no, genius, a mutation is a change in DNA. these flies have merely had their reproductive cells nuked and are hence infertile. genetically they are no different from the other flies.
battle.net is a loss leader. they LOSE money on it. the banner ads are just there to soften the blow. a poster further up mentioned that their bandwidth costs are in the $400k/month range. they provide battle.net free as an incentive to sell more games.
you dont tell your boss "no im not going to do something." its not like blizzard has bargaining power - vivendi OWNS them. they have to toe the line, they have no other choice. plus, im sure vivendi has their own snooping-types to find out about bnetd, i dont think they would have needed an informant from blizzard themselves.
well, no, because without bnetd, you wont be able to play your cracked version on it. and as most ppl know, RTS games lose their appeal very quickly in single-player mode. the only significant replay value is on b.net so although i don't like this move, it makes perfect business sense. they don't want WC3 to be pirated widely, and this WILL stop that.
its not "single use" its "limited time use." identical to a rental, except you don't have to take it back when you're done. you should be so lucky as to have a store selling these in your town.
well, yes, you are. wrong that is. "windows" exploits are either outlook exploits or IIS exploits, 99% of the time. i cant remember the last time there was an exploit of the windows OS itself.
can they actually be that deluded? Perhaps when they launch this program and it falls flatly on its face, they will realize that people hate spam because it's SPAM, not because they don't trust its validity.....
why hasn't anyone thought of this before? I could certainly see broadband catching on as a public utility type of thing, instead of a luxury thing. Much how telephones and then cable television did in the past. Not only would it allow for cheaper overall costs, but having a citywide intranet @ gig-e speeds would be amazingly useful for telecommuting/VPN, gaming with friends, or any other number of good stuff.
but the economy truly is enormous. My ex-roommate played Everquest as a JOB. He made anywhere between $500 to $1,000 per month selling EQ money and items on E-bay. The economy has dropped off somewhat after Sony officially declared selling EQ items through the real world was against their policy; if they catch you now they will ban your account.
if it weren't for the fact that your thinking is backwards, you'd be right.
microsoft does not have a monopoly in internet news portals or internet based email.
therefore using MSN to force people to use Internet Explorer is perfectly legal.
IF microsoft has a monopoly in the browser market (arguable, but most likely not) and forced people to use MSN (which they are not doing) then that would be illegal.
if you're trying to imply that there are places with no maximum detainment time, then you're flat out wrong. the most you'll ever see is probably around 2 days. vast majority of places is 24 hours. and if they hold you the full 24 hours, and did not have a justifiable reason to have hauled you down to begin with, you probably have grounds for a lawsuit.
In my experience, people who use the term 'anti-spam zealots' are either spambags themselves, of members of the mainsleaze spam lobby, (i.e. Ken Magill of the Direct Marketing Associations, or various random clueless marketdroids who occasionally write for mainstream rags).
hmm.. that doesnt look like a directed attack to me. perhaps you misread the original post.
nonsense. if anything, microsoft has brought computing 10 years ahead of what it would be otherwise. you can thank microsoft for computers being as widespread and commonplace as they are today.
how many everyday joes would purchase a computer and learn linux to use it? or spend the money to buy a mac?
face it, microsoft is almost wholey responsible for computers being cheap, widespread, and easy to use out of the box.
clotho wove the string, lachesis measured the string, atropos cut the string.
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well, except for the fact that construction guidelines for nuclear power plants entail the inner cores be sturdy enough to actually survive the full impact of a 747 without breach.
so, ramming a nuclear power plant with a commercial plane would do fuck-all as far as widespread nuclear fallout goes.
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[shrug] i think its just a story that some rich eccentric guy wanted to turn into a movie and have fun with. people make it out to be a big schpiel, how the originals were so amazing, blah blah, and now he's sold out, doing it for the money, yadda yadda. whatever.
the originals were enjoyable. ep1 was enjoyable. ep2 will probably be enjoyable as well. none of them are masterpieces.
all the fanboys getting their panties in a bunch piss me off with their misplaced ranting.
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just another shift towards making Star Wars "kid friendly" (Jar Jar and that annoying overly-'kiddy' kid in EP1), something the original trilogy never was and never intended to be.
right, because ewoks and wookies weren't intended to appeal to young children.....
get over it. star wars has ALWAYS catered to younger audiences. the only thing thats changed is your perspective.
uhh... i've had this discussion so many times it almost hurts to reply. but, sure, i'll dredge it up one more time.
evolution isn't a ladder. creatures don't evolve "toward" anything. they simply adapt to their current surroundings. what we deem lower forms of life are just as suited if not moreso to their environs as we are, hence they have no need to evolve.
think of evolution as moving sideways, not up or down. evolution has no goal or end result, it is merely concerned with the present.
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well, they would be fired, and "blizzard" would hire all new employees. not a very good result for any involved.
no, genius, a mutation is a change in DNA. these flies have merely had their reproductive cells nuked and are hence infertile. genetically they are no different from the other flies.
battle.net is a loss leader. they LOSE money on it. the banner ads are just there to soften the blow. a poster further up mentioned that their bandwidth costs are in the $400k/month range. they provide battle.net free as an incentive to sell more games.
(link to said post)
you dont tell your boss "no im not going to do something." its not like blizzard has bargaining power - vivendi OWNS them. they have to toe the line, they have no other choice. plus, im sure vivendi has their own snooping-types to find out about bnetd, i dont think they would have needed an informant from blizzard themselves.
well, no, because without bnetd, you wont be able to play your cracked version on it. and as most ppl know, RTS games lose their appeal very quickly in single-player mode. the only significant replay value is on b.net so although i don't like this move, it makes perfect business sense. they don't want WC3 to be pirated widely, and this WILL stop that.
its not "single use" its "limited time use." identical to a rental, except you don't have to take it back when you're done. you should be so lucky as to have a store selling these in your town.
well, yes, you are. wrong that is. "windows" exploits are either outlook exploits or IIS exploits, 99% of the time. i cant remember the last time there was an exploit of the windows OS itself.
can they actually be that deluded? Perhaps when they launch this program and it falls flatly on its face, they will realize that people hate spam because it's SPAM, not because they don't trust its validity.....
why hasn't anyone thought of this before? I could certainly see broadband catching on as a public utility type of thing, instead of a luxury thing. Much how telephones and then cable television did in the past. Not only would it allow for cheaper overall costs, but having a citywide intranet @ gig-e speeds would be amazingly useful for telecommuting/VPN, gaming with friends, or any other number of good stuff.
but the economy truly is enormous. My ex-roommate played Everquest as a JOB. He made anywhere between $500 to $1,000 per month selling EQ money and items on E-bay. The economy has dropped off somewhat after Sony officially declared selling EQ items through the real world was against their policy; if they catch you now they will ban your account.
if it weren't for the fact that your thinking is backwards, you'd be right.
microsoft does not have a monopoly in internet news portals or internet based email.
therefore using MSN to force people to use Internet Explorer is perfectly legal.
IF microsoft has a monopoly in the browser market (arguable, but most likely not) and forced people to use MSN (which they are not doing) then that would be illegal.
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huh?
if you're trying to imply that there are places with no maximum detainment time, then you're flat out wrong. the most you'll ever see is probably around 2 days. vast majority of places is 24 hours. and if they hold you the full 24 hours, and did not have a justifiable reason to have hauled you down to begin with, you probably have grounds for a lawsuit.
In my experience, people who use the term 'anti-spam zealots' are either spambags themselves, of members of the mainsleaze spam lobby, (i.e. Ken Magill of the Direct Marketing Associations, or various random clueless marketdroids who occasionally write for mainstream rags).
hmm.. that doesnt look like a directed attack to me. perhaps you misread the original post.
nonsense. if anything, microsoft has brought computing 10 years ahead of what it would be otherwise. you can thank microsoft for computers being as widespread and commonplace as they are today.
how many everyday joes would purchase a computer and learn linux to use it? or spend the money to buy a mac?
face it, microsoft is almost wholey responsible for computers being cheap, widespread, and easy to use out of the box.
i.t.r.a.r.k. is an occasional troll. he autoposts at -1.
clotho wove the string, lachesis measured the string, atropos cut the string.
well, except for the fact that construction guidelines for nuclear power plants entail the inner cores be sturdy enough to actually survive the full impact of a 747 without breach.
so, ramming a nuclear power plant with a commercial plane would do fuck-all as far as widespread nuclear fallout goes.
[shrug] i think its just a story that some rich eccentric guy wanted to turn into a movie and have fun with. people make it out to be a big schpiel, how the originals were so amazing, blah blah, and now he's sold out, doing it for the money, yadda yadda. whatever.
the originals were enjoyable. ep1 was enjoyable. ep2 will probably be enjoyable as well. none of them are masterpieces.
all the fanboys getting their panties in a bunch piss me off with their misplaced ranting.
just another shift towards making Star Wars "kid friendly" (Jar Jar and that annoying overly-'kiddy' kid in EP1), something the original trilogy never was and never intended to be.
right, because ewoks and wookies weren't intended to appeal to young children.....
get over it. star wars has ALWAYS catered to younger audiences. the only thing thats changed is your perspective.
There is no such thing as a "semi automatic machine gun."
emphasis mine.
see now?
hint: machine guns are fully automatic by definition. that's what makes them "machine guns."
have you been around for several hundred million years?
uhh... i've had this discussion so many times it almost hurts to reply. but, sure, i'll dredge it up one more time.
evolution isn't a ladder. creatures don't evolve "toward" anything. they simply adapt to their current surroundings. what we deem lower forms of life are just as suited if not moreso to their environs as we are, hence they have no need to evolve.
think of evolution as moving sideways, not up or down. evolution has no goal or end result, it is merely concerned with the present.
here's an idea - start yourself up a fast-food restaraunt. call it "McRonalds." see how long it takes you to get sued.
now, explain why the situation with windows/lindows is any different.
hint: the fact that its a product instead of a company name is meaningless. trademark is trademark.
4 letters?
Windows
Lindows
looks like 6 letters to me....