Yes. In America you have the right to free speech and the right to use it to make a boob of yourself.
Ok Canada isn't the US America, but it defiantly qualifies as America Lite, where as Mexico is America's bootleg version. I believe Brazil to be the Beta...
DPI means how small you can make that one pixel to the mouse. Or rather it represents how much movement of the mouse is required to cause the mouse to respond with a dot of movement which is sent to the software to be translated into pixels.
Now it is true that software setting does make more of a difference but remember that most software also has a cursor acceleration to mouse movement.
Greater dpi does allow for finer movements to be detected by the mouse, meaning the software can be set so that less movement on the mouse is required for cursor movement.
Marketing works on everyone. You are not part of us, in fact neither am I, there is no "us" or "them" apart from the "stupid" people.
Marketing does have a valid function. Sometimes you do want to know how cheap fruit is at one grocery store rather than another. Not all marketing is misleading.
The thing with "doing the research" is that research costs time and often enough money.
Do you really have the money to buy six or seven keyboards to try them all out and test them? Ok more realistically you can goto consumer reviews but they don't review everything and still that takes time.
I've always wondered about the use of wireless vs wired mice.
I suppose it really depends on your usage and priorities in the mouse's performance.
For me wired mice get snagged on the stuff on my desk, and don't provide any different functionality from wireless, at least none that I will ever see or even faintly notice. Also I like a mouse with a solid feel to it, a little weight that fits well in the palm of the hand, and wireless mice, with their batteries feel right.
High cost keyboards CAN make a difference in the long run, but not for gamers.
For a typist the feel of the keys and layout of the keyboard really can cut down on wear and tear to the hands. An investment in a good keyboard can save you a payout for medical care later.
Still in the world of ergonomics there are a lot of quacks so you really do have to do your research on what is truly a good keyboard.
My rig puts out high intensity GAMMA radiation, have it face into my roommate's rooms so they know what I have...haven't heard from them in a while though, and their rooms are starting to smell funny, but I'm not gonna walk across the stream or leave my rig.
Oh I have no surprise in that China would indeed officially have such a law requiring the censorship, it just makes sense, and that some official did indeed make an attempt, but I don't think they'd push the issue as it would only hurt them more than it would ever help.
If the opposite were true I'd not be surprised either.
Except 2x4s ARE 2x4 inches, as all wood is measured when green because wood shrinks and expands with humidity anyway any standard representation would be false at certain points.
Also when the definition was put into effect the fact that green wood shrunk after it dried, and that most wood was milled while green would have been well known by the general public.
In this case Creative was deviating from a well set industry standard w/o notifying the consumer.
Think of it this way a company probably could save a lot of money if they could run a heart monitor through a generic machine rather than a dedicated machine. Also a program running on a more generic machine setup may also be able to collect other information and send it over the net to say, a doctor's pager automatically. So there are good reasons as to why a generic machine which might be infect-able would be used.
This is not to mention the other similarly critical uses a generic PC might be put into and connected to the net.
The heart monitor in the end is an example, and refers to an archetype of computer rather than a specific device.
Oh I agree, except that in the old days when butchers were common, they were NOT the high-quality shops (at least most of them) they are today.
In the end there are still butchers around, just as there will still be recorded music stores still around, but only the best and most diverse will be open as their customer base shrinks.
We don't need as many butchers today so we don't have as many. We don't need as many record stores today so we don't have as many.
Also don't forget that most of the big chains carry cds now too, and at a discount. It might not just be MP3's to blame.
Oh how many musicians sell their own music out of their own store?
Please. Music store owners don't make the music they sell; they are a retailer of another person's product.
The smart ones diversify or change to a different product.
How many butchers went out of business when the ability for frozen pre-cut meat came on the market?
Seriously. Look at the number of butchers in your town and then figure out the numbers there were years ago before refrigeration.
People want to listen to the music and are willing to pay for their own copy of that music. The only fact that has changed is that we no longer need the bits of plastic to physically carry the copy.
I find it telling that MS is selling "Assurances" rather than actual software. If Chinese users don't get these assurances from MS does that by itself mean they are operating illegally?
This strikes me to be the same kindo tactic that the RIAA has suggested in the past with people paying for the privilege to use P2P software. It is collecting money from people to make them feel safer w/o providing any actual safety nor any actual good in exchange.
I don't think it means anything that we really didn't already know.
Different distros are made for different purposes.
A desktop distro is far different from a server distro in many cases and thus it may not be economically feasible for many companies to do both at the same time in the same distro.
However I do feel that the Linux Foundation's ideas about desktop Linux to be short-sighted if they are to be the flagship or "Leaders" in the Linux community.
As it was it seems that they are really only developers for server versions of Linux, in specific for IBM and don't seem to speak for the larger community as a whole which does include desktop linux.
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When a person breaks the law it is criminal.
When a person breaks the law in the name of a large business it is savvy.
No they would have confiscated the wifi equipment, and eventually put the owner(s) in jail.
Or more likely make all wifi operators register (and pay a tax/fee for it) in order to operate and force them to block unknown users.
I think the question is:
Would any ISP NOT stoop so low as to try something like that?
Yes. In America you have the right to free speech and the right to use it to make a boob of yourself.
Ok Canada isn't the US America, but it defiantly qualifies as America Lite, where as Mexico is America's bootleg version. I believe Brazil to be the Beta...
Not so.
DPI means how small you can make that one pixel to the mouse. Or rather it represents how much movement of the mouse is required to cause the mouse to respond with a dot of movement which is sent to the software to be translated into pixels.
Now it is true that software setting does make more of a difference but remember that most software also has a cursor acceleration to mouse movement.
Greater dpi does allow for finer movements to be detected by the mouse, meaning the software can be set so that less movement on the mouse is required for cursor movement.
Marketing works on everyone. You are not part of us, in fact neither am I, there is no "us" or "them" apart from the "stupid" people.
Marketing does have a valid function. Sometimes you do want to know how cheap fruit is at one grocery store rather than another. Not all marketing is misleading.
The thing with "doing the research" is that research costs time and often enough money.
Do you really have the money to buy six or seven keyboards to try them all out and test them? Ok more realistically you can goto consumer reviews but they don't review everything and still that takes time.
You have to strike a balance.
I've always wondered about the use of wireless vs wired mice.
I suppose it really depends on your usage and priorities in the mouse's performance.
For me wired mice get snagged on the stuff on my desk, and don't provide any different functionality from wireless, at least none that I will ever see or even faintly notice. Also I like a mouse with a solid feel to it, a little weight that fits well in the palm of the hand, and wireless mice, with their batteries feel right.
High cost keyboards CAN make a difference in the long run, but not for gamers.
For a typist the feel of the keys and layout of the keyboard really can cut down on wear and tear to the hands. An investment in a good keyboard can save you a payout for medical care later.
Still in the world of ergonomics there are a lot of quacks so you really do have to do your research on what is truly a good keyboard.
UV is nothing.
My rig puts out high intensity GAMMA radiation, have it face into my roommate's rooms so they know what I have...haven't heard from them in a while though, and their rooms are starting to smell funny, but I'm not gonna walk across the stream or leave my rig.
Keeps my pizza warm tho.
He'd be like Mary Poppins, he would!
Oh I have no surprise in that China would indeed officially have such a law requiring the censorship, it just makes sense, and that some official did indeed make an attempt, but I don't think they'd push the issue as it would only hurt them more than it would ever help.
If the opposite were true I'd not be surprised either.
Except 2x4s ARE 2x4 inches, as all wood is measured when green because wood shrinks and expands with humidity anyway any standard representation would be false at certain points.
Also when the definition was put into effect the fact that green wood shrunk after it dried, and that most wood was milled while green would have been well known by the general public.
In this case Creative was deviating from a well set industry standard w/o notifying the consumer.
That is right with one thing missing.
As dropping those affiliates WILL cause some financial hardship, look for any problems with the law and sue to get it put down.
If that doesn't work, then go the banning route.
No.
Fusion power relies on theoretical advances and isn't really all that well known.
Refraction of light has been around since before Newton and is very well known. The only major obstacle being the materials used in building one.
You'd be surprised I'm guessing.
Think of it this way a company probably could save a lot of money if they could run a heart monitor through a generic machine rather than a dedicated machine. Also a program running on a more generic machine setup may also be able to collect other information and send it over the net to say, a doctor's pager automatically. So there are good reasons as to why a generic machine which might be infect-able would be used.
This is not to mention the other similarly critical uses a generic PC might be put into and connected to the net.
The heart monitor in the end is an example, and refers to an archetype of computer rather than a specific device.
Oh I agree, except that in the old days when butchers were common, they were NOT the high-quality shops (at least most of them) they are today.
In the end there are still butchers around, just as there will still be recorded music stores still around, but only the best and most diverse will be open as their customer base shrinks.
We don't need as many butchers today so we don't have as many.
We don't need as many record stores today so we don't have as many.
Also don't forget that most of the big chains carry cds now too, and at a discount. It might not just be MP3's to blame.
Oh no you wouldn't like those butchers back.
If you don't like quality now, you'd hate it w/o refrigeration and plastic packaging (the two techs that really puts butchers out of business).
Their own product?
Oh how many musicians sell their own music out of their own store?
Please. Music store owners don't make the music they sell; they are a retailer of another person's product.
The smart ones diversify or change to a different product.
How many butchers went out of business when the ability for frozen pre-cut meat came on the market?
Seriously. Look at the number of butchers in your town and then figure out the numbers there were years ago before refrigeration.
People want to listen to the music and are willing to pay for their own copy of that music. The only fact that has changed is that we no longer need the bits of plastic to physically carry the copy.
"know how to work with Microsoft."
You mean know how to use KY and bend over? Or how to use KY and bend their customers over?
I think so to.
I find it telling that MS is selling "Assurances" rather than actual software. If Chinese users don't get these assurances from MS does that by itself mean they are operating illegally?
This strikes me to be the same kindo tactic that the RIAA has suggested in the past with people paying for the privilege to use P2P software. It is collecting money from people to make them feel safer w/o providing any actual safety nor any actual good in exchange.
I don't think it means anything that we really didn't already know.
Different distros are made for different purposes.
A desktop distro is far different from a server distro in many cases and thus it may not be economically feasible for many companies to do both at the same time in the same distro.
However I do feel that the Linux Foundation's ideas about desktop Linux to be short-sighted if they are to be the flagship or "Leaders" in the Linux community.
As it was it seems that they are really only developers for server versions of Linux, in specific for IBM and don't seem to speak for the larger community as a whole which does include desktop linux.
I'm sorry to let you know this way, but I'm with Irony now. She has a much better bum.
Perhaps we can get together again if you lose some weight.
Isn't this the definition of peer review? I mean one person correcting the published work of another.
Or roads. It could be used for roads.
Indeed. What counts is if the device can support the "Vista Ready" sticker or not.