I've been using Adsweep for Opera, but it can also work with Chrome. Works pretty well, but I've ran across a couple pages that it's been too zealous on.
Let's assume the Earth is only a few thousand years old.
Just to clarify:
This would be addressing those whose viewpoint of creation is that the earth really is only a few thousand years old. Unfortunately the Bible actually does not support this viewpoint.
In the Genesis account, the Hebrew word rendered "day" does not refer to a literal 24 hour period - this word can in fact refer to simply "a long time" or "the time covering an extraordinary event." So, each creative "day" as spoken of in the Bible could have been multiple thousands of years.
Whilst the touch screen might look all fancy, it's not very useful when you're walking down a crowded street and just want to stick your hand in your pocket and skip to the next track.
Ah, but how would they receive free marketing if you never pulled out your fancy device in a crowded area? People would not be able to woo as they watch you touch your phone and wish to themselves they had their own.
No doubt Apple realized that each time someone used it in a public setting it would be a conversation piece or at the very least get people to think to themselves, "Oh, hey, it's that one phone!", at least during the phone's initial debut. If people are simply pressing buttons, let alone out of the view of public, they lose some buzz.
There are people who are still in awe over the phone, however most of them have gone out and bought one themselves so that they can publicly display the phone themselves. This then becomes a situation of people simply displaying it publicly in hopes to look important or culturally elite, as no doubt all of us have seen quite more than we'd care to.
I realize that there is some intent of humor behind the post, but really why would it be so hard to believe that someone actually gave Vista a serious look as opposed to having a blog-formed bias against it before using it? Yes, XP is not "giant piece of crap" but Vista is better.
Sorry, I'm just tired of hearing crap flung against Vista when people don't give it a serious look. I look forward to Windows 7 for somewhat similar reasons as the Vista-haters - we won't hear any more about Vista. But the difference is that I'm hoping it will take the bias away as well.
But no, Vista nicely demonstrated that people will not put up with
whatever MS throws at them, as long as what they already have works
well enough for their needs.
Vista nicely demonstrated a failure at marketing (Vista-Capable) and a failure at showing users reasons why it would be worth upgrading to (on capable hardware).
The problem was at the time it was released, people just did not see the reasons or benefits for upgrading. Most people who bought into the Vista-is-crap FUD without actually trying it for themselves or were simply unwilling to orient themselves with a new, updated OS are now realizing that XP is looking dated. Because of the perceived negative attributes of Vista (seriously, stop likening it to ME - Vista uses a very stable NT kernel, unlike the very unstable kernel present in ME) anything looks better than Vista at this point - even though there are many similarities between 7 and Vista.
Yes, we will still have people who stick their feet firmly in the mud and refuse to transfer their own skills into a modern OS. These are the same kinds of people who either still use 2000 or eventually moved to XP with a lot of kicking and screaming. But, people will upgrade when a product is correctly marketed. Just look at iPods.
The gasoline service is in effect and upheld by the state fire marshal to prohibit consumers from dispensing flammable liquids. (I'd try and find where this is on their site but their search is craptacular)
If you've been born and raised in OR, then at first it's kind of nice to have. But, until you've gone outside of the state and have had to fill up on your own do you appreciate filling up your own car. Waiting in line for drivers to figure out which way to enter into a station and then the attendant taking ten minutes to finally get to your window is extremely annoying. I wish they'd lift that law.
The only reason I visit these pages is to read the responses of this nature, probably because I feel the same way. There's also a measure of comic irony in that quite a number or/.ers are disagreeing to the posting of disagree mail. I like to watch for comments that tear up these posts in hopes for a chuckle.
A similar experience happened to me in Disneyland. I was on the Pirates ride with my EOS40D and some moron behind me also had a camera. The idiot started taking pictures from the first drop with the flash (what, you really want pictures of a tunnel that was not meant to be seen because it's pitch black?) The dude kept firing away through the ride, while the Disney employees kept "reminding" our boat not to use flashes via the hidden PA system. They seriously had to announce this about six or seven times before 1) He finally heard it; or 2) someone else noticed pointed it out to him.
The experience was awkward because here I was shooting at ISO3200 w/o flash, yet everyone assumed I was the culprit. And, for the first half of the ride, we were subjucated to Mr. Documentary using his flash to apparently map out every six feet of the ride.
I'm not sure I follow you there. Hardware is going to increasingly get more powerful. Why would software developers tailor their new code to not utilize newer hardware?
It might be one thing to have them write a separate version for smaller devices that will obviously carry less power, but if I have plenty of hardware power I certainly hope developers will efficiently utilize what I have to give me some cool things. I'm not holding it to developers to support my old tower.
Actually, the 300+MB file is the redistributable package. If you get SP3 through Microsoft or Windows Update, the download is only 67MB. Using your formula, that would place the general release for July of this year.
It's funny that to fix Microsoft Windows, it's faster to just wipe and re-install from scratch rather than try to fix the issue. I always wonder, how did this become an acceptable state of affairs in IT?
At the office, I can have a Windows machine formatted and ready with the necessary installed software and drivers within roughly 30-40 minutes thanks to sysprep and imaging. If a system is hosed so badly that it will take over an hour to troubleshoot and fix, generally it is a better trade-off on reimaging than having to work with the issue. The biggest consideration is, "How much will the user be affected if they cannot retain this current configuration?"
Maybe a better question would be, "Why is it that systems can get hosed to the point that IT uses format/reinstalling as method of repair?"
I suppose they may be easier to use for people who don't know much about computers or encryption.
That's what did it for us. I've been touting True Crypt as an encryption solution for our organization. At least we've put it on our laptops, but flash drives are a different story. Too many users are going offsite to other trusted computers they regularly access, and they would freeze in headlights if something just didn't automatically work (read - varying mount point configurations).
It's a training issue, but unfortunately some users are fairly stubborn. I would love to see it implemented on our flash drives because it's awesome at what it does - but for non-tech people, it's too intimidating. We ended up settling on Kingston's model because it was the most user-friendly.
I personally don't have the hope of going to heaven, nor meet "72 smiling virgins". I do hope that I can bring joy to my God and be part of the restored earthly paradise that God originally intended.
I find it interesting that you use the term "diabolical". What makes the behavior of this wasp more diabolical than would a human slaughtering a cow to eat? Certainly you'll agree, though, that there needs to be some sort of ecological balance in place, otherwise the world would be a real mess, now wouldn't it?
The point is there is a huge difference between instinct (a pre-programmed instruction set to influence taking specific actions in a given circumstance) and reasoning ability (or "free will"). Animals do not possess the ability to reason. For example, humans are the only species that have wondered about their origins.
Had God predetermined everyone's course of life (essentially, with instinct), then yes he would accountable for everyone's actions and the world we see today. But he didn't. Would you like to think of yourself as a mindless robot? How about to the point of being programmed to worship God? No, the Bible shows that we have free will to bring joy to our Creator when we choose to worship him.
As a side note, I personally don't find the explanation of evolution to be satisfying - I eat, sleep, work, and die, and maybe even reproduce. Whoopie. What do I have to look forward to? Maybe I should stop asking questions and get back to work.
2. A complex, intelligent, powerful creature (presumably with a beard) popped into existence from nothing, then one day decided to create the universe from nothing.
Why must we assume that such a "complex, intelligent, powerful creature" is limited to the same physics as physical objects?
Be forewarned!!! I was an oldskool member for quite a while and also received this email message. Being the proficient Flickrite I am, I had multiple oldskool accounts. I figured, "OK, I'll use one of them to see what happens when I migrate." Boy, was I in trouble...
The moment I finished the 'merge', my account's photo stream was suddenly held hostage by Yahoo! They said something about a Nigerian operation they were heading up and if I didn't provide them more money from my bank account, 12,000 starving children would die because of my negligence. What's more, my computer then showed I was infected with the "w32.D13SuX0r!!#@!Y@400!pWNedU!!!@!#" virus. Immediately after the message appeared, I rushed to check my photo storage on the computer and was completely distraught when I watched each one of my photos receive a Yahoo! logo stretching across its entire length. Then my hard drive burst into a giant fireball consuming my tower while my speakers replayed an audio clip of Hitler endlessly chanting "Yahoo! Yahoo!". At that point, my wife came home and saw the mess. I told her everything that happened. She said she could never forgive me for merging and that she'd see me and her lawyer in divorce court, and then maced me.
Before Yahoo! remotely formats my phone's ROM, I sit here blurry eyed typing this out on my keypad to warn you all! I am now left without an online medium to publish my photos of family BBQs and my goldfish Steve (who died because of the fire)...all because of merging!
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I've been using Adsweep for Opera, but it can also work with Chrome. Works pretty well, but I've ran across a couple pages that it's been too zealous on.
Looks like ICANN at least takes public comment, though at this point I don't know how much good it would do. They seem pretty bent on doing this.
Let's assume the Earth is only a few thousand years old.
Just to clarify:
This would be addressing those whose viewpoint of creation is that the earth really is only a few thousand years old. Unfortunately the Bible actually does not support this viewpoint.
In the Genesis account, the Hebrew word rendered "day" does not refer to a literal 24 hour period - this word can in fact refer to simply "a long time" or "the time covering an extraordinary event." So, each creative "day" as spoken of in the Bible could have been multiple thousands of years.
Whilst the touch screen might look all fancy, it's not very useful when you're walking down a crowded street and just want to stick your hand in your pocket and skip to the next track.
Ah, but how would they receive free marketing if you never pulled out your fancy device in a crowded area? People would not be able to woo as they watch you touch your phone and wish to themselves they had their own.
No doubt Apple realized that each time someone used it in a public setting it would be a conversation piece or at the very least get people to think to themselves, "Oh, hey, it's that one phone!", at least during the phone's initial debut. If people are simply pressing buttons, let alone out of the view of public, they lose some buzz.
There are people who are still in awe over the phone, however most of them have gone out and bought one themselves so that they can publicly display the phone themselves. This then becomes a situation of people simply displaying it publicly in hopes to look important or culturally elite, as no doubt all of us have seen quite more than we'd care to.
I realize that there is some intent of humor behind the post, but really why would it be so hard to believe that someone actually gave Vista a serious look as opposed to having a blog-formed bias against it before using it? Yes, XP is not "giant piece of crap" but Vista is better.
Sorry, I'm just tired of hearing crap flung against Vista when people don't give it a serious look. I look forward to Windows 7 for somewhat similar reasons as the Vista-haters - we won't hear any more about Vista. But the difference is that I'm hoping it will take the bias away as well.
But no, Vista nicely demonstrated that people will not put up with whatever MS throws at them, as long as what they already have works well enough for their needs.
Vista nicely demonstrated a failure at marketing (Vista-Capable) and a failure at showing users reasons why it would be worth upgrading to (on capable hardware).
The problem was at the time it was released, people just did not see the reasons or benefits for upgrading. Most people who bought into the Vista-is-crap FUD without actually trying it for themselves or were simply unwilling to orient themselves with a new, updated OS are now realizing that XP is looking dated. Because of the perceived negative attributes of Vista (seriously, stop likening it to ME - Vista uses a very stable NT kernel, unlike the very unstable kernel present in ME) anything looks better than Vista at this point - even though there are many similarities between 7 and Vista.
Yes, we will still have people who stick their feet firmly in the mud and refuse to transfer their own skills into a modern OS. These are the same kinds of people who either still use 2000 or eventually moved to XP with a lot of kicking and screaming. But, people will upgrade when a product is correctly marketed. Just look at iPods.
Your signature made me chuckle when I read your post.
The gasoline service is in effect and upheld by the state fire marshal to prohibit consumers from dispensing flammable liquids. (I'd try and find where this is on their site but their search is craptacular)
If you've been born and raised in OR, then at first it's kind of nice to have. But, until you've gone outside of the state and have had to fill up on your own do you appreciate filling up your own car. Waiting in line for drivers to figure out which way to enter into a station and then the attendant taking ten minutes to finally get to your window is extremely annoying. I wish they'd lift that law.
The "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" exhibit has been going on for quite some time (three years now). It was in Portland two years ago where I got some pics of the same exhibit.
The only reason I visit these pages is to read the responses of this nature, probably because I feel the same way. There's also a measure of comic irony in that quite a number or /.ers are disagreeing to the posting of disagree mail. I like to watch for comments that tear up these posts in hopes for a chuckle.
The experience was awkward because here I was shooting at ISO3200 w/o flash, yet everyone assumed I was the culprit. And, for the first half of the ride, we were subjucated to Mr. Documentary using his flash to apparently map out every six feet of the ride.
He should just go to the grocery store and pick up some Pabst Blue Ribbon.
MUCH lower system requirements than Vista
I'm not sure I follow you there. Hardware is going to increasingly get more powerful. Why would software developers tailor their new code to not utilize newer hardware?
It might be one thing to have them write a separate version for smaller devices that will obviously carry less power, but if I have plenty of hardware power I certainly hope developers will efficiently utilize what I have to give me some cool things. I'm not holding it to developers to support my old tower.
Actually, the 300+MB file is the redistributable package. If you get SP3 through Microsoft or Windows Update, the download is only 67MB. Using your formula, that would place the general release for July of this year.
At the office, I can have a Windows machine formatted and ready with the necessary installed software and drivers within roughly 30-40 minutes thanks to sysprep and imaging. If a system is hosed so badly that it will take over an hour to troubleshoot and fix, generally it is a better trade-off on reimaging than having to work with the issue. The biggest consideration is, "How much will the user be affected if they cannot retain this current configuration?"
Maybe a better question would be, "Why is it that systems can get hosed to the point that IT uses format/reinstalling as method of repair?"
That's what did it for us. I've been touting True Crypt as an encryption solution for our organization. At least we've put it on our laptops, but flash drives are a different story. Too many users are going offsite to other trusted computers they regularly access, and they would freeze in headlights if something just didn't automatically work (read - varying mount point configurations).
It's a training issue, but unfortunately some users are fairly stubborn. I would love to see it implemented on our flash drives because it's awesome at what it does - but for non-tech people, it's too intimidating. We ended up settling on Kingston's model because it was the most user-friendly.
Just letting my mind wander - were a Chinese Finger Trap made from this material, would it let go of your fingers as you applied tension?
I completely agree that everyone should be respectful of everyone's personal beliefs, and I do respect yours as well. As you say, live and let live.
I personally don't have the hope of going to heaven, nor meet "72 smiling virgins". I do hope that I can bring joy to my God and be part of the restored earthly paradise that God originally intended.
A common misconception. The Bible actually does not teach eternal suffering and damnation.
The point is there is a huge difference between instinct (a pre-programmed instruction set to influence taking specific actions in a given circumstance) and reasoning ability (or "free will"). Animals do not possess the ability to reason. For example, humans are the only species that have wondered about their origins.
Had God predetermined everyone's course of life (essentially, with instinct), then yes he would accountable for everyone's actions and the world we see today. But he didn't. Would you like to think of yourself as a mindless robot? How about to the point of being programmed to worship God? No, the Bible shows that we have free will to bring joy to our Creator when we choose to worship him.
As a side note, I personally don't find the explanation of evolution to be satisfying - I eat, sleep, work, and die, and maybe even reproduce. Whoopie. What do I have to look forward to? Maybe I should stop asking questions and get back to work.
Why must we assume that such a "complex, intelligent, powerful creature" is limited to the same physics as physical objects?
Lonestar? Is that you?
After that, we can look at Europa. Just don't touch it.
The moment I finished the 'merge', my account's photo stream was suddenly held hostage by Yahoo! They said something about a Nigerian operation they were heading up and if I didn't provide them more money from my bank account, 12,000 starving children would die because of my negligence. What's more, my computer then showed I was infected with the "w32.D13SuX0r!!#@!Y@400!pWNedU!!!@!#" virus. Immediately after the message appeared, I rushed to check my photo storage on the computer and was completely distraught when I watched each one of my photos receive a Yahoo! logo stretching across its entire length. Then my hard drive burst into a giant fireball consuming my tower while my speakers replayed an audio clip of Hitler endlessly chanting "Yahoo! Yahoo!". At that point, my wife came home and saw the mess. I told her everything that happened. She said she could never forgive me for merging and that she'd see me and her lawyer in divorce court, and then maced me.
Before Yahoo! remotely formats my phone's ROM, I sit here blurry eyed typing this out on my keypad to warn you all! I am now left without an online medium to publish my photos of family BBQs and my goldfish Steve (who died because of the fire)...all because of merging!