How many loggers while you're at it? Face it--the fantasy world of overpaid IT jobs is gone forever. You have a skill that is basically fungible in today's world, and can be purchased at a lower price than would sustain or satisfy you. What IT people have been failing to understand for years now is that technology expertise is not as valuable a skill as it was once perceived. In fact, a lot of technology work is drudgery on the order of rivetting and lever-pulling. Too bad for those who were counting on making $300,000 a year. Time to reinvent yourself. The steelworkers did it. The loggers did it. Now it's your turn.
I gave my marble mouse away. I never found any way to properly anchor the thing with my palm, and it is so light that it was always shifting around. Plus, I was constantly accidentally clicking the buttons as I tried to keep the damn thing from scooting around. The ball is too small and light to get any of that nice inertia that makes trackballs so great (anyone remember spinning the Centipede trackball when you ran out of quarters?)
I now use the wildly expensive Kensington Expert Mouse trackball. This thing is big, heavy and has a great ergonomic feel. It looks awesome (mostly black with silver, and a fake leather-textured wrist rest).
The best feature of the Expert Mouse trackball is the scrollwheel ring around the trackball that you spin in an orbit around the ball. It is so addictive to scroll with this thing. It has just enough weight to let you really toss the ring around and it will continue to spin just enough on its own--reducing the amount of effort you put into scrolling. Also, since the ring is about three inches in diameter, you have excellent control over how much you scroll. You get so addicted to spinning with it that all other scrollwheels seem inadequate, and you catch yourself going for the ring even when it isn't there. Totally genius. (This is coming from a guy who has spend hundreds of dollars on trackballs in the past two years.)
In the US, this would probably be enforceable as a matter of contract law. This is not a patent issue. If there were no contract, copyright law would allow you to do a clean room implementation, but not if you were contractually prohibited by means of this EULA.
Run a comparison against the original in DeltaView or some other third party app. Then you'll see the changes, no matter what monkey business intervenes.
That is what nations do. When your nation has acheived superpower status, then we will have a discussion about how best to protect national interests abroad. In the meantime, I remain adamant that your self-professed hatred of Americans is more detrimental to humanity than the semi-coherent, cloudy, amorphous phenomenon that is known as "America". You claim that America creates terrorists. This is how I know that you are not an honorable man. A man of honor accepts responsibility for his actions. If you ask me why America makes mistakes on the world stage, I will tell you that any innovative organization will make mistakes as it attempts to break new ground. You cannot dispute that America has been the leading innovator in the world during our lifetimes. There is as much positive influence that comes from America as negative (probably more), but your need to hate someone (not blacks today, not Jews (well probably you hate Jews, too) but today, it will be Americans that you hate) is blinding you. People like you just sit around waiting for a target for your hate to present itself. America has always been big and loud, and it is more than happy to absorb your hatred, even if it means that we lose the lives of our patriots in the process. We care enough about this community over here, that we will endure the wasted souls from yours. So, pray tell, what utopian nation do you call your own. I am 99% certain that it will be continental Europe, in which case, I have a few words for you about whichever government it is you so dearly cherish.
I recently contested a $400 bill with TMobile and they credited me $350 for a new 12 month contract. I've been with them for years, though (since Voicestream). They are clearly worried about LNP.
There is no such thing as an "attitude" that would warrant reckless death and destruction. You say you don't like America's attitude, and therefore you hate us? Why should America tolerate hatred like yours? Have you considered how morally indefensible your position is? Have you made any effort to keep yourself accountable while pointing fingers at the USA? There is no enterprise in life that operates on the scale of the USA that will be able to make every decision and take actions in a manner that is entirely consistent with the interests of all other constituencies.
The question is: How have I, an American citizen, who you profess to hate, how have I harmed you, whoever you are? How has my participation in my local civilization interfered with yours? Why are you so quick to buy into the notion that leaders have absolute power? Why don't you see that governments are only like cowboys in the sense that they are riding the bull, barely hanging on, and pretending to be in control? You hate me, but I don't hate you. I pity you.
I forgot about the Double Life of Veronique. I'm not sure if I understand how Red is PKD-esque. Maybe I missed part of that film. Care to explain?
Anyway, I think Keizlowski and Wenders would be the only two directors that are capable of rendering PKD in a meaningful way. They already resonate with his themes.
...and I am in no way defending the crap that is The Matrix here. But, ironically, the stated intellectual source for the Matrix series (Jean Baudrillard) echoes your views on "supersaturation" of media influence. The stupid part, both in Baudrillard's writing and in The Matrix, is that he goes on to conclude that this is proof that there is no God/creator/mastermind/meaning in the universe.
...read the same books that law students read in law school. Stop looking for shortcuts; there aren't any. Reading slashdot is insanely frustrating for me because the level of ignorance about the law is appalling. It is not that hard to pick up a respectable law review (those are journals of legal analysis--available in libraries and (no kidding!) online) and read an article about the topic you are interested in. Slashdot people are reasonably intelligent, and can learn things like new programming languages. I don't see why you can't decypher the law--which is pretty straightforward in most cases. Stop treating the newspaper, this website (and pretty all other websites with a very few exceptions) as your gospel for legal issues.
There is so much disinformation and FUD about the law online that you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't educate yourself from the sources that truly understand the law. Go get a law school curriculum and buy a few of the books. Read them. It's not that hard. Stop looking for shortcuts.
Is there some way to exploit the nexus between strict DMCA controls and lax gun laws in America to integrate an MP3 player into a gun without violating the RIAA's rights?
Symbian rules all over Palm. Give it a chance. Of course it doesn't have the installed user base or applications yet. Arguments like yours are what keeps Microsoft in business.
Depends on where you are. I use T-Mobile in New York City with my P800 and it is flawless--lots of talk time and data allowance for about 100 bucks a month. There are plenty of less expensive plans that would work with this phone.
The P800 has *excellent* handwriting recognition. I can knock out long text messages in seconds. I really don't understand why anyone wouldn't buy a P800. If for no other reason than PalmOS sucks and SymbianOS rules.
That's my choice. It's truly the best PDA/Phone. It's big for a phone, but waaaay smaller than Treos, and I use it all the time. Symbian's a good OS, with better handwriting recognition than Palm.
...by tying the donation to MS platforms, the Gates Foundation effectively trains children in the bizarre workings of MS software, and further solidifies Microsoft's grip on the markets of the future.
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He's perfect for the part. He even managed to be funny in the Ali G movie.
iSynch won't recognize my P900. :(
Before we get into a discussion about whether or not this is 'art', please provide us with your definition of 'art'....
In case you don't follow these things.
How many loggers while you're at it? Face it--the fantasy world of overpaid IT jobs is gone forever. You have a skill that is basically fungible in today's world, and can be purchased at a lower price than would sustain or satisfy you. What IT people have been failing to understand for years now is that technology expertise is not as valuable a skill as it was once perceived. In fact, a lot of technology work is drudgery on the order of rivetting and lever-pulling. Too bad for those who were counting on making $300,000 a year. Time to reinvent yourself. The steelworkers did it. The loggers did it. Now it's your turn.
...the whole purpose of patents is to get ideas into the public domain in exchange for a 17 year monopoly on revenues.
This is the one I have--yes it's US$100.
I gave my marble mouse away. I never found any way to properly anchor the thing with my palm, and it is so light that it was always shifting around. Plus, I was constantly accidentally clicking the buttons as I tried to keep the damn thing from scooting around. The ball is too small and light to get any of that nice inertia that makes trackballs so great (anyone remember spinning the Centipede trackball when you ran out of quarters?)
I now use the wildly expensive Kensington Expert Mouse trackball. This thing is big, heavy and has a great ergonomic feel. It looks awesome (mostly black with silver, and a fake leather-textured wrist rest).
The best feature of the Expert Mouse trackball is the scrollwheel ring around the trackball that you spin in an orbit around the ball. It is so addictive to scroll with this thing. It has just enough weight to let you really toss the ring around and it will continue to spin just enough on its own--reducing the amount of effort you put into scrolling. Also, since the ring is about three inches in diameter, you have excellent control over how much you scroll. You get so addicted to spinning with it that all other scrollwheels seem inadequate, and you catch yourself going for the ring even when it isn't there. Totally genius. (This is coming from a guy who has spend hundreds of dollars on trackballs in the past two years.)
Is this one of a little Martian girl.
In the US, this would probably be enforceable as a matter of contract law. This is not a patent issue. If there were no contract, copyright law would allow you to do a clean room implementation, but not if you were contractually prohibited by means of this EULA.
Run a comparison against the original in DeltaView or some other third party app. Then you'll see the changes, no matter what monkey business intervenes.
That is what nations do. When your nation has acheived superpower status, then we will have a discussion about how best to protect national interests abroad. In the meantime, I remain adamant that your self-professed hatred of Americans is more detrimental to humanity than the semi-coherent, cloudy, amorphous phenomenon that is known as "America". You claim that America creates terrorists. This is how I know that you are not an honorable man. A man of honor accepts responsibility for his actions. If you ask me why America makes mistakes on the world stage, I will tell you that any innovative organization will make mistakes as it attempts to break new ground. You cannot dispute that America has been the leading innovator in the world during our lifetimes. There is as much positive influence that comes from America as negative (probably more), but your need to hate someone (not blacks today, not Jews (well probably you hate Jews, too) but today, it will be Americans that you hate) is blinding you. People like you just sit around waiting for a target for your hate to present itself. America has always been big and loud, and it is more than happy to absorb your hatred, even if it means that we lose the lives of our patriots in the process. We care enough about this community over here, that we will endure the wasted souls from yours. So, pray tell, what utopian nation do you call your own. I am 99% certain that it will be continental Europe, in which case, I have a few words for you about whichever government it is you so dearly cherish.
I recently contested a $400 bill with TMobile and they credited me $350 for a new 12 month contract. I've been with them for years, though (since Voicestream). They are clearly worried about LNP.
There is no such thing as an "attitude" that would warrant reckless death and destruction. You say you don't like America's attitude, and therefore you hate us? Why should America tolerate hatred like yours? Have you considered how morally indefensible your position is? Have you made any effort to keep yourself accountable while pointing fingers at the USA? There is no enterprise in life that operates on the scale of the USA that will be able to make every decision and take actions in a manner that is entirely consistent with the interests of all other constituencies.
The question is: How have I, an American citizen, who you profess to hate, how have I harmed you, whoever you are? How has my participation in my local civilization interfered with yours? Why are you so quick to buy into the notion that leaders have absolute power? Why don't you see that governments are only like cowboys in the sense that they are riding the bull, barely hanging on, and pretending to be in control? You hate me, but I don't hate you. I pity you.
I forgot about the Double Life of Veronique. I'm not sure if I understand how Red is PKD-esque. Maybe I missed part of that film. Care to explain?
Anyway, I think Keizlowski and Wenders would be the only two directors that are capable of rendering PKD in a meaningful way. They already resonate with his themes.
...and I am in no way defending the crap that is The Matrix here. But, ironically, the stated intellectual source for the Matrix series (Jean Baudrillard) echoes your views on "supersaturation" of media influence. The stupid part, both in Baudrillard's writing and in The Matrix, is that he goes on to conclude that this is proof that there is no God/creator/mastermind/meaning in the universe.
...read the same books that law students read in law school. Stop looking for shortcuts; there aren't any. Reading slashdot is insanely frustrating for me because the level of ignorance about the law is appalling. It is not that hard to pick up a respectable law review (those are journals of legal analysis--available in libraries and (no kidding!) online) and read an article about the topic you are interested in. Slashdot people are reasonably intelligent, and can learn things like new programming languages. I don't see why you can't decypher the law--which is pretty straightforward in most cases. Stop treating the newspaper, this website (and pretty all other websites with a very few exceptions) as your gospel for legal issues.
There is so much disinformation and FUD about the law online that you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't educate yourself from the sources that truly understand the law. Go get a law school curriculum and buy a few of the books. Read them. It's not that hard. Stop looking for shortcuts.
Is there some way to exploit the nexus between strict DMCA controls and lax gun laws in America to integrate an MP3 player into a gun without violating the RIAA's rights?
...in the US is that it requires you to send your phone to Sony and let them keep it for like three weeks.
Symbian rules all over Palm. Give it a chance. Of course it doesn't have the installed user base or applications yet. Arguments like yours are what keeps Microsoft in business.
Depends on where you are. I use T-Mobile in New York City with my P800 and it is flawless--lots of talk time and data allowance for about 100 bucks a month. There are plenty of less expensive plans that would work with this phone.
Wouldn't you expect a person that buys an Alienware box to shop at the Men's Warehouse?
The P800 has *excellent* handwriting recognition. I can knock out long text messages in seconds. I really don't understand why anyone wouldn't buy a P800. If for no other reason than PalmOS sucks and SymbianOS rules.
That's my choice. It's truly the best PDA/Phone. It's big for a phone, but waaaay smaller than Treos, and I use it all the time. Symbian's a good OS, with better handwriting recognition than Palm.
...by tying the donation to MS platforms, the Gates Foundation effectively trains children in the bizarre workings of MS software, and further solidifies Microsoft's grip on the markets of the future.