Sure, we also gain a standardized copy protection format which will be tuned not to break things like some existing copy protections *cough* Starforce *cough*.
And...standardization is good, just a single standard to bypass if we want to make backups instead of having to learn how to bypass multiple protections.
Sure, call me a pirate, but when want to play games on my laptop, I don't want to have to tote the CD around, I'd much mount the disc image to a virtual drive so I don't have to tote a breakable CD for every game I might play while traveling.
Well, it could be useful...except for the fact that almost all DSL and Cable ISPs include the modem in the monthly cost of the service, or allow you to rent one for a nominal fee.
Sure...but what about a phone number?
Say your number was (321) 987-6543
would you expect 321987654 to work? What about 3129876543?
I don't think so.
Or what if you addressed it to the wrong zip/postal code? Or to the wrong street address?
One word: Fiber.
Seriously, just string fiber optic lines along your power lines, you can easily mount repeaters and whatnot on the power towers and then do your last mile with good old cat5 cables (Ok...fine, last 328 feet) terminating in a repeater at the demarcation point.
It could have been something even simpler, probably the tech was looking up the modem using the MAC address that was on file, but potentially the group entering MAC addresses into that database made a mistake or didn't update it properly. So when the tech pulled up the diagnostics, he saw a modem that had been online...
Close, the 15% sales tax that most provinces have is actually the 7% gst (Goods and Services Tax IIRC, a fedaral tax) combined with the Provincial Sales Tax (IIRC) which in Ontario is 8% for a total of 15%. PST does not apply to food or other essentials though.
Actually, the TW people you would have been talking to were in your local area, it's just that the techs are incompetant fucktards.
I know this because I do tech support for Road Runner.
While I grant you that patenting innovations is a necessary evil, this so called innovation by Amazon has an incredably huge quantity of prior art. Why, on Tuesday, I ordered a gift for myself over the phone. Heck, 2 years ago, my parents used the phone to order a gift for me.
How the heck could this possibly get past the patent office is beyond me.
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Sure, we also gain a standardized copy protection format which will be tuned not to break things like some existing copy protections *cough* Starforce *cough*.
And...standardization is good, just a single standard to bypass if we want to make backups instead of having to learn how to bypass multiple protections.
Sure, call me a pirate, but when want to play games on my laptop, I don't want to have to tote the CD around, I'd much mount the disc image to a virtual drive so I don't have to tote a breakable CD for every game I might play while traveling.
Source.
Well, it could be useful...except for the fact that almost all DSL and Cable ISPs include the modem in the monthly cost of the service, or allow you to rent one for a nominal fee.
5000rpm? Forget that? Get a dremel! 35000rpm! You're going to be crusing around at 5191.667mph for a grand total of 124600 miles per day.
AT -> PS/2 -> USB... it could work, heck, I've done strange daisy chains of adapters before, but usually they were for stereo equipment...
And how many end-users have a flash writer?
Sure...but what about a phone number? Say your number was (321) 987-6543 would you expect 321987654 to work? What about 3129876543? I don't think so. Or what if you addressed it to the wrong zip/postal code? Or to the wrong street address?
One word: Fiber. Seriously, just string fiber optic lines along your power lines, you can easily mount repeaters and whatnot on the power towers and then do your last mile with good old cat5 cables (Ok...fine, last 328 feet) terminating in a repeater at the demarcation point.
Start -> Run -> Iexplore
*puts on a baseball cap* Ok, where's my cheque for $2 million?
Sir! I was only shooting at his helmet! Sir!
It could have been something even simpler, probably the tech was looking up the modem using the MAC address that was on file, but potentially the group entering MAC addresses into that database made a mistake or didn't update it properly. So when the tech pulled up the diagnostics, he saw a modem that had been online...
But it wasn't your modem.
Of course, sometimes that kind of perfectionism is the right thing for the job...
I see everybody talking about gmail, most from the perspective of having an account. What I want to know is how does one _get_ an account?
Close, the 15% sales tax that most provinces have is actually the 7% gst (Goods and Services Tax IIRC, a fedaral tax) combined with the Provincial Sales Tax (IIRC) which in Ontario is 8% for a total of 15%. PST does not apply to food or other essentials though.
Parent is extremely informative. Post not funny.
Your analogy is slightly flawed. Unless those are official Coca-Cola maps, then you are infringing on their trademark.
But if they're blind, how will they know that the One-Eyed man is not also blind?
I remember back in the day when they said 'millions' served...
Make Gigli look good?
Actually, the TW people you would have been talking to were in your local area, it's just that the techs are incompetant fucktards. I know this because I do tech support for Road Runner.
This is why, when you install the nForce drivers, you get an option to install the NVIDE drivers with a warning that they are experimental.
Would like Fries with that McJob?
How the heck could this possibly get past the patent office is beyond me.
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