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"can u say that again without all the big words?" (/satire)
-TaoPhoenix (August 19, 2012, 09:33 AM)
I had this conversation with my boss once. It went something to the tune of why replace what still works well when all you're doing is changing things around and not really adding anything new. At the time we were talking about cars, and how a 20+ year old car did everything a modern car did just as well if not better (It was beating the MPG of newer cars by a lot), but it applies very much to computers as well.-SeraphimLabs (August 18, 2012, 11:41 PM)
Btw since it hasn't been said in this thread yet -- a virtual machine is an absolutely essential tool these days; it lets you test software safely and without polluting your real machine.At the risk of appearing as dumb as I really am, I need to ask how this works. If I install a program on a virtual machine and the program turns out to be malware that starts doing harm when you install it, how am I better protected if this happens on a virtual machine rather than on my real machine? Obviously just getting rid of the malware program isn't enough. Do I have to remove the virtual machine? Is that what will solve the problem? And does that mean that every time I encounter a problem, I have to trash the virtual machine and start over again?-mouser (August 18, 2012, 11:52 AM)-cyberdiva (August 18, 2012, 04:58 PM)
They don't understand modern technologies, lack features, they're buggy, have security holes and prevent you from seeing the web the way it should be seen.
A COWBOY TOMBSTONE . Here are the Five Rules for Men to Follow for a Happy Life that Russell J. Larsen had inscribed on his headstone in Logan , Utah . He died not knowing that he would win the 'Coolest Headstone' contest. FIVE RULES FOR MEN TO FOLLOW FOR A HAPPY LIFE:
1. It's important to have a woman who helps at home, cooks from time to time, cleans up, and has a job.
2. It's important to have a woman who can make you laugh.
3. It's important to have a woman who you can trust, and doesn't lie to you.
4. It's important to have a woman who is good in bed, and likes to be with you.
5. It's very, very important that these four women do not know each other or you could end up dead like me.-kyrathaba (August 18, 2012, 11:45 AM)
Btw since it hasn't been said in this thread yet -- a virtual machine is an absolutely essential tool these days; it lets you test software safely and without polluting your real machine.-mouser (August 18, 2012, 11:52 AM)
Jackmeoff Mudd Arrested In Fort Lauderdale
A South Florida man with an unfortunate name -- or a strong commitment to pranking police -- was arrested last Friday on a litany of charges in Fort Lauderdale.
Jackmeoff Mudd, 54, was arrested on charges of assault, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer, possession of alcohol in an open container, and violation of probation.
Tangentially related to the topic meme: If you're not working, nothing is NSFW!-TaoPhoenix (August 18, 2012, 03:15 AM)
Look at me I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day-4wd (August 18, 2012, 06:12 AM)
Discussion area on forum here.-mouser (August 17, 2012, 09:17 PM)
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(see attachment in previous post)-Curt (August 18, 2012, 05:26 AM)
looks good, but I only work with firefox and opera-kalos (August 17, 2012, 01:54 PM)
Ren, can I have the Kangaroo Taco recipe?-kyrathaba (August 09, 2012, 07:01 AM)
Thanks for the comments.. the lack of snapshot feature would definitely make it less useful for me.
-Jibz (August 17, 2012, 12:46 PM)
)And thinking about it more, I wonder if the break down in diplomatic actions and language are just a mirror of the breakdown in communication in every other area in current times. I think in the days of the Cold War, there was an unspoken etiquette between all sides in addition to a lack of a forum for such things, so the idea that a country would have even had to threaten to storm an embassy would never have even occurred because things would never have even gotten this far- a media outlet wouldn't have touched anything like this, and there was no open internet.-wraith808 (August 17, 2012, 09:09 AM)
+100 - There seems to be an overall breakdown in respect for ones fellow man. People just walk around being nice in a medically induced politically correct fog ... but no one really seems to respect anything, anyone, or even themselves. It's all just scepter banging and posturing now.-Stoic Joker (August 17, 2012, 10:26 AM)
I think in the days of the Cold War, there was an unspoken etiquette between all sides
There seems to be an overall breakdown in respect for ones fellow man. People just walk around being nice in a medically induced politically correct fog ... but no one really seems to respect anything, anyone, or even themselves. It's all just scepter banging and posturing now.
Which is why the UK is at such pains to find some "legal" way of removing the status of "embassy" from Ecuador's holding before taking any direct action. Because in a nutshell, storming an embassy - any embassy for any reason - is simply not done.-40hz (August 17, 2012, 10:24 AM)
Amazing what the absence of the Cold War (and the threat of nuclear annihilation) can do for the levels of aggression many governments are now willing to indulge in.
-40hz (August 17, 2012, 10:34 AM)
I stand corrected regarding VmWare Player. From the web, regarding VmWare Player:In the latest version it can both create and edit virtual machines while it earlier could only possible to run pre-built VMs.
It used to be that VmWare Player could not be used to create virtual machines, only run those created by others. But it seems the new version can create them too -- that's very cool.-mouser (August 17, 2012, 09:55 AM)
Interesting article from former CIA man on Assange debacle: 'Not even in Cold War’s darkest days'-wraith808 (August 17, 2012, 07:48 AM)
This was unheard of even during the worst days of the Cold War. If someone sought refuge in the US Embassy in Moscow or the Soviet Embassy in the United States, despite the friction, despite the enmity between those two countries, international law was always honored. This is unprecedented.
UK against Ecuador, not so much...
Apple lawyer faces 'smoking crack' jibe by patent judge
Judge Koh became frustrated when Apple's lawyer suggested he could call 22 witnesses in four hours
The judge in a high profile US patent trial involving Apple and Samsung has said the iPhone maker's lawyer must be on drugs if he thought she would accept his list of potential witnesses.
William Lee had named 22 people he wanted to rebut testimony given by Samsung's choice of experts.
"Unless you're smoking crack you know these witnesses aren't going to be called" said Judge Lucy Koh.
Mr Lee replied: "Your honour, I'm not smoking crack. I can promise you that."
The Ecuadorian government announced on Thursday that it will grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asylum, defying threats from the UK government that British authorities would forcibly seize Assange from the Ecuadorean embassy if Ecuador granted Assange's request.
...not nearly the holding-back-progress showstopper deadbeat massively-exploited and standards-violating P.O.S that IE6 is-f0dder (August 16, 2012, 02:31 PM)
All we'll see is more games and "apps" and web crap. It will be a while before computers actually get a seriously usable interface that integrates different input methods. The key will be voice, which is so locked down right now that it is completely unusable by anyone except the largest software houses/vendors. e.g. Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, Google, etc. Nobody else can realistically use voice because the model is so completely broken and skewed against innovation. I've ranted before about voice. Same applies, but worse. (I've been working on voice for a while now, and get to peer a bit deeper into the abyss than most...)