Problem is, so many stations show the exact same logo at the same position on the screen all around the clock. Couldn't that cause burnin? Especially if you use your PVR to skip the commercials.
And video games.. well, that's a hassle in itself.
Bah. Try looking at some real corruption of basic ideas and original themes: Read Starship Troopers the book, then Watch Starship Troopers the film. Then try and figure out how a film cacn have themes that are entirely directly opposite t those of the book.
Because Starship Troopers the movie was an intentional parody of the book. A parody the book deserved, really.
Not only that, but Tolkien freely open about changes made for adaptations. For some reason, geeks have conjured this image of a stingy, stubborn, unflexible professor who wouldn't approve of ANY changes made to his precious story in the movies.
I think some of this image is due to Christopher Tolkien, who certainly does hold the above view.
I am certain J.R.R. Tolkien would have liked the movies more than his son, who has made a living rewriting his father's wastepaper leavings and journal notes.
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Under Clinton, the economy went from bad to great to above average. Under Dubya, the economy went from above average to terrible to poor/average.
This part is incorrect, about how Bush inherited a good economy. The collapse began nearly a full year before Bush was sworn into office.
Of course, I decided to simplify my life a couple of years ago and gave up my cushy $90k a year San Jose job for a $43k a year government gig about 10 minutes from home. Not everyone is willing to give up half their income to eliminate their commute, however.
How much of that money then goes into the car? Into gas? And does your time have no value? That would be 3-4 hours out of EVERY day that I would have to give up to sit in traffic, and there's no way that $40k a year could be worth that much to me. My time is precious to me, and earning a nice paycheck is useless if I have no time to spend enjoying it.
And one self-defense mechanism of a vulture is to vomit. -Extremely- nasty smelling stuff too. Don't make a vulture nervous, they're disgusting birds when they get riled up.:)
Furthermore, do you really think Microsoft would resort to such drastic measures when they're on probation for their alleged monopoly?
Why would they stop? The anti-trust trial barely slowed them down, and the appeal resulted in a decision that basically read as "don't do that again, or I'll give you another stern look."
PS. What is it with Slashdot today? I keep getting "500 Internal Server Error" all the time.
I used to have troubles connecting to Slashdot all the time (timeouts on their end), but recently it's been stable for me..
I stopped renting from blockbuster because they have a nasty habbit of not recording that you returned a movie and then hassling you saying that you didn't.
I stopped renting from blockbuster because a local store had a better DVD selection and cheaper prices.
Oh, and also Blockbuster had the nasty habit of charging me late fees anyway if I turned in a movie at 11:50 am that was due at noon. They were nailed by a class-action lawsuit for that reason.
I think the significant point that you are missing is that the Internet connection at Universities is NOT just for academics and research.
No, in many cases, the primary purpose of the Internet connection at Universities is for academics and research. If the students want an Internet connection that they can use for whatever they want, but they should get their own (which is what I ended up doing, as 2 hour modem cutoff times became a real drag). The campus network is for academics, and peer to peer trading is a large drain on resources for non-academic purposes.
I have no problems with bandwidth control and port monitoring, though I would draw the line at the enforcement of installation of software programs on my computer.
Showing feature length movies would be awesome. The problem is that movies take up a big chunk of air time. They would have to give the movies crappy spots or bump a lot of high rated shows. I would love for them to show movies from 4 to 7am and advertise that you should Tivo it.
They've done it before, and even gone overboard with it. I've seen the new Scooby Doo movies advertised before, and they once held a bizarre Iron Giant marathon where they showed The Iron Giant about 9 times back to back.
I still remember the hard choices I had to make, disk-wise. Ultima VII, or Word 2.0? What a mindbender!
I remember Ultima VII was more than just a pain when it came to disk. It was incompatible with any memory manager, including himem.sys. You needed a seperate boot disk just for it so it could do all its own management.
I thought it was illegal to ride a bike wearing headphones with the sound turned up to block out traffic noise, people shouting 'look out' and what-not.
If it's not illegal, it's still stupid and dangerous.
Here's what gets me: it's illegal to wear my headphones which do absolutely nothing in terms of reducing road noise, and yet it's certainly legal to blast the music inside your new luxury vehicle which has the latest improvements aimed at reducing outside noise.
You're not suggesting that just because one organization takes up a cause that no other organization should take up that cause too? If that's the case, I guess I'll stop worrying about IP laws because the EFF has that covered.
But the EFF needs a lot of help and is fighting a very uphill battle. The NRA has far more clout.
Auto insurance does not in any way make me "less cautious" while driving.
Yes, but health insurance is a different beast. Health insurance does encourage "I don't have to pay for it, so why not?" behavior on both the doctor and patient. 5 CAT scans in an apendectomy (I believe it was a CAT scan). Prescription drugs that the patient doesn't really need. If the patient had to pay for it directly instead of indirectly, you would see far fewer unnecessary expenses in the medical world, and the designer drug industry that is so prevalent in advertising these days would be much smaller.
Electoral reform is much more important, and the most recent presidential election highlighted this fact. Right now, however, we have a bull in the china shop. It is more urgent that we get the bull out, rather than pontificate about how to keep the next bull from getting in.
And yet this argument is used in every election. Every election we are faced with "Well this candidate would be absolutely terrible, so next time we'll worry about voting for other than the lesser of two evils." Every election, every time. And thus change is always put off.
If your system could have been compromised, you must assume that it has been.
This exact statement is where many security-minded folk and the rest of the world differ. Non-security folk (and a lot of security folk as well) are of the mindset that there should be some proof of a compromise before you can assume that it took place. How much of an extreme should you take it to? After all, no system has perfect security. It's certainly possible that someone COULD have hacked into your home system (unless it was completely unconnected to the net), so do you run a full rebuild every night under the assumption that someone might have gotten in?
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And video games.. well, that's a hassle in itself.
Because Starship Troopers the movie was an intentional parody of the book. A parody the book deserved, really.
I think some of this image is due to Christopher Tolkien, who certainly does hold the above view.
I am certain J.R.R. Tolkien would have liked the movies more than his son, who has made a living rewriting his father's wastepaper leavings and journal notes.
This part is incorrect, about how Bush inherited a good economy. The collapse began nearly a full year before Bush was sworn into office.
IBM has a pretty hefty investment in Linux, and I don't think even Microsoft could survive a patent war with them.
Look at Congress and the RIAA.
Maybe they understand the Internet just fine, but want to turn it into a much more tightly controlled and regulated medium.
How much of that money then goes into the car? Into gas? And does your time have no value? That would be 3-4 hours out of EVERY day that I would have to give up to sit in traffic, and there's no way that $40k a year could be worth that much to me. My time is precious to me, and earning a nice paycheck is useless if I have no time to spend enjoying it.
Why would they stop? The anti-trust trial barely slowed them down, and the appeal resulted in a decision that basically read as "don't do that again, or I'll give you another stern look."
PS. What is it with Slashdot today? I keep getting "500 Internal Server Error" all the time.
I used to have troubles connecting to Slashdot all the time (timeouts on their end), but recently it's been stable for me..
I stopped renting from blockbuster because a local store had a better DVD selection and cheaper prices.
Oh, and also Blockbuster had the nasty habit of charging me late fees anyway if I turned in a movie at 11:50 am that was due at noon. They were nailed by a class-action lawsuit for that reason.
No, in many cases, the primary purpose of the Internet connection at Universities is for academics and research. If the students want an Internet connection that they can use for whatever they want, but they should get their own (which is what I ended up doing, as 2 hour modem cutoff times became a real drag). The campus network is for academics, and peer to peer trading is a large drain on resources for non-academic purposes.
I have no problems with bandwidth control and port monitoring, though I would draw the line at the enforcement of installation of software programs on my computer.
They've done it before, and even gone overboard with it. I've seen the new Scooby Doo movies advertised before, and they once held a bizarre Iron Giant marathon where they showed The Iron Giant about 9 times back to back.
I remember Ultima VII was more than just a pain when it came to disk. It was incompatible with any memory manager, including himem.sys. You needed a seperate boot disk just for it so it could do all its own management.
Two movies, the 5-movie deal was drawn up after Toy Story. So the 5 movies are A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Cars.
I thought it was illegal to ride a bike wearing headphones with the sound turned up to block out traffic noise, people shouting 'look out' and what-not.
If it's not illegal, it's still stupid and dangerous.
Here's what gets me: it's illegal to wear my headphones which do absolutely nothing in terms of reducing road noise, and yet it's certainly legal to blast the music inside your new luxury vehicle which has the latest improvements aimed at reducing outside noise.
Nope. Many of the bizarre and twisted things that happen from that show are taken from real life. Ain't it fun?
But the EFF needs a lot of help and is fighting a very uphill battle. The NRA has far more clout.
They don't need to. Other organizations are willing and able to do the job. Why spread yourself out too thinly?
Do you really think the president has any power of asylums?
The parent comment was refering to actions Reagan took when he was governor of California, not President.
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Auto insurance does not in any way make me "less cautious" while driving.
Yes, but health insurance is a different beast. Health insurance does encourage "I don't have to pay for it, so why not?" behavior on both the doctor and patient. 5 CAT scans in an apendectomy (I believe it was a CAT scan). Prescription drugs that the patient doesn't really need. If the patient had to pay for it directly instead of indirectly, you would see far fewer unnecessary expenses in the medical world, and the designer drug industry that is so prevalent in advertising these days would be much smaller.
And yet this argument is used in every election. Every election we are faced with "Well this candidate would be absolutely terrible, so next time we'll worry about voting for other than the lesser of two evils." Every election, every time. And thus change is always put off.
There aren't that many rich figureheads like W. Occasionally there is a need for them, though.
This exact statement is where many security-minded folk and the rest of the world differ. Non-security folk (and a lot of security folk as well) are of the mindset that there should be some proof of a compromise before you can assume that it took place. How much of an extreme should you take it to? After all, no system has perfect security. It's certainly possible that someone COULD have hacked into your home system (unless it was completely unconnected to the net), so do you run a full rebuild every night under the assumption that someone might have gotten in?