Posts by Oninoshiko

Re: This is all you need to know

You forgot the parts where none of these groups know the actual terms of what the FCC wants to do.

Conclusion: All of them are talking out of the arse.

I can honestly say I don't know what NN is. I know what it SHOULD be, but I don't know what the FCC want to do and CALL it NN. I suppose you could argue NN is what it is, and the FCC's opinion doesn't matter, but pragmatically, that's an incredibly naive position.

"Should all cars be one colour"

Ford thought it was a good idea.

Re: Snowballing

No, I'm say me and everyone outside the Linux-centric world uses the word correctly.

Here's the famous flamewar from '92 between Andy Tanenbaum and Linus. Let me quote Linus' post:

"True, linux is monolithic, and I agree that microkernels are nicer."

He doesn't dispute Tanenbaum's (correct!) definition at all (although, he also needs to learn the difference between loose and lose). So not only did the old Linux docs misuse the term, but Linus KNEW it (although it's possible he didn't write it, and wasn't paying attention to documentation. The Linux world is known for poor documentation)

Re: Implanted inside the skull or worn on the skin?

are you kidding?

The cops would be utterly TERRIFIED of this. Just camera phones are already a sore point.

Re: /sigh

Gotta admit, I'm with Lionel. I actually HAVE used that feature. Not a lot, mind you, but I have used it when someone wanted a look at what I was playing (poorly).

Re: Further proof...

1) Good god, what's wrong with them?!

2) There is no 2

3) Given that you can trust the government (as much of a stretch as that is), You're still sending enough information to steal your identity over unsecured networks (you should assume ALL networks are unsecured anyway) in plaintext.

The reason I used a postcard in my example is non-encrypted email is the digital equivalent of a postcard. You should just ASSUME everyone has it at that point.

I realize that not everyone is an elReg commantard, and so may not grasp the finer points of security, but a basic understanding of some of this needs to be given before you're allowed to use a computer.

Re: Rubella and birth defects

I'm afraid, AC, you need to look it up:

'When a critical portion of a community is immunized against a contagious disease, most members of the community are protected against that disease because there is little opportunity for an outbreak. Even those who are not eligible for certain vaccines—such as infants, pregnant women, or immunocompromised individuals—get some protection because the spread of contagious disease is contained. This is known as "community immunity."'

http://www.vaccines.gov/basics/protection/

Tis better to be thought the fool then speak and remove all doubt.

my phone must have shipped with 20 or so things on it, you know how many I use?

4:

Phone

SMS/MMS (whatever they are calling the app this week)

Email

Browser

Give me a phone that does those things only and those things WELL. Anything else I can (and am happy to) install from the app store. Heck, even those I'd be willing to pull in from the app store.

Re: I don't follow

More interestingly is that he including years in his countdown timer. really? it's been counting down for long enough that he needed it for years in advance?

Re: A law is the wrong way to go

There already is a federal law on the matter:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

-- Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America

A shame everyone is willing to trample all over the highest law in the land.

Re: I miss the old days

That's okay, Linux isn't a general purpose operating system. It's a kernel.

In order to qualify as a OS it would have to include more. At least as much as solaris' OS/Net consolidation.

"Did you read the article?? The FCC proposals specifically state that price regulation won't be enforced."

And if I where challenging it, that would be one of my challenges. Particularly that the USF contributions MUST be paid by all Title 2 entities, and the FCC doesn't have the authority to apply it selectively.

Re: Does US law have a definition of a "Criminal threat"?

Criminal threat n. "The People"

Re: VMWare client

I'm not, they already put everything else on flash. Not that it's a good idea, mind you. It's all slow. Personally, I'll miss the C# version. It worked well.

Re: Rahm doesn't take the train

you're a little off, the L dates to the 19th century.

Rahm is one of the windier windbags in the windy-city.

Re: Experts?

"So who does the appointing? Who gets appointed? The only thing that changes is the time limit for the office."

Read it again, the proposal is to have it decided by drawing or casting of lots.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=definition+draw+lots&l=1

Which is to say, a national lottery (note the same root-word, of "lot").

Re: I don't see that it should be a problem

At this point IE is standards complaint, so I fail to see your point.

Re: However...

yep, I'm so not buying the "officer safety" line.

If you really want to shoot a cop, just walk around till you see one, then shoot. That's what this last nutter did.

note: I do not condone violence against cops, so please don't do that. I also do not condone lackluster prosecutors when they end up on the defense in court though, which is why there is such an anti-cop mentality lately.

Re: A long way to go

Apparently we're following different projects.

FD deceived their supporters about the status of development right up until a week before release, where they dropped the bombshell they would be dropping promised features, not because they weren't possible, but because it didn't "fit his visions," and no refunds on the bait-and-switch. Personally, I think DB should be a bit more like Stevie Nicks and keep his visions to himself, and instead fulfill his promises.

OTOH, CIG puts out information at such a rate it's almost impossible to keep up on it all. Seriously, if you aren't on their site at least once a day, you miss things. While their site redesign sucks, there is a ton of information about all levels of development there. Systems, programming, debugging, lore... that's just in the official planned announcements, devs are in the forums every day responding to the community. I keep seeing this complaint, but short of putting the code on Github, I don't see any way for them to be more open. I have not seen anywhere NEAR the openness from FD.

As to S42 it's been made episodic and the first episode is scheduled to drop this year. This was announced.

Re: "In no way am I suggesting that INgrooves is an evil bunch of bastards"

In the US atleast, you should be able to claim "Slander of Title" (IIRC that's what Novell filed against SCO for). It does require a willingness to take it to court.