Free guns? The Internet is good for a hell of a lot more than killing people. Copyright infringement is a MINOR use of the Internet. How about something more like leaving your porch light on, and someone uses the ability to see by that light to commit a crime, and you getting charged for that? That's more analogous to what happened here.
It's more like leaving your light on so the murderer in the street could see well enough to kill, and you getting charged with aiding and abetting. I leave my porch light on so people can see their way up to the door easier, and it makes up for the street light not shining on the sidewalk in front of our house. In the same vein, I like leaving my wifi open... I have rate limiting for the non-secure AP, but it's nice to let friends and family and even neighbors use the Internet without having to give them my password. I mean, I'm not using all my bandwidth all the time... no reason to not share.
Good thing I don't live in Germany. They don't like people being neighborly.
So? All that proves is that piracy is like a force of nature, and not worth worrying about. It will happen no matter what you do, so it's better to use it as advertising and give people reasons to play, instead of fucking over paying customers with DRM that does nothing but push people toward piracy
It's hypocritical to an extent, but then again, the Jews and Christians typically don't threaten to kill you or follow through on their threats. I blame the moderate Muslims who say almost nothing against their extremist brethren. Other Christians put George Tiller in jail. Why is Osama still free?
Yes, but the X-37 is described as being able to remain in orbit for quite a while. Why bring other satellites up when you can just equip it? That way the equipment is even reusable, and leaves less space debris.
That turbo boosted CPU also had hyperthreading, AES-NI and a few newer instruction sets, and will last longer on battery. I can't imagine why you'd want battery on a laptop, though... it's all about teh megahurz!
If your CPU is running at 60%, you need more or faster memory, and faster main storage, not a faster CPU. The CPU is being starved for data. More parallel processing would mean that your CPU would be even more underutilized.
So when pigs fly? Politicians are moving the court firmly out of rational territory. They're doing a great job of destroying the competitiveness of this country.
So let's legalize drugs. That will cut the violence off at the knees. It's a problem of our own creation, and we're just making it worse with this shit.
Do you really think that shit matters? You don't know many cops, or you've never had to deal with the courts. Laws aren't there for police to follow... only for us. Didn't you know that?
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So you're saying you liked XKCD before it got popular, but now that it's popular it sucks? Lemme guess... you like indie bands, too?
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Free guns? The Internet is good for a hell of a lot more than killing people. Copyright infringement is a MINOR use of the Internet. How about something more like leaving your porch light on, and someone uses the ability to see by that light to commit a crime, and you getting charged for that? That's more analogous to what happened here.
It's more like leaving your light on so the murderer in the street could see well enough to kill, and you getting charged with aiding and abetting. I leave my porch light on so people can see their way up to the door easier, and it makes up for the street light not shining on the sidewalk in front of our house. In the same vein, I like leaving my wifi open... I have rate limiting for the non-secure AP, but it's nice to let friends and family and even neighbors use the Internet without having to give them my password. I mean, I'm not using all my bandwidth all the time... no reason to not share.
Good thing I don't live in Germany. They don't like people being neighborly.
So? All that proves is that piracy is like a force of nature, and not worth worrying about. It will happen no matter what you do, so it's better to use it as advertising and give people reasons to play, instead of fucking over paying customers with DRM that does nothing but push people toward piracy
Cheated? Chrome can't do anything about how crappy your Internet connection is. They're just showing off how fast it can be.
Wait... you won't play Half-Life Ep. 3, but you'll buy a free game that recreates the story you already know? What?
Er, George Tiller's killer. I should really use the Preview button for previewing.
It's hypocritical to an extent, but then again, the Jews and Christians typically don't threaten to kill you or follow through on their threats. I blame the moderate Muslims who say almost nothing against their extremist brethren. Other Christians put George Tiller in jail. Why is Osama still free?
Yes, but the X-37 is described as being able to remain in orbit for quite a while. Why bring other satellites up when you can just equip it? That way the equipment is even reusable, and leaves less space debris.
That turbo boosted CPU also had hyperthreading, AES-NI and a few newer instruction sets, and will last longer on battery. I can't imagine why you'd want battery on a laptop, though... it's all about teh megahurz!
Do TOSLINK (SPDIF) cables fail regularly? Are they prohibitively expensive?
Why would it deploy satellites when it is a satellite itself?
I see a hell of a lot more LNG and propane vehicles on the road than purely electric
Who says we have to keep using silicon?
If your CPU is running at 60%, you need more or faster memory, and faster main storage, not a faster CPU. The CPU is being starved for data. More parallel processing would mean that your CPU would be even more underutilized.
So when pigs fly? Politicians are moving the court firmly out of rational territory. They're doing a great job of destroying the competitiveness of this country.
I'm sure it'd look great if I could play it.
McDonalds will give you milk and apple wedges instead of soda and fries with a Happy Meal.
Why was this law needed again?
The path to hell is paved with good intentions
And if you do it once a month, it's not really that bad of a thing.
So let's legalize drugs. That will cut the violence off at the knees. It's a problem of our own creation, and we're just making it worse with this shit.
Do you really think that shit matters? You don't know many cops, or you've never had to deal with the courts. Laws aren't there for police to follow... only for us. Didn't you know that?
Hell, it's codifying governmental censorship into the hands of private industry (ESRB). If that's not a free-speech violation, I don't know what is.
I have yet to see a store that DOESN'T do this. Why is this law needed again?