A few reasons, but the sales are the biggest ones.
If you buy a AAA retail game (that originally sold for $60) for $5, you've gotta know that there are going to be some strings attached. If you're willing to deal with those strings, well, you just saved yourself a bunch of money.
There are other benefits. I've never once had to deal with scratched or lost disks, backwards compatibility or multiple system.
Of course there are negatives as well... and whether or not it balances out, up to each person to decide.
What the hell are you supposed to say to an obnoxious border guard who won't accept the legal, legitimate truth as an answer?
I'm really not sure about Britanland, but here in the US, the proper response would be "Am I under arrest? And if I'm not under arrest, for what reason am I being detained?" The more you know, the better you can respond to charges or accusations.
Or, there's the ever popular "Can I speak with your manager/supervisor?"
You've actually got that backwards. If it was a straight up popular vote, Dems would be at a strong disadvantage.
Dems currently have California on lockdown, ensuring all 55 electoral votes go blue. If that split out, and California republican voters actually got a voice on the national level... well...
While I certainly don't agree with all of Rand Paul's ideas, I applaud him for actually HAVING ideas in the first place. Far too many Congress-critters only care about keeping the status quo (and using the status quo to keep their 'hookers and blow' funds fully stocked.)
If they pull me over for this, what do they charge me with?
Conspiracy to commit...
The key is KNOWING that a cop is present. General advise ("STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLE!") is fine. But specific advise, "Stop breaking the law for the next 2 minutes, and then return to breaking the law" is technically a crime.
True. BMI is hardly perfect... but it's a good first step. Kinda like "Did you reboot it?"
Not going to solve every problem or answer every question, but a good start, and most importantly, doesn't require any in-depth knowledge or fancy equipment.
I think that the introduction of ANY competition would make the system cheaper and higher quality.
The only thing preventing progress is collusion. Cox, Time Warner, Comcast, etc have agreed not to step on each others toes. Only 1 provider available in most markets means a functional monopoly.
I think the government would be hard pressed to provide something WORSE than the current offerings. Seriously, they'd have to make a valiant effort to fuck it up that badly. And even a marginally better solution would cause a pretty large exodus from the current companies. Forcing them to improve their product (or lower their prices)
While true (answering the questions correctly is the real determiner) his method increases the odds of finding the Daily Doubles. Statistically, DDs are in the bottom few blocks on the board. Picking the top blocks just creates more chances for someone else to take control. Especially if other players are sticking with the traditional top-down approach.
Example. First player pick box 1 (the top box in a given category) and Arthur Chu answers correctly. He then jumps down to box 4 in that category. Lets assume it's not a DD, and the other player answers it. Other player picks box 2 (continuing where they left off) and then box 3. If Chu gets either of those right, he takes #5 in that category, ensuring the best possible odds for DD.
Daily Doubles are the real wildcard here. They're worth the most money (based on your own wager) and you are given time to think it over, instead of rushing to beat out the competition. "He who controls the spi- err, Daily Doubles, controls the game."
If blocking it causes no impact on the illegal uses, while hampering the legal ones... then it is wiser to not block it. Even if there were no legal reasons, blocking TPB costs resources; time and money. Spending those resources for zero gain is a fools errand.
It would be nice if we had a perfect set of rules that could adequately and fairly moderate every possible situation, but we don't. So we appoint people to make judgements on a case-by-case basis. We call them judges, and they've made a wise decision here.
Corn subsidies, mostly. The middle of the US is nothing but giant flat open space, making it uniquely suited to growing a TON of corn.
So the government pays farmers to grow corn. It's a US crop, and we really can't import it (no one else grows it) so corn subsidies get the "America F*** YEAH!" vote
But then we have just too much corn. Way WAAY too much corn. So we try to turn it into Ethanol gas for our cars, and high-fructose-corn-syrup for our foods.
Both failed miserably, but when the Ethanol screwed up a bunch of cars, people just bought new cars. When HFCS ruined peoples figures, well going to the gym is hard, and buying a new less-fat ass is expensive
The system is heavily slanted in favor of women, so egg donors and surrogates would have an advantage when helping male-male couples, and at least not be at a disadvantage when dealing with other women.
But I can already make "thousands of copies" of a movie I purchase legally.
We need to realize that stealing an item is a different and seperate crime from illegal duplication or resale of copyrighted material. Punish them seperatley.
Illegally obtaining a movie through digital means (downloading, ripping, filming, etc) should carry an identical punishment as shoplifting a DVD or returning an empty case to Netflix or Redbox.
Exactly what I heard. Especially with how badly the headline and first line contradict.
Study Doubts Quantum Computer Speed raised doubts about the performance of a commercial quantum computer in certain circumstances
The headline makes it seem like someone is doubting the feasibility of quantum computing. Instead, someone is simply questioning it's practical applicability in "certain" circumstances. I already doubt the feasibility of my personal computer in "certain" circumstances. Like on the john... the sink is simply too far away for my mouse to stay ergonomic.
"New bombs are being devised. New terrorists are emerging, new groups, actually, a new level of viciousness," Feinstein said. "We need to be prepared."
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
We keep hearing about the boogeyman terrorists who are coming for us.. these terrible people with these terrible plans. But really, we've done orders of magnitude more damage to ourselves than anyone external possibly could have done. And we continue to bludgeon ourselves about the head and shoulders, deflecting any semblance of reasoning with "because terrorism"
ABC objects to this because they license content, and make money on commercials.
While it's try that ABC isn't gaining revenue from people watching in Aussieland, they're also not spending any money on distribution or infrastructure to broadcast the information halfway across the world and increase their customer base.
At bare minimum, it's a break-even. Nothing gained, nothing lost. In reality, it will likely drive sales of DVDs, increase website traffic (which is likely ad supported as well) and provide free testing of the viability of this new market. Maybe there is an untapped wealth of potential viewers down under who'd love to subscribe to ABCs own streaming (with special unaired content online, of course)
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A few reasons, but the sales are the biggest ones.
If you buy a AAA retail game (that originally sold for $60) for $5, you've gotta know that there are going to be some strings attached. If you're willing to deal with those strings, well, you just saved yourself a bunch of money.
There are other benefits. I've never once had to deal with scratched or lost disks, backwards compatibility or multiple system.
Of course there are negatives as well ... and whether or not it balances out, up to each person to decide.
What the hell are you supposed to say to an obnoxious border guard who won't accept the legal, legitimate truth as an answer?
I'm really not sure about Britanland, but here in the US, the proper response would be "Am I under arrest? And if I'm not under arrest, for what reason am I being detained?" The more you know, the better you can respond to charges or accusations.
Or, there's the ever popular "Can I speak with your manager/supervisor?"
I'm pretty sure ancient Olympics didn't involve snowboarding or skeleton luge ... trying either of those nude just sounds unpleasant.
You've actually got that backwards. If it was a straight up popular vote, Dems would be at a strong disadvantage.
Dems currently have California on lockdown, ensuring all 55 electoral votes go blue. If that split out, and California republican voters actually got a voice on the national level... well ...
The beatings will continue, until grades improve!
The next logical step, of course, is increasing the voltage whenever someone gets an answer wrong.
What could possibly go wrong?
How about we wait until the end of open enrollment (March 31) before declaring it a complete bust.
Sure it's been a bit rocky thus far, but give it a few months to smooth out. Within a year we'll certainly see a net positive.
Agreed.
While I certainly don't agree with all of Rand Paul's ideas, I applaud him for actually HAVING ideas in the first place. Far too many Congress-critters only care about keeping the status quo (and using the status quo to keep their 'hookers and blow' funds fully stocked.)
Not necessarily. Just telling someone the safe places to speed or not to could be enough
It's pretty ticky-tack ... an obviously won't hold up in court, as evidenced by TFS. But still, technically a crime.
If they pull me over for this, what do they charge me with?
Conspiracy to commit...
The key is KNOWING that a cop is present. General advise ("STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLE!") is fine. But specific advise, "Stop breaking the law for the next 2 minutes, and then return to breaking the law" is technically a crime.
If you can't beat them, legislate them.
True. BMI is hardly perfect... but it's a good first step. Kinda like "Did you reboot it?"
Not going to solve every problem or answer every question, but a good start, and most importantly, doesn't require any in-depth knowledge or fancy equipment.
I think that the introduction of ANY competition would make the system cheaper and higher quality.
The only thing preventing progress is collusion. Cox, Time Warner, Comcast, etc have agreed not to step on each others toes. Only 1 provider available in most markets means a functional monopoly.
I think the government would be hard pressed to provide something WORSE than the current offerings. Seriously, they'd have to make a valiant effort to fuck it up that badly. And even a marginally better solution would cause a pretty large exodus from the current companies. Forcing them to improve their product (or lower their prices)
While true (answering the questions correctly is the real determiner) his method increases the odds of finding the Daily Doubles. Statistically, DDs are in the bottom few blocks on the board. Picking the top blocks just creates more chances for someone else to take control. Especially if other players are sticking with the traditional top-down approach.
Example. First player pick box 1 (the top box in a given category) and Arthur Chu answers correctly. He then jumps down to box 4 in that category. Lets assume it's not a DD, and the other player answers it. Other player picks box 2 (continuing where they left off) and then box 3. If Chu gets either of those right, he takes #5 in that category, ensuring the best possible odds for DD.
Daily Doubles are the real wildcard here. They're worth the most money (based on your own wager) and you are given time to think it over, instead of rushing to beat out the competition. "He who controls the spi- err, Daily Doubles, controls the game."
Hurry up and file a patent for "Like eBooks, but using the pulped and dried remnants of wood." It's gonna be big!
Probably true, but what about the peasant vehicle driving down the highway directly in front of Mr. High Official? Or directly behind
Would be quite the shame if those vehicles suddenly came to a screeching halt or accelerated uncontrollably. A shame indeed
Because it's hampering progress.
Would you see all highways limited to 30 MPH speed limits, just because someone might have a working Model T roaming around?
TPB does have some legitimate uses.
If blocking it causes no impact on the illegal uses, while hampering the legal ones... then it is wiser to not block it. Even if there were no legal reasons, blocking TPB costs resources; time and money. Spending those resources for zero gain is a fools errand.
It would be nice if we had a perfect set of rules that could adequately and fairly moderate every possible situation, but we don't. So we appoint people to make judgements on a case-by-case basis. We call them judges, and they've made a wise decision here.
Corn subsidies, mostly. The middle of the US is nothing but giant flat open space, making it uniquely suited to growing a TON of corn.
So the government pays farmers to grow corn. It's a US crop, and we really can't import it (no one else grows it) so corn subsidies get the "America F*** YEAH!" vote
But then we have just too much corn. Way WAAY too much corn. So we try to turn it into Ethanol gas for our cars, and high-fructose-corn-syrup for our foods.
Both failed miserably, but when the Ethanol screwed up a bunch of cars, people just bought new cars. When HFCS ruined peoples figures, well going to the gym is hard, and buying a new less-fat ass is expensive
And we still have way too much freaking corn.
Good question. If only there was a modern day precedent for the US Military having a difficult time overcoming a vastly inferior enemy of insurgents.
Probably only sperm donors.
The system is heavily slanted in favor of women, so egg donors and surrogates would have an advantage when helping male-male couples, and at least not be at a disadvantage when dealing with other women.
But I can already make "thousands of copies" of a movie I purchase legally.
We need to realize that stealing an item is a different and seperate crime from illegal duplication or resale of copyrighted material. Punish them seperatley.
Illegally obtaining a movie through digital means (downloading, ripping, filming, etc) should carry an identical punishment as shoplifting a DVD or returning an empty case to Netflix or Redbox.
Exactly what I heard. Especially with how badly the headline and first line contradict.
Study Doubts Quantum Computer Speed
raised doubts about the performance of a commercial quantum computer in certain circumstances
The headline makes it seem like someone is doubting the feasibility of quantum computing. Instead, someone is simply questioning it's practical applicability in "certain" circumstances. I already doubt the feasibility of my personal computer in "certain" circumstances. Like on the john... the sink is simply too far away for my mouse to stay ergonomic.
"New bombs are being devised. New terrorists are emerging, new groups, actually, a new level of viciousness," Feinstein said. "We need to be prepared."
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
We keep hearing about the boogeyman terrorists who are coming for us .. these terrible people with these terrible plans. But really, we've done orders of magnitude more damage to ourselves than anyone external possibly could have done. And we continue to bludgeon ourselves about the head and shoulders, deflecting any semblance of reasoning with "because terrorism"
ABC objects to this because they license content, and make money on commercials.
While it's try that ABC isn't gaining revenue from people watching in Aussieland, they're also not spending any money on distribution or infrastructure to broadcast the information halfway across the world and increase their customer base.
At bare minimum, it's a break-even. Nothing gained, nothing lost. In reality, it will likely drive sales of DVDs, increase website traffic (which is likely ad supported as well) and provide free testing of the viability of this new market. Maybe there is an untapped wealth of potential viewers down under who'd love to subscribe to ABCs own streaming (with special unaired content online, of course)