It's funny. When the Irish where bombing London, I don't remember the Americans taking that particularly seriously. In fact, as far as I know, a lot of Irish Americans were financially supporting the IRA. Certainly doesn't help when one of your own Congressmen actively supports the IRA, you have to wonder which side he's on. Especially when Peter King is the chairman for the United States House Committee on Homeland Security.
Does he support terrorism or not? Oh that's right - he supports it when it's not in the USA.
Anyone know if the Foxconn workers are living their rent free?
During the industrial revolution in England, one of the cons the employers pulled was paying (or part paying) their employees with credits which could only be used in specific stores. Of course, the employers owned those stores and the "prices" for things in those stores were extortionate.
I meant MP3s over their DRM'd equivalent. The file format wasn't what I was referring to. The fact that they initially DRM'd their music files at the behest of the music 'industry' is.
ITunes? Apple's been whining for a while about how low their cut per track is. Is it still DRM'd? Or did grow a pair and now serve up MP3s? Netflix (and similar companies)? Nice model, shame they screwed a lot of their customers recently with their pricing. They also don't have every show/movie ever produced. Nor does P2P I'm sure, but it's closer than Netflix. Nor do they have the most recent shows/movies.
A more complicated answer would be, perhaps if you're going to visit a place you should learn the lingo, instead of assuming that every should learn English and have their signs in your language. Next time, take an English -> French dictionary with you. Or have 'net access on your phone and go to one of the many translation services.
Like - Justin Beiber and Celine Dion? The Americans can keep them.
Seriously, there are some good Canadian produced shows. Flashpoint is an example. Very successful. On top of that, a lot of TV shows are filmed here (Haven being another example) because (I'm told) because the tax regime is conducive. I understand the Quebecois would like to keep their French language - which includes shows and other cultural items being produced in French.
Perhaps the vast majority of people want to stay in a more socialist country - as Canada is now (for example universal/government run healthcare for all). I know I do. I certainly wouldn't want it to turn into the right-wing dystopia I see America as.
The credit report agencies are complete criminals. The regulations surrounding their 'business' are so flawed it's unbelievable.
They should be required to give you a free copy of the data they have on you, and they should be required to correct mistakes. I wouldn't mind them not having to give me a report every time I ask - perhaps once a year to stop people wasting their time. But it's almost impossible to get them to correct mistakes.
They rely (at least in the UK - anyone able to comment on other countries?) on ridiculous indicators like whether your registered to vote (the electoral roll in the UK). What's that got to do with someone's ability to repay a debt?
And worse, now landlords are asking for credit reports to decide whether they should rent to you or not. My wife and I couldn't rent one place because she was self employed and had managed to get a couple of bad points on her credit rating - even though my wages could easily cover the rent every month. It's a crazy system because the bank would lend me £130k on my wages alone for a mortgage.
No - lawyers are disliked because they charge absorbent fees for sitting in an office and talking, or standing in a court and talking. They make nothing, and have the moral values of a squashed tomato*
You're assuming that the device she's due to have fitted is exactly the same design and construction as the ones they used 25 years ago. This is obviously false. For example, the original pacemakers paced the heart all the time, and as a result had a very limited battery life. Pacemakers these days are far more intelligent, and sense when a regulating beat is needed.
Having said that, your point about the qualified experts still holds.
* I'm probably going to get sued now by some lawyer representing squashed tomatoes for defamation of character.
So let me get this straight. You don't want a work life balance. That you'd rather get paid to do an 8 hour day - but work a 16 hour one instead?
And by fight the fall - do you mean that 14 trillion dollar credit card bill that's only getting worse because the gutless Republicans won't put up taxes to pay for the stuff they've already bought? (By that I mean the 6.2 trillion dollars worth of tax cuts, and two wars of dubious origins - all done under Republican Dubbya Bush)
That would just be the dumbest thing ever. The global recession is still biting people where it counts and luxuries like a new console AND a new TV will sink it without trace. Wait a generation - PS5 or PS6 before making the switch to 3D.
Not being backwards compatible with PS2 games is why I didn't upgrade. Glad I didn't in the end considering the PSN mess.
I don't know the first thing about the underlying OS (nor do I care, it's a console - that's the point of them!). But the key for them keeping their PS2 customers and turning them into PS3 customers should really have been having a PS2 emulator (or even native PS2) on the PS3.
This comes back to the age old argument - one generalised device (a PC for example) which is capable of many things vs several smaller/cheaper appliances.
When I was growing up, we preferred the generalised device. It was a one off hit to the wallet, but the games cost the same as the consoles - and it could be used as a word processor/spreadsheet. Overall that worked out as being cheaper.
Now PCs are getting so cheap - a crappy Acer laptop good enough to do word processor/spreadsheets is almost as cheap as a good console. Also the nature of consoles has changed somewhat. Before they used to be a one - maybe two player gaming experience. Now you can play against others over the 'net with hundreds participating at once. It's got to the point where we have cheap PCs and a console.
The only thing I find that console can't do is FPS games. Using a mouse vs a controller - the mouse wins hands down every time.
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It's funny. When the Irish where bombing London, I don't remember the Americans taking that particularly seriously. In fact, as far as I know, a lot of Irish Americans were financially supporting the IRA. Certainly doesn't help when one of your own Congressmen actively supports the IRA, you have to wonder which side he's on. Especially when Peter King is the chairman for the United States House Committee on Homeland Security.
Does he support terrorism or not? Oh that's right - he supports it when it's not in the USA.
It is just the fact that in other areas of the world, workers are just cheaper and there are little to no laws to protect them.
I suspect it's more to do with there being less laws to protect the workers than them just being cheaper.
Anyone know if the Foxconn workers are living their rent free?
During the industrial revolution in England, one of the cons the employers pulled was paying (or part paying) their employees with credits which could only be used in specific stores. Of course, the employers owned those stores and the "prices" for things in those stores were extortionate.
What do you expect from a Republican? I wonder how many "independent" labs the senator is "associated" with?
There's a joke in the OP's comment?
I meant MP3s over their DRM'd equivalent. The file format wasn't what I was referring to. The fact that they initially DRM'd their music files at the behest of the music 'industry' is.
What alternatives are there?
ITunes? Apple's been whining for a while about how low their cut per track is. Is it still DRM'd? Or did grow a pair and now serve up MP3s?
Netflix (and similar companies)? Nice model, shame they screwed a lot of their customers recently with their pricing. They also don't have every show/movie ever produced. Nor does P2P I'm sure, but it's closer than Netflix. Nor do they have the most recent shows/movies.
Because he's dead:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Chapman
And no - he's not pining for the fjords.
Not even stretched limos? *smirk*
They do already. It's called Facebook. It's just not a requirement. Yet.
Indeed - like 'em or not Nickleback are very popular too.
Probably is the simple answer.
A more complicated answer would be, perhaps if you're going to visit a place you should learn the lingo, instead of assuming that every should learn English and have their signs in your language. Next time, take an English -> French dictionary with you. Or have 'net access on your phone and go to one of the many translation services.
So you're saying a recording of my voice isn't copyrightable? I think every musician in existence would disagree with you - and they'd be right too.
Something can't be barely copyright-able. They either are, or they aren't!
Like - Justin Beiber and Celine Dion? The Americans can keep them.
Seriously, there are some good Canadian produced shows. Flashpoint is an example. Very successful. On top of that, a lot of TV shows are filmed here (Haven being another example) because (I'm told) because the tax regime is conducive. I understand the Quebecois would like to keep their French language - which includes shows and other cultural items being produced in French.
As opposed to saying "Let's go out for some American tonight?"
Perhaps the vast majority of people want to stay in a more socialist country - as Canada is now (for example universal/government run healthcare for all). I know I do. I certainly wouldn't want it to turn into the right-wing dystopia I see America as.
The credit report agencies are complete criminals. The regulations surrounding their 'business' are so flawed it's unbelievable.
They should be required to give you a free copy of the data they have on you, and they should be required to correct mistakes. I wouldn't mind them not having to give me a report every time I ask - perhaps once a year to stop people wasting their time. But it's almost impossible to get them to correct mistakes.
They rely (at least in the UK - anyone able to comment on other countries?) on ridiculous indicators like whether your registered to vote (the electoral roll in the UK). What's that got to do with someone's ability to repay a debt?
And worse, now landlords are asking for credit reports to decide whether they should rent to you or not. My wife and I couldn't rent one place because she was self employed and had managed to get a couple of bad points on her credit rating - even though my wages could easily cover the rent every month. It's a crazy system because the bank would lend me £130k on my wages alone for a mortgage.
That sounds too much like socialism for America. Will never happen.
No - lawyers are disliked because they charge absorbent fees for sitting in an office and talking, or standing in a court and talking. They make nothing, and have the moral values of a squashed tomato*
You're assuming that the device she's due to have fitted is exactly the same design and construction as the ones they used 25 years ago. This is obviously false. For example, the original pacemakers paced the heart all the time, and as a result had a very limited battery life. Pacemakers these days are far more intelligent, and sense when a regulating beat is needed.
Having said that, your point about the qualified experts still holds.
* I'm probably going to get sued now by some lawyer representing squashed tomatoes for defamation of character.
Mod up hilarious
If I could remember what the Communist party salute was, I'd use it. :D
So let me get this straight. You don't want a work life balance. That you'd rather get paid to do an 8 hour day - but work a 16 hour one instead?
And by fight the fall - do you mean that 14 trillion dollar credit card bill that's only getting worse because the gutless Republicans won't put up taxes to pay for the stuff they've already bought? (By that I mean the 6.2 trillion dollars worth of tax cuts, and two wars of dubious origins - all done under Republican Dubbya Bush)
That would just be the dumbest thing ever. The global recession is still biting people where it counts and luxuries like a new console AND a new TV will sink it without trace. Wait a generation - PS5 or PS6 before making the switch to 3D.
Not being backwards compatible with PS2 games is why I didn't upgrade. Glad I didn't in the end considering the PSN mess.
I don't know the first thing about the underlying OS (nor do I care, it's a console - that's the point of them!). But the key for them keeping their PS2 customers and turning them into PS3 customers should really have been having a PS2 emulator (or even native PS2) on the PS3.
This comes back to the age old argument - one generalised device (a PC for example) which is capable of many things vs several smaller/cheaper appliances.
When I was growing up, we preferred the generalised device. It was a one off hit to the wallet, but the games cost the same as the consoles - and it could be used as a word processor/spreadsheet. Overall that worked out as being cheaper.
Now PCs are getting so cheap - a crappy Acer laptop good enough to do word processor/spreadsheets is almost as cheap as a good console. Also the nature of consoles has changed somewhat. Before they used to be a one - maybe two player gaming experience. Now you can play against others over the 'net with hundreds participating at once. It's got to the point where we have cheap PCs and a console.
The only thing I find that console can't do is FPS games. Using a mouse vs a controller - the mouse wins hands down every time.