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First: I live in the NE (upstate NY) as much as I bitch about the cold, the snow, and shoveling my damn driveway, everytime I see something like this (or a hurricane, or an earthquake, or a tidle wave, or flooding) I thank my lucky stars I am where I am.
That said....
People live where they do for many reasons. Number one is economic. *something* drew enough people to the area (this is "any" area", not jsut tonado alley) for it to be "profitable" to live there... either a scarce resource (like gold, which drew folks to eathquake ridden cali) or an environment... the flood ridden mississipi (-sp?) delta is sure as hell prone to floods.. but that's how it got it's amazing soil, which is why farming there is "worth" the risks.
Once a sufficient population has developed in said areas, willing to take those risks, then another population grows to support them... those running the stores, restaraunts.. etc.
Then a strange thing happens.. a "community" forms.. and people have family ties, etc. to the area. This makes it hard to leave. How many times have you packed up an moved to a new part of the country? It's not easy. Esp with [insert rant about GW here] today's economy. It COSTS to move.. both financially and personally.
Do yourself a favor, and trace every product you buy, and where it came from. If *none* of them come from areas that have natural disaters "regularly" then bitch and moan. Until then, pay your taxes and pray for the folks who's lives are ruined by this and other events.
Don't you mean "When this Marklar finished Marklar in Marklar, this Marklar went to Marklar to study Marklar. A lot of Marklar seemed Marklar that a Marklar interested in Marklar would also be interested in Marklar...."
Too much South Park, not enough sleep./me heads towards coffee pot yet again.
A patented idea is no longer in the public domain. Once patented, some party has a limited-time monopoly to comercially expoloit the idea.
Correct, if you choose to exert your limited (thans to the RIAA MPAA now nearly un-limited) monopoly. Or, you can choose not to enforce it and allow everybody access to the information / method for free forever.
Owning a patnet doesn't make it so nobody else can do / use something... it jsut means you have the right to sue if the steal your idea IF you choose to sue.... and it means nobody else who doesn't own said patent (big Pharm) can sue anyone else using the idea/ method in question
Patents *can* be used to stifle innovation, sue people for stupid reasons, etc. but saying the always do is puting the cart before the horse.
And if it weren't for the French, we'd still be paying taxed to the English. And if it weren't for the Russians, Germany would be under Napoleanic rule, and if it weren't for.... (and so on and so on and so on and....)
The Euopeans do love to talk about freedom and democracy, so does the US. But when push comes to shove, the US runs it with guns blazing to remove a dictator the US propped up and Euope tries to resolve it with violence being the very last option. Yeah, they suck.
Then, imagine if they got all CAT5 cable manufaturers' line workers drunk every night before work, thus ensuring hangovers which would reslt in differing quality of cable, giving you unpredticable latency....
one the one hand, you have apples. On the other hand, you have oranges.
You have just compared the two.
If I mod my PS2, who can I kill or maim other than myself (don't modchip while plugged in! =) I then can use my PS2 to do what I want... and as long as I do not use it to comit a porperty crime or bodily injury, it's nobody's fucking business what I do with it. That is the definition of Fair Use.
By your analogy, if using a gun to kill people is wrong, then adding one of those stupid spoilers to your Honda Civic is illegal. If I buy an audio CD, glue some felt to the silver side and use it as a coaster, that's illegal.
Using your property the way YOU want is a RIGHT... unless again, you use it to hurt / kill / comit property crime.
Modding your PS2 is legal. Using your PS2 to break a window to gain access to a jewelry store, then to bash the guard over the head is not.
"Son, it's better to regret things you HAVE done than to regret things you HAVEN'T done. And by the way, if you see your mom this weeked, could you tell her.....
SATAN, SATAN, SATAN!!!" (queue ripped black sabbath riff)
You can stream allright, but you can bet your sweet ass it's not gonna be MP3. You think M$ will allow a file format it doesn't own to be shared via it's OS?
The only "allowed" file format will be Widnows Media 9 (now with extra DRM!)
Don;t know this for a fact, but I would take jsut about any odds taht this is the case. M$ want's to OWN on-line music, it does taht by getting Windows Media to be the defacto standard embraced by the RIAA.
I think this sounds like a "neat" idea that will unfortunately further the underlying goals of complete market dominance by file formats, not quality.
Yes, you are technically correct..... so I will go add the "THIS IS A WEB PAGE" tag to my web page and make you happy.
The HTML is valid, it reads in a site reader in the same order as the content displays, it looks the same in jsut about everything... THAT was my point.
But again, because I left out the doctype tag, you are correct, and I will feel bad all day abou it.
Japan has HIGHER literacy rates than the US does... perhaps Japaneese comics are actually well written, rather than the banal crap that US media companies puch out?? I don't know, I have never read Japaneese comics, but I just couldn't watch while someone who blatantly bullshits his facts gets modded up as 'insightful'
Like finding the planet Bush comes from and then taking him back ASAP.
But seriously like, in our instant gratification society, NASA needs to say "we're going to do 'this' which will provide 'this benefit' to YOU the taxpayer, and we're gonna do it in less than 3 years."
If they don't, NASA is screwed... hell, those SUV driving folks in the 'burbs can't even handle slight tax increases for the schools thier KIDS go to....
I agree and disagree, yes, people don't vote because they don't care, *but* at the same time, if you are "just throwing your vote away" on a third pary, there is little incentive to make the effort to going to your polling place.
I feel that internet voting would increase greatly 3rd party voting. Would that affect *overall* turnout, probably some, but if it can get a thrid party matching fund votes, it would be a GREAT force in American politics.
Instant runoff would have a similar, or greater affect, and the both together might actually make people think thier vote matters and we'd see bigger turnouts.
You sir are incorrect. I have a TiBook, and I love it.. I would also be the first in line for a Mac Tablet computer. Why? two reasons:
1) being able to write (not type) is wonderful.. esp. for adding diagrams and such to notes, something I miss sorely, and perhaps the *only* reason I still keep pen and paper around.
2) Being able to draw on-screen in the wet-dream of every designer / artist out there. And guess what, us "art-fags" like Macs. =) Wacom offers the Cintiq , a tablet that pipes your display to itself, but if for a couple hundred buck more, I can get a whole machine that runs OS X, hells yeah!!
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First: I live in the NE (upstate NY) as much as I bitch about the cold, the snow, and shoveling my damn driveway, everytime I see something like this (or a hurricane, or an earthquake, or a tidle wave, or flooding) I thank my lucky stars I am where I am.
That said....
People live where they do for many reasons. Number one is economic. *something* drew enough people to the area (this is "any" area", not jsut tonado alley) for it to be "profitable" to live there... either a scarce resource (like gold, which drew folks to eathquake ridden cali) or an environment... the flood ridden mississipi (-sp?) delta is sure as hell prone to floods.. but that's how it got it's amazing soil, which is why farming there is "worth" the risks.
Once a sufficient population has developed in said areas, willing to take those risks, then another population grows to support them... those running the stores, restaraunts.. etc.
Then a strange thing happens.. a "community" forms.. and people have family ties, etc. to the area. This makes it hard to leave. How many times have you packed up an moved to a new part of the country? It's not easy. Esp with [insert rant about GW here] today's economy. It COSTS to move.. both financially and personally.
Do yourself a favor, and trace every product you buy, and where it came from. If *none* of them come from areas that have natural disaters "regularly" then bitch and moan. Until then, pay your taxes and pray for the folks who's lives are ruined by this and other events.
Don't you mean "When this Marklar finished Marklar in Marklar, this Marklar went to Marklar to study Marklar. A lot of Marklar seemed Marklar that a Marklar interested in Marklar would also be interested in Marklar...."
/me heads towards coffee pot yet again.
Too much South Park, not enough sleep.
Correct, if you choose to exert your limited (thans to the RIAA MPAA now nearly un-limited) monopoly. Or, you can choose not to enforce it and allow everybody access to the information / method for free forever.
Owning a patnet doesn't make it so nobody else can do / use something... it jsut means you have the right to sue if the steal your idea IF you choose to sue.... and it means nobody else who doesn't own said patent (big Pharm) can sue anyone else using the idea/ method in question
Patents *can* be used to stifle innovation, sue people for stupid reasons, etc. but saying the always do is puting the cart before the horse.
And if it weren't for the French, we'd still be paying taxed to the English. And if it weren't for the Russians, Germany would be under Napoleanic rule, and if it weren't for.... (and so on and so on and so on and....)
The Euopeans do love to talk about freedom and democracy, so does the US. But when push comes to shove, the US runs it with guns blazing to remove a dictator the US propped up and Euope tries to resolve it with violence being the very last option. Yeah, they suck.
Just give them different IP addresses... it works quite well.
It came out about the same time as the ATi Radeon 9500... and we remember when you guys figured that one out =P
"News for nerds, horribly delayed puff pieces for products that have been out for months."
sigh.
Aparently the speed of humor is not, as the joke I made hasn't quite gotten to you yet =)
Then, imagine if they got all CAT5 cable manufaturers' line workers drunk every night before work, thus ensuring hangovers which would reslt in differing quality of cable, giving you unpredticable latency....
I smell Patent!!
Give everyone an oxygen mask and a parachute =)
one the one hand, you have apples. On the other hand, you have oranges.
You have just compared the two.
If I mod my PS2, who can I kill or maim other than myself (don't modchip while plugged in! =) I then can use my PS2 to do what I want... and as long as I do not use it to comit a porperty crime or bodily injury, it's nobody's fucking business what I do with it. That is the definition of Fair Use.
By your analogy, if using a gun to kill people is wrong, then adding one of those stupid spoilers to your Honda Civic is illegal. If I buy an audio CD, glue some felt to the silver side and use it as a coaster, that's illegal.
Using your property the way YOU want is a RIGHT... unless again, you use it to hurt / kill / comit property crime.
Modding your PS2 is legal. Using your PS2 to break a window to gain access to a jewelry store, then to bash the guard over the head is not.
unless you work for Arthur Anderson, Enron, etc.
Tech Guy: Hey, you'll never guess what happened, it's so nice.
Boss: What?
Tech Guy: We lost the last 4 years of our company data.
Boss: Sweeeet. Good job, and remember, when the feds show up, deny everything.
I'm an American, I am required to be stupid.
Besides, it was soooooooo long ago =)
the correct quote is:
"Son, it's better to regret things you HAVE done than to regret things you HAVEN'T done. And by the way, if you see your mom this weeked, could you tell her.....
SATAN, SATAN, SATAN!!!" (queue ripped black sabbath riff)
Ahh, the Butthole Surfers... how I miss ye.
Bet that in 2000, someone would lose the election by half a million votes and still become president (yes, I know the vote was in 99)
Bet that the Bucs would win a game where the temp was under 40 degrees.
Short Eron stock. (remember, the stock market is just legalized gambling =)
You can stream allright, but you can bet your sweet ass it's not gonna be MP3. You think M$ will allow a file format it doesn't own to be shared via it's OS?
The only "allowed" file format will be Widnows Media 9 (now with extra DRM!)
Don;t know this for a fact, but I would take jsut about any odds taht this is the case. M$ want's to OWN on-line music, it does taht by getting Windows Media to be the defacto standard embraced by the RIAA.
I think this sounds like a "neat" idea that will unfortunately further the underlying goals of complete market dominance by file formats, not quality.
boo fucking hoo, I left out the DOCTYPE.. =P
Yes, you are technically correct..... so I will go add the "THIS IS A WEB PAGE" tag to my web page and make you happy.
The HTML is valid, it reads in a site reader in the same order as the content displays, it looks the same in jsut about everything... THAT was my point.
But again, because I left out the doctype tag, you are correct, and I will feel bad all day abou it.
http://www.mrdowling.com/800literacy.html
Japan has HIGHER literacy rates than the US does... perhaps Japaneese comics are actually well written, rather than the banal crap that US media companies puch out?? I don't know, I have never read Japaneese comics, but I just couldn't watch while someone who blatantly bullshits his facts gets modded up as 'insightful'
I disagree completely...
I can write a page that looks good in EVERY browser, including NS4 and lynx. So can you... so can anybody...
all it takes is a little time, and a bit of a brain.
Unfortunately, far to many people in web dev don't have brains, and far too many to "save time" use wysiwyg crap to gerate code for them.
having muyltiple pages for multiple browsers is a sign of not doing it right the first time, not a 'service'.
Like finding the planet Bush comes from and then taking him back ASAP.
But seriously like, in our instant gratification society, NASA needs to say "we're going to do 'this' which will provide 'this benefit' to YOU the taxpayer, and we're gonna do it in less than 3 years."
If they don't, NASA is screwed... hell, those SUV driving folks in the 'burbs can't even handle slight tax increases for the schools thier KIDS go to....
I agree and disagree, yes, people don't vote because they don't care, *but* at the same time, if you are "just throwing your vote away" on a third pary, there is little incentive to make the effort to going to your polling place.
I feel that internet voting would increase greatly 3rd party voting. Would that affect *overall* turnout, probably some, but if it can get a thrid party matching fund votes, it would be a GREAT force in American politics.
Instant runoff would have a similar, or greater affect, and the both together might actually make people think thier vote matters and we'd see bigger turnouts.
Then again, I can be really stupid at times =)
That the most poplular game ever, Counter-Strike, could become Windows only!!
oh, wait.....
What a very good, innovative idea....
somebody better give this kid a job, then Microsoft can steal his work and lock it into a proprietary format / device post haste!
who said anything about getting rid of the keyboard?
I would love to have a TiBook that allows the screen to slide / pivot whatever to be on "top" of the keyboard... like the Compaq TabletPC.
Best of all worlds!! =)
You sir are incorrect. I have a TiBook, and I love it.. I would also be the first in line for a Mac Tablet computer. Why? two reasons:
1) being able to write (not type) is wonderful.. esp. for adding diagrams and such to notes, something I miss sorely, and perhaps the *only* reason I still keep pen and paper around.
2) Being able to draw on-screen in the wet-dream of every designer / artist out there. And guess what, us "art-fags" like Macs. =) Wacom offers the Cintiq , a tablet that pipes your display to itself, but if for a couple hundred buck more, I can get a whole machine that runs OS X, hells yeah!!
my OPERATING SYSTEM is MP opimized you fucking dolt.