The worst power generation-related accident in history was the cascade failure of a series of hydroelectric dams. It killed nearly a quarter million people, damaged or destroyed 6 million buildings, and forced the evacuation of 11 million residents. Basically, it was as bad as or worse than the tsunami in Japan.
In stark contrast to nuclear accidents, it is almost never brought up as an argument against hydroelectric power.
A "once-in-2000-years" year flood is going to cause casualties whether there are hydro turbines there or not. At least that area isn't uninhabitable for centuries.
Profiteering hypocrites? Not that there's anything wrong with getting paid for your work, but, seriously, you're going to take a show that says "Please copy and share me" RIGHT ON IT, and discourage people from copying and sharing it?
I disagree. The message supported home taping (fair use). There's no way you can interpret that to apply to file-sharing as well. Heck, there was no such thing back when those shows were created.
Nonetheless, there are plenty of episodes which will probably never make it to DVD. I doubt Joel would fault you for downloading them for personal viewing.
Now that Shout Factory bought the rights from Rhino, maybe the sets will be cheaper anyway.
20 years for a laser pointer? Here in the Old West, a guy allegedly shot down a police helicopter because it was disturbing his dog, but he was released because of "ballistics issues" with the evidence.
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Apple had internal investigations they could perform to at least try to find the information they wanted before filing a suit. The court correctly (in my opinion) ruled that Apple needs to pursue those avenues before granting their request.
Indeed, per this detailed analysis, "EFF, in its appeal on O'Grady's behalf, went so far as to argue that Apple should search the home computers of employees with access to the 'Asteroid' presentation, an invasion of privacy that you would normally expect to see EFF strongly oppose."
ISPs have long said that they are just carriers...
This is a Slashdot myth. Even Wikipedia notes, "Internet Service Providers have argued against being classified as a "common carrier" and, so far, have managed to do so" to avoid being regulated "under Title II of the Communications Act."
What kind of 'they can't charge your card until product ships' crap are you spewing.
According to this FTC article, "Many credit card issuers have policies against merchants charging a credit card account before shipment" and "By law, a merchant should ship your order within the time stated in its ads or over the phone. If the merchant doesn't promise a time, you can expect it to ship your order within 30 days."
They are used for subway systems, so a batch was minted in '99. They aren't worth more than a buck to collectors unless they are in really pristine condition.
One other thing on OS X: click too long on the arrow to the right of the address field and the auto-complete part unattaches (jumps down and left) so a "Customize" contextual menu can appear.
Nope, Aperture is a competitor for Adobe Bridge, iView MediaPro, Capture One, etc. It's a pro tool for batch-processing and organizing RAW files, not a Photoshop killer.
You're confusing beer with speech. The actual quote (Stewart Brand) is:
"On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other."
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The worst power generation-related accident in history was the cascade failure of a series of hydroelectric dams. It killed nearly a quarter million people, damaged or destroyed 6 million buildings, and forced the evacuation of 11 million residents. Basically, it was as bad as or worse than the tsunami in Japan.
In stark contrast to nuclear accidents, it is almost never brought up as an argument against hydroelectric power.
A "once-in-2000-years" year flood is going to cause casualties whether there are hydro turbines there or not. At least that area isn't uninhabitable for centuries.
JSTOR doesn't want it prosecuted
That's according to Swartz's own Think Progress. JSTOR's statement is more ambiguous.
canceled
How about Natural Resources Canada's Earthquake page?
Profiteering hypocrites? Not that there's anything wrong with getting paid for your work, but, seriously, you're going to take a show that says "Please copy and share me" RIGHT ON IT, and discourage people from copying and sharing it?
I disagree. The message supported home taping (fair use). There's no way you can interpret that to apply to file-sharing as well. Heck, there was no such thing back when those shows were created.
Nonetheless, there are plenty of episodes which will probably never make it to DVD. I doubt Joel would fault you for downloading them for personal viewing.
Now that Shout Factory bought the rights from Rhino, maybe the sets will be cheaper anyway.
I think you're forgetting one of the first--LaunchBar for NeXT from 1995, which is now an OS X app.
20 years for a laser pointer? Here in the Old West, a guy allegedly shot down a police helicopter because it was disturbing his dog, but he was released because of "ballistics issues" with the evidence.
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A third party created a QuickTime plugin that plays Windows Media files better than the Mac player.
_ stupidity_of_the_fl.html
I wouldn't say better. It's buggy as heck in Firefox (in my experience), and the installer contains a major security flaw:
http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2006/08/fixing_the
Apple had internal investigations they could perform to at least try to find the information they wanted before filing a suit. The court correctly (in my opinion) ruled that Apple needs to pursue those avenues before granting their request.
Indeed, per this detailed analysis, "EFF, in its appeal on O'Grady's behalf, went so far as to argue that Apple should search the home computers of employees with access to the 'Asteroid' presentation, an invasion of privacy that you would normally expect to see EFF strongly oppose."
ISPs have long said that they are just carriers...
This is a Slashdot myth. Even Wikipedia notes, "Internet Service Providers have argued against being classified as a "common carrier" and, so far, have managed to do so" to avoid being regulated "under Title II of the Communications Act."
The Mac port of Civ IV comes out this month, but it's system requirements are pretty crazy!
I got one from LinkShare once that said "r A p e." It was pretty disconcerting. I should have taken a screenshot.
So - you install a version of the gimp - you get a copy of gtk, install eog - you get a copy of gtk, install.... well I think you get my point.
Or you could use a package manager like Fink or DarwinPorts.
On the Mac you have scour the web deciding Free or Paid, can I trust this site? Am I downloading a trojan. Oh, this is windows only....
VersionTracker and MacUpdate keep track of "official" software sources. Apple has a directory as well.
Or Boba Fett's adventures as a bounty hunter, and perhaps an akward relationship with Vader.
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You're right, it would be hard for them to kiss, what with the helmets and all
Scroll about two-thirds of the way through this page.
Actually, I remember everyone raving about AltaVista back then!
What kind of 'they can't charge your card until product ships' crap are you spewing.
According to this FTC article, "Many credit card issuers have policies against merchants charging a credit card account before shipment" and "By law, a merchant should ship your order within the time stated in its ads or over the phone. If the merchant doesn't promise a time, you can expect it to ship your order within 30 days."
When the Sacajawea dollars were designed, they were made larger...
Not true, they were made the same size (26.5 mm) to work in existing vending machines.
They are used for subway systems, so a batch was minted in '99. They aren't worth more than a buck to collectors unless they are in really pristine condition.
One other thing on OS X: click too long on the arrow to the right of the address field and the auto-complete part unattaches (jumps down and left) so a "Customize" contextual menu can appear.
Nope, Aperture is a competitor for Adobe Bridge, iView MediaPro, Capture One, etc. It's a pro tool for batch-processing and organizing RAW files, not a Photoshop killer.
Just configure your third-party mouse driver (or a generic one like USB Overdrive) to make middle-click send command-click when you're in Firefox.
Then go into Disk Utility and create an encrypted disk image. Or download a third-party program like PGP.
You're confusing beer with speech. The actual quote (Stewart Brand) is:
"On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other."