Which works well for the assholes who would otherwise make a landfill of their property, bringing down the values of all the property around them It's mostly antisocial insurance to keep people from being assholes. Sometimes it swings the other way with a too-zealous "enforcer", but it generally keeps nice places from degenerating into slums.
The one thing I wish these simple phones would have is bluetooth. I used to think it was lame, but I find it so much nicer being able to voice-dial my phone while driving, and not having a cord dancing around the car getting in my way when I'm trying to drive, and now I don't even have to look at the phone to call someone or take a call, so I can concentrate on what's more important, driving.
Yes I talk on the phone while driving. And anyone who has talked to me while I was realizes that driving is always task #1. I will completely ignore whoever is talking to me if I need to react to something. So no posts about how unsafe it is.
How long has MS had to iron out Vista? Because XP was released on October 25th (hence why they wanted to ship Vista then) in 2001. They've had over 5 years, and dumped a TON of money into Vista. And it still doesn't work right. It doesn't matter that it's uncommon... they're advertising this OS as the cure to everything that ails us, the most secure, stable, perfect version of Windows ever. And then this hits.
BTW, this was SUPPOSED to be the final product. But there were flaws in it. Which is why we're judging it, as per your sage advice.
When's the last time you heard of a bug in Linux forcing a reinstall?
Guess I got lucky. My girlfriend would be perfectly happy with an artificial diamond, as long as it was from me. I could probably get away with something that's not a diamond at all, but I want to get one for her;)
A previous poster said something about buying a loose diamond and having a jeweler mount it in a setting of my choice. It'll be cheaper for a larger diamond overall, and I think she'd like it;)
Can I only turn them off for MSN and not for Yahoo or AIM? Because I like the smilies, it's the retarded custom ones that people I need to talk to install that go along with MSN that I hate...
The new 2.0b4 version includes GTK+ 2.10.6 and it seems to work fine with Gaim and the Gimp and other GTK apps. The bug I have now is with it's display and ClearType, but I don't know what's being done with that
And the new Gaim supports all those custom (retarded) icons as well. It's just amazing how bad MS does it's text replacement... if they have the word "hi" replaced with a custom icon, then you get messages like "Do you think that this spec can be pumped [CUSTOMICON]gher, or is it where it belongs?"
Ummm... windows key + L? Hit that (half a second of your time as you're getting up) and you lock your workstation. You just have to type your password when you come back, and you're back in business. How hard is that? I do it all the time.
And feel free to try to get my Firefox passwords. I've set a master password that controls access to all the others. If I close Firefox, you won't get it. If I lock my machine, you won't even get at Firefox.
I call troll and/or imbecile.
He was modded to zero because he called a story about Scott Adams recovering from a debilitating illness "craptastic", along the lines insinuating that the creator of Dilbert is somehow less important than a very marginally used and developed window manager. Which I think is completely fair.
I've got a Compal HGL-30 (PowerPro 8:14) that I got from www.powernotebooks.com. A powerful desktop may be more cost effective, but it's a bitch to bring a desktop to LAN parties. My laptops cost in the neighborhood of $1800, and they tend to last 3 years or more. So I figure paying $600 a year to have a pretty quick, very mobile computer is worth it. Hell, it gets better 3DMark and SuperPi scores than my dual 3.06GHz Xeon/6600GT desktop system.
Of course it has value. But that value should belong to society after it's creator has profited from it. Artists are supposed to work and contribute to society. Copyright is to encourage that. It's not a gravy train.
And Orff already profited from his work. Now Apotheosis did something very interesting, new and exciting with it, thus increasing the value of Orff's work and their own, something that never would have happened before without Orff's work.
And do you know WHERE public domain sources come from? They come from people who create things, and then they stop having dominion over whether or not you can copy that work (their copyright runs out). Disney is leveraging the PREVIOUS creative works of people for their own creative works, but they want to DENY that ability to other people. Doesn't seem fair, does it?
But then again, you're a fucking moron. I get it fine. I'm not rationalizing anything, I'm putting things into perspective, which you are too myopic to percieve.
I actually just downsized from a 15.4" to a 14.1", and it's awesome. Especially since the new 14" is faster (Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM), gaming capable (will run Far Cry at 1280x800 with full detail, no slowdown), but still easy to use on my lap and travel with. I figure it's a nice compromise between power and portability.
Some people can handle an adrenaline rush, some can't. I was on the highway and saw a car hit the jersey barrier behind me and start rolling at least 3 times before I got around the bend. I still managed to call 911 and tell them where I was, what happened, what I knew of the situation (location, car description, it was behind me so I didn't want to stop and screw up traffic more, etc.), and I still kept driving and didn't cause an accident myself. It depends on the person.
The actual issue that people who created things years ago have stopped doing any interesting new work or contributing to society, yet still expect to get paid?
Or the actual issue that these copyrights do nothing but stifle everything except "approved creativity". Ask Apotheosis about that one.
There is no such word as tennant. A tenant is someone who rents an apartment or building and lives there. The word I think you were looking for was "tenets", as in a principle being held as a truth.
There's no ego, so managers aren't needed. If more than a certain percentage (70%?) of them are headed downhill, that's probably a bad thing, and they should probably stop.
Pisses me off too. That's why I use TweakUI on every install of Windows I have to use and I disable AutoPlay completely. Optical discs, removable media, anything.
So what about the percentage? You price per view, straight up. That's all there is to it. I'd think that advertisers would like this, as there's a certainty about it. What if your site fluctuates between 20000 and 10000 unique visitors a day, 15000 average. With the Facebook example, each way you get 2500 impressions, period. With a percentage, you get between, say, 3333 and 1666 impressions for the same price, with uncertainty.
If that's true, then this really is a tempest in a teacup. I'm ok with that, but they should still give me a break on the game price. Either pay for the game and get no ads, or get the game free/for less and get ads. They still sound like they want to have their cake and eat it too, and I say fuck that.
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Rouge Leader? He puts on makeup? I think you meant Rogue. Make sure you keep that in mind for your paper.
Which works well for the assholes who would otherwise make a landfill of their property, bringing down the values of all the property around them It's mostly antisocial insurance to keep people from being assholes. Sometimes it swings the other way with a too-zealous "enforcer", but it generally keeps nice places from degenerating into slums.
The one thing I wish these simple phones would have is bluetooth. I used to think it was lame, but I find it so much nicer being able to voice-dial my phone while driving, and not having a cord dancing around the car getting in my way when I'm trying to drive, and now I don't even have to look at the phone to call someone or take a call, so I can concentrate on what's more important, driving.
Yes I talk on the phone while driving. And anyone who has talked to me while I was realizes that driving is always task #1. I will completely ignore whoever is talking to me if I need to react to something. So no posts about how unsafe it is.
With his misspelling of "appalling" and your misspelling of "maul", I'm ready to call you both "loosers" with my tongue firmly in my cheek.
How long has MS had to iron out Vista? Because XP was released on October 25th (hence why they wanted to ship Vista then) in 2001. They've had over 5 years, and dumped a TON of money into Vista. And it still doesn't work right. It doesn't matter that it's uncommon... they're advertising this OS as the cure to everything that ails us, the most secure, stable, perfect version of Windows ever. And then this hits. BTW, this was SUPPOSED to be the final product. But there were flaws in it. Which is why we're judging it, as per your sage advice. When's the last time you heard of a bug in Linux forcing a reinstall?
Guess I got lucky. My girlfriend would be perfectly happy with an artificial diamond, as long as it was from me. I could probably get away with something that's not a diamond at all, but I want to get one for her ;)
A previous poster said something about buying a loose diamond and having a jeweler mount it in a setting of my choice. It'll be cheaper for a larger diamond overall, and I think she'd like it ;)
Can I only turn them off for MSN and not for Yahoo or AIM? Because I like the smilies, it's the retarded custom ones that people I need to talk to install that go along with MSN that I hate...
Is radon heavier than air? VX? Let's just fill it with that... I'd suggest chlorine gas, but that'd hurt the things we want to keep, too ;)
The new 2.0b4 version includes GTK+ 2.10.6 and it seems to work fine with Gaim and the Gimp and other GTK apps. The bug I have now is with it's display and ClearType, but I don't know what's being done with that
...email?
And the new Gaim supports all those custom (retarded) icons as well. It's just amazing how bad MS does it's text replacement... if they have the word "hi" replaced with a custom icon, then you get messages like "Do you think that this spec can be pumped [CUSTOMICON]gher, or is it where it belongs?"
Ummm... windows key + L? Hit that (half a second of your time as you're getting up) and you lock your workstation. You just have to type your password when you come back, and you're back in business. How hard is that? I do it all the time. And feel free to try to get my Firefox passwords. I've set a master password that controls access to all the others. If I close Firefox, you won't get it. If I lock my machine, you won't even get at Firefox. I call troll and/or imbecile.
Yes, they fixed it. Look at the gaim 2 beta 3.1 release news blurb on gaim.sf.net for info on it.
He was modded to zero because he called a story about Scott Adams recovering from a debilitating illness "craptastic", along the lines insinuating that the creator of Dilbert is somehow less important than a very marginally used and developed window manager. Which I think is completely fair.
I've got a Compal HGL-30 (PowerPro 8:14) that I got from www.powernotebooks.com. A powerful desktop may be more cost effective, but it's a bitch to bring a desktop to LAN parties. My laptops cost in the neighborhood of $1800, and they tend to last 3 years or more. So I figure paying $600 a year to have a pretty quick, very mobile computer is worth it. Hell, it gets better 3DMark and SuperPi scores than my dual 3.06GHz Xeon/6600GT desktop system.
Of course it has value. But that value should belong to society after it's creator has profited from it. Artists are supposed to work and contribute to society. Copyright is to encourage that. It's not a gravy train.
And Orff already profited from his work. Now Apotheosis did something very interesting, new and exciting with it, thus increasing the value of Orff's work and their own, something that never would have happened before without Orff's work.
And do you know WHERE public domain sources come from? They come from people who create things, and then they stop having dominion over whether or not you can copy that work (their copyright runs out). Disney is leveraging the PREVIOUS creative works of people for their own creative works, but they want to DENY that ability to other people. Doesn't seem fair, does it?
But then again, you're a fucking moron. I get it fine. I'm not rationalizing anything, I'm putting things into perspective, which you are too myopic to percieve.
I actually just downsized from a 15.4" to a 14.1", and it's awesome. Especially since the new 14" is faster (Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz, 2GB RAM), gaming capable (will run Far Cry at 1280x800 with full detail, no slowdown), but still easy to use on my lap and travel with. I figure it's a nice compromise between power and portability.
Some people can handle an adrenaline rush, some can't. I was on the highway and saw a car hit the jersey barrier behind me and start rolling at least 3 times before I got around the bend. I still managed to call 911 and tell them where I was, what happened, what I knew of the situation (location, car description, it was behind me so I didn't want to stop and screw up traffic more, etc.), and I still kept driving and didn't cause an accident myself. It depends on the person.
The actual issue that people who created things years ago have stopped doing any interesting new work or contributing to society, yet still expect to get paid?
Or the actual issue that these copyrights do nothing but stifle everything except "approved creativity". Ask Apotheosis about that one.
Maybe the actual issue of companies like Disney leeching off of public domain works and parlaying them into a profit, but then lobbying to keep their work out of the public domain and giving others the same benefit they had?
Or maybe you just wish you were one of those entitled "artists" in the above categories.
There is no such word as tennant. A tenant is someone who rents an apartment or building and lives there. The word I think you were looking for was "tenets", as in a principle being held as a truth.
I think you're just being pissy at not being able to watch the video.
There's no ego, so managers aren't needed. If more than a certain percentage (70%?) of them are headed downhill, that's probably a bad thing, and they should probably stop.
Pisses me off too. That's why I use TweakUI on every install of Windows I have to use and I disable AutoPlay completely. Optical discs, removable media, anything.
So what about the percentage? You price per view, straight up. That's all there is to it. I'd think that advertisers would like this, as there's a certainty about it. What if your site fluctuates between 20000 and 10000 unique visitors a day, 15000 average. With the Facebook example, each way you get 2500 impressions, period. With a percentage, you get between, say, 3333 and 1666 impressions for the same price, with uncertainty.
If that's true, then this really is a tempest in a teacup. I'm ok with that, but they should still give me a break on the game price. Either pay for the game and get no ads, or get the game free/for less and get ads. They still sound like they want to have their cake and eat it too, and I say fuck that.