In the US, you can't legally use drugs. You also can't drive without a seatbelt. If you knowingly partake in a pyramid scheme, you can be held criminally liable. If you violate the "laws of war" you can and will be prosecuted for murder.
You most certainly do not have the right to destroy your life in any way you see fit.
However, in this case, the solution is simple: digital distribution.
Rockstar should partner with Steam and allow the game to be downloaded with credit card verification. UK stores lose out and the publisher and customer win.
I fly RC helis. Even the smaller ones can carry a 200-gram camera with no problem. I've put a small Sony CyberShot on mine and shot some video.
The big problem is vibration. Even is the bigger electrics there is still a lot of HF vibration. It's no so bad when you take shots of the flying field. It sucks when you are trying to spy on the co-eds next door...
Some people have had good luck putting a camera on a motor-assisted sailplane (a.k.a. hotliner) and sending it up 800-feet or so. You turn off the motor and slow the plane way down to get minimal vibration.
Search YouTube for "RC heli on-board video" or, even better, search for "hotliner".
It seems to me that the US designs everything around eliminating any chance for failure no matter how minute. Engineers will spend months testing the tertiary backup pump for the toilet. Everyone else will just seal the damn thing and shit in a bag for a few days...
The US is so encumbered by lawyers that it has become afraid of failure. Most Americans think it's better to not try than to fail. Why?
I think most other places realize that you have to take risks and just do it. Spend a few months designing the best system you can. Create a backup for any *truly* critical system. Then, strap in some people and launch. Meanwhile, the NASA guys and gals are still debating over the environmental impact of the steam created by the water used to cool the tower during launch...
Those games were developed in-house and primarily for a console. Since console sales, especially for Halo, dominate PC sales by, what, 8 to 1, MS can afford to lock out WinXP users for those games.
However, I don't see any other publishers drinking the MS coolaide on this one.
Well, the main problem is that Windows has trouble backing up files in use. If a user is logged-in, a backup of "Documents and Settings" will usually fail.
At the very least, a Windows user should use the desktop for working files and My Documents for storage.
If it's a multi-user system, it's better to keep a separate folder for stuff you want to keep.
I do most of my work on Windows. If you use windows, get SyncToy from MS or SyncBack from 2brightsparks.
Both tools are free and work pretty well.
I have a "hidden" PC stashed in a panel behind the entertainment center. I replicate nightly from my desktop to the media center. Weekly, I replicate from the media center to a portable USB drive. On Mondays, the USB drive goes to the office with me and stays there till Friday.
Backups are not hard. Just set up a good, automatic tool and do occasional checks for integrity.
I've looked into RSYNC to an off-site server. Places like UnixShell provide virtual root machines for pretty cheap. However, the pain of making RSYNC work in WinXP steers me away. I did a "screencast" for using SyncBack and a portable USB drive for my family. It's so simple that mom can do it.
The *really* hard part of backups is getting people to organize their data. Mom, keeping everything on the Desktop is not an acceptable solution...
I live in a gated community that opted for wireless over DSL/FiOS. I think it's been a failure because it downright sucks.
For starters, you need WAPs everywhere. At least one every 100' if you are using the smaller (12" omni) antennas. Even then, trees and rain cause severe signal loss.
Second, you need to arrange your house based on where you can get a signal. My WAP is invisible from downstairs. I have to put the PC in an upstairs bedroom. And it's not the master bedroom. Once the kids go to bed, no more PC time for adults.
I work in networking, so I was able to get a Linksys with DD-WRT and route that through the house. Less technical neighbors are SOL.
Finally, once the city starts doing the networking, competition will leave. Soon, committees will suggest getting filtering software. After all, public money can't subsidize smut. Or religion. Or hate speech. Pretty soon, the only unblocked sites will be Disney.com. What will the power users to then?
Overall, our solution works okay. I make a lot of money on the side installing boosters and antennas and routers. I also get calls constantly when the signals drop. During heavy rain, I just turn my phone off. Try explaining propagation fade to Sally Soccermom...
Please note that in the GW case, both the boy and the girl were both black. The conviction was not a case of a black boy going to jail for having sex with a white girl.
I highly recommend you read the Snopes and Wikipedia entries on the guy.
He had exposed himself in class before. He also had been suspended for fondling a student.
In the case in question, no one could link the boy and the girl. They had one class together and did not know each other. After school, he went to a place where she worked and raped her.
They could not charge him with rape due to the fact that there was no evidence of her fighting him. Not that a 100lb white girl had a chance against a 250lb black man...
So, why would a virgin have sex with a man she barely knew in the back of a work trailer after school?
Didn't the people who "own" CDDA refuse to let DRM-protected audio discs be called "CDs"?
Why don't the USB people refuse to let the mini plugs be called USB?
I understand that it's impractical to have a full-sized USB plug on a tiny digital camera. But Sony should not be allowed to create a funky interface and then put "USB-Compatible" on the box.
In this case, there was a guy that everyone "knew" was a creep. He had been accused several times before of imposing on his younger girlfriends. They never could get anything to stick. When they finally found something that *would* stick, they threw the book at him.
Judges tend to be pretty reasonable people. The judge made the right call in this case.
Every time I see a company go overseas to do this kind of thing, it breaks my heart.
We should ensure that any company that does work overseas, does it to US or higher standards. The includes Nike paying US minimum wages and Exxon following US pollution guidelines.
I think the reason for this is that very few people will ever kill anyone. And just about everyone will have sex.
There was a Nova Science Now program a while back. It talked about why guys in a bar cheer for a sports team. Basically, if you've ever done something, then you watch someone else doing it, your brain actually thinks it is doing that thing.
So, when you see a murder, your brain thinks "someone is being murdered".
When you see sex, your brain reacts as if it is having sex.
And that reaction is why, deep down, violence is less "real" than sex.
As the CEO of a tech company, he probably has leased-line service from his company. They may have even contracted a competitor to provide a dark-fiber link to the house. Then, at the CO, they cross-connect that to his company's infrastructure.
Even if it is a true FiOS connection, they probably have VPN hardware on there to encrypt the link back to his companies' network. I mean, could you imagine getting a call from the rival CEO asking why you spent so much time on 4chan?
At the current BAC levels, drinking and driving do not mean what you think they mean. Using mouthwash in the morning or before your drive home (some people brush their teeth more than twice a day) can mean you'll test positive. If you have a beer with friends over dinner and drive 2 hours later, you can still test positive.
The MADD crew lost the moral high-ground long ago.
In the US, most places will not force a test; blood or otherwise. However, there is a charge for refusing to submit to the test. That charge is, oddly enough, the same as a DUI.
If you *are* drunk and get stopped, you can refuse to be tested. You'll face a "failure to submit" charge. You'll loose your license for a few months (up to a year, I think) and spent the night in jail.
My understanding of email is that when I click "send", the message goes to my local server. From there, it transfers to the server of the recipient. After that, the recipient downloads it from his server to his machine.
Wasn't it cool when science gave us things like electricity and airplanes and phones? Lately, it seems we get more and more of this "we can make really small shit move" stuff.
How the fuck are we supposed to make the average USian understand what this is good for? Hell, I hardly understand what this is good for and I read science and engineering shit all the time.
If they only need a constant field, could they power the device with gravity? Even if this is a "no", it would be cool to have nano machines inside you that were powered when a Doc used a "magic wand" to power the little buggers. Program them to repair a wound and, when injured, they'd be attracted to the Doc holding an energy source over the wound.
Is there enough force in the motion to connect a drivetrain to the device? How much input do we need to get any useful motion out of this?
TPB showed that BioShock was released "2007-08-20 05:26:09 GMT". Add in -5 hours for Central Time Zone, and you have the torrent available on the 20th, just after midnight. That's what, 20 something hours ago?
Another great release for BT.
BTW, I downloaded it a few hours ago and just about maxed my 15MBPS connection.
If the Government provides internet, the FCC will filter indecent content. And, since the govt monopoly will crush competitors, there will be nothing you can do about it.
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In the US, you can't legally use drugs. You also can't drive without a seatbelt. If you knowingly partake in a pyramid scheme, you can be held criminally liable. If you violate the "laws of war" you can and will be prosecuted for murder.
You most certainly do not have the right to destroy your life in any way you see fit.
However, in this case, the solution is simple: digital distribution.
Rockstar should partner with Steam and allow the game to be downloaded with credit card verification. UK stores lose out and the publisher and customer win.
That's misleading. During the overall profile of the flight, the Shuttle averages about 1:1. The last 10k or 15k feet, the Shuttle glides quite well.
I fly RC helis. Even the smaller ones can carry a 200-gram camera with no problem. I've put a small Sony CyberShot on mine and shot some video.
The big problem is vibration. Even is the bigger electrics there is still a lot of HF vibration. It's no so bad when you take shots of the flying field. It sucks when you are trying to spy on the co-eds next door...
Some people have had good luck putting a camera on a motor-assisted sailplane (a.k.a. hotliner) and sending it up 800-feet or so. You turn off the motor and slow the plane way down to get minimal vibration.
Search YouTube for "RC heli on-board video" or, even better, search for "hotliner".
It seems to me that the US designs everything around eliminating any chance for failure no matter how minute. Engineers will spend months testing the tertiary backup pump for the toilet. Everyone else will just seal the damn thing and shit in a bag for a few days...
The US is so encumbered by lawyers that it has become afraid of failure. Most Americans think it's better to not try than to fail. Why?
I think most other places realize that you have to take risks and just do it. Spend a few months designing the best system you can. Create a backup for any *truly* critical system. Then, strap in some people and launch. Meanwhile, the NASA guys and gals are still debating over the environmental impact of the steam created by the water used to cool the tower during launch...
Those games were developed in-house and primarily for a console. Since console sales, especially for Halo, dominate PC sales by, what, 8 to 1, MS can afford to lock out WinXP users for those games.
However, I don't see any other publishers drinking the MS coolaide on this one.
Well, the main problem is that Windows has trouble backing up files in use. If a user is logged-in, a backup of "Documents and Settings" will usually fail.
At the very least, a Windows user should use the desktop for working files and My Documents for storage.
If it's a multi-user system, it's better to keep a separate folder for stuff you want to keep.
I do most of my work on Windows. If you use windows, get SyncToy from MS or SyncBack from 2brightsparks.
Both tools are free and work pretty well.
I have a "hidden" PC stashed in a panel behind the entertainment center. I replicate nightly from my desktop to the media center. Weekly, I replicate from the media center to a portable USB drive. On Mondays, the USB drive goes to the office with me and stays there till Friday.
Backups are not hard. Just set up a good, automatic tool and do occasional checks for integrity.
I've looked into RSYNC to an off-site server. Places like UnixShell provide virtual root machines for pretty cheap. However, the pain of making RSYNC work in WinXP steers me away. I did a "screencast" for using SyncBack and a portable USB drive for my family. It's so simple that mom can do it.
The *really* hard part of backups is getting people to organize their data. Mom, keeping everything on the Desktop is not an acceptable solution...
Water attenuates signal pretty severely. Also, if you have a weak signal, just about anything will kill the connection.
Every time my wife turns on the microwave, I get kicked.
Well, we already pay $50 per month for wireless access. I just happened to have a WRT-54g laying around. For me, it isn't a problem.
But to tell most people that they need to purchase additional equipment; they balk at that.
Also, the provider advised that too many repeaters would just degrade the already-weak signal. I have no idea if that's true or not.
I live in a gated community that opted for wireless over DSL/FiOS. I think it's been a failure because it downright sucks.
For starters, you need WAPs everywhere. At least one every 100' if you are using the smaller (12" omni) antennas. Even then, trees and rain cause severe signal loss.
Second, you need to arrange your house based on where you can get a signal. My WAP is invisible from downstairs. I have to put the PC in an upstairs bedroom. And it's not the master bedroom. Once the kids go to bed, no more PC time for adults.
I work in networking, so I was able to get a Linksys with DD-WRT and route that through the house. Less technical neighbors are SOL.
Finally, once the city starts doing the networking, competition will leave. Soon, committees will suggest getting filtering software. After all, public money can't subsidize smut. Or religion. Or hate speech. Pretty soon, the only unblocked sites will be Disney.com. What will the power users to then?
Overall, our solution works okay. I make a lot of money on the side installing boosters and antennas and routers. I also get calls constantly when the signals drop. During heavy rain, I just turn my phone off. Try explaining propagation fade to Sally Soccermom...
There must be a rash of harsh convictions then:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/dixon.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Dixon
Please note that in the GW case, both the boy and the girl were both black. The conviction was not a case of a black boy going to jail for having sex with a white girl.
I highly recommend you read the Snopes and Wikipedia entries on the guy.
He had exposed himself in class before. He also had been suspended for fondling a student.
In the case in question, no one could link the boy and the girl. They had one class together and did not know each other. After school, he went to a place where she worked and raped her.
They could not charge him with rape due to the fact that there was no evidence of her fighting him. Not that a 100lb white girl had a chance against a 250lb black man...
So, why would a virgin have sex with a man she barely knew in the back of a work trailer after school?
Didn't the people who "own" CDDA refuse to let DRM-protected audio discs be called "CDs"?
Why don't the USB people refuse to let the mini plugs be called USB?
I understand that it's impractical to have a full-sized USB plug on a tiny digital camera. But Sony should not be allowed to create a funky interface and then put "USB-Compatible" on the box.
There is a lot more to that story.
In this case, there was a guy that everyone "knew" was a creep. He had been accused several times before of imposing on his younger girlfriends. They never could get anything to stick. When they finally found something that *would* stick, they threw the book at him.
Judges tend to be pretty reasonable people. The judge made the right call in this case.
Every time I see a company go overseas to do this kind of thing, it breaks my heart.
We should ensure that any company that does work overseas, does it to US or higher standards. The includes Nike paying US minimum wages and Exxon following US pollution guidelines.
Viewing porn can be (and usually is) considered sexual harassment. It is punishable by immediate termination.
I think the reason for this is that very few people will ever kill anyone. And just about everyone will have sex.
There was a Nova Science Now program a while back. It talked about why guys in a bar cheer for a sports team. Basically, if you've ever done something, then you watch someone else doing it, your brain actually thinks it is doing that thing.
So, when you see a murder, your brain thinks "someone is being murdered".
When you see sex, your brain reacts as if it is having sex.
And that reaction is why, deep down, violence is less "real" than sex.
As the CEO of a tech company, he probably has leased-line service from his company. They may have even contracted a competitor to provide a dark-fiber link to the house. Then, at the CO, they cross-connect that to his company's infrastructure.
Even if it is a true FiOS connection, they probably have VPN hardware on there to encrypt the link back to his companies' network. I mean, could you imagine getting a call from the rival CEO asking why you spent so much time on 4chan?
At the current BAC levels, drinking and driving do not mean what you think they mean. Using mouthwash in the morning or before your drive home (some people brush their teeth more than twice a day) can mean you'll test positive. If you have a beer with friends over dinner and drive 2 hours later, you can still test positive.
The MADD crew lost the moral high-ground long ago.
Gotta love that presumption of guilt...
In the US, most places will not force a test; blood or otherwise. However, there is a charge for refusing to submit to the test. That charge is, oddly enough, the same as a DUI.
If you *are* drunk and get stopped, you can refuse to be tested. You'll face a "failure to submit" charge. You'll loose your license for a few months (up to a year, I think) and spent the night in jail.
My understanding of email is that when I click "send", the message goes to my local server. From there, it transfers to the server of the recipient. After that, the recipient downloads it from his server to his machine.
So, it's more like P-2-S-2-S-2-P.
If the game is a life sim, then the only way *to* score is *by* scoring.
The point of life is to get your genes into another generation. Everything else is just fluff.
Wasn't it cool when science gave us things like electricity and airplanes and phones? Lately, it seems we get more and more of this "we can make really small shit move" stuff.
How the fuck are we supposed to make the average USian understand what this is good for? Hell, I hardly understand what this is good for and I read science and engineering shit all the time.
If they only need a constant field, could they power the device with gravity? Even if this is a "no", it would be cool to have nano machines inside you that were powered when a Doc used a "magic wand" to power the little buggers. Program them to repair a wound and, when injured, they'd be attracted to the Doc holding an energy source over the wound.
Is there enough force in the motion to connect a drivetrain to the device? How much input do we need to get any useful motion out of this?
TPB showed that BioShock was released "2007-08-20 05:26:09 GMT". Add in -5 hours for Central Time Zone, and you have the torrent available on the 20th, just after midnight. That's what, 20 something hours ago?
Another great release for BT.
BTW, I downloaded it a few hours ago and just about maxed my 15MBPS connection.
If the Government provides internet, the FCC will filter indecent content. And, since the govt monopoly will crush competitors, there will be nothing you can do about it.