They seem to have the "can't re-sign it" part figured out, but the "can't sand off" seems to be a bit flawed. I was quite disappointed when I discovered it had worn off.
Best Buy is the only place that has ever checked mine.
The card is about 3 years old, the signature has worn off completely, and I can't resign it (so far no pen seems to write on the mangled signature panel). So they always check my ID.
But what's the point anyway? I can go online and spend thousands of dollars with no verification, so what is the point of checking my ID in store?
I think most of the competition is underestimating the value of iTunes. Since iTunes is free on Windows, standard on Mac, and generally considered to be a decent piece of software, lots of people use it-- whether they have MP3 players or not.
If someone spends a lot of time living with a certain piece of music management software, when the time comes to choose a player, they're going to lean towards the one that integrates best with what they have. If they can't see or use the software without buying the player, that will impact the decision in a negative way.
Good point, I forgot about him. If he ran for President I would vote for him in a second. Hopefully he will keep getting his opinions out there (his editorials are excellent) and bring a few more over to this belief.
That is not the same thing. We pay taxes to the Federal government, and our state can make a decision that allows the Federal government to prevent those funds from being used for the intended purpose.
The equivalent in your example: the President of the company institutes the mandate, and your manager refuses to allow his employees to be tested, so his employees all get fired. They didn't make the choice, but they pay the consequences.
Exactly. Even if the "separation of church and state" clause the courts love to use existed (which it doesn't, but that's a different story), the sticker NEVER mentions religion. The reason for it being there is irrelevant-- only the content matters, and the content is not religious so the judge is in the wrong on this one.
No, the Second Amendment is explicitly about the militia, made up of the citizens. Defending against a tyrannical government is one function. Defending yourself and your fellow citizens is another.
Apple says the copy protection is to prevent copying, which is nonsense because you can burn CDs. The copy protection is designed primarily to lock out the competition.
Ummm, no. The copy protection was required by the labels in order for Apple to get permission to sell the songs to begin with.
Plus, as you said, it's only VB-like. Is it really worth learning a new language just to use this IDE?
I'm not sure this is worthwhile at all. It's nice to see a RAD platform for Linux, but learning a new language (and being based on BASIC, probably not a terribly useful new language) just to use it seems like a waste.
The sale, likely to be in the $1 billion to $2 billion range, is expected to include the entire range of desktop, laptop and notebook computers made by I.B.M.
I was just reading something yesterday where soldiers are saying that when dealing with the threats we're dealing with now, an injured enemy doesn't take two or three combatants off the field. They are perfectly willing to let their own die and keep fighting. And in many cases the injured enemies are even still fighting... until shot three or four times.
The supposed advantage of.223 was that the ammunition was so much lighter, so they could carry more (or carry the same amount with lighter packs), but where is the advantage when it takes four shots to do what the M-14 (.308) or M-1 (.30-06) did with one?
Very true. And in most states it's illegal to use certain calibers because they simply won't kill the animal, only cause it pain.
Of course,.223 is one of those calibers usually banned for hunting, and it's what we're issuing our soldiers to defend our country with... but that's a different argument.
Not to mention that you have to assume there will be logging of who controls the gun at a given time, and being that it has a camera attached, it would basically be committing murder on camera, which would be pretty darn stupid.
That's the key. Most of the peripherals that have bombed (things like Sega CD, and the PS2 hard drive) are just too expensive. Even FFXI couldn't move the hard drive here in the states... I'm sure it was a different story in Japan though.
In my memory, the only console expansion that has ever really taken off is the PS2 network adapter. Price is the driving factor there. The hard drive is just too expensive for most users to care.
So in order to find a file on the disk, you suggest rotating through a read at 50 different locactions? More than 50, actually; 50 times the number of reads necessary to read the whole lookup table, in a worst-case scenario.
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They seem to have the "can't re-sign it" part figured out, but the "can't sand off" seems to be a bit flawed. I was quite disappointed when I discovered it had worn off.
The card is about 3 years old, the signature has worn off completely, and I can't resign it (so far no pen seems to write on the mangled signature panel). So they always check my ID.
But what's the point anyway? I can go online and spend thousands of dollars with no verification, so what is the point of checking my ID in store?
If someone spends a lot of time living with a certain piece of music management software, when the time comes to choose a player, they're going to lean towards the one that integrates best with what they have. If they can't see or use the software without buying the player, that will impact the decision in a negative way.
Good point, I forgot about him. If he ran for President I would vote for him in a second. Hopefully he will keep getting his opinions out there (his editorials are excellent) and bring a few more over to this belief.
Do you really believe there's anyone left in Congress who has a clue what the Constitution says anymore? They sure don't act like it.
The equivalent in your example: the President of the company institutes the mandate, and your manager refuses to allow his employees to be tested, so his employees all get fired. They didn't make the choice, but they pay the consequences.
Exactly. Even if the "separation of church and state" clause the courts love to use existed (which it doesn't, but that's a different story), the sticker NEVER mentions religion. The reason for it being there is irrelevant-- only the content matters, and the content is not religious so the judge is in the wrong on this one.
No, gravity is a scientific law, not a scientific theory.
No, the Second Amendment is explicitly about the militia, made up of the citizens. Defending against a tyrannical government is one function. Defending yourself and your fellow citizens is another.
Ummm, no. The copy protection was required by the labels in order for Apple to get permission to sell the songs to begin with.
I'm not sure this is worthwhile at all. It's nice to see a RAD platform for Linux, but learning a new language (and being based on BASIC, probably not a terribly useful new language) just to use it seems like a waste.
In addition, a lot of corporate phone systems run on OS/2.
The supposed advantage of .223 was that the ammunition was so much lighter, so they could carry more (or carry the same amount with lighter packs), but where is the advantage when it takes four shots to do what the M-14 (.308) or M-1 (.30-06) did with one?
That is true, I was generalizing to deer hunting. And I still find it funny that we expect our soldiers to do their jobs with a varmint cartridge.
Of course, .223 is one of those calibers usually banned for hunting, and it's what we're issuing our soldiers to defend our country with... but that's a different argument.
Not to mention that you have to assume there will be logging of who controls the gun at a given time, and being that it has a camera attached, it would basically be committing murder on camera, which would be pretty darn stupid.
Seriously, why is this news?
That's the key. Most of the peripherals that have bombed (things like Sega CD, and the PS2 hard drive) are just too expensive. Even FFXI couldn't move the hard drive here in the states... I'm sure it was a different story in Japan though.
PS2 network adapter sold for $40 which, being less than the price of a game, is probably the main reason it's been popular.
In my memory, the only console expansion that has ever really taken off is the PS2 network adapter. Price is the driving factor there. The hard drive is just too expensive for most users to care.
I know that he wins every night from episode 35 until 74. How is that not a spoiler?
Amen. Spoilers on the front page are completely unacceptable. But CNN did it too, so what can we do?
So in order to find a file on the disk, you suggest rotating through a read at 50 different locactions? More than 50, actually; 50 times the number of reads necessary to read the whole lookup table, in a worst-case scenario.
Exactly my point. No matter how much creative remapping you do, somewhere you have to have a basic lookup table in a static place.