Most people don't know that there were no pizza delivery boys before porn. After the first movie featuring that mythical job, there was suddenly demand for the position. That's why drivers can be paid relatively little.... they're waiting for those special customers (that may never appear).
I was going to rant and rave about people complaining about their phone costs, but your post has inspired me. Thank you. I have family going out of the country pretty soon:)
Good encryption requires a good "key". Forget password, think passphrase.
Encryption is great when it's somebody intercepting your messages or data, but not so useful when they have access to an endpoint.
The effectiveness of a good lock is severely reduced if you can't remove the keys from it. Most hardware like this has a copy that can be gotten at by the diligent. It's how bluray ended up losing it's DRM.
Exactly. If you lived in those countries, porn access wasn't allowed anyhow (pretty much unenforceable, though). It won't change anything. Porn sites will keep their.com/net/sheep TLD names and have a.xxx one. Countries or networks with filters in place will still have circumvention by whatever means are needed. The politicians and folks in power can now make empty boasts about cleaning up the internet and the rest of us can still enjoy the things from the pre-.xxx world like nothing happened.
Wake me up when the US Bible belt states try to ban access to a certain classic that has a part where two daughters get their father drunk specifically so they can have sex with him.
Free healthcare, the same pay amongst peers (regardless of the profession), food and shelter paid for by the government. The military is socialist, you insensitive capitalist pig!
Gawdz, I miss it some days. Mostly while doing my insurance forms >.>
The problem Linux has had is the ability to help a company keep it's lights on. When it's sold by companies like IBM or Redhat, people are paying for the name more than the product. The community, which is a strength of Linux, is rather harsh when you try stuff, screaming about the "free as in beer/speech" bit.
And that's fine. The strength of one's opinion is why we love Linux. Still, most ignore the fact that the free "as in beer" part still has to be paid by somebody. So the community ends up ditching the distro and going elsewhere. That's fine too. One has to wonder, though, how long companies or individuals will be willing to put up cash to finance a distro's infrastructure when the community has issues with recouping costs. If you've sent money (or time) their way in some way, shape or form, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about average users who give nothing back to the system other than notching the download meter count up by one. This mass hurd, while useful for gaining momentum, is also a fickle problem that needs to be addressed in some way.
"Free: The Future of a Radical Price", by Chris Anderson, is an interesting read on how "free" worked and works. Oh, and look, no affiliate link. Free link!:P And before anybody asks, I've paid for several distros directly from the teams as a way to show my support. The Lycoris team, for example, was doing a great job. Not everybody is lucky enough to have their efforts rewarded by a buyout, though.
Is there also a tag for the news source that properly edits it? The one, for example, that knows the difference between "brakes" and "breaks"?
Actually, no. Google is doing it's utmost to acknowledge publishers that request DMCA takedowns. "Brakes", as in "hitting the car's brakes", was the intended meaning.
Paranoid types might suggest nobody wants legal workers, only illegals. Then you can treat them like crap for less and still threaten deportation whenever you like. The only question is where the US citizens go for our illegal work.
Expensive in small batches or in bulk? I'm kind of doubting there'll be economies of scale to help drop the prices. Besides, playing to people's fears isn't supposed to be chea... unprofitable.
The real question is what could "Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer" have looked like if it had the time, modern benefits and budget you mentioned. Not to say it'd look as nice, but I'm sure it'd be better (assuming they don't stay with the kiddie looking format).
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Most people don't know that there were no pizza delivery boys before porn. After the first movie featuring that mythical job, there was suddenly demand for the position. That's why drivers can be paid relatively little.... they're waiting for those special customers (that may never appear).
I loved that Apple's antenna issue affected lefties more than right handed folks.
News for luddites?
By their nature, bad drivers can't self-identify. It's the other driver, not them, right?
I'm waiting to see if they drop the 4's price after the announcement or release. Hell, even an 8gig model might suit my needs for the thing.
That's horrible. Mod up please.
I was going to rant and rave about people complaining about their phone costs, but your post has inspired me. Thank you. I have family going out of the country pretty soon :)
Good encryption requires a good "key". Forget password, think passphrase.
Encryption is great when it's somebody intercepting your messages or data, but not so useful when they have access to an endpoint.
The effectiveness of a good lock is severely reduced if you can't remove the keys from it. Most hardware like this has a copy that can be gotten at by the diligent. It's how bluray ended up losing it's DRM.
Oh, and this.
The tech savvy Linux geek cares only if you don't make it OSS ;)
Both options probably cost $10 and a stamp per citizen.
Exactly. If you lived in those countries, porn access wasn't allowed anyhow (pretty much unenforceable, though). It won't change anything. Porn sites will keep their .com/net/sheep TLD names and have a .xxx one. Countries or networks with filters in place will still have circumvention by whatever means are needed. The politicians and folks in power can now make empty boasts about cleaning up the internet and the rest of us can still enjoy the things from the pre-.xxx world like nothing happened.
Wake me up when the US Bible belt states try to ban access to a certain classic that has a part where two daughters get their father drunk specifically so they can have sex with him.
Free healthcare, the same pay amongst peers (regardless of the profession), food and shelter paid for by the government. The military is socialist, you insensitive capitalist pig!
Gawdz, I miss it some days. Mostly while doing my insurance forms >.>
The problem Linux has had is the ability to help a company keep it's lights on. When it's sold by companies like IBM or Redhat, people are paying for the name more than the product. The community, which is a strength of Linux, is rather harsh when you try stuff, screaming about the "free as in beer/speech" bit.
:P And before anybody asks, I've paid for several distros directly from the teams as a way to show my support. The Lycoris team, for example, was doing a great job. Not everybody is lucky enough to have their efforts rewarded by a buyout, though.
And that's fine. The strength of one's opinion is why we love Linux. Still, most ignore the fact that the free "as in beer" part still has to be paid by somebody. So the community ends up ditching the distro and going elsewhere. That's fine too. One has to wonder, though, how long companies or individuals will be willing to put up cash to finance a distro's infrastructure when the community has issues with recouping costs. If you've sent money (or time) their way in some way, shape or form, I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about average users who give nothing back to the system other than notching the download meter count up by one. This mass hurd, while useful for gaining momentum, is also a fickle problem that needs to be addressed in some way.
"Free: The Future of a Radical Price", by Chris Anderson, is an interesting read on how "free" worked and works. Oh, and look, no affiliate link. Free link!
One that plays a lot of Plants vs Zombies.
If it's not Linus, then we might assume it's Rerun or Lucy.
Sure he just didn't forget to log out on the original owner's account? I can see FB getting a ticket that "my uploaded pic didn't post to my page".
Oh good. I was worried those SEC guys lost their jobs. They just transferred.
Which only proves that they can compete with McAfee.
Is there also a tag for the news source that properly edits it? The one, for example, that knows the difference between "brakes" and "breaks"?
Actually, no. Google is doing it's utmost to acknowledge publishers that request DMCA takedowns. "Brakes", as in "hitting the car's brakes", was the intended meaning.
Paranoid types might suggest nobody wants legal workers, only illegals. Then you can treat them like crap for less and still threaten deportation whenever you like. The only question is where the US citizens go for our illegal work.
Expensive in small batches or in bulk? I'm kind of doubting there'll be economies of scale to help drop the prices. Besides, playing to people's fears isn't supposed to be chea... unprofitable.
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The real question is what could "Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer" have looked like if it had the time, modern benefits and budget you mentioned. Not to say it'd look as nice, but I'm sure it'd be better (assuming they don't stay with the kiddie looking format).
Real statistics don't cut it in the world of headlines.