Funny, I just did an annual clean of mine and it's just like new again. I've got an old logitech internet navigator keyboard that cost about $35, five years ago when I bought it.
My friends laugh at me for doing something so ridiculous. They say, "Why not just go buy a new one?" when the hair and the crumbs and whatever else makes it look nasty. It took me about an hour, but the way I see it, I saved at least $35, plus I don't have to buy a keyboard that's going to require some retarded drivers, and have to get used to a whole new feeling keyboard.
Not quite sure where you got your information from, but AFAIK they don't go knocking door to door to get donations. Illicit activities provide the cash cow they need to survive including drug running and arms trading.
I'm glad slashdot linked it. I read this the other day and had no idea what to make of it. After the first 20 comments I see I'm not completely retarded.
Of what happens when the law becomes a religion. People don't even stop to take a look at the reasons why they'd be willing to lock someone up for 38 years. The law says it's wrong therefore no thought is necessary when doling out the punishment.
It's time this country took a good hard look at the three branches of government and started weeding out the garbage that does not work. Unfortunately it's too late for so many, but there is still time enough for many more.
Did you see them clean house last night? I don't even watch baseball but it was on at the bar and the Phillies CREAMED the St. Louis Cardinals. Last I saw it was 20 - 2 in the 8th inning.
Not sure how they can be the losing-est team when they slaughtered like that.
The benefit I see from this is that it will go on the permanent record that SOMEONE did know what the fuck was going on in the world and decided to stand up and point it out. Regardless of whether he is booted out of office or not it is now a stain upon his much anticipated "historical legacy".
I agree. I will admit I did actually download a "cracked" copy of TF2 and tried it out. It didn't work very well but it gave me a sense of how the game played which was more than enough for me to go and buy it. But I didn't just buy TF2, I bought the whole orange box which was considerably more expensive in the store.
But I don't see how this has as much to do with copy protection as it does releasing a shareware or demo version. Granted your attitude toward the publisher may factor into your decision to buy or steal, releasing playable demos before the main game so you can see if it is something you want to spend your money on is one of the big things missing today.
I would agree however that I'd be much more willing to steal a game from EA than from Valve because I know from tons of past experiences that EA produces crap games and has a terrible track record of support, whereas Valve still releases updates for CS:S which was released YEARS ago.
Well if that's truly the case then system, network, and security administrators hold the keys and no one is exempt. That means these guys have access to all the communications across the whole network and that includes communications between the uppers. I'm willing to bet those guys wouldn't be so keen on having other people privy to their communications. Somehow I'd imagine you're arguing that it's only okay to snoop on the peon communications.
I pay about $32.50 every 2 months for a prepaid phone. I get texting at about $.50 a message and voice calls are $.10 a minute with a 1 minute minimum. That $32.50 gets me 400 minutes which roll over to the next 2 months if I don't use them.
I really can't fathom how people can spend $100 a month for a phone service. Surfing the net is what I do at home or at school... not while I'm driving 90 down the interstate.
This is typical of a society where your options for living a 'successful' life are focused like a laser beam down a specific path. Why must you burn through primary, secondary, and tertiary education at light speed? Because we need to produce worker-bees to fill the jobs in order to buy up all the crap we import. There are no other options for success in America. You may get lucky and be one of the few who drop out and find their own way into the path that everyone else had to be drilled into, but you're still in the same boat. Everyone else is homeless or living in poverty.
Many other countries are not like this. Many offer free educations and do not presume to be able to make your choices for you in life. Many require work places to give you a certain amount of vacation, sick days, and free time. Many do not require 50+ hour workweeks with little to no vacation time and breakneck productivity. It's more of a problem with how America works than with how the average person functions if you ask me.
That looks like it would give me motion sickness for some reason. Maybe it's due to everything being stretched out of proportion and whenever you turn it's constantly shrinking and expanding. I don't know but that looked like a piece of crap to me.
Which makes me wonder why they wouldn't just continue with controlling REAL insects via electrodes... the CIA was using cockroaches in that fashion back in the 80s. I would think if you need the bugs to be as covert as possible the less metal the better...
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Funny, I just did an annual clean of mine and it's just like new again. I've got an old logitech internet navigator keyboard that cost about $35, five years ago when I bought it.
My friends laugh at me for doing something so ridiculous. They say, "Why not just go buy a new one?" when the hair and the crumbs and whatever else makes it look nasty. It took me about an hour, but the way I see it, I saved at least $35, plus I don't have to buy a keyboard that's going to require some retarded drivers, and have to get used to a whole new feeling keyboard.
Not quite sure where you got your information from, but AFAIK they don't go knocking door to door to get donations. Illicit activities provide the cash cow they need to survive including drug running and arms trading.
I have to wonder if it can turn out by-products as ubiquitous as crude can.
I'm glad slashdot linked it. I read this the other day and had no idea what to make of it. After the first 20 comments I see I'm not completely retarded.
I assume you already have the password set to Joshua.
Of what happens when the law becomes a religion. People don't even stop to take a look at the reasons why they'd be willing to lock someone up for 38 years. The law says it's wrong therefore no thought is necessary when doling out the punishment.
It's time this country took a good hard look at the three branches of government and started weeding out the garbage that does not work. Unfortunately it's too late for so many, but there is still time enough for many more.
People still actually play that piece of crap?
I went out and bought that quite a few years ago, and my friends all did too so they could play with me, and many of them won't speak to me anymore.
I didn't realize people actually liked it though.
Wow what the hell? Someone wake up on a high horse this morning?
Did you see them clean house last night? I don't even watch baseball but it was on at the bar and the Phillies CREAMED the St. Louis Cardinals. Last I saw it was 20 - 2 in the 8th inning.
Not sure how they can be the losing-est team when they slaughtered like that.
The benefit I see from this is that it will go on the permanent record that SOMEONE did know what the fuck was going on in the world and decided to stand up and point it out. Regardless of whether he is booted out of office or not it is now a stain upon his much anticipated "historical legacy".
I agree. I will admit I did actually download a "cracked" copy of TF2 and tried it out. It didn't work very well but it gave me a sense of how the game played which was more than enough for me to go and buy it. But I didn't just buy TF2, I bought the whole orange box which was considerably more expensive in the store.
But I don't see how this has as much to do with copy protection as it does releasing a shareware or demo version. Granted your attitude toward the publisher may factor into your decision to buy or steal, releasing playable demos before the main game so you can see if it is something you want to spend your money on is one of the big things missing today.
I would agree however that I'd be much more willing to steal a game from EA than from Valve because I know from tons of past experiences that EA produces crap games and has a terrible track record of support, whereas Valve still releases updates for CS:S which was released YEARS ago.
But I had never questioned my privacy over telephones or online until I started hearing rumors about Echelon all over the internet.
Then Carnivore was announced and basically confirmed all the suspicions. Everything that's happened since is just in the wake.
Well if that's truly the case then system, network, and security administrators hold the keys and no one is exempt. That means these guys have access to all the communications across the whole network and that includes communications between the uppers. I'm willing to bet those guys wouldn't be so keen on having other people privy to their communications. Somehow I'd imagine you're arguing that it's only okay to snoop on the peon communications.
I know we're way off topic but who is John Galt?
Really? I found that nearly impossible to watch.
I'm actually downloading at a full 1.5 megabytes/sec. Seems the speed issues have disappeared.
I'm not trying to troll here but these questions will surely sound like it.
Now copyright infringement is a major deal? So the RIAA was on to something when decided to try to protect their copyrighted materials after all?
I pay about $32.50 every 2 months for a prepaid phone. I get texting at about $.50 a message and voice calls are $.10 a minute with a 1 minute minimum. That $32.50 gets me 400 minutes which roll over to the next 2 months if I don't use them.
I really can't fathom how people can spend $100 a month for a phone service. Surfing the net is what I do at home or at school... not while I'm driving 90 down the interstate.
This is typical of a society where your options for living a 'successful' life are focused like a laser beam down a specific path. Why must you burn through primary, secondary, and tertiary education at light speed? Because we need to produce worker-bees to fill the jobs in order to buy up all the crap we import. There are no other options for success in America. You may get lucky and be one of the few who drop out and find their own way into the path that everyone else had to be drilled into, but you're still in the same boat. Everyone else is homeless or living in poverty.
Many other countries are not like this. Many offer free educations and do not presume to be able to make your choices for you in life. Many require work places to give you a certain amount of vacation, sick days, and free time. Many do not require 50+ hour workweeks with little to no vacation time and breakneck productivity. It's more of a problem with how America works than with how the average person functions if you ask me.
That looks like it would give me motion sickness for some reason. Maybe it's due to everything being stretched out of proportion and whenever you turn it's constantly shrinking and expanding. I don't know but that looked like a piece of crap to me.
It's amazing that in 2008 we still need to bring up the fact that there are simple solutions to these problems.
I don't understand how there are really that many network/system admins out there that don't understand how the Internet works.
That is probably part of the requirements the NSA put on the agreement to allow the story to run.
You then did proceed to mention age of consent and you were correct in your thinking that it might end up a pointless rant.
Well done.
I think he forgot to add .
Which makes me wonder why they wouldn't just continue with controlling REAL insects via electrodes... the CIA was using cockroaches in that fashion back in the 80s. I would think if you need the bugs to be as covert as possible the less metal the better...