They don't have those laws in the land on Lincoln. For a small *cough* donation to the governor's campaign, I'm sure you might be able register it here as well.
As they say YMMV. I haven't needed to reboot my firewall in... Well, I don't remember rebooting it, after I installed it 2 years. The network itself is wireless (wpa 2 AES encrypted) So cable ling was a non-issue.
in general its the old tradeoff between security and usability thats at play. Each person has their own criteria for the perfect solution.
the solution is quite simple. Put the filter on the firewall, there are several that already live there. You can use any os you want, you're not going to get past it. It will still have all of the existing problems that desktop based filters have, but the doomsday is really fictitious.
Not to pick too many nits, but nuclear plants *do* produce pollution regardless of your relatives. Nasty radioactive stuff that will still kill you in another 500 million years.
My unsupported hunch is that a train would pollute more than a jet. I would think that trains would have a lot more drag. It sounds like you know what your talking about, but this is slashdot and everything.
Look back to the start of this thread. Religion in the context of this discussion is an overzealous set of beliefs not supported by scientific facts. Like People calling up companies and complaining about their choice of a server operating system. That is the sense in which this thread was started. I think this thread pretty much proves the point.
I never said all atheists were alike. Much the same as all theists are not alike. I was referring to the preconceived notions that *some* atheits have towards theists, and the fervor in which they respond. Its that fervor, and a lack of understanding that is similar to the approach that *some* theists have with respect to atheists or anyone else that does not believe what they do.
And trust me, everyone is a lot less unique than they think.
That is a very good point. I'm sorry I'm out of mod points. I don't think I've very met anyone that wasn't a religious about something, even the atheists/ agnostics I've known. Of course my limited experience is not statistically significant in any way, but that observation seems to confirm my experiences.
obviously. Just like real NFL stars play madden. They did not become rockstars by playing Guitar Hero, just like NFL stars didn't make it to the NFL by playing madden. If you actually do the real thing enough, obviously you don't need to worry about not doing the real thing enough. But if a pro Football player did nothing but play madden, he wouldn't be a good football player for much longer. I suspect he same would be true of a rockstar, although to a lesser extent.
It doesn't change the fact that GH is a derivative game, requiring zero original thought.
There are games that are simulation of real life events, and those that are completely fantasy based. In most cases, it would be better if more people did the actual activity rather than the dumbed down simulation ( excluding the obvious GTA, first person shooter genre).
that being said, simulating activities that you can't actually do, or would be dangerous to do makes more sence. This might not be a popular "opinion" here, but from everything I've witnessed, its probably true.
Currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services.
also while we are correcting errors, it is trust in the government that determines the value of currency. Trust the government will ensure the government will ensure the health of the economy through action or inaction. Our debt is sponsored by those that buy our debt in the form of government bonds. Quite obviously, the government which is in charge of monetary policy and currency supply, could simply print billions of dollars tommorow, and make every dollar worth a lot less.
I've been asking for that all of my life. I have no idea how to do that, but my thought was always some sort of electrically responding gel, rather than pins. In any case, PLEASE SOMEONE make that. I would gladly pay a large amount of money for it.
No. Loss to the artist closer to $10, if they were to but the disc at the show. They reap higher profits off of the cds bought at the concert, then the stores. Maybe I'm talking too small scale for your experience. These bands often get paid a flat rate per performance rather than per ticket sale usually, unless its a big show, in which case there take per ticket might be $5, and they came to see the larger headline act. Sometimes they tell them that they are going to copy the cd from a friend. Future tense, as in they came to the show for some reason, but have deemed their music good enough to steal now.
Maybe my friends can't see the forests from the trees. But Itunes, provides a way to bypass a lot of the crap that goes into production and distribution of discs, for a similar rate of return. Having DRM on itunes might actually be irrelevant in that respect, but it makes them feel better about it.
If virtual currency was backed by a government, it would be currency. But backing by a company, is different and as pointed out by the other responses to your post, inherently more risky.
In many ways I only deal with virtual currency by using my debit card. Virtual in the sense that I never actually saw that amount of federal reserve notes. However, I will not, ever use any virtual currency that is not backed by a real government with a sound monetary policy.
DRM Is a delicate balance. I have friends in the industry from struggling artists, to record managers. The biggest complain I hear from my friends touring to death is the amount of piracy that goes on. Fans will come up to them bragging about how they copied their cd from a friends. When you have limited appeal every merchandise sale counts.
Thats why many of them put their music on itunes and tell them to download the songs from it. No easy piracy, increased hassle free distribution.
I have yet to buy a RIAA/ big label record from Itunes... or anywhere else for that matter.
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They don't have those laws in the land on Lincoln. For a small *cough* donation to the governor's campaign, I'm sure you might be able register it here as well.
As they say YMMV. I haven't needed to reboot my firewall in ... Well, I don't remember rebooting it, after I installed it 2 years. The network itself is wireless (wpa 2 AES encrypted) So cable ling was a non-issue.
in general its the old tradeoff between security and usability thats at play. Each person has their own criteria for the perfect solution.
Did I mention the router was in a locked room? I think I forgot that part.
the solution is quite simple. Put the filter on the firewall, there are several that already live there. You can use any os you want, you're not going to get past it. It will still have all of the existing problems that desktop based filters have, but the doomsday is really fictitious.
It probably has the same vulnerabilities as the windows version. Does the risk of letting anyone read your documents make indexing gmail worth it?
Uh.... Sometimes they do
Not to pick too many nits, but nuclear plants *do* produce pollution regardless of your relatives. Nasty radioactive stuff that will still kill you in another 500 million years.
There are mac users that love anything apple makes, and those that only use the best tool available. How is this any different?
My unsupported hunch is that a train would pollute more than a jet. I would think that trains would have a lot more drag. It sounds like you know what your talking about, but this is slashdot and everything.
Look back to the start of this thread. Religion in the context of this discussion is an overzealous set of beliefs not supported by scientific facts. Like People calling up companies and complaining about their choice of a server operating system. That is the sense in which this thread was started. I think this thread pretty much proves the point.
I never said all atheists were alike. Much the same as all theists are not alike. I was referring to the preconceived notions that *some* atheits have towards theists, and the fervor in which they respond. Its that fervor, and a lack of understanding that is similar to the approach that *some* theists have with respect to atheists or anyone else that does not believe what they do.
And trust me, everyone is a lot less unique than they think.
Now take a big breath and relax....
Atheists are religious, not in their disbelief in God, but in their beliefs of believers.
That is a very good point. I'm sorry I'm out of mod points. I don't think I've very met anyone that wasn't a religious about something, even the atheists/ agnostics I've known. Of course my limited experience is not statistically significant in any way, but that observation seems to confirm my experiences.
obviously. Just like real NFL stars play madden. They did not become rockstars by playing Guitar Hero, just like NFL stars didn't make it to the NFL by playing madden. If you actually do the real thing enough, obviously you don't need to worry about not doing the real thing enough. But if a pro Football player did nothing but play madden, he wouldn't be a good football player for much longer. I suspect he same would be true of a rockstar, although to a lesser extent.
It doesn't change the fact that GH is a derivative game, requiring zero original thought.
There are games that are simulation of real life events, and those that are completely fantasy based. In most cases, it would be better if more people did the actual activity rather than the dumbed down simulation ( excluding the obvious GTA, first person shooter genre).
that being said, simulating activities that you can't actually do, or would be dangerous to do makes more sence. This might not be a popular "opinion" here, but from everything I've witnessed, its probably true.
So... you just look at the pictures on slashdot?
Coinage is currency.
from wiki
Currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of goods and services.
also while we are correcting errors, it is trust in the government that determines the value of currency. Trust the government will ensure the government will ensure the health of the economy through action or inaction. Our debt is sponsored by those that buy our debt in the form of government bonds. Quite obviously, the government which is in charge of monetary policy and currency supply, could simply print billions of dollars tommorow, and make every dollar worth a lot less.
no. its not a display. Nothing like what we are talking about.
I've been asking for that all of my life. I have no idea how to do that, but my thought was always some sort of electrically responding gel, rather than pins. In any case, PLEASE SOMEONE make that. I would gladly pay a large amount of money for it.
No. Loss to the artist closer to $10, if they were to but the disc at the show. They reap higher profits off of the cds bought at the concert, then the stores. Maybe I'm talking too small scale for your experience. These bands often get paid a flat rate per performance rather than per ticket sale usually, unless its a big show, in which case there take per ticket might be $5, and they came to see the larger headline act. Sometimes they tell them that they are going to copy the cd from a friend. Future tense, as in they came to the show for some reason, but have deemed their music good enough to steal now.
Maybe my friends can't see the forests from the trees. But Itunes, provides a way to bypass a lot of the crap that goes into production and distribution of discs, for a similar rate of return. Having DRM on itunes might actually be irrelevant in that respect, but it makes them feel better about it.
If virtual currency was backed by a government, it would be currency. But backing by a company, is different and as pointed out by the other responses to your post, inherently more risky.
In many ways I only deal with virtual currency by using my debit card. Virtual in the sense that I never actually saw that amount of federal reserve notes. However, I will not, ever use any virtual currency that is not backed by a real government with a sound monetary policy.
DRM Is a delicate balance. I have friends in the industry from struggling artists, to record managers. The biggest complain I hear from my friends touring to death is the amount of piracy that goes on. Fans will come up to them bragging about how they copied their cd from a friends. When you have limited appeal every merchandise sale counts.
... or anywhere else for that matter.
Thats why many of them put their music on itunes and tell them to download the songs from it. No easy piracy, increased hassle free distribution.
I have yet to buy a RIAA/ big label record from Itunes
They're rejection Christianity and Science!
The country is *literally* going to hell in a hand basket!
I always knew we were going to hell, but I was hoping for a ferrari, or maybe a hover craft. But a hand basket, I never say that coming.
If you had a choice between using a particle accelerator or a power supply, which would you use?
I hope to convince my office to move to the grounds of fermi lab, so I can have the choice as well.
Just have to remember to switch to conventional power supply before they start the experiments with anti matter.
True, all true. It gets down to semantics and philosophy. But, really if the software invokes the __DISABLE_DEVICE_FOREVER_ command.
Did the hardware really destroy itself, or did the software?
Do guns really Kill people, or do I?