James Randi put the fund into escrow so that it could be paid out if someone could prove it specifically to show he couldn't pull any crap like that. He did it specifically to try to entice Sylvia Browne into trying for it as she said she would, but then said she won't because he wouldn't pay out or didn't have the money, so he put it into escrow to prove neither one of those was the case and that she was afraid of being debunked.
It's this free demo that everyone has seems to have access to. But I don't see the big deal, it hasn't been upgraded in a long time. You can't jump very far, and the physics engine seems a bit off to me. And the bugs! They can really be a problem, especially when the day/night cycle is changing over. They really need a 2.0 version before I'll play it again. My hardware doesn't seem to run it very well.
No, I agree with you. While I sort of like the 3D movies, I find myself removing the glasses frequently for two reasons. One, is the one you mentioned. The other is for some reason, my eyes water when I watch these movies. Instantly, as soon as the 3D actually starts, my eyes water. The first time I thought it was my allergies, but the next time we watched two movies back to back, and the first wasn't 3D, and my eyes were fine. As soon as we went into the second theater and I put the glasses on my eyes started watering. I think they must be straining or something, because I've seen a couple more and the same thing always happens to me. My wife doesn't notice anything when she watches, so it seems to just be me.
"The heirs also question expenses, according to Eskenazi, including an advance payment to an unnamed principal in the âoeLord of the Ringsâ films for an unrelated project, and a $1 million completion bond charged against gross receipts for each of the three films, even though a bond was issued only on âoeThe Fellowship of the Ring.â The studio also deducted a distribution fee for the home-video market, she said. "
That's very true. Every business I've ever known anyone to work at has had a serious problem with communication. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, even when directly told because the way it was said was misinterpreted. Some of these have been very large companies (American Express) and some have been small companies with a dozen (or less) employees. I think the only ones I've worked for myself that didn't have this problem was because they didn't really need to communicate in anyway because we all worked pretty much independently and didn't need/benefit from cooperation due to the nature of the work.
There's likely something more specific about the OP's setup. I'm using Pulse on Ubuntu and not having any problems with it at all. It is a newer machine, but it is a pretty cheap, budget build. I spent about $600 for the entire thing about 5 months ago, including the monitor. They only problems I'm having are with severe shearing on fullscreen video, mostly just in Flash (God I hate Flash!).
I also wonder how much they weigh, are they set up in a single unit, or multiple smaller units? Also, for the swap stations to work we'd need some kind of standards, the fewer the better I'd think. If everyone had their own incompatible system it'd be a nightmare, obviously. Any idea if this is the case?
That was a great video, thanks for the link. But is it the same car? They mentioned a much higher price, so I'm wondering if it was a different model. Perhaps some of the kinks they mentioned were worked out (I'd hope, some of those are pretty bad)? In it they also mention something about battery based cars going bye-bye, but the clip ends before they say why. Any idea what they were talking about?
Actually compared to the small helicopters that I've tried, being able to fly in 5 mph wind would be quite nice. These things get seriously screwed up with a very slight breeze (I'm guessing well under 5 mph, though I'm not certain). The air coming out of my heater vent near the ceiling nearly crashes it from across the room, where I can't even feel the air anymore.
And that brings up a point I had about this section:
"The nature of the copyrighted work as a temporarily published work that the girl choose to pull off of her MySpace page. She has the right to remove her writings from her MySpace page and no one has the right to continue to distribute those writings in their entirety without her consent. So, number 2 is her favor (really, issue number two looks more at non-published vs. published, with non-published being afforded more protection)."
If that were true, wouldn't archive.org be guilty of truly massive copyright infringement? That's one of the reasons I disagreed with this small section, anyways. Though I liked the general idea of the article, even if it is a "duh" sort of topic. Who is surprised that a bunch of people who like to (and get paid to) debate the meaning of words in a technical way disagree on a topic?
I also read something back several years ago about the reason hard drives sizes suddenly started doubling every 6 months (or whatever) was because the government had started funding research into using magnetic spin or something along those lines that had just started panning out.
At times while reading that I almost wanted to ask you if we've worked together recently, but I think that is just the sign of something being well written.
That actually is pretty nice. Even if the end result is the same, you are at least allowing the possibility that they can change your choice. Plus, you are warning them before, rather than after the fact, so they aren't as caught by surprise when something changes. Perception is extremely important and many people underestimate it.
That's what I was thinking when I first read his comment, but as I read the rest of it I have to agree with them. They're right, the problem is (or often has been for me) that two related but different jobs are often combined together. IS and IT both require an in-depth knowledge of computers, but that doesn't mean people who can do one of those, can or should be expected to do both. The skills are related but not the same, and the duties are (or should be) different.
There is the right of free association, and the right of contract. The joint-stock corporation as we know it today is a government creation, but the same terms could be obtained through contract with any parties doing business with a corporation.
And that's what he means by Sole Traders (I think). Any individual could be sued for the acts of the group and be held personally liable. This is (generally) not possible with a limited liability corporation, which is the main reason they exist. And that is an option, even now. You do not have to form a corporation to do business. Good luck getting investors, though if that wasn't an option anymore, as it didn't used to be, there would still be investment, just probably not as much as it would be mess safe than it is now.
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James Randi put the fund into escrow so that it could be paid out if someone could prove it specifically to show he couldn't pull any crap like that. He did it specifically to try to entice Sylvia Browne into trying for it as she said she would, but then said she won't because he wouldn't pay out or didn't have the money, so he put it into escrow to prove neither one of those was the case and that she was afraid of being debunked.
It's this free demo that everyone has seems to have access to. But I don't see the big deal, it hasn't been upgraded in a long time. You can't jump very far, and the physics engine seems a bit off to me. And the bugs! They can really be a problem, especially when the day/night cycle is changing over. They really need a 2.0 version before I'll play it again. My hardware doesn't seem to run it very well.
No, I agree with you. While I sort of like the 3D movies, I find myself removing the glasses frequently for two reasons. One, is the one you mentioned. The other is for some reason, my eyes water when I watch these movies. Instantly, as soon as the 3D actually starts, my eyes water. The first time I thought it was my allergies, but the next time we watched two movies back to back, and the first wasn't 3D, and my eyes were fine. As soon as we went into the second theater and I put the glasses on my eyes started watering. I think they must be straining or something, because I've seen a couple more and the same thing always happens to me. My wife doesn't notice anything when she watches, so it seems to just be me.
And this is apparently one of them:
"The heirs also question expenses, according to Eskenazi, including an advance payment to an unnamed principal in the âoeLord of the Ringsâ films for an unrelated project, and a $1 million completion bond charged against gross receipts for each of the three films, even though a bond was issued only on âoeThe Fellowship of the Ring.â The studio also deducted a distribution fee for the home-video market, she said. "
That's very true. Every business I've ever known anyone to work at has had a serious problem with communication. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, even when directly told because the way it was said was misinterpreted. Some of these have been very large companies (American Express) and some have been small companies with a dozen (or less) employees. I think the only ones I've worked for myself that didn't have this problem was because they didn't really need to communicate in anyway because we all worked pretty much independently and didn't need/benefit from cooperation due to the nature of the work.
There's likely something more specific about the OP's setup. I'm using Pulse on Ubuntu and not having any problems with it at all. It is a newer machine, but it is a pretty cheap, budget build. I spent about $600 for the entire thing about 5 months ago, including the monitor. They only problems I'm having are with severe shearing on fullscreen video, mostly just in Flash (God I hate Flash!).
*Whoosh!*
I also wonder how much they weigh, are they set up in a single unit, or multiple smaller units? Also, for the swap stations to work we'd need some kind of standards, the fewer the better I'd think. If everyone had their own incompatible system it'd be a nightmare, obviously. Any idea if this is the case?
That was a great video, thanks for the link. But is it the same car? They mentioned a much higher price, so I'm wondering if it was a different model. Perhaps some of the kinks they mentioned were worked out (I'd hope, some of those are pretty bad)? In it they also mention something about battery based cars going bye-bye, but the clip ends before they say why. Any idea what they were talking about?
It wasn't 8 hours all at once.
Any idea if this car is designed for the battery to be replaced that easily?
Can someone just put this into a car analogy for me? I'm not really sure what this Model S is supposed to do. What is it used for?
Actually compared to the small helicopters that I've tried, being able to fly in 5 mph wind would be quite nice. These things get seriously screwed up with a very slight breeze (I'm guessing well under 5 mph, though I'm not certain). The air coming out of my heater vent near the ceiling nearly crashes it from across the room, where I can't even feel the air anymore.
And that brings up a point I had about this section:
"The nature of the copyrighted work as a temporarily published work that the girl choose to pull off of her MySpace page. She has the right to remove her writings from her MySpace page and no one has the right to continue to distribute those writings in their entirety without her consent. So, number 2 is her favor (really, issue number two looks more at non-published vs. published, with non-published being afforded more protection)."
If that were true, wouldn't archive.org be guilty of truly massive copyright infringement? That's one of the reasons I disagreed with this small section, anyways. Though I liked the general idea of the article, even if it is a "duh" sort of topic. Who is surprised that a bunch of people who like to (and get paid to) debate the meaning of words in a technical way disagree on a topic?
Correction, you have to register within 90 days of publication to get those kind of damages. To sue at all you have to register.
That is awesome. I really wish I had my mod points on this story rather than the last, but you won't need them.
Maybe we should cherish them by putting them in jail? Seems like we are heading that way anyway.
I also read something back several years ago about the reason hard drives sizes suddenly started doubling every 6 months (or whatever) was because the government had started funding research into using magnetic spin or something along those lines that had just started panning out.
At times while reading that I almost wanted to ask you if we've worked together recently, but I think that is just the sign of something being well written.
That actually is pretty nice. Even if the end result is the same, you are at least allowing the possibility that they can change your choice. Plus, you are warning them before, rather than after the fact, so they aren't as caught by surprise when something changes. Perception is extremely important and many people underestimate it.
That's what I was thinking when I first read his comment, but as I read the rest of it I have to agree with them. They're right, the problem is (or often has been for me) that two related but different jobs are often combined together. IS and IT both require an in-depth knowledge of computers, but that doesn't mean people who can do one of those, can or should be expected to do both. The skills are related but not the same, and the duties are (or should be) different.
I don't know about you, but I'd guess the usual places.
Then that's even worse! It means Comcast must have hacked his server to falsify the logs! /s
There is NO natural right to form a corporation
There is the right of free association, and the right of contract. The joint-stock corporation as we know it today is a government creation, but the same terms could be obtained through contract with any parties doing business with a corporation.
And that's what he means by Sole Traders (I think). Any individual could be sued for the acts of the group and be held personally liable. This is (generally) not possible with a limited liability corporation, which is the main reason they exist. And that is an option, even now. You do not have to form a corporation to do business. Good luck getting investors, though if that wasn't an option anymore, as it didn't used to be, there would still be investment, just probably not as much as it would be mess safe than it is now.
Are you saying in your area they aren't?