I foresee a lot of people working the system and doing exactly this. Even at $375 (or $475, as the child post says it might be), the upgrades will be worth it to many people who do not want to deal wiht AT&T.
Unless you set up your client to stop seeding when you have completely downloaded it. It's a dick move, but the functionality is included in more than a few clients.
The problem with your logic is that I believe most people who drive those huge vehicles don't actually use them for all they are worth.
Construction worker? Sure. Let's see you cram an air compressor, tools, horses, etc. into a Saab sedan.
Rural folk? Sure. Farms and the like, trucks are not just useful, they are often a necessity. A lot of communities do not have paved roads and it would be nuts to try and drive around in a sedan.
Soccer moms? Not really. She's really using all of that torque and power to take her daughter to McDonald's. Your situation is definitely not the norm for truck/SUV owners in America.
Peer Review, Quality Control, etc. can all be obtained without putting out a printed journal. It seems terribly backwards for... well, science in general.
Let's say I invented an artificial salt and submitted a formula and explanation for peer review to a journal. This is something very simple and would have to fit very few criteria: does it taste like salt and can it do any more harm to a person than real salt? It is not a question that will take two years to answer.
Yet a lot of these these journals seem to be quarterly, biannual (sexy!), or annual and I'm stuck.
Why can't they move to some sort of online model like - dare I say it - Slashdot? Much, much better peer review and much more competent editors (different for each field, and highly respected), but effectively the same thing. Sure, there won't be new articles every day, but biweekly or monthly could be a reality.
And for those people who are looking for an old-style printed journal, well... there's always Ctrl+P.
All jokes aside, banks make tons of profit off of easy credit. When credit is easy for damn near anyone to get, people are (generally) going to run up large bills.
A very good friend of mine had a credit card (I think a Visa) for almost 2 years and they never increased his limit about the initial $500. Why? Delinquent on payments? Nope, it was actually the exact opposite - he paid his bill at the end of every month and on time. He was actually told that he would have to start maintaining a balance (and therefore generate interest) if he wanted his limit to go up.
So he cancelled the Visa card and got an American Express. They took note of his excellent credit record and handed him a card with a much higher limit. He never goes anywhere near it and still pays his bills on time.
Fiscal responsibility is not profitable in the credit and banking industries. If everyone balanced their checkbooks and paid their bills on time, a load of banks and CC companies would go flat broke. That's why things like the minimum payment (which is calculated to make sure you have a balance on the card for 30 years) exist.
Right, until a "critical security update" turns that option right back on. Better to just turn off Automatic Updates and disable Security Center in Administrative Tools > Services so it stops whining about your computer "not being protected".
There's also an extension called UnPlug, and about half a dozen others that do the same thing. Test 'em all and use what works for you - UnPlug works the best for me it seems.
The questions I asked my friend who played EVE Online:
ME) Can you, in the event of your weapons being down and severe damage to your shields, gloriously do a suicide run and ram into your enemy and blow him up?
HIM) No.
ME) Can you bump someone into the gravity well of a sun or black hole and laugh as they get sucked in?
HIM) No.
ME) Can you whip around a planet, asteroid, sun, etc. a few times and come flying out at hella fast speeds?
HIM) Oh, you mean a gravity whip?
ME) Yeah.
HIM) No.
It was at that point I lost any interest in the game whatsoever./=
That's no fun. Tell you what, release something with a draconian license then I might download your material.
I had a scary realization. That actually might be a genius marketing ploy.
1) License your music with the most draconian license you can find
2) Slip someone a few bucks to "illegally download it"
3) "Sue" them in court
4) News at 11: "GEOMETRICVISIONS.COM sues single, amputee mom with two kids who are crippled (and have aids) and a three legged dog... and their dad died in Iraq as a WAR HERO WHO SAVED ORPHANS"
5) Public outrage, tons of people download music to see what all the fuss is about
6) Settle out of court, everyone wins
7) ????
8) PROFIT
There are more than two political parties in the United States, contrary to what many people believe. Each party basically has its own way of determining who will be their candidate for President. Out of the five parties big enough to field a Presidential candidate, though, the three other parties combined did not even get one million votes in 2004 - this makes the U.S. a de facto two party system. If either the Republican or Democratic party were ever to collapse, though, this would obviously change very rapidly.
There are a number of delegates in each state who are assigned God knows how and do God knows what. I would guess it is something to do with the population of your state. What I do know is that the candidates have to do their best to get more delegates to back them for the eventual party convention.
The Primary System, like many other aspects of the U.S. government, is just a big mess that's not entirely fair to many places (especially my home state of New Jersey) or many demographics.
I'd love to hear someone else break down the system further and in an easier way to understand, but what I have written here are the basics.
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Yes, and carbon fiber is obviously very economical and cheap. I'm sure auto manufacturers will be glad to roll out a $60,000 Honda Civic.
I foresee a lot of people working the system and doing exactly this. Even at $375 (or $475, as the child post says it might be), the upgrades will be worth it to many people who do not want to deal wiht AT&T.
Unless you set up your client to stop seeding when you have completely downloaded it. It's a dick move, but the functionality is included in more than a few clients.
The problem with your logic is that I believe most people who drive those huge vehicles don't actually use them for all they are worth.
Construction worker? Sure. Let's see you cram an air compressor, tools, horses, etc. into a Saab sedan.
Rural folk? Sure. Farms and the like, trucks are not just useful, they are often a necessity. A lot of communities do not have paved roads and it would be nuts to try and drive around in a sedan.
Soccer moms? Not really. She's really using all of that torque and power to take her daughter to McDonald's. Your situation is definitely not the norm for truck/SUV owners in America.
Someone gets bullied/harassed in real life, you have many recourses - restraining orders, libel laws, etc.
Someone gets bullied online... you turn the fucking computer off. It's that easy.
Peer Review, Quality Control, etc. can all be obtained without putting out a printed journal. It seems terribly backwards for... well, science in general.
Let's say I invented an artificial salt and submitted a formula and explanation for peer review to a journal. This is something very simple and would have to fit very few criteria: does it taste like salt and can it do any more harm to a person than real salt? It is not a question that will take two years to answer.
Yet a lot of these these journals seem to be quarterly, biannual (sexy!), or annual and I'm stuck.
Why can't they move to some sort of online model like - dare I say it - Slashdot? Much, much better peer review and much more competent editors (different for each field, and highly respected), but effectively the same thing. Sure, there won't be new articles every day, but biweekly or monthly could be a reality.
And for those people who are looking for an old-style printed journal, well... there's always Ctrl+P.
How do we even know it's you posting right now?
All jokes aside, banks make tons of profit off of easy credit. When credit is easy for damn near anyone to get, people are (generally) going to run up large bills.
A very good friend of mine had a credit card (I think a Visa) for almost 2 years and they never increased his limit about the initial $500. Why? Delinquent on payments? Nope, it was actually the exact opposite - he paid his bill at the end of every month and on time. He was actually told that he would have to start maintaining a balance (and therefore generate interest) if he wanted his limit to go up.
So he cancelled the Visa card and got an American Express. They took note of his excellent credit record and handed him a card with a much higher limit. He never goes anywhere near it and still pays his bills on time.
Fiscal responsibility is not profitable in the credit and banking industries. If everyone balanced their checkbooks and paid their bills on time, a load of banks and CC companies would go flat broke. That's why things like the minimum payment (which is calculated to make sure you have a balance on the card for 30 years) exist.
Can a secretary block pop ups for you?
Maybe if she stands in front of your screen?
Right, because a browser that obviously has serious partnership ties with Google would release without working with Google's e-mail service.
Right, until a "critical security update" turns that option right back on. Better to just turn off Automatic Updates and disable Security Center in Administrative Tools > Services so it stops whining about your computer "not being protected".
Don't forget all the productivity saved on not playing games on the Mac.
...am looking forward to quantum computing. This way, my system files on Windows will both have a rootkit and not have a rootkit at the same time!
There's also an extension called UnPlug, and about half a dozen others that do the same thing. Test 'em all and use what works for you - UnPlug works the best for me it seems.
The questions I asked my friend who played EVE Online:
ME) Can you, in the event of your weapons being down and severe damage to your shields, gloriously do a suicide run and ram into your enemy and blow him up?
HIM) No.
ME) Can you bump someone into the gravity well of a sun or black hole and laugh as they get sucked in?
HIM) No.
ME) Can you whip around a planet, asteroid, sun, etc. a few times and come flying out at hella fast speeds?
HIM) Oh, you mean a gravity whip?
ME) Yeah.
HIM) No.
It was at that point I lost any interest in the game whatsoever. /=
Something less secure than Java? Someone mod parent "-1, You've Got To be Shitting Me!" ^.~
Six offtopic posts in a row and you stopped the chain. Can you say C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER?
I had a scary realization. That actually might be a genius marketing ploy.
1) License your music with the most draconian license you can find
2) Slip someone a few bucks to "illegally download it"
3) "Sue" them in court
4) News at 11: "GEOMETRICVISIONS.COM sues single, amputee mom with two kids who are crippled (and have aids) and a three legged dog... and their dad died in Iraq as a WAR HERO WHO SAVED ORPHANS"
5) Public outrage, tons of people download music to see what all the fuss is about
6) Settle out of court, everyone wins
7) ????
8) PROFIT
As a man who loves guns and video games, I wholeheartedly agree.
There are more than two political parties in the United States, contrary to what many people believe. Each party basically has its own way of determining who will be their candidate for President. Out of the five parties big enough to field a Presidential candidate, though, the three other parties combined did not even get one million votes in 2004 - this makes the U.S. a de facto two party system. If either the Republican or Democratic party were ever to collapse, though, this would obviously change very rapidly.
There are a number of delegates in each state who are assigned God knows how and do God knows what. I would guess it is something to do with the population of your state. What I do know is that the candidates have to do their best to get more delegates to back them for the eventual party convention.
The Primary System, like many other aspects of the U.S. government, is just a big mess that's not entirely fair to many places (especially my home state of New Jersey) or many demographics.
I'd love to hear someone else break down the system further and in an easier way to understand, but what I have written here are the basics.
... "New Supercomputer Found 'Immune To Magnetism'", and for a moment I was wondering how something like that was engineered.
...quantum cryptography now requires 30% less cats and 46% fewer radioactive isotopes.
If you want to limit the used bandwidth, go ahead. Just spell out exactly what those limits are in a contract with your customers.
"Exactly" is a dirty word and non-existant concept in corporation-to-consumer contracts (especially terms of service).
See: "reserve the right", "may", "will do x for the stability/integrity of the network/product, etc.
I had, no idea, that, the, comma, was so important, in French.
Or it could have something to do with there being twice as many Wiis sold as PS3s.
I know this is important to geek news and all, but Slashdot is treating the Phoenix like their firstborn.
"Phoenix started walking today!"
"Phoenix said his first word today!"
"Phoenix poopied like a big boy today!"