"So, that would stop me from physically turning off the computer and popping out the RAM, how exactly? What we need is a battery backed up hardware module that scrambles the RAM when the system loses power."
Slashdotters and their complicated high-brow technology solutions. How about we go the Luddite route and simple LOCK THE CASE? I would imagine a padlock would be a much cheaper and easier solution than "a battery backed up hardware module that scrambles the RAM when the system loses power".
So what you are saying is the airbrushed/photoshopped pics of Alanis looked good, but in reality she did not look nearly as good. Sounds about right. (For the record I have always thought she was nothing special to look at, and neither was her music.)
Yeah, and also Reagan's "Star Wars Defense" was all smoke and mirrors. It was never designed to actually work, but designed to make the Soviets think that it could work, therefore having to spend some of their defense budget on that possibility. I don't think that back then we were very capable at all of hitting either a missile or a satellite with any sort of acceptable success rate.
It is the default because 95% of users don't care about file type/extensions. Why would any company cater to 5% of their customers? That would be insane.
B.S. - it didn't make them any more "unreliable". How would punching a small hole in the outer plastic sleeve of a diskette have any sort of effect on reliability? And if that were true there would have been millions of "unreliable" disks out there as everyone I knew would also use the same trick. Why pay more for exactly the same thing when you can do it yourself? The purchased "double-sided" disks had no more of a guarantee than the single-sided ones.
Ah yes, the glory days of loading as much into HIMEM as possible so your games could use all of the "conventional" memory. You would feel like a wizard after struggling for hours, and then suddenly IT WORKS! And boy, look at those stunning EGA graphics!! Now that it is working you just need to spend another half hour configuring your soundcard to work.
And the old paper hole punch trick to make double sided floppies out of single sided ones. If I remember correctly, I think I saved more than 50 cents a floppy this way. I think it was more like a buck. Which at the time was worth a lot of money. (Just kidding.) But seriously, get off my lawn you kids!
Bingo. Some people here act as if MS has the power to make us purchase these action figures and display them. THEY ARE ACTION FIGURES FOLKS. If you don't like them, don't buy them, don't talk about them, don't even think about them. Let's just let the "free market" fix this problem...
""The Comcast network is really content-agnostic," said company spokeswoman Jeanne Russo."
This is technically kind of true.
They are not protocol-agnostic though. But content, sure. They block both "illegal" and legal bittorent files, so they are not examining the content, they are just making assumptions without really looking.
Judging just by "feel" though,(& it's the MOST important thing really) I would have to guess you are a Comcast employee pimping your own company, albeit anonymously.
That is why I fill all of my warranty cards out with Karl Rove's name and address. (It is amazing the kind of information you can find just floating around out there on the net)
It wasn't prescribed for hearing loss (and why should it? not being able to hear doesn't "hurt"), but long term abuse of pain killers can cause hearing loss. Why do you think he didn't really want to talk about it too much?
Because he himself said we shouldn't. "Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods, which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."
So when is he going to get "sent up" and start putting his fat ass where his mouth is?
"No, techies and trekies tend to focus on the problems they think can be solved through the use of science and technology
Yeah, and everybody knows that the conservative right is all about the "science and technology" based solutions. They have no use for "faith" or "religion" based solutions.
"it accomplishes nothing more than grandstanding to look like they're doing something
So it's just politics as usual then.
"start the impeachment process or don't. All this pussyfooting around is 100% impotent and accomplishes nothing more than a lot of publicity to make voters feel warm and fuzzy."
Oh the nerve. Why should a president be held accountable for his own actions? I mean, it isn't like he lied about a blowjob or anything serious like that...
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"So, that would stop me from physically turning off the computer and popping out the RAM, how exactly? What we need is a battery backed up hardware module that scrambles the RAM when the system loses power."
Slashdotters and their complicated high-brow technology solutions. How about we go the Luddite route and simple LOCK THE CASE? I would imagine a padlock would be a much cheaper and easier solution than "a battery backed up hardware module that scrambles the RAM when the system loses power".
So what you are saying is the airbrushed/photoshopped pics of Alanis looked good, but in reality she did not look nearly as good. Sounds about right.
(For the record I have always thought she was nothing special to look at, and neither was her music.)
"It only says "The 14 suspects arrested Wednesday are between the ages of 17 and 26".
Is it really that much of a mental leap to conclude the other 2 suspects were not between the ages of 17 and 26?
Yeah, and also Reagan's "Star Wars Defense" was all smoke and mirrors. It was never designed to actually work, but designed to make the Soviets think that it could work, therefore having to spend some of their defense budget on that possibility. I don't think that back then we were very capable at all of hitting either a missile or a satellite with any sort of acceptable success rate.
It is the default because 95% of users don't care about file type/extensions. Why would any company cater to 5% of their customers? That would be insane.
"Let's be honest... the average computer user doesn't know the difference between U2-Somesong.mp3 and U2-SomeSong.exe."
Thank god I do. I would much rather have the malware ridden U2-SomeSong.exe than an actual MP3 by U2. That would just be awful.
Well then it should be real easy for the MS hating crowd here to avoid getting one.
B.S. - it didn't make them any more "unreliable". How would punching a small hole in the outer plastic sleeve of a diskette have any sort of effect on reliability? And if that were true there would have been millions of "unreliable" disks out there as everyone I knew would also use the same trick. Why pay more for exactly the same thing when you can do it yourself? The purchased "double-sided" disks had no more of a guarantee than the single-sided ones.
Ah yes, the glory days of loading as much into HIMEM as possible so your games could use all of the "conventional" memory. You would feel like a wizard after struggling for hours, and then suddenly IT WORKS! And boy, look at those stunning EGA graphics!! Now that it is working you just need to spend another half hour configuring your soundcard to work.
And the old paper hole punch trick to make double sided floppies out of single sided ones. If I remember correctly, I think I saved more than 50 cents a floppy this way. I think it was more like a buck. Which at the time was worth a lot of money. (Just kidding.) But seriously, get off my lawn you kids!
"You can't see a difference between defending a country from a foreign aggressor and 'liberating' it from an oppressive ruler?
The only difference is the point of view you look at it from. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Bingo. Some people here act as if MS has the power to make us purchase these action figures and display them. THEY ARE ACTION FIGURES FOLKS. If you don't like them, don't buy them, don't talk about them, don't even think about them. Let's just let the "free market" fix this problem...
""she also likes Sex in the City". I don't know that show. I know of Sex and the City, a show popular with her type"
They are not talking about the television show. She is just a slut.
""The Comcast network is really content-agnostic," said company spokeswoman Jeanne Russo."
This is technically kind of true.
They are not protocol-agnostic though. But content, sure. They block both "illegal" and legal bittorent files, so they are not examining the content, they are just making assumptions without really looking.
Judging just by "feel" though,(& it's the MOST important thing really) I would have to guess you are a Comcast employee pimping your own company, albeit anonymously.
Yes, he certainly is a cunning linguist.
"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel." - Homer Simpson
That is why I fill all of my warranty cards out with Karl Rove's name and address. (It is amazing the kind of information you can find just floating around out there on the net)
However, being a US citizen doesn't automatically protect you. (if you don't think so, I have a hint for you: Jose Padilla).
It wasn't prescribed for hearing loss (and why should it? not being able to hear doesn't "hurt"), but long term abuse of pain killers can cause hearing loss. Why do you think he didn't really want to talk about it too much?
"It was so sad to see, after Katrina, that somehow many kids, most from the projects....came back to the city with no parents at all"
Their parents aren't dead or missing, they just knew that this was the best opportunity to ditch the little bastards for good.
Because he himself said we shouldn't.
"Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods, which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."
So when is he going to get "sent up" and start putting his fat ass where his mouth is?
"No, techies and trekies tend to focus on the problems they think can be solved through the use of science and technology
Yeah, and everybody knows that the conservative right is all about the "science and technology" based solutions. They have no use for "faith" or "religion" based solutions.
"instead of the usual "Republicans are evil" flamefest, we could treat this as what it is-- a guy who's genuinely annoying"
Fixed.
Pretty sad when we long for the day when the President's biggest problem was a crusty little stain on a black dress...
But thank God we all know what happens to liars now. I mean, it's not like anyone in the current administration has ever lied about anything!
"it accomplishes nothing more than grandstanding to look like they're doing something
So it's just politics as usual then.
"start the impeachment process or don't. All this pussyfooting around is 100% impotent and accomplishes nothing more than a lot of publicity to make voters feel warm and fuzzy."
Oh the nerve. Why should a president be held accountable for his own actions? I mean, it isn't like he lied about a blowjob or anything serious like that...