I think the government has gone too far. They have the *right* so to speak, to create these laws, to supposedly protect us kids. But what happens when their laws only make things worse? What happens if it takes them too long to fix it? What happens when they screw up so bad that the parents can't even do anything about it?
Here's my opinion on our government: It is getting way too complex. You can't go around making a goddamn law on every single thing you think is wrong, because it will affect more than just that aspect of citizens' lives. Besides that point, just because some snooty power-mongers think that something is wrong, does that mean it is? What about what the people think?
Our laws should be 1) outlines 2) able to be abolished by the people 3) completely public
And I have a second task as well. Slashdot is occasionally criticized for getting a story wrong, even though we diligently correct ourselves when necessary. My theory is that the difference between Slashdot and other media is that they never correct themselves, no matter how inaccurate, so readers are left with a false picture of accuracy. To test this claim, I'll send a Thinkgeek t-shirt to the first person who finds a retraction of this 'free energy' story published by Reuters or any of the newspapers/media outlets that ran the original story. *Any* of them. I don't expect to pay out.
Even better sound than what we now know as almost perfect? Great! Makes you wonder how much better it will get in the future, even when we have perfect sound....
Of course the demand for bandwith is increasing! HELLO?! Everyone and their dog brings their own computers now, and there are computers ALL over the campuses. Why in the world wouldn't the demand be rising?
In fact many schools are requiring you to either buy or rent a computer, for the entire time of your education there. This shouldn't even be news at all...
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I agree. There is an entire spectrum of nerds and geeks out there. It doesn't conform to just one small aspect of technical knowledge. We need to be a little more understanding of other peoples' wants and needs.
You have to realize how hardcore a lot of teens are about MTV. Yes, the rest of us can see how lame it really is... but those who are sucked into it eat, sleep, and breathe it. If MTV says something is, IT IS dammit!
I should know.. my little sister would die without it. I think she even has withdrawals sometimes.
I can't wait to see if she wants one of these once they start advertising them all the time.
I also had the same problem. We put it on our family Athlon 600, 256 megs ram, geforce 2.. and not a single day went by when it would completely freeze up or just reboot for no reason.
But everyone thought it was much nicer, and it was pretty smooth. But the crashes, I just couldn't live with, so back to 98 we go. Nice waste of money for now...
But should they be TOLD to go and vote for it? I mean its just a POLL! Perhaps some of us want to see what NORMAL people are going to use.. Not just these 'loyal ms' employee freaks.
I guess we're damn lucky it missed, because we wouldn't be reading this right now perhaps. Maybe they should post stories about COMING asteroids instead of ones that already nearly missed or hit us. Sounds like a good idea to me...
Its true that Morpheus doesn't have the click till you win garbage, but it has quite a problem with its ads. I get an error popup about 20 times a day saying it couldn't connect to some goddamn ad site that it was trying to popup on me.
Not only that, but they use these REALLY annoying ads that feature people talking to you and junk, and it kind of interferes with whatever you're doing like listening to songs, watching movies, jerki... er.. etc....
I really don't know, so I guess I'd believe you since you SEEM to know but,
It makes sense to me that it would be harder to keep an object in orbit around the moon, being that the Earth is so close, and so much larger... perhaps harder isn't the word, but the path would be much different than one in orbit around the Earth would it not?
Just wondering..
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Is not 100 years a 'limited Time' in some respect?
This is not true!! Everyone knows that Windows 95 was 91.9 better than 3.1. And everyone knows that 98 was 3 better than 95! And so on, until we start measuring in LETTERS instead of numbers! Hm... i wonder how many times better XP is than 98SE....
The "self" is a very fragile thing. I doubt whether you'd be "you" anymore.
I've learned from a long period of intense exposure to maryjane that the "self" can be modified, and it is very hard, if not impossible to change it back.
I think that by simply tranferring everything into a computer, and living from there, you would completely change your outlook on things, and thus change your 'self'.
I've downloaded almost every game that has come out in the past year. You know what? I've burned them all. 99% of them I played for about a day at most.
The reason I don't pay for my games, is because the games that come out these days are just shit. Nothing more. Now that I've found this out, I will NEVER pay for a game that I haven't been able to download off the net first.
Don't tell me to go download the shareware or trial or demo version to test it out either. I've found them to be a REALLY lousy comparison to the full game. I can download a demo of a game, and think its really neat! Then when I go and shell out the money for the whole thing, I find its nothing much more than the demo and an extra character or something.
IMO you just have to be able to play the real version first, in order to decide if its really worth your oh-so-precious dollar x 50.
I think these are reasons many of us download whatever we want. It is true that many people will never pay for anything, but that's their choice. No one is making you pay for any of it. You have the choice. There are consequences sure, but how many people do you know get busted with piracy, or conspiring to pirate? Not one I'm betting.
I just feel my money is worth more than the garbage they're putting out. And damned if I'm going to give them money for a game I could've made better myself.
This applies to much more than just computer piracy though.
The way I see it, you follow whatever you believe. I don't give a shit what the law says. The law wasn't made for me. It was made for the goddamn mega-corporations. As long as I don't get caught I don't feel any worse for breaking the law than if there never was such a law.
Its the same thing with most people and marijuana. Everyone who smokes it feels it should be legal. That's millions of people. Yet it still remains illegal. And as long as you don't get caught, who cares if you're breaking a stupid law that shouldn't have been made in the first place? Right?
Not anymore... Half-Life used to check for duplicate CD-KEYS in use, but it doesn't any more. I've borrowed mine out to a few friends, who lost theirs, and we can still play online using the same cd-key. Thank god.
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I think the government has gone too far. They have the *right* so to speak, to create these laws, to supposedly protect us kids. But what happens when their laws only make things worse? What happens if it takes them too long to fix it? What happens when they screw up so bad that the parents can't even do anything about it?
Here's my opinion on our government: It is getting way too complex. You can't go around making a goddamn law on every single thing you think is wrong, because it will affect more than just that aspect of citizens' lives. Besides that point, just because some snooty power-mongers think that something is wrong, does that mean it is? What about what the people think?
Our laws should be 1) outlines 2) able to be abolished by the people 3) completely public
Okay, I'm done for now...
This is the end... my only friend the end... la la la la la la...
It isn't wise for a parasite to kill its host...
Even better sound than what we now know as almost perfect? Great! Makes you wonder how much better it will get in the future, even when we have perfect sound....
Of course the demand for bandwith is increasing! HELLO?! Everyone and their dog brings their own computers now, and there are computers ALL over the campuses. Why in the world wouldn't the demand be rising?
In fact many schools are requiring you to either buy or rent a computer, for the entire time of your education there. This shouldn't even be news at all...
I agree. There is an entire spectrum of nerds and geeks out there. It doesn't conform to just one small aspect of technical knowledge. We need to be a little more understanding of other peoples' wants and needs.
After all, we're not all the same. Right?
You have to realize how hardcore a lot of teens are about MTV. Yes, the rest of us can see how lame it really is... but those who are sucked into it eat, sleep, and breathe it. If MTV says something is, IT IS dammit!
I should know.. my little sister would die without it. I think she even has withdrawals sometimes.
I can't wait to see if she wants one of these once they start advertising them all the time.
I also had the same problem. We put it on our family Athlon 600, 256 megs ram, geforce 2.. and not a single day went by when it would completely freeze up or just reboot for no reason. But everyone thought it was much nicer, and it was pretty smooth. But the crashes, I just couldn't live with, so back to 98 we go. Nice waste of money for now...
That list is hilarious... "Everybody loves Osama" hahaha.. there are some really good ones on there..
Family Guy is the best show ever!!! GOD DAMN STUPID 20 SECOND POST SHIT! ERASED MY GODDAMN POST 3 TIMES!
But should they be TOLD to go and vote for it? I mean its just a POLL! Perhaps some of us want to see what NORMAL people are going to use.. Not just these 'loyal ms' employee freaks.
I guess we're damn lucky it missed, because we wouldn't be reading this right now perhaps. Maybe they should post stories about COMING asteroids instead of ones that already nearly missed or hit us. Sounds like a good idea to me...
It is good for us to at least be cautious. That way you ensure that it DOESN'T actually happen.
If EVERYONE just shrugged it off and called it paranoia, then hey.. they could just pull one over on us..
The few have to be paranoid for the good of the majority, and don't get any credit unless the evil intentions are actually proven...
:) or maybe im just paranoid...
Its true that Morpheus doesn't have the click till you win garbage, but it has quite a problem with its ads. I get an error popup about 20 times a day saying it couldn't connect to some goddamn ad site that it was trying to popup on me.
Not only that, but they use these REALLY annoying ads that feature people talking to you and junk, and it kind of interferes with whatever you're doing like listening to songs, watching movies, jerki... er.. etc....
I really don't know, so I guess I'd believe you since you SEEM to know but,
It makes sense to me that it would be harder to keep an object in orbit around the moon, being that the Earth is so close, and so much larger... perhaps harder isn't the word, but the path would be much different than one in orbit around the Earth would it not?
Just wondering..
Is not 100 years a 'limited Time' in some respect?
They've got it all figured out...
This is not true!! Everyone knows that Windows 95 was 91.9 better than 3.1. And everyone knows that 98 was 3 better than 95! And so on, until we start measuring in LETTERS instead of numbers! Hm... i wonder how many times better XP is than 98SE....
That might work for 1 person on the server, yes. Otherwise you'd need much more than a T1 serving.
The "self" is a very fragile thing. I doubt whether you'd be "you" anymore.
I've learned from a long period of intense exposure to maryjane that the "self" can be modified, and it is very hard, if not impossible to change it back.
I think that by simply tranferring everything into a computer, and living from there, you would completely change your outlook on things, and thus change your 'self'.
It's all IMHO obviously.
yeah I noticed that too... hahaha... almost funny... heh heh
I've downloaded almost every game that has come out in the past year. You know what? I've burned them all. 99% of them I played for about a day at most. The reason I don't pay for my games, is because the games that come out these days are just shit. Nothing more. Now that I've found this out, I will NEVER pay for a game that I haven't been able to download off the net first. Don't tell me to go download the shareware or trial or demo version to test it out either. I've found them to be a REALLY lousy comparison to the full game. I can download a demo of a game, and think its really neat! Then when I go and shell out the money for the whole thing, I find its nothing much more than the demo and an extra character or something. IMO you just have to be able to play the real version first, in order to decide if its really worth your oh-so-precious dollar x 50. I think these are reasons many of us download whatever we want. It is true that many people will never pay for anything, but that's their choice. No one is making you pay for any of it. You have the choice. There are consequences sure, but how many people do you know get busted with piracy, or conspiring to pirate? Not one I'm betting. I just feel my money is worth more than the garbage they're putting out. And damned if I'm going to give them money for a game I could've made better myself.
This applies to much more than just computer piracy though.
The way I see it, you follow whatever you believe. I don't give a shit what the law says. The law wasn't made for me. It was made for the goddamn mega-corporations. As long as I don't get caught I don't feel any worse for breaking the law than if there never was such a law.
Its the same thing with most people and marijuana. Everyone who smokes it feels it should be legal. That's millions of people. Yet it still remains illegal. And as long as you don't get caught, who cares if you're breaking a stupid law that shouldn't have been made in the first place? Right?
There's my $.02
Not anymore... Half-Life used to check for duplicate CD-KEYS in use, but it doesn't any more. I've borrowed mine out to a few friends, who lost theirs, and we can still play online using the same cd-key. Thank god.
How about we just do away with all words having anything to do with storage, and call it all techspeak. Then there can be no false understandings.
How about Newspeak anyone?