BTW alcohol - we evolved to consume reasonable amounts of it (same with some other animals), to the point that it's actually good for you (again, in reasonable quantities); basically, if given four preferences for fruits - one for none at all, second for the rotten ones, third for fresh ones and fourth for...somewhat fermented ones - guess which two will result in bigger success, leaving more offspring.
This of course in no way justifies the amounts many people consume nowadays, to the point of harming themselves. But hey, same deal with meat.
Plus I don't see why December 25 - Jan 1 should be hijacked as "Christmas"...yes, I'm making the reverse argument of "but it has always been Christmas, so why not continue calling it just that?!". A bit reducing the issue into the realm of absurd...but not quite.
Fact is, most cultures have (and had long before contact with Christianity) some sort of holiday or celebration at around that time. Heck, Christmas is basically just Saturnalia / Sol Invictus / Slavic Pagan Yearly Feast (at my place; seriously, thousand years later and the customs are practically identical, far more then similarities to Christianity now and thousand years ago), just with small mythology swap.
It's a good date simply because humans attached strong symbolic value to the time of year when days are starting to become longer. Maybe also some advantage in the area of evolution of societies - for example: in the time with smallest amount of sunlight (which we need) it's beneficial to rest, find support in people close to you.
Just shows more how those are simply "feel good" laws, illogically motivated...
Funny thing is - from what I see an act of stacking alcohol supply instead of simply going to buy it when needed...helps increase the consumption a bit.
Or in this case "yeah, the horse might be dead...but if we pretend it isn't then we, the caretakers, get to keep our job"
Really, does anybody need more than circumstances descibed in TFS to conclude that the RIAA nowadays and this new trial is solely for the finacial benefit of lawyers?
Transcoding is a non issue if it's done properly (also notice that I didn't claim anything about Linux; state of video for Linux is not good enough for me anyway)
But what iMovie and FCE do while handling video is simply a transgression.
Sony Vegas Platinum is $85, offers more than FCE, while managing to be actually technically competent. Sony Vegas Pro - less than $500 for a software in the ballpark of FCP.
iMovie can't even support it's own native formats properly (well, the formats themselves are fubared...), I wouldn't trust it with plugins or conversion.
...It's a great program that puts world class non-linear editing within reach of most everybody.... Now there is no credible non-linear video editing program for linux. Both platforms are a niche market, both excel in ways that windows does not, and both are a victim of that nitch-i-ness.
You seem to almost imply Windows doesn't have a world class video editor? Vegas makes more and more headway for some time...
At least FCP is sensible technically...but other powerfull software, like Sony Vegas, can be had for less than half the price (that doesn't even take into account the hardware), so...
Apple introduced DRM-free tracks in iTunes not long after few European countries expressed the possibility of blocking iTunes outright (not saying that was the only possible reason)
One doesn't have to be a monopoly to be reminded of obligations. Abusive is enough; braking law is enough (as you...sort of pointed out). I wonder which iPhone will finally have removable battery...
Naturally. And yet...look at quite recent state of banking mess. Wasn't there also a story not that long ago how most bank security breaches are inside jobs?
Being not that far from Scandinavia I can also assure you that there's something to be said about their ethics all around (well, at least in comparison to the one I'm used to, in post-Soviet colony...); plus I would be really surprised if access to Opera proxy servers wasn't appropriately limited.
That said, I agree it still doesn't render not trusting them unreasonable. But my junk account with "floating password" authorisation and requring SMS code confirmation for every operation - good enough.
Well, if my bank would let one use Opera Mini, and they don't. Problem solved.
(not saying that not trusting Opera is not a valid choice; just be carefull how you justify it; also, when running mobile phone with at least some software you haven't written yourself; and taking into account that Opera is a Nordic company...)
Uhm, Opera Mini is primarily an app for more then a billion or so "feature phones" out there, the ones with j2me; it gives them rather nice browsing experience (especially since many have slow data access and/or data costs are very high)
So of course it will be less featured, that's the point - having a sensible browser on devices which were thought uncapable of running one at all.
That said, latest Opera Mini 5 beta releases show great progress.
It doesn't terminate in the sense that you suggest - connection between Opera servers and mobile phone is always encrypted, on every webpage.
Yes, when accessing encrypted websites, the pages and data are in an unencrypted form on Opera servers (only there!)...which isn't that big of a problem. You need to only ask yourself whether you trust Opera Software ASA.
If not...you can still use the advantages of Opera Mini on most of webpages; unless you really limit yourself to visiting your bank website on a mobile device, for some reason.
At least not in the strictest technical sense. It doesn't understand html, etc...."just" it's own, highly compressed format; sent to it from Opera servers.
And at the same time that fabulous feeling there, showing up in connection to the loved one...is essentially identical. Yet somehow interpreted as pleasent.
Perhaps so we can't have it too easy, perhaps just because both are putting the brain and the body in overdrive.
You really didn't. There's a very good reason why we generally don't execute spies anymore; keeping them instead for some time and sometimes exchanging for our own spies.
Makes the world more civilised. Keeps other countries from killing your countrymen on the pretence that they were spies.
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You need wine to have "proper" Catholic, Orthodox or perhaps (I'm not sure) also Lutheran mass. Not to mention Pastafarianism...
BTW alcohol - we evolved to consume reasonable amounts of it (same with some other animals), to the point that it's actually good for you (again, in reasonable quantities); basically, if given four preferences for fruits - one for none at all, second for the rotten ones, third for fresh ones and fourth for...somewhat fermented ones - guess which two will result in bigger success, leaving more offspring.
This of course in no way justifies the amounts many people consume nowadays, to the point of harming themselves. But hey, same deal with meat.
Plus I don't see why December 25 - Jan 1 should be hijacked as "Christmas"...yes, I'm making the reverse argument of "but it has always been Christmas, so why not continue calling it just that?!". A bit reducing the issue into the realm of absurd...but not quite.
Fact is, most cultures have (and had long before contact with Christianity) some sort of holiday or celebration at around that time. Heck, Christmas is basically just Saturnalia / Sol Invictus / Slavic Pagan Yearly Feast (at my place; seriously, thousand years later and the customs are practically identical, far more then similarities to Christianity now and thousand years ago), just with small mythology swap.
It's a good date simply because humans attached strong symbolic value to the time of year when days are starting to become longer. Maybe also some advantage in the area of evolution of societies - for example: in the time with smallest amount of sunlight (which we need) it's beneficial to rest, find support in people close to you.
...while we are it - why people can't do it, even if they want it?
Just shows more how those are simply "feel good" laws, illogically motivated...
Funny thing is - from what I see an act of stacking alcohol supply instead of simply going to buy it when needed...helps increase the consumption a bit.
Or in this case "yeah, the horse might be dead...but if we pretend it isn't then we, the caretakers, get to keep our job"
Really, does anybody need more than circumstances descibed in TFS to conclude that the RIAA nowadays and this new trial is solely for the finacial benefit of lawyers?
IBM. Nobody was fired for buying IBM.
Users of open source software don't exist in isolation; the economy of scale is huge in their case, too.
Transcoding is a non issue if it's done properly (also notice that I didn't claim anything about Linux; state of video for Linux is not good enough for me anyway)
But what iMovie and FCE do while handling video is simply a transgression.
Reasons why you shouldn't be recommending FCE or iMovie...
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/04/11/stay-the-fuck-away-from-imoviefce/ [gnomefiles.org]
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/10/16/regarding-apples-iframe-spec/ [gnomefiles.org]
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/08/09/imovie-08-sucks/
Sony Vegas Platinum is $85, offers more than FCE, while managing to be actually technically competent.
Sony Vegas Pro - less than $500 for a software in the ballpark of FCP.
iMovie can't even support it's own native formats properly (well, the formats themselves are fubared...), I wouldn't trust it with plugins or conversion.
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/04/11/stay-the-fuck-away-from-imoviefce/
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/10/16/regarding-apples-iframe-spec/
...It's a great program that puts world class non-linear editing within reach of most everybody. ...
Now there is no credible non-linear video editing program for linux. Both platforms are a niche market, both excel in ways that windows does not, and both are a victim of that nitch-i-ness.
You seem to almost imply Windows doesn't have a world class video editor? Vegas makes more and more headway for some time...
iMovie is not worth recommending, it destroys your footage (FInal Cut Express does it, too). And latest version went too far with dumbing down.
Concisely presented details:
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/04/11/stay-the-fuck-away-from-imoviefce/
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2009/10/16/regarding-apples-iframe-spec/
http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/08/09/imovie-08-sucks/
At least FCP is sensible technically...but other powerfull software, like Sony Vegas, can be had for less than half the price (that doesn't even take into account the hardware), so...
Apple introduced DRM-free tracks in iTunes not long after few European countries expressed the possibility of blocking iTunes outright (not saying that was the only possible reason)
One doesn't have to be a monopoly to be reminded of obligations. Abusive is enough; braking law is enough (as you...sort of pointed out). I wonder which iPhone will finally have removable battery...
Naturally. And yet...look at quite recent state of banking mess. Wasn't there also a story not that long ago how most bank security breaches are inside jobs?
Being not that far from Scandinavia I can also assure you that there's something to be said about their ethics all around (well, at least in comparison to the one I'm used to, in post-Soviet colony...); plus I would be really surprised if access to Opera proxy servers wasn't appropriately limited.
That said, I agree it still doesn't render not trusting them unreasonable. But my junk account with "floating password" authorisation and requring SMS code confirmation for every operation - good enough.
Well, if my bank would let one use Opera Mini, and they don't. Problem solved.
But...I just said all of that.
So why do you trust employees of your bank?
(not saying that not trusting Opera is not a valid choice; just be carefull how you justify it; also, when running mobile phone with at least some software you haven't written yourself; and taking into account that Opera is a Nordic company...)
Uhm, Opera Mini is primarily an app for more then a billion or so "feature phones" out there, the ones with j2me; it gives them rather nice browsing experience (especially since many have slow data access and/or data costs are very high)
So of course it will be less featured, that's the point - having a sensible browser on devices which were thought uncapable of running one at all.
That said, latest Opera Mini 5 beta releases show great progress.
Yes, you can turn off image loading in the settings. As well as selecting quality level.
It doesn't terminate in the sense that you suggest - connection between Opera servers and mobile phone is always encrypted, on every webpage.
Yes, when accessing encrypted websites, the pages and data are in an unencrypted form on Opera servers (only there!)...which isn't that big of a problem. You need to only ask yourself whether you trust Opera Software ASA.
If not...you can still use the advantages of Opera Mini on most of webpages; unless you really limit yourself to visiting your bank website on a mobile device, for some reason.
At least not in the strictest technical sense. It doesn't understand html, etc. ..."just" it's own, highly compressed format; sent to it from Opera servers.
Not that it'll make a difference to Apple.
And at the same time that fabulous feeling there, showing up in connection to the loved one...is essentially identical. Yet somehow interpreted as pleasent.
Perhaps so we can't have it too easy, perhaps just because both are putting the brain and the body in overdrive.
Damn, they've found a way to see past "miracle worker".
Well, then your falling is looking at it as a legal case and not a geopolitical one.
Only one country needs to start executing spies or "spies", other will follow. "Evidence" is easy to come by.
You really didn't. There's a very good reason why we generally don't execute spies anymore; keeping them instead for some time and sometimes exchanging for our own spies.
Makes the world more civilised. Keeps other countries from killing your countrymen on the pretence that they were spies.