The problem: we're the only Western democracy that allows for partisan election commissions. We get people in charge of state voting oversight also being chair of the state campaign for a candidate- Katherine Harris comes to mind. Sure she's allowed to have her political views outside of her job, but when she decided who won Florida in 2000, she was also chair of the Bush campaign in Florida. There is something fundamentally wrong with this. I don't have examples now, but I know the Dems have pulled crap like this as well.
What we need is non-partisan, or better, multi-partisan, voting commissions. Bring in a Dem, a Repub, and throw in a 3rd party person every now and then. It will give a better air of legitimacy to the circus we call elelection.
I'm going to respond to all the posts in this thread about how I got everything wrong. I also appreciate arete's friendly constructive comments/discussion, and not anonymous attacks on my education. For brevity's sake, my earlier post was a condensed version. Now it's time to give a copyright primer to all, so that I can clear up any doubt that I do know something about what I'm writing about (I didn't got to 3 years of evil law school, take a copyright class, just to be called "Mr. Lawyer")
Copyrights generally cover fixed expressions in a tangible medium. There has to be some sort of expression, that does not change, that in a perceptible medium. And yes, scribbles on paper do count, although that is the extreme example (law students/lawyers love the reduction ad absurdum to make their points).
In the US, copyrights can cover a wide range of things:
Literary Works: which covers books, manuscripts, online works, pamphlets, poetry, reports, tests, automated databases, computer programs, or other texts. It does indeed cover computer code on disk, and it does protect text/images of a website (but not the HTML code).
Visual Art Works: which covers pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional works of fine, graphic, applied art, and architectural works. A bike rack can be under this one, however not to the extent that the design is functional. Copyright does not cover functions, it covers expressions.
Performing Art Works: which covers musical works, dramatic works, scripts, pantomime, choreography, motion pictures, or other audiovisual works.
Sound Recordings: which covers recording of music, drama, or lectures.
Serials and Periodicals: covers periodicals, newspapers, magazines, or other similar works.
Mask Works: this protection relates to integrated circuits on a semiconductor chip.
It is possible that the Rubik's cube can be covered by the visual art works area of copyright. Not the color patterns, but the way it looks overall. The cube was also protected by a utility patent, which protects the way it functions.
If anyone else would like to critique my knowledge of the law, please have the decency to do so in a non-anonymous manner.
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With all the paranoia about kids trick-or-treating
Paranoia? About what? Adulterated candy? People still believe this crap? Hoaxes for the most part, and when true- often it's family members.
The link on Moore's website is for the book "Culure of Fear- Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things" by Barry Glassner. Highly recommended, and it attacks both the right and left politicians, and the right and left media, for ignoring the real issues facing our country, and whipping up hysteria.
I know when my dad retired early from his company, he got reduced benefits paid.
I wonder if the shuttle has taken this into consideration. Is the shuttle program fully ready to draw funds from a reduced 401(k) plan? I would hate to see the shuttle end up in some old age home, obsolete, and unable to pay their bills. Oh wait...
A Rubik's cube can't be copyrighted - there's no text.
Wrong, copyright covers more than text. Copyright covers any fixed expression in a tangible medium. Thus, it covers text, but it also covers sculptures, bike racks, scribbles on paper, computer code on disk, and potentially, Rubix cube designs.
If the mods/editors need a quick refresher on what trademark/patent/copyright/trade secret really is, they can check out my blog. So many people mess this up, I have to keep pointing this out. I'll gladly volunteer to review submissions concerning IP- I'm an IP attorney, and it really bugs me that people use these terms interchangeably.
I've had the same wireless number since 1998 (GTE, bought by AT&T, now Cingular). I've been in the same San Diego neighborhood for the past 2 years. Each time the time changes (spring and fall), while in my apartment, I get stuck between battling cell phone towers- one with the incorrect time. My phone will autoupdate the time every 5 minutes or so. This goes on for around a month. I have to check the phone's time before making a call, because it's possible to make a call at 7:30 (night minutes) and the phone thinkgs it's 6:30 (day minutes) Let's just say that calling this problem into tech support does not get me anywhere (they're always amazed that someone notices this problem.)
I really hope this changeover occurs before Oct 31, because I don't want the battling towers again.
I have AT&T, and the area I live in (Los Angeles County) has lots of Cingular zones.
I'm in San Diego. Over the summer, when getting a new phone in the AT&T Wireless Store, the salesperson said they were in the process of integrating the networks. Towers were being converted over, and sometimes I would get Cingular, but usually AT&T. I'm in an area with just 1 area code.
Today, my phone was solid Cingular (first time ever) until early afternoon. Now it's AT&T (I've tried turning it off a few times), so I wonder if today was just a test. I did get better reception in my apt. when under Cingular.
Fucking anti Apple zealot... Bottom line... You're an idiot.
Wow, what nasty language. We can all be civil here. For your information, my wife & I share an iPod, and I love it. I've been a Mac fan forever (I just cannot afford one right now). As for the iPod, awesome for the car, because you have tons of music without bowing to Clear Channel.
My point was that this might entice new iPod purchasers, I do not see it as big enough of an incentive to get current iPod users to upgrade to the new model. Isn't that the trick in the electronics biz? Make succsesive generations better, and people upgrade even if their current model still works. I don't think that will happen here- it's not enough of a draw IMHO.
I imagine this is just a little trick to get new people to buy an iPod. Who's going to spend $500-600 to store photos? I don't see current iPod users "upgrading," and I imagine there are some iPod hacks out there to store photos now (albeit without a color screen)
You can get cheaper products for $50 which will allow you to do more creative slideshows, effects, etc.
I think Apple missed the boat here. The killer function they should add to the iPod is a camera- which goes along nicely with the photo storage features. Nothing flashy or expensive, but for another $50 they could add a lens that's better than the cell phone cams.
I checked, and the your definition for new does not exist. "New" does not mean never sold. It means "fresh" or "current" or "latest." Taking your logic, a car made in 1944, put in crate & never sold is "new." No, it's just a 60 year old car that was never sold. It's still quite old. Pentium IIs were released between May 1997 & August 1998. In PC years, those are ancient.
Missed the whole "new" qualification. I don't think a the PII CPU or 6.4G hard drive would be considered new. Maybe in some remote poor mountain kingdom, but sure as hell not here.
I'm going to be really bold, and say that right now, no this cannot be done for under $200. You specified that all components must be new. That means you'll need:
power supply
motherboard
CPU
CPU fan
CD drive
RAM
hard drive
case
You can get cheap motherboards with attached video/sound/LAN. You can technically build the PC without a floppy drive or CD/DVD burner to save more money. Looking for the lowest prices around (via Froogle), for new parts, you'll find:
motherboard-- Asus A7V8X-X, $48
CPU-- AMD Sempron 2200, $45
CPU fan-- Anything, $5
CD drive-- $15
RAM-- DDR-266 256 MB PC-2100, $40
hard drive-- Samsung 40GB HDD, $45
case-- $29, includes 300W power supply
Grand total: $227 (not including tax/shipping/hassle of ordering from a bunch of places)
Some stores, depending upon where you live, have some really decent deals on packaged systems. I'm in San Diego, and my favorite Chips and Memory (yes, I hate their frames too), has a nice package for $239.
AMD Sempron 2200
256MB RAM
80GB Hard Drive(7200RPM)
52X CD-RW
Onboard AGP (Up to 32 MB) and Sound & Game Adapter
Built-in LAN and Fax/Modem Module
52X CDRW (Yes CDRW Included)
1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Med Tower ATX Case, 300W UL/CE approved ATX power supply
1 Year Parts and Labor Warranty
To get the price lower, you'll need a used hard drive, CPU, memory, or motherboard. Then you might squeeze in closer to $150.
I wrote: Assertion: Bush et al said Iraq had serious stores of WMD, lots of nasty gas, biological agents, etc.
Your reply: "Et al" in this case must mean "and numerous other intelligence servies around the world, and the United Nations."
Actually, no. I meant the Bush administration shills who trumpeted that "we know where the weapons are." Again, not true. The case was overstated, and no WMD have been found.
"Before the war, the U.S. intelligence community told the president, as well as the Congress and the public, that Saddam Hussein had stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and if left unchecked, probably would have a nuclear weapon this decade," Roberts said during the press conference. "Well, today we know these assessments were wrong."
Sure Saddam wanted WMD, but there was no way he could produce them within a decade after sanctions were lifted. I would appreciate more facts from you before taking your argument seriously.
I wrote: Bush et al said (or strongly implied repeatedly) that Iraq had significant connections to Al Qaeda
Your reply: They did have significant connections (friends in common). They just weren't working directly together. Perhaps you should look at the findings of the 9/11 Commission a little more closely yourself.
As for the "connections to Al-Qaeda" claim, the 9/11 Commission (bi-partisan), said:
The Sept. 11 commission's final report cites al-Qaida contacts with Iran and Iraq but does not conclude either of the "axis of evil" countries developed a close working relationship with the terror network. [Bin Laden explored a possible alliance with Iraq in early 1990s] However, the report says, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein never had an Islamist agenda, and bin Laden had been sponsoring anti-Saddam Islamists in Iraqi Kurdistan. A collaborative relationship never developed, the report found.
I took a look, and wow, you really found text in there that does not exist. I did find nice quotes like these:
The former Regime had no formal written strategy or plan for the revival of WMD after sanctions
Saddam wanted to recreate Iraq's WMD capability- which was essentially destroyed in 1991- after sancions were removed and Iraq's economy stabilized.
Saddam aspired to develop a nuclear capability.
Please let me know how this "proves" the war was justified. It admits Saddam did not have the WMD that Bush claimed, and that sanctions had to be lifted and Iraq's economy normalized before WMD could be developed. FYI, that doesn't happen overnight.
No matter how much wild conjecture gets repeated, facts are stronger.
You have got to be kidding. Seriously. Let me repeat this so you're sure to understand the point: THERE ARE NO FACTS SHOWING THAT IRAQ HAD WMD OR WAS INVOLVED WITH AL QAEDA.
This poll has nothing to do with "worldview," (aka "opinions")- this has to do with knowledge of "facts" (aka "evidence.)
Assertion: Bush et al said Iraq had serious stores of WMD, lots of nasty gas, biological agents, etc. Fact: The non-partisan (e.g. equal representation of Dems and Repubs) 9/11 committee found that there was no WMD. The US military weapons inspectors reported they have not found any. Question: Where are the WMD, and why do 75% of Bush supporters thing we found WMD or Iraq had them? Where is the PROOF?
Assertion: Bush et al said (or strongly implied repeatedly) that Iraq had significant connections to Al Qaeda and thus 9/11. Facts: Again, the 9/11 Commission found no evidence of this at all. Question: Why do 75% of Bush supporters think Iraq was involved?
I would love for you to find just 1 fact to prove both of these assertions. I don't want conjecture or speculation, I want stuff that has passed review by people.
The sad matter is, people are misdirecting their anger over 9/11. I lost a good family friend in the WTC. I was pissed. I wanted to go after Al Qaeda, and the people who did this. Bush has exploited 9/11 to bring his "worldview" to the world- and he has ruined this country in the process.
What if Clinton had attacked a country based upon "speculation?" How quickly before he was impeached?
It nauseates me that people cannot look past their "opinions" and "gut instincts" to see the truth, based in facts. Going to war should be a last resort, and should only be done with incontrovertible proof and facts.
I guess since things are so cheap in Russia, they get music downloads at $.01 per meg downloaded at allofmp3.com. I wonder if they can afford that. Hey, wait, I can get downloads from there for the same price as the Russians as well!
My research indicates that it's legit, and has been online for awhile. According to the copyright laws of the US, you can "import" things from outside the US, even if they violate US law if purchased here. As long as it's legit where you get it, and you import it for your personal use, you're OK. Kind of the same how you can buy bootlegs outside the US and bring them home. Heck, it even gets good reviews
Plus, they have not ripped me off since May, and so far no one has shown how this is illegal.
While I know it's not Soviet Russia, it's damn cheap. You can download an album for $1.50- and it's legit.
Ummm, no, you're wrong. Nothing like repeating the mantra of right wing radio: blame the illegals. The problem is actually related to 6.4 million uninsured Californians (source: US Census, so they're citizens, cited here), and to doctors who refused to work for lower fees provided through Medi-Cal (state low income health insurance) or other insurance programs (cited here.
Doctors need to be paid, as I society I think we really should help ensure that the sick are able to get medical care. Healthy people = healthy workers = increased productivity.
I've seen them on the sidewalks/boardwalks here in San Diego. They're huge, and take up plenty of space. I can't imagine they're allowed to go on the streets. Odd how the video doesn't show anyone wearing a helmet, when even Segway clips show people in helmets. I also feel bad for the person at the front (facing back)- they can't see where they're going.
Yes, well computers in general are dangerous because they are very good at doing exactly what you tell them to do
I'd argue that computers are more dangerous because they do lots of things that most users do not have the slightest inkling about. In the case of Win boxes, you get open ports, system restore to cache virii, not coming with AV software, default "administrator user" with no password, default firewall that ignores outgoing traffic, etc. I could go on, but I'm bored with the list.
Couple this with people who click any attachment, click "Yes" to any dialogue box, etc., and I'd argue that users are more dangerous than the PCs. It's not cars that kill people, it's the bad drivers. It's not guns that kill people, it's the people that use them.
What do you think caused Skylab's orbit to decay? Bad karma?
Yeah, I remember when that asshole Skylab used to post on slashdot- posts filled with drivel and racial attacks. Let this be a warning to everyone on slashdot- trolling & flamebait posts can kill your karma, and this bad karma can follow you offline as well.
I guess I missed that features. I think putting an actual stop button makes more sense than clicking on the logo- which I think logically should take you to the website of the logo.
Even the Bush administration finally snapped out of their denial:
the Bush administration has acknowledged that Earth is warming, and that the most likely cause is burning fossil fuels. The "U.S. Climate Action Report" acknowledged that global warming would "most likely" destroy alpine meadows, barrier islands and coral reefs. It may also cause the disintegration of southern forests. In the West, a decline in snow cover is expected to worsen water problems.
http://whyfiles.org/updates/080global_warm/
What a rosy view of the future!
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I remember beta testing Netscape 0.9. At the time, my college only had Mosaic, easiest to use on Unix terminals. Netscape brought better browsers to the Mac and PC, and also had a really novel innovation: the stop button. I remember how much it used to suck going to a website (using Mosaic), and having to wait for a massive page to load. With Netscape, I could click the stop button, and move about my business. That's what changed the web...!
If you really care about keeping the gov the hell out of your personal life there's really only one party to vote for - and it starts with neither "r" nor "d."
Oooooo, ooo, ooo! Wait! Let me guess- I love these kind of games. I think I can pick the letter... How about "t"? That's my first guess, and my second guess is "m!"
So, I guess Poindexter's Total, excuse me, Terrorism Information Awareness is now a reality. I thought, and the page I cited agrees with me, that this project was stopped by Congress. I guess another name, and another "overview and rationale" makes it more palatable. Nothing like keeping the people in fear all the time.
I've resisted wearing my tinfoil hat, now I'm wearing one, and putting one around all my personal information as well.
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What we need is non-partisan, or better, multi-partisan, voting commissions. Bring in a Dem, a Repub, and throw in a 3rd party person every now and then. It will give a better air of legitimacy to the circus we call elelection.
Copyrights generally cover fixed expressions in a tangible medium. There has to be some sort of expression, that does not change, that in a perceptible medium. And yes, scribbles on paper do count, although that is the extreme example (law students/lawyers love the reduction ad absurdum to make their points).
In the US, copyrights can cover a wide range of things:
Literary Works: which covers books, manuscripts, online works, pamphlets, poetry, reports, tests, automated databases, computer programs, or other texts. It does indeed cover computer code on disk, and it does protect text/images of a website (but not the HTML code).
Visual Art Works: which covers pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional works of fine, graphic, applied art, and architectural works. A bike rack can be under this one, however not to the extent that the design is functional. Copyright does not cover functions, it covers expressions.
Performing Art Works: which covers musical works, dramatic works, scripts, pantomime, choreography, motion pictures, or other audiovisual works.
Sound Recordings: which covers recording of music, drama, or lectures.
Serials and Periodicals: covers periodicals, newspapers, magazines, or other similar works.
Mask Works: this protection relates to integrated circuits on a semiconductor chip.
It is possible that the Rubik's cube can be covered by the visual art works area of copyright. Not the color patterns, but the way it looks overall. The cube was also protected by a utility patent, which protects the way it functions.
If anyone else would like to critique my knowledge of the law, please have the decency to do so in a non-anonymous manner.
Paranoia? About what? Adulterated candy? People still believe this crap? Hoaxes for the most part, and when true- often it's family members.
But don't take my word for it.
The link on Moore's website is for the book "Culure of Fear- Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things" by Barry Glassner. Highly recommended, and it attacks both the right and left politicians, and the right and left media, for ignoring the real issues facing our country, and whipping up hysteria.
I wonder if the shuttle has taken this into consideration. Is the shuttle program fully ready to draw funds from a reduced 401(k) plan? I would hate to see the shuttle end up in some old age home, obsolete, and unable to pay their bills. Oh wait...
Wrong, copyright covers more than text. Copyright covers any fixed expression in a tangible medium. Thus, it covers text, but it also covers sculptures, bike racks, scribbles on paper, computer code on disk, and potentially, Rubix cube designs.
If the mods/editors need a quick refresher on what trademark/patent/copyright/trade secret really is, they can check out my blog. So many people mess this up, I have to keep pointing this out. I'll gladly volunteer to review submissions concerning IP- I'm an IP attorney, and it really bugs me that people use these terms interchangeably.
*sighs louder*
I really hope this changeover occurs before Oct 31, because I don't want the battling towers again.
I'm in San Diego. Over the summer, when getting a new phone in the AT&T Wireless Store, the salesperson said they were in the process of integrating the networks. Towers were being converted over, and sometimes I would get Cingular, but usually AT&T. I'm in an area with just 1 area code.
Today, my phone was solid Cingular (first time ever) until early afternoon. Now it's AT&T (I've tried turning it off a few times), so I wonder if today was just a test. I did get better reception in my apt. when under Cingular.
Wow, what nasty language. We can all be civil here. For your information, my wife & I share an iPod, and I love it. I've been a Mac fan forever (I just cannot afford one right now). As for the iPod, awesome for the car, because you have tons of music without bowing to Clear Channel.
My point was that this might entice new iPod purchasers, I do not see it as big enough of an incentive to get current iPod users to upgrade to the new model. Isn't that the trick in the electronics biz? Make succsesive generations better, and people upgrade even if their current model still works. I don't think that will happen here- it's not enough of a draw IMHO.
You can get cheaper products for $50 which will allow you to do more creative slideshows, effects, etc.
I think Apple missed the boat here. The killer function they should add to the iPod is a camera- which goes along nicely with the photo storage features. Nothing flashy or expensive, but for another $50 they could add a lens that's better than the cell phone cams.
I checked, and the your definition for new does not exist. "New" does not mean never sold. It means "fresh" or "current" or "latest." Taking your logic, a car made in 1944, put in crate & never sold is "new." No, it's just a 60 year old car that was never sold. It's still quite old. Pentium IIs were released between May 1997 & August 1998. In PC years, those are ancient.
Missed the whole "new" qualification. I don't think a the PII CPU or 6.4G hard drive would be considered new. Maybe in some remote poor mountain kingdom, but sure as hell not here.
power supply motherboard
CPU
CPU fan
CD drive
RAM
hard drive
case
You can get cheap motherboards with attached video/sound/LAN. You can technically build the PC without a floppy drive or CD/DVD burner to save more money. Looking for the lowest prices around (via Froogle), for new parts, you'll find:
motherboard-- Asus A7V8X-X, $48
CPU-- AMD Sempron 2200, $45
CPU fan-- Anything, $5
CD drive-- $15
RAM-- DDR-266 256 MB PC-2100, $40
hard drive-- Samsung 40GB HDD, $45
case-- $29, includes 300W power supply
Grand total: $227 (not including tax/shipping/hassle of ordering from a bunch of places)
Some stores, depending upon where you live, have some really decent deals on packaged systems. I'm in San Diego, and my favorite Chips and Memory (yes, I hate their frames too), has a nice package for $239.
AMD Sempron 2200
256MB RAM
80GB Hard Drive(7200RPM)
52X CD-RW
Onboard AGP (Up to 32 MB) and Sound & Game Adapter
Built-in LAN and Fax/Modem Module
52X CDRW (Yes CDRW Included)
1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Med Tower ATX Case, 300W UL/CE approved ATX power supply
1 Year Parts and Labor Warranty
To get the price lower, you'll need a used hard drive, CPU, memory, or motherboard. Then you might squeeze in closer to $150.
Your reply: "Et al" in this case must mean "and numerous other intelligence servies around the world, and the United Nations."
Actually, no. I meant the Bush administration shills who trumpeted that "we know where the weapons are." Again, not true. The case was overstated, and no WMD have been found.
That came from Fox News, and it quotes a Republican senator during the release of the 9/11 Report. If you care to read more on how the case for war was overstated, check out Pentagon 'exaggerated' Iraq risk or Report concludes no WMD in Iraq (US Military report) or Weapons Experts: Iraq Had Not the Means to Produce WMDSure Saddam wanted WMD, but there was no way he could produce them within a decade after sanctions were lifted. I would appreciate more facts from you before taking your argument seriously.
I wrote: Bush et al said (or strongly implied repeatedly) that Iraq had significant connections to Al Qaeda
Your reply: They did have significant connections (friends in common). They just weren't working directly together. Perhaps you should look at the findings of the 9/11 Commission a little more closely yourself.
As for the "connections to Al-Qaeda" claim, the 9/11 Commission (bi-partisan), said:
Don't believe this story? Read NO SADDAM AL-QAEDA LINK: RUMSFELD or No links to Saddam, al-Qaeda pair claim.Please, explain how Iraq & Al-Qaeda worked together, and be sure to use facts from reliable sources. Rush Limbaugh and Drudge do not count.
Your sig said: Iraq war justified
I took a look, and wow, you really found text in there that does not exist. I did find nice quotes like these:
The former Regime had no formal written strategy or plan for the revival of WMD after sanctions
Saddam wanted to recreate Iraq's WMD capability- which was essentially destroyed in 1991- after sancions were removed and Iraq's economy stabilized.
Saddam aspired to develop a nuclear capability.
Please let me know how this "proves" the war was justified. It admits Saddam did not have the WMD that Bush claimed, and that sanctions had to be lifted and Iraq's economy normalized before WMD could be developed. FYI, that doesn't happen overnight.
No matter how much wild conjecture gets repeated, facts are stronger.
I don't care what country this is (I'm registered Green). It aggrevates me that people continue to believe lies and deny facts.
This poll has nothing to do with "worldview," (aka "opinions")- this has to do with knowledge of "facts" (aka "evidence.)
Assertion: Bush et al said Iraq had serious stores of WMD, lots of nasty gas, biological agents, etc.
Fact: The non-partisan (e.g. equal representation of Dems and Repubs) 9/11 committee found that there was no WMD. The US military weapons inspectors reported they have not found any.
Question: Where are the WMD, and why do 75% of Bush supporters thing we found WMD or Iraq had them? Where is the PROOF?
Assertion: Bush et al said (or strongly implied repeatedly) that Iraq had significant connections to Al Qaeda and thus 9/11.
Facts: Again, the 9/11 Commission found no evidence of this at all.
Question: Why do 75% of Bush supporters think Iraq was involved?
I would love for you to find just 1 fact to prove both of these assertions. I don't want conjecture or speculation, I want stuff that has passed review by people.
The sad matter is, people are misdirecting their anger over 9/11. I lost a good family friend in the WTC. I was pissed. I wanted to go after Al Qaeda, and the people who did this. Bush has exploited 9/11 to bring his "worldview" to the world- and he has ruined this country in the process.
What if Clinton had attacked a country based upon "speculation?" How quickly before he was impeached? It nauseates me that people cannot look past their "opinions" and "gut instincts" to see the truth, based in facts. Going to war should be a last resort, and should only be done with incontrovertible proof and facts.
My research indicates that it's legit, and has been online for awhile. According to the copyright laws of the US, you can "import" things from outside the US, even if they violate US law if purchased here. As long as it's legit where you get it, and you import it for your personal use, you're OK. Kind of the same how you can buy bootlegs outside the US and bring them home. Heck, it even gets good reviews
Plus, they have not ripped me off since May, and so far no one has shown how this is illegal.
While I know it's not Soviet Russia, it's damn cheap. You can download an album for $1.50- and it's legit.
Doctors need to be paid, as I society I think we really should help ensure that the sick are able to get medical care. Healthy people = healthy workers = increased productivity.
I've seen them on the sidewalks/boardwalks here in San Diego. They're huge, and take up plenty of space. I can't imagine they're allowed to go on the streets. Odd how the video doesn't show anyone wearing a helmet, when even Segway clips show people in helmets. I also feel bad for the person at the front (facing back)- they can't see where they're going.
I'd argue that computers are more dangerous because they do lots of things that most users do not have the slightest inkling about. In the case of Win boxes, you get open ports, system restore to cache virii, not coming with AV software, default "administrator user" with no password, default firewall that ignores outgoing traffic, etc. I could go on, but I'm bored with the list.
Couple this with people who click any attachment, click "Yes" to any dialogue box, etc., and I'd argue that users are more dangerous than the PCs. It's not cars that kill people, it's the bad drivers. It's not guns that kill people, it's the people that use them.
Yeah, I remember when that asshole Skylab used to post on slashdot- posts filled with drivel and racial attacks. Let this be a warning to everyone on slashdot- trolling & flamebait posts can kill your karma, and this bad karma can follow you offline as well.
You've been warned...
I guess I missed that features. I think putting an actual stop button makes more sense than clicking on the logo- which I think logically should take you to the website of the logo.
What a rosy view of the future!
I remember beta testing Netscape 0.9. At the time, my college only had Mosaic, easiest to use on Unix terminals. Netscape brought better browsers to the Mac and PC, and also had a really novel innovation: the stop button. I remember how much it used to suck going to a website (using Mosaic), and having to wait for a massive page to load. With Netscape, I could click the stop button, and move about my business. That's what changed the web...!
Oooooo, ooo, ooo! Wait! Let me guess- I love these kind of games. I think I can pick the letter... How about "t"? That's my first guess, and my second guess is "m!"
I've resisted wearing my tinfoil hat, now I'm wearing one, and putting one around all my personal information as well.