I believe you are searching for "The War at Home" which I have watched all of 10 minuted of before my head exploded by the lame comedy and shitty acting. I luckily was able to reassemble it in time for Family Guy and American Dad. Believe me when I tell you, it was a close one.
Umm, actually, yes. Given inflation and all that, I believe the median income onf "gamers" has increased from the time that the NES/SNES came out pretty gradually from then to now.
I have no references for this, it's purely IMHO. I point to proof as the gaming explosions worldwide and also the fact that consoles are "multifaceted" (DVD, and so on) and not just for those pretty little cartridges anymore.
Now I have the uncontrollable urge to drop nuclear weapons on large cities and repopulate the human race.
I mean really, is this guy that delusional to think that this argument holds water? Please, please tell me there is a court in this country that will promptly tell this guy to go to hell. Like I'm sure 20000 more people will say here; where the hell were the parents?
So basically, the AI is using the J. Evans Pritchard method for determining greatness in poetry (which is can be widely considered as a spoken form of music) to determine the overall greatness of modern music.
Just great. Where the hell is the barbaric YAWP when you need one.
They already have bots that do that, they call them boy bands. It was supposed to be bot bands, but I think someone in the 80's screwed it up with Menudo, and the name stuck. What are you going to do...
It wouldn't make sense that they would, they are just under contract (and copyright laws) to never use those characters or models in the public domain.
And how do you suppose we "FIGHT", my sabre-rattling friend? Cause an uprising because we feel we are being deprived of bandwidth? Riot because corporations prefer paying for an operating system instead of using OSS? Start a coup de etat because government isn't just automatically embracing VoIP?
Honestly, get real. Granted, I understand that sometimes (esp. with this administration and a bit of Clinton) that the government hasn't been the easiest to adopt new technologies. But still, you can't reasonably expect corporations to just say "damn, I see that Linux is totally free, let's change our infrastructure tonight!" These things take time to mature, and in as much as Linux has matured, Microsoft has done what it could to compete in the marketplace. This is simple capitalism at work. If you want to start fighting over that, I'm sure there are a whole bunch of people in Montana that would love to ally with you.
Servers just succumbed to the/.ing. From what I read, guy packed 200 pounds of dead hardware in boxes and made the guy pre-pay for shipping. He put a value on the packages for 9500 bucks, which means the poor scammer at the other end will have to pay import fees or something along those lines.
Interesting note in the forum thread, for every 30lbs it is costing this guy $475. Funny stuff. He does have a picture of the 200 in cash.
I think you are missing the point. To have access to the entirety of the MS source code would be worth I would think a hell of a lot more than 2 grand. Granted, I don't think MS would charge 600 million for this, but if they would sell it I think you might have 600 companies all willing to pay 1 million for it.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to use the Run As command every 15 minutes just to do something simple like burn a CD (need Admin privs) or run a game. This is my PC, I administrate it, so I run with Admin privledges. As such, it then becomes MY responsibility to make sure that bullshit stuff doesn't find it's way over. This is why I bother to run an AV program, have Spybot tell me whenever something is trying to write to the registry, and so on.
At work, however, is a different story. I do have domain access, but I never log in as the domain admin unless I need to do some administration. I did, however, grant myself local admin rights on my machine for the same reasons above. I don't have a problem with spyware, adware, viruses, or anything.
I have never seen D-VHS, but I can only imagine that since it is tape, that it has the same fundamental flaws as VHS, the magnetic tape. I don't care if it is digital, if I put my copy of Fear and Loathing in there and play it over and over I can only surmise that it's going to degrade as the heads go over and over the tape. IMHO, Blu-ray is a much more reliable (in comparison, I know) format.
SCO's outside law firm have recently found incontrovertible evidence that SCO has been doing some "creative" accounting practices. Said one high-level attorney, "These books are cooked so bad I should have brought some steaks and smores, we could have had a cookout."
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Parent for the win.
I believe you are searching for "The War at Home" which I have watched all of 10 minuted of before my head exploded by the lame comedy and shitty acting. I luckily was able to reassemble it in time for Family Guy and American Dad. Believe me when I tell you, it was a close one.
Umm, actually, yes. Given inflation and all that, I believe the median income onf "gamers" has increased from the time that the NES/SNES came out pretty gradually from then to now.
I have no references for this, it's purely IMHO. I point to proof as the gaming explosions worldwide and also the fact that consoles are "multifaceted" (DVD, and so on) and not just for those pretty little cartridges anymore.
Ahem, not quite. It's Christopher Plummer, and the original quote goes something like this...
"You have not heard Shakespeare until you have read it in the original Klingon!"
Guess who's coming to dinner...
Screw the Logitech keyboard, I want to get my hands on this...
I REALLY hope this isn't vaporware.
Is Maggie finally going to speak? Smithers finally coming out of the closet? We get to find out where Springfield actually is?
Come on guys, there has to be some big unveiling for the movie!
And stoners only think about weed.
:)
I love you Mary Jane...
Cocoa?
*ducks*
and changing the oil qualifies as reverse-engineering under the DMCA...
Now I have the uncontrollable urge to drop nuclear weapons on large cities and repopulate the human race.
I mean really, is this guy that delusional to think that this argument holds water? Please, please tell me there is a court in this country that will promptly tell this guy to go to hell. Like I'm sure 20000 more people will say here; where the hell were the parents?
So basically, the AI is using the J. Evans Pritchard method for determining greatness in poetry (which is can be widely considered as a spoken form of music) to determine the overall greatness of modern music.
Just great. Where the hell is the barbaric YAWP when you need one.
Next up: bots that generate pop music.
They already have bots that do that, they call them boy bands. It was supposed to be bot bands, but I think someone in the 80's screwed it up with Menudo, and the name stuck. What are you going to do...
I understand they are getting out of the biz, but I really hope they sell or license the IP for the Thinkpad, those are some quality built machines.
I don't usually troll, but that is the stupidest idea I have never heard.
Mod parent up, really informative and fascinating article.
It wouldn't make sense that they would, they are just under contract (and copyright laws) to never use those characters or models in the public domain.
well i am from texas :P
And that means what to me, exactly? This doesn't diminish the fact that you are still a dumbass who has no idea of the American capitalist system.
Finish grade school civics then post your policial/economic viewpoints here.
Hey, don't knock the psychic snails from Epsilon Eridani, I hear one of them may have a Jamaican accent and another goes by the name of John Ashcroft.
Bah, so much for intelligence...
And how do you suppose we "FIGHT", my sabre-rattling friend? Cause an uprising because we feel we are being deprived of bandwidth? Riot because corporations prefer paying for an operating system instead of using OSS? Start a coup de etat because government isn't just automatically embracing VoIP?
Honestly, get real. Granted, I understand that sometimes (esp. with this administration and a bit of Clinton) that the government hasn't been the easiest to adopt new technologies. But still, you can't reasonably expect corporations to just say "damn, I see that Linux is totally free, let's change our infrastructure tonight!" These things take time to mature, and in as much as Linux has matured, Microsoft has done what it could to compete in the marketplace. This is simple capitalism at work. If you want to start fighting over that, I'm sure there are a whole bunch of people in Montana that would love to ally with you.
Servers just succumbed to the /.ing. From what I read, guy packed 200 pounds of dead hardware in boxes and made the guy pre-pay for shipping. He put a value on the packages for 9500 bucks, which means the poor scammer at the other end will have to pay import fees or something along those lines.
Interesting note in the forum thread, for every 30lbs it is costing this guy $475. Funny stuff. He does have a picture of the 200 in cash.
I think you are missing the point. To have access to the entirety of the MS source code would be worth I would think a hell of a lot more than 2 grand. Granted, I don't think MS would charge 600 million for this, but if they would sell it I think you might have 600 companies all willing to pay 1 million for it.
I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to use the Run As command every 15 minutes just to do something simple like burn a CD (need Admin privs) or run a game. This is my PC, I administrate it, so I run with Admin privledges. As such, it then becomes MY responsibility to make sure that bullshit stuff doesn't find it's way over. This is why I bother to run an AV program, have Spybot tell me whenever something is trying to write to the registry, and so on.
At work, however, is a different story. I do have domain access, but I never log in as the domain admin unless I need to do some administration. I did, however, grant myself local admin rights on my machine for the same reasons above. I don't have a problem with spyware, adware, viruses, or anything.
"So which one of these buttons turns on the hyperdrive? I need to get the hell out of Tatooine... /watched way too much Star Wars the past few days :)
I have never seen D-VHS, but I can only imagine that since it is tape, that it has the same fundamental flaws as VHS, the magnetic tape. I don't care if it is digital, if I put my copy of Fear and Loathing in there and play it over and over I can only surmise that it's going to degrade as the heads go over and over the tape. IMHO, Blu-ray is a much more reliable (in comparison, I know) format.
Or happens to be 90 years old and suffering from dementia and fills in all the marks, but draws a big circle around 2 of the names?