You think the terrorists only want to attack the US? Think again. Other countries are helping the US military, and the terrorists are going to hate them as well. Didn't you hear what bin Laden said?
"... we are going after the American male. Whether he is attacking us directly, or paying taxes..."
Don't you think that if he hates even a "tax payer", that he's going to hate countries that are helping in the strikes? You must REALLY be naive.
Supposedly the two planes that crashed into each World Trade Center buildings were both from Boston.
The plane which crashed in Western Pennsylvania was bound from Newark, New Jersey.
The United Nations is indeed evacuating according to CNN.com, which just seems to have a plain white page with a few lines of black text, and only one graphic.
Actually, I believe it does just the opposite. When you are about to make a stupid purchase, it praises you on your decision, by use of a popup, and suggests you add a few more of the same item to your shopping cart. Hey, they've got to make money somehow.
This sounds a bit like the Napster case. Napster wasn't really responsible for what was being distributed on their service, but the RIAA couldn't sue EVERYBODY who was using it, so they just went after Napster itself.
This is basicly what these independant artists are doing; blaming Mp3.com for these mp3s appearing all over the net, claiming that they "own" them. Since when has been illegal to rip music files and encode them into an mp3? The real criminals here are the people who put them on Napster. Pardon the lame analogy, but its like suing a gun manafacturer for producing a gun that might have eventually ended up in the hands of a criminal, who in turn would use the gun to kill somebody.
It seems like DSL and cable are killing each other. Because they are competitors, they price their products lower than they want to, thus bringing in less revenue. It's inevitable that they will eventually go out of business, while dialup still reigns.
Broadband almost seems like a nonprofitable venture-ship; $40 for a 1mbps+ cable line doesn't seem to justify the cost that these cable companies have to pay for their bandwidth. Then you have something like DSL, which only the baby Bells can survive because they are backed up by revenue from their regular telephone services.
Because ingorant, uneducated fools use AOL when there are clearly better options available. Covad only has something like 330,000 customers, while AOL has 25 million.
This is different, because the technology doesn't have the same logic that a person does. The police officials think that if the software finds a match, then it must be the person, and they might pursue the person as if he IS who they are after. It is a big deal, because it might be happening a lot more now.
Also, this is different from if a person had done the matching, because now this camera & software will be looking at EVERYBODY's face who walks down a certain street. Its the same as if police officers stand at the street and look at everybodys face trying to find a match, but they don't do that, do they?
I've had games on consoles (anything from the Genesis, to SNES, to Dreamcast) crash occassionally. Basically they just freeze-up and won't respond unless you restart the console.
Just because YOU'RE console games don't crash doesn't make mine faulty. The crashes I'm talking about happen completely randomly. There is a difference between a glitch and a bug. Some crashes don't neccessarily mean anything is wrong with the game or hardware itself, it just happens.
You have accepted the notion that defective products are an unavoidable reality.
We aren't talking about a TV or a radio here, we're talking about computers and consoles which run complicated software that are not 100% stable. Anyone who buys a computer or console expecting it not to crash even once is full of themselves. Every piece of software written is not completely crash-proof, and the same goes with hardware.
They shouldn't? Then neither should computers. Consoles (like computers) are much more complicated than other simplistic electronics equipment and are more prone to crashing. If YOU think that computers shouldn't crash then you're living in a dream world.
I see no reason why this would be a "good indication" of what can be expected at launch. As far as I know, they haven't begun mass producing them yet and there is no finished product. I think a company would rather make a bigger mark at launch than at an eletronics expo.
Consoles crash all the time, they always have and always will. Whats the big deal? Its gotta be a software problem, they will fix it. Especially since the Xbox just has the kernel and DX, what else could it be?
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You think the terrorists only want to attack the US? Think again. Other countries are helping the US military, and the terrorists are going to hate them as well. Didn't you hear what bin Laden said?
"... we are going after the American male. Whether he is attacking us directly, or paying taxes..."
Don't you think that if he hates even a "tax payer", that he's going to hate countries that are helping in the strikes? You must REALLY be naive.
Wasn't there an article not too long ago about CGI companies switching to Linux from Windows NT? Pixar maybe?
"CNN has reported that multiple suspects were arrested with a van loaded with explosives in the vicinity of New York's George Washington Bridge."
It has been reported that this is FALSE and NO van with explosives ever existed.
Actually its 91101.
Supposedly the two planes that crashed into each World Trade Center buildings were both from Boston.
The plane which crashed in Western Pennsylvania was bound from Newark, New Jersey.
The United Nations is indeed evacuating according to CNN.com, which just seems to have a plain white page with a few lines of black text, and only one graphic.
If this isn't news, than neither is the Xbox. Pretty much the same thing, albeit a few minor differences.
Actually, I believe it does just the opposite. When you are about to make a stupid purchase, it praises you on your decision, by use of a popup, and suggests you add a few more of the same item to your shopping cart. Hey, they've got to make money somehow.
This sounds a bit like the Napster case. Napster wasn't really responsible for what was being distributed on their service, but the RIAA couldn't sue EVERYBODY who was using it, so they just went after Napster itself.
This is basicly what these independant artists are doing; blaming Mp3.com for these mp3s appearing all over the net, claiming that they "own" them. Since when has been illegal to rip music files and encode them into an mp3? The real criminals here are the people who put them on Napster. Pardon the lame analogy, but its like suing a gun manafacturer for producing a gun that might have eventually ended up in the hands of a criminal, who in turn would use the gun to kill somebody.
I think you misinterpreted what I said. I didn't say competition is bad; in fact, its great, and I think you are a mile off.
The only thing I was stating was that they can't avoid the bandwidth fees.
It seems like DSL and cable are killing each other. Because they are competitors, they price their products lower than they want to, thus bringing in less revenue. It's inevitable that they will eventually go out of business, while dialup still reigns.
Broadband almost seems like a nonprofitable venture-ship; $40 for a 1mbps+ cable line doesn't seem to justify the cost that these cable companies have to pay for their bandwidth. Then you have something like DSL, which only the baby Bells can survive because they are backed up by revenue from their regular telephone services.
Is broadband doomed?
Because ingorant, uneducated fools use AOL when there are clearly better options available. Covad only has something like 330,000 customers, while AOL has 25 million.
This is different, because the technology doesn't have the same logic that a person does. The police officials think that if the software finds a match, then it must be the person, and they might pursue the person as if he IS who they are after. It is a big deal, because it might be happening a lot more now. Also, this is different from if a person had done the matching, because now this camera & software will be looking at EVERYBODY's face who walks down a certain street. Its the same as if police officers stand at the street and look at everybodys face trying to find a match, but they don't do that, do they?
Why not just make it so the plants tell us whats wrong?
I've had games on consoles (anything from the Genesis, to SNES, to Dreamcast) crash occassionally. Basically they just freeze-up and won't respond unless you restart the console. Just because YOU'RE console games don't crash doesn't make mine faulty. The crashes I'm talking about happen completely randomly. There is a difference between a glitch and a bug. Some crashes don't neccessarily mean anything is wrong with the game or hardware itself, it just happens.
You have accepted the notion that defective products are an unavoidable reality.
We aren't talking about a TV or a radio here, we're talking about computers and consoles which run complicated software that are not 100% stable. Anyone who buys a computer or console expecting it not to crash even once is full of themselves. Every piece of software written is not completely crash-proof, and the same goes with hardware.
They shouldn't? Then neither should computers. Consoles (like computers) are much more complicated than other simplistic electronics equipment and are more prone to crashing. If YOU think that computers shouldn't crash then you're living in a dream world. I see no reason why this would be a "good indication" of what can be expected at launch. As far as I know, they haven't begun mass producing them yet and there is no finished product. I think a company would rather make a bigger mark at launch than at an eletronics expo.
Consoles crash all the time, they always have and always will. Whats the big deal? Its gotta be a software problem, they will fix it. Especially since the Xbox just has the kernel and DX, what else could it be?