And it's a good thing. It's a segment of the population that is most heavily served by industry, costs the country the most money, and is most heavily represented in government. Fools should be taxed!
Well? They are. There is genuine desire from the US to protect its citizens.
Of course, for much the same reasons, a lot of countries wish to violate US patents on drugs.
Perhaps these treaties shuld be renogtiated so that they take into account all factors affecting quality of life in the world rather than just financial interests.
First of all, let's get the grammar Nazi stuff out of the way. Plurals are not made in English by simply adding 's to any word you feel like. In fact, ZERO English plurals are made in this way.
Not strictly true. Older style guides would recommend adding an apostrophe when pluralising an acronym or certain abbrevations. This was more common when abbreviations were rare, and more likely to be mixed case, for example referrign to more than one Batchelor of Science, or very important person, one might find BSC's or VIP's clearer than BScs or VIPs. These days, we tend to see fully capitalised acronyms, so a lower case s is less likely to confuse, and is more consistent. However, pluralising a single letter, for example in the phrase "Mind your p's and q's", one may well choose to use an apostrophe to clarify the separation.
Okay, for short times this clearly isn't an issue, but what if I respond to a message that hasn't been sent preventing a message from being sent in the first place.
This would be like posting a response before the initial post. It wouldn't make any sense at all! It's impossible.
Charging per OS copy is not that common and wasn't before Open source. Most operating systems have been purchased outright from the developers or developed in house rather than paying a per-copy royalty. Microsoft is the exception in this case. An OS is worthless on its own. And can only be used to sell a computer.
Apache is the perfect example of what I'm talking about. The reason it has so many patches and flags is because so many developers have had a contract to produce a web server, so they use Apache and modify it as they see fit.
One of the most succesful open source applications is gcc. This is used to sell processors.
OpenOffice is an exception. This is one of the "other reasons". However, the developers still got paid for it.
It's quite simple. Most software developers don't get paid per copy. In terms of lines of code, or developer time, or most metrics you might use, something like 80% of software is custom code for a single customer.
Open source software allows developers to provide this for less. The result is that more, and better software is created. I beleive this is what they call "creation of wealth". This doesn't apply so mush to operating systems and desktop software, but there are other reasons for people to develop these. The developers often still get paid. You can even sell the software.
They're wrong because they're accusing non-cheaters of cheating and cancelling their accounts for no good reason.
And don't underestimate the vocal minority. Sure, the shareholders don't notice they're there, but someone has to deal with the complaints. And he's probably got other stuff that he'd rather do.
So if 10^12 is a (long) billion, then isn't 10^15 a billiard?
According to the comment at the bottom of this page, it's valid. Although it hardly matters. 10^15 rarely comes up, even when talking about the US national debt.
Yeah. There's the a couple of little surprises. Not just the big one that Chewbacca is Artoo's ex-wife, but there's also the mini-twist that the epic Warrior Yoda is a bit of a muppet. And not seeing Jabba until RotJ made the guy a lot more menacing.
George Lucas used a lot of common, but perfectly robust story techniques when he made the original trilogy. When he did the special edition and the prequels, he seemed to forget about the decisions he made.
These days, Star Wars seems to be more nerdy than Trek. 10 years ago, Trekkies were considered hopeless nerds, obsessed with detail and continuity, and who never get dates, and Star Wars was considered cool and retro. These days, Trekkies are still considered hopeless nerds, but in a much more affectionate way, whereas the Star Wars fans are now nerdier, even more obsessed with detail and continuity, and even less likely to get a date.
Absolutely. It's this sort of shit that keeps stopping me from wanting WoW. Not the compatibility problems (These things happen, and I run XP anyway), but Blizzard are always completely and uttelry inept when it comes to dealing with their customers.
As for him being modded as a troll--it would seem he is a troll. He is speaking out his arse without any knowledge nor history on the subject.
If so, then that means he's talking out of his arse. This doesn't mean he's a troll. Respond and counter unless you think he'd genuinely saying what he says to provoke a reaction.
So a kludge that will automatically switch to compatibility mode if an application matching the zune softwares signature should be quite easy to add to the final Vista candidate. It's not unheard of for MS to addd specific hacks to their OS for compatibility.
They're wrong. They know full well that some people are running under WINE, even if they didn't at the time, they do now, and they have the ability to solve it.
WoW users also have the right to freedom of speech. And there's more of them. If they're going to piss off a whole lot of them, then some guy is going to have to deal with lots of irate users. This is just an irritation, but it's often amazing how effective an irritation can be.
Now, if the user base revenue of non-supported platforms hits the bottom line hard. they will make fixes.
Indeed. It's unlikely this will happen on its own though.
if people using non-supported platforms try to go to court, the courts would most likely toss them.
Very likely. Legal action is not an option.
Platform specific software has very few options outside the stated platforms. Don't forget you might have had to agreed to certain terms prior to playing the game.
Very true. They make the rules and the user has very little option.
So the only thing we can do is complain on open forums, and make the company look bad. Hopefully the bad PR will make them reconsider. Which is what people are doing.
No. People have every right to complain. Blizzard are behaving reprehensibly. They're banning a load of users and accusing them of cheating for no reason other than their decision not to use Windows.
Their customers want to use Linux. If they are not going to take account of thios then they will be publicly criticised. The affected users have ewvery right to complain.
Thats not totally true. When you have no money, you become a lot more powerful. You have the same amont of influence as someone with very little, but you no longer have the weakness of having something to lose. Take a look at the McLibel case. The defendents had no money, so nothing to lose from a protracted legal case and a judgement against them. If they had a house and savings then that would have been at risk.
At 100km (the official edge of space), the human eye has a resolution of about 30m. 2 acres as a square is roughly 80m each side. So you'll see there's something there, but be unable to identify what.
Slashdot Mirror
Singstar Buzz I'm told DDR is pretty cool too.
All good games that allow lots of swapping of players, so don't leave anyone out.
Themselves, I think.
"A lottery is but a tax on fools"
And it's a good thing. It's a segment of the population that is most heavily served by industry, costs the country the most money, and is most heavily represented in government. Fools should be taxed!
Well? They are. There is genuine desire from the US to protect its citizens.
Of course, for much the same reasons, a lot of countries wish to violate US patents on drugs.
Perhaps these treaties shuld be renogtiated so that they take into account all factors affecting quality of life in the world rather than just financial interests.
First of all, let's get the grammar Nazi stuff out of the way. Plurals are not made in English by simply adding 's to any word you feel like. In fact, ZERO English plurals are made in this way.
Not strictly true. Older style guides would recommend adding an apostrophe when pluralising an acronym or certain abbrevations. This was more common when abbreviations were rare, and more likely to be mixed case, for example referrign to more than one Batchelor of Science, or very important person, one might find BSC's or VIP's clearer than BScs or VIPs. These days, we tend to see fully capitalised acronyms, so a lower case s is less likely to confuse, and is more consistent. However, pluralising a single letter, for example in the phrase "Mind your p's and q's", one may well choose to use an apostrophe to clarify the separation.
Okay, for short times this clearly isn't an issue, but what if I respond to a message that hasn't been sent preventing a message from being sent in the first place.
This would be like posting a response before the initial post. It wouldn't make any sense at all! It's impossible.
Charging per OS copy is not that common and wasn't before Open source. Most operating systems have been purchased outright from the developers or developed in house rather than paying a per-copy royalty. Microsoft is the exception in this case. An OS is worthless on its own. And can only be used to sell a computer.
Apache is the perfect example of what I'm talking about. The reason it has so many patches and flags is because so many developers have had a contract to produce a web server, so they use Apache and modify it as they see fit.
One of the most succesful open source applications is gcc. This is used to sell processors.
OpenOffice is an exception. This is one of the "other reasons". However, the developers still got paid for it.
It's quite simple. Most software developers don't get paid per copy. In terms of lines of code, or developer time, or most metrics you might use, something like 80% of software is custom code for a single customer.
Open source software allows developers to provide this for less. The result is that more, and better software is created. I beleive this is what they call "creation of wealth". This doesn't apply so mush to operating systems and desktop software, but there are other reasons for people to develop these. The developers often still get paid. You can even sell the software.
They're wrong because they're accusing non-cheaters of cheating and cancelling their accounts for no good reason.
And don't underestimate the vocal minority. Sure, the shareholders don't notice they're there, but someone has to deal with the complaints. And he's probably got other stuff that he'd rather do.
So if 10^12 is a (long) billion, then isn't 10^15 a billiard?
According to the comment at the bottom of this page, it's valid. Although it hardly matters. 10^15 rarely comes up, even when talking about the US national debt.
Yeah. There's the a couple of little surprises. Not just the big one that Chewbacca is Artoo's ex-wife, but there's also the mini-twist that the epic Warrior Yoda is a bit of a muppet. And not seeing Jabba until RotJ made the guy a lot more menacing.
George Lucas used a lot of common, but perfectly robust story techniques when he made the original trilogy. When he did the special edition and the prequels, he seemed to forget about the decisions he made.
These days, Star Wars seems to be more nerdy than Trek. 10 years ago, Trekkies were considered hopeless nerds, obsessed with detail and continuity, and who never get dates, and Star Wars was considered cool and retro. These days, Trekkies are still considered hopeless nerds, but in a much more affectionate way, whereas the Star Wars fans are now nerdier, even more obsessed with detail and continuity, and even less likely to get a date.
Absolutely. It's this sort of shit that keeps stopping me from wanting WoW. Not the compatibility problems (These things happen, and I run XP anyway), but Blizzard are always completely and uttelry inept when it comes to dealing with their customers.
As for him being modded as a troll--it would seem he is a troll. He is speaking out his arse without any knowledge nor history on the subject.
If so, then that means he's talking out of his arse. This doesn't mean he's a troll. Respond and counter unless you think he'd genuinely saying what he says to provoke a reaction.
So a kludge that will automatically switch to compatibility mode if an application matching the zune softwares signature should be quite easy to add to the final Vista candidate. It's not unheard of for MS to addd specific hacks to their OS for compatibility.
They're wrong. They know full well that some people are running under WINE, even if they didn't at the time, they do now, and they have the ability to solve it.
WoW users also have the right to freedom of speech. And there's more of them. If they're going to piss off a whole lot of them, then some guy is going to have to deal with lots of irate users. This is just an irritation, but it's often amazing how effective an irritation can be.
Now, if the user base revenue of non-supported platforms hits the bottom line hard. they will make fixes.
Indeed. It's unlikely this will happen on its own though.
if people using non-supported platforms try to go to court, the courts would most likely toss them.
Very likely. Legal action is not an option.
Platform specific software has very few options outside the stated platforms. Don't forget you might have had to agreed to certain terms prior to playing the game.
Very true. They make the rules and the user has very little option.
So the only thing we can do is complain on open forums, and make the company look bad. Hopefully the bad PR will make them reconsider. Which is what people are doing.
No. People have every right to complain. Blizzard are behaving reprehensibly. They're banning a load of users and accusing them of cheating for no reason other than their decision not to use Windows.
Their customers want to use Linux. If they are not going to take account of thios then they will be publicly criticised. The affected users have ewvery right to complain.
And the related ones questioning why the EU has jurisdiction over a business that operates within the EU.
No. The word you're looking for is "milliard". Billion is ambiguous since it can be used to mean 1 000 000 000 or 1 000 000 000 000.
Google indexes somewhere around 4000 million web pages. This means that the internet is flooded with 40 million pages of porn!
Numbers are great when you make them dance.
Thats not totally true. When you have no money, you become a lot more powerful. You have the same amont of influence as someone with very little, but you no longer have the weakness of having something to lose. Take a look at the McLibel case. The defendents had no money, so nothing to lose from a protracted legal case and a judgement against them. If they had a house and savings then that would have been at risk.
See how it works.
Depends what you mean by "see" and by "space".
At 100km (the official edge of space), the human eye has a resolution of about 30m. 2 acres as a square is roughly 80m each side. So you'll see there's something there, but be unable to identify what.
Yeah, but don't astronauts prefer dry, vacuum packed food rather than greasy food packed in a paper bag?