A security guard at a Victoria-based Canadian Tire captured an American environmentalist labeled as a domestic terrorist... Tre Arrow... tackled him in the middle of the store, from what I hear.
It's flippin' deceased! It's an EX-law!... but seriously, Intel seems to be scaling back the MHz improvements and concentrating on the functionality/multitasking... none of it matters to me, of course. My home computer is a 1Ghz Duron. With a Voodoo Banshee 16MB AGP card.
(This is slashdot, no one needs to read TFA. However, in the interests of not being completely retarded, I will acknowledge that I jumped the gun on that FP - since Meetup is for group gatherings. Oops.)
Based on what I've heard, Meetups are usually fairly popular - I don't think many organizers will have a problem with the fee, and I hope that the company has success with this business model. However, I can see a potential for one-off or irregular meetups to fall by the wayside with the monthly payment structure. I hope they'll have a package structure as well, where you can buy "X" number of meetups and use them at your own pace. Having never used this service, I'm not sure if their range of services are suitable for a package-based option, but I hope they would be.
No, I think the moderation is fine just the way it is. Hopefully the mods aren't more harsh; -1 is just where it deserves to be at.
The fact remains, however, that Microsoft is attempting to assuage the side effects of piracy in these sorts of places; if they can get the general populous of those regions to consider the legitmacy of the software, then it can really cut into a lot of the organized crime in the area.
So either way - open source and affordable/worthwhile closed source - there oughta be a reduction in income to organized crime. Hopefully, with MS's assistance, that will have a ripple effect. For example, it might reduce certain types of spam. Or it could cut down on drug production. How, you ask? Perhaps the reduction in income from the software will result in less 'seed money' (pardon the pun) for other endeavours - or, perhaps, it will cause the 'bad guys' to have to step up production (of spam, drugs, etc) and the resulting increase in exposure might allow them to be caught. Hopefully, they might even get prosecuted.
Maybe David Boies will jump ship from SCO to where the real money's at?
Ooh, and there's a ton of history and sci-fi flicks to tell us all the things that could go wrong with this plan, so we can accomodate the most common oversights. I like the way you think, Orbital Penal Colony Alpha Security Guard iamlucky13.
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Google Foundation vs. Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation, FIGHT!!
... it could help people out if they start competing to do good :))
(Hey
Finally, a use for the yellow snow!
"Ohhhhhh yeah, that's the spot!"
Yeah! The back end was running PHP.
Pretty Hot Psychic(s).
That's "on", not "with".
A security guard at a Victoria-based Canadian Tire captured an American environmentalist labeled as a domestic terrorist ... Tre Arrow ... tackled him in the middle of the store, from what I hear.
Good Stingray.
Bad Stingray.
Better Stingray.
We're not talking about anamatronic Stingray, no. ;-)
Vengeance Unlimited ran on ABC in 97 or 98, it was basically the same as Stingray except with a twist on the rules.
A million dollars - or a favour.
Starring Michael Madsen as Mr Chapel.
That just makes it all the more plausible. ;-)
Internet TV, coupled with DVD-based subscription 'serials' (like old westerns or whatnot).
:)
Basically, I'd make my own. And with the right business model, I might even double the billion.
Go buy an iOne optical mouse (about $5 if you can find one) and read the manual.
Who the hell is "Relpy"? Any relation to Ralphie from the Simpsons?
My cat's breath smells like cat food!
My guess is 'Google Images'. Did I win?
It's flippin' deceased! It's an EX-law! ... but seriously, Intel seems to be scaling back the MHz improvements and concentrating on the functionality/multitasking ... none of it matters to me, of course. My home computer is a 1Ghz Duron. With a Voodoo Banshee 16MB AGP card.
I'm on the cutting edge, eh?
I've never seen that before.
Well, that's a good thing.
:)
Are there many Brazilian software companies that market closed-source/retail software? It's a bit offtopic, I know, but I'm curious
Not exactly - they were handed the reigns of a brand-spanking-new NX-01 interstellar spaceship.
Serenity was two decades old, and kept falling apart.
(This is slashdot, no one needs to read TFA. However, in the interests of not being completely retarded, I will acknowledge that I jumped the gun on that FP - since Meetup is for group gatherings. Oops.)
Based on what I've heard, Meetups are usually fairly popular - I don't think many organizers will have a problem with the fee, and I hope that the company has success with this business model. However, I can see a potential for one-off or irregular meetups to fall by the wayside with the monthly payment structure. I hope they'll have a package structure as well, where you can buy "X" number of meetups and use them at your own pace. Having never used this service, I'm not sure if their range of services are suitable for a package-based option, but I hope they would be.
Pimp My Computerized Dating Match!
Jerry Bruckheimer seems rather successful at getting the good stuff out ... but currently, I think, medical shows are the new cop show ...
... television would be a tad different. :)
Ah well. It's all a moot point. They won't bring back Firefly. They won't bring back Vengeance Unlimited. They won't bring back Stingray.
If I had a billion dollars floating around
No, I think the moderation is fine just the way it is. Hopefully the mods aren't more harsh; -1 is just where it deserves to be at.
The fact remains, however, that Microsoft is attempting to assuage the side effects of piracy in these sorts of places; if they can get the general populous of those regions to consider the legitmacy of the software, then it can really cut into a lot of the organized crime in the area.
So either way - open source and affordable/worthwhile closed source - there oughta be a reduction in income to organized crime. Hopefully, with MS's assistance, that will have a ripple effect. For example, it might reduce certain types of spam. Or it could cut down on drug production. How, you ask? Perhaps the reduction in income from the software will result in less 'seed money' (pardon the pun) for other endeavours - or, perhaps, it will cause the 'bad guys' to have to step up production (of spam, drugs, etc) and the resulting increase in exposure might allow them to be caught. Hopefully, they might even get prosecuted.
Maybe David Boies will jump ship from SCO to where the real money's at?
Well, er, you do realize that they didn't show the pilot episode until after the show was canceled, right?
A whole lot of "stuff like that" wasn't explained, because the gorram Fox execs didn't think the show had enough action.
Ooh, and there's a ton of history and sci-fi flicks to tell us all the things that could go wrong with this plan, so we can accomodate the most common oversights. I like the way you think, Orbital Penal Colony Alpha Security Guard iamlucky13.
... people buy software in Brazil? Since when?
Depends on your m4d c4rDb04rD sk1llZ.
So ... uh ... what you're saying is that NASA should use terr'ists as astronauts?
Then have everyone root for the shuttle to get destroyed?
Sounds like a fun way to end-of-life the shuttle program - and justify the "Star Wars" program - all at once.