While we're on the topic, I would like to point out that if you subscribe to the infinite universe theory (or the infinite parallel universe theory aka multiverse), there are an infinite worlds where the LHC *DOES* produce a black hole and destroy all humanity, so your trolling may not be far off.
That probability is small, but according to those currently researched theories, world destruction by the LHC has happened before, will happen again, is happening now, and we could just be on one of the worlds that it happens to.
Same here. I didn't start using Ubuntu as my main OS until my Win XP install on my tablet got utterly destroyed by a virus and my only other MS options were to re-install XP, risk the same vulnerability or move to Vista.
I don't. There was this neat little thing called Flash invented a while back, which lets me play whatever I want from Pandora, Youtube, and Netflix without worrying about using those obsolete formats.
Remember, they're fining bloggers, not blogging websites.
Posting a positive review of a product on your facebook page isn't required to have a disclaimer or anything else, unless someone paid you for that review.
If you commonly review products on your facebook for money, well, then you'd have a problem.
Not to mention having to cover the ongoing cost of their products through service+support, patch updates, new tools, and maintaining the overhead of security training and specialists required for expertise on all of the areas the OS covers.
"The Justice Department told U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in a brief filed last week that the agreement threatens to give Google the power to increase book prices and discourage competition,"
Wait, how is offering out-of-print books discouraging competition? I thought part of being an out-of-print book is that there is no competition because there is nobody printing the book anymore...
Jokes aside, from the FA: "The Bustadrive, then, looks like itâ€(TM)ll thwart all but the wealthiest and most determined of hard disk hackers"
So what they're saying is, this doesn't do the job as well as something like one of those DOD disc scraper/shredder things, but it is more fun, which I guess makes it news worthy?
"Namely, that most of the exports of used computers imported by buyers overseas (88%) are really for reuse and repair. Otherwise, people would not pay to import them."
That's bad logic. There was a good show (Modern Marvels?) that showed a business that paid for e-garbage and processed the (apparently quite large) amounts of precious metals such as gold from the circuits.
That's a pretty good reason to pay to import, but also isn't re-using or repairing the electronics.
That theory doesn't hold water in other games that have smaller subscription fees (such as RS).
RS (as an example to the extreme), has an economy that is almost built off currency and prices generated or affected by Pump-And-Dump clans, mage-boxing, account stealing, trust trading, player luring, and public price manipulation.
The biggest reason for this, in my opinion, is that while EVE has a subscription fee of 15$/month, RS can be played for free or have additions for 5$/month. With pre-trade restriction prices of 10-12$/mill, losing an account simply doesn't matter in comparison to the gain of being dishonest and stealing from other players.
As with many things, the more a person has invested in something, the more they'll try to keep it.
... release a full install of some newer game like Fallout 3 with a weapons mod, then they also shouldn't be able to release Crono Trigger with some story mods.
Really, the only difference is the age of the game.
Telling kids "This is how it happened, there is no other explanation." without allowing them to use their own minds to determine their beliefs is indoctrination, which is the same thing that religion often does.
The only difference is that it's the followers of the religion of science vs the followers of the traditional religions.
How about they teach Evolution and just leave out the part about how the amino acids and the first cellular life arrived.
I mean, scientists still can't give a definitive answer on how the first cells were formed, only some scifi-esque ideas. That question won't be solved until scientists actually create cellular life or observe it form from nutrient soups.
Since student's really don't need to know the details about the planted seed life vs magic combinations of nutrients theories, the curriculum should just omit that part.
Best part is, maybe both parties will stop arguing about the whole issue.
I run minimal microsoft software as possible other than the operating system itself. I generally keep the processes as stripped out as possible.
Of these processes, Windows Update is included. A couple weeks ago, I decided to run Windows Update for the first time in 3 something odd years because I figured that by now, M$ would have gotten their act together and I wouldn't have any problems with the update. In the past, I'd had profiles corrupted, crapware installed, and a host of registry problems that came with updates.
So... I downloaded a Windows update, only picking the most necessary security updates (left out the WGA bs) and allowed it to install Windows SP3.
After a few reboots (3-4), I thought I was good to go. I kicked back, relaxed, and turned on Netflix to watch Akira Kurosawa's Dreams only to find that the player was having DRM validation/retrieval problems.
I went to a few forums, followed their fix-it-yourself instructions to no avail, and despaired for a few days. I was too busy to put more than 4 hours into the problems, but I was still pretty pissed that Windows Update had *again* screwed me over somehow.
A week later, I decided to give it another go, but instead was surprised with the MS Silverlight download request. I installed it, figuring it wouldn't do much harm to try and *voila*! I got my movie.
I know that it was probably against my libertarian values to install something without investigating it, but it *did* work and I *did* get my movie.
I really couldn't care less about WMP since I don't use that POS software anyways.
My understanding is that most console makers (like Nintendo) actually *lose* money on selling consoles.
That's how they keep them so cheap even though the hardware is so powerful.
They charge a high price for games (50$+ a pop) to recoup the losses they made selling the consoles.
If people are buying the consoles and not the games, then not only are they losing potential profit, but they're also bleeding money from selling consoles disproportionate to games.
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Evening CTS (from K5),
While we're on the topic, I would like to point out that if you subscribe to the infinite universe theory (or the infinite parallel universe theory aka multiverse), there are an infinite worlds where the LHC *DOES* produce a black hole and destroy all humanity, so your trolling may not be far off.
That probability is small, but according to those currently researched theories, world destruction by the LHC has happened before, will happen again, is happening now, and we could just be on one of the worlds that it happens to.
I just want to point that out.
Well think about it for a sec. They're getting high resolution images of tissue and fluid, not just bone.
You would expect that to require large, large doses to achieve.
Same here. I didn't start using Ubuntu as my main OS until my Win XP install on my tablet got utterly destroyed by a virus and my only other MS options were to re-install XP, risk the same vulnerability or move to Vista.
I chose neither.
I don't. There was this neat little thing called Flash invented a while back, which lets me play whatever I want from Pandora, Youtube, and Netflix without worrying about using those obsolete formats.
"So if the Slap-Chop competitors give me stuff, I'm in the clear? Got it."
If there is a conflict of interest with what you wrote for people to see and the product, you have to put a disclaimer or risk getting a fine.
If you're endorsing Slap-Chop and it's competitors give you stuff, then that's not a conflict of interest.
If you're posting a negative opinion of Slap-Chop, and it's competitors give you stuff, then it is a conflict of interest.
It's not hard to figure out and it's not easy to contradict.
Remember, they're fining bloggers, not blogging websites.
Posting a positive review of a product on your facebook page isn't required to have a disclaimer or anything else, unless someone paid you for that review.
If you commonly review products on your facebook for money, well, then you'd have a problem.
Not to mention having to cover the ongoing cost of their products through service+support, patch updates, new tools, and maintaining the overhead of security training and specialists required for expertise on all of the areas the OS covers.
"The Justice Department told U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in a brief filed last week that the agreement threatens to give Google the power to increase book prices and discourage competition,"
Wait, how is offering out-of-print books discouraging competition? I thought part of being an out-of-print book is that there is no competition because there is nobody printing the book anymore...
Agent Smith
Sounds like you could fix it with... Pops-a-dent!
Jokes aside, from the FA: "The Bustadrive, then, looks like itâ€(TM)ll thwart all but the wealthiest and most determined of hard disk hackers"
So what they're saying is, this doesn't do the job as well as something like one of those DOD disc scraper/shredder things, but it is more fun, which I guess makes it news worthy?
"Namely, that most of the exports of used computers imported by buyers overseas (88%) are really for reuse and repair. Otherwise, people would not pay to import them."
That's bad logic. There was a good show (Modern Marvels?) that showed a business that paid for e-garbage and processed the (apparently quite large) amounts of precious metals such as gold from the circuits.
That's a pretty good reason to pay to import, but also isn't re-using or repairing the electronics.
$40m sounds like a lot, but that's 0.07% of microsoft's revenue stream. The judge basically flicked M$ on the ear for that argument.
That theory doesn't hold water in other games that have smaller subscription fees (such as RS).
RS (as an example to the extreme), has an economy that is almost built off currency and prices generated or affected by Pump-And-Dump clans, mage-boxing, account stealing, trust trading, player luring, and public price manipulation.
The biggest reason for this, in my opinion, is that while EVE has a subscription fee of 15$/month, RS can be played for free or have additions for 5$/month. With pre-trade restriction prices of 10-12$/mill, losing an account simply doesn't matter in comparison to the gain of being dishonest and stealing from other players.
As with many things, the more a person has invested in something, the more they'll try to keep it.
... release a full install of some newer game like Fallout 3 with a weapons mod, then they also shouldn't be able to release Crono Trigger with some story mods.
Really, the only difference is the age of the game.
If you don't know how to divide, why teach theories about how you think numbers might fit into each other?
You'd be right if evolution wasn't clearly observable in every day life.
This isn't particle physics.
I agree here.
Telling kids "This is how it happened, there is no other explanation." without allowing them to use their own minds to determine their beliefs is indoctrination, which is the same thing that religion often does.
The only difference is that it's the followers of the religion of science vs the followers of the traditional religions.
How about they teach Evolution and just leave out the part about how the amino acids and the first cellular life arrived.
I mean, scientists still can't give a definitive answer on how the first cells were formed, only some scifi-esque ideas. That question won't be solved until scientists actually create cellular life or observe it form from nutrient soups.
Since student's really don't need to know the details about the planted seed life vs magic combinations of nutrients theories, the curriculum should just omit that part.
Best part is, maybe both parties will stop arguing about the whole issue.
"Rifle" was the general term for a hunting firearm before the term "firearm" became PC. NRA has since expanded their scope to ALL firearms.
Crypto isn't a firearm of any type.
WMP was already a serious thorn in the side of NF. Look up the WMP DRM renewal problems and you'll find a never ending stream of complaints.
Silverlight might not be what you wanted, but it did fix a lot of the problems with playing movies that a lot of people were having.
I run minimal microsoft software as possible other than the operating system itself. I generally keep the processes as stripped out as possible.
Of these processes, Windows Update is included. A couple weeks ago, I decided to run Windows Update for the first time in 3 something odd years because I figured that by now, M$ would have gotten their act together and I wouldn't have any problems with the update. In the past, I'd had profiles corrupted, crapware installed, and a host of registry problems that came with updates.
So... I downloaded a Windows update, only picking the most necessary security updates (left out the WGA bs) and allowed it to install Windows SP3.
After a few reboots (3-4), I thought I was good to go. I kicked back, relaxed, and turned on Netflix to watch Akira Kurosawa's Dreams only to find that the player was having DRM validation/retrieval problems.
I went to a few forums, followed their fix-it-yourself instructions to no avail, and despaired for a few days. I was too busy to put more than 4 hours into the problems, but I was still pretty pissed that Windows Update had *again* screwed me over somehow.
A week later, I decided to give it another go, but instead was surprised with the MS Silverlight download request. I installed it, figuring it wouldn't do much harm to try and *voila*! I got my movie.
I know that it was probably against my libertarian values to install something without investigating it, but it *did* work and I *did* get my movie.
I really couldn't care less about WMP since I don't use that POS software anyways.
I mean... if I get sores on my hands from digging a hole with a shovel but no gloves, can I make up some new medical condition?
Next Slashdot/medical journal article title:
People get sores on their hands from rubbing stuff!
My understanding is that most console makers (like Nintendo) actually *lose* money on selling consoles.
That's how they keep them so cheap even though the hardware is so powerful.
They charge a high price for games (50$+ a pop) to recoup the losses they made selling the consoles.
If people are buying the consoles and not the games, then not only are they losing potential profit, but they're also bleeding money from selling consoles disproportionate to games.
Your 10-year old nephew knows nothing about medicine.
That makes sense. It just depends on how you're interpreting their use of the word "file".