I guess this'll cut down on all those lexmark.ISO files I keep seeing on Kazaa and eDonkey. Blasted toner cartridge pirates are cutting into Lexmark's profits!
Didn't HP get sued for attempting to corner the market on toner sales? I'm pretty sure they were sued for selling 1/2 empty cartridges with their printers, but could swear they (and others) were sued for having a monopoly on toner cartridges.
I like Lexmark printers, but knowing they're chipping their carts is going to keep me from buying or recommending them to others.
I hope this gets thrown out of court and whoever passed the DMCA into being a law (so loosly written and obvious that it'd be used for the greater good of corporations) get voted out of office.
Why not just include a PSOne CPU in the PS3 as well? Heck, slap all three in there or figure out how to do emulation (if possible) within the PS3 proc for both PSOne and PS2.
Oh, I'm not down-playing the ability to play older games at all. All this does is increase the value of the PS2 console. Its just that the technology available when the PS1 games were made makes them look rather pathetic.
Then again, why would developers write for graphics that were better than what the console would handle? This blocks and upgrade path to newer games (that is, people wouldn't be forced to buy the newer, better games) if they'd even PLAY on the console to begin with.
Backwards compatible with the PSOne and PS2. Plenty of great games for those systems still out there, and I still like to play them.
Yeah, but have you seen PS1 games on a PS2 console? The graphics difference is almost as bad as that between the original Colecovision and the VGA version of Cmdr Keen.
My sister-in-law got a PS2 for Christmas. Her PS1 games spent a whopping total of 60 seconds in the console before being ripped out and replaced with Tekken 4.
The Whitehouse still has a street address -- 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Farms, etc. still have addresses. Most/all are off of FM or RR (FM = Farm to Market, RR = Ranch Road). Streets (obviously) are sectioned off into blocks. Since farmhouses arent't usually directly on the street, the mailbox placement likely determines the farmhouse's street address. Yes, farms/ranches probably have names (funny, living in Texas I've not seen many but I live in the city). Places like this still have street addresses. I imagine it has to do with property taxes, ability for postal carriers to deliver to the correct place, etc.
Mortgages vs. domain names are apples to oranges. You don't live in your domain name, you don't have your bills mailed to your domain name, you don't have utilities (water, electricity, etc) sent to your domain name. You don't store all of your personal belongings in your domain name. Yes, you "own" it for a period of time but they're nowhere near the same.
Yes, with mortgages you get a notice and a grace period. However, don't pay the mortgage long enough and the bank will repo the property. Same with the domain name -- you pay for it for a period of time. When that expires, if you don't pay it goes to someone else (or back in the pool).
Your friend that almost lost his domain - that's his fault. Its upto him to make sure that his registrar has the correct info and its upto him to keep an eye on when its about to expire. Ideally, the registrar should initiate getting the domain re-registered (and it sounds like they were trying) however, if the information is incorrect should they waste the manpower to inform him that his record is about to expire? Would he be willing to pay them for their effort? Shouldn't he be obligated to?
There's a certain school in Edinburgh, Scotland that bears my family surname. They registered the.COM and and someone in Germany registered the.ORG addresses before I got the chance to grab either.
What I'd like to know is, in a case like this: Say I registered one of these first and then they decided they wanted it. Would I have been forced to give it to them?
I'm waiting until their registration comes up for renewal and hoping one of them will conveniently forget about it.
The real question is what is abandonment, and what is a proper term to wait to see if the owner repays his/her registration fee to keep that name in the registry?
There shouldn't be a "grace period" if/when the registration expires it should go back in the pool. If someone owns a domain name and aren't responding to the emails about the upcoming expiration (I don't own a domain, but assume that the registrar sends out messages letting you know the reg is about to expire and giving you options to re-register) then why should the domain go on hold, especially if someone else is interested in purchasing it?
Abandonment should be defined as a registration that expires after repeated attempts to contact the owner for re-registration. Even if you don't do anything with a particular domain name, if you've paid for it, it should remain registered. Once that expires, put it back as available.
A "Hell Yeah" they're property. You pay money for the domain and the domain is registered in your name. It should be treated no differently than any other property. The physical property associated with the domain name is that little SERVER that's the actual target in the DNS records. While the owner of the domain doesn't actually OWN the server, this shouldn't matter. When you RENT a P.O. Box, its your property (the contents, at least and it cannot be opened without a court order) until you either turn over the keys or stop paying for it.
Actually, the dryer hose is HORRIBLE for dissipating heat. What I've read is that its actually better to use a piece of aluminum piping for venting the dryer. Just try doing that with your PC though...
Actually, I think they're stationed out of San Antonio. Living in Austin, I've not heard that they're churning out the same crappy signal to 51 stations around the US.
The radio towers in the area don't appear to be any bigger than the local-only stations as well.
Unless they're hiding them somewhere in the hill country (entirely possible).
especially considering our economic times right now we don't need 200 thousand of these people taking jobs from Americans
Amen, brother!
Let's stop exporting our tech jobs to 3rd world countries in order for some overpaid CEO/CFO/CIO/etc to fatten their already bloated compensation package.
While we're at it, we need to close immigration immediately. Allow those already in the program to finish it up and deny all others until such time as the INS gets its head out of its arse.
Mod me down as flamebait if you so desire. We need an overhaul of the INS and more border patrol added IMMEDIATELY. Stopping the INS from making any more stupid mistakes is the only way to ensure that we don't let any more terrorists or potential terrorists into the country.
Hell, while we're at it - microchip all non-citizens in the country so we can keep track of them. They're not US citizens and should't be guaranteed certain rights at the expense of the safety and welfare of those of us who are citizens...
my big questions is this: when do we see the shift from clearchannel following the market to clearchannel shaping the market to their ideas?
I imagine that this is already happening subtly. They could easily not play an artist whose image or music they find offensive or not conforming to their perception of 'family values'. Take a look at the "new" Christina Aguleria. Notice how she looks like a $2 whore now? ClearChannel could decide that, based on her current image they'd rather not play her music or allowed to perform in their venues. Since they own a boatload of channels and venues across the country she could potentially get less air time, sell less records, earn less at concerts and generally be put out of business.
Normally, this would be a good thing. However, no corporation should have that kind of power.
"Clear Channel Worldwide (Clear Channel Communications, Inc., NYSE: CCU), headquartered in San Antonio, TX, is a global leader in the out-of-home advertising industry with radio and television stations, outdoor displays, and entertainment venues in 66 countries around the world. Including announced transactions, Clear Channel operates approximately 1,225 radio and 37 television stations in the United States and has equity interests in over 240 radio stations internationally. Clear Channel also operates approximately 776,000 outdoor advertising displays, including billboards, street furniture and transit panels around the world. Clear Channel Entertainment is a leading promoter, producer and marketer of live entertainment events and also owns leading athlete management and marketing companies." (emphasis mine).
trust me on this one. yes, we do have plans to merge with at least three other companies, mostly medium-sized regional providers. what we haven't told you, however, is that this merge will allow us to provide high-end DSL service to residences across the country for less than $10 / mo.
Cool. Now get them to do away with the contracts and I'll DEFINITELY switch to DSL and tell TimeWarner to "GFY".
That is, as long as the service isn't over-sold to the point that I'd get better service slapping in a 19.2 baud modem and going back to dial-up..
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Yeah, but do you get the bitchin' Vorpal sword and the Elven cloak of Invisibility?
Do I, as your customer, get saving throws when you trash my hard drive?
Sorry.. Had to go there.
I guess this'll cut down on all those lexmark .ISO files I keep seeing on Kazaa and eDonkey. Blasted toner cartridge pirates are cutting into Lexmark's profits!
How fscking utterly asinine.
Didn't HP get sued for attempting to corner the market on toner sales? I'm pretty sure they were sued for selling 1/2 empty cartridges with their printers, but could swear they (and others) were sued for having a monopoly on toner cartridges.
I like Lexmark printers, but knowing they're chipping their carts is going to keep me from buying or recommending them to others.
I hope this gets thrown out of court and whoever passed the DMCA into being a law (so loosly written and obvious that it'd be used for the greater good of corporations) get voted out of office.
I would prefer to shoot gallons and gallons of fire hundreds of yards, but that's just me.
Yeah, but only if they're allowed to play Beavis screaming "Fire! Fire!" over a bullhorn while doing so.
That would be bitchin'!
Exactly. He taunts you with the PS5. Once you finally obtain it, he'll show you the PS9 just to start the process all over again.
:)
He's an evil bugger, ain't he?
Why not just include a PSOne CPU in the PS3 as well? Heck, slap all three in there or figure out how to do emulation (if possible) within the PS3 proc for both PSOne and PS2.
I don't know if PS2 games will play on the PSOne.
I was referring to PSOne games on the PS2.
Unfortunately, we've got at least 73 years to wait for the PS9.
By then, I'll be 103. Maybe by then they'll have figured out a way to extend our lives while keeping our faculties.
And maybe by then, I'll be able to afford a nice 1000HP V16 Cadillac.
Oh, I'm not down-playing the ability to play older games at all. All this does is increase the value of the PS2 console. Its just that the technology available when the PS1 games were made makes them look rather pathetic.
Then again, why would developers write for graphics that were better than what the console would handle? This blocks and upgrade path to newer games (that is, people wouldn't be forced to buy the newer, better games) if they'd even PLAY on the console to begin with.
Backwards compatible with the PSOne and PS2. Plenty of great games for those systems still out there, and I still like to play them.
Yeah, but have you seen PS1 games on a PS2 console? The graphics difference is almost as bad as that between the original Colecovision and the VGA version of Cmdr Keen.
My sister-in-law got a PS2 for Christmas. Her PS1 games spent a whopping total of 60 seconds in the console before being ripped out and replaced with Tekken 4.
I'll just wait until the PlayStation 9 comes out.
The Whitehouse still has a street address -- 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Farms, etc. still have addresses. Most/all are off of FM or RR (FM = Farm to Market, RR = Ranch Road). Streets (obviously) are sectioned off into blocks. Since farmhouses arent't usually directly on the street, the mailbox placement likely determines the farmhouse's street address. Yes, farms/ranches probably have names (funny, living in Texas I've not seen many but I live in the city). Places like this still have street addresses. I imagine it has to do with property taxes, ability for postal carriers to deliver to the correct place, etc.
That's just odd -- at least to Americans.
I've never seen a place that had just a name -- they've all got a street address..
Mortgages vs. domain names are apples to oranges. You don't live in your domain name, you don't have your bills mailed to your domain name, you don't have utilities (water, electricity, etc) sent to your domain name. You don't store all of your personal belongings in your domain name. Yes, you "own" it for a period of time but they're nowhere near the same.
Yes, with mortgages you get a notice and a grace period. However, don't pay the mortgage long enough and the bank will repo the property. Same with the domain name -- you pay for it for a period of time. When that expires, if you don't pay it goes to someone else (or back in the pool).
Your friend that almost lost his domain - that's his fault. Its upto him to make sure that his registrar has the correct info and its upto him to keep an eye on when its about to expire. Ideally, the registrar should initiate getting the domain re-registered (and it sounds like they were trying) however, if the information is incorrect should they waste the manpower to inform him that his record is about to expire? Would he be willing to pay them for their effort? Shouldn't he be obligated to?
There's a certain school in Edinburgh, Scotland that bears my family surname. They registered the .COM and and someone in Germany registered the .ORG addresses before I got the chance to grab either.
What I'd like to know is, in a case like this: Say I registered one of these first and then they decided they wanted it. Would I have been forced to give it to them?
I'm waiting until their registration comes up for renewal and hoping one of them will conveniently forget about it.
The real question is what is abandonment, and what is a proper term to wait to see if the owner repays his/her registration fee to keep that name in the registry?
There shouldn't be a "grace period" if/when the registration expires it should go back in the pool. If someone owns a domain name and aren't responding to the emails about the upcoming expiration (I don't own a domain, but assume that the registrar sends out messages letting you know the reg is about to expire and giving you options to re-register) then why should the domain go on hold, especially if someone else is interested in purchasing it?
Abandonment should be defined as a registration that expires after repeated attempts to contact the owner for re-registration. Even if you don't do anything with a particular domain name, if you've paid for it, it should remain registered. Once that expires, put it back as available.
one of the houses he delivers to changed it's name to that of the house next door
Huh? You Brits name your houses? Does it still have a street address (yaknow, 123 Boing Lane?)
A "Hell Yeah" they're property. You pay money for the domain and the domain is registered in your name. It should be treated no differently than any other property. The physical property associated with the domain name is that little SERVER that's the actual target in the DNS records. While the owner of the domain doesn't actually OWN the server, this shouldn't matter. When you RENT a P.O. Box, its your property (the contents, at least and it cannot be opened without a court order) until you either turn over the keys or stop paying for it.
Actually, the dryer hose is HORRIBLE for dissipating heat. What I've read is that its actually better to use a piece of aluminum piping for venting the dryer. Just try doing that with your PC though...
...maybe I should've held off on getting my Ti4200..
ATI? I'll never buy another one of their cards.. nVidia is the shiznit, baby!
Actually, I think they're stationed out of San Antonio. Living in Austin, I've not heard that they're churning out the same crappy signal to 51 stations around the US.
The radio towers in the area don't appear to be any bigger than the local-only stations as well.
Unless they're hiding them somewhere in the hill country (entirely possible).
especially considering our economic times right now we don't need 200 thousand of these people taking jobs from Americans
Amen, brother!
Let's stop exporting our tech jobs to 3rd world countries in order for some overpaid CEO/CFO/CIO/etc to fatten their already bloated compensation package.
While we're at it, we need to close immigration immediately. Allow those already in the program to finish it up and deny all others until such time as the INS gets its head out of its arse.
Mod me down as flamebait if you so desire. We need an overhaul of the INS and more border patrol added IMMEDIATELY. Stopping the INS from making any more stupid mistakes is the only way to ensure that we don't let any more terrorists or potential terrorists into the country.
Hell, while we're at it - microchip all non-citizens in the country so we can keep track of them. They're not US citizens and should't be guaranteed certain rights at the expense of the safety and welfare of those of us who are citizens...
my big questions is this: when do we see the shift from clearchannel following the market to clearchannel shaping the market to their ideas?
I imagine that this is already happening subtly. They could easily not play an artist whose image or music they find offensive or not conforming to their perception of 'family values'. Take a look at the "new" Christina Aguleria. Notice how she looks like a $2 whore now? ClearChannel could decide that, based on her current image they'd rather not play her music or allowed to perform in their venues. Since they own a boatload of channels and venues across the country she could potentially get less air time, sell less records, earn less at concerts and generally be put out of business.
Normally, this would be a good thing. However, no corporation should have that kind of power.
Clearchannel is "just" radio and billboards, they own ~1300 radio stations.
Unfortunately, you're mistaken. Taken directly from http://www.clearchannel.com/ci.php:
"Clear Channel Worldwide (Clear Channel Communications, Inc., NYSE: CCU), headquartered in San Antonio, TX, is a global leader in the out-of-home advertising industry with radio and television stations, outdoor displays, and entertainment venues in 66 countries around the world. Including announced transactions, Clear Channel operates approximately 1,225 radio and 37 television stations in the United States and has equity interests in over 240 radio stations internationally. Clear Channel also operates approximately 776,000 outdoor advertising displays, including billboards, street furniture and transit panels around the world. Clear Channel Entertainment is a leading promoter, producer and marketer of live entertainment events and also owns leading athlete management and marketing companies." (emphasis mine).
trust me on this one. yes, we do have plans to merge with at least three other companies, mostly medium-sized regional providers. what we haven't told you, however, is that this merge will allow us to provide high-end DSL service to residences across the country for less than $10 / mo.
Cool. Now get them to do away with the contracts and I'll DEFINITELY switch to DSL and tell TimeWarner to "GFY".
That is, as long as the service isn't over-sold to the point that I'd get better service slapping in a 19.2 baud modem and going back to dial-up..