This is why you get DirecTV. Their UI is very usable, and the greater bandwidth that you get from a broadcast satellite allows them to actually make every channel MPEG-II, with very sane encoding settings.
All I can say is, DirecTV is the best way to watch TV... (the NFL Sunday Ticket has *nothing* to do with this...:oP)
It's not a moral objection to gambling (most of the states either have legalized casinos, legalized dog/horse racing, or state lotteries).
In the case of casinos and dog tracks, very few of those exist. In most cases, there are a fixed number of licenses, and the only way to start a new casino is to buy an existing one and demolish it.
In the case of state lotteries, they are quite obviously the worst method of gambling (from the perspective of how likely you are to come out with more money than you put in). In most states, a sales tax is charged on the ticket. Further, a portion of the remaining bet is deducted for "administrative expenses". And then 50% of the remainder is placed into the prize pool. If the odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 10, a winning $1 bet will pay about $4 (including the $1 bet being returned). This means that you have to be 2.5 times luckier than dumb luck to break even. That's an insane house advantage.
Contrast this with casino games, where the house advantage is significantly smaller, on the order of 5-10%. In sports betting (assuming standard Vegas payout rates, which you should be able to get from whatever bookie you choose; if the book don't offer Vegas payouts, take your money elsewhere), the vig is 4.5% (1/22), meaning that only being slightly better than randomly making bets will break even.
Basically, the only reason that sports betting is illegal in most states is because it would drive state lotteries out of business.
Remember the 2.4 vm fiasco? That was supposedly a finished kernel.
However, this time around, many of the new things have been in development outside the kernel for several years, with heavy testing (ALSA being the best example of this). I may give 2.5 a try...
Why the fuck should they care that the trailer ends up on P2P networks? It's not like they get royalties everytime the trailer is shown. It's FREE PROMOTION!
My bad... When Google shows the description for a page, they use the description from Open Directory (which is arguably more reliable than the meta tags).
Also, be sure to have some number of attractive people running around naked (or possibly only in undies) with slogans painted on their bodies. This will ensure that the photos and videos will forever live on.
You know, for someone who has a reasonably old slashdot UID (I'm guessing you registered in December of 2000), you gotta be pretty stupid to think Slashdot behaves like an ultimatebb or phpbb board. I'm surprised you didn't try [url=]...
So which is it? They have "nothing to do with" Google bombing, or they "do help"? You've managed to contradict yourself in under four sentences. Congratulations.
Retard.
Google Bombing refers only to abusing links to get a higher pagerank in Google. As meta tags have nothing to do with <a href>'s, they have nothing to do with Google Bombing.
However, meta tag spamming does have a slight effect on pagerank, as Google does take meta tags into account.
Much as it's fashionable to rail against the US for not being as environmentally responsible than it could be (or maybe even should be), the fact remains that various third world (to use an obsolete term) nations are far more egregious offenders than the US (see leaded gasoline, CFCs, etc.).
The RIAA did not make a cent off the price fixing, as that had no effect on wholesale prices. What the RIAA was doing was to say to the chain stores, "you can't advertise the new Britney CD at less than a certain amount over wholesale". Why was this done? To prevent the Wal-Marts and Best Buys of the world from monopolizing CD retailing and using their distribution might against the RIAA. It's in the RIAA's interest to keep as many non-chain and small chain stores around as possible, as it prevents WalMart from holding CDs for ransom (as in, "we won't buy the CD for our stores unless you sell it to us for $2 less than normal wholesale").
The $480 million that consumers overpaid went to CD retailers, not the RIAA.
Well, KDE has been pretty much locked up by kde-look (which has a link on themedepot). In some way, I think it may be better to have a network of sites devoted to certain small subsets of theming and have them link to each other.
Metallica are dead-set against sharing of studio albums (and concerts which they have recorded and released). However, they have always allowed taping of concerts and trading/sharing of concert recordings.
This was not a letter to the editor. It was a private letter from Carl McCall, Comptroller of the State of New York, to the CEO of Verizon. In this letter, McCall points out that the New York State Employee Pension Fund, which he controls and makes the investment decisions for, owns (IIRC) 5 million and some-odd shares of Verizon, making it one of the largest shareholders in Verizon. He then asks the CEO to take a look at an enclosed resume, belonging to McCall's daughter. This is not the sort of thing that McCall would want to come out in public.
Through whatever means, this letter made it to the Post, where it was printed on the front page. Everything printed by any major newspaper is scrutinized by lawyers, especially if there's the slightest hint of impropriety (which there definitely is in this case). The fact that they decided to run it, after a consultation with lawyers indicates that they weren't breaking the law.
Under your contention, however, that correspondence is copyrighted, this would most definitely be illegal, and could be spotted by the greenest lawyer on the staff. Considering all these facts, I call bullshit.
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This is why you get DirecTV. Their UI is very usable, and the greater bandwidth that you get from a broadcast satellite allows them to actually make every channel MPEG-II, with very sane encoding settings.
All I can say is, DirecTV is the best way to watch TV... (the NFL Sunday Ticket has *nothing* to do with this... :oP)
That was just plain bizarre.
That NetBSD is now dying twice as quickly?
...Top!
I think we have a new candidate for comical Taco misspelling of the year...
Will they have specials on pigeons?
It's not a moral objection to gambling (most of the states either have legalized casinos, legalized dog/horse racing, or state lotteries).
In the case of casinos and dog tracks, very few of those exist. In most cases, there are a fixed number of licenses, and the only way to start a new casino is to buy an existing one and demolish it.
In the case of state lotteries, they are quite obviously the worst method of gambling (from the perspective of how likely you are to come out with more money than you put in). In most states, a sales tax is charged on the ticket. Further, a portion of the remaining bet is deducted for "administrative expenses". And then 50% of the remainder is placed into the prize pool. If the odds of winning the lottery are 1 in 10, a winning $1 bet will pay about $4 (including the $1 bet being returned). This means that you have to be 2.5 times luckier than dumb luck to break even. That's an insane house advantage.
Contrast this with casino games, where the house advantage is significantly smaller, on the order of 5-10%. In sports betting (assuming standard Vegas payout rates, which you should be able to get from whatever bookie you choose; if the book don't offer Vegas payouts, take your money elsewhere), the vig is 4.5% (1/22), meaning that only being slightly better than randomly making bets will break even.
Basically, the only reason that sports betting is illegal in most states is because it would drive state lotteries out of business.
Read the fucking Bill of Rights, idiot.
The Ninth Amendment states:
Opera had gestures before Black and White was released.
However, this time around, many of the new things have been in development outside the kernel for several years, with heavy testing (ALSA being the best example of this). I may give 2.5 a try...
Why the fuck should they care that the trailer ends up on P2P networks? It's not like they get royalties everytime the trailer is shown. It's FREE PROMOTION!
My bad... When Google shows the description for a page, they use the description from Open Directory (which is arguably more reliable than the meta tags).
Also, be sure to have some number of attractive people running around naked (or possibly only in undies) with slogans painted on their bodies. This will ensure that the photos and videos will forever live on.
You know, for someone who has a reasonably old slashdot UID (I'm guessing you registered in December of 2000), you gotta be pretty stupid to think Slashdot behaves like an ultimatebb or phpbb board. I'm surprised you didn't try [url=]...
Retard.
Google Bombing refers only to abusing links to get a higher pagerank in Google. As meta tags have nothing to do with <a href>'s, they have nothing to do with Google Bombing.
However, meta tag spamming does have a slight effect on pagerank, as Google does take meta tags into account.
Uh Google already shows the meta description in their search results.
Exactly.
Much as it's fashionable to rail against the US for not being as environmentally responsible than it could be (or maybe even should be), the fact remains that various third world (to use an obsolete term) nations are far more egregious offenders than the US (see leaded gasoline, CFCs, etc.).
Idiot.
The RIAA did not make a cent off the price fixing, as that had no effect on wholesale prices. What the RIAA was doing was to say to the chain stores, "you can't advertise the new Britney CD at less than a certain amount over wholesale". Why was this done? To prevent the Wal-Marts and Best Buys of the world from monopolizing CD retailing and using their distribution might against the RIAA. It's in the RIAA's interest to keep as many non-chain and small chain stores around as possible, as it prevents WalMart from holding CDs for ransom (as in, "we won't buy the CD for our stores unless you sell it to us for $2 less than normal wholesale").
The $480 million that consumers overpaid went to CD retailers, not the RIAA.
Well, KDE has been pretty much locked up by kde-look (which has a link on themedepot). In some way, I think it may be better to have a network of sites devoted to certain small subsets of theming and have them link to each other.
Have you tried Theme Depot?
Frozen masses of piss and shit being dropped from commercial airliners?
Another amazing post from DesiredUsername. Hip Hip Hurray!
The link is broken, as well. Someone forgot to put an "http://" in the url.
Yeah, and Reagan was a Democrat, too.
You think the parent was being a wee bit sarcastic?
Think, McFly, think!
Metallica are dead-set against sharing of studio albums (and concerts which they have recorded and released). However, they have always allowed taping of concerts and trading/sharing of concert recordings.
Sir, read my fucking post.
This was not a letter to the editor. It was a private letter from Carl McCall, Comptroller of the State of New York, to the CEO of Verizon. In this letter, McCall points out that the New York State Employee Pension Fund, which he controls and makes the investment decisions for, owns (IIRC) 5 million and some-odd shares of Verizon, making it one of the largest shareholders in Verizon. He then asks the CEO to take a look at an enclosed resume, belonging to McCall's daughter. This is not the sort of thing that McCall would want to come out in public.
Through whatever means, this letter made it to the Post, where it was printed on the front page. Everything printed by any major newspaper is scrutinized by lawyers, especially if there's the slightest hint of impropriety (which there definitely is in this case). The fact that they decided to run it, after a consultation with lawyers indicates that they weren't breaking the law.
Under your contention, however, that correspondence is copyrighted, this would most definitely be illegal, and could be spotted by the greenest lawyer on the staff. Considering all these facts, I call bullshit.