Who knows? I obviously don't, and he apparently does. The obvious solution, ask. I haven't seen any cases where these new protection laws have helped "the little guy." Why you feel that everything I know I learned is is beyond me. Are there some really obvious cases that I'm missing? Or are you going to remain useless and instead of helping someone whose asking a question are you going to continue to prove your 1337 knowledge with flame and bitching? If there are good examples, please tell me instead of blaming me for failing to find them, I actually would like to know.
Perhaps he suggesting that the good parents are the ones who teach their kids that cartoons aren't real life. Nudity might or might not be an issue, but channels can be locked so that kid can't watch at night if the parent doesn't want them to.
nope, the paddle would be more of a bat or paddle-like object they were defending themselves with. if the rock doesn't bounce back, then they obviously didn't hit it when the paddle, and how often have you seen a rock bounce back to you off someones tummy? definately thinking pong.
I dont' mind a statement of uncertainty. But it irks me when groups are so broad in an estimate. Whether it be species on earth, how long its going to take to program something, or how many M&M's are in the jar. If an estimate less ranging then 10 to 100 million can't be made, then they simply should have said that there were many, most likely many more than 10 million unknown species, unfortunately, enough research hasn't been done to give us an estimate. That would, in my opinion, be a much better argument for their case. This is something that should be done, but by giving such hugely varying estimates it seems to undermine the goal.
unless someone pays the government to say you can't of course... then your stuck a couple feet off the ground with that fence making you very uncomfortable.
The same way you know how many toes you have on your feet, count. Oh wait... they can't count unfound stuff can they? Good question.... perhaps they picked a number that would return good grant money?
actually, when they attempted to ban vhs copying people did complain. now that they are attempting to do that same thing with cd's and dvd's is it any surprise that people are complaining again? the complaints are perfectly legitimate.
if that's the case, why do they meet in places like las vegas, miami, san diego, amsterdam, and london? nowhere is easily accesible to anyone, but all of those are easily accesible to many. wouldn't they be attempting to stay away from all metropolitan areas if they needed such privacy?
oh, i agree its sick they tried to make money off of it. i was just trying to keep the mood light so that slashdot couldn't be blamed as a dark and evil cesspool of criminal intents and discussions if one of us geeks went beserk in a local megamart.
i'll bet ya there've been a good number of hamsters that ended up in the little toy balls that have been sold to kids though.
non-violent eh? the whole point is the beatup a bunch of cute little animals and stick them in little round 4" diameter prison cells so that you can make them your warrior slaves and beat up more animals. wait till some kid is found with a stick and his neighbors dead puppy, then nintendo's gonna get theirs.
hell, i remember when pong came out. you shoulda seen how fast i got detention for throwing rocks at students and laughing at them when the rock didn't bounce back.
no, he's not seeling it to the people in the us. his website is hosted in the us. he's in a country where its legal, he's only shipping to people local to him, so its legal for them to buy. but the website is in the US where its illegal. no delivery in america, just a website. is it illegal because the "us website" is doing the selling? or is it legal because no buyers or sellers have their physical persons in the US?
those moving to canada will also need to learn to say aboot fairly often.
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great idea. if the sssca is passed and works, then i'm all for a law requiring the building of more currently impossible technologies just so that it will be doable. pretty soon we'll all have light-speed enable jetsons cars(cool noises and all i hope) and be teleporting around from planet to planet for our daily commute. awesome!
I like linux, linux is great. The innovation I was meaning was in windows. Right now, linux isn't true competition on the desktop. Does it work? Yes. Do i like? Yes. Do i use it? Yes. How about Joey Q. over there? ehhh... nope. When the price difference on new systems using windows and linux becomes noticeable, hopefully Joey will start taking more notice. With Linux as a real competitor windows will have to evolve to explain the high price tag. Linux is changing and growing all the time, windows has stagnated though because it doesn't need to improve itself to keep its user base.
this won't solve all the problems either me thinks. you've got us headed in the right direction, but with the kill stealing and such that happens in the animal world perhaps the fault is with our underlying genetic code. we need to do away with dna/rna/and perhaps even amino acids in general. then perhaps there will be peace.
this post has been a continuation the absurdity of logic started a few comments back but has turned into an incredibly good idea don't you think?
i don't think it was the stores or the ipod's fault. if there weren't computers there wouldn't have been a problem. the easiest solution is just to ban computers.
yeah, hopefully it will get to the point where it can at least be a real competitor and create some true innovation though. what will be will be and only time will tell i guess.
that was the breaking point set up in the article and is the only reason i'm using it. the problem with that argument is that a computer can be complete without windows. people don't think linux because it isn't pushed by the vendors. if they see a box with a linux distro that looks and acts very similiar to windows and costs quite a bit less then they just might go for it. these budget boxes aren't being built as gaming rigs or for uses that require windows. they family wants a computer to be connected, help with school, for email, etc, and for those uses a prepackaged linux box should work just fine, and on cheaper hardware then a windows box.
the linux gui's are getting better and better as time goes by and they still have a bit left before it gets to the articles break point. is the guy who wrote it right? is he just full of bs? i dunno, but it does bring up an interesting point. i think windows will stay pretty popular for a bit long though.
i don't see how this relates to the previous comment or the article for that matter. i have windows on my computer, i also built it from scratch and previous system parts.
the $350 is in reference to the price sold, with software, and your local megastore. with prices continuing to drop, by the time the system prices hit $350 a store will no longer be able to make a profit selling a system with windows on it because the cost after part, labor, and software licensing will be over $350.
when buying/building a more expensive system or when getting the software seperately this doesn't apply. its only in reference to system built and sold by companies with os and software included.
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Who knows? I obviously don't, and he apparently does. The obvious solution, ask. I haven't seen any cases where these new protection laws have helped "the little guy." Why you feel that everything I know I learned is is beyond me. Are there some really obvious cases that I'm missing? Or are you going to remain useless and instead of helping someone whose asking a question are you going to continue to prove your 1337 knowledge with flame and bitching? If there are good examples, please tell me instead of blaming me for failing to find them, I actually would like to know.
i call back door, side door, and windows!
How do any of the current string of property protection laws help the people with the least amount of property?
Perhaps he suggesting that the good parents are the ones who teach their kids that cartoons aren't real life. Nudity might or might not be an issue, but channels can be locked so that kid can't watch at night if the parent doesn't want them to.
nope, the paddle would be more of a bat or paddle-like object they were defending themselves with. if the rock doesn't bounce back, then they obviously didn't hit it when the paddle, and how often have you seen a rock bounce back to you off someones tummy? definately thinking pong.
I dont' mind a statement of uncertainty. But it irks me when groups are so broad in an estimate. Whether it be species on earth, how long its going to take to program something, or how many M&M's are in the jar. If an estimate less ranging then 10 to 100 million can't be made, then they simply should have said that there were many, most likely many more than 10 million unknown species, unfortunately, enough research hasn't been done to give us an estimate. That would, in my opinion, be a much better argument for their case. This is something that should be done, but by giving such hugely varying estimates it seems to undermine the goal.
unless someone pays the government to say you can't of course... then your stuck a couple feet off the ground with that fence making you very uncomfortable.
can't we do more than clip the criminals nails a bit though???
The same way you know how many toes you have on your feet, count. Oh wait... they can't count unfound stuff can they? Good question.... perhaps they picked a number that would return good grant money?
actually, when they attempted to ban vhs copying people did complain. now that they are attempting to do that same thing with cd's and dvd's is it any surprise that people are complaining again? the complaints are perfectly legitimate.
its still a geek toy. gotta report pro's and con's of whats out there so people know what to expect when buying their new toys.
huh? the whole point of the game it to the ball past your opponents defense so he can't send it back at you. what pong are talking about?
if that's the case, why do they meet in places like las vegas, miami, san diego, amsterdam, and london? nowhere is easily accesible to anyone, but all of those are easily accesible to many. wouldn't they be attempting to stay away from all metropolitan areas if they needed such privacy?
oh, i agree its sick they tried to make money off of it. i was just trying to keep the mood light so that slashdot couldn't be blamed as a dark and evil cesspool of criminal intents and discussions if one of us geeks went beserk in a local megamart.
i'll bet ya there've been a good number of hamsters that ended up in the little toy balls that have been sold to kids though.
non-violent eh? the whole point is the beatup a bunch of cute little animals and stick them in little round 4" diameter prison cells so that you can make them your warrior slaves and beat up more animals. wait till some kid is found with a stick and his neighbors dead puppy, then nintendo's gonna get theirs.
hell, i remember when pong came out. you shoulda seen how fast i got detention for throwing rocks at students and laughing at them when the rock didn't bounce back.
no, he's not seeling it to the people in the us. his website is hosted in the us. he's in a country where its legal, he's only shipping to people local to him, so its legal for them to buy. but the website is in the US where its illegal. no delivery in america, just a website. is it illegal because the "us website" is doing the selling? or is it legal because no buyers or sellers have their physical persons in the US?
those moving to canada will also need to learn to say aboot fairly often.
great idea. if the sssca is passed and works, then i'm all for a law requiring the building of more currently impossible technologies just so that it will be doable. pretty soon we'll all have light-speed enable jetsons cars(cool noises and all i hope) and be teleporting around from planet to planet for our daily commute. awesome!
I like linux, linux is great. The innovation I was meaning was in windows. Right now, linux isn't true competition on the desktop. Does it work? Yes. Do i like? Yes. Do i use it? Yes. How about Joey Q. over there? ehhh... nope. When the price difference on new systems using windows and linux becomes noticeable, hopefully Joey will start taking more notice. With Linux as a real competitor windows will have to evolve to explain the high price tag. Linux is changing and growing all the time, windows has stagnated though because it doesn't need to improve itself to keep its user base.
this won't solve all the problems either me thinks. you've got us headed in the right direction, but with the kill stealing and such that happens in the animal world perhaps the fault is with our underlying genetic code. we need to do away with dna/rna/and perhaps even amino acids in general. then perhaps there will be peace.
this post has been a continuation the absurdity of logic started a few comments back but has turned into an incredibly good idea don't you think?
i don't think it was the stores or the ipod's fault. if there weren't computers there wouldn't have been a problem. the easiest solution is just to ban computers.
yeah, hopefully it will get to the point where it can at least be a real competitor and create some true innovation though. what will be will be and only time will tell i guess.
that was the breaking point set up in the article and is the only reason i'm using it. the problem with that argument is that a computer can be complete without windows. people don't think linux because it isn't pushed by the vendors. if they see a box with a linux distro that looks and acts very similiar to windows and costs quite a bit less then they just might go for it. these budget boxes aren't being built as gaming rigs or for uses that require windows. they family wants a computer to be connected, help with school, for email, etc, and for those uses a prepackaged linux box should work just fine, and on cheaper hardware then a windows box.
the linux gui's are getting better and better as time goes by and they still have a bit left before it gets to the articles break point. is the guy who wrote it right? is he just full of bs? i dunno, but it does bring up an interesting point. i think windows will stay pretty popular for a bit long though.
i don't see how this relates to the previous comment or the article for that matter. i have windows on my computer, i also built it from scratch and previous system parts.
the $350 is in reference to the price sold, with software, and your local megastore. with prices continuing to drop, by the time the system prices hit $350 a store will no longer be able to make a profit selling a system with windows on it because the cost after part, labor, and software licensing will be over $350.
when buying/building a more expensive system or when getting the software seperately this doesn't apply. its only in reference to system built and sold by companies with os and software included.