They may not be uncomfortable anymore, but there will still be enough stupid people to fuck things up. There will still be a large number of people who do not have the mentality to learn how and why a gadget works and just want it to work with a minimum of effort on their part.
I'm pretty sure it's a flat fee for the copyright owner. And it goes to SOCAN which distributes it to labels, artists, and composers based on an extremely complicated formula which favours bands on commercial radio stations.
All of my entertainment centre devices have a whole bunch of cables hanging out behind them. Do you have some kind of wireless devices or something? I've got 3 kinds of cables for sound (speaker cable, rca cables, coax), 3 kinds of cables for video (rca, svideo, component), and one that carries both (coax).
You can't feed yourself on $2400/month? Granted you won't be living the high life, but I know quite a few people who live off less than $1600 CDN/month.
I've never seen one of those (I'm also in Ontario). I vote in a very small town though so there's probably no need. Only a thousand or so voters at my local polling station. If that many.
What the hell is with the current american voting machines? Why is a machine with buttons or levers and a hole punch needed? The ballots where I live are nice and straightforward. They look a bit like this:
O Candidate 1 Party Name O Candidate 2 Party Name O Candidate 3 Party Name O Candidate 4 Party Name O Candidate 5 Party Name
To make your vote count, you must perform the extrememly complicated task of marking the circle next to their name. Large signs demonstrate the preferred "X" in the circle method, but apparently a checkmark is also fine. Pencils are provided. The ballots are put in a box by the voter and are counted by hand when the polls close. I hope this system stays the same.
I'd imagine that even the newest of AOL users would still be able to type in www.amazon.com in thier web browser
You'd think that, but you'd be underestimating the stupidity of an AOL user. Based on the users which have switched from AOL to an ISP I support, if they have the motor control to double-click a mouse 50% of the time they try, they deserve a gold star. This is what happens if you try to get them to find a web browser.
Me: You have to open a web browser Them: Uh, what's that? Me: The program you use to look at web pages. Them: (silence) Me: Ok, are you on your desktop? Them: My what? Me: The place with a bunch of ico..pictures that you click on to do stuff. Them: Oooooh. Ok. Yup. Me: Double-click on the Internet Explorer icon. Them: (instantly, without looking) I don't see it. Me: Do you see a big blue E? Double-click the big blue E. Them: (27 clicks later). Hey. I thought I was with (name of ISP), not MSN. Me: That's just the default page that IE brings up. Type the address of a webpage in the address bar. Them: Where's that? Me: A white box near the top of the screen. It probably says msn.com in it right now. Them: But I don't want to be with MSN! Me: (hangs up)
Maybe I'm missing something but I watched the original version just after reading the book. Perhaps I wasn't paying close enough attention to the movie, but I thought it was a steaming pile of shit. Even having recently read the book, I still didn't know what the fuck was going on.
Now watching the miniseries version, I knew what was going on. The true test was the second miniseries. I still haven't gotten around to reading past the first book so I didn't really know the plot at all. But it was laid out clearly enough that I knew what was happening.
What was it about the original movie version that was so good and what was it about the miniseries that was so bad?
I prefer games RPGs where you go out and slaughter demi-human races and accept without question that they every "thing" you are killing is evil and where the ends justify the means
I've been playing Secret of Mana the last couple of days and I keep asking myself, why do I have to kill the things that look like rabbits? I mean, they keep trying to attack me, but they look like cute little bunnys. Come to think of it, most of the enemies I've seen so far have been wildlife of some sort. Why must I be forced to kill the creatures of the forest? Why Squaresoft? Why?
Wait. So if he hadn't killed an FBI employee, he wouldn't be up for the death penalty? Even though he killed quite a few other people? Silly Americans, if you're going to have a death penalty, at least be consistent.
Your cable company has inflated the price of transferring a gigabyte to discourage people from using their cable modems the way they advertise them. Unless they're getting a really bad deal from their upstream provider, they probably pay less than $2/gig. More like $0.50 to $1
Not only is Chapters a crappy Canadian chain, it's the only bookstore chain in Canada. Well, technically Indigo books is the parent company, but they own all the bookstore chains now. The other major chains (Smithbooks and Coles) are also owned by Indigo. So your choices for buying books in Canada are:
- a chain owned by Indigo - an independant bookstore - a department store that sells books (Walmart, Zellers) - amazon.ca and other online booksellers
He probably had something to prove. I found that the small kids in school were the most likely to pick fights. If they managed to win, it would be something to brag about and earn respect (in their minds).
Unless someone is a bully, they probably aren't going to pick on someone smaller than themselves. They'll go for someone at least a little bigger than themselves.
One thing that keeps bugging me is attacks against soldiers, military bases, and military equipment being called terrorist attacks. Wouldn't attacking military targets be the exact opposite of a terrorist attack? Terrorist groups believe they are fighting a war. In war, you attack soldiers and other military assets.
A terrorist attack involves targetting civilians as your main target.
Hitting an office building with a plane == terrorist attack Killing soldiers who are invading your country != terrorist attack
RECEPTIONS, CONVENTIONS, ASSEMBLIES AND FASHION SHOWS (in 1997 and 1998)
For a licence to perform, at any time and as often as desired in 1997 and 1998, any or all of the works in SOCAN?s repertoire, at receptions, conventions, assemblies and fashion shows, where the performances have not been contracted for by a licensee of SOCAN, the operator of the premises shall pay in advance for each event at such reception, convention or assembly or for each day on which such fashion show is held, as follows:
Without dancing $28.75 With dancing $57.55
It's because music is being publically performed. I have no idea why it costs more if people are dancing either. SOCAN is The Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada, so yes, the labels are probably going to end up with the bulk of that cash.
Ah, I see what you mean. I thought you meant the car being driven was saving wear-and-tear. You're right, shared equally between members of a carpool, the cars will last longer and have less km/miles driven on them.
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They may not be uncomfortable anymore, but there will still be enough stupid people to fuck things up. There will still be a large number of people who do not have the mentality to learn how and why a gadget works and just want it to work with a minimum of effort on their part.
I have a DVD player with DVI out. The fan is a little noisy and the case is kind of ugly. Also I don't have anything with DVI in.
I'm pretty sure it's a flat fee for the copyright owner. And it goes to SOCAN which distributes it to labels, artists, and composers based on an extremely complicated formula which favours bands on commercial radio stations.
I had one of the space shuttle kits. The engines were their own pieces. Man, you could put those on any vehicle you made and it would be cooler.
You made a motorhome? Here, put these on the back of it. Now it's the motorhome from Spaceballs.
You want to build racecars? Well my racecar has shuttle engines on the back. It's way faster than yours.
Lego was fun stuff.
No, some people own parrots and aren't pirates at all, so there goes that too.
That's just what they want you to think.
All of my entertainment centre devices have a whole bunch of cables hanging out behind them. Do you have some kind of wireless devices or something? I've got 3 kinds of cables for sound (speaker cable, rca cables, coax), 3 kinds of cables for video (rca, svideo, component), and one that carries both (coax).
You can't feed yourself on $2400/month? Granted you won't be living the high life, but I know quite a few people who live off less than $1600 CDN /month.
Interstate Commerce. If you're in Michigan and your signal doesn't reach Canada
Canada's a state now? I wish someone would have let us vote on it.
I've never seen one of those (I'm also in Ontario). I vote in a very small town though so there's probably no need. Only a thousand or so voters at my local polling station. If that many.
Who needs real life when you have Real Life? And no, I don't have anything to do with it, I just like the comic.
Only if he weighs the same as a wooden duck.
What the hell is with the current american voting machines? Why is a machine with buttons or levers and a hole punch needed? The ballots where I live are nice and straightforward. They look a bit like this:
O Candidate 1 Party Name
O Candidate 2 Party Name
O Candidate 3 Party Name
O Candidate 4 Party Name
O Candidate 5 Party Name
To make your vote count, you must perform the extrememly complicated task of marking the circle next to their name. Large signs demonstrate the preferred "X" in the circle method, but apparently a checkmark is also fine. Pencils are provided. The ballots are put in a box by the voter and are counted by hand when the polls close. I hope this system stays the same.
I'd imagine that even the newest of AOL users would still be able to type in www.amazon.com in thier web browser
You'd think that, but you'd be underestimating the stupidity of an AOL user. Based on the users which have switched from AOL to an ISP I support, if they have the motor control to double-click a mouse 50% of the time they try, they deserve a gold star. This is what happens if you try to get them to find a web browser.
Me: You have to open a web browser
Them: Uh, what's that?
Me: The program you use to look at web pages.
Them: (silence)
Me: Ok, are you on your desktop?
Them: My what?
Me: The place with a bunch of ico..pictures that you click on to do stuff.
Them: Oooooh. Ok. Yup.
Me: Double-click on the Internet Explorer icon.
Them: (instantly, without looking) I don't see it.
Me: Do you see a big blue E? Double-click the big blue E.
Them: (27 clicks later). Hey. I thought I was with (name of ISP), not MSN.
Me: That's just the default page that IE brings up. Type the address of a webpage in the address bar.
Them: Where's that?
Me: A white box near the top of the screen. It probably says msn.com in it right now.
Them: But I don't want to be with MSN!
Me: (hangs up)
Maybe I'm missing something but I watched the original version just after reading the book. Perhaps I wasn't paying close enough attention to the movie, but I thought it was a steaming pile of shit. Even having recently read the book, I still didn't know what the fuck was going on.
Now watching the miniseries version, I knew what was going on. The true test was the second miniseries. I still haven't gotten around to reading past the first book so I didn't really know the plot at all. But it was laid out clearly enough that I knew what was happening.
What was it about the original movie version that was so good and what was it about the miniseries that was so bad?
No wonder the Mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking Quake master. It's the physics!
Hell, I'd be happy if they knew how to right-click, read english, and listen to instructions before calling tech support.
I prefer games RPGs where you go out and slaughter demi-human races and accept without question that they every "thing" you are killing is evil and where the ends justify the means
I've been playing Secret of Mana the last couple of days and I keep asking myself, why do I have to kill the things that look like rabbits? I mean, they keep trying to attack me, but they look like cute little bunnys. Come to think of it, most of the enemies I've seen so far have been wildlife of some sort. Why must I be forced to kill the creatures of the forest? Why Squaresoft? Why?
Wait. So if he hadn't killed an FBI employee, he wouldn't be up for the death penalty? Even though he killed quite a few other people? Silly Americans, if you're going to have a death penalty, at least be consistent.
Your cable company has inflated the price of transferring a gigabyte to discourage people from using their cable modems the way they advertise them. Unless they're getting a really bad deal from their upstream provider, they probably pay less than $2/gig. More like $0.50 to $1
Not only is Chapters a crappy Canadian chain, it's the only bookstore chain in Canada. Well, technically Indigo books is the parent company, but they own all the bookstore chains now. The other major chains (Smithbooks and Coles) are also owned by Indigo. So your choices for buying books in Canada are:
- a chain owned by Indigo
- an independant bookstore
- a department store that sells books (Walmart, Zellers)
- amazon.ca and other online booksellers
why he picked the fight I don't know
He probably had something to prove. I found that the small kids in school were the most likely to pick fights. If they managed to win, it would be something to brag about and earn respect (in their minds).
Unless someone is a bully, they probably aren't going to pick on someone smaller than themselves. They'll go for someone at least a little bigger than themselves.
Of course you should buy the Geo Metro over the Corvette. Do you have any idea how much insurance is for a Corvette?
One thing that keeps bugging me is attacks against soldiers, military bases, and military equipment being called terrorist attacks. Wouldn't attacking military targets be the exact opposite of a terrorist attack? Terrorist groups believe they are fighting a war. In war, you attack soldiers and other military assets.
A terrorist attack involves targetting civilians as your main target.
Hitting an office building with a plane == terrorist attack
Killing soldiers who are invading your country != terrorist attack
It's because music is being publically performed. I have no idea why it costs more if people are dancing either. SOCAN is The Society of Composers, Authors, and Music Publishers of Canada, so yes, the labels are probably going to end up with the bulk of that cash.
Ah, I see what you mean. I thought you meant the car being driven was saving wear-and-tear. You're right, shared equally between members of a carpool, the cars will last longer and have less km/miles driven on them.