Thanks for assuming that all Americans are retarded! Real big of you. Play on the same field as the Americans that are stupid rather than rise above them.
What are the statistics for hacked bank accounts and the like because of that system? Similar for Oyster cards (though I've already seen some numbers for Oyster cards) if anyone can. What kind of security is being implemented in this? Can someone using a "blue tooth sniper rifle" get access to the card information (or my account information) by hacking my phone via bluetooth? Or how bout using the actual 3G connection the device is using?
I *love* electronic cash. Way easier to deal with. But I"m not going to open myself up to attack just for the sake of convenience.
To each his own I suppose. I prefered the episodes with Pearl, Brain Guy, Bobo, and Mike. The weird mad scientist guy annoyed the crap out of me. The filler (eg when they weren't just making fun of the movies) was more entertaining for me with Mike/Pearl than Joel and stuff. Just, never laughed really at anything that happened then when it was joel and the scientist.
I liked more of the movies too, and the jokes they made about them.
The problem here was that a LOT of the "Vista Capable" computers couldn't run *notepad* at a reasonable pace. 512MB is like trying to run XP on 128MB, but worse do to the extra video card requirements. If you had the hardware, Vista is pretty decent (now), but "Vista Capable" is a total marketing scam.
Technically, if you're really "buying in" to it, so would religion. It makes you feel better. Everything will be okay. Your enemies and other bad people will get punished. You will get rewarded. It helps some sleep at night.
In case you are wondering why you were modded troll, it is because all of what you said has been proven to be 100% bullshit. Even George W Bush defended the Clinton Administration and said there was no vandalism. And face it, Bush is the kind of guy that would tell people loudly if there were any.
I'm not sure how your post is getting modded up informative. It's not like it makes a whole lot of sense. I don't even know where to begin since I don't think there is one thing there that makes sense aside from large urban centers not being good for the environment, but even that isn't precisely accurate.
Let's start there: Large urban centers are not good for the local environment. Potentially, they could have little effect on the global environment. Currently that's not the case but given more efficient technology we'll lower our impact. We just need to expand public transportation. More electric or hybrid engines put in buses and trains (which most urban centers are working on improving already) with more destinations will reduce the need for people to own their own car. Actually, already a lot of people in places like NYC don't even own cars but they do use Taxi's in addition to subways/trains/buses.
Let's take a look at your "closer to work" arguments. Let's see, going back far enough you had peasants who lived in town and walked out farm the lands outside the city/village. Moving forward to the Dark Ages, craftsmen tended to live in their shops. There have always been commutes for miners, though sometimes from nearby camps rather than from the a town or city.
Really, people have been living close to work for a while because they had to walk everywhere. Once the steam engine was designed is when people started spreading out for the simple reason of why move (which is usually expensive) when you don't have to? Horses were a sign of wealth for much of the early periods of man. In the cultures where every man had a horse, they tended to be nomads anyways.
So really I want to know what "many reasons" and how it was "largely abandoned" for them. The only explanation I see is economical. It is easier for the common person to pay 5 cents a day to get to work than spend 50 dollars in one shot to move. Particularly when they have mouths to feed.
Because of this, we've made technology that makes it easier for us to not live near our work. Because again, its easier to make a better engine than redesign a city.
Which by the way, is a small reason people started moving farther from their work as well. Different zones have different needs for placement. Industrial zones for example usually need access to a main road or the river so they can move freight. Restaurants and similar commercial endeavors you want near where people work or on their way home. The homes themselves just need some space and to be distanced from the industrial zones and so forth.
Beyond that I can think of nothing. You seem to have implied that there were too many reasons to list in your post. So what are they? I can think of a whole two: transportation and development. Both subcategories of economics in this case.
Oh... And how exactly would everyone walking/riding their bike to work be a "disaster"?
Until MS makes a hookup to my car stereo that doesn't require an FM transmitter or AUX jack I kinda regret buying my Zune. I can't even Rockbox it yet.
Well, frankly that IS good advice. Knowledge is power. Just because it is good advice though doesn't mean it shouldn't be limited in some circumstances, such as a government's ability to monitor the citizens.
Way to invoke Godwin's Law. By the way, do you think certain subjects should just be censored? Personally I'd rather everyone read Mein Kampf at a certain age so they can see how twisted and evil Hitler actually was. The crazy bastards that'd agree with it are going to anyways even if they know it or not.
Mod this guy Insightful or Underrated whichever is more Karma. I find few people that seem to actually understand what politically was happening in WW2. Most people are just interested in the fighting and military tech.
For me, Seagate has always been the "K-Mart" hard drive company. The WD's I've owned are always rock solid and only get replaecd when I need to increase the capacity. My Seagates tend to freak out and fail inside of 8 months. I don't like reformatting my PC THAT much. When I switched to WD it became only 1-3 times a year and always for software issues or me wanting to start fresh.
This is why WD and Seagate have a healthy rivalry, much like ATI and NVIDIA did/do. Everyone has their own bad experiences because hey, SOMEONE has to get the bad ones in the batch. Unless I'm tight on cash though I never bother with a Seagate. I'll spend the extra 20-30 bucks to get the WD (when they aren't the same price...)
DEA does drug crimes. FBI does investigate sex crimes. FBI does do some drug crimes I guess, but usually by accident. They're more into the "cool" crimes like Murder, Sex, and Cyber.
Then A) get a different provider or B) DON'T sign the contract and get a lawyer. Legally they can't keep you from using your own phone you bought if its actually compatible with their system. This is why I love T-Mobile. SIM cards make it easy and you don't even have to bother them with it.
You put the computer in a public room of the house, not in their bedroom. That will stop most instances of the problem.
You can also follow the easy step by step directions available from Microsoft to setup user accounts so your kids are limited in what they view.
Better yet you can look into content filtering (just like you looked into what to feed your toddler/infant) and do something simple like OpenDNS or Content Watch or Net Nanny and not have to worry about it 99% of the time.
In short: Be A Parent. Get Involved. Do what you did when you first had your kid and were freaking out that you didn't know anything about raising a kid. Your job isn't done until they are moved out, and even then your kids need you (even if they never talk to you and generally don't visit on the holidays).
There is a very real problem of people not being responsible anymore. Just two generations ago this kind of apathy would of been outrageous. Now its the status quo.
Remember kids, Open Source is only potentially better than Closed Source. If you aren't a developer (or decent amateur programmer) a program that is Open Source and not on your platform or hasn't been worked on actively for a while is just as useless as an unsupported and outdated Closed Source application.
Actually there was a separate one for the Scorpions album you are referring to, at least in England and Germany and a few other places in Europe. Granted this is a US case but still. This is a law based on morality, and I think most people the world over agree its a total BS case in this instance. At least the people that think pre-marital intercourse and adult pornography is okay.
Sorry, that was a typo on the first amendment. That's the 14th actually. My head is gone today. Kind of proves the point though that most people probably don't even know what the Amendments even are.
And there is a big handy DISCLAIMER at the beginning and near the end of the Bill of Rights that renders your argument invalid.
Per Amendment I: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Per Amendment IX: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Just because its not listed, does not make it a Right you don't have! Also black people are people too! Same with women and so forth. If you are human, you are protected by the Constitution. And according to some people Animals are People too, and if enough people agree it will eventually be the law. I hope I never see that day, I like to eat beef and fish.
Um, actually "space ship" has only ever been defined as a "ship" that travels through "outer space". So you are entirely wrong in your posts in saying a truck is a "space ship".
Blame the people that decided "outer space" was too awkward of a term and started calling it "space" instead. Research it yourself if you don't believe me either. Even popular SciFi does this ("Space...the Final Frontier" or "Space: Above and Beyond" and so on) and even official agencies (NASA is all about Outer Space endeavors. Anything done on Earth has been a byproduct of preparing for traversing outer space and studying the aeronautics part of the name).
It's one thing to be pedantic, but you have to be accurate and correct about it as well.
I'm curious how Google's mail folders don't make sense. It was implied in your statement that Yahoo's folders make sense. I normally use my gmail through Outlook (have to use it at work for the exchange server) but from what I remember it has an inbox, outbox, archive, and spam folders by default and then you can make your own labels to organize how you want. And those become their own folders when you use a client and gmail with IMAP.
Second: Information does not travel faster than c. I'm sorry but what they found was not FTL travel or transfer of information. It appears they rediscovered quantum entanglement.
Of course, c can theoretically change depending on the (for lack of a better term) quality of the vacuum light is traveling through, but it'd still be the speed limit for that vacuum.
One of the reasons special relativity is so special is that it seems to be very accurate. When scientists irrefutably have proven FTL travel or communication to exist, believe me you'll know. Not even Slashdot would be able to bungle the title of that article. And there will be a massive uproar and excited discussion on physics sites, blogs, and forums everywhere when it happens. If you notice, that hasn't happened yet. So far, c is still the universal speed limit.
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Thanks for assuming that all Americans are retarded! Real big of you. Play on the same field as the Americans that are stupid rather than rise above them.
What are the statistics for hacked bank accounts and the like because of that system? Similar for Oyster cards (though I've already seen some numbers for Oyster cards) if anyone can. What kind of security is being implemented in this? Can someone using a "blue tooth sniper rifle" get access to the card information (or my account information) by hacking my phone via bluetooth? Or how bout using the actual 3G connection the device is using?
I *love* electronic cash. Way easier to deal with. But I"m not going to open myself up to attack just for the sake of convenience.
To each his own I suppose. I prefered the episodes with Pearl, Brain Guy, Bobo, and Mike. The weird mad scientist guy annoyed the crap out of me. The filler (eg when they weren't just making fun of the movies) was more entertaining for me with Mike/Pearl than Joel and stuff. Just, never laughed really at anything that happened then when it was joel and the scientist.
I liked more of the movies too, and the jokes they made about them.
But as I said, to each their own.
So you aren't interested in new information then? Or updated info? Well, at least you have the Library to go to still....
The problem here was that a LOT of the "Vista Capable" computers couldn't run *notepad* at a reasonable pace. 512MB is like trying to run XP on 128MB, but worse do to the extra video card requirements. If you had the hardware, Vista is pretty decent (now), but "Vista Capable" is a total marketing scam.
Technically, if you're really "buying in" to it, so would religion. It makes you feel better. Everything will be okay. Your enemies and other bad people will get punished. You will get rewarded. It helps some sleep at night.
WHY DID I UNDERSTAND!? It didn't even trip me up. I blame the Internets, we should ban it!
In case you are wondering why you were modded troll, it is because all of what you said has been proven to be 100% bullshit. Even George W Bush defended the Clinton Administration and said there was no vandalism. And face it, Bush is the kind of guy that would tell people loudly if there were any.
I'm not sure how your post is getting modded up informative. It's not like it makes a whole lot of sense. I don't even know where to begin since I don't think there is one thing there that makes sense aside from large urban centers not being good for the environment, but even that isn't precisely accurate.
Let's start there: Large urban centers are not good for the local environment. Potentially, they could have little effect on the global environment. Currently that's not the case but given more efficient technology we'll lower our impact. We just need to expand public transportation. More electric or hybrid engines put in buses and trains (which most urban centers are working on improving already) with more destinations will reduce the need for people to own their own car. Actually, already a lot of people in places like NYC don't even own cars but they do use Taxi's in addition to subways/trains/buses.
Let's take a look at your "closer to work" arguments. Let's see, going back far enough you had peasants who lived in town and walked out farm the lands outside the city/village. Moving forward to the Dark Ages, craftsmen tended to live in their shops. There have always been commutes for miners, though sometimes from nearby camps rather than from the a town or city.
Really, people have been living close to work for a while because they had to walk everywhere. Once the steam engine was designed is when people started spreading out for the simple reason of why move (which is usually expensive) when you don't have to? Horses were a sign of wealth for much of the early periods of man. In the cultures where every man had a horse, they tended to be nomads anyways.
So really I want to know what "many reasons" and how it was "largely abandoned" for them. The only explanation I see is economical. It is easier for the common person to pay 5 cents a day to get to work than spend 50 dollars in one shot to move. Particularly when they have mouths to feed.
Because of this, we've made technology that makes it easier for us to not live near our work. Because again, its easier to make a better engine than redesign a city.
Which by the way, is a small reason people started moving farther from their work as well. Different zones have different needs for placement. Industrial zones for example usually need access to a main road or the river so they can move freight. Restaurants and similar commercial endeavors you want near where people work or on their way home. The homes themselves just need some space and to be distanced from the industrial zones and so forth.
Beyond that I can think of nothing. You seem to have implied that there were too many reasons to list in your post. So what are they? I can think of a whole two: transportation and development. Both subcategories of economics in this case.
Oh... And how exactly would everyone walking/riding their bike to work be a "disaster"?
Until MS makes a hookup to my car stereo that doesn't require an FM transmitter or AUX jack I kinda regret buying my Zune. I can't even Rockbox it yet.
Well, frankly that IS good advice. Knowledge is power. Just because it is good advice though doesn't mean it shouldn't be limited in some circumstances, such as a government's ability to monitor the citizens.
Way to invoke Godwin's Law. By the way, do you think certain subjects should just be censored? Personally I'd rather everyone read Mein Kampf at a certain age so they can see how twisted and evil Hitler actually was. The crazy bastards that'd agree with it are going to anyways even if they know it or not.
Mod this guy Insightful or Underrated whichever is more Karma. I find few people that seem to actually understand what politically was happening in WW2. Most people are just interested in the fighting and military tech.
For me, Seagate has always been the "K-Mart" hard drive company. The WD's I've owned are always rock solid and only get replaecd when I need to increase the capacity. My Seagates tend to freak out and fail inside of 8 months. I don't like reformatting my PC THAT much. When I switched to WD it became only 1-3 times a year and always for software issues or me wanting to start fresh.
This is why WD and Seagate have a healthy rivalry, much like ATI and NVIDIA did/do. Everyone has their own bad experiences because hey, SOMEONE has to get the bad ones in the batch. Unless I'm tight on cash though I never bother with a Seagate. I'll spend the extra 20-30 bucks to get the WD (when they aren't the same price...)
DEA does drug crimes. FBI does investigate sex crimes. FBI does do some drug crimes I guess, but usually by accident. They're more into the "cool" crimes like Murder, Sex, and Cyber.
Then A) get a different provider or B) DON'T sign the contract and get a lawyer. Legally they can't keep you from using your own phone you bought if its actually compatible with their system. This is why I love T-Mobile. SIM cards make it easy and you don't even have to bother them with it.
You put the computer in a public room of the house, not in their bedroom. That will stop most instances of the problem.
You can also follow the easy step by step directions available from Microsoft to setup user accounts so your kids are limited in what they view.
Better yet you can look into content filtering (just like you looked into what to feed your toddler/infant) and do something simple like OpenDNS or Content Watch or Net Nanny and not have to worry about it 99% of the time.
In short: Be A Parent. Get Involved. Do what you did when you first had your kid and were freaking out that you didn't know anything about raising a kid. Your job isn't done until they are moved out, and even then your kids need you (even if they never talk to you and generally don't visit on the holidays).
There is a very real problem of people not being responsible anymore. Just two generations ago this kind of apathy would of been outrageous. Now its the status quo.
They always forget that bit. And the bit that its actually a good thing!
Remember kids, Open Source is only potentially better than Closed Source. If you aren't a developer (or decent amateur programmer) a program that is Open Source and not on your platform or hasn't been worked on actively for a while is just as useless as an unsupported and outdated Closed Source application.
Actually there was a separate one for the Scorpions album you are referring to, at least in England and Germany and a few other places in Europe. Granted this is a US case but still. This is a law based on morality, and I think most people the world over agree its a total BS case in this instance. At least the people that think pre-marital intercourse and adult pornography is okay.
And screwed up again. 9th, not 14th. I'm going to sleep now.
Sorry, that was a typo on the first amendment. That's the 14th actually. My head is gone today. Kind of proves the point though that most people probably don't even know what the Amendments even are.
And there is a big handy DISCLAIMER at the beginning and near the end of the Bill of Rights that renders your argument invalid.
Per Amendment I: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Per Amendment IX: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Just because its not listed, does not make it a Right you don't have! Also black people are people too! Same with women and so forth. If you are human, you are protected by the Constitution. And according to some people Animals are People too, and if enough people agree it will eventually be the law. I hope I never see that day, I like to eat beef and fish.
Um, actually "space ship" has only ever been defined as a "ship" that travels through "outer space". So you are entirely wrong in your posts in saying a truck is a "space ship".
Blame the people that decided "outer space" was too awkward of a term and started calling it "space" instead. Research it yourself if you don't believe me either. Even popular SciFi does this ("Space...the Final Frontier" or "Space: Above and Beyond" and so on) and even official agencies (NASA is all about Outer Space endeavors. Anything done on Earth has been a byproduct of preparing for traversing outer space and studying the aeronautics part of the name).
It's one thing to be pedantic, but you have to be accurate and correct about it as well.
I'm curious how Google's mail folders don't make sense. It was implied in your statement that Yahoo's folders make sense. I normally use my gmail through Outlook (have to use it at work for the exchange server) but from what I remember it has an inbox, outbox, archive, and spam folders by default and then you can make your own labels to organize how you want. And those become their own folders when you use a client and gmail with IMAP.
So how are Yahoo's better? Or are they the same?
First: Yes, FTL travel is the same thing as time travel according to Einstein's theory.
Second: Information does not travel faster than c. I'm sorry but what they found was not FTL travel or transfer of information. It appears they rediscovered quantum entanglement.
Of course, c can theoretically change depending on the (for lack of a better term) quality of the vacuum light is traveling through, but it'd still be the speed limit for that vacuum.
One of the reasons special relativity is so special is that it seems to be very accurate. When scientists irrefutably have proven FTL travel or communication to exist, believe me you'll know. Not even Slashdot would be able to bungle the title of that article. And there will be a massive uproar and excited discussion on physics sites, blogs, and forums everywhere when it happens. If you notice, that hasn't happened yet. So far, c is still the universal speed limit.