I had a long suspicion that the nudity was partially in there as a way of keeping kids and meddlesome busybodies from reading the magazine. Basically a tree fort in a magazine. A place where the good old boys can be boys without their wives/girlfriends/mothers watching over their shoulder. Reading Playboy was sort of like belonging to an exclusive club delivered to your mailbox (or newsstand) once a month.
That never occurred to me but it makes perfect sense.
I am too. Playboy, back in the day, was about selling the high-class James Bond lifestyle. They had cutting-edge fiction, interviews, technology and film reviews, and articles written by some of the most prolific authors of their generation. Yes, it had nudity, but that was only one part of the magazine. Since the advent of the internet, the magazine lost most of that and just turned into a watered-down skin rag. The old joke is that "I read it for the articles", but you you really could read it just for the articles. It used to be a great magazine. I'd love to be able to have that massive archive of high-end content available again.
Unlimited data plan? Hopefully will spread to all phones/carriers
Sprint has had unlimited data for some time now. They even include unlimited texting, which the other carriers inexplicably charge a criminally-marked-up amount for.
Maybe if you stopped thinking of them as students (children who need to be controlled) and start thinking of them as ADULT, PAYING CUSTOMERS, then the answer will be clear. These customers are paying you to teach them. Why is it any of your business if they want to use a laptop in the class? Let them listen to an iPod if they want and tune you out completely. As long as they're not disrupting anyone else in the class, why do you care? College instructors are awfully full of themselves anymore. It was bad when I was in school, but it seems like it's getting progressively worse. Costs are skyrocketing and If I'm paying $20,000 per year (or more) to get an education, then I'm going to use whatever tools are at my disposal to aid my studies.
I'm not sure why you've made it your crusade to post the same "meaningless statistics" reply to every post on this story. My only conclusion is that you simply don't care about real facts unless they prove your view of "linux users being cheap" to be the correct one.
What are you talking about? I've only mentioned it once. Well, twice if you count me replying to the person who commented on my post, and this post is only my third in this entire story. How is that a "crusade to post the same...reply to every post..."?
Nevertheless, without weighted statistics it's still a meaningless number. One buyer can throw off the chart completely. It's great that people are giving so much, but to use those numbers to suggest that all linux users pay twice as much for games based, possibly, on the generosity of one or two individuals doesn't make any sense.
The number you're referencing is worthless without statistics. Maybe they only sold ten linux copies but one buyer paid $100 while everyone else only paid pennies.
Also, if you look at the fire trail the Delorean leaves behind after the lightning strike, it looks like a series of curls, which leads some to speculate that the lightning strike made the car spin on its axis at 88mph.
Which part was moving at 88mph? The axis or the periphery? If only one part of the car had to move at 88mph, why not just install a flywheel somewhere in the chassis and let the rest of the car remain perfectly still?
Maybe the car just had to do 88 [any unit of measurement] and in this case it was 88rpms.
I'm sure this won't be abused at all by the more unscrupulous types of advertisers. You know, those who get paid by the click or the ones trying to distribute malware.
I don't even know a single person with a carrying permit.
this shit actually scares people.
Seems you've answered your own question. I'm willing to bet that you know lots of people with both guns AND carry permits, but they're well aware of your irrational fear of inanimate objects so they just don't tell you.
Heh... I just heard a collective "Duke Who, now?" from all the current gamers who weren't alive when DNF was first announced, much less when the other Duke games were released.
It would be one thing if Bess' website were, well, an actual business, or if the amount of money the city wanted didn't outpace her earnings six-fold. Sure, the city has its rules; and yes, cash-strapped cities can't very well ignore potential sources of income.
If the "tax" is six times what her income was, then she's not a "potential source of income" for the city. She's a mark that can be shaken down and robbed of everything she's got. It's legalized thievery, not a "tax".
Secondly, it is easy to set up IPv6. Just get an ISP with the addresses and set up AAAA DNS records for your servers.
Ah, now that's the tricky part, isn't it? No ISPs that service my area support IPv6. In fact, I think on my last attempt, the response was "IP what, now?" If I want IPv6, I have to do 6-to-4 tunneling, which is, at best, a hack. Unless you're in a major metropolitan area, I would bet that you'd have the same problem.
Seriously, he is an idiot for taking them out of station.
You forgot to add "in a freaking KESTREL!" The thing wasn't even cloaked and it was "protected" by a single T2 invuln! Might as well have been transporting them in a paper bag. He got exactly what he deserved. A 22 billion ISK mistake.
I can't comment on this article because I want to run for the Legislature someday.
No really I have no idea what Playboy is. But if you're looking for some good articles, subscribe to Asimov's Science Fiction. That's what I switched too after..... well.... just after.
I can also recommend Asimov's Science Fiction. It's a terrific magazine.
Er, what is the point? Oh that's right - everyone *reads* Playboy for the humor and interesting articles... (rolls eyes)
Playboy used to be a great venue for articles from many famous and influential authors (including a quite a bit of original sci-fi), plus interviews, humor, reviews, etc. It was a true "men's magazine". It really wasn't just for teh bewbies (although that was completely awesome, of course). Since the advent of internet porn, they've been struggling to compete and the quality of their editorial submissions has declined dramatically. Nowadays, saying "I only read it for the articles" is just dumb and meaningless.
If they put their back-catalog of articles on that new website, I'd sign up in a New York second.
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I had a long suspicion that the nudity was partially in there as a way of keeping kids and meddlesome busybodies from reading the magazine. Basically a tree fort in a magazine. A place where the good old boys can be boys without their wives/girlfriends/mothers watching over their shoulder. Reading Playboy was sort of like belonging to an exclusive club delivered to your mailbox (or newsstand) once a month.
That never occurred to me but it makes perfect sense.
Yeah I'm looking forward to reading the articles.
I am too. Playboy, back in the day, was about selling the high-class James Bond lifestyle. They had cutting-edge fiction, interviews, technology and film reviews, and articles written by some of the most prolific authors of their generation. Yes, it had nudity, but that was only one part of the magazine. Since the advent of the internet, the magazine lost most of that and just turned into a watered-down skin rag. The old joke is that "I read it for the articles", but you you really could read it just for the articles. It used to be a great magazine. I'd love to be able to have that massive archive of high-end content available again.
Unlimited data plan? Hopefully will spread to all phones/carriers
Sprint has had unlimited data for some time now. They even include unlimited texting, which the other carriers inexplicably charge a criminally-marked-up amount for.
Maybe if you stopped thinking of them as students (children who need to be controlled) and start thinking of them as ADULT, PAYING CUSTOMERS, then the answer will be clear. These customers are paying you to teach them. Why is it any of your business if they want to use a laptop in the class? Let them listen to an iPod if they want and tune you out completely. As long as they're not disrupting anyone else in the class, why do you care? College instructors are awfully full of themselves anymore. It was bad when I was in school, but it seems like it's getting progressively worse. Costs are skyrocketing and If I'm paying $20,000 per year (or more) to get an education, then I'm going to use whatever tools are at my disposal to aid my studies.
Why's it so hard to get this thing in orbit? I mean, it's not rocket scie.....wait a minute...
I'm not sure why you've made it your crusade to post the same "meaningless statistics" reply to every post on this story. My only conclusion is that you simply don't care about real facts unless they prove your view of "linux users being cheap" to be the correct one.
What are you talking about? I've only mentioned it once. Well, twice if you count me replying to the person who commented on my post, and this post is only my third in this entire story. How is that a "crusade to post the same...reply to every post..."?
Nevertheless, without weighted statistics it's still a meaningless number. One buyer can throw off the chart completely. It's great that people are giving so much, but to use those numbers to suggest that all linux users pay twice as much for games based, possibly, on the generosity of one or two individuals doesn't make any sense.
The number you're referencing is worthless without statistics. Maybe they only sold ten linux copies but one buyer paid $100 while everyone else only paid pennies.
You didn't get that this was a follow-up story, then, huh?
Also, if you look at the fire trail the Delorean leaves behind after the lightning strike, it looks like a series of curls, which leads some to speculate that the lightning strike made the car spin on its axis at 88mph.
Which part was moving at 88mph? The axis or the periphery? If only one part of the car had to move at 88mph, why not just install a flywheel somewhere in the chassis and let the rest of the car remain perfectly still?
Maybe the car just had to do 88 [any unit of measurement] and in this case it was 88rpms.
I'm sure this won't be abused at all by the more unscrupulous types of advertisers. You know, those who get paid by the click or the ones trying to distribute malware.
I don't even know a single person with a carrying permit.
this shit actually scares people.
Seems you've answered your own question. I'm willing to bet that you know lots of people with both guns AND carry permits, but they're well aware of your irrational fear of inanimate objects so they just don't tell you.
You must have missed the part where it said "Idle".
Heh... I just heard a collective "Duke Who, now?" from all the current gamers who weren't alive when DNF was first announced, much less when the other Duke games were released.
It would be one thing if Bess' website were, well, an actual business, or if the amount of money the city wanted didn't outpace her earnings six-fold. Sure, the city has its rules; and yes, cash-strapped cities can't very well ignore potential sources of income.
If the "tax" is six times what her income was, then she's not a "potential source of income" for the city. She's a mark that can be shaken down and robbed of everything she's got. It's legalized thievery, not a "tax".
Secondly, it is easy to set up IPv6. Just get an ISP with the addresses and set up AAAA DNS records for your servers.
Ah, now that's the tricky part, isn't it? No ISPs that service my area support IPv6. In fact, I think on my last attempt, the response was "IP what, now?" If I want IPv6, I have to do 6-to-4 tunneling, which is, at best, a hack. Unless you're in a major metropolitan area, I would bet that you'd have the same problem.
Seriously, he is an idiot for taking them out of station.
You forgot to add "in a freaking KESTREL!" The thing wasn't even cloaked and it was "protected" by a single T2 invuln! Might as well have been transporting them in a paper bag. He got exactly what he deserved. A 22 billion ISK mistake.
I can't comment on this article because I want to run for the Legislature someday.
No really I have no idea what Playboy is. But if you're looking for some good articles, subscribe to Asimov's Science Fiction. That's what I switched too after..... well.... just after.
I can also recommend Asimov's Science Fiction. It's a terrific magazine.
Er, what is the point? Oh that's right - everyone *reads* Playboy for the humor and interesting articles... (rolls eyes)
Playboy used to be a great venue for articles from many famous and influential authors (including a quite a bit of original sci-fi), plus interviews, humor, reviews, etc. It was a true "men's magazine". It really wasn't just for teh bewbies (although that was completely awesome, of course). Since the advent of internet porn, they've been struggling to compete and the quality of their editorial submissions has declined dramatically. Nowadays, saying "I only read it for the articles" is just dumb and meaningless.
If they put their back-catalog of articles on that new website, I'd sign up in a New York second.
You must be a hoot at parties.
Those balls will mean your fortune! You should patent it and name it after Nancy.
You'll still be stuck on 3Mb/512kb DSL.
Maximum PC is a great magazine.
Maximum PC died when they changed their name from "boot!".
You don't have the freedom to own a modern gun. The Constitution referred only to flintlocks which fired balls down a smoothbore barrel.
Really? Maybe you could point out the part that talks about flintlocks. I can't seem to find it.
By your logic, the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to computers and ball-point pens.
Actually, apparently he doesn't.
Pffft! "Oxford English Dictionary", indeed!