This is one example where capitalism actually works. Just as long as said company actually has competition, that is.
I think Charter is scared of looking like they're customer-unfriendly in the face of possible "future" competition. Future competition could mean a proliferation of companies (like SBC) which offer things like 3mbps DSL service in the same area (in my city) as, say, Comcast (my ISP).
Then again Charter's motivation could be nothing more than corporate sovereignty (or: "How dare they tell us what to do!")...
You'd probably need a few hundred megatons to displace enough water to cause a nasty tsunami. A normal underwater nuke offshore would be more likely to poison a whole lot of seawater and totally screw up the fishing industry.
I'd imagine that the insurance companies save money on the lives that aren't lost. Dead people potentially make for a lot of liabilities if they have relatives...
And you have displayed a nauseatingly ignorant view of civil disobedience. You're in no position to call bullshit in light of all the various incidents of successful civil disobedience in this country which was called flagrant law breaking at the time.
If I was a common crook I would pirate games right and left. Heck I haven't even pirated Half Life 2; I just suggested it as an option. I've never pirated games, I've said that before, but you're too thick headed to listen.
It's obvious you work for Valve and you post your servile tripe because if Valve can't cripple their software like this again, you're out of a job. And all the denials you can give are repeatedly contradicted by the boot licking bullshit that you're posting now and which you'll post again in response.
So civil disobedience is only legitimate when it comes to tea, eh? Wow. Do you, like, work for Vivendi Universal by any chance? Or are you going to print out your servile missives and submit it with your job application? Wish ya the best of luck either way.
If a law is bad then violating it in protest is not only patriotic but it has happened on numerous occasions historically.
If I didn't fear viruses I'd pirate HL2. I've never pirated a game before (because I'm worried about viruses) but this one I would because it's exploiting a bad law (DMCA) to reduce my rights as a customer.
The specific right in question is the right to buy a program and use it without relying on someone to "permit" you to use it. The ONLY people who have a right to require "permission" is the government (driving, etc.).
The difference between civil disobedience and piracy is a pirate usually copies stuff and doesn't buy anything.
such as what they're doing in the areas of signal security and preventing interceptions/jamming of transmissions on the battlefield. How do they authenticate who's talking to who? How do they keep the enemy from listening in?
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This is one example where capitalism actually works. Just as long as said company actually has competition, that is.
I think Charter is scared of looking like they're customer-unfriendly in the face of possible "future" competition. Future competition could mean a proliferation of companies (like SBC) which offer things like 3mbps DSL service in the same area (in my city) as, say, Comcast (my ISP).
Then again Charter's motivation could be nothing more than corporate sovereignty (or: "How dare they tell us what to do!")...
You'd probably need a few hundred megatons to displace enough water to cause a nasty tsunami. A normal underwater nuke offshore would be more likely to poison a whole lot of seawater and totally screw up the fishing industry.
Hell, I hope everyone else there (i.e., the poor people) were also evacuated!
I'd imagine that the insurance companies save money on the lives that aren't lost. Dead people potentially make for a lot of liabilities if they have relatives...
Would that make it the first MMORPG that is natively compiled for a 64 bit (linux) architecture? :) (Not sure how important that is, though...)
They're more like social black holes!
"June 2005: the US Supreme Court finds the DMCA unconstitutional..."
"April 2005: RedHat buys Sun..." :)
with absolutely NO sense of humor....
oh wait......!
machine breakers ...
:)
installed at the MicroSoft HQ...
My post was intended as sarcasm.
That wasn't a troll or flamebait post. Idiots.
The English language has devolved into complete inefficient gibberish ever since dictionaries became freely accessible online.
Ever notice how all the most literate people pay through the nose for access to dictionaries and thesauruses?
Free dictionaries are tantamount to communism and collectivism and coincide directly with the collapse of America's educational systems.
I say these people should be sued and all dictionary access restricted to paying customers. Long live capitalism!
Show me one job where the skillset isn't a commodity.
or:
You take the premeditated road
and I'll take the negligent road
and I'll kill 10,000 before ye!
Industrial accident
Terrorist attack
3000 dead is still 3000 dead.
And you have displayed a nauseatingly ignorant view of civil disobedience. You're in no position to call bullshit in light of all the various incidents of successful civil disobedience in this country which was called flagrant law breaking at the time.
If I was a common crook I would pirate games right and left. Heck I haven't even pirated Half Life 2; I just suggested it as an option. I've never pirated games, I've said that before, but you're too thick headed to listen.
It's obvious you work for Valve and you post your servile tripe because if Valve can't cripple their software like this again, you're out of a job. And all the denials you can give are repeatedly contradicted by the boot licking bullshit that you're posting now and which you'll post again in response.
So civil disobedience is only legitimate when it comes to tea, eh? Wow. Do you, like, work for Vivendi Universal by any chance? Or are you going to print out your servile missives and submit it with your job application? Wish ya the best of luck either way.
The people who held the Boston Tea Party disagree with you.
You're just a tool.
BAD
LAW.
If a law is bad then violating it in protest is not only patriotic but it has happened on numerous occasions historically.
If I didn't fear viruses I'd pirate HL2. I've never pirated a game before (because I'm worried about viruses) but this one I would because it's exploiting a bad law (DMCA) to reduce my rights as a customer.
The specific right in question is the right to buy a program and use it without relying on someone to "permit" you to use it. The ONLY people who have a right to require "permission" is the government (driving, etc.).
The difference between civil disobedience and piracy is a pirate usually copies stuff and doesn't buy anything.
Wishful
Thinking
Prove to me that they actually WILL release such a patch.
Don't speculate it to me.
PROVE it to me.
I can refute you in two words:
:)
civil
disobedience.
Have a nice day.
such as what they're doing in the areas of signal security and preventing interceptions/jamming of transmissions on the battlefield. How do they authenticate who's talking to who? How do they keep the enemy from listening in?
Will I be able to burn DVDs right away on this thing in Linux?
Heck, I installed Fedora Core 2 and dvd burning apps on there still say that I can't burn DVDs without some kind of binary closed source addon. ARGH.
Except that they aren't being PAID more for their more valuable work.