And once he forces the courts to do so, he'll go right to Fox News and get constant air-time claiming how there's a conspiracy against him, orchestrated by gamers, the liberal agenda, courts, and more that he won't deign to name. The net effect is far more publicity than he would get otherwise.
Of course, this doesn't mean that he shouldn't be disbarred. What it means is that Fox should stop their pandering and stop putting him on air after each tragedy so he can blame a boogieman with no evidence whatsoever. But, sadly, they seem to be addicted to it.
Common sense? Really? Most people, when they buy their first computer, expect it to "just work." They expect everything to be fine as it is, and for the patches (if they've ever heard of them) to be nice, but unnecessary.
After all, what they were sold is good enough, right? They didn't exactly buy the "turn your computer into a botnet zombie" feature (bad jokes featuring MS aside). They still expect companies to have integrity, and to make products that actually work, and that don't explode when you turn around. Common sense in this situation would be "companies can't ship products with security holes, they'd get sued!"
And yeah, I am aware that the parent is probably joking, but someone modded it insightful.:(
The People's Car, slated to be unveiled January 10th at a New Delhi auto show, will carry a...
It's kind of hard for pictures to be available when it hasn't even been unveiled yet. Of course, I'm not even sure why an announcement of an announcement is news, but what can you do?
It's not like anyone is forcing you to join it or other social networking sites. If you must join it, just have a cursory account and don't update it, ever. Just use it to read your friend's news or whatnot.
You can only lose privacy in this sort of thing if you give the info out to begin with. If you don't do that, you're pretty safe.
I ask you to honor my request to retract two brief passages, as follows:
On page 121: "Directions for the reproduction of plans, for energy and the extraction of parts from the current environment, for the growth sequence, and for the effector mechanisms translating instructions into growth--all had to be simultaneously present at that moment [of life's birth]."
On page 125: "From the probability standpoint, the ordering of the present environment into a single amino acid molecule would be utterly improbable in all the time and space available for the origin of terrestrial life."
That is all, he is not retracting his entire article. It is impossible to tell this from the headline link, however; said headline presents the story as the scientist retracting his entire paper. Which is wrong, unless my reading comprehension is absolutely nonexistent today, but I don't think that's the case.
Deliberate extinction as a tool to force others to conform is not something that I approve of, but if the people voluntarily switch, I couldn't care less and would probably call it a good thing. I mean, language is not like cuisine or dress. It has it's value only in that other people understand it. I imagine that the members of the groups who spoke these languages will still eat the same stuff; they'll just require fewer translators.
Yeah, that's definitely the best way to do things - giving Microsoft another box of ammo in the proverbial war. "Oh no, all these zealots joined the organization JUST TO HURT US. We're VICTIMS! It's unfounded! Don't support these lunatics!"
There are also some other issues to consider. What other responsibilities does this organization have? How will they be fulfilled them when the only reason people joined was to stick it to The Man? Or is everybody just going to quit cold turkey and give Microsoft reason to call for a recount/vote/whatever?
At the very least, I would not be surprised if the constantly mutating virus is actually opening itself up to new attack vectors that we just haven't found yet.
2 or 3 Katrina's a year Yes. Last year was definitely the worst hurricane season ever. I can't even remember the names of all the cities that got wiped out.
Ocarina of Time is not that good. You can stop rating it highly because it was A Link to the Past in 3D. (and this is from someone who has beaten it multiple times and watched speedruns of it - it's fun, but it's not timeless and it shouldn't be in the top 50, much less 10)
Also, RE4 controlled like molasses and the laser sight was invisible. I couldn't be bothered to finish it.
Honestly, this whole thing was a popularity contest, but... this list... it makes me cry. I mean, come on. FFXII would drop 50 places if you gave it another year.:/
Let me summarize what I understand so far: Google wants Microsoft to allow the option to switch default search programs, and is browbeating Microsoft over it. Now, I have a few questions about this situation...
One, isn't desktop search part of the operating system? I can see, vaguely, how bundling Internet Explorer could cause an antitrust complaint if Microsoft was an asshole in other ways (which they were). However, desktop search? Why does the ability to find files on your computer need competition? IE was a case of an external product being bundled in to compete on a completely different playing field outside the OS you just bought. Desktop search, however, is a case of using that OS to figure out what you did with that file you edited a few months ago, which is definitely an integral part of the OS. What's next, Google filing antitrust complaints that Microsoft doesn't allow a built-in option to switch to the GoogleOS they reveal next year or something?
(and yes, I am wondering if that analogy is flawed. however, I honestly can't pin down a reason. if it is, someone please correct me)
As I see it, MS allowing other search engines would be nice, but hardly necessary, and hardly something to get the government involved over. I'm not even sure *why* google wants to get it's own search engine in there anyways. I don't have any prior experience with google desktop and am unsure of the features, but the only way google could make money off this is to somehow link it to advertising or a paid service (either directly or including "features" that link to such a webpage). The search itself is quite useless in that regard... Really, from where I stand, this looks like a moneygrab/brand recognition thing that plays off everyone's "omg hate microsoft!" feelings.
However, given that I'm writing this without much thought on the matter, don't take me too seriously.
Actually, I am. And to reply to that; since when has government cared about wasting paper or raw materials? Furthermore, if we're trying to reduce paper consumption, I can think of many far better places to start than making voting inaccurate.
(offtopic) I would agree with your statement if you meant only the most famous RTS games (Starcraft/Command and Conquer, at least the early games, and probably Warcraft). However, there's a decent amount of games beneath the radar that are actually quite awesome and play quite differently. Refer to the Homeworld series by Relic Studios. Also, lately, Relic has been putting out some decent RTSs based around the principle of capturing strategic points on the map for resources instead of mining them (see: Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War and Company of Heroes). I'm sure there's more; those are just the ones I'm familiar with.
Yes, I suppose I am a Relic fanboy to some extent, although I don't worship the company. It has made a couple things I'd rather forget completely. (/offtopic)
You can't live up to expectations this high. How are you supposed to top what people already consider perfection? Of course, when you consider that the original wasn't even close to perfect, I suppose it becomes easier - just slightly.
Hey, if you have money, feel free to break the law all you want, so long as you don't physically hurt someone. And if you do, I'm sure your prison sentence can get reduced for good behavior (ie. showing up to court on the correct date).
"The deluge of data was apparently caused by a separate malfunctioning control device, known as a programmable logic controller (PLC)", as opposed to a DoS or slashdotting or some such.
Why, exactly, are the failsafe systems of a nuclear power plant hooked up to the Internet? Stuff like this needs to be completely sealed off from outside intrusion. And I mean completely. You don't need an internet connection to operate a power plant.
Granted, there's probably valid uses for it, but the computers with a 'net connection need to be isolated from the ones that actually keep the plant operating.
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And once he forces the courts to do so, he'll go right to Fox News and get constant air-time claiming how there's a conspiracy against him, orchestrated by gamers, the liberal agenda, courts, and more that he won't deign to name. The net effect is far more publicity than he would get otherwise.
Of course, this doesn't mean that he shouldn't be disbarred. What it means is that Fox should stop their pandering and stop putting him on air after each tragedy so he can blame a boogieman with no evidence whatsoever. But, sadly, they seem to be addicted to it.
Whatever helps the ratings, I guess.
Common sense? Really? Most people, when they buy their first computer, expect it to "just work." They expect everything to be fine as it is, and for the patches (if they've ever heard of them) to be nice, but unnecessary.
:(
After all, what they were sold is good enough, right? They didn't exactly buy the "turn your computer into a botnet zombie" feature (bad jokes featuring MS aside). They still expect companies to have integrity, and to make products that actually work, and that don't explode when you turn around. Common sense in this situation would be "companies can't ship products with security holes, they'd get sued!"
And yeah, I am aware that the parent is probably joking, but someone modded it insightful.
From the summary (not even the article!):
The People's Car, slated to be unveiled January 10th at a New Delhi auto show, will carry a...
It's kind of hard for pictures to be available when it hasn't even been unveiled yet. Of course, I'm not even sure why an announcement of an announcement is news, but what can you do?
It's not like anyone is forcing you to join it or other social networking sites. If you must join it, just have a cursory account and don't update it, ever. Just use it to read your friend's news or whatnot.
You can only lose privacy in this sort of thing if you give the info out to begin with. If you don't do that, you're pretty safe.
No, everybody uses Google because everyone else says Google is the best at performing searches. There is a difference.
read: http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/56234;jsessionid=aaah7j1zW7KfWl
The relevant portion:
I ask you to honor my request to retract two brief passages, as follows:
On page 121: "Directions for the reproduction of plans, for energy and the extraction of parts from the current environment, for the growth sequence, and for the effector mechanisms translating instructions into growth--all had to be simultaneously present at that moment [of life's birth]."
On page 125: "From the probability standpoint, the ordering of the present environment into a single amino acid molecule would be utterly improbable in all the time and space available for the origin of terrestrial life."
That is all, he is not retracting his entire article. It is impossible to tell this from the headline link, however; said headline presents the story as the scientist retracting his entire paper. Which is wrong, unless my reading comprehension is absolutely nonexistent today, but I don't think that's the case.
I believe the intent is to say that he will end up as a Darwin Award winner in the future, even if he hasn't yet managed the feat.
Deliberate extinction as a tool to force others to conform is not something that I approve of, but if the people voluntarily switch, I couldn't care less and would probably call it a good thing. I mean, language is not like cuisine or dress. It has it's value only in that other people understand it. I imagine that the members of the groups who spoke these languages will still eat the same stuff; they'll just require fewer translators.
If it gets people to stop saying Web 2.0, I'm all for it.
the average digg user is almost universally less technically savy then the average slashdot user. No I am not being sarcastic, they are dumber.
So not being technologically savvy => dumb? That's a nice way to single out the 99% of the population that doesn't enjoy your hobby and/or profession.
Yeah, it is their tactic. And if we adopt it, they will be the ones to finish the fight.
Yeah, that's definitely the best way to do things - giving Microsoft another box of ammo in the proverbial war. "Oh no, all these zealots joined the organization JUST TO HURT US. We're VICTIMS! It's unfounded! Don't support these lunatics!"
There are also some other issues to consider. What other responsibilities does this organization have? How will they be fulfilled them when the only reason people joined was to stick it to The Man? Or is everybody just going to quit cold turkey and give Microsoft reason to call for a recount/vote/whatever?
Then we find new drugs.
At the very least, I would not be surprised if the constantly mutating virus is actually opening itself up to new attack vectors that we just haven't found yet.
Ocarina of Time is not that good. You can stop rating it highly because it was A Link to the Past in 3D. (and this is from someone who has beaten it multiple times and watched speedruns of it - it's fun, but it's not timeless and it shouldn't be in the top 50, much less 10)
:/
Also, RE4 controlled like molasses and the laser sight was invisible. I couldn't be bothered to finish it.
Honestly, this whole thing was a popularity contest, but... this list... it makes me cry. I mean, come on. FFXII would drop 50 places if you gave it another year.
Let me summarize what I understand so far: Google wants Microsoft to allow the option to switch default search programs, and is browbeating Microsoft over it. Now, I have a few questions about this situation...
One, isn't desktop search part of the operating system? I can see, vaguely, how bundling Internet Explorer could cause an antitrust complaint if Microsoft was an asshole in other ways (which they were). However, desktop search? Why does the ability to find files on your computer need competition? IE was a case of an external product being bundled in to compete on a completely different playing field outside the OS you just bought. Desktop search, however, is a case of using that OS to figure out what you did with that file you edited a few months ago, which is definitely an integral part of the OS. What's next, Google filing antitrust complaints that Microsoft doesn't allow a built-in option to switch to the GoogleOS they reveal next year or something?
(and yes, I am wondering if that analogy is flawed. however, I honestly can't pin down a reason. if it is, someone please correct me)
As I see it, MS allowing other search engines would be nice, but hardly necessary, and hardly something to get the government involved over. I'm not even sure *why* google wants to get it's own search engine in there anyways. I don't have any prior experience with google desktop and am unsure of the features, but the only way google could make money off this is to somehow link it to advertising or a paid service (either directly or including "features" that link to such a webpage). The search itself is quite useless in that regard... Really, from where I stand, this looks like a moneygrab/brand recognition thing that plays off everyone's "omg hate microsoft!" feelings.
However, given that I'm writing this without much thought on the matter, don't take me too seriously.
Quicktime used to be better known for mpeg-1s, if I remember correctly.
Actually, I am. And to reply to that; since when has government cared about wasting paper or raw materials? Furthermore, if we're trying to reduce paper consumption, I can think of many far better places to start than making voting inaccurate.
You won't have hanging chads if you have this two-inch-square box on a piece of paper that you mark with an x or fill in.
Hell, you could probably enlarge the font for the visually impaired.
The Gilded Age says otherwise. Have you ever read any old late 1800s/early 1900s muckraker novels?
Things were far worse not so long ago, and I expect that things now will continue to get worse for quite a while until they get better.
(offtopic)
I would agree with your statement if you meant only the most famous RTS games (Starcraft/Command and Conquer, at least the early games, and probably Warcraft). However, there's a decent amount of games beneath the radar that are actually quite awesome and play quite differently. Refer to the Homeworld series by Relic Studios. Also, lately, Relic has been putting out some decent RTSs based around the principle of capturing strategic points on the map for resources instead of mining them (see: Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War and Company of Heroes). I'm sure there's more; those are just the ones I'm familiar with.
Yes, I suppose I am a Relic fanboy to some extent, although I don't worship the company. It has made a couple things I'd rather forget completely.
(/offtopic)
You can't live up to expectations this high. How are you supposed to top what people already consider perfection? Of course, when you consider that the original wasn't even close to perfect, I suppose it becomes easier - just slightly.
(Disclaimer: I hated the original Starcraft.)
Hey, if you have money, feel free to break the law all you want, so long as you don't physically hurt someone. And if you do, I'm sure your prison sentence can get reduced for good behavior (ie. showing up to court on the correct date).
Hmm, I probably should have RTFA
"The deluge of data was apparently caused by a separate malfunctioning control device, known as a programmable logic controller (PLC)", as opposed to a DoS or slashdotting or some such.
Oh well; ignore me.
Why, exactly, are the failsafe systems of a nuclear power plant hooked up to the Internet? Stuff like this needs to be completely sealed off from outside intrusion. And I mean completely. You don't need an internet connection to operate a power plant.
Granted, there's probably valid uses for it, but the computers with a 'net connection need to be isolated from the ones that actually keep the plant operating.