"have any IE updates every borked your Windows system?"
No, I have never had any IE update remove basic functionality from the OS that the only remedy was re-installing the OS. IE can be rolled back to previous versions simply by uninstalling the updates. I have had updates from MS that have broken things before, sure - but never to the point where and entire re-installation of Windows was necessary, and that was my point.
"Windows Media player is garbage in comparison across the board and still has the same type DRM."
You may have a point but, the WMP updates have never borked your Windows system to the point where you need to re-install the OS to get functionality that it broke working again. Funnily enough, "it just works".
Can you see the new Mac/PC commercial?
PC:"Hi. I'm a PC."
MAC:"Hi I'm a Mac I'm a Mac I'm a Mac I'm a Mac"
PC:"Gee Mac, looks like your video is stuck in a loop"
MAC:"I know. I installed an update to Quicktime and now I can't edit videos anymore!"
Roads are not paid for purely by gas taxes alone. And when I bike, I bike on the provided bike paths (I live in a very bike friendly town) and walk on the sidewalks. Even so I doubt my weight, or the weight of me on my bike, does nearly the same amount of "wear and tear" on the roads as a car does. (I do own a car,I just never drive it because I have no need, and do keep my license tabs current, so I too pay for my share of the roads.) I would also like to add I buy gasoline for my snow blower, lawn mower, and weed whacker - none of which put any use on the roads, and for which taxes are taken to use for the roads.
My point in the whole thread was we all pay for stuff we don't want to at times. Such is the nature of taxes.
"Give me the mass transit before you start charging me for not using it (and acting holier than thou.)"
Hey, I ride public transportation, or ride my bike or walk if the weather is nice. My taxes pay for the roads that you drive on everyday that I rarely use, just like your taxes pay for my buses you rarely use. I won't bitch if you don't.
Ok. Well thanks for setting me straight. How foolish of me to take a family member's word who works there over an anonymous stranger's word on Slashdot. What was I thinking??
Notice how they call it a "fulfillment center" instead of "storage warehouse"? What does that tell you? That is a temporary storage location and shipping and packaging center. Do you actually think they have all 1 billion items they sell bought and paid for sitting in a warehouse waiting to be bought by customers? There it is now way they could afford to own even 25% of their items that are "in stock". The difference between most brick and mortar retailers and Amazon is that real stores carry a n actual inventory of items, and order more when those are gone. (sure, based on forecasts). But Amazon doesn't carry all of their inventory, only when it is ordered do they "carry" the items. My cousin used to work for them out in Seattle and said most of the stuff they sell isn't in any of their "warehouses" for more than a day or two. I'm not claiming that Amazon doesn't have a physical building that they store stuff in - just that their "inventory" doesn't sit in warehouses for long periods of time waiting to be sold.
When you order something from them next day, they order from their distributor and have them ship directly to you next day. That's why sometimes you will receive items from them from a variety of locations (at least I have) and sometimes directly from another company. If Amazon has an exclusive partnership with another distributor, and is authorized to do business under their name, I would imagine legally it is the same as buying "from" Amazon. Maybe in the UK they don't ever ship directly from distributors and it is different from the USA due to laws.
"Not everyone who questions evolution is a biblical, 6-day, creationist."
I know. Some are totally manically, ridiculously simpleton, biblical, 6-day, creationist with no sense of logic or reason (and usually humor). See also - "I think the world is flat" and "The sun revolves around the Earth".
Are you sure that wasn't one of their processing, packaging, and shipping locations? I didn't think Amazon "owns" it's stock - very low overhead is how they make money. I would guess any warehouse space they have isn't used for long term storage of items.
Amazon stores? There is only one "store" and it exists virtually at Amazon.com - why do you think it takes a while to get stuff form them sometimes? It's not like they have an actual warehouse full of books and such. When you order form them, they order from someone else and either have them ship it directly to you, or ship to Amazon who then ships it to you. "In Stock" on their site means "available for us to order from a distributor" basically.
And people used to say the same thing about real-time 3D gaming in the late 80s. Along with - water and fire will never look realistic, you will never be able to render more than 10 frames per second, and nobody will ever buy an expensive video card with tons of memory and a FPU built in.
on the negative side you also have ABBA and Ace of Base. So please, bring your own native music if you go. Don't forget about that, it's not all sunshine in Sweden.
I could say the same about what you were taught, but I won't. Neither one of us is wrong, there is no such thing as "one correct answer". Seeing as everyone else where I live is taught the same, (and to a big part of the rest of the world) I don't feel that this is "ignorance". If you can explain how all the english speaking countries are wrong, and Latin America and Russia are right, I'm all ears.
Yes, I did. The article stated that there were 6 or 7 continents. A little picture on the side stated that sometimes North and South America are considered one continent. From the article you linked -
"A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, but seven areas are commonly regarded as continents - they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia."
"North America and South America are now treated as separate continents in much of Western Europe, India, China, and most native English-speaking countries, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand[citation needed]. Furthermore, the concept of two American continents is prevalent in much of Asia."
So not really so much ignorance as what I was taught due to where I am from, the same as a good percentage of the rest of the world is taught.
Well, technically there are two continents - North America and South America. Sometimes these are combined as "the Americas", but I have never seen both continents referred to as "America" collectively before. And name any other country, besides the United States of America, that goes by the shortened term "America". I'll give you a hint, there aren't any. So thanks for the history lesson, and you are welcome for the common usage lesson.
"why the hell are the telcos even allowed to charge for this service to begin with?
Well, because one of the foundations for capitalism is that goods and services cost money? Why should the phone companies provide a service for free? They are corporations with a bottom line of turning a profit, not protecting a nation...
What, you would prefer another "BSD is Dead" article or perhaps one pointing out that Microsoft doesn't make the most secure products? At least it isn't a dupe. Yet.
If you are talking about the shots of methamphetamines and vitamins he used to receive first thing when he woke up by Dr. Theodor Morell, I suppose you could call that "breakfast". So I guess my morning shots of meth and vitamins are out now...
But did you manually install the large servo motors that make automatically turning the wheel possible? Disabling the ABS, probably, disabling manual braking and turning the wheel? Doubtful. And why not just peg the accelerator to wide open? Maximize the damage!
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"have any IE updates every borked your Windows system?"
No, I have never had any IE update remove basic functionality from the OS that the only remedy was re-installing the OS. IE can be rolled back to previous versions simply by uninstalling the updates. I have had updates from MS that have broken things before, sure - but never to the point where and entire re-installation of Windows was necessary, and that was my point.
"Windows Media player is garbage in comparison across the board and still has the same type DRM."
You may have a point but, the WMP updates have never borked your Windows system to the point where you need to re-install the OS to get functionality that it broke working again. Funnily enough, "it just works".
Can you see the new Mac/PC commercial?
PC:"Hi. I'm a PC."
MAC:"Hi I'm a Mac I'm a Mac I'm a Mac I'm a Mac"
PC:"Gee Mac, looks like your video is stuck in a loop"
MAC:"I know. I installed an update to Quicktime and now I can't edit videos anymore!"
Roads are not paid for purely by gas taxes alone. And when I bike, I bike on the provided bike paths (I live in a very bike friendly town) and walk on the sidewalks. Even so I doubt my weight, or the weight of me on my bike, does nearly the same amount of "wear and tear" on the roads as a car does. (I do own a car,I just never drive it because I have no need, and do keep my license tabs current, so I too pay for my share of the roads.) I would also like to add I buy gasoline for my snow blower, lawn mower, and weed whacker - none of which put any use on the roads, and for which taxes are taken to use for the roads.
My point in the whole thread was we all pay for stuff we don't want to at times. Such is the nature of taxes.
"Give me the mass transit before you start charging me for not using it (and acting holier than thou.)"
Hey, I ride public transportation, or ride my bike or walk if the weather is nice. My taxes pay for the roads that you drive on everyday that I rarely use, just like your taxes pay for my buses you rarely use. I won't bitch if you don't.
Ok. Well thanks for setting me straight. How foolish of me to take a family member's word who works there over an anonymous stranger's word on Slashdot. What was I thinking??
Notice how they call it a "fulfillment center" instead of "storage warehouse"? What does that tell you? That is a temporary storage location and shipping and packaging center. Do you actually think they have all 1 billion items they sell bought and paid for sitting in a warehouse waiting to be bought by customers? There it is now way they could afford to own even 25% of their items that are "in stock". The difference between most brick and mortar retailers and Amazon is that real stores carry a n actual inventory of items, and order more when those are gone. (sure, based on forecasts). But Amazon doesn't carry all of their inventory, only when it is ordered do they "carry" the items. My cousin used to work for them out in Seattle and said most of the stuff they sell isn't in any of their "warehouses" for more than a day or two. I'm not claiming that Amazon doesn't have a physical building that they store stuff in - just that their "inventory" doesn't sit in warehouses for long periods of time waiting to be sold.
When you order something from them next day, they order from their distributor and have them ship directly to you next day. That's why sometimes you will receive items from them from a variety of locations (at least I have) and sometimes directly from another company. If Amazon has an exclusive partnership with another distributor, and is authorized to do business under their name, I would imagine legally it is the same as buying "from" Amazon. Maybe in the UK they don't ever ship directly from distributors and it is different from the USA due to laws.
"Not everyone who questions evolution is a biblical, 6-day, creationist."
I know. Some are totally manically, ridiculously simpleton, biblical, 6-day, creationist with no sense of logic or reason (and usually humor). See also - "I think the world is flat" and "The sun revolves around the Earth".
Are you sure that wasn't one of their processing, packaging, and shipping locations? I didn't think Amazon "owns" it's stock - very low overhead is how they make money. I would guess any warehouse space they have isn't used for long term storage of items.
Amazon stores? There is only one "store" and it exists virtually at Amazon.com - why do you think it takes a while to get stuff form them sometimes? It's not like they have an actual warehouse full of books and such. When you order form them, they order from someone else and either have them ship it directly to you, or ship to Amazon who then ships it to you. "In Stock" on their site means "available for us to order from a distributor" basically.
I had a Matrox card that would do that about 5 years ago. Too bad only about a dozen games or so supported it.
And people used to say the same thing about real-time 3D gaming in the late 80s. Along with - water and fire will never look realistic, you will never be able to render more than 10 frames per second, and nobody will ever buy an expensive video card with tons of memory and a FPU built in.
"How much blacker could these dark nanotubes be?"
"The answer is none. None more black."
"IMHO I don't fully understand the hype that's behind the Air. It's not nearly as revolutionary as people are suggesting."
Maybe Apple should have named it the Macbook HotAir?
That is the law (at least in the USA) - emergency vehicles can't run a red light unless their lights are on.
on the negative side you also have ABBA and Ace of Base. So please, bring your own native music if you go. Don't forget about that, it's not all sunshine in Sweden.
I could say the same about what you were taught, but I won't. Neither one of us is wrong, there is no such thing as "one correct answer". Seeing as everyone else where I live is taught the same, (and to a big part of the rest of the world) I don't feel that this is "ignorance". If you can explain how all the english speaking countries are wrong, and Latin America and Russia are right, I'm all ears.
Yes, I did. The article stated that there were 6 or 7 continents. A little picture on the side stated that sometimes North and South America are considered one continent. From the article you linked -
"A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, but seven areas are commonly regarded as continents - they are (from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe and Australia."
"North America and South America are now treated as separate continents in much of Western Europe, India, China, and most native English-speaking countries, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand[citation needed]. Furthermore, the concept of two American continents is prevalent in much of Asia."
So not really so much ignorance as what I was taught due to where I am from, the same as a good percentage of the rest of the world is taught.
Well, technically there are two continents - North America and South America. Sometimes these are combined as "the Americas", but I have never seen both continents referred to as "America" collectively before. And name any other country, besides the United States of America, that goes by the shortened term "America". I'll give you a hint, there aren't any. So thanks for the history lesson, and you are welcome for the common usage lesson.
You may resume splitting hairs.
"why the hell are the telcos even allowed to charge for this service to begin with?
Well, because one of the foundations for capitalism is that goods and services cost money? Why should the phone companies provide a service for free? They are corporations with a bottom line of turning a profit, not protecting a nation...
"machine dance is officially recognised as a dance discipline by the International Dance Organisation (IDO)."
And the IDO are officially recognized as asshats to me.
What, you would prefer another "BSD is Dead" article or perhaps one pointing out that Microsoft doesn't make the most secure products? At least it isn't a dupe. Yet.
"I heard Hitler liked breakfast, too.
If you are talking about the shots of methamphetamines and vitamins he used to receive first thing when he woke up by Dr. Theodor Morell, I suppose you could call that "breakfast". So I guess my morning shots of meth and vitamins are out now...
But did you manually install the large servo motors that make automatically turning the wheel possible? Disabling the ABS, probably, disabling manual braking and turning the wheel? Doubtful. And why not just peg the accelerator to wide open? Maximize the damage!
Just a shot in the dark, but I am guessing you are the author of the database you are pimping here??