If it were my farm, it's likely I'd only have a few of the cows walking on the treadmill to power the milking machines, then switch them for "fresh" cow energy. After each group of cows is milked/walked, they get let back into the pasture. There's no need to keep the machines running 8 hours a day by the same cows. Otherwise those cows produce bad quality milk compared to the rest. Rotate the bunch in and out of the treadmills and they'll do just fine. Good luck doing that, though, when you have 1,000 cows to deal with. Figuring out how to group and rotate the cows could get interesting...
And yet you're perpetuating that silly mantra.
Many people in the US don't have the power to vote (i.e. immigrants, (il)legal aliens, etc.) and still see things the same way. My grandma couldn't vote as she was an immigrant, but not a US citizen. And she always wanted the democrats to win for better health care and benefits.
Many people in the US don't have the power to vote (i.e. immigrants, (il)legal aliens, etc.) and still see things the same way. My grandma couldn't vote as she was an immigrant, but not a US citizen. And she always wanted the democrats to win for better health care and benefits.
This "lesser of two evils" crap is really starting to wear on me... There are usually several candidates for president. It's just that most of the country is too stupid and/or blind to notice the rest of them, thinking the only valid parties are "republican" and "democrat". If people would start looking at other parties' candidates, perhaps they'd find someone that seemed a more ideal fit for president. So really, this "lesser of two evils" line is a bunch of BS, as there are plenty of others to vote for. They just don't get any respect from most of the public.
Some basic traffic shaping, filtering, or time-based access isn't always a bad thing. When I was a kid, I snuck onto our computer after I was supposed to. That doesn't mean I was a bad kid, and it doesn't mean my parents didn't educate me properly. I just didn't listen because I was young and stupid.
Traffic shaping is good, in some cases. As was mentioned, it prevents someone from running torrents all day and bringing all other traffic to a crawl. With multiple computers in the house and limited bandwidth, this is practically necessary.
Filtering and time-based access (or denial) can be enforced on an as-needed basis. Not necessarily all of the time. Kid starts looking at porno? Did something stupid and got grounded? Deny access as punishment. Makes sense to me. (But then again, I'd say "no computer time at all". Get on that PC and an ass-whoopin' comes their way.) This all deals with proper parenting and education. At some time you need to let them have a little more freedom.
Yes. Past tense. AKA when I actually BOUGHT my PS3. We're not discussing new models, here. We're talking about the old, fat PS3s. The ones that they advertised would support BC and Other OS. There's no reason they shouldn't have to continue allowing us to use BC and Other OS on those fat PS3s, because that's what they advertised for features on them. Saying ads discussing the new slim PS3s apply to the old fat PS3s is stupid and illogical.
How about purchasing additional PS3s (albeit used ones) to add to the cluster for extra computing power? If the kid using it to game updated the firmware, they're screwed and can't use it. Eventually, finding a PS3 with this capability still intact will be quite difficult and expensive to purchase.
Either way, it's ludicrous on Sony's part to give organizations like the US military the proverbial finger. I can't imagine they'll be happy about it.
You really enjoy picking and choosing what you argue, don't you? I made clear that the levels of radiation involved are important, here. Low levels of radiation aren't a big deal, and barely penetrate past skin, if at all. When we're talking cell provider antennae, I have a feeling the level of radiation is just a little bit higher than what my laptop emits. (Plus, my laptop isn't emitting microwaves.)
He was trying to show that just because something is widely-used and accepted as safe doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. People used many of the items the GP quoted for a long time before realizing they were very bad for the public's health. Hence why many items were pulled from everyday use.
A lot of companies "sponsor" what they call "studies" to show that their own products are perfectly safe. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same with cell towers and microwave radiation. And while I live in an apartment building with a US Cellular repeater in it, I certainly wouldn't want it pointed at my head for eight hours a day while I slept. Yes, most EM radiation is low enough to not be a health hazard, short or long-term. But the radiation from a cell tower or antenna of any kind has to be well above safe levels. Call me paranoid, but I don't see how radiation of any kind is safe for long-term exposure. (For examples, think of: the sun, uranium, microwave ovens, etc.) And being this close to these antennae would make me uncomfortable to not want to live there.
It seems that many softwares are doing this these days. I work with CAD programs every day, so I'm used to a File->Export options to push a model out to a different file format. I can see how existing users will be frustrated by this change. But I can also see how new users may be familiar with this method from the get-go. They have to understand that "Save" or "Save as..." will save in the GIMP format, and Export is to save out to JPEG. But most image editing software seems to use the "Save as" button for changing file types. As long as GIMP still saves in the format that a file has been opened when hitting the save button, that's what will be most-important. If they mess that up, they're shooting themselves in both feet with a 12-gauge. But either way, it's just making things confusing.
Just like the CAD world... fix one thing, break another.
Your points are valid. However, as I mentioned twice below, these execs are finding piracy a problem because they're not providing the customers with the way they want to use their content. Downloading, copying, etc., along with pricing, a la carte programming, and more. These are the things people want. You give people what they want in a convenient package and you'll get rich (unless it's free...). But no, they are trying to force us consumers to fit what THEY want, which doesn't sit that well with us. Therefore, people just find alternate ways to take what they want. Until they start making things even more convenient, customizable, or reasonably priced, people will buck their system and they'll just try even harder to beat us into submission. Not the best way to get on your customers' good sides, you know..?
The problem these execs have is this: They're not trying to get you to buy their product. They're trying to STOP you from taking it in any form you want. Good luck there... people always find a way to take it anyway. Same thing with music and DRM, movies and DRM, software, etc.
What they don't see is that, if you let people copy, download, and watch the programming when they want, they'll have a great business going.. As I mentioned down a little farther, if they keep fighting the people, it'll just get worse. Try to fit the niche, don't try to force people into what you think that niche should be. Square peg, round hole and all that...
That's great! But, your solution won't necessarily work for the general, non-tech-savvy public, though. But you could always start a business to get people up and running, and provide tech services when they need them.
I still don't understand what kind of dreamland these people are living in. Between cable/satellite execs (and their ISP businesses, like Comcast), **AA execs, etc, I would be seriously surprised if they weren't very much like we are when they shop around for a deal and expect to be waited on with proper service. But if they're in charge, they can just demand that customers conform to their ideas and business models? HA! Good luck! They'll be losing customers faster than they could've possibly imagined. WE just need to put our money where our mouth is. (Of course, that's difficult to do sometimes with stupid monopolies on service areas...) Don't buy upgrades. Change service. Find some other means to get what we need. They need us. We don't need them.
I work in a service-driven company. If we treated all of our customers the way cable execs treat theirs, we'd quickly go bankrupt. Customers don't want cookie-cutter programming plans and high prices with no competition and crappy customer service. They want what's a good fit for them. Give customers what they want, and they'll do just fine. Keep fighting the system and it'll just get worse.
Maintenance does not "cover updates". Updates are included with the purchase of the software. Updates, service packs, and hotfixes are free to download. Maintenance (actually called "subscription" by Autodesk) is basically an upgrade program to trade up to the new version of the software (say 2009 to 2010 software) without having to buy it at full price again.
Also, this license isn't time-limited. It's indefinite. It doesn't expire. Which is the whole point of the lawsuit, that it's not a lease. You buy it. Software companies have tried this "license, not buy" thing and failed. It's a load of crap. They know it. We know it. Yet they try to screw us anyway. Either way, hopefully this can help clarify the issue for everyone..
You can also call Autodesk directly, or send an e-mail requesting an authorization code. Activation via the internet is not the only way you can activate the software.
This is completely untrue. While the rep that you talked to may have been a giant douche, I can say that you can activate your software without a subscription. Why? Because I work for a company that sells Autodesk software, that's why.
We sell software without a subscription all the time. The subscription is sort of like an annual upgrade plan. Rather than paying the full price of the software, you pay a subscription fee each year, which entitles you to the next release of software as an upgrade (replacement of your current copy with the new version, kind of like trading in your car for a new one). I'm not hot on the idea that you have to give up your previous year's license to get the new software, but it's way cheaper than buying a new seat of software.
Difference is, if you bought a new seat each year, you would end up with a seat of software for each year you bought it. Most people don't want extra, outdated software anyhow, so they just pay the subscription fee and take the cheaper upgrade.
But if you need to activate, say, AutoCAD 2006..? They can't stop you. If that's the version you bought, and haven't upgraded it since, you have full rights to activate it. You call them up, give them the activation request code, they give you the activation code, you're done. I haven't heard any whining about this issue. I wouldn't be surprised if the rep you talked to got canned a while ago. What they did is pure stupidity.
Someone call the waaaaambulance! Black folk are suffering!
Fine... I'll say it! Most of the time, black people still suffer because they want to still suffer! They want the attention, benefits, and special handouts that come along with being the formerly-enslaved minority. But you know what? If they want equality, they need to STFU and become beneficial and productive members of society instead of whining about how they're being held down. I don't hear too many well-educated African-Americans complaining. It's nearly always the poorer ones that cry about being held back, beaten down, and made poor by ol' whitey. And the more they bitch and whine about it, the more people will continue to feel bad for them and perpetuate these stereotypes and keep them in their segregated groups. There's no formal segregation anymore, but yet they seem to keep it going on their own. The only ones loud enough to be heard anymore are black people. They're milking this for all it's worth, and it's time to just knock it off.
Racism is horrible. But it's not going anywhere when the people claiming they're being discriminated against are the ones perpetuating the racism. These cops are the ones who cry "Racism!" If the racial comments are few and far between, grow some thicker skin. Don't visit the bulletin board. If these comments are made often, then it would definitely be considered harassment. Unless the racism is blatant and highly offensive, playing the racism card is just a ploy to open the door to preferential treatment. If someone's being openly racist, they deserve a beatdown. But being a racist isn't illegal when it's done in your personal life. Look at the KKK! But, then again, look at the NAACP. It may seem they're for a good cause, but they're only helping to continue the racism that lingers.
Now, back to the topic at hand, I don't know the situation between these officers. It may be mild, and it may be very serious. But they need to keep this private. Putting this in the media, again, just helps keep racism alive. Deal with it and move on. Don't make this into a big circus.
Just because there was a black student union doesn't automatically equate the normal student union with a "white student union". No one designated it as such. Black students were more than welcome to participate in the student union. Anyone was. They just decided to segregate themselves and make their own. (On a side note: that totally defeats the purpose for which their black brethren fought, like MLK. No segregation! And yet they segregate themselves voluntarily... wtf?!) It's this type of behavior that keeps the divide between whites and blacks. It's stupid.
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If it were my farm, it's likely I'd only have a few of the cows walking on the treadmill to power the milking machines, then switch them for "fresh" cow energy. After each group of cows is milked/walked, they get let back into the pasture. There's no need to keep the machines running 8 hours a day by the same cows. Otherwise those cows produce bad quality milk compared to the rest. Rotate the bunch in and out of the treadmills and they'll do just fine. Good luck doing that, though, when you have 1,000 cows to deal with. Figuring out how to group and rotate the cows could get interesting...
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And yet you're perpetuating that silly mantra. Many people in the US don't have the power to vote (i.e. immigrants, (il)legal aliens, etc.) and still see things the same way. My grandma couldn't vote as she was an immigrant, but not a US citizen. And she always wanted the democrats to win for better health care and benefits.
And yet you're perpetuating that silly mantra.
Many people in the US don't have the power to vote (i.e. immigrants, (il)legal aliens, etc.) and still see things the same way. My grandma couldn't vote as she was an immigrant, but not a US citizen. And she always wanted the democrats to win for better health care and benefits.
This "lesser of two evils" crap is really starting to wear on me... There are usually several candidates for president. It's just that most of the country is too stupid and/or blind to notice the rest of them, thinking the only valid parties are "republican" and "democrat". If people would start looking at other parties' candidates, perhaps they'd find someone that seemed a more ideal fit for president. So really, this "lesser of two evils" line is a bunch of BS, as there are plenty of others to vote for. They just don't get any respect from most of the public.
Kid sees porno != the end of the world.
That's also where you sit down and do some parenting. Birds, bees, etc.
Some basic traffic shaping, filtering, or time-based access isn't always a bad thing. When I was a kid, I snuck onto our computer after I was supposed to. That doesn't mean I was a bad kid, and it doesn't mean my parents didn't educate me properly. I just didn't listen because I was young and stupid.
Traffic shaping is good, in some cases. As was mentioned, it prevents someone from running torrents all day and bringing all other traffic to a crawl. With multiple computers in the house and limited bandwidth, this is practically necessary.
Filtering and time-based access (or denial) can be enforced on an as-needed basis. Not necessarily all of the time. Kid starts looking at porno? Did something stupid and got grounded? Deny access as punishment. Makes sense to me. (But then again, I'd say "no computer time at all". Get on that PC and an ass-whoopin' comes their way.) This all deals with proper parenting and education. At some time you need to let them have a little more freedom.
Yes. Past tense. AKA when I actually BOUGHT my PS3. We're not discussing new models, here. We're talking about the old, fat PS3s. The ones that they advertised would support BC and Other OS. There's no reason they shouldn't have to continue allowing us to use BC and Other OS on those fat PS3s, because that's what they advertised for features on them. Saying ads discussing the new slim PS3s apply to the old fat PS3s is stupid and illogical.
How about purchasing additional PS3s (albeit used ones) to add to the cluster for extra computing power? If the kid using it to game updated the firmware, they're screwed and can't use it. Eventually, finding a PS3 with this capability still intact will be quite difficult and expensive to purchase.
Either way, it's ludicrous on Sony's part to give organizations like the US military the proverbial finger. I can't imagine they'll be happy about it.
...splashing down into the Sea of Japan, too?
Nowhere to be found. I don't drink beer.
Where's my manhattan..?
You really enjoy picking and choosing what you argue, don't you? I made clear that the levels of radiation involved are important, here. Low levels of radiation aren't a big deal, and barely penetrate past skin, if at all. When we're talking cell provider antennae, I have a feeling the level of radiation is just a little bit higher than what my laptop emits. (Plus, my laptop isn't emitting microwaves.)
He was trying to show that just because something is widely-used and accepted as safe doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. People used many of the items the GP quoted for a long time before realizing they were very bad for the public's health. Hence why many items were pulled from everyday use.
A lot of companies "sponsor" what they call "studies" to show that their own products are perfectly safe. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same with cell towers and microwave radiation. And while I live in an apartment building with a US Cellular repeater in it, I certainly wouldn't want it pointed at my head for eight hours a day while I slept. Yes, most EM radiation is low enough to not be a health hazard, short or long-term. But the radiation from a cell tower or antenna of any kind has to be well above safe levels. Call me paranoid, but I don't see how radiation of any kind is safe for long-term exposure. (For examples, think of: the sun, uranium, microwave ovens, etc.) And being this close to these antennae would make me uncomfortable to not want to live there.
It seems that many softwares are doing this these days. I work with CAD programs every day, so I'm used to a File->Export options to push a model out to a different file format. I can see how existing users will be frustrated by this change. But I can also see how new users may be familiar with this method from the get-go. They have to understand that "Save" or "Save as..." will save in the GIMP format, and Export is to save out to JPEG. But most image editing software seems to use the "Save as" button for changing file types. As long as GIMP still saves in the format that a file has been opened when hitting the save button, that's what will be most-important. If they mess that up, they're shooting themselves in both feet with a 12-gauge. But either way, it's just making things confusing.
Just like the CAD world... fix one thing, break another.
Your points are valid. However, as I mentioned twice below, these execs are finding piracy a problem because they're not providing the customers with the way they want to use their content. Downloading, copying, etc., along with pricing, a la carte programming, and more. These are the things people want. You give people what they want in a convenient package and you'll get rich (unless it's free...). But no, they are trying to force us consumers to fit what THEY want, which doesn't sit that well with us. Therefore, people just find alternate ways to take what they want. Until they start making things even more convenient, customizable, or reasonably priced, people will buck their system and they'll just try even harder to beat us into submission. Not the best way to get on your customers' good sides, you know..?
The problem these execs have is this: They're not trying to get you to buy their product. They're trying to STOP you from taking it in any form you want. Good luck there... people always find a way to take it anyway. Same thing with music and DRM, movies and DRM, software, etc.
What they don't see is that, if you let people copy, download, and watch the programming when they want, they'll have a great business going.. As I mentioned down a little farther, if they keep fighting the people, it'll just get worse. Try to fit the niche, don't try to force people into what you think that niche should be. Square peg, round hole and all that...
That's great! But, your solution won't necessarily work for the general, non-tech-savvy public, though. But you could always start a business to get people up and running, and provide tech services when they need them.
I still don't understand what kind of dreamland these people are living in. Between cable/satellite execs (and their ISP businesses, like Comcast), **AA execs, etc, I would be seriously surprised if they weren't very much like we are when they shop around for a deal and expect to be waited on with proper service. But if they're in charge, they can just demand that customers conform to their ideas and business models? HA! Good luck! They'll be losing customers faster than they could've possibly imagined. WE just need to put our money where our mouth is. (Of course, that's difficult to do sometimes with stupid monopolies on service areas...) Don't buy upgrades. Change service. Find some other means to get what we need. They need us. We don't need them.
I work in a service-driven company. If we treated all of our customers the way cable execs treat theirs, we'd quickly go bankrupt. Customers don't want cookie-cutter programming plans and high prices with no competition and crappy customer service. They want what's a good fit for them. Give customers what they want, and they'll do just fine. Keep fighting the system and it'll just get worse.
Maintenance does not "cover updates". Updates are included with the purchase of the software. Updates, service packs, and hotfixes are free to download. Maintenance (actually called "subscription" by Autodesk) is basically an upgrade program to trade up to the new version of the software (say 2009 to 2010 software) without having to buy it at full price again.
Also, this license isn't time-limited. It's indefinite. It doesn't expire. Which is the whole point of the lawsuit, that it's not a lease. You buy it. Software companies have tried this "license, not buy" thing and failed. It's a load of crap. They know it. We know it. Yet they try to screw us anyway. Either way, hopefully this can help clarify the issue for everyone..
You can also call Autodesk directly, or send an e-mail requesting an authorization code. Activation via the internet is not the only way you can activate the software.
This is completely untrue. While the rep that you talked to may have been a giant douche, I can say that you can activate your software without a subscription. Why? Because I work for a company that sells Autodesk software, that's why.
We sell software without a subscription all the time. The subscription is sort of like an annual upgrade plan. Rather than paying the full price of the software, you pay a subscription fee each year, which entitles you to the next release of software as an upgrade (replacement of your current copy with the new version, kind of like trading in your car for a new one). I'm not hot on the idea that you have to give up your previous year's license to get the new software, but it's way cheaper than buying a new seat of software.
Difference is, if you bought a new seat each year, you would end up with a seat of software for each year you bought it. Most people don't want extra, outdated software anyhow, so they just pay the subscription fee and take the cheaper upgrade.
But if you need to activate, say, AutoCAD 2006..? They can't stop you. If that's the version you bought, and haven't upgraded it since, you have full rights to activate it. You call them up, give them the activation request code, they give you the activation code, you're done. I haven't heard any whining about this issue. I wouldn't be surprised if the rep you talked to got canned a while ago. What they did is pure stupidity.
Reminds me of the crap the DHS is pulling with gathering travel information...
Someone call the waaaaambulance! Black folk are suffering!
Fine... I'll say it! Most of the time, black people still suffer because they want to still suffer! They want the attention, benefits, and special handouts that come along with being the formerly-enslaved minority. But you know what? If they want equality, they need to STFU and become beneficial and productive members of society instead of whining about how they're being held down. I don't hear too many well-educated African-Americans complaining. It's nearly always the poorer ones that cry about being held back, beaten down, and made poor by ol' whitey. And the more they bitch and whine about it, the more people will continue to feel bad for them and perpetuate these stereotypes and keep them in their segregated groups. There's no formal segregation anymore, but yet they seem to keep it going on their own. The only ones loud enough to be heard anymore are black people. They're milking this for all it's worth, and it's time to just knock it off.
Racism is horrible. But it's not going anywhere when the people claiming they're being discriminated against are the ones perpetuating the racism. These cops are the ones who cry "Racism!" If the racial comments are few and far between, grow some thicker skin. Don't visit the bulletin board. If these comments are made often, then it would definitely be considered harassment. Unless the racism is blatant and highly offensive, playing the racism card is just a ploy to open the door to preferential treatment. If someone's being openly racist, they deserve a beatdown. But being a racist isn't illegal when it's done in your personal life. Look at the KKK! But, then again, look at the NAACP. It may seem they're for a good cause, but they're only helping to continue the racism that lingers.
Now, back to the topic at hand, I don't know the situation between these officers. It may be mild, and it may be very serious. But they need to keep this private. Putting this in the media, again, just helps keep racism alive. Deal with it and move on. Don't make this into a big circus.
I didn't shit yesterday. Does that make me not a person..?
Your argument is invalid.
Just because there was a black student union doesn't automatically equate the normal student union with a "white student union". No one designated it as such. Black students were more than welcome to participate in the student union. Anyone was. They just decided to segregate themselves and make their own. (On a side note: that totally defeats the purpose for which their black brethren fought, like MLK. No segregation! And yet they segregate themselves voluntarily... wtf?!) It's this type of behavior that keeps the divide between whites and blacks. It's stupid.