College textbooks are choosen for the class by the professor who has expertise in the area. K-12 books are choosen school or district-wide by committees.
Size is a incredibly stupid basis for the distinction. If you say anything over 2300km across is a planet, that includes a nebula. You can't say it has to be solid, that would exclude gas giants.
If you bring in other criteria, why include size at all?
I went to an astronomy talk at the University of Toronto a few years ago. The presenter defined a planet as any celestial body that doesn't radiate light. That explicitly includes asteroids and moons. Why is it necessary to make the distinction between planet and asteroid?
The whole point of the article is to arbitrarily define the distinction which just proves how stupid it is.
Yes, it is that product activation is bad all of the time.
I am against software piracy, and I've bought tax software every year from 1992 until last year (I still have every program). This year I'm doing my taxes by hand for the first time ever.
The problem with product activation is it turns the software from a product into a service. Even though I have the CD, I can't install the program with full functionality. When I buy software, I want to be able to run it forever. I still have a parition with DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11, mostly to play older games. I also run legal copies of Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Slackware. I do not run XP, and I won't as long as it has product activation.
I'm in Canada, but if I was in the US, I'd consider buying the software just to join the lawsuit.
According to your own link, it was a joke. a CD-R is a WORM drive, not a WOM...WOM means you can never read it. That's the sort of media the RIAA probably uses for their complaints database.
With an IC chip, the term is OTP; One Time Programmable.
Can I run the program on music I might consider listening to and rule out anything it approves?
Actually, this is useful on a person by person basis. I can tell it which songs I like, and it can pre-scan new music and decide what I'm more likely to enjoy.
Toronto actually, and the BBS was Canada Remote Systems. They were bought and killed by I-Star who wanted to try and convince the users to subscribe with them. At the time, I was already using Interlog internet service as an ISP. Interlog's backbone was connected through I-Star, so I cancelled my Interlog account and told them exactly why.
I-Star was bought by PSINet, and then both PSINet and ClearNet were bought by Telus, so I cancelled my ClearNet phone and told them exactly why.
I know the companies don't care and probably got a laugh out of it, but it was still fun to tell them off.
What I really miss about BBS's were the game doors, Especially Tradewars and GTWar. I know people run Tradewares via telnet not, but it's just not the same thing. I got to know the other players and it was more fun because it was personal.
I still hold a grudge against Telus because they bought the company that bought the ISP that bought my BBS to shut it down and harvest their customers. I even cancelled my ClearNet cell phone when Telus bought them.
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Nah, a kidney is only worth a few grand. These will be much more expensive for a while. :)
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Wasn't it the government Al Gore helped run that brought us the DMCA?
It might not be a good thing having him as a director at one of the few big tech companies that is still customer friendly.
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I meant that as the college way is better; I was offering it as an explaination for why the K-12 level textbooks are so much worse.
Another clueless AC
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College textbooks are choosen for the class by the professor who has expertise in the area. K-12 books are choosen school or district-wide by committees.
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Once the patch is installed, is there any way I can be sure my system hasn't been rootkitted without doing a clean install?
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Didn't you hear about the radiation belt? The new theory is no life on Europa
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When the EV1 came out, the chairman of GM said it would "define the GM of the future"
So what he's saying is the future of GM is to pull out of the market
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A reptile is a retile if it weighs 1 gram or 100,000 tons. If it is warm blooded, it is not a reptile no matter how much it weighs.
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Size is a incredibly stupid basis for the distinction. If you say anything over 2300km across is a planet, that includes a nebula. You can't say it has to be solid, that would exclude gas giants.
If you bring in other criteria, why include size at all?
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I went to an astronomy talk at the University of Toronto a few years ago. The presenter defined a planet as any celestial body that doesn't radiate light. That explicitly includes asteroids and moons. Why is it necessary to make the distinction between planet and asteroid?
The whole point of the article is to arbitrarily define the distinction which just proves how stupid it is.
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I said I'm canadian; I don't *have* a congressperson.
Yes, it is that product activation is bad all of the time.
I am against software piracy, and I've bought tax software every year from 1992 until last year (I still have every program). This year I'm doing my taxes by hand for the first time ever.
The problem with product activation is it turns the software from a product into a service. Even though I have the CD, I can't install the program with full functionality. When I buy software, I want to be able to run it forever. I still have a parition with DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11, mostly to play older games. I also run legal copies of Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Slackware. I do not run XP, and I won't as long as it has product activation.
I'm in Canada, but if I was in the US, I'd consider buying the software just to join the lawsuit.
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Take on MS in the courtroom? That's where they're best.
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But then I use a spatula
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Now you can play *simple* games on your PS2. Hopefully that should mean eye candy doesn't get in the way of playability and the games will be better :)
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They're already jumping ahead to a new technology. I'm still waiting for there to be a real standard for normal DVD recording.
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According to your own link, it was a joke. a CD-R is a WORM drive, not a WOM...WOM means you can never read it. That's the sort of media the RIAA probably uses for their complaints database.
With an IC chip, the term is OTP; One Time Programmable.
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so get ready to toss out your motherboard
Since when can you upgrade to a new generation CPU and not have to replace the motherboard?
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The term is WORM...Write Once Read Many.
Can I run the program on music I might consider listening to and rule out anything it approves?
Actually, this is useful on a person by person basis. I can tell it which songs I like, and it can pre-scan new music and decide what I'm more likely to enjoy.
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Shouldn't Michael Crichton have given this address? His novel, Prey, did a better job explaining this.
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Toronto actually, and the BBS was Canada Remote Systems. They were bought and killed by I-Star who wanted to try and convince the users to subscribe with them. At the time, I was already using Interlog internet service as an ISP. Interlog's backbone was connected through I-Star, so I cancelled my Interlog account and told them exactly why.
I-Star was bought by PSINet, and then both PSINet and ClearNet were bought by Telus, so I cancelled my ClearNet phone and told them exactly why.
I know the companies don't care and probably got a laugh out of it, but it was still fun to tell them off.
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We had to punch one hole in it to double-side it.
What I really miss about BBS's were the game doors, Especially Tradewars and GTWar. I know people run Tradewares via telnet not, but it's just not the same thing. I got to know the other players and it was more fun because it was personal.
I still hold a grudge against Telus because they bought the company that bought the ISP that bought my BBS to shut it down and harvest their customers. I even cancelled my ClearNet cell phone when Telus bought them.
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We were so l337 that we used *both* sides out our piece of paper.