That's what "PC" stands for. Using a term like "PC Personal" marks one closer to vegetablle matter than human.
The poster speaks English and uses correct grammar too. You seem to have some trouble interpreting it correctly, though. Start with looking up possible uses of the verb "to keep", and you will eventually figure out that the poster never used the term "PC personal".
Seriously, I would love it if hot chicks said some words to me in exchange for using my laptop. But if you really don't want people using your computer, just do everything with the command line.
Yes, and get expelled from school for "using a non-standard hacker operating system while connected to the school network". Great move, really.
And then there's the whole issue of school firewalls and such. You know, who will that access to a porn site be attributed to - you or the person who was using your laptop at that time?
...you just compared using someone else's laptop to sleeping with their wife.
No, that wouldn't compare to using the laptop, it'd be more like making a copy of everything on it and then installing a whole bucketload of keyloggers/adware/other malware on it. Yes, it's not quite the same, since you can just wipe the laptop clear, but still. But kissing still wouldn't be okay.
Some sitting down at your desk to check email for a couple minutes won't hurt anything.
Oh, yes? Then you just haven't had enough bad experiences. I had a couple of them. Asking your "friend" to replace $300 worth of stuff he broke usually "breaks" such friendships much worse than not letting them use your stuff in the first place.
The only reason to refuse every request is out of an irrational and anti-social distrust of your peers.
It's not irrational if I can back it up with experiences and repair/replacement bills, sorry.
If you do this, you will garner a well deserved reputation as "that guy who doesn't trust anyone to touch his laptop".
Yes? There are a couple of things of yours that you shouldn't trust anyone (or at least not everyone) to mess with. Cars, guns, cameras, telescopes, diaries, boy-/girlfriends/spouses, etc.
Refusing such a harmless request is anti-social.
Not paying for stuff you break is also anti-social. But that's exactly what's going to happen if they break the laptop. You wouldn't believe how careless people are with things they don't own - usually even less careful than with stuff they do own.
... right after they sign a a couple of hundred pages of legal paperwork detailing how they're liable for any damage to it, whether physical or digital, etc, etc, and that you are, in no way, liable for any damages they incur by using the laptop (e.g. stolen passwords/privacy/identities, etc).
(Sorry, I thought these guys had better sense than asking to borrow something that's a) highly personal b) kind of expensive and then consider a "No, sorry." rude. WTH? Can you borrow one of their diaries?)
They'll have 2 lines, one for US citizens and another for the rest. One day, the guy in the US booth will take a lunch brake and never come back. And everything is already in place for they to scan everyone...
If you ever went through immigration at a US airport, you've probably noticed that they do have those two lines there for people trying to enter the country. And the booths for each have _identical_ equipment.
The guy in the US booth in your example doesn't need to take a lunch break. He just needs a different set of orders from above.
If fusion is 2-3 times more expensive, and no cleaner than solar/wind power - why invest in it?
Because it produces more power per area, and does not depend on local weather conditions. This also means that you can use it as a power source outside of Earths atmosphere and far away from the sun.
If your fusion powerplants are eating a significant portion of Earth's hydrogen, then it's time to relocate somewhere where the temperature is not high enough to boil oceans.
Boil oceans? If fusion powerplants are eating a significant portion of Earths hydrogen, then it's time to apply SPF 10^50 ASAP and get off this fscking ball of plasma as fast as you can.
Pineapple juice. In fact, there's already been a "missing fingerprints at immigration" case that was due to the traveller handling lots of raw, peeled pineapple at work.
In fact, the real irony here is there's a case under review by SCOTUS based on her previous ruling.
Duh, the SCOTUS reviews lots of cases each year. Apparently, you haven't really done your homework while still wanting to rant against Sotomayor - maybe you should look up all of her cases that the SCOTUS has reviewed and overruled (there's at least one, and I'm sure you can dig it up). Then you could say something more concrete than "the SCOTUS is reviewing one of her cases right now !!!111".
And homosexuality was listed as a "mental illness" in the DSM up until 1973 (I really should have made that the "fun fact" in my last post, but I was sleepy and not thinking). What's your point?
Err... have you read the first paragraph of my posting? The point about "interfering with everyday life"? ADHD does that, homosexuality doesn't.
it is something I fully support even if the D.A.R.E. brainwashing means I wouldn't ever myself.
You'd rather lose job after job and relationship after relationship? Big words.
But when you call it a "mental illness" you're doing it wrong.
I'm looking forward to your input to the next revision of the DSM or ICD. Or any of your publications.
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Do you know how heavy a urinal is and how hard it is to lug one of them around? That wasn't just creating, that was actual work.
Maybe, but in art you still need to create _something_.
That's what "PC" stands for. Using a term like "PC Personal" marks one closer to vegetablle matter than human.
The poster speaks English and uses correct grammar too. You seem to have some trouble interpreting it correctly, though. Start with looking up possible uses of the verb "to keep", and you will eventually figure out that the poster never used the term "PC personal".
It's similar to a Vista license, just less sucky.
But telescopes. What the hell is the big issue with telescopes?
Look at the price tag of a decent model, and you'll know. (Heck, it's exactly the same for cars, guns, cameras and spouses).
Given the fact that they've had 21" CRT monitors "disappear" when a student, I don't think the latter is much of an issue.
the German keyboard swaps Y and Z for no apparent reason.
Compare the frequencies of the letters Y and Z in both English and German, and the reason becomes obvious.
Correction: It turns off ~90% of the boys quickly.
Why, if they're really careful (like friends always are, right) and observe some simple rules, it is.
Seriously, I would love it if hot chicks said some words to me in exchange for using my laptop. But if you really don't want people using your computer, just do everything with the command line.
Yes, and get expelled from school for "using a non-standard hacker operating system while connected to the school network". Great move, really.
And then there's the whole issue of school firewalls and such. You know, who will that access to a porn site be attributed to - you or the person who was using your laptop at that time?
No, that wouldn't compare to using the laptop, it'd be more like making a copy of everything on it and then installing a whole bucketload of keyloggers/adware/other malware on it. Yes, it's not quite the same, since you can just wipe the laptop clear, but still. But kissing still wouldn't be okay.
Some sitting down at your desk to check email for a couple minutes won't hurt anything.
Oh, yes? Then you just haven't had enough bad experiences. I had a couple of them. Asking your "friend" to replace $300 worth of stuff he broke usually "breaks" such friendships much worse than not letting them use your stuff in the first place.
The only reason to refuse every request is out of an irrational and anti-social distrust of your peers.
It's not irrational if I can back it up with experiences and repair/replacement bills, sorry.
Yes? There are a couple of things of yours that you shouldn't trust anyone (or at least not everyone) to mess with. Cars, guns, cameras, telescopes, diaries, boy-/girlfriends/spouses, etc.
Refusing such a harmless request is anti-social.
Not paying for stuff you break is also anti-social. But that's exactly what's going to happen if they break the laptop. You wouldn't believe how careless people are with things they don't own - usually even less careful than with stuff they do own.
... right after they sign a a couple of hundred pages of legal paperwork detailing how they're liable for any damage to it, whether physical or digital, etc, etc, and that you are, in no way, liable for any damages they incur by using the laptop (e.g. stolen passwords/privacy/identities, etc).
(Sorry, I thought these guys had better sense than asking to borrow something that's a) highly personal b) kind of expensive and then consider a "No, sorry." rude. WTH? Can you borrow one of their diaries?)
That's because the drug lords don't want anyone to blow up their customer base.
They'll have 2 lines, one for US citizens and another for the rest. One day, the guy in the US booth will take a lunch brake and never come back. And everything is already in place for they to scan everyone...
If you ever went through immigration at a US airport, you've probably noticed that they do have those two lines there for people trying to enter the country. And the booths for each have _identical_ equipment.
The guy in the US booth in your example doesn't need to take a lunch break. He just needs a different set of orders from above.
Because it produces more power per area, and does not depend on local weather conditions. This also means that you can use it as a power source outside of Earths atmosphere and far away from the sun.
Boil oceans? If fusion powerplants are eating a significant portion of Earths hydrogen, then it's time to apply SPF 10^50 ASAP and get off this fscking ball of plasma as fast as you can.
There is no guard at the Germany-Italy border.
Yes, there is - we usually call them "Austrian police", but they're usually more interested in whether you paid the road toll than anything else.
Pineapple juice. In fact, there's already been a "missing fingerprints at immigration" case that was due to the traveller handling lots of raw, peeled pineapple at work.
In fact, the real irony here is there's a case under review by SCOTUS based on her previous ruling.
Duh, the SCOTUS reviews lots of cases each year. Apparently, you haven't really done your homework while still wanting to rant against Sotomayor - maybe you should look up all of her cases that the SCOTUS has reviewed and overruled (there's at least one, and I'm sure you can dig it up). Then you could say something more concrete than "the SCOTUS is reviewing one of her cases right now !!!111".
No. If you can control it, then it's not a disorder.
If you want to get rid of your fingerprints, there's always pineapple juice. Much less poisonous.
Err ... have you read the first paragraph of my posting? The point about "interfering with everyday life"? ADHD does that, homosexuality doesn't.
it is something I fully support even if the D.A.R.E. brainwashing means I wouldn't ever myself.
You'd rather lose job after job and relationship after relationship? Big words.
But when you call it a "mental illness" you're doing it wrong.
I'm looking forward to your input to the next revision of the DSM or ICD. Or any of your publications.
They already have all they need.