Amazon tries that combination, but the browsing part of the equation is too lame for my purposes.
I'll admit, if I find a single bit of info while flipping through a book, I'll jot down a quick note. If the rest of the book sucks, I won't buy it.
"How can you buy *new* books, CDs, and software, online, if you've never tried the book, heard the music, or used the software?"
Regarding "trying the books"; I'm the guy you may have seen inside of the brick-and-mortar bookstore, sitting down and skimming the preface, chapters and index of that book. Works for me...
You know, when I was 27 or 28, I was a Squad Leader in the Army. I had some experience under my belt, and the "technical" knowledge to get in to that position in the first place...
One of my subordinates was 38 years old, a little too old (physically) for the young man's game. BUT, he had a lot of military experience, and 10 more years than I of LIFE experience. I was fortunate (and wise) enough to understand that, and I sought his advice when I felt it necessary.
I'm glad I treated him the way that I did...
We both gained something from that.
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Ahem....
Computers ARE only tools dude~
I think the gentleman may not be as much of an idiot as you'd like to believe...
"Take basketball: zero-sum game? No. Points aren't scarce; your opponent getting a point doesn't take one from you. That's the definition of zero-sum."
Zero-Sum Game? YES! Points ARE scarce...the game HAS a time limit! You can't score WHILE your opponent has control of the ball. That's why the defense tries to STEAL the ball! That's why you run down the shot clock when you're ahead of your opponent!
Have you EVER watched Basketball??
was given to me by my Platoon Sergeant back when I served in Haiti. I was the biggest mofo in the platoon, and the Haitian Creole word for tiny is petit(e), familiar usage is "ti". Sorta like Little John of Robin Hood fame. Hence, Little Dave.
The name followed me back from Haiti and stuck ever since...
"If they left the door unlocked, it is still considered "breaking and entering." Don't take "breaking" too literally."
True, but perhaps for reasons you may not be aware of... Constructive Breaking, in the term "Breaking and Entering" is performed when the Actor in the crime enters an area that (s)he is not authorized to be AND enters that area by performing an action, i.e. opening a door or window, opening a gap in a door or window to allow themselves entry into that space. This would, in most jurisdictions, also include the use of a foreign object to facilitate entry, like using a coat hanger to snatch someone's keys from their car seat. Failure to "break" the perimeter of that space, i.e. walking into an open doorway that you have no authority to enter, usually is only punishable as the lesser charge of "Unlawful Entry" or the still-lower "Trespassing". Let's not forget to include the aspect of the "Formation of Criminal Intent", which is a whole different course...
I caught the "not-so-gentle" sarcasm of your post. I assure you that when police make an arrest for the "offenses" of walking down the street with a screwdriver or a piece of drug paraphernalia, the "Totality of the Circumstances" is considered prior to desiding to make an arrest. In short, the mere fact that person A has item B in their possession doesn't mean automatic ride to the station. thanks for your time citizen...
"If I own a CD, I can do anything I please with it, short of redistributing the music."
Alas, not true. You can SELL that same CD to any potential buyer. What are the legalities, for example, of selling a "used" CD to a buyer for more than the price YOU paid for it? Assuming of course, that it was a rare/out of stock item...
"However, one of the fundamental conservate tenets is freedom from government, which is diametrically opposed to supporting the denial of someone's freedom of speech."
That sounds more like a Libertarian viewpoint to me. I think we can all recall various Republican attempts to invade our bedrooms....
IIRC, when the GB OS "boots", it checks the ROM for license verification, and will not load the ROM unless it finds the info...I'm sure that a hack for this exists out there somewhere...
"What jobs would be unavailable to women? I guess my fundamental question concerns why these jobs are unavailable to moms, but dads have no problem keeping them. Really, what is the difference, and what does artificial birth control have to do with any of it?"
My Job, to be precise...unless the woman elected to be celibate or was post-menopausal. Some terrific teratanogenic effects from excessive chemical exposures in my line of work...
"Many of us (and I would claim the vast majority of the world's population on my side here) consider the issue of human sexuality to be frought with moral/ethical issues."
Slashdot Mirror
"Like I said before, free speech means nothing if you're dead."
To which I say "Life means nothing if you can't speak freely."
Actually, with the umlaut unmapped on his keyboard, he'd be correct. That is the Anglicized version.
Thanks for playing!
ti_dave
No, In America, we read in whatever direction our chosen language dictates...
ti_dave
"But I find this terrifying.
NOBODY markets like MS"
McDonalds Dude...
And the worst part is, you don't realize just how good they are at it. That's SUCCESSFUL Marketing.
ti_dave
I find it painfully ironic to read your gripe about:
.sig
"Poor RMS...Invokes The Right To Tell Others What They Should Be Doing."
And then read your
Moderators: You should be browsing at -1, (Newest|Oldest) First, Nested, not +2, Highest Scores, Threaded
Consistency Dude!!
ti_dave
Amazon tries that combination, but the browsing part of the equation is too lame for my purposes.
I'll admit, if I find a single bit of info while flipping through a book, I'll jot down a quick note. If the rest of the book sucks, I won't buy it.
ti_dave
they're gunning for;
;-)
C|Net's "Catch-Up" program for Win9x.
I'm not going to break down how it works for you, you'll just have to trust me on it
ti_dave
USPO == United States Patent Office
USPS == United States Postal Service
Thanks for playing!
"How can you buy *new* books, CDs, and software, online, if you've never tried the book, heard the music, or used the software?"
...
Regarding "trying the books"; I'm the guy you may have seen inside of the brick-and-mortar bookstore, sitting down and skimming the preface, chapters and index of that book. Works for me
You know, when I was 27 or 28, I was a Squad Leader in the Army. I had some experience under my belt, and the "technical" knowledge to get in to that position in the first place...
One of my subordinates was 38 years old, a little too old (physically) for the young man's game. BUT, he had a lot of military experience, and 10 more years than I of LIFE experience. I was fortunate (and wise) enough to understand that, and I sought his advice when I felt it necessary.
I'm glad I treated him the way that I did...
We both gained something from that.
Ahem....
Computers ARE only tools dude~
I think the gentleman may not be as much of an idiot as you'd like to believe...
"Take basketball: zero-sum game? No. Points aren't scarce; your opponent getting a point doesn't take one from you. That's the definition of zero-sum."
Zero-Sum Game? YES! Points ARE scarce...the game HAS a time limit! You can't score WHILE your opponent has control of the ball. That's why the defense tries to STEAL the ball! That's why you run down the shot clock when you're ahead of your opponent!
Have you EVER watched Basketball??
was given to me by my Platoon Sergeant back when I served in Haiti. I was the biggest mofo in the platoon, and the Haitian Creole word for tiny is petit(e), familiar usage is "ti". Sorta like Little John of Robin Hood fame. Hence, Little Dave.
The name followed me back from Haiti and stuck ever since...
"If they left the door unlocked, it is still considered "breaking and entering." Don't take "breaking" too literally."
True, but perhaps for reasons you may not be aware of...
Constructive Breaking, in the term "Breaking and Entering" is performed when the Actor in the crime enters an area that (s)he is not authorized to be AND enters that area by performing an action, i.e. opening a door or window, opening a gap in a door or window to allow themselves entry into that space. This would, in most jurisdictions, also include the use of a foreign object to facilitate entry, like using a coat hanger to snatch someone's keys from their car seat. Failure to "break" the perimeter of that space, i.e. walking into an open doorway that you have no authority to enter, usually is only punishable as the lesser charge of "Unlawful Entry" or the still-lower "Trespassing". Let's not forget to include the aspect of the "Formation of Criminal Intent", which is a whole different course...
ti_dave
I caught the "not-so-gentle" sarcasm of your post.
I assure you that when police make an arrest for the "offenses" of walking down the street with a screwdriver or a piece of drug paraphernalia, the "Totality of the Circumstances" is considered prior to desiding to make an arrest. In short, the mere fact that person A has item B in their possession doesn't mean automatic ride to the station.
thanks for your time citizen...
"If I own a CD, I can do anything I please with it, short of redistributing the music."
Alas, not true. You can SELL that same CD to any potential buyer. What are the legalities, for example, of selling a "used" CD to a buyer for more than the price YOU paid for it? Assuming of course, that it was a rare/out of stock item...
ti_dave
>>I think the acting from all sides was sub par, particularly from andersen and duchovny. Could they have been any flatter?
Looked to me like DD had the most fun he's ever had filming an X-files episode!
ti_dave
"However, one of the fundamental conservate tenets is freedom from government, which is diametrically opposed to supporting the denial of someone's freedom of speech."
That sounds more like a Libertarian viewpoint to me. I think we can all recall various Republican attempts to invade our bedrooms....
Rob,
/. is acquiring more servers/bandwidth, it seems a shame if more content (i.e. stories, not necessarily more trollspace) couldn't be hosted.
I beg you to hire more albino elephants and turbo chickens!
Or, at least get some more unpaid interns...
If
ti_dave
1. All of the Books in Larry Niven's
Known Space series.
2. Most anything by Philip K. Dick.
There are others, but that's all I have time for at the moment...
ti_dave
"XHTML has nothing to do with Microsoft (yet, anyway)."
Two M$ staffers are listed as being members of the XHTML working group dude.
But at least they are in the minority. IBM had more people listed than M$.
ti_dave
I was just about ready to cut and paste dude...but you said it for me :-)
What the fsck planet is this lady from??
I hope to hell the students there get involved in running her *ss straight back to the nursing home...
IIRC, when the GB OS "boots", it checks the ROM for license verification, and will not load the ROM unless it finds the info...I'm sure that a hack for this exists out there somewhere...
ti_dave
"What jobs would be unavailable to women? I guess my fundamental question concerns why these jobs are unavailable to moms, but dads have no problem keeping them. Really, what is the difference, and what does artificial birth control have to do with any of it?"
My Job, to be precise...unless the woman elected to be celibate or was post-menopausal. Some terrific teratanogenic effects from excessive chemical exposures in my line of work...
ti_dave
"Many of us (and I would claim the vast majority of the world's population on my side here) consider the issue of human sexuality to be frought with moral/ethical issues."
ooooh nooooo!
I HATE to say it, but here goes...
"Boys have penises. Girls have vaginas."
Fact.
Please get over it!