Personally I just can't get into ownership that's strictly downloadable. I've purchased online software, music, and games, and it doesn't feel like I own them. When I recently got the DLC for GTA, I got it from a game store, so at least I had a box for it.
When my HDD crashed a while back, I really was happy to go out to the garage and get my CDs out again.
As for the height thing, many cities still use horses in dense urban areas (though I've never seen them at an airport). It gives the cop a major height advantage, as well as the speed to chase down a suspect (though it's probably a little slower getting off a horse than a Segway).
Personally, I like the horses better. Nobody asks if they can pet the cop's Segway.
The only real problem with bikes is weather. If it were up to me, I'd ride my bike every day. But when there's a few inches of snow on top of ice, it's nearly impossible (at least for me) to get anywhere without falling over ever 20 feet.
I guess they could start salting the bike lanes, but then you'd still have the problem if being very, very cold when you tried to get to work.
Without reading TFA left me confused. Either these new transit things are personal gliders, some sort of space age street-cars, taxi-cabs out of Total Recall or massive egg shaped ships.
Just keep your checking accounting/routing numbers safe. I hear there are some financial institutions in Nigeria that are pretty good at doing just that.
It sets a pleasant precedent. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
By intermingling bits of software that kind of works with other bits of software that kind of works, rather than keeping everything proprietary working with buggy software that sucks and nobody likes, they've figured out that "hey, we might just profit from this".
That's why, for a fully romantic touch, you put together a 400 page user manual that, among other things will teach her how to reprogram it using machine language.
It be Sammy the Sea Sucker, a giant whale that has been legend for hundreds of years. He can sink down to the bottom of the ocean, and when Ol' Sammy sees something he don't like, he eats right through it.
Yeah, except for the trimming down on NPR. Years ago, Sirius had three stations of NPR. Now they have two. Moreover each one only seems to play the same 5 or 6 shows over and over again all day.
Yes. I've been told that I would really like Garfield 2, and I don't know why. It's spooky, really, since all I've rated is obscure French films from the 50s and 60s.
But that's changing. We, and many other countries have legislated via taxing in the past, and the way it's looking it might end up being what happens. Perhaps not in the next 5 years, but soon. When people start to seriously listen to the tree huggers, the $1.5*X solution may be given tax breaks, while the less ecologically sound solution might be taxed $.5*X to even things out.
Exactly. What with all that carbon algae, the rainforrests must have a gigantic carbon footprint. The potential for that carbon to enter the world's ecosystem is just too much. If we want to save the environment, we must cut the rainforrests down and shoot the trees and plants into space. It's the only way to be sure.
Right. And some harsh realities have to be realized by the AF or any DOD department.
1) The Internet does not belong to America. Period. It is a global network of good guys and bad guys, and the rest of the world won't, nor should they abide by our rules.
2) The Internet does not belong to the military. It has far more to do with domestic and international trade and information than it does to various arms of the DOD.
If the USAF wants a secure network, then they should create their own isolated network completely divorced from the civilian Internet. I'm sorry if that means generals can't look at porn sites from their office, but that's the way things go.
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Indeed.
Writing sloppy code is cheaper and raises profits for software developers, from the OS on down.
Exploiting that sloppy code helps kids stay off the streets.
Writing anti-virus software and operating network security companies need the kids to write the viruses that exploit the sloppy code which increased profits for the initial developers.
It's kind of like the circle of life, and everybody wins!
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Sorry. You'll now have to ask him to make a bootleg copy of the album and buy it off him for a buck in order to feel normal again.
Personally I just can't get into ownership that's strictly downloadable. I've purchased online software, music, and games, and it doesn't feel like I own them. When I recently got the DLC for GTA, I got it from a game store, so at least I had a box for it.
When my HDD crashed a while back, I really was happy to go out to the garage and get my CDs out again.
Sadly, you're right. Each DVD release has gotten progressively worse, and this last one just sent the simple message "Futurama has lost its magic".
Maybe a return to TV would change that, but my hopes aren't high.
P.S. More Al Gore.
That settles it.
I'm going to file a patent for "something cool you can do with technology".
I'll make millions.
I think it's a little more simple than that.
1) Is it technology related?
2) Does it work?
3) Does it work better than what we can do?
If you've answered yes to the above questions, Microsoft has the right to sue you.
As for the height thing, many cities still use horses in dense urban areas (though I've never seen them at an airport). It gives the cop a major height advantage, as well as the speed to chase down a suspect (though it's probably a little slower getting off a horse than a Segway).
Personally, I like the horses better. Nobody asks if they can pet the cop's Segway.
The only real problem with bikes is weather. If it were up to me, I'd ride my bike every day. But when there's a few inches of snow on top of ice, it's nearly impossible (at least for me) to get anywhere without falling over ever 20 feet.
I guess they could start salting the bike lanes, but then you'd still have the problem if being very, very cold when you tried to get to work.
Without reading TFA left me confused. Either these new transit things are personal gliders, some sort of space age street-cars, taxi-cabs out of Total Recall or massive egg shaped ships.
Personally, I'm hoping for the latter.
It's the new magic ATMs that only have 4 numbers on it: 1,2,purple square and 8.
Just keep your checking accounting/routing numbers safe. I hear there are some financial institutions in Nigeria that are pretty good at doing just that.
Um, my Casio calculator watch from 1984 runs Linux, despite having no OS, no way to load media, and nothing but a 14 button keyboard.
Maybe you just don't understand how Linux works.
Now if I can only find a driver for the joysticks for my Atari 2600, that'll be running Linux too.
It sets a pleasant precedent. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
By intermingling bits of software that kind of works with other bits of software that kind of works, rather than keeping everything proprietary working with buggy software that sucks and nobody likes, they've figured out that "hey, we might just profit from this".
She might attempt to do something similar for next month's "guy" version of Valentine's Day.
Then again, that might work out well.
That's why, for a fully romantic touch, you put together a 400 page user manual that, among other things will teach her how to reprogram it using machine language.
Trust me. That'll get your main squeeze swooning.
More like
HimYeah babe, your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHZ!
HerI think we should see other people.
Arr.
It be Sammy the Sea Sucker, a giant whale that has been legend for hundreds of years. He can sink down to the bottom of the ocean, and when Ol' Sammy sees something he don't like, he eats right through it.
And let me tell ya', Sammy don't like cable.
Yeah, except for the trimming down on NPR. Years ago, Sirius had three stations of NPR. Now they have two. Moreover each one only seems to play the same 5 or 6 shows over and over again all day.
Yes. I've been told that I would really like Garfield 2, and I don't know why. It's spooky, really, since all I've rated is obscure French films from the 50s and 60s.
So all the displays on the space station have in large print this message displayed:
ALL OF THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.
That would be fun.
They will head north and, uh, run over and kill polar bears. They're robots. They hate us and our cute bears.
But that's changing. We, and many other countries have legislated via taxing in the past, and the way it's looking it might end up being what happens. Perhaps not in the next 5 years, but soon. When people start to seriously listen to the tree huggers, the $1.5*X solution may be given tax breaks, while the less ecologically sound solution might be taxed $.5*X to even things out.
Exactly. What with all that carbon algae, the rainforrests must have a gigantic carbon footprint. The potential for that carbon to enter the world's ecosystem is just too much. If we want to save the environment, we must cut the rainforrests down and shoot the trees and plants into space. It's the only way to be sure.
Right. And some harsh realities have to be realized by the AF or any DOD department.
1) The Internet does not belong to America. Period. It is a global network of good guys and bad guys, and the rest of the world won't, nor should they abide by our rules.
2) The Internet does not belong to the military. It has far more to do with domestic and international trade and information than it does to various arms of the DOD.
If the USAF wants a secure network, then they should create their own isolated network completely divorced from the civilian Internet. I'm sorry if that means generals can't look at porn sites from their office, but that's the way things go.
Indeed.
Writing sloppy code is cheaper and raises profits for software developers, from the OS on down.
Exploiting that sloppy code helps kids stay off the streets.
Writing anti-virus software and operating network security companies need the kids to write the viruses that exploit the sloppy code which increased profits for the initial developers.
It's kind of like the circle of life, and everybody wins!
That's an awesome and terribly funny news clip. 20 years ago I was 14. I never realized how silly college students looked back then.