Wow, and I was expecting people to get mad about the God reference, not the sarcastic intentional misspelling of the plural of virus. Virii has a sarcastic sound to me, much like s'kiddies. The word choice was deliberate. In fact, s'kiddies is not a word either, why didn't you complain about that? Better yet, why don't you lighten up, and go back to sucking "penii"!
I'm really not sure why I am bothering to reply to you. You couldn't comprehend what I was saying in my first post, why would you get the message any better this time around? First off, don't assume that noone would donate anymore- you are making the mistake of believing that everyone else is as stingy as you are. Second, the point of a political organization is to show that large numbers of voters want something, not to bribe senators. Saying that 800 million voters are members of the EFF has a lot of clout to all senators, instead of bribing just a few of them. The EFF will have some overhead costs, that is what the donations are for! So, to sum up, they need my money, but they need my name on their roster more.
"Since these are mission critical components, Windows is clearly not the operating system in use"... I wonder what BillG would have to say about that, since he is so into "trustworthy computing".:-)
I was suprised that they require a donation to become a member. I realize they need the money, but it seems to me they would have more political clout if their total membership tally were much larger - and making donations optional would certainly accomplish this. People who will give money would do it anyway, people who are too broke to pledge monetary support might still like to be counted as against draconian measures like the DMCA...
D'oH! Good point. Maybe I should have just said "shots fired"... And did the colors signify a trend? I seem to recall red lasers/blasts/lightsabres being associated with the badguys in other series.
Ok, two people died. And they shot, what, 40 or 50 thousand rounds of ammo in that time? Not to mention countless bombs, missiles, and such.
That's almost as poor a ratio as the US got in a famous land war in Asia!:-)
Ya, I bet Germany with it's restrictive gun control laws feels really safe after that school shooting last week. Maybe if they let citizens carry guns someone could have stopped that idiot before he killed all 13 teachers. Obviously gun control laws do a wonderful job of stopping violence... Thank you, I'll keep my gun and my safety.
Umm.. I really hate to point this out, but I am a paying customer many times over, I have SEVERAL originals of StarCraft, Diablo, D2, expansions, and all that. I really hate playing on Battle.net for many reasons, one of which is the fact that my small group of friends cannot play a ladder game just for us. Also to be considered is the lag, cheaters, lamers, kewl d00ds, backstabbers, game wreckers, and general @ssholes that comprise 90% of what you find on Battle.net. So Blizzard's "service" is not a viable option. If they would care to release closed source battle.net servers that checked CD-Keys to ensure a legit copy of the game, I would be more than happy to use their server instead of bnetd. I just want something that WORKS. Unfortunately, I can only get the features I need from bnetd, and by removing that option Blizzard is doing me, a PAYING CUSTOMER, a grave disservice.
Speeding tickets are mostly handed out to generate revenue for the municipality- there are far more dangerous things to cite that are totally overlooked because they are harder to prove and more hassle to convict for (no mecahanical verification, like radar guns, for a court case). In effect, it is all about revenue.
Vivendi is doing the same thing here. They can't stop the pirates, so they will pursue the tools the pirates use to ensure their revenue stream. Unfortunately, this act is not legal, logical, or ethical. Heck, it is not even good business sense. Punishing your paying customers to get to a few pirates is horrible customer service...
As long as you realize that hybrid cars in their current form are inferior to what they should be building. First, they need to dump direct drive from reciprocating engines completely. Turbines are much lighter and more powerful, not to mention they can create lower emissions for a specified power output. They need to run the turbine engine directly into a generator, the RPM's are a natural match. The turbine should run at a constant speed, since all engines are least efficient during speed changes (IIRC). The speed the turbine runs at should be computer set, based on recent power demands, updated every X amount of time. If power needed exceeds the power the turbine is producing, there would have to be some battery system to pick up spikes in demand. The turbine could also be sped up in emergencies (like flooring the car). The beast could be run with one or more electric drive motors direct to the wheels, ideally all 4 to give AWD. Computer controls could easily add traction control to this. The wheel motors could also be used as generators during braking to "top off" the batteries for the demands of accelerating away from a light.
Why do they not do this? 1)Turbines have a bad reputation for cars because early bearing technologies were not advanced enough to be reliable under the conditions, like they are now. 2)Existing mechanics would be befuddled with such a radical departure from reciprocating engines, service technicians would need to be retrained. 3)These engines would be trouble-free for a very long time, lowering the need to replace the vehicle and killing future sales.
Just my $0.02 about our current batch of hybrids.
If the comment was intended with the depth that you read into it, then I stand corrected. I thought it was a bit trollish, and that the one word you cite, "immediate", was simply part of the sarcasm. Personally, I have more aramaments than the Branch Davidians did, and all but one of them are for poking holes in paper on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. The one remainder is the equivalent of a first aid kit or a fire extinguisher, it is a tool to protect me in the absence of the police. I do not think there will ever come a time where I will be part of a "mass uprising" against the political machine. Therefore, when I see a statement like that, all that comes to mind is the anti-gun lobby (a group who I do not agree with) being sarcastic about a prime plank in the argument the NRA (another group I do not wholly agree with) makes for private ownership of guns (a stance I fully agree with). Hope that clears it up!:-)
"And no, I don't own a gun. I have small children around the house, and no immediate need to kill government officials to secure my natural rights"
And you had the nerve to call _someone_else_ a troll? Ballsy!
Actually, IIRC, it was 5 games to bring expected profitability. That is why initially the XBox was offered as a bundle with (gosh) 5 games!
And it is actually a good system, a few things are hurting it:
1)M$ is being greedy, for example they charge $$$ to use the integrated DVD player that the PS2 lets you use for free (no remote)
2)Some design flaws, such as controller size and layout, the 64meg memory instead of 128, proprietary USB formats
3) MOST IMPORTANT: the games. They suck! Yes, they are pretty (for a console), but eye candy is not going to make a game a classic or a hit: it is the gameplay that makes a hit. And Lo, most of the initial release games were eye candy to show what the system was capable of.
Just my opinion.
Gee. That's odd. I own MULTIPLE copies of StarCraft, Broodwar, Diablo, Diablo 2, Warcraft, and lots of expansions. All original, not copies.
I think I have played on battle.net twice, total. I prefer to run my own server using 3rd party software, like bnetd. No cheaters, less lag, more manageable room sizes...
Don't make the mistake of assuming that everyone who doesn't succumb to the "battle.net borg" is a software pirate, because you would be VERY wrong.
A capitalist dictatorship is very possible. As we have seen time and again, money makes the rules.
You don't have to look too hard to find an example of political or social power through economic means. G.W. or BillG are both good examples, if not as extreme as a total dictatorship. However, I would argue that it is possible we will see one in our lifetimes.
I must be missing something, why in the world would anyone want to run AOhelL over a cable modem?
Please don't tell me that you know this works from personal experience!!!:-)
Interesting. At what age exactly are you going to let Little Tommy know that a stork didn't REALLY drop him off at the front door? I bet he knows more about sex than you think...
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Wow, and I was expecting people to get mad about the God reference, not the sarcastic intentional misspelling of the plural of virus. Virii has a sarcastic sound to me, much like s'kiddies. The word choice was deliberate. In fact, s'kiddies is not a word either, why didn't you complain about that? Better yet, why don't you lighten up, and go back to sucking "penii"!
I'm really not sure why I am bothering to reply to you. You couldn't comprehend what I was saying in my first post, why would you get the message any better this time around? First off, don't assume that noone would donate anymore- you are making the mistake of believing that everyone else is as stingy as you are. Second, the point of a political organization is to show that large numbers of voters want something, not to bribe senators. Saying that 800 million voters are members of the EFF has a lot of clout to all senators, instead of bribing just a few of them. The EFF will have some overhead costs, that is what the donations are for! So, to sum up, they need my money, but they need my name on their roster more.
LOL! Never heard about it, please do tell! It actually seems to be on topic anyway.. Got linkies?
"Since these are mission critical components, Windows is clearly not the operating system in use"... I wonder what BillG would have to say about that, since he is so into "trustworthy computing". :-)
A trailer park or an Elvis convention? Sheesh...
Well, another poster mentioned http://www.eff-europe.org/ And I know, I didn't bother with a linky. At least you know it's not a link to goatse... :-)
I was suprised that they require a donation to become a member. I realize they need the money, but it seems to me they would have more political clout if their total membership tally were much larger - and making donations optional would certainly accomplish this. People who will give money would do it anyway, people who are too broke to pledge monetary support might still like to be counted as against draconian measures like the DMCA...
Agreed. I hate to get negative karma, but this guy needs modded up for this reply!
God writes email virii? I thought it was s'kiddies.
D'oH! Good point. Maybe I should have just said "shots fired"... And did the colors signify a trend? I seem to recall red lasers/blasts/lightsabres being associated with the badguys in other series.
Of course, but my point was how many rounds it took to kill each one. IIRC, it was around 100k rounds per confirmed kill. Bitch.
Ok, two people died. And they shot, what, 40 or 50 thousand rounds of ammo in that time? Not to mention countless bombs, missiles, and such. That's almost as poor a ratio as the US got in a famous land war in Asia! :-)
Didn't you know? G.I. Joe and Cobra trained at the Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy...
Ya, I bet Germany with it's restrictive gun control laws feels really safe after that school shooting last week. Maybe if they let citizens carry guns someone could have stopped that idiot before he killed all 13 teachers. Obviously gun control laws do a wonderful job of stopping violence... Thank you, I'll keep my gun and my safety.
Umm.. I really hate to point this out, but I am a paying customer many times over, I have SEVERAL originals of StarCraft, Diablo, D2, expansions, and all that. I really hate playing on Battle.net for many reasons, one of which is the fact that my small group of friends cannot play a ladder game just for us. Also to be considered is the lag, cheaters, lamers, kewl d00ds, backstabbers, game wreckers, and general @ssholes that comprise 90% of what you find on Battle.net. So Blizzard's "service" is not a viable option. If they would care to release closed source battle.net servers that checked CD-Keys to ensure a legit copy of the game, I would be more than happy to use their server instead of bnetd. I just want something that WORKS. Unfortunately, I can only get the features I need from bnetd, and by removing that option Blizzard is doing me, a PAYING CUSTOMER, a grave disservice.
Speeding tickets are mostly handed out to generate revenue for the municipality- there are far more dangerous things to cite that are totally overlooked because they are harder to prove and more hassle to convict for (no mecahanical verification, like radar guns, for a court case). In effect, it is all about revenue. Vivendi is doing the same thing here. They can't stop the pirates, so they will pursue the tools the pirates use to ensure their revenue stream. Unfortunately, this act is not legal, logical, or ethical. Heck, it is not even good business sense. Punishing your paying customers to get to a few pirates is horrible customer service...
As long as you realize that hybrid cars in their current form are inferior to what they should be building. First, they need to dump direct drive from reciprocating engines completely. Turbines are much lighter and more powerful, not to mention they can create lower emissions for a specified power output. They need to run the turbine engine directly into a generator, the RPM's are a natural match. The turbine should run at a constant speed, since all engines are least efficient during speed changes (IIRC). The speed the turbine runs at should be computer set, based on recent power demands, updated every X amount of time. If power needed exceeds the power the turbine is producing, there would have to be some battery system to pick up spikes in demand. The turbine could also be sped up in emergencies (like flooring the car). The beast could be run with one or more electric drive motors direct to the wheels, ideally all 4 to give AWD. Computer controls could easily add traction control to this. The wheel motors could also be used as generators during braking to "top off" the batteries for the demands of accelerating away from a light. Why do they not do this? 1)Turbines have a bad reputation for cars because early bearing technologies were not advanced enough to be reliable under the conditions, like they are now. 2)Existing mechanics would be befuddled with such a radical departure from reciprocating engines, service technicians would need to be retrained. 3)These engines would be trouble-free for a very long time, lowering the need to replace the vehicle and killing future sales. Just my $0.02 about our current batch of hybrids.
If the comment was intended with the depth that you read into it, then I stand corrected. I thought it was a bit trollish, and that the one word you cite, "immediate", was simply part of the sarcasm. Personally, I have more aramaments than the Branch Davidians did, and all but one of them are for poking holes in paper on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. The one remainder is the equivalent of a first aid kit or a fire extinguisher, it is a tool to protect me in the absence of the police. I do not think there will ever come a time where I will be part of a "mass uprising" against the political machine. Therefore, when I see a statement like that, all that comes to mind is the anti-gun lobby (a group who I do not agree with) being sarcastic about a prime plank in the argument the NRA (another group I do not wholly agree with) makes for private ownership of guns (a stance I fully agree with). Hope that clears it up! :-)
"And no, I don't own a gun. I have small children around the house, and no immediate need to kill government officials to secure my natural rights" And you had the nerve to call _someone_else_ a troll? Ballsy!
Actually, IIRC, it was 5 games to bring expected profitability. That is why initially the XBox was offered as a bundle with (gosh) 5 games! And it is actually a good system, a few things are hurting it: 1)M$ is being greedy, for example they charge $$$ to use the integrated DVD player that the PS2 lets you use for free (no remote) 2)Some design flaws, such as controller size and layout, the 64meg memory instead of 128, proprietary USB formats 3) MOST IMPORTANT: the games. They suck! Yes, they are pretty (for a console), but eye candy is not going to make a game a classic or a hit: it is the gameplay that makes a hit. And Lo, most of the initial release games were eye candy to show what the system was capable of. Just my opinion.
Gee. That's odd. I own MULTIPLE copies of StarCraft, Broodwar, Diablo, Diablo 2, Warcraft, and lots of expansions. All original, not copies. I think I have played on battle.net twice, total. I prefer to run my own server using 3rd party software, like bnetd. No cheaters, less lag, more manageable room sizes... Don't make the mistake of assuming that everyone who doesn't succumb to the "battle.net borg" is a software pirate, because you would be VERY wrong.
A capitalist dictatorship is very possible. As we have seen time and again, money makes the rules. You don't have to look too hard to find an example of political or social power through economic means. G.W. or BillG are both good examples, if not as extreme as a total dictatorship. However, I would argue that it is possible we will see one in our lifetimes.
I must be missing something, why in the world would anyone want to run AOhelL over a cable modem? Please don't tell me that you know this works from personal experience!!! :-)
Interesting. At what age exactly are you going to let Little Tommy know that a stork didn't REALLY drop him off at the front door? I bet he knows more about sex than you think...