I was one of the "lucky" ones that had a 6 Mb Yahoo mail account (it was later trimmed down to... 4 Mb?) since I've had it for like 6 years.
6 years. But then Goggle comes and in a matter of days my account is upgraded to 100 Mb. They couldn't really afford to do that for the last 6 years, yet as soon as a competitor shows up they start offering upgrades.
Well, too bad, I'm going to Gmail and their targeted ads and I feel no remorse leaving behind Yahoo and their sucktastic advertising.
>And realized Marvel is completely out to lunch on this. They claim that CoH is infringing IP because they didn't disallow people from typing in the specific, trademarked names?
It gets better, they actually do disallow them. Cryptic sent a request to Marvel, DC and others for a list of trademarked stuff they wanted banned, and you won't be able to name your character just "Hulk" or "Superman", because that's filtered.
Re:and dell's incentive would be what, exactly?
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> pissing off the company that sells them OEM operating systems at very low prices?
No, more like cutting down their service calls when people's browsers stop downloading and running viral/spyware shit without their knowledge.
>is if there was life on mars, could the species
>have used all their possible oxygen(assuming they
>brethed it of course), and having nothing to
>reproduce the oxygen, just kinda bounced off the
>planet?
Uh... no. O2 is a byproduct of photosynthesis (well, more specifically, the electron transport chain in the tylakoid that obtains electrons from water to create reduced NAD(P)H, but that's splitting hairs). Life existed for a long time on Earth without atmospheric oxygen. In fact, the apparition of massive quantities of oxygen in the atmosphere was probably a disaster of cataclysmic proportions for many living cells back then (dead cells being notoriously unaffected by changes in the environment).
The fact that there's so much aerobic life as of today (there're still plenty of O2-less ecosystems out there) is just that organisms adapted to those rude algae and plants making O2 like crazy. It's by no means a requirement for life.
Well, according to this it actually transmutes to U-233, which is also usable. The whole point is its much higher abundance, but anyway, we'll see *shrug*
The key difference is, IMO, the abuse of the pesticide, not just its use. Usually herbicides have to be carefully used because an excessive usage of these toxic substances can have a negative impact on the crop itself.
That's not the case here, where they were spraying left and right in massive quanitites to completely destroy the coca crops. "Collateral damage" to the plant population of the area was not even considered. The same is happening now with GM crops that are resistant to herbicides, their ideal use would be simply to lessen the side effects of the pesticide when used the same way we've been using them before, but instead they're just the perfect excuse to use tons of the stuff to kill all the weeds, not just "many".
Just like DDT, it can be very effective, but if you put excessive selective pressure for anything that makes the organism resistant to your favourite poison, you will eventually select the resistant ones and you'll be fucked. (Less likely, of course, the longer the cycle of the organism is, as it's a race between the killing rate to make it extinct and the mutation rate to become resistant, but Coca becoming extinct is not going to happen, so guess where we will end up...).
Of course, I'm only a molecular biologist, so I'm not an expert in the particular field. But seems to me that we're about to make the same dumb mistakes we've been making for a long long time. The reperirion of the pattern is so clear it almost makes you weep.
>Thorium is used as a "fertile material", not a "fissionable material", so it is not of much use until/unless we have efficient breeder reactors.
Fair enough, but given the numbers posted by the OP I'd that 117 years is plenty of time to develop that tech, specially if nuclear power becomes the primary source of power for us. After we figure it out, it's a smooth ride for a few more centuries, which (hopefully) would give us just enough time to get fussion going...
>What does this mean about drug control policy and the extensive use of one herbicide repeatedly
One'd have thought someone would have learned something of the whole antibiotic resistance problem we've developed after years of abusing them without control. This kind of thing was not in any shape or form unpredictable or unexpected.
>How about if Bin Laden were to fly an airplane into a spent fuel storage pool and plunge an entire state into chaos, radiation, sickness and death?
Most likely the plane would go up in flames, whereas the storage facility would be barely scratched. And that's only for the unlikely scenario of said storage facility being above ground.
Thorium is a source of nuclear power. There is probably more untapped energy available for use from thorium in the minerals of the earth's crust than from combined uranium and fossil fuel sources.
Alternatively, you can just use a cheat to get some goddamned permanent light. I swear the whole "pitch black = scary" bullshit pissed me off the whole 3 hours I managed to play that shit.
Don't get me wrong, I see no appeal whatsoever in this kind of stuff, but as of today the only high level "Raid" content of the game is Hamidon. Are there plans to add more raids like this to the game, or (hopefully) add some different kind of massively cooperative content for the high level characters to munch on?
Two words: ATI drivers. These fuckers have to be compiled in the kernel, and I don't doubt there may be some other dumbasses who make similar drivers for other stuff. If the kernel just compiles like that (as in, is designed to just compile on boot), it'd make messing with the drivers less painful.
>True, but they're not going after the Australian web site, but rather, the one based in the US. Of course, they have to prove a connection between the two...
That's pretty much what makes me think what I posted. Eventually, they'll have to go after the aussies if they want GWTW taken down on the australian server. We'll have to wait and see I guess...
>Next week the japanese government will start issuing cease and desists for porn sites in the US for showing content against their laws.
No no, you have it all wrong, according to US laws (read: crap being pushed by Disney & Co. for unlimited and unrestricted copyright) it works only ONE way. That is, you can sue out of the US, but you are supposed to be ignored if you try the other way around.
I severely doubt this would fly in a court room. Australian law says it's public domain and it's hosted in an Australian server. Now, of course, the problem is that the copyright holder is aiming at "winning" by hoping the GP guys won't fight over it.
Perhaps Australian politicians like to please the US (as I've read in comments by aussies in some internet boards, no idea if that's the case), but I'd be very surprised if the judges are going to play along nicely when someone tries to push their country laws over their own.
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> Guys...? Mods...? Are you dense? This is supposed to be rated Funny!
Funny doesn't give Karma, hence some people +1 some funny posts with other stuff.
I was one of the "lucky" ones that had a 6 Mb Yahoo mail account (it was later trimmed down to... 4 Mb?) since I've had it for like 6 years.
6 years. But then Goggle comes and in a matter of days my account is upgraded to 100 Mb. They couldn't really afford to do that for the last 6 years, yet as soon as a competitor shows up they start offering upgrades.
Well, too bad, I'm going to Gmail and their targeted ads and I feel no remorse leaving behind Yahoo and their sucktastic advertising.
>And realized Marvel is completely out to lunch on this. They claim that CoH is infringing IP because they didn't disallow people from typing in the specific, trademarked names?
It gets better, they actually do disallow them. Cryptic sent a request to Marvel, DC and others for a list of trademarked stuff they wanted banned, and you won't be able to name your character just "Hulk" or "Superman", because that's filtered.
> pissing off the company that sells them OEM operating systems at very low prices?
No, more like cutting down their service calls when people's browsers stop downloading and running viral/spyware shit without their knowledge.
Lineage 2 already beat you to it.
>This thing looks like a sci-fi explosion ...
It does? It's got 6 buttons and a screen, and that's it. Hell, it could pass as a mobile phone if you're not careful.
>is if there was life on mars, could the species
>have used all their possible oxygen(assuming they
>brethed it of course), and having nothing to
>reproduce the oxygen, just kinda bounced off the
>planet?
Uh... no. O2 is a byproduct of photosynthesis (well, more specifically, the electron transport chain in the tylakoid that obtains electrons from water to create reduced NAD(P)H, but that's splitting hairs). Life existed for a long time on Earth without atmospheric oxygen. In fact, the apparition of massive quantities of oxygen in the atmosphere was probably a disaster of cataclysmic proportions for many living cells back then (dead cells being notoriously unaffected by changes in the environment).
The fact that there's so much aerobic life as of today (there're still plenty of O2-less ecosystems out there) is just that organisms adapted to those rude algae and plants making O2 like crazy. It's by no means a requirement for life.
World of Warcraft beta client (seeded and hosted by Blizzard)...
Well, according to this it actually transmutes to U-233, which is also usable. The whole point is its much higher abundance, but anyway, we'll see *shrug*
The key difference is, IMO, the abuse of the pesticide, not just its use. Usually herbicides have to be carefully used because an excessive usage of these toxic substances can have a negative impact on the crop itself.
That's not the case here, where they were spraying left and right in massive quanitites to completely destroy the coca crops. "Collateral damage" to the plant population of the area was not even considered. The same is happening now with GM crops that are resistant to herbicides, their ideal use would be simply to lessen the side effects of the pesticide when used the same way we've been using them before, but instead they're just the perfect excuse to use tons of the stuff to kill all the weeds, not just "many".
Just like DDT, it can be very effective, but if you put excessive selective pressure for anything that makes the organism resistant to your favourite poison, you will eventually select the resistant ones and you'll be fucked. (Less likely, of course, the longer the cycle of the organism is, as it's a race between the killing rate to make it extinct and the mutation rate to become resistant, but Coca becoming extinct is not going to happen, so guess where we will end up...).
Of course, I'm only a molecular biologist, so I'm not an expert in the particular field. But seems to me that we're about to make the same dumb mistakes we've been making for a long long time. The reperirion of the pattern is so clear it almost makes you weep.
>Thorium is used as a "fertile material", not a "fissionable material", so it is not of much use until/unless we have efficient breeder reactors.
Fair enough, but given the numbers posted by the OP I'd that 117 years is plenty of time to develop that tech, specially if nuclear power becomes the primary source of power for us. After we figure it out, it's a smooth ride for a few more centuries, which (hopefully) would give us just enough time to get fussion going...
>What does this mean about drug control policy and the extensive use of one herbicide repeatedly
One'd have thought someone would have learned something of the whole antibiotic resistance problem we've developed after years of abusing them without control. This kind of thing was not in any shape or form unpredictable or unexpected.
>How about if Bin Laden were to fly an airplane into a spent fuel storage pool and plunge an entire state into chaos, radiation, sickness and death?
Most likely the plane would go up in flames, whereas the storage facility would be barely scratched. And that's only for the unlikely scenario of said storage facility being above ground.
Uranium is not the answer. Thorium is.
Thorium is a source of nuclear power. There is probably more untapped energy available for use from thorium in the minerals of the earth's crust than from combined uranium and fossil fuel sources.
Alternatively, you can just use a cheat to get some goddamned permanent light. I swear the whole "pitch black = scary" bullshit pissed me off the whole 3 hours I managed to play that shit.
Don't get me wrong, I see no appeal whatsoever in this kind of stuff, but as of today the only high level "Raid" content of the game is Hamidon. Are there plans to add more raids like this to the game, or (hopefully) add some different kind of massively cooperative content for the high level characters to munch on?
I tried, but it's already /.ed.
Man that was fast...
Two words: ATI drivers. These fuckers have to be compiled in the kernel, and I don't doubt there may be some other dumbasses who make similar drivers for other stuff. If the kernel just compiles like that (as in, is designed to just compile on boot), it'd make messing with the drivers less painful.
> Why would this go to the Aussie judges? US citizens are suing an organization based in the US for violating US law.
Well, my assumption is that at some point they're gonna have to take it to Australia if they want the file over there to be taken down.
>True, but they're not going after the Australian web site, but rather, the one based in the US. Of course, they have to prove a connection between the two...
That's pretty much what makes me think what I posted. Eventually, they'll have to go after the aussies if they want GWTW taken down on the australian server. We'll have to wait and see I guess...
>Next week the japanese government will start issuing cease and desists for porn sites in the US for showing content against their laws.
No no, you have it all wrong, according to US laws (read: crap being pushed by Disney & Co. for unlimited and unrestricted copyright) it works only ONE way. That is, you can sue out of the US, but you are supposed to be ignored if you try the other way around.
I severely doubt this would fly in a court room. Australian law says it's public domain and it's hosted in an Australian server. Now, of course, the problem is that the copyright holder is aiming at "winning" by hoping the GP guys won't fight over it.
Perhaps Australian politicians like to please the US (as I've read in comments by aussies in some internet boards, no idea if that's the case), but I'd be very surprised if the judges are going to play along nicely when someone tries to push their country laws over their own.
Scabbers! No!!
> They also card you for ANYTHING coded "Mature", and will not sell it to anyone under 18.
Ah, so there is something they do right.
User errors in such a system are mostly design mistakes, says I (wi' a curse).