What makes you think that the airport cares whether you feel comfortable or not? The private firm, too, can tell you to go fuck yourself. They don't work for you, they work for whoever hired them. Private screening might still have "guidelines" that they will be required to follow, and I don't expect them to be too different from what we have with the TSA.
Yes, because getting your groped by a private security agency employee is much better than being groped by a government agency employee. It's like being glad that your shit sandwich now has a different kind of bread.
Well, first they start switching to Linux, then they want to fund ReactOS. I think I'm starting to cheer for the Russians. Meanwhile, the US and UK want to police your internet so you don't download stuff.
Hey, I know, and I don't think that socialism is evil, but a capitalist system is probably the best a society can do right now. Yes, it must be accompanied by heavy regulation, especially of big corporations, but I don't think that a pure socialism or a pure capitalism are the answer for anyone.
Yeah, I didn't say that. All I said was that we knew what downsides there are to our system and society has accepted them. This says nothing about the USSR or communism.
I think everyone knew that even Capitalism has its down sides, we just agreed that they were acceptable. Yeah, he may have been right, but it's nothing we didn't already know.
And it's irrelevant, since the end result is the same: control is taken from the user and given to another entity. It's just a bad way to do things if you care about controlling the software that you use. Open source or not SaaS is not a good thing, and it's probably even worse than just running proprietary software. Hell, I run a couple of proprietary programs because there is no other alternative, but I'll be damned before I run my software on another's machine.
Same here, it's just using software as a service, which is evil, in and of itself. It's the same reason why I use LibreOffice, when I could use Google docs, and it's the same reason that I don't use "cloud" services.
I would say it's already a great value for the money that I spent on it. It cost me $99 and it's great for doing lots of things. It's good now, it'll be great after it starts running Android.
Yes, many great thinkers were christians and creationists, many of them also did not know about germ theory or about the vast amounts of knowledge we now hold. Just because they believed that, doesn't mean that it's correct. Argument from authority and all that, you know?
Evan that is either yes or no, so even in that case, there's only two races and it stops being something "superficial" and instead something you have to test for.
I still don't get the people who are touting the "post-PC" label. PCs exist because people still need them. Would you write a term paper on your phone? PCs are here to stay until we can find something better, and I don't think that tablets and phones are something better, not yet anyway.
Or they could just give you the option to play offline and not take that character online. Many games have done this in the past. So I don't see the problem. I guess the problem is that Blizzard really loves money, and as you said, it's all about taking that cut from their RMT scheme.
The always-on thing is just a DRM scheme. It brings noting to the table so the requirement is not really required for the game but for the company. Yes, there is an online mode and that obviously means that you need an internet connection, but there is also a single player mode and that should not require my computer to be calling home. Why is it that when Ubisoft did this it was wrong but when Blizzard does it, it's okay? It's not okay and it's not okay to require such silly things from games. I won't be buying. They seem to not want my money.
It breaks your ability to do what you want with the things you buy. In fact, according to them, you don't own any of your stuff. I'd rather just not have any DRM. There is no need for it and it hurts legitimate customers.
I'm going to be honest with you, I love the idea of digital distribution, but Steam makes me sick. It's just DRM and people seem to love the hell out of it. GOG is what I wish digital distribution was like, and I'll say it now, I bought The Witcher 2 from them, and I'll continue buying from there if there is an opportunity. Steam? Never.
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What makes you think that the airport cares whether you feel comfortable or not? The private firm, too, can tell you to go fuck yourself. They don't work for you, they work for whoever hired them. Private screening might still have "guidelines" that they will be required to follow, and I don't expect them to be too different from what we have with the TSA.
Yes, because getting your groped by a private security agency employee is much better than being groped by a government agency employee. It's like being glad that your shit sandwich now has a different kind of bread.
Well in that case, we can tell them to go fork themselves.
Well, first they start switching to Linux, then they want to fund ReactOS. I think I'm starting to cheer for the Russians. Meanwhile, the US and UK want to police your internet so you don't download stuff.
Hey, I know, and I don't think that socialism is evil, but a capitalist system is probably the best a society can do right now. Yes, it must be accompanied by heavy regulation, especially of big corporations, but I don't think that a pure socialism or a pure capitalism are the answer for anyone.
Yeah, I didn't say that. All I said was that we knew what downsides there are to our system and society has accepted them. This says nothing about the USSR or communism.
I think everyone knew that even Capitalism has its down sides, we just agreed that they were acceptable. Yeah, he may have been right, but it's nothing we didn't already know.
And it's irrelevant, since the end result is the same: control is taken from the user and given to another entity. It's just a bad way to do things if you care about controlling the software that you use. Open source or not SaaS is not a good thing, and it's probably even worse than just running proprietary software. Hell, I run a couple of proprietary programs because there is no other alternative, but I'll be damned before I run my software on another's machine.
Same here, it's just using software as a service, which is evil, in and of itself. It's the same reason why I use LibreOffice, when I could use Google docs, and it's the same reason that I don't use "cloud" services.
Well you could use it for a UAV or something. I'm sure you could make one carry a gun. Or it could just explode when it's close enough to its target.
Maybe they can combine it? I don't know, I'm not a chemist and I haven't read the abstract, but it would be interesting.
That car crashed while being driven by a human, if I remember correctly.
Yeah, well my Linux boxen have been doing that for ages. Windows is behind.
I would say it's already a great value for the money that I spent on it. It cost me $99 and it's great for doing lots of things. It's good now, it'll be great after it starts running Android.
That's still being debated. It depends on the circumstances. It's a new thing for the courts to deal with, and we can all see where this is going.
Yes, many great thinkers were christians and creationists, many of them also did not know about germ theory or about the vast amounts of knowledge we now hold. Just because they believed that, doesn't mean that it's correct. Argument from authority and all that, you know?
Well, yes science changes, but one thing that will not change is that we did not come from adam and eve after a talking snake tricked them.
Evan that is either yes or no, so even in that case, there's only two races and it stops being something "superficial" and instead something you have to test for.
That "something else" being non-existent. How do you define "race"?
I still don't get the people who are touting the "post-PC" label. PCs exist because people still need them. Would you write a term paper on your phone? PCs are here to stay until we can find something better, and I don't think that tablets and phones are something better, not yet anyway.
Or they could just give you the option to play offline and not take that character online. Many games have done this in the past. So I don't see the problem. I guess the problem is that Blizzard really loves money, and as you said, it's all about taking that cut from their RMT scheme.
The always-on thing is just a DRM scheme. It brings noting to the table so the requirement is not really required for the game but for the company. Yes, there is an online mode and that obviously means that you need an internet connection, but there is also a single player mode and that should not require my computer to be calling home. Why is it that when Ubisoft did this it was wrong but when Blizzard does it, it's okay? It's not okay and it's not okay to require such silly things from games. I won't be buying. They seem to not want my money.
Didn't you get the memo? We're just going to censor it and add a shut down button to it instead. It's what the founding fathers would want.
It breaks your ability to do what you want with the things you buy. In fact, according to them, you don't own any of your stuff. I'd rather just not have any DRM. There is no need for it and it hurts legitimate customers.
I'm going to be honest with you, I love the idea of digital distribution, but Steam makes me sick. It's just DRM and people seem to love the hell out of it. GOG is what I wish digital distribution was like, and I'll say it now, I bought The Witcher 2 from them, and I'll continue buying from there if there is an opportunity. Steam? Never.