You can also buy an Apple product or a DVD player to legally play DVDs. Even the latter is more intelligent than a M$ product;)
Yes, but you still need to deal with the nonsense of not having permission to view the content you purchased (i.e. region encodings) because the MPAA said so.
It's horrifically long but damned interesting, a tale filled with drama, heroics, deceit, and romance!
The author suggests that Google has been lying to investors and the public, among other things:
Google had a legal obligation to disclose anything material that was likely to influence its future business operations, but Google's management subverted that obligation.
I find it bizarre that the financial folks out there considered Yahoo's possible buyout by Microsoft an absolute boon to both companies and thought Jerry Yang was an absolute moron for standing in the way - do they have their heads completely up their asses?
There are many cost reducing alternatives that they can entertain (pun intended), so I'm not sure they have trimmed the fat necessary for me as the consumer to feel too bad for them. Cute pun
Not sure if I'm missing something here, but isn't it better to morph the article into a short stub rather than wipe the thing away entirely, even with the lack of quality writing and npov? If someone is legitimately searching for information about said Wrestler or Anime character - where can they look?
Media companies have always wanted clips they consider their propery removed from youtube...
Funny how they sometimes conveniently forget to petition about having them removed, when they take advantage of the "viral" nature of youtube, those same clips boosting the ratings of their actual shows
I believe somewhere in the description he does mention that it is out of scale (because if he were to make it completely in scale it would be as big as a city block) but most of the really 'cool' stuff is there.
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And then all these fish die because of too much acid in the water! Epic Fale.
Uh, not really - Calcium Oxide reduces the acidity of water: Calcium Oxide
You can also buy an Apple product or a DVD player to legally play DVDs. Even the latter is more intelligent than a M$ product ;)
Yes, but you still need to deal with the nonsense of not having permission to view the content you purchased (i.e. region encodings) because the MPAA said so.
Exactly.
I'm boggled why people think SMS is either dead or just about - far from.
My girlfriend has got an eee
She loves it because it fits in her hand bag, "it runs linux eh? what's linux? It does what I need it to do and it's cuuuttteee"
I call bullshit on that - a slashdot user with a girlfriend?
The author suggests that Google has been lying to investors and the public, among other things:
Google had a legal obligation to disclose anything material that was likely to influence its future business operations, but Google's management subverted that obligation.
I find it bizarre that the financial folks out there considered Yahoo's possible buyout by Microsoft an absolute boon to both companies and thought Jerry Yang was an absolute moron for standing in the way - do they have their heads completely up their asses?
If you have a good option for a way we 'US people' can avoid this, by all means suggest it. Otherwise, don't tell me what I 'put up with'.
What congressional district do you live in?
There's no 'article' as far as I see, only the paper: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0807/0807.0090v2.pdf
Don't hold your breath on that.
Here is a link. Not a single film there that I'd consider 'good'
They've been around for 5 years? Considering the crap movie selection available, I think it's telling how successful the service has been.
Not sure if I'm missing something here, but isn't it better to morph the article into a short stub rather than wipe the thing away entirely, even with the lack of quality writing and npov? If someone is legitimately searching for information about said Wrestler or Anime character - where can they look?
He was referring to D&D - the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition. Mentioned before on here...
The parent, I believe, suggested them as a joke.
Media companies have always wanted clips they consider their propery removed from youtube... Funny how they sometimes conveniently forget to petition about having them removed, when they take advantage of the "viral" nature of youtube, those same clips boosting the ratings of their actual shows
I believe somewhere in the description he does mention that it is out of scale (because if he were to make it completely in scale it would be as big as a city block) but most of the really 'cool' stuff is there.
I prefer a good stout, myself.