Japan is tiny compared to India. That alone has a LOT to do with it. Japan, also, has a new train network. India's is very, very old. I mean seriously old.
Oh, and I'd like to see America function without high technology. Seriously, that would be hilarious. If all the intercity flights were grounded, and cars were taken off the road, the average US joe would use Amtrack to get around, and you'd soon understand the predicament India is in.
"A bill has been introduced into the House, with the endorsement of the recording industry, that would require children to get parental consent before using sharing software."
So, when the RIAA sees someone sharing songs, and it turns out to be a child, they can hold the parents legally responsible for the actions of their kids? I'd like to believe otherwise, but given RIAA's track record of wanting more legal power to prosecute sharers, they give me no reason to.
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Zero gravity labs can be mimiced here on earth...
Sure, but for only about 40 seconds at a time. That's not very useful if you want to study something in zero-gravity for more than 40 seconds, say something growing, or an animal doing something.
Also remember that just because a scientific experiment is being performed doesn't automatically require humans present. The Beagle2 probe, which will land on Mars later this year, contains lots of scientific equipment for in-situ analysis.
Even so, NASA needs people in space. Science almost demands it. Scientists can do a lot up there. However, sending people to space as political leverage or to make good TV footage is a serious mis-use of technology, which could have been used to further humanity.
But, as I said, its GUI probably wasn't half as nice as its Windows equivalent.
My point is, sure, lots of operating systems had features that Windows did (even before Windows 'adopted' them), it's just that Windows was the fist to put *all* of them in one place (and have the software you wanted working on it). That's what consumers are interested in, not an OS that does one or two things spectacularly well, and lacks everything else. It's like buying a car that can do 400mph, but doesn't steer.
It was the first company to put *all* of those in the same operating system. To be fair, Linux hasn't even got a GUI half as nice as Windows. Fair enough, the later redhats have good PnP, but earlier versions were a nightmare.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-linux (on the contrary). I just think we need to admit linux's shortcomings and do something about them, instead of defending the obvious flaws as happens so much. Otherwise, microsoft's market share won't be dented.
well, this link shows that eBay has a lot of electronically-distributale items up for bidding, so eBay obviously allows it, otherwise these guys wouldn't waste their time making hundreds of auctions for things that eBay doesn't allow. And, from what I read originally, eBay has had that clause for a long time, to fight off illegal mp3 dealing.
As I said, they enforce that rule when it helps them, and lets it slide when it doesn't.
As was mentioned by another poster in the original thread, eBay regularly allows electronically-transferrable items to be auctioned. the on-line game assets (gold, weapons, etc.) are traded regularly, and they can *only* be transferred electronically.
I guess eBay is covering its ass with that clause. They probably only pull it out when there's something potentially dangerous being auctioned, and let it slide when something the RIAA isn't going to get pissed about goes under the virtual hammer. With the RIAA in the trigger-happy state its in currently, I can hardly blame them.
No, taking a coke from a coke machine is the intended use of the machine. If I froze my hand off when I got the coke, of course I could sue. I did everything a normal person would do in consuming (or attempting to consume) their newly-purchased coke. I don't think McDonalds had people jamming cups of coffee between their legs in mind when they opted to use the flexible, bendylicious cups they use.
Even if the coffee was just really hot, what sort of an idiot would put it, in a flexy cup, between their legs? I mean, seriously - how can you even start to defend someone like that:-P
It's more simple than that. It's called "conflict of interests". The CEO and his company should be making an IMPARTIAL voting system (I'm sure that was mentioned in the brief, even if they did giggle when they all read it). It's hard for it to be impartial when the CEO and most of the board are heavy republican donators. It's as simple as that. It doesn't matter if the CEO of a milk company is a great friend of Bush's, he can't affect bush's political career through underhanded professional action. That is not the case with Diebold. Not at all.
Did you actually read what you wrote just then? wow.
It's coffee. Coffee is hot. People know that. People also know that putting hot things on their skin is a bad idea. People know that plastic/paper coffee cups aren't as solid as a ceramic mug.
It makes sense to me that she was stupid for putting herself in a position where a something hot, which she didn't know the exact temperature of, could be spilled on her skin. Maybe stupid is a bit harsh, but it's certainly not McDonald's fault. It would be like blaming Ford because you ran someone over in your Focus. "I didn't know if I pointed my car at a street full of people, closed my eyes and floored it, that people would die... I've never heard of this happening to anyone else". BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. I'm sure no-one's tried to grind a TV into dust and eat the whole set on cornflakes, so should the fist person to try that sue sony because they didn't have "don't eat me" written on the TVs?
Not maiming yourself on foodstuffs isn't exactly rocket science. Most people manage to do it every day.
The good thing about Range Rovers also, is they have great air conditioning;) good enough to dent the humid floridian heat.
True, they are viewed as status symbols, but co-incidentally they're actually extremely functional at what they do. Which Humvees, etc, just can't claim:)
Well, seeing as most american SUVs look so much alike it's unbelieveable, it's an easy mistake to make:)
And as for your "range rovers look crappy" remark, have you ever actually *seen* one of these things? Their sleek lines are pure style genius. A Dodge Durango looks like some sort of kids toy. No sophistication what-so-ever. And as for the interior, don't even get me started. There's no way Dodge's or Chevy's useless plasticy cheap-ass interiors stand up to the hand-stitched leather and walnut interiors of the RR.
What's the point in comparing your tweaked-up crate to a stock range rover?? Why not compare like with like? In which case, the overfinch would easily do the deed on your chevy. I mean, really. Let's hear a description of the Range Rover:
"This precision built unit produces an impressive 380 bhp (+94) and 376 lbs ft (+51)
torque, propelling the car to 60 mph in a sports car like 7.1 seconds. Special
emphasis has been placed on obtaining high torque values over a broad rev range
to produce traditionally effortless Overfinch performance characteristics. Also as
part of the 580 Sports model is a Close Ratio Gear Set and a new Dual Exit
Contoured Exhaust system with elegant polished stainless steel tips exiting on each
side. The exhausts are a discreet visual sign that the 580 S is no ordinary
Range Rover.
Externally the vehicle has also been
extensively enhanced with the exterior
benefiting from special 12 spoke 20" alloy
wheels, full aerodynamic styling (4 piece set),
colour coding and privacy glass. Internally,
three alternative polished wood packs or a
youthful brushed alloy look combine with
additional leather work (a hand-stitched
dashboard and/or Bentley style seating) to
improve the cabin ambience and uniquely
personalise the car."
I'm not saying you need it, but to be a truly off-road vehicle, automatic hill descent is a must.
Oh, and with off-road vehicles it's the torque that counts, not the BHP. The range rover, on wet grass, can out-accelerate a mercedes SLK on dry pavement. I'd like to see your Chevy Blazer do that:-P
And the reason you can buy 2-3 durangos for the price of a range rover, is that chevy cars/suvs are awful. Do they really think they look good? please don't say yes!
Obviously the SUV lobbyists have got to you, so there's no help. You probably vote republican too, so redemption is nigh-on impossible;)
Well, I've seen lots of the so-called "Off-Road" SUVs go head-to-head on muddy fields/hills/forests, etc., and unless you're buying a Range Rover, forget it. All the others just have the ground-clearance and appearance of off-roaders, but perform like your average family sedan.
New Range Rovers have BMW engines, and unlike the BMW SUVs have all of their off-road technology in place. Automatic hill descent? I don't see that in a Durango. Or a H2. Or anything else.
Just because it *looks* like it'll do the trick, and you feel all Ruggedly-outdoorsy when you're in it doesn't mean it can do the trick. In fact, the only trick that's been done is the one played on you by the dealership you got it from;)
Do you know H2 Hummers are just Tahoe-esque trucks with modified bodies? The bodies add so much weight to the already underpowered engine that their on-board fuel efficiency read-outs regularly display MPGs as low as 1.
Suburbans have probably been the staple of farm and ranch life because americans like to buy american, as they automatically assume it ensures quality. Unfortunately, manufacturers know that, and the products suffer.
For a real off-road vehicle, try the Overfinch-modified Range Rover. That's a *real* offroad car, not just some truck with raised suspension and a "I wanna be in the army!" body.
Actually, containerisation of cargoes led to the closing down of the docks. As containers started to become the de facto method of shipping goods, large docks weren't needed, as one crane can easily lift a huge amount of goods, drop them on a truck/train and off they go. Instead of needing a huge crew of guys messing around with sacks of things, etc.
WW2 didn't help, with most of the docklands being obliterated.
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Doom wasn't that big a break-through from Wolf3D. Under the hood it was essentially the same engine. Sure, you could have walls at non-90 degree angles, and sector heights fooled people into thinking they could move up and down (you couldn't look up or down, and heaven forbid putting a room above another room). True, the lighting was improved, but only so much as you could actually change the lighting values (even during the game), but it's not that big a deal.
Wolfenstein was a big deal as there wasn't even anything like it before. It had great sound and graphics (for the day), ran well, and was really enjoyable.
Doom was just the continuation of a thought. Wolf3D was the very beginning of that thought.
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It's fantastic. I use it all the time. It can automatically apply image-quality enhancing effects, only applying them when there is enough CPU time left to not affect the speed of the video being shown. It has great effects such as adding random grain to the image (sounds horrible, but is the true Anti-artifact, making blocky video look more like real film). Coupled with subtitle support, blurring, aspect ratio fixing, picture post-processing and support for any MPEG source (including DVD, RAW, XviD and a bunch of other things I've never even heard of).
If you want to watch movies, this is the codec to use. Nothing even comes close. And, as conner said, it's open source:)
Remember a few years ago, when notebooks came with parallel ports, serial ports, keyboard/moust ports - that was viewed as all we needed. Most people didn't use their PCMCIA slots. Now look at notebooks - I have an old dell inspiron, and without the PCMCIA slots it would be useless. You can't just look at technology and say "Well. That's useless to me now." because they're not making it for now, they're making it for further on down the road, when you're gonna look at these NEWCARD things and go "Thank god for them. Now I can plug my new [insert one of the myriad new technology names here] card into it".
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Well, unless the person was killed with the CD, wouldn't banning guns make more sense?
Oh, and I'd like to see America function without high technology. Seriously, that would be hilarious. If all the intercity flights were grounded, and cars were taken off the road, the average US joe would use Amtrack to get around, and you'd soon understand the predicament India is in.
It's easy to make fun of the little guy.
Surely ILM could put him in there using cgi :)
So, when the RIAA sees someone sharing songs, and it turns out to be a child, they can hold the parents legally responsible for the actions of their kids? I'd like to believe otherwise, but given RIAA's track record of wanting more legal power to prosecute sharers, they give me no reason to.
Sure, but for only about 40 seconds at a time. That's not very useful if you want to study something in zero-gravity for more than 40 seconds, say something growing, or an animal doing something.
Also remember that just because a scientific experiment is being performed doesn't automatically require humans present. The Beagle2 probe, which will land on Mars later this year, contains lots of scientific equipment for in-situ analysis.
Even so, NASA needs people in space. Science almost demands it. Scientists can do a lot up there. However, sending people to space as political leverage or to make good TV footage is a serious mis-use of technology, which could have been used to further humanity.
My point is, sure, lots of operating systems had features that Windows did (even before Windows 'adopted' them), it's just that Windows was the fist to put *all* of them in one place (and have the software you wanted working on it). That's what consumers are interested in, not an OS that does one or two things spectacularly well, and lacks everything else. It's like buying a car that can do 400mph, but doesn't steer.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-linux (on the contrary). I just think we need to admit linux's shortcomings and do something about them, instead of defending the obvious flaws as happens so much. Otherwise, microsoft's market share won't be dented.
As I said, they enforce that rule when it helps them, and lets it slide when it doesn't.
I guess eBay is covering its ass with that clause. They probably only pull it out when there's something potentially dangerous being auctioned, and let it slide when something the RIAA isn't going to get pissed about goes under the virtual hammer. With the RIAA in the trigger-happy state its in currently, I can hardly blame them.
Even if the coffee was just really hot, what sort of an idiot would put it, in a flexy cup, between their legs? I mean, seriously - how can you even start to defend someone like that :-P
It's more simple than that. It's called "conflict of interests". The CEO and his company should be making an IMPARTIAL voting system (I'm sure that was mentioned in the brief, even if they did giggle when they all read it). It's hard for it to be impartial when the CEO and most of the board are heavy republican donators. It's as simple as that. It doesn't matter if the CEO of a milk company is a great friend of Bush's, he can't affect bush's political career through underhanded professional action. That is not the case with Diebold. Not at all.
you mis-spelled "republicans" as "the people". easy mistake to make.
It's coffee. Coffee is hot. People know that. People also know that putting hot things on their skin is a bad idea. People know that plastic/paper coffee cups aren't as solid as a ceramic mug.
It makes sense to me that she was stupid for putting herself in a position where a something hot, which she didn't know the exact temperature of, could be spilled on her skin. Maybe stupid is a bit harsh, but it's certainly not McDonald's fault. It would be like blaming Ford because you ran someone over in your Focus. "I didn't know if I pointed my car at a street full of people, closed my eyes and floored it, that people would die... I've never heard of this happening to anyone else". BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. I'm sure no-one's tried to grind a TV into dust and eat the whole set on cornflakes, so should the fist person to try that sue sony because they didn't have "don't eat me" written on the TVs?
Not maiming yourself on foodstuffs isn't exactly rocket science. Most people manage to do it every day.
True, they are viewed as status symbols, but co-incidentally they're actually extremely functional at what they do. Which Humvees, etc, just can't claim :)
And as for your "range rovers look crappy" remark, have you ever actually *seen* one of these things? Their sleek lines are pure style genius. A Dodge Durango looks like some sort of kids toy. No sophistication what-so-ever. And as for the interior, don't even get me started. There's no way Dodge's or Chevy's useless plasticy cheap-ass interiors stand up to the hand-stitched leather and walnut interiors of the RR.
What's the point in comparing your tweaked-up crate to a stock range rover?? Why not compare like with like? In which case, the overfinch would easily do the deed on your chevy. I mean, really. Let's hear a description of the Range Rover:
" This precision built unit produces an impressive 380 bhp (+94) and 376 lbs ft (+51) torque, propelling the car to 60 mph in a sports car like 7.1 seconds. Special emphasis has been placed on obtaining high torque values over a broad rev range to produce traditionally effortless Overfinch performance characteristics. Also as part of the 580 Sports model is a Close Ratio Gear Set and a new Dual Exit Contoured Exhaust system with elegant polished stainless steel tips exiting on each side. The exhausts are a discreet visual sign that the 580 S is no ordinary Range Rover.
Externally the vehicle has also been extensively enhanced with the exterior benefiting from special 12 spoke 20" alloy wheels, full aerodynamic styling (4 piece set), colour coding and privacy glass. Internally, three alternative polished wood packs or a youthful brushed alloy look combine with additional leather work (a hand-stitched dashboard and/or Bentley style seating) to improve the cabin ambience and uniquely personalise the car. "
Oh, and with off-road vehicles it's the torque that counts, not the BHP. The range rover, on wet grass, can out-accelerate a mercedes SLK on dry pavement. I'd like to see your Chevy Blazer do that :-P
And the reason you can buy 2-3 durangos for the price of a range rover, is that chevy cars/suvs are awful. Do they really think they look good? please don't say yes!
Obviously the SUV lobbyists have got to you, so there's no help. You probably vote republican too, so redemption is nigh-on impossible ;)
apt sig, btw.
New Range Rovers have BMW engines, and unlike the BMW SUVs have all of their off-road technology in place. Automatic hill descent? I don't see that in a Durango. Or a H2. Or anything else.
Just because it *looks* like it'll do the trick, and you feel all Ruggedly-outdoorsy when you're in it doesn't mean it can do the trick. In fact, the only trick that's been done is the one played on you by the dealership you got it from ;)
Suburbans have probably been the staple of farm and ranch life because americans like to buy american, as they automatically assume it ensures quality. Unfortunately, manufacturers know that, and the products suffer.
For a real off-road vehicle, try the Overfinch-modified Range Rover. That's a *real* offroad car, not just some truck with raised suspension and a "I wanna be in the army!" body.
Excuse you!
WW2 didn't help, with most of the docklands being obliterated.
Wolfenstein was a big deal as there wasn't even anything like it before. It had great sound and graphics (for the day), ran well, and was really enjoyable.
Doom was just the continuation of a thought. Wolf3D was the very beginning of that thought.
24fps! That says it all! :-P
If you want to watch movies, this is the codec to use. Nothing even comes close. And, as conner said, it's open source :)
Remember a few years ago, when notebooks came with parallel ports, serial ports, keyboard/moust ports - that was viewed as all we needed. Most people didn't use their PCMCIA slots. Now look at notebooks - I have an old dell inspiron, and without the PCMCIA slots it would be useless. You can't just look at technology and say "Well. That's useless to me now." because they're not making it for now, they're making it for further on down the road, when you're gonna look at these NEWCARD things and go "Thank god for them. Now I can plug my new [insert one of the myriad new technology names here] card into it".
SCO claimed some of their code was in there and tried to charge Kasparov $14bn? I hear he disassembled it with his own teeth...