Apples and oranges. In Russia there is one rate to all, be it radio or internet stream or download service. GP was referring that price and money artist gets from U.S. _radio_, not downloads or other services. Or at least so I understand.
I remember time when my dad had checks... that was sometime in the 80s. I have been paying my own bills over 10 years and have done it by visiting bank, ATM or online. And nearly all monthly bills go through direct debit and/or direct payment.. and next thing will be e-invoices so no paper bills for me, thank you.
"What this means is some idiot decided that they should be really small, for starters. What this causes is the device being dragged all over by the cables attached to it, or being unable to sit flat without being glued or rubber-banded to something more substantial."
I agree wholeheartedly, but small size also means less raw materials used. And less materials means less prize, eventually. On the topic of "design"... don't get me started!
Maybe gp i referring to fact that revolvers are too "loose" to be effectively silenced:
"Revolvers, due to their 'loose' structure, cannot be made quiet, with few exceptions: The Nagant M1895 revolver used an unusual gas-sealed cylinder that made it suitable for use with a suppressor."
In Finland building codes require triple-paned windows (or something with same insulating charasteristics). Many, probably most, older houses are now equipped with triple-paned windows http://www.skaala.com/english/msea2.htm . Also older apartment complexes get (or used to get, not sure about current situation) financial help from government for retrofitting better windows.
http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/?p=208
"According to an article posted on Yahoo! Finance, Exxon Mobil's third quarter revenue of $99.59 billion is greater than the annual gross domestic product (GDP) of both the United Arab Emirates ($98.1 billion) and Kuwait ($52.76 billion)."
So its not about normal people why US nowadays fight for: business, the other kind of people.
Judge Ronald Friedman Dade County Courthouse Miami, Florida 33130
Re: Bully
Dear Judge Friedman:
Now that you have consigned innumerable children to skull fractures, eye injuries from slingshots, and beatings with baseball bats, without a hearing as to the danger, let me tell you a few things, with all respect for your office and with no respect for the arbitrary way in which you handled this matter. I can handle an adverse ruling by a judge. I've had plenty of those in my lifetime, and that's fine. But the way you conducted yourself today helps explain why a great Dade County Judge, the late Rhea Pincus Grossman, could not abide you. She was not the only one:
1. Well into this case, you told Take-Two to produce "a tape of the game so you could watch it." Video games don't come on tapes, Judge, and you don't watch them. You interactively play them, which is why they are so behavior modifying. You, the player/protagonist, enter into the violence and do it, but you didn't even want to hear testimony about that. You are not an expert in bullying or virtual reality, and I had an expert in both, and you never heard from them because you did not want to hear from them. Dr. Provenzo could have explained why interactive consumption of this very violence is so dangerous, as opposed to passively consumed violence on television, but he was not allowed to testify because he was prevented from seeing the evidence.
You were very nice to my other expert, Miami Police Chief Ken Harms, and then made it certain that your courtroom would not be graced with his real expertise. I would have preferred less courtesy and more due process, and so would the victims that are on the way.
2. Take-Two's lawyer, Rebecca Ward,...in your courtroom when she told you that a "Teen" rating is an age restriction at the point of sale. That is an utter fabrication, and you are on notice that it is an utter fabrication. Ms. Ward is very good at fabricating things for a client that routinely engages in criminal conduct, and you bought all this hook, line, and sinker. Take-Two has been adjudicated by the federal government to have engaged in fraud and deception about game content, and you took their unchallenged word of these two video gamers in your chambers that the game was what they said it was.
3. You assured us, in your courtroom two days ago, that you would view the playing of Bully to its conclusion. That is what you promised on the record. You did not keep your promise. The transcript of that bizarre exercise will show that you asked Take-Two reps "How does the game end?" You never saw the ending. What you took was testimony from two employees of Take-Two/Rockstar, who were not under oath, and without affording me any opportunity to question them. This was an ex parte proceeding that I was forced to watch, nearly gagging on the denial of due process that it constituted. In thirty years of practicing law, it is the oddest thing I have ever seen, and the most judicially arbitrary thing I have ever seen.
But it is not the oddest thing Take-Two has done. They had these little contrived, controlled viewings of the game for people in the media, but even the BBC figured out how violent the game was, despite the sham.
What you conducted in your chambers, Judge, was the equivalent of Iran leading UN weapons inspectors around the country taking them to places where the illegal activity was not occurring.
You would not abide argument today, because the Miami Herald was there, that Take-Two had in fact released this game to the mass media, which waived its privilege as to producing it to me. You did not allow a hearing to occur because the media there would have seen how you railroaded this entire matter--at the expense of children's safety.
4. You said after being shown what Take-Two wanted you to see that "I've seen worse." Judge, that is not the issue. The issue is whether this game, played by ten-y
Price is a signal of quality, and $10 software is "crud" whereas $25 software which accomplishes what you are setting out to do is worth actually getting out ye olde credit card.
Thats probaply true, but... I don't have credit card! And I don't trust Paypal. I have loaded dozens of times some shareware app, which I would gladly pay, if only I could.
It should not be too hard to offer option to pay with my own bank (which I trust!) online! And I fully understand that it should be easy for the seller to set up and cheap to use (like paypal?).
Speaking of Crazy Frog...
http://www.yle.fi/top40/albumit.shtml
Thats Finnish Top 40 Album list and look what is at 11th place... and been on the list for 14 veeks!
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Apples and oranges. In Russia there is one rate to all, be it radio or internet stream or download service. GP was referring that price and money artist gets from U.S. _radio_, not downloads or other services. Or at least so I understand.
Username? Password? :)
I remember time when my dad had checks... that was sometime in the 80s. I have been paying my own bills over 10 years and have done it by visiting bank, ATM or online. And nearly all monthly bills go through direct debit and/or direct payment.. and next thing will be e-invoices so no paper bills for me, thank you.
;)
*can't imagine paying bills _with_ checks*
Ah, but getting free .edu address is not free? Free education... hmm, better look that country list again...
So why Germans must pay to jews? Most of them weren't there to kill jews, you know... http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/08/27/german_p ensions020827.html
One word: Freedom fries!
"What this means is some idiot decided that they should be really small, for starters. What this causes is the device being dragged all over by the cables attached to it, or being unable to sit flat without being glued or rubber-banded to something more substantial."
I agree wholeheartedly, but small size also means less raw materials used. And less materials means less prize, eventually. On the topic of "design"... don't get me started!
"Keep the current keyboard, mouse and monitor..."
Will do... when I find decent keyboard to replace my old keytronic. All i want is keyboard with numpad, no "multimedia" or some such keys.
Casino Royal... bah, in London they gave 46" tv and taxi to home: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6474045.stm
With deals like that, I'm not surprised that Sony sold so well...
Wtf?!? They call to ms and dell, but not to people who actually recover data? My first call would been to http://www.ibas.com/
ps. I don't work at ibas
Maybe gp i referring to fact that revolvers are too "loose" to be effectively silenced: "Revolvers, due to their 'loose' structure, cannot be made quiet, with few exceptions: The Nagant M1895 revolver used an unusual gas-sealed cylinder that made it suitable for use with a suppressor."
source: http://www.search.com/reference/Suppressor
And you STILL can't get decent pipe to your home. ;)
if someone missed parents point: https://www.relakks.com/
In Finland building codes require triple-paned windows (or something with same insulating charasteristics). Many, probably most, older houses are now equipped with triple-paned windows http://www.skaala.com/english/msea2.htm . Also older apartment complexes get (or used to get, not sure about current situation) financial help from government for retrofitting better windows.
Must... resist... North Korea!
This happens: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s= &threadid=2183346
Ten you are not into sailing? ;)
http://www.dailyfueleconomytip.com/?p=208
"According to an article posted on Yahoo! Finance, Exxon Mobil's third quarter revenue of $99.59 billion is greater than the annual gross domestic product (GDP) of both the United Arab Emirates ($98.1 billion) and Kuwait ($52.76 billion)."
So its not about normal people why US nowadays fight for: business, the other kind of people.
John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law
...in your courtroom when she told you that a "Teen" rating is an age restriction at the point of sale. That is an utter fabrication, and you are on notice that it is an utter fabrication. Ms. Ward is very good at fabricating things for a client that routinely engages in criminal conduct, and you bought all this hook, line, and sinker. Take-Two has been adjudicated by the federal government to have engaged in fraud and deception about game content, and you took their unchallenged word of these two video gamers in your chambers that the game was what they said it was.
October 13, 2006
Judge Ronald Friedman
Dade County Courthouse
Miami, Florida 33130
Re: Bully
Dear Judge Friedman:
Now that you have consigned innumerable children to skull fractures, eye injuries from slingshots, and beatings with baseball bats, without a hearing as to the danger, let me tell you a few things, with all respect for your office and with no respect for the arbitrary way in which you handled this matter. I can handle an adverse ruling by a judge. I've had plenty of those in my lifetime, and that's fine. But the way you conducted yourself today helps explain why a great Dade County Judge, the late Rhea Pincus Grossman, could not abide you. She was not the only one:
1. Well into this case, you told Take-Two to produce "a tape of the game so you could watch it." Video games don't come on tapes, Judge, and you don't watch them. You interactively play them, which is why they are so behavior modifying. You, the player/protagonist, enter into the violence and do it, but you didn't even want to hear testimony about that. You are not an expert in bullying or virtual reality, and I had an expert in both, and you never heard from them because you did not want to hear from them. Dr. Provenzo could have explained why interactive consumption of this very violence is so dangerous, as opposed to passively consumed violence on television, but he was not allowed to testify because he was prevented from seeing the evidence.
You were very nice to my other expert, Miami Police Chief Ken Harms, and then made it certain that your courtroom would not be graced with his real expertise. I would have preferred less courtesy and more due process, and so would the victims that are on the way.
2. Take-Two's lawyer, Rebecca Ward,
3. You assured us, in your courtroom two days ago, that you would view the playing of Bully to its conclusion. That is what you promised on the record. You did not keep your promise. The transcript of that bizarre exercise will show that you asked Take-Two reps "How does the game end?" You never saw the ending. What you took was testimony from two employees of Take-Two/Rockstar, who were not under oath, and without affording me any opportunity to question them. This was an ex parte proceeding that I was forced to watch, nearly gagging on the denial of due process that it constituted. In thirty years of practicing law, it is the oddest thing I have ever seen, and the most judicially arbitrary thing I have ever seen.
But it is not the oddest thing Take-Two has done. They had these little contrived, controlled viewings of the game for people in the media, but even the BBC figured out how violent the game was, despite the sham.
What you conducted in your chambers, Judge, was the equivalent of Iran leading UN weapons inspectors around the country taking them to places where the illegal activity was not occurring.
You would not abide argument today, because the Miami Herald was there, that Take-Two had in fact released this game to the mass media, which waived its privilege as to producing it to me. You did not allow a hearing to occur because the media there would have seen how you railroaded this entire matter--at the expense of children's safety.
4. You said after being shown what Take-Two wanted you to see that "I've seen worse." Judge, that is not the issue. The issue is whether this game, played by ten-y
Price is a signal of quality, and $10 software is "crud" whereas $25 software which accomplishes what you are setting out to do is worth actually getting out ye olde credit card.
Thats probaply true, but... I don't have credit card! And I don't trust Paypal. I have loaded dozens of times some shareware app, which I would gladly pay, if only I could.
It should not be too hard to offer option to pay with my own bank (which I trust!) online! And I fully understand that it should be easy for the seller to set up and cheap to use (like paypal?).
One is Hot and another is Ho?
Less tasty?!?!? How th hell you know its... Oh... Ewww....
No, it makes everything just cooler... hopefully.
What is this "girlfriend" thingy everyone keeps talking about?
Is it something to eat?
Speaking of Crazy Frog... http://www.yle.fi/top40/albumit.shtml Thats Finnish Top 40 Album list and look what is at 11th place... and been on the list for 14 veeks!