My sis say I should turn of 3G. It apparently drains the battery a lot, but I must be getting really old as I haven't figured how to do that, and no way will I ask her how.
The battery does last longer with 3G off, however you cannot turn it off wit the 4S, presumably due to Apple arrogance. However, there's a rumor floating around that the 5.1 update will put that switch back in. The source of that rumor is that the current beta builds has it available.
Wrong. Once you legally redefine the word marriage all sorts of follow on side effects begin.
You mean like letting a man and a dog get married? Mmmm hmm.
But worse, some of us know this is only the current demand. Once they get gay marriage they are going to push without interruption for group ones. And always keep your eye on NAMBLA, they really mean it when they say "Sex before eight or it's too late."
... yeah, I wasn't far off. I have a question for you: Why do think gays will invest their energy into making it legal to have sex with children? Is there actually a reason for this rationale or did it just sound really convincing when you heard some loudmouth spout it in an attempt to justify his own bigotry?
I've thought long and hard about my flamebait moderation and I was just like to stop and apologize for implying that posting on Slashdot in the middle of a work day is as much of a waste of time as Facebook. I never meant any harm and I hope we can put this behind us.
Now let's return to our discussion about how much Facebook sucks in this story about a plasma storm.
I think some of the Apple hatred stems from the fact that many techies absorb themselves in computers because it gives them a feeling of control that they lack in their daily lives.
The iPhone was loved around here until it became a mass-market product. Once it reached that point a new underdog had to be found. The 'hatred', in many cases, is really just a form of hipsterism.
In the XKCD example, for instance, the true number of permutations you have to check to brute force a password is: Size of Average Person's Vocabulary (about 25,000 words) - from which "correct" "horse" "battery" "stable" is selected - raised to the 4th power, or 3.906 * 10^17 combinations. That's not a huge amount for a password cracking algorithm.,
Isn't that only true if the number of words in the phrase is fixed?
Alien life in the universe that we could encounter, depending on the climactic conditions, gravity and atmosphere would be very different from humans to say the least.
Not proven until we meet one.
They would not be all humanoid races that speak english....
Star Trek did not portray this.
Dolphins show amazing intelligence so it is easy to imagine..
No, it is not easy to imagine. Dolphins lack the dexterity to build a space ship. We may find out that any given species rarely (if ever) reach space unless they meet certain other criteria like opposable thumbs and originate from a planet where it's easy to start a fire. We don't know what all is involved in inspiring a species to leave the planet, just that it likely requires a complex series of events.
It's easy to jump to the conclusion that every planet that sports life will create a random space faring civilization species. However, to put things into a more realistic perspective, consider that this planet has created over a hundred million species of life and only one has intentionally gone into orbit.
Star Trek had humanoid aliens as standard...
No, they did not. The 'humanoid' races were explained by one species that seeded our area of the galaxy with similar genetic material. Elsewhere in the series, the Federation was accused of really only allowing humanoids to join.
"I'm not to blame, I always vote for the guy that promises to be an honest regular Joe just like me!"
Sarcasm aside, I do sort of agree with you. I don't blame the voters for voting the guy in, they are ALL corrupt, and even if they weren't, it's not like there's any way we'd know until it's too late. They don't have any real need to commit to their promises and it's not like they're up front and tell us they're going to screw us over. Seriously, blaming people for not knowing the future is utter horse shit. You should be ashamed of yourself for believing what you're saying without giving it one ounce of thought.
What I do blame the voters for is we never, for lack of a better term, fire any of these people. Just imagine what a few recall elections would do.
"...you don't see the difference really exposes the lengths to which Apple people will use denial as a weapon.".. "One of the latest Android phones has an antenna problem. What do you do? Get a different Android."
There was a Dilbert cartoon where Wally printed off a document for the PHB and handed it to him. The boss said "Great, but I asked you to print these in color!" "Oh, well Black and White technically are colors so... oh... I see!"
In the last frame Dilbert asked Wally "and that satisfied his need to make unnecessary changes?" And Wally goes "Yep! The best part is while I was talking to the boss, the color copies were printing!"
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My sis say I should turn of 3G. It apparently drains the battery a lot, but I must be getting really old as I haven't figured how to do that, and no way will I ask her how.
The battery does last longer with 3G off, however you cannot turn it off wit the 4S, presumably due to Apple arrogance. However, there's a rumor floating around that the 5.1 update will put that switch back in. The source of that rumor is that the current beta builds has it available.
How does that work? All the politicians are corrupt and/or easily bribed.
Wrong. Once you legally redefine the word marriage all sorts of follow on side effects begin.
You mean like letting a man and a dog get married? Mmmm hmm.
But worse, some of us know this is only the current demand. Once they get gay marriage they are going to push without interruption for group ones. And always keep your eye on NAMBLA, they really mean it when they say "Sex before eight or it's too late."
... yeah, I wasn't far off. I have a question for you: Why do think gays will invest their energy into making it legal to have sex with children? Is there actually a reason for this rationale or did it just sound really convincing when you heard some loudmouth spout it in an attempt to justify his own bigotry?
I've thought long and hard about my flamebait moderation and I was just like to stop and apologize for implying that posting on Slashdot in the middle of a work day is as much of a waste of time as Facebook. I never meant any harm and I hope we can put this behind us.
Now let's return to our discussion about how much Facebook sucks in this story about a plasma storm.
Heh, yeah, time wasting on Slashdot is much more fashionable!
So, you the geeks, why don't you do something else instead? Make an internet that can't be controlled, something different, something better?
a.) They're already doing that.
b.) Geeks can't write code that generates copper wire across a country over three thousand miles wide.
I think some of the Apple hatred stems from the fact that many techies absorb themselves in computers because it gives them a feeling of control that they lack in their daily lives.
The iPhone was loved around here until it became a mass-market product. Once it reached that point a new underdog had to be found. The 'hatred', in many cases, is really just a form of hipsterism.
You know a stereotype is based - usually - on the behavior of the majority of a group.
No, it's not.
Don't buy Apple products.
But then you'd put Apple and Samsung out of business!
Not me. I use inability to read posts that contain bad spelling, grammar, or use of common phrases as a way to show just how smart I am!
Is that really true? I thought I remad somewhere that the smallest chunk DB would upload is 4 megs. There's no way that'd sync fast on DropBox.
In the XKCD example, for instance, the true number of permutations you have to check to brute force a password is: Size of Average Person's Vocabulary (about 25,000 words) - from which "correct" "horse" "battery" "stable" is selected - raised to the 4th power, or 3.906 * 10^17 combinations. That's not a huge amount for a password cracking algorithm.,
Isn't that only true if the number of words in the phrase is fixed?
Yes, they do.
CTRL + a then CTRL + i?
Mountain Dew doesn't have alcohol....
I read lips and can tell you that, indeed, everyone spoke English in Star Trek.
Wrong. If you actually watched the show, you'd know why.
You do realize that only the humans in Star Trek spoke English, right?
Well... humans and really nerdy Klingons.
Alien life in the universe that we could encounter, depending on the climactic conditions, gravity and atmosphere would be very different from humans to say the least.
Not proven until we meet one.
They would not be all humanoid races that speak english....
Star Trek did not portray this.
Dolphins show amazing intelligence so it is easy to imagine..
No, it is not easy to imagine. Dolphins lack the dexterity to build a space ship. We may find out that any given species rarely (if ever) reach space unless they meet certain other criteria like opposable thumbs and originate from a planet where it's easy to start a fire. We don't know what all is involved in inspiring a species to leave the planet, just that it likely requires a complex series of events.
It's easy to jump to the conclusion that every planet that sports life will create a random space faring civilization species. However, to put things into a more realistic perspective, consider that this planet has created over a hundred million species of life and only one has intentionally gone into orbit.
Star Trek had humanoid aliens as standard...
No, they did not. The 'humanoid' races were explained by one species that seeded our area of the galaxy with similar genetic material. Elsewhere in the series, the Federation was accused of really only allowing humanoids to join.
We just don't know.
You just want death by snu snu
Do you blame him? Without a partner, he's just having snu.
Microsoft wants to make money by getting you to use their phone more. A phone company wants to make money by getting you to use your phone less.
Blame the people who keep electing them.
"I'm not to blame, I always vote for the guy that promises to be an honest regular Joe just like me!"
Sarcasm aside, I do sort of agree with you. I don't blame the voters for voting the guy in, they are ALL corrupt, and even if they weren't, it's not like there's any way we'd know until it's too late. They don't have any real need to commit to their promises and it's not like they're up front and tell us they're going to screw us over. Seriously, blaming people for not knowing the future is utter horse shit. You should be ashamed of yourself for believing what you're saying without giving it one ounce of thought.
What I do blame the voters for is we never, for lack of a better term, fire any of these people. Just imagine what a few recall elections would do.
When questioned about this metal ball hurtling through an unsuspecting person's house, Adam Savage would only reply with: 'No comment'.
Well that sucks, I was hoping for another Mythbusters mishap.
"...you don't see the difference really exposes the lengths to which Apple people will use denial as a weapon.".. "One of the latest Android phones has an antenna problem. What do you do? Get a different Android."
Wow.
There was a Dilbert cartoon where Wally printed off a document for the PHB and handed it to him. The boss said "Great, but I asked you to print these in color!" "Oh, well Black and White technically are colors so... oh... I see!"
In the last frame Dilbert asked Wally "and that satisfied his need to make unnecessary changes?" And Wally goes "Yep! The best part is while I was talking to the boss, the color copies were printing!"