People under 18 can get check card without a parent's permission, and the activision server cannot distinguish between a check card and a regular credit card.
The government's court system is what defines what is and is not a legally valid contract, as well as what enforces them. In a sense, people only abide by contracts because they are coerced to do so.
Actually, you are wrong on two counts. First, the court system does not define what is legal and what is not in general, the legislature does.
Second, you ARE coerced into keeping your agreement, but you were not coerced into making the agreement. I'm perplexed why this isn't self evident.
You mean like on the HD-free Playstation and playstation2 and GC?
/. seems to be hating on MS for not providing a HD when they had in their last version, completely ingoring that the PS and PS2 and GC had no hard drive because the manufacturer determined people were smart enough to buy a memory card.
But you see you signed the NC as a condition for current employment. You can't buy a car with a loan, give it away/total it, and not pay the rest of the loan off. Maybe you should have not taken the job with the NC anyway rather than whining about it afterwards.
But we really don't disagree - I stated your position is not capitalist, and you agree it is not. QED.
I fear you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what capitalism means. It really involves one thing - ownership and soverignty over that ownership with no coercion. If I own a software company, and you want to work for me, saying that I can't dictate the relationships of that which I own - without coercing anyone - is not capitalism.
Similarly, I cannot force you to accept my non-compete clause. But you can't force me to rescind it in order to work for me. There can be no 'coercion.'
The only thing that coerces is government and it's agents - so the only coercion going is your government telling me I cannot use non-compete clauses.
Making an argument on the relative differences between NCs and minimum wage is irrelevant. They are still both anti-capitalism, pro-coercion.
Labor unions. That they have driven businesses into failure is not a bad thing. Businesses failing is not a bad thing in general. Their lost sales are given to more competitive companies who do a better job. However, the gov'ment has leveled the playing field in unions favor - particularly government unions - in terms of making it easier for them to be recognized, etc.
Now, what exact part of that isn't clear and what am I missing? Or do you conceed that you are a capitalist with exceptions?
Because if you think an employer can 'coerce' any employee into anything, then you are missing a fundamental tenant of capitalism in your understanding.
You're not a capitalist. Non-competes are part of the compensation package an employee agrees to. Bathroom break limits, healthcare benefits, etc. You are coercing the employee with your law by preventing them from being able to sign one.
Banning non-compete clauses outright would be akin to raising the minimum wage in that it increases the cost of labor without the mutual consent of the employer and employee.
The workarounds would be to make everyone a 'contractor' and only those who agreed to non-competes would be awarded the 'contracts.'
The REAL solution isn't the one that you propose but for the workforce at EA to organize themselves and demand the nc be dropped or they will strike. And then they will find out whether they have real value in the economy or if they can be easily replaced by people who will sign the ncs. Or maybe EA will determine it really isn't worth it to make people sign NCs. Who knows - but the point is, that is a capitalist solution and one that will work - your's will have more negative impact than positive.
What tools to do you use to manage the PostgreSQL database? I like MS SQL's Query Analyzer and Enterprise Manager. I also use MySQL extensivly and like MyPHPAdmin.
Sure they have good distances like that - the streets are lined up pretty well. But I do doubt the terrorists over there do have decent marksmen who can make that kind of shot.
Like I said, this is mostly rag head within 100m, not a real 'sniper.'
He is taking his shot from 1 or 2 thousand meters away. I'd say he has about 30 seconds to get outside of a blast radius - should be plenty of time.
For your agerage run-of-the-mill rag head with an AK, this technology should be just fine. I've theorized of developing similar technology - and not just for pinpointing location but also the kind of gun that is firing to determine enemy from friend or to alert you if you are facing caliber that your body armor will not withstand.
I was wondering the same thing - I paied a flat $60 for a year. But I recall when the service rolled out that Y! was going to limit the time that price would be available - and I assume they budgeted a loss of X dollars - and they haven't sold enough subscriptions for that loss to have been reached yet.
OR they did a deal where they got a much lower per-year rate and have passed that on. Maybe it's just $5 a month per year with the labels for an annual agreement and then Y! is breaking even.
They also seem to sell their songs for much lower than anyone else - variable rates but usually $0.79 per song.
The purpose of my site is not to genuflect to a bunch of geeks I didn't elect to set a 'standard'. It is to convey information. So if I forget a tag or two, and one browser still is able to share my information while the other is not because some pencil neck says it isn't perfect, the problem isn't with the browser, it's with your need to control everything and jealousy that someone who is not a technical perfectionist stole your exclusive right to use technology.
Yes - it does load lightening fast. But try opening up a more complex file and it chokes. Take a look at the pdf's on this site: Click on one of the districts.
There is another 64 bit game that is being pushed - BetOn soldier. Also an FPS.
I would prefer it was 'it's own OS' like Quake3 so that if you had a 64 bit processor but not WInXP 64 bit, you could still take advantage of the 64 bit code.
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Seems to match the historical description dead-on.
People under 18 can get check card without a parent's permission, and the activision server cannot distinguish between a check card and a regular credit card.
Kind of like comparing Jonathan Larson to Shakespear, no?
Actually, you are wrong on two counts. First, the court system does not define what is legal and what is not in general, the legislature does.
Second, you ARE coerced into keeping your agreement, but you were not coerced into making the agreement. I'm perplexed why this isn't self evident.
/. seems to be hating on MS for not providing a HD when they had in their last version, completely ingoring that the PS and PS2 and GC had no hard drive because the manufacturer determined people were smart enough to buy a memory card.
But we really don't disagree - I stated your position is not capitalist, and you agree it is not. QED.
CAn you ask and let me know?
Similarly, I cannot force you to accept my non-compete clause. But you can't force me to rescind it in order to work for me. There can be no 'coercion.'
The only thing that coerces is government and it's agents - so the only coercion going is your government telling me I cannot use non-compete clauses.
Making an argument on the relative differences between NCs and minimum wage is irrelevant. They are still both anti-capitalism, pro-coercion.
Labor unions. That they have driven businesses into failure is not a bad thing. Businesses failing is not a bad thing in general. Their lost sales are given to more competitive companies who do a better job. However, the gov'ment has leveled the playing field in unions favor - particularly government unions - in terms of making it easier for them to be recognized, etc.
Now, what exact part of that isn't clear and what am I missing? Or do you conceed that you are a capitalist with exceptions?
Because if you think an employer can 'coerce' any employee into anything, then you are missing a fundamental tenant of capitalism in your understanding.
Actually, no, because you can't play on XBL with the free Xbox Live.
Banning non-compete clauses outright would be akin to raising the minimum wage in that it increases the cost of labor without the mutual consent of the employer and employee.
The workarounds would be to make everyone a 'contractor' and only those who agreed to non-competes would be awarded the 'contracts.'
The REAL solution isn't the one that you propose but for the workforce at EA to organize themselves and demand the nc be dropped or they will strike. And then they will find out whether they have real value in the economy or if they can be easily replaced by people who will sign the ncs. Or maybe EA will determine it really isn't worth it to make people sign NCs. Who knows - but the point is, that is a capitalist solution and one that will work - your's will have more negative impact than positive.
What tools to do you use to manage the PostgreSQL database? I like MS SQL's Query Analyzer and Enterprise Manager. I also use MySQL extensivly and like MyPHPAdmin.
I've pondered doing a show and syndicating it. The rule for hosting will be that if you look/sound like you might be on G4, you are disqualified.
What is RHEL 3 and RHEL 4?
Like I said, this is mostly rag head within 100m, not a real 'sniper.'
He is taking his shot from 1 or 2 thousand meters away. I'd say he has about 30 seconds to get outside of a blast radius - should be plenty of time.
For your agerage run-of-the-mill rag head with an AK, this technology should be just fine. I've theorized of developing similar technology - and not just for pinpointing location but also the kind of gun that is firing to determine enemy from friend or to alert you if you are facing caliber that your body armor will not withstand.
Besides, any *smart* sniper moves from his position after each shot and rarely double taps.
No, HL does not. If you were ever wondering why Q3 had such a strange interface, now you know.
OR they did a deal where they got a much lower per-year rate and have passed that on. Maybe it's just $5 a month per year with the labels for an annual agreement and then Y! is breaking even.
They also seem to sell their songs for much lower than anyone else - variable rates but usually $0.79 per song.
No, see, IE DOES understand me. You need to remove the iron rod from your spincter - then you might understand, too!
The purpose of my site is not to genuflect to a bunch of geeks I didn't elect to set a 'standard'. It is to convey information. So if I forget a tag or two, and one browser still is able to share my information while the other is not because some pencil neck says it isn't perfect, the problem isn't with the browser, it's with your need to control everything and jealousy that someone who is not a technical perfectionist stole your exclusive right to use technology.
Do you think the plasma comes with a free replacement after you burn in the stats and aiming rheticle on whatever FPS you play for days on end?
Perhaps it will be the ideal Holloween costume of Master Chief. High quality materials and realistic.
Yes, that's what I meant but lacked the technical ability to explain. Thanks.
Yes - it does load lightening fast. But try opening up a more complex file and it chokes. Take a look at the pdf's on this site: Click on one of the districts.
I would prefer it was 'it's own OS' like Quake3 so that if you had a 64 bit processor but not WInXP 64 bit, you could still take advantage of the 64 bit code.