That's now how I envision Apple's legal dept. at all. For me, both Apple and Sony have a few ED-209s calling people on the phone. "You are in violation of our intellectual property. Please cease and desist. You have fifteen seconds to comply. I am authorized to use legal procedures."
Actually yes, auto-update can be easily disabled and no, they do not have any control over what you do with your browser once it's on your PC. You PC isn't an iPhone and Chrome isn't Steam, so it can't automatically uninstall nor does Chrome tries to validate itself with Google in order to work, at least not without liborwell present. Also, lo and behold: http://www.oldapps.com/google_chrome.php Chrome since version 1.0.
That's the problem. The latter is true or, at least, much more credible. To qualify as insane, you have not only to believe something utterly ridiculous, but you must also be alone in your ridiculousness. So believing pies are Satan's minions and are trying to take over the world by slowly strawberrifying humans is probably safe. Scientology isn't, even if it's even more ludicrous. See?
Well, as long as Google keeps bundling Flash, it's a non-issue. Flash already supports H264. So having support for H264 decoding via HTML5 and Flash, from what I've gathered, would require a single browser paying two times for the same functionality - once for Adobe's Flash and once for Google's Chrome. Flash isn't going anywhere soon and is still vastly superior to HTML5, performance-wise, in delivering video content, so Google's move makes a lot of sense to me. Granted, the reason given is not that hot, but supporting a free codec in spite of a non-free one can never be a bad thing, can it?
Of course there are ways of resetting, like Chrome's incognito mode, and I just had to use it. I think what we like the most in open ended games is exploring the world in all its four dimensions. We want to see all the possibilities. That, coupled with laziness, just make we abuse save states and whatnot.
Yeah, but what details could be there? Maybe they can guess location at a given time by checking IP addresses, or maybe they can get real names. But don't they know that already? Don't most people volunteer that sort of information? And why would that be important? Yes, I get that it shouldn't be looked into anyway, privacy is about not having to disclose exactly whatever you don't wish to disclose, not solely what's deemed important, but I think the most important thing is to realize that if they were looking into Twitter, which might contain no valuable information for them whatsoever, they're also looking everywhere else. That's what's worrying. Well... that and the fact that only Twitter made such inquiries public so far.
Bringing in business interests, US or other, is exactly what Iraq needs. This will do more good than any other thing we could possibly come up with now. I know that people like to bash the "evil capitalist", but it's the entrepreneurs that make the world a better place for all.
Of course. Let's ask a few workers worldwide that have been aided by such charitable entrepreneurs:
In 1995 Nike said it thought it had tied up with responsible factories in Sialkot, in Pakistan, that would manufacture well-made footballs and provide good conditions for workers. Instead, the work was sub-contracted round local villages, and children were drawn into the production process.
Hourly wage in US$ Bangladesh $0.13 China 0.44 Costa Rica 2.38 Dominican Republic 1.62 El Salvador 1.38 Haiti 0.49 Honduras 1.31 Indonesia 0.34 Nicaragua 0.76 Vietnam 0.26
But then again, TVs, iPads and whatnot will probably become even cheaper, so that's sort of "making a better place for all", isn't it?
Maybe it's because I have an outdated card, but I don't get the hate. I thought Nvidia released good drivers for Linux and all. I'm a Linux user, I have a GeForce and performance seems comparable to that of Windows. Proprietary drivers, yes, but good ones. Am I missing something?
Indeed, Gun Crime is much, much worse in those countries where guns are banned.
In Brazil, country ranked #1 by gun deaths, gun crime fell almost 10% in the first year of a disarmament campaign after 13 years of steadily rising. Probably because 72% of all the weapons used by criminals there had previously belonged to law-abiding folks.
Also, Australia. After tightening gun control in 1996, gun deaths, that were already dropping, started dropping way faster.
In Japan, country listed as having fewer gun deaths per capita than any other, gun control is extremely strict.
So I don't get where your statement came from. Or were you being ironic and I just have a case of the whooshies?
How did we get into a Malthusian dystopia all of the sudden?
If I had to guess, I'd say it was the discovery of penicilin. But who knows?
Please just follow your ideals, cancel your internet subscription and go live under a rock.
Actually, in terms of resource savings, dying would be preferable to living in any way, even if under a rock, according to what I have exposed. And, as telling someone to die is considered somewhat more offensive than just telling them to avoid the internet and move, I believe it'd make for a suggestion more suited to your purposes.
I can relate to the bitching precisely because I never really got into KDE4. Gnome is lighter, faster, and I almost never have to search for an application, since either I have just installed it and remember where it is or I've already used it before, so it felt weird and unnecessary to me.
That's the sort of screwed up reasoning that a highly abstracted economy generates. Economy is the management of available resources. People are, however, more concerned with trade than anything else. Trade should be merely a tool for managing resources, not a goal in itself. Yes, consuming more creates more jobs and trade, but it actually saps wealth. The more you consume, the less you have. It's that simple. Historically it hasn't been an issue, but when the world population triples in only 60 years, that's how we should be thinking. Plus, with increased consumption, there's a lot of garbage being generated. That's why I think a slacker - or a worker, for that matter - that spends a lot of money is way worse than a slacker who lives modestly.
Well, India has a lot of poor people, that's why they HAD to increase efficiency and compress the city. They simply could not afford the crazy traffic expenses of most cities. In mine, it's not uncommon at all to find people paying over 1/5 of their salary in transportation (gas + parking only, I'm not taking into account vehicular depreciation or maintenance). Richer metropolises COULD compress even more and benefit greatly, not having to turn into slums exactly because they aren't that poor that they are forced into doing it in the first place.
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That's now how I envision Apple's legal dept. at all. For me, both Apple and Sony have a few ED-209s calling people on the phone. "You are in violation of our intellectual property. Please cease and desist. You have fifteen seconds to comply. I am authorized to use legal procedures."
You don't have to reload a station wagon on a crowded sidewalk...
In this case, the bugs are the future.
Actually yes, auto-update can be easily disabled and no, they do not have any control over what you do with your browser once it's on your PC. You PC isn't an iPhone and Chrome isn't Steam, so it can't automatically uninstall nor does Chrome tries to validate itself with Google in order to work, at least not without liborwell present. Also, lo and behold: http://www.oldapps.com/google_chrome.php Chrome since version 1.0.
That's the problem. The latter is true or, at least, much more credible. To qualify as insane, you have not only to believe something utterly ridiculous, but you must also be alone in your ridiculousness. So believing pies are Satan's minions and are trying to take over the world by slowly strawberrifying humans is probably safe. Scientology isn't, even if it's even more ludicrous. See?
I have three. Contact me so we can arrange the details.
P.S.: Your kingdom has to be Andorra-sized or bigger.
I made a support for my PS2 out of two toilet paper cardboard cylinders and a few CDs glued together. Worked like a charm to avoid overheating.
I just went back to FF from Chrome. Reasons: significant closing of the performance gap and about:config. I really, really like about:config.
Does it run Linux?
Well, as long as Google keeps bundling Flash, it's a non-issue. Flash already supports H264. So having support for H264 decoding via HTML5 and Flash, from what I've gathered, would require a single browser paying two times for the same functionality - once for Adobe's Flash and once for Google's Chrome. Flash isn't going anywhere soon and is still vastly superior to HTML5, performance-wise, in delivering video content, so Google's move makes a lot of sense to me. Granted, the reason given is not that hot, but supporting a free codec in spite of a non-free one can never be a bad thing, can it?
Actually alcohol doesn't kill brain cells. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions
I know, I'm much more disappointed in myself knowing that than when I could blame my current lack of brightness on past ethanol-fueled fun.
Then you'll hate One Chance: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/555181
Of course there are ways of resetting, like Chrome's incognito mode, and I just had to use it. I think what we like the most in open ended games is exploring the world in all its four dimensions. We want to see all the possibilities. That, coupled with laziness, just make we abuse save states and whatnot.
Yeah, but what details could be there? Maybe they can guess location at a given time by checking IP addresses, or maybe they can get real names. But don't they know that already? Don't most people volunteer that sort of information? And why would that be important? Yes, I get that it shouldn't be looked into anyway, privacy is about not having to disclose exactly whatever you don't wish to disclose, not solely what's deemed important, but I think the most important thing is to realize that if they were looking into Twitter, which might contain no valuable information for them whatsoever, they're also looking everywhere else. That's what's worrying. Well... that and the fact that only Twitter made such inquiries public so far.
Bringing in business interests, US or other, is exactly what Iraq needs. This will do more good than any other thing we could possibly come up with now. I know that people like to bash the "evil capitalist", but it's the entrepreneurs that make the world a better place for all.
Of course. Let's ask a few workers worldwide that have been aided by such charitable entrepreneurs:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1020-01.htm
In 1995 Nike said it thought it had tied up with responsible factories in Sialkot, in Pakistan, that would manufacture well-made footballs and provide good conditions for workers. Instead, the work was sub-contracted round local villages, and children were drawn into the production process.
http://www.independent.org/publications/working_papers/article.asp?id=1369
Hourly wage in US$
Bangladesh $0.13
China 0.44
Costa Rica 2.38
Dominican Republic 1.62
El Salvador 1.38
Haiti 0.49
Honduras 1.31
Indonesia 0.34
Nicaragua 0.76
Vietnam 0.26
But then again, TVs, iPads and whatnot will probably become even cheaper, so that's sort of "making a better place for all", isn't it?
Maybe it's because I have an outdated card, but I don't get the hate. I thought Nvidia released good drivers for Linux and all. I'm a Linux user, I have a GeForce and performance seems comparable to that of Windows. Proprietary drivers, yes, but good ones. Am I missing something?
To be fair, that shift of perception is usually a sign of getting older.
I'm guessing somewhat like Douglas Adams' ruler of the universe.
Indeed, Gun Crime is much, much worse in those countries where guns are banned.
In Brazil, country ranked #1 by gun deaths, gun crime fell almost 10% in the first year of a disarmament campaign after 13 years of steadily rising. Probably because 72% of all the weapons used by criminals there had previously belonged to law-abiding folks.
Also, Australia. After tightening gun control in 1996, gun deaths, that were already dropping, started dropping way faster.
In Japan, country listed as having fewer gun deaths per capita than any other, gun control is extremely strict.
So I don't get where your statement came from. Or were you being ironic and I just have a case of the whooshies?
wut no profit????
Iceland? That's part of the country called europe right? How many nukes do they have? Do they have oil or other stuff we need?
Yes I'm being satrical.
We know. If you weren't, you'd be asking your underlings on the USG, not us.
How did we get into a Malthusian dystopia all of the sudden?
If I had to guess, I'd say it was the discovery of penicilin. But who knows?
Please just follow your ideals, cancel your internet subscription and go live under a rock.
Actually, in terms of resource savings, dying would be preferable to living in any way, even if under a rock, according to what I have exposed. And, as telling someone to die is considered somewhat more offensive than just telling them to avoid the internet and move, I believe it'd make for a suggestion more suited to your purposes.
I can relate to the bitching precisely because I never really got into KDE4. Gnome is lighter, faster, and I almost never have to search for an application, since either I have just installed it and remember where it is or I've already used it before, so it felt weird and unnecessary to me.
That's the sort of screwed up reasoning that a highly abstracted economy generates. Economy is the management of available resources. People are, however, more concerned with trade than anything else. Trade should be merely a tool for managing resources, not a goal in itself. Yes, consuming more creates more jobs and trade, but it actually saps wealth. The more you consume, the less you have. It's that simple. Historically it hasn't been an issue, but when the world population triples in only 60 years, that's how we should be thinking. Plus, with increased consumption, there's a lot of garbage being generated. That's why I think a slacker - or a worker, for that matter - that spends a lot of money is way worse than a slacker who lives modestly.
Well, India has a lot of poor people, that's why they HAD to increase efficiency and compress the city. They simply could not afford the crazy traffic expenses of most cities. In mine, it's not uncommon at all to find people paying over 1/5 of their salary in transportation (gas + parking only, I'm not taking into account vehicular depreciation or maintenance). Richer metropolises COULD compress even more and benefit greatly, not having to turn into slums exactly because they aren't that poor that they are forced into doing it in the first place.
I could make a case for recording government officials 24/7.
And you would lose.
This is on my brief list of exact reasonings where I usually stop reading.