Having said that, my ideal laptop would have oodles of storage but the drive would hardly ever need to "spin up" because almost everything I need would fit in the SSD. In "real terms" this would be at least a 128GB SSD plus at least 2TB of less expensive storage.
Try this on for size then. My current laptop has 3 x 1tb drives internal, but they only spin up when I need them to. My many OSs (several flavors of linux, 2 versions of windows, plus BSD) all run off of a single 480gb mSATA Crucial M500 SSD, attached to a cheap M-SATA-to-USB-3 adapter.
All the features you're looking for, plus the portability of being able to use your personal setup on any other computer just by plugging in to a USB port.
You know what a logo is? Same as a brand - it's a promise of quality. For good or bad. If a product can demand a 50% mark up because of a given logo, it's because the logo has built up a significant level of trust in the high quality of the product, either directly or by word of mouth.
Not exactly. While there is some truth to that analysis, it completely ignores the much larger effects of marketing and fashion. A Rolex doesn't cost 3 orders of magnitude more than a Chinese knockoff because it delivers 3 orders of magniute as much "quality"; the price is a reflection of fashion rather than functionality. Similarly, a basic Starbucks coffee costs 2-3 times as much as a coffee at the local diner, but certainly doesn't deliver 2-3 times the "quality". And don't get me started on the absurd amounts of money people are willing to pay to scam artists and frauds (eg. Sylvia Brown, "psychic", ~$700 per hour) who deliver absolutely nothing other than vague promises.
tl;dr: people will buy expensive shit for reasons that have nothing to do with quality.
It must be wonderful to always have racism as an excuse. When shitty things like that happen to me, I have to wonder if maybe I screwed up somehow. You never have to question yourself; just blame whitey!
Because it's obviously off-topic, worded in a way that's intentionally incorrect and hopelessly hyperbolic, and evidently meant to evict an emotional response. It's the intellectual equivalent of saying "Hurr Durr, FOX is teh dumb and Micro$$$oft maeks crappy computers!". The article is about the military trying to plan for global warming, but you're taken it as an opportunity to slag random talking heads on the news and Lockheed Martin all in one stroke.
Or did you mean "why am I posting flamebait"? I'm not sure about the answer to that one, but I assume it's because you have nothing interesting to say about the actual article but are lonely and want someone to argue with. Was there some other reason which I'm not seeing?
Initial set up of the device could certainly require setting a password to activate. However, there's nothing stopping, and many will, set an easily guessable password anyway.
We can do better. I bought a DIR-505 router-thingy a while back and it had a default password assigned, but it was a randomly generated string of characters that was then stuck on a sticker on the side of the device. That's even easier than making the user set up their own password initially. This way those who are most vulnerable (ie. people who don't know how to change the password, or would use a weak one if you give them the option) will be protected, while more advanced users will retain the ability to do whatever the hell they want.
Sure, maybe it costs a bit more to have randomly generated passwords and stickers on each device, but it's definitely money well spent.
Piracy is a civil matter, it doesn't demand the action of law enforcement agencies (or at least, it wouldn't if they were not owned by Disney).
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. The power to enforce copyright laws was written into the constitution, which I'm fairly sure predates Disney by a few years or so. The constitution doesn't generally concern itself with "civil matters". Secondly, even civil matters "demand the action of law enforcement agencies" in the role of enforcement if nothing else, so that particular distinction is completely spurious. Lastly, which branch of the government is responsible for adjudicating or enforcing which laws is completely irrelevant when the topic of discussion is whether or not a particular action can actually be effectively addressed by legislative processes.
Basically everything you've said is completely wrong, in every way it's possible to be wrong.
The same accusations were made against Anita Sarkeesian. For some reason she posted death and rape threats against herself on Twitter, in order to lose money by being unable to attend public speaking events.
Oh yeah, she lost boatloads of money. I mean getting $150,000 on kickstarter instead of the $6,000 she asked for... that's GOT to hurt.
If you think any of these women are losing money, you're delusional. This kind of publicity is the best thing that could have happened to them.
Except that you're forgetting, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Oh but there is. You can complain really really loudly, and then summon an army of SJWs to also complain really really loudly. Then you can all use the resulting uproar to further promote your blog/book/online-business.
You know what they say; there's no such thing as bad publicity.
It's a valid point, but there's a massive difference between the two situations you refer to; in the former 2 people died, in the latter nobody died. If the LT in Afghanistan hadn't actually managed to kill anyone, it's unlikely he'd have been charged at all, and he certainly couldn't have been found guilty of murder.
In any event, poor training obviously tends to result in all sorts of horrible outcomes, regardless of whether we're talking about the military or the police, but that doesn't say anything about your earlier generalization. Granted the line between policing and military ops has narrowed quite a bit over the last decade, but that's primarily due to changes in how we fight wars, not changes in how the police operate. If you can't see any difference between military and police you couldn't have been in any real firefights.
Or maybe just smart. He picked a project that showed a realistic chance of being completed.
Yep. I'm 6/6 so far - all of them turned out as well or better than I expected. I dunno why anyone would think there's much "luck" involved with picking Kickstarter projects.
Contempt of court is a whole different animal, but I get your point. I'm surprised it went that long; guy must have had some shit lawyers. I'd have to read up on his case before commenting further.
Meanwhile, they let you rot in prison. Thats what key disclosure laws are about.
No, that's not how it works. Indefinite detention is a violation of human rights. No civilized nation will "hold you forever"; they still have to charge you with something. In most cases key disclosure laws allow charging you under existing obstruction statues, or provide for a specific jail term (eg. 2 years in the UK). And that charge still has to go through the courts, where you get due process and the chance to plead your case.
Sure, but the hack was more akin to picking the lock on the front door and kidnapping the children from their beds. So you would suggest not leaving the children unchained at night?
If you're a famous movie star? Yeah, that might not be a bad idea. Or maybe get some extra security, the way pretty much all of them already do.
Uploading naked pictures of yourself to the cloud is dumb even if you're a fat and ugly nobody. It's completely idiotic when you're a celebrity who already has paparazi constantly trying to snap a nip-slip or crotch-shot.
I think the facial might hurt her carrier more then the tits do. Then again, it might be mayo.
It's not mayo, but it's also not her. Just because you got a whackload of pics all at once doesn't mean they're all legit. It's been pretty much conclusively shown that the "facial" pics are of some other chick, and were being circulated well before the fappening.
I did, but amazingly enough they get kinda touchy about it. Just like the scientists in Project Alpha. Silly buggers. Universities really need to make skepticism and critical thinking mandatory subjects.
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Having said that, my ideal laptop would have oodles of storage but the drive would hardly ever need to "spin up" because almost everything I need would fit in the SSD. In "real terms" this would be at least a 128GB SSD plus at least 2TB of less expensive storage.
Try this on for size then. My current laptop has 3 x 1tb drives internal, but they only spin up when I need them to. My many OSs (several flavors of linux, 2 versions of windows, plus BSD) all run off of a single 480gb mSATA Crucial M500 SSD, attached to a cheap M-SATA-to-USB-3 adapter.
All the features you're looking for, plus the portability of being able to use your personal setup on any other computer just by plugging in to a USB port.
Hard Drive [newegg.com]: $429
Whole Computer [newegg.com]: $400 or less.
Ah, yes. Confucius say, the path to mastering pedanticism is paved with low UIDs.
You know what a logo is? Same as a brand - it's a promise of quality. For good or bad. If a product can demand a 50% mark up because of a given logo, it's because the logo has built up a significant level of trust in the high quality of the product, either directly or by word of mouth.
Not exactly. While there is some truth to that analysis, it completely ignores the much larger effects of marketing and fashion. A Rolex doesn't cost 3 orders of magnitude more than a Chinese knockoff because it delivers 3 orders of magniute as much "quality"; the price is a reflection of fashion rather than functionality. Similarly, a basic Starbucks coffee costs 2-3 times as much as a coffee at the local diner, but certainly doesn't deliver 2-3 times the "quality". And don't get me started on the absurd amounts of money people are willing to pay to scam artists and frauds (eg. Sylvia Brown, "psychic", ~$700 per hour) who deliver absolutely nothing other than vague promises.
tl;dr: people will buy expensive shit for reasons that have nothing to do with quality.
It must be wonderful to always have racism as an excuse. When shitty things like that happen to me, I have to wonder if maybe I screwed up somehow. You never have to question yourself; just blame whitey!
Maybe you should stop carrying a mop and bucket around with you? Just an idea ...
As an example, a business or industry that recruits heavily through word-of-mouth recommendations is likely to end up with a systematic racism problem
Dude, that TOTALLY explains why my career in the NBA never even got off the ground. Tell me - who do I complain to?
Why is it flamebait?
Because it's obviously off-topic, worded in a way that's intentionally incorrect and hopelessly hyperbolic, and evidently meant to evict an emotional response. It's the intellectual equivalent of saying "Hurr Durr, FOX is teh dumb and Micro$$$oft maeks crappy computers!". The article is about the military trying to plan for global warming, but you're taken it as an opportunity to slag random talking heads on the news and Lockheed Martin all in one stroke.
Or did you mean "why am I posting flamebait"? I'm not sure about the answer to that one, but I assume it's because you have nothing interesting to say about the actual article but are lonely and want someone to argue with. Was there some other reason which I'm not seeing?
The better question would be why is pure flamebait getting modded informative?
Initial set up of the device could certainly require setting a password to activate. However, there's nothing stopping, and many will, set an easily guessable password anyway.
We can do better. I bought a DIR-505 router-thingy a while back and it had a default password assigned, but it was a randomly generated string of characters that was then stuck on a sticker on the side of the device. That's even easier than making the user set up their own password initially. This way those who are most vulnerable (ie. people who don't know how to change the password, or would use a weak one if you give them the option) will be protected, while more advanced users will retain the ability to do whatever the hell they want.
Sure, maybe it costs a bit more to have randomly generated passwords and stickers on each device, but it's definitely money well spent.
Piracy is a civil matter, it doesn't demand the action of law enforcement agencies (or at least, it wouldn't if they were not owned by Disney).
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. The power to enforce copyright laws was written into the constitution, which I'm fairly sure predates Disney by a few years or so. The constitution doesn't generally concern itself with "civil matters". Secondly, even civil matters "demand the action of law enforcement agencies" in the role of enforcement if nothing else, so that particular distinction is completely spurious. Lastly, which branch of the government is responsible for adjudicating or enforcing which laws is completely irrelevant when the topic of discussion is whether or not a particular action can actually be effectively addressed by legislative processes.
Basically everything you've said is completely wrong, in every way it's possible to be wrong.
Start reading here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
and don't stop until you get to the bottom. Then come back and try to contribute something a bit more factual / useful.
The same accusations were made against Anita Sarkeesian. For some reason she posted death and rape threats against herself on Twitter, in order to lose money by being unable to attend public speaking events.
Oh yeah, she lost boatloads of money. I mean getting $150,000 on kickstarter instead of the $6,000 she asked for ... that's GOT to hurt.
If you think any of these women are losing money, you're delusional. This kind of publicity is the best thing that could have happened to them.
Except that you're forgetting, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Oh but there is. You can complain really really loudly, and then summon an army of SJWs to also complain really really loudly. Then you can all use the resulting uproar to further promote your blog/book/online-business.
You know what they say; there's no such thing as bad publicity.
Which in no way changes the point.
They are illegal anywhere against anyone.
So is piracy. How are we doing at stopping that on the intertubes, anyway?
It's a valid point, but there's a massive difference between the two situations you refer to; in the former 2 people died, in the latter nobody died. If the LT in Afghanistan hadn't actually managed to kill anyone, it's unlikely he'd have been charged at all, and he certainly couldn't have been found guilty of murder.
In any event, poor training obviously tends to result in all sorts of horrible outcomes, regardless of whether we're talking about the military or the police, but that doesn't say anything about your earlier generalization. Granted the line between policing and military ops has narrowed quite a bit over the last decade, but that's primarily due to changes in how we fight wars, not changes in how the police operate. If you can't see any difference between military and police you couldn't have been in any real firefights.
The only difference seems to be that the military has a much more stringent rules of engagement.
True that bro. I couldn't believe how many cluster bombs the police dropped on the streets of Ferguson.
Brown must have been some kind of acrobat, in order to 'lunge for the cop' while facing the opposite direction!
Sure, or maybe eyewitness testimony is the least reliable form of evidence because people get shit wrong all the time.
There have been 3 autopsies; none have shown any evidence that he was shot in the back.
And which country has the most problems with weaponry, by far?
North Korea.
Or maybe just smart. He picked a project that showed a realistic chance of being completed.
Yep. I'm 6/6 so far - all of them turned out as well or better than I expected. I dunno why anyone would think there's much "luck" involved with picking Kickstarter projects.
Contempt of court is a whole different animal, but I get your point. I'm surprised it went that long; guy must have had some shit lawyers. I'd have to read up on his case before commenting further.
Meanwhile, they let you rot in prison. Thats what key disclosure laws are about.
No, that's not how it works. Indefinite detention is a violation of human rights. No civilized nation will "hold you forever"; they still have to charge you with something. In most cases key disclosure laws allow charging you under existing obstruction statues, or provide for a specific jail term (eg. 2 years in the UK). And that charge still has to go through the courts, where you get due process and the chance to plead your case.
Tell that to the nurse in Dallas who used full biohazard protective gear and still got Ebola.
Ok, if you want to be a pedant:
Use soap and hand sanitizer, and don't touch dead people or bodily fluids which have contaminated your protective equipment.
This is an international website. I can also look up this [wikipedia.org].
Key disclosure laws, huh? Ok, my key is ABC123.
What do you mean it didn't work. Shit. Ok, try QWERTY1234567890.
Still nothing? Dammit. Sorry guys. Ok, I'll need access to a writing pad and a random number generator ....
Sure, but the hack was more akin to picking the lock on the front door and kidnapping the children from their beds. So you would suggest not leaving the children unchained at night?
If you're a famous movie star? Yeah, that might not be a bad idea. Or maybe get some extra security, the way pretty much all of them already do.
Uploading naked pictures of yourself to the cloud is dumb even if you're a fat and ugly nobody. It's completely idiotic when you're a celebrity who already has paparazi constantly trying to snap a nip-slip or crotch-shot.
I think the facial might hurt her carrier more then the tits do. Then again, it might be mayo.
It's not mayo, but it's also not her. Just because you got a whackload of pics all at once doesn't mean they're all legit. It's been pretty much conclusively shown that the "facial" pics are of some other chick, and were being circulated well before the fappening.
I did, but amazingly enough they get kinda touchy about it. Just like the scientists in Project Alpha. Silly buggers. Universities really need to make skepticism and critical thinking mandatory subjects.