I'd suggest pushing through a ban on riders, but that would be impossible. Too many people benefit from getting their pet project funded.
Even if you tried an end-run around Congress and tried to get 2/3 of the state legislatures to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment, I would wager a substantial sum that too many of the state legislatures value pork too much to consider doing it.
Splorf! When you can get a cheap new DVD player for $20 to $30 at $BIGBOXSTORE, $50 to enable the codec on your computer is a/bit/ excessive.
They're pricing themselves out of the market. If I started feeling guilty about installing ubuntu-restricted-extras and not paying the intellectual-property tax, I might consider paying $10 to $15 to play DVDs and media files, but not $90.
7zip's interface isn't all that friendly to n00bs. jZip's got a nice interface & the 7zip backend, but the license isn't Free and it doesn't support creating as many archives as 7z does.
Have VW gotten a continuously-variable tranny available yet? Seems like those are a good compromise between a stickshift's efficiency and a slushbox's ease of use.
When Debian started doing the Iceweasel thing, I though "oh, that's just Debian being a bunch of stuck-up wankers again".
Now I'm starting to think that it's Mozilla who are the wankers. WTF, the only software on Ubuntu I've ever had to do a EULA on was Java and Flash, because I installed ubuntu-restricted-extras, and those are proprietary.
You're assuming that lots of IDers hang out on Slashdot. Not so. Many of them hang out on local newspaper forums, or on websites catering to their kind, or on political-argument sites, or for the retirees with too much time on their hands, they write letters-to-the-editor.
Tell that to some of the evangelicals I know. They believe that dino fossils were planted by their god to test their faith.
I think they think that because they're of the "bible is inerrant and literally true" school, lacking the imagination to see that some of it is allegory, etc.
It's well-known that Microsoft got off being punished much for monopolistic practices after Bush took office -- the experienced DoJ lawyers were pulled off the case.
You don't really think those kids would be getting married if they hadn't been stupid enough to fuck without birth control?
I feel bad for them, mainly because they were kept in ignorance of birth control by a state (and parents at least in her case) that believed in abstinence-only.
I haven't bought them, but ISTR that you get the EXEs, WADs, etc. and the original DOS executable runs inside DOSBox, which is included with your Steam download.
The DOSBox thing of course doesn't apply with the Windows games included with the package. No idea how the Steam DRM stuff works with those.
Generally, though, when you travel and are away from an Internet connection, you just have to install Steam on your laptop, log into your account, download your games completely, and then you don't need the Internet connection again because they can be played in offline mode.
{shrug}. You can get all of the Doom IWADs for $10 with the collector's edition CD, and on Steam you can buy Heretic for $5 and Hexen and its expansion for $5 each. It's not much.
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I'd suggest pushing through a ban on riders, but that would be impossible. Too many people benefit from getting their pet project funded.
Even if you tried an end-run around Congress and tried to get 2/3 of the state legislatures to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment, I would wager a substantial sum that too many of the state legislatures value pork too much to consider doing it.
not a great loss, but I wonder if they're picking and choosing which articles to save, or if they're only doing stuff after a certain date.
moths don't have balls?
I've a self-built system, so I can't fall back on "I've already paid the Windows tax".
Listening to Metallica is like having banged the prom queen in high school only to see her become a queen of the 300-pound welfare sort :(
What's wrong with that? You did bang she who was supposedly the hottest girl at the time. You can't help what happens years later.
That link isn't what you think it is. Seriously, it's not.
Splorf! When you can get a cheap new DVD player for $20 to $30 at $BIGBOXSTORE, $50 to enable the codec on your computer is a /bit/ excessive.
They're pricing themselves out of the market. If I started feeling guilty about installing ubuntu-restricted-extras and not paying the intellectual-property tax, I might consider paying $10 to $15 to play DVDs and media files, but not $90.
If a wingnut hacker had gotten into a Democrat's account, the drama queens at Fox would be all over what they dug up, spinning like mad.
7zip's interface isn't all that friendly to n00bs. jZip's got a nice interface & the 7zip backend, but the license isn't Free and it doesn't support creating as many archives as 7z does.
My round-trip to work is 70 miles, most of it on the highway.
Have VW gotten a continuously-variable tranny available yet? Seems like those are a good compromise between a stickshift's efficiency and a slushbox's ease of use.
Mine's a Macallan 12-year-old.
When Debian started doing the Iceweasel thing, I though "oh, that's just Debian being a bunch of stuck-up wankers again".
Now I'm starting to think that it's Mozilla who are the wankers. WTF, the only software on Ubuntu I've ever had to do a EULA on was Java and Flash, because I installed ubuntu-restricted-extras, and those are proprietary.
Oh well, maybe when Chrome matures...
Where is the evidence to support Creationism?
Here.
You're assuming that lots of IDers hang out on Slashdot. Not so. Many of them hang out on local newspaper forums, or on websites catering to their kind, or on political-argument sites, or for the retirees with too much time on their hands, they write letters-to-the-editor.
Tell that to some of the evangelicals I know. They believe that dino fossils were planted by their god to test their faith.
I think they think that because they're of the "bible is inerrant and literally true" school, lacking the imagination to see that some of it is allegory, etc.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
{catches breath}
You really think /that/ would get him impeached, after all the worse stuff he's done hasn't? I want whatever you're smoking; it must be good!
It's well-known that Microsoft got off being punished much for monopolistic practices after Bush took office -- the experienced DoJ lawyers were pulled off the case.
So who did MS pay off but Google not get to?
en tee.
You don't really think those kids would be getting married if they hadn't been stupid enough to fuck without birth control?
I feel bad for them, mainly because they were kept in ignorance of birth control by a state (and parents at least in her case) that believed in abstinence-only.
Bah. I could see a national government claiming that the ships are inside their territorial waters and therefore owe some sort of tax.
I haven't bought them, but ISTR that you get the EXEs, WADs, etc. and the original DOS executable runs inside DOSBox, which is included with your Steam download.
The DOSBox thing of course doesn't apply with the Windows games included with the package. No idea how the Steam DRM stuff works with those.
Generally, though, when you travel and are away from an Internet connection, you just have to install Steam on your laptop, log into your account, download your games completely, and then you don't need the Internet connection again because they can be played in offline mode.
Can you ship it to someone out of state and pick it up there?
Yeah, because gasoline will be so much cheaper than the sales tax, not to mention your time.
They haven't released all of the n Build games' source code, have they? It'd be neat to play Shadow Warrior or Blood on a modern Windows port someday.
{shrug}. You can get all of the Doom IWADs for $10 with the collector's edition CD, and on Steam you can buy Heretic for $5 and Hexen and its expansion for $5 each. It's not much.