but, but....that's not what diamonds are for! They're supposed to be in large rock form- on my hand! (well, in theory, one isn't NOW of course, but eventually--maybe)
I mean, I guess it's good and all but-...I'm just going to be having some difficulties with this-nevermind, just ignore me...:(
The only way this could actually be worth a lawsuit is if there's any chance of getting rid of those annoying things completely! I hate them and don't see why they're worth going to court over. Who reads them anyway?
Number one rule in patents should be- If you're going to try and steal someone else's ideas, at least make sure they're GOOD ones!
This sort of thing just ticks me off so much! I absolutely LOVE shopping online. Disneystore.com is a fav of mine as well as a number of other mall-type store sites (how could i NOT love having a shopping mall in my room? I mean, seriously.) And eBay?-hello, it's not only shopping, but it's like a fun game too!
But when sites are stupid about the way they handle customer accounts (though i generally only trust credit card numbers to fairly reputable companies, like disney) I'm the one who ends up looking irresponsible.
As if my parents don't already think i'm a slack off, good-for-nothing college student with poor judgement half the time anyway, they then hear about all these sites that have been "hacked" or "craked" or WHATEVER (as if my parents have ANY idea what that is, anyway- even less than myself) They just can't believe that i would be dumb enough to do any online shopping and how could they have raised such a dumb daughter who'd just throw money away like that over the untrustworthy newfangled internet shit. geez....
Wow, that was random, thanks for listening....
Actually, saving all of the fun little comments that everyone had about her birth will be an interesting log for her to look through with her father when she's older, don't you think?
True, most kids get cards or flowers and junk (I believe somewhere there's a tape of a radio broadcast basketball game my father did play-by-play for the day i was born when he anounced it to all of Southern Illinois that was within the broadcast area- yeah, he should've been at home with my mom, but whatever) This will be a little more unique for the little geek.:) I think it's kinda cute.
``It was as if the monkey had a 600-mile-long virtual arm.''
Maybe i'm just a sick fuck...but my guess is people will come up with a few other applications for this (i know a few creeps who would be interested in having a 600-mile-long virtual.. well, you get the idea)
And it'll certainly be paired with rather expensive website subscriptions...
"they never have the actual objects in their possession"
You're right, ebay never sees or checks the items that go through (unless there is some sort of descrepancy, as far as i know) a MUCH larger volume of items are bid on every day on ebay.com than would be each day in a traditional auction house. (that is somewhat speculation, i don't have a lot of experience with normal auction houses) And it doesn't seem practical at all that they could be held responsible for everything people do through their site.
In the ebay user agreement that every seller and buyer agrees to by using the site it says:
" 3.1 Overview. Our site acts as the venue for sellers to list items (or, as appropriate, solicit offers to buy) and buyers to bid on items. We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction." and it goes into somewhat more detail from there. (can be found on ebay.com by clicking the "safe harbor" link at the bottom of the page)
Now, this MAY have been added since i've joined (naturally, i didn't read it when i first started using ebay) but i doubt that there hasn't always been something along those lines in there. (and, i never recieved a notice about there being a change in the user agreement, and that's the sort of thing that ebay is pretty good about, usually)
I can't believe how close this is! They're talking about the slim possibility of a tie!
How cool would it be to say we've lived to see the "backup plan" of the electoral college set to work? not that i really think that'll happen, but still!
I'm glad the first presidential election i got to vote in is so intriguing! It definitly strenghtens my political efficacy for future elections.
I AM SO EXCITED!!
This is the first presidential election where i GET to vote, why would i not? I woke up this morning and considered going to vote in my pajamas (i live in a dorm and there's a polling place in the lobby just a couple floors down) but I want to take it a little more seriously than that the first time i vote, at least.
And with the race being so close, i think it's even more important to exercise your right today. Even if all the candidates i vote for don't win, i simply hope that whomever does will be the best person for the job.
Good luck, everybody!
Wow, i thought it was high tech reading when i was little and got to turn the page in my copy of "Bambi" whenever the record went "ding!"....
It sounds interesting, though- a sci-fi for preschoolers. Maybe if i had read things like this when i was young, i wouldn't have waited so long to read Hitchiker's Guide.;)
Seriously. When i think about all the different groups of people who went through so much to be allowed to vote (women, african americans), and about all of the other coutries around the world where people will probably never have the right to vote- and i can't imagine being selfish enough to waste your right... i'm sorry, i know alot of people don't see it that way, and it's not that i don't see some of your points, but still...
Am i the only person who thinks this would be way cool and would do it if it i got the chance (and we find out it can be done without being killed!)
I think it would be SO MUCH FUN! True, i've never even been skydiving at all and i'd have to work up to it... but damn that's fast.. and no speeding tickets or plane or anything- just "flying" at mach 1.5!:)
Well,
I've never done drugs, i probably never will. (well, except for an occasional drink, dayquil, and the necessary midol)
And i don't know if i would have even if i hadn't had DARE in sixth grade. But i know i did learn alot.
If nothing else, it strengthened my aversion to such things (i've always kinda been a pain-in-the-ass goodie-two-shoes, i'll admit it) But, who knows? I might have been curious and tried some stuff if i hadn't heard different things from Officer Ashley.
(i knew one kid who was told by his friends that "huffing" or "whippets" weren't really like doing drugs and couldn't hurt him, maybe he would have known better if he'd paid attention in his own DARE class- i dunno)
I guess my point is- maybe it's true for the most part that some kids are going to do drugs anyway and some kids aren't going to anyway and the program doesn't make a difference.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO EVEN ONE KID OUT OF THE MILLIONS IN THIS COUNTRY EACH YEAR, IT'S WORTH IT until there is a more effective way.
If one more life is saved, if one person learns something to help keep themselves, a friend, or a family member safe- it's worth all those who sat there bored to death and ended up a totally addict by the age of 18.
But, that's just my opinion- what do i know?
Once again, i have to plug my favorite nintendo game ever- spyro the dragon. I don't own a game console of any sort- so if these company's merge and it becomes possible for me to maybe play it on dreamcasts too (so i can exploit both my nintendo and sega loving friends) i would be very happy!...and if i could play Sonic the Hedgehog anywhere too...! (like how i go for the hightech games!?):)
I can play Spyro the Dragon on a regular playstation--it's all i need....:)
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In theory, yes, the word should be used the same way that "mail" is because it's another variation of that word.
HOWEVER, how many new words and rules have surfaced because of new technology rapidly coming into mainstream use?
The general population uses this word as a singular, and it's not like it's a centuries-old word that is suddenly being grossly distorted.
Personally, i think whether you use the dash or not or if you use it as a singular noun or not, it shouldn't be THAT big of an issue.
It's still all relatively new language that is evolving in the English language every day.
Maybe they'll end up being technically incorrect (like "i'm going to send my friend an email") but how many 'rules' are there in the english language that don't have exceptions?
I've been using my boyfriend's computer all of the time lately to play games on linux and he keeps saying, "just think, you can play those all the time if you let me install linux on your computer." But, not having the capacity on my computer to run both (i don't think) i'm a little skeptical just yet... but if it ends up that i can play the games on windows...:)
He believes he will be the ultimate computer geek among his friends if he gets his girlfriend to start running linux, but for pity's sake, I'm already reading/. isn't that good enough!?
To keep coming up with new gagets that people want to upgrade to. Flat-screens, DVD players, and the like are things that your average consumer didn't even think about having with their computers even just a few years ago--if the industry keeps coming up with stuff like that people will feel obligated to continuing buying and sales won't ever really decrease. I don't think there's any danger of there being a "saturation point" that forces any decent PC company out of business. But the truth is--it will mostly have to be the american market (plus the rest of what we consider to be the "western world") to keep it going, new markets may appear in other parts of the world some day, but probably not soon enough or quickly enough for it to be much of a factor at this point.
"And... if you're wondering why... M.E.L. was built for the fun of it."
I'm sorry, but who told this guy that "implanting EMG electrodes" into bugs was fun? And here i've been spending my time on crazy "un-fun" stuff that didn't involve locusts in ANY way...
So- just because years ago McDonald's was allowed to register a stupid patent- we have to let everyone?
You can't patent a smell, an abstract idea, and all other kinds of things- but suddenly a "click" is okay?
Moreover, the invention must be "useful,novel, and unobvious" and it can't have been used or known about by anyone else before you apply for a patent. I think there may be some difficulty in proving some of this about "one-click".
But I loved choose your own adventure books! This should be that much better, right? I've never seen anything like this before, but i think it looks like something really interesting worth checking out. Like i don't have enough things to do in lieu of homework...
Anybody have some good suggestions on similar games to try first (ya know, the least complicated?)
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...not if you know what's good for you, i'd say! ;)
but, but....that's not what diamonds are for! They're supposed to be in large rock form- on my hand! (well, in theory, one isn't NOW of course, but eventually--maybe) :(
I mean, I guess it's good and all but-...I'm just going to be having some difficulties with this-nevermind, just ignore me...
The only way this could actually be worth a lawsuit is if there's any chance of getting rid of those annoying things completely! I hate them and don't see why they're worth going to court over. Who reads them anyway?
Number one rule in patents should be- If you're going to try and steal someone else's ideas, at least make sure they're GOOD ones!
This sort of thing just ticks me off so much! I absolutely LOVE shopping online. Disneystore.com is a fav of mine as well as a number of other mall-type store sites (how could i NOT love having a shopping mall in my room? I mean, seriously.) And eBay?-hello, it's not only shopping, but it's like a fun game too!
But when sites are stupid about the way they handle customer accounts (though i generally only trust credit card numbers to fairly reputable companies, like disney) I'm the one who ends up looking irresponsible.
As if my parents don't already think i'm a slack off, good-for-nothing college student with poor judgement half the time anyway, they then hear about all these sites that have been "hacked" or "craked" or WHATEVER (as if my parents have ANY idea what that is, anyway- even less than myself) They just can't believe that i would be dumb enough to do any online shopping and how could they have raised such a dumb daughter who'd just throw money away like that over the untrustworthy newfangled internet shit. geez....
Wow, that was random, thanks for listening....
Actually, saving all of the fun little comments that everyone had about her birth will be an interesting log for her to look through with her father when she's older, don't you think?
:) I think it's kinda cute.
True, most kids get cards or flowers and junk (I believe somewhere there's a tape of a radio broadcast basketball game my father did play-by-play for the day i was born when he anounced it to all of Southern Illinois that was within the broadcast area- yeah, he should've been at home with my mom, but whatever) This will be a little more unique for the little geek.
Congradulation! And Best of Luck!
``It was as if the monkey had a 600-mile-long virtual arm.''
Maybe i'm just a sick fuck...but my guess is people will come up with a few other applications for this (i know a few creeps who would be interested in having a 600-mile-long virtual.. well, you get the idea)
And it'll certainly be paired with rather expensive website subscriptions...
(Like NO ONE else thought it!? geez...)
"they never have the actual objects in their possession"
You're right, ebay never sees or checks the items that go through (unless there is some sort of descrepancy, as far as i know) a MUCH larger volume of items are bid on every day on ebay.com than would be each day in a traditional auction house. (that is somewhat speculation, i don't have a lot of experience with normal auction houses) And it doesn't seem practical at all that they could be held responsible for everything people do through their site.
In the ebay user agreement that every seller and buyer agrees to by using the site it says:
" 3.1 Overview. Our site acts as the venue for sellers to list items (or, as appropriate, solicit offers to buy) and buyers to bid on items. We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction." and it goes into somewhat more detail from there. (can be found on ebay.com by clicking the "safe harbor" link at the bottom of the page)
Now, this MAY have been added since i've joined (naturally, i didn't read it when i first started using ebay) but i doubt that there hasn't always been something along those lines in there. (and, i never recieved a notice about there being a change in the user agreement, and that's the sort of thing that ebay is pretty good about, usually)
Well, the /. poll came out to be a tie (20% v. 20%) so we should've expected this, right? :)
I wonder if it's possible for the POPULAR vote to TIE? what would happen then? just a thought...
I can't believe how close this is! They're talking about the slim possibility of a tie!
How cool would it be to say we've lived to see the "backup plan" of the electoral college set to work? not that i really think that'll happen, but still!
I'm glad the first presidential election i got to vote in is so intriguing! It definitly strenghtens my political efficacy for future elections.
actually, that's why people were running interesting little deals like the website run here at http://www.nadertrader.com
I AM SO EXCITED!!
This is the first presidential election where i GET to vote, why would i not? I woke up this morning and considered going to vote in my pajamas (i live in a dorm and there's a polling place in the lobby just a couple floors down) but I want to take it a little more seriously than that the first time i vote, at least.
And with the race being so close, i think it's even more important to exercise your right today. Even if all the candidates i vote for don't win, i simply hope that whomever does will be the best person for the job.
Good luck, everybody!
Wow, i thought it was high tech reading when i was little and got to turn the page in my copy of "Bambi" whenever the record went "ding!"....
;)
It sounds interesting, though- a sci-fi for preschoolers. Maybe if i had read things like this when i was young, i wouldn't have waited so long to read Hitchiker's Guide.
Seriously. When i think about all the different groups of people who went through so much to be allowed to vote (women, african americans), and about all of the other coutries around the world where people will probably never have the right to vote- and i can't imagine being selfish enough to waste your right... i'm sorry, i know alot of people don't see it that way, and it's not that i don't see some of your points, but still...
Am i the only person who thinks this would be way cool and would do it if it i got the chance (and we find out it can be done without being killed!)
:)
I think it would be SO MUCH FUN! True, i've never even been skydiving at all and i'd have to work up to it... but damn that's fast.. and no speeding tickets or plane or anything- just "flying" at mach 1.5!
cool.....
oops.. you're right, well, i sorta knew what i meant. :) thanks..
Well,
I've never done drugs, i probably never will. (well, except for an occasional drink, dayquil, and the necessary midol)
And i don't know if i would have even if i hadn't had DARE in sixth grade. But i know i did learn alot.
If nothing else, it strengthened my aversion to such things (i've always kinda been a pain-in-the-ass goodie-two-shoes, i'll admit it) But, who knows? I might have been curious and tried some stuff if i hadn't heard different things from Officer Ashley.
(i knew one kid who was told by his friends that "huffing" or "whippets" weren't really like doing drugs and couldn't hurt him, maybe he would have known better if he'd paid attention in his own DARE class- i dunno)
I guess my point is- maybe it's true for the most part that some kids are going to do drugs anyway and some kids aren't going to anyway and the program doesn't make a difference.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO EVEN ONE KID OUT OF THE MILLIONS IN THIS COUNTRY EACH YEAR, IT'S WORTH IT until there is a more effective way.
If one more life is saved, if one person learns something to help keep themselves, a friend, or a family member safe- it's worth all those who sat there bored to death and ended up a totally addict by the age of 18.
But, that's just my opinion- what do i know?
Once again, i have to plug my favorite nintendo game ever- spyro the dragon. I don't own a game console of any sort- so if these company's merge and it becomes possible for me to maybe play it on dreamcasts too (so i can exploit both my nintendo and sega loving friends) i would be very happy!...and if i could play Sonic the Hedgehog anywhere too...! (like how i go for the hightech games!?) :)
I can play Spyro the Dragon on a regular playstation--it's all i need.... :)
In theory, yes, the word should be used the same way that "mail" is because it's another variation of that word.
HOWEVER, how many new words and rules have surfaced because of new technology rapidly coming into mainstream use?
The general population uses this word as a singular, and it's not like it's a centuries-old word that is suddenly being grossly distorted.
Personally, i think whether you use the dash or not or if you use it as a singular noun or not, it shouldn't be THAT big of an issue.
It's still all relatively new language that is evolving in the English language every day.
Maybe they'll end up being technically incorrect (like "i'm going to send my friend an email") but how many 'rules' are there in the english language that don't have exceptions?
I'm going to love it!
:)
/. isn't that good enough!?
I've been using my boyfriend's computer all of the time lately to play games on linux and he keeps saying, "just think, you can play those all the time if you let me install linux on your computer." But, not having the capacity on my computer to run both (i don't think) i'm a little skeptical just yet... but if it ends up that i can play the games on windows...
He believes he will be the ultimate computer geek among his friends if he gets his girlfriend to start running linux, but for pity's sake, I'm already reading
Now... to convince him to burn the CD's for me...
To keep coming up with new gagets that people want to upgrade to. Flat-screens, DVD players, and the like are things that your average consumer didn't even think about having with their computers even just a few years ago--if the industry keeps coming up with stuff like that people will feel obligated to continuing buying and sales won't ever really decrease. I don't think there's any danger of there being a "saturation point" that forces any decent PC company out of business. But the truth is--it will mostly have to be the american market (plus the rest of what we consider to be the "western world") to keep it going, new markets may appear in other parts of the world some day, but probably not soon enough or quickly enough for it to be much of a factor at this point.
"And... if you're wondering why... M.E.L. was built for the fun of it." I'm sorry, but who told this guy that "implanting EMG electrodes" into bugs was fun? And here i've been spending my time on crazy "un-fun" stuff that didn't involve locusts in ANY way...
I WANT ONE, I WANT ONE, I WANT ONE... (basically, just cause it's a really fancy toy- i love toys...)
So- just because years ago McDonald's was allowed to register a stupid patent- we have to let everyone? You can't patent a smell, an abstract idea, and all other kinds of things- but suddenly a "click" is okay? Moreover, the invention must be "useful,novel, and unobvious" and it can't have been used or known about by anyone else before you apply for a patent. I think there may be some difficulty in proving some of this about "one-click".
But I loved choose your own adventure books! This should be that much better, right? I've never seen anything like this before, but i think it looks like something really interesting worth checking out. Like i don't have enough things to do in lieu of homework... Anybody have some good suggestions on similar games to try first (ya know, the least complicated?)