And there you have it. Movies take up space fast. My personal quest is to get all of Babylon 5 (never seen it before, so I'm hardly willing to pay $80 a season for these new DVDs just to see what all the fuss is about), but I'm sure everyone has their own little pet project, be it anime, action movies, whatever. Sure, I burn to CD on a fairly regular basis, but especially for a tv series, I want the cds to be sequential, so if there's a particular episode I'm having trouble downloading, I start building up a pretty big backlog.
I agree that interstate commerce has been stretched a bit far, but still, it does have an important role to play at times. The Supreme Court does overturn laws on the basis that they have no bearing on interstate commerce (I remember one a couple years back related to spousal abuse. The federal government argued that abused spouses would have a negative effect on interstate commerce, so they ought to be able to make laws against it. SCOTUS said no dice, it's an issue for the states). The favorite trick of the federal government in making laws is to say that if you use the US postal service, you're practicing interstate commerce, and can therefore be regulated. That's how the FTC got its grubby little paws into regulating IPOs for companies which only operate within a single state, because they still use the USPS.
I don't know how they managed to get drug laws within the scope of the federal government, but I know there have been court cases on the subject, so whatever argument they used, it was apparently successful.
Attempted murder is a crime too, in most countries. The reason it's "crossing state lines with the intent of having sex with a minor" is that the federal government isn't allowed to get involved unless the crime somehow relates to interstate commerce or travel. So, he may be guilty in, say, California, of having sex with a minor, but the federal charge will still be crossing state lines with the intent of having sex with a minor. And he would only be convicted if it could be proven that he either did have sex with the minor, or was going to if he hadn't been stopped. No thought police or any Big Brother crap like that.
What struck ME about that is that if he's 32 and had heart trouble, maybe he should have spent a little less time parked in front of the computer, and a little more time on the treadmill. Unless dying at 32 as an honored and respected DAOC guild leader was really what he wanted... Different strokes for different folks I guess.
That's why I use mozilla and only disable unrequested popups. So it disables those popups that load when I open or close a page, but the popup graphs on CNN, for example (or the help popups you're talking about), will still load. Javascript is still running too. The only thing it nails are those ad popups, or the "localize CNN" popup that appeared every goddamn time I visited that site.
Make sure you test the software before you buy the Samsung. I bought a miniYEPP, and the software that came with it is really torturous to use (and unbelievably buggy, it took three crashes before I went online and found a patch, then another crash before I finally convinced it to write out the mp3s). I think the full size models use different software, but if it was designed by the same people, it may still blow goats.
Also, afaik, none of the YEPPs are linux compatible.
My girlfriend puts the lid down, because she read somewhere a long time ago that a flushing toilet can throw water droplets out up to five feet away. Amazingly though, she actually doesn't mind that I leave the seat up. I guess since she's used to having to put the lid up, she doesn't care about putting the lid up vs. putting the seat down.
Yes, my thoughts exactly. If they guy pisses twice in a row, a total of 4 unnecessary operations have been performed on the toilet seat. I look at it like this: the girl always needs it down, and the guy usually needs it up.
This algorithm has fairness benefits as well. If the seat is down (which it will be slightly more than half the time) guy puts it up, and if the seat is up (slightly less than half) girl puts it down. This results in a fairly even distribution of labor, whereas the always-put-the-seat-down algorithm results in one party doing all the work.
Of course it would be even more efficient to just get a urinal, and let the girl epoxy the seat down if she wants. I've never understood why urinals are only in public restrooms, and are never found in the home.
Well, Loki never gave ANY of their game code (not that I would have expected them to), so when he says they work more closely with the community, that still seems like a fair statement. And, if they run out of money, it seems reasonable to assume that they will give the rest of their code away. So, supporting Transgaming is more likely to result in permanent benefits to the Linux community than Loki, I think.
Sadly, the WSJ archive is for subscribers only, and mine has lapsed, so even if you subscribed, I can't provide the link. I'm sure it's in there, though.
And shrinking their napkins. It's true, there was an article in the WSJ about 6 months ago about it. Napkin size is one thing that fast food places are cutting because of the poor economy. In fact, sometimes they overstuff the dispenser so people can't get the napkins out! Pretty bizarre...
So what you're saying is, this will benefit the rich first, and the poor later, if at all. Okay, as opposed to benefitting no one ever? Africa is getting AIDS assistance. Maybe not as much as you would like, but a HELL of a lot more than if none of this research had been done in the first place.
This was exactly my intuition when I saw the article, glad to see my guess confirmed. There IS a market for pinball, it's a fundamentally solid game. But, pinball machines should be cheap, and built as much as possible with standardized parts for ease of repair, not have everything customized.
It's not like pool table manufacturers are trying to find ways to shove expensive computerized components into a pool table, and pinball has reached a level of maturity where they ought to start acting similarly.
All the old ID software games are available for download. In particular, Quake 1 offers a good balance of modern-ish graphics with decent speed on a laptop. The mod community has had its fun with Quake, so even though only the ID demo levels are available from ID, there are some good player created levels as well.
Hmm, if you work for an airline (say United), and you post on a message board that you just flew from LA to Miami on United and the food was great, when in fact you have NOT recently flown from LA to Miami on United, isn't that fraud? Certainly it's not the most egregious form of fraud, because individual experiences certainly can differ, but still, it's rather illegal.
Other sources of INCOME does not mean the figures for EXPENDITURE per pupil are wrong. Parents buying books might, but in my experience, after selling back used books, it's only about $50 a year, not nearly as much as college.
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And there you have it. Movies take up space fast. My personal quest is to get all of Babylon 5 (never seen it before, so I'm hardly willing to pay $80 a season for these new DVDs just to see what all the fuss is about), but I'm sure everyone has their own little pet project, be it anime, action movies, whatever. Sure, I burn to CD on a fairly regular basis, but especially for a tv series, I want the cds to be sequential, so if there's a particular episode I'm having trouble downloading, I start building up a pretty big backlog.
Then, wood prices will rise as the supply becomes more scares. Consumption will fall, reforestation will rise, and an equilibrium will be reached.
I don't know how they managed to get drug laws within the scope of the federal government, but I know there have been court cases on the subject, so whatever argument they used, it was apparently successful.
Attempted murder is a crime too, in most countries. The reason it's "crossing state lines with the intent of having sex with a minor" is that the federal government isn't allowed to get involved unless the crime somehow relates to interstate commerce or travel. So, he may be guilty in, say, California, of having sex with a minor, but the federal charge will still be crossing state lines with the intent of having sex with a minor. And he would only be convicted if it could be proven that he either did have sex with the minor, or was going to if he hadn't been stopped. No thought police or any Big Brother crap like that.
What struck ME about that is that if he's 32 and had heart trouble, maybe he should have spent a little less time parked in front of the computer, and a little more time on the treadmill. Unless dying at 32 as an honored and respected DAOC guild leader was really what he wanted... Different strokes for different folks I guess.
No, it's not. Same with the military. They only mean drugs that are illegal for everyone, not age-based legality.
That's why I use mozilla and only disable unrequested popups. So it disables those popups that load when I open or close a page, but the popup graphs on CNN, for example (or the help popups you're talking about), will still load. Javascript is still running too. The only thing it nails are those ad popups, or the "localize CNN" popup that appeared every goddamn time I visited that site.
Also, afaik, none of the YEPPs are linux compatible.
My girlfriend puts the lid down, because she read somewhere a long time ago that a flushing toilet can throw water droplets out up to five feet away. Amazingly though, she actually doesn't mind that I leave the seat up. I guess since she's used to having to put the lid up, she doesn't care about putting the lid up vs. putting the seat down.
Is that actually likely? I've never even seen cats venture into the bathroom, probably because of how much they hate the water.
This algorithm has fairness benefits as well. If the seat is down (which it will be slightly more than half the time) guy puts it up, and if the seat is up (slightly less than half) girl puts it down. This results in a fairly even distribution of labor, whereas the always-put-the-seat-down algorithm results in one party doing all the work.
Of course it would be even more efficient to just get a urinal, and let the girl epoxy the seat down if she wants. I've never understood why urinals are only in public restrooms, and are never found in the home.
Well, Loki never gave ANY of their game code (not that I would have expected them to), so when he says they work more closely with the community, that still seems like a fair statement. And, if they run out of money, it seems reasonable to assume that they will give the rest of their code away. So, supporting Transgaming is more likely to result in permanent benefits to the Linux community than Loki, I think.
According to the article, Dell had FEWER breakdowns than Apple, so the quality argument doesn't hold water.
I guess it's a matter of perspective. I'm more hopeful for the frozen than for the worm-eaten...
That really quite insightful. I hereby offer my .sig as a tribute to his passing...
Sadly, the WSJ archive is for subscribers only, and mine has lapsed, so even if you subscribed, I can't provide the link. I'm sure it's in there, though.
And shrinking their napkins. It's true, there was an article in the WSJ about 6 months ago about it. Napkin size is one thing that fast food places are cutting because of the poor economy. In fact, sometimes they overstuff the dispenser so people can't get the napkins out! Pretty bizarre...
Huh? How is one any more offensive than the other? It just doesn't make any sense!
So what you're saying is, this will benefit the rich first, and the poor later, if at all. Okay, as opposed to benefitting no one ever? Africa is getting AIDS assistance. Maybe not as much as you would like, but a HELL of a lot more than if none of this research had been done in the first place.
How about this, which shows that they lost well over $100 million last year? They're hanging by a thread.
It's not like pool table manufacturers are trying to find ways to shove expensive computerized components into a pool table, and pinball has reached a level of maturity where they ought to start acting similarly.
All the old ID software games are available for download. In particular, Quake 1 offers a good balance of modern-ish graphics with decent speed on a laptop. The mod community has had its fun with Quake, so even though only the ID demo levels are available from ID, there are some good player created levels as well.
Step 1: Steal Underpants
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
And now you know.
Hmm, if you work for an airline (say United), and you post on a message board that you just flew from LA to Miami on United and the food was great, when in fact you have NOT recently flown from LA to Miami on United, isn't that fraud? Certainly it's not the most egregious form of fraud, because individual experiences certainly can differ, but still, it's rather illegal.
Other sources of INCOME does not mean the figures for EXPENDITURE per pupil are wrong. Parents buying books might, but in my experience, after selling back used books, it's only about $50 a year, not nearly as much as college.