They'll care when I bust-down the door with a semiautomatic and start tearing them open with bullets. I don't understand why a guy like Jamie Thomas, who is being raped with a million dollar fine he will never be able to payoff, is just sitting idle. If I were Jamie I'd already be breaking into the RIAA offices. If you're gonna be punished with a life sentence paying a fine, might as well make it for something worthwhile (murder). "From time to time the Tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants. Protest is its natural fertilizer." - Thomas Jefferson
>>> There's also the "try-before-I-buy" folks who are willing to pay, but they're frugal with their money and don't want to buy something they'll regret later.
Hello. There's also the group that thinks this is wrong, and have no objection to manufacturers refusing to take back crappy CD or DVD purchases. I don't like that group. (Even lowly candybar makers offer a return policy if the customer is dissatisfied.)
A game of Pacman with only one ghost chasing is essentially zero challenge. You need all 3 Gameboys to really give the Pac player a challenge. Plus the linkcables. An investment of ~$400 when Pacman Vs. was released.
Also I'm a bit surprised to hear people say it was easier to find 3 GBAs than 1 Gamecube. I know the cube wasn't that popular but the sales numbers show a statistical tie with the Xbox. The Nintendo Cube should be no harder to find than an xbox.
The law is the law, and if the speed limit is 55 or 60 inside Baltimore City then that's what the drivers should be doing. If they find that objectionable rather than destroy the cameras, they should be lobbying to have the speed increased to 65.
>>>Someone only looked at the first few years of sales data...
No someone looked at wikipedia. The gap between the Wii and the other consoles is almost as large as the gap between the PS2 and Xbox, or the PS1 and the N64, in previous generations.
But you wouldn't know that because just as Anon. Cowards are too lazy to register an ID they are also too lazy to type "wiki wii" and "wiki xbox 360" into a google search bar:
>>>Maybe... but it's like air travel. It might be statistically safer, but when it goes wrong it can really go wrong. It's hard to overcome that psychologically, even if it isn't rational.
Yeah but the Japanese are supposed to be rational, intelligent people. I thought they were more intelligent than to abandon Nuclear which is the only real replacement for when the oil becomes scarce. Oh well. Maybe by 2030 when oil skyrockets to $1000 a barrel they will realize they have no choice.
And by the way there's no reason for nuclear to "go wrong". Anybody with sense should have realized building the plant would be hit with a tsunami eventually. They failed to make it tsunami proof (such as putting the electrical generators on the ground where they could be fouled with seawater). It's a case of cutting corners to save money, which should be forbidden.
The SA wouldn't be so bad if they just operated in airports (which was the 9/11 attack originated), but they are expanding their domain to other areas. Buses. Train stations. Malls, post offices, social security centers, public parks, GOP and DNC conventions. Also along highways in the 100-mile border zone and in Tennessee.
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance..... He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power..... He has deprived us of a right to trial by juries of our peers." - Thomas Jefferson, declaration of independence
>>>don't have any behavioral tells showing and you will get through. They have training for that sort of thing you know.
Training? Really??? Is that why the lockup moms in glass jails, just because she wanted to carry milk for her baby. Or why an SA agent forced a mom to demonstrate her breastfeeding device, else he would confiscate & trash it (thus costing her ~100 loss). Is that why an SA agent wrote, "Get your freak on girl" when he spied a virbrator in the luggage? Why they tackle people to the ground? Why they forced a woman into a backroom because she said, "No I don't want you sticking stuff in my water bottle," and drank it rather than submit to testing? Or detained a Ron Paul volunteer for carrying a treasurer's box filled with 4000 dollars (and theatened to arrest him for carrying drug money). Is that....
Never mind. I'm done. I could write pages of examples. The SA gorillas are not "trained" anything. They are barely above the level of high school dropout IQ. Just like the SA that rounded-up the jews and relocated them to ghettos.
The majority also supported the roundup of Japanese-americans during WW2, depriving them of their liberty, property, and right to a jury trial. That doesn't make the majority's trampeling of individual rights okay, either then or now.
QUOTE: "We're not quite there yet, but it's only a matter of time before you won't need that separate Mac or PC." In other words tablets are still not good enough (and nbody knows if they ever will be... they might end-up being a flop like lightpens and touchpads). And also: Suppose the music or art guy wants to take a break and post to online forums? Ooops. Screwed. No keyboard.
>>>Wii-u just needs a simple game that shows that capability. Something akin to Pacman Vs.
I find it amusing you cite a game that was a flop. It required one gamecube and 3 gameboys plus linkcable. Not counting the gamecube we're talking about a ~$400 investment in external addons just to play a game. Very few people had a chance to play Pacman Vs. since they couldn't afford it.
I feel like I've traveled back in time to 2005. I heard all the same stuff about how the Wii would be a flop, because it didn't have enough power, nobody wanted to use motion controllers, people would rather buy PS3s and X360s instead. (But of course that's not what happened; the wii outsold the rest 4 to 1.)
>>>You can see what you are doing on a Pad. and get a full keyboard for typing.
In other words walk past the iPad in the store and buy a small laptop instead. Got it. Tablets are really just small internet-connected TVs..... passive entertainment devices. Laptops are the better choice for people who need to do actual work.
The Foxconn interns are getting paid. And sitting on a factory line stuffing ICs into boards is hardly "dangerous". I did that when I was a high school student for Cardinal Technologies (modem manufacturer).
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>>>I would really like to see a source for this
Here ya go. This was talked about on /. about three months ago: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=most+piracy+happens+offline
>>>And I mean, why should they care?
They'll care when I bust-down the door with a semiautomatic and start tearing them open with bullets. I don't understand why a guy like Jamie Thomas, who is being raped with a million dollar fine he will never be able to payoff, is just sitting idle. If I were Jamie I'd already be breaking into the RIAA offices. If you're gonna be punished with a life sentence paying a fine, might as well make it for something worthwhile (murder). "From time to time the Tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants. Protest is its natural fertilizer." - Thomas Jefferson
Speaking of PrateBay, where's that file mentioned in the article which holds all of their magnet torrents?
>>> There's also the "try-before-I-buy" folks who are willing to pay, but they're frugal with their money and don't want to buy something they'll regret later.
Hello.
There's also the group that thinks this is wrong, and have no objection to manufacturers refusing to take back crappy CD or DVD purchases. I don't like that group. (Even lowly candybar makers offer a return policy if the customer is dissatisfied.)
None of the newer machines come with dialup modems built-in. That's pretty crucial when you're in a hotel that has nothing but a phone line.
>>>Pacman Vs. only needed one GBA
A game of Pacman with only one ghost chasing is essentially zero challenge. You need all 3 Gameboys to really give the Pac player a challenge. Plus the linkcables. An investment of ~$400 when Pacman Vs. was released.
Also I'm a bit surprised to hear people say it was easier to find 3 GBAs than 1 Gamecube. I know the cube wasn't that popular but the sales numbers show a statistical tie with the Xbox. The Nintendo Cube should be no harder to find than an xbox.
Mythbusters disproved the "blind the camera" idea. Along with everything else. They tried multiple ways to fool the speed camera and found nothing.
The law is the law, and if the speed limit is 55 or 60 inside Baltimore City then that's what the drivers should be doing. If they find that objectionable rather than destroy the cameras, they should be lobbying to have the speed increased to 65.
>>>Someone only looked at the first few years of sales data...
No someone looked at wikipedia. The gap between the Wii and the other consoles is almost as large as the gap between the PS2 and Xbox, or the PS1 and the N64, in previous generations.
But you wouldn't know that because just as Anon. Cowards are too lazy to register an ID they are also too lazy to type "wiki wii" and "wiki xbox 360" into a google search bar:
WII ~97 million
360 ~68 million
I was referring to the security not being able to spot a suspicious-acting person even if they saw one. They show a very low level of intelligence.
>>>Maybe... but it's like air travel. It might be statistically safer, but when it goes wrong it can really go wrong. It's hard to overcome that psychologically, even if it isn't rational.
Yeah but the Japanese are supposed to be rational, intelligent people. I thought they were more intelligent than to abandon Nuclear which is the only real replacement for when the oil becomes scarce. Oh well. Maybe by 2030 when oil skyrockets to $1000 a barrel they will realize they have no choice.
And by the way there's no reason for nuclear to "go wrong". Anybody with sense should have realized building the plant would be hit with a tsunami eventually. They failed to make it tsunami proof (such as putting the electrical generators on the ground where they could be fouled with seawater). It's a case of cutting corners to save money, which should be forbidden.
They're just following the company motto. What's the motta with that?
The SA wouldn't be so bad if they just operated in airports (which was the 9/11 attack originated), but they are expanding their domain to other areas. Buses. Train stations. Malls, post offices, social security centers, public parks, GOP and DNC conventions. Also along highways in the 100-mile border zone and in Tennessee.
"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance..... He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power..... He has deprived us of a right to trial by juries of our peers." - Thomas Jefferson, declaration of independence
>>>don't have any behavioral tells showing and you will get through. They have training for that sort of thing you know.
Training? Really??? Is that why the lockup moms in glass jails, just because she wanted to carry milk for her baby. Or why an SA agent forced a mom to demonstrate her breastfeeding device, else he would confiscate & trash it (thus costing her ~100 loss). Is that why an SA agent wrote, "Get your freak on girl" when he spied a virbrator in the luggage? Why they tackle people to the ground? Why they forced a woman into a backroom because she said, "No I don't want you sticking stuff in my water bottle," and drank it rather than submit to testing? Or detained a Ron Paul volunteer for carrying a treasurer's box filled with 4000 dollars (and theatened to arrest him for carrying drug money). Is that....
Never mind. I'm done. I could write pages of examples. The SA gorillas are not "trained" anything. They are barely above the level of high school dropout IQ. Just like the SA that rounded-up the jews and relocated them to ghettos.
The majority also supported the roundup of Japanese-americans during WW2, depriving them of their liberty, property, and right to a jury trial. That doesn't make the majority's trampeling of individual rights okay, either then or now.
QUOTE: "We're not quite there yet, but it's only a matter of time before you won't need that separate Mac or PC." In other words tablets are still not good enough (and nbody knows if they ever will be... they might end-up being a flop like lightpens and touchpads). And also: Suppose the music or art guy wants to take a break and post to online forums? Ooops. Screwed. No keyboard.
Tried to install the latest ubuntu on a 733 MHz laptop, and it was slow as snails. Ended-up switching to LXDE (lubuntu) which runs fine.
Huh. ;-)
I just bought my first Wii a few months ago. Plus a stack of PS2 games that are still sealed & never played. I am soooo behind the curve.
>>>Wii-u just needs a simple game that shows that capability. Something akin to Pacman Vs.
I find it amusing you cite a game that was a flop. It required one gamecube and 3 gameboys plus linkcable. Not counting the gamecube we're talking about a ~$400 investment in external addons just to play a game. Very few people had a chance to play Pacman Vs. since they couldn't afford it.
>>>in being a flop.
I feel like I've traveled back in time to 2005. I heard all the same stuff about how the Wii would be a flop, because it didn't have enough power, nobody wanted to use motion controllers, people would rather buy PS3s and X360s instead. (But of course that's not what happened; the wii outsold the rest 4 to 1.)
I wouldn't tell the boss about the other job. But I would ask if you could have a bump in pay during the annual employee review.
And I would not change jobs. It's nice to work at a place "where everybody knows your name & they're always glad you came". ;-)
>>>Get contacts or have your eyes fixed.
Contacts or laser surgery does Not correct the stiffening of the pupil that causes an inability to focus on close objects. Nice try though.
>>>You can see what you are doing on a Pad. and get a full keyboard for typing.
In other words walk past the iPad in the store and buy a small laptop instead. Got it. Tablets are really just small internet-connected TVs..... passive entertainment devices. Laptops are the better choice for people who need to do actual work.
>>>I don't even want it. What's wrong with me?!
You are waiting for the $100 pricedrop on the iPhone 4, just like me. :-)
The Foxconn interns are getting paid. And sitting on a factory line stuffing ICs into boards is hardly "dangerous". I did that when I was a high school student for Cardinal Technologies (modem manufacturer).