Comment Obligatory BTTF2 Quote (Score 1) 112
"You mean you have to use your hands?" -video game kid1
"That's like a baby's toy!" -video game kid 2
"Nope! Not anymore!" -Waterloo Labs Engineer
"You mean you have to use your hands?" -video game kid1
"That's like a baby's toy!" -video game kid 2
"Nope! Not anymore!" -Waterloo Labs Engineer
Based on a book called "China Inc.", Chinese labor today is even cheaper than slaves of US more than 100 years ago. It's a fact, face it or lose it.
And is the computer you are posting from made in US?
Just because the components were not made in the US does not by default mean they were made by slaves. In fact, I wholeheartedly admit that I do not know enough about the source of parts in the workstation I built.
That said, I am quite sure that they were not made at Foxconn in China, and I would take an educated guess and say that most of the parts were made in Taiwan or Malaysia by fairly compensated workers.
It's saddens me to learn that even with their 30% "pay" raise, that Foxconn slaves are still worth less than former US slaves.
Doesn't it kind of make sense for a country to develop same kind of defense mechanisms than what other countries have?
No it does not. Your logic is flawed because no one on Earth uses nuclear weapons. No one is fucking threatening Iran or North Korea with nuclear weapons. DUH. The US is the only country on the face of the Earth that ever has used nuclear weapons, and those two times were enough to make the overwhelming majority of people on Earth choose to NOT EVER USE THEM AGAIN. The US and others have signed a non-proliferation treaty. How dare you compare the US, Russia, France, Germany, Taiwan, Israel with Iran and North Korea when discussing nuclear weapons? Perhaps you are completely ignorant of the facts of history, such as the development, threat, usage and subsequent global banning of nuclear weapons?
The only reason other countries like Iran and North Korea want nuclear weapons is either to use them, or use the threat of using them, specifically to impose their will and totalitarian regimes on others.
Would you feel good if North Korea had nuclear weapons and USA didn't and they said they'll attack USA if they don't stop developing them?
Seriously, what type of bullshit enemy sympathizing flamebait is that? Would you feel good if I sat on your chest and punched your face until I got bored? I have no clue how you got modded +4 Informative unless I accept that those mods are just as utterly fucking ignorant as you are.
You clearly didn't read the links in the summary, which in itself provides little information. There's confusion and inconsistency in Google's
Since when is RTFA or even RTFS a prerequisite to bashing China?
China sells the US childs toys laced with or made entirely from poison. China sells the US fake Advil/Tylenol made from drywall. China is where fucking EVIL GREEDY CEOs buy slaves so they can fire US workers, because, well slaves are cheaper, DUH.
Fuck China, along with every single person that buys Apple products or cheap shit from Wal-Mart. You fuckers own human slaves. That is not flamebait, that is not trolling, that is the truth.
"I don't want to go on the cart!"
"Oh don't be such a baby"
He's not quite dead yet!
Yeah, this isn't about the deaf being able to hear music.
This is about every citizen having equal access to government
No, this is about people like yourself postulating that the internet is somehow a requirement for accessing the government. This argument is patently false, and you should not have received a +5 Insightful for your comment.
A blind man having a hard time navigating through life does not mean that my government should mandate that I pay higher taxes so that a particular technology that is not a requirement of any social services for said blind man be redesigned for blind people just because they want it.
A blind man lacks the abilities required to use the internet, in the very same way that I lack the ability to play professional basketball in the NBA. Using the internet and playing in the NBA are things people want to do, but are not required to do.
Can the internet be changed so blind people have more ability to use it? Yes. Can the rules of NBA be changed so people with worse skills have more ability to participate? Yes. Do I think this is something that benefits my society as a whole and therefore should be mandated and made possible through more taxes? FUCK NO.
Wow, that was an awful translation.
I don't like my subsidy at all, really. I would ideally like to be entirely self-sufficient and provide everything my child needs to survive and thrive. The truth of the matter is that such is not possible.
Whenever I can, I find ways to handle his needs outside the system in order to reduce our dependence (for example, buying a $500 netbook out of pocket instead of having medical assistance buy the $8000 "medically approved" assistive communication device).
But I can't afford to install a wheelchair lift in a public school, so I'm glad the ADA makes that happen. I can't afford or compel a concert hall to provide wheelchair accessible seating, so I'm glad the ADA does that so my kid can see a performance. I can't make Slashdot comments be accessible, but maybe, one day, the ADA will help do that so my son can come in here and call you a dipshit himself.
Ok, I get that you want the best for your disabled child. Every parent wants the best for their child regardless of how healthy and normal they are. The issue I see here, is that you are letting those feelings cloud your rational judgment.
As an example, I suck at basketball, and I'm a good 25lbs overweight. I'm also in my early 30s. The NBA will never let me play professional basketball. Just like you, I can't afford or compel the NBA to let me play. I would find our system utterly fucking broken if the ADA had the power to get me on an NBA team.
Let me cut to the chase before I become too blunt and unintentionally offensive. Part of life is learning the limits of your abilities, and often times trying to extend or improve them. Part of life is also experiencing empathy, especially toward family, when it becomes apparent they lack certain normal abilities.
I find it completely unrealistic and irresponsible to encourage someone who lacks the capacity to acquire normal abilities; rather than help them learn the limits of the abilities they have, or to test the boundaries of their limitations (whether they are physical or mental). I find it almost criminal that people try to mitigate their or their loved ones inabilities through the offloading of burden to society.
In fact, for things like the internet, I would call it taxation without representation for every single normal person that is forced to pay extra. There is no reasonable expectation for a handicapped to be required to use the internet. Conversely, there are reasonable expectations for handicapped people to use banks, ATMs, etc; which for the record I am fine with as long as tax money isn't used.
Given the fact that certain critical services are now able to be accessed through the web
FTFY
If you are disabled, you are not able to access things designed for average people. Duh?
I guess it's flamebait to suggest that people play the game of life with the hand that they are dealt, rather than try to change everything around them, or worse impose on players with "better" hands. (pun intended)
Wheelchair ramps? Obvious and easy. Braille versions of literature or simple computer interfaces (ATM, phones, etc) are also obvious and easy.
Changing the internet? Not so easy. Very expensive. Probably cheaper and easier to invest the money in sensory restoration medical technology.
Uh, there is a braille version of Playboy. Issues of Playboy printed in braille have been published by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped since 1970.
Mod parent interesting! I always wondered what those mound shaped Playboy publications were for...
Hi, I am deaf. I would like to sue EMI, Sony, Universal etc. so that they make music more accessible to people such as myself.
Hi, I am blind. I would like to sue Sony, Universal, Warner, and especially Playboy, etc. so that they make movies and magazines more accessible to people such as myself.
Hi, I am a human. I would like to sue God, the Creator, etc. so that they make me into a space dwelling, universe traveling, immortal, so that everything in existence is more accessible to people such as myself.
Hi, I'm ground.zero.612. I would like to say that my life is filled with what I consider my fair share of hardships and disappointments. I have learned that I am different than others, and that my abilities and disabilities do not always mesh.
Everyone cannot do everything they think and dream. IMHO it is a wasted endeavor trying to appease people's pipe dreams. In other words "oh no the handicaps can't use something designed from the ground up to be used by the not handicapped."
On a related note, I am looking for seed capital to begin the design and production of my quadriplegic accessible extension ladders. Any takers?
Sure, it is possible to write Linux viruses, but the effect is not as severe
My last run through Metasploit against one of my newest FreeBSD servers suggests there are many more known vulnerabilities in Linux/BSD as compared to Windows. With privilege escalations being the most common.
Yes, some of the risk is mitigated by the source code being open for public scrutiny. Yes, some of the risk is mitigated by those other OSs being niche segments of the market.
The OS vulnerability list is ALWAYS completely moot from the very moment you assume that a user will have physical access to the machine. The user itself is often the only relevant vulnerability. Any good sysadmin knows this and employs a handful of mitigation techniques.
To make this post more on-topic than what I am replying to... How about ditch the standard keyed ignition systems, and install a 4.3" screen with tiny full qwerty and make the driver log in and run a CLI program to begin the ignition sequence. Bonus points for clever pop-ups targeting would-be thiefs that attempt to destroy the steering column to bypass the ignition circuitry.
Heh us humans are prone to make mistakes no worries!
I'm not entirely sure what his process is... If anyone has seen the TV show "Lost" he did the title roll for that
I know that the Cinebench score was very important to him in his decision making process...
Maxon's benchmark utility for NetRender is called Cinebench:
http://www.maxon.net/downloads/downloads/cinebench/cinebench-115.html
I worked really hard to best the single CPU i7-EE system's mark, but was not able to according to this benchmark utility.
My logic failed to win to the argument, and my friend ended up going with the i7-EE based system. In a year or so he will pick up another at a much lower price. I just couldn't get the numbers in the benchmark to agree with my theory that a dual CPU system with 1 cpu now, and 1 cpu later would be the better performance per dollar.
They already have the sound cannons that cause instantaneous and permanent hearing damage, and can rapidly cause permanent deafness.
They were used against protesters to the G20 meeting.
Citation needed. I thought we had laws here in the US about using weapons that maim? I am fairly certain we have at least signed an international treaty that prevents us from using weapons that blind people...
your iAlchemist can use the power of alchemy to turn lead into gold!
Uh, we're lead free solder here, thank you.
I'd be happy to redirect a barge full of toys en route from China to one of your local ports; for a nominal fee of course.
System going down in 5 minutes.
