2,601 Reply by The Great Eye

(20 replies, posted in General)

None for me... sad

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2,602 Reply by The Great Eye

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Lives in a house built out of tinker toys

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2,603 Reply by The Great Eye

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Doesn't realize that it's not robbery, since a service was given to the little oldies

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2,604 Reply by The Great Eye

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Yells at old ladies that go into a "10 items or less" line with a dozen eggs

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2,605 Reply by The Great Eye

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Mixes aluminum, plastic, and paper in the same recycling bins

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2,606 Reply by The Great Eye

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Failed his quest to become a pokemon master

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2,607 Reply by The Great Eye

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Snorts lines of coca-cola

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2,608 Reply by The Great Eye

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Filed for divorce with Arthur.

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2,609 Reply by The Great Eye

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Pays others to pretend his frog sounds came from them

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2,610 Reply by The Great Eye

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Makes boring frog sounds

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2,611 Reply by The Great Eye

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Should hurry up his plans to turn Imperial Conflict into a first person shooter

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2,612 Reply by The Great Eye

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I'm not saying that it could ever be doubted that the US could effectively wage cyberwarfare.  However, this is unique.  Cyberwarfare, although definitely within the capabilities of the US military, have rarely been offensively used in a way which the people could actively see.

Saying "we built an atomic bomb" is one thing.  Testing the bomb and showing people how it effectively destroyed targets helps bring the realization that we have entered a new age of warfare.  Although we've known about cyberwarfare's potential for decades, Stuxnet was that test, and the wake-up call to its effectiveness.

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2,613 Reply by The Great Eye

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In retrospect, it shouldn't really be surprising that this occurred.

That being said, this is sort of a historic moment.  Not only are we able to see a brand new type of weapon in action, but antivirus software companies have been able to isolate, take apart, and analyze the virus to identify its programs.  In effect, it's just as if the general population was able to see a brand new aircraft, and take it apart to see how it works.

Should be interesting to see how this develops.

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2,614 Topic by The Great Eye

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Not sure if any of you guys caught this one.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/bits-before-bombs-how-stuxnet-crippled-irans-nuclear-dreams/?news=123


> In a nuclear enrichment program, a centrifuge is a fundamental tool needed to refine the uranium. Each centrifuge built follows the same basic mechanics, but the German manufacturer Siemens offers what many consider to be the best in the industry. Stuxnet sought out the Siemens controllers and took command of the way the centrifuge spins. But rather than simply forcing the machines to spin until they destroyed themselves

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2,615 Reply by The Great Eye

(8 replies, posted in Politics)

> BiefstukFriet wrote:

> Idiots.



What's that supposed to mean?

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2,616 Reply by The Great Eye

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But that would require WFS to log onto his mod account to block you.  If he rarely comes here... should be self-explanatory.  tongue

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2,617 Reply by The Great Eye

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1.  I'm also doing an economics degree, so I'm looking at it from that perspective.  Normally, I wouldn't like bailout programs.  However, we must note that in this case, it's not a bailout.  Banks are largely working to repay TARP, in part out of personal well-being (TARP debtors are banned from giving big bonuses to executives until they repay the loan).  As a result, this does manage to chew out the fat within these companies, as Bullet would like.  At the same time, it highlights a giant red flag in economic practices, encouraging banks to restructure their systems.

Bankruptcy is only a "good" thing for an economy if we assume that a business did something inefficiently, and will never reform to become efficient.  The banks were given a temporary loan, and are thus given time to restructure themselves in order to become more efficient.

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2,618 Reply by The Great Eye

(40 replies, posted in Politics)

Only if you're into mercantilism, which pretty much disproved its effectiveness with European imperialism and both world wars.

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2,619 Reply by The Great Eye

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See... normally I would say that this belongs in General.

However, Community is meant to tell people important life events, such as weddings, new children, etc.  Perhaps to Justinian, discovering a new cocktail is a life-changing experience...

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2,620 Reply by The Great Eye

(956 replies, posted in General)

Negatory!

Tensai?

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2,621 Reply by The Great Eye

(956 replies, posted in General)

Nope!

Yell?

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2,622 Topic by The Great Eye

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My laptop keyboard has a couple slight problems with it.

First, if I'm typing a long string of letters, the computer may stop for a second, then process my commands.  However, it will repeat the last few letters I typed, multiple times.  For example, if I typed "I eat eggs," it may come out with "e ggs eggs" (the space is generally recognized in the correct place).

Second, once in a while, my keys will completely forget their jobs.  When using a word processor, I will once in a while end up having all keys randomly start counting, typing 012345678901234567890, until I switch pages for a minute.

Third, my keyboard's utterly useless on flash games.  sad


Any suggestions for fixing it?  I've done virus and spyware scans for a while, and never found anything.  This problem has been going on since I bought the laptop (new).

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2,623 Reply by The Great Eye

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I don't have a multi account.  Does that mean I'm not part of the "in" crowd?

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2,624 Reply by The Great Eye

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Achievement Unlocked: Chemical Ali

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2,625 Reply by The Great Eye

(956 replies, posted in General)

Nope!

Nobody else will appear, and this thread will die?

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