overconfident... arrogant... yup.. don't forget naive, and well, a lot of them are just plain dumb, too, and lack even basic common sense. including many that hold degrees, diplomas or certs (that often leads to the first and second parts.. overconfidence and arrogance) .
although on the other side, some folks that have been around awhile also think they know everything, know the absolute best way to do something, and are so set in their ways they dismiss better ideas simply because they do come from younger or less-experienced people or because they weren't the one to come up with it.
updates have been working just fine for years.. i don't understand either... sounds more like being too lazy to write proper post-install/update scripts that could trigger or recommend a reboot *when necessary*
microsoft loves to track its users and compile lots of user/usage data... and not just browser users.. DNT on by default makes them look like the good guys.. when we know they aren't.
similarly...
google makes more than some countries' GDP using user tracking data to maximize their profits. adding DNT to chrome makes them look like the good guys.. when we know they aren't.
smoke and mirrors.
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DNT relies on compliance by the web site and server operators -- something that cannot be forced, legislated, or even audited...
DNT is WORTHLESS. a nice idea in concept, but is impossible to implement.
don't forget the new full screen 'start menu', the hot corners, and no media center or dvd playback (extra-cost addon)...
there is *nothing* in windows 8 that'll get me to upgrade anything, nor will i be rushing to the store for a new pc with windows 8 bundled. in fact, we might even do the windows refund bit on any new win8 systems just to show how much we do *not* want it.
heck, we will probably save money in the long run by sticking with what we have longer than we normally would.
if you're grandfathered-in to an old alltel plan, do NOT let them take it away from you!!!
old alltel local (regional) calling plans are cheaper than their nationwide (all they offer as vzn) plans for those who don't need nationwide coverage.
there are some colleges that loan out textbooks like a grade school or high school does, or that charge modest rental fees (a fraction of what even a used copy would sell for) so you don't have to buy them if you don't want (or can't afford) to.
the reason that colleges don't just give them out as part of tuition is that tuition can be paid by scholarships, grants and other aid. it wouldn't really be right if students could sell those 'free' books, converting some of their financial aid to cash, to buy more beer instead of putting the proceeds back into their education which is what the aid is for (and no, kegs are not a legitimate education expense).
this is simply one-time use serial numbers with a form of online activation -- as is already done with many video games and such use predates this bullshit patent's filing date.
also... books are meant to be *shared*.. and borrowed, and lent, and resold... these are fundamental rights of first sale. so suck on that, mr. vogel. forcing each student to buy their own (new) book (or 'secret code' found in said new book) should be illegal.
it's bad enough when textbooks get "revised" every year and profs (or the department, or the school.. whoever is getting the kickback or royalties or other 'perks') "require" the latest one -- limiting options for obtaining the correct text on the used market... but this new patent is complete shit.
and finally, wouldn't surprise me at all if publishers using this shit patent's methods used their special forums' TOS to grant themselves license to all user-contributed content their own use.
i haven't run kde since openlinux (yes, i bought it at retail way back when. wtf was i thinking).. it was gnome after that until ubuntu and gnome3 fucked that up. now it's xfce and lxde:
drivers distracted by electronics should be found negligent automatically in an accident or other incident involving personal injury or property damage. give high fines, loss of license for repeat offenders, and jail time for the worst.. along with higher insurance premiums just like drunks, habitual speeders and accident-prone drivers.
here, seat belt fines exist only because the feds made the states pass seat belt laws or lose funding.. and they're only like $10... i.e. no teeth. 'no texting/calls' laws need to have some bite. jack up the fines to $250+ for a first offense, triple if also guilty of a moving violation. the local traffic cops would *love* that bit here. they run traps all the time on the interstate.. from the phone/gps/ipad use i've seen on roads here, i'd guess that at least half the stops would involve 'triple' fines.
i wouldn't go so far as to have red light cameras take pictures of every car for later examination for electronic device use by drivers.. but it should be ticket-able by itself (not only in conjunction with another violation that was the trigger for the traffic stop in the first place) when witnessed in person.
if a store hounds me like that.. i walk out the door and never go back. i can't stand it. same goes for the annoying, hovering sales people. just leave me alone and if i need something, i'll ask.
thankfully, there's only two stores like that near me, and i can do without either one (both are hardware store franchises). anything i'd need from them i can get at wally world or pick up next time i'm in the city and can hit the big boxes.
if the kid isn't reading where he should be, what is he doing with his time? and where the hell is his parents/teachers? they've got the kid all day every day.. what's their excuse?
his parents are failing at being his teachers, and perhaps as his parents, too... like many other parents who homeschool, they are not qualified to teach the broad range of subjects required to homeschool, yet they have their heads up their asses thinking they can do better than a traditional school.
send the kid to school. he's obviously not going to be a dr. sheldon cooper, so at least he'd pick up the social skills he'll need to be 'average'
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as far as the regular schools go, it's lazy ass parents that don't give a shit, raising lazy ass kids who also don't give a shit, that are the main problem... not schools, not the teachers, not the administrators (except in a few cases where states or school boards are completely off their rockers).
if the kids don't care, and the parents don't care.. then the kids aren't going to achieve what they could. teachers can try all they want but if a kid doesn't want to learn, they aren't gonna learn much.
It's a bit like a supermarket, where they deliberately move stuff around in order to make shoppers seek out the things they usually buy in the hope they might chance across - and end up buying - things they haven't seen before.
i hate that even more than when developers fuck around with established, familiar, usable UIs.
it'd be relatively safe discussing compensation with coworkers when employees work under the same contract (e.g. union shop) or the wage scales are public knowledge (e.g. public sector jobs) and are adhered to.. BUT in other instances, it can be a very dangerous topic of discussion... you don't really want to be on either end of it where there is a significant discrepancy in pay, as it will rarely end well.
and regardless of the legality of employers retaliating or discriminating against union proponents and organizers, you probably don't want them catching wind of efforts to unionize until it's all but a done deal and you're set to vote and move forward to create the union.
the new Samsung Creation AD smartphone will be launched soon. among its new features is the ability to pass tracts to nearby phones via bluetooth, and to heal any ailment by slamming the phone against one's forehead while it blares 'demons beone!' via its speaker.
i also cringe whenever i see someone "google" a domain name to go to that site... and roll my eyes whenever i see one of our domain names in a search engine referral on our web site logs.
i hardly even use bookmarks anymore -- at least not to click on directly. a letter or two in the address bar (firefox) usually brings up what i'm looking for in the drop-down -- between that and the 'most visited' smart bookmark, i rarely need to venture into the actual bookmarks menu.
comcast will still be capped, will still charge overages, will still try to screw over their customers every chance they get, and will still be hostile towards competitors' services and traffic. nothing has fundamentally changed:
and that $10 per month internet is only for certain, qualified low-income families.
that is exactly why some registries and registry-wannabes pushed so hard for this crap (and why they've done the same for all the other extra TLDs like biz, info, travel, coop and xxx)... to get companies to register their names already existing names again and again. it's a money grab, plain and simple.
i will not participate in the complete and utter nonsense that is these custom TLDs. i'll stick with the traditional rules for TLD selection (COM = businesses, ORG = organizations, NET = network/internet services) and recommend to clients they do the same. for our own domains, we already try to get five or six TLDs (country + COM NET ORG INFO and sometimes BIZ) for each and i will not go for any more. no fucking way.
i wish they'd refund the application fees and dump this bullshit. the internet does not need or want this crap. the cons (pun intended) far outweigh any pros (are there any?). it is not too late for the nutjobs at ICANN to do the right thing for once.
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overconfident... arrogant... yup.. don't forget naive, and well, a lot of them are just plain dumb, too, and lack even basic common sense. including many that hold degrees, diplomas or certs (that often leads to the first and second parts.. overconfidence and arrogance) .
although on the other side, some folks that have been around awhile also think they know everything, know the absolute best way to do something, and are so set in their ways they dismiss better ideas simply because they do come from younger or less-experienced people or because they weren't the one to come up with it.
updates have been working just fine for years.. i don't understand either... sounds more like being too lazy to write proper post-install/update scripts that could trigger or recommend a reboot *when necessary*
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to those who keep saying..
"i wish linux were more like windows"
there ya go. hope you're happy.
now sod off.
microsoft loves to track its users and compile lots of user/usage data... and not just browser users.. DNT on by default makes them look like the good guys.. when we know they aren't.
similarly...
google makes more than some countries' GDP using user tracking data to maximize their profits. adding DNT to chrome makes them look like the good guys.. when we know they aren't.
smoke and mirrors.
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DNT relies on compliance by the web site and server operators -- something that cannot be forced, legislated, or even audited...
DNT is WORTHLESS. a nice idea in concept, but is impossible to implement.
don't forget the new full screen 'start menu', the hot corners, and no media center or dvd playback (extra-cost addon)...
there is *nothing* in windows 8 that'll get me to upgrade anything, nor will i be rushing to the store for a new pc with windows 8 bundled. in fact, we might even do the windows refund bit on any new win8 systems just to show how much we do *not* want it.
heck, we will probably save money in the long run by sticking with what we have longer than we normally would.
if you're grandfathered-in to an old alltel plan, do NOT let them take it away from you!!!
old alltel local (regional) calling plans are cheaper than their nationwide (all they offer as vzn) plans for those who don't need nationwide coverage.
some old alltel data plans were truly unlimited
my mom would just give both web sites a 'timeout' and tell the boys to behave.
null route the dns of both domains for a month or until both decide to shake hands and get along, whichever happens last.
there are some colleges that loan out textbooks like a grade school or high school does, or that charge modest rental fees (a fraction of what even a used copy would sell for) so you don't have to buy them if you don't want (or can't afford) to.
the reason that colleges don't just give them out as part of tuition is that tuition can be paid by scholarships, grants and other aid. it wouldn't really be right if students could sell those 'free' books, converting some of their financial aid to cash, to buy more beer instead of putting the proceeds back into their education which is what the aid is for (and no, kegs are not a legitimate education expense).
this is simply one-time use serial numbers with a form of online activation -- as is already done with many video games and such use predates this bullshit patent's filing date.
also... books are meant to be *shared*.. and borrowed, and lent, and resold... these are fundamental rights of first sale. so suck on that, mr. vogel. forcing each student to buy their own (new) book (or 'secret code' found in said new book) should be illegal.
it's bad enough when textbooks get "revised" every year and profs (or the department, or the school.. whoever is getting the kickback or royalties or other 'perks') "require" the latest one -- limiting options for obtaining the correct text on the used market... but this new patent is complete shit.
and finally, wouldn't surprise me at all if publishers using this shit patent's methods used their special forums' TOS to grant themselves license to all user-contributed content their own use.
ditto.
i haven't run kde since openlinux (yes, i bought it at retail way back when. wtf was i thinking).. it was gnome after that until ubuntu and gnome3 fucked that up. now it's xfce and lxde:
xfce is the new gnome2, and lxde is the new xfce.
the app IS the ad.
i was looking for an alternative to the abomination that will become windows 8....
agreed.
drivers distracted by electronics should be found negligent automatically in an accident or other incident involving personal injury or property damage. give high fines, loss of license for repeat offenders, and jail time for the worst.. along with higher insurance premiums just like drunks, habitual speeders and accident-prone drivers.
here, seat belt fines exist only because the feds made the states pass seat belt laws or lose funding.. and they're only like $10... i.e. no teeth. 'no texting/calls' laws need to have some bite. jack up the fines to $250+ for a first offense, triple if also guilty of a moving violation. the local traffic cops would *love* that bit here. they run traps all the time on the interstate.. from the phone/gps/ipad use i've seen on roads here, i'd guess that at least half the stops would involve 'triple' fines.
i wouldn't go so far as to have red light cameras take pictures of every car for later examination for electronic device use by drivers.. but it should be ticket-able by itself (not only in conjunction with another violation that was the trigger for the traffic stop in the first place) when witnessed in person.
it will be, but the TLAs will deny deny deny.
if a store hounds me like that.. i walk out the door and never go back. i can't stand it. same goes for the annoying, hovering sales people. just leave me alone and if i need something, i'll ask.
thankfully, there's only two stores like that near me, and i can do without either one (both are hardware store franchises). anything i'd need from them i can get at wally world or pick up next time i'm in the city and can hit the big boxes.
not when they go 'boom'.
that's the other part of the program: 'organic mine removal drones'.
agreed, and agreed.
if the kid isn't reading where he should be, what is he doing with his time? and where the hell is his parents/teachers? they've got the kid all day every day.. what's their excuse?
his parents are failing at being his teachers, and perhaps as his parents, too... like many other parents who homeschool, they are not qualified to teach the broad range of subjects required to homeschool, yet they have their heads up their asses thinking they can do better than a traditional school.
send the kid to school. he's obviously not going to be a dr. sheldon cooper, so at least he'd pick up the social skills he'll need to be 'average'
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as far as the regular schools go, it's lazy ass parents that don't give a shit, raising lazy ass kids who also don't give a shit, that are the main problem... not schools, not the teachers, not the administrators (except in a few cases where states or school boards are completely off their rockers).
if the kids don't care, and the parents don't care.. then the kids aren't going to achieve what they could. teachers can try all they want but if a kid doesn't want to learn, they aren't gonna learn much.
i hate that even more than when developers fuck around with established, familiar, usable UIs.
doesn't mean you 'should'.....
it'd be relatively safe discussing compensation with coworkers when employees work under the same contract (e.g. union shop) or the wage scales are public knowledge (e.g. public sector jobs) and are adhered to.. BUT in other instances, it can be a very dangerous topic of discussion... you don't really want to be on either end of it where there is a significant discrepancy in pay, as it will rarely end well.
and regardless of the legality of employers retaliating or discriminating against union proponents and organizers, you probably don't want them catching wind of efforts to unionize until it's all but a done deal and you're set to vote and move forward to create the union.
the distance IS impressive. their use of "intercontinental" to describe the distance is not. wouldn't even get across the lengths of some u.s. states.
the significance, i think, of the 515 miles, is that it is the distance between dayton and kitty hawk.
the new Samsung Creation AD smartphone will be launched soon. among its new features is the ability to pass tracts to nearby phones via bluetooth, and to heal any ailment by slamming the phone against one's forehead while it blares 'demons beone!' via its speaker.
i also cringe whenever i see someone "google" a domain name to go to that site... and roll my eyes whenever i see one of our domain names in a search engine referral on our web site logs.
i hardly even use bookmarks anymore -- at least not to click on directly. a letter or two in the address bar (firefox) usually brings up what i'm looking for in the drop-down -- between that and the 'most visited' smart bookmark, i rarely need to venture into the actual bookmarks menu.
comcast will still be capped, will still charge overages, will still try to screw over their customers every chance they get, and will still be hostile towards competitors' services and traffic. nothing has fundamentally changed:
and that $10 per month internet is only for certain, qualified low-income families.
the chinese will pirate anything.
that is exactly why some registries and registry-wannabes pushed so hard for this crap (and why they've done the same for all the other extra TLDs like biz, info, travel, coop and xxx)... to get companies to register their names already existing names again and again. it's a money grab, plain and simple.
i will not participate in the complete and utter nonsense that is these custom TLDs. i'll stick with the traditional rules for TLD selection (COM = businesses, ORG = organizations, NET = network/internet services) and recommend to clients they do the same. for our own domains, we already try to get five or six TLDs (country + COM NET ORG INFO and sometimes BIZ) for each and i will not go for any more. no fucking way.
i wish they'd refund the application fees and dump this bullshit. the internet does not need or want this crap. the cons (pun intended) far outweigh any pros (are there any?). it is not too late for the nutjobs at ICANN to do the right thing for once.