The stupid far left people are usually also young. We basically assume that they're going to grow up eventually (I'll grant you that not all do, though...).
The stupid far right people tend to be significantly older, so they don't get the same leniency.
You don't actually use a decimal to measure outdoor temperature. You do use it to measure body temperature, where it actually matters (but then Fahrenheit is also not sufficiently precise to avoid it).
Actually I read a SF novel, but forgot which one it was, where the author used kilo and mega seconds for longer time spans
Vernor Vinge, "Deepness in the Sky" and/or "Fire upon the Deep".
It makes sense there because the characters in both aren't planet dwellers themselves, and interact with a lot of different cultures through trading - so there's no good criteria of day for them to standardize on, and no natural phenomenon to tie to. All they have is their clocks that just count time. Hence the use of kiloseconds and megaseconds.
The scale isn't actually all that inconvenient once you think about it, either. A kilosecond would be ~16 minutes. A megasecond is ~11 days. So an hour is ~4 ks, an Earth day ~80 ks.
It is still base ten, just a different way to express it - 1 meter 8 decimeters is 1.8 meters.
And pretty much no-one mixes units like that in practice, because it's obviously much easier to say 1.8 meter or 18 decimeters. He just suggested that those people who are used to feet+inches might do so to avoid that pesky decimal point that they're not used to using.
Just how many people have the last name "420" or "Fourtwenty", or a first name like "Saskboy"? The policy is bullshit and applied on the whim of power mad Facepolice, not an *implemented* or *enforced* policy. As far as I'm concerned, the drag queens were being persecuted for their lifestyle, not because they were using "fake" names.
Speaking as someone who comes from a country that uses metric and decimal comma, I actually find the decimal point to be preferable - it's simply easier to write, and it's prominent enough without being too prominent, which I found the comma to be. On the other hand, I also don't like the American habit of grouping digits with commas - I think that spaces are a better fit for this, and less ambiguous.
The issue is video game reviewers and sites providing unearned positive praise for a product due to:
- Bias from personal relationships, including those of a sexual nature
- Political pressure to over-represent games which claim to be the product of a given minority group
If the 'customer' in this case, is the person expecting a fair and non-biased review of upcoming and current games, they are not served by these biases, especially when they're not revealed from the beginning. This is a basic failure of journalistic integrity.
This was further compounded by a backlash that centered around censorship of any discussion of these issues, no matter how applicable or tangentially related, which pointed these issues out, which is seen as patently unfair - not to mention draconian.
Perhaps the worst part of it all is that those trying to hide this discovery - or promote their side with no argument - chose something ethically sound to stand against, Women's Rights. This is unfortunate, because women's rights have nothing to do with this issue, and pretending it does only weakens future ACTUAL complaints that involve Women's Rights.
The point is, it still doesn't let people get completely off the hook, and requires very elaborate schemes even for your best case (for them) scenario. It seems like a reasonable compromise to me, especially when going any further is impossible without severely compromising security ("backdoor" is just an euphemism for "known security hole", and carries the same implications).
The last panic justified flu outbreak was 100 years ago.
Normally, the flu only kills that many people because you give it a long enough timeline. It's the proverbial turtle. It's nothing like Ebola or even more interesting strains of flu that can kill millions of people in a single outbreak.
You're simply trying to distort the numbers to create a false sense of panic.
The software you are using is garbage. Applications don't HAVE to store ANYTHING in the registry -- that's the vendor of your crappy games doing that. Also, each vendor supplies an uninstaller -- obviously yours aren't doing the job. I suggest you have a talk with the thick-headed developers who write your games. Or, just join the rest of us in 2014, get an SSD and don't worry about it.
Utter nonsense. Microsoft won't certify your product UNLESS you store certain things in the registry.
Certainly you can write your programs a different way (as I do), but don't expect to get your software Microsoft certified.
The (1st) missionary doctor that contracted Ebola because he was treating people in Africa is from Texas. Although he's feeling much better now.
He's been giving blood so that serum can be made from it.
No. Just no. The Second and Third amendments deal with the nation's founders being paranoid of the potential for their new government to abuse its power. Much of a government's coercive power comes from its army, so, the constitution forbade the creation of a standing national army. On the other hand the founders recognised that the nation would need a way to defend itself against threats both internal and external. Militias would be the answer to that. This is why the second amendment not only give a directive, but also a reasoning. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state , the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. This is not that hard to understand. Unless, of course, you are intentionally failing to understand it so that it fits into your world view.
Nothing I wrote contradicts this. What makes you think it does?
Talk about a retard. The flu is a virus and as such is not something that even responds to current forms of medical treatment. You might be able to stop the spread of it with vaccines and extreme isolation but that's about it.
The flu is transmissible BEFORE you manifest symptoms. You can be wandering around infecting friends and coworkers before you even know you are sick.
Ebola is not like that.
The flu also spreads much more easily from person to person.
Two entirely different situations.
...and the OS should have promptly informed them that they were about to run a program.
HELL, the OS probably should have informed them that the file was named in a suspicious fashion likely to cause confusion. Something like ".*." should be easy enough to spot and be on the lookout for.
The file is obviously suspicious. It does not require strong AI in order to see this.
This little bit of nonsense has been a problem for so long that Microsoft should have adapted to deal with the situation by now.
It also highlights the stupidity of hiding file extensions.
This restaurant was advertising breakfast any time. So I ordered french toast in the renaissance. - Steven Wright, comedian
