Well lets see.. Distributing copyrighted material without permission, for starters.
I don't know everything about LokiTorrent but if they are like other tracker sites, explain to me how they distribute the copyrighted material first hand? The point here is not the pirating - it is shutting down services that have legitimate uses simply because a huge organization of corporations is threatened by it.
The individuals who knowingly give away copyrighted material to unlicensed recipients are the "damned hippies" or damned criminals. The tracker sites that provide a way for a legitimate p2p network to operate are not.
Tons of auto manufacturers have been doing throttle-by-wire for years now - my 2000 VW Jetta is just one of the dozens of examples. As far as brake-by-wire goes... I've read about other high end/luxury automobiles implementing it or planning to but Mercedes-Benz was the first. Their overview of the safety features of the E-class mention this but the brakes also come on the S, SL, CLK, and the Mayback models.
However the 2004 recall that was due to a braking system defect rate of 1 in 500 cars will likely make the industry think things through quite a bit more before rushing these advances to market.
Personally I like the direct mechanical link between my foot on the brake pedal and the actuators at the discs. You can feel the road as you're braking and there is no chance for a computer failure. A mechanical failure, yes - but a mechanical failure can also occur in the electro-hydraulic brakes. The computer control just adds another possible point of failure.
But I guess in a few years, I likely won't have a choice. *sigh*
Maybe....but I'm not buying it. It could have been an explosion from several adolescent Predators when being overtaken by thousands of Aliens?
When reading the article, I KNEW that reference would come up multiple times. I was dreading it. I was seriously considering skipping the coments altogether. Well, good sir, imagine my surprise when I saw that A - the expected comment made first post and B - it was actually phrased in a very funny manner.
I have a catch-all address at my domain. YES, there are huge amounts of spam. BUT, it is definitely worth the trouble IMHO, and here's why.
1 - most of the spam seems to come to 5 or 6 addresses only - admin, root, sales, webmaster, etc etc. That's cake to filter out straight to trash.
2 - The convinience of being able to sign up for random websites with a different address on the fly is great. For example, signing up on ebay to buy something and using the address "fromebay@mydomain.com" means you KNOW that only one person in the world has your email address so you know who to blame if spam starts coming in, and it is also a piece of cake to automatically filter those ebay emails straight to an ebay inbox, for example.
3 - Not as significant as my first 2 points but still a nice perk in my setup is that I'm able to create email addresses for family and friends on the fly and just setup my own server to split the addresses out into their own inboxes.
So if you will be running the server(s) yourself over slow dsl or cable, the volume of spam MAY be a concern to you. I get about 600-700 spams a day to the common webministrater addresses I mentioned, but it's no concern to me because I don't run the incoming email server and my dsl is more than fast enough to d/l them in a few seconds.
But in any other case, I'd say it's well worth it! And on a slightly different note, I have been very impressed with the honesty and adherence just about everywhere has to their privacy policies regarding email addresses. over 2 years of using my system with about 50 "from@domain.com" addresses, only one of them screwed up and got the address on a spam list somehow - cancelling my account with them and filtering those spams straight to trash solved the problem.
So, when I save up enough and close up the loose ends in my life here in California and decide to move to Canada, should I move to Toronto or Montreal?
Last year my grandmother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and swiftly took a turn for the worse. She had a cell phone through Verizon and was on the family plan with myself and my mother. Once her condition degenerated to the point where should would never use a phone again, my mom tried to cancel her line with 6 months left on the contract. They said flat out "no", even after my mom's explanation, sending her home in tears from their complete lack of compassion.
2 months later after the funeral was behind us, I decided to call and see just how high up I could get by asking for supervisors. At this point, with 4 months left on the contract, and my grandmother actually deceased instead of just of ailing health, despite my explanations and disgust with their customer service, I didn't get very high up and got shut down within minutes.
That was 5 months ago. The INSTANT we paid our last bill on contract, I waltzed into the nearest verizon store with a typed letter of open digust to attach to the form for my reason for no longer choosing their service. We have since moved on to a different provider with inferior coverage but much superior customer service.
It amazes me that with all of the competition in the cellular market ANY company can get away with treating people like that and not suffer a mass exodus of customers. I suppose its because of the fine tradition they have of locking us in to contracts - fortunately, laws (such as California's new cellular fairness law) and competition are slowly starting to change the landscape. When a 30 trial period, a ban on small print, and much shorter contracts are the norm I would not be surprised to see the customer service shape up industry-wide.
The Rebel feels like a toy. It is very cheap plastic, and the lens wobbles.
I recently purchased a Rebel two weeks ago. I've taken roughly 1,000 pictures over the last two weeks ranging from closeup portraits, to wide-lens nature shots, to action shots of my niece's soccer game. As someone who is COMPLETELY impressed and satisfied with this wonderful camera, I must peg the parent's post as a troll.
Yes, the Rebel has a plastic body instead of the metal body on the 10D. But it is a SOLID body. It looks plastic if you're staring at the camera from a distance. But when you are holding it and taking pictures, you can tell it isn't some cheap toy. At first I was questioning the decision to get the "plastic" model of the 10D but over the last 2 weeks, I've grown to actually prefer how lite it is compared to metal SLRs I've used in the past.
As for the lens wobbling - No. This is wrong. If the parent had used a Rebel where the lens wobbled, either the camera or the lens was damaged or the lens wasn't properly attached to the body. The lenses are just as solid as all other Canon lenses in the EF/EF-S line, and the lense mount is as well.
I used a friends D70 before making my decision to go with the Canon. The D70 is, in fact, a VERY nice camera. But I'm afraid I am completely satisfied with my Rebel and have zero regrets, as I think it's just a tiny bit better.
I think the obvious and important question here is who is your ISP, and who do I have to sleep with to get them to provide service in a non-top-50 market?
It's not wisdom, it's knowledge. Indexed and searchable, but still only knowledge. Wisdom is knowing which information is relevant to context at hand, AND what to do with this knowledge.
Well, if you want to get so nit picky about it, knowledge and information aren't interchangable either...
Considering that the LS1 engine that came stock on the Z-28 and SS modes pumps 305-320 (and thats underrated, the same engine powers Corvettes, and Chevy understated the output so it wouldn't cut into Corvette sales). Popping a turboed WRX engine in there is hardly an "upgrade."
Considering that he started with a Camaro funny car shell and nothing even CLOSELY resembling a complete Camaro, popping a turboed WRX engine (which is actually redundant because both the WRX and STi versions of the motor are turbocharged from the factory) is an incredible upgrade.
Not quite yet. The analog phone system will persist until there is a replacement that is not only superior in cost and flexibility but also in ease of use. I can pick up my phone and dial a friend's number and be connected within seconds. If my computer is off or I am not logged into AIM, the process of connecting with them becomes slower and more complicated than dialing their digits.
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i never had a 15"+ lcd without a single dead pixel.
Just bought a 21.3" LCD a month ago. 1600x1200 with zero dead pixels.
Brand? You guessed it - Samsung.
Well lets see.. Distributing copyrighted material without permission, for starters.
I don't know everything about LokiTorrent but if they are like other tracker sites, explain to me how they distribute the copyrighted material first hand? The point here is not the pirating - it is shutting down services that have legitimate uses simply because a huge organization of corporations is threatened by it.
The individuals who knowingly give away copyrighted material to unlicensed recipients are the "damned hippies" or damned criminals. The tracker sites that provide a way for a legitimate p2p network to operate are not.
... use the DiscT@2 ability for burning its of rbitrary length and breadth of the CRW-F1 to burn CDVs [cs.tut.fi] (CD-sized laserdiscs)
CD sized laserdiscs? Aren't laserdiscs simply 12" sized CDs?
Blue Wizard needs food badly
Speaking of which, if the DS wireless network thing actually comes to fruition a remake of one of the original Gauntlets is a must!
Tons of auto manufacturers have been doing throttle-by-wire for years now - my 2000 VW Jetta is just one of the dozens of examples. As far as brake-by-wire goes... I've read about other high end/luxury automobiles implementing it or planning to but Mercedes-Benz was the first. Their overview of the safety features of the E-class mention this but the brakes also come on the S, SL, CLK, and the Mayback models.
However the 2004 recall that was due to a braking system defect rate of 1 in 500 cars will likely make the industry think things through quite a bit more before rushing these advances to market.
Personally I like the direct mechanical link between my foot on the brake pedal and the actuators at the discs. You can feel the road as you're braking and there is no chance for a computer failure. A mechanical failure, yes - but a mechanical failure can also occur in the electro-hydraulic brakes. The computer control just adds another possible point of failure.
But I guess in a few years, I likely won't have a choice. *sigh*
omfg...
California as well.
Maybe....but I'm not buying it. It could have been an explosion from several adolescent Predators when being overtaken by thousands of Aliens?
When reading the article, I KNEW that reference would come up multiple times. I was dreading it. I was seriously considering skipping the coments altogether. Well, good sir, imagine my surprise when I saw that A - the expected comment made first post and B - it was actually phrased in a very funny manner.
I tip my hat to you, sir.
Unbelievable, it seems you have never seen Saving Private Ryan or Life Is Beautiful.
Who gives a fuck? I mean, really? Who gives a fuck?
A better question is: Why does it irritate Rick and Roll so much?
Even better, in my opinion, is that apparently swillden gives a fuck - why on Earth is that?
You insufferable ass -- you just slashdotted Illinois.
Yeah, like anyone will care? Or even notice? *psssh*
I have a catch-all address at my domain. YES, there are huge amounts of spam. BUT, it is definitely worth the trouble IMHO, and here's why.
1 - most of the spam seems to come to 5 or 6 addresses only - admin, root, sales, webmaster, etc etc. That's cake to filter out straight to trash.
2 - The convinience of being able to sign up for random websites with a different address on the fly is great. For example, signing up on ebay to buy something and using the address "fromebay@mydomain.com" means you KNOW that only one person in the world has your email address so you know who to blame if spam starts coming in, and it is also a piece of cake to automatically filter those ebay emails straight to an ebay inbox, for example.
3 - Not as significant as my first 2 points but still a nice perk in my setup is that I'm able to create email addresses for family and friends on the fly and just setup my own server to split the addresses out into their own inboxes.
So if you will be running the server(s) yourself over slow dsl or cable, the volume of spam MAY be a concern to you. I get about 600-700 spams a day to the common webministrater addresses I mentioned, but it's no concern to me because I don't run the incoming email server and my dsl is more than fast enough to d/l them in a few seconds.
But in any other case, I'd say it's well worth it! And on a slightly different note, I have been very impressed with the honesty and adherence just about everywhere has to their privacy policies regarding email addresses. over 2 years of using my system with about 50 "from@domain.com" addresses, only one of them screwed up and got the address on a spam list somehow - cancelling my account with them and filtering those spams straight to trash solved the problem.
So, when I save up enough and close up the loose ends in my life here in California and decide to move to Canada, should I move to Toronto or Montreal?
Last year my grandmother was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease and swiftly took a turn for the worse. She had a cell phone through Verizon and was on the family plan with myself and my mother. Once her condition degenerated to the point where should would never use a phone again, my mom tried to cancel her line with 6 months left on the contract. They said flat out "no", even after my mom's explanation, sending her home in tears from their complete lack of compassion.
2 months later after the funeral was behind us, I decided to call and see just how high up I could get by asking for supervisors. At this point, with 4 months left on the contract, and my grandmother actually deceased instead of just of ailing health, despite my explanations and disgust with their customer service, I didn't get very high up and got shut down within minutes.
That was 5 months ago. The INSTANT we paid our last bill on contract, I waltzed into the nearest verizon store with a typed letter of open digust to attach to the form for my reason for no longer choosing their service. We have since moved on to a different provider with inferior coverage but much superior customer service.
It amazes me that with all of the competition in the cellular market ANY company can get away with treating people like that and not suffer a mass exodus of customers. I suppose its because of the fine tradition they have of locking us in to contracts - fortunately, laws (such as California's new cellular fairness law) and competition are slowly starting to change the landscape. When a 30 trial period, a ban on small print, and much shorter contracts are the norm I would not be surprised to see the customer service shape up industry-wide.
The Rebel feels like a toy. It is very cheap plastic, and the lens wobbles.
I recently purchased a Rebel two weeks ago. I've taken roughly 1,000 pictures over the last two weeks ranging from closeup portraits, to wide-lens nature shots, to action shots of my niece's soccer game. As someone who is COMPLETELY impressed and satisfied with this wonderful camera, I must peg the parent's post as a troll.
Yes, the Rebel has a plastic body instead of the metal body on the 10D. But it is a SOLID body. It looks plastic if you're staring at the camera from a distance. But when you are holding it and taking pictures, you can tell it isn't some cheap toy. At first I was questioning the decision to get the "plastic" model of the 10D but over the last 2 weeks, I've grown to actually prefer how lite it is compared to metal SLRs I've used in the past.
As for the lens wobbling - No. This is wrong. If the parent had used a Rebel where the lens wobbled, either the camera or the lens was damaged or the lens wasn't properly attached to the body. The lenses are just as solid as all other Canon lenses in the EF/EF-S line, and the lense mount is as well.
I used a friends D70 before making my decision to go with the Canon. The D70 is, in fact, a VERY nice camera. But I'm afraid I am completely satisfied with my Rebel and have zero regrets, as I think it's just a tiny bit better.
If I look the wrong way crossing the road I'll just vanish from their sight.
You only look ONE way when crossing the road?
It was going good...
0K (wget dots) 0% @ 372.78 KB/s
50K (wget dots) 0% @ 279.33 KB/s
100K (wget dots) 0% @ 271.74 KB/s
150K (wget dots) 0% @ 2.87 MB/s
I think the obvious and important question here is who is your ISP, and who do I have to sleep with to get them to provide service in a non-top-50 market?
Calm down everyone, it's his director's cut, not the original. Another classic ruined...
Thank you google for your infinite wisdom
It's not wisdom, it's knowledge. Indexed and searchable, but still only knowledge. Wisdom is knowing which information is relevant to context at hand, AND what to do with this knowledge.
Well, if you want to get so nit picky about it, knowledge and information aren't interchangable either...
Considering that the LS1 engine that came stock on the Z-28 and SS modes pumps 305-320 (and thats underrated, the same engine powers Corvettes, and Chevy understated the output so it wouldn't cut into Corvette sales). Popping a turboed WRX engine in there is hardly an "upgrade."
Considering that he started with a Camaro funny car shell and nothing even CLOSELY resembling a complete Camaro, popping a turboed WRX engine (which is actually redundant because both the WRX and STi versions of the motor are turbocharged from the factory) is an incredible upgrade.
Welcome our new autonomous automotive overlords...
I think you're about 22 years too late (SuperBowl VI - 1972).
What, did you do your calculation on a Unixware box, or what?
but unless others follow suit, I now have a reason to move to...
Utah...
*shudders*
I consider myself a car fanatic and I have never heard of Nissan Skyline until the game came out.
:P
Believe me - then you're not a car fanatic.
Not quite yet. The analog phone system will persist until there is a replacement that is not only superior in cost and flexibility but also in ease of use. I can pick up my phone and dial a friend's number and be connected within seconds. If my computer is off or I am not logged into AIM, the process of connecting with them becomes slower and more complicated than dialing their digits.