They do have the right to run anything on your computer
I call bullshit. Just because its in the EULA, does not make it legal. Furthermore, as pointed out in a previous post, you can only read the EULA after you have purchased and installed the software, at which point you can not return the game. To further complicate the situation, another poster mentioned this came out in a patch, not the original release, so if you were an early adopter, and agreed to the original EULA, and purchased a yearly or 6 month subscription, you are SOL, as blizzard has changed the deal after you agreed.
In the real world, you can't ammend a contract without the consent of both parties, so why is software different? If they want to spy on users, and do so in a legal manner, as I'm not even sure that this is legal, they should put it on the back of the box, so users can decide not to buy the product, or they need to offer full or partial refunds to current subscribers.
As a subscriber, I plan to inform Blizzard I am not happy with the situation and would like to know what my options are for recieving a full or partial refund. I'm sure they'll tell me where to stick it, but that's already in the EULA most likely.
Or they could just use that good ole PS2 mouse port. You know, the one on all the computers still sold. Las I checked, even use mice come with adapters to allow them to plug into a PS2 port, but I have yet to find a adapter to let a USB thumbdrive copy data via the PS2 port, but damn wuld that be a neat hack.
Disaster strikes area A, and power goes out. Ham operator in area A can now transmit again.
Emergency supplies in area B, where power is still on, can not recive signal from area A ham because area B BPL is still interfering with the signal.
There are two points in a point to point link, if one point has too much noise to hear the other, there is no way to communicate. So basically Hams in disaster areas would only be able to communicate with other Hams in other disaster areas.
Just wanted to add something to the parent on this one. Every drugs costs money to create and research, but very few actually work, so those that work have to pay for the other 999 or so that didn't but still were tried before the wonder pill was created.
It would be great if we could skip those 999 that won't work, but until we find a better method than trial and error, we have to pay for all the errors with the profits of the success. This is a very common model among research and development industries.
Why not? I'm all for charity, but why exactly is the time and efforts of the scientists who found the vaccine worth nothing in your opinion? Do you profit from your job, or do you donate all your work to charity?
If you find the ***extrememly useful product goes here*** you'd best not be trying to fucking profit from it.
I'd rather someone profits from a cure to a disease, than no one profits from no cure to a disease that continues to kill people.
I think it was a valid mod. He's pointing out a valid point about what he sees the war on terror being about. People may not agree with him, and he may not even be correct, but it is a different insight into the issue, therefore insightful.
Okay, one small clarification, because you've got 99% of it right.
Telomeres are the end caps on the dns strands.
Telomerase is the enzyme that extends telomeres, thus allowing the dna to split as many time as it wants. Telomerase is used a few places in the body, such as the testes and stomach lining, where having your cells be able to split their dna, and create more cells, as many times as possible becomes really handy. Telomerase is bad in cancer cells, because it lets them do the same thing.
Are you a religious zealot?
Too many politicians are and use religion to push their anti-Science agendas.
Without Science, religion will be used to oppress.
Like 1984, but much, much worse.
Just out of curiosity, what is it in the hardware architecture that makes you want to use them over other architectures?
More than four general purpose registers.
A vector engine that doesn't require a context switch to use, unlike one hacked onto the floating point stack
RISC
Shorter execution pipeline with more efficient instruction completion
The PPC is just a plain better processor. The x86 has done well, and I'm impressed how far it has come from a chip that originally wasn't powerful enough to be a calculator. The PPC was designed recently, and there fore suffers fewer legacy issues. I mean, Pentium 4's still have real mode, for example.
The Japanese government doesn't make money from foreign tourists, it has been subsidizing them so much, it loses money for each one it brings in.
Wow, and where is this cost of tourism coming from? I'm honestly curious, because I know where my money went when I was there. I spent money on food, hotels, trains, cabs, and for soveniers, all of which supports businesses which pay taxes, which the government gets. I recieved no discounts because I was a tourist. We even had to pay an airport tax.
Why is it that everyone always uses this excuse? Yes, it kills the sensation, but sex with a condom is still more fun than death last time I checked. And you don't even have to use the condom forever, once you've found a steady partner and have established they are clean, and not having unprotected sex with others, then you can have all the sensation you want.
Me, I'm waiting for a Canon's next- or next-next- generation EOS digital so I can use it with my existing lenses
Whats wrong with the EOS 1Ds? Aside from price, it seems to be the perfect DSLR with a full size sensor so a 14mm lens behaves like a 14mm and not a 21mm as on cameras with smaller sensors. If you just want compatibility with other Canon lenses, there are many models that do that, try the EOS Digital Rebel at the low end for $899, all the way up to the EOS 1D Mk II for $4500.
If thats how you feel, why don't we just add this to our federal taxes?
What about the students who don't like the product the RIAA produces, or perfer not to support them for what ever reason. And before you fire back, they can just go to another school, I'm sure this affects those who have already completed at least a year there.
Why bother with a rocket? If you have the materials to make a dirty bomb, why not just place it in a stolen or rented van and park it in a parking garage in the city of your choice?
Building rockets takes skill and testing, which both take time and are likely to get noticed. Driving a van full of fuel oil and fertilizer is pretty simple, and much more effective. Why does everyone think that evil doers have some grand plan involving fringe hobbies. This isn't a Bond movie.
Any one who has every been to Tokyo can tell you that the cell phone display in most sotres is huge. Even the small stores will have something like 20 different models in 10 different colors. Then you have all the little accessories and gadgets to add, like the littel charms that light up and the phone condoms and so on. Phones are definately a status symbol in Japan.
Japanese will pay for new phones, therefore the market will rush to provide them with new phones.
Only if you use TDM and there is more channel bandwidth than you can use.
Actually CDMA can support a large number of phones on the same frequency. I don't remember the average number, but its something like 16 or 32 per frequency. Walsh codes are a very cool thing.
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Yea, as oppossed to all those honest politicians that run. Its not ever a matter of lesser evils anymore, just different flavors.
I call bullshit. Just because its in the EULA, does not make it legal. Furthermore, as pointed out in a previous post, you can only read the EULA after you have purchased and installed the software, at which point you can not return the game. To further complicate the situation, another poster mentioned this came out in a patch, not the original release, so if you were an early adopter, and agreed to the original EULA, and purchased a yearly or 6 month subscription, you are SOL, as blizzard has changed the deal after you agreed.
In the real world, you can't ammend a contract without the consent of both parties, so why is software different? If they want to spy on users, and do so in a legal manner, as I'm not even sure that this is legal, they should put it on the back of the box, so users can decide not to buy the product, or they need to offer full or partial refunds to current subscribers.
As a subscriber, I plan to inform Blizzard I am not happy with the situation and would like to know what my options are for recieving a full or partial refund. I'm sure they'll tell me where to stick it, but that's already in the EULA most likely.
I stand corrected. I hadn't seen a machine without two PS2 ports. My bad.
Or they could just use that good ole PS2 mouse port. You know, the one on all the computers still sold. Las I checked, even use mice come with adapters to allow them to plug into a PS2 port, but I have yet to find a adapter to let a USB thumbdrive copy data via the PS2 port, but damn wuld that be a neat hack.
Emergency supplies in area B, where power is still on, can not recive signal from area A ham because area B BPL is still interfering with the signal.
There are two points in a point to point link, if one point has too much noise to hear the other, there is no way to communicate. So basically Hams in disaster areas would only be able to communicate with other Hams in other disaster areas.
It would be great if we could skip those 999 that won't work, but until we find a better method than trial and error, we have to pay for all the errors with the profits of the success. This is a very common model among research and development industries.
If you find the ***extrememly useful product goes here*** you'd best not be trying to fucking profit from it.
I'd rather someone profits from a cure to a disease, than no one profits from no cure to a disease that continues to kill people.
I think it was a valid mod. He's pointing out a valid point about what he sees the war on terror being about. People may not agree with him, and he may not even be correct, but it is a different insight into the issue, therefore insightful.
Thank you for making my day. I'm sure no one will bother to mod you up, but damn did that make me laugh.
Telomeres are the end caps on the dns strands.
Telomerase is the enzyme that extends telomeres, thus allowing the dna to split as many time as it wants. Telomerase is used a few places in the body, such as the testes and stomach lining, where having your cells be able to split their dna, and create more cells, as many times as possible becomes really handy. Telomerase is bad in cancer cells, because it lets them do the same thing.
Are you a religious zealot? Too many politicians are and use religion to push their anti-Science agendas. Without Science, religion will be used to oppress. Like 1984, but much, much worse.
The PPC is just a plain better processor. The x86 has done well, and I'm impressed how far it has come from a chip that originally wasn't powerful enough to be a calculator. The PPC was designed recently, and there fore suffers fewer legacy issues. I mean, Pentium 4's still have real mode, for example.
Why is it that everyone always uses this excuse? Yes, it kills the sensation, but sex with a condom is still more fun than death last time I checked. And you don't even have to use the condom forever, once you've found a steady partner and have established they are clean, and not having unprotected sex with others, then you can have all the sensation you want.
Whats wrong with the EOS 1Ds? Aside from price, it seems to be the perfect DSLR with a full size sensor so a 14mm lens behaves like a 14mm and not a 21mm as on cameras with smaller sensors. If you just want compatibility with other Canon lenses, there are many models that do that, try the EOS Digital Rebel at the low end for $899, all the way up to the EOS 1D Mk II for $4500.
What about the students who don't like the product the RIAA produces, or perfer not to support them for what ever reason. And before you fire back, they can just go to another school, I'm sure this affects those who have already completed at least a year there.
When did Wired get a swimsuit issue?
Ryder Truck + Map + Fertilizer + Diesel = guided bomb. I'm not so sure it's such a bad idea to be concerned about this.
Building rockets takes skill and testing, which both take time and are likely to get noticed. Driving a van full of fuel oil and fertilizer is pretty simple, and much more effective. Why does everyone think that evil doers have some grand plan involving fringe hobbies. This isn't a Bond movie.
In other words, it brings a lot to a Real World(TM) battle.
Any one who has every been to Tokyo can tell you that the cell phone display in most sotres is huge. Even the small stores will have something like 20 different models in 10 different colors. Then you have all the little accessories and gadgets to add, like the littel charms that light up and the phone condoms and so on. Phones are definately a status symbol in Japan.
Japanese will pay for new phones, therefore the market will rush to provide them with new phones.
Big transmitters mean big cells, and big cells defeat the whole point of a cellular network, esp in dense populations like Japan.
Looks like he'll have to get used to his inbox being filled up on a regular basis.
Only if you use TDM and there is more channel bandwidth than you can use.
Actually CDMA can support a large number of phones on the same frequency. I don't remember the average number, but its something like 16 or 32 per frequency. Walsh codes are a very cool thing.
You must be the RIAA posterboy...