They continue to receive government funding and bailouts even they have no plan to ween themselves off of government funding they have been receiving since the 70s. Furthermore, even with the all of the government funding that they have received over the years their service is HORRENDOUS and this is coming from someone who used Amtrak for almost 6 years when I was in college and then for two years after I graduated. Now apply the same logic to anything propped up by the government and you will join us libertarians. People complain that public schools suck, but they think the only answer is to spend more money on them. If you only knew how poorly school funds are handled- it only gets worse with the bureaucracy mandating how they must spend their money.
Rather than trying to fix broken systems by adding more money and rules, let's start weaning them off of government funds and see how they adapt and become better.
The same concept can be applied to the RIAA and MPAA. Those corporations want to cry to the government and ask for protection of their broken distribution system rather than learn to adapt.
Pull out of Iraq, allow citizens to opt out of social security, and eliminate the federal income tax. We can make this country a lot better by removing the tax money that people bicker over - and let's be honest, the people that have enough resources to fight and lobby for hand-outs are the ones that don't need the help.
I find the Wiimote tons more comfortable than the SIXAXIS. The SIXAXIS gave my fingers cramps.
At least when you use the Wiimote + nunchuck, you don't have to hold both hands together in front of you. THAT is innovation. Kudos to Nintendo for getting that aspect right. I think they should come out with PS3 and 360 controllers that are separated for each hand and joined with a cord.
To compare, play GTA4 on the PS3 and then Mario Kart on the Wii (with nunchuck). Basically, the same type of controls, but one forces you to ruin your hands and sit up intensely.
I develop barcoding applications in.NET and life sucks.
So let me give you a few pointers: 1. Visual Studio is your (only) friend most of the time, so live with it.
2. Use the barcode scanning C APIs and p/invoke them, or write in C. Most of the barcode vendors.NET APIs lag behind and suck balls. If you are targeting multiple device manufacturers, that is. It's especially helpful since then you don't need to bundle every one of their.NET DLLs with the application.
It's probably some deep-seated issue that can be traced back to ancient Greek philosophy. The cornerstone of Western philosophy, Socrates, was persecuted for being an individual. And Athens was the first real democracy.
I know you're trying to be funny, but that actually would be a legitimate excuse for Postal 2. They designed it in such a way that you can solve missions without killing innocent people... of course it's much more boring that way.
chicks like those bug-eyed clown sunglasses now It's because they cover up a good portion of their faces. Better to look ridiculous and potentially cute than just plain ugly.
The stupid thing is that the options button under your post is for global options, so it's not just "No karma bonus (for this post)" it's "No karma bonus (until you realize that you aren't getting one anymore and uncheck this box)". That's different than the old functionality, where you could just check it for one post. Poor UI decision...
FTFA:
Fossett, 63, took off Sept. 3 from Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch, south of Yerington, in a small plane on what was supposed to be a short pleasure flight. It was a freaking "pleasure flight." It's not like he was out picking up groceries and disappeared. I can most certainly sympathize with the POV that they should be billed for the search.
I actually failed the drunk driving mission. Miserably. So much so that I will be taking Roman to the titty bars instead from now on.
The moment I got in the car, the cops were after me. Not only that, but I waited long and... Roman still had not gotten in the car!
The cops ended up chasing me around the block. My car came to a complete stop several times due to immobile objects in my way - I couldn't even drive slowly it was so wobbly.
Before the booze wore off, I got a message that said, "You left your friend behind!" Mission failed.
I agree with the people that say MADD should endorse this aspect of the game, because I've never, ever had such a hard time driving tanked as I have in GTA4. While it's a pretty good simulation of what it's like, it's definitely not THAT hard.
I don't work at MS, but I work at a smaller company that is very MS-like (in fact, they hire people away from us). Anyway, we're up to about 3,000 people... and maybe 5 "designers"... MAYBE. We're finally waking up a little bit.
Or, translated to slashdotese, is your pr0n collection gif files or mpegs? This is a little off-topic, but I've always been surprised at how happy some people are with crappy porn collections. I have friends that are happy just getting sample pics from random websites.
Somehow I doubt that this is just an Access file, sorry. Or even a SQL dump. They're not complete idiots. Chances are, since it's a health system, it probably uses a post-relational database, typically of this variety: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUMPS
I was merely pointing out that the iTunes/iPod monopoly on online music is entirely due to DRM, while Steve Jobs speaks against DRM. The motivation behind this seemingly illogical move is similar to the hypothetical situation of Microsoft purposely proving DRM to be 'bad' by discontinuing their servers. The other facts aren't really pertinent to this discussion.
Am I incorrect in my assumption that you can't play other online stores' DRM formats on the iPod, and that you can't play Apple's DRM format on other portable players?
It doesn't really matter that Apple 'appears' to want to do good. What matters is the reflection of the current market.
We need to drive less. We need to live closer to work, and design cities in ways that make this possible. Things will change very quickly once gas reaches astronomical prices. We are only delaying the conception and implementation of innovative energy strategies by artificially keeping fuel prices low.
There are some people that believe the Constitution to be a document which grants the federal government powers rather than a list of "naughty things" it can't do.
The tenth amendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
So if anyone is to do any torturing, it has to be the states or the people, not the federal government.;)
You'd have to provide a prototype or a schematic/picture where you demonstrate said innovation. Which is why you will inevitably fail to aquire this particular patent. It depends on who reviews the patent. I'm sure there's some patent officer that would let this one through! He's probably reading Slashdot right now!
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Rather than trying to fix broken systems by adding more money and rules, let's start weaning them off of government funds and see how they adapt and become better.
The same concept can be applied to the RIAA and MPAA. Those corporations want to cry to the government and ask for protection of their broken distribution system rather than learn to adapt.
Pull out of Iraq, allow citizens to opt out of social security, and eliminate the federal income tax. We can make this country a lot better by removing the tax money that people bicker over - and let's be honest, the people that have enough resources to fight and lobby for hand-outs are the ones that don't need the help.
Contents of your zip: TERRORIST_TRAINING_MANUAL.PDF
Just kidding.
I find the Wiimote tons more comfortable than the SIXAXIS. The SIXAXIS gave my fingers cramps.
At least when you use the Wiimote + nunchuck, you don't have to hold both hands together in front of you. THAT is innovation. Kudos to Nintendo for getting that aspect right. I think they should come out with PS3 and 360 controllers that are separated for each hand and joined with a cord.
To compare, play GTA4 on the PS3 and then Mario Kart on the Wii (with nunchuck). Basically, the same type of controls, but one forces you to ruin your hands and sit up intensely.
They:
1. Release XBox360 slim (or with blu-ray...) then
2. Release XBox 4 and 'legitimately' call it '4'
The whole 360 thing was to have a number starting with 3 to compete with Sony.
But can you play GTA4 at work?
Hell, if people were given the option of getting paid, even a minuscule amount, to play games at work...
I develop barcoding applications in .NET and life sucks.
.NET APIs lag behind and suck balls. If you are targeting multiple device manufacturers, that is. It's especially helpful since then you don't need to bundle every one of their .NET DLLs with the application.
So let me give you a few pointers:
1. Visual Studio is your (only) friend most of the time, so live with it.
2. Use the barcode scanning C APIs and p/invoke them, or write in C. Most of the barcode vendors
It's probably some deep-seated issue that can be traced back to ancient Greek philosophy. The cornerstone of Western philosophy, Socrates, was persecuted for being an individual. And Athens was the first real democracy.
mv file.txt ~/.Trash/
That's essentially what any shell does. Personally, I find it annoying and do all my deleting from the command line.
I know you're trying to be funny, but that actually would be a legitimate excuse for Postal 2. They designed it in such a way that you can solve missions without killing innocent people... of course it's much more boring that way.
:)
GTA, not so much.
Click on options, uncheck "No karma bonus".
The stupid thing is that the options button under your post is for global options, so it's not just "No karma bonus (for this post)" it's "No karma bonus (until you realize that you aren't getting one anymore and uncheck this box)". That's different than the old functionality, where you could just check it for one post. Poor UI decision...
You aren't used to how things are done around here (the world), are you?
If we say the Queen of England is Kylie Minogue, she better damn well be, because that's who we'll be signing treaties with.
I actually failed the drunk driving mission. Miserably. So much so that I will be taking Roman to the titty bars instead from now on.
The moment I got in the car, the cops were after me. Not only that, but I waited long and... Roman still had not gotten in the car!
The cops ended up chasing me around the block. My car came to a complete stop several times due to immobile objects in my way - I couldn't even drive slowly it was so wobbly.
Before the booze wore off, I got a message that said, "You left your friend behind!" Mission failed.
I agree with the people that say MADD should endorse this aspect of the game, because I've never, ever had such a hard time driving tanked as I have in GTA4. While it's a pretty good simulation of what it's like, it's definitely not THAT hard.
You'd be surprised.
I don't work at MS, but I work at a smaller company that is very MS-like (in fact, they hire people away from us). Anyway, we're up to about 3,000 people... and maybe 5 "designers"... MAYBE. We're finally waking up a little bit.
Which means the file format could be anything...
I'm just glad they're not our customer. 8-)
I can has 64-bit web browser?
Ok, now do it on a x86-64 system, and make sure those browser plugins work!!
FAIL.
I was merely pointing out that the iTunes/iPod monopoly on online music is entirely due to DRM, while Steve Jobs speaks against DRM. The motivation behind this seemingly illogical move is similar to the hypothetical situation of Microsoft purposely proving DRM to be 'bad' by discontinuing their servers. The other facts aren't really pertinent to this discussion.
Am I incorrect in my assumption that you can't play other online stores' DRM formats on the iPod, and that you can't play Apple's DRM format on other portable players?
It doesn't really matter that Apple 'appears' to want to do good. What matters is the reflection of the current market.
Same reason Steve Jobs has ranted against DRM, yet Apple enjoys their lock-in due to DRM.
Unfortunately, I forgot the logic behind this, but I'm sure someone will chime in.
There are some people that believe the Constitution to be a document which grants the federal government powers rather than a list of "naughty things" it can't do.
;)
The tenth amendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
So if anyone is to do any torturing, it has to be the states or the people, not the federal government.