This seems to be only about "work produced for the school", meaning papers for class, lesson plans and the like. It doesn't seem as though they plan to lay claim to your Great American Novel (TM) if you plan on writing one while enrolled or employed there.
Did it appear that I was talking only about phones? I wasn't. The first thing to come to mind was my TV. It has some kind of Busybox implementation in it. There's an option on the menu which allows you to view the GPL.
Not sure what Samsung you're talking about. Some of the Samsung products I own incorporate free (really free, libre) software products in full compliance with the GPL. They seem to treat free/libre software as an ally, not an enemy.
My "unlimited data" isn't unlimited either. It used to be. When they told me it wasn't anymore, they had the unmitigated gall to remind me that they are the only provider in the UK to still offer 'unlimited data'.
Worst of all, there's no clear statement of the limits as far as I can tell. First I learned of them was when I got a warning that I had reached 75% of my limit. Serves me right for using tethering.
I'm not convinced that trucks would stop though. A temporary solution could easily be found to the issue of pumping gas, and GPS is hardly necessary to deliver food. We did manage to drive places before it existed.
Other than people on life support, exactly who would be killed, rather than severely inconvenienced? Serious question. I'm totally ready to admit it if you come up with something convincing which I had not thought of.
Even people on life support might not be killed if the hospitals have generators that runs on petrol (gasoline) for emergencies. Admittedly there may be problems with further petrol deliveries, but local supplies might be sufficient to ride out the worst of the crisis.
I'm willing to admit that what you describe could be a substantial crisis. To use the term 'severely inconvenienced" may softpedal the impact a little, but if you want to compare a crisis such as this to Pearl Harbor or to the 9/11 attack, then there should be actual deaths.
Otherwise it's a bit disrespectful to the memories of the people who actually did die during those crises.
Maybe PS4 will be digital only. Wii U takes discs, this is known, but it also allows games to be downloaded. Maybe the brick-and-mortar portion of the game retail sector will shrink to the point where they are no longer quite such a relevant concern.
I'll assume you meant to write 15. It's the only way your comments make any sense at all. Unless you're just having some fun posting like this, which is fine too.
I think you might have misunderstood what I said, because that wasn't a reply to it. I asked you what you imagine (and it is your imagination) gives you the right to dictate what your son (hypothetical or not) does at age 25?
Well, for starters, exposure to anything desensitizes. It's why the military uses the same games to train soldiers these days - because they know the first kill is hard (many get ill or sick), but by desensitizing them to the violence and reducing the value of life to a mere statistic, when ordered to shoot and kill, they most likely will.
That's the most tenable and demonstratable link to violence in videogames to violence in real life.
It proves that the military believe this link exists. I'm pretty sure it doesn't prove anything else.
I have no problem with paying for what I want from the app store, but seriously... who pays full price for an iPhone, or that kind of price for their plan? I know things are different from country to country, but I got my first and only iPhone (these days I use Android) free with a £36 per month plan. Admittedly I was locked in for two years, but that's still not the same as paying $500 up front then another $100 a month. Those kind of prices would be for high rollers only.
Do sites still get slashdotted? I thought these days this place doesn't drive enough traffic for that. Could be mistaken.
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To my shame, I wasn't really aware of it as a child. LEGO was something I sometimes received as a gift. I did not, however have an obscenely large collection of the stuff, like some of my friends. I'm quite glad, in retrospect. Wouldn't have wanted the folks to spend that much.
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LEGO is expensive now, and I can't afford it... personally I see Minecraft as replacing my favourite aspects of LEGO.:)
Not in a decade. I know this used to be a problem, but i can't even remember the last time I noticed this. The last relevant thing I can remember is talking about how it isn't a problem anymore about 11 years ago.
The setting for DS9 was established in such a way that it intersected the worlds of the career military and the regular Joe. What conclusions about the world in which is is set one may draw from the series I leave to you.
Or maybe it just isn't popular, since nobody wants to craw through a Jeffries tube with a hangover. There was at least one occasion (and I think more) on which it was demonstrated that there was real booze on the Enterprise too... in small quantities.
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Seems like the school are already obligated to grade work fairly and without preferential treatment.
This seems to be only about "work produced for the school", meaning papers for class, lesson plans and the like. It doesn't seem as though they plan to lay claim to your Great American Novel (TM) if you plan on writing one while enrolled or employed there.
Good points, but among the many good reasons that Bell didn't invent the telephone in ancient greece was that he wasn't born yet. *rimshot*
Did it appear that I was talking only about phones? I wasn't. The first thing to come to mind was my TV. It has some kind of Busybox implementation in it. There's an option on the menu which allows you to view the GPL.
Not sure what Samsung you're talking about. Some of the Samsung products I own incorporate free (really free, libre) software products in full compliance with the GPL. They seem to treat free/libre software as an ally, not an enemy.
You can't preface a comment in which you refer to someone by an offensive epithet with "no comment" and have it mean anything.
My "unlimited data" isn't unlimited either. It used to be. When they told me it wasn't anymore, they had the unmitigated gall to remind me that they are the only provider in the UK to still offer 'unlimited data'. Worst of all, there's no clear statement of the limits as far as I can tell. First I learned of them was when I got a warning that I had reached 75% of my limit. Serves me right for using tethering.
I'm not convinced that trucks would stop though. A temporary solution could easily be found to the issue of pumping gas, and GPS is hardly necessary to deliver food. We did manage to drive places before it existed.
Other than people on life support, exactly who would be killed, rather than severely inconvenienced? Serious question. I'm totally ready to admit it if you come up with something convincing which I had not thought of.
Even people on life support might not be killed if the hospitals have generators that runs on petrol (gasoline) for emergencies. Admittedly there may be problems with further petrol deliveries, but local supplies might be sufficient to ride out the worst of the crisis.
I'm willing to admit that what you describe could be a substantial crisis. To use the term 'severely inconvenienced" may softpedal the impact a little, but if you want to compare a crisis such as this to Pearl Harbor or to the 9/11 attack, then there should be actual deaths.
Otherwise it's a bit disrespectful to the memories of the people who actually did die during those crises.
Maybe PS4 will be digital only. Wii U takes discs, this is known, but it also allows games to be downloaded. Maybe the brick-and-mortar portion of the game retail sector will shrink to the point where they are no longer quite such a relevant concern.
This is already happening in the UK.
Archos Gamepad? Forthcoming? I've used one. It's a current release.
"Life signs have been detected, sir."
I'll assume you meant to write 15. It's the only way your comments make any sense at all. Unless you're just having some fun posting like this, which is fine too.
I think you might have misunderstood what I said, because that wasn't a reply to it. I asked you what you imagine (and it is your imagination) gives you the right to dictate what your son (hypothetical or not) does at age 25?
It proves that the military believe this link exists. I'm pretty sure it doesn't prove anything else.
At age 25 you don't really get a say in what your son does. I'm not sure what gives you the idea that you do.
I have no problem with paying for what I want from the app store, but seriously... who pays full price for an iPhone, or that kind of price for their plan? I know things are different from country to country, but I got my first and only iPhone (these days I use Android) free with a £36 per month plan. Admittedly I was locked in for two years, but that's still not the same as paying $500 up front then another $100 a month. Those kind of prices would be for high rollers only.
Do sites still get slashdotted? I thought these days this place doesn't drive enough traffic for that. Could be mistaken.
To my shame, I wasn't really aware of it as a child. LEGO was something I sometimes received as a gift. I did not, however have an obscenely large collection of the stuff, like some of my friends. I'm quite glad, in retrospect. Wouldn't have wanted the folks to spend that much.
LEGO is expensive now, and I can't afford it... personally I see Minecraft as replacing my favourite aspects of LEGO. :)
Not in a decade. I know this used to be a problem, but i can't even remember the last time I noticed this. The last relevant thing I can remember is talking about how it isn't a problem anymore about 11 years ago.
How much do you think states are spending on the Middle East situation?
Romulan ale is illegal for the same reason as Cuban cigars.
The setting for DS9 was established in such a way that it intersected the worlds of the career military and the regular Joe. What conclusions about the world in which is is set one may draw from the series I leave to you.
Or maybe it just isn't popular, since nobody wants to craw through a Jeffries tube with a hangover. There was at least one occasion (and I think more) on which it was demonstrated that there was real booze on the Enterprise too... in small quantities.