From a lot of recent articles I've been reading, Fantasy Books are now king while interest in science-based fiction is almost null.
So if the same for books is also true for television, then it makes sense for Sci-Fi Channel to rename itself, and then move towards more fantasy shows. Fantasy is more profitable.
I don't believe your story. The buyer doesn't have to prove anything. The burden-of-proof is on the Seller to prove he did this job (i.e. provide a tracking or delivery number).
I understand those other people represent less than 1% of the population, and that's why datarates are setup as 3.0/0.7 Mbit/s rather than 1.8/1.8. Because we (the supermajority) are mainly downloading not uploading.
My MAIN beef against Toyota is because of their overheating engines that died after only 20-30,000 miles due to "oil sludging", and Toyota's failure to replace those engines under warranty.
Instead they blamed the customers, even though dealer records showed the oil was changed regularly, and charging customers ~$5000 to replace the damaged engine. This went on for nearly a decade until a class action lawsuit was filed, and the US DOJ fell on Toyota like a hammer (million dollar fines).
The stuck accelerator is merely a small piece of a MUCH larger problem with Toyota's declining quality since the 90s.
>>>other manufacturers will follow and soon there won't be any things left that you can buy and tinker with.
Think of all the money I'll save! Eh. I'll just go back to pirated stuff, like I did in the 2400 baud days. Ahhh... those hours-long game downloads. Those were the days.
>>>FOSS software usually tends to be better than proprietary
I probably shouldn't question this. I probably should just walk-away and protect my karma. Nah. Please show me FOSS software that's better than ModelSim, Mentor's Schematic Capture/layout, or even something basic like - Microsoft Word or Outlook. I don't buy the argument that FOSS is usually better.
>>>Even if you have a computer in your house for something other than games, you shouldn't bother using it to play games simply because there's something better for gaming out there on the market.
No my rational is more like this: - The Amiga can do everything an 80s-era PC could do (word processing, database, spreadsheet) AND it had awesome graphics/sound (which is why it was used in television shows) rather than a measly 16 colors and sound that went "beep".
So given the choice between purchasing an 80s PC and an 80s Amiga, the more capable machine is the logical conclusion. IMHO.
And they could display HAM at 4096 colors. It's why the Amiga could display images like these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAM6example.png - Most RPGs of the period used still images. Those images were rendered in HAM.
>>>The pallette may have been different on different platforms
Right and Amiga has a 4000 color palette youngling. King's Quest 3 alternates between that mode and 64-color mode..... making the PC version look like a primitive 70s display in comparison.
>>>Nor was it "CD quality sound"
Strawman argument. I didn't say it was. The Amiga has a sampling rate of ~28,000 rather than 44000, so I said it was NEAR CD quality sound. If you don't believe me, there are tons of Amiga demos on youtube (like Spaceballs). Just listen to the quality of the sound
Damn modern games - always making things too easy. I *like* dying in a game when I do dumb stuff. ("If you keep wandering in the dark, you'll like get eaten by a grue.") It adds realism to those old classic games that modern games lack. These new games are... too easy.
Hey why are those kids on my lawn??? (door slams) (muffled yelling)
>>>KQ3 uses the oldest tech in the series (16 colors, sound from the PC speaker, no mouse).
The Commodore Amiga version had 4000 colors and near-CD-quality sound. Honestly, I don't know why people bothered trying to play games on anything other than Atari and Commodore back in the 80s? The IBM PC was sooo inferior in terms of sound and graphics.
>>>so that [two] people can watch TV in the same house.
Corrected. Also I'm not convinced you need 18 Mbit/s for video. 18 is for US ATSC (MPEG2 HDTV), but if you use MPEG4 AVC then you only need 9 Mb/s and have no loss in quality.
Why do you need 20 Mbit/s up speed? Most of the stuff we do online is web browsing, so the data is primarily headed downstream. Me, I'd happily trade a 20/20 line for a 35/5 line, so that four people can watch TV in the same house.
Paypal does provide protection if you buy something and the Seller (a) doesn't deliver it or (b) delivers it but not in the new condition advertised. They've saved me from losing a few hundred dollars on bad transactions (over the last ~5 years).
Oh and Paypal was already sued for taking people's funds and/or freezing accounts. Rather than lose the case, they chose to settle out of court, by issuing refunds.
Also Netscape didn't die (as in no longer being used by people). They split in half to form Netscape and the Mozilla Foundation. Netscape 5 was developed and renamed as Mozilla Communicator, which then split into SeaMonkey Communicator and Firefox Browser.
Really this is an apples versus oranges comparison: IE 6 was last updated in 2008. Netscape 6.x in 2002. It's like comparing a Mac G3 versus a modern QuadCore PC. Of COURSE the older technology will not work as well as the new one
If they wanted to do a real comparison, try: - IE 6 (2008) versus Netscape 9 (also 2008) - IE 5 (last update: 2000) versus Netscape 4.5 (2001) - both will be about equally broken.
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We'll put some fiction on there and call it "science based TV shows". Kinda similar to how History now shows the present (history made today).
From a lot of recent articles I've been reading, Fantasy Books are now king while interest in science-based fiction is almost null.
So if the same for books is also true for television, then it makes sense for Sci-Fi Channel to rename itself, and then move towards more fantasy shows. Fantasy is more profitable.
>>>prove I never received the item
I don't believe your story. The buyer doesn't have to prove anything. The burden-of-proof is on the Seller to prove he did this job (i.e. provide a tracking or delivery number).
>>>Other people do other things. Understand?
I understand those other people represent less than 1% of the population, and that's why datarates are setup as 3.0/0.7 Mbit/s rather than 1.8/1.8. Because we (the supermajority) are mainly downloading not uploading.
>>>start stealing toilet paper from shops
I don't have the right to deprive another man's Use of his toilet paper.
My MAIN beef against Toyota is because of their overheating engines that died after only 20-30,000 miles due to "oil sludging", and Toyota's failure to replace those engines under warranty.
Instead they blamed the customers, even though dealer records showed the oil was changed regularly, and charging customers ~$5000 to replace the damaged engine. This went on for nearly a decade until a class action lawsuit was filed, and the US DOJ fell on Toyota like a hammer (million dollar fines).
The stuck accelerator is merely a small piece of a MUCH larger problem with Toyota's declining quality since the 90s.
>>>other manufacturers will follow and soon there won't be any things left that you can buy and tinker with.
Think of all the money I'll save!
Eh.
I'll just go back to pirated stuff, like I did in the 2400 baud days. Ahhh... those hours-long game downloads. Those were the days.
Agreed.
But there's also nothing better than MS Word (LibreOffice can't handle complex docs) or MS Outlook, especially for a demanding corporate environment.
Here's a SIg I just threw together real quick:
MegacorpBlacklist: Toyota, GM, cybercom.net, Sony, Microsoft (feel free to add more)
>>>Your average consumer doesn't know/care about any of this and until they do, this whole issue is going to continue for the rest of us
True.
Educate them. Change your signature on all websites (and facebook, twitter, etc) to include a corporate blacklist of companies to avoid.
>>>FOSS software usually tends to be better than proprietary
I probably shouldn't question this.
I probably should just walk-away and protect my karma.
Nah.
Please show me FOSS software that's better than ModelSim, Mentor's Schematic Capture/layout, or even something basic like - Microsoft Word or Outlook. I don't buy the argument that FOSS is usually better.
>>>Even if you have a computer in your house for something other than games, you shouldn't bother using it to play games simply because there's something better for gaming out there on the market.
No my rational is more like this:
- The Amiga can do everything an 80s-era PC could do (word processing, database, spreadsheet) AND it had awesome graphics/sound (which is why it was used in television shows) rather than a measly 16 colors and sound that went "beep".
So given the choice between purchasing an 80s PC and an 80s Amiga, the more capable machine is the logical conclusion. IMHO.
>>>A500/1000 were 16 or 32 colours
And they could display HAM at 4096 colors. It's why the Amiga could display images like these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HAM6example.png - Most RPGs of the period used still images. Those images were rendered in HAM.
>>>The pallette may have been different on different platforms
Right and Amiga has a 4000 color palette youngling. King's Quest 3 alternates between that mode and 64-color mode..... making the PC version look like a primitive 70s display in comparison.
>>>Nor was it "CD quality sound"
Strawman argument. I didn't say it was. The Amiga has a sampling rate of ~28,000 rather than 44000, so I said it was NEAR CD quality sound. If you don't believe me, there are tons of Amiga demos on youtube (like Spaceballs). Just listen to the quality of the sound
Damn modern games - always making things too easy. I *like* dying in a game when I do dumb stuff. ("If you keep wandering in the dark, you'll like get eaten by a grue.") It adds realism to those old classic games that modern games lack. These new games are... too easy.
Hey why are those kids on my lawn???
(door slams)
(muffled yelling)
>>>KQ3 uses the oldest tech in the series (16 colors, sound from the PC speaker, no mouse).
The Commodore Amiga version had 4000 colors and near-CD-quality sound. Honestly, I don't know why people bothered trying to play games on anything other than Atari and Commodore back in the 80s? The IBM PC was sooo inferior in terms of sound and graphics.
>>>so that [two] people can watch TV in the same house.
Corrected. Also I'm not convinced you need 18 Mbit/s for video. 18 is for US ATSC (MPEG2 HDTV), but if you use MPEG4 AVC then you only need 9 Mb/s and have no loss in quality.
>>>(18 Mbps) video feeds in both directions"
Why do you need 20 Mbit/s up speed? Most of the stuff we do online is web browsing, so the data is primarily headed downstream. Me, I'd happily trade a 20/20 line for a 35/5 line, so that four people can watch TV in the same house.
Cable internet is not baseband (0 megahertz). Sub-channel T-7 uses that area of the spectrum
>>>broadband is based on speed
It seems odd to define bandwidth as Megabits/second rather than Megahertz. That's like saying a 200 kilohertz FM station is 200 kbit/s wide.
The OECD defines it as 256 k.
The FCC is 4 Mbit/s.
>>>the Constitution says nothing about the quality of your counsel, only that you have the right TO counsel.
Where does it say this? (reviews document) I don't see it anywhere.
>>>I don't think of Paypal as secure
Paypal does provide protection if you buy something and the Seller (a) doesn't deliver it or (b) delivers it but not in the new condition advertised. They've saved me from losing a few hundred dollars on bad transactions (over the last ~5 years).
Oh and Paypal was already sued for taking people's funds and/or freezing accounts. Rather than lose the case, they chose to settle out of court, by issuing refunds.
P.S.
Also Netscape didn't die (as in no longer being used by people). They split in half to form Netscape and the Mozilla Foundation. Netscape 5 was developed and renamed as Mozilla Communicator, which then split into SeaMonkey Communicator and Firefox Browser.
Really this is an apples versus oranges comparison: IE 6 was last updated in 2008. Netscape 6.x in 2002. It's like comparing a Mac G3 versus a modern QuadCore PC. Of COURSE the older technology will not work as well as the new one
If they wanted to do a real comparison, try:
- IE 6 (2008) versus Netscape 9 (also 2008)
- IE 5 (last update: 2000) versus Netscape 4.5 (2001) - both will be about equally broken.
>>>my WDTV has replaced it's media center functions
Amazon customer reviews say this Western digital TV is a piece of junk (out of sync audio being the main complaint). Have you had any problems?