Why was the parent modded troll? He/She has an excellent point. The *ONLY* result from blocking access to iTunes is a loss of revenue from the blocked user(s). Apple has nothing to gain by doing so and would only force said user(s) to pirate apps, since they would no longer have a legitimate method to acquire them.
Any scientific theory that exempts itself from challenges and falsification is just that, propaganda.
Of course evolution is not exempt from challenges and falsification, but Intelligent Design (creationism) does not qualify. It is not even science.
Macro evolution has no evidence other than a seriously flawed fossil record and the evidence, when it does exist, proves nothing. Macro evolution is no more falsifiable than creationism.
There is no such thing as macroevolution. It is a term used by creationists and anti-evolutionist either out of ignorance, or an attempt to underhandedly lure others away from science and observation. All evolution takes place at the "micro" level. Speciation is simply the result of many small changes (micro) over a long period of time.
I have yet to see proof that Evolution explains how life began. Sure, it explains how life can change/advance, but not how it started. I think it is disingenuous to suggest people are closed minded for pointing out this fundamental limitation of the theory.
The lack of explanation for the beginning of life is not a limitation of the theory of evolution, but rather, is not part of the theory at all. It is a common mistake, but these are completely separate concepts. Evolution does not even try to explain how life began, just how it changes since it has been here.
That, and they made his desire to become human all about sex. Honestly, if that's your thing, cool, but don't turn Asimov into stories about robots that want to have sex.
Did we watch the same movie? His drive to become human had nothing to do with sex. It was completely about freedom, love and companionship. There was a particularly moving speech in the movie in which he explained his feelings about sex, but that was the farthest thing from his desire to actually become human.
I applaud Stardock for all the Bill of Rights stuff, it is sorely needed in the gaming industry right now. However, I take serious issue with a few things mentioned...
Illegitimate complaint: Keeps people from installing the program on as many PCs as they own. I own an office full of PCs. I don't think Microsoft would be happy if I installed Office on all of them.
Sorry, if I'm the only person using the game I bought from you, I have the right to install it on as many PCs as I own (the same goes for MS Office). I don't agree with installing it on a bunch of machines to let several friends come over so we can all play, but if I have a warehouse stuffed with 1358 PCs that only I use to play my games, I absolutely have the right to install it on every single one.
Forcing a customer to purchase multiple copies of a game/software for their own singular use is just wrong and greedy.
Illegitimate complaint: Makes it harder for people to resell programs. (Not saying reselling programs is right or wrong, only that it is not the function of DRM to make it hard or easy to do this, it's a separate issue.)
True, at its core, it is not the function of DRM to alter the ability to resell the game or not. Although, it most certainly does have this effect, and if Stardock believes other developers/publishers are not using DRM in this manner, they are horribly naive. Everyone has the right of First Sale.
Illegitimate complaint: DRM is just wrong in principle, you buy something, you own it and should be able to do whatever you want. This is a view held by some but the person who makes the thing has the right to distribute it how they want. If I spend $5 million making a game, someone paying $50 doesn't "own" it. There has to be some middle ground on serving customers and protecting IP holders.
DRM is just wrong on principle, and I don't care what Stardock, EA, God, or anyone else says - once I purchase your product, regardless of what that product is (in this case, games/software), I OWN it. As long as I'm not making copies to redistribute it or anything else illegal (the DMCA doesn't count - another discussion), I have the right to do whatever the bloody hell I want with it.
I'll say it again another way... when I purchase your game, I do not have distribution rights, but I absolutely OWN that copy to do with whatever my imagination can dream up for personal use.
Anyone who tries to tell me otherwise can eat my ass.
Maybe you can explain why you think AVI is "flawed"?
Perhaps "flawed" is not the best word to describe the AVI container format, however it is definitely outdated and no longer the ideal format for modern video/audio. Matroska is without a doubt superior to AVI, with its only flaw being that it is not yet supported by much of the "industry".
AVI has had many shortcomings that have since been overcome by extensions, such as the 2gb file limit (solved by OpenDML). Most importantly for today however, AVI does not natively support the newer HD video/audio codecs and/or their features. A few of them can be made to work through hacks, but this breaks compatibility.
Matroska, on the other hand, is a truely universal format which natively supports virtually any video/audio codec. It was designed specifically to be easily extensible and future-proof. Plus, it has support for chapters, subtitles, and menus (although as far as I know, there aren't yet any tools which allow the creation of mkv menus). Also, unlike AVI, Matroska can contain an unlimited number of audio, video, and subtitle tracks inside a single file.
I've been using Matroska as a container for my files for years.
For me, it seems to depend on many factors. I have two WRT54G routers (pre vxworks switch) and I had the same rebooting problem. I switched to DD-WRT which helped for a while, then I began using BitTorrent frequently. This caused my router to get "bogged-down" and I had to start rebooting it again. A few months ago, I switched to the Tomato firmware and everything has been running perfectly. This firmware is much lighter and cleaner and over-all is just better than DD-WRT (which I used to swear by). Perhaps you should give it a try.
I agree. I was never sold on the idea that they are cylons. Yes, something odd happened to all of them and they think they are cylons, but it was never confirmed. Every time I hear/read someone mention it, I always think "we don't know that yet!".
These characters don't fit the same model as the other human-like cylons (at lease Tigh, the Chief and Starbuck don't - we don't really know enough about Anders and Roslin's assistant). All of the other skin-jobs are new people, no one has ever met or seen them before the war (or at least shortly before). These "new" cylons have been around for a while - hell, Adama has known Tigh since before the first Cylon war. I suppose it's possible that the real characters were captured/killed and replaced with cylon look-a-likes, but as I said, that just doesn't fit with the rest of the story.
Until it's confirmed on the show, I'm just not convinced.
Trying to censor these things is essentially forcing others into your values and mindset. However, not censoring it is not forcing you to listen. You have the right to change the channel or turn off the radio/tv. Not everyone agrees with your view and there are quite a number of people who would be entertained with exactly the type of programming you mentioned. I understand that profanity is not to your liking, but you do not have the right to not be offended.
No one is forcing you, watching something else. But don't presume you have the right to try to control what others can view.
Personally, I'd probably laugh hysterically. If there were small children around I'd probably change the channel, simple as that.
They are just words. Why is "crap" acceptable, but "shit" is not? They both refer to the same thing. The only reason "shit" is a bad word is because someone told you it was.
We shouldn't censor everything into oblivion. Profanity it isn't always just trash as you seem to feel, it can often convey strong emotion or feeling which add to a story. If you disagree with it, change the channel, simple as that.
About a week ago, I build a new pc and decided to give Vista (Ultimate x64) a try. I have been able to work through most of the problems/annoyances, such as disabling UAC and various other services that significantly slow the system down, but there is one small one that gets on my nerves that I can't find a fix for...
I like to use the 'Details' view when browsing folders in Windows Explorer - I'm not a fan of all those giant icons. Whenever I perform copy/move operations by dragging a file/folder into the detail view, the sorting gets removed. For instance, when I have the folder contents listed alphabetically (by the 'Name' column), if I drag a file into this view, it drops it exactly where I let off the mouse button and removes the 'Name' sorting instead of organizing that file to where it should be in the list. I have to click on the 'Name' column header to sort the contents again.
I have yet to find a way to disable this behavior and return it to the way every previous version of Windows worked. If anyone else has run into this and has a fix, I'd love to hear it!
3) The 64-bit version of Vista requires you to specify EVERY TIME YOU BOOT that you want to use unsigned drivers. (You used to be able to specify in the mbr to always use them, but MS released at least 2 critical updates that disabled that) Perhaps this isn't an issue for the average Joe, but there's a decent number of aps out there that I use that utilize an unsigned driver. Then there's beta releases of video card drivers and the like.
I just built a new PC about a week ago and I wanted to switch to a 64bit version of Windows to take advantage of all 4GB of ram in the machine. I knew driver support for XP x64 was not very good so I decided to finally give Vista a try.
I installed the latest beta Nvidia drivers (which are unsigned) and I wanted to mention that I haven't had this issue. Of course, I also have that annoying UAC disabled, so that could be why. If you are a more experienced user, I suggest disabling UAC and see if that fixes it. All those "Allow/Deny" prompts are really only useful to more novice PC uses. To everyone who knows what they are doing, they are just a nuisance.
You do realize that you have contradicted yourself? Perhaps the reason why graphic violence is shown on television shows such as 24 but not on the evening news, is because most people know the difference between real and imaginary. In my opinion, 24 is one of the best shown on TV. I can watch the violent scenes because I know they are not real. I couldn't watch actual violence and death on the news. I have seen disturbing images of dead, mutilated bodies and I look away; it is too much for me.
Saying that TV should be more resposible is, well... irresponsible. Regardless of how things currently are in the US towards media, it isn't the job of the TV producers or the government to regulate what we can and can't watch. If you flip through the channels and get turned off by the images on 24 (or any other show), then change the channel and explain to your kids why you think it is harmful and don't let them watch it. What right do you or the government have to tell me that I can't watch it if I find it enjoyable entertainment?
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Or you could just turn off the instant feature.
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I'd mod you up more if I had points. Great reference.
Why was the parent modded troll? He/She has an excellent point. The *ONLY* result from blocking access to iTunes is a loss of revenue from the blocked user(s). Apple has nothing to gain by doing so and would only force said user(s) to pirate apps, since they would no longer have a legitimate method to acquire them.
Mod parent +1 Informative/Interesting.
No, it's just proof that we visited Endor, instead of our own moon!
The universe implodes.
We Slashdot readers better be careful. If they ever decide to embed this technology into tin foil, we're all in trouble.
It is a reference to a pair of planets named in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - Seti Alpha V and Seti Alpha VI.
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I won't explain any more in case you have not seen the movie, though if you haven't, what are you doing in here? How did you get past security?
Of course evolution is not exempt from challenges and falsification, but Intelligent Design (creationism) does not qualify. It is not even science.
There is no such thing as macroevolution. It is a term used by creationists and anti-evolutionist either out of ignorance, or an attempt to underhandedly lure others away from science and observation. All evolution takes place at the "micro" level. Speciation is simply the result of many small changes (micro) over a long period of time.
The lack of explanation for the beginning of life is not a limitation of the theory of evolution, but rather, is not part of the theory at all. It is a common mistake, but these are completely separate concepts. Evolution does not even try to explain how life began, just how it changes since it has been here.
Did we watch the same movie? His drive to become human had nothing to do with sex. It was completely about freedom, love and companionship. There was a particularly moving speech in the movie in which he explained his feelings about sex, but that was the farthest thing from his desire to actually become human.
The problem is not having those things in the story, but never having them explained.
alias rm='rm -i'
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Sorry, if I'm the only person using the game I bought from you, I have the right to install it on as many PCs as I own (the same goes for MS Office). I don't agree with installing it on a bunch of machines to let several friends come over so we can all play, but if I have a warehouse stuffed with 1358 PCs that only I use to play my games, I absolutely have the right to install it on every single one.
Forcing a customer to purchase multiple copies of a game/software for their own singular use is just wrong and greedy.
True, at its core, it is not the function of DRM to alter the ability to resell the game or not. Although, it most certainly does have this effect, and if Stardock believes other developers/publishers are not using DRM in this manner, they are horribly naive. Everyone has the right of First Sale.
DRM is just wrong on principle, and I don't care what Stardock, EA, God, or anyone else says - once I purchase your product, regardless of what that product is (in this case, games/software), I OWN it. As long as I'm not making copies to redistribute it or anything else illegal (the DMCA doesn't count - another discussion), I have the right to do whatever the bloody hell I want with it.
I'll say it again another way... when I purchase your game, I do not have distribution rights, but I absolutely OWN that copy to do with whatever my imagination can dream up for personal use.
Anyone who tries to tell me otherwise can eat my ass.
gotAPI is an excellent resource for just about any/every programming language, including many frameworks.
Perhaps "flawed" is not the best word to describe the AVI container format, however it is definitely outdated and no longer the ideal format for modern video/audio. Matroska is without a doubt superior to AVI, with its only flaw being that it is not yet supported by much of the "industry".
AVI has had many shortcomings that have since been overcome by extensions, such as the 2gb file limit (solved by OpenDML). Most importantly for today however, AVI does not natively support the newer HD video/audio codecs and/or their features. A few of them can be made to work through hacks, but this breaks compatibility.
Matroska, on the other hand, is a truely universal format which natively supports virtually any video/audio codec. It was designed specifically to be easily extensible and future-proof. Plus, it has support for chapters, subtitles, and menus (although as far as I know, there aren't yet any tools which allow the creation of mkv menus). Also, unlike AVI, Matroska can contain an unlimited number of audio, video, and subtitle tracks inside a single file. I've been using Matroska as a container for my files for years.
Personally, the lack of games which run on linux is the *only* thing keeping me from dumping Windows altogether.
For me, it seems to depend on many factors. I have two WRT54G routers (pre vxworks switch) and I had the same rebooting problem. I switched to DD-WRT which helped for a while, then I began using BitTorrent frequently. This caused my router to get "bogged-down" and I had to start rebooting it again. A few months ago, I switched to the Tomato firmware and everything has been running perfectly. This firmware is much lighter and cleaner and over-all is just better than DD-WRT (which I used to swear by). Perhaps you should give it a try.
That's great. Would you happen to have a link to a much higher resolution version of that image?
I agree. I was never sold on the idea that they are cylons. Yes, something odd happened to all of them and they think they are cylons, but it was never confirmed. Every time I hear/read someone mention it, I always think "we don't know that yet!".
These characters don't fit the same model as the other human-like cylons (at lease Tigh, the Chief and Starbuck don't - we don't really know enough about Anders and Roslin's assistant). All of the other skin-jobs are new people, no one has ever met or seen them before the war (or at least shortly before). These "new" cylons have been around for a while - hell, Adama has known Tigh since before the first Cylon war. I suppose it's possible that the real characters were captured/killed and replaced with cylon look-a-likes, but as I said, that just doesn't fit with the rest of the story.
Until it's confirmed on the show, I'm just not convinced.
Trying to censor these things is essentially forcing others into your values and mindset. However, not censoring it is not forcing you to listen. You have the right to change the channel or turn off the radio/tv. Not everyone agrees with your view and there are quite a number of people who would be entertained with exactly the type of programming you mentioned. I understand that profanity is not to your liking, but you do not have the right to not be offended.
No one is forcing you, watching something else. But don't presume you have the right to try to control what others can view.
Personally, I'd probably laugh hysterically. If there were small children around I'd probably change the channel, simple as that.
They are just words. Why is "crap" acceptable, but "shit" is not? They both refer to the same thing. The only reason "shit" is a bad word is because someone told you it was.
We shouldn't censor everything into oblivion. Profanity it isn't always just trash as you seem to feel, it can often convey strong emotion or feeling which add to a story. If you disagree with it, change the channel, simple as that.
About a week ago, I build a new pc and decided to give Vista (Ultimate x64) a try. I have been able to work through most of the problems/annoyances, such as disabling UAC and various other services that significantly slow the system down, but there is one small one that gets on my nerves that I can't find a fix for...
I like to use the 'Details' view when browsing folders in Windows Explorer - I'm not a fan of all those giant icons. Whenever I perform copy/move operations by dragging a file/folder into the detail view, the sorting gets removed. For instance, when I have the folder contents listed alphabetically (by the 'Name' column), if I drag a file into this view, it drops it exactly where I let off the mouse button and removes the 'Name' sorting instead of organizing that file to where it should be in the list. I have to click on the 'Name' column header to sort the contents again.
I have yet to find a way to disable this behavior and return it to the way every previous version of Windows worked. If anyone else has run into this and has a fix, I'd love to hear it!
3) The 64-bit version of Vista requires you to specify EVERY TIME YOU BOOT that you want to use unsigned drivers. (You used to be able to specify in the mbr to always use them, but MS released at least 2 critical updates that disabled that) Perhaps this isn't an issue for the average Joe, but there's a decent number of aps out there that I use that utilize an unsigned driver. Then there's beta releases of video card drivers and the like.
I just built a new PC about a week ago and I wanted to switch to a 64bit version of Windows to take advantage of all 4GB of ram in the machine. I knew driver support for XP x64 was not very good so I decided to finally give Vista a try.
I installed the latest beta Nvidia drivers (which are unsigned) and I wanted to mention that I haven't had this issue. Of course, I also have that annoying UAC disabled, so that could be why. If you are a more experienced user, I suggest disabling UAC and see if that fixes it. All those "Allow/Deny" prompts are really only useful to more novice PC uses. To everyone who knows what they are doing, they are just a nuisance.
You do realize that you have contradicted yourself? Perhaps the reason why graphic violence is shown on television shows such as 24 but not on the evening news, is because most people know the difference between real and imaginary. In my opinion, 24 is one of the best shown on TV. I can watch the violent scenes because I know they are not real. I couldn't watch actual violence and death on the news. I have seen disturbing images of dead, mutilated bodies and I look away; it is too much for me.
Saying that TV should be more resposible is, well... irresponsible. Regardless of how things currently are in the US towards media, it isn't the job of the TV producers or the government to regulate what we can and can't watch. If you flip through the channels and get turned off by the images on 24 (or any other show), then change the channel and explain to your kids why you think it is harmful and don't let them watch it. What right do you or the government have to tell me that I can't watch it if I find it enjoyable entertainment?