Find someone to provide care free of cost, then we'll talk. What is different between a health care provider (covers many products and people) and you? Why should they accept a government mandated paycheck? And why shouldn't an enterprising individual, if he chooses, opt out of the government system and hire his health care skills or products to the highest bidder?
(No, you didn't say any of this, but as you've posted one of the more rational notes on the subject, I thought I'd see what you thought.)
Try musicbrainz tagger. It tends to do a decent job identifying tracks I've downloaded from... various sources. Not sure how well it will do with a track that was mp3->burned->mp3, but it might be a possibility.
Dead Mont Blanc? How the hell do you do that? I've got three, and each works fine. My mother has two, one about 20 years old that works just fine. Sure, they need the occasional ink replacement, but so what.
Yes - there are hazards but (for me) the benefits massively outweigh them.
That's nice. But some employers disagree with the risk/reward ratio. So they disallow these devices. Let's all repeat the libertarian manifesto: if you don't like it, leave.
You can't sign away certain rights. If you buy a box that should have a VCR, but is loaded with bricks, they have to suck it up and accept the return. Their 'policy' can be whatever the fuck they want, but there is more than a little black letter law on the side of the consumer. Hint: google for 'fit for merchantibility', 'deceptive trade practices', etc.
As long as it happens quickly. If not, someone will bitch "it takes me five minutes to copy songs onto my Sony mp3man, but my buddy can copy songs to his iPod in one minute".
Micropayment, macropayment, blah, blah, blah. Some things are worth paying for, others are not. Until and unless MC and Visa get into the act, these things are unlikely to bear much fruit. Some, yes. Enough to get all giddy about? Hardly.
What is the problem this is trying to solve? Why not group together (as a somewhat poor example) all of the OSDN content sites. You then pay, say, $5 for a certain number of page views across the entire spectrum. Each view is tallied and attributed to the appropriate site. Similarly, you can have organizations of news publications, technical publications (I'm thinking game and/or computer mags), entertainment of various sorts.
Look, as always, the porn industry is ahead of the game. Get one of those memberships to twenty different sites. They don't bill you by the page view, they let you hit all the sites. Look, if porn ain't looking at it, it's not going to work.
Finally, who the hell wants to type in a 16 digit credit card number, 4+ digit expiration, name, address, etc, etc, to view a web comic?
Oh, you can just buy 'points' and redeem them at various sites? What's flooz.com up to these days?
That by itself probably isn't enough evidence to convict or even arrest. But it is enough evidence to get all manner of search warrants to find damning evidence.
Are you a parent? Sounds like you aren't. I have a son and a niece. While I care for both of them, it is absolutely impossible to compare that love. I'll do things for my son (jump in the way of a bullet, threaten police officers, etc.) that I wouldn't consider doing for my niece. My sister is the same way, but in reverse.
Sorry, but this congressman's nephew heading off to Afghanistan means essentially nothing.
It must have been the 5200, as I do remember thinking the non self-centering meant it was broken, until he corrected me. I also remember those awful stacked fire buttons.
The CX-40 may be useful today, but clearly, the 2600 joystick is iconic.
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Find someone to provide care free of cost, then we'll talk. What is different between a health care provider (covers many products and people) and you? Why should they accept a government mandated paycheck? And why shouldn't an enterprising individual, if he chooses, opt out of the government system and hire his health care skills or products to the highest bidder?
(No, you didn't say any of this, but as you've posted one of the more rational notes on the subject, I thought I'd see what you thought.)
I get to manually enter each track title.
Try musicbrainz tagger. It tends to do a decent job identifying tracks I've downloaded from... various sources. Not sure how well it will do with a track that was mp3->burned->mp3, but it might be a possibility.
Maybe that's why you use it. I use it because... Well, it frickin' works. Buy it, plug in a handful of connections, and operate the luser proof menus.
And it's quiet. See, it's a piece of HT equipment, not some beige box forced into a function it's not designed to serve.
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Opera vs Firefox might be vi vs. emacs. Firefox vs. mozilla (vs. Netscape) is more like emacs vs. xemacs.
Yeah, the 'resin' bit isn't quite the old ebony and ivory, is it?
Didn't realize the problems existed that you've described. Eh, perhaps a bit Mercedes, wherein their long standing good name needs to be re-earned.
Dead Mont Blanc? How the hell do you do that? I've got three, and each works fine. My mother has two, one about 20 years old that works just fine. Sure, they need the occasional ink replacement, but so what.
Yes - there are hazards but (for me) the benefits massively outweigh them.
That's nice. But some employers disagree with the risk/reward ratio. So they disallow these devices. Let's all repeat the libertarian manifesto: if you don't like it, leave.
You can't sign away certain rights. If you buy a box that should have a VCR, but is loaded with bricks, they have to suck it up and accept the return. Their 'policy' can be whatever the fuck they want, but there is more than a little black letter law on the side of the consumer. Hint: google for 'fit for merchantibility', 'deceptive trade practices', etc.
Sounds like Vegas. Try to count cards? You're banned for life.
Man people need to get their eyes examined.
Especially boring nitpicking little turds who have yet to figure out that there is no such word as 'alot'.
Splinter in someone's eye, stick in yours, etc.
As long as it happens quickly. If not, someone will bitch "it takes me five minutes to copy songs onto my Sony mp3man, but my buddy can copy songs to his iPod in one minute".
We used to do that in Maryland. They've switched to a Diebold system at some exorbitant cost. Stupid bastards in Annapolis.
90% of everything is crap
Like slashdot stories (and editors) and gamespy articles. Funny how that works.
Don't sell your cheap model to students getting ready to head off to college. Good move.
(And yes, there is the eMac, but it ain't cool enough for most of the kiddies.)
Does my finger smell like pussy
Boy, geeks really *do* get pissed when other people get laid. Jealous much?
You forgot to mention that little puzzle slider thing with the Apple logo. It's cool. I beat it once.
(It's even in the movie you linked to)
You need to reinstall windows. Sorry.
Holy crap, I remember that. I subscribed to your lists. Sad day when you stopped publishing.
Micropayment, macropayment, blah, blah, blah. Some things are worth paying for, others are not. Until and unless MC and Visa get into the act, these things are unlikely to bear much fruit. Some, yes. Enough to get all giddy about? Hardly.
What is the problem this is trying to solve? Why not group together (as a somewhat poor example) all of the OSDN content sites. You then pay, say, $5 for a certain number of page views across the entire spectrum. Each view is tallied and attributed to the appropriate site. Similarly, you can have organizations of news publications, technical publications (I'm thinking game and/or computer mags), entertainment of various sorts.
Look, as always, the porn industry is ahead of the game. Get one of those memberships to twenty different sites. They don't bill you by the page view, they let you hit all the sites. Look, if porn ain't looking at it, it's not going to work.
Finally, who the hell wants to type in a 16 digit credit card number, 4+ digit expiration, name, address, etc, etc, to view a web comic?
Oh, you can just buy 'points' and redeem them at various sites? What's flooz.com up to these days?
That by itself probably isn't enough evidence to convict or even arrest. But it is enough evidence to get all manner of search warrants to find damning evidence.
Sorry, but this congressman's nephew heading off to Afghanistan means essentially nothing.
Should have hit 'preview'.
In addition, his comment is like those people who say they can't be racist because "I have a black friend".
Are you a parent? Sounds like you aren't. I have a son and a niece. While I care for both of them, it is absolutely impossible to compare that love. I'll do things for my son (jump in the way of a bullet, threaten police officers, etc.) that I wouldn't consider doing for my niece. My sister is the same way, but in reverse.
Sorry, but this congressman's nephew heading off to Afghanistan means essentially nothing.
Maybe the poster is thinking of the original Castle Wolfenstein? Yeah, it's a stretch...
It must have been the 5200, as I do remember thinking the non self-centering meant it was broken, until he corrected me. I also remember those awful stacked fire buttons.
The CX-40 may be useful today, but clearly, the 2600 joystick is iconic.