Oh, and they are fools to throw the Netflix guy out there. He owns a distribution model, and with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, I don't think the DVD as a distro method is nearly as dead as they think.
No kidding. There's still a lot of Americans who don't have broadband available. I don't even live near a NetFlix distribution center, and they can deliver a movie to me considerably faster than I can download it.
Obviously, these people who created this aren't newbs.
I'm not saying that these people are noobs, but have you ever used the IE ActiveX control? It is trivially simple to throw together a web browser using it, and Visual Basic.
Having never used their product though, I can't really comment on the level of sophistication that it has though.
At the time, the penalty in Ca for exceeding 100 mph was not to exceed a $500 fine, and/or a 30 day license suspension for a first offense.
I didn't complain about the fine being $100 more than the maximum, since I figured the judge would have probably dropped the $100, but suspended my license for 30 days. That would have ended up costing me a lot more than the extra $100.
I was pulled over for speeding (106mph in a 70mph zone). Since the ticket was for "Exceeding 100mph", it was a mandatory court appearance. I showed up in a dress shirt, nice slacks and a tie. I plead guilty, and was fined $600. I was driving a Mercedes (A 1979 Mercedes, which is pretty inexpensive), but I'm sure the judge thought that me driving the Mercedes meant I have money.
The guy behind me shows up, and was charged with doing 105 in a 70, in the same exact location as I was pulled over, on the same day, by the same officer, but about 20 minutes after I was pulled over. He was dressed in worn out jeans & a wife beater, and was driving a rental Mustang. His fine was $250.
I'm still pissed about that, but I kept my mouth shut since the judge didn't suspend my license, and I was afraid he would hold me in contempt of court.
The Bakersfield, Ca courtroom is making the state a ton of money. The day I was in court, there were about 45 people in there, all charged with exceeding 100mph. I would imagine that they are one of the largest contributors to Bakersfield's economy.
That actually sounds like a good system, except I doubt my 3 year old, 2 year old, and 8 month old would do much better than I would at this point. I'd probably just wind up with a controller covered in drool, or the 3 year old swinging it around to smack his sister with:)
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If you don't have to "work" for the fun, the fun won't be as good.
I don't play games to "work", I play them to relax.
The problem is that once you get older, and start having more of a full life, you just don't have the time to play a game for several hours, trying to unlock certain things.
I've had several racing games that won't allow me to drive certain cars until I do something that requires more free time than I have. Every time I've played a game like that, I usually end up shelving it after a few days, because I just don't have the time to put into unlocking anything, and playing the game with just the basic level cars gets boring real fast.
When it comes down to spending time with the kids, working, spending time with the wife, and playing games, the playing games is always going to come in last.
At least give us the option of allowing things to be unlocked without having to spend hours doing it...
The Customizer 101 from PCKeyboard.com is a remake of the old IBM keyboards. Available with or without the Windows key. I have one, it is by far one of the best keyboards I've ever seen.
This is the same company that basically said "Most people don't know what a rootkit is, so it doesn't really matter." and "The PS3 would sell 5 million units, even if we didn't release any games."
I'm taking everything they say with a large grain of salt.
"Well, I can call the guy whatever I want and insult his wife and mother cause it's the Intarweb."
I can do that legally in real life, too.
"Well, I'm not really stealing when I pirate all these MP3s and movies. Information wants to be free."
It isn't stealing, it's copyright infringement. Big difference. I'm not saying it's right, but it isn't stealing. And with current laws, I'd probably be better off if I were caught stealing a CD from a store, than if I were caught sharing MP3s online.
So what happens during the winter time, when I go out to go to work, and it's 30 below? That's not all that uncommon in a lot of areas in this country.
I wouldn't want to be calling my boss on several consecutive days saying "I can't come in today, because the car I chose to buy won't run in this weather."
If they're smart, they'll do like they did with their SuperCenters (WalMarts with a grocery store attached). They won't open them in areas that are already saturated with grocery stores, they will open them in the more rural areas that only have a handful of grocery stores.
A WalMart next to a Fry's probably wouldn't sell many computer components, but a WalMart in a rural town with no other computer stores would.
Probably not, but it will be nice in smaller towns like where I work. Right now, if I need a component, I either get it at Staples (Assuming they even have it, and it's not way overpriced), or I mail order it. Having a small section at WalMart with the components would be great here.
I drove through Taco Bell at lunch time, they had rows of "Help Wanted" fliers taped to the window for job positions there. They're offering $9/hour, starting pay. They might as well be begging people to work for them.
The local McDonald's even went a step further. They have a large, approximately 9' square sign posted next to the drive through, offering similar wages to Taco Bell.
Privacy Guardian Is Still a Paper Tiger By Richard B. Schmitt
The Los Angeles Times
Monday 20 February 2006
A year after its creation, the White House civil liberties board has yet to do a single day of work.
Washington - For Americans troubled by the prospect of federal agents eavesdropping on their phone conversations or combing through their Internet records, there is good news: A little-known board exists in the White House whose purpose is to ensure that privacy and civil liberties are protected in the fight against terrorism.
Someday, it might actually meet.
Initially proposed by the bipartisan commission that investigated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was created by the intelligence overhaul that President Bush signed into law in December 2004.
More than a year later, it exists only on paper.
Foot-dragging, debate over its budget and powers, and concern over the qualifications of some of its members - one was treasurer of Bush's first campaign for Texas governor - has kept the board from doing a single day of work.
On Thursday, after months of delay, the Senate Judiciary Committee took a first step toward standing up the fledgling watchdog, approving the two lawyers Bush nominated to lead the panel. But it may take months before the board is up and running and doing much serious work.
Critics say the inaction shows the administration is just going through the motions when it comes to civil liberties.
"They have stalled in giving the board adequate funding. They have stalled in making appointments," said Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.). "It is apparent they are not taking this seriously."
The Sept. 11 commission also has expressed reservations about the commitment to the liberties panel.
"We felt it was absolutely vital," said Thomas H. Kean, the Republican former governor of New Jersey who led the commission. "We had certainly hoped it would have been up and running a long time ago."
The inaction is especially noteworthy in light of recent events. Some Republicans joined Democrats to delay renewal of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act because of civil liberties concerns. And the disclosure in December that Bush approved surveillance of certain US residents' international communications without a court order has caused bipartisan dismay in Congress.
"Obviously, civil liberties issues are critically important, and they have been to this president, especially after 9/11," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, adding that the White House had moved expeditiously to establish the board. "We do not formally nominate until we are through the background investigation and the full vetting. It takes time to present those nominations to the Senate. But now that they have been confirmed, that is a good thing."
The board chairwoman is Carol E. Dinkins, a Houston lawyer who was a Justice Department official in the Reagan administration. A longtime friend of the Bush family, she was the treasurer of George W. Bush's first campaign for governor of Texas, in 1994, and co-chair of Lawyers for Bush-Cheney, which recruited Republican lawyers to handle legal battles after the November 2004 election.
Dinkins, a longtime partner in the Houston law firm of Vinson & Elkins, where Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales once was a partner, has specialized in defending oil and gas companies in environmental lawsuits.
Foremost among her credentials, she told Senate Judiciary Committee members in a response to their questions, was the two years she spent as deputy attorney general in President Reagan's Justice Department. There, she said, she had to weigh civil liberties concerns while overseeing domestic surveillance and counter-intelligence cases.
it wouldn't be that hard to change it from binary (light on/light off) to amounts of light (of course the same thing could be done with electric interconnects but by voltage--just not as consistently)
Didn't the Russians try this at one point? If I remember right, they had trouble distinguishing between the on state, and the not on/not off state, and wound up abandoning the idea because it was too unreliable.
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No kidding. There's still a lot of Americans who don't have broadband available. I don't even live near a NetFlix distribution center, and they can deliver a movie to me considerably faster than I can download it.
Having never used their product though, I can't really comment on the level of sophistication that it has though.
At the time, the penalty in Ca for exceeding 100 mph was not to exceed a $500 fine, and/or a 30 day license suspension for a first offense.
I didn't complain about the fine being $100 more than the maximum, since I figured the judge would have probably dropped the $100, but suspended my license for 30 days. That would have ended up costing me a lot more than the extra $100.
I had a similar incident happen to me...
I was pulled over for speeding (106mph in a 70mph zone). Since the ticket was for "Exceeding 100mph", it was a mandatory court appearance. I showed up in a dress shirt, nice slacks and a tie. I plead guilty, and was fined $600. I was driving a Mercedes (A 1979 Mercedes, which is pretty inexpensive), but I'm sure the judge thought that me driving the Mercedes meant I have money.
The guy behind me shows up, and was charged with doing 105 in a 70, in the same exact location as I was pulled over, on the same day, by the same officer, but about 20 minutes after I was pulled over. He was dressed in worn out jeans & a wife beater, and was driving a rental Mustang. His fine was $250.
I'm still pissed about that, but I kept my mouth shut since the judge didn't suspend my license, and I was afraid he would hold me in contempt of court.
The Bakersfield, Ca courtroom is making the state a ton of money. The day I was in court, there were about 45 people in there, all charged with exceeding 100mph. I would imagine that they are one of the largest contributors to Bakersfield's economy.
That was the main game that irked me.
:)
That actually sounds like a good system, except I doubt my 3 year old, 2 year old, and 8 month old would do much better than I would at this point. I'd probably just wind up with a controller covered in drool, or the 3 year old swinging it around to smack his sister with
The problem is that once you get older, and start having more of a full life, you just don't have the time to play a game for several hours, trying to unlock certain things.
I've had several racing games that won't allow me to drive certain cars until I do something that requires more free time than I have. Every time I've played a game like that, I usually end up shelving it after a few days, because I just don't have the time to put into unlocking anything, and playing the game with just the basic level cars gets boring real fast.
When it comes down to spending time with the kids, working, spending time with the wife, and playing games, the playing games is always going to come in last.
At least give us the option of allowing things to be unlocked without having to spend hours doing it...
Sony will just lose less on each console sold once they get the full emulation worked out.
When Sony is already losing a good amount on each console, they sure won't be passing those savings on to consumers.
The Customizer 101 from PCKeyboard.com is a remake of the old IBM keyboards. Available with or without the Windows key. I have one, it is by far one of the best keyboards I've ever seen.
This is the same company that basically said "Most people don't know what a rootkit is, so it doesn't really matter." and "The PS3 would sell 5 million units, even if we didn't release any games."
I'm taking everything they say with a large grain of salt.
How could you not trust a lawyer that looks like this?
Wasn't the $900 PS3 estimate based on Sony's actual cost, not the price it would be sold to consumers at?
Yeah, it's in extremely poor taste, but they do have every right to make it.
I for one, wouldn't support Jack Thompson, even on this.
"Well, I can call the guy whatever I want and insult his wife and mother cause it's the Intarweb."
I can do that legally in real life, too.
"Well, I'm not really stealing when I pirate all these MP3s and movies. Information wants to be free."
It isn't stealing, it's copyright infringement. Big difference. I'm not saying it's right, but it isn't stealing. And with current laws, I'd probably be better off if I were caught stealing a CD from a store, than if I were caught sharing MP3s online.
So what happens during the winter time, when I go out to go to work, and it's 30 below? That's not all that uncommon in a lot of areas in this country.
I wouldn't want to be calling my boss on several consecutive days saying "I can't come in today, because the car I chose to buy won't run in this weather."
And on that same note...
Just because someone shops at WalMart, doesn't mean they're poor.
For some disposable items, such as baby formula & diapers, the WalMart brand is every bit as good as name brand items, costing nearly twice as much.
If they're smart, they'll do like they did with their SuperCenters (WalMarts with a grocery store attached). They won't open them in areas that are already saturated with grocery stores, they will open them in the more rural areas that only have a handful of grocery stores.
A WalMart next to a Fry's probably wouldn't sell many computer components, but a WalMart in a rural town with no other computer stores would.
Probably not, but it will be nice in smaller towns like where I work. Right now, if I need a component, I either get it at Staples (Assuming they even have it, and it's not way overpriced), or I mail order it. Having a small section at WalMart with the components would be great here.
Fine Swine
That's what we called her when we lived in California.
No kidding...
I drove through Taco Bell at lunch time, they had rows of "Help Wanted" fliers taped to the window for job positions there. They're offering $9/hour, starting pay. They might as well be begging people to work for them.
The local McDonald's even went a step further. They have a large, approximately 9' square sign posted next to the drive through, offering similar wages to Taco Bell.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022006R.shtml
Privacy Guardian Is Still a Paper Tiger
By Richard B. Schmitt
The Los Angeles Times
Monday 20 February 2006
A year after its creation, the White House civil liberties board has yet to do a single day of work.
Washington - For Americans troubled by the prospect of federal agents eavesdropping on their phone conversations or combing through their Internet records, there is good news: A little-known board exists in the White House whose purpose is to ensure that privacy and civil liberties are protected in the fight against terrorism.
Someday, it might actually meet.
Initially proposed by the bipartisan commission that investigated the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was created by the intelligence overhaul that President Bush signed into law in December 2004.
More than a year later, it exists only on paper.
Foot-dragging, debate over its budget and powers, and concern over the qualifications of some of its members - one was treasurer of Bush's first campaign for Texas governor - has kept the board from doing a single day of work.
On Thursday, after months of delay, the Senate Judiciary Committee took a first step toward standing up the fledgling watchdog, approving the two lawyers Bush nominated to lead the panel. But it may take months before the board is up and running and doing much serious work.
Critics say the inaction shows the administration is just going through the motions when it comes to civil liberties.
"They have stalled in giving the board adequate funding. They have stalled in making appointments," said Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.). "It is apparent they are not taking this seriously."
The Sept. 11 commission also has expressed reservations about the commitment to the liberties panel.
"We felt it was absolutely vital," said Thomas H. Kean, the Republican former governor of New Jersey who led the commission. "We had certainly hoped it would have been up and running a long time ago."
The inaction is especially noteworthy in light of recent events. Some Republicans joined Democrats to delay renewal of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act because of civil liberties concerns. And the disclosure in December that Bush approved surveillance of certain US residents' international communications without a court order has caused bipartisan dismay in Congress.
"Obviously, civil liberties issues are critically important, and they have been to this president, especially after 9/11," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, adding that the White House had moved expeditiously to establish the board. "We do not formally nominate until we are through the background investigation and the full vetting. It takes time to present those nominations to the Senate. But now that they have been confirmed, that is a good thing."
The board chairwoman is Carol E. Dinkins, a Houston lawyer who was a Justice Department official in the Reagan administration. A longtime friend of the Bush family, she was the treasurer of George W. Bush's first campaign for governor of Texas, in 1994, and co-chair of Lawyers for Bush-Cheney, which recruited Republican lawyers to handle legal battles after the November 2004 election.
Dinkins, a longtime partner in the Houston law firm of Vinson & Elkins, where Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales once was a partner, has specialized in defending oil and gas companies in environmental lawsuits.
Foremost among her credentials, she told Senate Judiciary Committee members in a response to their questions, was the two years she spent as deputy attorney general in President Reagan's Justice Department. There, she said, she had to weigh civil liberties concerns while overseeing domestic surveillance and counter-intelligence cases.
The board vice chairman is Alan
I know that you were being sarcastic (At least I hope you were), but this won't change a thing.
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Over a year ago, Bush created the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board". They haven't met a single time since the board was created.
The LA Times article that talked about it is now in their archives, and I believe is unavailable unless you pay for it.
Here is a posting that made Fark about it a while ago, although the linked to article is dead.
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLin
it wouldn't be that hard to change it from binary (light on/light off) to amounts of light (of course the same thing could be done with electric interconnects but by voltage--just not as consistently)
Didn't the Russians try this at one point? If I remember right, they had trouble distinguishing between the on state, and the not on/not off state, and wound up abandoning the idea because it was too unreliable.
Isn't that the premise of almost every single "reality" show on tv?
what the catalyst was that finally got the people to act?
The president getting a BJ.