Wouldn't a "Conservative" interpretation of the law be minimalist?
While a liberal one would be flixible in either way?
those would be my definitions using the words and ignoreing poilitics.
If I used political definitions I would say conservative was minimal (less government) and liberal maximast.
Of course using those definitions there are very few conservatives in US politics and conservatism is a tendancy that is in the minority but spans both parties.
The whole point though is that everybody gets something. If I make lots of money it is benificial for me to drop out, but it leaves the system more defunct, not nuetral.
What they need to do in my mind is eleminate the maximum payment (currently on only the first 90,000 USD).
Then the age needs to be increased (when Social Security was started the age was higher then average life expectancy).
The age should be high (like 68-72), but if you can domonstrate an inability to work you can get it earlier.
Whatever is left-over after those changes needs to be picked up in increased tax.
The other option is for society as a whole to decide that if you did not make enough money to support yourself or were irrisponsible then you don't deserve even a minimum amount of income.
I am reading a book about government written just after the first bush's election to president, nearly 2 decades ago, and it's all the same people. The big names are the same now as then. Not only were these people in office then, they were big enough names (Kerry, Gephart) to be focused on.
PS. The book is Parliment of Whores by P. J. O'Rorke and I ighly recomend it. Nothing new, we know government is worthless, but it sure is fun to read about examples presented humorously.
The search appliance is innovative. If the algorithm was public domain as soon as it is reverse engeneered they may not release a device that contains it. The protection of the patent encourages them to release the device and we get it (the algorithm) in the public domain when it expires, we win twice.
15 years is still probably way too long for the patent though, but time will tell. If in 15 years the algorithm is not outdated and obsolete it is probably a fair shake.
There is a definate distinction between good guys and bad guys (even if you can play the bad guys).
Not knocking it, just stating my impression.
Urban Terror for example has no distinction.
Also the "good guys" seam to have the advantage in Desert Combat (at least when it is me vs computer, I suck too much for online).
I can easily win as Coalition, and barly as Opfor.
I would prefer the game to not call the Good Guys coaltion, even NATO v OpFor (seperating it from the current situation) would make it more fun (for me).
We use that type of tech where I work to print wall paper.
We use obtainable resolutions with a standard digital camera (5-6 Mega Pixels) and blow it of 5 feet tall with no problem. It doesn't look great up close, but it is not pixelated and looks good at a distance.
The program is Genuine Fractals and there is a plug in for Quark express. If memmory serves correctly it is 100 USD and they were real nice about negotiating a site liscense for us (we use it very little but having it on all the computers is convinient).
I had a 93 Saturn SL2 with a worn out key (probobly helped).
I was at the mall and in the general area of my car gravitated to a maroon SL2, unlocked the door started to get in and noticed it was far too clean and had seat covers. I quickly got out and nervously tried to relock the door, but my key did not spin so I left. I didn't want to get into trouble for an honest mistake.
One time I also locked my keys in the car at a gas station. The attendand was unable to slim jim the door but went back into the shop and got a small saw zaw blade (or maybe a blade for a scrolling saw) with fairly big teeth. It was a little taller then a key but the teeth were about the right size. The attendant then stuck this into the key whole and jiggled for a about 30 seconds while turning and I was in. It took a few minutes to get the blade out though due to the fact that the teether were only slanted on one side.
Of course getting into cars ain't all that tricky anyway (big windows) and I can't speak for the ignitions.
My bet is that they want to make it sound not as cool and they are dropping their margine signifigantly. If they can keep the consumer thinking that all prices are based on cost they can try to not undercut their high end systems and enter into a low end market.
I have a G5 chasis and I with it was 1 inch thicker, I am currently running it with the lid off and will be cutting out one of the sides to acomodate a quite fan for my graphics card.
if I cut it well it won't look bad, but it will be a pain to transport with thin heatsink fins sticking out.
The problem is I can probable complete a quest qiuicker then youi can come up with one, unless they are boring randomly generated ones (like random caves in Diablo2).
I will not pay 3 dollors an hour to pay for someone in some random country to follow me around in game DMing for me.
The only way for this to work is community driven with DM players that arn't assholes and work for free. I am told there are NWN servers like this (but not massive in the same sense of the word).
I had a dreamcast, and it was easy enough to load games, but youhad to deal with foreign piracy sites to get them. The ripping prosses was over a serial cable and took 24 hours.
But since the low end machines are junk that break down as quickly as replacement cycles of yesteryear. Compenter repairs cost as much as a new machine on sale ($200.00 for HD plus install)
And until MS gets subscriptions they have a vested interest in peoples machines getting spy/add-ware and viruses to slow them down to sell more OS's on new machines (of course the purchase of anti sppyware and anti virus properties implaies a move to subscription based revenue without infuriating everybody that they need to subscribe to be secure from exploits).
I think general computer idiocy along with first time purchasers will keep the market going as long as marketing can keep things as a new revolution.
They don't even need to make the chips faster to get people to replace their computers. If someones 2 year old machine is slow due to spyware, they could buy a slower machine with a name like Ass Kick Proc 63 and talk about how much it sped things up for them.
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Wouldn't a "Conservative" interpretation of the law be minimalist?
While a liberal one would be flixible in either way?
those would be my definitions using the words and ignoreing poilitics.
If I used political definitions I would say conservative was minimal (less government) and liberal maximast.
Of course using those definitions there are very few conservatives in US politics and conservatism is a tendancy that is in the minority but spans both parties.
The whole point though is that everybody gets something. If I make lots of money it is benificial for me to drop out, but it leaves the system more defunct, not nuetral.
What they need to do in my mind is eleminate the maximum payment (currently on only the first 90,000 USD).
Then the age needs to be increased (when Social Security was started the age was higher then average life expectancy).
The age should be high (like 68-72), but if you can domonstrate an inability to work you can get it earlier.
Whatever is left-over after those changes needs to be picked up in increased tax.
The other option is for society as a whole to decide that if you did not make enough money to support yourself or were irrisponsible then you don't deserve even a minimum amount of income.
I agree.
I am reading a book about government written just after the first bush's election to president, nearly 2 decades ago, and it's all the same people. The big names are the same now as then. Not only were these people in office then, they were big enough names (Kerry, Gephart) to be focused on.
PS.
The book is Parliment of Whores by P. J. O'Rorke and I ighly recomend it. Nothing new, we know government is worthless, but it sure is fun to read about examples presented humorously.
I think the disticntion is really scientific theory (falsifiable) and just random therory.
Yeah, which is stupid.
If the police catch someone that someoen can encourage you to break the law all they want.
I don't know about the tchnical legelity of this, but I know from expierience (of someone I know not me) that it happens in practice.
So all the police need to do is offer someone a deal if they can talk someone else into a crime.
I think it is a good example.
The search appliance is innovative. If the algorithm was public domain as soon as it is reverse engeneered they may not release a device that contains it. The protection of the patent encourages them to release the device and we get it (the algorithm) in the public domain when it expires, we win twice.
15 years is still probably way too long for the patent though, but time will tell. If in 15 years the algorithm is not outdated and obsolete it is probably a fair shake.
I find desert combat to be very conservative.
There is a definate distinction between good guys and bad guys (even if you can play the bad guys).
Not knocking it, just stating my impression.
Urban Terror for example has no distinction.
Also the "good guys" seam to have the advantage in Desert Combat (at least when it is me vs computer, I suck too much for online).
I can easily win as Coalition, and barly as Opfor.
I would prefer the game to not call the Good Guys coaltion, even NATO v OpFor (seperating it from the current situation) would make it more fun (for me).
Don't forget Suadi Arabia (home of Al-Quida).
They have a 7 percent share in our economy.
At least the US as a whole isn't a public company where your share is your vote (I think).
Did you find a sploit to run local programs through FireFox?
Because I swear you lonked me to Doom3.
I'd like one.
I have wanted one and nobody I know has one (well it doesn't come up in casual conversation)
email is up top.
splash guard is the word I was looking for.
A cover on the front could greatly reduce the amount going strait into your brain while still allowing signal to go out the back.
Kind of how the nozzle cover on a gas pump heeps vapor from getting out but not cover the hole.
We use that type of tech where I work to print wall paper.
We use obtainable resolutions with a standard digital camera (5-6 Mega Pixels) and blow it of 5 feet tall with no problem. It doesn't look great up close, but it is not pixelated and looks good at a distance.
The program is Genuine Fractals and there is a plug in for Quark express. If memmory serves correctly it is 100 USD and they were real nice about negotiating a site liscense for us (we use it very little but having it on all the computers is convinient).
I could be wrong on the prices.
TI-85 Calculator Tetris.
I saw shapes falling everytime I blinked for quite a while.
I have read that slim jimming newer (older by todays standards) GM's is diffucult.
Is this true?
The customers at the gas station (more mechanic type then text filez geek type) seamed to think slim jimming a Saurn was neigh impossible.
Rolling the counter == Problem storing Data
I had a 93 Saturn SL2 with a worn out key (probobly helped).
I was at the mall and in the general area of my car gravitated to a maroon SL2, unlocked the door started to get in and noticed it was far too clean and had seat covers. I quickly got out and nervously tried to relock the door, but my key did not spin so I left. I didn't want to get into trouble for an honest mistake.
One time I also locked my keys in the car at a gas station. The attendand was unable to slim jim the door but went back into the shop and got a small saw zaw blade (or maybe a blade for a scrolling saw) with fairly big teeth. It was a little taller then a key but the teeth were about the right size. The attendant then stuck this into the key whole and jiggled for a about 30 seconds while turning and I was in. It took a few minutes to get the blade out though due to the fact that the teether were only slanted on one side.
Of course getting into cars ain't all that tricky anyway (big windows) and I can't speak for the ignitions.
My bet is that they want to make it sound not as cool and they are dropping their margine signifigantly. If they can keep the consumer thinking that all prices are based on cost they can try to not undercut their high end systems and enter into a low end market.
I have a G5 chasis and I with it was 1 inch thicker, I am currently running it with the lid off and will be cutting out one of the sides to acomodate a quite fan for my graphics card.
if I cut it well it won't look bad, but it will be a pain to transport with thin heatsink fins sticking out.
Yes, but the 6800 (Ultra anyway) requires 2 of them already.
my 6600 GT AGP requires one (The PCI may supply more power and not need one).
The install guide for my card (that includes the 6800) recomend using 2 seperate power leads from the power supply if possible.
The problem is I can probable complete a quest qiuicker then youi can come up with one, unless they are boring randomly generated ones (like random caves in Diablo2).
I will not pay 3 dollors an hour to pay for someone in some random country to follow me around in game DMing for me.
The only way for this to work is community driven with DM players that arn't assholes and work for free. I am told there are NWN servers like this (but not massive in the same sense of the word).
Is it easy to rip a GC game though?
I had a dreamcast, and it was easy enough to load games, but youhad to deal with foreign piracy sites to get them. The ripping prosses was over a serial cable and took 24 hours.
But since the low end machines are junk that break down as quickly as replacement cycles of yesteryear. Compenter repairs cost as much as a new machine on sale ($200.00 for HD plus install)
And until MS gets subscriptions they have a vested interest in peoples machines getting spy/add-ware and viruses to slow them down to sell more OS's on new machines (of course the purchase of anti sppyware and anti virus properties implaies a move to subscription based revenue without infuriating everybody that they need to subscribe to be secure from exploits).
I think general computer idiocy along with first time purchasers will keep the market going as long as marketing can keep things as a new revolution.
They don't even need to make the chips faster to get people to replace their computers. If someones 2 year old machine is slow due to spyware, they could buy a slower machine with a name like Ass Kick Proc 63 and talk about how much it sped things up for them.
No,
They will talk about how good the effort is going in stopping P2P.
And most likly ignore the fact that CD sales are tracking the economy fairly well.
The not ripping DVDs and allowing TVout is anoying.
I was looking to get one soley for bringing my DVD collection with me to Hotels.
Oh well, I still have rentals and a portable DVD player.
How about I didn't put it there.
I don't keep track of what my users do.