Is this what you have let this site become? 95% of the articles I read end up being complete bullshit because of either the inclusion of false information or things being twisted around. I know things have been going downhill on here for some time now, but it's to the point now where I almost don't want to read the title in my feeds so that I don't remember some false information. Where is the moderation? This site needs to return to the state it was several years ago instead of turning into a mainstream media clusterfuck, and that's the direction it looks like Slashdot is trying to take. Pity.
CustomizeGoogle is a firefox plugin(which hasn't been updated for 3.5 yet) lets you ignore domains.
From the CustomizeGoogle page the reported version allowed is up to 3.6a1pre for anyone reading this not checking into the addon because of the parent. This addon is really handy.
While I fully agree with you about the "invasive restriction of professional inspection," the main reason for a strict rule set governing what modifications you can do to your home aren't generally aimed at your neighbors, but more aimed at yourself, your family, and any future owners.
I recently remodeled a house where the previous owners had installed a fluorescent light in a closet, but instead of wiring it into a box with wire nuts, they simply installed a recepticle into the box, stripped the ends of the wires and stuck the wires into the recepticle. It's things like this that cause houses to burn down, and if the new owner of the house (myself) wouldn't have completely remodeled it, there's no telling what problems could have came about down the road.
I realize this is slightly different than removing a non-load-bearing wall or other similar tasks, but it still uses the same principles. If you know enough to do the work [properly] yourself, then the rules, in most cases, make sense, even though you may have to jump through some hoops to get actual permits to do everything.
The basic ideas for rules on modifying your home are there to protect you and others from harm, even though there always have been, and always will be, people taking the rule creators out for lunch and a round of golf to promote their product as the only "safe" way to do things.
What about World of Warcraft? You can get a free 10-day trial online which allows you to download the game and updates for free. How many people decided to get the 10 day trial and ended up getting hooked only to purchase a cd-key/game-card as soon as the trial was over? Or, in my case, before the trial was over because I couldn't trade with users or use the Auction House.
This strategy definately works if applied correctly and to a product worth promoting. "Free" stuff is pasted all over the internet and television. What about the "free" vacations you can win by listening to the radio and calling their "toll-free" number? When people hear/see free, they get interested because there isn't any original commitment to the product or services, so they don't feel like it's just another marketing scheme they've bit into.
I say more research is required.
I agree. If the test is to measure the reaction of the brain due to adrenaline induced hyperactivity, could you not just inject adrenaline shots or some other form of stimulant into test subjects and test the reaction?
Or maybe have people test this theory by jumping out of a plane?
Or maybe we all can induce some stimulants and jump out of a plane for the ultimate test!
Seriously, if you can spend thousands boozing yourself up each year, you can't make the excuse that you're too poor to buy DVDs. Whether or not you have the money to spend on DVDs is irrelevant if you don't buy them to begin with. While this may not be true for a lot of people, the majority of people I frequently hang around generally don't purchase DVDs or CDs unless it's really something they like (which seems to not be the case with a lot of the new releases lately).
What about the user who doesn't purchase CDs, but downloads them by the hundreds each year? Sure, that person isn't paying for the CD which technically is stealing, but the artist wouldn't have received any income from the user to begin with. I'm not trying to justify piracy of music and movies, but I do want to make it very clear that the artists/labels and movie companies aren't getting money from a portion of these users whether they pirate the media or not. I know that I've told a few of my friends about new movies/music that they didn't know was out or had never heard of and the end result was them purchasing the CD/DVD. I wasn't going to purchase it to begin with and wouldn't have ever heard of some of them without them becoming available on the internet.
Again let me make it clear that I'm not advocating the piracy of media today, but I do think that the damages that the MPAA/RIAA are claiming are insanely high compared to the actual damages, IF ANY (in some cases).
This is a new era where people don't have a 1,000 CD collection on their shelf taking up half of one of the walls in their room. This is the age of ipods that hold insane amounts of music/movies and huge hard drives fed by fast bandwidth. These old tactics of marketing CDs and DVDs are dieing and it's not because of piracy.. It's the evolution of the internet. Survival of the fittest.
IMHO, the only reason the RIAA/MPAA are trying to exploit these users with the insane damage costs they claim is because they know that their time is going to be short-lived, and they have to make every bit of money they can while they can.
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I don't have points, but I would give them to you if I did. +1
Is this what you have let this site become? 95% of the articles I read end up being complete bullshit because of either the inclusion of false information or things being twisted around. I know things have been going downhill on here for some time now, but it's to the point now where I almost don't want to read the title in my feeds so that I don't remember some false information. Where is the moderation? This site needs to return to the state it was several years ago instead of turning into a mainstream media clusterfuck, and that's the direction it looks like Slashdot is trying to take. Pity.
CustomizeGoogle is a firefox plugin(which hasn't been updated for 3.5 yet) lets you ignore domains.
From the CustomizeGoogle page the reported version allowed is up to 3.6a1pre for anyone reading this not checking into the addon because of the parent. This addon is really handy.
It was much different back then. It actually meant something..
If I still had modpoints I'd throw you +1. Nice information!
While I fully agree with you about the "invasive restriction of professional inspection," the main reason for a strict rule set governing what modifications you can do to your home aren't generally aimed at your neighbors, but more aimed at yourself, your family, and any future owners.
I recently remodeled a house where the previous owners had installed a fluorescent light in a closet, but instead of wiring it into a box with wire nuts, they simply installed a recepticle into the box, stripped the ends of the wires and stuck the wires into the recepticle. It's things like this that cause houses to burn down, and if the new owner of the house (myself) wouldn't have completely remodeled it, there's no telling what problems could have came about down the road.
I realize this is slightly different than removing a non-load-bearing wall or other similar tasks, but it still uses the same principles. If you know enough to do the work [properly] yourself, then the rules, in most cases, make sense, even though you may have to jump through some hoops to get actual permits to do everything.
The basic ideas for rules on modifying your home are there to protect you and others from harm, even though there always have been, and always will be, people taking the rule creators out for lunch and a round of golf to promote their product as the only "safe" way to do things.
It does raise a serious issue of why the flying fuck in the sky don't gadgets simply have the same bloody connectors for charging? There's no excuse!
Your question takes two steps to solve. First, hold shift. Second, press 4.
Screw over an Iraqi's life, pay him $600 dollars.
Screw over an American's life, pay him $600 dollars. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/24/economic.stimulus/
Man it's nice to know how much our government values people lives. Pfft
What about World of Warcraft? You can get a free 10-day trial online which allows you to download the game and updates for free. How many people decided to get the 10 day trial and ended up getting hooked only to purchase a cd-key/game-card as soon as the trial was over? Or, in my case, before the trial was over because I couldn't trade with users or use the Auction House.
This strategy definately works if applied correctly and to a product worth promoting. "Free" stuff is pasted all over the internet and television. What about the "free" vacations you can win by listening to the radio and calling their "toll-free" number? When people hear/see free, they get interested because there isn't any original commitment to the product or services, so they don't feel like it's just another marketing scheme they've bit into.
I agree. If the test is to measure the reaction of the brain due to adrenaline induced hyperactivity, could you not just inject adrenaline shots or some other form of stimulant into test subjects and test the reaction?
Or maybe have people test this theory by jumping out of a plane?
Or maybe we all can induce some stimulants and jump out of a plane for the ultimate test!
Will you be one of my ten friends?