But the general worker really has no reason to be browsing, period.
Suit yourself. In that case I'll be spending my lunch hour in the internet cafe, with my phone turned off.
What's that, you'd gotten used to me being reachable by phone during lunch break? Well, that's just tough cookies, trust and flexibility go 2 ways. Treat me like we're in kindergarten and I'll be happy to return the favor.
Or we could both go on pretending we're responsible adults...
I hope everyone understands that just because.3 percent of bittorrent files are "definitely legal" does NOT mean that 99.7% of bittorrent files are definitely illegal.
No matter how many press releases the RIAA releases.
Not to mention that while bittorrent is global, I'm pretty sure the definition of what is or isn't legal in this particular case is the one used in the land of the free, home of the corrupt^Wbrave.
You do what several other countries have done before. You tell the corps that the free ride is over and forcibly split the infrastructure from the service provided over it. Infrastructure gets regulated up the wahoo, the ISP's that run over it do whatever they damn well please and if the market doesn't like it there's room for 20 competitors ready and willing to get a piece of the action.
Good luck getting that done when the corps own your "elected" representatives though, but that's a different story.
Mweh, give it another couple of years. I've already seen so many middle and upper managers "come out of the closet" that I'm starting to wonder if there's anyone left at my company who isn't a geek at heart.
Makes for a funny world when the stereotypical hot secretary proudly explains how she did a casemod that allowed better cooling for the videocard;-)
Because my parents did pretty much anything they could think of to straighten me out, the message just didn't get across. As for your other point...yes, perhaps the 2 are unrelated. Then again, the inability to understand the rules of society, both written and unwritten, is a common symptom of authistic disorders. Things that make perfect "sense" to the majority of people are a complete mystery.
Blaming my folks would be...easy. It would also be blatantly untrue.
As someone who was diagnosed by a professional(several in fact), I can confirm that as a kid I did not have a single clue regarding right or wrong except where it pertained to getting caught. Quite frankly it took till my early 20's before I really developed a moral code of my own.
I don't think it actually shows Americans are crazy, I think it reflects the deep-set distrust Americans have of their government. And this is something that extends from the left to the right. And it's probably a good thing.
If by a "good thing" you mean that americans are completely dissociated from their government and take no responsibility whatsoever for its actions...then yes.
What is it that makes otherwise sensible people think Henlein's books could be applied in real life?
Oh, I don't know, the form of government used in Starship Troopers actually makes *some* sense, I'd be curious how it would turn out in reality(the equivalent of an old boys' club I expect).
Having read "The moon is a harsh mistress" only earlier this week and seeing otherwise intelligent people actually pointing at it as an example of libertarianism makes me want to punch my head into a concrete wall however...
I don't understand people when they complain about companies making profit.
We complain about companies making profit when *at the same time* they're whining to the government about how they are in fact not making any profit because of circumstances A, B and C and therefore need to be allowed to screw over their customers through methods X, Y and Z without getting any hassle over it.
Q: If I buy StarCraft II but don't buy any of the expansion sets, will I still be able to play online?
A: Yes. This will work similarly to Warcraft III and the original StarCraft, which maintained separate online gaming lobbies and ladders for expansion set players and players with the base Warcraft III or StarCraft.
Real answer: No. You'll be sitting in a near-empty lobby connected to a few servers running on decrepit old servers with the other couple of losers who can't afford to give us the money we so deserve.
Everyone knows that any and all initiatives to preserve the one and only planet we have at our disposal are part of a massive liberal conspiracy to swindle hard-working hard-spending 'merkins out of their money. Right?
Actually, a lot of the windmills in the netherlands are still in operation. More for historical purposes than anything else, but nevertheless. A lot of folk in the area where I live get their horse feed etc. from a couple of windmills.
The RIAA has lost this war, exactly like ASCAP lost their battle with radio from 1923 to 1940.
A few battles perhaps, but the war is far from over. Several countries still seem more than happy to go ahead with 3-strikes laws, deploying public servants to do the enforcement for private companies and other assorted fun. Fortunately, and we do have to give some credit to the pirate party, public awareness of the issue seems to be growing and politicians are starting to figure out that pissing off one's constituency to suck the cock of a foreign corporation tends to lead to poor results in the next election cycle.
Can we append a Colbert's law to that that states that even when there's a big screen right next to him saying the exact opposite he does it still applies?
The economy proves otherwise. If there were not a population problem there would be enough jobs to hire everybody born multiple times over, and we'd be on a path to always have more jobs than population as the job growth would at least correlate with if not surpass the population growth.
You do realize that technically speaking in order for a market to function there needs to be this little concept called "demand", right? Less people = less demand. Unless you've got some extra-terrestrial business contacts you've been hiding from the rest of us?;-)
Ahhh, the good old days...either you were infected...or you cleaned it up and half the executables that had been infected were now simply dead. Times were simpler then:)
Fine fine. We'll get off your lawn already. Can we have our ball back please?:-)
But yeah, 500-600 is kinda insane, that'll get you a complete PS3 Slim and a stack of games to keep you entertained for quite a while. I prefer the 150-200 range myself. Gives me a lot of bang for my buck and will keep long enough.
The government wants to tax Internet transactions.. well most of us pay 3+% to credit cards or PayPal.. if they'd provide their own implementation they could collect those fees without causing prices to rise.
You know, I was just thinking about that.
Up till recently I paid for my MMO subscription using time cards I ordered from a US website. Not because it was the cheapest method, but because it was the quickest and the most convenient. However, in doing so I'm effectively evading the VAT I need to pay on a product in my own country, and unless I jump through a whole bunch of hoops that noone bothers with I'm breaking the law.
Fast forward to the right now where said MMO supports payments by iDEAL, which for me is *even more* convenient. Couple of clicks, punch in a number and done. And...I pay my VAT at the same time.
Stuff like iDEAL doesn't come about unless one or more governments actually stick their nose in the banking industry and take action to ensure proper standards get developed. Heck, look at the US where you can't even use another bank's ATM without being charged.
Oh, and the charges for iDEAL? Zip. Nada. The banks save themselves a ton of work and manpower because they don't have to do *anything* except process the payment(real-time) automagically.
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Parties like this don't necessarily need to be elected to make an impact. If nothing else they force the status quo to:
A) Admit there's an alternative to what is commonly perceived as "the way things are"
B) Publicly take a stance on a number of issues.
But the general worker really has no reason to be browsing, period.
Suit yourself. In that case I'll be spending my lunch hour in the internet cafe, with my phone turned off.
What's that, you'd gotten used to me being reachable by phone during lunch break? Well, that's just tough cookies, trust and flexibility go 2 ways. Treat me like we're in kindergarten and I'll be happy to return the favor.
Or we could both go on pretending we're responsible adults...
But then every Swiss household that has an assault rifle also has at least 1 person who received military training with that very same weapon.
In other words, they know bloody well it is a tool for killing people, not a dick-replacement for middle-aged balding men.
I hope everyone understands that just because .3 percent of bittorrent files are "definitely legal" does NOT mean that 99.7% of bittorrent files are definitely illegal.
No matter how many press releases the RIAA releases.
Not to mention that while bittorrent is global, I'm pretty sure the definition of what is or isn't legal in this particular case is the one used in the land of the free, home of the corrupt^Wbrave.
You do what several other countries have done before. You tell the corps that the free ride is over and forcibly split the infrastructure from the service provided over it. Infrastructure gets regulated up the wahoo, the ISP's that run over it do whatever they damn well please and if the market doesn't like it there's room for 20 competitors ready and willing to get a piece of the action.
Good luck getting that done when the corps own your "elected" representatives though, but that's a different story.
Mweh, give it another couple of years. I've already seen so many middle and upper managers "come out of the closet" that I'm starting to wonder if there's anyone left at my company who isn't a geek at heart.
Makes for a funny world when the stereotypical hot secretary proudly explains how she did a casemod that allowed better cooling for the videocard ;-)
Because my parents did pretty much anything they could think of to straighten me out, the message just didn't get across. As for your other point...yes, perhaps the 2 are unrelated. Then again, the inability to understand the rules of society, both written and unwritten, is a common symptom of authistic disorders. Things that make perfect "sense" to the majority of people are a complete mystery.
Blaming my folks would be...easy. It would also be blatantly untrue.
As someone who was diagnosed by a professional(several in fact), I can confirm that as a kid I did not have a single clue regarding right or wrong except where it pertained to getting caught. Quite frankly it took till my early 20's before I really developed a moral code of my own.
I don't think it actually shows Americans are crazy, I think it reflects the deep-set distrust Americans have of their government. And this is something that extends from the left to the right. And it's probably a good thing.
If by a "good thing" you mean that americans are completely dissociated from their government and take no responsibility whatsoever for its actions...then yes.
Yet another argument in favor of introducing a sarcasm smilie I suppose ;-)
What is it that makes otherwise sensible people think Henlein's books could be applied in real life?
Oh, I don't know, the form of government used in Starship Troopers actually makes *some* sense, I'd be curious how it would turn out in reality(the equivalent of an old boys' club I expect).
Having read "The moon is a harsh mistress" only earlier this week and seeing otherwise intelligent people actually pointing at it as an example of libertarianism makes me want to punch my head into a concrete wall however...
IMHO.
Glad you added that, I prefer women to be as "au naturel" as possible when it comes to makeup. ;-)
I don't understand people when they complain about companies making profit.
We complain about companies making profit when *at the same time* they're whining to the government about how they are in fact not making any profit because of circumstances A, B and C and therefore need to be allowed to screw over their customers through methods X, Y and Z without getting any hassle over it.
Q: If I buy StarCraft II but don't buy any of the expansion sets, will I still be able to play online?
A: Yes. This will work similarly to Warcraft III and the original StarCraft, which maintained separate online gaming lobbies and ladders for expansion set players and players with the base Warcraft III or StarCraft.
Real answer: No. You'll be sitting in a near-empty lobby connected to a few servers running on decrepit old servers with the other couple of losers who can't afford to give us the money we so deserve.
Nonsense.
Everyone knows that any and all initiatives to preserve the one and only planet we have at our disposal are part of a massive liberal conspiracy to swindle hard-working hard-spending 'merkins out of their money. Right?
Actually, a lot of the windmills in the netherlands are still in operation. More for historical purposes than anything else, but nevertheless. A lot of folk in the area where I live get their horse feed etc. from a couple of windmills.
The RIAA has lost this war, exactly like ASCAP lost their battle with radio from 1923 to 1940.
A few battles perhaps, but the war is far from over. Several countries still seem more than happy to go ahead with 3-strikes laws, deploying public servants to do the enforcement for private companies and other assorted fun. Fortunately, and we do have to give some credit to the pirate party, public awareness of the issue seems to be growing and politicians are starting to figure out that pissing off one's constituency to suck the cock of a foreign corporation tends to lead to poor results in the next election cycle.
Can we append a Colbert's law to that that states that even when there's a big screen right next to him saying the exact opposite he does it still applies?
Oh, and just to be safe...;-)
The economy proves otherwise. If there were not a population problem there would be enough jobs to hire everybody born multiple times over, and we'd be on a path to always have more jobs than population as the job growth would at least correlate with if not surpass the population growth.
You do realize that technically speaking in order for a market to function there needs to be this little concept called "demand", right? Less people = less demand. Unless you've got some extra-terrestrial business contacts you've been hiding from the rest of us? ;-)
They tend to have this world view that people are by nature lazy fucks who must be motivated by threats and fear.
Ever notice how many people view the world largely based on how they view themselves? ;-)
Well, then, as soon as I'm done slugging this pesky reporter I'll have a little chat with Mr. Sheen on how we're going to solve this...have no fear.
Unless I get distracted by a shiny planet that needs scanning of course...
Yeah, thanks a lot for reminding me...
Ahhh, the good old days...either you were infected...or you cleaned it up and half the executables that had been infected were now simply dead. Times were simpler then :)
Oh, that would make it a whole lot better. Think of all those akward restaurant situations?
"Honey, you've got some sauce on your sleeve"
"Yes, it looks like it might be getting a bit chilly so I'm switching to long-sleeve"
Fine fine. We'll get off your lawn already. Can we have our ball back please? :-)
But yeah, 500-600 is kinda insane, that'll get you a complete PS3 Slim and a stack of games to keep you entertained for quite a while. I prefer the 150-200 range myself. Gives me a lot of bang for my buck and will keep long enough.
The government wants to tax Internet transactions.. well most of us pay 3+% to credit cards or PayPal.. if they'd provide their own implementation they could collect those fees without causing prices to rise.
You know, I was just thinking about that.
Up till recently I paid for my MMO subscription using time cards I ordered from a US website. Not because it was the cheapest method, but because it was the quickest and the most convenient. However, in doing so I'm effectively evading the VAT I need to pay on a product in my own country, and unless I jump through a whole bunch of hoops that noone bothers with I'm breaking the law.
Fast forward to the right now where said MMO supports payments by iDEAL, which for me is *even more* convenient. Couple of clicks, punch in a number and done. And...I pay my VAT at the same time.
Stuff like iDEAL doesn't come about unless one or more governments actually stick their nose in the banking industry and take action to ensure proper standards get developed. Heck, look at the US where you can't even use another bank's ATM without being charged.
Oh, and the charges for iDEAL? Zip. Nada. The banks save themselves a ton of work and manpower because they don't have to do *anything* except process the payment(real-time) automagically.