Intel chips for their top of the line are way too expensive. Their chips that are comparable with AMDs top of the line aren't enough of a boost to make switching to Intel worth it; helping the underdog is worth that small difference to me. I also like how the AM2 chipset has a very decent upgrade path; get an AM2+ board and you can run chips from anywhere in the last 2+ years from AMD.
As for ATI and nVidia; there isn't much of a difference between the two. nVidia usually has a small lead on ATI but ATI usually comes out with the top of the line before nVidia comes out with their rebuttal. I have a Radeon 4870 X2 which was the best card out there until the 295 was released. ATIs cards are usually a bit cheaper as well. I've also never had problems with ATIs drivers. The last nVidia card I bought was a geForce 2 ultra (amazing card for $400. lasted me 2-3 years) Again, the only real deciding factor between the two that actually mattered was brand and ATI is considered the underdog.
I will, however, say that I would have liked to have seen AMD support triple channel DDR3 with the phenom II chips but I can see why they might have waited. At the moment, they don't give enough of a performance boost to warrant the extra R&D. It would have been nice to have the option, but dual channel DDR2 does keep costs down.
I know I'll be called a fanboy or something but I've been building AMD/ATI systems for the last ten years based solely on the fact that it isn't Intel/nVidia. I'm not going to pay $1000 for the top-of-the-line Intel chip anyway and I'd rather see AMD in business than Intel be the only big player.
I'm 100% for probation as long as the person was released early. ie. they had a 10 year term and got parole at 7. They haven't fully paid their "debt" as they were told they had 10 years to do. Probation then is more like they still have a ways to go but they deserve a bit of leniency. If you are given 10 and stay in for 10, probation should be completely illegal. Like you said, they paid their "debt" and shouldn't be required to do anything more.
You SHOULD gladly ask them for a warrant, not gladly let them in. I assume you implied this in your statement, but it is a very important step. Asking to see a warrant should not make you look guilty; it is your right. Unfortunately, it probably does anyway.
This post makes me wish Slashdot had a secondary mod score for rank. The more votes, the higher on the list of comments it is displayed. (patent pending) Would be nice to see this comment above all the speculation and overreacting above.
What do you mean it doesn't matter what she thinks of the law? It completely matters. It's the job of the judicial branch of government to determine if the laws congress enacts are just. She has every right to decide that the portion of the DMCA that makes RealDVD illegal should be null and void. The fact that she doesn't means one of three things:
1. She's in the MPAA's pocket
2. Genuinely believes that it is in the US' best interest to keep RealDVD illegal
3. Doesn't care about the legal system in this country
Personally, I hope it's number 2. At least she's only ignorant and close-minded instead of a corrupt, apathetic bitch,
There is no way we'll survive 500 million years the way we are now. I'd give us 500. We still fight needlessly, we still destroy our own environment, we still have people that view science as a waste of time, we still waste natural resources, etc etc.
Even if we do survive, wouldn't this change in luminosity and radiation be gradual? Who's to say life wouldn't adapt? Habitability is only known for the past. We have no idea what life will do in the future. What happens might be great for developing life forms in a half a billion years; never mind technological advancements that we might make to help us along.
-10 gauge 100% pure palladium wire is hard to come by. they've had to go with the 75% platinum / 25% palladium 0 gauge for the time being but it just doesn't perform like the real thing...
Just add a stipulation for software that has source code available as exempt.
Or add an exemption to any company that gives a list of known bugs at release. If they blatantly say they know something is buggy, then that would be fair to me.
The only way I see this working is if they have a system like eBay does with positive/negative comments. If someone bails on matches on a regular basis, then nobody would play them. If you are a respectable citizen of the site, then people will trust that you will honor the bet.
It might be a bit harder to get started but once you're established, it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
Also, I'd like to see a ranking system be implemented. Kind of like with Go. KGS uses a pretty decent ranking system with their online software. Basing your rank off the people you've played against. Have a separate rank for each game you play. Allow "rank" games with no wager and those with a wager so that someone new can work up their rank so people would play them. Require 20-30 ranked games before they can start betting and it would probably be a very robust system. Limiting the bets based on how many total games you have would also help people get their credibility up as more people would play you if they don't have to bet $20+ on someone with no reputation on the site.
"and requested a list of all applications that have been rejected and why"
To me, that is the most interesting section of this summary. The FCC wants a list of ALL apps that have been denied and the reasons why. This could be the beginning of a boot up Apple/AT&T's collective asses. If the FCC does what they should do, they probably won't be able to deny the majority of apps anymore. If the FCC gets some cash, it will be SOP as usual. The latter seems more likely, unfortunately.
$40m @ $200k/each is only 200 people. Do they really need 5 additional ships? (Though, they don't say if a deposit is 100% the cost, so it might be more people) And why the hell would you pay $200k for a suborbital flight for a couple minutes?
I did as well. We were given a choice between 1984, The Color Purple, or some other book I can never remember (it was along the same lines as The Color Purple)
Shit, I never thought about the bailout possibility if they die. I wouldn't pay my taxes if that happened; I'd rather go to jail. The current bailout is about ready to make me gtfo... an RIAA bailout would destroy the little faith I have left in humanity.
How has Apple's business model lead to success? Their "tight control" on the UI would be exactly the same for most users. The ones who want it different in the first place would still want it different. No change. The only difference would be that people with other carriers would be able to use the phone. You even say as much but still agree their closed business model lead to its success? I am in no way an Apple fan, but I think their snazzy UI and decent hardware lead to its success which would have been exactly the same if it were open.
You went through all that and even you did it wrong.
Going by your walkthrough, the last line should be, "Only outlaws will crack iPhones" where you said that only owning them would be outlawed. However, the "previous action" was the act of cracking, not owning.
I am all for banning texting while driving. However, this is a state issue and this underhanded tactic of withholding funds to get legislation passed is wrong, deceitful, and should be illegal.
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Fair enough.
Intel chips for their top of the line are way too expensive. Their chips that are comparable with AMDs top of the line aren't enough of a boost to make switching to Intel worth it; helping the underdog is worth that small difference to me. I also like how the AM2 chipset has a very decent upgrade path; get an AM2+ board and you can run chips from anywhere in the last 2+ years from AMD.
As for ATI and nVidia; there isn't much of a difference between the two. nVidia usually has a small lead on ATI but ATI usually comes out with the top of the line before nVidia comes out with their rebuttal. I have a Radeon 4870 X2 which was the best card out there until the 295 was released. ATIs cards are usually a bit cheaper as well. I've also never had problems with ATIs drivers. The last nVidia card I bought was a geForce 2 ultra (amazing card for $400. lasted me 2-3 years) Again, the only real deciding factor between the two that actually mattered was brand and ATI is considered the underdog.
I will, however, say that I would have liked to have seen AMD support triple channel DDR3 with the phenom II chips but I can see why they might have waited. At the moment, they don't give enough of a performance boost to warrant the extra R&D. It would have been nice to have the option, but dual channel DDR2 does keep costs down.
I know I'll be called a fanboy or something but I've been building AMD/ATI systems for the last ten years based solely on the fact that it isn't Intel/nVidia. I'm not going to pay $1000 for the top-of-the-line Intel chip anyway and I'd rather see AMD in business than Intel be the only big player.
I'm 100% for probation as long as the person was released early. ie. they had a 10 year term and got parole at 7. They haven't fully paid their "debt" as they were told they had 10 years to do. Probation then is more like they still have a ways to go but they deserve a bit of leniency. If you are given 10 and stay in for 10, probation should be completely illegal. Like you said, they paid their "debt" and shouldn't be required to do anything more.
rename your encrypted volume to "core"
or for non-programmers, "pagefil.sys"
You SHOULD gladly ask them for a warrant, not gladly let them in. I assume you implied this in your statement, but it is a very important step. Asking to see a warrant should not make you look guilty; it is your right. Unfortunately, it probably does anyway.
This post makes me wish Slashdot had a secondary mod score for rank. The more votes, the higher on the list of comments it is displayed. (patent pending) Would be nice to see this comment above all the speculation and overreacting above.
What do you mean it doesn't matter what she thinks of the law? It completely matters. It's the job of the judicial branch of government to determine if the laws congress enacts are just. She has every right to decide that the portion of the DMCA that makes RealDVD illegal should be null and void. The fact that she doesn't means one of three things:
1. She's in the MPAA's pocket
2. Genuinely believes that it is in the US' best interest to keep RealDVD illegal
3. Doesn't care about the legal system in this country
Personally, I hope it's number 2. At least she's only ignorant and close-minded instead of a corrupt, apathetic bitch,
wow, I'm stupid. 1680 per year. yeah, that is kind of weak. a teenager goes through that in a weekend...
1680 min / 60 = 28 hours
2 hr 20 min = 140 min
There is no way we'll survive 500 million years the way we are now. I'd give us 500. We still fight needlessly, we still destroy our own environment, we still have people that view science as a waste of time, we still waste natural resources, etc etc.
Even if we do survive, wouldn't this change in luminosity and radiation be gradual? Who's to say life wouldn't adapt? Habitability is only known for the past. We have no idea what life will do in the future. What happens might be great for developing life forms in a half a billion years; never mind technological advancements that we might make to help us along.
-10 gauge 100% pure palladium wire is hard to come by. they've had to go with the 75% platinum / 25% palladium 0 gauge for the time being but it just doesn't perform like the real thing...
Just add a stipulation for software that has source code available as exempt.
Or add an exemption to any company that gives a list of known bugs at release. If they blatantly say they know something is buggy, then that would be fair to me.
Millions of people believe that social networking is a plus to society; it doesn't mean it is.
The only way I see this working is if they have a system like eBay does with positive/negative comments. If someone bails on matches on a regular basis, then nobody would play them. If you are a respectable citizen of the site, then people will trust that you will honor the bet.
It might be a bit harder to get started but once you're established, it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
Also, I'd like to see a ranking system be implemented. Kind of like with Go. KGS uses a pretty decent ranking system with their online software. Basing your rank off the people you've played against. Have a separate rank for each game you play. Allow "rank" games with no wager and those with a wager so that someone new can work up their rank so people would play them. Require 20-30 ranked games before they can start betting and it would probably be a very robust system. Limiting the bets based on how many total games you have would also help people get their credibility up as more people would play you if they don't have to bet $20+ on someone with no reputation on the site.
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"and requested a list of all applications that have been rejected and why"
To me, that is the most interesting section of this summary. The FCC wants a list of ALL apps that have been denied and the reasons why. This could be the beginning of a boot up Apple/AT&T's collective asses. If the FCC does what they should do, they probably won't be able to deny the majority of apps anymore. If the FCC gets some cash, it will be SOP as usual. The latter seems more likely, unfortunately.
Yeah, just use materials that absorb cellular wavelengths and there's gotta be special coatings you can put on the windows.
$40m @ $200k/each is only 200 people. Do they really need 5 additional ships? (Though, they don't say if a deposit is 100% the cost, so it might be more people) And why the hell would you pay $200k for a suborbital flight for a couple minutes?
I did as well. We were given a choice between 1984, The Color Purple, or some other book I can never remember (it was along the same lines as The Color Purple)
I'm glad I had a choice. 1984 was a great book.
Shit, I never thought about the bailout possibility if they die. I wouldn't pay my taxes if that happened; I'd rather go to jail. The current bailout is about ready to make me gtfo... an RIAA bailout would destroy the little faith I have left in humanity.
Do they even live in the Netherlands? Are their servers in the Netherlands? If not, why should they care what they want them to do?
How has Apple's business model lead to success? Their "tight control" on the UI would be exactly the same for most users. The ones who want it different in the first place would still want it different. No change. The only difference would be that people with other carriers would be able to use the phone. You even say as much but still agree their closed business model lead to its success? I am in no way an Apple fan, but I think their snazzy UI and decent hardware lead to its success which would have been exactly the same if it were open.
"where you said that only owning them would be outlawed" should have said, "where you said that outlaws will only own them"
You went through all that and even you did it wrong.
Going by your walkthrough, the last line should be, "Only outlaws will crack iPhones" where you said that only owning them would be outlawed. However, the "previous action" was the act of cracking, not owning.
I am all for banning texting while driving. However, this is a state issue and this underhanded tactic of withholding funds to get legislation passed is wrong, deceitful, and should be illegal.