Good point. Thanks for clarifying. It seems that it is much like baseball, in that the tie [or hard to tell situation] goes to the little guy [batter or consumer]. That's good.
What about spyware? Or somekind of clustering software? That would be interesting, in that if you could put spyware on the computer, then maybe you could report him to the authorities. But then again, there are legalities. On the other hand, if you put an obvious warning in difficult to understand language, then it just might be legal. I'd feel very uncomfortable making software like that, though. I guess that I'm just trying to help out the programmers who are being abused, by making pirating less enticing.
Actually, that would be credit card fraud, the charge back would go against the seller's credit account and with too many of them he/she would lose the right to accept credit cards.
Thanks for pointing that out. Just to be sure that I understand you, even if the buyer actually intended to buy, but lied, it still works out in his favour?
Also, most of my main point was to find a way to scare & bother the pirate. I forgot about actually receiving the money in case the buyer unintentionally doesn't cancel. Also, the plan was supposed to be used by somebody who didn't really want to start a viable business, but wanted to scare the pirates.
That being said, it's obvious that I don't know what I'm talking about in these matters.:^) Thanks again for pointing it out.
Or better yet, open the back door to send out spam to other pirates.
It would be even better if they could open a back door & send out credit card information. The developers could charge the card. Even though the user would probably cancel it, it would be on his credit card @ least & might cause bad credit with too many cancellations. Another inconvenience would be to max out the credit card so that he would find out only on his next purchase.
But then again, I'm sure that this is easier said than done.
Yes, because eventually people would create software to provide a fake time, which means that everybody can get away with downloading pirated software. It'll always be cheaper to pirate software, in the foreseeable future.
many voters incorrectly consider network media to be authoritative and objective
I'm not so sure about that. Many Regan supporters watched ABC during the debates & election of his time. According to "The Tipping Point", even though ABC wasn't supportive of Regan, approx. 85% of the viewers ended up voting for him. I'm sure that there are other factors involved. Statistics are meaningless.
That being said, people are much more intelligent that you might give them credit for, & you are much less intelligent than you might think. This is true for all slashdotters.
They would need to grow up and be serious (probably overly serious) and in effect age with thier audience to make most Star Wars fans happy.
This can't be underscored enough. A while ago, when I watched Phantom again, I couldn't help but marvel @ the Bugs Bunny style slap stick humour: Jar Jar being thrown all over the place & then having birds fly around his head. I honestly don't understand what could compel someone to add that to sci-fi. It would be like adding canned laughter to every Star Trek episode.
It's truly insulting to the audience.
Disclaimer: regarding the birds flying around his head, I could be wrong, because I am forgetful, but that's the impression that I get with the 1st episode.
I appreciate you mentioning that. In light of all that people have said, I suspect that the mosquitos must look @ everything.
I must say, though, that it would be important to factor in whether or not the firemen were there for some time & how long it takes for the mosquitos to find people.
I once held my breath & walked around for a bit. The mosquitos still found me. Also, my brother tried this spray which removes body odor. He sprayed it all over his body, & the mosquitos never touched him. Meanwhile, the other campers were just covered in mosquitos.
It's too bad there is that thing beside the menus, but I'm actually quite impressed. I added a seperate bar just for the tasks. It's nice having a special bar devoted to just being a task bar.
I just love KDE. Even though I have really old hardware, I'm amazed @ what KDE can do for me.
It's sad that you even had to explain that to him. When people are allowed to lie like that, it can only be a bad thing. When deceit is the cornerstone of an economy, then the economy is bound to collapse.
I agree. With more spammers pretending to be themselves, then there should be less of them pretending to be us. That means that we may see less bounced messages.
You don't even need that. You could just use slashdot.org plus the other details. For example, http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/03/155123 5 should take you to the same article with the standard green as http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/03/ 1551235. This goes the same for it.slashdot.org or whatever colour scheme you don't like.
At that point, sure, they lose licensing revenue from the engine, but they gain the ability to cut a certain amount of development from the game.
The amount of time spent developing isn't nearly as much as you'd like to think. The loss in revenue from opening the source would almost always be more than the savings from opening the source.
Well, okay. There'll be some extremes that we'd want to avoid, but in general, some changes should be good. If people are already misusing something, then it's no use enforcing the "correct" way, I think.
Are you saying that Attack of the Clones was worse than Phantom Menace? I find that hard to believe. I haven't seen AOTC, & I can't imagine it getting any worse.
Seriously, I want to know what you mean, so that I could avoid watching.
I think what you mean to say is that a picture is worth a 1000 words. I move beyond that & say that a movie is worth 1000 pictures. The idea is that the more senses that you involve, the more questions are answered.
This is why we say, "Can I see that?", if we have an interest in your Rubic's Cube, but really mean, "Can I examine it 1st hand, & touch it, etc.". We want to touch it, move it, try it, see it, & experiment. Nothing beats 1st hand sensing.
I noticed that I was accidentally zoomed in when I saw the image. The bottom right of the S seemed to have extra pixels. The fonts looked very ugly. When I went back to 100%, it looked fine.
I'm surprised that he brought that up. I find it to be very useful for resource management. Some people want it, & some don't. There's nothing wrong with leaving it in the control centre. I don't know what the big deal is. I think that everything should be in there, unless it manages to save system resources by putting it in some obscure file. But then again, you'd have to have it well documented.
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Good point. Thanks for clarifying. It seems that it is much like baseball, in that the tie [or hard to tell situation] goes to the little guy [batter or consumer]. That's good.
What about spyware? Or somekind of clustering software? That would be interesting, in that if you could put spyware on the computer, then maybe you could report him to the authorities. But then again, there are legalities. On the other hand, if you put an obvious warning in difficult to understand language, then it just might be legal. I'd feel very uncomfortable making software like that, though. I guess that I'm just trying to help out the programmers who are being abused, by making pirating less enticing.
Also, most of my main point was to find a way to scare & bother the pirate. I forgot about actually receiving the money in case the buyer unintentionally doesn't cancel. Also, the plan was supposed to be used by somebody who didn't really want to start a viable business, but wanted to scare the pirates.
That being said, it's obvious that I don't know what I'm talking about in these matters.
Or better yet, open the back door to send out spam to other pirates.
It would be even better if they could open a back door & send out credit card information. The developers could charge the card. Even though the user would probably cancel it, it would be on his credit card @ least & might cause bad credit with too many cancellations. Another inconvenience would be to max out the credit card so that he would find out only on his next purchase.
But then again, I'm sure that this is easier said than done.
Yes, because eventually people would create software to provide a fake time, which means that everybody can get away with downloading pirated software. It'll always be cheaper to pirate software, in the foreseeable future.
MST3? That's a hilarious idea! I'd pay to see it too.
That being said, people are much more intelligent that you might give them credit for, & you are much less intelligent than you might think. This is true for all slashdotters.
It's truly insulting to the audience.
Disclaimer: regarding the birds flying around his head, I could be wrong, because I am forgetful, but that's the impression that I get with the 1st episode.
Many of us have trouble viewing articles.
That being said, if that fellow would have just used a software solution to begin with, then he would have been more successful.
I appreciate you mentioning that. In light of all that people have said, I suspect that the mosquitos must look @ everything.
I must say, though, that it would be important to factor in whether or not the firemen were there for some time & how long it takes for the mosquitos to find people.
I once held my breath & walked around for a bit. The mosquitos still found me. Also, my brother tried this spray which removes body odor. He sprayed it all over his body, & the mosquitos never touched him. Meanwhile, the other campers were just covered in mosquitos.
Tax Payers: "Your funding is yanked."
Scientists: "But that would put us out of business."
Tax Payers: "Yes, we know."
I tried what you suggested, & I love it.
It's too bad there is that thing beside the menus, but I'm actually quite impressed. I added a seperate bar just for the tasks. It's nice having a special bar devoted to just being a task bar.
I just love KDE. Even though I have really old hardware, I'm amazed @ what KDE can do for me.
Thanks again for your advice.
It's sad that you even had to explain that to him. When people are allowed to lie like that, it can only be a bad thing. When deceit is the cornerstone of an economy, then the economy is bound to collapse.
I agree. With more spammers pretending to be themselves, then there should be less of them pretending to be us. That means that we may see less bounced messages.
You don't even need that. You could just use slashdot.org plus the other details. For example, http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/03/155123 5 should take you to the same article with the standard green as http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/03/ 1551235. This goes the same for it.slashdot.org or whatever colour scheme you don't like.
I tried that successfully in Opera 7.54.
Well, okay. There'll be some extremes that we'd want to avoid, but in general, some changes should be good. If people are already misusing something, then it's no use enforcing the "correct" way, I think.
If we are really concerned about correct language, & I know that I am, then we should be spelling them:
* loos or loose
* looz
Wee shood be spelling things foneticly.
Note: I'm from BC, Canada, so the spellings that I suggest represent the way that I pronounce them, not necessarily the entire world.
Are you saying that Attack of the Clones was worse than Phantom Menace? I find that hard to believe. I haven't seen AOTC, & I can't imagine it getting any worse.
Seriously, I want to know what you mean, so that I could avoid watching.
I think what you mean to say is that a picture is worth a 1000 words. I move beyond that & say that a movie is worth 1000 pictures. The idea is that the more senses that you involve, the more questions are answered.
This is why we say, "Can I see that?", if we have an interest in your Rubic's Cube, but really mean, "Can I examine it 1st hand, & touch it, etc.". We want to touch it, move it, try it, see it, & experiment. Nothing beats 1st hand sensing.
In short, I pretty much agree with you.
I noticed that I was accidentally zoomed in when I saw the image. The bottom right of the S seemed to have extra pixels. The fonts looked very ugly. When I went back to 100%, it looked fine.
I'm using Opera.
I'm surprised that he brought that up. I find it to be very useful for resource management. Some people want it, & some don't. There's nothing wrong with leaving it in the control centre. I don't know what the big deal is. I think that everything should be in there, unless it manages to save system resources by putting it in some obscure file. But then again, you'd have to have it well documented.