Yeah, the/. editors have clearly outsourced themselves to someplace where English is very poorly understood, because surely no self-declared "nerds" would ever make such an elementary mistake as to call a town of 7000 people a "city".
The City of Winooski, VT (the subject of the article) would like to differ with you. "City" has nothing to do with population, but rather of charter and government organizational structure.
Essentially the point in the scenarios above if that you've already/paid/ for a "licence" at whatever prevailing rate the things costs.
Incorrect. Any person can make a copy of any copyrighted musical work for their own personal use. It doesn't mean they can only copy things they already own, it doesn't matter if they've paid anything for it at all. You can come to my house and copy all my CDs, and so can everyone I know. You may also invite anyone to come to your house and make copies of your CDs, including the ones you copied from me. Making any copy of any recording for personal use is not infringement.
Maybe the lesson here is that every company is capable of producing both shit and gold, and having a run of good/bad luck from the same manufacturer is down to just that, luck.
No, the lesson is that the plural of anecdote is not data.
The killer feature that I still think is missing is the ability to exit and save tabs. Chrome can Restore after a crash (most of the time), but you can't manually restart the browser without loosing the history you have open.
This feature works fine for me, perhaps you don't have it turned on? Tools-Options-Basics, there's a radio button in the On startup section called Restore pages that were open last.
I have only ever found ONE place that rented PC games.
That's because software rental has been illegal since Dec 1, 1990 thanks to the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act. Limited purpose devices like game consoles are exempt.
Software rental was big in the 80's, I used to rent C64 games all the time from a mail order place whose name I've forgotten.
How does one define success? Profit or pure number of copies sold? Spore reportedly cost around $35 million to develop, while GalCiv II had a budget of less than $1 million. Will Spore bring in 35 times the sales of GalCiv II? I very much doubt it. GalCiv II had sold about 300,000 copies as of March (see link above) and Spore's sales are at least one million, but less than two. Looking at those numbers, Spore seems more like a failure, despite it's sales.
So, when you're searching on current events? That would seem to be a tautology. Now think of all the times it doesn't matter and you might want to rethink your "wouldn't bother at all" stance.
the only thing I worry about is whether I'll be able to fire up my old games and go for a trip down nostalgia lane 20 years from now when the good folks at Valve have gone on to other things.
You will. Steam runs in offline mode now, no reason it won't in the future. Just back up the games.
I think we're rapidly approaching the point where no one cares what area code you're in, or even country code soon. I'm already at that point. Just about everyone I know has a cell phone that can call nationwide (and Canada) at no additional cost for at least part of the day if not all the time. Plenty of people also have VoIP like Vonage or Lingo (which I have) where you can call anywhere in the US or western Europe for free any time.
If you and your doctor aren't discussing the pros and cons of the various therapies for your conditions already, you need a new doctor immediately. I would never see a doctor who just says "take this" with no discussion. Any doctor I see must be willing to discuss the available therapies and why he is suggesting the one he is. I haven't found this to be a problem with any primary care practitioner to date.
No. If you receive stolen funds, you are under a legal obligation to return the money.
Ah, but you're not receiving stolen funds. PayPal is. That's not sophistry either, it's how PayPal has deliberately structured things to get around banking laws. You have an individual contract with PayPal. You do not have a contract with anyone else. When you make a transaction you agree to perform X service (be it pay X dollars or deliver X goods). When you perform your end of the deal faithfully, such as sending out goods, you have completed your contract and PayPal owes you money. PayPal has a separate agreement with Joe Schmo to receive X dollars in exchange for some goods (which they have purchased from you). When someone pays with stolen funds, that person has broken their contract with PayPal. You are not involved in that transaction in any way.
a few hundred million people around the world are really enjoying their Wii
Considering the Wii has sold just over 20 million consoles worldwide as of the end of 2007, I'd consider that pretty unlikely. The best selling console of all time, the PS2, has "only" sold 120 million over its lifetime.
A recursive acronym refers to the acronym in the expression it stands for. Fast is a plain English word used with its standard meaning, it's not back-referring to itself. WINE is a recursive acronym because it stands for WINE Is Not an Emulator. The word WINE in the expression also refers to the acronym itself, as well as being part of it. The word fast is not referring to the acronym FAST, it's used as an adjective to describe the searching.
Seriously. Why do you want to legislate that private corporations sell something they don't want to?
Because they are being granted a monopoly on service in a given area. When the consumer cannot influence the supplier through the free market, other methods must be used.
The cable company has the choice to not offer cable in that area if they don't like the terms. You can't force the company to sell to you, just mandate that if they would like the monopoly to sell to all town residents without competition they must agree to certain conditions.
I've notice you never hear about such "training" before issuance of pepper spray/mace, nightsticks, or firearms.
Because you haven't looked? Some of my friends are cops, and I assure you they have to be subjected to everything before they can carry it(except firearms, obviously). OC spray is part of academy training, everyone gets it. They're sprayed and then have to run a gauntlet and fight. TASER training is optional, but if the department even uses them being hit with one is part of being certified to carry it.
Sony's been saying the 360's lifespan is about 5 years, since that's how the original XBox went.
That's a poor yardstick. There was an article on the Xbox's end of life a few issues back in OXM. Microsoft was losing money on the Xbox and couldn't get the cost down because they built it with off the shelf parts. Just continuing to makes XBoxes was losing them money. With the 360 they control the hardware front to back. Like Sony and Nintendo have always been able to they can now take advantage of re-engineering the system to get costs down. The 360 is more like the PS2, MS will be able to get the costs down enough that they can make a profit on it for as long as they choose to sell it. It will be around more than 5 years.
Now if only the wii browser supported a USB or Wireless (via bluetooth) keyboard.
It's coming. The last update silently introduced some USB keyboard support. You can't use it for the Internet Channel yet, just in some less useful places like the message board. Most likely they're still testing before they expand support and make an official announcement.
On one hand, part of the Wii's charm is that a parent wouldn't have to worry about junior getting his hands on extremely questionable games.
Sure, there's Red Steel and Far Cry and some violent shooters, but I can rest easy knowing that junior isn't killing hookers, or chainsawing people in half, or watching limbs fly as he rolls explosive cans of propane into them...
He's ripping testicles off with pliers. Or he's using the Wiimote to make sawing motions as he cuts off heads to wear on his belt. That is, if he's playing Manhunt 2 for Wii which IGN called "the goriest game we have ever seen".
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The City of Winooski, VT (the subject of the article) would like to differ with you. "City" has nothing to do with population, but rather of charter and government organizational structure.
Several GPL lawsuits have been filed in the United States (Cisco and Verizon/Busybox off the top of my head). So far all have been settled before reaching court. However, the GPL has been upheld by a German court: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2007/07/skype-loses-gpl-lawsuit-in-germany.ars
Essentially the point in the scenarios above if that you've already /paid/ for a "licence" at whatever prevailing rate the things costs.
Incorrect. Any person can make a copy of any copyrighted musical work for their own personal use. It doesn't mean they can only copy things they already own, it doesn't matter if they've paid anything for it at all. You can come to my house and copy all my CDs, and so can everyone I know. You may also invite anyone to come to your house and make copies of your CDs, including the ones you copied from me. Making any copy of any recording for personal use is not infringement.
See the "Copying for Private Use" section of the Canadian Copyright Act: http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/info/act-e.html#rid-33770
No, the lesson is that the plural of anecdote is not data.
This feature works fine for me, perhaps you don't have it turned on? Tools-Options-Basics, there's a radio button in the On startup section called Restore pages that were open last.
That's because software rental has been illegal since Dec 1, 1990 thanks to the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act. Limited purpose devices like game consoles are exempt.
Software rental was big in the 80's, I used to rent C64 games all the time from a mail order place whose name I've forgotten.
How does one define success? Profit or pure number of copies sold? Spore reportedly cost around $35 million to develop, while GalCiv II had a budget of less than $1 million. Will Spore bring in 35 times the sales of GalCiv II? I very much doubt it. GalCiv II had sold about 300,000 copies as of March (see link above) and Spore's sales are at least one million, but less than two. Looking at those numbers, Spore seems more like a failure, despite it's sales.
So, when you're searching on current events? That would seem to be a tautology. Now think of all the times it doesn't matter and you might want to rethink your "wouldn't bother at all" stance.
If you're just becoming interested in a topic, does it generally matter if the information about it was posted last week or last year?
There's no significant penalty to death in WoW. None whatsoever. Especially in PvP as all you lose is a bit of time to run back.
You will. Steam runs in offline mode now, no reason it won't in the future. Just back up the games.
Margaret Thatcher and Stephen King on the same day? What are the odds?
I think we're rapidly approaching the point where no one cares what area code you're in, or even country code soon. I'm already at that point. Just about everyone I know has a cell phone that can call nationwide (and Canada) at no additional cost for at least part of the day if not all the time. Plenty of people also have VoIP like Vonage or Lingo (which I have) where you can call anywhere in the US or western Europe for free any time.
If you and your doctor aren't discussing the pros and cons of the various therapies for your conditions already, you need a new doctor immediately. I would never see a doctor who just says "take this" with no discussion. Any doctor I see must be willing to discuss the available therapies and why he is suggesting the one he is. I haven't found this to be a problem with any primary care practitioner to date.
Ah, but you're not receiving stolen funds. PayPal is. That's not sophistry either, it's how PayPal has deliberately structured things to get around banking laws. You have an individual contract with PayPal. You do not have a contract with anyone else. When you make a transaction you agree to perform X service (be it pay X dollars or deliver X goods). When you perform your end of the deal faithfully, such as sending out goods, you have completed your contract and PayPal owes you money. PayPal has a separate agreement with Joe Schmo to receive X dollars in exchange for some goods (which they have purchased from you). When someone pays with stolen funds, that person has broken their contract with PayPal. You are not involved in that transaction in any way.
Considering the Wii has sold just over 20 million consoles worldwide as of the end of 2007, I'd consider that pretty unlikely. The best selling console of all time, the PS2, has "only" sold 120 million over its lifetime.
No.
How about ADT and Brinks, are they going to retrofit home security systems for free?
ADT is subsidized. Brinks does not sell systems, they only lease them so they've already switched over.
It costs $10 or less to register a domain.
A recursive acronym refers to the acronym in the expression it stands for. Fast is a plain English word used with its standard meaning, it's not back-referring to itself. WINE is a recursive acronym because it stands for WINE Is Not an Emulator. The word WINE in the expression also refers to the acronym itself, as well as being part of it. The word fast is not referring to the acronym FAST, it's used as an adjective to describe the searching.
I'm sure the contract takes that into account. Franchises have shifted before, when a municipality is particularly unhappy with a given provider.
Because they are being granted a monopoly on service in a given area. When the consumer cannot influence the supplier through the free market, other methods must be used.
The cable company has the choice to not offer cable in that area if they don't like the terms. You can't force the company to sell to you, just mandate that if they would like the monopoly to sell to all town residents without competition they must agree to certain conditions.
Because you haven't looked? Some of my friends are cops, and I assure you they have to be subjected to everything before they can carry it(except firearms, obviously). OC spray is part of academy training, everyone gets it. They're sprayed and then have to run a gauntlet and fight. TASER training is optional, but if the department even uses them being hit with one is part of being certified to carry it.
That's a poor yardstick. There was an article on the Xbox's end of life a few issues back in OXM. Microsoft was losing money on the Xbox and couldn't get the cost down because they built it with off the shelf parts. Just continuing to makes XBoxes was losing them money. With the 360 they control the hardware front to back. Like Sony and Nintendo have always been able to they can now take advantage of re-engineering the system to get costs down. The 360 is more like the PS2, MS will be able to get the costs down enough that they can make a profit on it for as long as they choose to sell it. It will be around more than 5 years.
It's coming. The last update silently introduced some USB keyboard support. You can't use it for the Internet Channel yet, just in some less useful places like the message board. Most likely they're still testing before they expand support and make an official announcement.
Sure, there's Red Steel and Far Cry and some violent shooters, but I can rest easy knowing that junior isn't killing hookers, or chainsawing people in half, or watching limbs fly as he rolls explosive cans of propane into them...
He's ripping testicles off with pliers. Or he's using the Wiimote to make sawing motions as he cuts off heads to wear on his belt. That is, if he's playing Manhunt 2 for Wii which IGN called "the goriest game we have ever seen".