Because if you are successful, you are benefiting more from the system than others, therefore you should contribute more back to it.
Or from an ethical point of view, those who have more should help those who have less. The "success" of the rich is really all had on the backs of the poor, and it's always been that way.
Pretty much like the internet: Don't directly connected with someone if you don't want them to know your IP. Use a proxy, use a public connection, or use a friend's.
Can't you make it show up at the office number, or the number of the paging service? That would make more sense.
Though I really think if you were EXPECTING a call, you'd answer it if it had no CID data, especially in a situation like you just described. It's random calls from people who block their CID data, or people who block it for no real reason.
My thought exactly. Had he posted his real and and his own site, I am sure slashdot could have solved the problem for him by googlebombing his site, or something.
I guess it depends on the individual. I wouldn't want a smartphone with no tactile QWERTY keyboard. Then again, I do a lot more than send texts on my phone. I guess if you just use your phone as a phone, then the desire of a QWERTY keyboard wouldn't make much sense.
I do pretty much everything on my phone that I do on my computer. It's like my pocket-laptop. I have the HTC Touch Pro, and yes, it really works that well.
I was under the impression that most bandwidth is "lost" to spammers, and that spam constituted a huge percentage of the 1's and 0's traveling across the tubes.
Though I can't find any statistics on that right now, I know I read it somewhere. But this being Slashdot, if I'm wrong, someone with probably shoot me down.:D
Not really. It's the exact opposite. You are switching the premises.
Your claim:
Blacks, jews, and native americans are non/subhuman because they look different, but are genetically similar.
GP's claim:
Neanderthals are non/subhuman because they look the same, but are genetically dissimilar.
You can't really compare the two because we have really only understood genetics for a handful of decades. What happened before that doesn't relate at all.
Here is a strange question that crosses my mind. Assuming there were other homo genus species still around, and we couldn't actually product offspring with them, do you think there would still be sexual activity between them? Or was there back when there were multiple species from the homo genus?
If they were still around, would be be a taboo? How different would it be from something like bestiality?
A strange question, but I can't help but wonder about it. I mean, in fantasy literature, elves and human often have sexual relations, though in most fantasy literature they can produce offspring, even if it's rare. On the other hand, dwarves usually can't, but then again, most authors don't explore elf/dwarf or human/dwarf affairs (with a few notable exceptions, which are somewhat taboo.)
My Windows Mobile device runs mobile opera with a flash plugin that works surprisingly well...
Just saying. It's actually mostly just annoying because now my phone loads up all the flash ads. It's an HTC Touch Pro, by the way.
It may not be commonplace for phone to show flash now, but high-end smartphones can do it now. Which means mid-range smartphone can do it next generation, and after that, all phones will do it. Oddly enough, there is no Silverlight for Windows Mobile, but Microsoft is apparently working hard to make a serious browser for mobile, as if Firefox.
Desktop-style browsing on your mobile device is basically here. I say by this time next year, flash and silverlight will be on most good smartphones, and you'll have your choices of browsers: IE for WM phones, then Opera or Firefox for everything else.
Of course, there's also the iPhone which has Safari, but I truly hope Mozilla can get Fennec supported on there. I don't really know about Opera on the iPhone.
There's also a little gem of a browser called SkyFire, which uses the only NetFront trick of rendering the page on the server, then just sending what to display to the client. It supports Flash AND Silverlight, and does both pretty well.
No, but you might suggest a Kodak printer instead, which costs a little more upfront, but has sanely-priced ink. The other problem with the lexmarks is that they suck. That can't be overlooked, either.
I don't know the state of linux drivers for Kodak, though. I do know that HP makes good, reasonably-priced printers, and they are known for linux support. The ink is a little costly, but like you said, the refill business is booming. I hope it forces printer manufacturers back to a more honest business model.
To be fair, opening a config file isn't nearly as daunting to a user as using the command line. They are already familiar with finding and opening files.
The other point is very important, too. A registry fix usually has a little.reg out there, and the user just double-clicks it, and that's it. A.sh file is analogous to some.bat hack someone wrote to fix something in Windows. It may work most of the time, but it takes a lot more effort to create. Even with that comparison, there are only a few versions of windows, but countless linux distros. I will even submit that it's much easier to create a VBScript file to fix or change something in Windows than it is to make a shell file or perl script to fix or change something in linux.
And if we're talking about barely-clued users prowling through support forums, something you can just double-click is an amazing resource, versus having to try and follow dodgy instructions on how to use the command line.
Nonsense. They might stop offering support and patches for old versions of Office, but they don't break them. Here it is almost 10 years later, and I still have some machines here running Office 2000. It works fine, though it looks a little dated. It still does pretty much everything the new versions do.
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Or rich people should have longer jail sentences because they're rich, and don't have to work at all!
Because if you are successful, you are benefiting more from the system than others, therefore you should contribute more back to it.
Or from an ethical point of view, those who have more should help those who have less. The "success" of the rich is really all had on the backs of the poor, and it's always been that way.
Pretty much like the internet: Don't directly connected with someone if you don't want them to know your IP. Use a proxy, use a public connection, or use a friend's.
So you have a restraining order. If he calls you, prosecute. It's pretty simple, right?
Would RTFM count as a correct response? I wouldn't know the answer to that, but only because I have never used or looked at Google Latitude.
Can't you make it show up at the office number, or the number of the paging service? That would make more sense.
Though I really think if you were EXPECTING a call, you'd answer it if it had no CID data, especially in a situation like you just described. It's random calls from people who block their CID data, or people who block it for no real reason.
Don't you mean The The Jar Jar Binks?
How many Libraries of Congress is that, if burned to standard capacity DVDs?
Please talk in terms a techie can understand.
My thought exactly. Had he posted his real and and his own site, I am sure slashdot could have solved the problem for him by googlebombing his site, or something.
Would you prefer "Joe Fourty Ounce"?
I guess it depends on the individual. I wouldn't want a smartphone with no tactile QWERTY keyboard. Then again, I do a lot more than send texts on my phone. I guess if you just use your phone as a phone, then the desire of a QWERTY keyboard wouldn't make much sense.
I do pretty much everything on my phone that I do on my computer. It's like my pocket-laptop. I have the HTC Touch Pro, and yes, it really works that well.
I was under the impression that most bandwidth is "lost" to spammers, and that spam constituted a huge percentage of the 1's and 0's traveling across the tubes.
Though I can't find any statistics on that right now, I know I read it somewhere. But this being Slashdot, if I'm wrong, someone with probably shoot me down. :D
Think smoking pot isn't a big deal? Most Americans don't.
I don't think this is true.
Not really. It's the exact opposite. You are switching the premises.
Your claim:
Blacks, jews, and native americans are non/subhuman because they look different, but are genetically similar.
GP's claim:
Neanderthals are non/subhuman because they look the same, but are genetically dissimilar.
You can't really compare the two because we have really only understood genetics for a handful of decades. What happened before that doesn't relate at all.
Maybe they got it from alien visitors coming through the Stargate.
Here is a strange question that crosses my mind. Assuming there were other homo genus species still around, and we couldn't actually product offspring with them, do you think there would still be sexual activity between them? Or was there back when there were multiple species from the homo genus?
If they were still around, would be be a taboo? How different would it be from something like bestiality?
A strange question, but I can't help but wonder about it. I mean, in fantasy literature, elves and human often have sexual relations, though in most fantasy literature they can produce offspring, even if it's rare. On the other hand, dwarves usually can't, but then again, most authors don't explore elf/dwarf or human/dwarf affairs (with a few notable exceptions, which are somewhat taboo.)
My Windows Mobile device runs mobile opera with a flash plugin that works surprisingly well...
Just saying. It's actually mostly just annoying because now my phone loads up all the flash ads. It's an HTC Touch Pro, by the way.
It may not be commonplace for phone to show flash now, but high-end smartphones can do it now. Which means mid-range smartphone can do it next generation, and after that, all phones will do it. Oddly enough, there is no Silverlight for Windows Mobile, but Microsoft is apparently working hard to make a serious browser for mobile, as if Firefox.
Desktop-style browsing on your mobile device is basically here. I say by this time next year, flash and silverlight will be on most good smartphones, and you'll have your choices of browsers: IE for WM phones, then Opera or Firefox for everything else.
Of course, there's also the iPhone which has Safari, but I truly hope Mozilla can get Fennec supported on there. I don't really know about Opera on the iPhone.
There's also a little gem of a browser called SkyFire, which uses the only NetFront trick of rendering the page on the server, then just sending what to display to the client. It supports Flash AND Silverlight, and does both pretty well.
No, but you might suggest a Kodak printer instead, which costs a little more upfront, but has sanely-priced ink. The other problem with the lexmarks is that they suck. That can't be overlooked, either.
I don't know the state of linux drivers for Kodak, though. I do know that HP makes good, reasonably-priced printers, and they are known for linux support. The ink is a little costly, but like you said, the refill business is booming. I hope it forces printer manufacturers back to a more honest business model.
To be fair, opening a config file isn't nearly as daunting to a user as using the command line. They are already familiar with finding and opening files.
The other point is very important, too. A registry fix usually has a little .reg out there, and the user just double-clicks it, and that's it. A .sh file is analogous to some .bat hack someone wrote to fix something in Windows. It may work most of the time, but it takes a lot more effort to create. Even with that comparison, there are only a few versions of windows, but countless linux distros. I will even submit that it's much easier to create a VBScript file to fix or change something in Windows than it is to make a shell file or perl script to fix or change something in linux.
And if we're talking about barely-clued users prowling through support forums, something you can just double-click is an amazing resource, versus having to try and follow dodgy instructions on how to use the command line.
Nonsense. They might stop offering support and patches for old versions of Office, but they don't break them. Here it is almost 10 years later, and I still have some machines here running Office 2000. It works fine, though it looks a little dated. It still does pretty much everything the new versions do.
The New Coke / Coke Classic scam was so Coca-Cola could switch from using cane sugar to sweeten their cokes to using high fructose corn syrup.
What? You're not blaming the desire for power on White Supremacy and Slavery?
I don't even being to understand. If it hadn't been slavery, it probably would have been some other issue.
Yeah, I stopped after the first three were flash. lol
Seemed pointless to upload more flash crashes.
You live in Nashville, too?