It is a mountain kingdom, lots of hydro potential and very few people. Why would they want the infinite expense and risks involved with current nuclear? They can have free power without difficulty and hydro does not stop at night. It is easy for those here to say that anyone that does not want nuclear must be a crank or green but that is just stupid. I worked for BNFL and am not green (maybe a crank). I just happen to look at the whole picture without rose coloured glasses.
In Wales there are dams that were built by the Victorians and they are still good. The reactors I have worked with are not good but there is nothing you can do to stop a Magnox reactor. The British Magnox reactors are still running after their expected lifespan because no-one knows what to do with them. Trawsfynydd still consumes considerable amounts of electricity to keep it stable. The costs do not stop after the fifty years of lifespan. The costs go on and on for tens of thousands of years making them unbelievably expensive when compared to any other power source. Burning money in a generator would be cheaper.
There are better options and this decision is not the best way forward. I hope that advances will soon make Thorium into a good commercial choice. Anything but Uranium/Plutonium...
The Russians mastered the use of ground effect to fly 500 ton aircraft over the sea, beneath the radar. The ekranoplan was reaching speeds of 400 mph over sea in the middle of the last century. This is not even new technology. The Swedes were making them before the last war.
The Russians mastered the use of ground effect to fly 500 ton aircraft over the sea, beneath the radar. The ekranoplan was reaching speeds of 400 mph over sea in the middle of the last century. This is not even new technology. The Swedes were making them before the last war.
Generally, the agreement has ended when you leave and is difficult to enforce. This case has gone way out there as 'anywhere in the world' implies that American law can be imposed on the rest of the world (something that the rest of the world is getting seriously pissed off with America trying to do). If he goes to another country and works he cannot be called to an American court to answer for it. When he returns said American court may not chose to understand that he was outside their jurisdiction... but hey, judges are all old and crazy. It does not matter where it was signed, what he does in another country is not to be considered in America except in limited situations and this is not one of those.
Although I would accept this system happily, it should be made clear to the buyer that this is what they can expect. i.e. With our system you can play your game without any need to insert a CD etc. etc. on the pack. They should think more about the service that they provide the customer rather than the problems they create for the freeloaders.
Lots of people will try a cracked game in order to see if the game is worth buying. If those people get this problem without understanding why, they will decide that the game is a cheap piece of rubbish. I would not buy a game that I cannot get a good crack for to get rid of any need to insert the CD or play while on-line, so I would not buy this one.
I will not consider buying a game that I cannot get a nocd crack for. Why would I want to have to put a DVD in every time I play? As for having to play while online, there is no way I would pay for something that I cannot play when I want, and I do not always have an internet connection. It is all stupid, so yes, I know that I 'AM' driven to look at p2p games because I cannot get a playable version that I can buy.
If I put a CD into my Mac, iTunes rips it for me but Macs are in almost every film... I think that Brennan JB7 did not pay the right person enough money:-)
If he cannot get his poor little head around OSX he can always load Linux as the actual OS, he still has a great computer. He can even load *cough* windows if he wants, was he really going to buy a Lenovo and use it with the supplied OS? He did not pay the extra money for the OS, it is for the superior build quality.
The guy is writing like an authority when he obviously does not know much about what he is doing. If he has Macports he can have EMACS and if he can image, he can change his actual OS and change back when he learns why OSX is better. If he knows Linux he should already know how to mount ISO (DMG) images as file systems and put his work on the right type of file system etc. I have always liked OSX for web dev but I accept other people have other opinions and I am happy to listen to them, but his is not a valid opinion.
I doubt that they would have needed to change direction like everyone thinks. They needed to get their act together and sort out what they were doing but I think they could have aimed for the middle ground and kept a sizeable market. They still make some great dumb phones and not everyone wants a half hearted attempt at a computer weighing down their pocket. Do not get me wrong, I am happy for the/. crowd who want to have a cray in their pocket but most people out their do not see why they need so much power on a phone.
Not everyone needs or wants a touch screen but many of those want more than a dumb phone. Lots of us like a phone to be small and light which also means that it does not have a screen to browse the web on or watch HD video on. We do not need those things to make a call or listen to music on our way to work. I like to have a few extras, like good alarms and even GPS for emergencies (but google maps does not work without cell coverage so Nokia had a good system) but I will continue to use my laptop to browse the web and the TV to watch movies. This is my choice, I am not going to consider trying to convert anyone here but I know that I am not alone with this view. Since I started looking for a new phone a few months ago it has been surprising how many people have agreed with my rants and not just to shut me up. There is a good market for a small powerful phone. Nokia could have targeted that market and in the future it may grow.
It is all history now, they have cooked their goose. I think that someone will have got a good future out of this sell out but I doubt that anyone thinks it makes sense.
Have you even started to think this through? Any law that prosecutes one person for the crimes of another is madness and will do more harm to American businesses than the little gain that Microsoft will make from this. The only people that will really profit will be the lawyers (as usual). Very soon you will have lawyers searching through the records of any random company to find out who they are supplied by and they will search for an infringement without regard to whether or not there was any knowledge of said infringement. This is complete madness. How would you defend yourself against such an accusation? You cannot compel an oversees company to appear in a US court (but then neither can Microsoft). You could end up in a situation where one side bribes witnesses to appear and you cannot get a defence because they are all in India and do not want to set foot in the land of likely to be arrested even if they could get a visa.
for example in writing printer and scanner drivers,
Why not buy printers and scanners that already have drivers available then? Big saving and there is plenty of choice. They already employ someone to do the selection in the purchasing dept., that person should also keep a list of which ones are compatible.
... now I "HAVE TO" get pirated disks if I want them to work on my set up.... Great shot in the foot by Hollywould.
It is hard enough to convince people in the majority of the world that they should buy the real thing. In a lot of countries (i.e. former Soviet union) it is quite hard to get the real thing, so now they want to make it harder to use the real disks and then they will wonder why even more people buy pirate disks...
Well put. Regarding communication, I have seen so many projects get into serious trouble because an Indian team claim to fully understand the specs and produce something that does not relate to those specs but when it is delivered and the problems are brought to light, there is not enough time left... Most of the companies that I have been involved with have ended up having to send a large team of workers to relocate to India (or other) to control the projects and the costs end up higher than if the work had not been outsourced. I have trouble talking about this without sounding racist, but it seems that the Indian idea of English is a completely different language to the English that I learnt.
Nokia make good quality dumbphones that people want, people that buy Samsung may just be looking at price but many people want a good reliable phone that is for making calls. This category is the biggest market although it is not fairly represented on/. There is also the market that lies between the dumbphone and the smartphone and Nokia has that sown up. If they focus on what they are good at instead of being just another player in the mini tablet market I think they will quietly do better than all the others. Apple have had their moment and will do their best to capitalise on it and the others will swamp the market with droids. Most people that are not here on/., do not really want to carry a housebrick that can do things that they have no need for. Most people want a phone that will fit comfortably in their pocket and is only used to make calls. I am in the middle market and once the fad has worn off, I think that the middle market will grow. I may be wrong but it will always be a good market that will be left empty if Nokia leaves. Many of us do not want to pay for computer power on a phone that we do not use. I would rather spend that money on a better laptop.
Symbian is good enough for lots of people...
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I find that Symbian does all I need and I am happy with it. I do not want a pocket computer, just a phone that has a few extras. If I want more I open my laptop. I am not sure which direction I will go in next as for me, the N97 is the most suitable phone but if it has Windows stuck on it, it will not even come close to meeting my needs. I do use GPS and am often out of cell range, therefore I do not want to need Google maps etc. I can use Nokia Maps in the mountains, far from the nearest cell and it has got me out of trouble a couple of times (I am a 4x4 nut). I like good music on my phone and a backup camera, that is all. After this merger, I will probably buy a real GPS for the truck and a dumbphone. I cannot see any reason to buy a load of stuff I do not want. I think Sony sound OK for me now; good music and a decent dumbphone.
The point of this deal is that Nokia will stop making good phones and start making Winphones. I, for one, will stop buying Nokia as I do not like Winphones.
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It is a mountain kingdom, lots of hydro potential and very few people. Why would they want the infinite expense and risks involved with current nuclear? They can have free power without difficulty and hydro does not stop at night. It is easy for those here to say that anyone that does not want nuclear must be a crank or green but that is just stupid. I worked for BNFL and am not green (maybe a crank). I just happen to look at the whole picture without rose coloured glasses.
In Wales there are dams that were built by the Victorians and they are still good. The reactors I have worked with are not good but there is nothing you can do to stop a Magnox reactor. The British Magnox reactors are still running after their expected lifespan because no-one knows what to do with them. Trawsfynydd still consumes considerable amounts of electricity to keep it stable. The costs do not stop after the fifty years of lifespan. The costs go on and on for tens of thousands of years making them unbelievably expensive when compared to any other power source. Burning money in a generator would be cheaper.
There are better options and this decision is not the best way forward. I hope that advances will soon make Thorium into a good commercial choice. Anything but Uranium/Plutonium...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgtaeRZjWNc [youtube.com]
The Russians mastered the use of ground effect to fly 500 ton aircraft over the sea, beneath the radar. The ekranoplan was reaching speeds of 400 mph over sea in the middle of the last century. This is not even new technology. The Swedes were making them before the last war.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgtaeRZjWNc
The Russians mastered the use of ground effect to fly 500 ton aircraft over the sea, beneath the radar. The ekranoplan was reaching speeds of 400 mph over sea in the middle of the last century. This is not even new technology. The Swedes were making them before the last war.
I have signed several and when I left, the contract ended and I went to another company without a second thought.
Generally, the agreement has ended when you leave and is difficult to enforce. This case has gone way out there as 'anywhere in the world' implies that American law can be imposed on the rest of the world (something that the rest of the world is getting seriously pissed off with America trying to do). If he goes to another country and works he cannot be called to an American court to answer for it. When he returns said American court may not chose to understand that he was outside their jurisdiction... but hey, judges are all old and crazy. It does not matter where it was signed, what he does in another country is not to be considered in America except in limited situations and this is not one of those.
Although I would accept this system happily, it should be made clear to the buyer that this is what they can expect. i.e. With our system you can play your game without any need to insert a CD etc. etc. on the pack. They should think more about the service that they provide the customer rather than the problems they create for the freeloaders.
Stunning police work took 6 days to arrest him...
Lots of people will try a cracked game in order to see if the game is worth buying. If those people get this problem without understanding why, they will decide that the game is a cheap piece of rubbish. I would not buy a game that I cannot get a good crack for to get rid of any need to insert the CD or play while on-line, so I would not buy this one.
They already are in Canada - http://www.amazon.ca/
but tax will still be charged when the goods enter the US. You will not have to pay the Ca. tax though.
I will not consider buying a game that I cannot get a nocd crack for. Why would I want to have to put a DVD in every time I play? As for having to play while online, there is no way I would pay for something that I cannot play when I want, and I do not always have an internet connection. It is all stupid, so yes, I know that I 'AM' driven to look at p2p games because I cannot get a playable version that I can buy.
"The most likely reason your name will be added to a registry of sexual offenders is a long history of violence against women and children."
or that you had a piss in a public place while drunk. Do not think that these rules and laws are ever used fairly.
If I put a CD into my Mac, iTunes rips it for me but Macs are in almost every film... I think that Brennan JB7 did not pay the right person enough money :-)
Did you look at his web site? He could have developed that on a Commodore 64 :-)
http://xkcd.com/378/
If he cannot get his poor little head around OSX he can always load Linux as the actual OS, he still has a great computer. He can even load *cough* windows if he wants, was he really going to buy a Lenovo and use it with the supplied OS? He did not pay the extra money for the OS, it is for the superior build quality.
The guy is writing like an authority when he obviously does not know much about what he is doing. If he has Macports he can have EMACS and if he can image, he can change his actual OS and change back when he learns why OSX is better. If he knows Linux he should already know how to mount ISO (DMG) images as file systems and put his work on the right type of file system etc. I have always liked OSX for web dev but I accept other people have other opinions and I am happy to listen to them, but his is not a valid opinion.
I doubt that they would have needed to change direction like everyone thinks. They needed to get their act together and sort out what they were doing but I think they could have aimed for the middle ground and kept a sizeable market. They still make some great dumb phones and not everyone wants a half hearted attempt at a computer weighing down their pocket. Do not get me wrong, I am happy for the /. crowd who want to have a cray in their pocket but most people out their do not see why they need so much power on a phone.
Not everyone needs or wants a touch screen but many of those want more than a dumb phone. Lots of us like a phone to be small and light which also means that it does not have a screen to browse the web on or watch HD video on. We do not need those things to make a call or listen to music on our way to work. I like to have a few extras, like good alarms and even GPS for emergencies (but google maps does not work without cell coverage so Nokia had a good system) but I will continue to use my laptop to browse the web and the TV to watch movies. This is my choice, I am not going to consider trying to convert anyone here but I know that I am not alone with this view. Since I started looking for a new phone a few months ago it has been surprising how many people have agreed with my rants and not just to shut me up. There is a good market for a small powerful phone. Nokia could have targeted that market and in the future it may grow.
It is all history now, they have cooked their goose. I think that someone will have got a good future out of this sell out but I doubt that anyone thinks it makes sense.
Have you even started to think this through? Any law that prosecutes one person for the crimes of another is madness and will do more harm to American businesses than the little gain that Microsoft will make from this. The only people that will really profit will be the lawyers (as usual). Very soon you will have lawyers searching through the records of any random company to find out who they are supplied by and they will search for an infringement without regard to whether or not there was any knowledge of said infringement. This is complete madness. How would you defend yourself against such an accusation? You cannot compel an oversees company to appear in a US court (but then neither can Microsoft). You could end up in a situation where one side bribes witnesses to appear and you cannot get a defence because they are all in India and do not want to set foot in the land of likely to be arrested even if they could get a visa.
I always use 1-1-1980, the date that BIOS used to reset to when the battery went flat on a motherboard.
sorry, which century are you from?
for example in writing printer and scanner drivers,
Why not buy printers and scanners that already have drivers available then? Big saving and there is plenty of choice. They already employ someone to do the selection in the purchasing dept., that person should also keep a list of which ones are compatible.
... I will be busy building a new wooden fence around my property to keep out flies. I think that I will be about as successful ...
... now I "HAVE TO" get pirated disks if I want them to work on my set up.... Great shot in the foot by Hollywould.
It is hard enough to convince people in the majority of the world that they should buy the real thing. In a lot of countries (i.e. former Soviet union) it is quite hard to get the real thing, so now they want to make it harder to use the real disks and then they will wonder why even more people buy pirate disks...
Well put. Regarding communication, I have seen so many projects get into serious trouble because an Indian team claim to fully understand the specs and produce something that does not relate to those specs but when it is delivered and the problems are brought to light, there is not enough time left ... Most of the companies that I have been involved with have ended up having to send a large team of workers to relocate to India (or other) to control the projects and the costs end up higher than if the work had not been outsourced. I have trouble talking about this without sounding racist, but it seems that the Indian idea of English is a completely different language to the English that I learnt.
Nokia make good quality dumbphones that people want, people that buy Samsung may just be looking at price but many people want a good reliable phone that is for making calls. This category is the biggest market although it is not fairly represented on /. There is also the market that lies between the dumbphone and the smartphone and Nokia has that sown up. If they focus on what they are good at instead of being just another player in the mini tablet market I think they will quietly do better than all the others. Apple have had their moment and will do their best to capitalise on it and the others will swamp the market with droids. Most people that are not here on /., do not really want to carry a housebrick that can do things that they have no need for. Most people want a phone that will fit comfortably in their pocket and is only used to make calls. I am in the middle market and once the fad has worn off, I think that the middle market will grow. I may be wrong but it will always be a good market that will be left empty if Nokia leaves. Many of us do not want to pay for computer power on a phone that we do not use. I would rather spend that money on a better laptop.
I find that Symbian does all I need and I am happy with it. I do not want a pocket computer, just a phone that has a few extras. If I want more I open my laptop. I am not sure which direction I will go in next as for me, the N97 is the most suitable phone but if it has Windows stuck on it, it will not even come close to meeting my needs. I do use GPS and am often out of cell range, therefore I do not want to need Google maps etc. I can use Nokia Maps in the mountains, far from the nearest cell and it has got me out of trouble a couple of times (I am a 4x4 nut). I like good music on my phone and a backup camera, that is all. After this merger, I will probably buy a real GPS for the truck and a dumbphone. I cannot see any reason to buy a load of stuff I do not want. I think Sony sound OK for me now; good music and a decent dumbphone.
The point of this deal is that Nokia will stop making good phones and start making Winphones. I, for one, will stop buying Nokia as I do not like Winphones.