How exactly is the US telling lies? The Chinese have openly stated that they did the test. Sure there is a lot of junk up there from the US and Soviets but we also didn't purposely blow up a satellite thereby in one second increasing the amount of debris by 20%.
Yeah maybe this will prevent people from snorting it or grinding but most people take full pills anyways. First, the only people who snort it are people who have done a lot of blow and think it'll be better but due to the chemical composition of OC you actually lose much of the high using that method. Second, if you eat one on an empty stomach you don't really need to grind it to get a fast release. Most people who have used it more than a few times know it's best just to take it normally.
Essentially, they're spending a lot of time and money and the end result will be that the illegal trade continues with no disruption... pretty much a microcosm of the War on Drugs in general.
First, if LPs "sound like ass" you did not hear it on a good cartridge/needle combo or the record was old and damaged. Very few people take the time to clean their records and spend the money to buy and regularly replace high end needles, this causes the records to be damaged over time and sound like crap. Now personally I prefer LPs over CD but I don't think the difference is hugely significant. However, if you make the jump to 45RPM EPs there is simply no comparison, the increase in quality is massive.
The moral of the story is that you can get better quality from vinyl but you're gonna have to spend a ton of money or you can go buy a $20 cd player and most people won't notice the difference either way.
The compelling part is that it's the first console system designed for and fully utlizing HD. Of course if you don't have an HDTV then it's not gonna be a whole lot better than an Xbox (the graphics are severely limited by non-HD's poor resolution) but if you do it's incredible in comparison... i.e. VHS vs DVD.
"If those freaky-ass greeks on slashdot don't know the difference, or even if they do, their brains don't click to mention it, and the whole 'Intarwebnet' hyperfuckwads* go on and on about cliquey terms that in the end insight this kind of mental conditioning and ergo the downfall of society *breath*, then we also don't know the difference now shut the hell up"
*bloggers
So, there you go. If you pay money on slashdot, maybe read the comments I made at length how we would be to blame if something as stupid as this happened.
I told you so.
Anyone have an NLP that can parse this into English for me?
Can you imagine what would happen if you had most of America (or even just, say, coupla million/.ers checking out the new Star Wars, heh) it would grind to a halt like every site. I would hate to go rent a movie to watch it, then wait while Best buy rebooted their./ed servers and got it to me.
The same reason why Bit Torrent scares the hell out of the MPAA (no need for huge bandwidth to rapidly supply a movie) also makes it ideal for legitimate downloading. Eventually movies will be distributed using BT or a similar protocol.
This argument comes up every time any article related to filesharing appears...
theft (noun) a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent
How many music files that you downloaded for free did you acquire the consent from the creator or rights holder? You may personally feel that intellectual property should be free but our society allows IP to be owned.
If you don't like it then get the laws changed. I believe the War on Drugs is immoral, but using drugs is still against the law. Do I feel that doing drugs is wrong? No. This does not change the fact that drug users are in fact criminals under our system of laws.
The fact that you think downloading music isn't wrong does not change the fact that it is a crime.
This kind of reminds me when a friend of mine asked what sort of system I would suggest for playing music very loudly in his house. I told him he should get what I have which is two big 200 watt floor speakers and a good amp.
What does he do? Goes to some electronics store where they told him he shouldn't get floor speakers, that he should get five really small speakers that plug into a very crappy sounding sub. Their system was more expensive and due to this in his mind had to be better.
Anyways, he had me over after he set them up and they sounded pretty bad to me, especially at the high volume we were listening at. Needless to say, the speakers were completely blown in a couple weeks.
The funny thing is I've told him they're blown and there is insane distortion and he doesn't seem to really mind. I no longer give him advice on audio components...
Yeah, you're right. The slowdown in growth for Party is not due to an overall slump in the industry, it's because competitors are advertising more and offering superior products. I started playing professionally on Empire/Party a couple years ago and now I rarely play on those sites not only due to the game selection but also because the other sites have vastly superior software.
The whole thing about people freaking out over bots is laughable. I cannot even imagine how high the edge would be against a bot once you figure out it's betting patterns, it certainly has to be easier than doing the same for a human. Like you, I've won a significant amount of money at the higher limit games and I have never used any collusion or cheating. I get the impression that those who are consistent losers would rather blame a conspiracy than acknowledge their own poor play.
I mean, I don't know if you've seen much of the "safe" part of the country, but let me tell you, it's pretty boring. I've driven across the US 6 times, and while I was driving through the safe parts, like Iowa and Illinois, I wanted to chew my arm off, but I couldn't because I was too bored.
I can tell you haven't been in Illinois or Iowa during one of the many tornadoes each year. I wouldn't exactly call the midwest "safe" from natural disasters.
I can see why AOL would do this. They provide dialup service which is on the way out and not only that but they charge about three times as much for this doomed service as their competitors. If I ran AOL TimeWarner I would probably have a "no cancel" policy as well, that or kill myself. One of the two.
You need enough DRM to convince copyright owners to develop/author for your platform yet it's DRM needs to be flawed enough so Joe Six-pack can easily circumvent it.
I disagree that they want Joe Six-pack to easily circumvent it. They want it to be enough of a hassle to stop Joe Six-pack from even attempting it. The people who make protection schemes know that they can be easily overcome by a knowledgable person but they also know that the majority of people do not fit in the category.
An Xbox or PS2 can be modded to allow downloaded and burned games to be played yet I would guess that relatively few "Joe Six-packs" have done this. Most people don't even know what Bit Torrent is let alone own a DVD burner.
If you really want to think "out of the box" there is no better way than tripping. At some point, you will realize you have become the box, and that's when the real learning begins...
It seems to me like they are "flip-flopping" not to be manipulative but because there is so much pressure from their own employees. They initially retracted their support due to outside influence but it seems they realized it is far more important to keep their own employees happy than to pacify the religious right.
It is actually because the needs of the work world are so dynamic that education is so important. No long is it satisfactory to just learn one skill and use it for the rest of your life.
One could go to a trade school (or be self taught) and learn how to competently write C++ programs and yet still not really understand the principles behind programming languages or computers in general. I have met quite a few of these people before.
Compare that with a four year degree where a very large portion of computer science classes do not involve any sort of coding. The focus is on the fundamentals of how computers work and how languages are constructed. With this knowledge, it is then possible to adapt to any new technologies that emerges. This is why I believe a long "lump" of education can be useful.
It's unrealistic but probably necessary for a fun game. If the defender were greatly favored players would just slowly increase the number of defenders on their territories making them nearly impossible to capture. The mechanics make it so that attacking is preferable to sitting and doing nothing.
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How exactly is the US telling lies? The Chinese have openly stated that they did the test. Sure there is a lot of junk up there from the US and Soviets but we also didn't purposely blow up a satellite thereby in one second increasing the amount of debris by 20%.
Yeah maybe this will prevent people from snorting it or grinding but most people take full pills anyways. First, the only people who snort it are people who have done a lot of blow and think it'll be better but due to the chemical composition of OC you actually lose much of the high using that method. Second, if you eat one on an empty stomach you don't really need to grind it to get a fast release. Most people who have used it more than a few times know it's best just to take it normally.
Essentially, they're spending a lot of time and money and the end result will be that the illegal trade continues with no disruption... pretty much a microcosm of the War on Drugs in general.
First, if LPs "sound like ass" you did not hear it on a good cartridge/needle combo or the record was old and damaged. Very few people take the time to clean their records and spend the money to buy and regularly replace high end needles, this causes the records to be damaged over time and sound like crap. Now personally I prefer LPs over CD but I don't think the difference is hugely significant. However, if you make the jump to 45RPM EPs there is simply no comparison, the increase in quality is massive.
The moral of the story is that you can get better quality from vinyl but you're gonna have to spend a ton of money or you can go buy a $20 cd player and most people won't notice the difference either way.
The compelling part is that it's the first console system designed for and fully utlizing HD. Of course if you don't have an HDTV then it's not gonna be a whole lot better than an Xbox (the graphics are severely limited by non-HD's poor resolution) but if you do it's incredible in comparison... i.e. VHS vs DVD.
"If those freaky-ass greeks on slashdot don't know the difference, or even if they do, their brains don't click to mention it, and the whole 'Intarwebnet' hyperfuckwads* go on and on about cliquey terms that in the end insight this kind of mental conditioning and ergo the downfall of society *breath*, then we also don't know the difference now shut the hell up"
*bloggers
So, there you go. If you pay money on slashdot, maybe read the comments I made at length how we would be to blame if something as stupid as this happened.
I told you so.
Anyone have an NLP that can parse this into English for me?
Can you imagine what would happen if you had most of America (or even just, say, coupla million /.ers checking out the new Star Wars, heh) it would grind to a halt like every site. I would hate to go rent a movie to watch it, then wait while Best buy rebooted their ./ed servers and got it to me.
The same reason why Bit Torrent scares the hell out of the MPAA (no need for huge bandwidth to rapidly supply a movie) also makes it ideal for legitimate downloading. Eventually movies will be distributed using BT or a similar protocol.
This argument comes up every time any article related to filesharing appears...
theft (noun)
a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent
How many music files that you downloaded for free did you acquire the consent from the creator or rights holder? You may personally feel that intellectual property should be free but our society allows IP to be owned.
If you don't like it then get the laws changed. I believe the War on Drugs is immoral, but using drugs is still against the law. Do I feel that doing drugs is wrong? No. This does not change the fact that drug users are in fact criminals under our system of laws.
The fact that you think downloading music isn't wrong does not change the fact that it is a crime.
This kind of reminds me when a friend of mine asked what sort of system I would suggest for playing music very loudly in his house. I told him he should get what I have which is two big 200 watt floor speakers and a good amp.
What does he do? Goes to some electronics store where they told him he shouldn't get floor speakers, that he should get five really small speakers that plug into a very crappy sounding sub. Their system was more expensive and due to this in his mind had to be better.
Anyways, he had me over after he set them up and they sounded pretty bad to me, especially at the high volume we were listening at. Needless to say, the speakers were completely blown in a couple weeks.
The funny thing is I've told him they're blown and there is insane distortion and he doesn't seem to really mind. I no longer give him advice on audio components...
Yeah, you're right. The slowdown in growth for Party is not due to an overall slump in the industry, it's because competitors are advertising more and offering superior products. I started playing professionally on Empire/Party a couple years ago and now I rarely play on those sites not only due to the game selection but also because the other sites have vastly superior software.
The whole thing about people freaking out over bots is laughable. I cannot even imagine how high the edge would be against a bot once you figure out it's betting patterns, it certainly has to be easier than doing the same for a human. Like you, I've won a significant amount of money at the higher limit games and I have never used any collusion or cheating. I get the impression that those who are consistent losers would rather blame a conspiracy than acknowledge their own poor play.
I mean, I don't know if you've seen much of the "safe" part of the country, but let me tell you, it's pretty boring. I've driven across the US 6 times, and while I was driving through the safe parts, like Iowa and Illinois, I wanted to chew my arm off, but I couldn't because I was too bored.
I can tell you haven't been in Illinois or Iowa during one of the many tornadoes each year. I wouldn't exactly call the midwest "safe" from natural disasters.
I can see why AOL would do this. They provide dialup service which is on the way out and not only that but they charge about three times as much for this doomed service as their competitors. If I ran AOL TimeWarner I would probably have a "no cancel" policy as well, that or kill myself. One of the two.
You need enough DRM to convince copyright owners to develop/author for your platform yet it's DRM needs to be flawed enough so Joe Six-pack can easily circumvent it.
I disagree that they want Joe Six-pack to easily circumvent it. They want it to be enough of a hassle to stop Joe Six-pack from even attempting it. The people who make protection schemes know that they can be easily overcome by a knowledgable person but they also know that the majority of people do not fit in the category.
An Xbox or PS2 can be modded to allow downloaded and burned games to be played yet I would guess that relatively few "Joe Six-packs" have done this. Most people don't even know what Bit Torrent is let alone own a DVD burner.
If you really want to think "out of the box" there is no better way than tripping. At some point, you will realize you have become the box, and that's when the real learning begins...
It seems to me like they are "flip-flopping" not to be manipulative but because there is so much pressure from their own employees. They initially retracted their support due to outside influence but it seems they realized it is far more important to keep their own employees happy than to pacify the religious right.
It is actually because the needs of the work world are so dynamic that education is so important. No long is it satisfactory to just learn one skill and use it for the rest of your life.
One could go to a trade school (or be self taught) and learn how to competently write C++ programs and yet still not really understand the principles behind programming languages or computers in general. I have met quite a few of these people before.
Compare that with a four year degree where a very large portion of computer science classes do not involve any sort of coding. The focus is on the fundamentals of how computers work and how languages are constructed. With this knowledge, it is then possible to adapt to any new technologies that emerges. This is why I believe a long "lump" of education can be useful.
Is it just me or does 'Lieutenant General Boris Miroshnikov' lose some credibility by using the term 'naughty boys' in reference to young hackers?
The amount of articles mentioning Moore's law will double each year.
Pandaren Express
Drug dealers probably make more money than me, too, but that's not a good thing.
Actually, business has been a bit slow around these parts lately...
Yet another example of big government getting in the way of a company just trying to make a few bucks...
Well, at least they're up front about it, you gotta give them that.
It's unrealistic but probably necessary for a fun game. If the defender were greatly favored players would just slowly increase the number of defenders on their territories making them nearly impossible to capture. The mechanics make it so that attacking is preferable to sitting and doing nothing.
Oh dear, people getting sued for committing illegal acts, how appalling! What is this country coming to?
Start a small company. This company will buy product in bulk and sell it to individual consumers.
I would suggest crack as your first product.
Most punk albums still come out on vinyl as well...