To reiterate on the comment about public libraries becoming "bars, theaters, and what not," this is absolutely true! Especially true of college and university libraries! It seems like the trend among higher education to get more students interested in going to the library is to make them more, shall we say, "festive"? While I have yet to see beer or wine served in a library yet (if you find one, let me know?), just about every major university library these days has a coffee shop (at least half of those are Starbucks). Plus, the entire first floor is far too noisy to even consider getting any real work done. Plus, in the evenings and nights, most libraries become "greek study rooms", which which members of the local fraternities and sororities show up and pretend to study while actually flirting with each other, accessing their facebook & myspace profiles on the wi-fi, and generally goofing off.
When I use the library these days, 95% of time time that means using the library's resources online; I might occasionally have to physically go to the place to get something that I can't find online, in which case I go in, find what I want, check it out, and read it elsewhere.
The reason they're not using it in all major cities is simple,... it won't translate jive . So it's useless in the ghetto,... I guess we'll still have to look for little, old, white ladies that speak jive!
Wow! Times sure have changed! If that tech did that today, there'd almost certainly be a huge lawsuit,... and we'd be reading all about it on CNN! Nevermind the fact that the teacher wasn't in the room; some kid would've ratted out about it, and then the overly-neocon parents would go ballistic on the school,... Oh well, there's nothing like the good ol' days!
John McCain would be Secretary of State, Ron Paul would be Secretary of the Treasury, and Arnold Schwarzenegger would be Secretary of Defense. Jay Leno would be my Press Secretary. Dick Cheney would become my new janitor.
None of my budgets would overspend the amount of money we actually have
Our military would be used only in cases where there is an actual plan, and a strategy
I would introduce a new Constitutional Amendment prohibiting anyone with the last name 'Bush' or 'Clinton' from holding the office of President or Vice President,... and anyone that uses the internet handle 'CowboyNeal'
Britney Spears and Paris Hilton would be put to death (I'd do the same for my horse if he were seriously injured; put 'em out of their misery, once and for all)
And there's a quote from Office Space rattling around my head as to what I'd do. I'm going to take the high road and not post it but that's what coming to mind.
Sorry, but I think President Clinton already beat you to it,...:-P
If the recession is relatively short, and some folks are out of work for only a few months, it could have a positive impact on various open source projects, as folks work on those while receiving unemployment checks. But if the recession is longer, the even the open source market could be hurt, as people are not going to want to work for free too long, and really need to start actually making money.
Hate to point this out, but I don't think we're talking about another university here,... the fact that he referred to "Principal" and "locker" should indicate that he's talking about a high school. The rules do tend to be different between high school and college; for one, high school students are generally minors, having not reached the age of 18; most college students are adults, with full legal rights.
1. Connect drive to external USB drive enclosure (you can purchase many different varieties of these fairly inexpensively).
2. Search for p0rn on said drive(s).
3. Use the "Office Space method" to destroy the drive(s).
4. ???
5. Profit!
Then comes the inevitable commercial applications, like needing to show the ID to purchase groceries (not that we don't show a card many places now anyway).
Actually, I don't think this is an issue as much anymore. In the "old days" when writing a check was much more common, it was general practice to show an idea with the check for identity verification. But today, most retail and grocery stores have been shifting to self-swiping card readers at the point-of-sale, essentially meaning that you don't even have to give the clerk anything, except in the rare event that the card reader doesn't work, and then the card is read manually. This reduces the likelihood that a dishonest store clerk is going to be able to steal your card number and information, because they generally don't see the card anymore, and any receipt generated only has the last four digits printed on it. The process also eliminates the need of an over-zealous store clerk from being a vigilante, diligently checking the identity of everyone themselves. Instead, the burden of proof has shifted from the store clerks, to the credit card companies as well as individual's personal responsibility over themselves.
I really can't see why this is such a huge deal to some people. I mean, so what if you have to show an ID to board a plane, go to the bank, or whatever. We pretty much already do that anyway,... RealID seems to just try to apply uniform standards to all 50 licenses, which will make things easier. For example, I just moved from Arizona to Pennsylvania. Virtually everyone here double-checks my license when they ask me for it, mainly because 90% of them don't believe that it expires in like 2037 (gotta love Arizona;-). Some of them even pull out that booklet of official license formats to check it. RealID would eliminate this necessity.
Plus, I'm not really buying the ACLU's arguments about losing civil liberties. Exactly what "civil liberties" are we losing here, anyway? I seriously doubt that, even with RealID, we're going to take a step back to the days of mid twentieth century Russia where they're going to throw you in the Gulag in Siberia for not being able to produce an ID when they ask you for it. In reality, chances are that they just won't let you on the plane, let you into the IRS building, or let you vote, or something like that,...
that NASA had actually put Linux on the Space Shuttle. Darn! What a disappointment! Figures, though. NASA could never spend as low as $200 on a computer; what, when they can gold-plate the sucker and buy a computer for $200 million?
"Hillary takes New Hampshire"? I think you just got me totally disinterested in any porn whatsoever with that comment... AND put coffee all over my keyboard,...;-)
Well, they're new Fancast site has quite a large collection of television shows available for free (not just to Comcast customers, either). They seem to have a decent collection of current shows, like Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, and Bionic Woman. But they also have some older shows, too, like Airwolf, BSG 1978, and even all the old episodes of Firefly,...;-) The problem is, their player sucks, and only allows you to watch everything within your browser, and not full screen,... Damn, Comcast!
Oh great, another OS war on Slashdot! When will the madness end?;-)
But on a more serious note, the part about Linux not having Office and Adobe and all that jazz is bogus. Ever hear of VMware? Lets you run Windows or Mac on a Linux box (or Linux on a Windows box, or Windows XP on a Mac, for that matter). Works pretty decent, provided you have enough resources to handle it all,...
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When I use the library these days, 95% of time time that means using the library's resources online; I might occasionally have to physically go to the place to get something that I can't find online, in which case I go in, find what I want, check it out, and read it elsewhere.
I will cast my vote for any Presidential candidate that can get Duke Nukem Forever released within their first 100 days of taking office.
The reason they're not using it in all major cities is simple,... it won't translate jive . So it's useless in the ghetto,... I guess we'll still have to look for little, old, white ladies that speak jive!
What's that these days? $1,000? ;-)
Holy shit! That's the same combination that I have on my luggage! =)
Wow! Times sure have changed! If that tech did that today, there'd almost certainly be a huge lawsuit,... and we'd be reading all about it on CNN! Nevermind the fact that the teacher wasn't in the room; some kid would've ratted out about it, and then the overly-neocon parents would go ballistic on the school,... Oh well, there's nothing like the good ol' days!
Forget the movies! How am I going to install Duke Nukem Forever?!?! Or does DNF come preinstalled on this thing?
I haven't had a "first gaming experience" yet. I'm still waiting for Duke Nukem Forever to come out!
Sorry, but I think President Clinton already beat you to it,... :-P
If the recession is relatively short, and some folks are out of work for only a few months, it could have a positive impact on various open source projects, as folks work on those while receiving unemployment checks. But if the recession is longer, the even the open source market could be hurt, as people are not going to want to work for free too long, and really need to start actually making money.
Hate to point this out, but I don't think we're talking about another university here,... the fact that he referred to "Principal" and "locker" should indicate that he's talking about a high school. The rules do tend to be different between high school and college; for one, high school students are generally minors, having not reached the age of 18; most college students are adults, with full legal rights.
2. Search for p0rn on said drive(s).
3. Use the "Office Space method" to destroy the drive(s).
4. ???
5. Profit!
Actually, I don't think this is an issue as much anymore. In the "old days" when writing a check was much more common, it was general practice to show an idea with the check for identity verification. But today, most retail and grocery stores have been shifting to self-swiping card readers at the point-of-sale, essentially meaning that you don't even have to give the clerk anything, except in the rare event that the card reader doesn't work, and then the card is read manually. This reduces the likelihood that a dishonest store clerk is going to be able to steal your card number and information, because they generally don't see the card anymore, and any receipt generated only has the last four digits printed on it. The process also eliminates the need of an over-zealous store clerk from being a vigilante, diligently checking the identity of everyone themselves. Instead, the burden of proof has shifted from the store clerks, to the credit card companies as well as individual's personal responsibility over themselves.
Plus, I'm not really buying the ACLU's arguments about losing civil liberties. Exactly what "civil liberties" are we losing here, anyway? I seriously doubt that, even with RealID, we're going to take a step back to the days of mid twentieth century Russia where they're going to throw you in the Gulag in Siberia for not being able to produce an ID when they ask you for it. In reality, chances are that they just won't let you on the plane, let you into the IRS building, or let you vote, or something like that,...
that NASA had actually put Linux on the Space Shuttle. Darn! What a disappointment! Figures, though. NASA could never spend as low as $200 on a computer; what, when they can gold-plate the sucker and buy a computer for $200 million?
You should learn Hindi or Telugu,... because your job will probably be going over to India at some point,...
Everyone knows that the prize is going to go to Halliburton, anyway,... ;-)
"Hillary takes New Hampshire"? I think you just got me totally disinterested in any porn whatsoever with that comment ... AND put coffee all over my keyboard,... ;-)
Does it come with a free copy of Duke Nukem Forever preinstalled?
But on a more serious note, the part about Linux not having Office and Adobe and all that jazz is bogus. Ever hear of VMware? Lets you run Windows or Mac on a Linux box (or Linux on a Windows box, or Windows XP on a Mac, for that matter). Works pretty decent, provided you have enough resources to handle it all,...
TVU Networks has a peer-to-peer streaming application, that works fairly well, too. So technically, it can be done.
And $50 says that one DVD came from the bargain bin at Wal-Mart for $5!