First, the shadows (no apostrophe) lie in Redmond. It would be lay if the shadows were doing it to something else, or if the shadows were lying in the past.
Second, Microsoft isn't even part of the U3 group. Nice slam at MS, though. You really burned 'em.
If Joel wrote in Hindi, you'd have a point. I'm not saying that Mr. Krishnan doesn't have some good points. I'm saying that if he spent a little time learning to write English without errors he'd be able to reach a wider audience.
You've got me there. I thought you were saying that the phrase that began with "It's" in the original post should have been a new sentence, rather than the parenthetical bit from your message's parent. Closer reading would have made it clear to me that your meaning was the obvious one.
Thanks for clarifying your point. I apologize for jumping to the conclusion that you were wrong. Happy holidays.
The issue in question was the use of "it's" as opposed to "its". The original poster correctly used "It's" as a contraction of "it is", only to be corrected with "its". The corrector was correct in noting that it should not be capitalized but was incorrect in saying there should be no apostrophe.
What they really need to do is switch to a system that generates static pages. The errors I always get on viewing their site have to do with the database, which they hit on every page view even though the page only changes a handful of times each week. The forums are really the only part of the site that need server side scripting.
LiveCDs are an easy way to "try out" an operating system without commiting to anything. You can pop one of these in the drive, play with a bit, and still have your regular operating system intact when you're done.
The one I use the most, though, is the System Rescue CD. I used that with all of the Windows machines I unofficially support, and now whenever one of them goes bad I can stick that CD in and restore the drive image from the network in about 45 minutes. No more spending days getting everything reinstalled and tweaked just right.
But there's nothing in-game to signal the transfer. If I buy the game with cash, pay the first month or two with pre-paid game cards, and then sell the account to you, the only trail is real-world, as opposed to selling an item or gold, where the transfer happens on Blizzard's servers. If we cover our tracks, there's no way for them to show that you didn't just buy the game yourself. Stuff like that would be limited to a very small scale, though, since attracting a lot of customers requires some amount of publicity.
First, go price a kilo of your recreational non-tobacco, non-alcohol drug of choice, and then rethink the value of things that are illegal to sell.
Second, if this were to go to court the issue wouldn't be ownership of virtual items (which is a ridiculous concept, if you think about it), it would be breach of Blizzard's license agreement. Blizzard argues that the breach of license devalues their product. I can't come up with a good counterargument, but I'd be interested to see what someone came up with should something like this ever find its way to court.
First, Blizzard can have eBay give them the real name of the seller, and then shut down that person's accounts. Second, Blizzard can pose as the buyer, win the auction, and then shut down the account.
My copy, with wooden pieces and copyright 1968, has "Eastern United States" and "Western United States". Every* edition of Risk that I have played, both electronic and on a board, has this geography.
Civilization 3 listed the Sioux and Iroquois as independent civilizations, and Risk is popular here in spite of the fact that everything west of the great plains is a different country. That's just off the top of my head; I'm sure I could do better if I sat down with my game collection for a while. There's not even a fuss raised. We just don't care because we realize that it's just a game and not a geopolitical commentary.
I could even understand banning the game if the focus of the game was Taiwanese independence, but the game is about soccer. Is someone really going to play this game and say, "You know, China really needs to let Taiwan be independent"?
To be fair, though, Americans do tend to freak out about games with guns in them, so I guess we have our own issues to sort out.
Of course this statistic, like any other, needs to be taken with a grain of salt since it is unscientific, based on an informal survey of WOW forums, and generally pulled out of my ass.
Not to mention that your sample group is composed entirely of people who aren't playing the game. The people who were on the servers and had no reason to complain on the forums were (obviously) not heard.
For the "Civ transitions into Alpha Centauri" concept, try Civilization: Test of Time, which is identical to Civ2 with slightly better graphics and an endgame that includes development on Alpha Centauri and advanced research (instead of just "Future Tech").
Plus, since it's been out for years, it can be had cheap in the bargain bin or on eBay.
Music, too. I remember hearing it explained as a way for new records to get the most sales possible before "the charts" were compiled, so that a new album could get a better rating.
Get this. I managed to convince my parents to switch to a cable modem about five years ago, when I was still living at home. However, my mother (fairly) wanted to keep AOL for a few months to give everyone time to get their email changed.
Here's the scary part: To this day, she won't cancel AOL because my sister still uses their webmail. So, because my sister is too lazy to change her address, we pay $24.95 a month for webmail, something every other site offers for free, and does a better job! That's on top of the cable modem fee already! Ugh!!!
Can the Governor of New Hampshire declare a law unconstitutional? Can the Supreme Court nominate someone to a cabinet position? Can the Congress lead the military? Can the legislature of Kentucky impeach a federal official? Can the president amend the Constitution? Can I, a private citizen, suspend the Writ of Habeus Corpus?
No. Why? Because the framers of the Constitution very carefully specified who has the authority to do these things and, by extension, who does not. The only body with the power to schedule an election for presidential electors is the Congress. The states, and the electors, have no authority here, even if they feel that there was a problem with the elections that were scheduled by Congress.
Let's suppose for a minute that the electors (who are partisan and would be very unlikely to do something that would jeopardize their win) and the state legislatures did exactly what you describe, and hold a second election. If it has the same results you've accomplished nothing except having the electors and the states overstep their authority. If it has a different outcome, it would almost definitely go to court where the new results would be struck down. The states can't just exercise authority (and get away with it) they don't have, even if they mean well or they want to correct an injustice.
First, everything the federal government does requires the Constitution be involved. Article II gives the states the power to "chuse" their method of selecting electors and Congress the authority to "chuse" the time of the election and the day the electors meet to give their votes.
So, simply put, the electors can't simply meet with the states and organize another election. It is possible for so-called faithless electors to change their votes or abstain (although this is illegal in half the states), but they can't just decide they don't like the results (whether for valid or partisan reasons) and do it again.
The problem isn't the Bush wouldn't resign, but that our Constitution provides no provisions whatsoever for emergency public elections or temporary acting presidents (as applicable to this situation). There's no "do over" provision, even if there was evidence of massive fraud. Furthermore, there's no way to have such provisions without them being either abused or ineffective. Who decides if we have a do over?
That's exactly why these FOIA requests are a good thing. The only way to remove the concerns of fraud and illegitimacy is to have a fully transparent process. My guess is that there wasn't any widespread fraud in this election, and the result is representative of Bush's ability to mobilize his base and sway enough of the middle. However, suppose we say there was no fraud this time so the electronic machines must be trustworthy. What happens in twelve years when there is massive fraud, and we have no way to detect it?
Let me put it this way. My company will save municipalities money by providing paper ballots and all associated equipment for all elections and performing all counting duties. No, you can't watch us do the counting. No, you can't have the ballots back when we're done with them, either. I'm sorry, we can't really even let you see the ballots. So, will your county hire us? Can we get a contract with your state?
If not, how can you possibly support electronic voting machines that aren't open for examination and public scrutiny?
(Note that "you" as used here is the general "people who think we didn't have a problem and don't see the need to worry", and not the parent poster.)
For everything they offer in the psp the battery life is sufficient for release. Yes the DS will have about 5x longer playtime... for now. If Nintendo made something with the same size screen/processing power then they would run into the same problem as would any company.
That's just it, though. Nintendo isn't making something with the same screen size and processing power precisely because it would drain the battery so fast. Nintendo has owned this market for so long because they realize that, when you get right down to it, a good that lasts for a long time beats really good that lasts for a short time. It looks like the next round will play out the same way the others have.
Just as your failure to vote for his opponent also gave him the authority to do so. If you have the chance to affect a situation and don't do anything, I'm not going to listen to you complain about it.
Agreed. Furthermore, I think that it's possible that a lot of the stuff put out by the Democrats might contain go codes for radical Leftist groups like ELF or Greenpeace. Better shut them up, too. Really, any broadcast or publication that is critical of the current administration could contain codes for terrorists, so we'd be safest if we just had the Department of Homeland Security screen all messages before they are sent. That's free speech we can live with.
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Second, Microsoft isn't even part of the U3 group. Nice slam at MS, though. You really burned 'em.
I noticed that too, and it's even worse when you consider that the DS isn't even part of the Gameboy line.
If Joel wrote in Hindi, you'd have a point. I'm not saying that Mr. Krishnan doesn't have some good points. I'm saying that if he spent a little time learning to write English without errors he'd be able to reach a wider audience.
Mr. Krishnan would do well to note Joel's first piece of advice, "Learn how to write before graduating."
Thanks for clarifying your point. I apologize for jumping to the conclusion that you were wrong. Happy holidays.
The issue in question was the use of "it's" as opposed to "its". The original poster correctly used "It's" as a contraction of "it is", only to be corrected with "its". The corrector was correct in noting that it should not be capitalized but was incorrect in saying there should be no apostrophe.
What they really need to do is switch to a system that generates static pages. The errors I always get on viewing their site have to do with the database, which they hit on every page view even though the page only changes a handful of times each week. The forums are really the only part of the site that need server side scripting.
LiveCDs are an easy way to "try out" an operating system without commiting to anything. You can pop one of these in the drive, play with a bit, and still have your regular operating system intact when you're done. The one I use the most, though, is the System Rescue CD. I used that with all of the Windows machines I unofficially support, and now whenever one of them goes bad I can stick that CD in and restore the drive image from the network in about 45 minutes. No more spending days getting everything reinstalled and tweaked just right.
You realize that nobody will follow that link, right?
But there's nothing in-game to signal the transfer. If I buy the game with cash, pay the first month or two with pre-paid game cards, and then sell the account to you, the only trail is real-world, as opposed to selling an item or gold, where the transfer happens on Blizzard's servers. If we cover our tracks, there's no way for them to show that you didn't just buy the game yourself. Stuff like that would be limited to a very small scale, though, since attracting a lot of customers requires some amount of publicity.
First, go price a kilo of your recreational non-tobacco, non-alcohol drug of choice, and then rethink the value of things that are illegal to sell. Second, if this were to go to court the issue wouldn't be ownership of virtual items (which is a ridiculous concept, if you think about it), it would be breach of Blizzard's license agreement. Blizzard argues that the breach of license devalues their product. I can't come up with a good counterargument, but I'd be interested to see what someone came up with should something like this ever find its way to court.
First, Blizzard can have eBay give them the real name of the seller, and then shut down that person's accounts. Second, Blizzard can pose as the buyer, win the auction, and then shut down the account.
* Does not include Lord of the Rings Risk.
I could even understand banning the game if the focus of the game was Taiwanese independence, but the game is about soccer. Is someone really going to play this game and say, "You know, China really needs to let Taiwan be independent"?
To be fair, though, Americans do tend to freak out about games with guns in them, so I guess we have our own issues to sort out.
Not to mention that your sample group is composed entirely of people who aren't playing the game. The people who were on the servers and had no reason to complain on the forums were (obviously) not heard.
For the "Civ transitions into Alpha Centauri" concept, try Civilization: Test of Time, which is identical to Civ2 with slightly better graphics and an endgame that includes development on Alpha Centauri and advanced research (instead of just "Future Tech").
Plus, since it's been out for years, it can be had cheap in the bargain bin or on eBay.
Music, too. I remember hearing it explained as a way for new records to get the most sales possible before "the charts" were compiled, so that a new album could get a better rating.
Your Great-Great-Grandmother has some explaining to do.
Here's the scary part: To this day, she won't cancel AOL because my sister still uses their webmail. So, because my sister is too lazy to change her address, we pay $24.95 a month for webmail, something every other site offers for free, and does a better job! That's on top of the cable modem fee already! Ugh!!!
Sorry, you just brought up a sore subject.
No. Why? Because the framers of the Constitution very carefully specified who has the authority to do these things and, by extension, who does not. The only body with the power to schedule an election for presidential electors is the Congress. The states, and the electors, have no authority here, even if they feel that there was a problem with the elections that were scheduled by Congress.
Let's suppose for a minute that the electors (who are partisan and would be very unlikely to do something that would jeopardize their win) and the state legislatures did exactly what you describe, and hold a second election. If it has the same results you've accomplished nothing except having the electors and the states overstep their authority. If it has a different outcome, it would almost definitely go to court where the new results would be struck down. The states can't just exercise authority (and get away with it) they don't have, even if they mean well or they want to correct an injustice.
So, simply put, the electors can't simply meet with the states and organize another election. It is possible for so-called faithless electors to change their votes or abstain (although this is illegal in half the states), but they can't just decide they don't like the results (whether for valid or partisan reasons) and do it again.
That's exactly why these FOIA requests are a good thing. The only way to remove the concerns of fraud and illegitimacy is to have a fully transparent process. My guess is that there wasn't any widespread fraud in this election, and the result is representative of Bush's ability to mobilize his base and sway enough of the middle. However, suppose we say there was no fraud this time so the electronic machines must be trustworthy. What happens in twelve years when there is massive fraud, and we have no way to detect it?
Let me put it this way. My company will save municipalities money by providing paper ballots and all associated equipment for all elections and performing all counting duties. No, you can't watch us do the counting. No, you can't have the ballots back when we're done with them, either. I'm sorry, we can't really even let you see the ballots. So, will your county hire us? Can we get a contract with your state?
If not, how can you possibly support electronic voting machines that aren't open for examination and public scrutiny?
(Note that "you" as used here is the general "people who think we didn't have a problem and don't see the need to worry", and not the parent poster.)
That's just it, though. Nintendo isn't making something with the same screen size and processing power precisely because it would drain the battery so fast. Nintendo has owned this market for so long because they realize that, when you get right down to it, a good that lasts for a long time beats really good that lasts for a short time. It looks like the next round will play out the same way the others have.
Just as your failure to vote for his opponent also gave him the authority to do so. If you have the chance to affect a situation and don't do anything, I'm not going to listen to you complain about it.
Agreed. Furthermore, I think that it's possible that a lot of the stuff put out by the Democrats might contain go codes for radical Leftist groups like ELF or Greenpeace. Better shut them up, too. Really, any broadcast or publication that is critical of the current administration could contain codes for terrorists, so we'd be safest if we just had the Department of Homeland Security screen all messages before they are sent. That's free speech we can live with.