1. "I don't care who I 'pay', just as long as it is cheap." Basically, all you're doing is paying some schmo $50 to allow you to download songs. Why bother giving your money to some guy in Russia? It's no more legal than any other P2P service. If you really feel the need to give someone some money, you might as well pay me the $50 a month, and a list of the music you want. I'll find them and email it to you. And I won't share your personal info with the Russian mafia.
2. "Because the RIAA screws the artists over, that means I can too."
Don't get me wrong...I think the RIAA is evil and need to die a horrible flaming death. But my god, man...don't say you're 'buying music' and 'supporting the artists' when all you really want is music at a cheaper price than what the owners/distributors want to sell it to you for, and you don't care who gets screwed over in the process.
Someone in California or Texas could follow their job to Wyoming or Georgia. I did it moving to Cincinnati. Following that same job to Bangalore is nigh impossible, for a number of reasons.
sheesh, bush and the republicans have fucked the american spirit so much that its very hard to recognize it in the current politcal landscape
Well, if it was bush or someone in the administration proposing tis, your incoherant rant might almost have a little bit of substance.
But seeing as it is the guy who makes these things, VeriChip Corporation chairman Scott Silverman, ya think he might just be looking for some more market share?
I just switched to Verizon DSL, and am getting just about all of my advertised speed.
Pay for 3Mbps, am getting right around 2.75 average. And I'm supposedly ~14,000 feet from the CO. Evidently max for DSL is 18,000
I switched from Cox cable, because they couldn't seem to deliver a stable connetion for more than 48 hours at a time. This problem over many months, and many technicians out to 'fix' it. Screw them.
3Mbps all the time is better than 5Mbps half the time.
Hmm... so right now I can replace a £200 PC if I spend about £600 per user on a thin client solution... and that will save me money how exactly?
1. As your current PC's need replacing, replace them one by one with one of these. Eventually, you're all switched over. 2. When you open a new office, start with these all around.
Replacing current macines still in service might not be the best way, but for attrition and additions, it might be.
Different user base. Compuserv was far more targeted toward the geeks, and AOL was more newbie and family oriented. Prodigy and GEnie somewhere in the middle.
Compuserv with those incomprehensible usernames (12345.987@compuserv.com) was just too weird for most.
AOL invented nothing. Neverwinter Nights in graphical format instead of text.
Is this really any different than China wanting to use a homegrown OS (Red Flag Linux) instead of Windows, because Windows is made by a 'foreign' company, and as such can't be fully trusted?
The ONLY real answer is sensible sex industry cooperation and self censorship.
You're operating under two false assumptions here:
1. That all sites that happen to have pornographic images are business sites. A blog with vacation pics from a topless beach could be considered 'porn', yet is clearly not part of the sex industry. 2. That something like a sensible sex industry is actually a possibility.
The only REAL answer is for people to censor themselves, their kids, and their own online access.
1) You can't drive a car unless you have proven that you posess a minimum level of competency.
Minimum level is right! 40,000+ deaths/year in the US. Similar 'licensing' for computers would start with 'This is the mouse', and end with 'Here's how to save a document in MS Word.'
2) The car has to meet certain standards to be roadworthy
Ok...you only get your virus updates once a year at inspection time...:)
3) People by and large don't expect others to maintain their car for free
I take it you don't have any mechanics in your circle of friends? I get almost as many 'my car is making a funny noise' as I do 'I think my computer has a virus'. Cars, however, take a LOT more equipment to fix, which is why not so much happens in the driveway anymore.
4) You have to pay the governmnet ragularly to be allowed to drive it on the road
You have to pay 'someone'. In the case of public roads, the govt is the owner and charges a fee (at gunpoint) for construction and maintenance. In the case of the online world, private companies do that and charge a fee. Of course, a car driven only on private roads is not subject to payment to anyone.
A badly driven/poorly maintained car can often cause death and injury. A badly maintained home PC rarely causes someone to die in a fire.
South Dakota's Homestake gold mine is 8,000 feet deep. 16 times deeper than this thing can reach.
In other words..."Holy crap. This thing is not useful in every possible situation imaginable. Therefore, it is totally useless. Let's try something else that may or may not work."
Jebus, dude..calm down. Here's a new use for an old technology. Let's see what it can do before we blow it off completely.
By the lawsuit's logic, Microsoft is even guiltier than Google because its software does not attempt to stop the production and distribution of child porn on Microsoft operating systems.
Similarly, every single camera maker. I agree that this is probably nothing more than cluelessness and a money grab.
Obviously you should 'protect' your own kids. But if a company is knowingly and willingly profiting from child porn, that needs to be stopped as well.
Key word "if". I have no idea about the merits of this case. But we can't, as a society, concern ourselves with only that which happens within the 4 walls of our individual houses. Sometimes a wider action is needed.
When we came back from the ride, my pilot remarked to another pilot "you know, I think 509 (tailnumber 85-509, F-16D), will keep going straight up until it runs out of air"
I think the difference is that the D model two seater carries less overall fuel than the C model. Right behind the C model cockpit is one of the fuel tanks, which is absent on the 2 seater.
What's really nice is watching the F-22's at Langley do the same thing.
If you stood within 100 meters of an F-15 without hearing protection, you'd be deaf.
Very true. We were required to wear double. Plugs and earmuffs.
But as to your F-16 comment, actually some of them, depending on configuration, can continue to accellerate in the vertical. I got an incentive ride while in Germany, and we did in fact go vertical, gaining speed as we went up. But yes...the twin engine F-15 has a better thrust to weigt ratio than the single engine F-16.
Other useless trivia...the Langley airshow is this weekend. The East Coast F-15 demo pilot is stationed here at Langley, and he practices once or twice a week. The other day he set off many, many car alarms as he went over the base at about 200' in full AB.
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1. "I don't care who I 'pay', just as long as it is cheap." Basically, all you're doing is paying some schmo $50 to allow you to download songs. Why bother giving your money to some guy in Russia? It's no more legal than any other P2P service. If you really feel the need to give someone some money, you might as well pay me the $50 a month, and a list of the music you want. I'll find them and email it to you. And I won't share your personal info with the Russian mafia.
2. "Because the RIAA screws the artists over, that means I can too."
Don't get me wrong...I think the RIAA is evil and need to die a horrible flaming death. But my god, man...don't say you're 'buying music' and 'supporting the artists' when all you really want is music at a cheaper price than what the owners/distributors want to sell it to you for, and you don't care who gets screwed over in the process.
Who are you paying? Does any of that $50/month find its way back to the copyright holder?
How's the schools for your kids? Hows the job opportunities for the wife?
What's the work visa situation like?
Not everyone is a 23 year old fresh outta school with zero ties.
A 'few months savings' might last a year or two? Then what?
Someone in California or Texas could follow their job to Wyoming or Georgia. I did it moving to Cincinnati. Following that same job to Bangalore is nigh impossible, for a number of reasons.
Well, if it was bush or someone in the administration proposing tis, your incoherant rant might almost have a little bit of substance.
But seeing as it is the guy who makes these things, VeriChip Corporation chairman Scott Silverman, ya think he might just be looking for some more market share?
Pay for 3Mbps, am getting right around 2.75 average. And I'm supposedly ~14,000 feet from the CO. Evidently max for DSL is 18,000
I switched from Cox cable, because they couldn't seem to deliver a stable connetion for more than 48 hours at a time. This problem over many months, and many technicians out to 'fix' it. Screw them.
3Mbps all the time is better than 5Mbps half the time.
1. As your current PC's need replacing, replace them one by one with one of these. Eventually, you're all switched over.
2. When you open a new office, start with these all around.
Replacing current macines still in service might not be the best way, but for attrition and additions, it might be.
Out there is not in here. The typical /. denizen is more than aware of the alternatives.
No, there is more risk of engine failure. It is, however, less catastrophic if you lose one engine, and still have the other one.
"I'd rather lose an engine, not the engine"
Compuserv with those incomprehensible usernames (12345.987@compuserv.com) was just too weird for most.
AOL invented nothing.
Neverwinter Nights in graphical format instead of text.
As it has been with many (most/all?) complex designs. The first few iterations are messed up. Design, build, test. Repeat until you get it right.
Name a piece of military hardware, or anything really, that worked perfectly, out of the box, on time and under budget.
Especially when you go way out of the box and build something completely different. F-111, V-22 Osprey, Harrier, Bradley, Patriot, just to name a few.
Not even close. Name one movie where CG actors were good enough to pass as real people. Some movie where you really couldn't tell. Just one.
Is this really any different than China wanting to use a homegrown OS (Red Flag Linux) instead of Windows, because Windows is made by a 'foreign' company, and as such can't be fully trusted?
Or store the data elsewhere, and pull only the rows you need into Excel.
Linux scales quite well. Does that scare you?
You Are High.
Believe it.
Cool! Not only can an enemy jam your radar, they can also jam your own flight controls. Sounds like a great idea. Let's implement it immediately!
You're operating under two false assumptions here:
1. That all sites that happen to have pornographic images are business sites. A blog with vacation pics from a topless beach could be considered 'porn', yet is clearly not part of the sex industry.
2. That something like a sensible sex industry is actually a possibility.
The only REAL answer is for people to censor themselves, their kids, and their own online access.
Minimum level is right! 40,000+ deaths/year in the US.
Similar 'licensing' for computers would start with 'This is the mouse', and end with 'Here's how to save a document in MS Word.'
2) The car has to meet certain standards to be roadworthy
Ok...you only get your virus updates once a year at inspection time...:)
3) People by and large don't expect others to maintain their car for free
I take it you don't have any mechanics in your circle of friends? I get almost as many 'my car is making a funny noise' as I do 'I think my computer has a virus'.
Cars, however, take a LOT more equipment to fix, which is why not so much happens in the driveway anymore.
4) You have to pay the governmnet ragularly to be allowed to drive it on the road
You have to pay 'someone'. In the case of public roads, the govt is the owner and charges a fee (at gunpoint) for construction and maintenance. In the case of the online world, private companies do that and charge a fee. Of course, a car driven only on private roads is not subject to payment to anyone.
A badly driven/poorly maintained car can often cause death and injury. A badly maintained home PC rarely causes someone to die in a fire.
In other words..."Holy crap. This thing is not useful in every possible situation imaginable. Therefore, it is totally useless. Let's try something else that may or may not work."
Jebus, dude..calm down. Here's a new use for an old technology. Let's see what it can do before we blow it off completely.
Naaa...you're just getting older. Just like the rest of us. Life intrudes...
Similarly, every single camera maker. I agree that this is probably nothing more than cluelessness and a money grab.
Key word "if". I have no idea about the merits of this case. But we can't, as a society, concern ourselves with only that which happens within the 4 walls of our individual houses. Sometimes a wider action is needed.
I think the difference is that the D model two seater carries less overall fuel than the C model. Right behind the C model cockpit is one of the fuel tanks, which is absent on the 2 seater.
What's really nice is watching the F-22's at Langley do the same thing.
Very true. We were required to wear double. Plugs and earmuffs.
But as to your F-16 comment, actually some of them, depending on configuration, can continue to accellerate in the vertical. I got an incentive ride while in Germany, and we did in fact go vertical, gaining speed as we went up. But yes...the twin engine F-15 has a better thrust to weigt ratio than the single engine F-16.
Other useless trivia...the Langley airshow is this weekend. The East Coast F-15 demo pilot is stationed here at Langley, and he practices once or twice a week. The other day he set off many, many car alarms as he went over the base at about 200' in full AB.