I just see this as an extension to the whole "extreme programming" idea of "code something, anything, until you get the output you want for your test cases, then stop coding".
It's a good idea in theory, but it seems much better to have a well thought out approach.
OK then, in Super Mario, after you finish, the game gets harder on the second run through, is that part of the "main game"? If you never beat that second part, would you call that "not finishing"?
(Part of me can't believe I'm actually arguing about something so dorky):)
CRT there's a kilogram or so, used to shield the user from xrays.
Yeah, but that's mixed in the glass, and isn't going anywhere for the next several millenia or more. In several hundred million years when that glass gets subducted under the mantle and remelts, I doubt humans will be around to worry.
You are leaving out opportunity cost. He could be doing something else with that money instead of stocking SDRAM.
Also, the demand for SDRAM, an almost obselete component, will likely fall, which very much increses the risk that SDRAM prices will fall, and fall much further than they would have otherwise because of this pricing bubble that they are involved in now.
The interesting thing about computer components is the general pricing curve when you look at it over a very long term, like 10 years. Initially it starts out very expensive, falls to a minimum when it's about 2 generations behind current, then rises again as production is ceased, and only continues to rise as less and less suppliers feed the tiny residual demand for people who can't or won't upgrade for whatever reason.
An example, try pricing a full length monochrome 8 bit ISA video card... it's more expensive than you might think.:)
You have a strange interpertation of what "fair use" is. Without distribution in some form, copyright law doesn't apply at all. Fair use most definitely applies to distribution, that's the only thing it applies to.
I see this the most when semi drivers want to fuck with someone who's driving like an ass.
They almost always get out of my way.:)
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If you are willing to drive 10mph slower, except on the hilly parts, you can usually drive in the right lane on interstates around here. Just slip in between some semis and don't pass them unless a hill comes. Truck drivers are a usually lot nicer than the car and SUV drivers, in Virginia at least. Just remember they can't stop as fast, so give them some room when you get in front of them.
Yeah, it'll take a few extra minutes, but it's a lot more leisurely drive, most of the time. Since I have very little experience driving anywhere other than Virginia, this may not work where you are living.
Either the current controlling people can keep 51% of the stock, which they probably will, or the company could adopt a poison pill strategy, that says that something undesirable will happen if someone gets more than 51% of the shares.
I think it's pretty safe. I know some disks used iron oxide coatings on aluminum or a ceramic disk. On top of that there is a coating of lubricant. I wouldn't eat off them, but I wouldn't worry about using them as coasters.
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I just see this as an extension to the whole "extreme programming" idea of "code something, anything, until you get the output you want for your test cases, then stop coding".
It's a good idea in theory, but it seems much better to have a well thought out approach.
OK then, in Super Mario, after you finish, the game gets harder on the second run through, is that part of the "main game"? If you never beat that second part, would you call that "not finishing"?
:)
(Part of me can't believe I'm actually arguing about something so dorky)
I guess we'll never see any serious commercial apps for gentoo then.
but its not a pretty sight and you feel pretty sick afterwards.
It's hard not to gag cleaning the guts off the front of your bus.
Unless something has changed (in the laws of physics), you also have to turn the monitor/TV upside down to use a fresnel lens. :)
You wouldn't happen to know the lowest temperature eutectic alloy of Indium and/or Bismuth and/or tin?
Or maybe a book about alloys that I could afford?
What, you think they'll weld them into place with copper or something?
No lead just means using a silver/tin or such solder instead of lead/tin. You can still use normal soldering equipment.
Which means dick in the big picture.
Do you know how many watts a 200HP car engine produces in theory?
Over 149 thousand watts. Generated by a relatively inefficient small engine. Burning gasoline.
So before you go apeshit over a video card that uses 100 piddly watts, get some perspective.
You are forgetting the electrolytic caps on the motherboard used in the voltage regulator section.
Of course, I don't know of any modern caps that still use PCBs, definitely not in computers.
CRT there's a kilogram or so, used to shield the user from xrays.
Yeah, but that's mixed in the glass, and isn't going anywhere for the next several millenia or more. In several hundred million years when that glass gets subducted under the mantle and remelts, I doubt humans will be around to worry.
The multipart test for fair use is vague. It has no specific limits, it only says what things the court must consider.
So really, you can't count on any specific activity being fair use unless it falls squarely within the prior case law.
This is basically the more general form of what you are saying.
You are leaving out opportunity cost. He could be doing something else with that money instead of stocking SDRAM.
:)
Also, the demand for SDRAM, an almost obselete component, will likely fall, which very much increses the risk that SDRAM prices will fall, and fall much further than they would have otherwise because of this pricing bubble that they are involved in now.
The interesting thing about computer components is the general pricing curve when you look at it over a very long term, like 10 years. Initially it starts out very expensive, falls to a minimum when it's about 2 generations behind current, then rises again as production is ceased, and only continues to rise as less and less suppliers feed the tiny residual demand for people who can't or won't upgrade for whatever reason.
An example, try pricing a full length monochrome 8 bit ISA video card... it's more expensive than you might think.
You have a strange interpertation of what "fair use" is. Without distribution in some form, copyright law doesn't apply at all. Fair use most definitely applies to distribution, that's the only thing it applies to.
much more than 1% of the population boycotting cd
I was in WalMart here in rural Virginia the other day and saw a chick wearing an anti-RIAA shirt.
I think you underestimate the number of people the RIAA has pissed off.
I see this the most when semi drivers want to fuck with someone who's driving like an ass.
:)
They almost always get out of my way.
If you are willing to drive 10mph slower, except on the hilly parts, you can usually drive in the right lane on interstates around here. Just slip in between some semis and don't pass them unless a hill comes. Truck drivers are a usually lot nicer than the car and SUV drivers, in Virginia at least. Just remember they can't stop as fast, so give them some room when you get in front of them.
Yeah, it'll take a few extra minutes, but it's a lot more leisurely drive, most of the time. Since I have very little experience driving anywhere other than Virginia, this may not work where you are living.
The story is wrong in other places too:
There is no "highly compensated test" in current law,
There is... As an IT worker, you can be exempt if you make 6 times minimum wage or more.
There was already a federal law saying that unless you got paid 6 times minimum wage, you couldn't be exempt as an IT worker.
livelyhoods of millions of innocent emperial employees
Don't forget the contractors working on the Death Star.
Hah, no, it means they are keeping your plain text password in a database somewhere, instead of only keeping an unreversible hash like they should.
What the hell is a "Zero-emissions vehicle"?
Is that like a perpetual motion machine? They seem to have something in common, though I can't quite put my finger on it.
Oh yeah, neither can ever exist!
OK, you create some software and call it Windows. We'll see how long that lasts.
Either the current controlling people can keep 51% of the stock, which they probably will, or the company could adopt a poison pill strategy, that says that something undesirable will happen if someone gets more than 51% of the shares.
No.
I think it's pretty safe. I know some disks used iron oxide coatings on aluminum or a ceramic disk. On top of that there is a coating of lubricant. I wouldn't eat off them, but I wouldn't worry about using them as coasters.