A lot of this stuff is exact copies. The open secret is that the factories where clothes/handbags/electronics/etc. are made have two shifts every day. They run a secret third shift to make money under the table off of counterfeits.
Anyone can have their cake, and then eat it. The real trick is eating your cake, and still having it. It's a common mistake. -Dylan Hunt (Andromeda)
I'd understand not wanting to support their idiocy. I totally get it. But by buying it used, you are not giving them any additional profit. That's an already existing sale, so you give Ubisoft nothing. By cracking it, you avoid the shitty DRM. You get to eat your cake and have it to. Unless you take a really, really strong moral stance on this (as you seem to do) and don't want to have anything to do with it period, this is about as perfect a solution as anyone can expect.
I know everything's a race to the bottom. Look, fast food used to be the same way. But then people noticed places like Wendy's didn't make as much money as McDonald's, but they had consistent profits and growth and had really good customer satisfaction. That showed other entrepreneurs that people are willing to pay for quality, and now we have more slightly higher end fast food chains like Five Guys and Smash Burger.
Well then, someone else needs to fill the need. If they had stricter QC then the app might have not even made it into the store. There's really no way to tell whether the developer will say "Okay, I guess I'll make this run better" or "Fuck it, I'll code something else that's easier and will make me more money."
You know, we already have this. The loser of a court case often has to pay the court fees.
Why don't we have some sort of fee or something of the like attached to the other aspects of the criminal justice system? Of course, it should be treated like charity care at a hospital - if you're poor enough, they don't collect.
Xenoflesh in the human brain? Clearly the apothecaries have failed in purging this scum from our fellow men. The only solution is Exterminatus. The Emperor Protects!
It is good that they are going to finally scan for malware.
Yes.
But in the end Android apps need better quality control.
No.
Look, this site espouses the value of open source and more open markets in general. Android is pretty open as far as markets go, but the caveat that comes with that is that there is a lot of garbage. If you aggregated every, say, Wordpress blog on the Wordpress.com website, 95% of them would probably be unreadable drivel. The same goes for programs.
If an app exists but it doesn't work for you, then go to a competing app. If an app exists, is really crappy, and is the only one of its kind, that is what we call a "business opportunity". The market lacks quality software and that's a hole that you can fill. If an app doesn't exist but it would be useful (or fun!), then do it and make some money.
In one of those clips, I imagined "space invaders", in real life.
So I wasn't the only one? (I think it's the positioning of the rotors - they have the same basic shape as the invaders.)
If they're cheap enough, something like this would be fun for skeet shooting. Imagine the challenge of clay pigeons that can change trajectory on a dime!
It'd also be great for military training, too...
Might be because I just watched the Terminator movies again recently, but all of the uses I can seem to come up for these robots seem to involve shooting them with a high powered gun or rifle. =|
Does anyone really think that if there were no such things as counterfeit Oakleys or Louis Vuitton that the poorer people who buy the bootlegs would just save up and buy a several hundred dollar pair of glasses or purse?
The best way to teach out kids that bullying is bad is to stop doing it ourselves, and to teach them it's not okay to pick on others for any reason.
It'd be nice if we as a country can stop being bullies. It is, however, unlikely. Might makes right - that is the reality of the world.
Now, I am not necessarily advocating being a bully, but I am advocating strength. Teaching children respect, politeness, and honor is important. Teaching them these things while also not teaching them to be able to handle themselves in a fight is a waste of time, because they will be a doormat. All the negotiation tactics in the world will not stop someone when they want to kick your ass.
My grade school had a smart board. It's one of those rare situations where the technology is genuinely useful. You can interact with images, video, etc. very easily - it turns a "dumb" whiteboard or flat surface into a "smart" surface. Great for writing notes and the like on materials that the students need to see.
Reagan eviscerated our manufacturing center. This, in turn, destroyed much of the middle class and most of the unions. That's where it started in my opinion, too.
When people ask me what jobs they should get, I tell them to go into a trade like plumbing, carpentry, masonry, etc. and go union. It's the one job they can't outsource to some call center in another country, and you rarely can hire illegal immigrants who can do the same stuff that a properly trained (school > apprentice > journeyman > master) tradesman can do.
Great. Now if they actually handle the problem of people tapping the proverbial delete button like it dispenses morphine, then myself and a lot of editors will actually have a reason to return to that hellhole.
There is no justification (outside of highly illegal content) for articles being deleted as rapidly as they are. Not in the era of cheap bandwidth, cheap disk space, and crowdsourcing.
They in turn put pressure on Swedish politicians (behind the scenes, since in Swden it's illegal for the politicians to tell the prosecutors what to do).
Isn't there also a law in Swedish government can't be influenced by outside forces? I forget what it's called, but I know that it's a uniquely Swedish word that doesn't translate into English really.
I guess it has to be pretty steady for the time it takes to fire this bullet (and for it to reach target), and "shot" from relatively remote location, which seem to require sniper-type skill on behalf of the "painter", but not shooter.
It requires the high tech 'sniper' skill of "setting up a tripod, pointing the laser at the target, and then taking your hands off". Seriously, a sniper's skill lies not in putting the crosshairs on the target, but in putting the crosshairs off the target... such that wind, bullet drop due to gravity, etc.. etc.. ends up putting the bullet where the amateur would put the crosshairs - and miss. But wind, gravity, etc... don't effect the laser, so an amateur can place the crosshair by eye.
I have my doubts that they will be able to have the early versions of this bullet adapt to the climate conditions that a sniper can do in his head or on instinct.
Can the bullet take into account windage? Drop? Weather? The curve of the Earth (at extreme ranges)?
That's probably why the range is only 1 mile. That, and possibly the laser not being able to paint the target powerfully enough at that distance.
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my wife has another headache.
Have you considered installing a padded headboard? I find that helps immensely.
Exactly, such as non-genocidal totalitarians who visit 4chan.
A lot of this stuff is exact copies. The open secret is that the factories where clothes/handbags/electronics/etc. are made have two shifts every day. They run a secret third shift to make money under the table off of counterfeits.
It is brilliant tradecraft to make them think they closed up the security hole and feel good about it while you continue snooping with impunity.
So you can have the game without giving them a sale?
Anyone can have their cake, and then eat it. The real trick is eating your cake, and still having it. It's a common mistake. -Dylan Hunt (Andromeda)
I'd understand not wanting to support their idiocy. I totally get it. But by buying it used, you are not giving them any additional profit. That's an already existing sale, so you give Ubisoft nothing. By cracking it, you avoid the shitty DRM. You get to eat your cake and have it to. Unless you take a really, really strong moral stance on this (as you seem to do) and don't want to have anything to do with it period, this is about as perfect a solution as anyone can expect.
I know everything's a race to the bottom. Look, fast food used to be the same way. But then people noticed places like Wendy's didn't make as much money as McDonald's, but they had consistent profits and growth and had really good customer satisfaction. That showed other entrepreneurs that people are willing to pay for quality, and now we have more slightly higher end fast food chains like Five Guys and Smash Burger.
Well then, someone else needs to fill the need. If they had stricter QC then the app might have not even made it into the store. There's really no way to tell whether the developer will say "Okay, I guess I'll make this run better" or "Fuck it, I'll code something else that's easier and will make me more money."
You know, we already have this. The loser of a court case often has to pay the court fees.
Why don't we have some sort of fee or something of the like attached to the other aspects of the criminal justice system? Of course, it should be treated like charity care at a hospital - if you're poor enough, they don't collect.
Buy it used and then crack it? You get the game, Ubi doesn't get a new sale, and you don't have to deal with the DRM.
Xenoflesh in the human brain? Clearly the apothecaries have failed in purging this scum from our fellow men. The only solution is Exterminatus. The Emperor Protects!
It is good that they are going to finally scan for malware.
Yes.
But in the end Android apps need better quality control.
No.
Look, this site espouses the value of open source and more open markets in general. Android is pretty open as far as markets go, but the caveat that comes with that is that there is a lot of garbage. If you aggregated every, say, Wordpress blog on the Wordpress.com website, 95% of them would probably be unreadable drivel. The same goes for programs.
If an app exists but it doesn't work for you, then go to a competing app. If an app exists, is really crappy, and is the only one of its kind, that is what we call a "business opportunity". The market lacks quality software and that's a hole that you can fill. If an app doesn't exist but it would be useful (or fun!), then do it and make some money.
In one of those clips, I imagined "space invaders", in real life.
So I wasn't the only one? (I think it's the positioning of the rotors - they have the same basic shape as the invaders.)
If they're cheap enough, something like this would be fun for skeet shooting. Imagine the challenge of clay pigeons that can change trajectory on a dime!
It'd also be great for military training, too...
Might be because I just watched the Terminator movies again recently, but all of the uses I can seem to come up for these robots seem to involve shooting them with a high powered gun or rifle. =|
this year my daughter needs braces
Is her name Lisa by any chance?
know the guy selling $5 Oakley's
Does anyone really think that if there were no such things as counterfeit Oakleys or Louis Vuitton that the poorer people who buy the bootlegs would just save up and buy a several hundred dollar pair of glasses or purse?
It's not a lost sale, it's a non-existant sale.
I'd like to know why any of you think it's important for the government to make a profit when it comes to law enforcement.
This retarded mindset is the reason we have speed traps everywhere.
The best way to teach out kids that bullying is bad is to stop doing it ourselves, and to teach them it's not okay to pick on others for any reason.
It'd be nice if we as a country can stop being bullies. It is, however, unlikely. Might makes right - that is the reality of the world.
Now, I am not necessarily advocating being a bully, but I am advocating strength. Teaching children respect, politeness, and honor is important. Teaching them these things while also not teaching them to be able to handle themselves in a fight is a waste of time, because they will be a doormat. All the negotiation tactics in the world will not stop someone when they want to kick your ass.
You need the Dominatrix Debbie add-on to find out.
My grade school had a smart board. It's one of those rare situations where the technology is genuinely useful. You can interact with images, video, etc. very easily - it turns a "dumb" whiteboard or flat surface into a "smart" surface. Great for writing notes and the like on materials that the students need to see.
Reagan eviscerated our manufacturing center. This, in turn, destroyed much of the middle class and most of the unions. That's where it started in my opinion, too.
When people ask me what jobs they should get, I tell them to go into a trade like plumbing, carpentry, masonry, etc. and go union. It's the one job they can't outsource to some call center in another country, and you rarely can hire illegal immigrants who can do the same stuff that a properly trained (school > apprentice > journeyman > master) tradesman can do.
Great. Now if they actually handle the problem of people tapping the proverbial delete button like it dispenses morphine, then myself and a lot of editors will actually have a reason to return to that hellhole.
There is no justification (outside of highly illegal content) for articles being deleted as rapidly as they are. Not in the era of cheap bandwidth, cheap disk space, and crowdsourcing.
For some strange reason, so am I...
That particular problem seems to be more common for Americans than for non-native speakers...
Americans fail English? That's unpossible!
They in turn put pressure on Swedish politicians (behind the scenes, since in Swden it's illegal for the politicians to tell the prosecutors what to do).
Isn't there also a law in Swedish government can't be influenced by outside forces? I forget what it's called, but I know that it's a uniquely Swedish word that doesn't translate into English really.
It requires the high tech 'sniper' skill of "setting up a tripod, pointing the laser at the target, and then taking your hands off". Seriously, a sniper's skill lies not in putting the crosshairs on the target, but in putting the crosshairs off the target... such that wind, bullet drop due to gravity, etc.. etc.. ends up putting the bullet where the amateur would put the crosshairs - and miss. But wind, gravity, etc... don't effect the laser, so an amateur can place the crosshair by eye.
I have my doubts that they will be able to have the early versions of this bullet adapt to the climate conditions that a sniper can do in his head or on instinct.
Can the bullet take into account windage? Drop? Weather? The curve of the Earth (at extreme ranges)?
That's probably why the range is only 1 mile. That, and possibly the laser not being able to paint the target powerfully enough at that distance.