So the dinosaurs listened to the Rites of Spring and Embrace, were greatly influenced by Husker Du and the DC hardcore scene?
Or were they second wave Emo, listening to Braid, Cap'n Jazz, Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas is the Reason while treating Fugazi and the Pixies like gods?
It's too bad there was no third wave of emo. There were some pretty good bands starting out in the early aughts, too.
Cost entails all of the consequences of making a certain decision.
For example, take the decision of buying a notebook or a netbook. The costs of buying the netbook over the notebook include the positive costs of relative price, portability and power consumption/battery life, and the negative costs of buying the netbook are the lower hardware capabilities, tiny screen, lack of optical drive, less storage, etc. The costs of buying the notebook over the netbook are just the opposites.
In this specific case, the OP has the choice of lending out his notebook or not lending out his notebook. The costs of lending may include the positive costs of an increased probability of making friends and a possible philanthropic payoff (ie. doing good things makes us feel good), with the negative costs of possible monetary loss, possible data loss, possible physical loss, loss of privacy and - what appears to be most important - emotional distress or fear of loss.
Monetary and physical loss do not seem to high costs for the OP, while data loss and loss of privacy are. This would mean that, yes, having a guest account may in fact clear up the issues. However, only the OP can weigh the different costs of his actions and make the right decision in the end.
"Either I can wait until after my open-book final to sell back my textbook, or I can make $10 more if I sell it back now..." said my sophomore year roommate who has taken five Survey of Art courses, and will take another in the fall (slightly in depth art history for studio majors).
Did I mention that my school only offers two Survey courses (Ancient to Gothic and Renaissance to Modern)?
Of course Wikipedia is a reliable source.
According to Wikipedia, Wikipedia is just as accurate and contains has similar rate of errors as that of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Actually, the only name that BF Goodrich still has the rights to stemming from their original "Zipper" trademark is "Zipper Boots." Zipper itself was stripped of its trademark and has been classified as a legally descriptive word, and is no longer owned by its inventors.
Barebones notebooks are readily available at several online retailers (including Newegg), and similar systems to those offered by Alienware can be easily assembled by anyone who knows anything about the inside of a notebook.
Barebones notebooks (also called Whitebooks) are relatively easy to find online; most from OCZ and MSI. "Building" these systems is no more complicated than upgrading components of a regular notebook, or installing the operating system. Actually, it's a little easier considering you don't have to remove anything.
The main problem is that the prices can be pretty high. Most include the graphics, but processors, memory, storage, and OS are all left to the user.
Interestingly, the OCZ options available at Newegg range from a 10.1" netbook to a 17" notebook with a Blu-Ray combo drive.
I'll agree that the vast majority of articles, literature and texts would benefit from using the Kindle's technology.
However, in Mathematics (where I'm a grad student), and many of the sciences, most publications require articles to be submitted in LaTeX, which only outputs PDF, DVI and PS documents. Even if they were able to be output into the proprietary Kindle format, the articles wouldn't greatly benefit, and some may need to be thoroughly restructured to account for variable page widths.
This also deals less with what should be the norm (reader friendly formats), while instead directly addressing what is the norm (PDF documents).
Basically, his idea was to create a giant Tesla coil that would transmit electricity, which would make the ground resonate and carry the electricity as far as the resonation would go. He even claimed to make 200 incandescent light bulbs glow from 26 miles away, but it's unverified obviously.
His principles for thinking that this would work is that a moderate sized Tesla coil can make a fluorescent bulb light up remotely, though it's limited to a few feet.
Well, here in the US (and I would assume in other parts of the world as well), we have a nerd subculture whose members are called "Japanophiles." These are non-Japanese people who love all things Japanese simply for being Japanese.
Japanophiles are technically considered nerds because of their strong devotion to a subject area and antisocial stereotype. However, I'm not sure why the Japanophile subculture and Technophile subculture (what I would consider/. to overwhelmingly be) became mixed, aside for the overall classification as nerds.
It is the duty of the RIAA to protect the intellectual works of Atlantic Records, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. You have violated the copyright of the track "Blame Canada" off of the album "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut," specifically using the following lines:
"With all their beady little eyes And flapping heads so full of lies"
This usage does NOT fall under fair use, and thus you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows, including financial compensation for lost revenue do to your illegal use of said content.
"What's next, these morons will buy a PS3 and then complain to the EFF that Halo 3 doesn't work on their new console?"
It's more comparable to Microsoft threatening legal action against a discussion about making Halo 3 (and all Xbox games) playable on the PS3.
"[...]and stop portraying scientists/engineers/academics as nerds or evil."
Speak for yourself. After 8 years in school, I'm sure I'll find a way to make mathematics into an evil enterprise. With a little noncommutative algebra on my side, I could become a right annihilator.
If the Pirate Party really has that many people, and every downloader must be sentenced to at least a year's confinement, then everybody should turn themselves in and overcrowd the jails.
Imagine a that there's a 24-hour all-you-can-eat buffet that sells monthly admission. This of course means that anyone who signs up for the service can come in at any time they want and eat as much of anything that they want.
Most patrons only come in for one meal a day, though there are quite a few that come in for two or three squares a day.
Then one day, someone decides to take full advantage of the service, and spends every waking hour in the buffet eating. He's not necessarily gorging himself, but on top of his constant stream of small entrees, desserts and drinks, he tends to eat some of the most expensive and labor-intensive dishes that the business provides.
Then, without warning, the buffet decides to kick him out.
The problem isn't that he should be paying for every meal. He did sign up for a service that provided, quite literally, all you can eat. This would imply that what was provided was unlimited food, or (sorry, I'm a math student) he was limited to an infinite amount of food.
Despite this, he was kicked off for eating a finite measure of food.
But if it's my right to make a backup, is it that my rights are being infringed upon by copy protection, or is it that the rights of the manufacturers to copy protect their material being infringed upon by my use of programs such as Handbrake?
Slashdot Mirror
Cheap, greedy bastards.
Aren't we all.
"In Iran, first they (probably) rigged an election, and millions of people spoke up"
Oh wait...
But does the Jurassic Park theme song flow better into the Back to the Future theme song, or the Doctor Who theme song?
So the dinosaurs listened to the Rites of Spring and Embrace, were greatly influenced by Husker Du and the DC hardcore scene?
Or were they second wave Emo, listening to Braid, Cap'n Jazz, Sunny Day Real Estate and Texas is the Reason while treating Fugazi and the Pixies like gods?
It's too bad there was no third wave of emo. There were some pretty good bands starting out in the early aughts, too.
cost != price
Cost entails all of the consequences of making a certain decision.
For example, take the decision of buying a notebook or a netbook.
The costs of buying the netbook over the notebook include the positive costs of relative price, portability and power consumption/battery life, and the negative costs of buying the netbook are the lower hardware capabilities, tiny screen, lack of optical drive, less storage, etc.
The costs of buying the notebook over the netbook are just the opposites.
In this specific case, the OP has the choice of lending out his notebook or not lending out his notebook.
The costs of lending may include the positive costs of an increased probability of making friends and a possible philanthropic payoff (ie. doing good things makes us feel good), with the negative costs of possible monetary loss, possible data loss, possible physical loss, loss of privacy and - what appears to be most important - emotional distress or fear of loss.
Monetary and physical loss do not seem to high costs for the OP, while data loss and loss of privacy are. This would mean that, yes, having a guest account may in fact clear up the issues. However, only the OP can weigh the different costs of his actions and make the right decision in the end.
"Either I can wait until after my open-book final to sell back my textbook, or I can make $10 more if I sell it back now..." said my sophomore year roommate who has taken five Survey of Art courses, and will take another in the fall (slightly in depth art history for studio majors).
Did I mention that my school only offers two Survey courses (Ancient to Gothic and Renaissance to Modern)?
It's not about the name, it's about the content.
Think of it like the Princess Bride.
Of course Wikipedia is a reliable source. According to Wikipedia, Wikipedia is just as accurate and contains has similar rate of errors as that of Encyclopedia Britannica.
They can present anything they want as long as they teach the controversy.
Yes, but it brings vehicle location track from (suspected) criminals deemed worthy of the costs of location tracking to (potentially) everyone.
Actually, the only name that BF Goodrich still has the rights to stemming from their original "Zipper" trademark is "Zipper Boots." Zipper itself was stripped of its trademark and has been classified as a legally descriptive word, and is no longer owned by its inventors.
Barebones notebooks are readily available at several online retailers (including Newegg), and similar systems to those offered by Alienware can be easily assembled by anyone who knows anything about the inside of a notebook.
Barebones notebooks (also called Whitebooks) are relatively easy to find online; most from OCZ and MSI. "Building" these systems is no more complicated than upgrading components of a regular notebook, or installing the operating system. Actually, it's a little easier considering you don't have to remove anything.
The main problem is that the prices can be pretty high. Most include the graphics, but processors, memory, storage, and OS are all left to the user.
Interestingly, the OCZ options available at Newegg range from a 10.1" netbook to a 17" notebook with a Blu-Ray combo drive.
I'll agree that the vast majority of articles, literature and texts would benefit from using the Kindle's technology.
However, in Mathematics (where I'm a grad student), and many of the sciences, most publications require articles to be submitted in LaTeX, which only outputs PDF, DVI and PS documents. Even if they were able to be output into the proprietary Kindle format, the articles wouldn't greatly benefit, and some may need to be thoroughly restructured to account for variable page widths.
This also deals less with what should be the norm (reader friendly formats), while instead directly addressing what is the norm (PDF documents).
Basically, his idea was to create a giant Tesla coil that would transmit electricity, which would make the ground resonate and carry the electricity as far as the resonation would go. He even claimed to make 200 incandescent light bulbs glow from 26 miles away, but it's unverified obviously.
His principles for thinking that this would work is that a moderate sized Tesla coil can make a fluorescent bulb light up remotely, though it's limited to a few feet.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/934/whats-up-with-broadcast-power
Only Japanophiles would use the word 'Otaku.'
Well, here in the US (and I would assume in other parts of the world as well), we have a nerd subculture whose members are called "Japanophiles." These are non-Japanese people who love all things Japanese simply for being Japanese.
Japanophiles are technically considered nerds because of their strong devotion to a subject area and antisocial stereotype. However, I'm not sure why the Japanophile subculture and Technophile subculture (what I would consider /. to overwhelmingly be) became mixed, aside for the overall classification as nerds.
Dear Mr/Ms Weedhopper,
It is the duty of the RIAA to protect the intellectual works of Atlantic Records, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. You have violated the copyright of the track "Blame Canada" off of the album "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut," specifically using the following lines:
"With all their beady little eyes
And flapping heads so full of lies"
This usage does NOT fall under fair use, and thus you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent the law allows, including financial compensation for lost revenue do to your illegal use of said content.
Agent Skine
RIAA
"What's next, these morons will buy a PS3 and then complain to the EFF that Halo 3 doesn't work on their new console?" It's more comparable to Microsoft threatening legal action against a discussion about making Halo 3 (and all Xbox games) playable on the PS3.
Sorry, pure mathematics.
"[...]and stop portraying scientists/engineers/academics as nerds or evil."
Speak for yourself. After 8 years in school, I'm sure I'll find a way to make mathematics into an evil enterprise. With a little noncommutative algebra on my side, I could become a right annihilator.
I'm pretty sure that was Mussolini and thyme, respectively.
If the Pirate Party really has that many people, and every downloader must be sentenced to at least a year's confinement, then everybody should turn themselves in and overcrowd the jails.
To make an analogy:
Imagine a that there's a 24-hour all-you-can-eat buffet that sells monthly admission. This of course means that anyone who signs up for the service can come in at any time they want and eat as much of anything that they want.
Most patrons only come in for one meal a day, though there are quite a few that come in for two or three squares a day.
Then one day, someone decides to take full advantage of the service, and spends every waking hour in the buffet eating. He's not necessarily gorging himself, but on top of his constant stream of small entrees, desserts and drinks, he tends to eat some of the most expensive and labor-intensive dishes that the business provides.
Then, without warning, the buffet decides to kick him out.
The problem isn't that he should be paying for every meal. He did sign up for a service that provided, quite literally, all you can eat. This would imply that what was provided was unlimited food, or (sorry, I'm a math student) he was limited to an infinite amount of food.
Despite this, he was kicked off for eating a finite measure of food.
But if it's my right to make a backup, is it that my rights are being infringed upon by copy protection, or is it that the rights of the manufacturers to copy protect their material being infringed upon by my use of programs such as Handbrake?