Burglary checklist: . Lock pick . Hammer . Gloves . Sack with $ sign . Glass cutter . Dark clothing . Boot polish (to blacken face) . No Google Map (don't want it to look like we planned this)
You must be new here. Any xkcd reference gets an automatic +3 Interesting/Insightful mod, it's built in to slashcode. The fact that you think that someone would click on a link before moderating is laughable.
My two cents as far as tabs go, is that a window should be a window - not a collection of tabs
And what is the task bar in Windows? I used multiple windows before the days of tabs, and they just ended up being a bunch of 'tabs' in the task bar, mixed in with a whole load of things even less related. I have 30 tabs open right now in firefox, and about 35 windows. If I could find a good tabbed version of putty i'd use that and it would cut down my window count by about 12.
I have never understood why many people think they are a good idea - I think they break a heap of good UI principles.
So... having used non-tabbed and tabbed browsers, and greatly preferring tabs, I should stop using them because they "break a heap of good UI principles"? Take a guess where you can stick your principles:)
Obviously, this won't subvert SSL certs or anything
Are there any browser addons that alert you when you are entering a password into a non-SSL site? That would reduce this problem unless the bad guys got SSL certs or compromised websites with SSL certs, which is less common. And even then, the addon could flash something down the bottom like "entering password for yourbank.com" vs "entering password for yourbank.com.badguy.ru". You'd have to be observant but less actively so.
Seriously, if you don't know how to use facebook properly you're better off without it. It's a useful toy but it's not the answer to all the worlds problems - i'm tired of hearing from people who thought it was and then get all upset when they find it isn't.
Given the way that everyone has latched onto that fact, maybe it's been their plan all along. Say you don't want it, wait for someone to salvage it, then buy it back for a token amount. Maybe they're smarter than you think:)
Alternatively, maybe it's not going to end its flight where they say it is...
We need to find a way to fit nuclear powered engines onto planes if we are to make a leap into next chapter of aviation.
Currently the only things we really know how to do with nuclear energy is heat stuff up (eg turn water to steam to make electricity) and blow stuff up (eg a bomb). Neither of those two things really work well in an airplane... the first is too heavy and the second is bad for business.
you've been watching too many bad movies. I doubt it will have enough fuel left to make much of a fireball, maybe you might get a pop as the vapour in the tank ignites.
Seriously. Come on IBM. You're one of the biggest names in the industry, you hold thousands of patents...and you can't ensure you give devices that have already been secured to conference goers?
My first assumption (without RTFA) is that they would have outsourced it.
Is it actually worse than maintaining your own server room though? I test our UPS every 6 months and it works flawlessly every time, but the last two power failures caused it to drop the load instantly. Nothing is perfect, the difference with the cloud is when it goes wrong it can go wrong on a large scale and you are more likely to read about it in the news.
Nothing. Didn't you notice the word 'harmless' appear twice in TFA? That was all the reassurance I needed. I'm sure the chance of the virus invading your body and splitting apart your molecules when you step out into the sunlight is very close to zero.
I used to think the 'council worker' type workpeople had it easy, leaning on their shovels all day etc. But they are out there in 40C degree heat, and 0C degree cold, working meters from cars that are supposed to be doing 40kph but aren't doing anything like it (i never realised how scary that was until I had to change a tyre on a busy road - i got as far off as I could but was nervous the whole time. I definitely have a whole lot more respect for the job than I used to.
As for the "citation needed" statement, if the OP had spent the 5 minutes providing some sort of citation it would save everyone else spending 5 minutes. Too many people post opinion and speculation as fact on the internet and they should be called on it, especially on a public forum where stuff gets re-quoted as fact (see here:)
My ISP already has plans like this. I'm pulling the numbers out of the air but it's something like:
Plan 1: Pay $69/month for 100GB (shaped after that)
Plan 2: Pay $49/month for 20GB, then $(something very small)/MB extra but no more than $79/month (shaped after 100GB)
Charging based on usage is a good idea in theory (and in practice for me where I download not much:), but you can trust that the marketing dept will screw it up and make it so complicated that they'll need supercomputers just to run the billing system, and mega-supercomputers to run the billing inquiries/complaints system.
It is probably incorrect to directly equate fuel with reaction mass. They can mostly be considered the same thing in a conventional rocket but if you could find another source of reaction mass then the fuel would only need to drive that mass away from you.
So I'm thinking that raw chunks of asteroid could become that reaction mass... pick up chunks of passing asteroid and throw them really really hard in the direction opposite to the one you want to travel in. Anyone following you might be in for a hard time though, but that's what the expression "eat my dust" is for.
I assume that a 'dangerous level' of THC is one that kills you, so therefore the plants they are using must just have enough in them to make you feel happy and relaxed... assuming you are dumb enough to smoke or ingest them that is.
Me too. I recently got an email with a subject "JAMES URGENT HELP REQUIRED FIRST THING TOMORROW. SHIPMENT NO 40" and it was only because I thought "hmm... I don't normally get spam at this hour" that I read it to find that it was actually a legitimate email. An all caps subject with 'URGENT HELP REQUIRED' in it is almost always spam.
One of my facebook friends was recently concerned that her friend count had gone down by one and she couldn't figure out who the missing one was. It went down from something like 194 to 193. Boo hoo.
That was my thought too. I'm sure that some people really are addicted to the constant flow of 'information' that the internet provides, but others just like keeping in touch and feeling part of their peer group. In the days before internets and cellphones, if you told a teenager that they weren't allowed to talk to their friends for 24 hours then they'd probably get a but upset too (depending on the person).
I wonder if the introduction of all these social networks has reduced the suicide rate in isolated communities (remote farms etc)... now that would be a more interesting study. I think that chatting with someone in person is better for the human condition than doing it via computer or cellphone, but when the nearest person your own age could be hours away it might fill the gap a bit.
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Burglary checklist:
. Lock pick
. Hammer
. Gloves
. Sack with $ sign
. Glass cutter
. Dark clothing
. Boot polish (to blacken face)
. No Google Map (don't want it to look like we planned this)
You must be new here. Any xkcd reference gets an automatic +3 Interesting/Insightful mod, it's built in to slashcode. The fact that you think that someone would click on a link before moderating is laughable.
My two cents as far as tabs go, is that a window should be a window - not a collection of tabs
And what is the task bar in Windows? I used multiple windows before the days of tabs, and they just ended up being a bunch of 'tabs' in the task bar, mixed in with a whole load of things even less related. I have 30 tabs open right now in firefox, and about 35 windows. If I could find a good tabbed version of putty i'd use that and it would cut down my window count by about 12.
I have never understood why many people think they are a good idea - I think they break a heap of good UI principles.
So... having used non-tabbed and tabbed browsers, and greatly preferring tabs, I should stop using them because they "break a heap of good UI principles"? Take a guess where you can stick your principles :)
Obviously, this won't subvert SSL certs or anything
Are there any browser addons that alert you when you are entering a password into a non-SSL site? That would reduce this problem unless the bad guys got SSL certs or compromised websites with SSL certs, which is less common. And even then, the addon could flash something down the bottom like "entering password for yourbank.com" vs "entering password for yourbank.com.badguy.ru". You'd have to be observant but less actively so.
I deleted my account over a year ago.
And it's been better ever since.
Seriously, if you don't know how to use facebook properly you're better off without it. It's a useful toy but it's not the answer to all the worlds problems - i'm tired of hearing from people who thought it was and then get all upset when they find it isn't.
Given the way that everyone has latched onto that fact, maybe it's been their plan all along. Say you don't want it, wait for someone to salvage it, then buy it back for a token amount. Maybe they're smarter than you think :)
Alternatively, maybe it's not going to end its flight where they say it is...
We need to find a way to fit nuclear powered engines onto planes if we are to make a leap into next chapter of aviation.
Currently the only things we really know how to do with nuclear energy is heat stuff up (eg turn water to steam to make electricity) and blow stuff up (eg a bomb). Neither of those two things really work well in an airplane... the first is too heavy and the second is bad for business.
it will be a huge fireball
you've been watching too many bad movies. I doubt it will have enough fuel left to make much of a fireball, maybe you might get a pop as the vapour in the tank ignites.
At the very least it will disintegrate.
that it probably will do.
Seriously. Come on IBM. You're one of the biggest names in the industry, you hold thousands of patents...and you can't ensure you give devices that have already been secured to conference goers?
My first assumption (without RTFA) is that they would have outsourced it.
I live in Canada and
Well obviously Canada was still using an outdated technology years after everyone else had stopped using it ;)
That is one of my favorite quotes from Futurama!
Wouldn't it be better that as soon as the glasses detect a cockroach they 'augment reality' by becoming completely opaque?
Is it actually worse than maintaining your own server room though? I test our UPS every 6 months and it works flawlessly every time, but the last two power failures caused it to drop the load instantly. Nothing is perfect, the difference with the cloud is when it goes wrong it can go wrong on a large scale and you are more likely to read about it in the news.
What could possibly go wrong?!
Nothing. Didn't you notice the word 'harmless' appear twice in TFA? That was all the reassurance I needed. I'm sure the chance of the virus invading your body and splitting apart your molecules when you step out into the sunlight is very close to zero.
I sold it to him. It was getting too many connection attempts.
I used to think the 'council worker' type workpeople had it easy, leaning on their shovels all day etc. But they are out there in 40C degree heat, and 0C degree cold, working meters from cars that are supposed to be doing 40kph but aren't doing anything like it (i never realised how scary that was until I had to change a tyre on a busy road - i got as far off as I could but was nervous the whole time. I definitely have a whole lot more respect for the job than I used to.
As for the "citation needed" statement, if the OP had spent the 5 minutes providing some sort of citation it would save everyone else spending 5 minutes. Too many people post opinion and speculation as fact on the internet and they should be called on it, especially on a public forum where stuff gets re-quoted as fact (see here :)
My ISP already has plans like this. I'm pulling the numbers out of the air but it's something like:
Plan 1: Pay $69/month for 100GB (shaped after that)
Plan 2: Pay $49/month for 20GB, then $(something very small)/MB extra but no more than $79/month (shaped after 100GB)
Charging based on usage is a good idea in theory (and in practice for me where I download not much :), but you can trust that the marketing dept will screw it up and make it so complicated that they'll need supercomputers just to run the billing system, and mega-supercomputers to run the billing inquiries/complaints system.
It is probably incorrect to directly equate fuel with reaction mass. They can mostly be considered the same thing in a conventional rocket but if you could find another source of reaction mass then the fuel would only need to drive that mass away from you.
So I'm thinking that raw chunks of asteroid could become that reaction mass... pick up chunks of passing asteroid and throw them really really hard in the direction opposite to the one you want to travel in. Anyone following you might be in for a hard time though, but that's what the expression "eat my dust" is for.
not poisonous if properly prepared
Anything that might kill me if I don't prepare it just right isn't coming in my kitchen.
doesn't have dangerous levels of THC
I assume that a 'dangerous level' of THC is one that kills you, so therefore the plants they are using must just have enough in them to make you feel happy and relaxed... assuming you are dumb enough to smoke or ingest them that is.
Me too. I recently got an email with a subject "JAMES URGENT HELP REQUIRED FIRST THING TOMORROW. SHIPMENT NO 40" and it was only because I thought "hmm... I don't normally get spam at this hour" that I read it to find that it was actually a legitimate email. An all caps subject with 'URGENT HELP REQUIRED' in it is almost always spam.
Me too. If only there was a way for us to get in touch.
One of my facebook friends was recently concerned that her friend count had gone down by one and she couldn't figure out who the missing one was. It went down from something like 194 to 193. Boo hoo.
Without beer though, you'd be all "No internet and no beer make ignavus something something"
That was my thought too. I'm sure that some people really are addicted to the constant flow of 'information' that the internet provides, but others just like keeping in touch and feeling part of their peer group. In the days before internets and cellphones, if you told a teenager that they weren't allowed to talk to their friends for 24 hours then they'd probably get a but upset too (depending on the person).
I wonder if the introduction of all these social networks has reduced the suicide rate in isolated communities (remote farms etc)... now that would be a more interesting study. I think that chatting with someone in person is better for the human condition than doing it via computer or cellphone, but when the nearest person your own age could be hours away it might fill the gap a bit.