Credit Cards are not legal tender. The signed credit slips are a debt instrument (commercial paper) which is also not legal tender. The bank buys this commercial paper, usually at about 98% of face value. Even bank transfers (ie Interac) are not legal tender. Only cash is legal tender.
I went to a craft supply store the other day to buy 4 pieces of matboard, cut to size. They wanted my Phone number, address, credit card number, and annother piece of ID. For a cash sale. No special order, no dangerous goods, no credit, just a fancy piece of cardboard.
The guy insisted the computer wouldn't accept print the invoice without it. I told him to tell his manager they'd just lost a sale because of their invasive policies.
A guy came up to the counter where I was working at (big chain convenience store) and asked for 6 cartons of cigarettes. Each of them a different brand, and all of them were brands the teenagers smoke. The total would be just over $300 CDN.
I began to get them together (under the counter -- we'd had people grab & dash cartons off the counter the week before). Then the guy handed me a visa card. I read the card, looked at him, and said:
"So Susan, have you got any ID?"
His response was something along the lines of "It's because I'm black, isn't it?". Ummm, no, it's because I just saw you talking to those kids outside, and these are the brands they smoke, and this is not your credit card. He insisted that it was his wife's card; I insisted his wife could pick it up from the RCMP then (an RCMP car pulled up coincidentally), and he ran off.
Pointing out that it can be used by dirty cops is not anti law-enforcement. It's pro law enforcement; cops who beat people up are breaking the law. We need to be able to bring the few cops who are also criminals to justice so that when criminals go to trial, we know the cop won't be brought into question.
Also, criminals are not likely to use it to escape detection, for two reasons: 1) most criminals either think they won't be caught or don't care about being caught, and 2) either no security camera manufacturer would be stupid enough to make their cameras respect this or, if it's made mandatory, only cops will have access to the transmitter.
A DVD is 720x480 (NTSC), which is ~0.3 megapixels. Most of the next generation consoles will probably be similar (they plug in to a TV). Movies are usually 35mm frames at 3200 DPI, which works out to about 4400x2800 (the numbers elude me at the moment; my (still image) film scanner at home is the same quality); this is ~25 megapixels.
At any rate, a slightly out of date stand alone console will never be able to produce in real time what a massive bleeding-edge renderfarm can produce in non-real time.
I'd love to see someone come in and replace the PSTN with QOS'd IP lines.
Which would do precicely nothing to break monopolies.
Last mile services (phone, cable, network, gas, electric, etc) are natural monopolies; it's most efficient for there to be a single supplier. The two ways to circumvent the detremental effects of these monopolies are:
Yes, and I remember that when I removed all the fancy screens and went text-only, people liked my bbs better. It could be because I was the only BBS in town that still accepted 300bps. Everyone got 45 minutes; why would I care how many bits they get in that time? I didn't have any files sections anyways. TradeWars2002, Baren Realms Elite, a Graffitti wall, and local messaging were enough to keep my line busy almost 24/7.
It was the portrayal of Ahmad ibn Fadlan that was why I did not like either the book Eaters of the Dead or the movie The 13th Warrior. For the first third or so of the book, ibn Fadlan was portrayed as a devout muslim man. He was a teatotaller who maintained a distance from the bulgars, observing their culture but maintaining the dietary and social practices of islam.
Upon meeting the Vikings, he suddenly changed his character (without reason), and became a heavy drinking, womanizing, pork eating western macho hero.
The sudden change from a devout muslim scholar to a macho action hero was just too jarring.
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How do the games fair honestly...
See the site. The ratings are real user ratings. Sometimes the games run faster under Linux than Windows (more often with Nvidia than ATI).
...did the site have patches for the games or was it demos only?
No, and No. Cedega is a version of WINE, which is an implementation of the Win32 API and binary format loader using Linux system calls and Xlib. It runs the complete windows retail release of many games, no patches and no demo only versions. Sometimes you need a special install script, though.
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And even though there are many camps of people who will argue that Windows is more usable than OS X or vice versa, the one point most people will agree on is that OS X and Windows are both more usable than XWindows and the various window managers.
I think perhaps these most people (if they exist at all) have either not studied user interface design, or not tried KDE 3 or gnome 2.6. Different does not mean unuseable. Designed for a different experience level does not mean unuseable.
Overall you seem to be misunderstanding the role of X (which handles the input and display devices ONLY), and the GUI. You also seem to be either a troll or completely ignorant of up to date OSS GUIs like KDE 3.3 and Gnome 2.8
To make things easier (here's where many will disagree with me) one could work on such a program primarily focusing on modern hardware and esspecially modern video cards. Let's face it, ATI and NVidia run the show now days anyway.
And you have some problem with the drivers both Nvidia and ATI produce?
These are just my thoughts, and I hope people will constructively discuss this possibility...
No, it's a time waster. X, KDE and Gnome all work extremely well. There will always be room for improvements, but they are every bit as good as the MS and Apple GUIs. Before you start flaming me, note that I have studied GUI design, and I use Linux/KDE and MacOS X at home and Linux/Gnome and Windows XP at work, so I do have some basis for comparison.
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Credit Cards are not legal tender. The signed credit slips are a debt instrument (commercial paper) which is also not legal tender. The bank buys this commercial paper, usually at about 98% of face value. Even bank transfers (ie Interac) are not legal tender. Only cash is legal tender.
I went to a craft supply store the other day to buy 4 pieces of matboard, cut to size. They wanted my Phone number, address, credit card number, and annother piece of ID. For a cash sale. No special order, no dangerous goods, no credit, just a fancy piece of cardboard.
The guy insisted the computer wouldn't accept print the invoice without it. I told him to tell his manager they'd just lost a sale because of their invasive policies.
I began to get them together (under the counter -- we'd had people grab & dash cartons off the counter the week before). Then the guy handed me a visa card. I read the card, looked at him, and said: His response was something along the lines of "It's because I'm black, isn't it?". Ummm, no, it's because I just saw you talking to those kids outside, and these are the brands they smoke, and this is not your credit card. He insisted that it was his wife's card; I insisted his wife could pick it up from the RCMP then (an RCMP car pulled up coincidentally), and he ran off.
Civ 4 will use Python, which means it encorporates open-source technology, but is not nescesarily open source itself.
"storyline" and "player character" do not exist in Civilization.
Ah, but will it run on Linux?
Seriously, I know it's a cliche, but the success of freeciv should demonstrate the market is there.
Normal films (&CCDs) are not very sensitive to IR. If they were, photographs would not look like what the photographer saw.
Pointing out that it can be used by dirty cops is not anti law-enforcement. It's pro law enforcement; cops who beat people up are breaking the law. We need to be able to bring the few cops who are also criminals to justice so that when criminals go to trial, we know the cop won't be brought into question.
Also, criminals are not likely to use it to escape detection, for two reasons: 1) most criminals either think they won't be caught or don't care about being caught, and 2) either no security camera manufacturer would be stupid enough to make their cameras respect this or, if it's made mandatory, only cops will have access to the transmitter.
You can be fairly certain that the CIA, paparazzi, CSIS, stalkers, etc will not be using cameras that honour this.
You can also be fairly certain that dirty cops, muggers, etc will be using the transmitters.
yes.
32mm, unless it's IMAX, which is 70mm.
A DVD is 720x480 (NTSC), which is ~0.3 megapixels. Most of the next generation consoles will probably be similar (they plug in to a TV). Movies are usually 35mm frames at 3200 DPI, which works out to about 4400x2800 (the numbers elude me at the moment; my (still image) film scanner at home is the same quality); this is ~25 megapixels.
At any rate, a slightly out of date stand alone console will never be able to produce in real time what a massive bleeding-edge renderfarm can produce in non-real time.
Fortunately, it won't have to.
Do the job. I've had quite a few "normal" jobs where the manager had no idea how easy, hard, or time consuming various aspects of the job were.
I.e., in a convenience store, on a slow day it may take 15 minutes to stock the vault (big fridge). On a busy day it may take 2.5 hours.
Oh???
Which would do precicely nothing to break monopolies.
Last mile services (phone, cable, network, gas, electric, etc) are natural monopolies; it's most efficient for there to be a single supplier. The two ways to circumvent the detremental effects of these monopolies are:
Replacing one capitalist natural monopoly with annother will not of itself improve matters.
- Biology. A small mass of protoplasm or cells from which a new organism or one of its parts may develop.
- The earliest form of an organism; a seed, bud, or spore.
- A microorganism, especially a pathogen.
- Something that may serve as the basis of further growth or development: the germ of a project.
referenceSee definition 1, 2, or 4
Yes, and I remember that when I removed all the fancy screens and went text-only, people liked my bbs better. It could be because I was the only BBS in town that still accepted 300bps. Everyone got 45 minutes; why would I care how many bits they get in that time? I didn't have any files sections anyways. TradeWars2002, Baren Realms Elite, a Graffitti wall, and local messaging were enough to keep my line busy almost 24/7.
It was the portrayal of Ahmad ibn Fadlan that was why I did not like either the book Eaters of the Dead or the movie The 13th Warrior. For the first third or so of the book, ibn Fadlan was portrayed as a devout muslim man. He was a teatotaller who maintained a distance from the bulgars, observing their culture but maintaining the dietary and social practices of islam.
Upon meeting the Vikings, he suddenly changed his character (without reason), and became a heavy drinking, womanizing, pork eating western macho hero.
The sudden change from a devout muslim scholar to a macho action hero was just too jarring.
See the site. The ratings are real user ratings. Sometimes the games run faster under Linux than Windows (more often with Nvidia than ATI).
No, and No. Cedega is a version of WINE, which is an implementation of the Win32 API and binary format loader using Linux system calls and Xlib. It runs the complete windows retail release of many games, no patches and no demo only versions. Sometimes you need a special install script, though.
I think perhaps these most people (if they exist at all) have either not studied user interface design, or not tried KDE 3 or gnome 2.6. Different does not mean unuseable. Designed for a different experience level does not mean unuseable.
Overall you seem to be misunderstanding the role of X (which handles the input and display devices ONLY), and the GUI. You also seem to be either a troll or completely ignorant of up to date OSS GUIs like KDE 3.3 and Gnome 2.8
And you have some problem with the drivers both Nvidia and ATI produce?
No, it's a time waster. X, KDE and Gnome all work extremely well. There will always be room for improvements, but they are every bit as good as the MS and Apple GUIs. Before you start flaming me, note that I have studied GUI design, and I use Linux/KDE and MacOS X at home and Linux/Gnome and Windows XP at work, so I do have some basis for comparison.
It's the details of "find worm hole" and "jump into said wormhole" that's not basic.
What do you think a Mac Mini is? Look at the specs for a Mac Mini, then look at the specs for a 12" iBook. Then answer the question again.
If I were building a robot using a board like this I'd probably choose the mini-itx though, as they're cheaper and available in more configurations.
Jack o'lanterns, Sour alien pops containers, etc.
Yes.