Will we be able to zoom into area 51? Or will that be conveniently edited out? With photoshopping becoming the artform that it is, I don't know that I'd believe anything any big corporation had its hand in. They're all in on it. Hell, they're still wanting us to believe that men landed on the moon. What kind of fools do they take us for. I know that one of these days, one of the guys in on it will have a death-bed wish to bare his soul, and then the whole house of cards will come crashing down! Who'll be laughing then, huh?
And you kids! Get off my damn lawn! Dang hoodlums... mumble, mumble...
You don't need a contract "...to use that product after [you] purchased it in a store...". If that's all you or anyone ever did with something, there'd be no need for a contract or agreement or anything. It's all the other shit that people do that need to be prohibited and regulated. Things like copying it and giving away (or selling) those copies. Or modifying the program and making your own version. Or any of the other things that people have done with other people's software that they didn't have the right to.
The reason we have all these license restrictions is because of all the assholes out there who try to make a quick buck off someone else. If we were all 'good' people (for whatever definition of good we can agree on), there would be very little reason to have all these EULA's. But I'm sure that any lawyers put out of work by all of us treating each other well would quickly come up with a new way to keep food on their table.
There were people who used to do this. Back in '98 or so, there were quite a few people who would haunt flea markets and yard/garage sales, buy anything and everything they thought they could resell and hawk it on ebay. I know I read more than one story about these 'entrepeneurs'.
Eventually, the masses figured out they could do the same thing and supplement their income. All of a sudden, things were a lot scarcer at the junk sales. There were all kinds of articles about the lot of the poor ebay entrepeneur.
I'm sure there are still a few people making a living off of ebay, but I seriously doubt it's 'millions'.
Because this way he doesn't have to cook, clean, wash his clothes, or anything else the rest of us have to take time to do. If he needs to spend 12 hours practicing he can do that, because his mom will bring him food and answer the phone and shoo diversions away from the front door.
For a 41-year old married guy with a kid, mortgage, job, etc, it sounds like a pretty good life. I'm lucky if I get more than an hour in before bedtime. And if I do, it's usually because I'm cutting into my sleep time.
About 25 years ago, in 10th grade English class at Mount de Sales High School in Macon, GA, I gave an oral book report on The Left Hand of Darkness.
I'll let you sit and ponder that for a moment...
Let's say that I didn't leave the front of the class to a thundering round of applause. Did I mention that this was a catholic high school? Did I mention I didn't have very many friends at school? Can you guess I was a little bit of a loner and outcast? Describing latent hermaphrodites to a stunned crowd of adolescents. What was I thinking?
Nonetheless, it was (and is) a great book and Ms. Le Guin is a very, very good author.
Would Galileo, Copernicus, Pasteur, and the like be published in peer-reviewed journals today or would they be in the crank ones? I don't know the answer. If I had the answer, I'd know which journals to pay attention to.
I'm not denying Global Warning exists, but I'm not 100% convinced, either. All I'm asking is, are the naysayers of today more likely to be true 'cranks', or are they more likely to be people who espouse views not in keeping with what their peers believe?
Just asking questions. No reason to get all excited.
I wonder if this is the root cause of depravity among the ruling class. Our elected leaders usually only last 4-6 years. But those kings of old that ruled for decades, maybe the body realized it was under stress and looked for outlets that relieved that stress.
Could explain all that debauchery and inbreeding and stuff. Or maybe it's just because they had absolute power and could do whatever they wanted with impugnity. I bet a good defense lawyer could use it in court.
"I submit that my client, Caligula, committed these atrocities as stress relief. He didn't really want to do all these things the prosecution alleges. His body was just looking to alleviate all the stress he's been under in running the Roman empire. He's a victim of stress, nothing more. A good man with too much pressure on him."
Yes, growing pains. I barely remember those. (I'm old.) It was really weird. The only thing that kept me from seeing a doctor was reading stuff online where others had written about the same thing. It was almost like the caffeine was leeching out of my bones or something.
It was about a week that it lasted for me. Of course, I had already cut way down - just one big (24 oz or so) cup in the morning. No other caffeine during the day.
The funny thing is that I never used to eat chocolate before. I would occasionally, like on Halloween, but I never cared for it much. Now, I get cravings for Snickers or Reese's sometimes. About once or twice a week. The body is a weird thing.
I quit in April of this year. I don't really have an addictive personality, so it wasn't that hard. I do get cravings. I first cut my intake to one (big) cup in the morning. That was for about a year. Then I quit cold turkey. No coffee. No tea. No coke. Nada.
I didn't really have headaches, I had aches in my bones. It's hard to describe, but for at least a week I had this deep ache in all my bones. I assume this is the 'muscle ache' that the study talked about, but to me, it was really deep inside, like it was in my... bones. Very weird. I work out occasionally, so I know what sore muscles feel like. This was different.
Read a few websites and found other people who had felt the same thing. After a few days it went away and I've been caffeine free since. Sometimes I still really, really want that morning cup. It's not that difficult to say no. Like I said, I guess I don't have an addictive personality. Yay me!
I don't have dry eyes anymore. Went away after about 2 or 3 years. I still get starburts around oncoming headlights when my eyes are really tired, but I don't notice it unless I'm really paying attention. Your brain compensates.
Otherwise, I'm still 20/15 in both eyes and couldn't be happier.
Well, I always see people mirroring stuff that's/.ed, so I figure it's about time that I lent a hand, so I'll mirror this one. I'll have to program it from scratch, though. Anybody got a clue as to how this whole 'eigen-whatever' works? I guess I'll use Open-GL for the image manipulation routines. Does everyone think that perl is the right language for this? Can someone give me a link to some perl vector routine tutorials? I'm also gonna need someone to provide hosting and bandwidth.
But I'll get this up soon, I promise. It's about time I gave back to the community.
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No, it's: Man gives up free time and sleep once he has baby.
This doesn't have anything to do with the /. stories. It's with how gullible you are. You're not as gullible as you were in 1997. Congratulations.
And you kids! Get off my damn lawn! Dang hoodlums... mumble, mumble...
The reason we have all these license restrictions is because of all the assholes out there who try to make a quick buck off someone else. If we were all 'good' people (for whatever definition of good we can agree on), there would be very little reason to have all these EULA's. But I'm sure that any lawyers put out of work by all of us treating each other well would quickly come up with a new way to keep food on their table.
Eventually, the masses figured out they could do the same thing and supplement their income. All of a sudden, things were a lot scarcer at the junk sales. There were all kinds of articles about the lot of the poor ebay entrepeneur.
I'm sure there are still a few people making a living off of ebay, but I seriously doubt it's 'millions'.
Personally, I wish them well. I know I'm getting the Shuffle on payday. My long runs are taking over 2 hours now, so this will be a welcome companion.
For a 41-year old married guy with a kid, mortgage, job, etc, it sounds like a pretty good life. I'm lucky if I get more than an hour in before bedtime. And if I do, it's usually because I'm cutting into my sleep time.
I guess I was slow and not very original. What else is new?
I can feel it. Can you?
There's actually 4 different models. The suspension one needs batteries and has an 'escalator' for the marbles in the middle.
Saw this at the Discovery Store. Is this close enough?
I'll let you sit and ponder that for a moment...
Let's say that I didn't leave the front of the class to a thundering round of applause. Did I mention that this was a catholic high school? Did I mention I didn't have very many friends at school? Can you guess I was a little bit of a loner and outcast? Describing latent hermaphrodites to a stunned crowd of adolescents. What was I thinking?
Nonetheless, it was (and is) a great book and Ms. Le Guin is a very, very good author.
I'm not denying Global Warning exists, but I'm not 100% convinced, either. All I'm asking is, are the naysayers of today more likely to be true 'cranks', or are they more likely to be people who espouse views not in keeping with what their peers believe?
Just asking questions. No reason to get all excited.
Ha! Frist post! It's probably been 5 years since my last one. Heh.
Could explain all that debauchery and inbreeding and stuff. Or maybe it's just because they had absolute power and could do whatever they wanted with impugnity. I bet a good defense lawyer could use it in court.
"I submit that my client, Caligula, committed these atrocities as stress relief. He didn't really want to do all these things the prosecution alleges. His body was just looking to alleviate all the stress he's been under in running the Roman empire. He's a victim of stress, nothing more. A good man with too much pressure on him."
It could happen.
Obquote: "It's good to be the king."
Actually, I'm going to step further out and say that I love intelligent people.
I guess, more accurately, I love the fact that there are intelligent people in the world.
Note to Cmdr Taco, et. al.: We need more writing like this on here. Do what you can to make that happen. Thanks. Carry on.
Now with the right query, you can find out what to do with her, too. Google's awesome! :)
It was about a week that it lasted for me. Of course, I had already cut way down - just one big (24 oz or so) cup in the morning. No other caffeine during the day.
The funny thing is that I never used to eat chocolate before. I would occasionally, like on Halloween, but I never cared for it much. Now, I get cravings for Snickers or Reese's sometimes. About once or twice a week. The body is a weird thing.
I didn't really have headaches, I had aches in my bones. It's hard to describe, but for at least a week I had this deep ache in all my bones. I assume this is the 'muscle ache' that the study talked about, but to me, it was really deep inside, like it was in my... bones. Very weird. I work out occasionally, so I know what sore muscles feel like. This was different.
Read a few websites and found other people who had felt the same thing. After a few days it went away and I've been caffeine free since. Sometimes I still really, really want that morning cup. It's not that difficult to say no. Like I said, I guess I don't have an addictive personality. Yay me!
You could have at least spelled equivalent right. I would have. :p
Why not buy an old laptop from ebay? Some sell for less than $50. Even if it can't network, the floppy should at least work.
My story still holds true today.
I don't have dry eyes anymore. Went away after about 2 or 3 years. I still get starburts around oncoming headlights when my eyes are really tired, but I don't notice it unless I'm really paying attention. Your brain compensates.
Otherwise, I'm still 20/15 in both eyes and couldn't be happier.
Just because I built my 'Love Shack' in the basement doesn't mean my efforts have been wasted.
This is really the only comment that needs to be made for this discussion. Everyone else, please move along. Thank you for your attention.
But I'll get this up soon, I promise. It's about time I gave back to the community.