Yes, GB had ID cards during WW2, for reasons you imply. On the other hand, I believe it was in the early 50s that they were abolished, a move that was in part sparked by an incident of the police demanding to see a taxi driver's ID card, and arresting him when he didn't/couldn't show it. The case went to court, and the court ruled that the police had overstepped the mark, and that this was very much not how they should be dealing with ID cards, and especially not in peace-time.
As far as I recall the details, anyway. I am open to correction:-)
Just to be pedantic, I believe Wilco means "I have understood your transmission, and will comply."
Which is why most aviators sigh when they hear "Roger, wilco" in movies (because Roger means "I have understood your transmission"). At least my Dad does, anyway (15 years as RAF navigator).
I think this is the kind of attitude that people are annoyed by. Receiving criticism with "Yeah, I make mistakes, but that's because I'm so 1337z0rs that I type at 89wpm!" is not really going to cut it. Because if nothing else, if that's the case, then, hey, guess what, you can't type at 89wpm! To paraphrase Gerald Weinberg, I can type at 120wpm if I don't have to get the words right.
And they're not English instructors - some posters can just speak English and find mistakes glaring and detract from the message (see Marshall McLuhan). But go ahead with your arrogant responses. It just makes it easier for the rest of us to filter you out.
People will mostly accept honest mistakes. When the offender instead tries to make out that their mistakes aren't mistakes at all, for whatever reason, when clearly they are, this is what tries people's patience.
Very far from the truth. Most people have never even heard of Ogg.
And to prove my point in an instructive way, I assume you actually meant that "Everyone knows that Vorbis is technically superior" (which is also not true, of course).
Otherwise your statement is akin to "everyone knows that QuickTime is technically superior".
he meant "inverse" in the sense that one scheme describes light absorbed and the other describes light emitted.
That would be true if you were talking about a CMY colour model. Whereas CMYK was the model under discussion, and the very presence of the K component speaks to the real world problems of colour representation, ink saturation, plate registration, etc.
Seriously, anyone who claims CMYK is just the inverse of RGB can safely be excluded from discussions about colour representation until they learn more about the subject.
It's a bit like people who complain about their printouts being the wrong colours by saying "But it looks alright on screen!"
Thanks. That was a bloody good laugh. If you'd wanted to prove you have no clue about real world colour management and are, in your own words, a 'moron', then congratulations - you just passed with flying colours.
Seriously, learn something about the subject before you spout off.
As a starter for ten, show us your RGB -> CMYK and vice versa conversion functions, if they're "just the inverse".
Hint - consider the information lost when converting from CMYK to RGB. If that's too taxing, think about the Key component.
(Supplementary question - Photoshop is largely a bitmap editing application - guess how many people edit bitmaps by defining the Pantone colour used for each pixel. As other people have said, Pantone is a small part of the equation.)
Btw, I think you misunderstand the slashdot slogan. It's an 'or' construct, not an 'and' construct. And if you want to flame me for being a geek about that, then you're definitely reading the wrong website.
But I wish you well at Digg. Your insightful and reasoned commentary will fit right in with all the "Digg! This is kewl!" comments. Although if you throw your toys out of the pram whenever you get a couple of offtopic mods, you might want to toughen up that skin a bit.
Also, if it does have a nifty sleep function, how annoying would that be? You probably use these keys occasionally, so whenever you do, they're asleep, so you can't see the pictures...or will it hook into screensaver events or something?
I did this recently (reinstalled my PC), and the 'bullshit' involved downloading the Steam installer from Valve and running it, and then logging on to my Steam account. I marked the games I wanted installed from my games list, and forgot about it for the rest of the day while it downloaded all the data. That was pretty much it.
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Point being, if you want into a network why waste the time going though code looking for vunerbilities or trying to brute force your way in somewhere, just submit a patch with a backdoor or ask for the password. Many times you will probably get in.
Reminds me of the neat story (from Psychology of Computer Programming, I think) where a tiger team was trying to crack an installation's security (at the installation's request). Said installation ran IBM mainframes, and received patch tapes from IBM on a semi-regular basis. So the team wrote their own patch, put it on a tape, and sent it to the target along with a typical covering letter on IBM headed paper, and then waited for them to install their backdoor for them.
Which they did:)
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I'd even be willing to say it is less prone, but I don't think you can say "impossible"
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Actually, all Firewire interfaces ever shipped can support transferring data at 800kbps.
You mean like with Mario Party 7?
(Disclaimer: I have nothing against Mario games)
Salesman: "There's a mandatory 5 day waiting period for that gun."
Homer: "5 days?! But I'm mad now!"
As far as I recall the details, anyway. I am open to correction :-)
Which is why most aviators sigh when they hear "Roger, wilco" in movies (because Roger means "I have understood your transmission"). At least my Dad does, anyway (15 years as RAF navigator).
They probably converted the basement into an echo chamber first, so I'd imagine you could fit quite a few in.
I'd gladly pay a PC Tax to keep Big Brother off our screens.
And they're not English instructors - some posters can just speak English and find mistakes glaring and detract from the message (see Marshall McLuhan). But go ahead with your arrogant responses. It just makes it easier for the rest of us to filter you out.
People will mostly accept honest mistakes. When the offender instead tries to make out that their mistakes aren't mistakes at all, for whatever reason, when clearly they are, this is what tries people's patience.
It's XP, not Ex Pee.
:-)
If you're going to spell out the letters, at least do it in Greek.
Then it's Chi Ro.
Spooky, eh?
(Say it out loud)
Very far from the truth. Most people have never even heard of Ogg.
And to prove my point in an instructive way, I assume you actually meant that "Everyone knows that Vorbis is technically superior" (which is also not true, of course).
Otherwise your statement is akin to "everyone knows that QuickTime is technically superior".
No, actually. I must be getting old :-)
That would be true if you were talking about a CMY colour model. Whereas CMYK was the model under discussion, and the very presence of the K component speaks to the real world problems of colour representation, ink saturation, plate registration, etc.
Seriously, anyone who claims CMYK is just the inverse of RGB can safely be excluded from discussions about colour representation until they learn more about the subject.
It's a bit like people who complain about their printouts being the wrong colours by saying "But it looks alright on screen!"
Thanks. That was a bloody good laugh. If you'd wanted to prove you have no clue about real world colour management and are, in your own words, a 'moron', then congratulations - you just passed with flying colours.
Seriously, learn something about the subject before you spout off.
As a starter for ten, show us your RGB -> CMYK and vice versa conversion functions, if they're "just the inverse".
Hint - consider the information lost when converting from CMYK to RGB. If that's too taxing, think about the Key component.
(Supplementary question - Photoshop is largely a bitmap editing application - guess how many people edit bitmaps by defining the Pantone colour used for each pixel. As other people have said, Pantone is a small part of the equation.)
1999 called. They want their joke back.
Btw, I think you misunderstand the slashdot slogan. It's an 'or' construct, not an 'and' construct. And if you want to flame me for being a geek about that, then you're definitely reading the wrong website.
But I wish you well at Digg. Your insightful and reasoned commentary will fit right in with all the "Digg! This is kewl!" comments. Although if you throw your toys out of the pram whenever you get a couple of offtopic mods, you might want to toughen up that skin a bit.
You mean real Formula 1 has no red shells? Suxx0rz.
...turning the IT Dept off and on again?
I thought we'd agreed to take the warning labels off everything and let the problem solve itself?
Also, if it does have a nifty sleep function, how annoying would that be? You probably use these keys occasionally, so whenever you do, they're asleep, so you can't see the pictures...or will it hook into screensaver events or something?
12 words: Losing because you're not a lawyer and paying the other side's costs.
I did this recently (reinstalled my PC), and the 'bullshit' involved downloading the Steam installer from Valve and running it, and then logging on to my Steam account. I marked the games I wanted installed from my games list, and forgot about it for the rest of the day while it downloaded all the data. That was pretty much it.
Yes, because money is never an issue with legal matters.
No.
Reminds me of the neat story (from Psychology of Computer Programming, I think) where a tiger team was trying to crack an installation's security (at the installation's request). Said installation ran IBM mainframes, and received patch tapes from IBM on a semi-regular basis. So the team wrote their own patch, put it on a tape, and sent it to the target along with a typical covering letter on IBM headed paper, and then waited for them to install their backdoor for them.
Which they did :)
Wise words, mate.
I can spell 'absurd' better than you.