He implies that Office became a omnipresent in the same way that they say Photoshop did... by users and students swapping copies amongst themselves. Then the same people, once they get jobs, request that their employers use those products instead of the competitors. Their employers can't get away with pirating copies, and they have to buy licenses for all the people who will be using the software, so it works out.
Supposedly this is an actual business practice of Adobe, but there is really no way to prove it one way or the other, I guess. You've never heard this theory?
That's not really a "how". Unless you know a way to make the majority of the users change their habits, or the majority supplier change their software... Both hard to do operating from a minority position.
If you think the majority of people who bought GBA backup systems also wrote homebrew games, you must also think that most Linux users have contributed to Open Source.
He didn't say that.
He said that the majority of people who make homebrew apps buy games.
They should put the modchips in them - ie. bypass the console's security through the USB port - that way Microsoft, Nintendo, et.al. won't realise.
Yes, I'm sure these companies (who probably have thousands of talented engineers working for them) would be completely baffled by someone hiding a modchip in a controller. Suuure.
I emailed Harry Knowles and Moriarty, the Ain't It cool News guys several days ago, and submitted this story, as well. Both maintained they had MORE than one source, AND that this guy was not one of those aforementioned sources. Here are the responses I got:
"If they charged him, he was stealing stuff, but I've never heard nor met that guy." - Harry
"We've never heard of him." - Moriarty
If they are to believed, then this guy is unrelated to them. The fact that LucasFilm has not pressed charges only backs up that fact.
Oh, and by the way:
2002-10-09 19:48:17 Steal from George, go to jail (articles,starwars) (rejected)
Well, he does have a point. If they stuck with Apple through the bad years, why would they switch now, when Apple is actually doing a lot of things right?
I would be at the mercy of the merchants within walking distance and/or the piss-poor service that one often associates with public transport.
Well, he did say it was good for people who live in big cities like NYC or San Fran. And those cities have good (and varied) merchants in walking distance, almost anywhere you live, AND good public transport. When I lived in NYC, I didn't have a car and was happier. When I needed one for a weekend trip, I rented one. Worked out great.
I don't think it's "horrible", per se, but I know for a fact it's very detrimental to your health and, considering the fact that so many people partake in an activity that is detrimental to their health, the effect is less than negligable.
Again, I never said it was the end of the world - I simply took issue with the fact that it was "negligable". Even if you cut the government's number in half, I would not call that an insignificant amount of money.
I'd argue that more people are negatively affected by a poor diet, however. And the results of poor diety choices will probably incur more costs than smoking does in the future, if not already... Since less people are smoking but people's diets seem to get worse and worse (here in the U.S., at least).
Thanks for defining the hight of human achievement as a cog in an economic machine that strives for 110% efficiency at all costs.
Actually, I never defined anything. I simply refuted the parent posters claims that smoking has a negligable effect, using figures. If you didn't like the conclusion the figures pointed to, maybe should should try to find some figures that echo your point of view, if you can, instead of trying to come up with childish retorts.
Actually, it's not because they died, it's because smokers statistically take 2-4 more sick days per year than nonsmokers, according to the article I linked... Which you would have known had you read it.
The only reason I would get a mod chip is to play import games, same as I got a modded DVD player to see import movies. I'm sure there are many other people that feel the same way... especially considering the huge amount of import games that are for sale at my local game shop.
We really don't give to shits about the oil in Iraq, there isn't much there in relation to other countries, and we never were importing much from them anyway. We DO, however, import quite a bit from Kuwait, which is where the original "Desert Storm" came from.
Huh. And here I thought that Iraq has the world's second largest oil reserve (more than 10% of the world's supply), and in fact has a larger reserve than that of Kuwait.
"A report from the United States Surgeon General estimates that lost productivity and forfeited earnings due to smoking related disability account for $47 billion per year" - source
And that was just the first link that came up in Google. Do you have any figures to back up your claim that the costs of smoking are negligable, or do you simply consider $47 billion a year to be negligable?
That said, I don't think smoking should be illegal, I just took issue with your lack of figures to back up your claim.
People are already doing this. One of my friends helped design a gas-reclaimation system at Fresh Kills, siphoning off the various flammable gasses that are generated by all the decomposition and using them to generate electricity.
Weird, I wouldn't have thought you'd even get that much. I know extremely little about cryptography, but I always heard OTP was unbreakable. If you can uncover "the exact words you already knew were present in the document and nothing more", what's to stop someone from just trying every word? Is it just a time issue?
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I don't mind the trailers... I like trailers.
What I _do_ mind are the commercials. There were four or five commercials in front of the last movie I saw, and only one trailer!
I've been in many where people get on their phones as soon as the credits roll... And have heard a cellphone ring in a theater before.
The House of Shock is awesome. It's also either owned or co-owned by some of the guys in Pantera, I believe.
I haven't tried to pirate Office, so I don't know how easy it is. I'd be suprised if their copy-protection measures really work, though - do they?
He implies that Office became a omnipresent in the same way that they say Photoshop did... by users and students swapping copies amongst themselves. Then the same people, once they get jobs, request that their employers use those products instead of the competitors. Their employers can't get away with pirating copies, and they have to buy licenses for all the people who will be using the software, so it works out.
Supposedly this is an actual business practice of Adobe, but there is really no way to prove it one way or the other, I guess. You've never heard this theory?
That's not really a "how". Unless you know a way to make the majority of the users change their habits, or the majority supplier change their software... Both hard to do operating from a minority position.
If you think the majority of people who bought GBA backup systems also wrote homebrew games, you must also think that most Linux users have contributed to Open Source.
He didn't say that.
He said that the majority of people who make homebrew apps buy games.
They should put the modchips in them - ie. bypass the console's security through the USB port - that way Microsoft, Nintendo, et.al. won't realise.
Yes, I'm sure these companies (who probably have thousands of talented engineers working for them) would be completely baffled by someone hiding a modchip in a controller. Suuure.
And how can you enforce a standard if 90% of the market isn't using it?
I emailed Harry Knowles and Moriarty, the Ain't It cool News guys several days ago, and submitted this story, as well. Both maintained they had MORE than one source, AND that this guy was not one of those aforementioned sources. Here are the responses I got :
"If they charged him, he was stealing stuff, but I've never heard nor met that guy." - Harry
"We've never heard of him." - Moriarty
If they are to believed, then this guy is unrelated to them. The fact that LucasFilm has not pressed charges only backs up that fact.
Oh, and by the way:
2002-10-09 19:48:17 Steal from George, go to jail (articles,starwars) (rejected)
Well, he does have a point. If they stuck with Apple through the bad years, why would they switch now, when Apple is actually doing a lot of things right?
I would be at the mercy of the merchants within walking distance and/or the piss-poor service that one often associates with public transport.
Well, he did say it was good for people who live in big cities like NYC or San Fran. And those cities have good (and varied) merchants in walking distance, almost anywhere you live, AND good public transport. When I lived in NYC, I didn't have a car and was happier. When I needed one for a weekend trip, I rented one. Worked out great.
The funcoland by my house has the keyboard for less than $10. Stacks of them. I'm sure most used video game places do as well.
I think Sega has bigger things to worry about than suing someone for making aftermarket hardware for a system that they don't support anymore.
I don't think it's "horrible", per se, but I know for a fact it's very detrimental to your health and, considering the fact that so many people partake in an activity that is detrimental to their health, the effect is less than negligable.
Again, I never said it was the end of the world - I simply took issue with the fact that it was "negligable". Even if you cut the government's number in half, I would not call that an insignificant amount of money.
I'd argue that more people are negatively affected by a poor diet, however. And the results of poor diety choices will probably incur more costs than smoking does in the future, if not already... Since less people are smoking but people's diets seem to get worse and worse (here in the U.S., at least).
Thanks for defining the hight of human achievement as a cog in an economic machine that strives for 110% efficiency at all costs.
Actually, I never defined anything. I simply refuted the parent posters claims that smoking has a negligable effect, using figures. If you didn't like the conclusion the figures pointed to, maybe should should try to find some figures that echo your point of view, if you can, instead of trying to come up with childish retorts.
Actually, it's not because they died, it's because smokers statistically take 2-4 more sick days per year than nonsmokers, according to the article I linked... Which you would have known had you read it.
The only reason I would get a mod chip is to play import games, same as I got a modded DVD player to see import movies. I'm sure there are many other people that feel the same way... especially considering the huge amount of import games that are for sale at my local game shop.
We really don't give to shits about the oil in Iraq, there isn't much there in relation to other countries, and we never were importing much from them anyway. We DO, however, import quite a bit from Kuwait, which is where the original "Desert Storm" came from.
Huh. And here I thought that Iraq has the world's second largest oil reserve (more than 10% of the world's supply), and in fact has a larger reserve than that of Kuwait.
"A report from the United States Surgeon General estimates that lost productivity and forfeited earnings due to smoking related disability account for $47 billion per year" - source
And that was just the first link that came up in Google. Do you have any figures to back up your claim that the costs of smoking are negligable, or do you simply consider $47 billion a year to be negligable?
That said, I don't think smoking should be illegal, I just took issue with your lack of figures to back up your claim.
So, what's the first choice?
They would probably sell granules like the ones they sell for septic tanks, to "refresh" your battery.
People are already doing this. One of my friends helped design a gas-reclaimation system at Fresh Kills, siphoning off the various flammable gasses that are generated by all the decomposition and using them to generate electricity.
I haven't heard much about these "solialistis solutions", can you expound on that?
Weird, I wouldn't have thought you'd even get that much. I know extremely little about cryptography, but I always heard OTP was unbreakable. If you can uncover "the exact words you already knew were present in the document and nothing more", what's to stop someone from just trying every word? Is it just a time issue?