But what about movies? Each of the LOTR movies cost over 100 million dollars to make.
How much of that sum was required to pay the salaries of "big name" actors ?
How is that relevant? Who cares? The movie still costs $100M to make. You can argue about whether you personally beleive the actors are worth however much they were paid. Obviously, the studio felt they were worth what they were paid. And from the amount of money these movies made, they are more than justified in paying that much.
If you really think that Hollywood is going to change its ecnomic model to pay what *you* think is fair, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you on Ebay. Yes, they put out crap. Yes, in my opinion they spend way too much on "talent" and production costs. But you know what? They don't care what I think (or what you think). As long as a studio stays in the black, things will keep on as they have. The sheeple in the US (and abroad) are still throwing vast amounts of money at Hollywood. Until the public begins to punish (stop spending money) the entertainment industry for pushing crap products, it will not change.
AOL's CTO ignored the conclusions at Nuremberg, and thought that the F.B.I. is not tough enough on bad people. So this CTO thinks that the Thought Police of Home Land inSecurity are good people?! Well, lets think of how Winston Smith would handle this. Yes, AOL's CTO should be invited to visit room 101. But as a Pope's son once said, "The dye is cast, there is no undoing it." AOL my still be looking at a class action law suit, because CTO's don't even go potty without approval from above.
I don't know whether that's brilliant or insane.
Seriously.
I understood each idividual word you wrote. However, taken as a whole, what you are trying to say escapes me. The last sentence is the only one that makes a lick of sense.
You may want to peruse this page. I mean the the real definition of peruse, not the one everyone assumes it means. If you're going to use the language, learn it.
[blockquote]And yeah, steganography is the solution to all picture hiding. Without the original source of the container file, and with a large enough container file, no tool will be able to discover the hidden pornography.[/blockquote]
I hope you were being sarcastic. There are plenty of tools that can detect embedded information. Now, getting it out is another story:)
But I guess anyone who is stupid enough to drop themselves in the poo in public shouldn't be a prime candidate for employment.
Yes, it's so much better to hire a candidate who conducts his dirty business in secret -- embezzling, clandestine affairs with the secretaries, etc.
Because we all know that there are only two types of people. The boozy, foul-mouthed exhibitionists and the closet embezzler. Heaven forbid the majority are just plain folk who go about their business without flashing the world or living in some shadowy moral morass.
I hope that's not how you view the world. That's plain sad.
The OP left out the part in which you modify the package repositories list to point to dapper instead of previous releases, though.
Upgrading via apt takes care of that. My repos were all updated to the Dapper ones automagically
Unfortunately, those phones are pretty useless for travellers. They only have dual-band GSM. At the very least I would need Tri-Band. I travel all over the world for work and would like my phone to work in as many places as possible. These phones aren't it.
For a good simple phone, I had a Moto V180. It's quad band GSM, and I haven't found anywhere it won't work. I am now using a RAZR and while I don't use the other tech doohickeys, it has a great antenna, it also quad-band, and has bluetooth. If the v180 had bluetooth, I would probably still be using it.
$18 to permanently impose a fascist state in the US.
Are you seriously suggesting that Congress is above the laws they themsleves enact? How is conducting a search with a legitimate warrant an act of fascism?
I would think the opposite is true. The fact that Congress appears to suggest some kind of special "immunity" from due-process is the far larger danger.
Until the jackboots kick down the doors of Congress and they are denied due-process, they shouldn't be bitching about this.
so sad... SOMEbody out there doesn't like me. Every time I log on and go past 4 or 6 lines of reply, my browser starts to crawl. Either it's Slashdot trying to deter me, or it's a government organ keystroking so badly that they're slowing down Konqueror, or it's a library/file problem related specifically to Konqueror. But, I suspect it's that I've become "radioactive" on slashdot... I get to incisive, too deep, and too much for the readership. Well, if that isn't a form of member censorship... (if/. is behind it, that is...) or government censorship (if "they are watching me" is true...)
HA! Thanks for the laugh!
(incidentally, aluminum foil hats won't block the signal. That's probably your problem)
I just got that same headset last week (Plantronics Discovery 640). This thing is great. The volume level is good, people say I sound clear. It is super light and fits snug into the ear (without the "stablizer"). Since I wear glasses, I have had a tough time finding a comfortable BT headset. The addition of a AAA "emergency" charger is great (2 full chages from a AAA battery). This is the winner.
Comfort and clarity aside, the number one feature for me is the ability to bond to two devices. I have my personal phone and my work phone (my personal phone is a replacement for land-line). This thing connects to both simultaneously. When either phone rings I simply press the button and it automatically answers the correct phone. I haven't tested the voice-dial with both active, but I'm guessing it will either try the last phone it used or just plain not work when actively connected to two phones.
I do not have to follow US regulations as an EU citizen living in EU. In this sense I don't care about US regulations.
No one is saying that... You really are thick-headed, aren't you?
If you had a scintilla of intelligence in your hollow cranium, you would have seen his point immediately.
In a world market, a company will manufacture to the most restrictive specifications. In the case of wireless chipsets it is the FCC regulations. They are *not* going to make different versions for the EU/CAN/US, etc... It is too cost prohibitive. Therefore, the *world* gets the same version as the US. Unless you can figure out the microcode, your Intel wifi card has the same FCC imposed restrictions as the US version.
Is that clear, or do you need it spelled out in crayon and using smaller words?
Incidentally, thanks for the unwelcome political diatribe in the last post. You really added something to the entire thread. I mean how could we have *ever* missed the importance of bringing up the Iraq war and US Imperialism* in a thread about BSD.
Ass.
* - or Consumerism, etc... insert the -ism of your choice. Don't forget to capitalize it to show it's Serious(tm)
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If you really think that Hollywood is going to change its ecnomic model to pay what *you* think is fair, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you on Ebay. Yes, they put out crap. Yes, in my opinion they spend way too much on "talent" and production costs. But you know what? They don't care what I think (or what you think). As long as a studio stays in the black, things will keep on as they have. The sheeple in the US (and abroad) are still throwing vast amounts of money at Hollywood. Until the public begins to punish (stop spending money) the entertainment industry for pushing crap products, it will not change.
One to screw it in, and one to tell her how much better than a man she did it.
*rimshot*
Seriously.
I understood each idividual word you wrote. However, taken as a whole, what you are trying to say escapes me. The last sentence is the only one that makes a lick of sense.
Sorry... couldn't resist...
bUT hOW wILL pEOPLE KNOW wHEN I aM BEING sUPER CEREAL? cEREALOUSLY! (fucking lameness filter)
Current mood: Megalomaniacal
Naw.. I think I'll still think of your post as rationalizing illegal activities. But nice try.
You may want to peruse this page. I mean the the real definition of peruse, not the one everyone assumes it means. If you're going to use the language, learn it.
BWAHAHAHAHA!
Seriously, thanks for the entertainment (I googled for MIHOP). I have never seen a group of more willfully ignorant people in my life. Good stuff.
I don't know why, but conspiracy kooks always put a smile on my face.
[blockquote]And yeah, steganography is the solution to all picture hiding. Without the original source of the container file, and with a large enough container file, no tool will be able to discover the hidden pornography.[/blockquote] I hope you were being sarcastic. There are plenty of tools that can detect embedded information. Now, getting it out is another story :)
I hope that's not how you view the world. That's plain sad.
I do want a simple phone. I don't want internet, camera and all that other cruft. The only features I want/need is quad-band and bluetooth. That's it.
If the V-180 had bluetooth, I never would have upgraded to a RAZR.
The OP left out the part in which you modify the package repositories list to point to dapper instead of previous releases, though. Upgrading via apt takes care of that. My repos were all updated to the Dapper ones automagically
Unfortunately, those phones are pretty useless for travellers. They only have dual-band GSM. At the very least I would need Tri-Band. I travel all over the world for work and would like my phone to work in as many places as possible. These phones aren't it.
For a good simple phone, I had a Moto V180. It's quad band GSM, and I haven't found anywhere it won't work. I am now using a RAZR and while I don't use the other tech doohickeys, it has a great antenna, it also quad-band, and has bluetooth. If the v180 had bluetooth, I would probably still be using it.
$18 to permanently impose a fascist state in the US.
Are you seriously suggesting that Congress is above the laws they themsleves enact? How is conducting a search with a legitimate warrant an act of fascism?
I would think the opposite is true. The fact that Congress appears to suggest some kind of special "immunity" from due-process is the far larger danger.
Until the jackboots kick down the doors of Congress and they are denied due-process, they shouldn't be bitching about this.
Detritus:
Trolls should be put down or sterilized.
Does anyone else find that funny? Or do I read too much Pratchett? (as if)
I forgot who played his part but I know that the same actor played several others in the same film
Seriously?
*sigh* (I'm too damn old...)
Peter Sellars
No, correlation doesn't prove causation. It does imply it, however.
Only for people who have no real understading of those two terms.
so sad... SOMEbody out there doesn't like me. Every time I log on and go past 4 or 6 lines of reply, my browser starts to crawl. Either it's Slashdot trying to deter me, or it's a government organ keystroking so badly that they're slowing down Konqueror, or it's a library/file problem related specifically to Konqueror. But, I suspect it's that I've become "radioactive" on slashdot... I get to incisive, too deep, and too much for the readership. Well, if that isn't a form of member censorship... (if /. is behind it, that is...) or government censorship (if "they are watching me" is true...)
HA! Thanks for the laugh!
(incidentally, aluminum foil hats won't block the signal. That's probably your problem)
I just got that same headset last week (Plantronics Discovery 640). This thing is great. The volume level is good, people say I sound clear. It is super light and fits snug into the ear (without the "stablizer"). Since I wear glasses, I have had a tough time finding a comfortable BT headset. The addition of a AAA "emergency" charger is great (2 full chages from a AAA battery). This is the winner.
Comfort and clarity aside, the number one feature for me is the ability to bond to two devices. I have my personal phone and my work phone (my personal phone is a replacement for land-line). This thing connects to both simultaneously. When either phone rings I simply press the button and it automatically answers the correct phone. I haven't tested the voice-dial with both active, but I'm guessing it will either try the last phone it used or just plain not work when actively connected to two phones.
I do not have to follow US regulations as an EU citizen living in EU. In this sense I don't care about US regulations.
No one is saying that... You really are thick-headed, aren't you?
If you had a scintilla of intelligence in your hollow cranium, you would have seen his point immediately.
In a world market, a company will manufacture to the most restrictive specifications. In the case of wireless chipsets it is the FCC regulations. They are *not* going to make different versions for the EU/CAN/US, etc... It is too cost prohibitive. Therefore, the *world* gets the same version as the US. Unless you can figure out the microcode, your Intel wifi card has the same FCC imposed restrictions as the US version.
Is that clear, or do you need it spelled out in crayon and using smaller words?
Incidentally, thanks for the unwelcome political diatribe in the last post. You really added something to the entire thread. I mean how could we have *ever* missed the importance of bringing up the Iraq war and US Imperialism* in a thread about BSD.
Ass.
* - or Consumerism, etc... insert the -ism of your choice. Don't forget to capitalize it to show it's Serious(tm)