The channel owners are right. You have NO BUSINESS getting what you already pay for! Especially if it is more convenient for you.
You know, it is almost Calvinistic: "People are - gasp - enjoying themselves... without paying for it!"
Instead of going to hell, you just have to sign up to a perpetual contract to pay them loads of money whenever you are caught enjoying yourself. And whenever you aren't too, just to remind you.
On Friday night, listening to the early news reports on the Australian ABC (a relatively intelligent and prestigious radio station, well above Fox News and the like), I heard the reporter say that there had been an earthquake in Japan of magnitude "8.9 per cent".
But the comment still applies. After the Star Wars prequels with Jar-Jar, the idea of adding new prequels and sequels to other classics leaves the public with a certain amount of anxiety.
But then, if it's Ridley Scott, not some bozo... hey, it's a new Ridley Scott movie! What can go wrong with that?
Imagine telling a trader in the 1970s that we had a 42 second outage in the stock market, it was all over the news, and a few companies probably lost hundreds of millions in revenue.
"Hi, 1970s trader! I am just going to skip over the momentous fact that I have accomplished time travel - the ultimate cool technology - to let you know that one day people will be even more obsessive about the stock market than they are in the 1970s.
Thought you'd like to know. Oh, and in case you are interested, I can travel through time. Now going back to talk to HG Wells about a great book idea I have."
How do they expect these shorter lived males to outcompete their wild bretheren? If the trait is to become sufficiently distributed in the population for this to make a difference then they would have to have some method of making them superior breeders to offset the shortened window in which to breed.
They're rock star mosquitoes. Shorter lifespans, but they, ah, reproduce a lot. And play guitar. And take drugs. And then all the other mosquitoes will want to be like them.
I'm sure there were plenty of mosquitoes at Woodstock.
So... you mod the parent 4, funny, for making a tasteless joke about rape, that's not even funny, and you mod down the person that calls them out. Not cool, guys.
Here's an idea, instead of having to pay American military personnel, and then give them pensions and health care and other veterans' benefits, why not just hire Indians to fight our wars?
My brain just went off into comedy land with the idea of Custer's Last Stand where Custer and his army are actually hired Indians.
Second-in-command: Indians! Custer: You are being a bloody idiot! Of course we're Indians. (gets shot with arrow)
The only litmus test for scientific method left nowadays is if you pass the review of your peers, that is couple of your colleagues from the same grant hunting boat.
That's nonsense. Peer review is not about proving something is correct, and no scientist interprets it that way. Peer review is primarily about checking that your papers are clearly written and describe your work well enough that other people can understand what you did. It also has a secondary function of helping journals pick the articles their readers are most likely to be interested in (and down the road, most likely to cite). The real test of your work is in other scientists' response to it. And that can take a long time to sort out - years or even decades. Science works slowly, but so what? Speed isn't the goal. The goal is to work out the right answer, however long that takes.
It's actually quite difficult to snipe from a moving ship.
That's non-sense. These pirate boats are six meters per TFA. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.
Unfortunately, a hooded man on board waved his hand and said "These are not the pirates you are looking for.... They can go on their way."
The less competitive firms argue for protectionism, rather than offer decent online shopping sites.
I buy from Australian sites when they are worthwhile: when they offer service and choice. I have bought mobile phones and Android tablets from Australian websites, because they had local warranties, faster delivery, and a decent range of items at competitive prices.
With books and CDs, it is often better to buy from overseas, where the range is much wider. And anyway, the books I want are just not available in Australia.
Um, isn't this in response to Microsoft making Windows free to many organisations belonging to Putin's opposition? Putin's government was using software licence irregularities as reasons for raiding and arresting opposition figures, so MS made the licence free for these groups, to avoid political criticism in the West.
So Microsoft would have to back down and expose Putin's opposition to government suppression via software licence policing.
Ignoring any one specific advance in technology, the cost per base pair of sequencing DNA has dropping exponentially. The cost to sequence an entire human genome has gone from billions of dollars in 1990 to about $40,000 in 2010. By 2015, it will probably cross the $1000 barrier.
By 2020, it will likely be under $100 - at which point it might as well be a standard part of a person's medical file.
By 2030, it could under $1 - amateur biologists could start collecting genomes like poleroids while hiking.
By 2040, it could be a fraction of penny - cough on a sensor, get a readout of all the microbes in your lungs, what strain they are and, by looking at the specific mutations between generations and comparing to a database of everyone else's microbes, the likely person who infected you.
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The channel owners are right. You have NO BUSINESS getting what you already pay for! Especially if it is more convenient for you.
You know, it is almost Calvinistic: "People are - gasp - enjoying themselves ... without paying for it!"
Instead of going to hell, you just have to sign up to a perpetual contract to pay them loads of money whenever you are caught enjoying yourself. And whenever you aren't too, just to remind you.
The ruling is irrelevant to most of the news media, then.
True. But then, why would you want to copy the non-factual stories on Faux News?
On Friday night, listening to the early news reports on the Australian ABC (a relatively intelligent and prestigious radio station, well above Fox News and the like), I heard the reporter say that there had been an earthquake in Japan of magnitude "8.9 per cent".
It left me gasping.
We need a remake of "Gasoline Alley Bred":
Isobutanol Alley Bred.
It'll be another hit. I can see it now.
"Step on the iso and let's get out of here!"
No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!
Oops, sorry, wrong sci-fi movie.
But the comment still applies. After the Star Wars prequels with Jar-Jar, the idea of adding new prequels and sequels to other classics leaves the public with a certain amount of anxiety.
But then, if it's Ridley Scott, not some bozo ... hey, it's a new Ridley Scott movie! What can go wrong with that?
So now we know how souls are pulled towards the light in near death experiences: Bessel beams.
Who said you never learn anything new on Slashdot?
Do you think it's possible to mod a Judge insightful?
Hmmm. Modded judges. Interesting concept. Where do you insert the chip?
Imagine telling a trader in the 1970s that we had a 42 second outage in the stock market, it was all over the news, and a few companies probably lost hundreds of millions in revenue.
"Hi, 1970s trader! I am just going to skip over the momentous fact that I have accomplished time travel - the ultimate cool technology - to let you know that one day people will be even more obsessive about the stock market than they are in the 1970s.
Thought you'd like to know. Oh, and in case you are interested, I can travel through time. Now going back to talk to HG Wells about a great book idea I have."
I hate people who make sweeping generalizations
Why do generalisations always sweep? Why don't they vacuum or polish once in a while? Or just pick up the socks I left on the floor?
A charismatic leader may create an organisation.
But an organisation is much less likely to create a charismatic leader.
It will shape them into a "team player", it will squash them, or it will eject them as a troublemaker.
How do they expect these shorter lived males to outcompete their wild bretheren? If the trait is to become sufficiently distributed in the population for this to make a difference then they would have to have some method of making them superior breeders to offset the shortened window in which to breed.
They're rock star mosquitoes. Shorter lifespans, but they, ah, reproduce a lot. And play guitar. And take drugs. And then all the other mosquitoes will want to be like them.
I'm sure there were plenty of mosquitoes at Woodstock.
So... you mod the parent 4, funny, for making a tasteless joke about rape, that's not even funny, and you mod down the person that calls them out. Not cool, guys.
You've never heard of a paternity suit?
90%? So what?
Practically 100% of Linux software users in the whole world don't pay for the products.
Here's an idea, instead of having to pay American military personnel, and then give them pensions and health care and other veterans' benefits, why not just hire Indians to fight our wars?
My brain just went off into comedy land with the idea of Custer's Last Stand where Custer and his army are actually hired Indians.
Second-in-command: Indians!
Custer: You are being a bloody idiot! Of course we're Indians. (gets shot with arrow)
"Honest! My DNA teleported into her. I never touched her. I swear it."
The only litmus test for scientific method left nowadays is if you pass the review of your peers, that is couple of your colleagues from the same grant hunting boat.
That's nonsense. Peer review is not about proving something is correct, and no scientist interprets it that way. Peer review is primarily about checking that your papers are clearly written and describe your work well enough that other people can understand what you did. It also has a secondary function of helping journals pick the articles their readers are most likely to be interested in (and down the road, most likely to cite). The real test of your work is in other scientists' response to it. And that can take a long time to sort out - years or even decades. Science works slowly, but so what? Speed isn't the goal. The goal is to work out the right answer, however long that takes.
So it is a form of sampling...
It's actually quite difficult to snipe from a moving ship.
That's non-sense. These pirate boats are six meters per TFA. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.
Unfortunately, a hooded man on board waved his hand and said "These are not the pirates you are looking for.... They can go on their way."
The less competitive firms argue for protectionism, rather than offer decent online shopping sites.
I buy from Australian sites when they are worthwhile: when they offer service and choice. I have bought mobile phones and Android tablets from Australian websites, because they had local warranties, faster delivery, and a decent range of items at competitive prices.
With books and CDs, it is often better to buy from overseas, where the range is much wider. And anyway, the books I want are just not available in Australia.
We Martians would like to remind you of that famous Earthling work "The War of the Worlds".
We could not succeed in our invasion and settlement of Earth because of your Earth's microbes and diseases.
We don't look forward to our new Earthling Overlords, and remind you that we have our own microbes and diseases.
That's a nice looking planet you have. Pity if anything were to happen to it...
"Oops, our bad. Has nothing to do with your recent attempt on us, promise." - Amazon.com
"I was cleaning my router and I accidentally pushed the DDOS button."
Um, isn't this in response to Microsoft making Windows free to many organisations belonging to Putin's opposition? Putin's government was using software licence irregularities as reasons for raiding and arresting opposition figures, so MS made the licence free for these groups, to avoid political criticism in the West.
So Microsoft would have to back down and expose Putin's opposition to government suppression via software licence policing.
I think MS is in a fork.
it looks like it lost attitudinal control first
I often blow up too when I lose attitudinal control.
How the hell am I supposed to wrap a fish in that?
Blend the iPad first.
Just scrawl "Liberal Socialists Doing Scary Bad Stuff!" on the screen in permanent marker and look at it every five minutes.
You can just scrawl that on a sheet of paper and save yourself the cost of an iPad.
Ignoring any one specific advance in technology, the cost per base pair of sequencing DNA has dropping exponentially. The cost to sequence an entire human genome has gone from billions of dollars in 1990 to about $40,000 in 2010. By 2015, it will probably cross the $1000 barrier.
By 2020, it will likely be under $100 - at which point it might as well be a standard part of a person's medical file.
By 2030, it could under $1 - amateur biologists could start collecting genomes like poleroids while hiking.
By 2040, it could be a fraction of penny - cough on a sensor, get a readout of all the microbes in your lungs, what strain they are and, by looking at the specific mutations between generations and comparing to a database of everyone else's microbes, the likely person who infected you.
So when will it become an iPhone and Android app?