Is it even necessary? When I plug my phone into the wall (USB cable plugs into the wall plug) it just charges but when I plug it into a computer it asks me what I want it to do.
It's been 30 years since I've been on a plane, but I'd fly if I needed to. I'm far more averse to the hassle than the radiation, it was bad enough before the TSA.
I've wondered whether or not a dentist's drill could set you up for more cavities, does it perhaps cause microscopic cracks from the vibration?
At any rate I only see a dentist when a tooth hurts. I dislike having unnecessary ionizing radiation focused on my head, and dentists always want x-rays..
I suspect that at least half what is currently kept secret from the public is unnecessarily secret. And probably much more than half of what is left could at least be shared with Congress committees.
Congress, all of it, and the Senate, too, should be informed of what the executive branch does. Withholding information about the government itself from legislators is irrational.
This antipathy towards learning curves is a big part of today's society (the idiocracy).
I've always loved to learn, but one thing I hate is having to relearn. If a new tool has obvious advantages over an old tool I'm happy to learn the new tool: I'm lazy. I don't live to work, I work to live. I didn't mind learning Windows because it had obvious advantages over DOS. I didn't mind learning Linux because Windows was a PITA.
One reason it was such a pain was change for the sake of change, which Windows is even worse about now. Back in the '90s my employer was transitioning from Corel Office to Microsoft Office, so I took an Excel class. Two weeks after I took the class they upgraded to a newer version of Excel; that class was a complete waste of time because the New Excel was nothing like the old Excel (it was more like Quattro than the old Excel).
What's worse is when a change introduces complexity rather than simplicity, like that stupid Microsoft Ribbon. Rename editing functions from Edit to Home, WHY??? Changing the File menu to a colored button with no mouseover was just retarded. At least they fixed that little stupidity. Introducing the Microsoft car, with the throttle on the left and the brake on the right.
That's what I like about Linux; changes are almost always improvements (and when they aren't the community usually screams bloody murder). Microsoft's changes are usually just for the sake of introducing an unnecessary learning curve.
There's way too much useful, interesting stuff for any one person to learn, don't waste my time relearning an interface when I could be spending my time learning something useful.
Complex procedures do not work like they do in star trek.
I would have agreed with you before I got an Android phone. That thing is straight out of Star Trek. Microsoft's problem with W8 is they thought "people already know how to use a tablet so we'll make the desktop like a tablet." The trouble is, that's like designing your hammer to be more like a saw. They're different tools with different purposes. A car is not a bicycle, I don't want handlebars in my car.
That's no different than saying "Linux PC" or "Windows laptop". Just like the Android phone or the Windows phone; it's simply descriptive of the OS it uses, and face it -- the OS is the computer from the user's point of view. What difference does the hardware brand make? Nokia, Samsung, Kyocera, who cares? Actually, I like my Kyocera because it's cheap and waterproof, I'd hate to drop a $600 Samsung in the sink. There isn't anything a $600 Samsung will do that my $100 Kyocera won't, except be destroyed if you're caught in a downpour (I had an LG die like that).
The former president of the bank I use (a small local bank) is now Mayor of Springfield, elected after our previous Mayor (Does he look familiar?) shot himself.
I wonder what's more lucrative, being President of a small bank or Mayor of a capital city? I'm sure it pays better than any criminal activity except maybe being a Colombian drug lord. A whole lot safer, too.
Your comment just came up when I was metamoderating (I miss the old system) and I gave the mods a good grade.
I can see why the pundits are unexcited, the single thing a new iPhone will do that an Android won't is the fingerprint thing. I just got a new Kyocera Edge and the women at Felbers with iPhones were ooing and aahing over it.
Of course, their iPhones were big and clunky because they had those protective things on them because breaking them would be so expensive, while mine easily slips in a pocket. If it breaks it's only a hundred bucks.
That's Apple's problem. However, I agree with you, they're in no danger of going out of business.
In 1941 something like 40,000 people died on the highways and yet the US went to war with Japan due to a trifling 3,000 casualties at Peal Harbor.
We were attacked and declared war. That was the right thing to do. Afghanistan harbored Bin Laden, we should have declared war but simply waging it was 2nd best (Iraq was a mistake, we had no business there). But in neither case was martial law declared. We should not have interred Americans of Japanese descent* and the NSA should not be spying on Americans.
What are all of these rights you claim are being given up?
Today's papers are digital. My right against unreasonable search is being violated by the illegal NSA wiretapping and TSA screenings. I'm not the enemy, don't treat me like one. I didn't volunteer for the USAF in 1970 (despite being virtually draft-proof) just to be in a surveillance state, that was what we were supposedly fighting against.
* The Japanese internment was purely racist. My late friend Ralph Weibe's parents were born in Germany, moved to Russia where Ralph was born to escape WWI, then moved to Oklahoma to escape communism. Ralph spoke no English when he went to 1st grade, only German; they sent him home with a note pinned to his shirt "learn English."
Rather than being interred when WWII came, Ralph fought against the Germans in the US Navy. German didn't matter, he was white.
Don't we have to have a declared war to actually have a true charge of treason?
Google is your friend (but they're scared shitless of the government, too, just like this lady is)
Article III Section 3.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
No, she's just too selfish and cowardly to do the right thing. It's clear if you read the article. They sued for the right to speak and lost, if they blabbed they'd go to prison.
Here's a link to a very credible source. They taught us this in middle school. In fact, there's a state-mandated constitution test in Illinois, don't know about elsewhere.
This "guy's" name's Marissa Meyer. She's a woman. And she's a tool.
I don't see OtherOS removal as a problem, sorry, call me selfish, but I'm way more concerned about attempt by its competitor, to enforce digital only games.
I wouldn't buy a XBone, either. My daughter was going to buy a gaming rig for me last xmas (she works at GameStop) and I told her "no thanks" since all the console manufacturers fuck over their customers. Like Mr. Ball said when switching to all non-Microsoft (mostly FOSS) after a BSA raid (google "ernie ball linux), I refuse to do business with someone who treats their customers poorly.
Microsoft makes office software. Legacy PC apps make no sense on a tablet. You're going to draft a document on a tablet?? Like someone else said, putting PC apps on a tablet is like putting handlebars on a truck.
Flamebait? What's the matter, mod, did I offend your employer?
Here's a hint, folks: dissing an evil company isn't flamebait unless you, yourself are evil as well. Rather than downmodding why not simply answer the question: why would you give money to a company with a history of removing features the customer has already paid for?
Except for the part where pretty much everyone's third party applications on Windows add a single uninstall entry in the standard place in Control Panel and can be removed with two clicks from that standard screen, you mean?
I uninstalled AVG that way (using MS Defender instead) so why does Windows keep informing me that I need to enable the app that was supposedly completely uninstalled?
Back in the day, they used to teach gun safety and marksmanship in schools. It was part of PE.
Back in what day? I'm 61 and they never taught me marksmanship or gun safety in school. My dad taught me. And they didn't treat mental patients, they warehoused them to keep crazies out of society. Now they're panhandling and bothering people, and in most cases if these poor wretches got treatment they'd be productive members of society.
I think some other geezer's been pulling your leg, son. Because what you allege is simply not true.
Cowards aren't patriots, and he's not only a coward but an irrational coward. He talks about the 3000 deaths a decade ago when 45,000 people die on the highways every year in the US. He isn't just a coward, he's an idiot. He's no patriot, patriots don't give up rights for the illusion of safety.
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500 engineers don't come cheap. Neither does all the fuel and equipment they'll need.
Is it even necessary? When I plug my phone into the wall (USB cable plugs into the wall plug) it just charges but when I plug it into a computer it asks me what I want it to do.
Of course they were, they had nothing to do with teeth, cavities, or cancer. And they weren't questions, they were snide remarks.
It's been 30 years since I've been on a plane, but I'd fly if I needed to. I'm far more averse to the hassle than the radiation, it was bad enough before the TSA.
Another question: Does Hugh Pickens get paid for promoting this Slashdot article?
Are you getting paid to make offtopic comments? Nobody made you click the link. If you don't want to read it, don't read it.
I've wondered whether or not a dentist's drill could set you up for more cavities, does it perhaps cause microscopic cracks from the vibration?
At any rate I only see a dentist when a tooth hurts. I dislike having unnecessary ionizing radiation focused on my head, and dentists always want x-rays..
Other studies have shown a link between gum disease and heart disease. So whether you don't want cancer or don't want a heart attack, brush your teeth!
(The American Heart Association disagrees)
I suspect that at least half what is currently kept secret from the public is unnecessarily secret. And probably much more than half of what is left could at least be shared with Congress committees.
Congress, all of it, and the Senate, too, should be informed of what the executive branch does. Withholding information about the government itself from legislators is irrational.
This antipathy towards learning curves is a big part of today's society (the idiocracy).
I've always loved to learn, but one thing I hate is having to relearn. If a new tool has obvious advantages over an old tool I'm happy to learn the new tool: I'm lazy. I don't live to work, I work to live. I didn't mind learning Windows because it had obvious advantages over DOS. I didn't mind learning Linux because Windows was a PITA.
One reason it was such a pain was change for the sake of change, which Windows is even worse about now. Back in the '90s my employer was transitioning from Corel Office to Microsoft Office, so I took an Excel class. Two weeks after I took the class they upgraded to a newer version of Excel; that class was a complete waste of time because the New Excel was nothing like the old Excel (it was more like Quattro than the old Excel).
What's worse is when a change introduces complexity rather than simplicity, like that stupid Microsoft Ribbon. Rename editing functions from Edit to Home, WHY??? Changing the File menu to a colored button with no mouseover was just retarded. At least they fixed that little stupidity. Introducing the Microsoft car, with the throttle on the left and the brake on the right.
That's what I like about Linux; changes are almost always improvements (and when they aren't the community usually screams bloody murder). Microsoft's changes are usually just for the sake of introducing an unnecessary learning curve.
There's way too much useful, interesting stuff for any one person to learn, don't waste my time relearning an interface when I could be spending my time learning something useful.
Complex procedures do not work like they do in star trek.
I would have agreed with you before I got an Android phone. That thing is straight out of Star Trek. Microsoft's problem with W8 is they thought "people already know how to use a tablet so we'll make the desktop like a tablet." The trouble is, that's like designing your hammer to be more like a saw. They're different tools with different purposes. A car is not a bicycle, I don't want handlebars in my car.
That's no different than saying "Linux PC" or "Windows laptop". Just like the Android phone or the Windows phone; it's simply descriptive of the OS it uses, and face it -- the OS is the computer from the user's point of view. What difference does the hardware brand make? Nokia, Samsung, Kyocera, who cares? Actually, I like my Kyocera because it's cheap and waterproof, I'd hate to drop a $600 Samsung in the sink. There isn't anything a $600 Samsung will do that my $100 Kyocera won't, except be destroyed if you're caught in a downpour (I had an LG die like that).
As for how they were caught, I think someone just realized there wasn't supposed to be an IT guy there and then the cops got called.
Since there were so many people involved, my guess is someone got sloppy and was overheard (maybe in a bar or something) and the cops were tipped off.
The more people involved in any criminal activity, the greater the chance of getting caught.
Anyone who uses the word 'cyber' in a non-sarcastic manner should be ignored.
What's wrong with the word cyber? Do you have a better synonym?
The former president of the bank I use (a small local bank) is now Mayor of Springfield, elected after our previous Mayor (Does he look familiar?) shot himself.
I wonder what's more lucrative, being President of a small bank or Mayor of a capital city? I'm sure it pays better than any criminal activity except maybe being a Colombian drug lord. A whole lot safer, too.
Your comment just came up when I was metamoderating (I miss the old system) and I gave the mods a good grade.
I can see why the pundits are unexcited, the single thing a new iPhone will do that an Android won't is the fingerprint thing. I just got a new Kyocera Edge and the women at Felbers with iPhones were ooing and aahing over it.
Of course, their iPhones were big and clunky because they had those protective things on them because breaking them would be so expensive, while mine easily slips in a pocket. If it breaks it's only a hundred bucks.
That's Apple's problem. However, I agree with you, they're in no danger of going out of business.
In 1941 something like 40,000 people died on the highways and yet the US went to war with Japan due to a trifling 3,000 casualties at Peal Harbor.
We were attacked and declared war. That was the right thing to do. Afghanistan harbored Bin Laden, we should have declared war but simply waging it was 2nd best (Iraq was a mistake, we had no business there). But in neither case was martial law declared. We should not have interred Americans of Japanese descent* and the NSA should not be spying on Americans.
What are all of these rights you claim are being given up?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Today's papers are digital. My right against unreasonable search is being violated by the illegal NSA wiretapping and TSA screenings. I'm not the enemy, don't treat me like one. I didn't volunteer for the USAF in 1970 (despite being virtually draft-proof) just to be in a surveillance state, that was what we were supposedly fighting against.
* The Japanese internment was purely racist. My late friend Ralph Weibe's parents were born in Germany, moved to Russia where Ralph was born to escape WWI, then moved to Oklahoma to escape communism. Ralph spoke no English when he went to 1st grade, only German; they sent him home with a note pinned to his shirt "learn English."
Rather than being interred when WWII came, Ralph fought against the Germans in the US Navy. German didn't matter, he was white.
Don't we have to have a declared war to actually have a true charge of treason?
Google is your friend (but they're scared shitless of the government, too, just like this lady is)
No, she's just too selfish and cowardly to do the right thing. It's clear if you read the article. They sued for the right to speak and lost, if they blabbed they'd go to prison.
Here's a link to a very credible source. They taught us this in middle school. In fact, there's a state-mandated constitution test in Illinois, don't know about elsewhere.
This "guy's" name's Marissa Meyer. She's a woman. And she's a tool.
I don't see OtherOS removal as a problem, sorry, call me selfish, but I'm way more concerned about attempt by its competitor, to enforce digital only games.
I wouldn't buy a XBone, either. My daughter was going to buy a gaming rig for me last xmas (she works at GameStop) and I told her "no thanks" since all the console manufacturers fuck over their customers. Like Mr. Ball said when switching to all non-Microsoft (mostly FOSS) after a BSA raid (google "ernie ball linux), I refuse to do business with someone who treats their customers poorly.
Time for a new console company to come into play.
Microsoft makes office software. Legacy PC apps make no sense on a tablet. You're going to draft a document on a tablet?? Like someone else said, putting PC apps on a tablet is like putting handlebars on a truck.
Flamebait? What's the matter, mod, did I offend your employer?
Here's a hint, folks: dissing an evil company isn't flamebait unless you, yourself are evil as well. Rather than downmodding why not simply answer the question: why would you give money to a company with a history of removing features the customer has already paid for?
Except for the part where pretty much everyone's third party applications on Windows add a single uninstall entry in the standard place in Control Panel and can be removed with two clicks from that standard screen, you mean?
I uninstalled AVG that way (using MS Defender instead) so why does Windows keep informing me that I need to enable the app that was supposedly completely uninstalled?
Back in the day, they used to teach gun safety and marksmanship in schools. It was part of PE.
Back in what day? I'm 61 and they never taught me marksmanship or gun safety in school. My dad taught me. And they didn't treat mental patients, they warehoused them to keep crazies out of society. Now they're panhandling and bothering people, and in most cases if these poor wretches got treatment they'd be productive members of society.
I think some other geezer's been pulling your leg, son. Because what you allege is simply not true.
I congratulate you on your patriotism
Cowards aren't patriots, and he's not only a coward but an irrational coward. He talks about the 3000 deaths a decade ago when 45,000 people die on the highways every year in the US. He isn't just a coward, he's an idiot. He's no patriot, patriots don't give up rights for the illusion of safety.
I haven't read very many of his books, but I thought The Green Mile was excellent.