Um, no... You are paying a monthly fee to your cable/sat provider for the line going to your house, the maintenance of lines between their office and your hookup, and their big dishes to get the programming to feed to you in the first place.
The commercials you watch pay for the programming that you view.
Unless of course you are getting a premium channel that you pay extra for, such as HBO, then you are paying extra for the priveledge of not having to watch any commercials.
This is akin to saying "I'm already paying a monthly fee for my internet access. Why should I have to view ads on websites? All those companies should make all that content available absolutely free even if they have to lose money in doing so."
If advertisers realize that no one is watching their ads, then they'll stop paying premium prices for airtime. Less cash flowing in means that some new shows may never get the funding to see the light of day. Shows that may have eventually done well on their own.
That might have something to do with this earlier story which discussed the "bathtub" that was built to keep the Hudson River out of the basement. They are concerned that the wall might be damaged and that if the debris is removed, it might give way and flood the site, not to mention the tunnels and everything else underground there.
If you're looking for another review that doesn't involve Force.net drool, here's one from The Digital Bits which has a lot of the same information, but some different criticisms.
Don't get me wrong- I'm not saying Lego would be right to do this, but that's not to say that they don't have a valid complaint.
This is the whole point of the discussion. They are well within their rights to sue. And if they do, they will win. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see this happen as much as you don't, but if the makers of LegOS don't give a little and at least change their name, I won't criticize Lego at all for pursuing this.
...if they can get rid of the pirate hacker stigma, kind of like what MP3 has to overcome. I think that a big step would be to change the name. When I hear DivX, I think of two things, actually. A pirate video format, and a failed marketing experiment by the fine folks at Circus City.
Well, this surely sheds a little more light on the Battlebots situation. The NFL analogy is a good one. CBS and Fox have no rights to the NFL name. They only pay $100's of millions for the right to broadcast the games. So it's not Comedy Central that is not suing the kid, but the owner of the Battlebots properties.
Who registered his trademark long before the battlebots.org name was registered.
I think the kid would be better off taking his $70 for the domain transfer and cutting his losses now...
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...is it a little more accessible to Mac users? I realize the software is Win only, but now that I can plug the IR unit directly into my Mac without the need for an adaptor, can I run the software from VirtualPC and send commands to the model?
If so, I'm there!
I'm trying to convince my wife that I need a set so that I can hone up on my Lego skills for when my son is ready for them.
Since he's only six days old, I'm not sure she's buying it...
This sounds like the signs that pop up at Great America every now and then. Saying something like "Filming is being conducted in the park today. Purchase of your park ticket indicates your consent to appear, uncompensated, in promotional materials. If you do not wish to be filmed, do not remain in the area." If you don't like it, then stay away!
Anyhoo, I'm having difficulty focusing in on the fine line between this, and having live people monitoring hidden cameras or undercover security wandering the store looking for shoplifters.
Personally, I think having undercover security alerted to your presence by computer is less of a "human rights violation" than getting "profiled" by undercover security, then getting followed around just because you "look" like a criminal.
Did you actually read the article? It mentions that the atmosphere of Mars is similar to that of Earth's at 100,000 feet. It NASA can successfully get a plane to fly at that altitude, then it may b possible to use such a plane during a Mars mission.
I'm not a physicist, however. Is there enough sunlight available on Mars to keep this thing powered?
Without wanting to offend the PETA people, the thing that they are concerned about is that they are human embryos, and this is an extension of the whole abortion issue of "is it really a human life before it is born?" or not.
There's really no debate about animal use other than the cruelty issue, which I don't think this covers.
It seems that the Democrats really want this to happen. I suppose that if I were them, I'd just sit back for the next three years while scientists work on the sixty cell lines that are available. Then, if they are able to get their own person in there in 2004, they will just re-open the issue and allow the use of the 100,000 other frozen embryos available.
Perhaps they are already, but if the Republicans in general are opposed to destroying new embryos because they have the "potential for life," then why aren't they calling for the unfreezing and implanting of those embryos to allow them to continue on their way? Not to mention a ban on creating more embryos?
There's one obvious solution to this problem:
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f| Pre-Purchase your copy of Windows XP Today! |p
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s| - - - - http://www.microsoft.com/ - - - - - |k
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and you won't have to look at them again!
What happens to the balloon? Given the sudden enormous thrust coming from those rockets ("0 to full thrust in less than 100 milliseconds"), I can't imagine anyone else being up there to guide the balloon down.
That is, assuming the balloon survives the launch at all.
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So now I wonder if I can qualify for benefits under the American Disabilities Act if I claim that I'm suffering from Rhinotillexomania?
Not a problem? Click here if you're using IE5 for 10.1 and see what happens. Then tell me it isn't a problem.
Actually, I turned these off, and files are still decoded automagically by Expander, but no launching afterwards.
What, like gasoline?
Um, no... You are paying a monthly fee to your cable/sat provider for the line going to your house, the maintenance of lines between their office and your hookup, and their big dishes to get the programming to feed to you in the first place. The commercials you watch pay for the programming that you view. Unless of course you are getting a premium channel that you pay extra for, such as HBO, then you are paying extra for the priveledge of not having to watch any commercials. This is akin to saying "I'm already paying a monthly fee for my internet access. Why should I have to view ads on websites? All those companies should make all that content available absolutely free even if they have to lose money in doing so." If advertisers realize that no one is watching their ads, then they'll stop paying premium prices for airtime. Less cash flowing in means that some new shows may never get the funding to see the light of day. Shows that may have eventually done well on their own.
That might have something to do with this earlier story which discussed the "bathtub" that was built to keep the Hudson River out of the basement. They are concerned that the wall might be damaged and that if the debris is removed, it might give way and flood the site, not to mention the tunnels and everything else underground there.
If you're looking for another review that doesn't involve Force.net drool, here's one from The Digital Bits which has a lot of the same information, but some different criticisms.
2 Ghz of PPC goodness. Ahhh. Now, to start figuring out how to convince my wife why I need one...
Wanted: Someone to stand below power generating turbines with a large net to catch Pidgeon McNuggets as they fall to the sidewalk below.
Don't get me wrong- I'm not saying Lego would be right to do this, but that's not to say that they don't have a valid complaint. This is the whole point of the discussion. They are well within their rights to sue. And if they do, they will win. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to see this happen as much as you don't, but if the makers of LegOS don't give a little and at least change their name, I won't criticize Lego at all for pursuing this.
...if they can get rid of the pirate hacker stigma, kind of like what MP3 has to overcome. I think that a big step would be to change the name. When I hear DivX, I think of two things, actually. A pirate video format, and a failed marketing experiment by the fine folks at Circus City.
Except wouldn't you build up a tolerance to the caffeine in the patch over time? You'd have to add more and more patches to keep up!
Well, this surely sheds a little more light on the Battlebots situation. The NFL analogy is a good one. CBS and Fox have no rights to the NFL name. They only pay $100's of millions for the right to broadcast the games. So it's not Comedy Central that is not suing the kid, but the owner of the Battlebots properties. Who registered his trademark long before the battlebots.org name was registered. I think the kid would be better off taking his $70 for the domain transfer and cutting his losses now...
How about "Hewlett Compaqard"?
...is it a little more accessible to Mac users? I realize the software is Win only, but now that I can plug the IR unit directly into my Mac without the need for an adaptor, can I run the software from VirtualPC and send commands to the model? If so, I'm there! I'm trying to convince my wife that I need a set so that I can hone up on my Lego skills for when my son is ready for them. Since he's only six days old, I'm not sure she's buying it...
This sounds like the signs that pop up at Great America every now and then. Saying something like "Filming is being conducted in the park today. Purchase of your park ticket indicates your consent to appear, uncompensated, in promotional materials. If you do not wish to be filmed, do not remain in the area." If you don't like it, then stay away! Anyhoo, I'm having difficulty focusing in on the fine line between this, and having live people monitoring hidden cameras or undercover security wandering the store looking for shoplifters. Personally, I think having undercover security alerted to your presence by computer is less of a "human rights violation" than getting "profiled" by undercover security, then getting followed around just because you "look" like a criminal.
I'll be interested to see what happens to Palm's stock after this. According to this article, JLG plans on liquidating all $11 million of stock ASAP.
Did you actually read the article? It mentions that the atmosphere of Mars is similar to that of Earth's at 100,000 feet. It NASA can successfully get a plane to fly at that altitude, then it may b possible to use such a plane during a Mars mission. I'm not a physicist, however. Is there enough sunlight available on Mars to keep this thing powered?
No, don't do that... You'd contributing to this.
Know someone you want to see killed? Hire someone to hack into his new turtleneck and set the size to "Petite" and strangle him to death.
Without wanting to offend the PETA people, the thing that they are concerned about is that they are human embryos, and this is an extension of the whole abortion issue of "is it really a human life before it is born?" or not. There's really no debate about animal use other than the cruelty issue, which I don't think this covers.
It seems that the Democrats really want this to happen. I suppose that if I were them, I'd just sit back for the next three years while scientists work on the sixty cell lines that are available. Then, if they are able to get their own person in there in 2004, they will just re-open the issue and allow the use of the 100,000 other frozen embryos available. Perhaps they are already, but if the Republicans in general are opposed to destroying new embryos because they have the "potential for life," then why aren't they calling for the unfreezing and implanting of those embryos to allow them to continue on their way? Not to mention a ban on creating more embryos?
There's one obvious solution to this problem:| m
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J|HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
a| x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |d
f| Pre-Purchase your copy of Windows XP Today! |p
l| x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |,
s| - - - - http://www.microsoft.com/ - - - - - |k
w| x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x |g
m|HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
and you won't have to look at them again!
What happens to the balloon? Given the sudden enormous thrust coming from those rockets ("0 to full thrust in less than 100 milliseconds"), I can't imagine anyone else being up there to guide the balloon down. That is, assuming the balloon survives the launch at all.
...to the No Shortage of Programmers article.