What's going to happen to my motherboard? The exact same thing that happens to my motherboard EVERY time I upgrade... It will get sold with the old CPU. A motherboard+CPU upgrade usually offers more of a performance boost than just changing out a CPU.
It took me seven attempts over a 20 year period to make it all the way through the Silmarillion. I'm glad I finally finished it... but never, ever, again (and I re-read LoTR every five years or so).
It's so dry it's almost painfull at times, but it really is a must-read for anyone who loves Tolkien's world.
By law, at least in theory, laws are required to be understandable by the general public. Otherwise, ignorance of the law would be a valid defense. If the laws were written in some "law language" that only lawyers and judges understood, they could just tell you that the law said whatever they wanted it to say. How would you know they were lying to you and abusing the system?
Of course, at least in the US, the law may as well be written in different language because even the law-makers don't generally understand what they're voting on.
The second or third thing I do with any OS installation is disable startup sounds, along with most other sounds. Some software company thinking that their product needs to trumpet it's existance throughout my home or workplace aggravates me to no end and is something I absolutely will not tolerate. Something this piddly would actually prevent me from using Vista... if I had any intentions of using it, which I don't.
Of course, I expect a hex editor will solve the problem of any "mandatory" startup sound, if a simple file-deletion doesn't.
...and as soon as they can provide an ABSOLUTE 100% GUARANTEE that my checked luggage will wind up in the same city I do and my fragile items won't be smashed by careless baggage handlers, I'll consider your opinion to be a viable alternative.
A ban of all LIQUIDS is simply ridiculous. What are they going to do when somebody wraps a Hershey's bar wrapper around some dark brown plastic explosives... ban all SOLID materials?
Computer magazines? On PAPER?
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Good job! You managed to include both "What about the children?" and the "war on terrorism" in a single post. The nebulous comment about hackers/identity theft was good for some bonus points as well. You should run for political office. Just make a few remarks about "tubes" and you're in!
I stopped reading Tom's about 8 years ago, when it became blatantly obvious that his favor was for sale to the highest bidder. I recall him bashing, hard, a seriously under-performing video card until a massive advertising flood began on his site for that same device, and his comments suddenly became glowingly in favor of that "must have" product.
I just took a quick glance around his site, and it appears much, much worse now.
Why would you pay for quasi-legal music?? Just fucking download it for free already. Don't try to justify it being "right" because you're paying "less".
Easily answered... Convenience. A lot of people, including myself, use AllOfMP3 not because it's cheap, but because it provides the exact service we want... At AOM, you get the format, codec and bitrate you choose, unencumbered by any DRM, and you don't have to waste time sifting the wheat from the chaff to avoid low-quality or poisoned tracks. The low price at AOM is just a bonus, and not a very important one. I'd happily pay five times what they currently charge, and I'd even be satisfied and continue using AOM if they charged rates comparable to iTunes. I would gladly use a RIAA-compliant US-based company that provided a service like AllOfMP3's, even at a much higher price, if only the RIAA would allow one to exist.
I will continue to insert dynamic ad-server domains into my HOSTS file as rapidly as they establish them. Seeing the blank billboards in games like PlanetSide is actually beginning to amuse me.
A lot of us are in your position. Any new technology is critically dependent on the early-adopters rushing out to buy it. Yet, the early adopters of HDTV are the very same people that have no reason to buy either new format, due to the Hollywood-influenced decision to not offer HD-resolution video over component outputs.
I'm a true home-theater enthusiast and have been eagerly anticipating HD players and discs for years, but I'm sadly not a potential customer. As much as I want HD playback at home, I sincerely hope both formats fail miserably and are eventually replaced by something that's not deliberately crippled for no reason at all. Forbidding HD playback over analog outputs does nothing at all to stop piracy. Anyone wanting to copy a disc will do it bit by bit on a computer or duplicator for a perfect copy, not hook up a recorder to an analog output. The content producers are stuck in the 1980's when they need to be going Back to the Future.
That selective boycott is exactly what I'm planning to participate in. I want to send the message that restricting content costs them sales, while opening it up makes them sales. You can't do that by boycotting all HD products. I'm a home-theater fanatic and I want one format (either of them) to suceed.
For the record, I have both an older analog-input-only HDTV and a newer DVI-equipped HD projector that does support HDCP.
It does seem reasonable, doesn't it? And it is reasonable, under Fair Use provisions. However, the DMCA makes it illegal. Call your congressman now to protest them passing laws that violate other laws and your rights.
Same here. That whole "must go online to verify with server that you have permission to play offline" bullshit is why I never bought (yes, I was actually going to BUY the game) HL2 nor will I buy any future products with similar idiotic restrictions.
No, it doesn't defeat it at all. They will still be tinkering with pre-existing, proven hardware.
Designing a new engine from scratch and flying it dozens of times to obtain the same confidence in it's reliability that we have about the Saturn, Apollo and Shuttle hardware would be vastly more expensive.
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What's going to happen to my motherboard? The exact same thing that happens to my motherboard EVERY time I upgrade... It will get sold with the old CPU. A motherboard+CPU upgrade usually offers more of a performance boost than just changing out a CPU.
It took me seven attempts over a 20 year period to make it all the way through the Silmarillion. I'm glad I finally finished it... but never, ever, again (and I re-read LoTR every five years or so).
It's so dry it's almost painfull at times, but it really is a must-read for anyone who loves Tolkien's world.
"I'm sure the billion people living on land that was under water 550 million
years ago are relieved to hear this."
Rule #1 for choosing a good home: Find a site ABOVE average sea-level.
I take it you've never read my entire post, but simply hit "Reply" half-way through it.
By law, at least in theory, laws are required to be understandable by the general public. Otherwise, ignorance of the law would be a valid defense. If the laws were written in some "law language" that only lawyers and judges understood, they could just tell you that the law said whatever they wanted it to say. How would you know they were lying to you and abusing the system?
Of course, at least in the US, the law may as well be written in different language because even the law-makers don't generally understand what they're voting on.
The second or third thing I do with any OS installation is disable startup sounds, along with most other sounds. Some software company thinking that their product needs to trumpet it's existance throughout my home or workplace aggravates me to no end and is something I absolutely will not tolerate. Something this piddly would actually prevent me from using Vista... if I had any intentions of using it, which I don't.
Of course, I expect a hex editor will solve the problem of any "mandatory" startup sound, if a simple file-deletion doesn't.
Just for the record, it was the RMS Titanic.
But now, let's get back to our regularly scheduled tin-foil-hat discussion.
...and as soon as they can provide an ABSOLUTE 100% GUARANTEE that my checked luggage will wind up in the same city I do and my fragile items won't be smashed by careless baggage handlers, I'll consider your opinion to be a viable alternative.
A ban of all LIQUIDS is simply ridiculous. What are they going to do when somebody wraps a Hershey's bar wrapper around some dark brown plastic explosives... ban all SOLID materials?
"Print is dead."
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Flashbang, my ass. Try a 2000lb LGB.
Correct.
The government was run by Enron.
Good job! You managed to include both "What about the children?" and the "war on terrorism" in a single post. The nebulous comment about hackers/identity theft was good for some bonus points as well. You should run for political office. Just make a few remarks about "tubes" and you're in!
AllofMP3 has already paid them off.
The Dell D/Dock works just fine with the M1710. I got a D/Dock for my M1710 off eBay for $40.
Yes, PlanetSide. Free 12-month trial is underway: http://www.fileplanet.com/161885/160000/fileinfo/P lanetside-Reserves-Installer-%5B12-month-free-tria l%5D
Sure, but think about the latency.
I stopped reading Tom's about 8 years ago, when it became blatantly obvious that his favor was for sale to the highest bidder. I recall him bashing, hard, a seriously under-performing video card until a massive advertising flood began on his site for that same device, and his comments suddenly became glowingly in favor of that "must have" product.
I just took a quick glance around his site, and it appears much, much worse now.
Why would you pay for quasi-legal music?? Just fucking download it for free already. Don't try to justify it being "right" because you're paying "less".
Easily answered... Convenience. A lot of people, including myself, use AllOfMP3 not because it's cheap, but because it provides the exact service we want... At AOM, you get the format, codec and bitrate you choose, unencumbered by any DRM, and you don't have to waste time sifting the wheat from the chaff to avoid low-quality or poisoned tracks. The low price at AOM is just a bonus, and not a very important one. I'd happily pay five times what they currently charge, and I'd even be satisfied and continue using AOM if they charged rates comparable to iTunes. I would gladly use a RIAA-compliant US-based company that provided a service like AllOfMP3's, even at a much higher price, if only the RIAA would allow one to exist.
I will continue to insert dynamic ad-server domains into my HOSTS file as rapidly as they establish them. Seeing the blank billboards in games like PlanetSide is actually beginning to amuse me.
A lot of us are in your position. Any new technology is critically dependent on the early-adopters rushing out to buy it. Yet, the early adopters of HDTV are the very same people that have no reason to buy either new format, due to the Hollywood-influenced decision to not offer HD-resolution video over component outputs. I'm a true home-theater enthusiast and have been eagerly anticipating HD players and discs for years, but I'm sadly not a potential customer. As much as I want HD playback at home, I sincerely hope both formats fail miserably and are eventually replaced by something that's not deliberately crippled for no reason at all. Forbidding HD playback over analog outputs does nothing at all to stop piracy. Anyone wanting to copy a disc will do it bit by bit on a computer or duplicator for a perfect copy, not hook up a recorder to an analog output. The content producers are stuck in the 1980's when they need to be going Back to the Future.
That selective boycott is exactly what I'm planning to participate in. I want to send the message that restricting content costs them sales, while opening it up makes them sales. You can't do that by boycotting all HD products. I'm a home-theater fanatic and I want one format (either of them) to suceed. For the record, I have both an older analog-input-only HDTV and a newer DVI-equipped HD projector that does support HDCP.
It does seem reasonable, doesn't it? And it is reasonable, under Fair Use provisions. However, the DMCA makes it illegal. Call your congressman now to protest them passing laws that violate other laws and your rights.
Same here. That whole "must go online to verify with server that you have permission to play offline" bullshit is why I never bought (yes, I was actually going to BUY the game) HL2 nor will I buy any future products with similar idiotic restrictions.
No, it doesn't defeat it at all. They will still be tinkering with pre-existing, proven hardware. Designing a new engine from scratch and flying it dozens of times to obtain the same confidence in it's reliability that we have about the Saturn, Apollo and Shuttle hardware would be vastly more expensive.