While you are right, they could just keep the same number of discs, and remove all the copy protection, so that we could just buy the disc, put in on a hard drive, and never have to swap discs again. Until bandwidth increases to the point where downloading isn't a complete pain in the ass, using the standard disc distribution method could work really well.
I went to University of Ottawa, the other university in Ottawa. Aramark does have terrible food. Aramark owns food service for just about the entire school. Not only does the food suck, but they won't hire students to work at the facilities. Again, Coke bought U of O too, so nothing but coke. I don't think this is different from many other universities, I think a lot of schools do this. I not really against it. If it lowers tuition for the students, then it's fine. If you don't want to drink coke, then you can still bring your own drinks on campus. Funny story, somebody started a campaign to take down the Christmas lights because they were red and white, and thought they were a big Coke advertisement. Never mind that red and white are traditional Christmas colours.
If you really think it helps that much, ask them if you can bring in your own monitor. You should be able to find one pretty cheap. I bring in my own trackball to work, because I don't like the mouse they gave me and I had an old trackball lying around that I was more comfortable with. If it doesn't cost them anything, I don't see why they would really refuse. But I work for a small company, so maybe things would be different for a larger corporation.
I can just see some idiot trying to wire some video card to fit in a PCI 1x slot. Sure it would work, but how fast would it be? I didn't even know this stuff existed. It makes it nice that they have a standard that it seems they will be able to expand on for a few years, but it adds a lot of extra stuff to know for those trying to price a new computer.
Rise of the Triad had tons of easter eggs, Including different loading screens for christmas, new years, 4th of july, and a couple others I'm probably forgetting, possibly Easter. There was also a ton of cheat codes you could type in. That was one of the best games of it's time, with tons of extra content and really interesting gameplay. I don't know why it didn't get more recognition.
That's what I'm saying. As a home user, I see no use for printing up 3d objects. Perhaps in CAD (artistic or otherwise (as a hobby or a business)), it would server some purpose. However, I don't really see why some person would just want to print up some 3D object rather than just go to the store and purchase an object that's already been made.
But if you want a cheap replica of some piece of art, wouldn't it just make more sense to go to your local "gift shop" and pick up some cheap piece of art? It's not like I have to have my art now. I can wait a couple days until I go to downtown. I don't see why I'd want to have materials on hand just in case I wanted to print up a statue.
Bolts and nuts also have very low tolerance for errors. If it is off by.25 of a millimeter then it will be terrible, regardless of the materials used. Come to think of it, I can't think of a 3D object that I'd like to be able to just print up at home. It's not like i'm going to run out of spoons and just print out another one. I could see this used in a CAD shop, but not for the home use. I can't think of anything more wasteful than printing out some crappy 3D object that i'm probably going to toss in the trash in a couple hours.
However, the fact that I can print out 2D images at home does not stop me from going to the local print shop when I want something printed. They have the advantage of economies of scale, so even with their mark-up, they can do a much better job for cheaper. For simple black and white text, a home laser/inkjet printer will do, but for more complex color photos/documents, then I would definitely take it to a print shop or photo centre. And if I'm going to print off 1 million copies of a book or magazine, I'm going to use an industrial quality printing press. I think the same thing would happen for 3D printing. For very simple object where tolerances for quality are low, you could print them at home, for more complex objects that you just need a small run of, take it down to your local 3D printing shop. And for situations where you need hiqh quality and mass production, you're still going to see large manufacturing facilities.
From my experience with Indians, they seem to pronounce it as a "V" when it is followed by an "i" or an "e" and pronounce it as a "W" when it is followed by an "a" or an "o". I'm not quite sure of the pronunciation when it is followed by a "u".
Why don't they just convert all currency to coins? Canada is well on their way to this already. It would make tearing the money a lot harder. Besides, isn't the injustice just as bad to put a picture of the king (currency) in their wallet, and sit on it all day?
Well, if you could un-soulbind it, then that would probably be a good idea. Also, if you wanted to get rid of some sole binded gold, you could just buy an item, and then sell the item to another character.
Couldn't covering their asses be a problem no matter what type of servers you run? What if you run an FTP Server, Or Bittorrent tracker? There could very well be pirated software on there. I don't think the police are extremely specific as to what boxes get taken as evidence when they're trying to bring one of these sites down. Even worse than IRC could be things like News servers, which contain all kinds of illegal materials. It probably is a situation to do with DOS attacks. You and another poster mentioned the same problem, so that's probably the reason more than the legality reason, which could be a problem no matter what the servers used.
One way to remove macrovision is to use the coax out from your VCR, which doesn't do macrovision. Just set your TV tuner to channel 3, and away you go. You won't get great quality but it works. There's also a lot of devices out there to remove the macrovision. It's probably illegal to remove macrovision protection, but they say they are for hooking up DVD players to TVs without composite cables by routing them through the VCR. As far as I'm concerned, if you're just backing up for personal uses, then it's fair use, but IANAL. You can Google to find this stuff pretty easily.
In this case, it's not like the monopoly was handed to them by the state, or that the state even helped them get to a position of monopoly. Looking at other famous monopolies like telephone or electrical companies, the state usually sets up a situation where there is a monopoly, because its really stupid to have multiple power lines from different companies running all over the place. The state usually gives subsidies to the power/telephone companies to expand their networks to ensure that everyone is being served well. The state then makes laws so that other companies can use those same lines, because the state put the company into a monopoly. However, with MS, they actually achieved that status on their own, by making a product, and marketing it such that it eventually became the standard in it's own right. Just because MS came up with a good cookie recipe, doesn't mean they should have to give the cookie recipe out to everyone else so they can compete freely. I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here, and think that MS should really open up their protocols. However, this is not just because they are a monopolist, but because I believe it better serves their customers. By allowing the customers to make applications that interface with their own systems, they give their applications more value, and it makes their systems easier to use. Right now, you have MS shops, and Linux/Unix shops. There are very few places that deal with mixed environments because of the problems in getting the systems to talk to eachother. If MS opened up their protocols, I'm sure they'd lose a few sales on one end, but they'd also gain a few sales on the other end. Having an open protocol also gives you a spec to follow, to make your software much more robust, instead of having a situation like with MS Word (.doc) where the format is whatever the program happens to spit out.
Why no IRC? It seems interesting that IRC would be the only thing they would disallow. Is there something about the traffic patterns or legality of IRC that would make it a problem? What about a server that does the same function, but isn't specifically IRC?
Then why not wait 6 months to buy the new machine when it's cheaper. It's crazy to buy a new machine that you won't even get any gain out of for 6 months. Wait until you need the extra power. The computer will cost half as much.
While most new computers are able to boot off the USB Stick, I don't think that most are configured to do so. I configure all my computers to only boot off the hard disk. If I need to boot off the CDRom for installing an OS, then I'll switch it just for that, and then switch it back. I don't want my computer automagically booting of some device I didn't expect it to.
I had a physics professor who had multiple choice midterm and final exams that were open book. You could bring in whichever materials you wanted, including old tests. He had a library of questions that he never changed. So the best way to pass the course was to collect all the old tests you could, and bring them into the exam with you, and find the answer. He would use the exact same questions, year after year for the exams. I decided to just study, and didn't do great in the course. Those who did just try to bring in all the answers did pretty well. There was a couple questions which people didn't manage to find, but they had enough to do well on the test.
Since you have to reinstall windows every so often anyway, couldn't you just always run it in evaluation mode? Just wipe the OS and reinstall every 30 days. Should keep your machine running smoothly.
100 km/h (the proper way to write it) is pretty fast for most cars. It's the speed limit on most 4-or-more lane expressways in Canada, although that doesn't stop most people from driving at 120-140 km/h.
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While you are right, they could just keep the same number of discs, and remove all the copy protection, so that we could just buy the disc, put in on a hard drive, and never have to swap discs again. Until bandwidth increases to the point where downloading isn't a complete pain in the ass, using the standard disc distribution method could work really well.
I went to University of Ottawa, the other university in Ottawa. Aramark does have terrible food. Aramark owns food service for just about the entire school. Not only does the food suck, but they won't hire students to work at the facilities. Again, Coke bought U of O too, so nothing but coke. I don't think this is different from many other universities, I think a lot of schools do this. I not really against it. If it lowers tuition for the students, then it's fine. If you don't want to drink coke, then you can still bring your own drinks on campus. Funny story, somebody started a campaign to take down the Christmas lights because they were red and white, and thought they were a big Coke advertisement. Never mind that red and white are traditional Christmas colours.
If you really think it helps that much, ask them if you can bring in your own monitor. You should be able to find one pretty cheap. I bring in my own trackball to work, because I don't like the mouse they gave me and I had an old trackball lying around that I was more comfortable with. If it doesn't cost them anything, I don't see why they would really refuse. But I work for a small company, so maybe things would be different for a larger corporation.
I can just see some idiot trying to wire some video card to fit in a PCI 1x slot. Sure it would work, but how fast would it be? I didn't even know this stuff existed. It makes it nice that they have a standard that it seems they will be able to expand on for a few years, but it adds a lot of extra stuff to know for those trying to price a new computer.
Rise of the Triad had tons of easter eggs, Including different loading screens for christmas, new years, 4th of july, and a couple others I'm probably forgetting, possibly Easter. There was also a ton of cheat codes you could type in. That was one of the best games of it's time, with tons of extra content and really interesting gameplay. I don't know why it didn't get more recognition.
That's what I'm saying. As a home user, I see no use for printing up 3d objects. Perhaps in CAD (artistic or otherwise (as a hobby or a business)), it would server some purpose. However, I don't really see why some person would just want to print up some 3D object rather than just go to the store and purchase an object that's already been made.
But if you want a cheap replica of some piece of art, wouldn't it just make more sense to go to your local "gift shop" and pick up some cheap piece of art? It's not like I have to have my art now. I can wait a couple days until I go to downtown. I don't see why I'd want to have materials on hand just in case I wanted to print up a statue.
Bolts and nuts also have very low tolerance for errors. If it is off by .25 of a millimeter then it will be terrible, regardless of the materials used. Come to think of it, I can't think of a 3D object that I'd like to be able to just print up at home. It's not like i'm going to run out of spoons and just print out another one. I could see this used in a CAD shop, but not for the home use. I can't think of anything more wasteful than printing out some crappy 3D object that i'm probably going to toss in the trash in a couple hours.
However, the fact that I can print out 2D images at home does not stop me from going to the local print shop when I want something printed. They have the advantage of economies of scale, so even with their mark-up, they can do a much better job for cheaper. For simple black and white text, a home laser/inkjet printer will do, but for more complex color photos/documents, then I would definitely take it to a print shop or photo centre. And if I'm going to print off 1 million copies of a book or magazine, I'm going to use an industrial quality printing press. I think the same thing would happen for 3D printing. For very simple object where tolerances for quality are low, you could print them at home, for more complex objects that you just need a small run of, take it down to your local 3D printing shop. And for situations where you need hiqh quality and mass production, you're still going to see large manufacturing facilities.
From my experience with Indians, they seem to pronounce it as a "V" when it is followed by an "i" or an "e" and pronounce it as a "W" when it is followed by an "a" or an "o". I'm not quite sure of the pronunciation when it is followed by a "u".
Why don't they just convert all currency to coins? Canada is well on their way to this already. It would make tearing the money a lot harder. Besides, isn't the injustice just as bad to put a picture of the king (currency) in their wallet, and sit on it all day?
Couldn't the same be said for NNTP/Usenet servers?
Well, if you could un-soulbind it, then that would probably be a good idea. Also, if you wanted to get rid of some sole binded gold, you could just buy an item, and then sell the item to another character.
Couldn't covering their asses be a problem no matter what type of servers you run? What if you run an FTP Server, Or Bittorrent tracker? There could very well be pirated software on there. I don't think the police are extremely specific as to what boxes get taken as evidence when they're trying to bring one of these sites down. Even worse than IRC could be things like News servers, which contain all kinds of illegal materials. It probably is a situation to do with DOS attacks. You and another poster mentioned the same problem, so that's probably the reason more than the legality reason, which could be a problem no matter what the servers used.
One way to remove macrovision is to use the coax out from your VCR, which doesn't do macrovision. Just set your TV tuner to channel 3, and away you go. You won't get great quality but it works. There's also a lot of devices out there to remove the macrovision. It's probably illegal to remove macrovision protection, but they say they are for hooking up DVD players to TVs without composite cables by routing them through the VCR. As far as I'm concerned, if you're just backing up for personal uses, then it's fair use, but IANAL. You can Google to find this stuff pretty easily.
In this case, it's not like the monopoly was handed to them by the state, or that the state even helped them get to a position of monopoly. Looking at other famous monopolies like telephone or electrical companies, the state usually sets up a situation where there is a monopoly, because its really stupid to have multiple power lines from different companies running all over the place. The state usually gives subsidies to the power/telephone companies to expand their networks to ensure that everyone is being served well. The state then makes laws so that other companies can use those same lines, because the state put the company into a monopoly. However, with MS, they actually achieved that status on their own, by making a product, and marketing it such that it eventually became the standard in it's own right. Just because MS came up with a good cookie recipe, doesn't mean they should have to give the cookie recipe out to everyone else so they can compete freely. I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here, and think that MS should really open up their protocols. However, this is not just because they are a monopolist, but because I believe it better serves their customers. By allowing the customers to make applications that interface with their own systems, they give their applications more value, and it makes their systems easier to use. Right now, you have MS shops, and Linux/Unix shops. There are very few places that deal with mixed environments because of the problems in getting the systems to talk to eachother. If MS opened up their protocols, I'm sure they'd lose a few sales on one end, but they'd also gain a few sales on the other end. Having an open protocol also gives you a spec to follow, to make your software much more robust, instead of having a situation like with MS Word (.doc) where the format is whatever the program happens to spit out.
Why no IRC? It seems interesting that IRC would be the only thing they would disallow. Is there something about the traffic patterns or legality of IRC that would make it a problem? What about a server that does the same function, but isn't specifically IRC?
Then why not wait 6 months to buy the new machine when it's cheaper. It's crazy to buy a new machine that you won't even get any gain out of for 6 months. Wait until you need the extra power. The computer will cost half as much.
Since your screen only refreshes at ~70 Hz, what does it matter? You can't actually see all those frames. They actually aren't even being shown.
While most new computers are able to boot off the USB Stick, I don't think that most are configured to do so. I configure all my computers to only boot off the hard disk. If I need to boot off the CDRom for installing an OS, then I'll switch it just for that, and then switch it back. I don't want my computer automagically booting of some device I didn't expect it to.
I had a physics professor who had multiple choice midterm and final exams that were open book. You could bring in whichever materials you wanted, including old tests. He had a library of questions that he never changed. So the best way to pass the course was to collect all the old tests you could, and bring them into the exam with you, and find the answer. He would use the exact same questions, year after year for the exams. I decided to just study, and didn't do great in the course. Those who did just try to bring in all the answers did pretty well. There was a couple questions which people didn't manage to find, but they had enough to do well on the test.
There's already easier ways to rip protected content.
Since you have to reinstall windows every so often anyway, couldn't you just always run it in evaluation mode? Just wipe the OS and reinstall every 30 days. Should keep your machine running smoothly.
100 km/h (the proper way to write it) is pretty fast for most cars. It's the speed limit on most 4-or-more lane expressways in Canada, although that doesn't stop most people from driving at 120-140 km/h.
By your logic I could advertise a bag of flour as ready to bake cookies. Sure you have to add a few ingredients, but it's still ready to bake.