Having a computer that never forgets what you've done is, really, what people expect a computer to be. It's just that we've been amateur sysadmins for so long we think it's normal.
Or it could be that we've been actual sysadmins long enough that we know the value of always having a working state to fall back on. Preferably one that doesn't erase all the work done in the past few years. Saying something as foolish as that can only mean you haven't had to repair a thoroughly hosed system in far too long.
Nope, the coupons were to mitigate the ass-pain caused by having to go out and buy one at all. There are still plenty of people who don't have satellite or cable, even though they can afford it, because they only watch the weather in the morning and the news in the evening or some such. To them it's an added expense for no added benefit; hence the ass-pain mitigating coupons.
IANAL but I seem to remember the constitution saying a lot of Congress shall make no laws... rather than telling private citizens what they can and can't do. YMMV with state laws but I'm not aware of any federal law prohibiting religious discrimination to anyone but government agencies.
There, fixed that for you. LBJ didn't save them because he wasn't in a position to do anything about it, not being President anymore. Nixon didn't save them because he caved in to pressure from a bunch of pot-smoking asshats who thought they knew something about foreign policy and thought it would be fun to protest.
Seems to me like you're saying it was OK to let three million South Vietnamese die because you didn't like how LBJ handled his part of the war. Then, as now, pulling out was absolutely the only way we were going militarily lose the war. And yet shit-for-brains, know-it-all people like you kept screaming for exactly that.
So, how many million have you been trying to get killed by pulling out this time?
When cars were first sold to the public, if you bought one you'd damned well better know how to fix it yourself. Fast forward to now. Plenty of idiots still buy cars and are completely fucked when it comes time to do something as minor as changing the oil or spark plugs. </gratuitous car analogy>
That's around a hundred years of people refusing to learn really simple shit. What makes you think it will be different with computers over a shorter timespan?
That some people are idiots is no reason to do away with a convention that's been extremely useful to those of us who aren't.
Sure, you could get operating systems to display the file type. But could you get EVERY operating system to use the same convention again? How about every email program, website, or file transfer application as well?
Most importantly though, could you get bit of code everywhere to display the file type as instantly and unambiguously as foo.bar?
You don't make changes just to make changes, Barak. You make changes when they're going to be useful enough to justify all the ass-pain they're going to cause.
Seriously. Environmentalists need to set the jihad switch to off and try rational discussion with the deep sea outfits for a change.
I'm fairly sure they'd be quite happy to load all of their deep sea platforms up with tethered, submersible, camera-wielding drones and drastically increase the amount of deep water footage and readings scientists are able to gather.
See, now I'm just going to have to assume you're a militant Obamite and also have no sense of humor.
Throw a guy a perfectly good analogy comparing the President to a monkey and he feels the need to argue. Give him the benefit of the doubt, explain it to him, and even throw him a bone on the meme with an added offering of geeky sedspeak and he still can't just have a chuckle and move on. Yeesh.
No, raddan is absolutely correct about cork being porous enough to let very slow oxidation to take place. In fact, corks are porous enough that corked wine must be stored on it's side rather than standing upright because the wet cork will provide a better seal against unwanted oxygen than a dry cork.
Very slow oxidation from a corked bottle on it's side is highly desired for the effect it has of mellowing the tannins in the wine and replacing their bitterness with a more palatable flavor. Quicker oxidation is a bad thing for the same reason that controlled burns are better than forest fires; it's real easy for things to go beyond helpful and into Fucking Things Up mode.
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Having a computer that never forgets what you've done is, really, what people expect a computer to be. It's just that we've been amateur sysadmins for so long we think it's normal.
Or it could be that we've been actual sysadmins long enough that we know the value of always having a working state to fall back on. Preferably one that doesn't erase all the work done in the past few years. Saying something as foolish as that can only mean you haven't had to repair a thoroughly hosed system in far too long.
Nope, the coupons were to mitigate the ass-pain caused by having to go out and buy one at all. There are still plenty of people who don't have satellite or cable, even though they can afford it, because they only watch the weather in the morning and the news in the evening or some such. To them it's an added expense for no added benefit; hence the ass-pain mitigating coupons.
Nah, they're just the offline model of Internet trolls. There's no point arguing with them. Just don't feed them and watch them starve.
What a time to be without mod points.
IANAL but I seem to remember the constitution saying a lot of Congress shall make no laws... rather than telling private citizens what they can and can't do. YMMV with state laws but I'm not aware of any federal law prohibiting religious discrimination to anyone but government agencies.
JFK started US involvement and then LBJ...
There, fixed that for you. LBJ didn't save them because he wasn't in a position to do anything about it, not being President anymore. Nixon didn't save them because he caved in to pressure from a bunch of pot-smoking asshats who thought they knew something about foreign policy and thought it would be fun to protest.
Seems to me like you're saying it was OK to let three million South Vietnamese die because you didn't like how LBJ handled his part of the war. Then, as now, pulling out was absolutely the only way we were going militarily lose the war. And yet shit-for-brains, know-it-all people like you kept screaming for exactly that.
So, how many million have you been trying to get killed by pulling out this time?
I'm pretty sure the 3 million slaughtered by the North Vietnamese after we pulled out would take issue with your assessment.
Never going to happen.
When cars were first sold to the public, if you bought one you'd damned well better know how to fix it yourself. Fast forward to now. Plenty of idiots still buy cars and are completely fucked when it comes time to do something as minor as changing the oil or spark plugs. </gratuitous car analogy>
That's around a hundred years of people refusing to learn really simple shit. What makes you think it will be different with computers over a shorter timespan?
You are wrong.
Parent is right.
Thank you, come again.
That some people are idiots is no reason to do away with a convention that's been extremely useful to those of us who aren't.
Sure, you could get operating systems to display the file type. But could you get EVERY operating system to use the same convention again? How about every email program, website, or file transfer application as well?
Most importantly though, could you get bit of code everywhere to display the file type as instantly and unambiguously as foo.bar?
You don't make changes just to make changes, Barak. You make changes when they're going to be useful enough to justify all the ass-pain they're going to cause.
Seriously. Environmentalists need to set the jihad switch to off and try rational discussion with the deep sea outfits for a change.
I'm fairly sure they'd be quite happy to load all of their deep sea platforms up with tethered, submersible, camera-wielding drones and drastically increase the amount of deep water footage and readings scientists are able to gather.
Ye flipping gods! I've never been so glad GNU is Not Unix.
I couldn't decide to mod this comment Offtopic or Troll when I read it.
Then I saw the number of replies to your off-topic troll and decided congratulations on a highly successful troll were in order instead.
Kudos.
Works under wine too, last I checked.
See, now I'm just going to have to assume you're a militant Obamite and also have no sense of humor.
Throw a guy a perfectly good analogy comparing the President to a monkey and he feels the need to argue. Give him the benefit of the doubt, explain it to him, and even throw him a bone on the meme with an added offering of geeky sedspeak and he still can't just have a chuckle and move on. Yeesh.
More importantly, it's slashdot.
Wait, so you're saying that Bush could understand and fix a problem that actual brilliant economists are still arguing about?
I'm fairly certain you're giving the guy way too much credit. I still kind of like the guy but even I'm not going to say he's terribly bright.
Which is why the monkey analogy works. Good point about it not being about cars though, feel free to s/rocket(.*)on/car\1in/ yourself to happiness.
Right, look... Blaming Bush for this mess is like blaming the monkey passenger if the rocket it's on crashes.
Nah, murder is kinda like Lays potato chips. What's the point if you only get just the two?
Anyway, grandparent sounded like he was disgusted with both parties rather than excusing bad behavior with more bad behavior.
Of course not. I'll explain.
Earth heats up: Global Warming
Earth cools down: Global Warming getting worse.
No, raddan is absolutely correct about cork being porous enough to let very slow oxidation to take place. In fact, corks are porous enough that corked wine must be stored on it's side rather than standing upright because the wet cork will provide a better seal against unwanted oxygen than a dry cork.
Very slow oxidation from a corked bottle on it's side is highly desired for the effect it has of mellowing the tannins in the wine and replacing their bitterness with a more palatable flavor. Quicker oxidation is a bad thing for the same reason that controlled burns are better than forest fires; it's real easy for things to go beyond helpful and into Fucking Things Up mode.
It wouldn't surprise me at all. One-in-a-million chances crop up nine times out of ten.
No way is a little thing like life more interesting that beer.
Huh... I would have with putting lipstick on a pig.
Would you deny someone the experience of the endgame because they don't have 5 hours a day for 2 months to sit around grinding to get there?
Yep.