I think someone is trying to be too politically correct. For ages it's been assumed that "he" and "man"/"mankind" may be used in a generic sense to refer to everyone, because English is already cumbersome enough as it is without having to write out "he or she" just to satisfy the hypersensitive knee-jerk reactionists out there.
False, plus there is nothing that Samsung can do to prevent electrolysis. This (letting the ports dry before connecting headphones or charger) is probably addressed in the documentation that comes with the phone - I'll find out on Tuesday. If it isn't mentioned in a quick start guide, it sure as hell should be.
The idea is telling a government "no" so no precedent is set. This is important as recent history shows that the FBI, NSA, TSA, etc. don't give a flying fuck about legality when it comes to their actions, and you know once they have that precedent set they will proceed with blanket surveillance, "for security." They've been regarding 1984 as an instruction manual rather than a warning.... and The People have been likewise regarding "Idiocracy" as an instruction manual rather than a warning.
It'll be a great tool while Microsoft maintains it for six months, and then it will be even more worthless than Symantec antivirus but people will still trust it.
Just has been the case with every previous Microsoft antivirus/antimalware effort.
Funny.. I use an ssd for vms and swap and although it's thrashed heavily when I fire up all the VMs at once I've lost no capacity and no errors have been reported. Reliability has been so solid I'm thinking of replacing the spindles in my server with SSDs in a RAID5 or RAID6 array.
There are occasional lemon SSD model runs... but that's true of all hard drive manufacturers as well.
Furthermore empirical evidence arising from analyses from quite a few data centers indicate that SSDs are more durable than hard drives at this point. Continued avoidance of the latest-generation SSDs is based on superstition, not evidence.
I don't mind unobtrusive ads. I hate when ads cover 90% of the page (linkbeef, etc. I am glaring at you fuckers) I hate it when Ads autoplay audio and/or video (die in a fire, fuckers!) I hate it when ads display this ginormous layer over the page, with the close button rendering off screen, and if I try to zoom out, the image increases in size, regardless of smartphone browser (Chrome, Firefox, Dolphin). Safari is the same - I had to go back to my stone-age iPhone 4 for a few days after an OTA update soft-bricked my Galaxy. This is of course in reference to mobile sites... which tells me the fuckers don't ever test their web sites on smartphones. Stupid fuckers. Die in a fire.
I gave the S6 then the Note5 a miss because of the missing SD slot, nonreplaceable battery, and missing antenna jack.
I don't work on the road any more, so the aux antenna jack isn't an issue now. Battery life is an issue but I have a PowerAdd USB charger so it's an acceptable workaround.
Storage was the key deal breaker for me. Since Samsung corrected their massive error (copying the iPhone's worst defect - no storage expansion) I'm going to be upgrading from my stone-age S4.:)
> The problem is he wants a fair trial, AS DEFINED BY EDWARD SNOWDEN.
No. He wants his rights guaranteed. He exposed illegal activities conducted by agencies of the government of The United States of America. He tried following proscribed processes and was rebuffed and essentially told to STFU so he went public in a grand way - as anyone should but few have the guts to follow through with.
> This is a complicated matter and the apple fingerprint sensor isn't certainly the first to make a compromise between security and repairability, just look at car security devices that are paired to each other like key readers and electronic steering wheel locks.
What is the intent of the marry/divorce mechanism in cars?
The intent is to reduce thefts of an item costing anywhere from $20K to $1mil, not to prevent your being able to use third-party items. I can tear out the head unit in my cars and replace them with third-party head units without having to marry the new head unit to the car. I will lose some functionality (the car's warning tones, speed-sensitive volume, etc.) but providing I install a CAN bus to bypass the OEM head unit, the car will not be bricked.
I'd like to see "reasonable and prudent" that Montana had come back, and to be made nationwide for rural highway zones.
Why?
200mph on rural highways with very light traffic in good weather conditions is very safe, especially once you're in the Midwest.
I'd also like to see 45mph in very busy highway interchanges (downtown Providence, I'm looking at you) strictly enforced. Besides our interstates were designed for safe travel at 120-130mph based on 1960s vechicle technology (crappy suspensions, steering boxes, drum brakes) not modern vehicles where your average family sedan offers better performance than that era's sports and muscle cars.
I would also like to see turn indicators and rights of way enforced as well (and in that vein, I also want a pony!)
I'd like to see actual problems enforced (reckless driving, failure to yield the right of way, failure to use turn indicators (when others are around*), merging properly (merging lanes and on and off ramps have no legal speed limit to encourage smooth merging. DON'T come to a dead stop at the bottom of an onramp or end of merge lane because you can accelerate as fast as needed to merge smoothly then slow back to the posted limit on the highway you just merged) and driving too slowly (hindering the flow of traffic) and maintaining control of the vehicle (rather than meandering between three lanes at random while you're arguing with your ex) rather than needless laws such as "no handheld cellphone use" because the law is unnecessary when so many laws already cover the real problems. Reckless driving unfortunately goes unenforced most of the time.
*the determining factor driving whether indicators are legally required
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I think someone is trying to be too politically correct. For ages it's been assumed that "he" and "man"/"mankind" may be used in a generic sense to refer to everyone, because English is already cumbersome enough as it is without having to write out "he or she" just to satisfy the hypersensitive knee-jerk reactionists out there.
"Samsung Experience Centers" at Worst Buy. Calling them technicians is a bit of a stretch though...
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False, plus there is nothing that Samsung can do to prevent electrolysis. This (letting the ports dry before connecting headphones or charger) is probably addressed in the documentation that comes with the phone - I'll find out on Tuesday. If it isn't mentioned in a quick start guide, it sure as hell should be.
Missiles ARE a type of drone.
I don't care about politicians' faces. Really.
I don't dislike Cruz because of his smile; I dislike Cruz because he's an asshole.
He's too busy watching the latest episode of "Ow my balls!" after having come in from a long day of irrigating his barren garden with Brawndo.
The idea is telling a government "no" so no precedent is set. This is important as recent history shows that the FBI, NSA, TSA, etc. don't give a flying fuck about legality when it comes to their actions, and you know once they have that precedent set they will proceed with blanket surveillance, "for security." They've been regarding 1984 as an instruction manual rather than a warning.... and The People have been likewise regarding "Idiocracy" as an instruction manual rather than a warning.
It'll be a great tool while Microsoft maintains it for six months, and then it will be even more worthless than Symantec antivirus but people will still trust it.
Just has been the case with every previous Microsoft antivirus/antimalware effort.
Home server += "production" but yes I am aware of the advantages of RAID6. RAID5 + hot spare will do. :)
Funny.. I use an ssd for vms and swap and although it's thrashed heavily when I fire up all the VMs at once I've lost no capacity and no errors have been reported. Reliability has been so solid I'm thinking of replacing the spindles in my server with SSDs in a RAID5 or RAID6 array.
There are occasional lemon SSD model runs... but that's true of all hard drive manufacturers as well.
Furthermore empirical evidence arising from analyses from quite a few data centers indicate that SSDs are more durable than hard drives at this point. Continued avoidance of the latest-generation SSDs is based on superstition, not evidence.
I don't mind unobtrusive ads.
I hate when ads cover 90% of the page (linkbeef, etc. I am glaring at you fuckers)
I hate it when Ads autoplay audio and/or video (die in a fire, fuckers!)
I hate it when ads display this ginormous layer over the page, with the close button rendering off screen, and if I try to zoom out, the image increases in size, regardless of smartphone browser (Chrome, Firefox, Dolphin). Safari is the same - I had to go back to my stone-age iPhone 4 for a few days after an OTA update soft-bricked my Galaxy. This is of course in reference to mobile sites... which tells me the fuckers don't ever test their web sites on smartphones.
Stupid fuckers. Die in a fire.
Bring back the unobtrusive text and banner ads.
and I suppose the cameras won't see beyond that 160' range either.... ;)
I gave the S6 then the Note5 a miss because of the missing SD slot, nonreplaceable battery, and missing antenna jack.
I don't work on the road any more, so the aux antenna jack isn't an issue now.
Battery life is an issue but I have a PowerAdd USB charger so it's an acceptable workaround.
Storage was the key deal breaker for me. Since Samsung corrected their massive error (copying the iPhone's worst defect - no storage expansion) I'm going to be upgrading from my stone-age S4. :)
> The problem is he wants a fair trial, AS DEFINED BY EDWARD SNOWDEN.
No. He wants his rights guaranteed. He exposed illegal activities conducted by agencies of the government of The United States of America. He tried following proscribed processes and was rebuffed and essentially told to STFU so he went public in a grand way - as anyone should but few have the guts to follow through with.
Er, almost 40 years ago. Wow I'm getting old enough to say that!
I got over the Star Wars Holiday Special almost 30 years ago. If you're not over it by now, find a therapist. Seriously. ;)
Will you please stop sharing your fantasies with us? This is not a fetish site. We're not interested in your nocturnal activities.
Posting to negate moderation.
I accidentally the post!
(clicked overrated rather than funny. sorry about that!)
I'm not terribly impressed by a nickel balancing on edge - it's been done before on an LT5, which is (well, was) a production quad-cam V8.
err... CAN bus HUB
> Regarding systemd and stderr, I haven't had any cause to look into this.
try working in the real world for a day. You will run into this.
You will also learn why journalctl sucks warm sweaty donkey balls.
> This is a complicated matter and the apple fingerprint sensor isn't certainly the first to make a compromise between security and repairability, just look at car security devices that are paired to each other like key readers and electronic steering wheel locks.
What is the intent of the marry/divorce mechanism in cars?
The intent is to reduce thefts of an item costing anywhere from $20K to $1mil, not to prevent your being able to use third-party items. I can tear out the head unit in my cars and replace them with third-party head units without having to marry the new head unit to the car. I will lose some functionality (the car's warning tones, speed-sensitive volume, etc.) but providing I install a CAN bus to bypass the OEM head unit, the car will not be bricked.
75% less would be correct.
I'd like to see "reasonable and prudent" that Montana had come back, and to be made nationwide for rural highway zones.
Why?
200mph on rural highways with very light traffic in good weather conditions is very safe, especially once you're in the Midwest.
I'd also like to see 45mph in very busy highway interchanges (downtown Providence, I'm looking at you) strictly enforced. Besides our interstates were designed for safe travel at 120-130mph based on 1960s vechicle technology (crappy suspensions, steering boxes, drum brakes) not modern vehicles where your average family sedan offers better performance than that era's sports and muscle cars.
I would also like to see turn indicators and rights of way enforced as well (and in that vein, I also want a pony!)
I'd like to see actual problems enforced (reckless driving, failure to yield the right of way, failure to use turn indicators (when others are around*), merging properly (merging lanes and on and off ramps have no legal speed limit to encourage smooth merging. DON'T come to a dead stop at the bottom of an onramp or end of merge lane because you can accelerate as fast as needed to merge smoothly then slow back to the posted limit on the highway you just merged) and driving too slowly (hindering the flow of traffic) and maintaining control of the vehicle (rather than meandering between three lanes at random while you're arguing with your ex) rather than needless laws such as "no handheld cellphone use" because the law is unnecessary when so many laws already cover the real problems. Reckless driving unfortunately goes unenforced most of the time.
*the determining factor driving whether indicators are legally required