Unless it has changed significantly since the last time I cleaned up that particular virus, your wife's computer got infected because she navigated to a compromised website that told her she was infected and she clicked "ok" (or maybe they have inserted a click box that says something like "cancel", but reads to Windows as "ok"), the only way I have found to get out of that situation without installing the virus is to use Task Manager to close your browser. I have come across several websites that are otherwise perfectly legitimate (not porn, and I know they are run by reputable people) that have been hacked to do this.
Do a search for the book "Who Really Cares". There are several other sources, but that is the one most thoroughly researched. I have seen blogs "debunking" the book, but I have never seen anybody do any thorough research that contradicts his conclusions.
That information should be available to emergency personnel anywhere I am at any time and a goverment-mandated database is the only way this is likely to happen.
So, we should all give up our medical privacy so that you don't have to be inconvenienced by wearing a Medic-Alert bracelet?
That's because the local government gave them a monopoly years ago that no one else was allowed to offer cable service. Now that that monopoly is no longer valid there are only a few cable companies left (the big guys bought up most of the little guys) and none of them offer service near you, so it isn't worth the cost to try and compete in your area.
Sorry, I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh. I came across the study on my own. Someone else in this thread also found the primary study I was referring to (see the post several up in this thread). Although I have seen several other studies on the same. Google is your friend.
Most wealthy people are liberals not conservatives. Check the politics of states with the highest concentrations of wealth (Massachusetts for example).
You need to take some reading comprehension classes. The summary says that it rose $0.07 to reach $0.70, not that it rose from $0.07 to $0.70. So before the increse the stock price was $0.63. And if you do the math $0.07 is indeed 11% of $0.63.
That is only partially true, some aspects of a hangover are a product of niacin deficiency. So in addition to making sure you are hydrated, also make sure you have a surplus of niacin when you start drinking alcohol.
As I said earlier in a post further down this thread, Israel is not the only suspect. As a matter of fact, this report suggests that it was an Arab nation or two behind this assassination. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153316.html
You really should get out in the real world some time. Study after study has shown the conservatives donate more money to charity than liberals on a per capita basis and as a percentage of income. Liberals are happy to "help" people with other people's money. Conservatives are happy to help people with their own resources.
I won't bother arguing with the rest of your post because it is full of a stereotypical understanding of what people believe and want. Like I said get out in the real world sometime and look at the facts.
Or maybe the government should just let healthcare professionals decide how much IT can improve the care they give. Why do we need this government mandated health database?
So you want the equivalent of a 'digital vcr'.. that's what I said.
Yes, but you, also, said that that isn't a DVR. just because everyone who markets a DVR also sells a service, doesn't mean that the service is what makes it a DVR.
I don't like the fact that Google is the overwhelmingly dominant search engine. The problem is I dislike Microsoft's dominance even more. From everything I have seen the only competitor for Google that meets my satisfaction criteria for a search engine is Bing. I am not about to move from Google to Microsoft. I am concerned that as Google's dominance grows the temptation to do bad things will grow until it becomes irresistable. However, while I have seen hints about Google abusing its dominant position, Microsoft has blatantly abused their dominant position in other areas. I am not about to contribute to the possibility of a Microsoft product becoming dominant.
Given the state Palestinian foreign relations prior to the creation of Israel...
What do you base this on? Before the creation of Israel, there were no "Palestinian foreign relations" to note the state of. Before WWI, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire (and not clearly defined geographically). After WWI it was part of the British mandate until 1948. It was during the British mandate that the idea of an Arab Palestine as a separate entity (as opposed to being part of some other Arab nation) first appeared.
Israel labels 95% of all Lebonese as terrorists. From what I have read all the passports were stolen from people living in Israel, the Israeli government has their details (which were modified). Mossad are not interested in "finding out" who did it. Australia, the UK, France, Germany, and Ireland are all supporters of Israel, what benifit do they gain from pointing the finger at Israel?
From what I have read only 3 of the 11 were living in Israel. At least two were lving in their home countries at the time of the assasination (they were interviewed by the press at a location in their home country, which was listed in the article about the interview as their home). The biggest reason to think that this wasn't a Mossad assasination is the number of people in the assasination team. Eleven seems like a rather large group for an assasination of the sort that the details so far made public indicates this was.
If Mossad did not do this, what interest do they have in identifying the people or organization that did?
The only one of those countries that I do not know is not a supporter of Israel is Australia. France and Germany lean toward the Arab side of the conflict. The UK and Ireland are (from Israel's perspective) at best neutral.
I looked at your list of healthcare reforms that you say that conservatives say they are for, I couldn't find one that I have seen conservatives suggest, or support. All the conservatives I know SAY they are opposed to those healthcare reforms that you list. Conservatives suggest changes such as tort reform, health savings accounts and leveling the tax field between privately purchased health insurance and employer provided health insurance. There are several other proposals that are proposed by various conservatives, they are all market based approaches to the issue.
I'm not quite sure where your list comes from. It doesn't come from any Republican or conservative I have heard of. All of the Democratic proposals are much larger and more complicated than anything you laid out. The proposals from the Democrats in Congress make War and Peace look like a short story.
yet the majority of the population was for independence
All of the studies I have seen indicate that only a little over a third of the population was for independence. About 1/3 was neutral on the issue of independence and about 1/3 wished to remain associated with the British Empire. However, I have also seen several studies that indicate that 1/3 of the population that strongly desires change is usually sufficient to lead to the overthrow of a government.
To all those who think Ubisoft should just let the pirates win.
You just demonstrated the problem. Ubisoft thinks it is in business to defeat the game pirates. If it is, it will soon be out of business, defeating pirates doesn't pay. Selling products does. You give the example of the latest release of Prince of Persia which had no DRM. You say it was more highly pirated than any previous version. Fine, but how did the sales compare? Reducing the number of pirates doesn't help Ubisoft in any way. The only thing that helps Ubisoft is increasing sales.
You say that some of the pirates will buy your game if they can't pirate it, but is that number larger than the number who won't buy it because of the DRM?
Every year for the last ten years has been setting record temperatures.
This is just false. I have yet to see a report that does not agree that there has been no warming since 1998. And many reports that suggest temperatures have fallen slightly since 1998 (several that suggest they have fallen as much as they rose in the previous 2 or 3 decades of warming).
DVR= digital video recorder. That's what I want. Not a service that tries to figure out what I want to watch. Not a service that records the shows I want to watch whenever they come on. Not a service that knows my watching habits (and can sell that info to other companies). Just a digital video recorder.
This is a discussion about why more people don't buy a Tivo. That is my answer. They don't want the subscription. If Tivo had sold their DVRs as solo devices with the option of adding the subscription (either immediately or later as the customer chose), there is a good chance that many people would have bought the Tivo without a subscription and decided later that the subscription had value (and then bought it).
Yes, I do want a DVR. I just don't want it to automatically record shows. I want to tell it if I want to record what is on at a particular time. I want to be able to decide that I want to record a show that I can start watching it after it has started. I don't know why you think the guide data is somehow an integral part of being a DVR. I understand why you think that is a useful feature, it just isn't worth any money to me. I never needed software updates for my VCR, why do I need software updates for my DVR?
Well, apparently a lot of other people don't think that "major draw" is worth the money either. Otherwise, why haven't more people bought Tivos? That is the question the article asks.
It is possible that if I could buy the Tivo without the commitment to the feature you say is so wonderful, I would decide that "Yes, that would be worth the extra money. I'll sign up." But that is not an option. I'm not convinced that feature is worth anything to me and I believe that a lot of other people feel the same way.
I would buy a Tivo at $250 if it wasn't for the monthly fee, even if it didn't do the stuff that the monthly fee covers. I think there are a lot of other people out there like me. If so many people ignore the monthly fee when they purchase, why haven't more people bought Tivos?
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Unless it has changed significantly since the last time I cleaned up that particular virus, your wife's computer got infected because she navigated to a compromised website that told her she was infected and she clicked "ok" (or maybe they have inserted a click box that says something like "cancel", but reads to Windows as "ok"), the only way I have found to get out of that situation without installing the virus is to use Task Manager to close your browser. I have come across several websites that are otherwise perfectly legitimate (not porn, and I know they are run by reputable people) that have been hacked to do this.
Do a search for the book "Who Really Cares". There are several other sources, but that is the one most thoroughly researched. I have seen blogs "debunking" the book, but I have never seen anybody do any thorough research that contradicts his conclusions.
That information should be available to emergency personnel anywhere I am at any time and a goverment-mandated database is the only way this is likely to happen.
So, we should all give up our medical privacy so that you don't have to be inconvenienced by wearing a Medic-Alert bracelet?
That's because the local government gave them a monopoly years ago that no one else was allowed to offer cable service. Now that that monopoly is no longer valid there are only a few cable companies left (the big guys bought up most of the little guys) and none of them offer service near you, so it isn't worth the cost to try and compete in your area.
Sorry, I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh. I came across the study on my own. Someone else in this thread also found the primary study I was referring to (see the post several up in this thread). Although I have seen several other studies on the same. Google is your friend.
Most wealthy people are liberals not conservatives. Check the politics of states with the highest concentrations of wealth (Massachusetts for example).
You need to take some reading comprehension classes. The summary says that it rose $0.07 to reach $0.70, not that it rose from $0.07 to $0.70. So before the increse the stock price was $0.63. And if you do the math $0.07 is indeed 11% of $0.63.
That is only partially true, some aspects of a hangover are a product of niacin deficiency. So in addition to making sure you are hydrated, also make sure you have a surplus of niacin when you start drinking alcohol.
As I said earlier in a post further down this thread, Israel is not the only suspect. As a matter of fact, this report suggests that it was an Arab nation or two behind this assassination. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153316.html
You really should get out in the real world some time. Study after study has shown the conservatives donate more money to charity than liberals on a per capita basis and as a percentage of income. Liberals are happy to "help" people with other people's money. Conservatives are happy to help people with their own resources.
I won't bother arguing with the rest of your post because it is full of a stereotypical understanding of what people believe and want. Like I said get out in the real world sometime and look at the facts.
Or maybe the government should just let healthcare professionals decide how much IT can improve the care they give. Why do we need this government mandated health database?
Slow, Bad, Expensive, pick 1...
-Rick
Why? I know lots of companies that do all three very well.
So you want the equivalent of a 'digital vcr'.. that's what I said.
Yes, but you, also, said that that isn't a DVR. just because everyone who markets a DVR also sells a service, doesn't mean that the service is what makes it a DVR.
I don't like the fact that Google is the overwhelmingly dominant search engine. The problem is I dislike Microsoft's dominance even more. From everything I have seen the only competitor for Google that meets my satisfaction criteria for a search engine is Bing. I am not about to move from Google to Microsoft. I am concerned that as Google's dominance grows the temptation to do bad things will grow until it becomes irresistable. However, while I have seen hints about Google abusing its dominant position, Microsoft has blatantly abused their dominant position in other areas. I am not about to contribute to the possibility of a Microsoft product becoming dominant.
Given the state Palestinian foreign relations prior to the creation of Israel...
What do you base this on? Before the creation of Israel, there were no "Palestinian foreign relations" to note the state of. Before WWI, Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire (and not clearly defined geographically). After WWI it was part of the British mandate until 1948. It was during the British mandate that the idea of an Arab Palestine as a separate entity (as opposed to being part of some other Arab nation) first appeared.
Israel labels 95% of all Lebonese as terrorists. From what I have read all the passports were stolen from people living in Israel, the Israeli government has their details (which were modified). Mossad are not interested in "finding out" who did it. Australia, the UK, France, Germany, and Ireland are all supporters of Israel, what benifit do they gain from pointing the finger at Israel?
From what I have read only 3 of the 11 were living in Israel. At least two were lving in their home countries at the time of the assasination (they were interviewed by the press at a location in their home country, which was listed in the article about the interview as their home). The biggest reason to think that this wasn't a Mossad assasination is the number of people in the assasination team. Eleven seems like a rather large group for an assasination of the sort that the details so far made public indicates this was.
If Mossad did not do this, what interest do they have in identifying the people or organization that did?
The only one of those countries that I do not know is not a supporter of Israel is Australia. France and Germany lean toward the Arab side of the conflict. The UK and Ireland are (from Israel's perspective) at best neutral.
I looked at your list of healthcare reforms that you say that conservatives say they are for, I couldn't find one that I have seen conservatives suggest, or support. All the conservatives I know SAY they are opposed to those healthcare reforms that you list. Conservatives suggest changes such as tort reform, health savings accounts and leveling the tax field between privately purchased health insurance and employer provided health insurance. There are several other proposals that are proposed by various conservatives, they are all market based approaches to the issue.
I'm not quite sure where your list comes from. It doesn't come from any Republican or conservative I have heard of. All of the Democratic proposals are much larger and more complicated than anything you laid out. The proposals from the Democrats in Congress make War and Peace look like a short story.
yet the majority of the population was for independence
All of the studies I have seen indicate that only a little over a third of the population was for independence. About 1/3 was neutral on the issue of independence and about 1/3 wished to remain associated with the British Empire. However, I have also seen several studies that indicate that 1/3 of the population that strongly desires change is usually sufficient to lead to the overthrow of a government.
To all those who think Ubisoft should just let the pirates win.
You just demonstrated the problem. Ubisoft thinks it is in business to defeat the game pirates. If it is, it will soon be out of business, defeating pirates doesn't pay. Selling products does. You give the example of the latest release of Prince of Persia which had no DRM. You say it was more highly pirated than any previous version. Fine, but how did the sales compare? Reducing the number of pirates doesn't help Ubisoft in any way. The only thing that helps Ubisoft is increasing sales.
You say that some of the pirates will buy your game if they can't pirate it, but is that number larger than the number who won't buy it because of the DRM?
Every year for the last ten years has been setting record temperatures.
This is just false. I have yet to see a report that does not agree that there has been no warming since 1998. And many reports that suggest temperatures have fallen slightly since 1998 (several that suggest they have fallen as much as they rose in the previous 2 or 3 decades of warming).
How about we send the politicians instead, only not by proxy?
DVR= digital video recorder. That's what I want. Not a service that tries to figure out what I want to watch. Not a service that records the shows I want to watch whenever they come on. Not a service that knows my watching habits (and can sell that info to other companies). Just a digital video recorder.
This is a discussion about why more people don't buy a Tivo. That is my answer. They don't want the subscription. If Tivo had sold their DVRs as solo devices with the option of adding the subscription (either immediately or later as the customer chose), there is a good chance that many people would have bought the Tivo without a subscription and decided later that the subscription had value (and then bought it).
Yes, I do want a DVR. I just don't want it to automatically record shows. I want to tell it if I want to record what is on at a particular time. I want to be able to decide that I want to record a show that I can start watching it after it has started. I don't know why you think the guide data is somehow an integral part of being a DVR. I understand why you think that is a useful feature, it just isn't worth any money to me. I never needed software updates for my VCR, why do I need software updates for my DVR?
Well, apparently a lot of other people don't think that "major draw" is worth the money either. Otherwise, why haven't more people bought Tivos? That is the question the article asks.
It is possible that if I could buy the Tivo without the commitment to the feature you say is so wonderful, I would decide that "Yes, that would be worth the extra money. I'll sign up." But that is not an option. I'm not convinced that feature is worth anything to me and I believe that a lot of other people feel the same way.
I would buy a Tivo at $250 if it wasn't for the monthly fee, even if it didn't do the stuff that the monthly fee covers. I think there are a lot of other people out there like me. If so many people ignore the monthly fee when they purchase, why haven't more people bought Tivos?