"In order to prevent the loss of pass-keys to these machines (and the resulting loss of important information,) users will be required to keep a copy of the pass-key taped to the bottom of their computers."
"Well, it's costing Australia a lot at the moment to deal with things there even now as well - but not everyone cares about that either I suppose. What the USA should care about is overt bribery by a foreign power to a political party changing foreign policy - it looked to the world that the USA had been bought off. I think the point was that he is not so squeaky clean and that Nixon was not the only one from that administration tainted by accusations of corruption."
Wait, wait..don't you mean: people in power do shitty things. If you can name a leader who has played nice while in power, feel free to let the rest of the world know. To have some country gain, some country has to lose. I didn't make the rule.
When the US minds their own business, they get blamed. The US steps in and gets blamed. It's really a broken record.
Well, perhaps this one was human influenced, however many creatures great and small go extinct every year, some that were never even discovered (not sure how that works). But, every year there are new forms of creatures. We are not losing creatures, we are gaining insects.
Be thankful. Verizon is another Cable Company. They are crap. I guess I'm on of the only few who like to chose what I put up/down the bandwidth I am paying for. That is why I use Speakeasy. Wanna run a mail or web server on your home network? Not on Verizons network. I had a party when I got speakeasy's voip in the house and was albe to kick Verizons off of my property.
"First of all: Hydrogen as an energy carrier IS feasible, just not as 'attractive' as fossil fuels. Second: soon fossil fuels are not going to be an option at all, so you'd have to compare hydrogen with other alternatives for energy carriers, like synthesized alcohols. Hydrogen then becomes very attractive."
I don't know about fossil fuels not being an option. I think it is more of how they are used. There is much more to fossil fuels then just running your car(oil) or a power plant(coal). The deal with fossil fuels is the ease of use and transport. Coal, oil, and natural gas all can be transported easily, modified with realative ease, and sold at a tidy profit. The thing that is a brain scratcher to me is if oil is done away with, what will pave our roads, create plastics, lube machinery, and etc.. Oil is infused in pretty much every product. You think that keyboard you are typing on is made from soy? How about that network cable? Think it's insulation is paper? Etc, etc, etc... Oil is the swiss army knife of the natural world.
Obviously, you hit the low hanging fruit first, which would be the auto and power industries. Nuclear is a very viable option, but the NIMBY folks are all over the place and fear has driven the Nuclear plant into the dark ages, no pun intended. I don't know about vehicle fuel.
Also, one last thing to keep in mind for the future: A natural disaster and/or plague is sure to hit the planet at some time (asteroid or caldera the most likely), though perhaps not in our lifetime. This will 'adjust' the planet's population quite well and there will be plenty of natural resources for all at that point. See it will all balance out at some point.;)
"Look what happened when he turned to Charity, the biggest infusion of private funds into charitable works *in* *history*."
No doubt he's slick. It's about control for Bill. He didn't want to give billions in taxes to the Govt, so he created a charity that he is in control of and then gets others to give him their money as well. Brilliant! Who needs to charge taxes when folks willingly give you money. He's created another body of influence/control for himself. Bill can go to school/city/state/country/ethnic group and say to them "I'll have my charity buy you 10s of millions of dollars worth of M$ products." The folks recieving it are happy cause it's free, and are willing to do what Bill want's because of the donation, and Bill gets the returns from the charity purchasing M$/any wholly-owned M$ subsidiary products. He's got his own cycle of money and influence. Brilliant.
"However, it seems we keep electing criminals to office anyway (Bush, Delay, etc.), and our current criminal president is utterly incompetent, so maybe we'd do better with a smart criminal like Bill..."
Wait, wait...so your saying that Clinton wasn't unethical? How about this, you don't get to be that powerful without stepping on people, and it doesn't matter what party you hail from. Doesn't that sound more realistic? Every single one of those people want the political positions for one reason or another, and most of the time it isn't 'to help serve the public.' More often then not it is to keep their own pockets lined.
So Gates gives up his slot at M$. Big deal. Let me know when he has sold all of his M$ stock so there won't be any Presidential Directive that all Government systems will run Windows. Bill is no dummy when it comes to making money, but if anyone thinks that a great CEO can make a good political leader, they are mistaken. Just like a Military General really has not made a good President either. Different type of leadership qualities that are needed for each I'm afraid.
"Goes to show that while Microsoft, the RIAA, the MPAA, and the other big boys will just throw cease and desist letters and lawyers at you, Larry Ellison will skip that and just fuck you up. Have you SEEN that guy? He eats nails for breakfest."
You don't become a [B,M]illionaire by being nice. All of those organizations/people will knock you off if you threaten their profits. It's cheaper the court and easier today.
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Conspiracy on...The reason Polygraphs are not admissible in court is to help ensure that the global elite/wealthy can still beat the system.
"In order to prevent the loss of pass-keys to these machines (and the resulting loss of important information,) users will be required to keep a copy of the pass-key taped to the bottom of their computers."
Don't you mean taped to their forehead?
So when does this come out for the Wii?
"Well, it's costing Australia a lot at the moment to deal with things there even now as well - but not everyone cares about that either I suppose. What the USA should care about is overt bribery by a foreign power to a political party changing foreign policy - it looked to the world that the USA had been bought off. I think the point was that he is not so squeaky clean and that Nixon was not the only one from that administration tainted by accusations of corruption."
Wait, wait..don't you mean: people in power do shitty things. If you can name a leader who has played nice while in power, feel free to let the rest of the world know. To have some country gain, some country has to lose. I didn't make the rule.
When the US minds their own business, they get blamed. The US steps in and gets blamed. It's really a broken record.
Samir: Mother... shitter... Son of an... ass. I just...
[punches steering wheel]
Mod parent up. Another left attempt to point out a Republican 'conspiracy.'
(man this is going to hurt my karma....)
Will Farmer? Let me guess...his middle initial is 'T'?
Pr0n Site Redirection.
I want to see _that_ movie. Where the hell is it?
That they are really trying to find out if it's truely Britney in that video.....
I will never fully trust a gui to develop another gui.
"Are we going to get a "someone doesn't like Vista" article every day until the operating system is released to the general public?"
Great. Another year and a half of these articles then.
It depends upon your ISP. Speakeasy's agreement states that I can use all of my bandwidth 24/7 without any problems. A SysAdmin's ISP.
Well, perhaps this one was human influenced, however many creatures great and small go extinct every year, some that were never even discovered (not sure how that works). But, every year there are new forms of creatures. We are not losing creatures, we are gaining insects.
Be thankful. Verizon is another Cable Company. They are crap. I guess I'm on of the only few who like to chose what I put up/down the bandwidth I am paying for. That is why I use Speakeasy. Wanna run a mail or web server on your home network? Not on Verizons network. I had a party when I got speakeasy's voip in the house and was albe to kick Verizons off of my property.
"First of all: Hydrogen as an energy carrier IS feasible, just not as 'attractive' as fossil fuels. Second: soon fossil fuels are not going to be an option at all, so you'd have to compare hydrogen with other alternatives for energy carriers, like synthesized alcohols. Hydrogen then becomes very attractive."
;)
I don't know about fossil fuels not being an option. I think it is more of how they are used. There is much more to fossil fuels then just running your car(oil) or a power plant(coal). The deal with fossil fuels is the ease of use and transport. Coal, oil, and natural gas all can be transported easily, modified with realative ease, and sold at a tidy profit. The thing that is a brain scratcher to me is if oil is done away with, what will pave our roads, create plastics, lube machinery, and etc.. Oil is infused in pretty much every product. You think that keyboard you are typing on is made from soy? How about that network cable? Think it's insulation is paper? Etc, etc, etc... Oil is the swiss army knife of the natural world.
Obviously, you hit the low hanging fruit first, which would be the auto and power industries. Nuclear is a very viable option, but the NIMBY folks are all over the place and fear has driven the Nuclear plant into the dark ages, no pun intended. I don't know about vehicle fuel.
Also, one last thing to keep in mind for the future: A natural disaster and/or plague is sure to hit the planet at some time (asteroid or caldera the most likely), though perhaps not in our lifetime. This will 'adjust' the planet's population quite well and there will be plenty of natural resources for all at that point. See it will all balance out at some point.
Hmmm....I thought he described my marriage as well.
But when would you post on /. if you are not at work?
"Look what happened when he turned to Charity, the biggest infusion of private funds into charitable works *in* *history*."
No doubt he's slick. It's about control for Bill. He didn't want to give billions in taxes to the Govt, so he created a charity that he is in control of and then gets others to give him their money as well. Brilliant! Who needs to charge taxes when folks willingly give you money. He's created another body of influence/control for himself. Bill can go to school/city/state/country/ethnic group and say to them "I'll have my charity buy you 10s of millions of dollars worth of M$ products." The folks recieving it are happy cause it's free, and are willing to do what Bill want's because of the donation, and Bill gets the returns from the charity purchasing M$/any wholly-owned M$ subsidiary products. He's got his own cycle of money and influence. Brilliant.
"However, it seems we keep electing criminals to office anyway (Bush, Delay, etc.), and our current criminal president is utterly incompetent, so maybe we'd do better with a smart criminal like Bill..."
Wait, wait...so your saying that Clinton wasn't unethical? How about this, you don't get to be that powerful without stepping on people, and it doesn't matter what party you hail from. Doesn't that sound more realistic? Every single one of those people want the political positions for one reason or another, and most of the time it isn't 'to help serve the public.' More often then not it is to keep their own pockets lined.
So Gates gives up his slot at M$. Big deal. Let me know when he has sold all of his M$ stock so there won't be any Presidential Directive that all Government systems will run Windows. Bill is
no dummy when it comes to making money, but if anyone thinks that a great CEO can make a good political leader, they are mistaken. Just like a Military General really has not made a good President either. Different type of leadership qualities that are needed for each I'm afraid.
"All you need to do at this place is look over someones shoulder at the sticky note stuck to the monitor."
How about this: I _HAD_ a user who made the MS Flying banner hold his password. I would have never believed it had I not seen it myself.
I though it was another article on the MS/Novell 'agreement.'
"Goes to show that while Microsoft, the RIAA, the MPAA, and the other big boys will just throw cease and desist letters and lawyers at you, Larry Ellison will skip that and just fuck you up. Have you SEEN that guy? He eats nails for breakfest." You don't become a [B,M]illionaire by being nice. All of those organizations/people will knock you off if you threaten their profits. It's cheaper the court and easier today.
That there are many over the counter chemicals that if ingested would have the same result.
"4. The computers work on protein-folding during their idle time."
And I'm sure your systems would appreciate it if you would start cleaning up after yourself.
Not until Homer pulls a Kramer.