I can certainly see how as someone with limited arrest authority, you would not count as a "jury of ones peers" (which is our standard), but I think that on the face of it, once you are retired it is silly.
I guess they are afraid you'll apply military standards and get it wrong?
I would think the assumption should be that military officers, like the general public, can apply the standards they are asked too, and not the ones they thought they should coming into it.
but google is not "equally culpable" of "...[making] millions off porn advertising and it's primary product was providing links to copyright infringement."
I simply wanted to point out the comparison to google was a stupid and pointless one (in the context provided).
What you just said above is not stupid and would not have gotten a response from me.
I refer to usenet and torrent sites as a Tivo with a time machine (can grab the past, and in some lucky cases the future).
I still pay cable, I still use netflix, I still pay for Pay Per View, I even buy CD's, MP3s, and now iTunes plus. Also, I spend a hundred a year with O'reilly buying e-books for personal growth in areas that will never be applicable to my job (I rarely purchased paper books do to shipping lag, now I pay extra and get both).
All of this and I still subscribe to usenet, and download a good deal of Music (stuff not available DRM free and not wanted shipping/shopping lag), TV shows (stuff not available on demand), movies (sometimes I really want to see something that is only in theatres, and I don't have the money, The in theatres on demand has helped), books (I can't buy every technical book I want to read only the first chapter or so of).
So I will say I am about 50/50 on the free as in beer and freedom as in convenient aspects, but I really am not skimping on what I would pay.
My spending on these items (annually) is probably still $700 (ouch, it's painful to calculate), and is unlikely to go up without the availability of free content (perhaps the $50 or so a year I spend in usenet would be used to purchase a little extra music, though emusic.com has been dominating the music budget, and is pretty much enough).
There is a lot going on here, but it is not simply a bunch of people wanting stuff for free. It is a bunch of people wanting stuff for free AND a bunch of people wanting Freedom AND a bunch of people wanting convenience AND a bunch of people making ethical stands of other types AND a bunch of people with a combination of the above.
With all that working against the current model I expect to see in the short term future 1) lower paid actors (a huge expense now) 2) lower production values 3) product placement and lots of merchandise
I hope the writing, acting and directing stays decent, but only time will tell. There will be success in the industry still, just expect more kids movies like "Spy Kids" for example.
the other members of the court are selected citizens of good standing.
I find this funny, because it is how the US system always works. Though maybe not entirely when it is about interpreting law. In that case the judge gets to decide, but on a appeal a panel of judges decides whether or not the judge decided right.
In my life I have installed the following Linux "Packages" that were not part of the distro, but I wanted (the great thing with Linux is that it is rare, and it becomes more-so with time).
The results were: Simcity 2000(3000maybe?) it needed a download from the companies website to install, it was old and my CD was not compatible with new Linux.
Myth2,same
Nvidia drivers, no effort at all, just run the installer, this was across many distros.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Run the install, no problem. It ran into issues with newer distros and pulseaudio though.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, No trouble that I recall.
As I said, the only issue I have ever had with circular dependencies is when using a distro in alpha stage, and not in anything official. In those cases I usually only need to wait a couple of days for it to be resolved. Of course I can't imagine I could ever get SimCity to work today.
Fairly new stuff isn't bad, 12 hours tops if you wait until 24 hours after release.
Usenet, Use NZBs, and check file size for sanity. xvid = about 500 MB/hour, which is about 10-20 minutes. x264 is higher quality and is about 1.5GB/hour, takes 30-45 minutes.
hellanzb makes it easy, just drops ready to go avi's
As a Linux user (both servers and exclusive on my home desktop), yes, the price is compelling.
More compelling is the repository, but if every nifty little CD burner, or DVD author ect. was $10-15 like on Windows, I probably would not be using it.
I'm pretty sure it has more to do with their Linux client being worse on Linux than their Windows client (according to TFS).
Why they would release it that way is beyond me, and I speculate that they will try to keep the Windows client on "Gold" list for Wine, rather than make an inferior Linux client that nobody uses.
The government is choosing to funnel a small portion of that $20 Billion to people who need it to keep watching the TV they forced the networks to stop broadcasting (so that they could auction the spectrum).
Don't worry though, even if they increase funding by 30% we the taxpayer that didn't buy a box, still make out $18 Billion.
I can usually get them to show up as a widget in my selector, but I have never had one actually work (tried hellanzb, some movie times thing, and some weather thing).
All I heard about is how they were supported from such and such a release in the reviews. But I cannot for the life of me use them.
They serve the same function as a "slurp" down to minimize. They make the motion organic and natural feeling when moving a window.
In Compiz it feels glitchy too much though, with weird jerking when dragging to a new desktop.
I will concure on the Ubuntu Default for extra desktop effects being too much, they chose the least intuitive animation for some things (however new windows come in, it is not natural or organic).
Slashdot Mirror
That's interesting.
I can certainly see how as someone with limited arrest authority, you would not count as a "jury of ones peers" (which is our standard), but I think that on the face of it, once you are retired it is silly.
I guess they are afraid you'll apply military standards and get it wrong?
I would think the assumption should be that military officers, like the general public, can apply the standards they are asked too, and not the ones they thought they should coming into it.
It has nothing to do with IMO,
but google is not "equally culpable" of "...[making] millions off porn advertising and it's primary product was providing links to copyright infringement."
I simply wanted to point out the comparison to google was a stupid and pointless one (in the context provided).
What you just said above is not stupid and would not have gotten a response from me.
Didn't a site do that by listing court documents with sloppy redactions?
Weren't they found to not be commiting a crime?
I refer to usenet and torrent sites as a Tivo with a time machine (can grab the past, and in some lucky cases the future).
I still pay cable, I still use netflix, I still pay for Pay Per View, I even buy CD's, MP3s, and now iTunes plus. Also, I spend a hundred a year with O'reilly buying e-books for personal growth in areas that will never be applicable to my job (I rarely purchased paper books do to shipping lag, now I pay extra and get both).
All of this and I still subscribe to usenet, and download a good deal of Music (stuff not available DRM free and not wanted shipping/shopping lag), TV shows (stuff not available on demand), movies (sometimes I really want to see something that is only in theatres, and I don't have the money, The in theatres on demand has helped), books (I can't buy every technical book I want to read only the first chapter or so of).
So I will say I am about 50/50 on the free as in beer and freedom as in convenient aspects, but I really am not skimping on what I would pay.
My spending on these items (annually) is probably still $700 (ouch, it's painful to calculate), and is unlikely to go up without the availability of free content (perhaps the $50 or so a year I spend in usenet would be used to purchase a little extra music, though emusic.com has been dominating the music budget, and is pretty much enough).
There is a lot going on here, but it is not simply a bunch of people wanting stuff for free. It is a bunch of people wanting stuff for free AND a bunch of people wanting Freedom AND a bunch of people wanting convenience AND a bunch of people making ethical stands of other types AND a bunch of people with a combination of the above.
With all that working against the current model I expect to see in the short term future
1) lower paid actors (a huge expense now)
2) lower production values
3) product placement and lots of merchandise
I hope the writing, acting and directing stays decent, but only time will tell. There will be success in the industry still, just expect more kids movies like "Spy Kids" for example.
the other members of the court are selected citizens of good standing.
I find this funny, because it is how the US system always works. Though maybe not entirely when it is about interpreting law. In that case the judge gets to decide, but on a appeal a panel of judges decides whether or not the judge decided right.
Are you serious?
Google doesn't provide porn advertising, and I doubt that heir primary product is links to copyright infringement.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2008/
though a neat demo, it really does little to show a powerful framework.
So video can be mapped into the background of and object, and it can move and resize. It can even be transparent, and the volume can be controlled.
It is great that it can be done, but if flash or Silverlight can't do the same, then they are seriously defunct.
I am hardly more impressed with the video you sent me, than the real time bandwidth in Tomato Firmware.
Router power button?
This is online games, i assume that would take care of it.
In my life I have installed the following Linux "Packages" that were not part of the distro, but I wanted (the great thing with Linux is that it is rare, and it becomes more-so with time).
The results were:
Simcity 2000(3000maybe?) it needed a download from the companies website to install, it was old and my CD was not compatible with new Linux.
Myth2,same
Nvidia drivers, no effort at all, just run the installer, this was across many distros.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Run the install, no problem. It ran into issues with newer distros and pulseaudio though.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, No trouble that I recall.
As I said, the only issue I have ever had with circular dependencies is when using a distro in alpha stage, and not in anything official. In those cases I usually only need to wait a couple of days for it to be resolved. Of course I can't imagine I could ever get SimCity to work today.
What you described sounds like upgrading to an alpha version of Ubuntu, with 3rd party packages.
I have not seen conflicts like that when using official distros (of any type) though.
Bit Torrent,
Fairly new stuff isn't bad, 12 hours tops if you wait until 24 hours after release.
Usenet,
Use NZBs, and check file size for sanity.
xvid = about 500 MB/hour, which is about 10-20 minutes. x264 is higher quality and is about 1.5GB/hour, takes 30-45 minutes.
hellanzb makes it easy, just drops ready to go avi's
usenet and bit torrent.
errr....
hulu.
As a Linux user (both servers and exclusive on my home desktop), yes, the price is compelling.
More compelling is the repository, but if every nifty little CD burner, or DVD author ect. was $10-15 like on Windows, I probably would not be using it.
I'm pretty sure it has more to do with their Linux client being worse on Linux than their Windows client (according to TFS).
Why they would release it that way is beyond me, and I speculate that they will try to keep the Windows client on "Gold" list for Wine, rather than make an inferior Linux client that nobody uses.
FAIL
What you would have is draconion even by today's standards copy-protection, and rampant trade-secrets.
Auto-cad would have dongles, inter-net activation and more.
So would Adobe.
In areas with really expensive software, they may even force you to use purpose-built appliances, to protect their revenue stream.
And there are industries where it would be a requirement to use that software still.
indeed.
Because the technology upgrade is mandated by the government. And it is an upgrade that makes the government (not the broadcasters) lots of money.
The government, not the network made $20 Billion auctioning off the spectrum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_Mhz_wireless_spectrum_auction
The government is choosing to funnel a small portion of that $20 Billion to people who need it to keep watching the TV they forced the networks to stop broadcasting (so that they could auction the spectrum).
Don't worry though, even if they increase funding by 30% we the taxpayer that didn't buy a box, still make out $18 Billion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CECB
Besides, the real cost is in our purchasing products that cost more to advertise, because the networks had to upgrade on their side.
All this so a few people can enjoy HDTV without cable or satellite (and net $18 Billion).
Hope this clarifies where the increased revenue is.
There is no way this could be misapplied.
I don't think it is a KDE problem.
It is pretty pervasive in everything (static in new windows/menus for a half second), not just KDE.
It is also a long time frustration of mine with Linux (which I use exclusivley).
Does gnome really now offer close to what Compiz offers?
I used it for a while, and had drop shadows, and no smearing on busy window, but that was all.
I stopped using it because Quake Wars failed to launch when I used it.
Does the use OSX Widgets work yet?
I can usually get them to show up as a widget in my selector, but I have never had one actually work (tried hellanzb, some movie times thing, and some weather thing).
All I heard about is how they were supported from such and such a release in the reviews. But I cannot for the life of me use them.
My favorite piece of eye candy was the "static" when opening the photo.
When the hell is somebody going to fix that, and whos fault is it?
X? WM? Graphics Driver?
it's getting old.
Wobbly Windows in KDE are nice and smooth.
They serve the same function as a "slurp" down to minimize. They make the motion organic and natural feeling when moving a window.
In Compiz it feels glitchy too much though, with weird jerking when dragging to a new desktop.
I will concure on the Ubuntu Default for extra desktop effects being too much, they chose the least intuitive animation for some things (however new windows come in, it is not natural or organic).
WTF does 2369% slower mean?
I would thing 100 percent slower would already be infinity long.
Slower does mean less of something per a unit of time I think?
I dis-agree on the desktop effects.
I find a minimal usage of compiz to be well worth it.
The lack of "smearing" on windows temporarily not responding makes it well worth it.
I additionally use transparency when moving windows, because it looks nice, and Desktop Wall/Expo.
As long as things are kept reasonable, Compiz is good, and it makes this far smoother for me.