FTA: ""It's not illegal, nor is it a breach of terms of service," Bailey said."
I get mailed revised TOS and privacy policies from companies on a weekly basis. Now that this is publicized, how long will it stay 'legal'? Usually, loudly exclaiming "nener-nener-boo-boo you can't catch me" to one of the largest, consumer unfriendly, profit motivated industries gets their attention.
To anybody that hasn't seen this movie, it is a great artistic portrayal of Der Fuhrer in his final days, and provides insightful dialog regarding the mentality of the Reich's higher ups during the final days. It is an extremely dark and gritty movie, but the angle it presents is something alot of American history books and entertainment tend to neglect.
I saw the original movie, Der Untergang, which is its original German name, in my German Studies class in high-school, and recommend it to anybody interested in more than just Godwin's Law. Watch it. Must See.
downloaded and run by an investor, must provide the user with the ability to programmatically input the user's own assumptions regarding the future performance and cash flows from the pool assets, including but not limited to assumptions about future interest rates, default rates, prepayment speeds, loss-given-default rates, and any other necessary assumptions.'
...it is forbidden to have a straightforward sentence with less than two conjunctions.
If the cost of losing customers due to bad press is greater than the cost of changing their policies/practices, they will change (usually temporarily) to alleviate the bad press. Next.
I'll sacrifice using the mod points for this, but your post is flawed. May I add:
Some game "pirates" weren't going to buy your software anyway.
If game companies started producing things other than shitty console ports with draconian DRM schemes, perhaps the pirates would not have chosen to pirate in the first place. As long as these publishing houses continue to try to churn out cookie cutter crap aimed at piggybacking on the latest E! tonight 'psuedo-fad' IP, and actually start producing, quality, original, relatively 'open' games, the sooner their numbers will rise again. Otherwise they can continue to count on rising pirate occurrences.
It boils down to this. If they choose to sell shit, they will have to resort to extremes to either force people to buy it, or punish them through litigation armies to stay profitable.
On another note, perhaps they are just being 'good capitalist', for they know their crummy practices are advantageoues in a society that is becoming more ignorant and numb to the continual lack of quality in the products and lack care for the once loyal customers. As people are conditioned over time to just deal with more garbage for more money and less quality, more producers in all segments of the economy will take this route.
When I was in high school, I was in the library one time working on a project. The internet was acting flaky, so I fired up the command prompt. A nearby librarian saw me running ipconfig, and immediately notified the principle. I was sent down to the office and screamed at by the principle and a few other administrators for exhibiting 'possible terrorist activity'. They banned me from computers for the rest of my senior year, and I had to go to 2 after-school detentions, (A+ student, no prior record at the school). Even after trying to explain myself to the district IT admin, I was fed the line "You were doing something unauthorized, so you pay the price".
That is the the root of the issue at hand. From a reductionist standpoint, you could make that argument about anything. An inked cartoon character is just an ordered and structured collection of pigments. This construct can be represented by a polar graph of molecules and their locations. This can be made into an equation, which is just a mathematical construct, which is just an abstract arbitrary construct of mankind, which you cannot patent.
That is the trouble with patents, delineating intellectual property from reductionist components. It can be argued both ways.
Perhaps my understanding of physics is lax, but in what way does this suggest conflicting evidence towards the field equations any more than what we already know about singularity type constructs? We already know that the field equations break down when dealing with the infinities inside black holes, but as far as large amounts of cosmic radiation ripping apart the galaxy forming elemental seeds on the macroscale, I don't see the discontinuity (pun intended) with the field equations. What statement gave you the impression of 'suggested conflicts'? Any astrophysicist care to clarify? IMO, this supports the field equations in that the energies imparted the 'seed clouds' create explosive chaotic forces larger than their internal gravitational attraction, hence the 'ripping apart' that we observe; with energy of this radiation being a byproduct from the mass gobbled up by the black hole.
Not being an avid poker player, those views are very insightful to the uninformed. But what you have stated enforces the point that poker cannot always be reduced to pure probability, as many anti-pokerites would have us believe.
Using your logic, a fair amount of games could be reduced to almost pure probability with the condition that the player(s) have no skill whatsoever, and not deterministic cognitive abilities.
if the deck keeps spitting out cards that favor your opponent
Too much personification is misleading, and by grammar nazi rule, nicht erlaubt.
Yes, there exist a probability that your opponent will receive repeated winning hands, but that is just probability. In a general sense, games of pure probability are not games of skill. The skill in poker lies in the ability to read people's playing tactics over a period of time, recognize biological cues and behavioral patterns to 'read' their hand, 'read' their non-verbal signals, and manipulate the table with a high degree of personal physiological control.
Poker is a social game, and theirin lies the root of the skill. The probability involved in poker is just the medium for influencing the social dynamics that constitute the 'skill' portion of the game.
I hope the Farmvillle admins' servers are prepared. When people can't microblag their life for free, they resort to obsessive compulsive virtual farming.
If OP actually gains a better understanding of the UFO phenomena, then he has learned more.
If it turns out to be a complete waste of time, then he has learned to be more careful with his wallet, and you have learned that it is still easy to take people's money through an intriguing premise.
If you haven't learned that from FREE ICONS SAVERS PRON WAREZ GETRICHNOW schemes, then perhaps I see the humor.
Otherwise, your question is surely rhetorical. Or perhaps I just got 'WHOOSHED'.
UFO's are not just some hoojum bullshit. There is a serious phenomena of unexplained activity/objects, and rigorous scientific endeavor would get much more credibility if this area was at least explored from a rational and logical standpoint in educational institutions without all the hooting and hollering, even if what we discover is against our rational and logical assumptions.
and if your really interested, check out the NASA video of the STS-75 incident. Watch the video, and then read what NASA conveniently doesn't discuss.
As much as we reduce our nuclear weapons arsenel, there remain many a crazy nation that will gladly blow us to oblivion. A monkey who is throwing up a peace sign is not exempt from a skull bashing by the other monkeys.
Space exploration today is not nearly important as securing votes. There once was a time when industrial might, military might, and technological advancement were yardsticks of a successful nation-state. Granted, much of those things arose from international pissing contests, and the government motivation was more geopolitical than anthropic during the early Apollo times, but there just isn't the political incentive to prop up NASA like there used to be. It is most definately a shame. Hopefully private sector takes over and makes great improvements for the longevity of our race, but I have a feeling it will be less for science and more for McLunar Nuggets.
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FTA: ""It's not illegal, nor is it a breach of terms of service," Bailey said."
I get mailed revised TOS and privacy policies from companies on a weekly basis. Now that this is publicized, how long will it stay 'legal'? Usually, loudly exclaiming "nener-nener-boo-boo you can't catch me" to one of the largest, consumer unfriendly, profit motivated industries gets their attention.
To anybody that hasn't seen this movie, it is a great artistic portrayal of Der Fuhrer in his final days, and provides insightful dialog regarding the mentality of the Reich's higher ups during the final days. It is an extremely dark and gritty movie, but the angle it presents is something alot of American history books and entertainment tend to neglect.
I saw the original movie, Der Untergang, which is its original German name, in my German Studies class in high-school, and recommend it to anybody interested in more than just Godwin's Law. Watch it. Must See.
If you tell me both passwords, I can tell if they are "not secure at all" fairly quickly.
Damn you spam Mongolians!
Occam's Razer does not apply to matters of finance. Ever.
downloaded and run by an investor, must provide the user with the ability to programmatically input the user's own assumptions regarding the future performance and cash flows from the pool assets, including but not limited to assumptions about future interest rates, default rates, prepayment speeds, loss-given-default rates, and any other necessary assumptions.'
...it is forbidden to have a straightforward sentence with less than two conjunctions.
Epoch fail.
If the cost of losing customers due to bad press is greater than the cost of changing their policies/practices, they will change (usually temporarily) to alleviate the bad press. Next.
The same amount that will turn into magical unicorns?
Some game "pirates" weren't going to buy your software anyway.
If game companies started producing things other than shitty console ports with draconian DRM schemes, perhaps the pirates would not have chosen to pirate in the first place. As long as these publishing houses continue to try to churn out cookie cutter crap aimed at piggybacking on the latest E! tonight 'psuedo-fad' IP, and actually start producing, quality, original, relatively 'open' games, the sooner their numbers will rise again. Otherwise they can continue to count on rising pirate occurrences.
It boils down to this. If they choose to sell shit, they will have to resort to extremes to either force people to buy it, or punish them through litigation armies to stay profitable.
On another note, perhaps they are just being 'good capitalist', for they know their crummy practices are advantageoues in a society that is becoming more ignorant and numb to the continual lack of quality in the products and lack care for the once loyal customers. As people are conditioned over time to just deal with more garbage for more money and less quality, more producers in all segments of the economy will take this route.
When I was in high school, I was in the library one time working on a project. The internet was acting flaky, so I fired up the command prompt. A nearby librarian saw me running ipconfig, and immediately notified the principle. I was sent down to the office and screamed at by the principle and a few other administrators for exhibiting 'possible terrorist activity'. They banned me from computers for the rest of my senior year, and I had to go to 2 after-school detentions, (A+ student, no prior record at the school). Even after trying to explain myself to the district IT admin, I was fed the line "You were doing something unauthorized, so you pay the price".
Fuck you WHS.
That is the the root of the issue at hand. From a reductionist standpoint, you could make that argument about anything. An inked cartoon character is just an ordered and structured collection of pigments. This construct can be represented by a polar graph of molecules and their locations. This can be made into an equation, which is just a mathematical construct, which is just an abstract arbitrary construct of mankind, which you cannot patent.
That is the trouble with patents, delineating intellectual property from reductionist components. It can be argued both ways.
Perhaps my understanding of physics is lax, but in what way does this suggest conflicting evidence towards the field equations any more than what we already know about singularity type constructs? We already know that the field equations break down when dealing with the infinities inside black holes, but as far as large amounts of cosmic radiation ripping apart the galaxy forming elemental seeds on the macroscale, I don't see the discontinuity (pun intended) with the field equations. What statement gave you the impression of 'suggested conflicts'? Any astrophysicist care to clarify? IMO, this supports the field equations in that the energies imparted the 'seed clouds' create explosive chaotic forces larger than their internal gravitational attraction, hence the 'ripping apart' that we observe; with energy of this radiation being a byproduct from the mass gobbled up by the black hole.
These days it feels like all games are being made within 48-hours.
Not being an avid poker player, those views are very insightful to the uninformed. But what you have stated enforces the point that poker cannot always be reduced to pure probability, as many anti-pokerites would have us believe.
Using your logic, a fair amount of games could be reduced to almost pure probability with the condition that the player(s) have no skill whatsoever, and not deterministic cognitive abilities.
if the deck keeps spitting out cards that favor your opponent
Too much personification is misleading, and by grammar nazi rule, nicht erlaubt.
Yes, there exist a probability that your opponent will receive repeated winning hands, but that is just probability. In a general sense, games of pure probability are not games of skill. The skill in poker lies in the ability to read people's playing tactics over a period of time, recognize biological cues and behavioral patterns to 'read' their hand, 'read' their non-verbal signals, and manipulate the table with a high degree of personal physiological control.
Poker is a social game, and theirin lies the root of the skill. The probability involved in poker is just the medium for influencing the social dynamics that constitute the 'skill' portion of the game.
I hope the Farmvillle admins' servers are prepared. When people can't microblag their life for free, they resort to obsessive compulsive virtual farming.
If OP actually gains a better understanding of the UFO phenomena, then he has learned more.
If it turns out to be a complete waste of time, then he has learned to be more careful with his wallet, and you have learned that it is still easy to take people's money through an intriguing premise.
If you haven't learned that from FREE ICONS SAVERS PRON WAREZ GETRICHNOW schemes, then perhaps I see the humor.
Otherwise, your question is surely rhetorical. Or perhaps I just got 'WHOOSHED'.
Similar arguments were made by the Ptolemaic churches attempting to discredit Aristotle.
The UK acknowledges the phenomenon: Ministry of Defense
So does Mexico
oh, and so does the FBI
and the CIA.
UFO's are not just some hoojum bullshit. There is a serious phenomena of unexplained activity/objects, and rigorous scientific endeavor would get much more credibility if this area was at least explored from a rational and logical standpoint in educational institutions without all the hooting and hollering, even if what we discover is against our rational and logical assumptions.
and if your really interested, check out the NASA video of the STS-75 incident. Watch the video, and then read what NASA conveniently doesn't discuss.
As much as we reduce our nuclear weapons arsenel, there remain many a crazy nation that will gladly blow us to oblivion. A monkey who is throwing up a peace sign is not exempt from a skull bashing by the other monkeys.
The question is, which of the monkeys is the US?
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Ebay?
Does this mean the frequency of interoffice teabagging will be on the rise?
Yes, actually. God forbid. Because in an economy where astronauts cannot keep their jobs, we have seriously fucked up.
Space exploration today is not nearly important as securing votes. There once was a time when industrial might, military might, and technological advancement were yardsticks of a successful nation-state. Granted, much of those things arose from international pissing contests, and the government motivation was more geopolitical than anthropic during the early Apollo times, but there just isn't the political incentive to prop up NASA like there used to be. It is most definately a shame. Hopefully private sector takes over and makes great improvements for the longevity of our race, but I have a feeling it will be less for science and more for McLunar Nuggets.