Well smart-ass, using that as a basis, then the life expectancy in Sierra Leone is 25.9, which means that for the average citizen there waiting one year for this movie is like for us waiting 3 years.
Its just not fair. I'm going to send a couple copies of LotR:TTT to random people in Sierra Leone. They deserve it too. I sure hope that their DVD players can read region 1 DVDs.
I think the actual problem is this: I pay the full price for the application. That is basically $900 USD. Now, in order to use certain features in this product that I have already payed for I MUST register the product. This isn't like other companies that decide to send you something free or some cheaper offers if you volunteer your personal information, but they demand it of you in order to use something you've already paid for.
If I bought a car, and Toyota told me that I must give them all of my personal information in order to use the brake, otherwise it will be a disabled feature in 5 days, I'd be right pissed about that too.
In the grand-scheme of a life $20 isn't very much money to pay. Thats all it will cost you extra just to get the earlier release first and then get the extended version later.
A few years ago I was attending school to become a systems analyst. During that time we were all required to lease an IBM ThinkPad and soley use PCs throughout the time in class. We learnt how to program in VB and we were all taught the ins and outs of Office. When the opportunities for co-op came around everyone was competing against each other for jobs. Basically we all had the same skills.
I had only one interview and it basically went like this:
President (of the company): "Have you ever used a Mac?" Me: "Yes I have, for about 15 years." President: "Can you start on Monday?" Me: "Yes I can."
Thanks to the fact that I am extremely proficient on both PCs (Windows or Linux) and Macs I got one of the best co-ops available. It is now my full time employment (I have since graduated) and I would have to be crazy to look for another job.
Just so you know, thanks to a particular "dirty, weather beaten feather" attitude many people have today towards different computing platforms I am the only one of my peers that can travel and the drop of a hat (just got back from Alaska), afford basically anything I want and spend the majority of the time having fun at work instead of trying to sell cellphones at the local mall.
Don't ever think that knowledge, in any respect, is a waste and never advise someone that only their skills on only the most popluar mediums will get them through life.
I haven't seen LOTR 2 yet and I'm looking forward to seeing it, but I'm going to wait for a DVD rental. If that puts another nail into the MPAA's coffin, I'm all for it
The MPAA profits from you seeing it in theatres or renting it for home. The only group that get really killed with the higher demand for renting is the cinemas.
The file sharing probably hurts the retailers the most. You can download a movie or rent it for 4 bucks. But why would you pay $20 - 30 for that same movie? That is why DVD extras will become so important.
Ergo, you do not own the bits, because if you did, you could do whatever you liked with them.
Your logic is flawed. I can own a gun, but I'm not allowed to do whatever I want with it. I can own a car, but I'm not allowed to do whatever I want with it. Hell, you can own a CD but you aren't allowed to copy it and distribute it.
Did you just call my chimp gay? Cause that really pisses him off.
Now the shits gunna fly!
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If only there was a way to convince stores to do that in here...
Its not up to the store, but the law. You must show the PST and GST on every sale in Canada. There was some debate a couple years ago about changing it to hidden costs, but that seems to have been quelled with recent wars and weed laws.
...until it breaks. There is a reason they moved away from a moving part like that. It may not feel the same (I'm still having minor issues on my 10Gb) but it is better than it not working at all.
Every time a rumor about the G4 pops up, some makes a comment like this.
Motorola's G5 is actually named 85nn. The G4 was called the 74nn or the 75nn. The G3 is called 74n or 75n.
Gn naming convention is for all AIM (Apple, IBM, Motorola) chips. the 60n series being the first generation and the 75nn series being the 4th generation (get it? G4).
Apple can call this chip the G5 if they want to, or they can give it a whole new name. Motorola doesn't "own" anything.
IBMers, like employees of every other large company, care about their project, and maybe even care about the company as a whole; but they don't have vendettas on behalf of the company
If you believe that, then I dare you to go into a nVidia office and casually mention the name ATI.
while the likely (pecuniary) beneficiary will be a giant biotechnology firm, which will quickly patent any findings that are uncovered by the distributed computing program.
So? They are saving money by using volunteered computing power and saving time in the same swoop.
Somebody has to back the project. They have to pay for the research.
Compare the two:
Distrubuted Computing Solution Saves R&D costs and time. A cure will be available sooner and will cost the general public less. The company that implemented it all will get the patent and all of the profits.
Conventional Solution Takes more time to find the cure along with costing much more. The company that did it all will get the patent and all of the profits.
In general, companies, if they are supplying a service or product that the general public wants, should make money. In this case they are trying to save lives as well, but you think that they shouldn't profit from it?
You must admit, if we could genetically protect our immune systems from AIDS, that it would be a good thing really. But who knows...maybe that new immune system wouldn't work against something else...
There are already people who are immune to AIDS. They come from european descent and contain a genetic mutation called Delta32 that scientists figure is a result of the black plague. No adverse affect on those with it (the mutation, not the plague).
The problem with these cartoons is that they arent realistic.
How true.
Every one I know from planet Krypton can't fly (but man they sure can jump high) and those two guys that I work with who were bitten by those radioactive spiders still only take the bus to get through the city.
Join me brothers in our fight to maintain realism and accuracy in our comic books!
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sin(6cos(r)+5Ã)=0.3 is what it should read, but for some reason doesn't.
I'm going to try to fix that right now.
Well smart-ass, using that as a basis, then the life expectancy in Sierra Leone is 25.9, which means that for the average citizen there waiting one year for this movie is like for us waiting 3 years.
Its just not fair. I'm going to send a couple copies of LotR:TTT to random people in Sierra Leone. They deserve it too. I sure hope that their DVD players can read region 1 DVDs.
I think the actual problem is this:
I pay the full price for the application. That is basically $900 USD. Now, in order to use certain features in this product that I have already payed for I MUST register the product. This isn't like other companies that decide to send you something free or some cheaper offers if you volunteer your personal information, but they demand it of you in order to use something you've already paid for.
If I bought a car, and Toyota told me that I must give them all of my personal information in order to use the brake, otherwise it will be a disabled feature in 5 days, I'd be right pissed about that too.
In the grand-scheme of a life $20 isn't very much money to pay. Thats all it will cost you extra just to get the earlier release first and then get the extended version later.
A few years ago I was attending school to become a systems analyst. During that time we were all required to lease an IBM ThinkPad and soley use PCs throughout the time in class. We learnt how to program in VB and we were all taught the ins and outs of Office. When the opportunities for co-op came around everyone was competing against each other for jobs. Basically we all had the same skills.
I had only one interview and it basically went like this:
President (of the company): "Have you ever used a Mac?"
Me: "Yes I have, for about 15 years."
President: "Can you start on Monday?"
Me: "Yes I can."
Thanks to the fact that I am extremely proficient on both PCs (Windows or Linux) and Macs I got one of the best co-ops available. It is now my full time employment (I have since graduated) and I would have to be crazy to look for another job.
Just so you know, thanks to a particular "dirty, weather beaten feather" attitude many people have today towards different computing platforms I am the only one of my peers that can travel and the drop of a hat (just got back from Alaska), afford basically anything I want and spend the majority of the time having fun at work instead of trying to sell cellphones at the local mall.
Don't ever think that knowledge, in any respect, is a waste and never advise someone that only their skills on only the most popluar mediums will get them through life.
Variety == Spice
You're right, Metallica isn't eighties cheesy metal. It's timeless cheesy metal.
I haven't seen LOTR 2 yet and I'm looking forward to seeing it, but I'm going to wait for a DVD rental. If that puts another nail into the MPAA's coffin, I'm all for it
The MPAA profits from you seeing it in theatres or renting it for home. The only group that get really killed with the higher demand for renting is the cinemas.
The file sharing probably hurts the retailers the most. You can download a movie or rent it for 4 bucks. But why would you pay $20 - 30 for that same movie? That is why DVD extras will become so important.
Ergo, you do not own the bits, because if you did, you could do whatever you liked with them.
Your logic is flawed. I can own a gun, but I'm not allowed to do whatever I want with it. I can own a car, but I'm not allowed to do whatever I want with it. Hell, you can own a CD but you aren't allowed to copy it and distribute it.
Just because you can doesn't mean its legal.
Did you just call my chimp gay? Cause that really pisses him off.
Now the shits gunna fly!
If only there was a way to convince stores to do that in here...
Its not up to the store, but the law. You must show the PST and GST on every sale in Canada. There was some debate a couple years ago about changing it to hidden costs, but that seems to have been quelled with recent wars and weed laws.
A vacuuming robot with mood swings? Might as well get a wife ...
You'll probably enjoy the oral sex more too.
Don't come here much?
Yeah, that rotaing wheel feels so much better...
...until it breaks. There is a reason they moved away from a moving part like that. It may not feel the same (I'm still having minor issues on my 10Gb) but it is better than it not working at all.
Actually, I'm just speaking from experience.
Although, I have a buddy who works as a co-op for ATI who says he will never admit to owning a GeForce 4 card at work for fear of being ostracise.
The rivalry between both companies is pretty large and harsh.
Every time a rumor about the G4 pops up, some makes a comment like this.
Motorola's G5 is actually named 85nn. The G4 was called the 74nn or the 75nn. The G3 is called 74n or 75n.
Gn naming convention is for all AIM (Apple, IBM, Motorola) chips. the 60n series being the first generation and the 75nn series being the 4th generation (get it? G4).
Apple can call this chip the G5 if they want to, or they can give it a whole new name. Motorola doesn't "own" anything.
IBMers, like employees of every other large company, care about their project, and maybe even care about the company as a whole; but they don't have vendettas on behalf of the company
If you believe that, then I dare you to go into a nVidia office and casually mention the name ATI.
while the likely (pecuniary) beneficiary will be a giant biotechnology firm, which will quickly patent any findings that are uncovered by the distributed computing program.
So? They are saving money by using volunteered computing power and saving time in the same swoop.
Somebody has to back the project. They have to pay for the research.
Compare the two:
Distrubuted Computing Solution
Saves R&D costs and time. A cure will be available sooner and will cost the general public less. The company that implemented it all will get the patent and all of the profits.
Conventional Solution
Takes more time to find the cure along with costing much more. The company that did it all will get the patent and all of the profits.
In general, companies, if they are supplying a service or product that the general public wants, should make money. In this case they are trying to save lives as well, but you think that they shouldn't profit from it?
Mac OS X already has full support for a two-button mouse. No extra drivers needed, so I think Apple has already "caved" into the idea.
Just because they don't manufacture a multi-button mouse doesn't mean they think they are inferior.
Slashdotters are very confused. What to hate? Who to love?
Argh! My birthday is on the 22nd of August. That means I'll have to pay for this with my own money!
Bullocks!
You must admit, if we could genetically protect our immune systems from AIDS, that it would be a good thing really. But who knows...maybe that new immune system wouldn't work against something else...
There are already people who are immune to AIDS. They come from european descent and contain a genetic mutation called Delta32 that scientists figure is a result of the black plague. No adverse affect on those with it (the mutation, not the plague).
Yes there were.
The problem with these cartoons is that they arent realistic.
How true.
Every one I know from planet Krypton can't fly (but man they sure can jump high) and those two guys that I work with who were bitten by those radioactive spiders still only take the bus to get through the city.
Join me brothers in our fight to maintain realism and accuracy in our comic books!
It has been settled long ago, and Apple Computer can do anything it wants to in the music biz.
Yeah, its true that Apple is constantly having to go to court because people are constantly copying and stealing ideas from them.
Weird how that never happens to Microsoft.