The words Intellectual property and digital property are complete bullshit because publishers don't treat it as such. They sell you a license to view or experience their media which is non-transferable. That's as far away from property as can be imagined. The term really needs to die and people need to see reality for what it really is; you're renting a game.
Only if it's their games. If it's a third party publishers game you're still screwed because the publisher can simply say there isn't a problem and deny the refund..
If you purchased an application not published by Stardock and are seeking a refund, we must receive authorization from the publisher of the application in question to provide a full refund.
It's not a replacement for a brick and mortar store. At the store I can get a refund or at least credit towards a different game; steam? Tough shit because you're obviously a pirate or cheap stake that has already finished the game if you're asking such a thing.
When I asked for a refund because the game I bought that day was crashing on startup they re-directed me to this.
I bought a game with my credit card through Steam and either don't like it or don't want it anymore. Can I get a refund?
The fuck? Don't want it anymore... don't like it? It's a defective product and steam has a ton of third party developers that release poorly programmed games.
Steam is setup as a win win situation for publishers. Once they've got your money you're screwed because there is no incentive for a publisher to release a game that works. The only thing they care about is spending enough money on advertising to THINK you're getting a good game.
Yeah, but if you read more in it and the figure of 2.5 million for these bins is accurate it makes no sense from an economical or environmental point of view. They have to change all the bins meaning the old ones are thrown away (hopefully recycled). If the 2.5 million figure is accurate then they need to collect 16 years worth of recycling to pay them off in which time because tech being used outside is involved the bins will stop functioning, etc so new ones will need to be made..
According to engadget it's going to cost 2.5 million. At $26 per ton that's 96,153 tons of recyclables before the new bins are paid off.
According to the article they picked up 5,800 tons of recyclables last year. Assuming that's the average for the recycling to pay off the new bins it's going to take 16 years.
So what do you think is going to happen if you get fined for having too much? People will keep extra for a couple of weeks and that is not sanitary..
Also not disputing the money to be made from recyclables, because recycling some products is good for the environment; however a simple figure with no idea where it came from or how it was made isn't convincing. They could be making the $26 a ton from fines or government subsidies for all I know.
I'm not saying that recycling shouldn't be done, but you have to admit there is a lot of lying and complete bullshit here. If the people who wrote this site were honest rather then trying to make up any excuse possible then it would make everyone look more credible.
I noticed you used the word "deniers", might not want to do that next time when the information you got is lying 20% of the time.
Let's look at this link..
Myth: Not recycling is cheaper than recycling. Recycling should always be compared against disposal, since the material still must be transported off campus. Not recycling means paying for disposal.
So in this answer they completely avoid the question being raised. They state not recycling means paying for disposal, ok but you also have to pay to recycle it.
Myth: Someone goes through the trash and pulls out the recyclables before it goes to the landfill. Anything thrown into the trash will end up in the landfill. The labor required to sort through trash after it has already been mixed is prohibitive and almost never happens.
...and yet here we have a story about them doing just that and more.. Fining you if you don't do it.
Excuse: Recycling causes pollution. Recycling trucks often generate less pollution than garbage trucks because they do not idle as long at the curb. If you add recycling trucks, you should be able to subtract garbage trucks.
Conveniently forgetting that the garbage truck picks up the recyclables to begin with, at least it does in the context of the article.
Recycling is largely responsible for averting the landfill crisis.
There is no landfill crisis as the GPs P&T video shows.
Space is very limited and if we save the space today we will have it for tomorrow.
This is complete bullshit, just because an area is used for landfill doesn't mean it becomes an arid wasteland that it useless for the next 100 years. You can still use it, build on it, just like any other land.
Excuse: Recycling is a burden on families. Recycling is so popular because the American public wants to do it.
If it were popular the article wouldn't be about people being fined for not doing it.
I think they've got bigger problems then this TBH..
The city stepped up enforcement of ordinances governing trash collection last year by issuing 2,900 tickets, nearly five times more tickets than in 2008. Those infractions include citations for people who put out their trash too early or fail to bring in their garbage cans from the curb in a timely manner. The Division of Waste Collection is on track to meet its goal of issuing 4,000 citations this year, Owens said.
Fined for keeping the trash can by the side of the road too long. Fined for putting it out too early and the best part. They have TARGETS for issuing fines.
It's not targeted at systems level programming it's the beginnings of a completely new type of language. The fact that it's used mostly for console based stuff is simply because there aren't enough libraries re-written in the language.
Being a good programmer means having the ability to code in more then just one language and having the understanding the it's not the language which is important. Sorry you started out with a poor language however it's not difficult to learn new ones.
Not really. You could have a card with RFID which embeds a key that unlocks data in the database. Since governments have control over the database one wouldn't have to worry much their data being looked at by unauthorised staff and if the database was ever stolen only your physical card could unlock it.
Also there are benefits to having an ID card rather then a passport. One being you never run out of space for stamps and then have to spend lots of money on extending the pages or a new passport.
ID theft is probably the biggest issue but that could be overcome by a combination of embedded key, thumb print and personal password; or in other words, something you have, something you are and something you know.
Word of mouth isn't advertising. Marketing perhaps.
However the opposite is equally true. People try it out something doesn't work and they tell their friends linux sucks. Proof of this is in the hundreds of posts on slashdot from people poo pooing linux without trying it first hand or from their experience 10 years old.
Sounds like you don't run it youself. There is plenty of closed source software that people using on Linux.
Off the top of my head I have the following..
Dropbox, Nivida's Drivers, Nvidia's CG Toolkit, the Penumbra games, world of goo, skype, Google Chrome, google's video chat plugin.
That's native apps. I also run Guildwars using wine which was as simple as installing wine from the Ubuntu Software Centre and downloading/running the exe. Also, no there are no issues at all doing this, although other programs might be hit and miss.
Linux has been hamstrung by the belief that all software should be open source.
The Linux community does not think this at all. Perhaps you as an outsider looking in get that opinion from listening to whoever shouts the loudest on the interwebs however in the community there are many different opinions and the GNUtard's opinion is the minority.
Let me re-phrase what I said. When I said Linux needs to be sold in stores like windows. I meant on computers pre-installed, not the box of software on the self. The vast majority of users never specifically buy an OS off the self. They buy a computer and use the OS that came with it.
Microsoft is selling SOFTWARE that runs on almost all Intel based PCs.
No they're not. Windows comes on hardware. You're nit picking and it doesn't make any difference because only an extremely small minority buy Windows as software to install on their home computers. Most people get it with the computer, same for OSX so making the distinction is pretty pointless when considering the typical user.
Linux's opportunity to become mainstream is in computing appliances.
Which is exactly what I just said. Linux needs to be sold in brick stores like Windows and OSX are.
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Seems to solve two problems. The recycling issue and crime. *thumbs up*
Great idea brain genius, then you lose your entire account. It's in the ToS READ IT.
The words Intellectual property and digital property are complete bullshit because publishers don't treat it as such. They sell you a license to view or experience their media which is non-transferable. That's as far away from property as can be imagined. The term really needs to die and people need to see reality for what it really is; you're renting a game.
Only if it's their games. If it's a third party publishers game you're still screwed because the publisher can simply say there isn't a problem and deny the refund..
It's not a replacement for a brick and mortar store. At the store I can get a refund or at least credit towards a different game; steam? Tough shit because you're obviously a pirate or cheap stake that has already finished the game if you're asking such a thing.
When I asked for a refund because the game I bought that day was crashing on startup they re-directed me to this.
The fuck? Don't want it anymore... don't like it? It's a defective product and steam has a ton of third party developers that release poorly programmed games.
Steam is setup as a win win situation for publishers. Once they've got your money you're screwed because there is no incentive for a publisher to release a game that works. The only thing they care about is spending enough money on advertising to THINK you're getting a good game.
Yeah, but if you read more in it and the figure of 2.5 million for these bins is accurate it makes no sense from an economical or environmental point of view. They have to change all the bins meaning the old ones are thrown away (hopefully recycled). If the 2.5 million figure is accurate then they need to collect 16 years worth of recycling to pay them off in which time because tech being used outside is involved the bins will stop functioning, etc so new ones will need to be made..
Yes trust to our government masters and don't question figures that don't add up... I see where you're coming from..
You think the smart bins are going to last 16 years? Do you really need it spelled out for you?
According to engadget it's going to cost 2.5 million. At $26 per ton that's 96,153 tons of recyclables before the new bins are paid off.
According to the article they picked up 5,800 tons of recyclables last year. Assuming that's the average for the recycling to pay off the new bins it's going to take 16 years.
So what do you think is going to happen if you get fined for having too much? People will keep extra for a couple of weeks and that is not sanitary..
Also not disputing the money to be made from recyclables, because recycling some products is good for the environment; however a simple figure with no idea where it came from or how it was made isn't convincing. They could be making the $26 a ton from fines or government subsidies for all I know.
In Thailand I just dump the garbage by the side of the road every night. The homeless take the recyclables and the garbage men takes the rest.
I'm not saying that recycling shouldn't be done, but you have to admit there is a lot of lying and complete bullshit here. If the people who wrote this site were honest rather then trying to make up any excuse possible then it would make everyone look more credible.
I noticed you used the word "deniers", might not want to do that next time when the information you got is lying 20% of the time.
Let's look at this link..
So in this answer they completely avoid the question being raised. They state not recycling means paying for disposal, ok but you also have to pay to recycle it.
Conveniently forgetting that the garbage truck picks up the recyclables to begin with, at least it does in the context of the article.
There is no landfill crisis as the GPs P&T video shows.
This is complete bullshit, just because an area is used for landfill doesn't mean it becomes an arid wasteland that it useless for the next 100 years. You can still use it, build on it, just like any other land.
If it were popular the article wouldn't be about people being fined for not doing it.
I think they've got bigger problems then this TBH..
Fined for keeping the trash can by the side of the road too long. Fined for putting it out too early and the best part. They have TARGETS for issuing fines.
Way ahead of you.
It's not targeted at systems level programming it's the beginnings of a completely new type of language. The fact that it's used mostly for console based stuff is simply because there aren't enough libraries re-written in the language.
http://golang.org/doc/go_faq.html#What_is_the_purpose_of_the_project
Being a good programmer means having the ability to code in more then just one language and having the understanding the it's not the language which is important. Sorry you started out with a poor language however it's not difficult to learn new ones.
Not really. You could have a card with RFID which embeds a key that unlocks data in the database. Since governments have control over the database one wouldn't have to worry much their data being looked at by unauthorised staff and if the database was ever stolen only your physical card could unlock it.
Also there are benefits to having an ID card rather then a passport. One being you never run out of space for stamps and then have to spend lots of money on extending the pages or a new passport.
ID theft is probably the biggest issue but that could be overcome by a combination of embedded key, thumb print and personal password; or in other words, something you have, something you are and something you know.
Word of mouth isn't advertising. Marketing perhaps.
However the opposite is equally true. People try it out something doesn't work and they tell their friends linux sucks. Proof of this is in the hundreds of posts on slashdot from people poo pooing linux without trying it first hand or from their experience 10 years old.
I read it, you just poorly wrote it the first time around, but thanks for replying with a better description.
Thing is, it's great to hear you talk about this however, what about showing some proof rather then just listening to your hearsay?
Sounds like you don't run it youself. There is plenty of closed source software that people using on Linux.
Off the top of my head I have the following..
Dropbox, Nivida's Drivers, Nvidia's CG Toolkit, the Penumbra games, world of goo, skype, Google Chrome, google's video chat plugin.
That's native apps. I also run Guildwars using wine which was as simple as installing wine from the Ubuntu Software Centre and downloading/running the exe. Also, no there are no issues at all doing this, although other programs might be hit and miss.
The Linux community does not think this at all. Perhaps you as an outsider looking in get that opinion from listening to whoever shouts the loudest on the interwebs however in the community there are many different opinions and the GNUtard's opinion is the minority.
Poorly worded. I meant pre-installed.
Let me re-phrase what I said. When I said Linux needs to be sold in stores like windows. I meant on computers pre-installed, not the box of software on the self. The vast majority of users never specifically buy an OS off the self. They buy a computer and use the OS that came with it.
No they're not. Windows comes on hardware. You're nit picking and it doesn't make any difference because only an extremely small minority buy Windows as software to install on their home computers. Most people get it with the computer, same for OSX so making the distinction is pretty pointless when considering the typical user.
Which is exactly what I just said. Linux needs to be sold in brick stores like Windows and OSX are.
ah yeah sorry about that I got it mixed up with this.. http://www.google.com/trends
and the fact that the titles said about plotting trends with Google.