Yeah, I pretty much couldn't stand a keyboard that didn't have macro keys like the G15 (and I do so like that LCD panel. Mine's a bit long in the tooth - I have no specific manufacturer loyalty, but no-one seems to make a decently priced alternative to the G15 so I don't replace it).
I mean, you might be thinking it's due to games - but you'd be wrong. You can almost use it as a sort of macro editor for development. Hit G1 and sit back while the keyboard cleans out your build folder, executes the test projects, and runs the build. Sure, I could do all that with pre-build tasks, but what sort of developer doesn't use the wrong tool for the job occasionally just to prove it's possible?
Actually, I think the problem is the Anti-MS trolls and the MS trolls couldn't work out whose side you were on there, resulting in the creation of a paradox which inevitably collapses into a "-1; Flamebait".
How is it a fundamental freedom to not have an officer ask you to say your name to an alcohol measurement device? If that's an "unreasonable search", I'd hate to see how you think the police should do their job. It's not a terrible invasion of your privacy, like TSA scanners are.
These checkpoints process astronomical numbers of vehicles. The police have maybe 10 seconds or so to establish whether you're drunk - most of the time, they look at you, and either wave you on or ask your name for the breath test. To actually be asked to take a blood test, you've either got to ask for one, or refuse the breath test (because "omg theys takin' mah freedoms!")
I personally fully support DWI checkpoints. Because unlike terrorist bombings, drink drivers are actually a very real, very present, risk. And unlike terrorist bombings, a drunk driver is actually likely to happen in your neighbourhood.
The job of law enforcement is to protect people (cue rants about revenue gathering, power-madness, etc) - if people prove that they cannot be trusted not to drive around, risking everyone's lives just so they they can have 20 drinks and hop back in their Dodge Ram (America, FUCK YEAH!), then I would expect the police to do something about that.
Frankly, your right to not be asked your name by a police officer to ensure you aren't dangerously drunk is nowhere near as important as the right of everyone else on the road (and footpaths, and adjacent houses) to not get killed by you.
Clearly you forgot about Vodafone music store, Telecom music store, Digirama (which might I add, sells music in 256Kb/s MP3 with no DRM AND lets you redownload forever).
Actually, they don't. Even in the EU. All your employer needs to do is a) note in their policies that they monitor traffic, or b) cut you off entirely.
A bathroom is a whole different beast, and you know it.
Ever checked the SSL certificate you get back from those connections? There's good odds that the "fascist corporate proxy" (and let's be honest, it's your employers computer and bandwidth so they are perfectly entitled to monitor and control what goes on with it - that's not "fascist" at all) is terminating your SSL connection, re-establishing it to the remote server, and presenting a self-signed certificate back to you. Using a root certificate your employer deployed to "Trusted Root Authorities" on their PC that you use via Group Policy.
The rating is picked by the developer. That means the app submitter selected "No" to "Does your app contain violence? Offensive language? Sexual content?" and a bunch of other things.
I sure hope they're offering partial refunds in order to help save customer rage as well (perhaps even offer to redirect the refund to the tsunami relief fund or something).
And your attitude is what's wrong with parenting today. Because you can't even smack kids with your hand anymore, the little bastards are out getting pregnant at 15 while doing hard drugs and knocking over convenience stores.
Incorrect. If you're using Quickbooks or Nero, you're using Trident. That's as disingenuous as saying that Gecko is Firefox (it's not).
And not every.NET app imports Trident - only ones using the "WebBrowser" control. All.NET apps import WinInet though (but since that's the HTTP library, not the renderer... and even Chrome imports that).
Well, we've just been told Microsoft refuses to sell us XP licenses any more, and we spend millions a year. I'm just guessing, but XP is on the way out.
You're being disingenuous. The argument is around thousand dollar devices which are marketed as being essentially portable computers. Smart phones from that era possibly run a more modern smartphone OS, but it's unlikely. An original iPhone is still more than capable of running the latest OS, Apple is merely artificially restricting them to force you to upgrade.
I, for one, do not welcome our planned obsolescence overlords.
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Yeah, I pretty much couldn't stand a keyboard that didn't have macro keys like the G15 (and I do so like that LCD panel. Mine's a bit long in the tooth - I have no specific manufacturer loyalty, but no-one seems to make a decently priced alternative to the G15 so I don't replace it).
I mean, you might be thinking it's due to games - but you'd be wrong. You can almost use it as a sort of macro editor for development. Hit G1 and sit back while the keyboard cleans out your build folder, executes the test projects, and runs the build. Sure, I could do all that with pre-build tasks, but what sort of developer doesn't use the wrong tool for the job occasionally just to prove it's possible?
Actually, I think the problem is the Anti-MS trolls and the MS trolls couldn't work out whose side you were on there, resulting in the creation of a paradox which inevitably collapses into a "-1; Flamebait".
Well let us know when it finally finishes loading workspaces so you can give us a detailed review.
Last I heard, Cable was even worse - the pipe is contended between up to 24 connections is it not?
Well, ICM won't let you register a domain unless you already have a porn site, and you use the exact same name for your .xxx as your existing site.
Thereby defeating both purposes, in one fel swoop.
It's like he stopped reading at the end of that sentence.
Neither. The whole debate is pointless.
How is it a fundamental freedom to not have an officer ask you to say your name to an alcohol measurement device? If that's an "unreasonable search", I'd hate to see how you think the police should do their job. It's not a terrible invasion of your privacy, like TSA scanners are.
These checkpoints process astronomical numbers of vehicles. The police have maybe 10 seconds or so to establish whether you're drunk - most of the time, they look at you, and either wave you on or ask your name for the breath test. To actually be asked to take a blood test, you've either got to ask for one, or refuse the breath test (because "omg theys takin' mah freedoms!")
I personally fully support DWI checkpoints. Because unlike terrorist bombings, drink drivers are actually a very real, very present, risk. And unlike terrorist bombings, a drunk driver is actually likely to happen in your neighbourhood.
The job of law enforcement is to protect people (cue rants about revenue gathering, power-madness, etc) - if people prove that they cannot be trusted not to drive around, risking everyone's lives just so they they can have 20 drinks and hop back in their Dodge Ram (America, FUCK YEAH!), then I would expect the police to do something about that.
Frankly, your right to not be asked your name by a police officer to ensure you aren't dangerously drunk is nowhere near as important as the right of everyone else on the road (and footpaths, and adjacent houses) to not get killed by you.
Clearly you forgot about Vodafone music store, Telecom music store, Digirama (which might I add, sells music in 256Kb/s MP3 with no DRM AND lets you redownload forever).
Your definition of "only" is flawed.
http://www.startssl.com/?app=1
Supported by every browser under the sun, all for absolutely free. (Full list of supported browsers at http://www.startssl.com/?app=40)
Actually, they don't. Even in the EU. All your employer needs to do is a) note in their policies that they monitor traffic, or b) cut you off entirely.
A bathroom is a whole different beast, and you know it.
Chrome on XP seems to work, once you get past the ANGRY RED SCREEN telling you this site will cause the Apocalypse if you proceed.
Seriously, people, stop self-signing public-facing sites. There are free CAs out there.
SSL is for subscribers only. But apparently it offloads you to different infrastructure so it doesn't bog down too much.
Ever checked the SSL certificate you get back from those connections? There's good odds that the "fascist corporate proxy" (and let's be honest, it's your employers computer and bandwidth so they are perfectly entitled to monitor and control what goes on with it - that's not "fascist" at all) is terminating your SSL connection, re-establishing it to the remote server, and presenting a self-signed certificate back to you. Using a root certificate your employer deployed to "Trusted Root Authorities" on their PC that you use via Group Policy.
Your home computer has one IP address for one site, not one IP address for 730 sites. Not even a remote comparison.
- Permit users to easily select text in a document and adjust that selection; and
Oh, well in that case Android doesn't infringe then.
Sounds like Nokia patents.
The rating is picked by the developer. That means the app submitter selected "No" to "Does your app contain violence? Offensive language? Sexual content?" and a bunch of other things.
Square-Enix, not Sony.
I sure hope they're offering partial refunds in order to help save customer rage as well (perhaps even offer to redirect the refund to the tsunami relief fund or something).
And your attitude is what's wrong with parenting today. Because you can't even smack kids with your hand anymore, the little bastards are out getting pregnant at 15 while doing hard drugs and knocking over convenience stores.
I only wish I was kidding.
Not when you can rack up $90 in one go, buying "1500 FarmVille Credits" and the like.
It'll stop it in the Enterprise, and that's what's keeping IE6 alive.
Consumers have already upgraded to IE8, which is at least tolerable.
Incorrect. If you're using Quickbooks or Nero, you're using Trident. That's as disingenuous as saying that Gecko is Firefox (it's not).
And not every .NET app imports Trident - only ones using the "WebBrowser" control. All .NET apps import WinInet though (but since that's the HTTP library, not the renderer... and even Chrome imports that).
Well, we've just been told Microsoft refuses to sell us XP licenses any more, and we spend millions a year. I'm just guessing, but XP is on the way out.
You're being disingenuous. The argument is around thousand dollar devices which are marketed as being essentially portable computers. Smart phones from that era possibly run a more modern smartphone OS, but it's unlikely. An original iPhone is still more than capable of running the latest OS, Apple is merely artificially restricting them to force you to upgrade.
I, for one, do not welcome our planned obsolescence overlords.