Maybe I'm too cynical. It's MS's game to lose. If they get enough countries to vote yes, then it becomes a standard regardless of glaring technical issues and they win. If they cause all the voting to be stalled (or go 'round and 'round) long enough that a majority of people start using their unofficial standard, they win. The only way, in my opinion, for MS to lose is for countries to hurry to a "no" vote and kick them out of the game. Or at least force them to the sidelines for a while. It's probably an overly simplistic view of the whole process, but my caffeine level is low.
I can't examine the legalese on YouTube right now, but does YouTube essentially state that you give up your rights to the content when you post it there? If so, it essentially becomes out in the public domain, whereas there show doesn't.
I don't like it, but the law (and the money) is probably on Viacom's side.
Microsoft announces a new service available for $50 a seat (check with sales rep for volume licensing) that will allow administrators to do what used to be free from some web sites.
Unfortunately for the handgun enthusiasts, when the government answers, they get to use the real [wikipedia.org] weapons. [wikipedia.org]
Only if they convince the military to go along with it. If the military, or enough of it, says what the government is doing is wrong... But the military has been ordered to do, and done, a lot of things I wouldn't have done when I was in.
why should students not get good grades for the same effort and relative achievement compared to other majors?
Because when a student goes up against other students for a job in a scientific field, they're not competing with students from a less demanding field. I couldn't care less if everybody that went into Communications got an "A" since I'm not competing with them. As the scientific tests get made easier, it will be more difficult for future employers to use their grades as some indicator of where they actually stand (whether they should or not is arguable). And that doesn't even touch the fact that they may be getting taught in a way that discourages critical thinking and encourages rote memorization.
That's an unfair question, what with the new easier spelling rules coming down the pipe. Either that or we have to allow for both b and c to be correct.
Disclaimer: I am not a US citizen, and don't know how MPAA or its rating system works.
If anything the ESRB rating provides more information into why a game has a certain rating when compared to MPAA ratings. If a game is rated "M", I can look at the sidebar and see why it's "M." For movies, I have to take a best guess. Further, the MPAA system is more fluid over time (movies that are rated "R" these days probably wouldn't've been able to be released 50 years ago), and nobody bats an eye when scenes are cut to achieve a different rating. I'm inclined to look toward the money when figuring out why politicians are outraged, and my guess is that California State Senators get some money Hollywood that allows them to be more flexible when examining the "artistic integrity" of movies.
Maybe if they start throwing money at national and state Senators like Hollywood does, they won't have these problems. Or maybe I missed the release when Leland was disgusted at the level of violence in movies.
It's incorrect. Did no one even bother to calculate the drop-off? Was there not one single engineer amongst them who ever said "Hey, you know, Gigabit is pretty popular these days."?
10Gb is starting to get out there too. Granted, it's not likely to be hitting end-user boxes for a while, but you'd think somebody at Microsoft might've stopped to do the math on that one.
Might be hard to believe, but a lot of conservatives aren't happy with the way things have been going throughout this administration. If anything could prove that Republican != Conservative, it's certainly been the Bush White House. I think the more things get shaken up, the more both conservatives and liberals win.
Says you. Keep in mind, after the Danish cartoons, people are likely to tread a little bit lightly rather than get some expert opinion on what might qualify as blasphemous. Throw in CAIR getting lawsuit happy (whether the lawsuits have merit or not) and you've got a recipe for less backbone enhanced editors to exclude the comics. The flip side to the comic is that some papers won't run it because of a tastless sex joke. No clear breakdown on why different papers are excluding it.
Here ya go. It looks like, depending on your neck of the woods, editors won't run it because it either has a tasteless sex joke, or because it might offend Muslims.
The other downside to taking credit cards is that, assuming the tips are tacked on to the credit card and not paid with cash, the tips because easily tracked. Which makes it a lot harder to claim less income at the end of the year.
does anyone else wonder if the console makers have strayed to far from the core purposes of the consoles themselves - to provide gaming entertainment?
One would think they'd only have to look at the Wii to figure out it really is still about the games. The Wii is old hardware, doesn't do anything very special, has some new controller mechanisms and is great fun to play...for many different groups of people (including non-gamers).
I'm tempted to get a 360, because it's got some cool games that I'd like to play. There's nothing compelling to me about getting a Playstation 3, and I've owned both earlier Playstations.
Nah, I'm not saying that two wrongs make a right. Just that it happens on both sides, neither is free from blame. The whole political process right now is just...sickening.
When questioned he admitted using the owner's unsecured wireless internet connection without permission and was arrested on suspicion of stealing a wireless broadband connection.
Your first hint that you might not be allowed to use the connection is when you realize you don't have permission and admit it to the local constabulary.
Dishonestly obtaining free internet access is an offence under the Communications Act 2003 and a potential breach of the Computer Misuse Act
From the article, it wasn't quite like he just happened to luck into a network that wasn't secure. It sounds like he parked himself outside the house, and got caught. And there's a law against it in the UK.
Don't like it, oppose the law...or try to get it overturned. Until then, you have to live with it even though you might find it stupid.
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Some companies use certification, any certification as one of the requirements to show that employees are bettering themselves. They're also used as an arbitrary way to show you can perform at the level you're already performing (similar to the way some places use degrees), although I suppose that's not a good purpose.
In general, beyond getting your foot in the door or serving as some sort of continuing education sort of credit with your current boss, there's not much to them. Unless you have to have them to maintain some sort of business relationship with a vendor.
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Maybe I'm too cynical. It's MS's game to lose. If they get enough countries to vote yes, then it becomes a standard regardless of glaring technical issues and they win. If they cause all the voting to be stalled (or go 'round and 'round) long enough that a majority of people start using their unofficial standard, they win. The only way, in my opinion, for MS to lose is for countries to hurry to a "no" vote and kick them out of the game. Or at least force them to the sidelines for a while. It's probably an overly simplistic view of the whole process, but my caffeine level is low.
I can't examine the legalese on YouTube right now, but does YouTube essentially state that you give up your rights to the content when you post it there? If so, it essentially becomes out in the public domain, whereas there show doesn't.
I don't like it, but the law (and the money) is probably on Viacom's side.
Microsoft announces a new service available for $50 a seat (check with sales rep for volume licensing) that will allow administrators to do what used to be free from some web sites.
Because sometimes the government is at odds with itself.
Unfortunately for the handgun enthusiasts, when the government answers, they get to use the real [wikipedia.org] weapons. [wikipedia.org]
Only if they convince the military to go along with it. If the military, or enough of it, says what the government is doing is wrong... But the military has been ordered to do, and done, a lot of things I wouldn't have done when I was in.
why should students not get good grades for the same effort and relative achievement compared to other majors?
Because when a student goes up against other students for a job in a scientific field, they're not competing with students from a less demanding field. I couldn't care less if everybody that went into Communications got an "A" since I'm not competing with them. As the scientific tests get made easier, it will be more difficult for future employers to use their grades as some indicator of where they actually stand (whether they should or not is arguable). And that doesn't even touch the fact that they may be getting taught in a way that discourages critical thinking and encourages rote memorization.
That's an unfair question, what with the new easier spelling rules coming down the pipe. Either that or we have to allow for both b and c to be correct.
"Just don't lead 'em as much"
Disclaimer: I am not a US citizen, and don't know how MPAA or its rating system works.
If anything the ESRB rating provides more information into why a game has a certain rating when compared to MPAA ratings. If a game is rated "M", I can look at the sidebar and see why it's "M." For movies, I have to take a best guess. Further, the MPAA system is more fluid over time (movies that are rated "R" these days probably wouldn't've been able to be released 50 years ago), and nobody bats an eye when scenes are cut to achieve a different rating. I'm inclined to look toward the money when figuring out why politicians are outraged, and my guess is that California State Senators get some money Hollywood that allows them to be more flexible when examining the "artistic integrity" of movies.
Apparently PS3 can't pull ahead of PS2, much less competitors products.
Maybe if they start throwing money at national and state Senators like Hollywood does, they won't have these problems. Or maybe I missed the release when Leland was disgusted at the level of violence in movies.
It's incorrect. Did no one even bother to calculate the drop-off? Was there not one single engineer amongst them who ever said "Hey, you know, Gigabit is pretty popular these days."?
10Gb is starting to get out there too. Granted, it's not likely to be hitting end-user boxes for a while, but you'd think somebody at Microsoft might've stopped to do the math on that one.
Might be hard to believe, but a lot of conservatives aren't happy with the way things have been going throughout this administration. If anything could prove that Republican != Conservative, it's certainly been the Bush White House. I think the more things get shaken up, the more both conservatives and liberals win.
The strip is not blasphemous in any serious way.
Says you. Keep in mind, after the Danish cartoons, people are likely to tread a little bit lightly rather than get some expert opinion on what might qualify as blasphemous. Throw in CAIR getting lawsuit happy (whether the lawsuits have merit or not) and you've got a recipe for less backbone enhanced editors to exclude the comics. The flip side to the comic is that some papers won't run it because of a tastless sex joke. No clear breakdown on why different papers are excluding it.
Here ya go. It looks like, depending on your neck of the woods, editors won't run it because it either has a tasteless sex joke, or because it might offend Muslims.
The other downside to taking credit cards is that, assuming the tips are tacked on to the credit card and not paid with cash, the tips because easily tracked. Which makes it a lot harder to claim less income at the end of the year.
They want to compete by locking you in. Sorta like some other large company I can't remember the name of just now.
You're probably thinking of Apple and the way they lock people into using iTunes store on their iPod.
does anyone else wonder if the console makers have strayed to far from the core purposes of the consoles themselves - to provide gaming entertainment?
One would think they'd only have to look at the Wii to figure out it really is still about the games. The Wii is old hardware, doesn't do anything very special, has some new controller mechanisms and is great fun to play...for many different groups of people (including non-gamers).
I'm tempted to get a 360, because it's got some cool games that I'd like to play. There's nothing compelling to me about getting a Playstation 3, and I've owned both earlier Playstations.
Nah, I'm not saying that two wrongs make a right. Just that it happens on both sides, neither is free from blame. The whole political process right now is just...sickening.
30% is still better than Congress right now. There's room to slide.
Because Democrats would never do that, amirite?
From TFA:
When questioned he admitted using the owner's unsecured wireless internet connection without permission and was arrested on suspicion of stealing a wireless broadband connection.
Your first hint that you might not be allowed to use the connection is when you realize you don't have permission and admit it to the local constabulary.
Dishonestly obtaining free internet access is an offence under the Communications Act 2003 and a potential breach of the Computer Misuse Act
From the article, it wasn't quite like he just happened to luck into a network that wasn't secure. It sounds like he parked himself outside the house, and got caught. And there's a law against it in the UK.
Don't like it, oppose the law...or try to get it overturned. Until then, you have to live with it even though you might find it stupid.
Gravity will make you it's bitch!
Some companies use certification, any certification as one of the requirements to show that employees are bettering themselves. They're also used as an arbitrary way to show you can perform at the level you're already performing (similar to the way some places use degrees), although I suppose that's not a good purpose.
In general, beyond getting your foot in the door or serving as some sort of continuing education sort of credit with your current boss, there's not much to them. Unless you have to have them to maintain some sort of business relationship with a vendor.