The problem is a non-compete effectively makes you worthless if you leave your job. What's the point in being a pro if you can't legally sell your skills to the highest bidder ?
Even if a pro jumps ship over to your competitor, all that knowledge is worth very little unless they can put it to work against you within a short time frame. That same knowledge could have been used by YOU, to fix what's wrong with YOUR company. If the clients find a better deal elsewhere, it is not because "the employee knew too much", it's because the product/service sucks and management is too stupid to fix it.
The problem with American capitalism is it has way too many exceptions throwing the game off-balance in favor of the rich losers, it's an end-run around the whole ethos.
Actually, productivity would increase if the system gave the illusion of being faster and less fussy, because people would spend less time posting on forums about how Windows sucks;)
Me, I have yet to accomplish ANY work with Vista or W7, because all I've ever done is install, whine, and format.
It is a Quadro, and the extra memory is indeed handy for "professional" rendering, but don't get too far ahead of yourself. The rest of the card is nearly identical to the gaming versions. I suspect this is a GTX 260 with minor changes... mostly in the firmware.
The interactive Diltron is a moving dong that follows your thrusting action stroke for stroke and gives the girl on the other end of the connection the screw of her life.
Nero's test accuracy is highly dependent on the DVD drive you use. A number of drives on the market give unreliable PI/PO data, some of them deliberately to make the drive seem better than it really is.
What I'd like to know is why anyone allows this joke of a human wastebag to file lawsuits ?
I'm all in support of a fair legal process, and inmates should be allowed the right to seek justice, but maybe they could have cut him off after the first dozen random suits, no ?
He's not actually showing how fucked up the legal system is, because no one is taking him seriously.
Actually a bunch of the web-based porn pros seed their own content on these sites. It's been standard practice to promote web sites with free content (TGPs and whatnot), the torrent craze is just another way to get your brand out there.
Bangbros and others would be nowhere if it weren't for P2P. Today they're household names (well, among porn consumers).
Has your life been negatively impacted by these "illegal" wireless microphones ? No ? Then STFU!
The whole concept of licensing airwaves is loopy to begin with. Who "owns" the airwaves ? Not the US Gov't nor the FCC. I respect the need for some regulation, mainly to ensure operability, but that's roughly where my concern ends.
That entirely depends on how you define right vs wrong.
If something is disliked or unfavorable to the wealthy minority "wrong" ?
Is doing something because everyone else doing it "right" ?
The answer to both those questions should be: "Who cares!?" Right and wrong should be a personal thing. You don't like what someone else does ? Ok, your problem!
Okay great, so where's our <flash/> tag ? Is there anyone who isn't sick of the object/embed nonsense (and the swfobject.js that tries to cover it up) ?
I'm not saying the video tag is wrong, but if we're adding vanity tags, might as well start adding ones that will be massively used.
It's true that Theora 1.0 is ideologically superior crap, but actually getting it released and in people's browsers means it just might attract enough eyeballs to get development rolling and bring improvements in the next version.
There's no technical reason why we couldn't have equal (or better) compression to H.264. We can't use their patented algos, but there is much to be learned from the techniques and science behind it, and I'm sure there are quite a few OSS brains out there who can digest the info and spit out code.
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The problem is a non-compete effectively makes you worthless if you leave your job. What's the point in being a pro if you can't legally sell your skills to the highest bidder ?
Even if a pro jumps ship over to your competitor, all that knowledge is worth very little unless they can put it to work against you within a short time frame. That same knowledge could have been used by YOU, to fix what's wrong with YOUR company. If the clients find a better deal elsewhere, it is not because "the employee knew too much", it's because the product/service sucks and management is too stupid to fix it.
The problem with American capitalism is it has way too many exceptions throwing the game off-balance in favor of the rich losers, it's an end-run around the whole ethos.
Actually, productivity would increase if the system gave the illusion of being faster and less fussy, because people would spend less time posting on forums about how Windows sucks ;)
Me, I have yet to accomplish ANY work with Vista or W7, because all I've ever done is install, whine, and format.
Yes and no.
It is a Quadro, and the extra memory is indeed handy for "professional" rendering, but don't get too far ahead of yourself. The rest of the card is nearly identical to the gaming versions. I suspect this is a GTX 260 with minor changes... mostly in the firmware.
The economy ? How about the fact that Vista is a complete flop ?
If anything's taking a bite out of Windows profits, it's the release of their worst-ever operating system.
The interactive Diltron is a moving dong that follows your thrusting action stroke for stroke and gives the girl on the other end of the connection the screw of her life.
FUFME, anyone ?
I hope your girlfriend kicked the bartender's ass!
Chuch Lorre, is that you ?
I guess they went bankrupt because you scored on the first try.
These places make money by keeping you coming back... "hitting it off" is bad for business.
Naw, because some asshat lawyer will steal the idea:
"Married ?
LincolnDivorce.com"
And then we'll have to kill them.
... trolls.
Nero's test accuracy is highly dependent on the DVD drive you use. A number of drives on the market give unreliable PI/PO data, some of them deliberately to make the drive seem better than it really is.
Whadya expect, this junk's all made in Taiwan...
What I'd like to know is why anyone allows this joke of a human wastebag to file lawsuits ?
I'm all in support of a fair legal process, and inmates should be allowed the right to seek justice, but maybe they could have cut him off after the first dozen random suits, no ?
He's not actually showing how fucked up the legal system is, because no one is taking him seriously.
FTFA:
Stefan Berka said he had recently re-installed Windows 3.11 on a computer and was surprised at the results.
That's nice, so someone paid $300 to get Windows 3.11 reinstalled by someone who probably wasn't even born when it came out.
These Geek Squad perps are so expensive, it's cheaper to just buy a new PC!
Actually a bunch of the web-based porn pros seed their own content on these sites. It's been standard practice to promote web sites with free content (TGPs and whatnot), the torrent craze is just another way to get your brand out there.
Bangbros and others would be nowhere if it weren't for P2P. Today they're household names (well, among porn consumers).
A third party can be owned by the same people, and paid from the same money. It just operates under a different name.
If there is no intent to distribute, then there is no intent to profit from it, is there ? Copyright becomes moot.
I think it'd be easier to kill all the hippies.
Has your life been negatively impacted by these "illegal" wireless microphones ? No ? Then STFU!
The whole concept of licensing airwaves is loopy to begin with. Who "owns" the airwaves ? Not the US Gov't nor the FCC. I respect the need for some regulation, mainly to ensure operability, but that's roughly where my concern ends.
Now we just need a viable interstellar drive, and an energy source to power it all
And a human race that can make contact with aliens without being considered a disposable threat.
Seriously, if anyone's watching us out there, they must be real disappointed with us, and I'm not talking about those religious things.
Too bad it doesn't run on cellulite, that would solve America's energy problems for millenia.
That entirely depends on how you define right vs wrong.
If something is disliked or unfavorable to the wealthy minority "wrong" ?
Is doing something because everyone else doing it "right" ?
The answer to both those questions should be: "Who cares!?" Right and wrong should be a personal thing. You don't like what someone else does ? Ok, your problem!
Okay great, so where's our <flash/> tag ? Is there anyone who isn't sick of the object/embed nonsense (and the swfobject.js that tries to cover it up) ?
I'm not saying the video tag is wrong, but if we're adding vanity tags, might as well start adding ones that will be massively used.
Dude, it doesn't just sound trollish, it is.
LAME is a champ at any bitrate, thanks to a ton of fine tuning over the years and a superb psycho-acoustic model.
If that's true, then why the hell are they releasing 1.0 today ?
"Use this sucky one today, we promise the next one will be 140% awesomer!"
I know people are inherently dumb, but geez! Release 1.1 instead, kick it off with a fanfare.
It's true that Theora 1.0 is ideologically superior crap, but actually getting it released and in people's browsers means it just might attract enough eyeballs to get development rolling and bring improvements in the next version.
There's no technical reason why we couldn't have equal (or better) compression to H.264. We can't use their patented algos, but there is much to be learned from the techniques and science behind it, and I'm sure there are quite a few OSS brains out there who can digest the info and spit out code.