Naming is important because it allows us to determine what, outside of our solar system, are planets. The "we have nine planets" way of thinking is fine for just our system, but when you start looking at other solar systems, we have no way of classifying things.
Also, the importance of naming is inherent to language use. Whyy do we call a tree a tree? It doesn't change anything about that tree. What it does is allow us to call it a tree and be understood. Same applies here.
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UO == Warcraft I (The first real one) EQ == Warcraft II (The one that set the standard for the genre) WoW == Starcraft (The one that basically perfected the genre)
That's some grade A Scientology psychobabble for you. I love it. 100% of depression is caused by child abuse! Heroin isn't addictive!
Is it really any wonder it's a bunch of rich, detached-from-reality actors that buy into this? It basically lets them justify anything they want while ignoring problems and realities.
I was so angry when I found out Jason Lee is a scientologist though. He was my hero. Now I just want to hit him with a stick.
Patents aren't ever good for the market in a specific instance. Patents are only good for the market as a whole, as they provide incentive for people to innovate, since any invention gives them exclusivity. Exclusivity is bad once things are already there though, because it stops other companies from emulating that innovation at a lower cost or higher quality. Patent law is a tradeoff we make for the long-term benefits.
No, the same amount of energy is just being spread over a larger area. Given enough time the universe is expected to uniformly fall to near absolute zero.
Entrophy affects the universe as a whole as well. No energy is being created.
I wasn't saying that you were calling an electric car a perpetual motion machine, I was just saying that the two can't be equated.
Umm... It's when you take your pelvis and move it forward rapidly. The hint is the two words "pelvic" as in "of, in, near, or relating to the pelvis" and "thrust" as in "to push or drive quickly and forcibly." Definitions courtesy of www.dictionary.com
Public school children are mostly prohibited from having laptops in class, many private schools only allow laptops with special permission, and the private schools that use laptops still force their students to deal with paper textbooks. What I want to know is, when do we get "a computer for every child" in the US?
The whole point is that it isn't dictation. They're just saying that if the OEM would have otherwise not bothered to try to design a pretty chassis, they have some helping tips.
Or, alternately, it's completely optional, and is an attempt by Microsoft to improve upon those ugly beige things most people own. I fail to see why this is a bad thing. The idea behind this is not so you own a "Microsoft approved" chassis, but so that you own an attractive chassis. Oh gods no! What ever shall we do?!
Nope. Precedent in court says that you are responsible for what happens on your network. Besides, your IP is enough evidence to have your computers seized and checked for evidence of filesharing, so it'd be hard to get away with.
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Actually, most broadband contracts that I've seen do mention bandwidth throttling in them. Most people just don't read their contracts.
Naming is important because it allows us to determine what, outside of our solar system, are planets. The "we have nine planets" way of thinking is fine for just our system, but when you start looking at other solar systems, we have no way of classifying things.
Also, the importance of naming is inherent to language use. Whyy do we call a tree a tree? It doesn't change anything about that tree. What it does is allow us to call it a tree and be understood. Same applies here.
UO == Warcraft I (The first real one)
EQ == Warcraft II (The one that set the standard for the genre)
WoW == Starcraft (The one that basically perfected the genre)
Forget all that... I want Catsby and Twisp! That would be one crazy fun game.
I once described the video card I wanted to my parents by saying "the one with all the letters in the name."
I love my X850 XT PE.
That's some grade A Scientology psychobabble for you. I love it. 100% of depression is caused by child abuse! Heroin isn't addictive! Is it really any wonder it's a bunch of rich, detached-from-reality actors that buy into this? It basically lets them justify anything they want while ignoring problems and realities. I was so angry when I found out Jason Lee is a scientologist though. He was my hero. Now I just want to hit him with a stick.
I hope somebody sets fire to you for posting this shit.
Patents aren't ever good for the market in a specific instance. Patents are only good for the market as a whole, as they provide incentive for people to innovate, since any invention gives them exclusivity. Exclusivity is bad once things are already there though, because it stops other companies from emulating that innovation at a lower cost or higher quality. Patent law is a tradeoff we make for the long-term benefits.
No, the same amount of energy is just being spread over a larger area. Given enough time the universe is expected to uniformly fall to near absolute zero.
Entrophy affects the universe as a whole as well. No energy is being created. I wasn't saying that you were calling an electric car a perpetual motion machine, I was just saying that the two can't be equated.
Electric car != perpetual motion machine, mostly because perpetual motion machine == impossible. The net energy of a system cannot increase.
It's because 11 is one more securer than 10.
Think more moving your crotch forward quickly. You should go to a strip club sometime.
Umm... It's when you take your pelvis and move it forward rapidly. The hint is the two words "pelvic" as in "of, in, near, or relating to the pelvis" and "thrust" as in "to push or drive quickly and forcibly." Definitions courtesy of www.dictionary.com
I've got this mental image of a stripper doing a pelvic thrust and then running around like a squirrel on crack.
Public school children are mostly prohibited from having laptops in class, many private schools only allow laptops with special permission, and the private schools that use laptops still force their students to deal with paper textbooks. What I want to know is, when do we get "a computer for every child" in the US?
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to Spore. Glad to hear the rest of /. agrees.
Not just that, but "no one will ever need more than 640k of RAM." -That Same Guy
"PLEASE PRESENT PARKING PASS."
"Here."
"SECOND REQUEST: PLEASE PRESENT PARKING PASS."
"It- it's right here!"
"SUBJECT IS RESISTING, ENTERING KILL MODE."
"Microsoft can box up a petrified turd and people will still buy it." Yeah, it was called Windows ME.
No kidding... Wish I hadn't already used up all my mod points.
The whole point is that it isn't dictation. They're just saying that if the OEM would have otherwise not bothered to try to design a pretty chassis, they have some helping tips.
Or, alternately, it's completely optional, and is an attempt by Microsoft to improve upon those ugly beige things most people own. I fail to see why this is a bad thing. The idea behind this is not so you own a "Microsoft approved" chassis, but so that you own an attractive chassis. Oh gods no! What ever shall we do?!
I've got gigabit ethernet on my computer, so I'm obviously going to have to upgrade to gigabit retinal nerves. Do they sell those on NewEgg?
Nope. Precedent in court says that you are responsible for what happens on your network. Besides, your IP is enough evidence to have your computers seized and checked for evidence of filesharing, so it'd be hard to get away with.