You have to give these guys credit, for marketing their product quite well. Most people who are going to try and sell a scooter are not going to market it as a product that will change the world. Then making people wait to see what the heck it actually is draws the interest of all sorts of newspapers, and gets free advertising. Finally, once they annouce the product, they get a bunch of actors to use them in TV shows, to really drive up the hype. I am not saying it's a bad product. It actually looks pretty cool, but for $5000 I expect it to do all the work for me, and to go fast. I guess it might lead to good things in the future, but right now, it's just another toy for the rich, hardly changing the world
And they totally miss out on the fact that we aren't only pirating music, but software too! maybe they are accounting I can fit 10 discs worth of music on one CD, or to take it to the next step, figuring I can fit the good music off of 100 CD's onto one MP3 CD
Coming from a place that runs Groupwise (unfortuneatly) I can say Groupwise isn't a great option. I am not sure if it there fault, or Microsofts, but it refuses to cooperate with windows and office. Now, granted, we only have Groupwise 5.5, butwe are phasing out Novell, so we can't see the point in upgrading. Some examples of the problems? Install office; your addressbook is gone, until you reinstall windows messaging. Install Office Xp? Don't expect groupwise to work for longer then a minute...thought XP sp2 fixes that. There have been tons of problems with this so far. Would exchange be any bettter? I have no idea, but I am sure it will at least work well with the other MS products, which make up most of what we work with here
Actually, even if you are using your spare cycles for something like RC5 challenge, at least you are advancing distributed computing. I had my computer in the RC5 challenge, not because I could care less about he secret phrase, but because I hope it advances research in distributed computing. I guess right now, I am way more interested in the medium, then the message
This is a very important issue, that we need solved. I mean, we aren't talking about hearts, or livers or something like that, but breasts! What guy doesn't love these!
Actually, in Canada, we have a long history of protecting out allies, even when we don't need to be directly involved (see World War 1 and World War2(pre-pearl harbour) for more info)
Is this the terrorists winning? I don't think that their intentions were at all to make the Government even more powerful. I would think it is more like the government is capitalizing on the situation.
To tell the truth I am not for random searches, I am just sick and tired of everyone jumping off the deep end, and thinking every little step the government takes has the sole purpose of eroding your rights. When they start doing that, then I will worry, but I don't think there has to be a connection. Of course, I am not in a country where big business (ie media companies) pays to get their representatives into government, and pass the laws they need passed (like DRM)
Way to put words in my mouth. All I said was this would kill the buisness for the people selling it. But like most people here you have to add your own interprutaptions to what I actually meant
That's not at all what I am saying. This is something quite easy they can do. They aren't breaking into peoples homes, they are just blocking something from being transmitted. People always jump off the deep end, and bring it right to the 1984 worst case scenario
Maybe, since I am not an American, I have a harder time understanding the problem with this. I think anything that helps try to put a stop to child pornography is a good thing! I think your rights and freedoms are important, but I stringly believe anything the government can do to stop these perverts should be done, and if it tramples on their rights a little, that's too bad. You are given rights, assuming you are not a completely sick and twisted idiot, but some people clearlt don't deserve these rights
Even if it was 100 percent editorially neutral, what makes you think that the NYT has more clout worldwide than the BBC?
Umm, just a guess, but but probably the fact that he's an american.
So was America emotionally maladjusted for nuking Nagasaki or Hiroshima? Was Britian maladjusted for fire bombing Germany? These do seem to be the norm rather then a special case
I thought this article was an interesting read, and he made some really good points. The fact that I neither love or hate star wars makes this it a little easier to look at this objectively.
The one thing that I couldn't agree with was when he said getting angry can turn you evil is a down right lie. He then brings up an obligatory Hitler reference. A better example would be if, say a military group attacked you, and you decided to completely annihliate everyone who is from their country. You fighting the group is not evil, but you going overboard and killing everyone is! Of course you would have had no reason to fight them at all, but you were mad at what they did to you. Hope that makes sense!
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Actually, I think it's supposed to be, to Star Wars fans anyways, "Better Then Life"
Actually, I am hoping to be a sandperson, and snipe people from the cliffs....It's fun killing characters when the least suspect it
You have to give these guys credit, for marketing their product quite well.
Most people who are going to try and sell a scooter are not going to market it as a product that will change the world. Then making people wait to see what the heck it actually is draws the interest of all sorts of newspapers, and gets free advertising. Finally, once they annouce the product, they get a bunch of actors to use them in TV shows, to really drive up the hype.
I am not saying it's a bad product. It actually looks pretty cool, but for $5000 I expect it to do all the work for me, and to go fast. I guess it might lead to good things in the future, but right now, it's just another toy for the rich, hardly changing the world
I looked this book up at Chapters.ca (I am Canadian, eh?) And it is red in their picture. IS this a different book?
Wow...Amazon must be making a killing off of this slashdot post. Now everything has changed from that stuff to Unix Sysadmin books
Hey, I thouhgt GOTO's were passe
I think the loop is more like this:
x=0;
if ($x10){
assume_piracy();
encrypt_cd_differently();
wait();
}
And they totally miss out on the fact that we aren't only pirating music, but software too!
maybe they are accounting I can fit 10 discs worth of music on one CD, or to take it to the next step, figuring I can fit the good music off of 100 CD's onto one MP3 CD
Hey...how many combinations are there for three chords? Of course they had to rip people off!
Just remeber, 50 years from now, people will still know who the Sex Pistols were. No one will know, or care, who the Backstreet Boys or Ratt were.
Coming from a place that runs Groupwise (unfortuneatly) I can say Groupwise isn't a great option. I am not sure if it there fault, or Microsofts, but it refuses to cooperate with windows and office.
Now, granted, we only have Groupwise 5.5, butwe are phasing out Novell, so we can't see the point in upgrading.
Some examples of the problems? Install office; your addressbook is gone, until you reinstall windows messaging. Install Office Xp? Don't expect groupwise to work for longer then a minute...thought XP sp2 fixes that.
There have been tons of problems with this so far. Would exchange be any bettter? I have no idea, but I am sure it will at least work well with the other MS products, which make up most of what we work with here
The new supercomputer will be used to determine when the Maple Leafs will win the Stanley Cup next.
Actually, even if you are using your spare cycles for something like RC5 challenge, at least you are advancing distributed computing.
I had my computer in the RC5 challenge, not because I could care less about he secret phrase, but because I hope it advances research in distributed computing. I guess right now, I am way more interested in the medium, then the message
This is a very important issue, that we need solved. I mean, we aren't talking about hearts, or livers or something like that, but breasts! What guy doesn't love these!
Actually, in Canada, we have a long history of protecting out allies, even when we don't need to be directly involved (see World War 1 and World War2(pre-pearl harbour) for more info)
Is this the terrorists winning? I don't think that their intentions were at all to make the Government even more powerful.
I would think it is more like the government is capitalizing on the situation.
A posting of said examples would be much more resonible then this so called list that you have come up with
Thanks
To tell the truth I am not for random searches, I am just sick and tired of everyone jumping off the deep end, and thinking every little step the government takes has the sole purpose of eroding your rights.
When they start doing that, then I will worry, but I don't think there has to be a connection. Of course, I am not in a country where big business (ie media companies) pays to get their representatives into government, and pass the laws they need passed (like DRM)
Way to put words in my mouth. All I said was this would kill the buisness for the people selling it. But like most people here you have to add your own interprutaptions to what I actually meant
So it does help put a stop to it for people in PA. Guess what, take away all the customrs, and the business will die
Honestly, if they want to serach my house, I don't really care. I don't have anything to hide
That's not at all what I am saying. This is something quite easy they can do. They aren't breaking into peoples homes, they are just blocking something from being transmitted. People always jump off the deep end, and bring it right to the 1984 worst case scenario
Maybe, since I am not an American, I have a harder time understanding the problem with this. I think anything that helps try to put a stop to child pornography is a good thing!
I think your rights and freedoms are important, but I stringly believe anything the government can do to stop these perverts should be done, and if it tramples on their rights a little, that's too bad. You are given rights, assuming you are not a completely sick and twisted idiot, but some people clearlt don't deserve these rights
Even if it was 100 percent editorially neutral, what makes you think that the NYT has more clout worldwide than the BBC?
Umm, just a guess, but but probably the fact that he's an american.
So was America emotionally maladjusted for nuking Nagasaki or Hiroshima?
Was Britian maladjusted for fire bombing Germany?
These do seem to be the norm rather then a special case
I thought this article was an interesting read, and he made some really good points. The fact that I neither love or hate star wars makes this it a little easier to look at this objectively.
The one thing that I couldn't agree with was when he said getting angry can turn you evil is a down right lie. He then brings up an obligatory Hitler reference. A better example would be if, say a military group attacked you, and you decided to completely annihliate everyone who is from their country. You fighting the group is not evil, but you going overboard and killing everyone is! Of course you would have had no reason to fight them at all, but you were mad at what they did to you.
Hope that makes sense!