Has little to do with the system or even the games and more to do with my ADD. I very rarely play even my favorite games for even 6 months. The fact that I can Ebay games for $30 instead of trading them in for $10 is also pretty good.
The only reason for the long box was so that record stores could put CDs in the same bins where they used to put 12" vinyl. Since many record stores have changed to new bins, there is no reason for long box.
As for Rush and Tool, (1) they are hardly representative of "these days," considering it's been 4 years since Tool released an album and 9 years since Rush did. (2) Just because you don't like Tool and Rush doesn't mean there aren't other artists somewhere who you will like.
When buying a next-gen system, the last thing in my mind is backwards compatibility. You can play PS1 games on a PS3? Who the hell cares! I can barely stand to play the poor graphics of PS1 games on my PS2 now. Most HDTV owners think the PS2 is unplayable on big screens because of poor graphics quality. Who really cares if it'll play PS1 games? If I want to play a PS2 game, I'll put it in my PS2.
If I want to play XBox 1 games, I would buy an Xbox 1, not an XBox 2.
pretty much everyone i know of has (or doesn't want) a gmail account.
When I first got invites, I would post it to various message boards and they would get taken within an hour. I just got 150 invites (3 accounts) and I posted to the same message boards. Not one taker.
I've been using Exact Audio Copy for audio ripping for at least 4 years now. It still hasn't gotten out of Beta. In fact, the version I use to do ripping is 3.5 years old. You can still download the 6 year old version from his site.
But it is still considered the best audio extractor out there.
Well, you shouldn't use the generic term "IP". IP encompasses many different areas of law, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
There is a separate exam to become admitted to the Patent Bar. You can get more information at the PTO website. You do NOT have to be a lawyer to take the Patent Bar Exam. If you pass it and are not a lawyer, you are called a "patent agent." If you pass the patent bar and are a lawyer (admitted to practice law in any state or D.C.), then you are called a "patent lawyer." In order to take the patent bar exam, you must have a technical degree (engineering, science, etc.) Detailed info is linked to above.
To file a patent, unless you are the inventor, you have to be admitted to the patent bar (patent agent or patent lawyer).
There are no such restrictions on copyrights or trademarks. However, you need to be an attorney to file trademarks on behalf of another. (I don't know about copyrights).
For litigation purposes (suing other people for patent infringement), you have to be a lawyer, but you do not have to be admitted to the patent bar. You only need to be a patent lawyer to prosecute (obtain) patents.
Yeah, he lost when 5 republican-appointed supreme court judges outnumbered 4 democrat-appointed judges. What exactly can a lawyer do about that?
Actually, 7 of the current justices were appointed by Republicans. Souter and Stevens are usually considered among the "liberals" on the bench, but both were appointed by Republicans (Stevens by Pres. Ford and Souter by Pres. Bush I).
Of course you can ignore spam. It's not like you have to read the entire message. Just look at the subject line.
Now that I switched to gmail, it's even better for me. I used to have to take time to download messages. Now, gmail filters it out and I never am forced to look at them.
I HATE companies that auto-renew, especially for a year-long contract. I had a lot of trouble with a home alarm company. No up-front fee, but it's an automatically renewed contract, unless you notify them 30 days in advance. If you don't notify, they will renew the contract and there is no way to get out of it. I moved out of my house 9 days after the year period began. But because I didn't notify them ahead of time. I had to pay for a whole year's worth of alarm service, even though I didn't live in the house.
Someone told me that California has a law that forbids auto-renew contract with year-long terms. If true, I wonder if it would apply to Amazon.
Pixar only makes one type of film, which is why it is such a big deal when a Pixar movie comes out. Dreamworks, Miramax, Disney, etc. market many movies a year and without a coherent theme. In fact, with the exception of Pixar films, I can't tell you what movie studio makes most movies I watch.
Building in 120GB, 160GB or higher capacity drives, for example, will mean miniature PCs able to match larger machines in storing large numbers of MP3 files or even digital photos.
Oh come on. Not many people have enough photos and MP3s to fill even 10GB nevermind 120GB or 160GB. I am still using a 10GB HD in my XP machine.
I bought a machine with a 30 GB hard drive 5 years ago. Since then, I've added (not replaced, added) a 40 GB hard drive, an 80 GB hard drive, and a 160GB hard drive. So just because YOU don't use hard drive space doesn't mean that NO ONE needs hard drive space.
Yeah, my music is stored elsewhere but it's still less than 7GB of MP3s and 10GB more for SHN/FLAC (which most people aren't into). I want to know how many regular computer userse have 100GB of music and photos. Geeks are in the minority when it comes to computer purchases from major vendors that would be hurt by this "gamble". I'm sure it won't be anything for them to worry about.
As others have said, DV takes up 13 GB per 60 minute tape. Many professional photographers (and advanced amateurs), can easily fill up a 1 GB memory card on a single, one-day shoot. Just because they aren't your definition of a "geek" doesn't mean they don't use computers.
However, the availability of firewire and USB external drives makes the lack of hard drive space in the Mini a moot question. So it's not a gamble to only include small hard drives.
You had a pretty serious qualifier, but brushed it off like it's nothing. The biggest plus of a CC is that you aren't out money if it is lost/stolen. The biggest minus of cash is you are SOL if it is lost/stolen.
Are there good reasons NOT to use a credit card? Of course:
It's easier to lose track of how much you spent if you use a credit card. If you take a credit card with $1000 credit line left, but you promise yourself to only use $500, it's a lot easier to shoot past your personal $500 limit than it would be if you had $500 in your wallet that had to last until your next pay check.
Related to the first reason, if you run out of cash, you're just out of cash and you stop spending. With a credit card, the companies will just keep increasing your limit, making it easier to get into financial straits.
If you have fiscal discipline, credit cards have it all over cash. The problem is that you can lose financial discipline without even thinking about it when you have large credit lines.
They only actually transmit the credit card number? That is surprising. The tell-tale giveaway that the page is a fraud is asking for PIN, SSN, and date of birth. No one ever asks for that. If they only asked for name, number, expiration date, people would be more inclined to fall for the scam.
There's another option: pay in cash. People that try to steal that stuff generally get caught a lot quicker, and even if they don't get caught it doesn't hurt you in the slightest.
Doesn't hurt you in the slightest? Huh? If you have $100 in your wallet and it is stolen, you're out $100. Sounds like being hurt to me.
There are plenty of good reasons to use credit cards instead of cash:
If you return merchandise, you credit card is immediately reimbursed. No waiting for checks or dealing with store credit.
If your cash is stolen or lost, you're SOL. If your credit cards is stolen or lost, you call the credit card company and you're not liable past a certain amount ($50, IIRC).
You don't have to deal with bills that stick together or clerks that "inadvertently" give you the wrong amount of change.
After a day at the mall, your pockets won't be full of heavy change. With a credit card, no change.
Tips in restaurants can be calculated to the exact penny.
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Has little to do with the system or even the games and more to do with my ADD. I very rarely play even my favorite games for even 6 months. The fact that I can Ebay games for $30 instead of trading them in for $10 is also pretty good.
As for Rush and Tool, (1) they are hardly representative of "these days," considering it's been 4 years since Tool released an album and 9 years since Rush did. (2) Just because you don't like Tool and Rush doesn't mean there aren't other artists somewhere who you will like.
The biggest group of all-time didn't tour at all during the last half of their recorded career.
The vast majority of albums are merely collections of songs. Concept albums are few and far between.
The XBox2 will be released this fall. I seriously doubt that I'll still be playing any game I'm regularly playing now.
If I want to play XBox 1 games, I would buy an Xbox 1, not an XBox 2.
When I first got invites, I would post it to various message boards and they would get taken within an hour. I just got 150 invites (3 accounts) and I posted to the same message boards. Not one taker.
But it is still considered the best audio extractor out there.
There is a separate exam to become admitted to the Patent Bar. You can get more information at the PTO website. You do NOT have to be a lawyer to take the Patent Bar Exam. If you pass it and are not a lawyer, you are called a "patent agent." If you pass the patent bar and are a lawyer (admitted to practice law in any state or D.C.), then you are called a "patent lawyer." In order to take the patent bar exam, you must have a technical degree (engineering, science, etc.) Detailed info is linked to above.
To file a patent, unless you are the inventor, you have to be admitted to the patent bar (patent agent or patent lawyer).
There are no such restrictions on copyrights or trademarks. However, you need to be an attorney to file trademarks on behalf of another. (I don't know about copyrights).
For litigation purposes (suing other people for patent infringement), you have to be a lawyer, but you do not have to be admitted to the patent bar. You only need to be a patent lawyer to prosecute (obtain) patents.
Actually, 7 of the current justices were appointed by Republicans. Souter and Stevens are usually considered among the "liberals" on the bench, but both were appointed by Republicans (Stevens by Pres. Ford and Souter by Pres. Bush I).
Not just power outages. My cable went out last week for two days. I had no phone service while waiting for them to fix it.
Now that I switched to gmail, it's even better for me. I used to have to take time to download messages. Now, gmail filters it out and I never am forced to look at them.
Someone told me that California has a law that forbids auto-renew contract with year-long terms. If true, I wonder if it would apply to Amazon.
CDs too. There is no real reason to buy new CDs (unless you believe in supporting the artists) either.
First, he has to build a time machine so that he can place an order two days before he thought about it.
Pixar only makes one type of film, which is why it is such a big deal when a Pixar movie comes out. Dreamworks, Miramax, Disney, etc. market many movies a year and without a coherent theme. In fact, with the exception of Pixar films, I can't tell you what movie studio makes most movies I watch.
According to Supershadow (yeah, I know, not the most reliable source) Anakin kills Windu.
The Separatist movement has nothing to do with the rebellion. It is a ploy by Sidious and Dooku to give power to Sidious.
Oh come on. Not many people have enough photos and MP3s to fill even 10GB nevermind 120GB or 160GB. I am still using a 10GB HD in my XP machine.
I bought a machine with a 30 GB hard drive 5 years ago. Since then, I've added (not replaced, added) a 40 GB hard drive, an 80 GB hard drive, and a 160GB hard drive. So just because YOU don't use hard drive space doesn't mean that NO ONE needs hard drive space.
Yeah, my music is stored elsewhere but it's still less than 7GB of MP3s and 10GB more for SHN/FLAC (which most people aren't into). I want to know how many regular computer userse have 100GB of music and photos. Geeks are in the minority when it comes to computer purchases from major vendors that would be hurt by this "gamble". I'm sure it won't be anything for them to worry about.
As others have said, DV takes up 13 GB per 60 minute tape. Many professional photographers (and advanced amateurs), can easily fill up a 1 GB memory card on a single, one-day shoot. Just because they aren't your definition of a "geek" doesn't mean they don't use computers.
However, the availability of firewire and USB external drives makes the lack of hard drive space in the Mini a moot question. So it's not a gamble to only include small hard drives.
Are there good reasons NOT to use a credit card? Of course:
- It's easier to lose track of how much you spent if you use a credit card. If you take a credit card with $1000 credit line left, but you promise yourself to only use $500, it's a lot easier to shoot past your personal $500 limit than it would be if you had $500 in your wallet that had to last until your next pay check.
- Related to the first reason, if you run out of cash, you're just out of cash and you stop spending. With a credit card, the companies will just keep increasing your limit, making it easier to get into financial straits.
If you have fiscal discipline, credit cards have it all over cash. The problem is that you can lose financial discipline without even thinking about it when you have large credit lines.They only actually transmit the credit card number? That is surprising. The tell-tale giveaway that the page is a fraud is asking for PIN, SSN, and date of birth. No one ever asks for that. If they only asked for name, number, expiration date, people would be more inclined to fall for the scam.
You can report this stuff to Ebay by emailing spoof@ebay.com.
Doesn't hurt you in the slightest? Huh? If you have $100 in your wallet and it is stolen, you're out $100. Sounds like being hurt to me.
There are plenty of good reasons to use credit cards instead of cash:
Since Wal Mart wouldn't have been closed at 4pm, your example isn't really relevant.
But they are not very comfortable, which is why I got rid of mine. I'd say it was because I'm a glasses wearer, but my wife hated them also.