"ENGAGING in CERTAIN activity--the use of Linux software" can be interpreted as "not allowed to use a computer unless he pays some money to Microsoft for a windows license". That sounds pretty cruel & unusual to me.
But if you go the route of elite(high end model with HDMI) plus the HD-DVD drive, you end up paying more than you would have with a PS3.
Cost aside, the PS3 will have games that use the extra space provided by Blu-Ray but I'd be very surprised if the 360 ever gets any games that use the extra space provided by HD-DVD.
"I reflected as I walked away. Well, I am certainly smarter then this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of, but he thinks he knows something which he does not know, where I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems I am wiser then he is to this small extent. I do not claim to know what I do not know."
Socrates, 399 BC
Go to 7/11 and get a money order (which you can pay for with cash) and give that to them. The reason why they don't accept cash is the same reason why you're not supposed to send cash through the mail, it's too easy for somebody to pocket it and say they never received it.
BTW, doing something to start building credit (like opening a credit card with no annual payment) would be a good thing if you ever want to get a decent loan for a house or a car.
It would be a really cool idea if they had everybody start out as a normal human, then later in the game is given a choice to become a warewolf, vampire, mage, or just stay human (vampire hunter, etc). There's a lot of potential with the WoD franchise. I'd play it.
I have Verizon for my cell phone and there service is awesome. One month my family was close to going over the minutes in our plan so a rep called us and warned us then asked us if we wanted to temporarily go up to the next higher package for the month. That's waaaaay better than some other companies (cough*Sprint*cough) that would just sit back and wait for you to rack up a $1,000 phone bill.
I can't speak for Comcast, but the equivilant in my area is Cox. I've tried a few different types of internet connections in my day (dial-up, ISDN, some funky thing with a satellite dish on the top of my house, DSL, and Cox Cable) and Cox has been the best by far for speed and reliability. Of course if Verizon would get of their collective asses and roll out FIOS to AZ, I'd switch to that in a heartbeat.
Some areas are already getting rid of analog channels. I moved to Tempe, AZ a little over a year ago and shortly found out that the TV tuner in my PC was only picking up the first 20 or so channels. (no Sci-fi or cartoon network WTF). I called to complain and eventually got transerred to a tech who knew why. Turns out Tempe's cable infrastructure only uses 550MHz cable (as opposed to the now standard 750MHz cable) and in order to start broadcasting the HDTV channels, they got rid of the extended cable analog channels. On top of that the extened digital channels that replaced them were encrypted QAM so they can't be viewed unless you have either a box from the cable company or a CABLE Card!
I totally agree... because it's sooooo easy to secure a complex operating system. Come on, ANY moderate to complex piece of software is going to have at least one bug in it which can be used to exploit the system. The reason why Windows appears so much more insecure than Linux is because you have a lot more people looking for and trying to exploit those bugs. If you want a more secure OS, get a smaller OS (Less things to go wrong and therefore capable of being exploited) or get an OS that less people use (so there's no motivation to find the bugs to be exploited). If everybody stopped using Windows tomorrow, some other OS (OS X, Linux, etc.) would step in to fill the gap and then it would start having the same security issues that face Windows now. What I'd like to see is for something like http://www.eclipse.org/ to be able to run natively on hardware without the OS layer. Then we could have a micro-kernel that could then load which ever packages were needed for the task at hand. There would still be bugs but less of them would be targeted at the 'OS' and more at a vulnerability at some package loaded to the OS.
hell, don't just stop at Playstations, go ahead and keep the kids from using PCs and anything else attached to the internet. This will only retard the kids from those 'bible-belt' families and eventually lead to less job competition for the rest of us.
If you are going to take responsibility up the chain from the child to the account holder, why stop there. Why not take it another step and sue the ISP, they certainly have more money and are just as responsible as the parent.
There are some interesting comparisons between the ESRB and the MPAA. If the asshats at the MPAA rate a movie NC-17, then most movie theatres won't show it and the marketing campaign gets shot to hell. (That's why a lot of directors re-cut their movies to get the R rating). Right now the highest ESRB rating is AO (Adults Only) which almost no game gets. That is for the same reason, a game with an AO rating can't be sold at most stores. If the stores start enforcing the ESRB then it will impact the sales of higher rated games. This will lead to the developers re-cutting their games to reach a wider market. When this happens, the same thing will occur with the game industry that has happened with the DVD industry. There is most certainly a market out there for unrated DVDs and if there will be the same market for unrated games. I am over 18, and if I had a choice between a game that was unrated (or even rated M) vs the same game with edited content and a rating of Teen, then I'm likely to ignore the Teen version altogether (just like I would a rated R DVD vs the unrated DVD). And the developers know the 18-24 demographic has a hell of a lot more money to blow than the 13-17 crowd.
They should pass this into law but include a provision that if any artist (or artist association) gets money from it then they are prohibited from issuing copyright infringement lawsuits against people who own an iPod (or other MP3) player. That consumer already paid you to be allowed to copy music onto their iPod.
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"ENGAGING in CERTAIN activity--the use of Linux software" can be interpreted as "not allowed to use a computer unless he pays some money to Microsoft for a windows license". That sounds pretty cruel & unusual to me.
Continuity be damned! They could have multiple endings some of which just aren't canon
But if you go the route of elite(high end model with HDMI) plus the HD-DVD drive, you end up paying more than you would have with a PS3. Cost aside, the PS3 will have games that use the extra space provided by Blu-Ray but I'd be very surprised if the 360 ever gets any games that use the extra space provided by HD-DVD.
Are they keeping the IPTV functionality that the Koreans are getting with their 80GB PS3's?
I'm much more interested in the Civ 4 Beyond the Sword expansion pack coming out in July. http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product_id=6470 31
"I reflected as I walked away. Well, I am certainly smarter then this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of, but he thinks he knows something which he does not know, where I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems I am wiser then he is to this small extent. I do not claim to know what I do not know." Socrates, 399 BC
Go to 7/11 and get a money order (which you can pay for with cash) and give that to them. The reason why they don't accept cash is the same reason why you're not supposed to send cash through the mail, it's too easy for somebody to pocket it and say they never received it. BTW, doing something to start building credit (like opening a credit card with no annual payment) would be a good thing if you ever want to get a decent loan for a house or a car.
sure, most people wouldn't stay a human, but it'd be nice to have a choice between Vampire, Warewolf, or Mage
It would be a really cool idea if they had everybody start out as a normal human, then later in the game is given a choice to become a warewolf, vampire, mage, or just stay human (vampire hunter, etc). There's a lot of potential with the WoD franchise. I'd play it.
Global Average Temperature Vs. Number of Pirates http://www.seanbonner.com/blog/archives/001857.php /
It's not stealing either! Don't let the **AA brainwash the people into thinking it is.
Theft - the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
Who do you buy from then? I know Cox also blocks 25 and 80. I'd assume it's an unfortunate common practice for ISPs on their home plans.
I have Verizon for my cell phone and there service is awesome. One month my family was close to going over the minutes in our plan so a rep called us and warned us then asked us if we wanted to temporarily go up to the next higher package for the month. That's waaaaay better than some other companies (cough*Sprint*cough) that would just sit back and wait for you to rack up a $1,000 phone bill. I can't speak for Comcast, but the equivilant in my area is Cox. I've tried a few different types of internet connections in my day (dial-up, ISDN, some funky thing with a satellite dish on the top of my house, DSL, and Cox Cable) and Cox has been the best by far for speed and reliability. Of course if Verizon would get of their collective asses and roll out FIOS to AZ, I'd switch to that in a heartbeat.
Some areas are already getting rid of analog channels. I moved to Tempe, AZ a little over a year ago and shortly found out that the TV tuner in my PC was only picking up the first 20 or so channels. (no Sci-fi or cartoon network WTF). I called to complain and eventually got transerred to a tech who knew why. Turns out Tempe's cable infrastructure only uses 550MHz cable (as opposed to the now standard 750MHz cable) and in order to start broadcasting the HDTV channels, they got rid of the extended cable analog channels. On top of that the extened digital channels that replaced them were encrypted QAM so they can't be viewed unless you have either a box from the cable company or a CABLE Card!
I totally agree... because it's sooooo easy to secure a complex operating system. Come on, ANY moderate to complex piece of software is going to have at least one bug in it which can be used to exploit the system. The reason why Windows appears so much more insecure than Linux is because you have a lot more people looking for and trying to exploit those bugs. If you want a more secure OS, get a smaller OS (Less things to go wrong and therefore capable of being exploited) or get an OS that less people use (so there's no motivation to find the bugs to be exploited). If everybody stopped using Windows tomorrow, some other OS (OS X, Linux, etc.) would step in to fill the gap and then it would start having the same security issues that face Windows now. What I'd like to see is for something like http://www.eclipse.org/ to be able to run natively on hardware without the OS layer. Then we could have a micro-kernel that could then load which ever packages were needed for the task at hand. There would still be bugs but less of them would be targeted at the 'OS' and more at a vulnerability at some package loaded to the OS.
Oh no! It's the end of Black Friday.
hell, don't just stop at Playstations, go ahead and keep the kids from using PCs and anything else attached to the internet. This will only retard the kids from those 'bible-belt' families and eventually lead to less job competition for the rest of us.
If you are going to take responsibility up the chain from the child to the account holder, why stop there. Why not take it another step and sue the ISP, they certainly have more money and are just as responsible as the parent.
On behalf of Americans everywhere (actual people not the Recording/Movie Industry), I apologize to the rest of the world. Please ignore them.
This isn't talking about killing the Emperor and restoring the Republic, it's about power.
What sith wouldn't want to kill their master and take over? It's totally in character.
There are some interesting comparisons between the ESRB and the MPAA. If the asshats at the MPAA rate a movie NC-17, then most movie theatres won't show it and the marketing campaign gets shot to hell. (That's why a lot of directors re-cut their movies to get the R rating). Right now the highest ESRB rating is AO (Adults Only) which almost no game gets. That is for the same reason, a game with an AO rating can't be sold at most stores. If the stores start enforcing the ESRB then it will impact the sales of higher rated games. This will lead to the developers re-cutting their games to reach a wider market. When this happens, the same thing will occur with the game industry that has happened with the DVD industry. There is most certainly a market out there for unrated DVDs and if there will be the same market for unrated games. I am over 18, and if I had a choice between a game that was unrated (or even rated M) vs the same game with edited content and a rating of Teen, then I'm likely to ignore the Teen version altogether (just like I would a rated R DVD vs the unrated DVD). And the developers know the 18-24 demographic has a hell of a lot more money to blow than the 13-17 crowd.
They should pass this into law but include a provision that if any artist (or artist association) gets money from it then they are prohibited from issuing copyright infringement lawsuits against people who own an iPod (or other MP3) player. That consumer already paid you to be allowed to copy music onto their iPod.
that sucks
Knoppix is a tool that every admin should be able to use
"For all we know, he really was using Tor for something nefarious."
What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
Tor won't keep them from figuring out THAT he was using Tor, but it will keep them from figuring out WHAT he was using Tor for.