Very few people handle criticism well. It doesn't matter what their political beliefs are. When someone says "You're wrong", the reaction is usually more towards "Fuck You!" than "What can I do to make it right?" It's just human nature, imo.
Some movies are available for download pre-release. I think the reason there are less is simply because of the media. Unless you have lucked out and got a screener DVD, you'll have to have some way of getting the image from film to digital. Not only that, you'll have to have the film to begin with. There are significantly less film copies made for theatres than CD/DVDs for a game. Either that, or you can tape a preview/critic/press showing of the film, which are rare, difficult to get into, and probably monitored (at least for larger events and films).
You know full well that people act in their best interests and not in the interests of others, so I can't help but think that this is a troll.. but I'm bored at work and I don't go to the other site that much anymore (not at all at work, at least.. I still stop by once a day usually).
Anyway, the problem I see with your argument is that it could be used for a multitude of situations that do not involve breaking the law.. 'Don't buy a Japanese car, it may put your neighbor who works at the Ford plant out of a job,' 'Don't shop at Wal-Mart, it may put your neighbor who runs the corner store out of a job,' etc.
If people stop pirating games, it may put the people who enforce DMCA and come up with copy protection schemes out of jobs. So, based on your original argument, why should one stop pirating?
your employer is legally obligated to give you a chance to go and vote if your work shift would otherwise prevent it.
In most places, at least around here in NJ, this would mean you're working 12+ hour shifts. Obviously, some people do this, but it is not that common. So, many people have about 3 hours after work to get home, get to the polling place, and vote. When you add in commuting times, eating dinner, the kids, etc., it's just too much hassle for some people.
It's for this reason that NJ has taken the step of creating legislation that additionally punishes anyone who causes an accident due to drowsiness. Of course, I don't think the law has been used yet, and there are still legal questions as to how one proves that a driver was drowsy, etc. I imagine it will only apply to those drivers who, unaware of the law, admit to being tired.
Say what you want about the gas pumping law, but I like it. Every time I go to another state and need to fill up, it's a hassle. Sure, it may take an extra minute or two if the station is busy, but you don't have to get outside in the rain/cold/snow, and you don't have to worry about static buildup. Pay at the pump is almost universal now, so at least you usually don't have to go inside anymore with self serve, but if you want to pay by cash (for whatever reason), it's additional work for you, and usually requires 2 trips, one to authorize the pump, and one to pay.
To head off the price argument, NJ has some of the cheapest gas in the country, due to many refineries and ports here, and our low gas taxes. You can still get regular for under $2 easily.
Most plumbers, electricians and carpenters are not capable of running a business because they lack the organisational and IT skills that are needed nowadays.
Nice subtle dig at manual laborers. Most carpenters, etc., run their own businesses, and do quite well, so I'm not sure where your observation comes from. You don't need IT to run a carpentry shop or install some pipes.
If you are capable of doing comp sci and becoming a plumber, you could end up running Kohler...well, I exaggerate a bit
You exaggerate a lot. Big companies no longer use people familiar with the market for management. They use managers with MBAs. The days of coming up from the mail room to the board room are gone.
Actually, it is illegal in some jurisdictions to remove that tag if you're not the ultimate consumer. I believe it is mostly California that has lead this effort (These tags usually reference Califonia statutes). Read the damn thing before you spout off next time.
Yes. This is what they call choice. Free Market people are truly insane. They believe that you always have the "choice" to not have water if you don't like the terms the water company is giving you. What you have to understand is that the people championing "Free Market" are the same people that control the market.
Don't let them fool you with the "If the service is so bad, another company will be able to easily compete!" That thinking ignores the huge start-up costs of business. Let's say all the airlines start requiring your SSN to fly. Is a new airline going to be started solely to court customers that don't want to give their SSN? No investor would put money into that.
Like many ideas, the "Free Market" sounds good on its face, but fails in reality. File this one with Communism and Trickle-Down Economics.
Only the government really needs it. For the sake of saving time and aggrevation, I'll provide mine to my employer and my bank as well but no one else needs to get it. Ever.
As a recent new hire, I can recall putting my SSN on insurance forms, pension forms, etc. What do you do on these forms? Leave it blank?
My company also outsources payroll, like thousands of smaller businesses. ADP, founded in part by Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ), does payroll for my company. They are headquartered, as one would imagine, in New Jersey, not India.
Outsourcing means having another company do the work. It doesn't mean that the work is necessarily being done in another country.
1. It's easer to administer content based on what you pay. For example, say you want to pay for HBO. All you have to do is call up TWC and subscribe to it. From there, you will instantly have access and will not need a cable guy to come to your home. It's a win-win for everyone.
It's my understanding that "addressable" cable boxes also do this, from hands-on experience with Cablevision/TCI hell back in the late 90s trying to watch Devils games.
2. Easer to trouble shoot issues by loggin into the boxes (they have IP addresses). Also, as upgrades are available we can push out new firmware.
My ass. Back in the day the only issue I had was when you needed "a boost". This was needed when the picture would alternate between unscrambled and scrambled. I'm not sure what "a boost" was, but that's what the techs called it. I only had to do it a few times. Now the damn thing locks up, restarts, does whatever the hell it wants. It may be easier from your side, but it sure doesn't seem like it from this consumer's view.
3. You can't error correct analog signals, and imagine "bleeding" is a problem too. With digital, whatever errors might happen, you can corrected them through CRC. Of course, if the signal is poor you will have issues.
With digital, you can crank down the bitrate, too. Hooray.
I know it goes against the groupthink, but people who use MS Office do actually do work, also. Being able to put two documents side by side is very useful, no matter what word processor you use.
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Giuliani and Pataki are both horrible politicians and would be destroyed nationally. If 9/11 didn't happen, what would Pataki and/or Giuliani run on? Spitballs? "George Bush now more than ever"? Come on. In 2008, the political fallout from being in office on 9/11 will be completely gone. Giuliani divorced his wife and is pro-choice, and was regarded by some as a facist in NYC before 9/11. Pataki is simply a politican. He isn't exciting. I suppose non-exciting people have been elected before, as Kerry will be, but I don't think he has the ability to shine nationally. Furthermore, it would be interesting to see the GOP run a candidate from NY after spending the past 4 years bashing New England and Massachusetts (sp) Liberals.
That's not to say that Hillary would have an easy time nationally, either..
CO2 is not considered an air contaminant by many regulatory bodies. In New Jersey, where I do air permitting work, CO2 is considered a "Distillate of Air" and emissions of CO2 do not need to be considered. However, New Jersey recently announced to the regulated community that they will be removing CO2 from the definition of 'distillates of air'. This is for tracking purposes only. Permitees will be required to estimate and report CO2 emissions, but there will be no emission limits or other requirements for CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions will also be exempt from "polluter taxes".
The other 'distillates of air' under New Jersey regulations are: He, N2, O2, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe.
Knowing that it is available now on the internet, they would be wise to release it sooner to the public in order to turn would-be downloaders into sales. Halo 2 has such a high demand that the hardcore fans will download it if they can get it sooner, and once they have it, why bother paying for it?
This doesn't follow. The people that pirate games will pirate it. The people that buy games will buy it. The fact that it's available for download now isn't going to make buyers suddenly run out and mod their XBox because they can't wait a few weeks.
Will there be a few people that do this? Probably. Is it worth changing the launch of the product? Nope.
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Very few people handle criticism well. It doesn't matter what their political beliefs are. When someone says "You're wrong", the reaction is usually more towards "Fuck You!" than "What can I do to make it right?" It's just human nature, imo.
Some movies are available for download pre-release. I think the reason there are less is simply because of the media. Unless you have lucked out and got a screener DVD, you'll have to have some way of getting the image from film to digital. Not only that, you'll have to have the film to begin with. There are significantly less film copies made for theatres than CD/DVDs for a game. Either that, or you can tape a preview/critic/press showing of the film, which are rare, difficult to get into, and probably monitored (at least for larger events and films).
Small world, these internets.
You know full well that people act in their best interests and not in the interests of others, so I can't help but think that this is a troll.. but I'm bored at work and I don't go to the other site that much anymore (not at all at work, at least.. I still stop by once a day usually).
Anyway, the problem I see with your argument is that it could be used for a multitude of situations that do not involve breaking the law.. 'Don't buy a Japanese car, it may put your neighbor who works at the Ford plant out of a job,' 'Don't shop at Wal-Mart, it may put your neighbor who runs the corner store out of a job,' etc.
If people stop pirating games, it may put the people who enforce DMCA and come up with copy protection schemes out of jobs. So, based on your original argument, why should one stop pirating?
Unfortunately, the left has done a good job of convincing people that criticism = hate speech and discrimination.
I guess we're just discriminating against Bush, then, huh? The right has given us critic = traitor.
1 sentence is "substantively"?
your employer is legally obligated to give you a chance to go and vote if your work shift would otherwise prevent it.
In most places, at least around here in NJ, this would mean you're working 12+ hour shifts. Obviously, some people do this, but it is not that common. So, many people have about 3 hours after work to get home, get to the polling place, and vote. When you add in commuting times, eating dinner, the kids, etc., it's just too much hassle for some people.
It's for this reason that NJ has taken the step of creating legislation that additionally punishes anyone who causes an accident due to drowsiness. Of course, I don't think the law has been used yet, and there are still legal questions as to how one proves that a driver was drowsy, etc. I imagine it will only apply to those drivers who, unaware of the law, admit to being tired.
Say what you want about the gas pumping law, but I like it. Every time I go to another state and need to fill up, it's a hassle. Sure, it may take an extra minute or two if the station is busy, but you don't have to get outside in the rain/cold/snow, and you don't have to worry about static buildup. Pay at the pump is almost universal now, so at least you usually don't have to go inside anymore with self serve, but if you want to pay by cash (for whatever reason), it's additional work for you, and usually requires 2 trips, one to authorize the pump, and one to pay.
To head off the price argument, NJ has some of the cheapest gas in the country, due to many refineries and ports here, and our low gas taxes. You can still get regular for under $2 easily.
Also, the gas pumping law is, afaik, unenforced.
Most plumbers, electricians and carpenters are not capable of running a business because they lack the organisational and IT skills that are needed nowadays.
Nice subtle dig at manual laborers. Most carpenters, etc., run their own businesses, and do quite well, so I'm not sure where your observation comes from. You don't need IT to run a carpentry shop or install some pipes.
If you are capable of doing comp sci and becoming a plumber, you could end up running Kohler...well, I exaggerate a bit
You exaggerate a lot. Big companies no longer use people familiar with the market for management. They use managers with MBAs. The days of coming up from the mail room to the board room are gone.
Yawn. Anyone who wishes physical harm on another for such petty reasons has mental issues. I hope you, and the OP, get well in the future.
It's ashame that more people don't volunteer. What are you doing on November 2nd?
Working, because for some unknown reason, Election Day isn't a holiday (or on a weekend). State workers get a holiday for it, though!
Yeah, I bet you think they deserve it, too.
Some people don't have the capital to simply lay down a cash deposit for electricity or heat. But I guess it's their choice to be poor, too, right?
No, I am not familiar with ADP's internal practices, sorry. An interesting question, though.
Actually, it is illegal in some jurisdictions to remove that tag if you're not the ultimate consumer. I believe it is mostly California that has lead this effort (These tags usually reference Califonia statutes). Read the damn thing before you spout off next time.
Yes. This is what they call choice. Free Market people are truly insane. They believe that you always have the "choice" to not have water if you don't like the terms the water company is giving you. What you have to understand is that the people championing "Free Market" are the same people that control the market.
Don't let them fool you with the "If the service is so bad, another company will be able to easily compete!" That thinking ignores the huge start-up costs of business. Let's say all the airlines start requiring your SSN to fly. Is a new airline going to be started solely to court customers that don't want to give their SSN? No investor would put money into that.
Like many ideas, the "Free Market" sounds good on its face, but fails in reality. File this one with Communism and Trickle-Down Economics.
Only the government really needs it. For the sake of saving time and aggrevation, I'll provide mine to my employer and my bank as well but no one else needs to get it. Ever.
As a recent new hire, I can recall putting my SSN on insurance forms, pension forms, etc. What do you do on these forms? Leave it blank?
My company also outsources payroll, like thousands of smaller businesses. ADP, founded in part by Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ), does payroll for my company. They are headquartered, as one would imagine, in New Jersey, not India.
Outsourcing means having another company do the work. It doesn't mean that the work is necessarily being done in another country.
1. It's easer to administer content based on what you pay. For example, say you want to pay for HBO. All you have to do is call up TWC and subscribe to it. From there, you will instantly have access and will not need a cable guy to come to your home. It's a win-win for everyone.
It's my understanding that "addressable" cable boxes also do this, from hands-on experience with Cablevision/TCI hell back in the late 90s trying to watch Devils games.
2. Easer to trouble shoot issues by loggin into the boxes (they have IP addresses). Also, as upgrades are available we can push out new firmware.
My ass. Back in the day the only issue I had was when you needed "a boost". This was needed when the picture would alternate between unscrambled and scrambled. I'm not sure what "a boost" was, but that's what the techs called it. I only had to do it a few times. Now the damn thing locks up, restarts, does whatever the hell it wants. It may be easier from your side, but it sure doesn't seem like it from this consumer's view.
3. You can't error correct analog signals, and imagine "bleeding" is a problem too. With digital, whatever errors might happen, you can corrected them through CRC. Of course, if the signal is poor you will have issues.
With digital, you can crank down the bitrate, too. Hooray.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Mozilla also use some of those DLLs?
I know it goes against the groupthink, but people who use MS Office do actually do work, also. Being able to put two documents side by side is very useful, no matter what word processor you use.
Giuliani and Pataki are both horrible politicians and would be destroyed nationally. If 9/11 didn't happen, what would Pataki and/or Giuliani run on? Spitballs? "George Bush now more than ever"? Come on. In 2008, the political fallout from being in office on 9/11 will be completely gone. Giuliani divorced his wife and is pro-choice, and was regarded by some as a facist in NYC before 9/11. Pataki is simply a politican. He isn't exciting. I suppose non-exciting people have been elected before, as Kerry will be, but I don't think he has the ability to shine nationally. Furthermore, it would be interesting to see the GOP run a candidate from NY after spending the past 4 years bashing New England and Massachusetts (sp) Liberals.
That's not to say that Hillary would have an easy time nationally, either..
Just a nit, Bush's plan is the Clear Skies Act. The Clean Air Act is in effect and has been for nearly 30 years. Its last major amendment was in 1990.
CO2 is not considered an air contaminant by many regulatory bodies. In New Jersey, where I do air permitting work, CO2 is considered a "Distillate of Air" and emissions of CO2 do not need to be considered. However, New Jersey recently announced to the regulated community that they will be removing CO2 from the definition of 'distillates of air'. This is for tracking purposes only. Permitees will be required to estimate and report CO2 emissions, but there will be no emission limits or other requirements for CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions will also be exempt from "polluter taxes".
The other 'distillates of air' under New Jersey regulations are: He, N2, O2, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe.
Knowing that it is available now on the internet, they would be wise to release it sooner to the public in order to turn would-be downloaders into sales. Halo 2 has such a high demand that the hardcore fans will download it if they can get it sooner, and once they have it, why bother paying for it?
This doesn't follow. The people that pirate games will pirate it. The people that buy games will buy it. The fact that it's available for download now isn't going to make buyers suddenly run out and mod their XBox because they can't wait a few weeks.
Will there be a few people that do this? Probably. Is it worth changing the launch of the product? Nope.