I agree, bittorrest is very useful and actually has a lot of legal sofware. It is the exception; most every filesharing program is used by 99% of its users for illegal activity. If someone doesn't believe me, go and look for yourself.
The thing is that all of this stuff is availible on web pages already. P2P is used almost exclusively for copyright infringement, if it wasn't you could get the same stuff from a normal server. If you want legal software you can go to sourceforge or download.com or wherever it is distributed. If you want legal music there are places for that. Everyone who uses P2P knows that it is for illegal use. Yes, there are some legal transfers on P2P, but the vast majority are not.
If the government shut down P2P this would not stop you from non copyright infringing transfers. People need to stop pretending that Napster and all of its descendents are not for stealing music and software, they are specifically meant for that.
The title Prince of Wales came from the fact that Edward I (of Braveheart fame) conquered Wales after many had tried. He created the title for his son, Edward II, and it has been used since.
They weren't laid off for no reason whatsoever. Like any company, AOLs goal is to make a profit, not to provide jobs. If those 950 people were helping profits, they would still be with the company. If they wish now they can go help another company, although hopefully the next one will be smarter about having the correct number of employees. Or they could even start their own employee friendly company.
Look, if AOL is really being dumb they will go out of business because another company will be smart and not fire people "because they felt like it." Maybe Disney fired those people because they could be a more profitable company without them. Maybe you think capitalism sucks, but communism is even worse.
You hit the nail on the head. The main reason I want a new PC (I have a Dell notebook with a 1ghrz p3) is to play Doom 3. KDE and all it's eye candy could run a little faster but the game is what will motivate me to blow money on a computer.
They would be well-versed in squad combat techniques, for a start
Yeah Counterstrike is going to teach them how to be proficent soldiers? That is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen posted here in a while. By your reasoning if they played Starcraft a lot they would know how to command an army and be a general in real life.
We are securing safety for America by elimating a threat to our security. If you consider that to be "securing American interests" that's fine with me. I'd rather get rid of the terrorist supporters in the world than die in a terrorist attack. If oil is the big key, why did the United States go into Afghanistan? There's no oil there. It was for security, as this war is. Yes, it isn't really about freeing the Iraqi people, but there's nothing wrong with positive consequences.
I'm sick of liberals like you making us seem to be the bad guys. We have said all along that we will not try to rule Iraq. This is not Victorian English or the brief period of American Imperialism. We are not colonists anymore. Wake up. You may not like Bush or Blair, but their plan all along has NOT been to take over Iraq. People like you are always looking to start trouble.
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I agree, bittorrest is very useful and actually has a lot of legal sofware. It is the exception; most every filesharing program is used by 99% of its users for illegal activity. If someone doesn't believe me, go and look for yourself.
The thing is that all of this stuff is availible on web pages already. P2P is used almost exclusively for copyright infringement, if it wasn't you could get the same stuff from a normal server. If you want legal software you can go to sourceforge or download.com or wherever it is distributed. If you want legal music there are places for that. Everyone who uses P2P knows that it is for illegal use. Yes, there are some legal transfers on P2P, but the vast majority are not.
If the government shut down P2P this would not stop you from non copyright infringing transfers. People need to stop pretending that Napster and all of its descendents are not for stealing music and software, they are specifically meant for that.
The title Prince of Wales came from the fact that Edward I (of Braveheart fame) conquered Wales after many had tried. He created the title for his son, Edward II, and it has been used since.
They weren't laid off for no reason whatsoever. Like any company, AOLs goal is to make a profit, not to provide jobs. If those 950 people were helping profits, they would still be with the company. If they wish now they can go help another company, although hopefully the next one will be smarter about having the correct number of employees. Or they could even start their own employee friendly company.
Look, if AOL is really being dumb they will go out of business because another company will be smart and not fire people "because they felt like it." Maybe Disney fired those people because they could be a more profitable company without them. Maybe you think capitalism sucks, but communism is even worse.
You hit the nail on the head. The main reason I want a new PC (I have a Dell notebook with a 1ghrz p3) is to play Doom 3. KDE and all it's eye candy could run a little faster but the game is what will motivate me to blow money on a computer.
All the ballots were later counted by several (liberal) mainstream newspapers and Bush won in every scenario. Look it up. The right outcome happened.
Is it really that hard to remove the startup script links for inetd and apt-get install ssh?
should still be in the top 5 when the new rankings come out in November.
Wow, ranked higher than the Virginia Tech football team this year.
The whole product assumes that geeks even go outside, and I'm not sure that it happens. ;)
Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer and naval nuclear engineer, not that I think he wass a good president at all.
Can you see me now? Good!
Yeah Counterstrike is going to teach them how to be proficent soldiers? That is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen posted here in a while.
By your reasoning if they played Starcraft a lot they would know how to command an army and be a general in real life.
and Those who can't teach, teach P.E. (Phys Ed)
told to me by my 8th grade math teacher
Don't worry, you'll prolly see this story posted again. ;)
The Democratic party has been around since 1832. 1832 was more than 100 years ago.
We are securing safety for America by elimating a threat to our security. If you consider that to be "securing American interests" that's fine with me. I'd rather get rid of the terrorist supporters in the world than die in a terrorist attack. If oil is the big key, why did the United States go into Afghanistan? There's no oil there. It was for security, as this war is. Yes, it isn't really about freeing the Iraqi people, but there's nothing wrong with positive consequences.
I'm sick of liberals like you making us seem to be the bad guys. We have said all along that we will not try to rule Iraq. This is not Victorian English or the brief period of American Imperialism. We are not colonists anymore. Wake up. You may not like Bush or Blair, but their plan all along has NOT been to take over Iraq. People like you are always looking to start trouble.
Legacy Free PocketPCs of course!
During the Clinton presidency I believe 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. was actually used as a brothel.
Ever hear of a TV out port on a PC?
X11 is much better than X10 because X11 doesn't have annoying pop-up ads!
Real time strategy games!
No wait, I'm dreaming.
I was a huge RTS fan but the whole genre has been played out.
Yet my 9 year old Ford has yet to do this...
With a second partition that contains an OS that is labelled as "LINUX".
(not "GNU/Linux")
Make them wear a banner that says "I make bad jokes."