Only partially true. A bubble can also be caused by a lot of a certain commodity being bought up, creating an artificial demand and thus raising prices. This, in turn, leads more people into the market in the hopes of making a quick buck, oftentimes making even more and more of the commodity (like building houses). Whenever the commodity is being built simply to be bought and resold, you have a glut in supply, which sharply drives the prices down and bursts the bubble.
This happened with both the real estate market and crude oil last year.
Exactly. I have found that the vast majority of "piracy" is due to lack of a particular game being released in a particular market. If video game companies really wanted to prevent this so-called piracy, they would release games that people actually want.
I ask, because I don't know of many. Additionally, it is viewed as "unsafe" for corporate use. My company will not allow us to use Chrome on our computers, but we are allowed to use IE and FireFox with impunity.
I doubt Wii games are what the O.P. was talking about. I think he/she/it was talking about older systems.
For instance, how many people signed the online petition to have Nintendo translate Mother 3 and release it in the US? I believe well over 100,000 people signed it. Yet Nintendo refused to translate and release the game over here. So, fans of the series took matters into their own hands and translated the game themselves. If Nintendo would have released the game, they could have made a ton of money off of it, but instead, it is now being "pirated," instead.
I don't know about any laws about that, but I do know that many companies (especially larger Fortune 500 companies) have policies in place that no references will ever be given, only employment verification.
At least with Rock Band 2, most of the songs are original. Those songs that are actually by cover bands usually have titles similar to "Ten Speed," as popularized by Coheed and Cambria, as opposed to "Peace of Mind" by Boston. (Note the "as popularized by" statement added to the cover band's rendition.)
Those cover songs are in the minority, at least on the game that I own.
You mean we just put all that CO2 into the atmosphere to launch the satellite for nothing?! And then when it failed to deploy and burnt up on reentry, it put even more carbon into the atmosphere?!
I wonder if this phone is going to be Microsoft's version of the iPhone--a Zune device that can act as a phone and purchase music from the Zune store anywhere.
A brand new PS3/XBOX360 game costs $60 (USD). While this is more expensive than the previous generation or two ($50 per game), it is still cheaper than the Super Nintendo era.
I remember saving up for weeks to afford the $80 Stunt Race FX.
So now I have to figure out how to get my wireless router to track all MAC addresses that connect to it, and maintain that record for 2 years? How am I supposed to do that? I doubt my router (and most others') have the necessary programming or resources to do this, so I'm assuming that we'll all have to run out and buy brand new routers that have logging capabilities.
Right. The Hubble looks at visible wavelengths; this new Herschel does not.
Isn't the Hubble beyond its original estimates for service life? I don't think it will really be around for too many more years, and there aren't plans for another visible spectrum space telescope.
The theory can be accurate, but the computer model is often not. Why? Because the theory is "analog," while the computer model is digital and must deal with discrete math at a necessarily low resolution.
The vast majority of plane hijackings prior to September 11 ended with very little loss of life. The M.O. of hijackers was to get the plane and use the hostages to make some sort of demands.
No one was expecting a suicide run at various American targets.
That is why the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania and made the phrase "Let's roll" popular. The passengers knew what was going on, and they knew that they had nothing to lose.
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I wish my Alma mater was cool enough to have that class!
Only partially true. A bubble can also be caused by a lot of a certain commodity being bought up, creating an artificial demand and thus raising prices. This, in turn, leads more people into the market in the hopes of making a quick buck, oftentimes making even more and more of the commodity (like building houses). Whenever the commodity is being built simply to be bought and resold, you have a glut in supply, which sharply drives the prices down and bursts the bubble.
This happened with both the real estate market and crude oil last year.
Exactly. I have found that the vast majority of "piracy" is due to lack of a particular game being released in a particular market. If video game companies really wanted to prevent this so-called piracy, they would release games that people actually want.
I ask, because I don't know of many. Additionally, it is viewed as "unsafe" for corporate use. My company will not allow us to use Chrome on our computers, but we are allowed to use IE and FireFox with impunity.
I doubt Wii games are what the O.P. was talking about. I think he/she/it was talking about older systems.
For instance, how many people signed the online petition to have Nintendo translate Mother 3 and release it in the US? I believe well over 100,000 people signed it. Yet Nintendo refused to translate and release the game over here. So, fans of the series took matters into their own hands and translated the game themselves. If Nintendo would have released the game, they could have made a ton of money off of it, but instead, it is now being "pirated," instead.
From the title, you would expect something completely different, not a wishy-washy explanation of basic computer technology.
I submit that one of the Windows for Dummies books would be better.
Call your new company and explain the situation. Ask if they will let you start working for them sooner. Then leave your current employer immediately.
I don't know about any laws about that, but I do know that many companies (especially larger Fortune 500 companies) have policies in place that no references will ever be given, only employment verification.
That might be because it takes so long for stories to get approved...
In fact, I remember seeing a feature on the news at night "way back then" telling you to disable cookies because they could harm your computer!
Most of today's websites wouldn't even function without enabling cookies!
At least with Rock Band 2, most of the songs are original. Those songs that are actually by cover bands usually have titles similar to "Ten Speed," as popularized by Coheed and Cambria, as opposed to "Peace of Mind" by Boston. (Note the "as popularized by" statement added to the cover band's rendition.)
Those cover songs are in the minority, at least on the game that I own.
Hotmail syncs up with the Palm OS. I get my Hotmail account on my Treo.
You mean we just put all that CO2 into the atmosphere to launch the satellite for nothing?! And then when it failed to deploy and burnt up on reentry, it put even more carbon into the atmosphere?!
The polar bears! THINK OF THE POLAR BEARS!
I wonder if this phone is going to be Microsoft's version of the iPhone--a Zune device that can act as a phone and purchase music from the Zune store anywhere.
My point is that my current router doesn't have the resources to store 2 years of activity, and yours probably doesn't, either.
So if this inane law passes, I suppose we're all going to have to run out and get new routers, hmmm?
...and heated to 1,300 to 1,500 degrees Centigrade... for 24 hours...
I certainly hope they can improve those figures. From a manufacturing standpoint, that sounds very expensive.
A brand new PS3/XBOX360 game costs $60 (USD). While this is more expensive than the previous generation or two ($50 per game), it is still cheaper than the Super Nintendo era.
I remember saving up for weeks to afford the $80 Stunt Race FX.
So now I have to figure out how to get my wireless router to track all MAC addresses that connect to it, and maintain that record for 2 years? How am I supposed to do that? I doubt my router (and most others') have the necessary programming or resources to do this, so I'm assuming that we'll all have to run out and buy brand new routers that have logging capabilities.
Seriously, who comes up with this shit?
...pushing a button on the side of the phone to switch to camera mode?
Isn't this kind of a like a Rube Goldberg device?
...against the theory that jerking off causes blindness.
Right. The Hubble looks at visible wavelengths; this new Herschel does not.
Isn't the Hubble beyond its original estimates for service life? I don't think it will really be around for too many more years, and there aren't plans for another visible spectrum space telescope.
The theory can be accurate, but the computer model is often not. Why? Because the theory is "analog," while the computer model is digital and must deal with discrete math at a necessarily low resolution.
The vast majority of plane hijackings prior to September 11 ended with very little loss of life. The M.O. of hijackers was to get the plane and use the hostages to make some sort of demands.
No one was expecting a suicide run at various American targets.
That is why the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania and made the phrase "Let's roll" popular. The passengers knew what was going on, and they knew that they had nothing to lose.
What is the point in putting RFID into passports other than to make them easier targets for cracking?
Why not just use a smart card similar to the Common Access Card (CAC) used by the U.S. Department of Defense? Those things can store a lot of data, are very easy to use, and cannot be hacked remotely via RFID equipment.
So that would be:
1. Windows 7 Crappy
2. Windows 7 Pathetic
3. Windows 7 Mistake
4. Windows 7 Retarded
5. Windows 7 Total Shit Home
6. Windows 7 Total Shit Premium
Did I get everything?