>>>s more people have to fit into the same space, "owning" a few relics like books will be less common.
I'm sure lack of food will be the limiting factor on human population, not books. The average person needs a couple acres of farmland to sustain him. A private library only takes a few cubic feet. We'll run out of food long before we run out of space for our "stuff".
Yep. If you buy a crap game, but can not sell it on ebay to recover your money, then you never truly owned that game. You were just granted a perpetual rental.
With Cartridge, CD, and DVD games, at least you have something you can physically trade or sell. You OWN it. This past year I've sold off about $4000 worth of my N64, PS1, PS2 game collection. Now imagine if that had been downloaded material instead; I'd be $4000 poorer.
And what happens when you decide "Well this game sucks. I think I'll sell it on ebay to recoup some of my waste money"? Ooops. Nothing to sell. I rarely keep the games I buy since, as Isaac Asimov wisely observed, only 1% of anything is truly good. The other 99% I play, don't like, and then sell online.
Blocking me from my two favorite activities: (1) Buying a game, playing it, and then selling to someone else to recoup my money. And (2) Buying a game, loving it, and keeping it for the next 10-20 years (classic gaming).
If things devolve to the point where I have to pay full price (versus my current average of only paying $2-3 per game), or where I have to keep buying/downloading Super Mario 64 every five years, instead of simply buying it once and keeping it forever......then I will simply stop gaming.
This is what the music industry is trying to do with perpetual renting of music rather than letting us OWN the record, cd, whatever. The game industry should not follow that same path.
That's essentially what this font is - for running off documents you're likely to throw away. For your resume you would not want to use it, unless you're applying to work for the EPA.
When I want to save paper or ink, I just use the "9 pages per page" setting. That's how I printed-out the 7 Harry Potter books.
MORE (out of my own creativity - but being an engineer that's not saying much)
BASIC is similar to the caveman religions - early prototypical religions about Sun gods, Thunder gods, and so forth. It's where most programmers start before moving on to more advanced religions.
FORTRAN - like physics problems about "how high does the baseball go when thrown at 1 meter per second", Fortran is a language you learn in college but never use in the real world.
ASSEMBLY is not for the common man, but for the theologians who like to study the esoteric minutiae (was Jesus a god, a human, or both?). Assembly is for programmers who like to control the lowest level of the machine & worship the flow of the bits. Often used as part of the demoscene.
BASIC is similar to the caveman religions - early prototypical religions about Sun gods, Thunder gods, and so forth. It's where most programmers start.
ASSEMBLY is not for the common man, but for the theologians who like to study the esoteric minutiae (was Jesus a god, a human, or both?). Assembly is for programmers who like to control the lowest level of the machine & worship the flow of the bits.
FORTRAN - like physics problems about "how high does the baseball go when thrown at 1 meter per second", Fortran is a language you learn in college but never use in the real world.
Babylon 5 is the most-intelligent, thought-provoking science fiction ever produced for television. If you think this particular scene is "lame" that is only because you are an idiot who could not grasp its higher concepts. (Notice how I conveniently redefined idiot as someone who doesn't understand Babylon 5.)
30% of the world's spam comes the United States and the European Union.
If these two governments worked together, and passed effective laws to arrest companies/criminals that sent spam even if said criminals tried to flee across the Atlantic to Europe (or vice-versa to America), then they could reduce spam-related expenses by about one-fourth.
30% of the world's spam comes the United States and the European Union.
If these two governments worked together, and passed effective laws to arrest companies that sent spam even if said criminals tried to flee across the Atlantic to Europe (or vice-versa to America), then they could reduce spam-related expenses by about one-fifth.
>>>Somebody better tell that to the Catholic school down the block from here
And yet even if I go to the Catholic School (or better yet, homeschool), the Government School *still* gets money out of your wallet, so it's not only a monopoly - it's worse than a monopoly. It gets paid even when you don't attend!
That's roughly equivalent to having to pay Microsoft $100 for Windows every year, even if you own a Mac or Linux machine. I think you would agree that gives Microsoft a monopoly over your money. Ditto the Government School.
Businesses are already obligated to fund 50% of the Social Security and Medicare programs. There's precedent.
Also businesses don't seem to feel any guilt "stealing" 2000 billion dollars from the citizens for bailouts; so why should we feel guilty about "stealing" it back? After all a business is not a person; it's just a thing. Like a rock. It has no rights; only people have rights.
In extreme situations (i.e. more than 5 miles of wire), the company is still obligated to provide service, but the owner has to pay the cost for installation. Say 50% - same way that business pays half the cost of Social Security and Medicare.
>>>And I'm damned if the road is getting dug up every time
Yes. That is why some 2100 years ago the Romans invented access points, now called "manholes", so you don't need to dig up the road very time a new company decides to add a new fiber to your neighborhood.
>>>really doesn't seem like a good use of resources
The priority should be Choice, not efficiency. We want to empower the citizen by giving him as many choices as possible, and if that means running 5 pairs of fiber, each owned by a different company, so be it.
>>>Once you get FiOS, they cut your twisted pair. It is no longer possible to get DSL service at that location after that.
Well that's stupid. What if I decide I don't like FiOS and want to go back to a traditional phone line + DSL? They shouldn't just yank it out of the wall.
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>>>this is not an issue and never has been.
I have several online games that no longer work because the servers no longer exist.
>>>s more people have to fit into the same space, "owning" a few relics like books will be less common.
I'm sure lack of food will be the limiting factor on human population, not books. The average person needs a couple acres of farmland to sustain him. A private library only takes a few cubic feet. We'll run out of food long before we run out of space for our "stuff".
Yep. If you buy a crap game, but can not sell it on ebay to recover your money, then you never truly owned that game. You were just granted a perpetual rental.
With Cartridge, CD, and DVD games, at least you have something you can physically trade or sell. You OWN it. This past year I've sold off about $4000 worth of my N64, PS1, PS2 game collection. Now imagine if that had been downloaded material instead; I'd be $4000 poorer.
>>>I hardly ever buy physical games
And what happens when you decide "Well this game sucks. I think I'll sell it on ebay to recoup some of my waste money"? Ooops. Nothing to sell. I rarely keep the games I buy since, as Isaac Asimov wisely observed, only 1% of anything is truly good. The other 99% I play, don't like, and then sell online.
I can't do that with virtual media.
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Blocking me from my two favorite activities: (1) Buying a game, playing it, and then selling to someone else to recoup my money. And (2) Buying a game, loving it, and keeping it for the next 10-20 years (classic gaming).
If things devolve to the point where I have to pay full price (versus my current average of only paying $2-3 per game), or where I have to keep buying/downloading Super Mario 64 every five years, instead of simply buying it once and keeping it forever... ...then I will simply stop gaming.
This is what the music industry is trying to do with perpetual renting of music rather than letting us OWN the record, cd, whatever. The game industry should not follow that same path.
>>>will be able to purchase the laptops for a nominal fee upon graduation.
If you give a laptop to somebody in 6th grade, it will be 7 years old when they graduate. Who wants to buy a 7 year old laptop???
>>>It is similar to draft mode on my inkjet.
That's essentially what this font is - for running off documents you're likely to throw away. For your resume you would not want to use it, unless you're applying to work for the EPA.
When I want to save paper or ink, I just use the "9 pages per page" setting. That's how I printed-out the 7 Harry Potter books.
Politicians will tax everything they can lay their hands on:
- telephone
- cellphone
- cable
- ISP
- electricity/natural gas
- gasoline/road tax
- income tax
- social security/medicare (levied on both citizens and businesses)
- sales
- excise/manufacturing tax
- tariff/import tax
It was obvious internet downloads would eventually get taxed too. The average American pays 40% of their income in taxes. The average European 65-70%.
Like this guy: http://www.highdefforum.com/768120-post19.html
I don't know how someone can say "IE is not any more vulnerable" with a straight face. And it only scored 12/100 on compatibility tests? RUN from IE.
If two anonymous posters speak to one another, does anybody hear them? ;-)
If two anonymous posters speak to one another, does anybody hear them?
MORE (out of my own creativity - but being an engineer that's not saying much)
BASIC is similar to the caveman religions - early prototypical religions about Sun gods, Thunder gods, and so forth. It's where most programmers start before moving on to more advanced religions.
FORTRAN - like physics problems about "how high does the baseball go when thrown at 1 meter per second", Fortran is a language you learn in college but never use in the real world.
ASSEMBLY is not for the common man, but for the theologians who like to study the esoteric minutiae (was Jesus a god, a human, or both?). Assembly is for programmers who like to control the lowest level of the machine & worship the flow of the bits. Often used as part of the demoscene.
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BASIC is similar to the caveman religions - early prototypical religions about Sun gods, Thunder gods, and so forth. It's where most programmers start.
ASSEMBLY is not for the common man, but for the theologians who like to study the esoteric minutiae (was Jesus a god, a human, or both?). Assembly is for programmers who like to control the lowest level of the machine & worship the flow of the bits.
FORTRAN - like physics problems about "how high does the baseball go when thrown at 1 meter per second", Fortran is a language you learn in college but never use in the real world.
>>>Great way to pass the time as work winds down
I wish. They have me working 70 hour weeks. because they want it all done by January 2. So much for vacation.
>>>Wow, so lame.
Babylon 5 is the most-intelligent, thought-provoking science fiction ever produced for television. If you think this particular scene is "lame" that is only because you are an idiot who could not grasp its higher concepts. (Notice how I conveniently redefined idiot as someone who doesn't understand Babylon 5.)
>>>Identifying people with guns in plain clothes shooting at each other gets difficult for the police
That's true. It is much easier for the police to say, "Well he's the victim," as my corpse lays there in a pool of my own blood.
Personally I would rather carry a gun and try to prevent my own death, even if it does make the police job more difficult.
30% of the world's spam comes the United States and the European Union.
If these two governments worked together, and passed effective laws to arrest companies/criminals that sent spam even if said criminals tried to flee across the Atlantic to Europe (or vice-versa to America), then they could reduce spam-related expenses by about one-fourth.
30% of the world's spam comes the United States and the European Union.
If these two governments worked together, and passed effective laws to arrest companies that sent spam even if said criminals tried to flee across the Atlantic to Europe (or vice-versa to America), then they could reduce spam-related expenses by about one-fifth.
In cities and states that overturned their anti-gun laws, the murder rate went DOWN.
In cities and states that passed anti-gun laws, the murder rate went up.
>>>Somebody better tell that to the Catholic school down the block from here
And yet even if I go to the Catholic School (or better yet, homeschool), the Government School *still* gets money out of your wallet, so it's not only a monopoly - it's worse than a monopoly. It gets paid even when you don't attend!
That's roughly equivalent to having to pay Microsoft $100 for Windows every year, even if you own a Mac or Linux machine. I think you would agree that gives Microsoft a monopoly over your money. Ditto the Government School.
Businesses are already obligated to fund 50% of the Social Security and Medicare programs. There's precedent.
Also businesses don't seem to feel any guilt "stealing" 2000 billion dollars from the citizens for bailouts; so why should we feel guilty about "stealing" it back? After all a business is not a person; it's just a thing. Like a rock. It has no rights; only people have rights.
In extreme situations (i.e. more than 5 miles of wire), the company is still obligated to provide service, but the owner has to pay the cost for installation. Say 50% - same way that business pays half the cost of Social Security and Medicare.
>>>And I'm damned if the road is getting dug up every time
Yes. That is why some 2100 years ago the Romans invented access points, now called "manholes", so you don't need to dig up the road very time a new company decides to add a new fiber to your neighborhood.
>>>really doesn't seem like a good use of resources
The priority should be Choice, not efficiency. We want to empower the citizen by giving him as many choices as possible, and if that means running 5 pairs of fiber, each owned by a different company, so be it.
>>>Once you get FiOS, they cut your twisted pair. It is no longer possible to get DSL service at that location after that.
Well that's stupid. What if I decide I don't like FiOS and want to go back to a traditional phone line + DSL? They shouldn't just yank it out of the wall.