Why? There was no actual deregulation.
If california had actually passed deregulation, this wouldn't be a problem.
Of course, the folks who want full regulation aren't going to admit that what was passed wasn't deregulation.
It was moderately offensive, imo. "Last year, some TurboTax customers were inconvenienced as a result of being prevented from using the software on multiple computers. While many of you had no problem, some of you did. And that's what concerns me most."
Some. Arg. I couldn't even successfully get it working on one machine. The last half of the letter is merely marketing crud.
This letter actually ticks me off more. It's not much of an apology if the dang thing reads like it was written by a marketing guy.
I'm more intent than ever on never using any Intuit product.
I really hate to reply to this, as I just spent a moderator point in this topic. But I feel the need.
Sony is *not*, and never has, lost money on the PS1 or the PS2 in order to make up the difference on the games.
The gamecube never did before the Xbox did. They might be doing it now, but they weren't before.
The reason people believe this happened before is due to Sony announcing the PS2 for $299 while everyone else was selling higher. Right away there were shouts of dumping. (dumping is the term for selling product at a loss to destroy your competitors.)
But they were wrong, because at that time, the exchange rate was at a point where $299 still meant a profit.
Well, yes and no. A single thread of a rope would mostly float down, but the rope itself will fall considerably faster. Rip the rope into it's constituent threads and they will float down. Each thread has wind-resistance keeping it up. The rope unraveled means each thread's average wind-resistance is much smaller.
So a nanothread alone will float down, but wrap a few million together, and the average wind-resistance has dropped.
a) Carbon nanotubes are strong but very, very light. They have a high surface area per unit mass. In the lower atmosphere, the cable would float to earth like a piece of fishing twine; in the higher atmosphere it would just burn up.
well, actually, the space elevator would be composed of not simply a single nanotube line, but thousands of them twined together. A single nanotube line, although stronger than steel, wouldn't be strong enough to support much weight. It could support itself, which steel can't for that length, but not a whole lot more.
So you have to imagine a rope made of lots of twine falling to earth. This would fall a bit faster than a single piece of twine, and be a lot heavier.
Otoh, most of it would probably burn up pretty quickly, and a thick thick rope falling from 50k up probably wouldn't do much damage.
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll try it. I figured I'd mess around today with it, since I was wiped last night. (see, there IS an advantage to being out of work.)
Am I the only one seeing problems creating characters? I saw they posted that people reported bugs, but they didn't announce what bugs they were.
People here seem to be able to play ok.
Oddly, I can't get past the save character after selecting a character class. Selecting a race works, then rolling my character works, but then it prompts me to either save the character or cancel. I can only cancel. Hitting return to save doesn't seem to do anything, and cancel just lets me reroll again.
Yes, I'm on windows. That's probably it. Argh.
That's because the RIAA is composed of the kinds of people that wish to earn money through other people's efforts, including lots of lawyers.
They see nothing wrong with stealing money if they think they can get away with it. Thus, they think all other people are either like them or are suckers.
Thieves never trust other people.
I'm not suggesting that they should give every cd away and work on the honor system, but their approach of assuming everyone is a criminal is quite a telling point.
I find there is a distinct lack of good science fiction.
I buy both fantasy and hard SF. The last really good sf I found was John Barnes' TimeLine Wars with "Patton's Spaceship", "Washington's Dirigible", and "Caesar's Bicycle".
Most of the rest seem to be largely space opera.
I don't mind space opera, but I don't want to buy sf to have the sf merely the background to a soap opera. I don't care for some of these supposedly sf books where the protagonist merely travels to another planet to find out why his girlfriend/princess no longer likes him.
You, sir, are incorrect.
A good network engineer for a local business would block all but the ports that that business needs. But I don't want the bleeping isp farking with my connection.
What happens when it's 10pm on a friday, and I can't get some necessary software to work because it uses a non-standard port? Or the company web page I'm trying to access for their message board happens to use a non-standard port due to *their* configuration? (trust me. One client I worked for had it set up like that. Their message board/chat software suggested it as a config method to simplify it for dumbass network engineers.)
If this happens to me, I'm stuck until the ISP is open on Monday. I could see the isp even needing to fill out a request form and process it over two weeks, possibly in the hopes that I decide it's not worth it.
I don't want my internet to be limited to email and web access. I don't want that to be the default either. There is a *reason* why multiple ports were designed into tcp/ip.
I'm still trying to figure out how tracking the homeless will serve to prevent fraud.
I didn't even know that the homeless could *get* benefits, much less that they could fake their identities and get more benefits.
I'm not sure how what they are proposing will serve any better than simply requiring an ssn for benefits now.
I saw a cheap trig book at B&N last week. I almost bought it, but I really want a book that teaches math as it applies to computer related subjects such as graphics.
I couldn't find anything specific to it, but of course it was only B&N (not online). They tend to not carry many tech titles.
That's pretty disgusting, especially since the checkout clerk is supposed to check there.
Last summer, I had a couple of cases of soda in the cart that I'd forgotten to mention to the clerk. He didn't check. They are supposed to look though. I got out to the car and was checking the receipt (as normal) when I realized. I even went back to pay for them.
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Why? There was no actual deregulation. If california had actually passed deregulation, this wouldn't be a problem. Of course, the folks who want full regulation aren't going to admit that what was passed wasn't deregulation.
Did you actually read the letter?
It was moderately offensive, imo. "Last year, some TurboTax customers were inconvenienced as a result of being prevented from using the software on multiple computers. While many of you had no problem, some of you did. And that's what concerns me most."
Some. Arg. I couldn't even successfully get it working on one machine. The last half of the letter is merely marketing crud.
This letter actually ticks me off more. It's not much of an apology if the dang thing reads like it was written by a marketing guy.
I'm more intent than ever on never using any Intuit product.
Sony is *not*, and never has, lost money on the PS1 or the PS2 in order to make up the difference on the games.
The gamecube never did before the Xbox did. They might be doing it now, but they weren't before.
The reason people believe this happened before is due to Sony announcing the PS2 for $299 while everyone else was selling higher. Right away there were shouts of dumping. (dumping is the term for selling product at a loss to destroy your competitors.)
But they were wrong, because at that time, the exchange rate was at a point where $299 still meant a profit.
www.actsofgord.com/Proclamations/chapter02.html
Well, yes and no. A single thread of a rope would mostly float down, but the rope itself will fall considerably faster. Rip the rope into it's constituent threads and they will float down. Each thread has wind-resistance keeping it up. The rope unraveled means each thread's average wind-resistance is much smaller. So a nanothread alone will float down, but wrap a few million together, and the average wind-resistance has dropped.
well, actually, the space elevator would be composed of not simply a single nanotube line, but thousands of them twined together. A single nanotube line, although stronger than steel, wouldn't be strong enough to support much weight. It could support itself, which steel can't for that length, but not a whole lot more.
So you have to imagine a rope made of lots of twine falling to earth. This would fall a bit faster than a single piece of twine, and be a lot heavier.
Otoh, most of it would probably burn up pretty quickly, and a thick thick rope falling from 50k up probably wouldn't do much damage.
Argh.
Odd, since they prompted once for a name already.
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll try it. I figured I'd mess around today with it, since I was wiped last night. (see, there IS an advantage to being out of work.)
Am I the only one seeing problems creating characters? I saw they posted that people reported bugs, but they didn't announce what bugs they were. People here seem to be able to play ok. Oddly, I can't get past the save character after selecting a character class. Selecting a race works, then rolling my character works, but then it prompts me to either save the character or cancel. I can only cancel. Hitting return to save doesn't seem to do anything, and cancel just lets me reroll again. Yes, I'm on windows. That's probably it. Argh.
That's because the RIAA is composed of the kinds of people that wish to earn money through other people's efforts, including lots of lawyers.
They see nothing wrong with stealing money if they think they can get away with it. Thus, they think all other people are either like them or are suckers.
Thieves never trust other people.
I'm not suggesting that they should give every cd away and work on the honor system, but their approach of assuming everyone is a criminal is quite a telling point.
I forgot to mention that I still buy older sf books too. The older stuff is still a great read.
I find there is a distinct lack of good science fiction. I buy both fantasy and hard SF. The last really good sf I found was John Barnes' TimeLine Wars with "Patton's Spaceship", "Washington's Dirigible", and "Caesar's Bicycle". Most of the rest seem to be largely space opera. I don't mind space opera, but I don't want to buy sf to have the sf merely the background to a soap opera. I don't care for some of these supposedly sf books where the protagonist merely travels to another planet to find out why his girlfriend/princess no longer likes him.
You, sir, are incorrect. A good network engineer for a local business would block all but the ports that that business needs. But I don't want the bleeping isp farking with my connection. What happens when it's 10pm on a friday, and I can't get some necessary software to work because it uses a non-standard port? Or the company web page I'm trying to access for their message board happens to use a non-standard port due to *their* configuration? (trust me. One client I worked for had it set up like that. Their message board/chat software suggested it as a config method to simplify it for dumbass network engineers.) If this happens to me, I'm stuck until the ISP is open on Monday. I could see the isp even needing to fill out a request form and process it over two weeks, possibly in the hopes that I decide it's not worth it. I don't want my internet to be limited to email and web access. I don't want that to be the default either. There is a *reason* why multiple ports were designed into tcp/ip.
I'm still trying to figure out how tracking the homeless will serve to prevent fraud. I didn't even know that the homeless could *get* benefits, much less that they could fake their identities and get more benefits. I'm not sure how what they are proposing will serve any better than simply requiring an ssn for benefits now.
Thank you. You've put it better than I could.
I saw a cheap trig book at B&N last week. I almost bought it, but I really want a book that teaches math as it applies to computer related subjects such as graphics. I couldn't find anything specific to it, but of course it was only B&N (not online). They tend to not carry many tech titles.
Good job. I think you slashdotted the spammer's site!
That's pretty disgusting, especially since the checkout clerk is supposed to check there. Last summer, I had a couple of cases of soda in the cart that I'd forgotten to mention to the clerk. He didn't check. They are supposed to look though. I got out to the car and was checking the receipt (as normal) when I realized. I even went back to pay for them.