And all the "everything Microsoft does is evil" drones read it as fact. The story boils down to "if this, this, and thus then we may do so-and-so.". There is nothing there to react to.
I spend 6 months of blood, sweat, and tears writing, recording, and mixing an album and I don't have the right to say how/when/where it is used? Bullshit, I want no part of a system like that.
What is your bank account number? I want to exercise my FREEDOM to go withdraw all of your money.
I have read all of the Dune novels several times and I would have to say that the first one was the easiest one from which to make a movie. I will be interesting to see how the next two are handled.
I prefer the less cynical view: this is the point of disclosing pre-release information. Tell people about what you are doing, listen to what they say, then act on it.
You people amaze me sometime. Microsoft gets equal amounts of 5hit for announcing a controversial feature as for announcing that the feature is not being released.
I would wager that they would receive the same amount of 5hit had they either stealthed smart-tags with no pre-announcement or kept them in despite the outcry against them.
Correction, there would be a lot of naked hippies that still stink.
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This is a cool idea -- aren't CO2 and CH4 molecules heavier than the other components of the atmoshpere, though? I would think that instead of having the collectors as high up as possible, you would need to have them close to the surface.
I mean, bundling IE as the default browser didn't do any harm to Netscape and other competitors, did it?
Netscape did themselves more harm by putting out a good browser then getting distracted by a boatload of other projects. They failed to realize that they didn't have the resources to make their browser better and do everything else that they wanted to do. Microsoft had the resources and used them -- boo fucking hoo.
Companies now spend money to have their products physically in movies and tv shows, so how is doing it virtually any different?
I can remember an episode of Seinfeld where George was going on and on about bringing a bottle of Pepsi to some party instead of wine. Was I harmed by that in some way? No.
It is naive to assume that advertizers will not look for a way to get around those of us who fast forward through commercials. I would much rather have advertizing done this way, integrated into the content that I am watching, rather than having it break every 10-15 minutes to a block of commercials.
This is an invariable side effect off the acceptance of computers into mainstream society: more people have them, thus more people will be playing games. Your average person is going to play Zork for about 5 minutes, get bored, break that fancy egg, give up and go watch Baywatch.
I have been gaming for 20+ years and the games that I remember are the games like Zork or Deadline or Enchanter, not of Quake or Descent or Tomb Raider.
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Pinhead!
If Hormel does not control the use of their LEGALLY TRADEMARKED image, who does?
"Fair use" does not translate to "I can do whatever the fuck I want, kiss my ass if you think otherwise!".
Where does your objection lie? Is it because the prof used a computer to search through a huge database of papers? If so, would it have been alright if he had done a visual search through the same set of papers?
Your point is BS. Its obvious that the students were using all means at their disposal to write their papers. But, according to you, the prof should be stuck with pre-computer techno (v-grep) when grading them.
Also, the community of trust idea only works if both sides are trustworthy. The prof in this case was tipped off by a student that there was cheating going on.
I personally don't see much difference in either candidate. The two major parties have slide to the middle that there are very few differences between them anymore.
Romaine Bush or Iceberg Gore, does it really matter? Its the Croutton that makes the salad!
C'mon guys (and gals), why bother with napster, gnutella, or any of that other p2p crap? Just walk into your local music store and pocket the CDs that you want. No worrys about low quality copies, bandwidth, or disk space. You're in, you're out.
Using napster, gnutella, or any other p2p tool that comes along in the future will not solve this problem. Stealing the works using napster does not help the TRUE Musicians in any way -- instead of getting a paltry royalty, they get NO ROYALTY at all. It is easier for the record companies to absorb the loss of their big piece of the pie than the majority of artists to absorb the loss of their little piece.
Tell me again how this helps the TRUE Musicians?
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And all the "everything Microsoft does is evil" drones read it as fact. The story boils down to "if this, this, and thus then we may do so-and-so.". There is nothing there to react to.
The purpose of the flight is to test the deployment mechanism of the sail.
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What is your bank account number? I want to exercise my FREEDOM to go withdraw all of your money.
I met 100 people last week, but I only killed one of them, so that is alright?
Are you sure there isn't more to show?
I don't see how pronuciation applies here. When was the last time you heard an Adobe ad on the radio or saw one on TV?
I have read all of the Dune novels several times and I would have to say that the first one was the easiest one from which to make a movie. I will be interesting to see how the next two are handled.
You people amaze me sometime. Microsoft gets equal amounts of 5hit for announcing a controversial feature as for announcing that the feature is not being released.
I would wager that they would receive the same amount of 5hit had they either stealthed smart-tags with no pre-announcement or kept them in despite the outcry against them.
Correction, there would be a lot of naked hippies that still stink.
EFF off.
Remember this is a first generation item. You couldn't play Quake on an Univac either...
Netscape did themselves more harm by putting out a good browser then getting distracted by a boatload of other projects. They failed to realize that they didn't have the resources to make their browser better and do everything else that they wanted to do. Microsoft had the resources and used them -- boo fucking hoo.
I can remember an episode of Seinfeld where George was going on and on about bringing a bottle of Pepsi to some party instead of wine. Was I harmed by that in some way? No.
It is naive to assume that advertizers will not look for a way to get around those of us who fast forward through commercials. I would much rather have advertizing done this way, integrated into the content that I am watching, rather than having it break every 10-15 minutes to a block of commercials.
This is an invariable side effect off the acceptance of computers into mainstream society: more people have them, thus more people will be playing games. Your average person is going to play Zork for about 5 minutes, get bored, break that fancy egg, give up and go watch Baywatch.
I have been gaming for 20+ years and the games that I remember are the games like Zork or Deadline or Enchanter, not of Quake or Descent or Tomb Raider.
If Hormel does not control the use of their LEGALLY TRADEMARKED image, who does?
"Fair use" does not translate to "I can do whatever the fuck I want, kiss my ass if you think otherwise!".
Your point is BS. Its obvious that the students were using all means at their disposal to write their papers. But, according to you, the prof should be stuck with pre-computer techno (v-grep) when grading them.
Also, the community of trust idea only works if both sides are trustworthy. The prof in this case was tipped off by a student that there was cheating going on.
... then why should the governments bother trying?
Romaine Bush or Iceberg Gore, does it really matter? Its the Croutton that makes the salad!
C'mon guys (and gals), why bother with napster, gnutella, or any of that other p2p crap? Just walk into your local music store and pocket the CDs that you want. No worrys about low quality copies, bandwidth, or disk space. You're in, you're out.
Using napster, gnutella, or any other p2p tool that comes along in the future will not solve this problem. Stealing the works using napster does not help the TRUE Musicians in any way -- instead of getting a paltry royalty, they get NO ROYALTY at all. It is easier for the record companies to absorb the loss of their big piece of the pie than the majority of artists to absorb the loss of their little piece. Tell me again how this helps the TRUE Musicians?