but that might not happen before the atmosphere goes up in flames since that carbon dioxide is being turned into hydrogen.
Not to nitpick or anything (gawd - what a disgusting phrase), but no microbe is going to be able to turn carbon dioxide into hydrogen. That would require fission and that's going to require a lot more "tools" than any microbe can carry.
The DoE quote was giving three different scenarios, not a chain of processes.
Most people don't doubt the ability of electronic equipment to accurately store data. The big problem with electronic voting equipment is that you can't trust that the machine records what you told it to (i.e. that it isn't corrupt).
Your system will simply move that problem 10 years down the road.
I like LoTR because it's poetic, it's got a good story, and the cinematography is top-notch. Just a generally enjoyable film. I'm not a fanboy by any means.
However the Matrix franchise just sucks. The first one was okay. Kind of a neat idea, but nothing to die for. Then I had to listen to all the Matrix fanboy crap around here for two years. When the second one came out I figured I'd give it another chance. I rented both and watched them. Ugh.
The first one is at least entertaining. The second one was a trainwreck of gratuitous action, uncompelling character development, story lines that are uninteresting, unnecessary, and unconnected. I'm not even going to see the third.
I gave the Matrix a chance. The dialogue seems deep, but it's not. I get it, the universe may not be what it seems. Three fucking movies to tell me that?!?
Here's a question for you - since humans made such problematic batteries, why didn't the fucking Matrix just switch to worms? I'm sure they don't get frustrated about their universe and try to wreck the machine.
You say that now, but wait until the Matrix is coming for your ass.
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Low-fat diet+exercise will simply not work for a significant percentage of the population. Some people will simply not lose weight with the traditional exercise and diet route.
Whether the diet is low-fat or not is irrelevant. A low-calorie diet and exercise will ABSOLUTELY result in weight loss. It has to. As long as your body is spending more calories than you're taking in then you're going to lose weight. If not, then your body doesn't obey the laws of thermodynamics.
I don't have anything against Atkins, I just think that it complicates a very simple issue. Who wants to screw around worrying about carbs and whatnot. Just stop eating so much.
Funny how my posts get ranked (-1, Troll) five times as often when I throw the "Esq." at the end of my name.
Seriously, why is it funny? Slashdot strives to be a classless society. By announcing your "title" with every post, your actions are antithetical to this sentiment.
Quite simply, people think you're a pretentious asshole when you declare this so-called title in an essentially anonymous forum. The only possible reason you'd do this is for attention. What is the great motivator behind every troll? Attention.
You don't know what you're talking about. What do you have to say about this. "Embedded Global Positioning System technology" and they didn't even bust out the gaffer tape.
Last year, the Federal Communications Commission ordered cellular companies to equip all new cell phones with Global Positioning Satellite tracking devices that can pinpoint a user's location to within 300 feet, anywhere on the planet.
Next time hit Google before you decide to impersonate someone with knowledge.
Okay, so we all agree that the point I was making all along is correct: DRM results in an ultimately disposable product.
As soon as Apple decides it's had enough of the music biz, media player support for AAC files is going to wane, and shortly thereafter all these downloaded files become worthless.
Your other points are irrelevant. Yes - you can burn and rerip, but that's a lot of work for 1500 AAC files. Yes - you probably won't want to hear Justin Timberlake in 30 years. But the point remains - someday all your AAC files are going to be worth $0.
You're right, I should have reserved the word "retard" for this response. I didn't realize your logic was going to get even muddier.
No - WinAmp won't exist in 30 years. That's my point. You said you can still play 30-year-old records on your 30-year-old turntable. My point was that digital formats are different. You have to have archaic software that runs on the available hardware. Unfortunately for iTunes users, nobody is going to be making "AAC Player" for MacOS XXVII.
You Apple fanboys don't seem to see anything wrong with the AAC DRM. I'll lay it out for you one more time:
Apple is going to eventually stop supporting AAC and, since you're technically prohibited from copying it to another format, you'll be up shit creek when they do. How are you going to listen to all your AAC songs when Apple has moved on and you were never allowed to copy them to another format? Maybe this won't happen for 30 years, maybe it will happen in 5. Who knows.
And I wouldn't call burning and re-ripping laborious.
That's because you're an Apple zealot.
All DRM-locked forms of music distribution are a waste of money. What do you do in in the year 2030 when nobody makes players for your multi-gigabyte collection of AAC files? I guess it'll be a good thing that you burned all those CDs. Oh wait, I guess they rotted didn't they?
Or what do you do when you switch to a new OS and Apple/Microsoft doesn't support it? Shit outta luck huh?
Once you buy it, you should be able to do whatever you want with the file. Any service that doesn't adhere to that simple principle is giving you an inevitably worthless product.
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Hehe - that was pretty funny.
Flamebait??? Oy ve.
This sounds cool, but the reality is that I'd feel like a total jackass making some hottie listen to 30 seconds of "Duran Duran".
Here I thought /. was the source for fair and balanced coverage.
You're new here aren't you?
but that might not happen before the atmosphere goes up in flames since that carbon dioxide is being turned into hydrogen.
Not to nitpick or anything (gawd - what a disgusting phrase), but no microbe is going to be able to turn carbon dioxide into hydrogen. That would require fission and that's going to require a lot more "tools" than any microbe can carry.
The DoE quote was giving three different scenarios, not a chain of processes.
Your system is worthless too.
Most people don't doubt the ability of electronic equipment to accurately store data. The big problem with electronic voting equipment is that you can't trust that the machine records what you told it to (i.e. that it isn't corrupt).
Your system will simply move that problem 10 years down the road.
She prefers it to windows xp because "it has better games", "cooler menus", and "no blue screens!"
Better games - sure. Cooler menus - maybe. No blue screens? You're full of shit, she never said that.
I run XP and Debian all over the place. Neither locks up on me - EVER. Lose the zealotry and find some new, valid complaints about Windows.
My favorite is - since humans proved to be such problematic batteries, why didn't the machines just switch to using rats?
I like LoTR because it's poetic, it's got a good story, and the cinematography is top-notch. Just a generally enjoyable film. I'm not a fanboy by any means.
However the Matrix franchise just sucks. The first one was okay. Kind of a neat idea, but nothing to die for. Then I had to listen to all the Matrix fanboy crap around here for two years. When the second one came out I figured I'd give it another chance. I rented both and watched them. Ugh.
The first one is at least entertaining. The second one was a trainwreck of gratuitous action, uncompelling character development, story lines that are uninteresting, unnecessary, and unconnected. I'm not even going to see the third.
I gave the Matrix a chance. The dialogue seems deep, but it's not. I get it, the universe may not be what it seems. Three fucking movies to tell me that?!?
Here's a question for you - since humans made such problematic batteries, why didn't the fucking Matrix just switch to worms? I'm sure they don't get frustrated about their universe and try to wreck the machine.
and no I dont care to dial out to a landline.
You say that now, but wait until the Matrix is coming for your ass.
Low-fat diet+exercise will simply not work for a significant percentage of the population. Some people will simply not lose weight with the traditional exercise and diet route.
Whether the diet is low-fat or not is irrelevant. A low-calorie diet and exercise will ABSOLUTELY result in weight loss. It has to. As long as your body is spending more calories than you're taking in then you're going to lose weight. If not, then your body doesn't obey the laws of thermodynamics.
I don't have anything against Atkins, I just think that it complicates a very simple issue. Who wants to screw around worrying about carbs and whatnot. Just stop eating so much.
WTF is up with manually line-breaking your post? Did you know that if you just keep typing it will magically wrap in all our browsers?
Funny how my posts get ranked (-1, Troll) five times as often when I throw the "Esq." at the end of my name.
Seriously, why is it funny? Slashdot strives to be a classless society. By announcing your "title" with every post, your actions are antithetical to this sentiment.
Quite simply, people think you're a pretentious asshole when you declare this so-called title in an essentially anonymous forum. The only possible reason you'd do this is for attention. What is the great motivator behind every troll? Attention.
Ergo, you are a troll.
What's your address? We are pitching in together for Christmas to get you a screen larger then 640x480.
That's okay - we're glad you're not an American too.
You might laugh, but...
Don't worry, we won't.
Heh - I was just messing with you man.
I often carry it in the pocket of my jeans. This not only makes it nice for jogging...
You jog in your jeans?
"The Prune Tang worked, but the Depends didn't."
Or this article:Next time hit Google before you decide to impersonate someone with knowledge.
Okay, so we all agree that the point I was making all along is correct: DRM results in an ultimately disposable product.
As soon as Apple decides it's had enough of the music biz, media player support for AAC files is going to wane, and shortly thereafter all these downloaded files become worthless.
Your other points are irrelevant. Yes - you can burn and rerip, but that's a lot of work for 1500 AAC files. Yes - you probably won't want to hear Justin Timberlake in 30 years. But the point remains - someday all your AAC files are going to be worth $0.
And this is my point. You'll have to jump through all sorts of hoops, wait out patents, etc. Just to play music you legally purchased.
Fucking ridiculous.
You're right, I should have reserved the word "retard" for this response. I didn't realize your logic was going to get even muddier.
No - WinAmp won't exist in 30 years. That's my point. You said you can still play 30-year-old records on your 30-year-old turntable. My point was that digital formats are different. You have to have archaic software that runs on the available hardware. Unfortunately for iTunes users, nobody is going to be making "AAC Player" for MacOS XXVII.
You Apple fanboys don't seem to see anything wrong with the AAC DRM. I'll lay it out for you one more time:
Apple is going to eventually stop supporting AAC and, since you're technically prohibited from copying it to another format, you'll be up shit creek when they do. How are you going to listen to all your AAC songs when Apple has moved on and you were never allowed to copy them to another format? Maybe this won't happen for 30 years, maybe it will happen in 5. Who knows.
Yeah, your record player is a physical device. WTF are you going to run WinAmp on in 30 years, retard?
And I wouldn't call burning and re-ripping laborious.
That's because you're an Apple zealot.
All DRM-locked forms of music distribution are a waste of money. What do you do in in the year 2030 when nobody makes players for your multi-gigabyte collection of AAC files? I guess it'll be a good thing that you burned all those CDs. Oh wait, I guess they rotted didn't they?
Or what do you do when you switch to a new OS and Apple/Microsoft doesn't support it? Shit outta luck huh?
Once you buy it, you should be able to do whatever you want with the file. Any service that doesn't adhere to that simple principle is giving you an inevitably worthless product.