The Federation of American Scientists was formed during the early atomic era, in the belief that scientists had a social responsibility to participate in the political process. It was apparently founded by scientists who participated in the Manhattan Project.
the "slip-up" that occured in the 80's concerning project aurora
That "slip-up" consisted merely of a budget line item known only as "Aurora". All that proves is that, at some point in the 1980's, there was some secret project code-named Aurora that received a certain amount of money. That's not very enlightening--we all already knew that there were secret government projects, and we could probably surmise that they had code names. The fact that, to this date, we still have no fucking idea what that money actually went to is more of a testament to government secrecy (reports of hypersonic, windowless spy planes have never been substantiated).
How do you figure that? If IE has 89% percent of the market, a website written for IE will still only support 89% of the market--whereas a website written to web standards (with hacks for IE) will still support 100%.
Yeah, it's the same for commercial mailings: "depending on the contents of this envelope and the results of our random number generator, YOU may HAVE WON 100 MILLION DOLLARS!
So the $1.39 files you download from ITunes don't have encryption on them. That's nice, but they do have internal identification embedded in them, and they are stored in an unusual format that can't be read by most devices. Any claim that these files are DRM free is demonstrably false.
Um...I don't know how to put this, but you're an idiot. They have plaintext metadata within the file that can probably be removed or altered with Apple's own QuickTime player, and they use a standard MPEG-4 Audio container with a standard MPEG AAC codec, and this is "an unusual format"?
The claim that you can move the files around your various devices without restriction is true - as long as those devices speak the M4A format they can play the file. But let's put this in perspective: when ITunes first launched, you could authorize 5 computers to play their DRM protected files. Then Apple unilaterally changed this to only 3 authorized computers. Now, they'll let you play their files on an unlimited number of computers - but only YOUR computers, and only if you pay them 40 cents per file.
I smell bullshit! First off, by your argument, CD's were a form of DRM back in the 80's, when you couldn't play them on your tape players. I guess HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, even without AACS, would be DRM by your standard because HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players are still expensive. So what, we don't get to use newly-standardized audio and video formats? We should satisfy ourselves with MP3's from the 90's and 100-pixel-wide AVI's? Also, you're backwards--the restriction was raised from 3 to 5. Also, how the fuck does including your name as metadata mean you can only play it on "your" computers? There's nothing stopping you from putting your iTunes Plus songs on a flash drive and loading them onto somebody else's computer to play.
Us consumers aren't likely to have 3 or 5 computers / players anyway, so increasing that number doesn't benefit the consumer much.
Actually, Apple always allowed you to burn a song an infinite number of times (you just had to vary the playlist every so often, and you could even change it back), and to load it on an infinite number of iPods. As for the CPU restriction, do you have any fucking idea where you are?
Are the files better sounding in their new higher bitrate? Maybe; there is a difference, but it's subtle and not always easy to hear. What IS easy to hear is the difference between an ITunes purchased music file and the same music ripped from a CD. The difference in sound quality is obvious - the ITunes files are inferior.
Yes, it is indeed fiendish that Apple cleverly hides this information in the "Get Info" of every purchased track from iTunes, and even more fiendishly, includes a "Get Info" function in iTunes itself so that you can clearly see, for instance, that my Queensryche tracks were purchased by myself last March if you use a well-known feature of Apple UI's since the 1980's.
The sale is far more likely to be a marketing ploy to make you think you're getting a bargain when you are not.
Which means all the products are overpriced the rest of the time. But yeah, I'm pretty familiar with that tactic--that's pretty much the way those "sign up for our storing-personal-information card and save money" grocery stores work.
If it really was down to their inventory management then Dell must manage their stock level pretty badly for all the special offers they have.
No, not necessarily. Why does using one inventory management technique indicate that they're doing a bad job while other inventory management techniques don't?
I don't know about you but Snakes on a Plane was genuine enthusiasm among common people, it's just that most of it was for the sheer idea of having a movie titled "Snakes on a Plane" starring Sam Jackson, and not for actually watching aforementioned movie.
Oh, the Macbook is smaller. Whooptee do. That doesn't matter at all to me; it's purely subjective if it matters to you, but is it really worth 300 more dollars and a crappier machine?
The only "crappier" part about it is the integrated graphics, which is a fair gripe but I don't really care. Between the smaller size (which matters a lot if you carry it around on your back or by hand, or use it as a laptop, i.e. in bed, on the couch, on airplanes, in class, in meetings), Mac OS X vs. Windows, higher build quality, and not looking like crap pretty much make up the $300.
For starters, Dell constantly has sales, whereas Macs are always the same price, no drops, no competitive pricing, nothing.
Do you enjoy the excitement of unpredictable pricing and the thrill of being manipulated into doing part of Dell's inventory management for them? (the purpose of sales is to reduce too-high inventory)
Lincoln faced a United States that was split apart by secession and civil war. FDR faced the world's worst economic depression and WWII. Bush faced two towers getting knocked down by hijacked airplanes.
On the other hand, let the medic rescue the injured soldier. How many others need to then be involved transporting and treating the injured soldier? An injured soldier places a much greater burden on an army than a dead one, at least for serious injuries.
Three flaws with that. First, if you're being fucking shot at by another army, you going to want to fucking kill them instead of just placing a "greater burden" on them. Second, a wounded soldier is a soldier who is still around to shoot at you and your buddies later on. A dead soldier is done for. Third, lots of people don't even bother treating their wounded, so the only effective thing to do is to kill them.
When I imagine having unprotected sex with a chick who has unprotected sex with guys she barely knows, I just can't feel comfortable.
Not even if it's in the magical fantasy land without negative consequences? Fair enough. You may not be trolling, but you certainly are a mass of contradictions, not unlike many of us when it comes to sex.
And by the way, yes, I know full well you're trolling me. I guessed it from your earlier remarks about "fat chicks", but I doubt there's anyone who actually watches porn who are really so hung up that they can't enjoy a simple sexual fantasy without worrying about fictitious venereal diseases.
Porn takes place in an alternate universe where venereal disease and pregnancy don't exist. Also, everybody is willing to have sex with everybody else at a moment's notice. Also, everyone has enormous cocks and tits.
Suits have a lot of variables you can "get wrong" even if you're wearing the parts on the right part of your body--the tie can be tied too long, your shirt, pants, and belt can be misaligned, and several other details. I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, though.
I think the old joke is more of a sexist joke--"haha, men aren't interested in literature or insightful interviews with interesting personalities! They just like boobies!" It's not necessarily a dig at the writing quality of Playboy, which would be an excellent magazine even without the boobies.
There are probably more geriatric midget granny pee DVDs at your local porn store than DVDs with no cumshots.
You want to look for "creampie". That means instead of a cumshot you get a shot of semen leaking out of the vagina, which you might consider less "vile".
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The Federation of American Scientists was formed during the early atomic era, in the belief that scientists had a social responsibility to participate in the political process. It was apparently founded by scientists who participated in the Manhattan Project.
That "slip-up" consisted merely of a budget line item known only as "Aurora". All that proves is that, at some point in the 1980's, there was some secret project code-named Aurora that received a certain amount of money. That's not very enlightening--we all already knew that there were secret government projects, and we could probably surmise that they had code names. The fact that, to this date, we still have no fucking idea what that money actually went to is more of a testament to government secrecy (reports of hypersonic, windowless spy planes have never been substantiated).
How do you figure that? If IE has 89% percent of the market, a website written for IE will still only support 89% of the market--whereas a website written to web standards (with hacks for IE) will still support 100%.
The postal service doesn't work? I thought "functioning government controlled monopolies" were everyone's solution to the health care crisis nowadays.
Yeah, it's the same for commercial mailings: "depending on the contents of this envelope and the results of our random number generator, YOU may HAVE WON 100 MILLION DOLLARS!
Um...I don't know how to put this, but you're an idiot. They have plaintext metadata within the file that can probably be removed or altered with Apple's own QuickTime player, and they use a standard MPEG-4 Audio container with a standard MPEG AAC codec, and this is "an unusual format"?
I smell bullshit! First off, by your argument, CD's were a form of DRM back in the 80's, when you couldn't play them on your tape players. I guess HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, even without AACS, would be DRM by your standard because HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players are still expensive. So what, we don't get to use newly-standardized audio and video formats? We should satisfy ourselves with MP3's from the 90's and 100-pixel-wide AVI's? Also, you're backwards--the restriction was raised from 3 to 5. Also, how the fuck does including your name as metadata mean you can only play it on "your" computers? There's nothing stopping you from putting your iTunes Plus songs on a flash drive and loading them onto somebody else's computer to play.
Actually, Apple always allowed you to burn a song an infinite number of times (you just had to vary the playlist every so often, and you could even change it back), and to load it on an infinite number of iPods. As for the CPU restriction, do you have any fucking idea where you are?
I think you left out a "Netcraft confirms it".
Yes, it is indeed fiendish that Apple cleverly hides this information in the "Get Info" of every purchased track from iTunes, and even more fiendishly, includes a "Get Info" function in iTunes itself so that you can clearly see, for instance, that my Queensryche tracks were purchased by myself last March if you use a well-known feature of Apple UI's since the 1980's.
Which means all the products are overpriced the rest of the time. But yeah, I'm pretty familiar with that tactic--that's pretty much the way those "sign up for our storing-personal-information card and save money" grocery stores work.
No, not necessarily. Why does using one inventory management technique indicate that they're doing a bad job while other inventory management techniques don't?
I don't know about you but Snakes on a Plane was genuine enthusiasm among common people, it's just that most of it was for the sheer idea of having a movie titled "Snakes on a Plane" starring Sam Jackson, and not for actually watching aforementioned movie.
The only "crappier" part about it is the integrated graphics, which is a fair gripe but I don't really care. Between the smaller size (which matters a lot if you carry it around on your back or by hand, or use it as a laptop, i.e. in bed, on the couch, on airplanes, in class, in meetings), Mac OS X vs. Windows, higher build quality, and not looking like crap pretty much make up the $300.
Do you enjoy the excitement of unpredictable pricing and the thrill of being manipulated into doing part of Dell's inventory management for them? (the purpose of sales is to reduce too-high inventory)
Any UI designer who requires you to do that should be immediately taken out and shot.
30? Try 130--Clinton was the first impeachment since 1868.
Lincoln faced a United States that was split apart by secession and civil war. FDR faced the world's worst economic depression and WWII. Bush faced two towers getting knocked down by hijacked airplanes.
He is a war president. Then again, so was LBJ. (What is it with Texas?)
Three flaws with that. First, if you're being fucking shot at by another army, you going to want to fucking kill them instead of just placing a "greater burden" on them. Second, a wounded soldier is a soldier who is still around to shoot at you and your buddies later on. A dead soldier is done for. Third, lots of people don't even bother treating their wounded, so the only effective thing to do is to kill them.
Exactly. Enslaving yourself to the people who make and enforce laws is OK. Enslaving yourself to other people is wrong.
Not even if it's in the magical fantasy land without negative consequences? Fair enough. You may not be trolling, but you certainly are a mass of contradictions, not unlike many of us when it comes to sex.
And by the way, yes, I know full well you're trolling me. I guessed it from your earlier remarks about "fat chicks", but I doubt there's anyone who actually watches porn who are really so hung up that they can't enjoy a simple sexual fantasy without worrying about fictitious venereal diseases.
Porn takes place in an alternate universe where venereal disease and pregnancy don't exist. Also, everybody is willing to have sex with everybody else at a moment's notice. Also, everyone has enormous cocks and tits.
Porn performers are screened for diseases regularly to prevent disease from spreading within the profession.
They have an easement, dumbass.
Suits have a lot of variables you can "get wrong" even if you're wearing the parts on the right part of your body--the tie can be tied too long, your shirt, pants, and belt can be misaligned, and several other details. I don't claim to be an expert on the subject, though.
I think the old joke is more of a sexist joke--"haha, men aren't interested in literature or insightful interviews with interesting personalities! They just like boobies!" It's not necessarily a dig at the writing quality of Playboy, which would be an excellent magazine even without the boobies.
You want to look for "creampie". That means instead of a cumshot you get a shot of semen leaking out of the vagina, which you might consider less "vile".