It's a social contract (also known as government). The rationale is that the government will protect your little ideas in exchange for the fact that - after you make your money off them - everybody else gets to use them, for anything, freely.
Otherwise, what's the benefit? Society as a whole doesn't give two shits for your ideas, and won't protect them, unless there's something in it for us.
I have a 2.0GHz C2D with a 7900GS graphics card and 2GB ram, and vista blew chunks. It was embarassingly slow, even with SP1 (that's why I tried it again).
And as has been established, a bunch of them are people taking a piss in public. There are comparatively few baby-rapers out there.
That's ignoring the FAR more troubling issue with your post, which is that you think it's OK to punish somebody after their punishment is up (after they've served their time or other prescribed punishment).
On the other hand, one of the big criticisms of the RIAA cases (and a good reason to secure your wifi) is the fact that it's irrelevant to them who actually committed the infringement. They just get the guy paying for the 'net access.
So you can cost somebody >$4000 by hopping on their WiFi and torrenting a few songs. Sucks.
I heard a story of a datacenter in California doing this for backup power. The center was powered off of the mains, and also had a large (20ft or so) flywheel kept running. If the power cut, the flywheel powered the necessary systems for the minute or so it took the generators to start up.
Obviously; porn, more than football, benefits from a higher quality. I've actually upgraded to Blu-Ray with a 7.1 speaker setup, just for the HD porn. You can see every drop of sweat, I tell you! It's like a whole new experience. You feel like you're there!
If the laptop gets physically damaged, they pay for it. You're going to re-image the whole thing anyways when/if you get it back.
Other than that, I'd leave it alone. Completely. Run some sort of IDS and watch for nasties and 0wn the perpetrator with a (mandatory?) reimage. Include security software but don't make it mandatory - if somebody removes it and gets hurt, too bad.
That being said, remember you'll have untrusted machines on your local network. Keep that in mind.
If you're handing students a machine, they are out of your hands. If they get formatted, you're SOL on your filter software. If they're using their home network without some sort of VPN you have no business filtering their connections for their parents. So don't bother.
Basically, what would you do if somebody gave you a new laptop when you were in high school? You might have wanted to format it and put linux on it, install aircrack, or watch porn. If you try to stop them, they will get around it and be pissed off at you.
Just some thoughts. You're not there to be the tech nazi, you serve their education.
Let any company hook up their DSL/phone equipment to the cable going to your house.
And you can. I'm not sure about local phone service (though I think it's the same) but you can use whoever you want for long-distance, and DSL.
For example, Verizon owns the copper coming into my house; we had their DSL but it sucked. So we went to AT&T (actually resold Covad) DSL over the same lines.
I think the term is 'unbundling of the local loop'; anybody wanting to provide DSL service on the copper can do so and the line owner has to allow it. They probably can charge a maintenance cost, though.
Bullshit. Unless Microsoft decides to build you an earthquake-version with extra pillows, you're SOL. Yank the cord on your XBOX if you have an earthquake; nothing happens if the disk isn't spinning.
I don't bitch that my hairdryer isn't waterproof if I live in a floodplain.
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That's the cool thing about science - nobody cares whether you believe it.
Try googling for 'rf double-blind' or if you'd like an actual journal article, here
In short, there was no correlation.
You're getting a crappy box; most have RF out. I've had good luck with the DigitalStream (I think) ones.
was [some file] named britney_spears_song.wav? ;)
Pinko? How old are you?
It's a social contract (also known as government). The rationale is that the government will protect your little ideas in exchange for the fact that - after you make your money off them - everybody else gets to use them, for anything, freely.
Otherwise, what's the benefit? Society as a whole doesn't give two shits for your ideas, and won't protect them, unless there's something in it for us.
It has a GUI. Stop talking out your ass.
The rest of the missing features, I'll give you that - I needed to jailbreak my iPhone and needed USB support.
Oh well - I'm pragmatic. I finally switched off of Windows, and I want it to stay that way.
Wildly OT, but following your homepage/sig link (your site?) and putting in my comments page address gives http://socuteurl.com/fuzzybutt
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Bull Shit.
I have a 2.0GHz C2D with a 7900GS graphics card and 2GB ram, and vista blew chunks. It was embarassingly slow, even with SP1 (that's why I tried it again).
Do you have numbers to back up that claim?
Yes.
xrandr -s 1024x768
or your favorite graphical utility for KDE or Gnome.
That's been around for a while, by the way.
There's plenty wrong (and actually illegal) with the mutilated corpse anyway.
If it was just your dick, I don't care.
Nice strawman though.
That was kind of his point. I think he was saying that 'socially acceptable' didn't mean jack when it's wrong.
And as has been established, a bunch of them are people taking a piss in public. There are comparatively few baby-rapers out there.
That's ignoring the FAR more troubling issue with your post, which is that you think it's OK to punish somebody after their punishment is up (after they've served their time or other prescribed punishment).
No.
I'm sorry, you're wrong.
IF one has a problem with something in the Constitution, or the Constitution itself, there are exactly two options:
A) Amend it. Good luck; it's hard for a reason
B) Replace it. Again, good luck.
People simply don't have the option of not obeying the Constitution (at least, not legally). Regardless of any real or perceived flaws... tough.
Disobeying the Constitution implies that one is above the Constitution, and nobody is.
Of course. Why would it be otherwise?
On the other hand, one of the big criticisms of the RIAA cases (and a good reason to secure your wifi) is the fact that it's irrelevant to them who actually committed the infringement. They just get the guy paying for the 'net access.
So you can cost somebody >$4000 by hopping on their WiFi and torrenting a few songs. Sucks.
Great idea, and it has the side-effect of keeping idiots out too :)
Aside from being a tool, what you're talking about is called DirectDraw and it was part of DirectX from just about the beginning.
It's the 2D equivalent of Direct3D. And yes it does all that.
I heard a story of a datacenter in California doing this for backup power. The center was powered off of the mains, and also had a large (20ft or so) flywheel kept running. If the power cut, the flywheel powered the necessary systems for the minute or so it took the generators to start up.
Seemed ingenious to me.
To quote a famous sign:
Please do not use quotation marks for emphasis.
The 'workaround' is in the plate. Nothing special.
A laptop, preferably an eeePC.
I've kept quiet about the recent changes. I liked the AJAX a lot, and didn't really mind Idle. Not all of it is bad.
But this really pisses me off samzenpus. Keep this bullshit in idle, this isn't science, this isn't interesting or important, and this isn't slashdot.
Thank you.
Obviously; porn, more than football, benefits from a higher quality. I've actually upgraded to Blu-Ray with a 7.1 speaker setup, just for the HD porn. You can see every drop of sweat, I tell you! It's like a whole new experience. You feel like you're there!
If the laptop gets physically damaged, they pay for it. You're going to re-image the whole thing anyways when/if you get it back.
Other than that, I'd leave it alone. Completely. Run some sort of IDS and watch for nasties and 0wn the perpetrator with a (mandatory?) reimage. Include security software but don't make it mandatory - if somebody removes it and gets hurt, too bad.
That being said, remember you'll have untrusted machines on your local network. Keep that in mind.
If you're handing students a machine, they are out of your hands. If they get formatted, you're SOL on your filter software. If they're using their home network without some sort of VPN you have no business filtering their connections for their parents. So don't bother.
Basically, what would you do if somebody gave you a new laptop when you were in high school? You might have wanted to format it and put linux on it, install aircrack, or watch porn. If you try to stop them, they will get around it and be pissed off at you.
Just some thoughts. You're not there to be the tech nazi, you serve their education.
Let any company hook up their DSL/phone equipment to the cable going to your house.
And you can. I'm not sure about local phone service (though I think it's the same) but you can use whoever you want for long-distance, and DSL.
For example, Verizon owns the copper coming into my house; we had their DSL but it sucked. So we went to AT&T (actually resold Covad) DSL over the same lines.
I think the term is 'unbundling of the local loop'; anybody wanting to provide DSL service on the copper can do so and the line owner has to allow it. They probably can charge a maintenance cost, though.
Bullshit. Unless Microsoft decides to build you an earthquake-version with extra pillows, you're SOL. Yank the cord on your XBOX if you have an earthquake; nothing happens if the disk isn't spinning.
I don't bitch that my hairdryer isn't waterproof if I live in a floodplain.
Easy for you to say, you 7-digit!
Imagine if somebody had a 3-or-4 digit ID. Think of the evil they could unleash on the world!