At least UPS will still get it to the door, if maimed. If you're lucky, FedEx will deign to leave you a note saying you can get the package at the depot later that evening. If you're not, they'll think about dropping a note out the window as they drive by. You're sure as hell not going to get a package from them, though!
We already know Netflix doesn't have that clout, or we wouldn't be seeing month-long delays between when a disc is at retail and available for rent via Netflix.
It's not a "normal" consumer accessible slot; they're buried, and you have to disassemble the phone and void your warranty to get at it. As far as the consumer is concerned, it's not even there.
If the parents were the ones being sued, I'd agree with you. But in person whose metaphorical window was broken obviously doesn't believe they are, since they're not the ones being sued. Why, then, would fiscal responsibility still rest with the parents?
Why should the parents inherit the fiscal sins of the child if not the judicial? If they're not responsible enough to be sued on the child's behalf, how are they suddenly responsible for the child's debts?
Courts may have held that "complimentary taxes" are valid, even though they're discriminatory on their face (the record keeping required, if nothing else). But that doesn't mean that they're not violating the intent or wording of the Constitution—they do both—just that the courts don't care to ding the states for it.
There's a difference between seeking to avoid paying their taxes (finding shelters, etc. like Google), and refusing to help the state violate the interstate commerce clause (like Amazon is doing here).
The difference quite clearly being that in that case you left the store and deprived yourself of the enjoyment of the game. It is not the same thing if you play it anyway and then say "Screw them, I would have paid for it if it was better" after you have gained at least some enjoyment from it.
You're assuming that they did gain enjoyment from it. In this age where few games have demos, "trying" the full version for a while is often the only way to find that out.
Did you ever find a good conversion for Topaz books? Removing the DRM is easy, but the only conversion I can find assembles the OCR search text into a file. I was hoping for something to string the SVG images together...
Taxes are on money flow, not on previously-amassed wealth. You can't be charged twice for the same crime; why should they be taxed twice on the same money?
DIrectX 10 was more than just an updated 3D API (or "basically a driver standard" as you said). It went hand-in-glove with a redesign of how drivers interface with the kernel. That's not the kind of thing you want to be pushing out in a service pack.
"This device is compatible with XP Service Packs 1 and 2, but not 3"? Yeah, that'd fly real well...
Also, I don't understand the anti-union attitude some otherwise sane Americans seem to have.
Your union setup sounds more sane than ours do. There's generally not a choice of unions—everybody from your employer, at least in your field, joins the same one. And you don't have a choice to not join.
Hell, they still have different paint schemes on the two types of trucks. Integrating their computer systems is still going to take another few decades, I think.
While you're correct about the rereleses of the three novels originally released by Del Rey, the Evolutions rerelease shouldn't be expanded; it'll just be the same content as before, but in two mass-market paperbacks instead of one hardcover or trade paperback.
We went from there being two manufacturers of processors & two manufacturers of usable graphics hardware... to there being two manufacturers of processors & two manufacturers of usable graphics hardware. Not sure what you're thinking there was for the Justice Department to stop.
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At least UPS will still get it to the door, if maimed. If you're lucky, FedEx will deign to leave you a note saying you can get the package at the depot later that evening. If you're not, they'll think about dropping a note out the window as they drive by. You're sure as hell not going to get a package from them, though!
We already know Netflix doesn't have that clout, or we wouldn't be seeing month-long delays between when a disc is at retail and available for rent via Netflix.
Given how much of a pain in the ass it is to access the slot in most of the WP7 phones, "your favorite option" doesn't hold much water.
It's not a "normal" consumer accessible slot; they're buried, and you have to disassemble the phone and void your warranty to get at it. As far as the consumer is concerned, it's not even there.
Not that anybody will want to license id Tech 5. Only one non-iD/Bethesda game used id Tech 4: Prey.
If the parents were the ones being sued, I'd agree with you. But in person whose metaphorical window was broken obviously doesn't believe they are, since they're not the ones being sued. Why, then, would fiscal responsibility still rest with the parents?
Why should the parents inherit the fiscal sins of the child if not the judicial? If they're not responsible enough to be sued on the child's behalf, how are they suddenly responsible for the child's debts?
These console owners can play single player and local multiplayer. They just can't play online multiplayer until 4 November 2010.
Courts may have held that "complimentary taxes" are valid, even though they're discriminatory on their face (the record keeping required, if nothing else). But that doesn't mean that they're not violating the intent or wording of the Constitution—they do both—just that the courts don't care to ding the states for it.
There's a difference between seeking to avoid paying their taxes (finding shelters, etc. like Google), and refusing to help the state violate the interstate commerce clause (like Amazon is doing here).
The difference quite clearly being that in that case you left the store and deprived yourself of the enjoyment of the game. It is not the same thing if you play it anyway and then say "Screw them, I would have paid for it if it was better" after you have gained at least some enjoyment from it.
You're assuming that they did gain enjoyment from it. In this age where few games have demos, "trying" the full version for a while is often the only way to find that out.
Did you ever find a good conversion for Topaz books? Removing the DRM is easy, but the only conversion I can find assembles the OCR search text into a file. I was hoping for something to string the SVG images together...
I had several T-160s - that works out to 10.6667 hours at EP.
Taxes are on money flow, not on previously-amassed wealth. You can't be charged twice for the same crime; why should they be taxed twice on the same money?
The Darwin kernel is, the userland isn't.
DIrectX 10 was more than just an updated 3D API (or "basically a driver standard" as you said). It went hand-in-glove with a redesign of how drivers interface with the kernel. That's not the kind of thing you want to be pushing out in a service pack. "This device is compatible with XP Service Packs 1 and 2, but not 3"? Yeah, that'd fly real well...
That's pretty much exactly it. :)
Because that's how laws like this work: they make everybody but those few who receive any benefit pay for the demands of the few.
Also, I don't understand the anti-union attitude some otherwise sane Americans seem to have.
Your union setup sounds more sane than ours do. There's generally not a choice of unions—everybody from your employer, at least in your field, joins the same one. And you don't have a choice to not join.
Hell, they still have different paint schemes on the two types of trucks. Integrating their computer systems is still going to take another few decades, I think.
While you're correct about the rereleses of the three novels originally released by Del Rey, the Evolutions rerelease shouldn't be expanded; it'll just be the same content as before, but in two mass-market paperbacks instead of one hardcover or trade paperback.
Not executed. Just jailed in a dark hole. "Sorry, the budget doesn't cover light bulbs that meet your efficiency standards."
You're confusing "stability" with "3D hardware emulation".
Name one time, ever, that it has paid to be an early adopter of electronic tech.
The first generation of PlayStation 3s were actually backwards-compatible with PS2 games; Sony ripped that out for late adopters.
We went from there being two manufacturers of processors & two manufacturers of usable graphics hardware... to there being two manufacturers of processors & two manufacturers of usable graphics hardware. Not sure what you're thinking there was for the Justice Department to stop.