I am sorry but first of all if you have important data that matters to you, you should be backing it up.
Second since when was it true that Windows backed up the data? As he says in the article Windows and Linux do the same for that.
I would take the car with airbags (linux / unix with security and less vulns) over the car with a shaky tinfoil frame that I always need to take to the shop -- even if that photograph I have pinned on the sun visor gets burned in both cars if I get in an accident.
I don't see the point of this terrible "article" (if it can be called anything more than a short, unsubstantiated rant) or why it was posted anywhere, let alone/.
As much as I don't like the idea of being tracked I think that being able to locate cell phones locations would be something with a lot of benefits from being able to find missing children to me being able to find out how long (in hours / minutes) it will be before my ups package comes.
While I think this would be a powerful device and I would love using it in tracking workforce I do understand that the idea of it being used for such is frightening to some (mostly because they are the ones who do hang out at the pub instead of doing actual work). I am not afraid of my company being aware of my location. I would just have a separate phone for work and home. I don't want them to know where I went to dinner with my girlfriend.
It's going to happen no matter how much we like it the question is when and to what scale.
Mainly the thing I want is delivery times for UPS to not be "Somewhere in between 8 am and 9pm"... those estimates suck.
"Hey! The toilet is clogged again. Can you grab the Wild Turkey?"
At that point the toilet even becomes frightened and unclogs itself. That stuff is terrible.
Yeah because they need a theme song (The Roof Is On Fire) when going into battle. It symbolizes all the people they are murdering. Their residential roofs are burning!
Rolls eyes.
Having said that I love to see technology that is used for things like this rather than things like bombing things more accuratly.
I wouldn't call it news worthy. Maybe yellow journalism but not true news. The whole reason it has a disclaimer is because its not stable software.
Granted it is a beta and it should have bugs but from what I have seen in taking it apart it's still on the same code base. I had expected IE7 to be a new code base and a new system. I sure hope it works better in vista. Also with adding new features they cut out a lot of the old shortcuts I liked that Firefox doesn't have... Ctrl + Tab to get to address bar for example (I know it's used for tabs now). I just am very unimpressed by this beta. Even for Microsoft...
Learning even some snippets of another language while trying to communicate with someone else (especially in a harmless context such as a game) would make us all smarter. Howzat?
This holds true for many things for example brushing your teeth with a different hand or using the TV remote with a different hand can create new synaptic connections! I read in a PopSci that driving a different way to work every day (which I do every day - even if it's only kind of different) or brushing your hair with a different hand and different brush can make you comprehend complex problems better. Food for thought...
Maybe he doesn't give a shit what you think. Mod grandparent up. Fucking hilarious. Unless you're with the AC.
This reminded me of a Voltaire (not the philosopher) song.
Worf's Revenge - Voltaire
I'm the order of the Bat'leth
Son of Kahless
Your family has no honor
But I couldn't care less
I was born to kill Federation swine
And I celebrate with a barrel of blood wine
I drink the Raktajino, I eat the gagh
When my homies get to Sto'Vo'Kor I yell "qa'plagh!"
I'm the chief commander on a Bird of Prey
I wake up every morning out to own the day
I'm the MacDad Klingon when I beam on board
I was at the signing of the Khitomer Accord
I never sweat about a Romulan dude
He's just a limp-wristed Vulcan with a bad attitude
And they're sly and they were telling lies
A shout out to Martok who lost an eye
To the dominion, and the Jem'Hadar minions
I'm on them like a transwarp engine
Fear my snarl hear my speach
Watch me blow like a warpcore breach
I'm not a lowly white p'tak like that Barclay guy
I don't need a holodeck to get a parma'kai
When the ladies see the beast I got between my thighs
They say "Perhaps today is a good day to die"
I hit Ezri,Troi, Jadzia too
Watch out Janeway I'm coming for you
Cause I'm the MacDad Klingon with the humaniod bitches
My head ain't the only part of me that's got ridges
I've got the visions of Qo'noS on my mind
I've got visions of Qo'noS on my mind
I get visions of Cardassia on my mind
And that my boot smells like Gul Dukat's behind
I hate the Tribbles
Those little furry shits
But I love my Klingon bitches
Cause they've got three tits
I got a dagger and a bat'leth in my hand
If you were any other man
I'd kill you where you stand
I killed Captain Kirk
I killed Picard
I bitchslapped Riker like a Klingon Targ
Cause my name is Worf, I'm the son of Mogh
Ex-Federation officer and Klingon rogue
Qa'plagh!!
For the record I am not speaking up on behalf of Google. I am speaking up because I am tired of people who are total pieces of slim getting treated the same as companies who have at least some virutes...
Grow up. Google isn't your internet based teddy bear.
Google is like every other company. They want to make money. They are out to make money and they'd better make a lot since they've just hired tons of new people.
I am so sick of hearing tons of people (not just/.ers) refer to Google as some evil corperation who is going to take over the world. They may. Maybe they have plans to do so. I don't know but honestly how can anyone on this website claim to know their plan?
Everyone is complaining that Google is bowing to some evil government. Well you know what I would have done the same. Better to have censored searching rather than no searching. I mean a lot of places have chinese versions of their site. Are they not censoring? Are they evil? Google seems to be a company who a lot of people like (and look up to) and since a lot of people like them they are expected to be angels and turn down everything that makes money. If half of you got the chance you'd sell a censored version of your own software to china if it made a buck. Not even to mention you'd be doing it 100% out of profit, not to open the doors a little.
Google may not be the most wonderful company but on the list of good corperations they're still on the top of my list. I think people need to give them a little slack and let things play out. When Google does something they do it well (after it is out of beta). I think that before pointing fingers you all should look at yourselves. We all have our pricetag and I don't think anyone has found Google's. They haven't been bought and they haven't done enough bad to destroy all the good they've done.</opinion>
Maybe if the prize was something useful, I might be interested. I have my hands full exploiting MySpace.
I was until Tom took down LOGIN for fucking repairs.
The fucking login!!! And there are MILLIONS OF PEOPLE who use that site.
Since things that suck are coming into fashion I'm wondering when Windows ME is going to make it's big comeback...
Poor guys at livejournal.. You're going to slashdot their VM test box.
Poor guys at livejournal.. Wedid slashdot their VM test box.
That's what they get for giving it too little memory. Hey! At least the icon comes through!
'Studios can't just turn their backs and hope "P2P" is going to go away tomorrow.'
That is too bad. I read this and was somewhat excited. I thought, "maybe...finally studios are going to realize p2p is a good idea and promote it." Shortly after I unfortunatly realized that p2p is so great because it costs nothing* and this service would be _expensive_. Looks like I'll be sticking to BitTorrent and Others.
*Costing nothing isn't completly true. It has been pointed out by others that bandwidth is cheap but still costs something. I like to receive so I also share back. That means I use my download and upload. If I spend $50 / mo for cable internet and I spend half a day downloading at an average of 100Kbps (12.5% of my bandwidth down / 10% of my total bandwidth) and uploading at 75Kbps for 3 days (50% of my bandwidth up (for 3 days, meaning 150%) / 8% of my total bandwidth (for 3 days, meaining 24%)) that is (($50 / 30.5) *.29) = $0.48. Meaning a typical 4gb dvd image cost me $0.48. Better than $1.99 from iTunes for "Desparate Housewives" or ~$19.99 from WB for... Harry Potter... and another $0.48 for my downloading and sharing it? I'll stick with P2Ps that don't cost that much thank you.... I mean... sue me! Ha ha.. I'm joking... please don't...
I think you mean +5 Bad Taste. Bad Taste is always..._usually_ in Good Humor. And if you can't laugh at something terribly awful then you should really look at getting a lobotomy... What is life without sick humor?
However, the dumber the woman, the easier it is to make her laugh at our jokes! And you know this is important, if you look at what women write in online personals.
Eg. One of the most beautiful girls I know spent 45 minutes laughing when I used the word "truncate" in a sentence. Beauty and intelligence don't usually go together. Smart people were just meant to breed with the less smart. Smart girls are too much work.
Really? If I offer someone a million pounds to steal a library book, then secretly film them doing so, and then get them arrested, is that legal? What about ethical?
In your neck of the woods I think it would be called a "Honey Trap" and that scenario would only be entrapment if you were a government official, otherwise you would both be partners in crime. Also I would suggest if you were in this situation you just get a library card. Check out
Thin Blue Line - "Honey Trap" (I didn't know how to properly cite it... when in doubt, make everything italic and toss in some quotes!) sometime. Great British comedy plus you can understand what an entrapment operation is.
You nitwit. Tyre is the British (and therefore more defensible as correct) spelling of what the United States spells tire. Need a crowbar to help dislodge that clodhopper from your mouth?
I'm actually okay. Maybe you could use the crowbar to hit something to get rid of some of that anger though. If this is the British spelling I agree it is the best spelling. I guess an attack is what I get for trying to repair what I thought was someone's error. Instead of being a total asshat you could have calmly explained to me that tyre is the European spelling instead. I would have respected that. Now I am simply pissed off. Nice work. If you're really European maybe you can explain and then attack. Instead of just shooting shots off into the sky?
There is no reason to think that the same algorithm for choosing sources would be used in the US and the UK. There was yet another slashdot article that revealed that Google willingly censored content for the People's Republic Of China at the request of that government.
Google doesn't respond well to US Government requests. They're totally Punk. I bet they were listening to The Ramones when they got their subpoenaed.
Wow. Has this person set a precedent? Are ALL ACs of the female gender?! This will create shock waves and there will be uproar amongst the people here in Slashville.
Instead, it is the lack of a BIOS which forbids Windows [Windows XP] to run.
From dictionary.com forbid: Pronunciation Key (fr-bd, fôr-) tr.v. forbade, (-bd, -bd) or forbad (-bd) forbidden, (-bdn) or forbid forbidding, forbids
1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.
2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit: forbid smoking on trains.
Windows XP does not forbid itself to run. You people keep saying the wrong word for what you mean. It's incompatible. Windows XP does not say, "NO! I DON'T want to play with your new age character EFI." instead it says, "Hey man, who the hell are you and can we please talk about interrupts already?"
"Running Windows" isn't "prohibited" by the "BIOS".
1) There's no fucking BIOS.
2) That's the problem.
3) Windows prohibits itself from booting on EFI (by not supporting it)
Fucktard.
Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday!#!@#!#!
Fucking AC SHOWDOWN!#!@!$!#
Tickets go on sale for $10!@@#!$!$@ Real AC-vs-AC ACTION!!!!!!
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISSSSS IT!!!!!!!!!
Windows prohibits itself from booting on EFI (by not supporting it)
From dictionary.com: prohibit: Pronunciation Key (pr-hbt) tr.v. prohibited, prohibiting, prohibits
1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid.
I don't think prohibits is the right word for the job. That would say that Windows EXPRESSLY disallows EFI. It doesn't, it just doesn't understand it. Simply say:
3.) Microsoft Windows XP does not support EFI.
It is also good to note a version since Windows Vista will support it. Don't want to look stupid now, do you?
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I am sorry but first of all if you have important data that matters to you, you should be backing it up.
/.
Second since when was it true that Windows backed up the data? As he says in the article Windows and Linux do the same for that.
I would take the car with airbags (linux / unix with security and less vulns) over the car with a shaky tinfoil frame that I always need to take to the shop -- even if that photograph I have pinned on the sun visor gets burned in both cars if I get in an accident.
I don't see the point of this terrible "article" (if it can be called anything more than a short, unsubstantiated rant) or why it was posted anywhere, let alone
Well personally I don't mind the idea too much.
As much as I don't like the idea of being tracked I think that being able to locate cell phones locations would be something with a lot of benefits from being able to find missing children to me being able to find out how long (in hours / minutes) it will be before my ups package comes.
While I think this would be a powerful device and I would love using it in tracking workforce I do understand that the idea of it being used for such is frightening to some (mostly because they are the ones who do hang out at the pub instead of doing actual work). I am not afraid of my company being aware of my location. I would just have a separate phone for work and home. I don't want them to know where I went to dinner with my girlfriend.
It's going to happen no matter how much we like it the question is when and to what scale.
Mainly the thing I want is delivery times for UPS to not be "Somewhere in between 8 am and 9pm"... those estimates suck.
"Hey! The toilet is clogged again. Can you grab the Wild Turkey?" At that point the toilet even becomes frightened and unclogs itself. That stuff is terrible.
Yeah because they need a theme song (The Roof Is On Fire) when going into battle. It symbolizes all the people they are murdering. Their residential roofs are burning!
Rolls eyes.
Having said that I love to see technology that is used for things like this rather than things like bombing things more accuratly.
Granted it is a beta and it should have bugs but from what I have seen in taking it apart it's still on the same code base. I had expected IE7 to be a new code base and a new system. I sure hope it works better in vista. Also with adding new features they cut out a lot of the old shortcuts I liked that Firefox doesn't have... Ctrl + Tab to get to address bar for example (I know it's used for tabs now). I just am very unimpressed by this beta. Even for Microsoft...
This holds true for many things for example brushing your teeth with a different hand or using the TV remote with a different hand can create new synaptic connections! I read in a PopSci that driving a different way to work every day (which I do every day - even if it's only kind of different) or brushing your hair with a different hand and different brush can make you comprehend complex problems better. Food for thought...
Maybe he doesn't give a shit what you think. Mod grandparent up. Fucking hilarious. Unless you're with the AC.
This reminded me of a Voltaire (not the philosopher) song.
Worf's Revenge - Voltaire
I'm the order of the Bat'leth
Son of Kahless
Your family has no honor
But I couldn't care less
I was born to kill Federation swine
And I celebrate with a barrel of blood wine
I drink the Raktajino, I eat the gagh
When my homies get to Sto'Vo'Kor I yell "qa'plagh!"
I'm the chief commander on a Bird of Prey
I wake up every morning out to own the day
I'm the MacDad Klingon when I beam on board
I was at the signing of the Khitomer Accord
I never sweat about a Romulan dude
He's just a limp-wristed Vulcan with a bad attitude
And they're sly and they were telling lies
A shout out to Martok who lost an eye
To the dominion, and the Jem'Hadar minions
I'm on them like a transwarp engine
Fear my snarl hear my speach
Watch me blow like a warpcore breach
I'm not a lowly white p'tak like that Barclay guy
I don't need a holodeck to get a parma'kai
When the ladies see the beast I got between my thighs
They say "Perhaps today is a good day to die"
I hit Ezri
Watch out Janeway I'm coming for you
Cause I'm the MacDad Klingon with the humaniod bitches
My head ain't the only part of me that's got ridges
I've got the visions of Qo'noS on my mind
I've got visions of Qo'noS on my mind
I get visions of Cardassia on my mind
And that my boot smells like Gul Dukat's behind
I hate the Tribbles
Those little furry shits
But I love my Klingon bitches
Cause they've got three tits
I got a dagger and a bat'leth in my hand
If you were any other man
I'd kill you where you stand
I killed Captain Kirk
I killed Picard
I bitchslapped Riker like a Klingon Targ
Cause my name is Worf, I'm the son of Mogh
Ex-Federation officer and Klingon rogue
Qa'plagh!!
For the record I am not speaking up on behalf of Google. I am speaking up because I am tired of people who are total pieces of slim getting treated the same as companies who have at least some virutes...
Mod parent down. How is this "Insightful"?
Grow up. Google isn't your internet based teddy bear.
/.ers) refer to Google as some evil corperation who is going to take over the world. They may. Maybe they have plans to do so. I don't know but honestly how can anyone on this website claim to know their plan?
Google is like every other company. They want to make money. They are out to make money and they'd better make a lot since they've just hired tons of new people.
I am so sick of hearing tons of people (not just
Everyone is complaining that Google is bowing to some evil government. Well you know what I would have done the same. Better to have censored searching rather than no searching. I mean a lot of places have chinese versions of their site. Are they not censoring? Are they evil? Google seems to be a company who a lot of people like (and look up to) and since a lot of people like them they are expected to be angels and turn down everything that makes money. If half of you got the chance you'd sell a censored version of your own software to china if it made a buck. Not even to mention you'd be doing it 100% out of profit, not to open the doors a little.
Google may not be the most wonderful company but on the list of good corperations they're still on the top of my list. I think people need to give them a little slack and let things play out. When Google does something they do it well (after it is out of beta). I think that before pointing fingers you all should look at yourselves. We all have our pricetag and I don't think anyone has found Google's. They haven't been bought and they haven't done enough bad to destroy all the good they've done.</opinion>
I was until Tom took down LOGIN for fucking repairs.
The fucking login!!! And there are MILLIONS OF PEOPLE who use that site.
Since things that suck are coming into fashion I'm wondering when Windows ME is going to make it's big comeback...
Poor guys at livejournal.. We did slashdot their VM test box.
That's what they get for giving it too little memory. Hey! At least the icon comes through!
You'd be suprised.
unfortunately*
completely*
meaning*
Desperate*
I'm sorry. Forgot to look before posting...
That is too bad. I read this and was somewhat excited. I thought, "maybe...finally studios are going to realize p2p is a good idea and promote it." Shortly after I unfortunatly realized that p2p is so great because it costs nothing* and this service would be _expensive_. Looks like I'll be sticking to BitTorrent and Others.
*Costing nothing isn't completly true. It has been pointed out by others that bandwidth is cheap but still costs something. I like to receive so I also share back. That means I use my download and upload. If I spend $50 / mo for cable internet and I spend half a day downloading at an average of 100Kbps (12.5% of my bandwidth down / 10% of my total bandwidth) and uploading at 75Kbps for 3 days (50% of my bandwidth up (for 3 days, meaning 150%) / 8% of my total bandwidth (for 3 days, meaining 24%)) that is (($50 / 30.5) *
Eg. One of the most beautiful girls I know spent 45 minutes laughing when I used the word "truncate" in a sentence. Beauty and intelligence don't usually go together. Smart people were just meant to breed with the less smart. Smart girls are too much work.
In your neck of the woods I think it would be called a "Honey Trap" and that scenario would only be entrapment if you were a government official, otherwise you would both be partners in crime. Also I would suggest if you were in this situation you just get a library card. Check out Thin Blue Line - "Honey Trap" (I didn't know how to properly cite it... when in doubt, make everything italic and toss in some quotes!) sometime. Great British comedy plus you can understand what an entrapment operation is.
I'm actually okay. Maybe you could use the crowbar to hit something to get rid of some of that anger though. If this is the British spelling I agree it is the best spelling. I guess an attack is what I get for trying to repair what I thought was someone's error. Instead of being a total asshat you could have calmly explained to me that tyre is the European spelling instead. I would have respected that. Now I am simply pissed off. Nice work. If you're really European maybe you can explain and then attack. Instead of just shooting shots off into the sky?
Still the wrong word. Just trying to help you make your point.
Google doesn't respond well to US Government requests. They're totally Punk. I bet they were listening to The Ramones when they got their subpoenaed.
Should have applied for a job then...
http://tinyurl.com/7ug7f
Anyone could have gotten a job. And they had open positions like, "Head Of Marketing" or "Webmaster". Damn me and timing.
Wow. Has this person set a precedent? Are ALL ACs of the female gender?! This will create shock waves and there will be uproar amongst the people here in Slashville.
From dictionary.com
forbid:
Pronunciation Key (fr-bd, fôr-) tr.v. forbade, (-bd, -bd) or forbad (-bd) forbidden, (-bdn) or forbid forbidding, forbids
1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.
2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit: forbid smoking on trains.
Windows XP does not forbid itself to run. You people keep saying the wrong word for what you mean. It's incompatible. Windows XP does not say, "NO! I DON'T want to play with your new age character EFI." instead it says, "Hey man, who the hell are you and can we please talk about interrupts already?"
Big difference.
Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday!#!@#!#!
Fucking AC SHOWDOWN!#!@!$!#
Tickets go on sale for $10!@@#!$!$@ Real AC-vs-AC ACTION!!!!!!
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISSSSS IT!!!!!!!!!
Windows prohibits itself from booting on EFI (by not supporting it)
From dictionary.com:
prohibit:
Pronunciation Key (pr-hbt) tr.v. prohibited, prohibiting, prohibits
1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid.
I don't think prohibits is the right word for the job. That would say that Windows EXPRESSLY disallows EFI. It doesn't, it just doesn't understand it. Simply say:
3.) Microsoft Windows XP does not support EFI.
It is also good to note a version since Windows Vista will support it. Don't want to look stupid now, do you?