A lot of well-educated business types as well as those who swill mass quantities of beer and scratch themselves on the couch watch football. This translates to a lot of financial decision-makers in the home.
Price became no object, when I signed up for broadband, figuring I'd spend much more time on the 'net, I nerfed my cable TV down to basic. Sure, some folks aren't in my position, but it worked well for me.
I saved the $20 a month on my dialup and cable TV nerfing to more than pay for cable internet access I enjoy daily.
I have to applaud their Court's decision on this matter.
If the CD doesn't play in certain devices, it's defective. Period.
When is the RIAA going to realize that they're eroding their own customer base with lawsuits, faulty products and such. Especially when the end product costs almost $20 a pop.
I've bought precious little music since the advent of copy-protection, though it doens't help that theoverall quality of music lately has declined. Until such defects are corrected, I'll simply continue my stance.
They're targetting some of the poorest lots on the planet - high school and college students. How much do you think they're really going to get?
OK, high school students caught will cost their parents those tidy sums, but for the college students, over 18, I don't know how much they'll actually get.
Speaking from experience, my assets totalled much less than what the RIAA is asking for during my college years. I hope it costs them more in lawyers' fees than what they'll actually get from the lawsuits.
The weed-killing machine still has a few bugs. For example, overlapping weeds and crops can confound the computerized instructions that run the squirt guns.
Nothing still beats the human eye and mind for such tasks, since there are so many variables involved in the location of weeds versus crops.
If such equipment can be further refined, perhaps with a robotic arm to look behind and possibly separate weeds from crops, sometthing close to human accuracy can be obtained.
At least now, the danger to humans with working with pesticides can be reduced.
They took Windows 98 SE, dressed it up a bit, and called it Windows ME.
It's lousy from a consumer standpoint, but enough people thought it worthwhile to buy it and make it profitable for Microsoft.
It's not the most upstanding business strategy, but it still makes them money. And any business is not in it for the ethics, but about the cold hard cash.
After reading that it would seem that by default, he can go ahead and decrypt the software. But in reality, he'd be under fire from the lawyers as soon as it was discussed publically.
It's sad that he was denied permission, after all how many hackers acually take the time and trouble to request permission before a judge? He should have gotten permission for the effort!
All told, I spent about: $300 for the system $50 for the CO2 tank deposit $200 for various fittings and hose Reoccurring costs that you don't recoup are:
$16 per CO2 tank fill; should last 6 months to a year $4 per month for the tank rental (versus $125 to buy a tank) Water (we are on city water, but it is so cheap as to be listed as "free") Electricity (again, very little) Reoccurring costs that you DO recoup:
$50 per 5 gallon box, $25 per 2.5 gallon box. The syrup has an expiration date, so I am trying to stick to 2.5 gallon boxes, since those get used up faster.
Since we only buy a few 99-cent bottles of soda here, this is another plaything if you got over $500 dollars burning a hole in your pocket.
An easier way is to buy soda in bulk, and keep a 2 or 3-liter bottle of soda in an ice bucket next to the couch.
Even though he's an important witness, he still has rights. They're treating him like a criminal though he is not. If they do not want him to flee, at least put him under strict house arrest where he'd at least be comfortable though still locked up.
Seems to me he hasn't even committed a crime at all.
I usually do not keep a mail client open for any lentgh of time while browsing, so this would be very beneficial, especially when I work on my older box.
In my case, it makes no sense for the "Swiss Army Knife" approach whe nIall I nneed is the browser. I'll be looking forward to this new release.
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A lot of well-educated business types as well as those who swill mass quantities of beer and scratch themselves on the couch watch football. This translates to a lot of financial decision-makers in the home.
I don't think it's that much of a stretch.
The Linux commercials migrate from the business world (those commercials featuring the fiction basketball team) to the home user.
I don't know if the average home user will embrace Linux, but in the face of DRM embedded in future versions Windows, some folks may give it a try.
I wonder when Linux-based IBM computers will ship.
Price became no object, when I signed up for broadband, figuring I'd spend much more time on the 'net, I nerfed my cable TV down to basic. Sure, some folks aren't in my position, but it worked well for me.
I saved the $20 a month on my dialup and cable TV nerfing to more than pay for cable internet access I enjoy daily.
I have to applaud their Court's decision on this matter.
If the CD doesn't play in certain devices, it's defective. Period.
When is the RIAA going to realize that they're eroding their own customer base with lawsuits, faulty products and such. Especially when the end product costs almost $20 a pop.
I've bought precious little music since the advent of copy-protection, though it doens't help that theoverall quality of music lately has declined. Until such defects are corrected, I'll simply continue my stance.
If you think the RIAA is really not about the money, and for artist's rights, then I have a fine bridge to Brooklyn I want to sell you.
I find it hard to believe that anyone would fall for the RIAA's line of protecting artist's rights.
They're targetting some of the poorest lots on the planet - high school and college students. How much do you think they're really going to get?
OK, high school students caught will cost their parents those tidy sums, but for the college students, over 18, I don't know how much they'll actually get.
Speaking from experience, my assets totalled much less than what the RIAA is asking for during my college years. I hope it costs them more in lawyers' fees than what they'll actually get from the lawsuits.
The weed-killing machine still has a few bugs. For example, overlapping weeds and crops can confound the computerized instructions that run the squirt guns.
Nothing still beats the human eye and mind for such tasks, since there are so many variables involved in the location of weeds versus crops.
If such equipment can be further refined, perhaps with a robotic arm to look behind and possibly separate weeds from crops, sometthing close to human accuracy can be obtained.
At least now, the danger to humans with working with pesticides can be reduced.
Success being measured on how many hits you get on your download page and how many downloads of your project actually occur.
It's one thing to be satisfied with your own code, but to see others satisfied with it, well that's what I'd want at least.
They took Windows 98 SE, dressed it up a bit, and called it Windows ME.
It's lousy from a consumer standpoint, but enough people thought it worthwhile to buy it and make it profitable for Microsoft.
It's not the most upstanding business strategy, but it still makes them money. And any business is not in it for the ethics, but about the cold hard cash.
That explains the reent "Rip, Mix, Burn" ads we've been seeing. Makes perfect sense now.
Two words.
NHL 94.
Still the best hockey game out there in terms of playability and challenge. I recently picked up a used copy for 99 cents.
By NHL 96, I was beating the computer AI on the most difficult level 20-0 in a hockey game...go figure.
After reading that it would seem that by default, he can go ahead and decrypt the software. But in reality, he'd be under fire from the lawyers as soon as it was discussed publically.
It's sad that he was denied permission, after all how many hackers acually take the time and trouble to request permission before a judge? He should have gotten permission for the effort!
All told, I spent about:
$300 for the system
$50 for the CO2 tank deposit
$200 for various fittings and hose
Reoccurring costs that you don't recoup are:
$16 per CO2 tank fill; should last 6 months to a year
$4 per month for the tank rental (versus $125 to buy a tank)
Water (we are on city water, but it is so cheap as to be listed as "free")
Electricity (again, very little)
Reoccurring costs that you DO recoup:
$50 per 5 gallon box, $25 per 2.5 gallon box. The syrup has an expiration date, so I am trying to stick to 2.5 gallon boxes, since those get used up faster.
Since we only buy a few 99-cent bottles of soda here, this is another plaything if you got over $500 dollars burning a hole in your pocket.
An easier way is to buy soda in bulk, and keep a 2 or 3-liter bottle of soda in an ice bucket next to the couch.
Just not as much wow-factor.
Even though he's an important witness, he still has rights. They're treating him like a criminal though he is not. If they do not want him to flee, at least put him under strict house arrest where he'd at least be comfortable though still locked up.
Seems to me he hasn't even committed a crime at all.
I saw that. I don't think even they will be able to answer that question. Oh well.
Many people enjoy playing the older games, it's nostalgia, and a lot of older games feature fantastic gameplay.
This would explain the existence of various emulators and stores like GameStop which deal in used games.
Good point. Does anyone know of a time table for these features, if they are to be released at all?
I hope so.
I usually do not keep a mail client open for any lentgh of time while browsing, so this would be very beneficial, especially when I work on my older box.
In my case, it makes no sense for the "Swiss Army Knife" approach whe nIall I nneed is the browser. I'll be looking forward to this new release.
#71: Man Flies By Own Lung Power
I was thinking people would fly under their own power, but not necessarily by means of the lungs, but perhaps another source of hot air...