That would be valid if you were talking about a simple railway from one side of the country to the other, but that wouldn't be terribly useful with the number and spread of cities in the United States. So what if I could take a high-speed train from New York City to Los Angeles (a straight-line distance of ~3933km, which would take over 9 hours even at the maximum speed of the Shanghai maglev) if I had to then get on a slower train to San Francisco, or Phoenix, or Seattle? The journey would still take far longer than an airplane.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines "caveat" as:
caveat
n.
1. a. A warning or caution: "A final caveat: Most experts feel that clients get unsatisfactory results when they don't specify clearly what they want" (Savvy).
b. A qualification or explanation.
3. Law A formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard.
I think something people seem to be missing from this is that it could be great for couples (of whatever orientation) with men who are infertile. If sperm can be produced artificially from their bone marrow, they could still father children biologically.
From Ghost in the shell:
When I was a child,
I used to talk as a child,
think as a child,
reason as a child;
when I became a man,
I put aside childish things.
That's 1 Corinthians 13:11, from the Bible, actually.
The quote people tend to attribute to Gates actually says "640k" is all anybody will need. Gates, however, denies that he ever said that, and there's no proof anywhere that he did.
You say in the same sentence "Granted, the technology they have developed is useful, and has contributed significantly," and "but we are wasting money we just don't have by actually sending probes to other planets". If it has been useful and contributed significantly, why is it a waste of money?
Until MSFT starts making their wonderful stuff available for other platforms I'm just gonna have to go ahead and ignore everything you types have to say Silverlight is going to be available for at least one other platform: Mac OS X. It will be available in Firefox, IE, and Safari. And supposedly, Linux support is still being considered.
Are you talking memory and proccessor or app size? The whole FF install file is less than 6gb. It's a very focused app. although it's true that the actual iexplore.exe executible is tiny, the install executable for IE7 is 14.7gb.Boy, I think there would be some major problems if the install executable for IE7 was 14.7gb!
Judgment is the more commonly used American spelling, but judgement (the usual British spelling) is a Standard American variant, even though not widely used in Edited English.
Your justifications are rather alarming. It is part of the Slashdot groupthink mentality, however, so I guess you can't be blamed. If it's out there it's free for the taking right?
How would you feel if you spent large amounts of your time producing something - a book, music, whatever - and try to sell it only to have the first person who buys it just start churning out their own duplicates?
I'm a photographer and if I had a problem with people making copies of my photographs and distributing them without my consent, I'd be likely to stop sharing my images at all.
I'm a programmer and, while I've participated in open source projects, I make my living off of software - if people started stealing that, I'd have to stop writing.
The "it's not physical property so it doesn't hurt anybody" argument doesn't hold up - it's going to hurt everybody who enjoys the content you're stealing.
Now, I'm by no means saying I support the way the RIAA/MPAA act. I find their distribution methods archaic and their legal strategies draconian. But that doesn't give me or anybody the right to acquire the materials they distribute by theft. ("theft: a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent.") You can still protest by not buying or otherwise consuming their content.
Clever, but not clever enough. He doesn't have to use his time for giving haircuts - if you hadn't come in and wasted his time, he might have gone out to lunch early, sat in the back and read a magazine, swept the floor, or done something else. What he wants to do with his time is for him to decide, not you. His time is a valuable resource and you're wasting it if you walk out without paying.
The artist doesn't have to use his/her time to produce content ("IP"). The label doesn't have to use their time and money to promote that content. They decide to do those things because they intend to charge other people to listen to/view that content. For you to circumvent the channels they have set up to distribute the content just because you don't feel like reimbursing them for their time is wrong. You can make all the justifications like "all the resources and effort that went into it have already long since been spent" that you want and it won't change the issue.
Maybe you don't feel like paying for tickets to a concert or a sports event. Just sneak in! There's nothing wrong with that, right? Of course, if everybody thought the same way, pretty soon we wouldn't have many concerts or sports events to go to.
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engineering Pronunciation Key (nj-nîrng)
n.
The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems.
The profession of or the work performed by an engineer.
Skillful maneuvering or direction: geopolitical engineering; social engineering.
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I don't think you understand what goes into lighting for photography/filmmaking. It's not a simple matter "plug in the light".
Slashdot Mirror
That would be valid if you were talking about a simple railway from one side of the country to the other, but that wouldn't be terribly useful with the number and spread of cities in the United States. So what if I could take a high-speed train from New York City to Los Angeles (a straight-line distance of ~3933km, which would take over 9 hours even at the maximum speed of the Shanghai maglev) if I had to then get on a slower train to San Francisco, or Phoenix, or Seattle? The journey would still take far longer than an airplane.
The U.S. is also 26 times the size of Japan and more than double the size of the European Union. That's a lot more area to have to cover.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines "caveat" as:
caveat
n.
1. a. A warning or caution: "A final caveat: Most experts feel that clients get unsatisfactory results when they don't specify clearly what they want" (Savvy).
b. A qualification or explanation.
3. Law A formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard.
You know, filing "chapter 11" does not mean going out of business.
Procastrinate? That word is scary to me. Like a combination of "procrastinate" and "castrate".
It's already been done:
https://www.officialtvwebsite.com/onetouchjaropener/ver3/index.asp?did=644&phone=1-800-540-6849&refcode=jar3Kg5
I think something people seem to be missing from this is that it could be great for couples (of whatever orientation) with men who are infertile. If sperm can be produced artificially from their bone marrow, they could still father children biologically.
A lot of birds are carnivorous.
You might be thinking of TDMA. As far as I know, AT&T/Cingular/AT&T Wireless has never used CDMA.
The quote people tend to attribute to Gates actually says "640k" is all anybody will need. Gates, however, denies that he ever said that, and there's no proof anywhere that he did.
It is possible for an immigrant to become a US citizen, you know.
You say in the same sentence "Granted, the technology they have developed is useful, and has contributed significantly," and "but we are wasting money we just don't have by actually sending probes to other planets". If it has been useful and contributed significantly, why is it a waste of money?
You could try here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/board/threads/
I make no guarantees about the quality of the discussion on IMDB, however.
Are you talking memory and proccessor or app size? The whole FF install file is less than 6gb. It's a very focused app. although it's true that the actual iexplore.exe executible is tiny, the install executable for IE7 is 14.7gb.Boy, I think there would be some major problems if the install executable for IE7 was 14.7gb!
I wouldn't be so sure about that, considering somebody's managed to make a wifi micro-sd card: http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/363895 6
Your justifications are rather alarming. It is part of the Slashdot groupthink mentality, however, so I guess you can't be blamed. If it's out there it's free for the taking right?
How would you feel if you spent large amounts of your time producing something - a book, music, whatever - and try to sell it only to have the first person who buys it just start churning out their own duplicates?
I'm a photographer and if I had a problem with people making copies of my photographs and distributing them without my consent, I'd be likely to stop sharing my images at all. I'm a programmer and, while I've participated in open source projects, I make my living off of software - if people started stealing that, I'd have to stop writing. The "it's not physical property so it doesn't hurt anybody" argument doesn't hold up - it's going to hurt everybody who enjoys the content you're stealing.
Now, I'm by no means saying I support the way the RIAA/MPAA act. I find their distribution methods archaic and their legal strategies draconian. But that doesn't give me or anybody the right to acquire the materials they distribute by theft. ("theft: a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent.") You can still protest by not buying or otherwise consuming their content.
Clever, but not clever enough. He doesn't have to use his time for giving haircuts - if you hadn't come in and wasted his time, he might have gone out to lunch early, sat in the back and read a magazine, swept the floor, or done something else. What he wants to do with his time is for him to decide, not you. His time is a valuable resource and you're wasting it if you walk out without paying.
The artist doesn't have to use his/her time to produce content ("IP"). The label doesn't have to use their time and money to promote that content. They decide to do those things because they intend to charge other people to listen to/view that content. For you to circumvent the channels they have set up to distribute the content just because you don't feel like reimbursing them for their time is wrong. You can make all the justifications like "all the resources and effort that went into it have already long since been spent" that you want and it won't change the issue.
Maybe you don't feel like paying for tickets to a concert or a sports event. Just sneak in! There's nothing wrong with that, right? Of course, if everybody thought the same way, pretty soon we wouldn't have many concerts or sports events to go to.
-- engineering Pronunciation Key (nj-nîrng) n. The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems. The profession of or the work performed by an engineer. Skillful maneuvering or direction: geopolitical engineering; social engineering. -- I don't think you understand what goes into lighting for photography/filmmaking. It's not a simple matter "plug in the light".
So then your users think "what a crummy looking website this is!" rather than "what a crummy web browser I'm using!"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney
"Kidney....Part of the urinary system, the kidneys filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine."
That's Subaru Legacy B4 Blitzen.