You'd think so, until you take a look at the number two on that list:
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2 in Video Games Hello Kitty: Island Adventure
Re:I don't get it.
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That has nothing to do with what he's asking. His question is: For those users who can AFFORD to open dozens of tabs, why should the OS get sluggish if you're only using 10% of total available RAM?
I don't understand. Is auto-updating evil (as in this case)? Or is not patching bugs fast enough evil (as in Microsoft's case)? I'm so confused:-)
Seriously though, they should clearly indicate the installation of this process and give an option to disable it. I find hidden auto-update registrations annoying, but I wouldn't necessarily call them "evil".
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You can change the default new page. Under Options > Basic Tab > Home Page, choose "Open this page" and type in an address to use (e.g. about:blank)
What exactly are you afraid of them using this information for? I am genuinely curious because I was under the impression most privacy advocates are more concerned about the "principle" of not sharing your information rather than having genuine fear of some vague, ominous portent of doom because Google knows which links you like to click on.
Both "pleaded" and "pled" are acceptable past tense forms of the verb "to plead". In fact, "pleaded" is by far the more common term, especially in legal situations.
I hope all you "left-wing liberal freedom fighters" who are infuriated and want "something done" about this dastardly deception and corruption of our human rights recognize the similarities you share with those "right-wing religious zealots" who have the _exact_ same reaction to harmless nudity, language, or sexual situations on television.
And, as it usually the case, the "facts" are completely wrong here as well: the CG simulation WAS disclosed and nobody was "duped". This is just more of the up-in-arms reactionary BS coming from people desperately in need of something to get worked up about.
Maybe if the two sides would see how similar they really are, this kind of idiocy will stop.
But thanks, Slashdot - this is like the third story today that was either deliberately misleading or completely fabricated. Seems like the only people getting "duped" are those who believe Slashdot story summaries.
The 9th Circuit Court is the most over-turned court.
False. In fact, the 1st, 2nd, and 10th circuits had 100% of their decisions heard by the supreme court reversed in 04-05. The 9th had 84%.
In terms of pure numbers, yes, this may be true. But the 9th circuit also hears comparatively more cases than the others, as well. In terms of percentages, this is an oft-repeated but rarely-documented fallacious statement. The only time in recent history when they were the most overturned was in the 96-97 session.
It's also somewhat of a silly statistic, given that the supreme court rarely hears cases that it doesn't expect to overturn - if the general consensus is agreement, why would they hear the appeal unless it's important enough to "reinforce" the original court's decision?
That's not how ReCAPTCHA works. They give you two words - one of which is known to the system and the other of which is unknown (couldn't be OCR-ed). If you get the known word right, it assumes you also got the unknown word and stores your response.
Yes, why go after a single person who is nefariously making money off of your work product when you could instead go after thousands of users paying you to use your product? Go tell them, I'm sure they'll get right on that;-)
RETURN PERSON ID where gender is a male AND between 17-35 AND shops at Islamic stores AND has expired visa AND received large cash transfers from an Islamic country AND bought a one-way ticket on an airplane AND is on the same flight as others of that class.
(2 row(s) returned)
RETURN PERSON ID where gender is a male AND between 17-35 AND has expired visa AND received large cash transfers from an Islamic country AND bought a one-way ticket on an airplane AND is on the same flight as others of that class.
A lot of people would be better off in understanding "randomness" if they would just realize that these two situations have exactly the same probability. Humans just assign more "meaning" to certain sequences than others.
I think you missed his point - he wasn't saying that WoW is more expensive to the gamer, he was saying that the gaming companies make more money from MMOs. Instead of Blizzard getting $50 per person for selling one game, they're getting $50 PLUS a $15 monthly fee.
The issue isn't the money that's being taken in by WoW, it's the player time. People aren't not buying other games because they can't afford them, they're not buying them because they don't have the time to play them.
I think it's a little of both. If you spend $X a year on games, WoW will take up a disproportionate percentage of that money given that you have to pay monthly fees. It's not that they can't afford it per se, it's just that they don't want to spend any more. But, regardless of whether it's due to time or money, the GP's point is still: Players aren't buying other games, which means less money for other game developers.
Not only that, but let's not forget that Microsoft is also releasing DirectX 10 for the Xbox 360. So gee, I guess it's trivial to ensure games can continue to be developed for MS's new pet technologies like Vista and the 360, but it'd just be too much of an unmonopolistic time waste for them to bother ensuring compatibility with Windows XP.
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Another way to think of it is they win every time they level, and the next level is the next "game".
So in fact, you're getting 60 (or 70, or 80) "mini games" in one.
You'd think so, until you take a look at the number two on that list:
That has nothing to do with what he's asking. His question is: For those users who can AFFORD to open dozens of tabs, why should the OS get sluggish if you're only using 10% of total available RAM?
I don't understand. Is auto-updating evil (as in this case)? Or is not patching bugs fast enough evil (as in Microsoft's case)? I'm so confused :-)
Seriously though, they should clearly indicate the installation of this process and give an option to disable it. I find hidden auto-update registrations annoying, but I wouldn't necessarily call them "evil".
You can change the default new page. Under Options > Basic Tab > Home Page, choose "Open this page" and type in an address to use (e.g. about:blank)
What exactly are you afraid of them using this information for? I am genuinely curious because I was under the impression most privacy advocates are more concerned about the "principle" of not sharing your information rather than having genuine fear of some vague, ominous portent of doom because Google knows which links you like to click on.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. It installed fine on XP x64 for me.
Both "pleaded" and "pled" are acceptable past tense forms of the verb "to plead". In fact, "pleaded" is by far the more common term, especially in legal situations.
In any case, the court can always ask the looser to pay court costs if they decide that the lawsuit had no merits.
Personally, I'd rather they have the "tighter" pay the court costs, rather than the "looser".
I hope all you "left-wing liberal freedom fighters" who are infuriated and want "something done" about this dastardly deception and corruption of our human rights recognize the similarities you share with those "right-wing religious zealots" who have the _exact_ same reaction to harmless nudity, language, or sexual situations on television.
And, as it usually the case, the "facts" are completely wrong here as well: the CG simulation WAS disclosed and nobody was "duped". This is just more of the up-in-arms reactionary BS coming from people desperately in need of something to get worked up about.
Maybe if the two sides would see how similar they really are, this kind of idiocy will stop.
But thanks, Slashdot - this is like the third story today that was either deliberately misleading or completely fabricated. Seems like the only people getting "duped" are those who believe Slashdot story summaries.
Old addage: Five furlongs plus three fathoms
The 9th Circuit Court is the most over-turned court.
False. In fact, the 1st, 2nd, and 10th circuits had 100% of their decisions heard by the supreme court reversed in 04-05. The 9th had 84%.
In terms of pure numbers, yes, this may be true. But the 9th circuit also hears comparatively more cases than the others, as well. In terms of percentages, this is an oft-repeated but rarely-documented fallacious statement. The only time in recent history when they were the most overturned was in the 96-97 session.
It's also somewhat of a silly statistic, given that the supreme court rarely hears cases that it doesn't expect to overturn - if the general consensus is agreement, why would they hear the appeal unless it's important enough to "reinforce" the original court's decision?
It's understandable. After Bush's "if fooled we can't get fooled again" incident I'm not even sure how it goes anymore.
That's not how ReCAPTCHA works. They give you two words - one of which is known to the system and the other of which is unknown (couldn't be OCR-ed). If you get the known word right, it assumes you also got the unknown word and stores your response.
Yes, why go after a single person who is nefariously making money off of your work product when you could instead go after thousands of users paying you to use your product? Go tell them, I'm sure they'll get right on that ;-)
You're thinking of Michigan.
RETURN PERSON ID where gender is a male AND between 17-35 AND shops at Islamic stores AND has expired visa AND received large cash transfers from an Islamic country AND bought a one-way ticket on an airplane AND is on the same flight as others of that class.
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RETURN PERSON ID where gender is a male AND between 17-35 AND has expired visa AND received large cash transfers from an Islamic country AND bought a one-way ticket on an airplane AND is on the same flight as others of that class.
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Thank God for the grocery store data!
Thats like 1/48^13.
Random things.. happen.
And guess what? Last night in Vegas, the roulette wheel spun this:
Red, Black, Black, Red, Black, Red, Red, Black, Red, Red, Red, Black, Red.
That's like 1/.48^13th.
A lot of people would be better off in understanding "randomness" if they would just realize that these two situations have exactly the same probability. Humans just assign more "meaning" to certain sequences than others.
I thought the only winning move was not to play?
Hey genius, you replied to his sig ;)
I think you missed his point - he wasn't saying that WoW is more expensive to the gamer, he was saying that the gaming companies make more money from MMOs. Instead of Blizzard getting $50 per person for selling one game, they're getting $50 PLUS a $15 monthly fee.
The issue isn't the money that's being taken in by WoW, it's the player time. People aren't not buying other games because they can't afford them, they're not buying them because they don't have the time to play them.
I think it's a little of both. If you spend $X a year on games, WoW will take up a disproportionate percentage of that money given that you have to pay monthly fees. It's not that they can't afford it per se, it's just that they don't want to spend any more. But, regardless of whether it's due to time or money, the GP's point is still: Players aren't buying other games, which means less money for other game developers.
"regardless...or not" == "irregardless"
Not only that, but let's not forget that Microsoft is also releasing DirectX 10 for the Xbox 360. So gee, I guess it's trivial to ensure games can continue to be developed for MS's new pet technologies like Vista and the 360, but it'd just be too much of an unmonopolistic time waste for them to bother ensuring compatibility with Windows XP.
Yeah. Nothing to do with lock-in at all.
Lawyers make use of the Defense Contract Management Agency? Perhaps you mean the DMCA ;)
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