If one publisher is publishing a paper book, anyone can buy it for $15 (or whatever). If one publisher is publishing an e-book in a proprietary format for their reader only, the 90% of people that don't already have the reader will have to pay $300 to buy it.
And the factions in Sholazar. Sure, you can switch between them, but not that easily if you want to go all the way to exalted. And Gelkis/Magram, while we're at it.
The head of the Galactic Confederation (76 planets around larger stars visible from here) (founded 95,000,000 yrs ago, very space opera) solved overpopulation (250 billion or so per planet -- 178 billion on average) by mass implanting. He caused people to be brought to Teegeeack (Earth) and put an H Bomb on the principal volcanoes (Incident 2) and then the Pacific area ones were taken in boxes to Hawaii and the Atlantic Area ones to Las Palmas and there "packaged." His name was Xenu. He used renegades. Various misleading data by means of circuits etc. was placed in the implants. When through with his crime Loyal Officers (to the people) captured him after 6 years of battle and put him in an electronic mountain trap where he still is. "They" are gone. The place (Confed.) has since been a desert.
There are lots of reasons. Some have enough of a financial mattress to not care about job security, for others, an unstable job is the only one around and if that job were to disappear they would go into unemployment.
I find Chrome to be twice as fast as Firefox in terms of startup time (both first time (from HD) and subsequent (from RAM)). Chrome OS, in its finished form, will have a similar advantage (3 sec bootup vs. 10-100). Also, I find the Chrome browser's UI better - it doesn't waste 6 lines of screen space like Firefox.
In reality, cloning someone else's invention costs about two thirds as much as making it yourself. There's some types of knowledge that simply can't be pirated, like the engineers' experience with the invention that they themselves created.
Some things are genuinely ambiguous, and "should I release a sample virus which helps security researchers and malware authors at the same time" is, IMO, pretty ambiguous. The optimal solution would be to find a way just to release it to some security people and then put it out after a few weeks.
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From what I heard, Sony's (embed memory of rootkits here) ebook reader is actually more open than many of the other ones, including the Kindle.
If one publisher is publishing a paper book, anyone can buy it for $15 (or whatever). If one publisher is publishing an e-book in a proprietary format for their reader only, the 90% of people that don't already have the reader will have to pay $300 to buy it.
What about a computer generated index?
the - page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325
a - page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325
because - page 9, 14, 36, 39, 45, 46, 50, 58, 64, 69, 73, 80, 101, 106, 113, 119, 127, 138, 144, 153, 161, 177, 183, 185, 199, 202, 215, 220, 222, 224, 228, 235, 240, 243, 251, 259, 260, 269, 278, 288, 300, 312, 316, 322, 323, 325
Welcome to the 1970s. It's called a text adventure.
And the factions in Sholazar. Sure, you can switch between them, but not that easily if you want to go all the way to exalted. And Gelkis/Magram, while we're at it.
Pen up your nose for 10-15 minutes works great.
you must be new here. they are a CORPORATION, amazingly greedy and working ONLY for their own self interests.
What a sad, jaded perspective on modern commerce. That kind of thinking tends to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Want some slightly less high quality prose?
The head of the Galactic
Confederation (76 planets around
larger stars visible from here)
(founded 95,000,000 yrs ago, very space opera)
solved overpopulation (250 billion
or so per planet -- 178 billion on
average) by mass implanting.
He caused people to be brought to
Teegeeack (Earth) and put an H Bomb
on the principal volcanoes (Incident 2)
and then the Pacific area ones
were taken in boxes to Hawaii
and the Atlantic Area ones to
Las Palmas and there "packaged."
His name was Xenu. He used
renegades. Various misleading
data by means of circuits etc.
was placed in the implants.
When through with his crime Loyal Officers
(to the people) captured him
after 6 years of battle
and put him in an electronic
mountain trap where he still
is. "They" are gone. The place (Confed.)
has since been a desert.
There are lots of reasons. Some have enough of a financial mattress to not care about job security, for others, an unstable job is the only one around and if that job were to disappear they would go into unemployment.
I heard that if you kill a warlock with a resto druid (kill, not survive forever), the credits start rolling.
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00110
01010
01101
00001
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00110
01001
01111
00010
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00110
01001
01111
00011
There you go, need any more?
One race/class/talent combo, to be precise. How many different combinations of talents are there again?
Well, the way I see it is "there are countries where an employee doesn't have a right to subject himself to that power even if he wants to".
Why should I pick a browser that requires plugins to do something when I can get one that does it out of the box?
Google lets you use their services from any browser on any OS. I don't see why they would block you if you're running a modified version of Chrome OS.
Linux, therefore has 13.37% of the "non-MS market".
If that isn't proof Linux is awesome then I don't know what is.
I find Chrome to be twice as fast as Firefox in terms of startup time (both first time (from HD) and subsequent (from RAM)). Chrome OS, in its finished form, will have a similar advantage (3 sec bootup vs. 10-100). Also, I find the Chrome browser's UI better - it doesn't waste 6 lines of screen space like Firefox.
PS3: At least it's better than XBOX.
But just because a concept is ported to the internet that does not make it as new as the original.
I knew it! Tolkien was pirating from Games Workshop and Blizzard all along!
Really? The virtual equivalent of a sign saying "Subway station 500 meters that way" is patentable?
In reality, cloning someone else's invention costs about two thirds as much as making it yourself. There's some types of knowledge that simply can't be pirated, like the engineers' experience with the invention that they themselves created.
Some things are genuinely ambiguous, and "should I release a sample virus which helps security researchers and malware authors at the same time" is, IMO, pretty ambiguous. The optimal solution would be to find a way just to release it to some security people and then put it out after a few weeks.
Tetra-electron volts? As in four of them? I'm pretty sure it is "tera".
Mod parent up, that one was a joule.