I was able to get a set of 4 2450 mAh AAs for about the same, CAD. Granted, not as high capacity, but more than enough for just about anyone's needs, especially considering that it's quick to charge and carry a second pair.
Whats more, if your account has a bandwidth cap, their custom page eats your limit... whereas a standard not-found error will eat much less- no images, scripts, and crap to load.
Looks like another story of forced content down your throat...
Exactly- The faster the big guys are back on the street, the faster they get caught again, so the lawyers can make more money!
Small fish can't afford much in legal fees, so there's no sense in letting them out...
Amen to that.
BTW, If this happened to me, and they took away content I'd legally paid for, I would immediately head over to our friends in sweden to get it back, minus the DRM.
I've paid for it, I want to be able to use it WHENEVER I WANT... NOT WHEN YOU DECIDE ITS CONVENIENT TO LET ME USE IT.
I don't know about you, but something else that REALLY annoys me is pages that contain lists of words just so they come up on many searches... with no actual content.
Or sites like "Buy *search term* at low prices" and they don't even sell what you're looking for. What's being done about those?
Nah; If I recall correctly, the only thing that gets any bigger is their egos, but that's not the medication's fault - otherwise people with small ones wouldn't have any self-esteem issues.
too true... but if we get details on a "spam king" I don't see why we can't sign him up for every mass-mailing list (hard-copy AND digital) we can find... Give him a taste of his own medicine. If they try to sue, everyone will just laugh their asses off and counter-sue on the same claim.
Remember Alan Ralsky? The guy ended up getting _truckloads_ of mail every day.
Whether they feel bad enough about the little one on one "coaching" session in the private office to pay for the diamonds... Though she wouldn't need to scrape a knee if the boss was rich enough:D
That's why I play DVDs in my computer with VLC/Mplayer/Xine. I can cut the crap and go straight to the menu, unlike the set-top DVD player, which has (on some DVDs) forced me to watch a good 10 minutes of previews before showing the DVD menu. Some companies are really abusing this 'force watch' option on the players.
If I have legally paid for content, I want to watch it at my convenience, not when you decide to ram it down my throat or stop me from watching it.
The free aspect may be a large part, but not always. Some software is ridiculously overpriced - Look at Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc- full editions can go for more than some people make a week. If you're a work-from-home freelance web dev, you don't want to shell out that much. Yet, if you don't use them, few companies will want your work, since it's not using "industry standard" tools.
That said, I personally don't download any games from torrents etc, and I think it is wrong to use pirated software if you're making a profit from it (e.g. copied photoshop, and you're a graphic designer). What I have done is had friends over who bring games they own. We/I play for a while, and if I like the game, I buy it. If not, then it gets deleted. Furthermore, I haven't bought any games in a while because (as has been pointed out before) many are crap. The last game I bought was Portal, and that was because my video card came with a demo that I liked... I can't remember how long before that it was that I bought any games...
Interesting...
Ours recently moved to WPA2, which works for all devices.
But even before that, they offered a VPN client for Win, Mac, and Linux. (Mind you , the Linux one broke every time you did a kernel update, so I ended up switching to the (better) VPNC client.)
Hearing all the horror stories, I realize I'm fortunate that my U supports Linux machines on their campus networks- Our networks guys know what they're doing.
(That said, I still laugh to myself whenever a Windows user has to sign in to CleanAccess and update their virus definitions, etc.)
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... Then you exchange your geek card for a full-on obsession card, and pray the server doesn't go down, killing your relationship.
I was able to get a set of 4 2450 mAh AAs for about the same, CAD. Granted, not as high capacity, but more than enough for just about anyone's needs, especially considering that it's quick to charge and carry a second pair.
Whats more, if your account has a bandwidth cap, their custom page eats your limit... whereas a standard not-found error will eat much less- no images, scripts, and crap to load.
Looks like another story of forced content down your throat...
Exactly- The faster the big guys are back on the street, the faster they get caught again, so the lawyers can make more money! Small fish can't afford much in legal fees, so there's no sense in letting them out...
Amen to that. BTW, If this happened to me, and they took away content I'd legally paid for, I would immediately head over to our friends in sweden to get it back, minus the DRM.
I've paid for it, I want to be able to use it WHENEVER I WANT... NOT WHEN YOU DECIDE ITS CONVENIENT TO LET ME USE IT.
+1 optimistic. I think pigs will fly long before that happens.
I don't know about you, but something else that REALLY annoys me is pages that contain lists of words just so they come up on many searches... with no actual content. Or sites like "Buy *search term* at low prices" and they don't even sell what you're looking for. What's being done about those?
What about Ima's russian sister, Yura Cox? (Dont get me started... too many bad jokes here...)
Nah; If I recall correctly, the only thing that gets any bigger is their egos, but that's not the medication's fault - otherwise people with small ones wouldn't have any self-esteem issues.
You're probably better off using a masking-tape X and a "Caution, ASBESTOS" sign... Nobody messes with a masking tape X.
too true... but if we get details on a "spam king" I don't see why we can't sign him up for every mass-mailing list (hard-copy AND digital) we can find... Give him a taste of his own medicine. If they try to sue, everyone will just laugh their asses off and counter-sue on the same claim.
Remember Alan Ralsky? The guy ended up getting _truckloads_ of mail every day.
Pretty much the only thing they'll pay for is somewhat-corny kids TV shows involving talking tugboats :D
Probably a fancy name for third-year med student that doesn't include 'student', 'trainee',etc.
Whether they feel bad enough about the little one on one "coaching" session in the private office to pay for the diamonds... Though she wouldn't need to scrape a knee if the boss was rich enough :D
What does the Harbour Master's Office have to do with this?
I'd say this is a pretty good step towards the more expensive aspect...
Yay! Now when your GF wants a diamond all she has to is fall and scrape a knee...
That's why I play DVDs in my computer with VLC/Mplayer/Xine. I can cut the crap and go straight to the menu, unlike the set-top DVD player, which has (on some DVDs) forced me to watch a good 10 minutes of previews before showing the DVD menu. Some companies are really abusing this 'force watch' option on the players. If I have legally paid for content, I want to watch it at my convenience, not when you decide to ram it down my throat or stop me from watching it.
So who has the patents to key-based car ignitions? They could making a killing if they wanted to.
The free aspect may be a large part, but not always. Some software is ridiculously overpriced - Look at Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc- full editions can go for more than some people make a week. If you're a work-from-home freelance web dev, you don't want to shell out that much. Yet, if you don't use them, few companies will want your work, since it's not using "industry standard" tools. That said, I personally don't download any games from torrents etc, and I think it is wrong to use pirated software if you're making a profit from it (e.g. copied photoshop, and you're a graphic designer). What I have done is had friends over who bring games they own. We/I play for a while, and if I like the game, I buy it. If not, then it gets deleted. Furthermore, I haven't bought any games in a while because (as has been pointed out before) many are crap. The last game I bought was Portal, and that was because my video card came with a demo that I liked... I can't remember how long before that it was that I bought any games...
Interesting... Ours recently moved to WPA2, which works for all devices. But even before that, they offered a VPN client for Win, Mac, and Linux. (Mind you , the Linux one broke every time you did a kernel update, so I ended up switching to the (better) VPNC client.) Hearing all the horror stories, I realize I'm fortunate that my U supports Linux machines on their campus networks- Our networks guys know what they're doing. (That said, I still laugh to myself whenever a Windows user has to sign in to CleanAccess and update their virus definitions, etc.)
...And those responsible for sacking those that sacked your books have themselves received a raise.
A particularly rancid one? Fouled up with the odour of DRM?
Isn't that all The Blob was doing - Turning us in to something useful for itself?
How would doing that that make us any better?
Remember the previous post? "... from the-real-reason-palin-resigned" dept?
'nuff said.