The same study suggests 1.5million Canadians also quit in a single month, that's 5% of Canada's entire population quitting Facebook in May. Now, to me that seems pretty odd, why so many, why May? For this to be realistic there'd almost certainly have to have been some good reason why so many chose that specific month to all leave together but I'm not aware of any event that would've caused such a mass exodus.
May is when it gets WARM up here. Hockey season is pretty much over and we only have four or five months of decent weather! Outdoors > Facebook
Mop Up Please! The way these guys are acting it's almost as if they WANT the thunder to come down. If I was more of a conspiracy theorist I'd say the government is using these guys to get the laws passed. It seems crazy until you think about it, much like PETA being funded by meat producers.
So this guy is being extradited because he has a website which links to copyrighted content only? When did the rules change, because somebody should be talking to Google & Microsoft....
Actually, this would be an interesting way to find long-lost porn. Think about it. You have an old jpg from 10 years ago. Upload it to Google and you find others from the same set, who took the photo, etc.
Say what you will about proprietary software, Opera is a pretty damn good browser and runs on Linux.
100% Agreed. Everyone keeps talking about Firefox's extensions and Chrome's speed. Opera has been right there with Chrome the whole way plus has the accelerator for lower bandwidth connections, the Unite package (which say what you will is a fantastic piece of kit) and by far the best RSS feeder I've seen. And on top of that, Opera's linux offering is always released at the same time as Windows & OSX.
Exactly. I can have the shittiest day ever, and when I walk in the door and my kid runs up to me excited to see me saying 'Dad! Dad! Dad!' everything else disappears.
WTF? Seriously, what are you smoking? I understand that Monsanto and the other seed companies have lots of seed crops which cannot reproduce, but the analogy is quite out there. First off, the seed companies are at the beginning of the chain, not the middle and have little to do with controlling what is grown. Market conditions are the overriding factor in that. (For example check out the increase in cotton planting this year versus previous years due to the high price & low supply of cotton). Second of all, the RIAA & MPAA are not innovators nor do actual multi-year research into their products. Seed companies must do both. Third, while non-reproducing seed is a type of lock-in, there is still seed available which does reproduce. It's just not as cheap.
Agriculture is a multi-billion dollar business which dwarfs the entertainment industry, and while I know there are issues with it, comparing the two is laughable.
I used to be in the Pana camp with you, but it looks like development died. I highly, highly, highly recommend Clementine. I was a bit leery of it to start but it's really come together the past couple of releases and development seems to be increasing.
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The same study suggests 1.5million Canadians also quit in a single month, that's 5% of Canada's entire population quitting Facebook in May. Now, to me that seems pretty odd, why so many, why May? For this to be realistic there'd almost certainly have to have been some good reason why so many chose that specific month to all leave together but I'm not aware of any event that would've caused such a mass exodus.
May is when it gets WARM up here. Hockey season is pretty much over and we only have four or five months of decent weather! Outdoors > Facebook
Geeks are supposed to be crazed circus side show freaks that bite the heads off of chickens.
Ozzy Osbourne is not a geek.
Mop Up Please! The way these guys are acting it's almost as if they WANT the thunder to come down. If I was more of a conspiracy theorist I'd say the government is using these guys to get the laws passed. It seems crazy until you think about it, much like PETA being funded by meat producers.
Mine is to be able to transfer heat energy from one object to another quickly. Then I can punk the Human Torch & Iceman at once.
So this guy is being extradited because he has a website which links to copyrighted content only? When did the rules change, because somebody should be talking to Google & Microsoft....
Bin Laden did as I recall. Of course he was a whack job and was the most wanted man on the planet.
Because going after Google is usually a bad idea?
'Charlie Wilson's War' was an excellent movie which chronicled this quite well (in a hollywood fashion mind you).
Have your two year old throw it at you. It's ALREADY weapon grade.
But Dawkins claimed that people were turning to it do to a lack of critical reasoning (and he incidentally blamed this on organised religion).
Dawkins blames EVERYTHING on organized religion. It's his schtick and he's good at it.
Actually, this would be an interesting way to find long-lost porn. Think about it. You have an old jpg from 10 years ago. Upload it to Google and you find others from the same set, who took the photo, etc.
Say what you will about proprietary software, Opera is a pretty damn good browser and runs on Linux.
100% Agreed. Everyone keeps talking about Firefox's extensions and Chrome's speed. Opera has been right there with Chrome the whole way plus has the accelerator for lower bandwidth connections, the Unite package (which say what you will is a fantastic piece of kit) and by far the best RSS feeder I've seen. And on top of that, Opera's linux offering is always released at the same time as Windows & OSX.
I would add bagpipes into that too.
Throw in $5 for Pizza Overhead for the kid.
'Pizza Overhead' is now on the list of Engineering costing extras. Much like Scotty's Rule of 4.
Sure. Where?
I'm not sure which is more frightening - the fact these guys backdoor Sony repeatedly or that Sony doesn't seem to want to stop them.
For the record:
1) Yes, I am aware of the double entendres.
2) No, I do not believe rape is funny.
3) No, I am not homophobic.
There will be a bootleg?
Huh? To name a few Google apps that are successful: Google Earth, Chrome, Gmail, & Picasa.
who read that and thought "Isn't that Stark Expo?"
As long as there isn't a presenter named Justin Hammer, we're OK.
Exactly. I can have the shittiest day ever, and when I walk in the door and my kid runs up to me excited to see me saying 'Dad! Dad! Dad!' everything else disappears.
WTF? Seriously, what are you smoking? I understand that Monsanto and the other seed companies have lots of seed crops which cannot reproduce, but the analogy is quite out there. First off, the seed companies are at the beginning of the chain, not the middle and have little to do with controlling what is grown. Market conditions are the overriding factor in that. (For example check out the increase in cotton planting this year versus previous years due to the high price & low supply of cotton). Second of all, the RIAA & MPAA are not innovators nor do actual multi-year research into their products. Seed companies must do both. Third, while non-reproducing seed is a type of lock-in, there is still seed available which does reproduce. It's just not as cheap.
Agriculture is a multi-billion dollar business which dwarfs the entertainment industry, and while I know there are issues with it, comparing the two is laughable.
Now that we have that out of the way, how about you guys fix the bugs in the nvidia-96 driver for Linux? You know, the one that calls for xorg wrong?
I used to be in the Pana camp with you, but it looks like development died. I highly, highly, highly recommend Clementine. I was a bit leery of it to start but it's really come together the past couple of releases and development seems to be increasing.
Where's the fix for Linux? Surely that was affected as well?
Wait, Linux only has version 2.2 Beta and they are up to version 5 on Windows & Mac? Never mind...
I was hoping that Skype had been cracked so we can start using 3rd party messengers!