Not really accurate. TracFone works hard to keep their phones locked, or at least did when you bought yours, because they're subsidized by the expected future revenue from purchase of airtime.
“A pernicious excitement to learn and play chess has spread all over the country, and numerous clubs for practicing this game have been formed in cities and villages. Why should we regret this? It may be asked. We answer, chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while it affords no benefit whatever to the body. Chess has acquired a high reputation as being a means to discipline the mind, but persons engaged in sedentary occupations should never practice this cheerless game; they require out-door exercises—not this sort of mental gladiatorship.”
For clarification: The scare quotes were because it was the term you used, but not one that I consider accurate. I was just wondering what you based your theory on, and whether there have been any (non-experimental) links seen like the one in this article. I know that piracy can sometimes increase valuable exposure for obscure artists (like this story), but I haven't seen evidence or anecdotal evidence of piracy decreasing sales in any measurable way.
The jet engine sound only comes when you are using a disc. If it's something running off the hard drive, it's not that loud. I know; I own one and use it daily.
The linked article was talking about laptop screens, where that's not really an option. I could see some humorous results if you tried. The solution is just as simple: Develop on an external monitor (optionally rotated 90 degrees).
You are correct. Possession of anything as a crime makes it extremely easy to frame people, and interferes with presumption of innocence (since it doesn't care how that came into your possession, only that it existed). It is also extremely difficult to change, since wanting to fix a broken system leads to you being called a witch yourself.
And the parent may have been flamebait, but it seems like the natural conversation for this story.
They're extrapolating too far outside the sample. The sample was 100 university students. They don't adequately represent the population that uses Facebook. Plus, we have no idea how they ranked the narcissism and self-esteem listed in TFA. If narcissism was determined by how much you tell other people about what you do, of course people using Facebook would rank highly on that scale.
There's a link to contact the author on the New York Times page. I went ahead and asked: http://www.iacc.org/ See "About Counterfeiting -> The Truth About Counterfeiting"
As I said, this was one of the newer machines that don't use envelopes; they only take checks (cheques) or piles of bills, and count your deposit immediately for you to verify. I'm not sure why you would call it "that manner" when you're talking about the opposite of my situation.
I once deposited cash at a Diebold BofA ATM that didn't use envelopes. The little door around the cash-taker closed on the bills and stuck there, so I had to slide/pull them back out. It couldn't read the amount I'd put it (since it ended up being $0) so it made me enter it on the keypad. It wouldn't accept that I'd deposited $0, so eventually I told it I'd deposited $1 so it would give the card back.
To put a long story short, those things are not well-programmed.
You're forgetting that the future of low-powered home machines is just in accessing the internet. Everything will just be done in the browser, so the computers only need to run the browsers.
This post can be read as serious or sarcasm; I leave it up to the reader.
I have one family of cousins who have been home schooled. Their most significant social problem is that they're perpetually late. If there's one thing that public school teaches you, it's to be on time.
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Not really accurate. TracFone works hard to keep their phones locked, or at least did when you bought yours, because they're subsidized by the expected future revenue from purchase of airtime.
There's an easy solution to that, then. Run yourself. Sure, you may not win, but you're voting for someone you feel isn't corrupt. Support yourself.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=100-years-ago-baseballs
“A pernicious excitement to learn and play chess has spread all over the country, and numerous clubs for practicing this game have been formed in cities and villages. Why should we regret this? It may be asked. We answer, chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while it affords no benefit whatever to the body. Chess has acquired a high reputation as being a means to discipline the mind, but persons engaged in sedentary occupations should never practice this cheerless game; they require out-door exercises—not this sort of mental gladiatorship.”
The eulogy, or at least some references to it (like the quote), are in The Salmon of Doubt. A worthwhile read if you haven't read it.
Google "Ides of March"
For clarification: The scare quotes were because it was the term you used, but not one that I consider accurate. I was just wondering what you based your theory on, and whether there have been any (non-experimental) links seen like the one in this article. I know that piracy can sometimes increase valuable exposure for obscure artists (like this story), but I haven't seen evidence or anecdotal evidence of piracy decreasing sales in any measurable way.
Did you notice that his subject is "If I was..."?
The jet engine sound only comes when you are using a disc. If it's something running off the hard drive, it's not that loud. I know; I own one and use it daily.
The linked article was talking about laptop screens, where that's not really an option. I could see some humorous results if you tried. The solution is just as simple: Develop on an external monitor (optionally rotated 90 degrees).
You are correct. Possession of anything as a crime makes it extremely easy to frame people, and interferes with presumption of innocence (since it doesn't care how that came into your possession, only that it existed). It is also extremely difficult to change, since wanting to fix a broken system leads to you being called a witch yourself.
And the parent may have been flamebait, but it seems like the natural conversation for this story.
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I particularly enjoyed, I mean.
Coast To Coast AM can be pretty awesome. I particularly the use of call-ins during the game Prey.
Perhaps cartridge-style flash media via USB?
It's talking about Google's sites combined. I think most people (not I) spend longer than 5 seconds when they go to YouTube.
They're extrapolating too far outside the sample. The sample was 100 university students. They don't adequately represent the population that uses Facebook. Plus, we have no idea how they ranked the narcissism and self-esteem listed in TFA. If narcissism was determined by how much you tell other people about what you do, of course people using Facebook would rank highly on that scale.
Read the comments on the other article.
There's a link to contact the author on the New York Times page. I went ahead and asked:
http://www.iacc.org/
See "About Counterfeiting -> The Truth About Counterfeiting"
I can't believe I'm doing this, but it has to be said:
Have you considered Crysis?
As I said, this was one of the newer machines that don't use envelopes; they only take checks (cheques) or piles of bills, and count your deposit immediately for you to verify. I'm not sure why you would call it "that manner" when you're talking about the opposite of my situation.
I once deposited cash at a Diebold BofA ATM that didn't use envelopes. The little door around the cash-taker closed on the bills and stuck there, so I had to slide/pull them back out. It couldn't read the amount I'd put it (since it ended up being $0) so it made me enter it on the keypad. It wouldn't accept that I'd deposited $0, so eventually I told it I'd deposited $1 so it would give the card back.
To put a long story short, those things are not well-programmed.
RTFA. There's an actual experiment here, not just observations like the summary here implies.
You're forgetting that the future of low-powered home machines is just in accessing the internet. Everything will just be done in the browser, so the computers only need to run the browsers.
This post can be read as serious or sarcasm; I leave it up to the reader.
The only problem with your argument is that ISPs aren't common carriers. Read the article you linked to.
I have one family of cousins who have been home schooled. Their most significant social problem is that they're perpetually late. If there's one thing that public school teaches you, it's to be on time.
Your premise is wrong. You can start movies before they're finished downloading now.