The consumer as a whole accepted that tradeoff, did they? No one asked me; I bet no one asked you either. Exactly who counts as the 'consumer as a whole'? Someone figured that this was a Good Thing (or at least [and more likely] a Profitable Thing) and implemented it so that no one made a fuss, more likely.
Not to add more anecdotal evidence (actually, that's exactly what I'm gonna do... *g*), but my fiance(e ?) has had at least three letters and as many phone calls about someone else's credit problems. The other person has the same name, but that's it; different b-day, SIN number, etc. Yet she's been contacted on two occasions for the same thing (once before and once after we moved) for the same wrong identity. Thankfully, there were no major ramifications, but it doesn't mean there couldn't have been (or won't be).
As to going back to using pencil and paper, not only is that ludicrous, but no one is suggesting it. What is being suggested is a little more responsibility on the part of the agencies collecting the information. Bad enough that there are mistakes in things as important as credit histories - that's at least understandable considering the sheer volume of information involved; it's even worse that mistakes as potentially important as these aren't considered important by those who have the ability to correct them.
"...I do not think it means what you think it means..."
"...Every sperm is good/great..."
"...your bike."
Dunno
Dunno
Dunno
STILL dunno
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"...k-k-kill me!!"
"...let go! Never stop rehashing this bloody movie!"
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"...are the cure." (I think)
So are you saying that if copying old, out-of-print games was legal, a whole bunch of people would avoid buying the game for years and years until you longer buy it even if you wanted too? Please... Waiting a few months for the price to drop is one thing; waiting for the game companies to stop selling it is another. The former is understandable; the latter, laughable.
It's important to remember that every form of energy we currently use involves burning something. Even wind, solar and hydro are driven by a huge ball of burning gas. (relocated emissions on a big scale)
I'm betting some folks would be kinda ticked if you tried to regulate solar emissions... (Reminds me of Mr. Burns and his diabolical plot to block out the sun!! (insert ominous music here)
Acadia (in Nova Scotia (Canada)) started their program five years ago and now has a fully lap-topped student body and a completely wired campus - library, cafeterias, student bar, classrooms and every res room on campus. (We're all waiting for the first drops to be put in some of the trees around campus...) Although the first three years were a bit awkward (due to some of the student population not yet integrated into the laptop program, as well as a fairly steep professor-learning curve), the program certainly seems to be a hit with everybody there, even if it's just for ICQ...
Of course, since they shut down access to Napster, people are pretty pissed about having to depend on off-campus friends with DSL lines...
Thank you for that Upper Canadian perspective - so where in Ontario are you from?
Down East, -40C has only been rare the last couple of winters, +40C is extremely rare, and it's not always moose, but I know I've had to slow down to drive behind a buck or two...
Which is not to say that I disagree with the beautiful country bit... =) Oh, and did anyone else think that the article summary made it sound like Canada's climate was just enough lichen and algae? *sigh*
I thought chicks disliked Trans-Ams and Camaros (Corvettes probably go in that list, too) because they are driven by greasy guys with molester mustaches who think that low-end power and drag-racing from stoplights are coooool.
Any chick worth her salt would forget that cute wittle carry-car for an M3, or a 5-series, or pretty much ANY Porsche... It's about class. Miata comes close, but it's got nothing on a 911 Turbo...
Role playing games are for people with no mates, beards, and horn rimmed spectacles.
Actually, I think he's right. He could just as easily have said, 'beards, horn rimmed spectacles and no mates'. Flame me if I'm wrong (like I have to ask...), but I'm pretty sure he's fine with his 'grasp of the English language'.
So you'd rather have no science at all, because you feel that any logical framework used would be faulty?
Are you saying you'd rather have a science, a supposed truth, based on a fundamentally insecure foundation? Personally, I'd rather know less than think I know more...
(Wow. I get the impression I'm gonna get flamed for that last line...)
Sounds like you're making excuses for your actions with the 'everything we experience is completely natural' line. I think everyone can understand that when people say 'unnatural', they mean man-made, regardless of the fact that man is (more or less) 'natural'.
Your comment about Nature not helping the Native Americans with smallpox is also off-base; there was nothing 'natural' about the migration of European microbes to North America by boatloads of colonists (unless you consider boats to be natural as well). Nature did provide Native Americans with what they needed to survive in their environment.
I think the only part of your comment that I consider even vaguely worth listening to is the idea that antibiotic-immune bacteria are natural; everything else is so much smoke in the wind.
(Wow. I never thought I'd be defending MicroSoft... Must be a Monday morning...)
1. Like 'Playstation' is that much better?
2. People hate Windows (which is, I hazard, MS's worst product). MS hardware is good (see Intellimouse and keyboards, specifically). MS games at least have potential to be good (see AoE [both of them], Motocross Mania). As long as people don't have to put up with typical Windows crap (and hopefully the constant hardware setup will eliminate a lot of the problems), I can't see all that many non-penguins discounting the XBox purely because it's MS. The 'audience' being targetted isn't necessarily the 'geek kids with... spare change'; it's gamers, and the hardcore gamers I know all want good games, whether on the PSX, the Dolphin, the Gameboy, or a friggin' calculator watch.
3. You're complaining about games for a console that doesn't exist yet? Man, some people just can't find enough to bitch about...;)
4. Sony had nothing to do with Sega or Nintendo, back in the day, and what did they come up with?
I think saying that the XBox can't survive because of, well, whatever reason is incredibly short-sighted and hopelessly naive. I'm not saying it's success is guaranteed; just that it's demise isn't.
Did it actually get solved, or is it just me? I can't remember if, after a couple of wrong answers, somebody actually got it right... Anybody know?
There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they'd eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn't true.
-Ian Hart, British Actor
I've got to agree with the idea that the HDD owners shouldn't be at fault here... If I leave my car door unlocked, does that make me legally responsible if it's stolen? (Yes, it makes me a moron, and a whiner if I complain, but that's not my point... => )
I wonder if the Private Dicks saw who actually downloaded the music on top of who was offering it? 0
Well, I want a new topic for palmV applications aimed at over thirty-somethings with carpal tunnel. And maybe one for articles about dvorak keyboards that come in black. And how about ones intended for all the whiny./ers who feel a need to complain because some site doesn't cater to their specific and very personal tastes?
Come on; does it really take that much effort to read the 8 line blurb about an article? I mean, how many people complain that the newspapers are running articles they don't think apply to them in particular? Time to remember that you're not the only person around...
"Popularity should not change the fact that I can access something."
Actually, what with information being a virtually limitless quantity, popularity should be exactly what determines how accessible certain things are. There's no point in trying to provide equal access to all things if nobody cares. Don't get me wrong; the idea is a beautiful one. Practically speaking, though, there's no reason to keep treatises on the the use of bullrushes in ancient Syria for one guy who thinks it's interesting if the space they take up could be better used to serve the thousands of people clamouring for the newest goat porn (or whatever).
Gimme a break. Just because something has the potential to be lethal doesn't mean that it's going to be used that way. How often do you hear about poeple getting killed by sticks, or pencils, or duct tape? How many murderers (or potential murderers) would actually kill someone if they had to do it with 15ft of string and a post-it note? It's the fact that guns make killing easy and impersonal that most people object to.
"And in the news today, another shocking high school rampage, as two students ran through the hallways with a cup of water and harsh words. Two students were bruised by accidental jostling and one 17-year old girl was a victim of hurt feelings..." </SARCASM>
Yeesh. Don't trivialize just because you don't agree.
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Not to add more anecdotal evidence (actually, that's exactly what I'm gonna do... *g*), but my fiance(e ?) has had at least three letters and as many phone calls about someone else's credit problems. The other person has the same name, but that's it; different b-day, SIN number, etc. Yet she's been contacted on two occasions for the same thing (once before and once after we moved) for the same wrong identity. Thankfully, there were no major ramifications, but it doesn't mean there couldn't have been (or won't be).
As to going back to using pencil and paper, not only is that ludicrous, but no one is suggesting it. What is being suggested is a little more responsibility on the part of the agencies collecting the information. Bad enough that there are mistakes in things as important as credit histories - that's at least understandable considering the sheer volume of information involved; it's even worse that mistakes as potentially important as these aren't considered important by those who have the ability to correct them.
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"...Every sperm is good/great..."
"...your bike."
Dunno
Dunno
Dunno
STILL dunno
Dunno
"...k-k-kill me!!"
"...let go! Never stop rehashing this bloody movie!"
Dunno
"...are the cure." (I think)
Anybody got the rest of them?
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$70K now... (Tuesday, 11:23)
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I started with a TI/99; those had to be the WORST joysticks in history... The 2600 was a nice change after that.
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So are you saying that if copying old, out-of-print games was legal, a whole bunch of people would avoid buying the game for years and years until you longer buy it even if you wanted too? Please... Waiting a few months for the price to drop is one thing; waiting for the game companies to stop selling it is another. The former is understandable; the latter, laughable.
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I'm betting some folks would be kinda ticked if you tried to regulate solar emissions... (Reminds me of Mr. Burns and his diabolical plot to block out the sun!! (insert ominous music here)
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Of course, since they shut down access to Napster, people are pretty pissed about having to depend on off-campus friends with DSL lines...
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Down East, -40C has only been rare the last couple of winters, +40C is extremely rare, and it's not always moose, but I know I've had to slow down to drive behind a buck or two...
Which is not to say that I disagree with the beautiful country bit... =) Oh, and did anyone else think that the article summary made it sound like Canada's climate was just enough lichen and algae? *sigh*
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Any chick worth her salt would forget that cute wittle carry-car for an M3, or a 5-series, or pretty much ANY Porsche... It's about class. Miata comes close, but it's got nothing on a 911 Turbo...
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Actually, I think he's right. He could just as easily have said, 'beards, horn rimmed spectacles and no mates'. Flame me if I'm wrong (like I have to ask...), but I'm pretty sure he's fine with his 'grasp of the English language'.
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How cool is this?
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Is that from Armor, or is it just me?
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That was just waaaaay too much for a Tuesday morning...
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www.comeplaywith.us
www.spyon.us
www.slapyourbigjuicyhogto.us
etc...
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Are you saying you'd rather have a science, a supposed truth, based on a fundamentally insecure foundation? Personally, I'd rather know less than think I know more...
(Wow. I get the impression I'm gonna get flamed for that last line...)
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Your comment about Nature not helping the Native Americans with smallpox is also off-base; there was nothing 'natural' about the migration of European microbes to North America by boatloads of colonists (unless you consider boats to be natural as well). Nature did provide Native Americans with what they needed to survive in their environment.
I think the only part of your comment that I consider even vaguely worth listening to is the idea that antibiotic-immune bacteria are natural; everything else is so much smoke in the wind.
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1. Like 'Playstation' is that much better?
2. People hate Windows (which is, I hazard, MS's worst product). MS hardware is good (see Intellimouse and keyboards, specifically). MS games at least have potential to be good (see AoE [both of them], Motocross Mania). As long as people don't have to put up with typical Windows crap (and hopefully the constant hardware setup will eliminate a lot of the problems), I can't see all that many non-penguins discounting the XBox purely because it's MS. The 'audience' being targetted isn't necessarily the 'geek kids with... spare change'; it's gamers, and the hardcore gamers I know all want good games, whether on the PSX, the Dolphin, the Gameboy, or a friggin' calculator watch.
3. You're complaining about games for a console that doesn't exist yet? Man, some people just can't find enough to bitch about... ;)
4. Sony had nothing to do with Sega or Nintendo, back in the day, and what did they come up with?
I think saying that the XBox can't survive because of, well, whatever reason is incredibly short-sighted and hopelessly naive. I'm not saying it's success is guaranteed; just that it's demise isn't.
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Actually, wouldn't you have to a) find an original copy of the Biblical texts and b) learn Aramaic (sp?)?
Just my 2c...
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So... if my dog... writes... internet software... <g>
Optional ending:... then... he's a witch!! Burn 'im!! Burn 'im!!
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Shouldn't that read... dumb er than rocks?
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I wonder if the Private Dicks saw who actually downloaded the music on top of who was offering it? 0
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Come on; does it really take that much effort to read the 8 line blurb about an article? I mean, how many people complain that the newspapers are running articles they don't think apply to them in particular? Time to remember that you're not the only person around...
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Actually, what with information being a virtually limitless quantity, popularity should be exactly what determines how accessible certain things are. There's no point in trying to provide equal access to all things if nobody cares. Don't get me wrong; the idea is a beautiful one. Practically speaking, though, there's no reason to keep treatises on the the use of bullrushes in ancient Syria for one guy who thinks it's interesting if the space they take up could be better used to serve the thousands of people clamouring for the newest goat porn (or whatever).
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Gimme a break. Just because something has the potential to be lethal doesn't mean that it's going to be used that way. How often do you hear about poeple getting killed by sticks, or pencils, or duct tape? How many murderers (or potential murderers) would actually kill someone if they had to do it with 15ft of string and a post-it note? It's the fact that guns make killing easy and impersonal that most people object to.
"And in the news today, another shocking high school rampage, as two students ran through the hallways with a cup of water and harsh words. Two students were bruised by accidental jostling and one 17-year old girl was a victim of hurt feelings..."
</SARCASM>
Yeesh. Don't trivialize just because you don't agree.
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