This is the way to go. My family has a ring that has been passed down four generations. It is sort of a condition of proposal (i.e. I'm giving you this ring but it's a family heirloom and if we have a son who ends up getting married, he should have the option of giving it to his fiance).
Many (if not most) Blockbusters have a habit of stocking only the pan & scan versions of movies instead of the widescreen. Without going into a huge rant about the fullscreen/widescreen issue, suffice it to say that most videophiles find this practice offensive.
Except in 99.9999% of the adverse possession cases, the assessor will be basing the taxes on the legal description that is found on the deed, not on what amount of property the tax payer is actually occupying (including the adversely possessed property).
Than obviously you haven't had to work with a lot of surveyers. Without any intention of maligning that industry, I can say that surveyers are as prone to error as any other profession. In the course of checking legal descriptions for clients, I have run the descriptions through computer programs that plot them and have found some of the craziest plots imaginable. In one case I found a closure error of over 5 miles - the legal description described a big open-ended U. And while a mere meter or two might not be all that bad out in the middle of nowhere, much smaller distances (even a few inches) can become very important in downtown metropolitan areas.
Wrong. "womyn" still sounds too much like "women", which has the dreaded "men" in it. I guess you could say "woperson" but that has the phallocentric "son" in it. However, a "son" is merely a smaller version of a "man", which, coincidentally, is the same definition for "pygmy." So the proper politically correct term is "woperpygmy" pages.
Although not quite on target, I believe it is closely related to "shitload," which I have always understood to mean the maximum amount of any given substance that an average human being can carry. This is opposed to a "fuckload", which is all of any given substance in the universe.
by its own terms, was made in reliance of the protection of divine providence. More importantly, one of the main stated objectives of the Declaration was to allow a subjucated people to assume a position in the world to which God entitled them. In light of this travesty, I can see no other option than to repudiate this prosyletizing sham and humbly submit ourselves to British rule (as silly as the idea of having a queen may seem).
I totally agree with the concept in the parent. Look at Half Life. The tech is years old but it is still one of the most popular games out. I believe this is because it had a fairly compelling story. There was something more than simple eye candy to immerse the player into the game's reality. Unreal was also like this.
One thing I don't like about the true multiplayer FPS games is that with the heavy emphasis on deathmatch, there is no story at all. Why do you think groups like Team Vortex have been working for years to bring an aweseom single player mod to the Unreal Tournament community? In addition, some FPS games rely too heavily on tricks and traps. Trickery cannot replace story telling.
You also have to take into account the possibility of failures and delays (sort of like drug companies). Although on a much lesser scale, how many DaiKraptana's can a game company experience before it has to jack up the cost of its decent games indefinitely. Without extended high game costs, how do you think 3DRealms could support a development schedule for Duke Nukem Forever that will probably provide employment for the current developers' children?
Great. So what solution would you propose? To force private parties to say and promote things they don't agree with? Aside from the fact that the founding principle of freedom of speech applies only to government restrictions, any all-encompassing right should also include the right to be silent if you wish. If Walmart would rather stay silent (i.e. not sell an objectionable cover), it should have the right to do so.
All we have to show for it is useless weapons and unemployed contractors? This is a rather shortsited statement. Ever heard of DARPA? You know, the government agency responsible for getting the internet off the ground? GPS is also a bit more than a useless weapon. I thought of these examples immediately. How know how many other examples there are of tech that we now take for granted but would never exist (or wouldn't for a very long time) if it weren't for our military spending.
Let's add to this cost the inevitable result of after employees/spouse/etc have been unable to explain why this site was accessed ("No really, I didn't know!"). Downtime searching for a new job, alcoholism after wife kicks you out of house, etc.
I would be very surprised if there were a sufficient market for this sort of scenario to occur. You are talking about people essentially ditching their entire DVD collection and switching over to some high definition version of DVD. I agree that high definition TV is pretty awesome. However, DVD is pretty darned good (much better than broadcast quality). And I have lots of DVDs and don't plan on replacing them. Also, the price of HDTVs will have to come down a lot. If think DVD is already too entrenched for a new high definition medium. By the time the new medium actually comes out and HDTVs become reasonably affordable, the battle will be over.
My main fear about a new format is that it gives the studios renewed control - they are not likely to make the same mistake twice (re allowing DeCSS to happen). If one of the manufacturers of dvd equipment had not gotten careless with the encryption technology, is there any reason to believe that we would be able to rip DVDs today?Also, given the incredible stupidity with which the media companies have adopted the internet as a business channel, I wouldn't be too surprised if they tried to create any new high def media in the same vain as DIVX, where you constantly have to pay to play. The market dynamics that caused CC's version to fail would not be present, since the studios would control the content no matter the form (DIVX had to compete with unlimited DVDs of the same movies).
How is this going to be enforced? It is easy against larger companies that have European presences (e.g. Microsoft). But how about smaller companies that have only a web presence and are housed in the US? The article was a bit light on details in this regard. The EU will not have access to US courts will it? Anyone know anything more about the mechanics of enforcement?
You obviously have never had the luxury of filling out Schedule D, which is one of the most absurd documents I have ever come across. When this revised form first made its appearance a few years ago, I seriously engaged in a balancing act in which I weighed chances of getting caught in an audit in one hand (as a result of simply not filling the schedule out at all), and permanent brain damage on the other (by going through the mind numbing puzzle of nonsensical instructions).
I don't know about Hong Kong, but it is already available in Thailand, although I believe the price is about$4US with the current exchange rates. Hopefully not too far above your price point.
All this would show is that Martin Landau and all the others associated with Space 1999 were the true sci-fi TV visionaries rather than Roddenberry or JMS.
Check out the following article from the Oregon State bar bulletin. Although it addresses jurisdiction mostly from an intellectual property perspective, many of of the cited cases touch upon the more amorphous concepts involved.
The most recent issue of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin had a pretty decent article on asserting personal jurisdiction over companies that have sites hosted in other states. Although many of the cases cited in the article would have direct application to spam laws.
Brilliant. It's a common word so it can't be trademarked despite a close association with a particular use? I guess Apple is SOL. All I have to do is come out with a similar computer system and name it Happle (perhaps even use the hyper-reactionary crown on this board to support a pronounciation using a silent H) and I'm off scott free? I don't think so.
the movie is pretty amazing. My only knowledge of hobbits is by way of the eternal Leonard Nimoy song "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" so I could hardly be disappointed. Speaking of which, if anyone from New Line is reading this, I have a great idea for an easter egg on the DVD.
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This is the way to go. My family has a ring that has been passed down four generations. It is sort of a condition of proposal (i.e. I'm giving you this ring but it's a family heirloom and if we have a son who ends up getting married, he should have the option of giving it to his fiance).
Many (if not most) Blockbusters have a habit of stocking only the pan & scan versions of movies instead of the widescreen. Without going into a huge rant about the fullscreen/widescreen issue, suffice it to say that most videophiles find this practice offensive.
Except in 99.9999% of the adverse possession cases, the assessor will be basing the taxes on the legal description that is found on the deed, not on what amount of property the tax payer is actually occupying (including the adversely possessed property).
Than obviously you haven't had to work with a lot of surveyers. Without any intention of maligning that industry, I can say that surveyers are as prone to error as any other profession. In the course of checking legal descriptions for clients, I have run the descriptions through computer programs that plot them and have found some of the craziest plots imaginable. In one case I found a closure error of over 5 miles - the legal description described a big open-ended U. And while a mere meter or two might not be all that bad out in the middle of nowhere, much smaller distances (even a few inches) can become very important in downtown metropolitan areas.
Wrong. "womyn" still sounds too much like "women", which has the dreaded "men" in it. I guess you could say "woperson" but that has the phallocentric "son" in it. However, a "son" is merely a smaller version of a "man", which, coincidentally, is the same definition for "pygmy." So the proper politically correct term is "woperpygmy" pages.
Although not quite on target, I believe it is closely related to "shitload," which I have always understood to mean the maximum amount of any given substance that an average human being can carry. This is opposed to a "fuckload", which is all of any given substance in the universe.
by its own terms, was made in reliance of the protection of divine providence. More importantly, one of the main stated objectives of the Declaration was to allow a subjucated people to assume a position in the world to which God entitled them. In light of this travesty, I can see no other option than to repudiate this prosyletizing sham and humbly submit ourselves to British rule (as silly as the idea of having a queen may seem).
I totally agree with the concept in the parent. Look at Half Life. The tech is years old but it is still one of the most popular games out. I believe this is because it had a fairly compelling story. There was something more than simple eye candy to immerse the player into the game's reality. Unreal was also like this.
One thing I don't like about the true multiplayer FPS games is that with the heavy emphasis on deathmatch, there is no story at all. Why do you think groups like Team Vortex have been working for years to bring an aweseom single player mod to the Unreal Tournament community? In addition, some FPS games rely too heavily on tricks and traps. Trickery cannot replace story telling.
You also have to take into account the possibility of failures and delays (sort of like drug companies). Although on a much lesser scale, how many DaiKraptana's can a game company experience before it has to jack up the cost of its decent games indefinitely. Without extended high game costs, how do you think 3DRealms could support a development schedule for Duke Nukem Forever that will probably provide employment for the current developers' children?
Great. So what solution would you propose? To force private parties to say and promote things they don't agree with? Aside from the fact that the founding principle of freedom of speech applies only to government restrictions, any all-encompassing right should also include the right to be silent if you wish. If Walmart would rather stay silent (i.e. not sell an objectionable cover), it should have the right to do so.
All we have to show for it is useless weapons and unemployed contractors? This is a rather shortsited statement. Ever heard of DARPA? You know, the government agency responsible for getting the internet off the ground? GPS is also a bit more than a useless weapon. I thought of these examples immediately. How know how many other examples there are of tech that we now take for granted but would never exist (or wouldn't for a very long time) if it weren't for our military spending.
Let's add to this cost the inevitable result of after employees/spouse/etc have been unable to explain why this site was accessed ("No really, I didn't know!"). Downtime searching for a new job, alcoholism after wife kicks you out of house, etc.
You're talking about Madison Priest
I would be very surprised if there were a sufficient market for this sort of scenario to occur. You are talking about people essentially ditching their entire DVD collection and switching over to some high definition version of DVD. I agree that high definition TV is pretty awesome. However, DVD is pretty darned good (much better than broadcast quality). And I have lots of DVDs and don't plan on replacing them. Also, the price of HDTVs will have to come down a lot. If think DVD is already too entrenched for a new high definition medium. By the time the new medium actually comes out and HDTVs become reasonably affordable, the battle will be over.
My main fear about a new format is that it gives the studios renewed control - they are not likely to make the same mistake twice (re allowing DeCSS to happen). If one of the manufacturers of dvd equipment had not gotten careless with the encryption technology, is there any reason to believe that we would be able to rip DVDs today?Also, given the incredible stupidity with which the media companies have adopted the internet as a business channel, I wouldn't be too surprised if they tried to create any new high def media in the same vain as DIVX, where you constantly have to pay to play. The market dynamics that caused CC's version to fail would not be present, since the studios would control the content no matter the form (DIVX had to compete with unlimited DVDs of the same movies).
How is this going to be enforced? It is easy against larger companies that have European presences (e.g. Microsoft). But how about smaller companies that have only a web presence and are housed in the US? The article was a bit light on details in this regard. The EU will not have access to US courts will it? Anyone know anything more about the mechanics of enforcement?
You obviously have never had the luxury of filling out Schedule D, which is one of the most absurd documents I have ever come across. When this revised form first made its appearance a few years ago, I seriously engaged in a balancing act in which I weighed chances of getting caught in an audit in one hand (as a result of simply not filling the schedule out at all), and permanent brain damage on the other (by going through the mind numbing puzzle of nonsensical instructions).
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Not to be too pikcy, but what does this mean? Can she felate The Rock and still keep her powers?
I don't know about Hong Kong, but it is already available in Thailand, although I believe the price is about$4US with the current exchange rates. Hopefully not too far above your price point.
All this would show is that Martin Landau and all the others associated with Space 1999 were the true sci-fi TV visionaries rather than Roddenberry or JMS.
Per the US State Dept. India information
Check out the following article from the Oregon State bar bulletin. Although it addresses jurisdiction mostly from an intellectual property perspective, many of of the cited cases touch upon the more amorphous concepts involved.
Personal Jurisdiction in the Silicon Forest
The most recent issue of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin had a pretty decent article on asserting personal jurisdiction over companies that have sites hosted in other states. Although many of the cases cited in the article would have direct application to spam laws.
Personal Jurisdiction in the Silicon Forest
Brilliant. It's a common word so it can't be trademarked despite a close association with a particular use? I guess Apple is SOL. All I have to do is come out with a similar computer system and name it Happle (perhaps even use the hyper-reactionary crown on this board to support a pronounciation using a silent H) and I'm off scott free? I don't think so.
How about "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" by Leonard Nimoy? Track #2 on a compilation I made called "Please God, make it stop."
#1 is Nancy Sinatra's cover of "Light My Fire."
the movie is pretty amazing. My only knowledge of hobbits is by way of the eternal Leonard Nimoy song "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" so I could hardly be disappointed. Speaking of which, if anyone from New Line is reading this, I have a great idea for an easter egg on the DVD.