They may be dropping in popularity, but they are not going to die soon. They typically have more information than FAQs found on the Internet, and for less-popular games, they are often available sooner.
Sometimes it isn't. GIMP rules!
It's true that GIMP is missing a few of the more advanced features of Photoshop, but I would bet at least 90% of Photoshop users can easily use GIMP instead.
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You forgot "the speed of Java."
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As others have noted, 5.8 doesn't have a switch statement either. "Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, but don't tell anyone I said that" also appears in the perl manpage in 5.8, under the Bugs section. I wonder why they still haven't fixed it!
Cool. I've long wanted a text-only server I could post to. My ISP's news server doesn't allow posting messages, only reading them, and very few news servers carry the newsgroup alt.hate.gods. If you have access to that one, could you post some nice messages there for me, please?
So Microsoft wants to make Usenet more accessible to normal people. If they succeed, all the warez and other illegal stuff on Usenet will become more visible. Which means... it will get shut down?
"Pirated" things are posted on Usenet all the time. The reason no one does anything about it is that just about no one knows about Usenet. But now that's going to change. Think of the implications here.
No, seriously, I was half-joking in that post (as evidenced by the obvious goatse link), but you do know what I meant. If you really wanted to be a smartass, you could also have pointed out that I am under the influence of chemicals in my brain all the time.
I do not drink alcohol either. I prefer to experience life without being under the influence of chemicals, because chemicals suck ass. So believe me, you aren't alone on this one.
Alcohol, on the other hand, is. That's an important distinction.
Of course beer is a beverage, as the majority of its composition is water; however, given that it's also made with cereal grains, hops and yeast, all of this combined goodness is oftentimes a meal in itself.
So why don't you drink water and eat cereal and yeast? It seems like that would be a much more healthy breakfast.
What may be unique about the open source movement is that it may be the first attempt to use software licenses and public activism to consciously prolong the golden age of sharing as a field matures.
So the age of sharing is still going to come to an end, just later than it would have otherwise? Some confidence in open source that is!
It's apparent from web sites like these that people are never going to forget classic games. But what about the video games today? Do they have the same lasting value?
It seems to me like recent games are lacking in the character the old ones had. I can't imagine in fifteen years still obsessing over what the game companies are coming out with now.
But who knows? Maybe that's when they said about System16 games back in the 80's. In any event, kudos to the creators of this great site.
I thought the reason to go to college was supposedly to learn things. Silly me. Now everyone who goes to college will be paying extra so they can have access to music they probably don't give a damn about.
This reminds me of the Internet tax, by which everyone would have to pay extra money for their Internet connections so a few dolts could get free music legally.
I already get free music legally: I compose it. Necessitating that I pay more for something unrelated so I can have the opportunity to get something I don't want or need is absurd.
Fortunately, I'm not in college anymore. For the sake of everyone who still is, I hope this proposal dies like the Internet tax one did.
Starchaser Industries have successfully completed two manned parachute drop tests of their NOVA 2 rocket capsule.
The manned drop tests were carried out at the Red Lake drop zone in Arizona USA on the 22nd and 24th July 2003. The capsule was deployed from the rear cargo door of a Fairchild C123K aircraft at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
The capsule was put through a number of manoeuvres during its descent to fully validate the steerable ram-air parachute canopy that made it possible to fly the craft like a glider. Nova 2 was then brought in for a precision landing. Steve Bennett, Managing Director of Starchaser Industries, said, "We are pleased with how the capsule has performed, we've completed two very successful flights. These drop tests mark a significant milestone in Starchaser Industries manned space programme. We have proved the different key systems in our rocket programme and now have the technology to push forward in our bid to win the X PRIZE"
Weighing in at 250 kg and measuring 3-meters in length, the single seat Nova 2 capsule has become Britain's first manned rocket capsule and has been developed to test a variety of systems for use in project Thunderbird; Starchaser Industries entry into the US $10 million X PRIZE, which is on offer to the first non-governmental organisation capable of launching three people into space.
Steve Bennett is available for comment following the success of the manned drop tests, video footage and digital stills are available, please contact Lee Kirby on 08700 278766288 or email lee@starchaser.co.uk
In fact, in your scenario, you're dead wrong. All the food company needs to do is have a performer who's willing to work for them play your song per the compulsory license. Using your song in their ad without your permission is entirely legal even during the copyright term.
I've researched this compulsory license concept just now, and it's very interesting. Thanks for alerting me to it. Still, that's a special case; my general point still holds.
No. Only every time you want a copyright in it [
must you spend money and waste your time completing some registration process]. Do you seriously care about, e.g. your copyright in your/. post to which I'm replying to?
I wasn't considering things like/. posts as "creative works." The post is part of an ongoing debate, somewhat like a conversation. Sure, the public domain can have my/. posts.
On the other hand, if I wrote a five-page article about this topic and put it up on a web site, that would be different. In this particular case, I might allow copying because I'd want as many people to see my article as possible. But copyright is still useful to me: I might use a license that doesn't allow derivative works, so no one could make it look like I said something I didn't. Perhaps I would decree that "verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved."
What I don't like about having to pay money and register copyrights is that it will be easier for those with deeper pockets to register copyrights. Copyrighting should not be a privilege reserved for the rich.
Also, consider that copyright is required for the concept of copyleft (or "share-alike," as Creative Commons calls it) to work. I think it can be argued that copylefted works are sometimes more beneficial to the public than PD works.
There was only one edition, but there were multiple printings. I own the October 2002 printing, it seems.
Yes, the CD was shoddy, as are most CDs that come with books, even from otherwise respectable publishers. At least that's my experience. I still don't know why they had to put all the code on there twice, for Windows and *nix, even though it's all the same.
That was a cool book though. I learned some very interesting algorithms from it. I hadn't even heard of binary trees before I read it, and now I am an expert on the subject.
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It's not just whining, he wants to know if this is becoming common practise, because that's an interesting thing to know.
They may be dropping in popularity, but they are not going to die soon. They typically have more information than FAQs found on the Internet, and for less-popular games, they are often available sooner.
The parent poster is one of the following:
a) A very good troll (remember, you shouldn't feed the trolls)
b) A very stupid idiot (one who can't be reasoned with)
I can't be sure which. Either way, just ignore his shenanigans and don't encourage him to waste more of our time.
It was clever and funny at first, but now it's getting old.
8. Parent is a troll
9. ???
10. Mod parent down
Sometimes it isn't. GIMP rules! It's true that GIMP is missing a few of the more advanced features of Photoshop, but I would bet at least 90% of Photoshop users can easily use GIMP instead.
You forgot "the speed of Java."
As others have noted, 5.8 doesn't have a switch statement either. "Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, but don't tell anyone I said that" also appears in the perl manpage in 5.8, under the Bugs section. I wonder why they still haven't fixed it!
Cool. I've long wanted a text-only server I could post to. My ISP's news server doesn't allow posting messages, only reading them, and very few news servers carry the newsgroup alt.hate.gods. If you have access to that one, could you post some nice messages there for me, please?
Is the IDSA analogous to the RIAA or MPAA? If so, that is really too bad. But this article didn't make the phr0nt page, so maybe they won't see it.
So Microsoft wants to make Usenet more accessible to normal people. If they succeed, all the warez and other illegal stuff on Usenet will become more visible. Which means... it will get shut down?
"Pirated" things are posted on Usenet all the time. The reason no one does anything about it is that just about no one knows about Usenet. But now that's going to change. Think of the implications here.
This from someone who can't even spell "fish"!
No, seriously, I was half-joking in that post (as evidenced by the obvious goatse link), but you do know what I meant. If you really wanted to be a smartass, you could also have pointed out that I am under the influence of chemicals in my brain all the time.
I do not drink alcohol either. I prefer to experience life without being under the influence of chemicals, because chemicals suck ass. So believe me, you aren't alone on this one.
It's apparent from web sites like these that people are never going to forget classic games. But what about the video games today? Do they have the same lasting value?
It seems to me like recent games are lacking in the character the old ones had. I can't imagine in fifteen years still obsessing over what the game companies are coming out with now.
But who knows? Maybe that's when they said about System16 games back in the 80's. In any event, kudos to the creators of this great site.
The pictures didn't load in time, only the text.
I thought the reason to go to college was supposedly to learn things. Silly me. Now everyone who goes to college will be paying extra so they can have access to music they probably don't give a damn about.
This reminds me of the Internet tax, by which everyone would have to pay extra money for their Internet connections so a few dolts could get free music legally.
I already get free music legally: I compose it. Necessitating that I pay more for something unrelated so I can have the opportunity to get something I don't want or need is absurd.
Fortunately, I'm not in college anymore. For the sake of everyone who still is, I hope this proposal dies like the Internet tax one did.
That story was about planning a test drop. This story describes how the test drop has been finished successfully.
Starchaser Industries have successfully completed two manned parachute drop tests of their NOVA 2 rocket capsule.
The manned drop tests were carried out at the Red Lake drop zone in Arizona USA on the 22nd and 24th July 2003. The capsule was deployed from the rear cargo door of a Fairchild C123K aircraft at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
The capsule was put through a number of manoeuvres during its descent to fully validate the steerable ram-air parachute canopy that made it possible to fly the craft like a glider. Nova 2 was then brought in for a precision landing. Steve Bennett, Managing Director of Starchaser Industries, said, "We are pleased with how the capsule has performed, we've completed two very successful flights. These drop tests mark a significant milestone in Starchaser Industries manned space programme. We have proved the different key systems in our rocket programme and now have the technology to push forward in our bid to win the X PRIZE"
Weighing in at 250 kg and measuring 3-meters in length, the single seat Nova 2 capsule has become Britain's first manned rocket capsule and has been developed to test a variety of systems for use in project Thunderbird; Starchaser Industries entry into the US $10 million X PRIZE, which is on offer to the first non-governmental organisation capable of launching three people into space.
Steve Bennett is available for comment following the success of the manned drop tests, video footage and digital stills are available, please contact Lee Kirby on 08700 278766288 or email lee@starchaser.co.uk
On the other hand, if I wrote a five-page article about this topic and put it up on a web site, that would be different. In this particular case, I might allow copying because I'd want as many people to see my article as possible. But copyright is still useful to me: I might use a license that doesn't allow derivative works, so no one could make it look like I said something I didn't. Perhaps I would decree that "verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved."
What I don't like about having to pay money and register copyrights is that it will be easier for those with deeper pockets to register copyrights. Copyrighting should not be a privilege reserved for the rich.
Also, consider that copyright is required for the concept of copyleft (or "share-alike," as Creative Commons calls it) to work. I think it can be argued that copylefted works are sometimes more beneficial to the public than PD works.
There was only one edition, but there were multiple printings. I own the October 2002 printing, it seems.
Yes, the CD was shoddy, as are most CDs that come with books, even from otherwise respectable publishers. At least that's my experience. I still don't know why they had to put all the code on there twice, for Windows and *nix, even though it's all the same.
That was a cool book though. I learned some very interesting algorithms from it. I hadn't even heard of binary trees before I read it, and now I am an expert on the subject.