I love the thought of a single AC posting and responding to himself in a magnificent display of schizophrenia. Kudos to you, sir, and keep up the good work.
It is extortino once you say: "Start paying for my services or I'll keep your domain". That is even assuming he did not ask for his investment back. I tend to believe the newspaper article over his own site.
Right. There wasn't a cop magically there when you got mugged, so they're all pigs. Try and live in a country with no police force. See how you like that.
I agree it might lead to abuse. Then again, having designed and mantained databases myself, I know that gathering facts is not trivial. Unless you think Lexis-Nexis should be free for all, you'll agree this work deserves some protection. I think what you are mentioning is a "slippery slope" fallacy. We don't know that any of that would happen, and have no reason to believe it. Then again, I pawned my tinfoil hat some time ago, so I might be a bit off the Slashdot view in these issues;)
There are companies dedicated to producing maps, and they are copyrighted, even tough the streets are "facts". I don't think anybody can say this is a bad thing. So, explain to me how this is different from producing complex databases of facts. Then start screaming about the sky falling.
Geez... RTFA Yes, I can make my own cheese database, and use whatever data I want. I just can't copy your database and claim it, or sell it, as mine. Now, explain again how this is bad.
Either you're in Iraq, or you're a complete nitwit. Yeah, yeah, all cops are pigs... until you're the one being robbed or raped. To quote Al Pacino's character in Sea of Love: "All these people in here with their rocks and their furs, they get robbed, they get raped, all the sudden I'm their daddy. Come the wetass hour I'm everybody's daddy".
The "Ugly Americans" have nothing to do with your government's actions. Ugly Americans --and I have seen them in the wild more than once-- are those obnoxious tourists who expect anyone in the street to speak their language and cater to their every whim. Who treat locals condescendingly and are just plain rude. Funnyly enough, I have traveled many times to the US, and most of the people are intelligent and polite. So, I'd have to asume that Ugly Americans are an export product (or that Americans somehow mutate when they travel abroad).
Close. It's "estadounidenses" (for "Estados Unidos"), and yes, that's literally United Statsian. It's because we don't appreciate your hijacking out continent's name for yourselves. Of course, for those who don't like USian, there is always the traditional "gringo". (Which is actually not as despective as most gringos think);)
So many wrong things in one post... Yes, there is a continent and it's called America. That's what Cristopher Columbus is credited with discovering: America. Ask Encarta , or Wikipedia. Or, even simpler: If your country is named "United States of America", and yet you claim there is no such thing as America... what the fuck are you refering to in your country's name? BTW, I'm Mexican. That means I'm an American, and a Northamerican to boot. So, using USian to refer to you would make perfect sense to me.
Please, stop calling Star Wars "science fiction". It is not. It's futuristic fantasy at best (spare me the "a long time ago" crap. It's futuristic compared to present Earth). Star Wars is fiction, and has nothing to do with science.
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No, no, no... he's not a "lawsuit-happy kind of guy". He and SCO are litigious bastards
Actually, subscribers knew about it since Saturday night!
But the fact that there's a Dr. Susan Calvin character implies that the movie follows Asimov's stories at least a little.
Yeah, and she's gonna be played by Bridget Moynahan That alone tells me they don't give a shit about the book.
Damn. You're right. I was kinda hoping for a kickass compression algorithm or something... :S
How you fit a 100+TB database into a fucking 2.5 TB disk, I'll never know.
I love the thought of a single AC posting and responding to himself in a magnificent display of schizophrenia.
Kudos to you, sir, and keep up the good work.
You're right. We're not gangsters. We are L337 64N6S7A, D06. All your bling-bling are belong to us, and all that shit.
Refilling with third party maidens may void warranty.
What we really want to know is: HD, AC and THAC0.
Also, will the different colors affect their stats and attacks.
It's not that obvious that Europe doesn't have a DMCA-like law...
It is extortino once you say: "Start paying for my services or I'll keep your domain".
That is even assuming he did not ask for his investment back. I tend to believe the newspaper article over his own site.
Right. There wasn't a cop magically there when you got mugged, so they're all pigs.
Try and live in a country with no police force. See how you like that.
I agree it might lead to abuse. Then again, having designed and mantained databases myself, I know that gathering facts is not trivial. Unless you think Lexis-Nexis should be free for all, you'll agree this work deserves some protection. ;)
I think what you are mentioning is a "slippery slope" fallacy. We don't know that any of that would happen, and have no reason to believe it. Then again, I pawned my tinfoil hat some time ago, so I might be a bit off the Slashdot view in these issues
There are companies dedicated to producing maps, and they are copyrighted, even tough the streets are "facts". I don't think anybody can say this is a bad thing.
So, explain to me how this is different from producing complex databases of facts. Then start screaming about the sky falling.
Geez... RTFA
Yes, I can make my own cheese database, and use whatever data I want.
I just can't copy your database and claim it, or sell it, as mine.
Now, explain again how this is bad.
Was that a risque double entendre? I can never tell these days...
Either you're in Iraq, or you're a complete nitwit. Yeah, yeah, all cops are pigs... until you're the one being robbed or raped.
To quote Al Pacino's character in Sea of Love: "All these people in here with their rocks and their furs, they get robbed, they get raped, all the sudden I'm their daddy. Come the wetass hour I'm everybody's daddy".
In Soviet Russia, Infinium Products avoid you!
Wait, they do that here too...
Wouldn't it be easier to just leave a $10?
Oooohhh... humor. Yeah, sorry about that.
RTFL (Read The Fine Link)
You mispelled "Fucking".
You're welcome.
The "Ugly Americans" have nothing to do with your government's actions.
Ugly Americans --and I have seen them in the wild more than once-- are those obnoxious tourists who expect anyone in the street to speak their language and cater to their every whim. Who treat locals condescendingly and are just plain rude.
Funnyly enough, I have traveled many times to the US, and most of the people are intelligent and polite. So, I'd have to asume that Ugly Americans are an export product (or that Americans somehow mutate when they travel abroad).
Close. It's "estadounidenses" (for "Estados Unidos"), and yes, that's literally United Statsian. ;)
It's because we don't appreciate your hijacking out continent's name for yourselves.
Of course, for those who don't like USian, there is always the traditional "gringo". (Which is actually not as despective as most gringos think)
So many wrong things in one post... .
Yes, there is a continent and it's called America. That's what Cristopher Columbus is credited with discovering: America. Ask Encarta , or Wikipedia
Or, even simpler: If your country is named "United States of America", and yet you claim there is no such thing as America... what the fuck are you refering to in your country's name?
BTW, I'm Mexican. That means I'm an American, and a Northamerican to boot. So, using USian to refer to you would make perfect sense to me.
Please, stop calling Star Wars "science fiction". It is not. It's futuristic fantasy at best (spare me the "a long time ago" crap. It's futuristic compared to present Earth).
Star Wars is fiction, and has nothing to do with science.
In the Navy I was asked to
Yeah, that's the Navy for you. In the Army, you would have been ordered to. And you'd better like it, too.
(There, let the joke-fest begin...)