I'll be honest, this is standard socialist rhetoric. But its also true. The USA, with its international monopoly on violence for the last 60 years has seen that any non-poverty-stricken nature fall in line with its policy. And the USA is the most corrupt, plutocratic nation on earth. And that is also true.
Saying that the USA has an "international monopoly on violence for the last 60 years" is ridiculous.
Sudan
Eritrea vs. Ethiopia
China vs. Tibet
India vs. Pakistan
N. Korea vs. S. Korea
Indonesian vs E. Timor
Russia vs. Chechnya
Ecuador vs. Peru
UK vs. Argentina
These are just off the top of my head, all active in the past decade, and have nothing to do with the USA.. in fact the USA has been yelled at for not getting involved in some of these fights.
By the way, repeating "this is true" doesn't make it so. You'd make a more persuasive argument if you had some sort of facts, not just empty rhetoric.
>o how does this work out where every post I make as "anonymous coward" gets a 0 score and yet even the most basic comment (usefull or not) from any registered user gets at least a score of 2? Do all you registered/. users just use your points to vote for your own posts or what?!?;)
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The biggest problem you might encounter with DSL is that many telcos require you to subscribe to phone service before they'll allow you to subscribe to DSL. I know this is definitely the case in BellSouth territory. I've heard that you used to be able to get a "dry copper" (i.e. "alarm circuit") DSL line to an ISP in BellSouth territory (a friend of mine used to have this sort of hookup in Oxford, Miss.), but they've since put an end to that. Where I live (Denver, Colorado), the telco (Qwest) does offer "Naked DSL" so you don't have to bother with a landline if you don't want one.
I have Speakeasy's Onelink service (DSL without phone line) in Bellsouth's territory (North Carolina). I've had it for over a year.
>I think the cd levy thing is true in Canada, but I've never heard about it in the US before. Can someone provide a source?
The US has it too. "Data" CDs don't have the tax. "Music" CDs do. The difference is one bit in the header, and a few bucks at checkout time.
The name of the law taxing music CDs (and DAT tapes, etc) is AHRA - Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, an amendment to the U.S. federal Copyright Act of 1976. It's often called the "DAT tax", but it applies to music CD-Rs too.
"If your subscription ends and there is no payment information listed on the account then it will become frozen and inaccessible for play. Provided that the characters do not get deleted by the account holder, we will retain all character information on our servers indefinitely."
Seems pretty clear to me - unless you yourself delete the character, they will hold on to it. Makes sense - they want you to come back.
Let's say they did allow you do download your character. You now have an XML file describing your stats, reputations, equipment, and gold. What exactly did you plan to do with this?
Thats not the point.
What is the point? I'm afraid I've missed it. Besides, even though Blizzard doesn't provide that option, a number of sites (allakazam, wowguru) exist that will let you do just that - extract your profile from the game, and save it. For example: http://www.wowguru.com/ui/48/wow-guru-data-collect ion/
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>Because its slavery, you have to keep paying to keep your character. Now if you could download it and keep it when you stopped that would be something else.
WoW keeps characters indefinitely, actually. You can cancel your account, then come back a year later, and it's still there.
Let's say they did allow you do download your character. You now have an XML file describing your stats, reputations, equipment, and gold. What exactly did you plan to do with this? You can achieve the same thing by registering your profile on allakazam or wowguru.
P.S. if you are having problems with the stylesheet, you can turn on "Simple Design" and "Low Bandwidth" in the options: http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome
As the US is a net importer of oil, reduction in oil consumption would, if anything, increase the value of the dollar.
Reduction of the US's consumption, sure. Reduction of the world's consuption would hurt the US. One of the dollar's strengths is that it is used as a reserve currency, because most countries only trade oil for dollars. Not Euros, not Yen, not anything else. Not even their own currency for the most part.
No more oil = considerably less demand for dollars = the US is screwed.
"In addition, an employer is not required to make an accommodation if it would impose an "undue hardship" on the operation of the employer's business."
Such as compromising security, having to redo their entire security system, etc.
"Q. Can an employer consider health and safety when deciding whether to hire an applicant or retain an employee with a disability?
A. Yes. The ADA permits employers to establish qualification standards that will exclude individuals who pose a direct threat -- i.e., a significant risk of substantial harm -- to the health or safety of the individual or of others, if that risk cannot be eliminated or reduced below the level of a oedirect threatî by reasonable accommodation."
Most aren't intentionally evil, agreed. If he works in a 15-man shop, he is indeed very valuable.
If he works in a 80,000 person organization like I do, he will be fired for failing to comply with the security policy - regardless of whether he is able to comply.
Just ask Chuck Strickler, a welder with no remaining fingerprints.
Kids who don't commit crimes probably already have friends to play games with. They don't need police officers to frag.
The kids in TFA are probably lonely (that's one of the big causes for gang involvement), and they need an outlet.
"Idle hands are the devil's work". Surprise: giving kids something to do keeps them from coming up with things to do (crimes).
Maybe Im just too oldschool I guess, I miss the days of when you died it really ment you where dead, your body was looted and you started from scratch.
Old school hardcode people liked that, yes - and they complain constantly about WoW. They still play, though. Do you complain that everyone has the same weapons/levels in Counterstrike or Warcraft 3?
Other people, like myself, never played any of the other MMORPGs precisely because they were so hardcore. I didn't want to be uber, I just wanted to have a fun game to play. Guess where most of WoW's population comes from?
"Actually, I'm not overlooking it...I'm counting on all that to be worked out."
That was the only relevant part of your response to the discussion of warrantless searches, which I'm still trying to understand. You agree that warrants should be required? Or does "worked out" mean that some legal explanation for warrantless searches will be found and accepted?
The rest was us vs. them style ranting. Both Republicans and Democrats do it, and it's bad. However true your facts may be, the point that the other guys are worse does nothing to help America.
BOTH SIDES HAVE BAD APPLES - instead of arguing that theirs are worse, how about we purge bad apples from both sides. How about we agree on what we can, and argue the merits and benefits on other things - instead of arguing the other side sucks.
Please go watch John Stewart (from the Daily Show) and Carlson Tucker (from Crossfire):
I wonder how Ernie would feel if someone purchased his phone records and found out who his client is? Since he is aware that phone records are for sale, isn't his statement the same thing as releasing his client's name and identifying her husband? If that is the case, it seems like she (or her husband) could sue the living daylights out of him.
Sprint PCS' Vision service is unlimited use of the web on your handheld.
And your laptop if you buy the data cable. Works just like a modem.
Then, if you're really cool, you can share that connection over your wireless, so the two other laptops in the truck can be on the net at the same time while you drive 8 hours to Florida.:)
For that configuration of robot, either it moves real slow, or if they've geared it to move quickly then it has no force behind it.
You simply can't have high force and high speed that matches what a human can do in that size of a robot with motors of today.
You're arguing a different point. Did you miss the part where he said solenoid? No motor, no gears. High speed, high force.
The downside? High energy cost.
What university is this that doesn't require insurance as a condition of enrollment?
Every university that I know of. Why would a university care whether you have health insurance? Should they also check if you have on clean underwear and brushed your teeth?
And don't pull any of that interstate commerce crap. Interstate commerce was not an all-encompassing blanket in 1776. It had a very specific meaning which was apparently obvious at that time. It'd be absurd to argue that the authors really left a backdoor open that wide. I don't know exactly what the meaning of 1776 "interstate commerce" was but I've a notion that it had to do with formalized business shipping--probably authenticated by a formally incorporated business.
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So you agree, and further point out that Clinton can also be compared to Hitler?
Saying that the USA has an "international monopoly on violence for the last 60 years" is ridiculous.
Sudan
Eritrea vs. Ethiopia
China vs. Tibet
India vs. Pakistan
N. Korea vs. S. Korea
Indonesian vs E. Timor
Russia vs. Chechnya
Ecuador vs. Peru
UK vs. Argentina
These are just off the top of my head, all active in the past decade, and have nothing to do with the USA.. in fact the USA has been yelled at for not getting involved in some of these fights.
By the way, repeating "this is true" doesn't make it so. You'd make a more persuasive argument if you had some sort of facts, not just empty rhetoric.
>o how does this work out where every post I make as "anonymous coward" gets a 0 score and yet even the most basic comment (usefull or not) from any registered user gets at least a score of 2? Do all you registered /. users just use your points to vote for your own posts or what?!? ;)
ACs post at 0. Registered users post at 1. Users with high karma post at 2. The comment is then moderated higher or lower.
"Worse is better" refers to http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
There are many sites on the internet with girls who disagree with that statement (at least on camera).
I have Speakeasy's Onelink service (DSL without phone line) in Bellsouth's territory (North Carolina). I've had it for over a year.
http://www.speakeasy.net/home/onelink/
>I think the cd levy thing is true in Canada, but I've never heard about it in the US before. Can someone provide a source?
The US has it too. "Data" CDs don't have the tax. "Music" CDs do. The difference is one bit in the header, and a few bucks at checkout time.
The name of the law taxing music CDs (and DAT tapes, etc) is AHRA - Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, an amendment to the U.S. federal Copyright Act of 1976. It's often called the "DAT tax", but it applies to music CD-Rs too.
http://drmwatch.webopedia.com/TERM/A/AHRA.html
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/facts/truth
http://www.eff.org/cafe/cafe_case_analysis.html
Not from what I heard.
http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowbilling/?id=abl 01131p
"If your subscription ends and there is no payment information listed on the account then it will become frozen and inaccessible for play. Provided that the characters do not get deleted by the account holder, we will retain all character information on our servers indefinitely."
Seems pretty clear to me - unless you yourself delete the character, they will hold on to it. Makes sense - they want you to come back.
Let's say they did allow you do download your character. You now have an XML file describing your stats, reputations, equipment, and gold. What exactly did you plan to do with this?
Thats not the point.
What is the point? I'm afraid I've missed it. Besides, even though Blizzard doesn't provide that option, a number of sites (allakazam, wowguru) exist that will let you do just that - extract your profile from the game, and save it. For example: http://www.wowguru.com/ui/48/wow-guru-data-collect ion/
>Because its slavery, you have to keep paying to keep your character. Now if you could download it and keep it when you stopped that would be something else.
WoW keeps characters indefinitely, actually. You can cancel your account, then come back a year later, and it's still there.
Let's say they did allow you do download your character. You now have an XML file describing your stats, reputations, equipment, and gold. What exactly did you plan to do with this? You can achieve the same thing by registering your profile on allakazam or wowguru.
P.S. if you are having problems with the stylesheet, you can turn on "Simple Design" and "Low Bandwidth" in the options: http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=edithome
Many office buildings pool a secretary/receptionist for this same reason.
2-3 hours at a movie = $15.
If you spend more than 3 hours having fun in a MMORPG, it's well worth the $15/month.
I don't get why people are adverse to such a small monthly fee.
Reduction of the US's consumption, sure. Reduction of the world's consuption would hurt the US. One of the dollar's strengths is that it is used as a reserve currency, because most countries only trade oil for dollars. Not Euros, not Yen, not anything else. Not even their own currency for the most part.
No more oil = considerably less demand for dollars = the US is screwed.
I'd question whether "ill-defined fingerprints" is a disability, as would the courts.
Besides..
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/q%26aeng02.htm
"In addition, an employer is not required to make an accommodation if it would impose an "undue hardship" on the operation of the employer's business."
Such as compromising security, having to redo their entire security system, etc.
"Q. Can an employer consider health and safety when deciding whether to hire an applicant or retain an employee with a disability?
A. Yes. The ADA permits employers to establish qualification standards that will exclude individuals who pose a direct threat -- i.e., a significant risk of substantial harm -- to the health or safety of the individual or of others, if that risk cannot be eliminated or reduced below the level of a oedirect threatî by reasonable accommodation."
Most aren't intentionally evil, agreed. If he works in a 15-man shop, he is indeed very valuable.
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If he works in a 80,000 person organization like I do, he will be fired for failing to comply with the security policy - regardless of whether he is able to comply.
Just ask Chuck Strickler, a welder with no remaining fingerprints.
http://www.whistlestopper.com/forum/archive/index
It is. However, the employer will most likely find it easier to replace the employee than fix the security system.
Do you wear your pants backwards or something? Because the insertion point isn't near the zipper on most people..
The kids in TFA are probably lonely (that's one of the big causes for gang involvement), and they need an outlet.
"Idle hands are the devil's work". Surprise: giving kids something to do keeps them from coming up with things to do (crimes).
Old school hardcode people liked that, yes - and they complain constantly about WoW. They still play, though. Do you complain that everyone has the same weapons/levels in Counterstrike or Warcraft 3?
Other people, like myself, never played any of the other MMORPGs precisely because they were so hardcore. I didn't want to be uber, I just wanted to have a fun game to play. Guess where most of WoW's population comes from?
Fun > a (very slim) chance at being uber
"Actually, I'm not overlooking it...I'm counting on all that to be worked out."
That was the only relevant part of your response to the discussion of warrantless searches, which I'm still trying to understand. You agree that warrants should be required? Or does "worked out" mean that some legal explanation for warrantless searches will be found and accepted?
The rest was us vs. them style ranting. Both Republicans and Democrats do it, and it's bad. However true your facts may be, the point that the other guys are worse does nothing to help America.
BOTH SIDES HAVE BAD APPLES - instead of arguing that theirs are worse, how about we purge bad apples from both sides. How about we agree on what we can, and argue the merits and benefits on other things - instead of arguing the other side sucks.
Please go watch John Stewart (from the Daily Show) and Carlson Tucker (from Crossfire):
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831
Isn't Intel in Utah? What are you talking about?
For what?
"We received an anonymous tip..." is often all the probable cause needed.
And your laptop if you buy the data cable. Works just like a modem.
Then, if you're really cool, you can share that connection over your wireless, so the two other laptops in the truck can be on the net at the same time while you drive 8 hours to Florida. :)
For that configuration of robot, either it moves real slow, or if they've geared it to move quickly then it has no force behind it.
You simply can't have high force and high speed that matches what a human can do in that size of a robot with motors of today.
You're arguing a different point. Did you miss the part where he said solenoid? No motor, no gears. High speed, high force. The downside? High energy cost.
Every university that I know of. Why would a university care whether you have health insurance? Should they also check if you have on clean underwear and brushed your teeth?
I agree with you. The Supreme Court doesn't.