I can't speak for all states, but as far as I know passing on the right is legal on an open highway with two or more lanes traveling in the same direction. In San Diego, we pass anywhere there is room (including the shoulders).
The only other instance I'm aware of is when the driver in front of you is making a left turn.
You misunderstand. My requirements are simple: I pay for the music and you don't tell me when, where, or how I can listen to it. What is so ridiculous about that?
I never said anything about an iPod. I was talking about the restrictions imposed by the DRM-laden m4p format.
Next time you indirectly troll me, try to understand my point before sticking your foot in your mouth. Or better yet, keep it to yourself unless you have something remotely interesting to contribute.
iTunes DRM doesn't stop you playing your music on multiple devices. iTunes DRM stops your from playing your music on more than five computers. Once you hit that limit, you better hope you have access to the other machines to de-authorize them, otherwise you are stuck with resetting your auth completely (which you can only do once per year, if I remember correctly). This has bitten me more than once.
You could burn a CD using either and use the CD player you already have. I don't want to burn a CD every time I buy something from iTunes just so I can listen to it on the way to work. It's annoying, cumbersome, and incredibly wasteful. Besides, if I'm going to burn music to a CD, I'm going to burn the MP3 and fit 10x the music on there (there are plenty of modern CD players that can handle this).
iTunes reasonably permissive DRM doesn't present a very big hurdle I suffered iTunes for quite a while, hoping to figure out an easy way to deal with their DRM (like monitoring the directory I download the songs to and have QTFU automatically strip the DRM for me in a script). It worked, but it was a pain in the ass to manage and really didn't scale all that well with a huge library. Then I thought, "Why the hell am I jumping through all these hoops just so I can listen to music that I already paid for?"
I know I shouldn't respond, but your arrogance leads me to believe that you are the type to bookmark and revisit your own trolls. When you do revisit this failed attempt at dark humor, you should understand that apathetic assholes like yourself helped get us into this mess. And we all know you won't be any help in getting us out, either.
But you wouldn't know anything about that. You're a comedian.
A dev after my own heart! I use it to capture ASP.NET web service requests as it's far easier to deal with than WSE3 tracing or serializing objects before passing them to the web proxy (which usually leaves you without namespaces anyway).
Over the years, I've found protocol analyzers to be indispensable for developing and debugging modern MS-based network apps. They hide so damned much from the developers these days, often times it's the only way to see what's really going on.
Now that everyone (and given current eavesdropping policy in the US and laws recently passed in various EU countries, I really mean everyone) has to use it to maintain their privacy, everyone will be considered a pedophile at first.
The people (DoJ especially) pushing the pedophilia boogie man already think you are a pedophile. It doesn't matter if you are or not. Download the wrong file from some random person (honey pot) on a p2p network and you are fucked. I have a buddy doing 3 months in a work furlough program to prove it. (I've known him for years, he is not into children).
On a side note, last week he was fitted with a GPS anklet. His lawyer is fighting to have it removed after the 3 months. If he loses, he gets to wear that god damned thing for 3 years of probation. Justice is hiding spoon marks under that blindfold.
though you might want to leave the part about working as a truck mechanic off there As a SWE with 15 years experience, let me give you some advice: do not leave this sort of information out, especially if it involves anything technical in an unrelated field. This demonstrates breadth of knowledge, which few programmers can claim these days. I believe that in most areas of programming, wide is better than deep (just my opinion, of course).
In any case, I wouldn't look down on mechanics. Most of "them" are probably smarter than most of "us", if you really stop to think about it.
I'm due to make something that will, rocket malfunctions notwithstanding, should be in orbit of the Earth by the end of 2009. Assuming it can escape the gravity of your massive ego.
Mr. Anonymous Coward? There, no more AC. Am I any less anonymous, damburger?
What the fuck have you done with your life Enough to learn that your question and its answer are meaningless. Suffice it to say that I've done and I've been and in some cases still am.
decide that a phone is just an appliance and I can live with Apple's constraints...
Why the docile obedience? Just because it is Apple? I think the GP was expressing resignation more than obedience. That said, why he/she would resign to an appliance that costs 5-10 times the price of other phones that are also "just an appliance" is beyond me.
Are you so certain? In some cases, didn't some of the hijackers turn up alive a year or so later? Were not several of the identities actually stolen? Can anyone shed more light on this?
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I can't speak for all states, but as far as I know passing on the right is legal on an open highway with two or more lanes traveling in the same direction. In San Diego, we pass anywhere there is room (including the shoulders).
The only other instance I'm aware of is when the driver in front of you is making a left turn.
You misunderstand. My requirements are simple: I pay for the music and you don't tell me when, where, or how I can listen to it. What is so ridiculous about that?
I never said anything about an iPod. I was talking about the restrictions imposed by the DRM-laden m4p format.
Next time you indirectly troll me, try to understand my point before sticking your foot in your mouth. Or better yet, keep it to yourself unless you have something remotely interesting to contribute.
I am with the parent poster. Screw iTunes.
I know I shouldn't respond, but your arrogance leads me to believe that you are the type to bookmark and revisit your own trolls. When you do revisit this failed attempt at dark humor, you should understand that apathetic assholes like yourself helped get us into this mess. And we all know you won't be any help in getting us out, either.
But you wouldn't know anything about that. You're a comedian.
A dev after my own heart! I use it to capture ASP.NET web service requests as it's far easier to deal with than WSE3 tracing or serializing objects before passing them to the web proxy (which usually leaves you without namespaces anyway).
Over the years, I've found protocol analyzers to be indispensable for developing and debugging modern MS-based network apps. They hide so damned much from the developers these days, often times it's the only way to see what's really going on.
Now that everyone (and given current eavesdropping policy in the US and laws recently passed in various EU countries, I really mean everyone) has to use it to maintain their privacy, everyone will be considered a pedophile at first.
The people (DoJ especially) pushing the pedophilia boogie man already think you are a pedophile. It doesn't matter if you are or not. Download the wrong file from some random person (honey pot) on a p2p network and you are fucked. I have a buddy doing 3 months in a work furlough program to prove it. (I've known him for years, he is not into children).
On a side note, last week he was fitted with a GPS anklet. His lawyer is fighting to have it removed after the 3 months. If he loses, he gets to wear that god damned thing for 3 years of probation. Justice is hiding spoon marks under that blindfold.
Men have been judging women by their software for ages.
It is.
In any case, I wouldn't look down on mechanics. Most of "them" are probably smarter than most of "us", if you really stop to think about it.
I believe the tag means a nuclear power, not nuclear energy.
The "nasty police helicopters" link is no bueno. No clicking!
Since when is FUD +Insightful?
Notquitecajon, would you please elaborate on how the fat, lazy and stupid would abuse a universal health care system?
I wish I had mod points. This is +5, Funny material for sure.
I believe you answered your own question.
Oh jeez, you just had to say the other J-word, didn't you? Do we have enough hairspray on hand in case he shows up?
Why the docile obedience? Just because it is Apple? I think the GP was expressing resignation more than obedience. That said, why he/she would resign to an appliance that costs 5-10 times the price of other phones that are also "just an appliance" is beyond me.
Hmm. Maybe you're on to something.
Blow Rock?
Are you so certain? In some cases, didn't some of the hijackers turn up alive a year or so later? Were not several of the identities actually stolen? Can anyone shed more light on this?
You're welcome.
Vista wouldn't run (the box said the machines could handle Home Basic but it just didn't work out that way) so they rolled back to ME.
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After that idea, I almost want to think you are Bush.
Who protects you from them now?