And I agree with you, but wouldn't certain cell phone lockouts go hand-in-hand with being able to use it with a service?
1) Phoneco has an exclusivity agreement so their phones will only work with the Telephony phone company.
2) Part of this agreement is that their lock-in (which prevents Phoneco phones from being used on other networks) remains untouched.
3) Someone jailbreaks/roots a Phoneco phone.
4) Q.E.D. Telephony has every right to disallow jailbroken/rooted phones from working on their networks.
s/phonecompany/any other service.
What I'm saying is you have every right to mod your X-Box, DSi, etc. and their respective companies have every right to keep you from using your modded unit on their networks.
I don't agree with it and I don't like it, but that's the way things are. In many ways it's a necessity; not so much for worry of pirated games but for worry of cheats and the like.
How about the people who volunteered themselves for the National Guard?
This might just be me, but shouldn't the National Guard be guarding the nation? As in staying in the goddamned country? Instead they are being used to supplement forces in other countries. Isn't that what the Reserves are for?
I recall when Katrina hit we were at a severe logistical disadvantage because a goodly chunk of the National Guard of many nearby states were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Governors in several states have raised concerns about the Guard's long-term overseas deployments. That's especially true in the West, where a busy fire season may be in store because of drought; Guardsmen have been used to fight fires.
The Guard staffing shortage was an immediate concern as Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, because about 6,000 Louisiana and Mississippi National Guard troops were deployed in Iraq at the time. That left about 12,500 Guard members available in the two states for hurricane relief.
To be fair to some games that have gone gold and gone to be pressed to disc are essentially the "final product". Of course they're going to keep working on things like bugfixes (to be deployed later as patches), but it's conceivable that they could also use the time from when pressing & packaging starts until the product is in stores to make DLC that would be ready at or near launch. I'm sure that there's also leftover content that could be repurposed towards DLC (examine the source files of nearly any game and you'll find leftover, unused content in there).
I am fairly certain that there are more than a few game companies that release DLC right away by taking content from the original game in order to make a few bucks, but it's very much possible that a few just managed to crank something worthwhile out in the time between pressing and release.
Really? I don't know, entertainment-wise I think a holodeck would be awesome, but society-wise I think the replicator is a far, far more important piece of technology.
During DS9 after the Cardassians got their asses handed to them by the Klingons, the Federation was sending them a dozen industrial replicators to rebuild their industrial base. There would be no need for factories or anything of the sort; just hook these things up to power and get to cranking things out.
IMO if you want to use someone's service, you have to use it their way. Certain Apple Apps would require a certain firmware that may have not been jailbroken yet. However, it should still be someone's choice to do what they want with a physical device they purchase.
Maybe all that "junk data" encoded in our genes is really a permittable margin of error.
Think like a disc with 10GB of capacity. If you have several hundred megs of bad sectors but only a gig of data to store, a smart enough operating system would probably be able to avoid the damaged areas.
This is not true for all banks. We have hundreds of banks and at least a dozen "large" ones, all with differing policies on things like your transaction history.
Most banks offer at least 3 months - 1 year of your account(s) history through their online database. This is for a free checking account from my experience. Beyond that you can only get the document in paper and you have to pay for it.
Granted, this may seem like they're nickel-and-diming their customers, but banks generally make money from either interest on loans or fees. Hell, American banks used to rake in something close to USD$10bn every year just from overdraft fees; now that a new federal law requires explicit permission for "overdraft protection" to be used (i.e. let a charge go through and stick you with a USD$35+ charge, effectively a microloan with a very high rate), I imagine that this particular area of profit will go down.
Why, without brave North Koreans such as yourself, who would work in the sadness mines? Without the tears of broken men imported from North Korea, how else will the rest of the world know what despair tastes like? Pepsi would go out of business!
This comic illustrates the subject well, I believe. I rarely see a series that goes for more than 3 or 4 seasons and is very good.
There's nothing wrong with the short form! If you write out a series to be 3 seasons, you shouldn't hurriedly try to make a fourth because the producers wanted to drop a ton of money in your pocket. Finish the three seasons and leave it at that. Hey, you could always follow up with a movie!
On the flip side, I think maybe I would rather see a good series go long and have a lot of mediocre episodes than a series go short and not be able to resolve any of its major plotlines.
Something similar happened to a friend of mine. He inherited, as it were, a 1990 Honda Civic. Godawful ugly little thing, golden color with a white door.
He forgot to lock the passenger side door and someone just opened the door and put a screwdriver into the ignition. They also popped the glove box. And... they left it there. My gearhead friends surmise that they were looking for paperwork showing the car had something of value in it mechanically (i.e. a souped-up engine, as Honda Civics are wont to have). Once they found out the car was stock, they just left it there.
Forgetting to lock his passenger side door meant replacing a $65 ignition instead of replacing a $150 window.
I think it may have been an Aladdin situation. Some thieves are heartless - they just tear the place up and take anything that can be fenced.
In some cases - and probably not remotely the majority - theft is an act of desperation. I imagine this was the case here; a person who saw no way out other than to get some money FAST. There's no need to be a dick about it in that kind of case.
Indeed. Anyone in America can look at their high school class of 10, 20, 30 years ago, and there's at least a few guys who are putting out good music.
It's a dream of mine to have a band, write songs, and play small venues. I don't want to play in an arena. I just want people to hear the music I write and appreciate it.
My dad's a carpenter. Sometimes there's tools that are not worth buying for a one-man operation (say, a front-end loader) - that's when you rent it.
I'm sure if there was a monthly "pay to use Photoshop" option, a lot of professionals would use it for the times they do need it, but not very many would use it long term.
It reminds me of news last year about building charging stations across California, when such facilities have lain abandoned for a decade.
Speaking of charging stations, is there a standard for all electric cars? I don't want to have to go to a Toyota (TM) Charging Unit because the Nissan (TM) Recharging Center doesn't work with my car...
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And I agree with you, but wouldn't certain cell phone lockouts go hand-in-hand with being able to use it with a service?
1) Phoneco has an exclusivity agreement so their phones will only work with the Telephony phone company.
2) Part of this agreement is that their lock-in (which prevents Phoneco phones from being used on other networks) remains untouched.
3) Someone jailbreaks/roots a Phoneco phone.
4) Q.E.D. Telephony has every right to disallow jailbroken/rooted phones from working on their networks.
s/phonecompany/any other service.
What I'm saying is you have every right to mod your X-Box, DSi, etc. and their respective companies have every right to keep you from using your modded unit on their networks.
I don't agree with it and I don't like it, but that's the way things are. In many ways it's a necessity; not so much for worry of pirated games but for worry of cheats and the like.
Ever heard of firefighters? They lay down their lives for others all the time, and their job description doesn't include killing.
Lies! Lies and deception!
How many poor young fire elementals, djinni, and wisps died at the hands of a firefighter's hose? MURDERERS!
How about the people who volunteered themselves for the National Guard?
This might just be me, but shouldn't the National Guard be guarding the nation? As in staying in the goddamned country? Instead they are being used to supplement forces in other countries. Isn't that what the Reserves are for?
I recall when Katrina hit we were at a severe logistical disadvantage because a goodly chunk of the National Guard of many nearby states were deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Governors in several states have raised concerns about the Guard's long-term overseas deployments. That's especially true in the West, where a busy fire season may be in store because of drought; Guardsmen have been used to fight fires.
The Guard staffing shortage was an immediate concern as Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, because about 6,000 Louisiana and Mississippi National Guard troops were deployed in Iraq at the time. That left about 12,500 Guard members available in the two states for hurricane relief.
Source: http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2005/050917-stretched-guard.htm
It sure is easy to misquote people through careful use of brackets and ellipses, though. Ethical, no. Easy, yes.
Yep, they even offer some mods distributed through Steam, not just a token link. Here are a few examples.
To be fair to some games that have gone gold and gone to be pressed to disc are essentially the "final product". Of course they're going to keep working on things like bugfixes (to be deployed later as patches), but it's conceivable that they could also use the time from when pressing & packaging starts until the product is in stores to make DLC that would be ready at or near launch. I'm sure that there's also leftover content that could be repurposed towards DLC (examine the source files of nearly any game and you'll find leftover, unused content in there).
I am fairly certain that there are more than a few game companies that release DLC right away by taking content from the original game in order to make a few bucks, but it's very much possible that a few just managed to crank something worthwhile out in the time between pressing and release.
Really? I don't know, entertainment-wise I think a holodeck would be awesome, but society-wise I think the replicator is a far, far more important piece of technology.
During DS9 after the Cardassians got their asses handed to them by the Klingons, the Federation was sending them a dozen industrial replicators to rebuild their industrial base. There would be no need for factories or anything of the sort; just hook these things up to power and get to cranking things out.
IMO if you want to use someone's service, you have to use it their way. Certain Apple Apps would require a certain firmware that may have not been jailbroken yet. However, it should still be someone's choice to do what they want with a physical device they purchase.
Maybe all that "junk data" encoded in our genes is really a permittable margin of error.
Think like a disc with 10GB of capacity. If you have several hundred megs of bad sectors but only a gig of data to store, a smart enough operating system would probably be able to avoid the damaged areas.
The last time a "walled garden" Internet was tried, we had AOL.
Or when the doors open, you can just put your hand up in the doorway and push the lever that resets all the calls d;.
Paypal: we keep your money so safe, sometimes we don't even let you touch it!
American here.
This is not true for all banks. We have hundreds of banks and at least a dozen "large" ones, all with differing policies on things like your transaction history.
Most banks offer at least 3 months - 1 year of your account(s) history through their online database. This is for a free checking account from my experience. Beyond that you can only get the document in paper and you have to pay for it.
Granted, this may seem like they're nickel-and-diming their customers, but banks generally make money from either interest on loans or fees. Hell, American banks used to rake in something close to USD$10bn every year just from overdraft fees; now that a new federal law requires explicit permission for "overdraft protection" to be used (i.e. let a charge go through and stick you with a USD$35+ charge, effectively a microloan with a very high rate), I imagine that this particular area of profit will go down.
Winston Rowntree is a pretty good comic artist. You can check out more of his stuff here.
My God, you're right! We even put ice in our coffee!
IT'S A CONSPIRACY!
That's right, you tell him!
Why, without brave North Koreans such as yourself, who would work in the sadness mines? Without the tears of broken men imported from North Korea, how else will the rest of the world know what despair tastes like? Pepsi would go out of business!
Massssssssster!
Massssssssster!
Masssssssster of puppetssssssss issssssssss pulling your sssssssssstringssssssssss!
This comic illustrates the subject well, I believe. I rarely see a series that goes for more than 3 or 4 seasons and is very good.
There's nothing wrong with the short form! If you write out a series to be 3 seasons, you shouldn't hurriedly try to make a fourth because the producers wanted to drop a ton of money in your pocket. Finish the three seasons and leave it at that. Hey, you could always follow up with a movie!
On the flip side, I think maybe I would rather see a good series go long and have a lot of mediocre episodes than a series go short and not be able to resolve any of its major plotlines.
Pfft, backdoors?
Here's a case that has a back door, a front door, and windows, too!
Something similar happened to a friend of mine. He inherited, as it were, a 1990 Honda Civic. Godawful ugly little thing, golden color with a white door.
He forgot to lock the passenger side door and someone just opened the door and put a screwdriver into the ignition. They also popped the glove box. And... they left it there. My gearhead friends surmise that they were looking for paperwork showing the car had something of value in it mechanically (i.e. a souped-up engine, as Honda Civics are wont to have). Once they found out the car was stock, they just left it there.
Forgetting to lock his passenger side door meant replacing a $65 ignition instead of replacing a $150 window.
I think it may have been an Aladdin situation. Some thieves are heartless - they just tear the place up and take anything that can be fenced.
In some cases - and probably not remotely the majority - theft is an act of desperation. I imagine this was the case here; a person who saw no way out other than to get some money FAST. There's no need to be a dick about it in that kind of case.
Indeed. Anyone in America can look at their high school class of 10, 20, 30 years ago, and there's at least a few guys who are putting out good music.
It's a dream of mine to have a band, write songs, and play small venues. I don't want to play in an arena. I just want people to hear the music I write and appreciate it.
My dad's a carpenter. Sometimes there's tools that are not worth buying for a one-man operation (say, a front-end loader) - that's when you rent it.
I'm sure if there was a monthly "pay to use Photoshop" option, a lot of professionals would use it for the times they do need it, but not very many would use it long term.
As well as the second reply to the second comment! How delightfully recursive.
It reminds me of news last year about building charging stations across California, when such facilities have lain abandoned for a decade.
Speaking of charging stations, is there a standard for all electric cars? I don't want to have to go to a Toyota (TM) Charging Unit because the Nissan (TM) Recharging Center doesn't work with my car...