Then people wouldn't ask you for directions is the answer. You are using a slightly extreme example because it's not that Microsoft reverses standards, it's just that they bend them or don't fully implement them.
If the world really cared about standards, Microsoft would either be forced to comply to them, or everyone would use the Microsoft standards.
rain Mach 15 hellfire down on anyone who attempts to disrupt the peace
Thus destroying any vestiges of peace left... oh well...
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LaunchCAST replaced by Launch Radio
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How sad. Going to the old LaunchCAST pages now takes you to 'LaunchCAST radio' which just lets you select what genre you want. No preferences, no customisation.
It's been castrated. I hope this is only temporary.
Don't tell the RIAA this, but you can repeat the last song that is played on LaunchCAST actually. If you send out the 'Previous Track' message to Windows Media Player (my MS keyboard has a 'Prev Track' button that I can use) then you can rewind the current track when it nears the end and play it again.
Shhh! It's a secret!:)
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Re:Different brodcaster licenses...
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Q. What is the DMCA and how does LAUNCHcast comply with it?
A. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) addresses protections for copyrighted works transmitted online. The DMCA entitles websites that stream music to a statutory license to perform copyrighted sound recordings as long as they meet certain requirements. LAUNCHcast complies with these requirements by, among other ways:
(a) Not streaming over a three-hour period, more than three songs or more than two in a row from the same recording, or four songs or more than three in a row from the same recording artist or anthology; and
(b) Transmitting songs in a noninteractive format by, for example, not allowing users to specifically create or request programming on demand, to hear programming at designated times.
(c) Not publishing advance song or artist playlists.
Oh yes, and before someone says that evolution is part of science and the Bible contradicts that, evolution is a theory and will always remain a theory by definition.
Nobody (Christian or otherwise) can ever *prove* or create a law about how the world began for the simple reason that we weren't there to observe it and we can't duplicate it. Science requires observation and repetition to prove something.
And even then science gets things wrong - see the flat earth and the earth at the centre of the universe. Both of these things were 'proved' by scientists.
And let's face it, theologians get things wrong as well - as has been mentioned before, Christians have been adamant about 'facts' that have later turned out to be wrong. But I think you'll find that when people make incorrect assumptions based on the Bible, it's generally based on an interpretation instead of a direct reading. You can argue a lot about the interpretation of parts of the Bible, especially when the Bible uses metaphors and illustrations, but the basic message being taught behind these illustrations remains constant, and it is *this* message that we should follow.
And the message? Summed up in John 3:16. --
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Good point, and I thought that when I posted it. I don't know Hebrew, just like you, but I've heard that argument a lot from people who know about this sort of stuff. As I said before in another post, I think that the hydrological cycle and the winds one are much more interesting and concrete. --
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I didn't say they were concrete - the Bible isn't a science book and it's not intented to be one. What it does show is that not only does the Bible not contradict with science, there are points where it can be taken as very much agreeing as well.
The number of stars one *is* interesting because people used to think that the number of stars numbered in the thousands, whereas now we do know that they are (for us at least) pretty much 'unable to be counted' - every time we make a more powerful telescope we discover more and more stars and galaxies!
IMHO the hydrological cycle (Ecc 1:7) and the atmospheric circulation (Ecc 1:6) are the most interesting - don't forget that in the particular case of the winds the classical civilisations believed that winds could be held in bags or imprisoned in a dungeon! For their time, these statements were unusual and show remarkable foresight for what we were later to discover as the truth. Where did that foresight come from? --
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x Jesus did not teach a 'new' religion as such, because He didn't talk about a 'new' or different God to the Jewish God, but the Jewish religion was 'reformed' to such an extent that in effect it was a new religion. The most important point is now anyone can become 'one of God's children' - the old religion pretty much only allowed for Jews.
x Jesus did teach that people would be punished.
Do I have to give a reference? Wailings and gnashings of teeth. Do your own search.
x Jesus claimed He was God.
When Thomas met Him after He was raised from the dead, Thomas said 'My Lord and my God'. Jesus didn't correct him. --
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Roundness of the earth (Isaiah 40:22)
Almost infinite extent of the sidereal universe (Isaiah 55:9)
Law of conservation of mass and energy (II Peter 3:7)
Hydrologic cycle (Ecclesiastes 1:7)
Vast number of stars (Jeremiah 33:22)
Law of increasing entropy (Psalm 102:25-27)
Paramount importance of blood in life processes (Leviticus 17:11)
Atmospheric circulation (Ecclesiastes 1:6)
Gravitational field (Job 26:7) --
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You make it sound like Microsoft are putting a gun to your head and forcing you to buy Office. They developed it, they can make you pay for it by whatever means they like. That is their right. You don't want to pay for it, you don't use it.
You assume that people are stupid and won't work out if they are getting a bad deal. People *are* stupid sometimes, but rarely when money is concerned.
Besides, most people already work with the idea that you stick with the version of Office that you get supplied with your PC until you upgrade. If I hadn't built my own PC I would never have bought Office outside of a package. As it is, I got a student copy of 2000 at a pretty good reduction.
OEMs don't want to supply 'subscriptions' to Office - they want prepackaged deals that the customer just buys and has done with. That alone, I believe, will ensure that a non subscription copy is always available somewhere. --
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- found on a park bench
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Then people wouldn't ask you for directions is the answer. You are using a slightly extreme example because it's not that Microsoft reverses standards, it's just that they bend them or don't fully implement them.
If the world really cared about standards, Microsoft would either be forced to comply to them, or everyone would use the Microsoft standards.
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
rain Mach 15 hellfire down on anyone who attempts to disrupt the peace
Thus destroying any vestiges of peace left... oh well...
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
How sad. Going to the old LaunchCAST pages now takes you to 'LaunchCAST radio' which just lets you select what genre you want. No preferences, no customisation.
It's been castrated. I hope this is only temporary.
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
Don't tell the RIAA this, but you can repeat the last song that is played on LaunchCAST actually. If you send out the 'Previous Track' message to Windows Media Player (my MS keyboard has a 'Prev Track' button that I can use) then you can rewind the current track when it nears the end and play it again.
:)
Shhh! It's a secret!
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
From the LaunchCAST FAQ:
Q. What is the DMCA and how does LAUNCHcast comply with it?
A. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) addresses protections for copyrighted works transmitted online. The DMCA entitles websites that stream music to a statutory license to perform copyrighted sound recordings as long as they meet certain requirements. LAUNCHcast complies with these requirements by, among other ways:
(a) Not streaming over a three-hour period, more than three songs or more than two in a row from the same recording, or four songs or more than three in a row from the same recording artist or anthology; and
(b) Transmitting songs in a noninteractive format by, for example, not allowing users to specifically create or request programming on demand, to hear programming at designated times.
(c) Not publishing advance song or artist playlists.
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
And Avery Lee could just put a little clause in addition to the GPL for VirtualDub to say:
;)
x. No developer called Vidomi may download, use or link to any portion of this code.
(just like those websites that say government agents 'may not access this site')
Sorted!
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' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
Oh yes, and before someone says that evolution is part of science and the Bible contradicts that, evolution is a theory and will always remain a theory by definition.
Nobody (Christian or otherwise) can ever *prove* or create a law about how the world began for the simple reason that we weren't there to observe it and we can't duplicate it. Science requires observation and repetition to prove something.
And even then science gets things wrong - see the flat earth and the earth at the centre of the universe. Both of these things were 'proved' by scientists.
And let's face it, theologians get things wrong as well - as has been mentioned before, Christians have been adamant about 'facts' that have later turned out to be wrong. But I think you'll find that when people make incorrect assumptions based on the Bible, it's generally based on an interpretation instead of a direct reading. You can argue a lot about the interpretation of parts of the Bible, especially when the Bible uses metaphors and illustrations, but the basic message being taught behind these illustrations remains constant, and it is *this* message that we should follow.
And the message? Summed up in John 3:16.
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
- found on a park bench
Good point, and I thought that when I posted it. I don't know Hebrew, just like you, but I've heard that argument a lot from people who know about this sort of stuff. As I said before in another post, I think that the hydrological cycle and the winds one are much more interesting and concrete.
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
- found on a park bench
I didn't say they were concrete - the Bible isn't a science book and it's not intented to be one. What it does show is that not only does the Bible not contradict with science, there are points where it can be taken as very much agreeing as well.
The number of stars one *is* interesting because people used to think that the number of stars numbered in the thousands, whereas now we do know that they are (for us at least) pretty much 'unable to be counted' - every time we make a more powerful telescope we discover more and more stars and galaxies!
IMHO the hydrological cycle (Ecc 1:7) and the atmospheric circulation (Ecc 1:6) are the most interesting - don't forget that in the particular case of the winds the classical civilisations believed that winds could be held in bags or imprisoned in a dungeon! For their time, these statements were unusual and show remarkable foresight for what we were later to discover as the truth. Where did that foresight come from?
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
- found on a park bench
Re: your first point.
x Jesus did not teach a 'new' religion as such, because He didn't talk about a 'new' or different God to the Jewish God, but the Jewish religion was 'reformed' to such an extent that in effect it was a new religion. The most important point is now anyone can become 'one of God's children' - the old religion pretty much only allowed for Jews.
x Jesus did teach that people would be punished.
Do I have to give a reference? Wailings and gnashings of teeth. Do your own search.
x Jesus claimed He was God.
When Thomas met Him after He was raised from the dead, Thomas said 'My Lord and my God'. Jesus didn't correct him.
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
- found on a park bench
http://www.christiananswers.net/dinosaurs/j-where2 .html
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- found on a park bench
Roundness of the earth (Isaiah 40:22)
Almost infinite extent of the sidereal universe (Isaiah 55:9)
Law of conservation of mass and energy (II Peter 3:7)
Hydrologic cycle (Ecclesiastes 1:7)
Vast number of stars (Jeremiah 33:22)
Law of increasing entropy (Psalm 102:25-27)
Paramount importance of blood in life processes (Leviticus 17:11)
Atmospheric circulation (Ecclesiastes 1:6)
Gravitational field (Job 26:7)
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
- found on a park bench
You make it sound like Microsoft are putting a gun to your head and forcing you to buy Office. They developed it, they can make you pay for it by whatever means they like. That is their right. You don't want to pay for it, you don't use it.
You assume that people are stupid and won't work out if they are getting a bad deal. People *are* stupid sometimes, but rarely when money is concerned.
Besides, most people already work with the idea that you stick with the version of Office that you get supplied with your PC until you upgrade. If I hadn't built my own PC I would never have bought Office outside of a package. As it is, I got a student copy of 2000 at a pretty good reduction.
OEMs don't want to supply 'subscriptions' to Office - they want prepackaged deals that the customer just buys and has done with. That alone, I believe, will ensure that a non subscription copy is always available somewhere.
--
' Ore stabit fortis a fine placet ore stat '
- found on a park bench