Why didn't they give the users multiple flavors of the most colorful operating systems they never tried (Vista, OSX, Kubuntu, etc) and ask them which one they liked best?
They gave them Vista and asked them if they liked it... That doesn't say much because nobody (most importantly THEY) knows if they'd like OSX more.
Look over your contract. All the ISPs in my area use something like "up to 6mbit" and the lower limits are around 32kbit. Everything below 32kbit is considered downtime. I can't complain, I've subscribed for 3mbit and I can't remember the last time I got less than 2mbit, but nothing stops them from deciding that you get up to 6mbit for regular transfers (http, ftp) and up to 1mbit for p2p because you CAN get UP TO 6mbit. They wouldn't be stopping you from doing it but they'd limit the choices you have to get that much and the contract makes it pretty clear by simply using "up to."
(1).....take every possible three-letter combination
(2) Come up with a suggested offensive, blasphemous, or obscene connotation for each one.
(3) Circulate said list widely, especially on North Carolina related sites and boards (maybe e-mail to everyone in the N.C. DMV).
(4) Stand back and watch the fun as they are forced to recall every last fuckin' license plate and replace it with numbers-only plates.
And you just gave me a great idea: let's try to turn marijuana into fuel! Then we could bitch to our governments about how easy it is to grow and if it was legalized, we wouldn't need oil and there would hardly be any pollution at all AND, the best of all, the drivers will be in a good mood and when accidents would happen, everyone would feel just great about it and drivers wouldn't resist arrests any more.
I don't know what you have, but here's what we have: it's a lot faster, cheaper and better than anything you've seen until now. While this isn't usually true, if the ad contains relevant information regarding the product (no fallacies) such as "multi-platform" or "holds over 20 lbs," you do need it. You always need something better and cheaper and unless they advertise it, you may not know it's there.
If there were no ads for a product, nobody would ever know it existed, besides the people who work to build it. Spreading the idea that such a product exists from mouth to mouth is inconceivable, it would only slow down progress and competition.
I was just trying to explain why it would be possible to use 10kW to get 50kW. The extra energy is coming from the molecule, when you break it into the basic elements. I never said that you actually put it back into water to use it for fuel.
Because you can get more than what you're spending. For example, you spend 10kW of energy to break it and you get 50kW out of pure hydrogen. Of course, this isn't a self-sustaining engine. It also doesn't break any laws of physics. The extra 40kW of energy is coming from pure hydrogen. If you were to turn that back into water, mixing it with oxygen, you'd need to spend 40kW of energy. This isn't exactly the case and the figures are random, but I hope you get my point... It's the same principle as with regular engines: the engine moves, which causes gasoline to explode, which, in turn, causes the engine to move. In the first case, you break water into it's basic compounds. In the second you break gasoline into it's basic compounds. It costs a bit of energy to extract a large quantity.
support of the entire Linux/Free Software community?
Yeah, compare that to all the support MS has from their lawyers, considering that they're innocent until YOU can PROVE otherwise.
The website explains a bit about the products, fails to give details on pricing/ordering but what use would we have for them if they're only effective in real life?
... the phone companies will continue to charge excessively for the service, and insist on providing over-priced phones with a tonne of other features that the users don't want.
Sounds like someone "we" know, writing an overpriced OS with lots of integrated stuff most people don't really need / want.</sarcasm>
But I suppose this offers a good comparision element to the current mobile services offered by phone companies!
2. Minimum wages are so low and without a wellfare state, some people have to work two jobs just to get by.
Yeah, right! How low are minimum wages? Compare your damn minimum wage with my $100 minimum wage, while most products are actually the same price as in the US.
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Fact: things change.
Why didn't they give the users multiple flavors of the most colorful operating systems they never tried (Vista, OSX, Kubuntu, etc) and ask them which one they liked best?
They gave them Vista and asked them if they liked it... That doesn't say much because nobody (most importantly THEY) knows if they'd like OSX more.
Or, a lot simpler, stop copying music/movies illegally over the Internet.
They just increased by 1, all of them... This page is in Google's index :)
We're talking about a perfect sphere created by scientists who have been working on this for years maybe and the first /. post leads to boobs.
WTF???
Look over your contract. All the ISPs in my area use something like "up to 6mbit" and the lower limits are around 32kbit. Everything below 32kbit is considered downtime. I can't complain, I've subscribed for 3mbit and I can't remember the last time I got less than 2mbit, but nothing stops them from deciding that you get up to 6mbit for regular transfers (http, ftp) and up to 1mbit for p2p because you CAN get UP TO 6mbit. They wouldn't be stopping you from doing it but they'd limit the choices you have to get that much and the contract makes it pretty clear by simply using "up to."
Hey, Eugene. Here's a project for you. Get it done ten days ago.
(1).....take every possible three-letter combination
(2) Come up with a suggested offensive, blasphemous, or obscene connotation for each one.
(3) Circulate said list widely, especially on North Carolina related sites and boards (maybe e-mail to everyone in the N.C. DMV).
(4) Stand back and watch the fun as they are forced to recall every last fuckin' license plate and replace it with numbers-only plates.
(5) ?????
(6) Profit!
And what do you do if the site relies on virtual hosts?
bilked small businesses and nonprofits out of millions of dollars
Why bother? It's probably Canadian just dollars...
And you just gave me a great idea: let's try to turn marijuana into fuel! Then we could bitch to our governments about how easy it is to grow and if it was legalized, we wouldn't need oil and there would hardly be any pollution at all AND, the best of all, the drivers will be in a good mood and when accidents would happen, everyone would feel just great about it and drivers wouldn't resist arrests any more.
torrentfreak.com seems to have been slashdotted. I can't believe that /.ers are more powerful than p2p-ers
TFA may also explain the new logo on http://www.thepiratebay.com/ website
Please read my sig. I rest my case.
I want to buy pot from you.
I don't know what you have, but here's what we have: it's a lot faster, cheaper and better than anything you've seen until now. While this isn't usually true, if the ad contains relevant information regarding the product (no fallacies) such as "multi-platform" or "holds over 20 lbs," you do need it. You always need something better and cheaper and unless they advertise it, you may not know it's there. If there were no ads for a product, nobody would ever know it existed, besides the people who work to build it. Spreading the idea that such a product exists from mouth to mouth is inconceivable, it would only slow down progress and competition.
I was just trying to explain why it would be possible to use 10kW to get 50kW. The extra energy is coming from the molecule, when you break it into the basic elements. I never said that you actually put it back into water to use it for fuel.
Because you can get more than what you're spending. For example, you spend 10kW of energy to break it and you get 50kW out of pure hydrogen. Of course, this isn't a self-sustaining engine. It also doesn't break any laws of physics. The extra 40kW of energy is coming from pure hydrogen. If you were to turn that back into water, mixing it with oxygen, you'd need to spend 40kW of energy. This isn't exactly the case and the figures are random, but I hope you get my point... It's the same principle as with regular engines: the engine moves, which causes gasoline to explode, which, in turn, causes the engine to move. In the first case, you break water into it's basic compounds. In the second you break gasoline into it's basic compounds.
It costs a bit of energy to extract a large quantity.
support of the entire Linux/Free Software community? Yeah, compare that to all the support MS has from their lawyers, considering that they're innocent until YOU can PROVE otherwise.
The website explains a bit about the products, fails to give details on pricing/ordering but what use would we have for them if they're only effective in real life?
For the same thing, here are my results:
Google: "Rezultate 1 - 10 din aproximativ 2.940.000.000 pentru a. (0,84 secunde)"
Yahoo: "Results 1 - 10 of about 11,500,000,000 for a - 0.34 sec."
We're talking about a difference of about 180 million pages! Where'd they go?
1. Start company and build website
2. Pay ISPs to block out competing websites
3. !!!
4. Profit
One example of such a company would be online dating, porn site, etc... something that mostly/only works online.
... the phone companies will continue to charge excessively for the service, and insist on providing over-priced phones with a tonne of other features that the users don't want.
Sounds like someone "we" know, writing an overpriced OS with lots of integrated stuff most people don't really need / want.</sarcasm>
But I suppose this offers a good comparision element to the current mobile services offered by phone companies!
2. Minimum wages are so low and without a wellfare state, some people have to work two jobs just to get by.
Yeah, right! How low are minimum wages? Compare your damn minimum wage with my $100 minimum wage, while most products are actually the same price as in the US.