Hydrogen gas (dihydrogen or molecular hydrogen) is highly flammable and will burn in air at a very wide range of concentrations between 4% and 75% by volume. Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixtures with air in the concentration range 4-74% (volume per cent of hydrogen in air) and with chlorine in the range 5-95%. The mixtures spontaneously detonate by spark, heat or sunlight.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen
I'm still waiting for my glass tires, crystal shock absorbers, and Pyrex (R) leaf springs. Since nobody else seems to be doing it, I'm crossing my finger that Apple starts making cars.
Ultimately, copying someone else's IP, to which you have no rights, means someone didn't get paid. Period.
True, but there are plenty of things I don't get paid for. Most things, in fact. I don't get paid whenever someone giggles. Don't get me wrong, I'd very much like to, but nobody's propping up my business model.
Of course that's an extreme example, but I also don't get paid every time someone sets foot on my property. The only thing I can do about it is tell them to leave, and if they comply, then they haven't broken the law. (YMMV.) I also don't get paid every time someone executes a program I wrote, nor does my boss, or my company. We'd like to, of course, but it's not a viable business model right now, and probably never will be.
In the same way, charging money for copies is becoming less and less viable as a business model. Does that mean content creation is becoming less viable? Maybe, but probably not.
And if you copied it, you have assigned some value to it. Period.
Yes, but you're conveniently ignoring the fact that the value I've assigned is zero.
Not really; it just made them compete on even footing with places that didn't have free labor. Regardless, the point is.. things have been worse, and a little perspective is in order.
It's not really that cut and dry. Text versus intent is one of the most hotly debated legal topics among people who care about that sort of thing, namely the SCOTUS and legal scholars. I'd even go so far as to say it's something a great deal more people *should* care about, because it directly affects our lives in as many ways as there are laws.
but then I'd have to start buying birthday cards again. It's finally socially acceptable for me to put in the actual amount of effort I feel is appropriate to celebrate the day someone came out of someone else, and I'm not throwing that away without a damn good reason.
Removing someone from your Facebook friends is akin to cutting off your head. Brilliant.
Uh, no.. remember those "A is to B" as "X is to Y" questions? Comparing A to X is irrelevant without factoring in B and Y. "2 is to 3" as "100 is to 150". Nobody's saying 2 is like 100.
That said, I agree that removing someone from FB friends is not quite as disproportionate a response as the author seems to believe.
Meh.. only in sheer dollars unadjusted for either inflation or GDP. That's like saying hard drive prices keep going up without considering that cost per byte is falling at a much faster rate. I'm no fan of GWB or our current economic condition, and the fact that it is *truly* the second worst in our short history means there's really no reason to resort to hyperbole.
Still, we have definitely been through *much* worse as a country, including obviously the Great Depression, but let's not forget that little thing called the Civil War either, from which many of the southern states have never fully recovered.
The problem, you see, is that with most carriers in the US, you pay the same price whether or not you get a phone with your plan, and those that do typically don't offer enough of a discount to make up the $500+ price difference in 2 years. So, since you're paying the same rate (or close to it), it only makes sense to get a subsidized phone. The *only* advantage to BYOP, for most people, is a month-to-month plan instead of a 2 year obligation... but most people don't switch carriers very often, so it's a moot point.
Any other requests? I can also transform ordinary tap water into an exquisite crystalline matrix using nothing more than common household items and/or wintertime!
The only concern, is that you need a video card capable of dual-link dvi output
The only one, yes. That 30" displays cost 4-6x as much for 20% more viewable area than a 27" is basically irrelevant. But hey.. make sure your video card was manufactured after 1999.
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I'm typing this post while driving up I-95
I don't think sitting in a parking lot is technically driving.
Astute observations, but the GP was discussing the peach prize, and I have to agree with him -- it's the pits.
Hydrogen gas (dihydrogen or molecular hydrogen) is highly flammable and will burn in air at a very wide range of concentrations between 4% and 75% by volume. Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixtures with air in the concentration range 4-74% (volume per cent of hydrogen in air) and with chlorine in the range 5-95%. The mixtures spontaneously detonate by spark, heat or sunlight. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen
Uh, yeah.. far less risky.
In any case, replacing the back panel is trivial.
I'd actually suggest removing the case first.
I'm still waiting for my glass tires, crystal shock absorbers, and Pyrex (R) leaf springs. Since nobody else seems to be doing it, I'm crossing my finger that Apple starts making cars.
France will once again become the world's foreskin.
Ah hav feecks zat far yew!
Ultimately, copying someone else's IP, to which you have no rights, means someone didn't get paid. Period.
True, but there are plenty of things I don't get paid for. Most things, in fact. I don't get paid whenever someone giggles. Don't get me wrong, I'd very much like to, but nobody's propping up my business model.
Of course that's an extreme example, but I also don't get paid every time someone sets foot on my property. The only thing I can do about it is tell them to leave, and if they comply, then they haven't broken the law. (YMMV.) I also don't get paid every time someone executes a program I wrote, nor does my boss, or my company. We'd like to, of course, but it's not a viable business model right now, and probably never will be.
In the same way, charging money for copies is becoming less and less viable as a business model. Does that mean content creation is becoming less viable? Maybe, but probably not.
And if you copied it, you have assigned some value to it. Period.
Yes, but you're conveniently ignoring the fact that the value I've assigned is zero.
Not really; it just made them compete on even footing with places that didn't have free labor. Regardless, the point is.. things have been worse, and a little perspective is in order.
"Ken Cuccinelli seems determined to embarrass Virginia"
You can't embarrass someone when they have no shame.
Long or short?
It's not really that cut and dry. Text versus intent is one of the most hotly debated legal topics among people who care about that sort of thing, namely the SCOTUS and legal scholars. I'd even go so far as to say it's something a great deal more people *should* care about, because it directly affects our lives in as many ways as there are laws.
I would quit...
but then I'd have to start buying birthday cards again. It's finally socially acceptable for me to put in the actual amount of effort I feel is appropriate to celebrate the day someone came out of someone else, and I'm not throwing that away without a damn good reason.
Removing someone from your Facebook friends is akin to cutting off your head. Brilliant.
Uh, no.. remember those "A is to B" as "X is to Y" questions? Comparing A to X is irrelevant without factoring in B and Y. "2 is to 3" as "100 is to 150". Nobody's saying 2 is like 100.
That said, I agree that removing someone from FB friends is not quite as disproportionate a response as the author seems to believe.
Indeed. If only they had some sort of tracking device...
My concern isn't so much flat pay - I have more money than I know what to do with - but flat technology.
In that case, and since I have the opposite problem, I'd be happy to trade jobs with you.
I think your sig's a letter.
the deepest hole we've ever been in.
Meh.. only in sheer dollars unadjusted for either inflation or GDP. That's like saying hard drive prices keep going up without considering that cost per byte is falling at a much faster rate. I'm no fan of GWB or our current economic condition, and the fact that it is *truly* the second worst in our short history means there's really no reason to resort to hyperbole.
Still, we have definitely been through *much* worse as a country, including obviously the Great Depression, but let's not forget that little thing called the Civil War either, from which many of the southern states have never fully recovered.
0.2 million? I see what you did there, but don't quite get why you stopped at million when you could have used 2E-7 trillion!
About 0.9% less as of today, but thanks for playing.
I'm glad you're happy with your 27"
I'm happy with my 21"; I was just comparing the next smallest size down which is a fraction of the price of a 30"
That 27" is displaying 2,304,000 pixels. The 30" displays 4,096,000 pixels. That's about 78% more screen real estate.
Thanks for illustrating my point. 2x27" for half the price gives you more pixels, more viewable area, and the benefits of dual display. Win-win-win.
I'm also still enjoying my $250 Klipsch Promedia v2.400 speakers I bought some 10 years ago -- probably the best computer purchase I've ever made.
And I sold mine to some putz on eBay who thought they actually lived up to the hype.
The problem, you see, is that with most carriers in the US, you pay the same price whether or not you get a phone with your plan, and those that do typically don't offer enough of a discount to make up the $500+ price difference in 2 years. So, since you're paying the same rate (or close to it), it only makes sense to get a subsidized phone. The *only* advantage to BYOP, for most people, is a month-to-month plan instead of a 2 year obligation... but most people don't switch carriers very often, so it's a moot point.
show me anything under 20in with more than 1k vertical?
Okay...
Any other requests? I can also transform ordinary tap water into an exquisite crystalline matrix using nothing more than common household items and/or wintertime!
The only concern, is that you need a video card capable of dual-link dvi output
The only one, yes. That 30" displays cost 4-6x as much for 20% more viewable area than a 27" is basically irrelevant. But hey.. make sure your video card was manufactured after 1999.
Ballmer Promises Microsoft Tablet By Christmas; Chairs by New Years.
Nokia and Kodak(?!?!) are basically suing everybody while Motorola and Sharp(?!?! again) are taking it in all holes.