I'm not sure whether it's quite as bad as you imply, but regardless, there's an easy solution to that problem: use your firewall to block it! Assuming that you're using something beyond SP2's attempt at a built-in firewall (I use ZoneAlarm, myself), you should be able to just deny Steam Access to the network when it tries to connect without difficulty.
Looks like someone needs to quit drinking the moron juice before posting... Take $3.25, multiply it by the 100,000 mile Prius lifetime given in the study, and you'll get $325,000. Now, look at the parent's post, and what number do you see? I'm not sure why you're bringing in the 300,000 estimated lifetime for the Hummer, or why you think that costs spreading out differently over that period has anything to do with this, but it looks like the one who can't do math is YOU!
Now, can anyone with multiple brain cells to rub together actually give an insightful answer to the GP's question? I find the $325,000 figure extremely suspicious myself, since who's paying it? Toyota's not going to eat a massive per-unit loss like that without upping the sticker price, there's no way the owner is spending anywhere near that on gas, repairs, and the like over 100k miles, and the government tax breaks, etc. are nowhere near enough to make up the difference. I think it's pretty clear that something is very, very flawed in their methodology.
According to Wikipedia, the value of the polygraph in court is up to the individual jurisdiction. More specifically:
In the United States, the State of New Mexico admits polygraph testing in front of juries under certain circumstances. In many other states, polygraph examiners are permitted to testify in front of judges in various types of hearings (Motion to Revoke Probation, Motion to Adjudicate Guilt).
Is there any chance that this could be used in court cases to challenge polygraph test results? After all, if the FBI believes that the machine's inventer was a lunatic, couldn't it be argued that perhaps his so-called "lie detector" is inaccurate and inadmissable as evidence?
Wait a minute... if it's not intended to be a portable X-box, and doesn't have a high-end graphics card for playing Halo, then why the hell do they have Halo playing in the concept footage? For that matter, wouldn't playing Halo on a touch-screen be an exercise in futility regardless of its horsepower? This just doesn't add up.
Now we deal with the case lighting. The cold cathode is incased in a plastic case to protect it and defuse the light. We will need to remove the casing very carefully. Most cold cathode tubes have mercury vapor in them this is very dangerous if it was broken. Avoided damaging the bulb at all costs as mercury vapor has been linked to brain damage and cancer. so be careful.... unless your some arch-villain with a diabolical plan.
Wait... complicated instructions that can lead to brain damage and cancer if done improperly, given to me by a guy who can't be bothered to fix your->you're mistakes? Somehow I don't think I'll be trying this fix any time soon.
This is not the first such program, and I suspect it shares the failing of its predecessors... It will not predict new trends, it will only follow existing ones. The more it is used to decide if an artist is going to be promoted, the less variety we will see in the music world. When new artists can no longer make it unless they are cookie-cutter copies of current acts (which has arguably already happened), the mainstream music scene will cease to evolve, and the really progressive, groundbreaking groups with a chance to become superstars and jumpstart new genres will be buried even farther under a pile of sameness.
Actually, it was Intel who started the scheme, for a very simple reason: you can't trademark a number. So the 386, 486, etc. names could be used by any of their competitors, which didn't make Intel very happy. Enter: the Pentium. Anybody could legally make and market all the "586" chips they wanted, but Intel owned the Pentium name, so AMD, Cyrix, etc. had to come up with their own.
"I'm not sure the auto industry is prepared to accept that for cost reasons," he said. "Neither will the driving public because the majority of them don't drink and drive. We're not there yet."
This is -exactly- why we have government-mandated safety equipment. Think of it as a safety device mounted not just in your car, but outside it as well --- every one of these devices is another potential drunk driver kept off the road.
...they want consumers to completely replace their current DVD players, and require the new ones to connect to the net when you want to watch a movie? I really don't think this is going to fly with the average Joe. They might be able to piggy-back it onto the next-gen HD/Blu-Ray discs, but for now it's just another MPAA pipe dream.
is apparently not as accepted as you think. Many places will mete out surprisingly harsh penalties to people who spoof email as a prank. In fact, whenever there's a computer involved, the authorities tend to crack down much harder on insignificant offenses. Suddenly, it's not a joke email, it's a "forged document", "computer misconduct", "violation of university policy", and second-degree mansla... Err, wait... nvm.... yeah... anyway, it's bad.
Judging by the bearded old guys in the background, I'm guessing that perhaps these high-school students had a bit of help. Maybe the headline should read, "Engineering professors beat MIT undergrads" instead?
A few other important things to compare between these services: Napster to Go is Windows Only; iTunes runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Napster has protected-wma-format songs, iTunes uses protected AAC files. (Some mp3 players play both, some neither, but many will only play one or the other, so it's an important consideration.) Finally, it's important to note that while Napster will allow you get download many songs for that flat rate, some songs cost 99c just to download, and all require payment to keep, burn to CD, or the like. If all you ever do is burn CD's of your music, then Napster is no better than iTunes. For the true DRM-opponent, though, nothing beats those shiny silver discs you can listen to, copy, rip, keep, and own.
While I think you've got an interesting idea, the New York Times is actually doing the opposite; an article from today's paper, or even a few days ago is free online (with registration, admittedly). However, if you want to see something from a month or two back, you'll have to pay up.
As a middle-class, public-school attendee who was never "prepped" or tutored but is nonetheless attending an Ivy-league institution, I beg to differ. Sure, there are students at the top schools with rich parents, private-schooling, and a bevy of people to help them when necessary, but most of us got here the old-fashioned way: hard work, intelligence, good parenting, and a bit of luck.
In case you haven't realized it already, a surname is a -last- name, not a first name. Daniel Tammet's first name has always been Daniel... it's only the Tammet part that was changed.
Blizzard should try to get this fixed fast. Unlike most other types of games, where all the money the developer will realize is paid up front, most of the money from MMORPGs is made over the long run. By making it harder to transfer CD-keys, Blizzard is depriving themselves of the monthly fees that the user would otherwise already be paying: $20-$50 up front vs. $10-$13 a month... after a little while, the price paid at retail starts to seem pretty small, especially since many players get hooked and have difficulty quitting.
Just because someone bought a copy of a book, doesn't mean they can change a few words and modify a couple of chapters, then release another version of it and not expect me to stay quiet.
True enough. On the other hand, if someone chooses to highlight/underline/cross-out passages of the copy of your book that they own, they are well within their rights. And if someone found some typos or grammatical mistakes in your work, or even had some suggestions for an alternate ending, they can legally post such things online. All of these cases are much more germane to the topic than your example.
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I'm not sure whether it's quite as bad as you imply, but regardless, there's an easy solution to that problem: use your firewall to block it! Assuming that you're using something beyond SP2's attempt at a built-in firewall (I use ZoneAlarm, myself), you should be able to just deny Steam Access to the network when it tries to connect without difficulty.
Rumor has it ANI was struck by some smooth criminals, who came in through Windows... or something like that.
Looks like someone needs to quit drinking the moron juice before posting... Take $3.25, multiply it by the 100,000 mile Prius lifetime given in the study, and you'll get $325,000. Now, look at the parent's post, and what number do you see? I'm not sure why you're bringing in the 300,000 estimated lifetime for the Hummer, or why you think that costs spreading out differently over that period has anything to do with this, but it looks like the one who can't do math is YOU! Now, can anyone with multiple brain cells to rub together actually give an insightful answer to the GP's question? I find the $325,000 figure extremely suspicious myself, since who's paying it? Toyota's not going to eat a massive per-unit loss like that without upping the sticker price, there's no way the owner is spending anywhere near that on gas, repairs, and the like over 100k miles, and the government tax breaks, etc. are nowhere near enough to make up the difference. I think it's pretty clear that something is very, very flawed in their methodology.
Is there any chance that this could be used in court cases to challenge polygraph test results? After all, if the FBI believes that the machine's inventer was a lunatic, couldn't it be argued that perhaps his so-called "lie detector" is inaccurate and inadmissable as evidence?
Wait a minute... if it's not intended to be a portable X-box, and doesn't have a high-end graphics card for playing Halo, then why the hell do they have Halo playing in the concept footage? For that matter, wouldn't playing Halo on a touch-screen be an exercise in futility regardless of its horsepower? This just doesn't add up.
No.
Now we deal with the case lighting. The cold cathode is incased in a plastic case to protect it and defuse the light. We will need to remove the casing very carefully. Most cold cathode tubes have mercury vapor in them this is very dangerous if it was broken. Avoided damaging the bulb at all costs as mercury vapor has been linked to brain damage and cancer. so be careful.... unless your some arch-villain with a diabolical plan.
Wait... complicated instructions that can lead to brain damage and cancer if done improperly, given to me by a guy who can't be bothered to fix your->you're mistakes? Somehow I don't think I'll be trying this fix any time soon.
This is not the first such program, and I suspect it shares the failing of its predecessors... It will not predict new trends, it will only follow existing ones. The more it is used to decide if an artist is going to be promoted, the less variety we will see in the music world. When new artists can no longer make it unless they are cookie-cutter copies of current acts (which has arguably already happened), the mainstream music scene will cease to evolve, and the really progressive, groundbreaking groups with a chance to become superstars and jumpstart new genres will be buried even farther under a pile of sameness.
Actually, it was Intel who started the scheme, for a very simple reason: you can't trademark a number. So the 386, 486, etc. names could be used by any of their competitors, which didn't make Intel very happy. Enter: the Pentium. Anybody could legally make and market all the "586" chips they wanted, but Intel owned the Pentium name, so AMD, Cyrix, etc. had to come up with their own.
...goatse! Of course, the real question is, for the love of god, WHY???
...not to directly link to movies in the article yet? I predict their site's gonna do a little core-collapsing of its own in the next few minutes...
"I'm not sure the auto industry is prepared to accept that for cost reasons," he said. "Neither will the driving public because the majority of them don't drink and drive. We're not there yet."
This is -exactly- why we have government-mandated safety equipment. Think of it as a safety device mounted not just in your car, but outside it as well --- every one of these devices is another potential drunk driver kept off the road.
...they want consumers to completely replace their current DVD players, and require the new ones to connect to the net when you want to watch a movie? I really don't think this is going to fly with the average Joe. They might be able to piggy-back it onto the next-gen HD/Blu-Ray discs, but for now it's just another MPAA pipe dream.
So if the alpha's called WinHec, what will Beta 1 be called?
is apparently not as accepted as you think. Many places will mete out surprisingly harsh penalties to people who spoof email as a prank. In fact, whenever there's a computer involved, the authorities tend to crack down much harder on insignificant offenses. Suddenly, it's not a joke email, it's a "forged document", "computer misconduct", "violation of university policy", and second-degree mansla... Err, wait... nvm.... yeah... anyway, it's bad.
Uh oh... as soon as they get these Moho mines running, the Krogoths will kill us all!!! C'mon, you know you played it...
Judging by the bearded old guys in the background, I'm guessing that perhaps these high-school students had a bit of help. Maybe the headline should read, "Engineering professors beat MIT undergrads" instead?
A few other important things to compare between these services: Napster to Go is Windows Only; iTunes runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Napster has protected-wma-format songs, iTunes uses protected AAC files. (Some mp3 players play both, some neither, but many will only play one or the other, so it's an important consideration.) Finally, it's important to note that while Napster will allow you get download many songs for that flat rate, some songs cost 99c just to download, and all require payment to keep, burn to CD, or the like. If all you ever do is burn CD's of your music, then Napster is no better than iTunes. For the true DRM-opponent, though, nothing beats those shiny silver discs you can listen to, copy, rip, keep, and own.
While I think you've got an interesting idea, the New York Times is actually doing the opposite; an article from today's paper, or even a few days ago is free online (with registration, admittedly). However, if you want to see something from a month or two back, you'll have to pay up.
Everyone knows they only de-cloak just before attacking...
As a middle-class, public-school attendee who was never "prepped" or tutored but is nonetheless attending an Ivy-league institution, I beg to differ. Sure, there are students at the top schools with rich parents, private-schooling, and a bevy of people to help them when necessary, but most of us got here the old-fashioned way: hard work, intelligence, good parenting, and a bit of luck.
In case you haven't realized it already, a surname is a -last- name, not a first name. Daniel Tammet's first name has always been Daniel... it's only the Tammet part that was changed.
Blizzard should try to get this fixed fast. Unlike most other types of games, where all the money the developer will realize is paid up front, most of the money from MMORPGs is made over the long run. By making it harder to transfer CD-keys, Blizzard is depriving themselves of the monthly fees that the user would otherwise already be paying: $20-$50 up front vs. $10-$13 a month... after a little while, the price paid at retail starts to seem pretty small, especially since many players get hooked and have difficulty quitting.
Just because someone bought a copy of a book, doesn't mean they can change a few words and modify a couple of chapters, then release another version of it and not expect me to stay quiet.
True enough. On the other hand, if someone chooses to highlight/underline/cross-out passages of the copy of your book that they own, they are well within their rights. And if someone found some typos or grammatical mistakes in your work, or even had some suggestions for an alternate ending, they can legally post such things online. All of these cases are much more germane to the topic than your example.