Wear and tear is going to happen, but you don't throw away the entire car--just change some fluids, replace some parts.
They could give second-hand purchasers a new CD/DVD which would have no scratches glitches etc at all and just destroy the original. After all, it's the content they're licensing isn't it?
The US has a one-party system with two main factions and a few unaligned members.
It's not what people call themselves that matters, it's how they behave.
"A trademark used for a powder to be mixed with water or a ready-to-use plastic paste designed to hide cracks and holes in plaster before painting or papering."
The original name was intended to describe its role in Vista.
There has been so much chicken little, sky is falling hysteria about voting I think the public has become immune.
It's not the hysteria that has the public numb to the consequences. It's the lack of real consequences to them of fraudulent voting.
The difference between the major parties in the US is so narrow that their reasons for garnering support are essentially tribal, and any politician is far more likely to represent the views of other politicians or lobbyists than those of their electorate. Even their lying is equivalent.... http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060124_politi cal_decisions.html
Then you're too smart for your own good and you intimidate women so much they stay away from you.
No, that one's a rationalisation to justify your own awkwardness with women. I know this will surprise you, but women are people too.
What the majority of young women want is pretty much what you'd expect - entertaining, interesting, confident and funny men. If you're intelligent as well, it'll be a bonus for them.
you're not going to be able to enjoy your independent music in the ways you'd like to
I won't be allowed to wander down to the pub and listen to them play?
Seriously though, the RIAA has already lost this. The cat's out of the bag, the worms are out of the can. Right now, they're playing a stall game to buy time for a response, but I think in the long run they'll be too fat and unwieldy to adapt, so they'll wither, if not die.
There's already too many ways out there that'll allow talented people to make and distribute music for the RIAA to retain their stranglehold on the market. We're already seeing that here (in Western Australia) where our remoteness meant local musicians have had virtually no chance of getting signed with a label. There's a great buzz of talent starting to realise they can do it all themselves with a few thou's worth of recording gear and a friendly web host.
Great, this is what I want to see from the RIAA. The more they restrict how people can use their commercial crap, the more encourage independants who'll value their listeners.
However, a third party providing such support is all but impossible with software.
Actually, with my software it's not. I don't GPL everthing I write, but I do always provide my customers with a copy of the source code. If they want to go to someone cheaper/better, they're welcome to - I'm happy to compete on merit.
Whenever the cost of supporting the customers that comes from supporting those customers, exceeds the benefits of satisfying those customers.
You don't ever stop supporting your customers. You just switch to paid support after your warranty or contracted support period has expired.
I'm still supporting the first commercial software I ever wrote (a refrigerator controller for a meat packing company) because it still does the job I originally wrote it for, and the company using it occasionally pays me to port it to newer hardware. I'm not making a loss, and it's not a huge money spinner for me, but I'll continue supporting it because it's mine.
Fixing bugs in a pre-beta OS under development is indicative of this?
This is a bug that was found by a third party. Microsoft, with all the effort it is putting into the Vista release, did not find this major vulnerability. The implication is that it is likely more vulnerabilities will be found by third parties, some of them malicious.
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Anybody ever had an octopus stuck to their sensitive equipment?
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I haven't tried it myself, but this young lady seems to be enjoying it.
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-dream-of-the-fis
you're right, those who need cmyk are not interested, because it's not fully functional.
Thing is, this is open source. If there were enough people interested, it would become fully functional.
Wear and tear is going to happen, but you don't throw away the entire car--just change some fluids, replace some parts.
They could give second-hand purchasers a new CD/DVD which would have no scratches glitches etc at all and just destroy the original. After all, it's the content they're licensing isn't it?
Is it just a matter of someone saying "I will add CMYK support to GIMP" and writing some code?
Been done, nobody seems very interested. http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/separate.shtml
so long as their party holds the office.
The US has a one-party system with two main factions and a few unaligned members.
It's not what people call themselves that matters, it's how they behave.
this is pretty average for motorbikes
Perhaps, but your average motorcycle doesn't incinerate the Hyundai Excel that's been tailgating you for the past six traffic lights.
Unless you've got a small car, that could still pose a problem.
Yeah, I had that happen once in a Mercedes 280SE, when I got water in the fuel tank. It was manageable, but only just...
Turning off the car will lock the steering, and then you'll really be screwed.
My car doesn't let you do that while it's still moving. It means you can cut the ignition and use the stalled engine for braking.
It's already a misspelling of "Spackle". The original name was intended to describe its role in Vista.
There has been so much chicken little, sky is falling hysteria about voting I think the public has become immune.
i cal_decisions.html
It's not the hysteria that has the public numb to the consequences. It's the lack of real consequences to them of fraudulent voting.
The difference between the major parties in the US is so narrow that their reasons for garnering support are essentially tribal, and any politician is far more likely to represent the views of other politicians or lobbyists than those of their electorate. Even their lying is equivalent.... http://www.livescience.com/othernews/060124_polit
There's no way for you to "override" the machine and do the braking yourself, Fred Flinstone style.
Gears, handbrake, ignition switch.
"genius is rarely developed in a vacuum"
Well, duh. Poor bugger'd be suffocated before he had time to say "Interesting colour my aaaaarghhhh"
Your microwave oven has a remote?
Yes. I call her "Jill".
Then you're too smart for your own good and you intimidate women so much they stay away from you.
No, that one's a rationalisation to justify your own awkwardness with women. I know this will surprise you, but women are people too.
What the majority of young women want is pretty much what you'd expect - entertaining, interesting, confident and funny men. If you're intelligent as well, it'll be a bonus for them.
"money he puts into making himself a freezer pop"
<zombie>
Mmmmm, corpsicles...
</zombie>
Nothing worse than a patchy heart.
Not even an achy breaky one?
they'll start releasing hearts with bugs in them
That's a really surreal image there. Salvador Dali eat your...
No, wait...
CGI is new tool. Some great movies will be made with it
Sure, I can see them now "Perl of the Orient" "Firewall Apache" and the classic "Slashdotted: As the Sun Went Down"
you're not going to be able to enjoy your independent music in the ways you'd like to
I won't be allowed to wander down to the pub and listen to them play?
Seriously though, the RIAA has already lost this. The cat's out of the bag, the worms are out of the can. Right now, they're playing a stall game to buy time for a response, but I think in the long run they'll be too fat and unwieldy to adapt, so they'll wither, if not die.
There's already too many ways out there that'll allow talented people to make and distribute music for the RIAA to retain their stranglehold on the market. We're already seeing that here (in Western Australia) where our remoteness meant local musicians have had virtually no chance of getting signed with a label. There's a great buzz of talent starting to realise they can do it all themselves with a few thou's worth of recording gear and a friendly web host.
I'm looking forward to it.
Great, this is what I want to see from the RIAA. The more they restrict how people can use their commercial crap, the more encourage independants who'll value their listeners.
However, a third party providing such support is all but impossible with software.
Actually, with my software it's not. I don't GPL everthing I write, but I do always provide my customers with a copy of the source code. If they want to go to someone cheaper/better, they're welcome to - I'm happy to compete on merit.
Whenever the cost of supporting the customers that comes from supporting those customers, exceeds the benefits of satisfying those customers.
You don't ever stop supporting your customers. You just switch to paid support after your warranty or contracted support period has expired.
I'm still supporting the first commercial software I ever wrote (a refrigerator controller for a meat packing company) because it still does the job I originally wrote it for, and the company using it occasionally pays me to port it to newer hardware. I'm not making a loss, and it's not a huge money spinner for me, but I'll continue supporting it because it's mine.
Their motives are the same--make the most $$$.
There's a trend to believe that in many businesses, not just American ones and it's why globalism, hypercapitalism etc are often reviled.
It's not true of all businesses though. Many of us want to make the best quality product we can, and believe the money to be a consequence of quality.
Yes, well of course - lots of money needs to be saved so that there will be the budget to blast Iran in a few months time.
Fixed that for you.
Fixing bugs in a pre-beta OS under development is indicative of this?
This is a bug that was found by a third party. Microsoft, with all the effort it is putting into the Vista release, did not find this major vulnerability. The implication is that it is likely more vulnerabilities will be found by third parties, some of them malicious.