But running off a thousand copies of something and passing them around clandestinely will work as well today as it did in the 1700's.
But the 1700's weren't a particularly nice time to live in. Lots of wars, deaths, plauges, etc. The power was in the hands of the few, and the many were poor and led pretty miserable lives. You could be executed for not being a christian. 'Passing around bits of paper' wasn't a particularly good tactic for widespread exchange of information then, and it still isn't now. Word of mouth was probably the most effective means, but if they'd had something like TV or radio then, it would have been more effective IMHO.
What? Is Akamai turning away paying customers now? Or did you mean that most people are too poor or too cheap to pay to have their content distributed? That may be true. But if that's the case, then they certainly don't need their content distributed, do they?
HAHAHA! I'd consider that really hilarious if it wasn't for the fact that you were being serious. You really believe in big business capitalism, don't you? Money gives you a voice, and anyone without it can go hang themselves!
What the hell do I care? "King of the world," remember? I'm telling you how things would be if I were in charge.
That's a pretty pathetic scenario to base an argument on.
If I was king of the world, the first thing I'd do is put people like you in the electric chair.
And for the record, man does bag a hell of a lot more since guns were involved in hunting... don't believe me?
I believe you, but the question remains, what kind of idiot still uses a GUN to hunt? We have cattle herds nowadays, they can be herded into a slaughterhouse, you don't need an uzi to take out your next meal.
The reason people still use guns, of course, is purely for 'fun' hunting. But isn't half the 'fun' of hunting having a challenge? If it's far easier to 'bag' lots of animals with a gun, a lot of the challenge of hunting is removed.
I was raised a country boy who realizes how useful a gun can be. I'm willing to bet that you were raised in a) a city, or b) a city surburb.
I bet there are a hell of a lot more guns in any city suburb than the 'country'.
You may want to control guns, but don't let the government handle that job... you'll get controlled alright... ask England.
The long culture of gun control and non-availability in England has resulted in far fewer deaths from crime than in America. It is likely much more of a cultural thing though, because some other countried where guns are legal (eg. Switzerland) also have low crime rates.
A 'slot' is where a company installs cable in an area, and then gets LEGISLATION which guarentees that they have exclusive rights to provide cable services in that area. That's where there is no room for another highspeed ISP, at least via cable. Even if there isn't that legislation in place, the costs of setting up a rival cable network, not to mention the ludicrous network duplication, prevent another company from doing so.
I think Bethesda Softworks have been creating games similar to the ones you want to see. Try playing Daggerfall and now Morrowind. I haven't played Morrowind personally, but it looks incredible:-)
HAHAHAHA! Hilarious:-) I did think it was a bit funny that shooting the crap out of some guy's computer could stop all future development of computer chips.
What I'm interested in is whether physicists have come close to discovering a method of communuication which could be faster than the speed of light. I'm no expert, but if it takes light minutes to get from one planet to another, it won't be an effective ultra-long range data transfer medium, and nor will anything else on its wavelength.
Just out of interest, how fast does electricity travel? Is it the same speed as light, faster, or slower?
It emits the three tones that the phone company plays when you dial an out of service phone number. Everyone hears it when I answer any call - but the cool part is listening to the auto-dialers automatically hangup when they "hear" it.
That sounds a bit stupid. Now, whenever anyone genuine calls you, they hear an 'out of service' tone and hang up too.
If you call that good, you really have a bad telemarketting spam problem:-)
I'm amazed at the amount of telemarketing that goes on in the US, for one Simple reason; it doesn't seem to happen AT ALL in the UK. I mean, I think I'm 'ex-directory', not sure if that's possible in the US? If it is, how do they get your phone number? But I mean, I've NEVER in my life had a phone call from a company I haven't dealt with before, maybe just 1 or 2 in my LIFE from companies (like banks) telling me about some new service or something. My mum had about 1 or 2 in her LIFE from local merchants offering to do some refurbishment to the house or something, but all in all, it doesn't really happen. And you call 1 or 2 calls a WEEK good??
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But running off a thousand copies of something and passing them around clandestinely will work as well today as it did in the 1700's.
But the 1700's weren't a particularly nice time to live in. Lots of wars, deaths, plauges, etc. The power was in the hands of the few, and the many were poor and led pretty miserable lives. You could be executed for not being a christian. 'Passing around bits of paper' wasn't a particularly good tactic for widespread exchange of information then, and it still isn't now. Word of mouth was probably the most effective means, but if they'd had something like TV or radio then, it would have been more effective IMHO.
What? Is Akamai turning away paying customers now? Or did you mean that most people are too poor or too cheap to pay to have their content distributed? That may be true. But if that's the case, then they certainly don't need their content distributed, do they?
HAHAHA! I'd consider that really hilarious if it wasn't for the fact that you were being serious. You really believe in big business capitalism, don't you? Money gives you a voice, and anyone without it can go hang themselves!
What the hell do I care? "King of the world," remember? I'm telling you how things would be if I were in charge.
That's a pretty pathetic scenario to base an argument on.
If I was king of the world, the first thing I'd do is put people like you in the electric chair.
And for the record, man does bag a hell of a lot more since guns were involved in hunting... don't believe me?
I believe you, but the question remains, what kind of idiot still uses a GUN to hunt? We have cattle herds nowadays, they can be herded into a slaughterhouse, you don't need an uzi to take out your next meal.
The reason people still use guns, of course, is purely for 'fun' hunting. But isn't half the 'fun' of hunting having a challenge? If it's far easier to 'bag' lots of animals with a gun, a lot of the challenge of hunting is removed.
I was raised a country boy who realizes how useful a gun can be. I'm willing to bet that you were raised in a) a city, or b) a city surburb.
I bet there are a hell of a lot more guns in any city suburb than the 'country'.
You may want to control guns, but don't let the government handle that job... you'll get controlled alright... ask England.
The long culture of gun control and non-availability in England has resulted in far fewer deaths from crime than in America. It is likely much more of a cultural thing though, because some other countried where guns are legal (eg. Switzerland) also have low crime rates.
Maybe you should just scroll down the dictionary a bit more:
3. Based on logical reasoning; reasonable: a legitimate solution to the problem.
On the other hand, its a GOVERNMENT that s trying to take away a god given right.
Heh heh. Sorry, could you point out the paragraph(s) in the bible where the Americans' right to bear arms is enshrined by God?
A 'slot' is where a company installs cable in an area, and then gets LEGISLATION which guarentees that they have exclusive rights to provide cable services in that area. That's where there is no room for another highspeed ISP, at least via cable. Even if there isn't that legislation in place, the costs of setting up a rival cable network, not to mention the ludicrous network duplication, prevent another company from doing so.
I didn't sign a goddamn thing when I signed up.
LOL! How's that for dumb quote of the year?
Wow. You know, the DMCA is really starting to sound like a sensible, functional piece of legislation.
Well, .cx is for Christmas Island, and it just wouldn't be right nuking them at this time of the year, would it?
Wonder how they gonna persuade Irak and Iran to send such data to Bush though ;-)
Maybe by bombing the shit out of them?
Doom III? I'm not a doom obsessive (:-)) but wasn't there a game released called something like 'Final Doom' - signifying the last Doom installment?
Ahem. I LOVED Prince of Persia!! Wonderful graphics and animation for its time, addictive gameplay right through the entire game.
I think Bethesda Softworks have been creating games similar to the ones you want to see. Try playing Daggerfall and now Morrowind. I haven't played Morrowind personally, but it looks incredible :-)
What about Wolfenstein 3d? GUTEN TAG!!!!!!!!!
I know, I'm just pointing out that they were a bit dumb when they first started, and even moreso now :-)
I think the mods understood the technical content of the post, and modded it flamebait.
:-)
And flamebait is for posts which are utter BS
Why would your computer suddenly post and submit the words "NO CARRIER" before it was disconnected from the internet?
Wow, that sure as hell would be an effective weapon. 'Just let me take my top off first... you can look if you want, you know...'
boom...
But J-Lo has quite a nice ass, can you say the same thing about LotR or Harry Potter? :-)
HAHAHAHA! Hilarious :-) I did think it was a bit funny that shooting the crap out of some guy's computer could stop all future development of computer chips.
MAC: drag the image off onto your desktop
So, how do you make a local copy of the image and put it on your desktop, or create a shortcut to the image on your desktop then?
Informative post.
What I'm interested in is whether physicists have come close to discovering a method of communuication which could be faster than the speed of light. I'm no expert, but if it takes light minutes to get from one planet to another, it won't be an effective ultra-long range data transfer medium, and nor will anything else on its wavelength.
Just out of interest, how fast does electricity travel? Is it the same speed as light, faster, or slower?
It emits the three tones that the phone company plays when you dial an out of service phone number. Everyone hears it when I answer any call - but the cool part is listening to the auto-dialers automatically hangup when they "hear" it.
That sounds a bit stupid. Now, whenever anyone genuine calls you, they hear an 'out of service' tone and hang up too.
However, when the Broncos absolutely suck ass this year, I think I'd rather see ads for aluminum siding while recycling my beer.
Recycling it? So you drink your own urine?
Oh my...
:-)
If you call that good, you really have a bad telemarketting spam problem
I'm amazed at the amount of telemarketing that goes on in the US, for one Simple reason; it doesn't seem to happen AT ALL in the UK. I mean, I think I'm 'ex-directory', not sure if that's possible in the US? If it is, how do they get your phone number? But I mean, I've NEVER in my life had a phone call from a company I haven't dealt with before, maybe just 1 or 2 in my LIFE from companies (like banks) telling me about some new service or something. My mum had about 1 or 2 in her LIFE from local merchants offering to do some refurbishment to the house or something, but all in all, it doesn't really happen. And you call 1 or 2 calls a WEEK good??