The whole thing makes me feel like a frontiersman in "Paint Your Wagon" looking around and thinking "hmmm... gettin a might civilized here, time to move on."
Actually, this type of thing is nothing new. I got a pen-type thing back when I had an Apple//gs. It was a pain to use (had like a small ball in a box on the end, darn hatch kept popping off). On another note, I guess it really is a free pen... their online buying form doesn't have prices listed and amounts come up as 0.00.
actually, it would go farther to contact Representatives and Senators and just watch them disspear under a flood of mail. They are the ones that can legislate change in the Patent Office.
".. anyone else get the idea that maybe it just changes the registry from default windows network settings to "faster" ? Most serious gamers have either changed the settings or downloaded a program to change the settings for them"
The last thing anybody wants is some ditzy broad that chases after the latest political trends because she's tryin to keep up with the PC crowd and entering the "I care more than you do" race.
I seriously doubt that 99.9% of the population has the skill to hit anything with a Barret that isn't immediately in front of them and within a range of 20 feet, much less something 1.5 klicks away. Ability to buy, and ability to effectively use are two completely different things.
"Charlton Heston, the mouthpiece of the NRA, argued that the way to prevent Columbine like tragedies was to post armed guards in schools. What the hell does this teach children? That it's OK to bear arms, because if you abuse them you'll get shot?"
No, what he's saying that if the right to bear arms is restricted then it's up the the government ensure protection of the unarmed populace such as in schools. As much as anti-gun zealots such as yourself would like to believe that getting rid of guns will turn the world into a happy-sunny place full of bright and shiny people, it's just not that way. I'll give up my weapons if, and only if, the government provides me with a personal body guard 24/7.
"Just out of curiosity, why do you think the framers threw in that line about the "well regulated Militia?" Somehow, I can't see any of them saying, "Okay, now let's make sure that people can carry guns. While we're at it, we'll just idly throw in that a well regulated militia is a good thing."
Absolutely. Males between the ages of 16(?) and 45 are members of the militia wheather they like it or not. If YOU are a male and within the age limits, YOU are a member of the militia. As such every qualifying male (I'd also include females for fairness) has the right to bear arms.
Saying that emulators are illegal, and holding the ISP responsible is like holding a vehicle manufacturer and the vehicle dealer responsible for drug smuggling if their vehicle were used to smuggle drugs with.
OH, so those that have to suffer the slings and arrows of others of no fault of their own should just 'be friendly'? "there there little Johnny, if you are friends with them they won't beat the shit out of you." Your ridiculous. People are pushed away from the mainstream, their pushed away from fitting in. It's attitudes like yours that continue to foster the outlook that the 'jocks' or 'beutifull people' are all fine and good, and everybody else is all screwed up and it's their fault that their treated like shit, and certainly not the fault of all those wonderfull 'jocks' and 'beutifull people'
Slowing the speed of light won't change wavelength. I.E. you can't change visible light into x-rays because the wavelength remains the same. Wavelength velocity. x-rays and visible light travel at the same velocity.
The speed of light does not slow at all. It remains at the constant velocity of c, BUT takes a longer path through mediums other than vacume. It's like driving your vehicle 70mph from point a to point b, then driving it again at 70mph, but taking a detour to point c before arriving at b, taking twice as long and claiming the speed at being 35mph. The speed does not change on bit, but the distance travelled does. Just goes that the distance travelled through a medium is longer than trough a vacume so it would take longer for the light to travel through the medium, but the velocity of light is still the same.
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Geez, nothing but "Katz sucks" posts and some whiny looser crying that nobody's done a Hannukah book.
Get a life or at least, another script.
The whole thing makes me feel like a frontiersman in "Paint Your Wagon" looking around and thinking "hmmm... gettin a might civilized here, time to move on."
Actually, this type of thing is nothing new. I got a pen-type thing back when I had an Apple //gs. It was a pain to use (had like a small ball in a box on the end, darn hatch kept popping off). On another note, I guess it really is a free pen... their online buying form doesn't have prices listed and amounts come up as 0.00.
NOT INVENTED HERE
actually, it would go farther to contact Representatives and Senators and just watch them disspear under a flood of mail. They are the ones that can legislate change in the Patent Office.
Just show tux crapping on a couple of MS and Apple logo's.
This lawsuit is just plain stupid, and is probably the brainchild of a slimy lawyer who's lookin to buy a new beamer.
".. anyone else get the idea that maybe it just changes the registry from default windows network settings to "faster" ? Most serious gamers have either changed the settings or downloaded a program to change the settings for them"
Where can I find this information?
He is a he.
What will happen is that they'll find the 'jocks' to have more violent tendancies and will then drop the whole ridiculous shebang.
dude, you are twisted
The last thing anybody wants is some ditzy broad that chases after the latest political trends because she's tryin to keep up with the PC crowd and entering the "I care more than you do" race.
I seriously doubt that 99.9% of the population has the skill to hit anything with a Barret that isn't immediately in front of them and within a range of 20 feet, much less something 1.5 klicks away. Ability to buy, and ability to effectively use are two completely different things.
"Charlton Heston, the mouthpiece of the NRA, argued that the way to prevent Columbine like tragedies was to post armed guards in schools. What the hell does this teach children? That it's OK to bear arms, because if you abuse them you'll get shot?"
No, what he's saying that if the right to bear arms is restricted then it's up the the government ensure protection of the unarmed populace such as in schools. As much as anti-gun zealots such as yourself would like to believe that getting rid of guns will turn the world into a happy-sunny place full of bright and shiny people, it's just not that way. I'll give up my weapons if, and only if, the government provides me with a personal body guard 24/7.
"Just out of curiosity, why do you think the framers threw in that line about the "well regulated Militia?" Somehow, I can't see any of them saying, "Okay, now let's make sure that people can carry guns. While we're at it, we'll just idly throw in that a well regulated militia is a good thing."
Absolutely. Males between the ages of 16(?) and 45 are members of the militia wheather they like it or not. If YOU are a male and within the age limits, YOU are a member of the militia. As such every qualifying male (I'd also include females for fairness) has the right to bear arms.
I'm going to patent bitching and griping.
Saying that emulators are illegal, and holding the ISP responsible is like holding a vehicle manufacturer and the vehicle dealer responsible for drug smuggling if their vehicle were used to smuggle drugs with.
"True, those demo ROMs are legal, I assume, because their authors never placed a copyright on them."
You assume incorrectly. Any work becomes copyright from the moment it is created. There is no requirement to place a copyright notice.
OH, so those that have to suffer the slings and arrows of others of no fault of their own should just 'be friendly'? "there there little Johnny, if you are friends with them they won't beat the shit out of you." Your ridiculous. People are pushed away from the mainstream, their pushed away from fitting in. It's attitudes like yours that continue to foster the outlook that the 'jocks' or 'beutifull people' are all fine and good, and everybody else is all screwed up and it's their fault that their treated like shit, and certainly not the fault of all those wonderfull 'jocks' and 'beutifull people'
You suck
Slowing the speed of light won't change wavelength. I.E. you can't change visible light into x-rays because the wavelength remains the same. Wavelength velocity. x-rays and visible light travel at the same velocity.
The speed of light does not slow at all. It remains at the constant velocity of c, BUT takes a longer path through mediums other than vacume. It's like driving your vehicle 70mph from point a to point b, then driving it again at 70mph, but taking a detour to point c before arriving at b, taking twice as long and claiming the speed at being 35mph. The speed does not change on bit, but the distance travelled does. Just goes that the distance travelled through a medium is longer than trough a vacume so it would take longer for the light to travel through the medium, but the velocity of light is still the same.
A fellow geek may use "geek" in place of "techno-literati",
Actually, I perfer the term "techno-illuminati"