agree, the students shouldn't take a failing grade over this.
My first thought was this professor is crazy and a complaint should be filed if even one student fails over this madness. However, I guess he showed them a method of finding the security holes. And if failing this single homework assignment is enough to fail the class then I guess it's a semester-long assignment. So maybe that's enough time to find the security holes, given the tools to do so. But if nobody scores high enough to pass then he would have to be a sadistic maniac to fail them all. And a failure as a teacher.
I wonder if the professor was able to find ten security holes without the help of his students.
Check out U.S. Bank's Unsubscribe page. Basically what you do is click no on everything, put a checkmark in the checkbox and click the submit button.
The interesting thing is it asks if you're 13 years old or more. If you choose "No" then it won't let you unsubscribe. So if you're under 13 and truthful then there's no way to stop getting mail from them. And one could argue that no 13 year old has a bank account but then, why would they ask the age?
I just thought that was interesting.
I was at the Sprint store today. They have advertisements for their new PCS Vision TV service all over the place. There are phones in there with speakerphone capability, which would be adequate for television audio. They're also selling stereo headphones and phones that output stereo sound.
One might think television on a phone is silly but people were also saying a web browser on a phone is silly. I know plenty of people who paid for the PCS internet services. TV on the phone might not be practical but it might be big fun...
Maybe you should just put some egg whites in a test tube and see what happens. Then all you have to do is explain the results.
Mailwasher Pro supposedly simulates bounced email to fool spammers for people who don't have so much control over their own mail server. I use an older version and it seems to have decreased the junk mail. But I think my most effective anti-spam measure is just keeping the email addresses off of webpages.
I know very little about PGP encryption. I'm wondering, if there is a database of keys that can be used to read the mail then can the government just make the PGP guys hand it over and suddenly be able to read everybody's mail?
No, this is the future of phone sex.
Somebody had better warn the phone sex operators though. They won't do well when the guy who saw the sexy girl in the adverts calls them up and his phone shows the high pitched schoolboy who actually works for them.
A new study also suggests that keeping your Jedi light sabre in your pocket while searching for your keys may also be hazardous to your fertility.
The only things it has ever done for me are make my legs sweat and give me something to talk about online.