Would a reflector at the L2 point do the job - at least in the short term for a small base? Nuclear reactors are heavy and require fuel, which would add to the cost of getting started.
So what happens after it completes those 10^15 floating point operations? Or did the poster mean 1 PetaFLOPS? The S stands for "second" It's not a plural of FLOP!
If you buy PC games, you obviously value the game with DRM more than you value not having the game.
True. I was rather making the point that there's a rationale for complaining if you don't purchase. If you do purchase it knowing that they've also included something you don't want then I totally agree with you.
Then you need to be prepared to explain to them the actual reality of the RIAA campaign:
But then you get to the point where I don't care any more either. I care about it but not enough to waste my time going through the same tedious argument to try to convince people not to buy records from major labels, after which they're still going to decide it doesn't affect them.
I'll try to persuade them to avoid Nestle instead. There are obvious substitutes and the victims aren't wealthy westerners.
I think the response will be "So it looks like the record industry is suing a load of people who are ripping them off. Can't be bothered reading the legalese".
"The controversial act provides 'Guilt Upon Accusation,"
The law is vaguely drafted, but requires ISPs to reasonably implement a disconnection policy. Now, I don't know about you, but since everyone thinks that immediate disconnection upon accusation is not reasonable, this is probably not a reasonable disconnection policy.
And how do you propose I stop anyone who doesn't read Slashdot from buying new music?
You're spitting in the ocean here. If everyone who read Slashdot stopped buying music, the record industry might put it down to piracy. They'd be more likely to consider it a seasonal blip in sales.
"Is it illegal to take photos?"
If they claim it is, then ask why they want you to delete evidence. If not ask them why they want you to delete lawfully taken photos.
I wonder if you could charge them for it. Work out how much time you've spent producing everything and since they own the IP, it's a work for hire so you're entitled to minimum wage.
It's hokum as far as legal arguments go but an irritated official might decide to tell you that it only applies to work done using university facilities.
But after 4 years, you don't have an automatic right to a refund. It would be reasonable for the retailer to repair it (which would simply involve applying this workaround). Alternatively a partial refund of 1/1461 times the price of a new Zune. That could be as much as £1.37.
Some guy's going to have a bit of a problem getting a job.
"So, you were the IT guy for a company that collapsed because of an IT failure. Excellent! We hire the best here. You'll join the financial wizards from Enron and the Legal minds from SCO."
I never thought the cell was intended for graphics anyway. 3D hardware is simple SIMD, with very long pipelines. Unless you're after ray tracing, a more general purpose chip would be a waste of resources.
Cell is probably good for complex physics, and sophisticated AI, but that's a bit of a problem because programmers haven't really worked out how to use the resources efficiently yet. Game developers have a very procedural approach to solving problems.
It would probably be considered fair use. A much loved legal concept here:) The RIAA would be hard pressed to show that that displaces a sale and personal use is generally reasonably well protected by copyright.
But more to the point, the RIAA don't care if people do this. They're generally smart enough to realise that copying for personal use does increase sales.
Or that the defendant has a right to privacy. It doesn't actually have to make sense it just needs to superficially sound like it could. In fact it's more useful to the RIAA if it doesn't. It's a lot harder to argue against illogical arguments.
This argument may or may not make sense. However it will probably result in a South Park reference.
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Would a reflector at the L2 point do the job - at least in the short term for a small base? Nuclear reactors are heavy and require fuel, which would add to the cost of getting started.
They could set up a standard for a "genuine" PC gaming system. I doubt they would, but it would be an option.
1 Petaflop = 10^15 floating-point operations.
So what happens after it completes those 10^15 floating point operations? Or did the poster mean 1 PetaFLOPS? The S stands for "second" It's not a plural of FLOP!
Windows (any version) - need I say more.
Most version of NT seem to have been pretty robust.
Does it matter though? You just need to convince punters that it's a radio quiet zone.
If you buy PC games, you obviously value the game with DRM more than you value not having the game.
True. I was rather making the point that there's a rationale for complaining if you don't purchase. If you do purchase it knowing that they've also included something you don't want then I totally agree with you.
I'm not buying it if it has such restrictive DRM. The publisher is missing out on my money.
Bit I want to purchase it. I want the game and the publisher wants my money. I just don't want it bundled with the DRM. We're both losing out here!
But if I complain, and if they listen, and they release without DRM, we'll both be richer! Win, win!
And I don't even care!
See how effective the boycott is. You can't even persuade me and I'm nominally on your side.
Then you need to be prepared to explain to them the actual reality of the RIAA campaign:
But then you get to the point where I don't care any more either. I care about it but not enough to waste my time going through the same tedious argument to try to convince people not to buy records from major labels, after which they're still going to decide it doesn't affect them.
I'll try to persuade them to avoid Nestle instead. There are obvious substitutes and the victims aren't wealthy westerners.
I think the response will be "So it looks like the record industry is suing a load of people who are ripping them off. Can't be bothered reading the legalese".
Or possibly tl;dr.
"The controversial act provides 'Guilt Upon Accusation,"
The law is vaguely drafted, but requires ISPs to reasonably implement a disconnection policy. Now, I don't know about you, but since everyone thinks that immediate disconnection upon accusation is not reasonable, this is probably not a reasonable disconnection policy.
And how do you propose I stop anyone who doesn't read Slashdot from buying new music?
You're spitting in the ocean here. If everyone who read Slashdot stopped buying music, the record industry might put it down to piracy. They'd be more likely to consider it a seasonal blip in sales.
Hopefully DVD streaming services will standardise and any TV will work with any streaming service.
Hopefully that $200-300 extra on the price tag comes with other benefits like a built in hard disk.
They are a branch of the police force aren't they? Just funded by the rail companies.
"Is it illegal to take photos?" If they claim it is, then ask why they want you to delete evidence. If not ask them why they want you to delete lawfully taken photos.
I wonder if you could charge them for it. Work out how much time you've spent producing everything and since they own the IP, it's a work for hire so you're entitled to minimum wage.
It's hokum as far as legal arguments go but an irritated official might decide to tell you that it only applies to work done using university facilities.
That could be as much as £1.37.
Uhm... I mean 13.6p. I made a typo in calc.exe (and it turns out my mental arithmetic is abysmal).
But after 4 years, you don't have an automatic right to a refund. It would be reasonable for the retailer to repair it (which would simply involve applying this workaround). Alternatively a partial refund of 1/1461 times the price of a new Zune. That could be as much as £1.37.
Some guy's going to have a bit of a problem getting a job.
"So, you were the IT guy for a company that collapsed because of an IT failure. Excellent! We hire the best here. You'll join the financial wizards from Enron and the Legal minds from SCO."
I never thought the cell was intended for graphics anyway. 3D hardware is simple SIMD, with very long pipelines. Unless you're after ray tracing, a more general purpose chip would be a waste of resources.
Cell is probably good for complex physics, and sophisticated AI, but that's a bit of a problem because programmers haven't really worked out how to use the resources efficiently yet. Game developers have a very procedural approach to solving problems.
It would probably be considered fair use. A much loved legal concept here:) The RIAA would be hard pressed to show that that displaces a sale and personal use is generally reasonably well protected by copyright.
But more to the point, the RIAA don't care if people do this. They're generally smart enough to realise that copying for personal use does increase sales.
And greek... The "tele" part is greek, the "vision" part is Latin.
Or that the defendant has a right to privacy. It doesn't actually have to make sense it just needs to superficially sound like it could. In fact it's more useful to the RIAA if it doesn't. It's a lot harder to argue against illogical arguments.
This argument may or may not make sense. However it will probably result in a South Park reference.
Your computer is a television in that it allows you to view moving images transmitted over a distance:P
Yeah - I'm being pedantic and taking liberties with definitions.