However In the USA, it is illegal to listen to cellphones and cordless phones which are also using the "public" radio spectrum.
That part of the spectrum isn't "public" in the same sense the 2.4ghz stuff is. The FCC gave it to the cell phone companies for their use only. On the other hand, everyone has a right to the spectrum used by 802.11. Anyone can transmit or receive as long as their transmissions comply with the standard.
If you review SpikeTV without a single mention of MXC, that massively cuts into your credibility. I doubt you have have even watched the channel beyond the name of the shows on your guide.
They have no idea what ABS is for (neither do most adults; it's directional stability, NOT 'stopping as fast as possible').
Yet those of us who race cars on tracks use it for exactly that: stoppping as fast as possible.
ABS actually stops you slower than simply locking the wheels up. The point of ABS isn't to stop fast, it is to maintain control while stopping as quickly as possible.
Besides, don't most race organizations prohibit the use of driver assistance technology like abs and traction control?
Cartridges have been used forever, the size of cartridge may have changed, but that's about all. Just because no one else uses them now doesn't mean it's proprietary.
Well if it isn't proprietary, where is the standard defined then? Where can I find pinouts, electrical specifications, mechanical diagrams, protocol info for Nintendo cartridges?
Thanks! Some fan I am: I didn't know there was a new album, _AND_ I saw them at the Ballroom in San Francisco back in the fall!
Yeah, I didn't know about the new album till the concert either. I wasn't that into skinny puppy before. My girlfriend loves them so I went with her... but after hearing more of their old stuff than she usually plays, I found that I like a lot of it. And I love the new stuff. We ordered the new album a week after the concert.
In such a small venue, the sound was brain rattling, but I had to go back to the car and leave all my studed bracelets and belts behind... what's the world coming to these days...
Yeah, the venue was like that up here in Cleveland too. We were in line over an hour ahead of time so we could get a good spot and saw numerous people get sent out for wardrobe reasons by the venue security people. Must be a liability thing...
Fortunately the smaller clubs will still let anything go. But no live skinny puppy there:/
Not exactly. We didn't oust Hussein because he is a bad person, but because he was seeking weapons that would give him the ability to strike us and our allies.
Does society currently allow men to marry men, or women to marry women? No. So, allowing that would be a change.
Well, actually it does in some areas. In fact, it was actually the social conservatives who wished to change the law to explicitly forbid gay marriage (first via DOMA at the national level and then via Issue 1 in a number of states). No changes occurred to allow gays to marry - changes ocurred to prevent it.
Besides, the law in this country is such that only things which are explicitly barred by law are illegal. Everything else is ok. The law doesn't grant permissions, it restricts.
Terrorist training camps being able to train terrorists to destroy the free world make the Middle East "stable"?
Terrorists training camps in Iraq? And your evidence of this is what, exactly? Some former Iraqi government people saying it was so? A satellite photo that might as well be an elementary school playground? Some barrels of bugspray?
Among competitive gamers there is a shorthand for these people, they're often called "cheaters." In the estimation of a large part of the user community, banning these people is just fine, and having a looming threat of these people losing their $50 or whatever is also just fine.
When valve disable's the steam account or cd key or whatever belonging to someone who actually bought the game but cheated online, does it also prevent them from activating the game after installing it again, or downloading updates? Or can they continue to activate it, play single player and lan, and download fixes?
In truth, Python's whitespace setup is more difficult to parse - it is much easier to parse brackets and ignore all whitespace. Try it sometime:)
I did. And I disagree. I find that indentation makes the biggest difference in readability. Not only that, but the opening brace is moved more out of the way if you put it on the same line as whatever statement opens it (ie, not K&R style).
Say it's someone else's script. You'd have to write another script to process the original script to add the escape characters where they're needed and regular linebreaks where they're not.
Someone else's script? Written in what, python? Well then I don't need to process anything. It is either valid python or not. If you're just talking about including some pre-formatted text into a python script, then just enclose it in a multi-line string (which in python are inclosed by """ (three double quotes in a row)).
And I still think that if there's not a visible character there, it shouldn't mean anything. It goes against logic: Nothing isn't something.
I used to believe python's whitepsace-sensitive C syntax would really get on my nerves if I ever tried python, since I'm used to C and perl. Like many people, I wouldn't even give python a shot because of that whitespace issue. But one day I did because I needed to help a friend, and I actually found the language quite pleasant.
The whitepsace sensitivity didn't get in my way like I thought it would (which is to say it never got in my way, I didn't even notice it). Python's rules for whitespace are quite logical and intuitive and follow the way you're already used to indenting for readability in C or perl. When I started using python, I didn't even have to learn how the whitespace worked like I would have to learn any other syntax. The whitespace rules already worked the way I always programmed, so once I started python I had no trouble at all.
Example: Say you're debugging a script on an 80 character wide TTY display. Do you really want to go through each line, scrolling all the way to the end because your language has significant whitespace?
Uh, no, I don't... which is why I'm glad this is perfectly valid python syntax:
Meanwhile, doctors in hospitals all over the nation are being forced to deal with the expensive and often fatal late stages of easily treatable ailment. Would *you* be willing to subsidize such religious freedom?
In that case I'd propose those individuals be denied care unless they can pay for it themselves. I'd have no problem with tax money being spent on educating people about the possible consequenses of their actions (just like anti-smoking commercials). People should be free to live their lives as they see fit, even if they are harming themselves, but they must also take responsibility for their actions. Freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. I'd rather have both than neither.
Now whats better for poor peasant kids? Hoping to find a spinning wheel in your stomach so you can ascend to heaven, or going to school to learn some skills so they can join the world economy?
Better for poor peasant kids? How about growing up in a society where one can believe in or do whatever one wants so long as it doesn't harm someone else?
Well, "Internet connection required" should be your first clue.
The dozen articles on Slashdot should have been your second.
The reviews on all of the game sites should have been your third.
Clue to what, exactly? That valve would break the copies of halflife2 that people purchased? Sure, I saw that coming, which is why I did not and will not buy it.
That what's being sold in that box is not a copy of half life 2? No, those things are not "clues" to indicate that.
What they sold you was a marker that was redeemable for a license. The marker is the CD Key. This isn't complicated stuff, legally.
Nonsense. They didn't sell him a "marker", they sold him exactly what was advertised and written all over the sealed box that he purchased - a copy of half life 2. Not a "marker redeemable for a license". Can you point to anything written anywhere on the box that indicates that the purchased product is anything other than a copy of a copyrighted work? Is there anything on the box that says "we are not selling you half life 2, we're selling you a marker which could possibly used to allow you to play half life 2 for as long as we feel like allowing you to"?
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That part of the spectrum isn't "public" in the same sense the 2.4ghz stuff is. The FCC gave it to the cell phone companies for their use only. On the other hand, everyone has a right to the spectrum used by 802.11. Anyone can transmit or receive as long as their transmissions comply with the standard.
From his post:
Contributory copyright infringement, I believe it is called.
I hosted a decss mirror back in 1999 and received a C&D letter. That was one of the accusations on it, along with the DMCA violation.
ABS actually stops you slower than simply locking the wheels up. The point of ABS isn't to stop fast, it is to maintain control while stopping as quickly as possible.
Besides, don't most race organizations prohibit the use of driver assistance technology like abs and traction control?
I'll try and remember that part about not bothing to flinch the wheel if I ever happen to be about to plow into your driver side door.
Well if it isn't proprietary, where is the standard defined then? Where can I find pinouts, electrical specifications, mechanical diagrams, protocol info for Nintendo cartridges?
Yeah, I didn't know about the new album till the concert either. I wasn't that into skinny puppy before. My girlfriend loves them so I went with her... but after hearing more of their old stuff than she usually plays, I found that I like a lot of it. And I love the new stuff. We ordered the new album a week after the concert.
Yeah, the venue was like that up here in Cleveland too. We were in line over an hour ahead of time so we could get a good spot and saw numerous people get sent out for wardrobe reasons by the venue security people. Must be a liability thing...
Fortunately the smaller clubs will still let anything go. But no live skinny puppy there
Me too, those are pretty solid machines. I dropped mine from a few feet up onto a concrete floor - no problems whatsoever.
Not to mention my 9 cell battery still powers the machine for a good 4.5-5 hours depsite being just over a year old.
No, we didn't say he needed to be ousted because he was seeking weapons, we said he needed to be ousted because he actually had them, hundreds of tons worth.
Yeah, good thing someone is holding them accountable. Heaven forbid you do so by, say, turning the TV off?
They released a new album this year. They've also been on tour this fall. You should see them if you still can, very good show...
Well, actually it does in some areas. In fact, it was actually the social conservatives who wished to change the law to explicitly forbid gay marriage (first via DOMA at the national level and then via Issue 1 in a number of states). No changes occurred to allow gays to marry - changes ocurred to prevent it.
Besides, the law in this country is such that only things which are explicitly barred by law are illegal. Everything else is ok. The law doesn't grant permissions, it restricts.
No, I don't either. Could you explain it to me? Please be specific, and tell us how such changes directly affect you.
Terrorists training camps in Iraq? And your evidence of this is what, exactly? Some former Iraqi government people saying it was so? A satellite photo that might as well be an elementary school playground? Some barrels of bugspray?
When valve disable's the steam account or cd key or whatever belonging to someone who actually bought the game but cheated online, does it also prevent them from activating the game after installing it again, or downloading updates? Or can they continue to activate it, play single player and lan, and download fixes?
Do you love the fact that Valve can break your copy of the game after you've purchased it any time they like?
Most places will sell a teenager under 18 a rated M game. There's no law that says they can't.
Not that EULAs mean anything anyway...
I did. And I disagree. I find that indentation makes the biggest difference in readability. Not only that, but the opening brace is moved more out of the way if you put it on the same line as whatever statement opens it (ie, not K&R style).
Someone else's script? Written in what, python? Well then I don't need to process anything. It is either valid python or not. If you're just talking about including some pre-formatted text into a python script, then just enclose it in a multi-line string (which in python are inclosed by """ (three double quotes in a row)).
I used to believe python's whitepsace-sensitive C syntax would really get on my nerves if I ever tried python, since I'm used to C and perl. Like many people, I wouldn't even give python a shot because of that whitespace issue. But one day I did because I needed to help a friend, and I actually found the language quite pleasant.
The whitepsace sensitivity didn't get in my way like I thought it would (which is to say it never got in my way, I didn't even notice it). Python's rules for whitespace are quite logical and intuitive and follow the way you're already used to indenting for readability in C or perl. When I started using python, I didn't even have to learn how the whitespace worked like I would have to learn any other syntax. The whitespace rules already worked the way I always programmed, so once I started python I had no trouble at all.
Uh, no, I don't... which is why I'm glad this is perfectly valid python syntax:
In that case I'd propose those individuals be denied care unless they can pay for it themselves. I'd have no problem with tax money being spent on educating people about the possible consequenses of their actions (just like anti-smoking commercials). People should be free to live their lives as they see fit, even if they are harming themselves, but they must also take responsibility for their actions. Freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. I'd rather have both than neither.
Better for poor peasant kids? How about growing up in a society where one can believe in or do whatever one wants so long as it doesn't harm someone else?
More like "infamous for attacking properties of other people"...
Clue to what, exactly? That valve would break the copies of halflife2 that people purchased? Sure, I saw that coming, which is why I did not and will not buy it.
That what's being sold in that box is not a copy of half life 2? No, those things are not "clues" to indicate that.
Nonsense. They didn't sell him a "marker", they sold him exactly what was advertised and written all over the sealed box that he purchased - a copy of half life 2. Not a "marker redeemable for a license". Can you point to anything written anywhere on the box that indicates that the purchased product is anything other than a copy of a copyrighted work? Is there anything on the box that says "we are not selling you half life 2, we're selling you a marker which could possibly used to allow you to play half life 2 for as long as we feel like allowing you to"?