Actually thepiratebay is not illegal per se (and definetly not in sweden) as they do not hold any copyrighted files.
One could argue that they (or whoever runs the trackers) are aiding in the process, but it seems that at least under swedish law this is not illegal (yet?).
Quite frankly, ever since I saw the HD Demos that Apple has put up (and comparing some of the DVDs I have to some of the HD Broadcast rips) I can only conclude that DVDs look like crap.
I really really really hope that the guys start ripping using the H.264 codec next season, then the HD content would look even sweeter.
Actually I just realized that even the FSB is lower on the Powermac.... that's a shame, really. They should just have dumped the low end PowerMac and only sell them Dual once more....
I would agree that the low end Powermac is abit... MMhhh weak, but then the advantage of it is that you can expand it more, another HDD, GFX, more memory.
So for a "family" the Powermac really isn't the right machine but if you need an entry level Workstation for grafic work I'd say the Powermac is still the way to go.
Right, because they went through the list of who made the most money in each department. There were guys let go that had worked at the company since day 1.
Don't kidd yourself, layoffs are hardly "personal".
It depends on the amount of muscle mass you have, your overall activity level (as this influences your resting metabolic rate) and your age.
2000kCal for the average couch dweller sounds about right, of course on top of that you have to add your physical activity, but if that involves getting out of your chair, walking to the car, driving home and sitting in front of the TV or Computer you can easily live with less than 3000kCal/day.
When I was working at RIM back in 2002 before they had their layoffs (purely cosmetic, they pretty much hired the same amount of people back 12 months later, but at that point in time it was "necessary") they also started with taking away the free drinks, the coffee etc.
Of course when that started happeneing we all knew what was coming, though quite a few were in denial until they got walked out of the door.
Oh don't get me wrong. I wouldn't be too surprised if this is what is going to happen, but if you do follow a software development methodology once a product hits beta it should be bug hunting only and not writing new code and causing more bugs.
Now, that's the "gold" standard, but any company I've been in what is "good" and makes sense usually is not what is being done.
Beta should mean that they have all the features in and are now bug hunting trying to optimize the code before shipping. The "look and feel" and the featureset should be completed by now.
Actually it hasn't been determined if the sharing is illegal or not. The logic was that just making something available does (currently) not mean that the person is responsible to make certain nobody downloads.
Having said that, downloading in an on itself seems to have been ruled "legal" as a levy is paid for each CD.
that's something I have found, if there is no social net people have to rely purely on the goodwill of others.
Call me a cynic, but I don't think that most people are alturistic, maybe 10% of the population as a whole. So "forcing" people to help (through taxes) I think is a good compromise. Not ideal, but a compromise.
Neither. I am here on a Workpermit, I do pay the same taxes as Canadiasn (including CPP and EI, the latter of which I cannot claim) and overall I get the same services.
And I was not "deadly ill" there was a possiblity that I may be carrying around a brain tumor and this was about confirming it.
As for "deadly ill" I have read several reports on the state of Canadian healthcare and the average waiting time seems to be the same as it is for most other socialist (yes yes, dirty word) countries.
Fact is: The US is great if you have a lot of money and if you don't mind to walk over the majority of people. So far my conscience and ethics don't let me do this, maybe one day I can be as self centered as you.
You make it sound like there are no exeptions from the taxes you pay.
You still have exeption, all your RRSP contributions go off of your yearly earnings, the first 8+K are free (plus whatever the province gives you) etc. etc.
I have lived in Canada now for 5 years and so far I have never paid more than 35%, and I am by far not a "tax wiz", in fact most of these years I had H&R do my taxes.
Even countries generally considered more socialist have realised the folly of this: long lines for everyone, and critically ill people dying like flies.
I've grown up in Germany, lived in the US, Netherlands and Switzerland and currently in Canada, and guess what: I have had the same experiences in all the countries. Only difference? In the US the first thing they did was take my Credit Card.
Wait times? Not that much worse in Canada than in other places. Granted, in the US I could have just gone and paid, but when I needed an MRI I would have to pay $700 in the US, I got it "free" in Canada. Wait time? 1 month.
Not quite right. The levy was in place for a bit over a year but capped at $25 for the iPods.
Then it got repelled and now there (currently?) no levy on the iPod or any player / HDD for that matter.
Having said that: The initial proposal for the iPod levy (for the lack of a better word) would have actually almost trippled the price of a 40GB iPod. Not everybody is as stupid or money grabbing as SOCAN et. al.
That may be a short lived success. Because when nobody wants to buy your debt anymore and your Dollars aren't worth anything then you have a serious problem.
That's because the media in the US over the past 30 years (and whoever is crying the loudest) made everybody believe that if you want it only hard enough you can make it too the top.
Forgetting that the top is a very small place and not simply everybody can stand on the pyramide's top.
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Actually thepiratebay is not illegal per se (and definetly not in sweden) as they do not hold any copyrighted files.
One could argue that they (or whoever runs the trackers) are aiding in the process, but it seems that at least under swedish law this is not illegal (yet?).
Quite frankly, ever since I saw the HD Demos that Apple has put up (and comparing some of the DVDs I have to some of the HD Broadcast rips) I can only conclude that DVDs look like crap.
I really really really hope that the guys start ripping using the H.264 codec next season, then the HD content would look even sweeter.
Actually I just realized that even the FSB is lower on the Powermac.... that's a shame, really. They should just have dumped the low end PowerMac and only sell them Dual once more....
Maybe they had too many left in stock?
Well...
:)
I guess it has quite a bit to do with the "look, I am cool, I have a Powermac" in comparision to: "I could only afford an iMac" kinda deal.
Personally I am waiting for my 2.3GHz Powermac right now
Expandability?
I would agree that the low end Powermac is abit... MMhhh weak, but then the advantage of it is that you can expand it more, another HDD, GFX, more memory.
So for a "family" the Powermac really isn't the right machine but if you need an entry level Workstation for grafic work I'd say the Powermac is still the way to go.
Right, because they went through the list of who made the most money in each department. There were guys let go that had worked at the company since day 1.
Don't kidd yourself, layoffs are hardly "personal".
Oh, haven't heard that one before.....
Seems you haven't followed the news out of Canada in the past two years. More than one Polition has told them that in pretty much those words....
Of course the US didn't like it was demanding that those people lose their jobs, how dare they critize (for whatever reason) the mighty US of A?
So much for free speech.
Umm no.
It depends on the amount of muscle mass you have, your overall activity level (as this influences your resting metabolic rate) and your age.
2000kCal for the average couch dweller sounds about right, of course on top of that you have to add your physical activity, but if that involves getting out of your chair, walking to the car, driving home and sitting in front of the TV or Computer you can easily live with less than 3000kCal/day.
When I was working at RIM back in 2002 before they had their layoffs (purely cosmetic, they pretty much hired the same amount of people back 12 months later, but at that point in time it was "necessary") they also started with taking away the free drinks, the coffee etc.
Of course when that started happeneing we all knew what was coming, though quite a few were in denial until they got walked out of the door.
Oh don't get me wrong. I wouldn't be too surprised if this is what is going to happen, but if you do follow a software development methodology once a product hits beta it should be bug hunting only and not writing new code and causing more bugs.
Now, that's the "gold" standard, but any company I've been in what is "good" and makes sense usually is not what is being done.
Beta should mean that they have all the features in and are now bug hunting trying to optimize the code before shipping. The "look and feel" and the featureset should be completed by now.
Actually it hasn't been determined if the sharing is illegal or not. The logic was that just making something available does (currently) not mean that the person is responsible to make certain nobody downloads.
Having said that, downloading in an on itself seems to have been ruled "legal" as a levy is paid for each CD.
Now, IANAL, so take it with a lump of salt.
See,
that's something I have found, if there is no social net people have to rely purely on the goodwill of others.
Call me a cynic, but I don't think that most people are alturistic, maybe 10% of the population as a whole. So "forcing" people to help (through taxes) I think is a good compromise. Not ideal, but a compromise.
So you've obviously found the place you want, where you don''t really pay any taxes, and can pay for all the services for yourself.
Out of curiosity though: What will happen if you get disabled and cannot work any longer?
Neither. I am here on a Workpermit, I do pay the same taxes as Canadiasn (including CPP and EI, the latter of which I cannot claim) and overall I get the same services.
And I was not "deadly ill" there was a possiblity that I may be carrying around a brain tumor and this was about confirming it.
As for "deadly ill" I have read several reports on the state of Canadian healthcare and the average waiting time seems to be the same as it is for most other socialist (yes yes, dirty word) countries.
Fact is: The US is great if you have a lot of money and if you don't mind to walk over the majority of people. So far my conscience and ethics don't let me do this, maybe one day I can be as self centered as you.
Well, first of all I am just living here.
Second of all: How well do your tanks drive without gas?
You make it sound like there are no exeptions from the taxes you pay.
You still have exeption, all your RRSP contributions go off of your yearly earnings, the first 8+K are free (plus whatever the province gives you) etc. etc.
I have lived in Canada now for 5 years and so far I have never paid more than 35%, and I am by far not a "tax wiz", in fact most of these years I had H&R do my taxes.
I've grown up in Germany, lived in the US, Netherlands and Switzerland and currently in Canada, and guess what: I have had the same experiences in all the countries. Only difference? In the US the first thing they did was take my Credit Card.
Wait times? Not that much worse in Canada than in other places. Granted, in the US I could have just gone and paid, but when I needed an MRI I would have to pay $700 in the US, I got it "free" in Canada. Wait time? 1 month.
I make more than $50K a year and I pay ~35% (including CPP and EI).
Reality is that the taxes in Canada are anything but bad, and btw, the highest tax bracket start at CAN$115,739.
Actually,
it's not the socialists who want the tariffs but the capitalists that live in this country.
Not quite right. The levy was in place for a bit over a year but capped at $25 for the iPods.
Then it got repelled and now there (currently?) no levy on the iPod or any player / HDD for that matter.
Having said that: The initial proposal for the iPod levy (for the lack of a better word) would have actually almost trippled the price of a 40GB iPod. Not everybody is as stupid or money grabbing as SOCAN et. al.
That may be a short lived success. Because when nobody wants to buy your debt anymore and your Dollars aren't worth anything then you have a serious problem.
That's because the media in the US over the past 30 years (and whoever is crying the loudest) made everybody believe that if you want it only hard enough you can make it too the top.
Forgetting that the top is a very small place and not simply everybody can stand on the pyramide's top.
Actually I didn't as I only tried it briefly as I was busy with other things :)
I just wanted to know if there were any issues you encountered. Boot drive is 6GB so it should be fine.
Guess I'll try again on the weekend.
Thanks.
M.