I would never buy a BMW 765il. However, stealing one from the mall parking lot and taking it for a joy ride has led me to decide I will most definately get the magazine with the feature article on it.
Somehow, if you downloaded the movie, I'm not convinced that you wouldn't do the same for the DVD version.
Anything that you say from this point on cannot be taken seriously.
If you're sitting on your wallet for more than 8 hours a day, the little magnetic strip on your credit cards rubbing off is the last thing that you should be worrying about.
>>Its too bad it has obnoxious ads, its javascript sucks, and it is proprietary though.
Proprietary, heaven forbid!
Javascript works just fine. When you don't see a site working properly, it's the script that's the problem. Opera 6 was very stringent about adhereing to Ecmascript standards. Opera 7 relaxed that a bit, and version 8 even more.
It's very easy to make the ads away (which are not at all obnoxious or intrusive to begin with).
Hmm...Comcast is $100/month for 6mb down and 768kbps up. Buy two, and you have 12mb down and 1.5 up. For $200. Or am I doing the math wrong?
This should not be interpreted as a single 12MB/1.5MB connection, but with a little load balancing and partitioning, this can work quite well.
We have Comcast here in a building that we own. I believe that the pipe in can accommodate 8 or 12 full connections. From a technical viewpoint, is there any reason why this could not work? For $500, you could end up with a lot of bandwidth.
>>the public is mostly disinterested, uneducated, and sympathetic to what they perceive to be a "traditional", God-fearing politician.
If you could ever accuse Bush of being anything, God-fearing is certainly not one of them. It's clear that he has no fear of Judgement.
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>> And in both cases, it's because other countries interfere with the market while America leaves it alone.
Hopefully you're being sarcastic. Otherwise, something tells me that you've taken a few too many of those presciptions. You need to put the pills down and just slowly back away from the counter.
Seriously, the whole reason that prescription drugs can cost many times more than their Canadian counterparts is *because* America tampers with the market. The US government extends an unfair level of protection to the pharmaceutical industry that allows them to gouge American citizens. Other countries do not allow them to do this and thus, prices are more affordable.
Swinging back to the topic at hand, if America didn't cottle the media industries (**AA), stories like the headline above wouldn't be happenning. It's only through America's tampering and corruption that the RIAA feels so emboldened.
>>I sometimes wonder if Bush is clueless about what the public thinks
He's not clueless. He won the election. He knows that the public doesn't think. How else to explain how he was able to get away with tactics such as these?
XP Pro/Win 2000...separate user accounts...put the shortcuts and program groups into the Current User space. To prevent direct access to the directories in which the games are installed, set access rights on the files. Real simple and very effective. In my house, everyone has their own logon accounts and user profiles.
The clause exists so that admins that are investigating hack attempts against their system can identify you for legal action.
When you download music, you are not gaining illegal access to any electronic system owned by the RIAA. This clause would not be sufficient grounds for an ISP to surrender your information.
I'll second the notion of Gibson is crap. I've read several of his books and they were boring, contrived and incoherent. Stephenson was riveting, intelligent and didn't cheat. I haven't read the Baroque Cycle yet, but Cryptonomicron was fantastic.
I've only heard two complaints levied against Stephenson. One, that his endings can be abrupt. I would have loved for Snow Crash to go on for another 20 pages. Second, that he has a large number of characters, as he does in Cryptonomicron. I chalk that complaint up to those who don't like to be challenged. Or read.
I highly recommend Stephenson's works. But then, again, I also like Neil Gaiman, so who am I to judge?
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If I change the oil in my car will that mean that I'm violating the DMCA?
He said a newspaper, not a dishrag.
I would never buy a BMW 765il. However, stealing one from the mall parking lot and taking it for a joy ride has led me to decide I will most definately get the magazine with the feature article on it.
Somehow, if you downloaded the movie, I'm not convinced that you wouldn't do the same for the DVD version.
Anything that you say from this point on cannot be taken seriously.
"It's OK to steal from him, he's rich."
Sorry, I just can't accept that as a reasonable rationale.
I saw it today at a matinee and paid $5.
Of course, I had to take the day off from work to do it.
Gah! What the hell was I thinking?
>> How in hell did this get modded "Informative"?
George had a couple of mod points left over?
[Not really a spoiler alert]
Sith has an intermission. It's called the "Love Scene".
plenty of casual fans value free stuff over better quality not free stuff.
Anyone doubting this statement, see: MP3, Kazaa, Napster, et. al.
If you're sitting on your wallet for more than 8 hours a day, the little magnetic strip on your credit cards rubbing off is the last thing that you should be worrying about.
How's yer sciatica?
I see your point.
So, if I'm to understand correctly, the majority of "small-time" criminals are Democrat. I guess that would leave the Big Leagues to the Republicans?
2000 Election results from CNN:
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Bush 2,909,176 (49%)
Gore 2,907,451 (49%)
2004 Election results from the Washington Post:
George W. Bush 3,955,656 (52%)
John F. Kerry 3,574,509 (47%)
Other 61,618 (1%)
49% of the state voted Republican in 2000. 52% in 2004.
In South Florida, only Broward, Miami/Dade and Palm Beach counties voted Democrat and Kerry lead Bush by only 6% of the votes in Miami/Dade.
More info here: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/st
Not exactly "overwhelmingly" Democrat.
>>Excel Mobile
I read that as Exxon Mobil.
Thought we had yet another evil empire on our hands.
>>Why can't we modify it or find something to replace it ?
/okay, i'll sit back down now.
Have you checked out JScript? It's like Javascript on steroids!
>>Its too bad it has obnoxious ads, its javascript sucks, and it is proprietary though.
Proprietary, heaven forbid!
Javascript works just fine. When you don't see a site working properly, it's the script that's the problem. Opera 6 was very stringent about adhereing to Ecmascript standards. Opera 7 relaxed that a bit, and version 8 even more.
It's very easy to make the ads away (which are not at all obnoxious or intrusive to begin with).
Simply register the software.
Hmm...Comcast is $100/month for 6mb down and 768kbps up. Buy two, and you have 12mb down and 1.5 up. For $200. Or am I doing the math wrong?
This should not be interpreted as a single 12MB/1.5MB connection, but with a little load balancing and partitioning, this can work quite well.
We have Comcast here in a building that we own. I believe that the pipe in can accommodate 8 or 12 full connections. From a technical viewpoint, is there any reason why this could not work? For $500, you could end up with a lot of bandwidth.
"Push 'em together and make one big one", says I.
>>the public is mostly disinterested, uneducated, and sympathetic to what they perceive to be a "traditional", God-fearing politician.
If you could ever accuse Bush of being anything, God-fearing is certainly not one of them. It's clear that he has no fear of Judgement.
>> And in both cases, it's because other countries interfere with the market while America leaves it alone.
Hopefully you're being sarcastic. Otherwise, something tells me that you've taken a few too many of those presciptions. You need to put the pills down and just slowly back away from the counter.
Seriously, the whole reason that prescription drugs can cost many times more than their Canadian counterparts is *because* America tampers with the market. The US government extends an unfair level of protection to the pharmaceutical industry that allows them to gouge American citizens. Other countries do not allow them to do this and thus, prices are more affordable.
Swinging back to the topic at hand, if America didn't cottle the media industries (**AA), stories like the headline above wouldn't be happenning. It's only through America's tampering and corruption that the RIAA feels so emboldened.
>>I sometimes wonder if Bush is clueless about what the public thinks
He's not clueless. He won the election. He knows that the public doesn't think. How else to explain how he was able to get away with tactics such as these?
XP Pro/Win 2000...separate user accounts...put the shortcuts and program groups into the Current User space. To prevent direct access to the directories in which the games are installed, set access rights on the files. Real simple and very effective. In my house, everyone has their own logon accounts and user profiles.
>>Computer programs are explicitly excluded from certain moral rights.
/sorry
//not really
That would explain Windows....
>>This only works for desktop items as far as I know.
Any shortcut placed anywhere in the Start Menu hierarchy supports the hotkeys.
AbFab is on BBC America, not Comedy Central. "Are You Being Served" is the department store comedy and it's also on BBC America.
>> they'll build whatever the customers are willing to pay for.
Hey, it worked for Divx!
The clause exists so that admins that are investigating hack attempts against their system can identify you for legal action.
When you download music, you are not gaining illegal access to any electronic system owned by the RIAA. This clause would not be sufficient grounds for an ISP to surrender your information.
Ahhhh, thanks for the memories!
I'll second the notion of Gibson is crap. I've read several of his books and they were boring, contrived and incoherent. Stephenson was riveting, intelligent and didn't cheat. I haven't read the Baroque Cycle yet, but Cryptonomicron was fantastic.
I've only heard two complaints levied against Stephenson. One, that his endings can be abrupt. I would have loved for Snow Crash to go on for another 20 pages. Second, that he has a large number of characters, as he does in Cryptonomicron. I chalk that complaint up to those who don't like to be challenged. Or read.
I highly recommend Stephenson's works. But then, again, I also like Neil Gaiman, so who am I to judge?