kazaa is great for single songs, emule is much better for albums. If you are tired of getting fake files off kazaa then give soulseek a go, it is technilogically inferior to both emule and kazaa but I have yet to get a single fake song off of it.
Is it true that aussies hate fosters ?, I've got to say that is my favourite lager. I live in the uk and fosters is brewed locally so it could be that be that australian fosters is terrible while bristish fosters is alright.
but i can understand why redmond thinks it's a good idea. they're taking a beating in the press over security and they've determined that the real problem (rightly or wrongly) is the end user - so now they have a "solution"
I don't want to stick up for MS or anything but the problem is the user. If there is a patch availiable and the user doesn't install it then it is the user's fault (even if the user is ignorant).
The way I see it there are two obvious solutions...
1. Force the update on people.
2. People should have to have a licence to own a computer and take a test so that they understand security issues. Now I realise that sounds a little extreme but if you take into account the the cost in bussiness that worms cause then it might be a good idea. It would certainly get rid of the ignorance defense.
So the house is allowed to use a marked deck!! Surely that can't be allowed, and even if it is how long before someone else works out how to read the cards.
but the average blackjack table operator sure can't tell if you're doing it and i doubt they can throw you out for that even,
I don't know about finland but most casino's reserve the right to throw you out for any reason at all. Most casino's will throw you out if you win too much.
I don't know the rules of blackjack but I think the idea is to count the number of high cards that have been dealt and whats left in the pack. Then you can make a bet based on the likelyhood that the next card will be high.
Personally I wish I was able to cause billions of dollars worth of damage to the movie industry, however I know that it doesn't matter however many films I download cause jlo and affleck are still gonna be millionaires and on my telly all the freakin time.
I don't think MS are ever betting on making loads of dosh from the hardware. What is going on between Sony and MS at the moment is nothing less than a war for control of the living room. The current generation of consoles have already changed from being straight gaming machines to being able to play DVD's (I'm leaving the big N out of this cause they always marketed the GC as a pure gaming experience). And both of the big console makers have started to dip their toes in the waters of online gaming, and whats the betting that the next consoles will allow access to the internet as well as other online services.
Who knows what these boxes will be doing for us in a decades time, I predict that we will we will see all the modern media devices (dvd, dvr, games, hi fi) converge into one box in the center of the living room.
I think the idea goes something like this, the ice at the north pole is in the water and hence won't affect the sea level. Some of the ice at the south pole is resting on land, if it were to melt and run off into the ocean then it cause an increase in the sea level.
I think it is too easy to underestimate SCO at this point. They must at least think they have something otherwise they wouldn't have come this far. Certianly the biggest mistake the open source communtiy could make is to not take them seriously.
Don't tell me you haven't noticed, or that you haven't associated this with the invasion of Iraq. Or perhaps the US media is silently discarding the news
The problem with your argument is that we (the West, and the US in particuarl) are not the reason those people feel powerless. We are being used as a scapegoat by those who wish to increase their own power without having to take the slow, difficult steps required for economic development. E.g., bin Laden doesn't really care about his followers; he's just using them to increase his own power and influence.
I don't think that is true, from what I understand Bin Laden hates the west because of Globalisation as well as any fundementalism. People like to stick their heads the sand, do you know where the cotton that was used to make your shirt came from ?, are you sure it wasn't produced in morally questionable conditions ?. Whether he is right or wrong Bin Laden (and lots of other people all around the world) think that the western economies work to keep the rest of the world poor.
Essentially what you're describing is a PlayStation 2.
The saturn and PS2 are not so similar, they are both difficult to develop for but for very different reasons.
The saturn was bastardized at the last moment to support rudimentary 3D. It's 2D games are widely held to be the best of their kind, it's 3D games are not.
The PS2 was designed to have a CPU that could be controlled at a very low level. Although developers struggled at first, it is paying off now that developers are familliar with the structure as the PS2 is still competing comendably with the more powerful xbox.
And I think you'll find that the GC outsells the X-Box in EVERY market except the USA and UK (and only just in the UK).
So far yeah, but do seriously think the GC will outsell the xbox over the christmas period ?. Anyone who knows anything about consoles knows how important that sales period is. If nintendo were expecting great sales why would they slow production of the console ?. There are lots of factors involved here but to simplify the XBox has much broader appeal than the GC and will almost certainly outsell over the next year.
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kazaa is great for single songs, emule is much better for albums. If you are tired of getting fake files off kazaa then give soulseek a go, it is technilogically inferior to both emule and kazaa but I have yet to get a single fake song off of it.
Is it true that aussies hate fosters ?, I've got to say that is my favourite lager. I live in the uk and fosters is brewed locally so it could be that be that australian fosters is terrible while bristish fosters is alright.
(I've just finished reading Stupid White Men)
cringeworthy isn't it ?
Maybe I have missed somthing but...
Why ?
Anyone else think this sounds like a bad hollywood plot ?
We only have 48 hours to shut down 20 randomn computers or the internet is brought to it's knees.
How do you prove that someone is computer literate enough to know they were doing something wrong?
Nobody has to prove this.
Ignorance has always been a very poor excuse for not following the law.
That's not right, maybe in life or death situations, but not understanding computers should not be a crime.
Nah.. nothing good... just the constitution.. which doesn't mean shit lately (since we're consumers now, not citizens)
I know a place where the constitution doesn't mean squat... the supreme court.
but i can understand why redmond thinks it's a good idea. they're taking a beating in the press over security and they've determined that the real problem (rightly or wrongly) is the end user - so now they have a "solution"
I don't want to stick up for MS or anything but the problem is the user. If there is a patch availiable and the user doesn't install it then it is the user's fault (even if the user is ignorant).
The way I see it there are two obvious solutions...
1. Force the update on people.
2. People should have to have a licence to own a computer and take a test so that they understand security issues. Now I realise that sounds a little extreme but if you take into account the the cost in bussiness that worms cause then it might be a good idea. It would certainly get rid of the ignorance defense.
So the house is allowed to use a marked deck!! Surely that can't be allowed, and even if it is how long before someone else works out how to read the cards.
You mean like with their eyes ?
but the average blackjack table operator sure can't tell if you're doing it and i doubt they can throw you out for that even,
I don't know about finland but most casino's reserve the right to throw you out for any reason at all. Most casino's will throw you out if you win too much.
I don't know the rules of blackjack but I think the idea is to count the number of high cards that have been dealt and whats left in the pack. Then you can make a bet based on the likelyhood that the next card will be high.
Personally I wish I was able to cause billions of dollars worth of damage to the movie industry, however I know that it doesn't matter however many films I download cause jlo and affleck are still gonna be millionaires and on my telly all the freakin time.
I don't think MS are ever betting on making loads of dosh from the hardware. What is going on between Sony and MS at the moment is nothing less than a war for control of the living room. The current generation of consoles have already changed from being straight gaming machines to being able to play DVD's (I'm leaving the big N out of this cause they always marketed the GC as a pure gaming experience). And both of the big console makers have started to dip their toes in the waters of online gaming, and whats the betting that the next consoles will allow access to the internet as well as other online services.
Who knows what these boxes will be doing for us in a decades time, I predict that we will we will see all the modern media devices (dvd, dvr, games, hi fi) converge into one box in the center of the living room.
chinese cant hit utah.. best they can do is the north west coastline
Chinese submarines that can launch nukes can reach just about anywhere in the world (just like the US, Russia and Britain).
Remember, if Chewbacca lived on Endor then you must acquit.
I think the idea goes something like this, the ice at the north pole is in the water and hence won't affect the sea level. Some of the ice at the south pole is resting on land, if it were to melt and run off into the ocean then it cause an increase in the sea level.
I think it is too easy to underestimate SCO at this point. They must at least think they have something otherwise they wouldn't have come this far. Certianly the biggest mistake the open source communtiy could make is to not take them seriously.
(Many television networks are guilty of this, not just Fox. See also "Ed" on NBC.)
That show deserves to be cancelled.
Don't tell me you haven't noticed, or that you haven't associated this with the invasion of Iraq. Or perhaps the US media is silently discarding the news
He only watches FOX news.
The problem with your argument is that we (the West, and the US in particuarl) are not the reason those people feel powerless. We are being used as a scapegoat by those who wish to increase their own power without having to take the slow, difficult steps required for economic development. E.g., bin Laden doesn't really care about his followers; he's just using them to increase his own power and influence.
I don't think that is true, from what I understand Bin Laden hates the west because of Globalisation as well as any fundementalism. People like to stick their heads the sand, do you know where the cotton that was used to make your shirt came from ?, are you sure it wasn't produced in morally questionable conditions ?. Whether he is right or wrong Bin Laden (and lots of other people all around the world) think that the western economies work to keep the rest of the world poor.
I think that going to the moon was worth it and occupying Iraq wasn't. And I think the reasons should be obvious.
He also built lots of tanks and bombs and was an asshole...
Would I lose karma if I made a GWB joke here ?
I guess that SCO is basically screwed unless they can some how force the GPL to break-down in court.
Dya think they know something we don't ?
Essentially what you're describing is a PlayStation 2.
The saturn and PS2 are not so similar, they are both difficult to develop for but for very different reasons.
The saturn was bastardized at the last moment to support rudimentary 3D. It's 2D games are widely held to be the best of their kind, it's 3D games are not.
The PS2 was designed to have a CPU that could be controlled at a very low level. Although developers struggled at first, it is paying off now that developers are familliar with the structure as the PS2 is still competing comendably with the more powerful xbox.
And I think you'll find that the GC outsells the X-Box in EVERY market except the USA and UK (and only just in the UK).
So far yeah, but do seriously think the GC will outsell the xbox over the christmas period ?. Anyone who knows anything about consoles knows how important that sales period is. If nintendo were expecting great sales why would they slow production of the console ?. There are lots of factors involved here but to simplify the XBox has much broader appeal than the GC and will almost certainly outsell over the next year.