Yes and no. Yes, it is chance when it comes to what cards you're dealt, but playing poker is a LOT more than just getting good hands. Bluffing, calling people on their bluffs, reading into what other people likely have, knowing when to bet and how much, etc., are all major parts in the game, and those aren't based on luck.
On my "spam account", I currently get approximately 200-300 per day. Unfortunately, Yahoo deletes them after a month, and this has thwarted my plan to see how many I could rack up.
Do you have any examples of what discs won't work? I've never had a problem playing any DVD (except one that it wigged out on because of a tiny scratch), and I use it as my primary DVD player.
The difference is that when a security hole IS found (whether it be by the good guys or the bad guys), it gets patched VERY quickly compared to commercial software...
I find that installing The Proxomitron and aggressively filtering works a lot better for me. Since it's insanely customizable and processes everything BEFORE it gets to the browser, you can even prevent exploits while waiting for a patch so long as you know part of the code used to do them.
EarthLink believes an open Internet is a good Internet. An open Internet means users have full end-to-end connectivity to say to each other whatever it is they say, be that voice, video, or other data exchanges, without the help of mediating servers in the middle whenever possible.
Translation: Earthlink likes an open internet - an open internet allows for P2P file sharing and other things that require lots of bandwidth. Oh hey, did we mention that we sell broadband service? It's fast. You'll want that speed for downloading all this data. C'mon, just try it. The first one is free. Yeah, yeah, that's good. You like that, huh? Now, about this contract...
XP is more stable in my experience as well. Haven't gotten a BSOD yet in it, and I've been running it for around two years. 2000 gave me a few BSODs, although I blame that on RealPlayer, since that's always what caused it.
I think the reason they came up with that figure is that there are a LOT more home users using XP Home than Win2k, and we all know what home users can do to computers. With all the spyware/malware/users messing with things they don't know about/viruses/etc. it's no surprise these computers are shitting out 12% of the time.
I'm very satisfied with XP Pro. They've finally gotten stability right, now if they fix the security holes, they've got an excellent OS.
Yes I do - I strongly dislike the conveyor belt like layouts in zoos & parks which is what they frequently are these days. Entrance - attraction - concession - attraction - food court - attraction - concession - attraction - gift shop - exit. But that's irrelevant.
So... you'd rather have everything jumbled in a completely unorganized mess?
That's how everything is. People always hate the big guy until they get a chance to be a part.
You can see the same thing with anti-American sentiment in other countries - people will be very quick to badmouth the US, but start giving out free plane tickets and you'll get mobbed.
This is why I like P2P services like WinMX where I can browse all the files a user is sharing. If I'm looking for a specific song, say, No Doubt's new version of It's My Life, and I notice SkaterBoi20421 has a lot of No Doubt songs, I'll browse through his files. If I notice a lot of other songs I like, I'll download a bunch of songs that he has shared that I've never heard of since it's likely that we have at least somewhat the same tastes.
I can't remember the last time I've listened to the radio, but I hear new music all the time.
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As it stands poker is still a game of chance
Yes and no. Yes, it is chance when it comes to what cards you're dealt, but playing poker is a LOT more than just getting good hands. Bluffing, calling people on their bluffs, reading into what other people likely have, knowing when to bet and how much, etc., are all major parts in the game, and those aren't based on luck.
It's too bad the house isn't getting beaten, it's other players. The house CAN'T lose anything, since they're not playing.
I don't think I'd trust buying a $150,000+ item from someone who only has 10 feedback, One of them being a $24 battery.
Oh, and paypal?! I barely trust sending $150 through paypal, let alone $150,000...
That could possibly have something to do with the fact that Windows crashing is a lot less fatal than a car crashing.
... at band camp?
Sadly, in this day and age everything that comes back into style isn't original.
Wait, isn't something that comes back into style by definition not original?
Yet people are still terrified of saying "I love you".
Some people seem to be having trouble getting the cookie. Going here helps.
On my "spam account", I currently get approximately 200-300 per day. Unfortunately, Yahoo deletes them after a month, and this has thwarted my plan to see how many I could rack up.
Currently my monthly record is around 7,000.
What kind of idiot thinks FUD == Money?
I don't know, it seems to work pretty well for Microsoft.
Do you have any examples of what discs won't work? I've never had a problem playing any DVD (except one that it wigged out on because of a tiny scratch), and I use it as my primary DVD player.
The difference is that when a security hole IS found (whether it be by the good guys or the bad guys), it gets patched VERY quickly compared to commercial software...
You sound like you'd be the type of guy mentioned here.
I find that installing The Proxomitron and aggressively filtering works a lot better for me. Since it's insanely customizable and processes everything BEFORE it gets to the browser, you can even prevent exploits while waiting for a patch so long as you know part of the code used to do them.
I made something like this before - You could control things with your lips. I called it "Louse".
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It never caught on
I call this "the Enix influence".
EarthLink believes an open Internet is a good Internet. An open Internet means users have full end-to-end connectivity to say to each other whatever it is they say, be that voice, video, or other data exchanges, without the help of mediating servers in the middle whenever possible.
Translation: Earthlink likes an open internet - an open internet allows for P2P file sharing and other things that require lots of bandwidth. Oh hey, did we mention that we sell broadband service? It's fast. You'll want that speed for downloading all this data. C'mon, just try it. The first one is free. Yeah, yeah, that's good. You like that, huh? Now, about this contract...
XP is more stable in my experience as well. Haven't gotten a BSOD yet in it, and I've been running it for around two years. 2000 gave me a few BSODs, although I blame that on RealPlayer, since that's always what caused it.
I think the reason they came up with that figure is that there are a LOT more home users using XP Home than Win2k, and we all know what home users can do to computers. With all the spyware/malware/users messing with things they don't know about/viruses/etc. it's no surprise these computers are shitting out 12% of the time.
I'm very satisfied with XP Pro. They've finally gotten stability right, now if they fix the security holes, they've got an excellent OS.
Yes I do - I strongly dislike the conveyor belt like layouts in zoos & parks which is what they frequently are these days. Entrance - attraction - concession - attraction - food court - attraction - concession - attraction - gift shop - exit. But that's irrelevant.
So... you'd rather have everything jumbled in a completely unorganized mess?
That's how everything is. People always hate the big guy until they get a chance to be a part.
You can see the same thing with anti-American sentiment in other countries - people will be very quick to badmouth the US, but start giving out free plane tickets and you'll get mobbed.
This is why I like P2P services like WinMX where I can browse all the files a user is sharing. If I'm looking for a specific song, say, No Doubt's new version of It's My Life, and I notice SkaterBoi20421 has a lot of No Doubt songs, I'll browse through his files. If I notice a lot of other songs I like, I'll download a bunch of songs that he has shared that I've never heard of since it's likely that we have at least somewhat the same tastes.
I can't remember the last time I've listened to the radio, but I hear new music all the time.
Hey, I'm all for policing the radicals. They're the crazy bastards that make vague laws necessary in the first place.
We can now rest assured that Homer Simpson will be cancer-free.
You'd think they'd have a cooler word for that...
I'd say they're cool enough already.
I feel bad for the poor guy who you linked to - sites with video that get linked to from here usually don't last long.