Could you elaborate on the technical reasons why XBox Live for the XBox had to die? I can't imagine that all the original XBoxes out there suddenly stopped working.
scot4875's comment has been modded "Funny" but I think he's right on the mark.
Actually, I follow games and gaming consoles fairly closely and this is the first time I've heard of a console being a threat to the used gaming market. All previous threats came in the form of online keys or downloadable content.
How expensive? $94 million dollars has already passed from Hollywood to campaign coffers for this legislation. If it doesn't come close to that for the court orders, then it really isn't all that expensive.
How is this wrong? Even Bruce Schneier advocates this method. [1] Protecting little peices of paper is something everyone is already ingrained to do (think money), but remembering long strings of random numbers, characters and punctuation is not.
Microsoft was also hit with an antitrust suit, successfully. Microsoft is now required to offer Europeans a randomized choice between browsers when Windows is installed. So it may be true that most computers come with Windows, but it is not true that all Windows installations have IE as the browser and Bing as the default search.
Where do you live? I'm in San Diego and I have to schedule a urologist appointment 5 weeks in advance, with insurance. In the last 3 years I have had surgery to repair detached retinas for a little over $12k and tonsils removed for a little over $7k, both without insurance.
He is also using "Teabagger", a term commonly associated with a homosexual sex act, as an insult. It's the equivalent of calling someone "gay" or a "faggot". That not only makes him bias, but a bigot as well.
You're projecting. Teabagging has long since entered the American lexicon outside of a term strictly used to define an act for sexual gratification. If you don't believe me, put it into the looking glass of American culture, YouTube, and witness for yourself the current usage.
If we're busy discussing how horrible software used to be, let's not forget how much a pain in the ass it was to install and use DOS software with all those switches (seriously, I have to specify IO port and IRQ to the audio devices?!) or DLL hell brought on by Windows. Or, you know, you could talk about software as it currently exists. You don't have to manually edit conf files and install things on the command line with modern distributions these days.
It's not like people evolve a great deal in their (the doctors') lifetimes.
But bacteria and viruses do. And for the worse (from the human perspective) when a doctor over-prescribes antibiotics or the patient fails to take the full dose.
English majors who are great at writing proposals and applications for grants.
Writing more grant proposals doesn't result in more grants. There is a limited amount of money to begin with, having more people skilled in asking for it doesn't make that number grow.
If it is a radiation issue, I'd like to remind you that airport scanners are a source of radiation. You bring up a very good point about the cell tower. We need more info from the GP about whether or not the 3G modem was disabled or not to rule that out.
This all happened because you think you can play expert on things you know little about. You should have contacted a lawyer who specialized in accident and injury cases. After all, the insurance company did!
My place of employment has amongst its team leads a number of blacks, Indians and females. Every one of them I have had the experience of working with has definitely proven their worth through their work. I, too, agree that the issue is one of perception and not racial bias.
Perhaps the issue is one of connections. From what I can tell, the people on top have established connections that have provided them with their status, either through due diligence or, more often, by being born within a well connected family. This could easily explain why there is an observed discrepancy between general population and tech entrepreneurs.
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What robots do you mean? They canceled their consumer electronics and research robotics product, Aibo, in 2006.
Could you elaborate on the technical reasons why XBox Live for the XBox had to die? I can't imagine that all the original XBoxes out there suddenly stopped working.
scot4875's comment has been modded "Funny" but I think he's right on the mark.
Actually, I follow games and gaming consoles fairly closely and this is the first time I've heard of a console being a threat to the used gaming market. All previous threats came in the form of online keys or downloadable content.
How expensive? $94 million dollars has already passed from Hollywood to campaign coffers for this legislation. If it doesn't come close to that for the court orders, then it really isn't all that expensive.
That is true, but I still try to keep my money where you can't see it.
Here's a howto on that topic. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Fool-a-Fingerprint-Security-System-As-Easy-/
I have also heard that if you swipe any finger enough times it'll eventually accept it.
How is this wrong? Even Bruce Schneier advocates this method. [1] Protecting little peices of paper is something everyone is already ingrained to do (think money), but remembering long strings of random numbers, characters and punctuation is not.
[1] http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/06/write_down_your.html
Check, and mate.
Keep your snarky self-congratulating to yourself.
My experience is that the older equipment tended to be more durable than modern glass-screened devices of today.
Microsoft was also hit with an antitrust suit, successfully. Microsoft is now required to offer Europeans a randomized choice between browsers when Windows is installed. So it may be true that most computers come with Windows, but it is not true that all Windows installations have IE as the browser and Bing as the default search.
My surgeries were in South Dakota. I don't think "red state" has anything to do with anything.
Where do you live? I'm in San Diego and I have to schedule a urologist appointment 5 weeks in advance, with insurance. In the last 3 years I have had surgery to repair detached retinas for a little over $12k and tonsils removed for a little over $7k, both without insurance.
Newsflash! With lots of money you can afford better things!
It sure must be great to be financially superior to everyone else.
He is also using "Teabagger", a term commonly associated with a homosexual sex act, as an insult. It's the equivalent of calling someone "gay" or a "faggot". That not only makes him bias, but a bigot as well.
You're projecting. Teabagging has long since entered the American lexicon outside of a term strictly used to define an act for sexual gratification. If you don't believe me, put it into the looking glass of American culture, YouTube, and witness for yourself the current usage.
If we're busy discussing how horrible software used to be, let's not forget how much a pain in the ass it was to install and use DOS software with all those switches (seriously, I have to specify IO port and IRQ to the audio devices?!) or DLL hell brought on by Windows. Or, you know, you could talk about software as it currently exists. You don't have to manually edit conf files and install things on the command line with modern distributions these days.
It's not like people evolve a great deal in their (the doctors') lifetimes.
But bacteria and viruses do. And for the worse (from the human perspective) when a doctor over-prescribes antibiotics or the patient fails to take the full dose.
English majors who are great at writing proposals and applications for grants.
Writing more grant proposals doesn't result in more grants. There is a limited amount of money to begin with, having more people skilled in asking for it doesn't make that number grow.
First you put words into other people's mouths then you get upset about what you claim they said? You're a real piece of shit, you know that?
If it is a radiation issue, I'd like to remind you that airport scanners are a source of radiation. You bring up a very good point about the cell tower. We need more info from the GP about whether or not the 3G modem was disabled or not to rule that out.
Internal Combustion Engine.
So your solution to the problem that "people don't look before crossing the road" is that they'll have to look at a device before crossing a road?
Amusingly, by doing this you implicitly adhere to the terms of the GPL.
If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
-Paul Scofield
This all happened because you think you can play expert on things you know little about. You should have contacted a lawyer who specialized in accident and injury cases. After all, the insurance company did!
oh, SNAP!
My place of employment has amongst its team leads a number of blacks, Indians and females. Every one of them I have had the experience of working with has definitely proven their worth through their work. I, too, agree that the issue is one of perception and not racial bias.
Perhaps the issue is one of connections. From what I can tell, the people on top have established connections that have provided them with their status, either through due diligence or, more often, by being born within a well connected family. This could easily explain why there is an observed discrepancy between general population and tech entrepreneurs.