I switched to a thumb controlled trackball for a while to curb some tendinitis, but discovered it just transferred the pain to my thumb. Now I just try to immobilize my wrist more and move my whole hand, and use a wrist gel pad, and sometimes even a wrist brace, if my wrist starts acting up. Also, cranking up the sensitivity can reduce the amount you need to physically move the mouse to cover the screen.
There you go. Also remember Robert Blake, Phil Spector, Jerry Lee Lewis and gaggles of others. Skin color has nothing to do with it. The only color that really matters is green. Rich people are never guilty.
Yeah because everyone know the US legal system HATES to lock up black men. Or is that just the "liberal media" spin on it? Or maybe it is because he hasn't yet been convicted of anything, and the investigation is still ongoing. Or do you think that as soon as someone is charged, they should go straight to jail without a trial? I mean, why would anyone ever be wrongly convicted of anything? If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear!
And Apple isn't helping this a bit with the stupid "I'm a PC/I'm a Mac" commercials either. And to be blunt, Apple has never really had the "raw technical comparison" edge - they rely on the "hipness quotient" of their products, and usually clever* advertising.
"You've got to stop with the idea that these sort of things are designed to figure out what you are thinking for some evil government plan. They aren't. They are designed to help make security systems more effective."
What a system is designed for and what a system is ultimately used for are two very different things. The road to hell is often paved with good intentions.
At least you can have a semi-normal conversation with a Windows machine. I started talking to a Mac and all it did was smugly name a bunch of indie bands it likes that I have never heard of, and then chastised all of the bands I like as "being to mainstream".
For someone who claims to believe in the decency of human nature, you sure seem ready to pass judgment on someone you don't even know. But I guess it is much easier to label someone than to practice what you preach. Just try to remember what someone once told me - humans are basically decent. That theoretically means we can have a philosophical discussion without trying take things too personally, or being offended by an opinion that differs from yours.
Well, thanks for clearing up the definitions of "big" and "small" for me.
But seriously, at what point does a successful small business earn the "big and evil" moniker in your book? How do you propose limiting the success of small businesses fairly? And in your eyes, can a "big business" exist without being evil? Because in your original post, you claimed "big business is what's destroying our country" and not "evil big business is what's destroying our country".
And yes, I would consider a chicken a successful egg. Because unsuccessful eggs is what I had for breakfast.
and for every exception to the greed rule you can come up with, there are hundreds where the motivation WAS greed.
And don't try to make it personal - you don't know me or have any idea what I am about. I may or may not be all about the profit, but you certainly have no way of knowing, and I wouldn't presume to know such things about you either. I am by no means condoning greed as a motivation, or declaring it as my motivation. Merely pointing out that it does exist, and there is no shortage of it.
Don't forget the jaywalkers, and people who tear the tag off the mattress too. If you are going to kill one non-violent criminal, you better get them all!
... are all about profit, not caring about someone else. And lord knows there has never been a doctor or lawyer that went into the field for the money!
"He was a criminal. If he was self-centered enough to make his living by fraud and theft, then it's not that much of a stretch for him to decide that if he was going to off himself, he'd take a few people with him."
Hitler had a dog. Hitler was a psychotic lunatic. Therefore anyone with a dog is a psychotic lunatic. That is some bulletproof logic there!
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I switched to a thumb controlled trackball for a while to curb some tendinitis, but discovered it just transferred the pain to my thumb. Now I just try to immobilize my wrist more and move my whole hand, and use a wrist gel pad, and sometimes even a wrist brace, if my wrist starts acting up. Also, cranking up the sensitivity can reduce the amount you need to physically move the mouse to cover the screen.
"Who's going to be liable when they copy your content and invariably spread your POC"
Anna Kournikova?
A-ha! Now we know the true reason that Apple rolled out the iClick 1-click buy buttons.
Funny, I was going to post almost the exact same thing, only not as a joke.
If you were the vandal you would be looking at it from a completely different angle...
Of course! And it is "idiotic" when it disagrees...
There you go. Also remember Robert Blake, Phil Spector, Jerry Lee Lewis and gaggles of others. Skin color has nothing to do with it. The only color that really matters is green. Rich people are never guilty.
Yeah because everyone know the US legal system HATES to lock up black men. Or is that just the "liberal media" spin on it? Or maybe it is because he hasn't yet been convicted of anything, and the investigation is still ongoing. Or do you think that as soon as someone is charged, they should go straight to jail without a trial? I mean, why would anyone ever be wrongly convicted of anything? If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear!
Or he is just the absolute best at hiding all his shady assets. Either way it IS admirable.
Lighten up Francis.
Do you realize that sometimes programmers resort to humor when they are frustrated? Or even sometimes when they are not frustrated?
Don't let that get in the way of your misguided rant though.
And Apple isn't helping this a bit with the stupid "I'm a PC/I'm a Mac" commercials either. And to be blunt, Apple has never really had the "raw technical comparison" edge - they rely on the "hipness quotient" of their products, and usually clever* advertising.
*see first sentence for the exception
With a 3:1 false positive ratio already, you wouldn't need to do anything out of the ordinary.
"You've got to stop with the idea that these sort of things are designed to figure out what you are thinking for some evil government plan. They aren't. They are designed to help make security systems more effective."
What a system is designed for and what a system is ultimately used for are two very different things. The road to hell is often paved with good intentions.
Gullible Grape. Yesterday it was Believable Berry.
At least you can have a semi-normal conversation with a Windows machine. I started talking to a Mac and all it did was smugly name a bunch of indie bands it likes that I have never heard of, and then chastised all of the bands I like as "being to mainstream".
For someone who claims to believe in the decency of human nature, you sure seem ready to pass judgment on someone you don't even know. But I guess it is much easier to label someone than to practice what you preach. Just try to remember what someone once told me - humans are basically decent. That theoretically means we can have a philosophical discussion without trying take things too personally, or being offended by an opinion that differs from yours.
Well, thanks for clearing up the definitions of "big" and "small" for me.
But seriously, at what point does a successful small business earn the "big and evil" moniker in your book? How do you propose limiting the success of small businesses fairly? And in your eyes, can a "big business" exist without being evil? Because in your original post, you claimed "big business is what's destroying our country" and not "evil big business is what's destroying our country".
And yes, I would consider a chicken a successful egg. Because unsuccessful eggs is what I had for breakfast.
and for every exception to the greed rule you can come up with, there are hundreds where the motivation WAS greed.
And don't try to make it personal - you don't know me or have any idea what I am about. I may or may not be all about the profit, but you certainly have no way of knowing, and I wouldn't presume to know such things about you either. I am by no means condoning greed as a motivation, or declaring it as my motivation. Merely pointing out that it does exist, and there is no shortage of it.
A "big business" is just a very successful "small business". So you are saying very successful small businesses are destroying our country??
Don't forget the jaywalkers, and people who tear the tag off the mattress too. If you are going to kill one non-violent criminal, you better get them all!
"Public interest lawsuits, seat belts, vaccines"
... are all about profit, not caring about someone else. And lord knows there has never been a doctor or lawyer that went into the field for the money!
"He was a criminal. If he was self-centered enough to make his living by fraud and theft, then it's not that much of a stretch for him to decide that if he was going to off himself, he'd take a few people with him."
Hitler had a dog. Hitler was a psychotic lunatic. Therefore anyone with a dog is a psychotic lunatic. That is some bulletproof logic there!
"Most likely it was a guy named Bubba that had a 12 in surprise for his "wife" back in the cell."
I highly doubt "Bubba" would be serving time in a minimum security prison. They don't call it federal "pound you in the ass" prison for nothing!!
My bad. I meant to say "Welsh is still British", not English.