the idea that Star Wars is in any way scientifically accurate is just plain silly. Star Trek isn't perfect but at least they had physicists on set to help them stay marginally accurate... or at least use words that were remotely related to the subject they were talking about.
Star Wars = SciFi
Star Treck = Hard SciFi (ok, well not totally but a lot more so than Star Wars)
Rotting food is not pollution. The problem isn't the smell, the problem is the number of people moving in closer and closer to the landfill. Wow! this house is only $150k! Whats that smell?!? We should complain!! Darn landfills making me not want to live in my cheap house that's right by the landfill!!! Our city has a rather large landfill... rather than put housing next to it, they turned the 300+ acres surrounding it into an arboretum. The trees don't mind the smell at all.
All the shows? From all the carriers? They all asked for exactly 99 cents? Weird! It's almost like they all got together and colluded to keep the price high or something... nah.
I also have the right to blow the kneecaps off anyone climbing under my car in the middle of the night. As far as I know, they're planting a bomb. I wish the detectives luck in their endeavors.
from the looks of it, the company is trying to make a reality the things lucas fantasized about. "Jedi Mind, Inc. develops software for thought-controlled technologies, allowing the user to interact with the computer and other machines through the power of the mind. The technology involves the use of a wireless headset, developed by our strategic partner, which detects brainwaves on both the conscious and non-conscious level. This revolutionary neural processing technology makes it possible for computers to interact directly with the human brain."
Was there ever a more clear cut case of someone trying to use trademarks to stifle creative output and innovation?
"by most accounts, it is normally switched off and is supposed to be activated during dangerous crises only.[citation needed]"
I certainly feel secure now. lol
I'm rather surprised that the general public is both unaware and unconcerned that the entire Russian atomic arsenal is armed, pointed at us and the trigger autonomous... it will trigger based on a set of circumstances unknown to us that were set up 50 years ago. As far as we know were are a ill timed Solar flare/DDOS attack/meteor strike away from nuclear Armageddon. Perhaps our government might want to discuss this situation in our next round of disarmament talks?
No, even then it shouldn't be illegal. It's ART. Copyright law has stifled the creative output of the world for too long as it is. Time to be done with it for good.
I think I'd just microwave mine till it stopped working. Make the bastards have to type it in every time someone asked to see it and claim I had no idea why their shitty card never worked,
Foolish people like you, that have no concept of how networking works, will be the death of net neutrality and it's a shame. This company isn't speeding up the gamers connection... they are slowing down everyone else.
Recently I took a trip to Adidas Abba Ethiopia. 7 Million people on a mountain top with 2 stoplights in the whole city. The price of gas however was $8/liter. No one drives reckless when gasoline is $8/liter. I didn't see a single accident while I was there.
the kindle was dead before it even hit the stores. This is just going to speed up the inevitable. Why on earth would anyone buy this when they can get any of a multitude of tablet PCs and stick whatever PDFs they want on them without ads? and without even having to pay for the books? This is the recording industry all over again. The situation the publishers are in is not one in which they can keep their current profit margin and add to it with this new technology. The situation is, this new technology will destroy your entire industry in a matter of years if you don't get off your asses, embrace it and give customers what they want.
The Kindle should be free with a cellular bundle just like a smart phone.
You should be able to get newspapers, books, etc on it.
Subscription packages should be like cable TV. I can get the Scifi bundle for $9/month, etc...
Authors should be reimbursed based on the number of downloads they generate.
This will make it easier to use, than just downloading the books illegally. The ONLY way to defeat piracy is to make the legit way, easier. simple as that.
We had to secure a computer at a company I worked at years ago. The IT department claimed it was secure (they had put Norton AV and firewall on it) I laughed when the owner of the company told me about it. He asked if I could do better. I put the computer in a metal drawer, locked it, drilled a hole in the back for the cables to come out and handed him the key. "There, now it's secure." He thought I was kidding until I pointed out the USB ports and drive bays.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law. I had a federal judge tell me that once. Guess it's just unlucky for me I don't work for the government.
Too bad the publishers out there haven't thought to actually lower subscription rates to $5-$9 per player like how much they are making from these free games. At some point someone decided $16 was a good idea, and subscriptions have dropped ever since. We don't want to re-purchase the game ever 2 to 3 months. I dont think any of us are foolish enough to believe it costs them that much for bandwidth and to maintain the server. People just don't like feeling like their getting ripped off, and any game that charges you over $10/month is without a doubt ripping you off.
I'd think the people playing of those servers would argue there was some enjoyment involved. Private servers are a product that Blizzard does not offer. The product this company was selling couldn't be bought from blizzard yet they won purely based on copyright. I wish MMO companies would learn from this and maybe licenses private servers. People like to create their own worlds and be in control of them. There's no reason not to let them.
Will foxconn stick the antenna on the outside so it drops signal? Because that's an important design feature. Apple is good at advertising. That's it. Everything else they are doing has been done before and better. Just because you're used to their GUI doesn't mean Some generic UI is poorly made. You're falling into the same trap everyone else did with MSFT. Familiarity with one product makes you afraid of others. I've used and supported apple products since my first AppleII back in the day and have never stopped marveling at the bullshit mythology surrounding them.
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the idea that Star Wars is in any way scientifically accurate is just plain silly. Star Trek isn't perfect but at least they had physicists on set to help them stay marginally accurate... or at least use words that were remotely related to the subject they were talking about. Star Wars = SciFi Star Treck = Hard SciFi (ok, well not totally but a lot more so than Star Wars)
Rotting food is not pollution. The problem isn't the smell, the problem is the number of people moving in closer and closer to the landfill. Wow! this house is only $150k! Whats that smell?!? We should complain!! Darn landfills making me not want to live in my cheap house that's right by the landfill!!! Our city has a rather large landfill... rather than put housing next to it, they turned the 300+ acres surrounding it into an arboretum. The trees don't mind the smell at all.
All the shows? From all the carriers? They all asked for exactly 99 cents? Weird! It's almost like they all got together and colluded to keep the price high or something... nah.
I also have the right to blow the kneecaps off anyone climbing under my car in the middle of the night. As far as I know, they're planting a bomb. I wish the detectives luck in their endeavors.
who says he didn't?
from the looks of it, the company is trying to make a reality the things lucas fantasized about. "Jedi Mind, Inc. develops software for thought-controlled technologies, allowing the user to interact with the computer and other machines through the power of the mind. The technology involves the use of a wireless headset, developed by our strategic partner, which detects brainwaves on both the conscious and non-conscious level. This revolutionary neural processing technology makes it possible for computers to interact directly with the human brain." Was there ever a more clear cut case of someone trying to use trademarks to stifle creative output and innovation?
"by most accounts, it is normally switched off and is supposed to be activated during dangerous crises only.[citation needed]" I certainly feel secure now. lol
I'm rather surprised that the general public is both unaware and unconcerned that the entire Russian atomic arsenal is armed, pointed at us and the trigger autonomous... it will trigger based on a set of circumstances unknown to us that were set up 50 years ago. As far as we know were are a ill timed Solar flare/DDOS attack/meteor strike away from nuclear Armageddon. Perhaps our government might want to discuss this situation in our next round of disarmament talks?
No, even then it shouldn't be illegal. It's ART. Copyright law has stifled the creative output of the world for too long as it is. Time to be done with it for good.
More like Microsoft may be starting to get a glimmer of the reality that they are much like the Roman Empire.
It's the government. Of course they would.
I think I'd just microwave mine till it stopped working. Make the bastards have to type it in every time someone asked to see it and claim I had no idea why their shitty card never worked,
Foolish people like you, that have no concept of how networking works, will be the death of net neutrality and it's a shame. This company isn't speeding up the gamers connection... they are slowing down everyone else.
Recently I took a trip to Adidas Abba Ethiopia. 7 Million people on a mountain top with 2 stoplights in the whole city. The price of gas however was $8/liter. No one drives reckless when gasoline is $8/liter. I didn't see a single accident while I was there.
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the kindle was dead before it even hit the stores. This is just going to speed up the inevitable. Why on earth would anyone buy this when they can get any of a multitude of tablet PCs and stick whatever PDFs they want on them without ads? and without even having to pay for the books? This is the recording industry all over again. The situation the publishers are in is not one in which they can keep their current profit margin and add to it with this new technology. The situation is, this new technology will destroy your entire industry in a matter of years if you don't get off your asses, embrace it and give customers what they want. The Kindle should be free with a cellular bundle just like a smart phone. You should be able to get newspapers, books, etc on it. Subscription packages should be like cable TV. I can get the Scifi bundle for $9/month, etc... Authors should be reimbursed based on the number of downloads they generate. This will make it easier to use, than just downloading the books illegally. The ONLY way to defeat piracy is to make the legit way, easier. simple as that.
We had to secure a computer at a company I worked at years ago. The IT department claimed it was secure (they had put Norton AV and firewall on it) I laughed when the owner of the company told me about it. He asked if I could do better. I put the computer in a metal drawer, locked it, drilled a hole in the back for the cables to come out and handed him the key. "There, now it's secure." He thought I was kidding until I pointed out the USB ports and drive bays.
One would think that common sense would dictate surreptitiously taking photos of teenagers in their bedrooms would be illegal.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law. I had a federal judge tell me that once. Guess it's just unlucky for me I don't work for the government.
I suspect we'll see a lot more cars idling driver-less in bar parking lots now.
Also an equivalent decrease in breaking power.
Too bad the publishers out there haven't thought to actually lower subscription rates to $5-$9 per player like how much they are making from these free games. At some point someone decided $16 was a good idea, and subscriptions have dropped ever since. We don't want to re-purchase the game ever 2 to 3 months. I dont think any of us are foolish enough to believe it costs them that much for bandwidth and to maintain the server. People just don't like feeling like their getting ripped off, and any game that charges you over $10/month is without a doubt ripping you off.
I'd think the people playing of those servers would argue there was some enjoyment involved. Private servers are a product that Blizzard does not offer. The product this company was selling couldn't be bought from blizzard yet they won purely based on copyright. I wish MMO companies would learn from this and maybe licenses private servers. People like to create their own worlds and be in control of them. There's no reason not to let them.
Will foxconn stick the antenna on the outside so it drops signal? Because that's an important design feature. Apple is good at advertising. That's it. Everything else they are doing has been done before and better. Just because you're used to their GUI doesn't mean Some generic UI is poorly made. You're falling into the same trap everyone else did with MSFT. Familiarity with one product makes you afraid of others. I've used and supported apple products since my first AppleII back in the day and have never stopped marveling at the bullshit mythology surrounding them.