You honestly think a company with as much money in the bank as Microsoft will disappear in 25 years? They might not be major players anymore but they'll still be around
I cant wait for the first tv that comes out that will disregard all these annoying little things that the mpaa is trying to use to "protect" their IP. They will make a killing, it'll probably be a chinese manufacturer come to think of it.
Online Advertisements revenues are down big time. It's all fine and good if you have a little website offering free content and footing the bill maybe 20-30 a month. But once that site hits critical mass and starts getting a major amount of hits. It can start getting expensive. Do you expect someone to start footing the bills of 100+ monthly so you can continue getting your free content?
They're not trying to shield anyone if anything its their bottom line, money. All it takes is a parent group to decide to boycott and its all over news the bad press isn't worth it.
I think anyone who would be willing to buy something
from spam once they saw bunch of misspelt words that would turn them off. I know If I was about to buy something off a website and I saw a ton of misspelt words it set off red flags in my head.
Consumer - One that consumes, especially one that acquires goods or services for direct use or ownership rather than for resale or use in production and manufacturing.
So yes you can be a consumer and still use linux
It's more like a software company banning full versions of games being sent to gaming magazines for reviews bewause someone made that full version game available to the masses for free.
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So... how does this black box prevent deaths and maiming?
Is it really worth anything or is it just hype?
A better example would be Ford getting pissed at Nissan for releasing software for the ECU because that could jeopardize the safety of the vehicle.
No just japanese kids, what about Asuka?
If you donated less than $100 then your name and address doesn't have to be listed by law.
Whats illegal about this exactly? Yes its bad and all but not illegal
You honestly think a company with as much money in the bank as Microsoft will disappear in 25 years? They might not be major players anymore but they'll still be around
Well slashdot would have to get the permission of website owner to mirror their site. You don't want to go stepping on people's copyright.
Nearly all of ATT phones don't use sim cards except for ones that use gprs.
I cant wait for the first tv that comes out that will disregard all these annoying little things that the mpaa is trying to use to "protect" their IP. They will make a killing, it'll probably be a chinese manufacturer come to think of it.
Seems to me the cause of them getting raided in the first place was they didn't log enough of their customers actions to be useful to the FBI.
If you happen to be a student you can Visual Studio for only 100 dollars.
Online Advertisements revenues are down big time. It's all fine and good if you have a little website offering free content and footing the bill maybe 20-30 a month. But once that site hits critical mass and starts getting a major amount of hits. It can start getting expensive. Do you expect someone to start footing the bills of 100+ monthly so you can continue getting your free content?
To infringe on others IP? right...
If you refuse to register because of ideological reasons don't read the damn articles.
The soviets lost something along the lines of 150 cosmonauts in the "line of duty".
His major screw up was the mail fraud. Don't scew with the mail system, the goverment doesn't fuck around when it comes to that.
I think later copies of starcraft came out like that also
They're not trying to shield anyone if anything its their bottom line, money. All it takes is a parent group to decide to boycott and its all over news the bad press isn't worth it.
I think anyone who would be willing to buy something from spam once they saw bunch of misspelt words that would turn them off. I know If I was about to buy something off a website and I saw a ton of misspelt words it set off red flags in my head.
Didn't palm buy Handspring?
GPL vs microsoft... Who do you think would end up being stomped into the ground? Don't forget microsoft has the ears of congressmen.
Consumer - One that consumes, especially one that acquires goods or services for direct use or ownership rather than for resale or use in production and manufacturing. So yes you can be a consumer and still use linux
Why would you need all nations to agree with you? Each nation has their own stock market.
It's more like a software company banning full versions of games being sent to gaming magazines for reviews bewause someone made that full version game available to the masses for free.