This won't work in the USA because we are too freaked out(the soda isn't soda it is a bomb). When I can't even bring a single 4oz bottle on a plane you know you have a problem and even with the 3-1-1 thing(3oz bottles, 1 quart size bag, 1 bag per person) anyone determined enough could bring a liquid based bomb on a plane.
Because of that reason the security measures in America will be doomed to only increase until travel almost stop entirely or we force reform and more efficient ways of security.
When we do this, and only when we do this, can we try to catch up to the rest of the world. Plus another limiting factor is that we just don't have and decent cell phones in America. At that point we will probably just make our own version that is incompatible with the rest of the world's version and just further complicate travel.
Most college kids I see at coffee shops have a Mac notebook...
I confim this theory.
I am currently typing from my University dorm room(at a technical school) and a know a lot of the people in the Computer and Information Sciences college have macs. Although a lot of people, including myself, are still using windows computers(mainly Dells because of the discount).
The conclusion... Macs are making a comeback but they still have a way to go. Such as a smaller price tag so I can afford the computer. Even with the school's discount I would have to pay $3000 for a Mac laptop with weaker parts than my $1500 laptop.
Plus Macs sucks with gaming where my Intel Core2 Duo laptop with powerful GeForce 8600M GS does not.
I admit the GeForce isn't the strongest out there but for the price it kicks ass.
copyright infringers get sued != BitTorrent is an illegal technology
Another reason that BitTorrent could not be illegal is that World of Warcraft use the BitTorrent protocol to download updates, the only thing that IS illegal is using BitTorrent to download files.
Here is the text from the Blizzard Website
From the UK site:
Blizzard Entertainment is currently testing a Blizzard Downloader that is based upon BitTorrent, an open source technology which is freely distributable pursuant to the MIT License. From the US Site:
The Blizzard Downloader allows users to download large files using a peer-to-peer protocol.
None of the attempts to discourage the monkeys has so far worked. How about kicking them(Yes I did RTFA)
From the Article
"Despite their new problems with the monkeys, it is a criminal offence to harm or kill any of them, so the besieged villagers must figure out a way to outwit the monkeys instead." What I want to know is what the punishment is for killing some and who is going to miss a few of the "approximately 300 marauding monkeys"?
This could be an exit strategy for Iraq simply wipe the memories of all the Iraqis and poof no more terrorists!
or for the paranoid Bush will wipe our memory of the Iraq War and start it over again
Verizon was installing the Fiber Optic line into my house and in the process they dented the gutter. The Verizon employee said that he was sorry and to just contact his boss at a phone number he supplied us. It has been 4 months with repeated phone calls and still no check. Although this is not as serious as a fire but they refuse to pay the $250 or so in damages so now we have to take them to small claims court over the problem. so it would seem that my case is not the only case where they screwed up and tried to deny the fact.
When I was 10 all I could do is take apart my remote control car, get shocked by and old TV that I took apart, and wish I had a computer to mess with. I can't wait to see how this changes the world.
inhibit the growth of wireless broadband in the country My guess is that if Google got in on the broadband game then more people would be able to afford it.
When I fist used to play video games I played because I had nothing better to do. But the same is said with play outside with my dog or watching TV just because they have nothing better to do doesn't mean it is a bad thing. And now I have moved on to bigger and better things reading/. because i have nothing better to do.
Slashdot Mirror
I have one thing to say... Gmail
Take that Zune!
thats right it is you don't talk about Fight Plane!
oh I read it as: I don't need no stinkin FIGHT PLANE
Takes out "Desk"
"Cover you butt Bernard is watching - God" ???
"I love you butt let me kiss it - Bernard" LOL
Why Are So Many Nerds Librarians ? I was very confused then I realized what it said.
This won't work in the USA because we are too freaked out(the soda isn't soda it is a bomb). When I can't even bring a single 4oz bottle on a plane you know you have a problem and even with the 3-1-1 thing(3oz bottles, 1 quart size bag, 1 bag per person) anyone determined enough could bring a liquid based bomb on a plane. Because of that reason the security measures in America will be doomed to only increase until travel almost stop entirely or we force reform and more efficient ways of security. When we do this, and only when we do this, can we try to catch up to the rest of the world. Plus another limiting factor is that we just don't have and decent cell phones in America. At that point we will probably just make our own version that is incompatible with the rest of the world's version and just further complicate travel.
How many games are there for a mac and how much did it cost. PCs give you more bang for your buck.
I confim this theory.
I am currently typing from my University dorm room(at a technical school) and a know a lot of the people in the Computer and Information Sciences college have macs. Although a lot of people, including myself, are still using windows computers(mainly Dells because of the discount).
The conclusion... Macs are making a comeback but they still have a way to go. Such as a smaller price tag so I can afford the computer. Even with the school's discount I would have to pay $3000 for a Mac laptop with weaker parts than my $1500 laptop.
Plus Macs sucks with gaming where my Intel Core2 Duo laptop with powerful GeForce 8600M GS does not.I admit the GeForce isn't the strongest out there but for the price it kicks ass.
Another reason that BitTorrent could not be illegal is that World of Warcraft use the BitTorrent protocol to download updates, the only thing that IS illegal is using BitTorrent to download files.
Here is the text from the Blizzard Website
From the UK site: Blizzard Entertainment is currently testing a Blizzard Downloader that is based upon BitTorrent, an open source technology which is freely distributable pursuant to the MIT License. From the US Site: The Blizzard Downloader allows users to download large files using a peer-to-peer protocol.
I do the same thing becuase some people can leave some very nasty things on those sites
I take offense to that just because I watch porn all night and never actually laid a hand on anything female doesn't mean I read slashdot... Oh wait
From the Article
"Despite their new problems with the monkeys, it is a criminal offence to harm or kill any of them, so the besieged villagers must figure out a way to outwit the monkeys instead." What I want to know is what the punishment is for killing some and who is going to miss a few of the "approximately 300 marauding monkeys"?
It could be because of the Planet Eater
Doubly suspicious since the family friendly Blockbuster Rental stores simply will be stocking mostly Blu-Ray.
The real question is, will Blockbuster stay that way now that Paramount made the switch?
This could be an exit strategy for Iraq simply wipe the memories of all the Iraqis and poof no more terrorists! or for the paranoid Bush will wipe our memory of the Iraq War and start it over again
Verizon was installing the Fiber Optic line into my house and in the process they dented the gutter. The Verizon employee said that he was sorry and to just contact his boss at a phone number he supplied us. It has been 4 months with repeated phone calls and still no check. Although this is not as serious as a fire but they refuse to pay the $250 or so in damages so now we have to take them to small claims court over the problem. so it would seem that my case is not the only case where they screwed up and tried to deny the fact.
When I was 10 all I could do is take apart my remote control car, get shocked by and old TV that I took apart, and wish I had a computer to mess with. I can't wait to see how this changes the world.
So just tar and feather him and for all the eco-friendly people out there we we'll just goto yellow stone national park
Quality not Quantity
Watergate Anyone?
When I fist used to play video games I played because I had nothing better to do. But the same is said with play outside with my dog or watching TV just because they have nothing better to do doesn't mean it is a bad thing. And now I have moved on to bigger and better things reading /. because i have nothing better to do.
Next they will be saying "PAY YOUR TEA TAX"