I tried to get them to change the headline on this. I thought anything with the phrase "Struggle Reaching Climax" would be very misleading but apparently they didn't understand the quandry I found myself in.
I don't get how this is a valid use of DRM at all!
The point of returning a book to a library was so that someone else could read it because it was physically back at the library. With audio books or e-books that is NO LONGER NECESSARY! 1e10 people could check out the same book at the same time and that one copy on the library server would be sufficient! It's just BITS!
I can see using DRM for a commercial bookstore where you had to have a monthly membership or something but NOT A PUBLIC LIBRARY!!!
CNN is reporting now that they have decided to leave it out on the pad and the launch date is not threatened. I tried to notify the/. editor when I saw this posting but I was too late!
I feel bad for all those people in FL having to deal with this. I lived there a long time and never had to put up with so much hurricane activity.
I agree completely. If your business is that short of cash flow then why are you going on vacation? Why are you taking any time off at all?
Get back to basics. Run your business in a responsible manner, hire an admin or two to run things for you and cut your own pay if you have to. It will pay out much better for you in the long run.
I still have buckets of lego from my youth-like days. I spent hours and hours building things and then hybridizing them together and tearing them apart. I bought lego for my niece and she's only 2 but she loves to bang them together.
In my mind they are the best toy out there. I still get mine out and relive old architectural triumphs every few months. Awesome stuff.
True! I was only pointing out that the hospital administrators have the same wreckless disregard for their worker's condition but you are correct that the source of the problem is different.
My girlfriend just worked a 16 hour day only to have to go back 5 hours later and work a 12 hour day. I wouldn't want somebody that tired changing my meds! What's wrong with this country? We're working people to death! AAAAACK!!!
your channels are digital because you have satellite but that is not true of cable. channel 32 on any cable system in the country is analog until the FCC rules for carriers and their analog distribution change. once they release cable providers from having to provide these analog channels then you will probably get digital hbo on channel 32 over cable but not until then.
This is obviously an act of terrorism being carried out by enemy combatants. Windows should therefore be made illegal as it is a weapon of mass desctruction and anybody that has purchased it should be transported to gitmo and denied access to an attorney.
another good reason is that if my $2000 TV/Tivo breaks i have to take the whole thing (forklift rental anyone?) no matter which part of it is really broken and then i have no TV at all...
if my Tivo breaks, i unplug it and ship it somewhere and i can still watch TV...
This is why i don't like TV/VCR combos or those old dual 5.25" floppy drives!!
I stuck it out for 3 years with a company that cared nothing for my mental/physical well being but they talked a good game. I got one raise while I was there but I was given all kinds of flack about using my vacation time while I routinely worked 55 to 70 hours a week. Finally, after 3 years of hard work I was fired with no explanation and 3 weeks severance. I should have saved up more money but I was still recovering from my divorce.
Lesson Learned: If your boss is only concerned with the bottom line, eventually you will be viewed only as an expense, not a human being. Save up and get out. Find something you can do that makes you happy. You spend a lot of time at work, don't be miserable most of your life.
Yeah, that too me would automatically ring the Bullshit alarm. Also, who is this guy to tell me how much of this/16 i can use when i just "bought" it from him? Complete bullshit.
I had a similar fantasy but my boss was happy to wade through resumes for a month in a vain attempt to find a suitable replacement. I think i was gonna charge $500/hr though...:)
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My company develops online advergames and we've found that if a client can get a sponsor for the game that it becomes a much more attractive proposition.
It works out very well for both the client and the sponsor because they both get lots of eyeballs on their brand for less money.
Granted, the games we develop aren't console games or PC games but it's a similary concept. It reduces the price for the person who pays us to build the game instead of reducing the price for the end user.
yeah, now that i think about it, it probably wouldn't be a good idea.
but maybe i could try to get their numbers onto some fax-marketing lists so the evil fax spam bastards would bombard the evil sign spam bastards! most 1-800 numbers are routed to lines that also have a regular number as well so if i could just figure those out somehow....
If a business has a 1-800 number, it costs them money each time you call right? it's like long distance in reverse right?
i'd be willing to get an extra phone line (different number) and have my computer call and listen to the message all day. i could have it call them over and over again.
eventually maybe they would be forced to shut it down because they owed the phone company too much money? just a crazy idea....
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But they could run windows on the Mac too! Why are you screwing them over? Sell them the Mac and a Windows XP CD you troglodite! :P
is that they are trying to enforce Piracy Protection for software that wants to be free! Let Them Pirate! It's FREE SOFTWARE!!!
I tried to get them to change the headline on this. I thought anything with the phrase "Struggle Reaching Climax" would be very misleading but apparently they didn't understand the quandry I found myself in.
I don't get how this is a valid use of DRM at all!
The point of returning a book to a library was so that someone else could read it because it was physically back at the library. With audio books or e-books that is NO LONGER NECESSARY! 1e10 people could check out the same book at the same time and that one copy on the library server would be sufficient! It's just BITS!
I can see using DRM for a commercial bookstore where you had to have a monthly membership or something but NOT A PUBLIC LIBRARY!!!
Am I just Crazy?
I think she was trying to re-charge the battery in her cellphone...
CNN is reporting now that they have decided to leave it out on the pad and the launch date is not threatened. I tried to notify the /. editor when I saw this posting but I was too late!
I feel bad for all those people in FL having to deal with this. I lived there a long time and never had to put up with so much hurricane activity.
I agree completely. If your business is that short of cash flow then why are you going on vacation? Why are you taking any time off at all?
Get back to basics. Run your business in a responsible manner, hire an admin or two to run things for you and cut your own pay if you have to. It will pay out much better for you in the long run.
Sheesh!
that reminds me, i need to change the combination on my luggage!
That must be why people drive so badly here in Atlanta! They all had 15 seconds of training!
Seriously, when are people here going to get a clue and stop ramming each other on GA-400 like it's a damn demolition derby? It's getting ridiculous.
Man, that's OT!
I have yet to buy either a Roomba or a Segway but once I do I'm defo gonna run them into each other and see what happens!
I still have buckets of lego from my youth-like days. I spent hours and hours building things and then hybridizing them together and tearing them apart. I bought lego for my niece and she's only 2 but she loves to bang them together.
In my mind they are the best toy out there. I still get mine out and relive old architectural triumphs every few months. Awesome stuff.
True! I was only pointing out that the hospital administrators have the same wreckless disregard for their worker's condition but you are correct that the source of the problem is different.
I see the same thing happening in nursing!
My girlfriend just worked a 16 hour day only to have to go back 5 hours later and work a 12 hour day. I wouldn't want somebody that tired changing my meds! What's wrong with this country? We're working people to death! AAAAACK!!!
your channels are digital because you have satellite but that is not true of cable. channel 32 on any cable system in the country is analog until the FCC rules for carriers and their analog distribution change. once they release cable providers from having to provide these analog channels then you will probably get digital hbo on channel 32 over cable but not until then.
This is obviously an act of terrorism being carried out by enemy combatants. Windows should therefore be made illegal as it is a weapon of mass desctruction and anybody that has purchased it should be transported to gitmo and denied access to an attorney.
another good reason is that if my $2000 TV/Tivo breaks i have to take the whole thing (forklift rental anyone?) no matter which part of it is really broken and then i have no TV at all...
if my Tivo breaks, i unplug it and ship it somewhere and i can still watch TV...
This is why i don't like TV/VCR combos or those old dual 5.25" floppy drives!!
I stuck it out for 3 years with a company that cared nothing for my mental/physical well being but they talked a good game. I got one raise while I was there but I was given all kinds of flack about using my vacation time while I routinely worked 55 to 70 hours a week. Finally, after 3 years of hard work I was fired with no explanation and 3 weeks severance. I should have saved up more money but I was still recovering from my divorce.
Lesson Learned: If your boss is only concerned with the bottom line, eventually you will be viewed only as an expense, not a human being. Save up and get out. Find something you can do that makes you happy. You spend a lot of time at work, don't be miserable most of your life.
Yeah, that too me would automatically ring the Bullshit alarm. Also, who is this guy to tell me how much of this /16 i can use when i just "bought" it from him? Complete bullshit.
I had a similar fantasy but my boss was happy to wade through resumes for a month in a vain attempt to find a suitable replacement. I think i was gonna charge $500/hr though... :)
My company develops online advergames and we've found that if a client can get a sponsor for the game that it becomes a much more attractive proposition.
It works out very well for both the client and the sponsor because they both get lots of eyeballs on their brand for less money.
Granted, the games we develop aren't console games or PC games but it's a similary concept. It reduces the price for the person who pays us to build the game instead of reducing the price for the end user.
Why not have a firewall box in front of your (l)users to filter out DHCP in that direction? seems like a simple enough operation...
accept that in this case the one $3k fraud was part of a massive network of other frauds all performed by the same asshole...
uh... every prime number has two factors. granted one of them is always 1 but still.... :)
shouldn't that function return an array of integers?
yeah, now that i think about it, it probably wouldn't be a good idea.
but maybe i could try to get their numbers onto some fax-marketing lists so the evil fax spam bastards would bombard the evil sign spam bastards! most 1-800 numbers are routed to lines that also have a regular number as well so if i could just figure those out somehow....
talk about killing two birds with one stone!
If a business has a 1-800 number, it costs them money each time you call right? it's like long distance in reverse right?
i'd be willing to get an extra phone line (different number) and have my computer call and listen to the message all day. i could have it call them over and over again.
eventually maybe they would be forced to shut it down because they owed the phone company too much money? just a crazy idea....