They never said they would not support the hardware, or even warranty it against defects. They are simply not offering the CompleteCare plan, which protects you from accidental damage, such as someone throwing a brick through your screen. The standard 1 year warranty with in-home repair still applies.
Stupid? Yes indeed, because not only is it pissing off would-be Ubuntu Dell purchasers, but it is also keeping them from making more money selling a plan that only a small portion of customers will ever cash in on. It is simply insurance after all.
It's a marketing scheme. Sony and Target are in it together to create a buy-the-PS3-now-before-production-must-cease frenzy. Since there are thousands of PS3s sitting on store shelves collecting dust, this would seem to be the best method at resolving the problem in a hurry. Then as soon as the overstock problem is resolved, Sony and Target mysteriously settle on undisclosed terms.
Your math is still flawed as weekends cannot be counted in those 40 days. 40 school days is 8 weeks (5 days/wk), which is 1 week short of an entire semester (1 school year is 36 weeks, 9 weeks per semester), thus it would be ~22% of the school year.
...This is analogous to going into a store, buying a shirt, and then stealing a second one in case something happens to the first!...
No, this is analogous to buying a blank white shirt, then using your friend's shirt as a basis to make a copy with your white one. Your analogy is flawed in that it tries to equate the real physical loss of the store to the mere copying of a disk. Nothing is stolen when a disk is copied.
It's not necessarily the speed at which you drive, but how you get to that speed. If you normally accelerate to 80MPH, you will burn less gas than if you floor it until you get to 80MPH.
Your method of dividing the displayed MPG by the gallons of gas you just filled it up with is slightly flawed. Those systems are not always accurate about the exact amount of gas that is in your tank, so unless you run it bone dry, you'll never get an accurate result. Getting a result within 1-2MPG is about as close as you will ever get.
If you honestly believe that a survey of 160 students, all likely within the same county and state, accurately represents the views of 240,132,887 children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged adults, and senior citizens, then you truly are a fool.
That's not what I'm saying at all. But two things are relevant here.
1. This is not a poll. This means demographic impacts may or may not be as relevant. I'm not saying that you can extrapolate from the reaction of college kids to the reaction of senior citizens (and certainly not children), but I am saying that the emphasis was not on "what do college kids think (as opposed to some other group)" but was on "how watching porn causally impact attitudes of college kids." Your quite right, there may be some important differences. But we don't know, and we're not allowed to do the studies. This is all we have, and I'm not saying it answers the question with finality, but the results are very strong.
2. Kind of a repeat of what I just said. This isn't supposed to be like "the ultimate answer that says how porn impacts every living human being in the country". A statistically valid poll for a voting involves what - 1,200? 1,600? You can ask that few people and get results that extrapolate to the opinion of the entire nation. Now again, this is not a poll. It was a test to determine how porn impacts people. It's an experiment, not a poll. But the comparison is there just to indicate that you can get powerful results from a small sample. Note that I said "powerful", not incontrovertible. Ok, I'll accept that. The problem I have is where you said "That's pretty damming evidence, in my opinion, of a causal relationship between porn (of the non-violent variety!) and callousness towards women and women's issues." While that may be your opinion, it is by no means "damning evidence".
First, IANASG (I am not a statistical genius). However, I'm not an idiot either. The US population in 1982 was 231,664,458. If you honestly believe that a survey of 160 students, all likely within the same county and state, accurately represents the views of 240,132,887 children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged adults, and senior citizens, then you truly are a fool. "Statistically significant" does not exactly mean that the results are completely accurate. Not to mention the fact that all those surveyed were students - are you going to also tell me that most students share the same views as most adults and senior citizens?
From the article on foxnews.com... Before I tell you what George Lucas said at the all-star Time magazine dinner for the 100 most influential people, let's cut to the chase: Cate Blanchett arrived and looked gorgeous. She looked completely unlike the picture that ran everywhere Tuesday that depicted her as an anorexic skeleton.
Gee, the picture shown there looks like an anorexic skeleton in a skin suit.
As far as ducking from creditors, I was not very clear at all. If you owe lots of bills/child support and leave town, you can prevent them from using your credit report to hunt you down in your new location. I know its a minor thing, but it does get used that way.
No, they do not do this. There are plenty of other resources that are not only more readily available, but contain much more information (and the same information) than your credit report would even come close to. Just ask any repo-man.
From the blog (the cached copy on google of course):
You jumped to the rescue with, it's the new Maryland ID, and I said, no, it's the old one. I have the new one. You can't drink here, darling, and I'm keeping your ID.
The image was not just the picture of the fake ID holder, it was of the entire ID. The bartender clearly recognized the ID as a previous-issue Maryland state ID, and whether it was created from scratch or not, it was presented as an official ID issued by the state of Maryland. Since the user presented it as official, I would think that any lawyer could easily beat her on the mere grounds that the fake ID holder waived any right to copyright by claiming it was an officially issued ID.
Because the fake ID should already be copyrighted by the agency that printed it. The fake ID user has no claim to the copyright of the ID anyway. Otherwise anybody could make a duplicate of any document then copyright it as their own.
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Pictures of his grandkids from his digital camera at uber-ridiculous resolutions?
...before the summary even made it to the front page of Slashdot...
Oddly enough, the "duped" tag shows up for me - slownewsday, court, displays, hardware, duped (tagging beta)
Just AdBlock *banners.sys-con.com* - done.
They never said they would not support the hardware, or even warranty it against defects. They are simply not offering the CompleteCare plan, which protects you from accidental damage, such as someone throwing a brick through your screen. The standard 1 year warranty with in-home repair still applies.
Stupid? Yes indeed, because not only is it pissing off would-be Ubuntu Dell purchasers, but it is also keeping them from making more money selling a plan that only a small portion of customers will ever cash in on. It is simply insurance after all.
I dunno how deep your pockets go, but mine are pretty shallow. Shallow-pocketed sponsors are not worth much to any sport.
It's a marketing scheme. Sony and Target are in it together to create a buy-the-PS3-now-before-production-must-cease frenzy. Since there are thousands of PS3s sitting on store shelves collecting dust, this would seem to be the best method at resolving the problem in a hurry. Then as soon as the overstock problem is resolved, Sony and Target mysteriously settle on undisclosed terms.
Your math is still flawed as weekends cannot be counted in those 40 days. 40 school days is 8 weeks (5 days/wk), which is 1 week short of an entire semester (1 school year is 36 weeks, 9 weeks per semester), thus it would be ~22% of the school year.
...expelled for 40 days. That's 10% of the school year...Really? A school year is longer than a calendar year?
Nah, it's been renewed
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...This is analogous to going into a store, buying a shirt, and then stealing a second one in case something happens to the first!...No, this is analogous to buying a blank white shirt, then using your friend's shirt as a basis to make a copy with your white one. Your analogy is flawed in that it tries to equate the real physical loss of the store to the mere copying of a disk. Nothing is stolen when a disk is copied.
Did nobody else find it seemingly coincidental that the banning of modded 360s was orchestrated through a game called "Crackdown"?
That's great! It literally brought a smile to my face when I send an email from Thunderbird and the thing literally went nuts with sounds.
Yeah you're right - I misread the method they used.
It's not necessarily the speed at which you drive, but how you get to that speed. If you normally accelerate to 80MPH, you will burn less gas than if you floor it until you get to 80MPH.
Your method of dividing the displayed MPG by the gallons of gas you just filled it up with is slightly flawed. Those systems are not always accurate about the exact amount of gas that is in your tank, so unless you run it bone dry, you'll never get an accurate result. Getting a result within 1-2MPG is about as close as you will ever get.
That's not what I'm saying at all. But two things are relevant here.
1. This is not a poll. This means demographic impacts may or may not be as relevant. I'm not saying that you can extrapolate from the reaction of college kids to the reaction of senior citizens (and certainly not children), but I am saying that the emphasis was not on "what do college kids think (as opposed to some other group)" but was on "how watching porn causally impact attitudes of college kids." Your quite right, there may be some important differences. But we don't know, and we're not allowed to do the studies. This is all we have, and I'm not saying it answers the question with finality, but the results are very strong.
2. Kind of a repeat of what I just said. This isn't supposed to be like "the ultimate answer that says how porn impacts every living human being in the country". A statistically valid poll for a voting involves what - 1,200? 1,600? You can ask that few people and get results that extrapolate to the opinion of the entire nation. Now again, this is not a poll. It was a test to determine how porn impacts people. It's an experiment, not a poll. But the comparison is there just to indicate that you can get powerful results from a small sample. Note that I said "powerful", not incontrovertible. Ok, I'll accept that. The problem I have is where you said "That's pretty damming evidence, in my opinion, of a causal relationship between porn (of the non-violent variety!) and callousness towards women and women's issues." While that may be your opinion, it is by no means "damning evidence".
Oops, had wrong number copied for second population count. Use the linked one in it's place...
First, IANASG (I am not a statistical genius). However, I'm not an idiot either. The US population in 1982 was 231,664,458. If you honestly believe that a survey of 160 students, all likely within the same county and state, accurately represents the views of 240,132,887 children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged adults, and senior citizens, then you truly are a fool. "Statistically significant" does not exactly mean that the results are completely accurate. Not to mention the fact that all those surveyed were students - are you going to also tell me that most students share the same views as most adults and senior citizens?
And how many "students" participated in this?
From the article on foxnews.com... Before I tell you what George Lucas said at the all-star Time magazine dinner for the 100 most influential people, let's cut to the chase: Cate Blanchett arrived and looked gorgeous. She looked completely unlike the picture that ran everywhere Tuesday that depicted her as an anorexic skeleton.
Gee, the picture shown there looks like an anorexic skeleton in a skin suit.
As far as ducking from creditors, I was not very clear at all. If you owe lots of bills/child support and leave town, you can prevent them from using your credit report to hunt you down in your new location. I know its a minor thing, but it does get used that way.
No, they do not do this. There are plenty of other resources that are not only more readily available, but contain much more information (and the same information) than your credit report would even come close to. Just ask any repo-man.
From the blog (the cached copy on google of course):
You jumped to the rescue with, it's the new Maryland ID, and I said, no, it's the old one. I have the new one. You can't drink here, darling, and I'm keeping your ID.
The image was not just the picture of the fake ID holder, it was of the entire ID. The bartender clearly recognized the ID as a previous-issue Maryland state ID, and whether it was created from scratch or not, it was presented as an official ID issued by the state of Maryland. Since the user presented it as official, I would think that any lawyer could easily beat her on the mere grounds that the fake ID holder waived any right to copyright by claiming it was an officially issued ID.
Because the fake ID should already be copyrighted by the agency that printed it. The fake ID user has no claim to the copyright of the ID anyway. Otherwise anybody could make a duplicate of any document then copyright it as their own.
The GP never said that making an invalid claim was illegal. Invalid does not equal illegal.