For the same reason Windows introduced UAC: Because it's a bad idea to put the user in a situation where they are one mistyped command or badly-placed click from so screwing up the OS it'd take all day to repair.
There's something of a lack of video manipulation software too. Nothing quite so good as virtualdub and avisynth, and their extensive libraries of plugins. Though I still use linux for the encoding part, and some of my experimental filters operate on a folder-full-of-bitmaps because screwing around with video APIs takes up time I could be using to refine the math.
The players wern't driven off by the cash shop, they were driven off by concerns about what the cash shop might indicate about CCP's future intentions for the business.
But it would mean giving up a lot of control over their brand, and the brand is everything to a company like Lego. Any cheap injection-moulding factory could turn out compatible bricks - without the lego brand, they are nothing.
Don't even need that any more. A cheap USB stick holds 8GB, which means eleven DVD-rip movies or 1-2 (depending on compression) HD movies. Or a silly amount of music. And it fits in a pocket. Plus it doubles as a place to put schoolwork. And for the really heavy pirates, there is the 750GB 2.5" USB-external hard drive.
I think that was Orwell's big mistake in 1984. I was thinking in cold war terms, of oppressive governments. He failed to anticipate the role that private industry would play in mass-surveillance, and the importance of financial interest as opposed to power-seeking.
Lemmings manage to exceed carrying capacity locally with ease. That's why their population fluctuates so wildly, leading to the myth about mass-suicides. They rapidly breed to above carrying, then the population collapses, repeat.
I use WASTE. Currently the problem is just getting users to stick around when the public networks offer so much more content - our network only has three people who can stay connected most of the time.
Until you want to use some form of VoIP other than Skype (Which has sophisticated counter-NAT measures) or transfer a file in an IM client or IRC, or use FTP, or host a game server for friends to play on, or even just get your new game console to do voice chat right. NAT, even with UPnP, is still fiddly to set up right.
Sarcasm aside, they usually believe abortion is the greater crime just because of the numbers: More fetuses died to abortion than Jews to the holocaust, therefore abortion is the greater crime.
Counterfeiting parts requires manufacturing facilities, which can't be easily hidden. I could guess, though it's only a guess, that China tends towards complete counterfeit parts, while the fraud in the UK and Canada is focused more around reinserting defective or refurbished parts into the stream.
It's also got really nasty overheads. All anonymous networking has, as someone needs to retransmit. Fine for books or mp3s, but a real problem when you want to move movies or large pieces of software.
They repurposed the same filter they use for child porn. It only does http though, so you can still get there via https. It also seems not to have replicated to all their filter boxes, so some users (mostly business customers) are still reporting they can access newzbin2 as normal.
Think more sneakernet with wireless enhancements. You don't download: You got to Knock-Off Nigel with your phone, and he'll transfer whatever you want from his phone to yours. Such activity brings popularity, so it wouldn't be hard to find a Nigel - every school will have some in the student population, as will any sizeable workplace. The Nigels can trade their files with other Nigels online - as they have the contacts and knowledge to do so even under the strictest enforcement - and they in turn serve as points of contact for the rest of the population.
Minor correction: The UK government didn't force the ISPs to add the hardware. The UK government indicated that it would force the ISPs to add the hardware if they didn't do so voluntarily, and the ISPs (All the major ones, and most of the minor ones too) complied with haste. In their view, better a filter of their own design than to be forced to build one to government specifications.
Same trick as the Aussie Simpson's case: If the accused is already a known (Or just heavily suspected) child molester, a jury will want to throw the book at him, and take any excuse no matter how flimsy to do so. So even the most innocent images can be classed as child porn, just to up the sentence a bit more.
"At a point you need to convince people that something like Abortion is grotesque, an abomination to the moral fiber of society"
Never argued with a pro-lifer before? That's about typical for them. They tend to use holocaust comparisons a lot, but they usually believe abortion is the greater crime.
There is some social aspect to watching a movie together, but a cinemas destroys even this. Politeness dictates the movie be watched in silence, or at most a whisper, making it impossible to talk to friends - and if you can't talk during a movie, you might as well watch it alone.
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For the same reason Windows introduced UAC: Because it's a bad idea to put the user in a situation where they are one mistyped command or badly-placed click from so screwing up the OS it'd take all day to repair.
Users don't want realistic physics. It's boring if your car breaks every time you smash a wall at ninety miles an hour.
There's something of a lack of video manipulation software too. Nothing quite so good as virtualdub and avisynth, and their extensive libraries of plugins. Though I still use linux for the encoding part, and some of my experimental filters operate on a folder-full-of-bitmaps because screwing around with video APIs takes up time I could be using to refine the math.
Wireshark isn't just linux-compatable, it's *made* for linux. The windows version is a port.
The players wern't driven off by the cash shop, they were driven off by concerns about what the cash shop might indicate about CCP's future intentions for the business.
But it would mean giving up a lot of control over their brand, and the brand is everything to a company like Lego. Any cheap injection-moulding factory could turn out compatible bricks - without the lego brand, they are nothing.
It'll teach the kids to write the most simple programs - but once they need to use a real programming language, they need to unlearn Scartch.
I've taught Scratch to kids before, though only briefly. None of the class picked up much on their own, so it's no replacement for good tuition.
Because the bullies at that school were too too dumb to try to bully for profit.
Don't even need that any more. A cheap USB stick holds 8GB, which means eleven DVD-rip movies or 1-2 (depending on compression) HD movies. Or a silly amount of music. And it fits in a pocket. Plus it doubles as a place to put schoolwork. And for the really heavy pirates, there is the 750GB 2.5" USB-external hard drive.
I think that was Orwell's big mistake in 1984. I was thinking in cold war terms, of oppressive governments. He failed to anticipate the role that private industry would play in mass-surveillance, and the importance of financial interest as opposed to power-seeking.
Also, the software really needs a useable linux port. There is a wxWASTE, but I've never gotten it to compile, and nor has anyone else I know of.
Lemmings manage to exceed carrying capacity locally with ease. That's why their population fluctuates so wildly, leading to the myth about mass-suicides. They rapidly breed to above carrying, then the population collapses, repeat.
I use WASTE. Currently the problem is just getting users to stick around when the public networks offer so much more content - our network only has three people who can stay connected most of the time.
I saw the collapse of the Nigelnet when I was in school - everyone got broadband, and thus rendered it obsolete. They'll return if the need arises.
Until you want to use some form of VoIP other than Skype (Which has sophisticated counter-NAT measures) or transfer a file in an IM client or IRC, or use FTP, or host a game server for friends to play on, or even just get your new game console to do voice chat right. NAT, even with UPnP, is still fiddly to set up right.
Sarcasm aside, they usually believe abortion is the greater crime just because of the numbers: More fetuses died to abortion than Jews to the holocaust, therefore abortion is the greater crime.
Counterfeiting parts requires manufacturing facilities, which can't be easily hidden. I could guess, though it's only a guess, that China tends towards complete counterfeit parts, while the fraud in the UK and Canada is focused more around reinserting defective or refurbished parts into the stream.
Do you want to go and convince Microsoft to build into Windows a technology that is used for the sole purpose of working around their patent?
It's also got really nasty overheads. All anonymous networking has, as someone needs to retransmit. Fine for books or mp3s, but a real problem when you want to move movies or large pieces of software.
They repurposed the same filter they use for child porn. It only does http though, so you can still get there via https. It also seems not to have replicated to all their filter boxes, so some users (mostly business customers) are still reporting they can access newzbin2 as normal.
Think more sneakernet with wireless enhancements. You don't download: You got to Knock-Off Nigel with your phone, and he'll transfer whatever you want from his phone to yours. Such activity brings popularity, so it wouldn't be hard to find a Nigel - every school will have some in the student population, as will any sizeable workplace. The Nigels can trade their files with other Nigels online - as they have the contacts and knowledge to do so even under the strictest enforcement - and they in turn serve as points of contact for the rest of the population.
Minor correction: The UK government didn't force the ISPs to add the hardware. The UK government indicated that it would force the ISPs to add the hardware if they didn't do so voluntarily, and the ISPs (All the major ones, and most of the minor ones too) complied with haste. In their view, better a filter of their own design than to be forced to build one to government specifications.
Same trick as the Aussie Simpson's case: If the accused is already a known (Or just heavily suspected) child molester, a jury will want to throw the book at him, and take any excuse no matter how flimsy to do so. So even the most innocent images can be classed as child porn, just to up the sentence a bit more.
"At a point you need to convince people that something like Abortion is grotesque, an abomination to the moral fiber of society"
Never argued with a pro-lifer before? That's about typical for them. They tend to use holocaust comparisons a lot, but they usually believe abortion is the greater crime.
And, worst of all, cinemas have other people in.
There is some social aspect to watching a movie together, but a cinemas destroys even this. Politeness dictates the movie be watched in silence, or at most a whisper, making it impossible to talk to friends - and if you can't talk during a movie, you might as well watch it alone.