But he's saying his computer is fast enough to play the video in real-time. This requires processing power. An old comp would be able, but it would drop frames/have major slowdown.
Well there is a big difference between 128 and 512, but not that big of a difference between 256 and 512. And even though there aren't now (not counting doom3), I imagine someday in the future there will require this type of thing.
because living near a burglar does not increase your chances of being victimized by him or her. He or she is more likely to rob some other place, farther away. where it'd be less suspicious.
Dude, that is sick. I know these people are messed up, but you are paying them back 1000 times what they have done to you. Public nonstop torture lasting for years, I'm sorry to say, far outweighs any crime one could possibly commit. I hate these sick freaks just as much as the next guy, and I never thought I would defend them, but that is a little harsh.
by way of comparison you are not required by law to report sites which advocate murder, detail murders planned or already committed, or if you know anyone who is planning a murder. there are no penalties for keeping your mouth shut if you're not directly involved. even if someone dies as a result.
That's because these sites are much less prevalent than child porno sites.
and in many cases the penalty for mere posession of child pornography is longer and harsher (9 to 11 years) than that of say, armed robbery (typically 5 years or less). I would consider giving a child emotional scars that will haunt them forever worse than holding up a 7-11.
a one time convicted child porn downloader may get a long prison sentence and then a lifefime of "monitoring" (basically, supervised probation). a repeat violent criminal (armed robbery, assault, even murder) would typically get a prison sentence (often very short), a few years probation at most, then that's it.
You're wrong. Repeat violent criminals get put in the pen for a _very_ _long_ _time_.
a convicted child porn downloader is required to register with the local police, and they inform the local population. that a dangerous pedophile lives amongst them. a nice publically announced and endorsed target for vigilantes (and that is the point i guess, to encourage vigalantism). basically shouting it from the rooftops. ignoring the fact that the vast majority of child abuse is by parents or close relatives.
This is not done to encourage vigilantiism, it is done to let people know who they live near. This crime is by nature a habitual one, and anyone guilty of it has a high probability of doing sick things in the future. That's why the authorities must keep a close eye on them, and warn people to *be careful* who live nearby.
a convicted murderer is not required to register with anyone, and there is no requirement to inform the population that a violent criminal lives near them.
Murder is, generally speaking, not a habitual crime.
most strange, these so-called 'morality' laws.
What do you mean, "so-called"? Do you think it's perfectly fine and moral to publish child pornography?
The explicit depiction or exhibition
of sexual activity in literature, films or photography that is intended to stimulate erotic, rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.
It's not a legal definition, but I believe even the legal definition has something similar.
and what does all this have to do with my question?
By the way, I know the "Manifesto" is an incoherent rambling pile of nonsense. It's not intended to be some kind of literary masterpiece or anything like that. I just hate people who go "1 4/\/\ 73}| 1337 UBERG()D" and dumb crap like that.
Have everyone you know sign things with GPG. If someone is savvy enough to use GPG, you know that A) The e-mail is really from them, and B) They are savvy enough to know not to send you viruses
I doubt someone you know would send you a virus. As for authenticating that it really is from someone you know, that's what PGP, (or GPG, whatever) is for.
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He would not call himself Captain either...
Ahem, service pack one
And it's really, really slow.
People who buy Macs don't usually try to run Windows software on them, even stupid people know better than that.
:)
Also this is nitpicking, but doom3 does run on Linux
But then again, doing nearly anything on Windows says you should reboot. Whether it's actually necessary is another matter entirely.
But he's saying his computer is fast enough to play the video in real-time. This requires processing power. An old comp would be able, but it would drop frames/have major slowdown.
Well there is a big difference between 128 and 512, but not that big of a difference between 256 and 512. And even though there aren't now (not counting doom3), I imagine someday in the future there will require this type of thing.
And gentooo.org is not hosted by gentoo.org, but that's not the point.
Incidentally, gentooo.org and slsahdot.org both do that.
You mean you didn't do thorough, mind-numbing double-checking and research before you submitted a story to the hallowed halls of slashdot?
Oh, wait...
That's a bit insensitive, don't ya think?
because living near a burglar does not increase your chances of being victimized by him or her. He or she is more likely to rob some other place, farther away. where it'd be less suspicious.
Dude, that is sick. I know these people are messed up, but you are paying them back 1000 times what they have done to you. Public nonstop torture lasting for years, I'm sorry to say, far outweighs any crime one could possibly commit. I hate these sick freaks just as much as the next guy, and I never thought I would defend them, but that is a little harsh.
That's because these sites are much less prevalent than child porno sites.
Definition of pornography:
It's not a legal definition, but I believe even the legal definition has something similar.
and what does all this have to do with my question?
By the way, I know the "Manifesto" is an incoherent rambling pile of nonsense. It's not intended to be some kind of literary masterpiece or anything like that. I just hate people who go "1 4/\/\ 73}| 1337 UBERG()D" and dumb crap like that.
OK, I'll give you the MP3 interface. And I have no idea what you mean by "Expose desktop window management."
Please name one thing Apple has innovated, in the past 3 or 4 years, besides eye candy or "prettiness".
If you're not going to use it for gaming, why not just buy a cheap computer. You'll get a much nicer box than the XBOX, I'm sure.
As other posters have suggested, buy a hub. They're really nice.
Isn't this a bit more trouble than it's worth? After all, how hard is it to plug something in to a USB slot?
Have everyone you know sign things with GPG. If someone is savvy enough to use GPG, you know that
A) The e-mail is really from them, and
B) They are savvy enough to know not to send you viruses
Yeah it would. People will always download stupid stuff from random places.
I doubt someone you know would send you a virus. As for authenticating that it really is from someone you know, that's what PGP, (or GPG, whatever) is for.
don't accept rar files from people you don't know. And, if you do, don't run random executables inside them?