I'd think that throughout the history of mankind, parents have had times when they thought "I wasn't there when I should have been." It's impossible to always be there. Those that understand this and are able to instill a sense of responsibility into their children can at least rest easier when they can't be "there."
Life is full of mistakes, problems and other nasty things and the only way we'll ever progress is if we learn from them. That's the most important lesson anyone should learn, ever, and as long as we keep passing the buck around, we'll never get out of this vicious circle; in fact, things will only get worse.
Unfortunatly, the thought of the populous seems to be "keep them coddled and safe and sheltered until 18" at which case they're instantly full grown adults with complete knowledge of right and wrong in the world...
If you're given the choice between a wep connection and an open connection, which would you pick? Sure, WEP is by no means going to keep out anyone determined, but it'll deter the lazy ones who just want internet.
The path of least resistance is usually the one taken.
...prohibition (sic) rakes in billions per year for government
Really? The war on drugs is profitable? I thought they did this because drugs are bad for the children(TM). Any politician crazy enough to propose legalizing drugs would get voted out so fast the following election he'd think he was a victim of redistricting.
Know why prohibition (the real alcohol one) was repealed back in the 30s? Cause alcohol ended up getting taxed through the roof and that gave the gov't a much needed revenue boost.
Main Entry: google Pronunciation: 'gü-g&l Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): googled; googling/-g(&-) li[ng]/ Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Google, trademark for a search engine : to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web
Specifically refers to the Google engine, and not searching in a generic sense. Even less a gray area.
1) 500BC is actually 2,500 years ago, not 500. We don't live in year 1. 2)...yea, I don't have anything past that really. If you RTFA, you'd have noticed things like "2,000 to 5,000 years ago" as well...
With 3 consoles, they're going to need at least 5 more to account for everything. And then the winner of the page hit battle will be right....well, until the real numbers come in, but by then no one'll remember anyway.
Only company I don't complain about pushing back release dates is Valve. (Might do the same for Blizzard, but newest I have of theirs is WC3:FT, and I haven't beaten it yet)
They've shown they can justify a delay because the product is GOOD.
Microsoft has not given me the level of confidence Valve has.
Well, since you read TDB, I'm sure you caught this comment ( http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa122.html# comp ) where they found out it's the HDMI interface on the Samsung that causes the problems; switching to component placed Blu-Ray nearly on par with HD-DVD.
Hopefully they'll get that fixed before companies start enforcing the downsample flag...
Attorney General is, yes (in fact, the current one is the frontrunner for the Democratic mayoral nomination), but not district attorneys, who are appointed, and since the article specifically said 'New York county district attorney' and not 'Attorney General Eliot Spitzer' that's what I based it on.
However, I'm definatly not discounting that someone (possibly even Spitzer) will use this to score parental votes.
I'm also sure that this coming within meer months of an election is purely coincidental...nothing like a good porn in otherwise respectable video games story to bring out the best in people.
Remember, not only do we "Think of the Children"(TM), we remind you early and often!
(Sure, district attorneys are appointed, but someone's going to pull this out in a commercial plug...)
Vegas was relativly smooth on traffic when I went through (middle of the day). Has the added benefit of only having one freeway so just stay in the fast lane. Denver has the 70/76 intersection and there was construction when I went....
The point I was shooting for was that it's not the interstate system per say, it's the cities. Now, if there were better made loops that...well, actually looped around the city...you wouldn't have to go through the heavy congestion unless you needed to.
Course, then, metro sprawl would overtake those, but nice interm idea. In theory. In practice, doubt that anyone would use it...heh.
If they're counting any part of the road that doesn't touch the 'ground' as a bridge, that makes perfect sense. There's many bridges that cover very short distances and span little creeks or washes, especially in the great plains region I've noticed.
Not every bridge crosses the Mississippi.
Doubt they'd count overpasses/underpasses, that'd probably really inflate the number...
Seriously, the public outnumbers congressmen around 525,000 to 1.
Time for some civil disobedience. The jails can't hold all of us if we break this crap. Courts would be tied up for eons, putting precious patent cases on the back burner even if they DID start waving jail time. Citizens that actually have clout would get burned eventually.
I'm getting very comfortable with the idea of letting Congress passing whatever crap the corporate culture pushes under their noses because eventually a substantial portion of the public will get pissed off and force them to change.
To paraphrase Gandhi, "535 Congressmen and assorted CEOs cannot control 280 million Americans if those Americans refuse to cooperate."
Incidently, I've been summoned for July and I'm NOT registered to vote where I live. Go fig.
There is an option to volunteer on the Grand Jury for a year (4 times a week) but I think that's different... (Well, I know it's different, but not to what extent, and I don't care enough to look it up)
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I'd think that throughout the history of mankind, parents have had times when they thought "I wasn't there when I should have been." It's impossible to always be there. Those that understand this and are able to instill a sense of responsibility into their children can at least rest easier when they can't be "there."
Life is full of mistakes, problems and other nasty things and the only way we'll ever progress is if we learn from them. That's the most important lesson anyone should learn, ever, and as long as we keep passing the buck around, we'll never get out of this vicious circle; in fact, things will only get worse.
Unfortunatly, the thought of the populous seems to be "keep them coddled and safe and sheltered until 18" at which case they're instantly full grown adults with complete knowledge of right and wrong in the world...
It's not so much that the building's swamped, they just didn't want to spawn the keys to the 2nd floor immediatly on release.
If you're given the choice between a wep connection and an open connection, which would you pick? Sure, WEP is by no means going to keep out anyone determined, but it'll deter the lazy ones who just want internet.
The path of least resistance is usually the one taken.
I took it as sarcasm, myself. I'm in those walls and I couldn't say this is a civilized country without laughing or giving it a very snide tone.
Yea, but you can't apply feature upgrades or patches easily, the dev tree is closed on release, and besides, it's completely closed source anyway.
Who knows what backdoors and exploits are left in a system like that...
...prohibition (sic) rakes in billions per year for government
Really? The war on drugs is profitable? I thought they did this because drugs are bad for the children(TM). Any politician crazy enough to propose legalizing drugs would get voted out so fast the following election he'd think he was a victim of redistricting.
Know why prohibition (the real alcohol one) was repealed back in the 30s? Cause alcohol ended up getting taxed through the roof and that gave the gov't a much needed revenue boost.
Meh, yea...I should remind myself not to post before caffeine. Stupid thing is I re-read it, previewed...
Then about halfway into the drive to work I realized, "wow...that was idiotic..."
Technically it's not the DNS lookup failure, but the browser's GET request that gives a 404. All one in the same to a user though.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/google
/-g(&-) li[ng]/
Main Entry: google
Pronunciation: 'gü-g&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): googled; googling
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Google, trademark for a search engine
: to use the Google search engine to obtain information about (as a person) on the World Wide Web
Specifically refers to the Google engine, and not searching in a generic sense. Even less a gray area.
Bulletproof, of course, in a figurative sense. I don't know of many pens that can stand up to a Desert Eagle...
Ok...
...yea, I don't have anything past that really. If you RTFA, you'd have noticed things like "2,000 to 5,000 years ago" as well...
1) 500BC is actually 2,500 years ago, not 500. We don't live in year 1.
2)
Because people are driving around in tanks. Hard to record a fatality when you're surrounded by armor plating.
Once this craze with Hummers goes to the wayside and everyone drives around in aluminum cans again, the fatalities'll go back up.
With 3 consoles, they're going to need at least 5 more to account for everything. And then the winner of the page hit battle will be right. ...well, until the real numbers come in, but by then no one'll remember anyway.
Only company I don't complain about pushing back release dates is Valve. (Might do the same for Blizzard, but newest I have of theirs is WC3:FT, and I haven't beaten it yet)
They've shown they can justify a delay because the product is GOOD.
Microsoft has not given me the level of confidence Valve has.
Well, since you read TDB, I'm sure you caught this comment ( http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa122.html# comp ) where they found out it's the HDMI interface on the Samsung that causes the problems; switching to component placed Blu-Ray nearly on par with HD-DVD.
Hopefully they'll get that fixed before companies start enforcing the downsample flag...
Attorney General is, yes (in fact, the current one is the frontrunner for the Democratic mayoral nomination), but not district attorneys, who are appointed, and since the article specifically said 'New York county district attorney' and not 'Attorney General Eliot Spitzer' that's what I based it on.
However, I'm definatly not discounting that someone (possibly even Spitzer) will use this to score parental votes.
I'm also sure that this coming within meer months of an election is purely coincidental...nothing like a good porn in otherwise respectable video games story to bring out the best in people.
Remember, not only do we "Think of the Children"(TM), we remind you early and often!
(Sure, district attorneys are appointed, but someone's going to pull this out in a commercial plug...)
Sales of tin foil cumberbunds go through the roof shortly after this release.
Market experts baffled.
Vegas was relativly smooth on traffic when I went through (middle of the day). Has the added benefit of only having one freeway so just stay in the fast lane. Denver has the 70/76 intersection and there was construction when I went....
The point I was shooting for was that it's not the interstate system per say, it's the cities. Now, if there were better made loops that...well, actually looped around the city...you wouldn't have to go through the heavy congestion unless you needed to.
Course, then, metro sprawl would overtake those, but nice interm idea. In theory. In practice, doubt that anyone would use it...heh.
The highway system as a whole is still a major accomplishment. It's just that select areas suffer problems.
Drive from Chicago to Los Angeles, you run into traffic once along the way (Denver).
If they're counting any part of the road that doesn't touch the 'ground' as a bridge, that makes perfect sense. There's many bridges that cover very short distances and span little creeks or washes, especially in the great plains region I've noticed.
Not every bridge crosses the Mississippi.
Doubt they'd count overpasses/underpasses, that'd probably really inflate the number...
Simply a temporary measure until access points advance in power enough for Windows WAP.
The current hurdle is getting the HD space to store the UPnP Aero interface.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qissa_Khwani_bazaar_m assacre
Who needs weapons?
Seriously, the public outnumbers congressmen around 525,000 to 1.
Time for some civil disobedience. The jails can't hold all of us if we break this crap. Courts would be tied up for eons, putting precious patent cases on the back burner even if they DID start waving jail time. Citizens that actually have clout would get burned eventually.
I'm getting very comfortable with the idea of letting Congress passing whatever crap the corporate culture pushes under their noses because eventually a substantial portion of the public will get pissed off and force them to change.
To paraphrase Gandhi, "535 Congressmen and assorted CEOs cannot control 280 million Americans if those Americans refuse to cooperate."
Incidently, I've been summoned for July and I'm NOT registered to vote where I live. Go fig.
There is an option to volunteer on the Grand Jury for a year (4 times a week) but I think that's different... (Well, I know it's different, but not to what extent, and I don't care enough to look it up)