Hi. I see you're unfamiliar with recent developments in the government since 9/11, where everyone could be a terrorist, and law enforcement is no longer accountable to the judicial system. Can I help you with researching the PATRIOT Act, Fathe^WHomeland Security, or "terrists"?
It's also about quality. I can get much better parts piecemeal than I can from a big box. They have the cheapest motherboards they can source, same with power supplies and video cards, everything.
"as people get wealthier the amount of children they have drops down, for example I am an only child and so is my cousin."
In the short term. In the longer term, as people get older and there are fewer young people in the workforce, you get a situation like is happening in Japan. It's not happening here in the US quite yet due to an influx from Mexico and a different culture, but it's still something to think about.
Yeah, but I'm just not sure what drivers are going to be in it. I know for a fact that the DRI code isn't going to be in there for the 600/700 series chips, that'll be kernel 2.6.32 at the earliest.
What Radeon? The 3D on The x1xxx and earlier chips are the only ones actually supported by the open source drivers. The fglrx drivers suck balls. Unfortunately, you're going to have to wait for 9.10 or 10.04 possibly to get good open-source acceleration on Radeon 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx/5xxx chips
I see you bitching about 64bit windows... have you considered Linux or FreeBSD? Screw 32bit forever... that limits you to 2GB of address space. Open source forever!
Welcome to "why proprietary software sucks". All my devices still work fine in 64bit Linux... printers, scanners, everything. 64bit Windows? I have to buy a new printer and scanner if I want to print or scan.
What 64bit tax? Every mainstream CPU you can buy now is 64bit capable. 64bit processing adds in capabilities that are not guaranteed to be there on 32bit CPUs. RAM sizes are increasing as more people do more with video and sound editing, so really, it just makes more sense for everyone to move to 64bit. That way we don't have to support two architectures.
Or was 640K enough for you, too? Freaking luddites
Oh, yeah, just like every other device. That's why Microsoft has this whole article on how DRM limits you. No more than any other device... I can rip my CD's on other systems. I rip it the Windows Media way? DRM. Perfectly legal use, Microsoft just chose to block it because they respect the media companies more than you. Microsoft has gone out of their way to add additional DRM that is NOT REQUIRED BY THE FUCKING SPECS. That's not like "every other device." That's a clear statement of where you fall in the scheme of things.
I'm saying that plot is such a vague idea that we'd never be able to write anything without fear of possibly having "ripped off" someone by the standards that BadAnalogyGuy put forward. What is the "idea" of the novel? Go ahead... define the idea of, say, 1984. Is that different than Brave New World? Different enough to not be a copy, but a new idea? Are you sure the courts will see it that way?
The expression is the only thing that can matter. Otherwise we have a complete stagnation of development and the iterative improvement of ideas. An idea is not complete when it's formed, and if you think it came from the ether, you're an imbecile. It came from other ideas.
The News was just like the Post is... all they primarily do is "fluff" pieces about local fairs and festivals and travel, and they reprinted AP stories. They don't really highlight if they have any reporters doing real investigative journalism, and they don't give people a good reason to subscribe. And since the people are their product (you have to sell something to advertisers...), they're losing business. It's not hard to understand.
Both are very self-serving myths for the fringe, since they justifies their telling people to ignore the news, and only listen to their carefully shaped and trimmed news, without those inconvenient facts that might disturb the ideology.
It sounds like you aren't really interested in the news, you're more interested in the experience. There are plenty of free papers that are printed and delivered all over the place... why not pick one of those up on your way home? I know around here we have things like The Onion and Westword with ads for local places that allow them to print and distribute the papers for free. That's got your nice dead-tree feel, and we don't have to enact legislation to save those publishers from themselves (which is the only way most current newspapers will continue)
Oh yeah, Netflix is awesome. When it works. Netflix has the same problem with DRM... it is used to block legitimate consumers from using what they purchase in a legal manner. DRM IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. What the fuck kind of retarded thought process would lead you to that conclusion? DRM is forced upon us by the people who own the "intellectual property" for what is effectively forever and a day from now, in order to get you to keep paying for the same media over and over, and treating it as a license when it suits them, and a purchase when it doesn't. Do you have no self respect? Do you not care about the right you have as a human to participate in a shared culture? Do you really like the fact that DRM prevents current technology from doing what it's actually capable of doing? Would you want a car with a governor on it that kept you from going over 50mph? Why in the hell do you accept that with your digital technology?
Bullshit. The expression is ALWAYS what has been important. After all, are only 7 basic literary plots. Are you saying we should only ever have 7 novels, as all others are derivative in some way or another from the 7?
Just because it hasn't stopped you from doing anything doesn't mean that it hasn't affected other people. DRM is simply saying "fuck you" to the consumer, telling them that they have less of a right to do things on their computer than the media companies do.
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Hi. I see you're unfamiliar with recent developments in the government since 9/11, where everyone could be a terrorist, and law enforcement is no longer accountable to the judicial system. Can I help you with researching the PATRIOT Act, Fathe^WHomeland Security, or "terrists"?
Kids these days with their high UID's...
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/GNAA
Looks like the classic GNAA troll. But I was under the impression that the group was defunct.
Is today a holiday or something? This kind of trolling doesn't usually happen until school starts letting out...
It's also about quality. I can get much better parts piecemeal than I can from a big box. They have the cheapest motherboards they can source, same with power supplies and video cards, everything.
In the short term. In the longer term, as people get older and there are fewer young people in the workforce, you get a situation like is happening in Japan. It's not happening here in the US quite yet due to an influx from Mexico and a different culture, but it's still something to think about.
Do you pay tuition? Then part of your fees went to fund that MSAA subscription your school keeps.
Yeah, but I'm just not sure what drivers are going to be in it. I know for a fact that the DRI code isn't going to be in there for the 600/700 series chips, that'll be kernel 2.6.32 at the earliest.
What Radeon? The 3D on The x1xxx and earlier chips are the only ones actually supported by the open source drivers. The fglrx drivers suck balls. Unfortunately, you're going to have to wait for 9.10 or 10.04 possibly to get good open-source acceleration on Radeon 2xxx/3xxx/4xxx/5xxx chips
And the power adapters not being connected to any valid solder points, and the second slot of the 2 slot cooler being blocked off...
Hi! I see you're suffering from problems related to using closed source software. Have you considered upgrading?
I see you bitching about 64bit windows... have you considered Linux or FreeBSD? Screw 32bit forever... that limits you to 2GB of address space. Open source forever!
Just tell them you want an AMD processor. Intel cripples their processors.
Welcome to "why proprietary software sucks". All my devices still work fine in 64bit Linux... printers, scanners, everything. 64bit Windows? I have to buy a new printer and scanner if I want to print or scan.
What 64bit tax? Every mainstream CPU you can buy now is 64bit capable. 64bit processing adds in capabilities that are not guaranteed to be there on 32bit CPUs. RAM sizes are increasing as more people do more with video and sound editing, so really, it just makes more sense for everyone to move to 64bit. That way we don't have to support two architectures.
Or was 640K enough for you, too? Freaking luddites
Oh, yeah, just like every other device. That's why Microsoft has this whole article on how DRM limits you. No more than any other device... I can rip my CD's on other systems. I rip it the Windows Media way? DRM. Perfectly legal use, Microsoft just chose to block it because they respect the media companies more than you. Microsoft has gone out of their way to add additional DRM that is NOT REQUIRED BY THE FUCKING SPECS. That's not like "every other device." That's a clear statement of where you fall in the scheme of things.
I'm saying that plot is such a vague idea that we'd never be able to write anything without fear of possibly having "ripped off" someone by the standards that BadAnalogyGuy put forward. What is the "idea" of the novel? Go ahead... define the idea of, say, 1984. Is that different than Brave New World? Different enough to not be a copy, but a new idea? Are you sure the courts will see it that way?
The expression is the only thing that can matter. Otherwise we have a complete stagnation of development and the iterative improvement of ideas. An idea is not complete when it's formed, and if you think it came from the ether, you're an imbecile. It came from other ideas.
I misread your statement at first. Glad you put the or in there... switching both would be wrong. Fox "News" is quite real propaganda.
The News was just like the Post is... all they primarily do is "fluff" pieces about local fairs and festivals and travel, and they reprinted AP stories. They don't really highlight if they have any reporters doing real investigative journalism, and they don't give people a good reason to subscribe. And since the people are their product (you have to sell something to advertisers...), they're losing business. It's not hard to understand.
Sounds almost like a religion...
It sounds like you aren't really interested in the news, you're more interested in the experience. There are plenty of free papers that are printed and delivered all over the place... why not pick one of those up on your way home? I know around here we have things like The Onion and Westword with ads for local places that allow them to print and distribute the papers for free. That's got your nice dead-tree feel, and we don't have to enact legislation to save those publishers from themselves (which is the only way most current newspapers will continue)
Oh yeah, Netflix is awesome. When it works. Netflix has the same problem with DRM... it is used to block legitimate consumers from using what they purchase in a legal manner. DRM IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. What the fuck kind of retarded thought process would lead you to that conclusion? DRM is forced upon us by the people who own the "intellectual property" for what is effectively forever and a day from now, in order to get you to keep paying for the same media over and over, and treating it as a license when it suits them, and a purchase when it doesn't. Do you have no self respect? Do you not care about the right you have as a human to participate in a shared culture? Do you really like the fact that DRM prevents current technology from doing what it's actually capable of doing? Would you want a car with a governor on it that kept you from going over 50mph? Why in the hell do you accept that with your digital technology?
Bullshit. The expression is ALWAYS what has been important. After all, are only 7 basic literary plots. Are you saying we should only ever have 7 novels, as all others are derivative in some way or another from the 7?
Try the <code> tag. It works ;)
Just because it hasn't stopped you from doing anything doesn't mean that it hasn't affected other people. DRM is simply saying "fuck you" to the consumer, telling them that they have less of a right to do things on their computer than the media companies do.