I really think the companies should embrace roms, ie sell them for a few bucks a pop
This may be stretching things a bit, but it would also be sort of interesting (and cool) if they would also sell old controllers with soe sort of to usb adapter, so you could use the old controllers. just a thought.
From the sounds of the article, as well as previous attempts to protect their CDs, I get the feeling that a lot of this scheme is software bases. If this is the case, then i gotta ask - is there sort of a license agreement on the CD? How about a prompt asking if you want to install the software? What about a license agreement that pops up when the software is installed?
I'm going to jump the gun a little here and assume that it is at least partly software and that the answer to the rest of my questions is a "no"
Doesn't this make the software a corporate virus. Also, since there is no license agreement, does that mean that you have the right to reverse-engineer, decompile, and otherwise screw around with the software:)?
Why is Al Qaeda representatives beheading american civilians in Iraq?
because, by invading Iraq, we became a symbol and a target. although Osama would not work with Saddam, once we invaded a middle-eastern country, Iraq became a rallying point for ALL islamic terrorists. Remember what people like osama and his followers are fighting for: to destroy the US/Isreal and to keep us out of their turf.
Yes, but if you are just using old work then what's the point of taking the class?
Easy, the course is REQUIRED to get a degree. I have taken a couple of classes where i already knew the materal (after only 1 year), but was required to take the class if i wanted my degree.
Although, the US supreme court recently (effectively) ruled that animated, and computer generated images of someone who appairs to be under 18 are legal, as no child was actually victomized.
Neither do I, but i still have a ported version of rm on my computer. When i read your post, i renamed rm, and went run this script. But, much to my amusement, i doscovered that while i do have rm, i do not have perl - lol
NEWS FLASH! Gaddafi is no longer a threat! Gaddafi has given up his weapons of mass destruction (yes, he did have them!) He is no longer a threat to the United States or any other nation. Why? Because of Bush's actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This is retroactive justification of the war. And, even if something were said about this before the war, i would still be opposed. Not because this is not a worthy goal, but because: 1) it would have been speculation - something NOBODY should go to war for, and 2) because the precedent it sets. Going to war over such shady reasons allows anybody to go to war with anyone else, and can easily be used to justify imperialistic wars, just like the Ancient Greeks did using preemption as an excuse (hmm... preemption, does that sound familiar.)
While we can not prove, yet, that Saddam had ties with Al Qaeda, there is plenty of interesting evidence.
So, shoot first, ask questions later? If we can go to war without the proof to back up our acquisitions, then i want my tax dollars back, and i don't want to be eligible for the draft (what others decide they will die for is up to them.)
I think that a lot of the math-related issues are because people use a wonderful invention called a calculator once they hit upper levels of math. For example, from algebra on, I used a calculator for just about any problem I came across, barring, maybe 1+1. Besides, everyone knows that technology is more reliable then people are:)
Culture tends to influence language; language does not control thought.
Just a thought - has anyone thought of this the other way around? If culture influences language, then a culture which thinks differently (for whatever reason) would have those differences reflected in their language.
From the bill: (c) PROCEDURE FOR WAIVER OR DELAY OF COMPLETION- An agency head may waive or delay the completion of some or all of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
I'm no lawyer, but it looks like subsections (a) and (b) are the ones that allow the public to change incorrect information, give feedback, and even requires the government to publish the privacy assessment. If my reading is correct and i think it is,) then the bill would do nothing as far as preventing things like the PATRIOT act, because those making such laws would undoubtedly want to keep this privacy report from reaching the public. Despite this, it would appear that the bill does protect us from accidentally invasive bills.
Tell me - *exactly* when does a "human embryo" become a "human"?
That is a good question. I think that the best analogy I?ve heard so far is this:
If you have 1 grain of sand, is it a mountain?
How about 2?
And, if you keep piling grains of sand up, then at some point, you have to say that it is a mountain.
This seams to be the exact dilemma we face in the debate over abortion (and embryonic stem-cell research.)
However, in this case, the cells were still un-differentiated. Calling un-differentiated stem-cells a "human" would be an increadable leap. Cysts are removed from women's uteruses that have more human-like characteristics (they have differentated) then these embryonic stem-cells.
Besides Gun control, virus programmers, etc., there are other things to consider. For example, has it occurred to anyone that both HTTP servers and FTP servers also allow people to illegally download copyrighted material, post child porn, etc.
Wouldn?t holding software manufactures responsible for the use of their products mean holding M$ (their web server), Apache, and all other web-server manufactures responsible for the posting of child porn, and copyrighted files? If so, imagine the impact this case could have on the Internet.
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Actually, Area-51 DOES exist. The goverment even admitted it. however, it was only a weapons testing facility.
you missed an s :P
This may be stretching things a bit, but it would also be sort of interesting (and cool) if they would also sell old controllers with soe sort of to usb adapter, so you could use the old controllers. just a thought.
Maybe, when this promo is over, they'll do the pedomater(sp?) thing with bigMac meals, too.
I'm going to jump the gun a little here and assume that it is at least partly software and that the answer to the rest of my questions is a "no"
Doesn't this make the software a corporate virus. Also, since there is no license agreement, does that mean that you have the right to reverse-engineer, decompile, and otherwise screw around with the software :)?
There are also the amature enthusists out there. This news will probobly make its way into some amature digital photography magazine.
CD-Burners. About a year ago, i read an article in Computer Power User about how just a firmware upgrade would boost your burner speed.
because, by invading Iraq, we became a symbol and a target. although Osama would not work with Saddam, once we invaded a middle-eastern country, Iraq became a rallying point for ALL islamic terrorists. Remember what people like osama and his followers are fighting for: to destroy the US/Isreal and to keep us out of their turf.
Easy, the course is REQUIRED to get a degree. I have taken a couple of classes where i already knew the materal (after only 1 year), but was required to take the class if i wanted my degree.
Although, the US supreme court recently (effectively) ruled that animated, and computer generated images of someone who appairs to be under 18 are legal, as no child was actually victomized.
Neither do I, but i still have a ported version of rm on my computer. When i read your post, i renamed rm, and went run this script. But, much to my amusement, i doscovered that while i do have rm, i do not have perl - lol
This is retroactive justification of the war. And, even if something were said about this before the war, i would still be opposed. Not because this is not a worthy goal, but because: 1) it would have been speculation - something NOBODY should go to war for, and 2) because the precedent it sets. Going to war over such shady reasons allows anybody to go to war with anyone else, and can easily be used to justify imperialistic wars, just like the Ancient Greeks did using preemption as an excuse (hmm... preemption, does that sound familiar.) While we can not prove, yet, that Saddam had ties with Al Qaeda, there is plenty of interesting evidence.
So, shoot first, ask questions later? If we can go to war without the proof to back up our acquisitions, then i want my tax dollars back, and i don't want to be eligible for the draft (what others decide they will die for is up to them.)
I think that a lot of the math-related issues are because people use a wonderful invention called a calculator once they hit upper levels of math. For example, from algebra on, I used a calculator for just about any problem I came across, barring, maybe 1+1. Besides, everyone knows that technology is more reliable then people are :)
Just a thought - has anyone thought of this the other way around? If culture influences language, then a culture which thinks differently (for whatever reason) would have those differences reflected in their language.
(c) PROCEDURE FOR WAIVER OR DELAY OF COMPLETION- An agency head may waive or delay the completion of some or all of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
I'm no lawyer, but it looks like subsections (a) and (b) are the ones that allow the public to change incorrect information, give feedback, and even requires the government to publish the privacy assessment.
If my reading is correct and i think it is,) then the bill would do nothing as far as preventing things like the PATRIOT act, because those making such laws would undoubtedly want to keep this privacy report from reaching the public. Despite this, it would appear that the bill does protect us from accidentally invasive bills.
That is a good question. I think that the best analogy I?ve heard so far is this:
If you have 1 grain of sand, is it a mountain?
How about 2?
And, if you keep piling grains of sand up, then at some point, you have to say that it is a mountain.
This seams to be the exact dilemma we face in the debate over abortion (and embryonic stem-cell research.)
However, in this case, the cells were still un-differentiated. Calling un-differentiated stem-cells a "human" would be an increadable leap. Cysts are removed from women's uteruses that have more human-like characteristics (they have differentated) then these embryonic stem-cells.
I don't know about the 8GB version, but I can boot my laptop off the smaller memory cards.
Wouldn?t holding software manufactures responsible for the use of their products mean holding M$ (their web server), Apache, and all other web-server manufactures responsible for the posting of child porn, and copyrighted files? If so, imagine the impact this case could have on the Internet.