If I walk into a bank, pull an unloaded gun, wave it around and demand that they turn over the money, then say "just kidding" and walk out leaving the money on the counter:
a) It was just a silly, juvenile prank
b) Noone was hurt or ever at risk of being hurt (except me!)
At what age would that stop being acceptable?
If the kid had been 7 years old, I would say "no, he doesn't deserve to spend 7 years in prison" but that's because he's only SEVEN. This kid was FOURTEEN years old, and if in this day and age you don't know that committing a federal felony is not a silly, harmless, juvenille prank by age FOURTEEN, then maybe he needs to be punished. Had he been older than 18 he could have been facing a much more serious prison term.
I'm sorry, but unless the kid is Special Ed, by age 14 he should damn well know that trying to buy something with counterfeit money is WRONG. Seven years does seem like a long time, but seriously, how stupid would you have to be to try something like this?
Well, this is on my work PC that is locked down tight against the users (meaning I can't make any changes) yet is left pretty much wide open to all sorts of exploits, etc...
If I receive a non-HTML/RTF formatted e-mail that contains a URL, Outlook will convert it to a link and when clicked it launches IE rather than my preferred browser.
I saw on CNN Headline News during one of their tech segments, they were displaying the game on a large plasma display, but the player was having to shoot at a very small (10" or so) color monitor because, as they said, the gun does not work on the plasma display.
I register at every casino I play at (so that means I have a STACK of cards).
By simply presenting a card to the pit boss you're showing that:
* You are most likely a return customer, or at least someone willing to spend time at the casino
* You are giving them the ability to check your past betting behavior
* You are setting yourself up to earn some comps.
* You like free stuff! I went to Vegas (again) this year with my dad, brother and sister for my birthday. My sister made it a point to sign up for every slot club she could, even though she only played the penny slots. She made some money (a few dollars here and there) and won a free t-shirt, a wooden box for holding photos, some free dice, free cards, etc. just for signing up for meeting some minimum play-time requirement.
At the very least I get to hear the pit boss say "Here your card, Mr. Jones, good luck!"
Also, the iPod is the only player that works with audiobooks
Are you sure? I'm reasonably certain that the Otis MP3 player I got free from Audible.com with my subscription will play MP3s and Audible's proprietary audio book format... come to think of it, Pocket PCs that play MP3 files can also play Audible's audio books...
This is not the sort of game you play so that you can tell your grandkids "ya know, back when I was your age we had wholesome, fun games with a purpose and meaning".
This is a game you play when you want to blow shit up and laugh like a loon. Like when you get home from a typical day at work.
If you see the movie before you read the books, the books then become tainted, and you start seeing all the characters as they are portrayed in the movies
I personally have always had a hard time with books with a ton of characters. It's difficult for me to 'imagine' the appearances of a lot of different people. I tried on two separate occassions to get through the LOTR books and couldn't do it. After having seen the first two movies I sat down and read through them all and it was much easier because now I knew what the various characters looked like and it was much easier to keep track of who is who.
Last Christmas I picked up a Magnavox DVD player at BlockBuster. I don't remember the model # off the top of my head, just that it ends with "SL". There is simple hack that temporarily sets it to region free, turning it off and back on restores it to normal. The hack can be found at the link I posted above http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdhacks
The DVD player also supports NTSC and PAL. In the setup screen choose Multisync and give it a few seconds for the video to stop rolling and it will let you play pretty much any disc you put in it. I've played CD-R KVCD, VCD and SVCD in both NTSC and PAL, as well as a non-USA region DVD (an anime disc from a friend, don't remember which one) and all have played with no problems.
It also will accept a CD-R full of JPG files and display them on the screen, which makes it easy to bore your family and friends with all your crappy vacation photos.
buying a region free DVD player (which retail chains in the US do not sell)
Ya know, that's funny because the Magnavox DVD player I got last Christmas at BLOCKBUSTER will play DVDs from all regions. Sure, I have to punch a few buttons on the remote first, but it works just fine.
A lot of DVD players, name brand as well as the cheap Chinese imports will play DVDs from all regions if you know how - check the list of region free hacks at this site to see if your DVD player can.
I think copyright and patent rights are kept even if not defended 100%
Well maybe they shouldn't be... especially since it seems that most of these 'outrageous patent litigations' we've seen recently are for things that were 'invented' years back and are only now after being widely used being pursued in court.
Actually, DirecPC was sued over this a few years back and the court agreed that the company HAS to provide you with what the limits are or they can't enforce them.
Now, whether or not a group of customers is willing to start a class action suit against ComCast based on the DirecPC ruling is another thing altogether.
Go to Analog X and download a free program called NetStat Live. The program shows your current CPU utilization, upload and download transfer rates over time *and* tracks your total amounts up/downloaded for the month.
I've been using it for a couple of years and it works flawlessly.
it's like putting a tax on balaclavas and giving the tax money to banks that had been robbed.
Technically it's more like taxing balaclavas (that's ski masks for the non-Northerners) and giving the tax money to banks whether they have been robbed or not. But only the Canadian owned banks, even though a lot of the stolen money probably is in US Dollars and British Pounds.
My local library has an twice-annual (can never remember if that makes it semi-annual or bi-annual) book sale and on the last day the price plummets to an outstanding $3 per paper grocery sack of books.
It's amazing how many pocket novels you can stuff in paper grocery sack - that's a lot of weight.
The most I've ever come home with is two sacks. I've seen my mom pack 5 bags full.
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Ah, the old "but noone was hurt" excuse...
If I walk into a bank, pull an unloaded gun, wave it around and demand that they turn over the money, then say "just kidding" and walk out leaving the money on the counter:
a) It was just a silly, juvenile prank
b) Noone was hurt or ever at risk of being hurt (except me!)
At what age would that stop being acceptable?
If the kid had been 7 years old, I would say "no, he doesn't deserve to spend 7 years in prison" but that's because he's only SEVEN. This kid was FOURTEEN years old, and if in this day and age you don't know that committing a federal felony is not a silly, harmless, juvenille prank by age FOURTEEN, then maybe he needs to be punished. Had he been older than 18 he could have been facing a much more serious prison term.
I'm sorry, but unless the kid is Special Ed, by age 14 he should damn well know that trying to buy something with counterfeit money is WRONG. Seven years does seem like a long time, but seriously, how stupid would you have to be to try something like this?
there's a scene where the girls compare boob sizes... how sad
Are you gay? Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Even with a premium gold membership they only tow the first 100 miles for free, then it's $1 per mile after that.
I'm not scared, but my dick is petrified!
no, wait, that's just an erection...
Well, this is on my work PC that is locked down tight against the users (meaning I can't make any changes) yet is left pretty much wide open to all sorts of exploits, etc...
If I receive a non-HTML/RTF formatted e-mail that contains a URL, Outlook will convert it to a link and when clicked it launches IE rather than my preferred browser.
I saw on CNN Headline News during one of their tech segments, they were displaying the game on a large plasma display, but the player was having to shoot at a very small (10" or so) color monitor because, as they said, the gun does not work on the plasma display.
I register at every casino I play at (so that means I have a STACK of cards).
By simply presenting a card to the pit boss you're showing that:
* You are most likely a return customer, or at least someone willing to spend time at the casino
* You are giving them the ability to check your past betting behavior
* You are setting yourself up to earn some comps.
* You like free stuff! I went to Vegas (again) this year with my dad, brother and sister for my birthday. My sister made it a point to sign up for every slot club she could, even though she only played the penny slots. She made some money (a few dollars here and there) and won a free t-shirt, a wooden box for holding photos, some free dice, free cards, etc. just for signing up for meeting some minimum play-time requirement.
At the very least I get to hear the pit boss say "Here your card, Mr. Jones, good luck!"
You can sign up now before you bet. You don't have to, but then you won't get rated or earn any comps, either.
Also, the iPod is the only player that works with audiobooks
Are you sure? I'm reasonably certain that the Otis MP3 player I got free from Audible.com with my subscription will play MP3s and Audible's proprietary audio book format... come to think of it, Pocket PCs that play MP3 files can also play Audible's audio books...
lights them on fire, and then urinates on them
Obviously you haven't played... urinating on someone puts the fire out, and why would you want to do that?
This is not the sort of game you play so that you can tell your grandkids "ya know, back when I was your age we had wholesome, fun games with a purpose and meaning".
This is a game you play when you want to blow shit up and laugh like a loon. Like when you get home from a typical day at work.
If you see the movie before you read the books, the books then become tainted, and you start seeing all the characters as they are portrayed in the movies
I personally have always had a hard time with books with a ton of characters. It's difficult for me to 'imagine' the appearances of a lot of different people. I tried on two separate occassions to get through the LOTR books and couldn't do it. After having seen the first two movies I sat down and read through them all and it was much easier because now I knew what the various characters looked like and it was much easier to keep track of who is who.
Last Christmas I picked up a Magnavox DVD player at BlockBuster. I don't remember the model # off the top of my head, just that it ends with "SL". There is simple hack that temporarily sets it to region free, turning it off and back on restores it to normal. The hack can be found at the link I posted above http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdhacks
The DVD player also supports NTSC and PAL. In the setup screen choose Multisync and give it a few seconds for the video to stop rolling and it will let you play pretty much any disc you put in it. I've played CD-R KVCD, VCD and SVCD in both NTSC and PAL, as well as a non-USA region DVD (an anime disc from a friend, don't remember which one) and all have played with no problems.
It also will accept a CD-R full of JPG files and display them on the screen, which makes it easy to bore your family and friends with all your crappy vacation photos.
buying a region free DVD player (which retail chains in the US do not sell)
Ya know, that's funny because the Magnavox DVD player I got last Christmas at BLOCKBUSTER will play DVDs from all regions. Sure, I have to punch a few buttons on the remote first, but it works just fine.
A lot of DVD players, name brand as well as the cheap Chinese imports will play DVDs from all regions if you know how - check the list of region free hacks at this site to see if your DVD player can.
If you're rolling the counter then you are probably exceeding the limits of your ISP (if they have any). :-)
Gimme a minute and there will be...
I think copyright and patent rights are kept even if not defended 100%
Well maybe they shouldn't be... especially since it seems that most of these 'outrageous patent litigations' we've seen recently are for things that were 'invented' years back and are only now after being widely used being pursued in court.
Actually, DirecPC was sued over this a few years back and the court agreed that the company HAS to provide you with what the limits are or they can't enforce them.
Now, whether or not a group of customers is willing to start a class action suit against ComCast based on the DirecPC ruling is another thing altogether.
So trying to claim you were in front of your computer for 3 days straight wouldn't fly. (not even with enough caffeine. )
Obviously you've never played EverQuest and tried to camp for the Uber Sword of Uberness.
Go to Analog X and download a free program called NetStat Live. The program shows your current CPU utilization, upload and download transfer rates over time *and* tracks your total amounts up/downloaded for the month.
I've been using it for a couple of years and it works flawlessly.
it's like putting a tax on balaclavas and giving the tax money to banks that had been robbed.
Technically it's more like taxing balaclavas (that's ski masks for the non-Northerners) and giving the tax money to banks whether they have been robbed or not. But only the Canadian owned banks, even though a lot of the stolen money probably is in US Dollars and British Pounds.
My local library has an twice-annual (can never remember if that makes it semi-annual or bi-annual) book sale and on the last day the price plummets to an outstanding $3 per paper grocery sack of books.
It's amazing how many pocket novels you can stuff in paper grocery sack - that's a lot of weight.
The most I've ever come home with is two sacks. I've seen my mom pack 5 bags full.
The EFF could be trying to pursue them under charges of Barratry.