More specifically, what they are doing would fall under public exhibition - which is prohibited (a la the FBI warning at the beginning of every single DVD and VHS tape). When you pay for a movie, you aren't purchasing the film as much as you are purchasing a license allowing you to view it. If you want to shwo the movie to a couple of hundred people, then you'd have to talk to the owner of the copyright about acquiring a different license.
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Now, the true question of what lies hidden in your soul can be answered not by how you treat your creation, but how your creation treats its creations.
Is that actually an accepted philosophy, or are you simply referring to Black & White?
First of all, our defense budget is closer to $450B.
I'm not really concerned with how much I personally have to pay each day to keep our military running (BTW, the US work force as of 2003 amounts to 146.5M people, thus placing the cost/person/day at around $6.5, or $8.4 using the $450B figure). What I am concerned with is the fact that $450B is a tremendous amount of money that could really be put to better use somewhere else. For example, 12% of our 293M people are below the poverty line (35M people), which for an individual living alone is about $9K/year. That 450B in defense spending each year amounts to $13,000 each year for the people that really need it. That could pay for food, shelter, basic healthcare, and most importantly, education. Although it wouldn't make much sense to cut our defense budget altogether, there is no reason it couldn't be less than what it currently is. We have far too many other problems in this country that are going largely ignored while we sink billions into the military.
The rest of your post is just as unrealistic.
If you'd like to explain how exactly I was being unrealistic, that might help things along. Thanks.
That's pretty disgusting - especially since the people of this country seem to have very little say in how exactly our government runs. This democracy of ours is like trusting a designated driver to get you home safely when your confidence in them is based solely on the fact that they're not drunk.
The thing that really bothers me about outsourcing jos to India isn't necessarily the outflux of "American jobs", but the level of service that one can expect when they get a $3/hour ESL Indian on he phone that knows nothing about the products they are representing. I have encountered this situation on a handful of occasions in the past few months, and I must say that it is rather disconcerting. People thought that most companies don't give much thought to customer service *before* this paticular trend, and now it is only getting worse.
Well, last I heard, the US currently spends around $350B/year for defense/military... that's ONE BILLION each day of the year. I personally think that's a bit much, especially when all of the new toys that much cash can fund turns our military leaders into warmongering children that want nothing more than to see what all of those creative implements of death can do to real people. I think we'd actually be safer if we didn't try so hard to be the biggest kid on the block and push our will onto other countries.
"Hurrah! A rat, something to eat and drink at last!
Ah, finally a chance for a Black Adder quote.
Black Adder:
What's on the menu?
Baldrick:
Rat. Saute or fricasse?
Black Adder:
Oh, the agony of choice. And sauteed involves?
Baldrick:
Well, you take the freshly shaved rat, and you marinate it in a puddle for awhile.
Black Adder:
Uh-hmm, for how long?
Baldrick:
'Til it's drowned. Then you stick it out under a hot light bulb, then you get within dashing distance of the latrine and you scoff it right down.
Black Adder:
So that's sauteing, and fricasse?
Baldrick:
Exactly the same, just a slightly bigger rat.
Rats are light. They are smart enough to do tasks when trained.
Not only that, but rats are also dirt-cheap - unlike an equally-equipped "robot" would be. Yeah, this is the 21st century, and humans do think they rule the planet, but nature really does have a head start on us.
Besides, robots would just eat old people's medicine for fuel.
If you're some dude in middle America who cares more about football than who the leader of Pakistan is, who would you vote for?
Isn't that why we have the electoral college? From what I understand, the "Founding Fathers" didn't believe that Joe Voter could be trusted to make an educated decision in regard to a presidential election, so they effectively siezed some control from the average voter and placed it in the hands of a select few. IMO, the system is flawed, but so is any system that relies on the common man.
Not until people get over themselves and stop operating with a personally-biased agenda do I think any system, political or economical will really "work". Hell, communism would work just fine if people could be trusted to pull their own weight despite the lack of potential personal advantage. Furthermore, I believe that one of the "flaws" of capitalism is that it promotes greed and elitism. No one man should deserve to have a personal fortune of $48B. Such a man is no better a human being than anyone else, yet he is allowed to attain and horde riches that could help millions of people. Yeah, democracy has its advantages, but it can nonetheless become rather depraved.
Meanwhile, I know people who think nothing of an $100/month cable bill (gotta have all the premium channels, you know). That's $1,200/year for cable television!
Yeah, it's sickening... I pay just under $50/mo. for DirecTV and it really does seem like a waste. However, I simply cannot stand network TV, and I do love me some History and Discovery channels.
I really wish it was possible to select (and pay for) only specific channels. That would never work though, since the premium channels help to subsidize those that are in less demand.
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For the first time in my life, within 4 weeks of one another, my sister lost her job, my friend lost his job, and his wife lost her job.
These are NOT good times...although Bush would have us believe otherwise.
I can absolutely relate. My dad lost his job, and so did I and a few of my friends. Of course, those friends worked at the same place I did... *cough* f'ing Interplay *cough*
OK, perhaps Bush isn't responsible for mismanagement of a floundering game company, but it stings nonetheless.
On the contrary, it has been pointed out that the trialer is in fact a month old, therefore it is not new, or news. As for "stuff that matters", well, if you're a 9yo child, I suppose it does.
I just meant that it's quite a few steps ahead of simply popping in a RedHat disc. Though, it really is more of a learning tool than anything else (according to the developers of LFS).
If you ever feel especially masochistic, check out Linux From Scratch. It's essentially a walkthrough that takes you step-by-step through the process of compiling a fresh toolchain which you then use to compile all of the necessary applications needed to construct a basic Linux system. Once you're done, you will likely find the process rather fulfilling (in addition to all that new knowledge rattling around in your head).
I may be completely wrong, but from what I can tell, Slackware doesn't have all of the bells and whistles that other distro's do. The installation process for most other distro's for example, exhibit a lot more hand-holding than Slackware, and AFAIK, they also include various utilities that make system configuration much easier. I'm sure there are more differences, but I always got the feeling that Slackware lends itself more towards the plain old vanilla, command-line incarnation of Linux.
I completely agree. I use Slackware myself (almost exclusively), and my uses for it are in fact more geared towards server-related purposes. It really does seem that Slackware, as good as it is, takes a backseat to other distro's in terms Windows-like usability. In that respect, I'd have to Mandrake or SuSe takes the lead (though there are a few I still haven't tried).
It appears you are grasping for any reason to say Myth is no good.
Oh, I have absolutely no problem with MythTV. In fact, I think it's a great idea. I simply was not aware that Myth can properly control the receiver via IR (correct codes and such). That, and the last time I looked into it, Myth appeared to require a TV tuner card, making it very cable-centric. Perhaps I was misinformed (hence the questions).
And the bit about the reciever being off would fall under 'user error' in my opinion.
Perhaps, but for those of us that see such an activity as wasteful, having a way for the PVR to react appropriately to a powered-off receiver would be quite nice.
It seems great for cable, but how well does it interface with a satellite-based service such as DirecTV? Since in that case, all tuning is controlled by the receiver, MythTV would be helpless - unless you could wire an IR emitter to it. But even then, the software would still have only passive control over the receiver (what if it goes to change a channel, but the reciever is off?).
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More specifically, what they are doing would fall under public exhibition - which is prohibited (a la the FBI warning at the beginning of every single DVD and VHS tape). When you pay for a movie, you aren't purchasing the film as much as you are purchasing a license allowing you to view it. If you want to shwo the movie to a couple of hundred people, then you'd have to talk to the owner of the copyright about acquiring a different license.
Now, the true question of what lies hidden in your soul can be answered not by how you treat your creation, but how your creation treats its creations.
Is that actually an accepted philosophy, or are you simply referring to Black & White?
You're not missing much. Just stick to the screenshots and try to forget entirely about half of the items present in the original game and you're set.
$1 billion USD/day is just over $3/day/resident.
First of all, our defense budget is closer to $450B.
I'm not really concerned with how much I personally have to pay each day to keep our military running (BTW, the US work force as of 2003 amounts to 146.5M people, thus placing the cost/person/day at around $6.5, or $8.4 using the $450B figure). What I am concerned with is the fact that $450B is a tremendous amount of money that could really be put to better use somewhere else. For example, 12% of our 293M people are below the poverty line (35M people), which for an individual living alone is about $9K/year. That 450B in defense spending each year amounts to $13,000 each year for the people that really need it. That could pay for food, shelter, basic healthcare, and most importantly, education. Although it wouldn't make much sense to cut our defense budget altogether, there is no reason it couldn't be less than what it currently is. We have far too many other problems in this country that are going largely ignored while we sink billions into the military.
The rest of your post is just as unrealistic.
If you'd like to explain how exactly I was being unrealistic, that might help things along. Thanks.
That's pretty disgusting - especially since the people of this country seem to have very little say in how exactly our government runs. This democracy of ours is like trusting a designated driver to get you home safely when your confidence in them is based solely on the fact that they're not drunk.
Not to worry. Any Windows-based satellite will always crash into the Blue Sea of Death. You're safe.
The thing that really bothers me about outsourcing jos to India isn't necessarily the outflux of "American jobs", but the level of service that one can expect when they get a $3/hour ESL Indian on he phone that knows nothing about the products they are representing. I have encountered this situation on a handful of occasions in the past few months, and I must say that it is rather disconcerting. People thought that most companies don't give much thought to customer service *before* this paticular trend, and now it is only getting worse.
Well, last I heard, the US currently spends around $350B/year for defense/military... that's ONE BILLION each day of the year. I personally think that's a bit much, especially when all of the new toys that much cash can fund turns our military leaders into warmongering children that want nothing more than to see what all of those creative implements of death can do to real people. I think we'd actually be safer if we didn't try so hard to be the biggest kid on the block and push our will onto other countries.
Thank you for elaborating on my original post. That was exactly my point.
"Hurrah! A rat, something to eat and drink at last!
Ah, finally a chance for a Black Adder quote.
Black Adder:
What's on the menu?
Baldrick:
Rat. Saute or fricasse?
Black Adder:
Oh, the agony of choice. And sauteed involves?
Baldrick:
Well, you take the freshly shaved rat, and you marinate it in a puddle for awhile.
Black Adder:
Uh-hmm, for how long?
Baldrick:
'Til it's drowned. Then you stick it out under a hot light bulb, then you get within dashing distance of the latrine and you scoff it right down.
Black Adder:
So that's sauteing, and fricasse?
Baldrick:
Exactly the same, just a slightly bigger rat.
they have the advantage of being able to crawl almost anywhere and slip through small holes and crevices.
So do ferrets. But I'd imagine they're too cute for most people to want to set them free in burning rubble.
Rats are light. They are smart enough to do tasks when trained.
Not only that, but rats are also dirt-cheap - unlike an equally-equipped "robot" would be. Yeah, this is the 21st century, and humans do think they rule the planet, but nature really does have a head start on us.
Besides, robots would just eat old people's medicine for fuel.
If you're some dude in middle America who cares more about football than who the leader of Pakistan is, who would you vote for?
Isn't that why we have the electoral college? From what I understand, the "Founding Fathers" didn't believe that Joe Voter could be trusted to make an educated decision in regard to a presidential election, so they effectively siezed some control from the average voter and placed it in the hands of a select few. IMO, the system is flawed, but so is any system that relies on the common man.
Not until people get over themselves and stop operating with a personally-biased agenda do I think any system, political or economical will really "work". Hell, communism would work just fine if people could be trusted to pull their own weight despite the lack of potential personal advantage. Furthermore, I believe that one of the "flaws" of capitalism is that it promotes greed and elitism. No one man should deserve to have a personal fortune of $48B. Such a man is no better a human being than anyone else, yet he is allowed to attain and horde riches that could help millions of people. Yeah, democracy has its advantages, but it can nonetheless become rather depraved.
Meanwhile, I know people who think nothing of an $100/month cable bill (gotta have all the premium channels, you know). That's $1,200/year for cable television!
Yeah, it's sickening... I pay just under $50/mo. for DirecTV and it really does seem like a waste. However, I simply cannot stand network TV, and I do love me some History and Discovery channels.
I really wish it was possible to select (and pay for) only specific channels. That would never work though, since the premium channels help to subsidize those that are in less demand.
For the first time in my life, within 4 weeks of one another, my sister lost her job, my friend lost his job, and his wife lost her job. These are NOT good times...although Bush would have us believe otherwise.
I can absolutely relate. My dad lost his job, and so did I and a few of my friends. Of course, those friends worked at the same place I did... *cough* f'ing Interplay *cough*
OK, perhaps Bush isn't responsible for mismanagement of a floundering game company, but it stings nonetheless.
I'll go outside as long as I don't have to get any exercise... this thing seems perfect. Ladies, here I come!
On the contrary, it has been pointed out that the trialer is in fact a month old, therefore it is not new, or news. As for "stuff that matters", well, if you're a 9yo child, I suppose it does.
You don't need to be masochistic.
I just meant that it's quite a few steps ahead of simply popping in a RedHat disc. Though, it really is more of a learning tool than anything else (according to the developers of LFS).
If you ever feel especially masochistic, check out Linux From Scratch. It's essentially a walkthrough that takes you step-by-step through the process of compiling a fresh toolchain which you then use to compile all of the necessary applications needed to construct a basic Linux system. Once you're done, you will likely find the process rather fulfilling (in addition to all that new knowledge rattling around in your head).
I may be completely wrong, but from what I can tell, Slackware doesn't have all of the bells and whistles that other distro's do. The installation process for most other distro's for example, exhibit a lot more hand-holding than Slackware, and AFAIK, they also include various utilities that make system configuration much easier. I'm sure there are more differences, but I always got the feeling that Slackware lends itself more towards the plain old vanilla, command-line incarnation of Linux.
I completely agree. I use Slackware myself (almost exclusively), and my uses for it are in fact more geared towards server-related purposes. It really does seem that Slackware, as good as it is, takes a backseat to other distro's in terms Windows-like usability. In that respect, I'd have to Mandrake or SuSe takes the lead (though there are a few I still haven't tried).
It appears you are grasping for any reason to say Myth is no good.
Oh, I have absolutely no problem with MythTV. In fact, I think it's a great idea. I simply was not aware that Myth can properly control the receiver via IR (correct codes and such). That, and the last time I looked into it, Myth appeared to require a TV tuner card, making it very cable-centric. Perhaps I was misinformed (hence the questions).
And the bit about the reciever being off would fall under 'user error' in my opinion.
Perhaps, but for those of us that see such an activity as wasteful, having a way for the PVR to react appropriately to a powered-off receiver would be quite nice.
It seems great for cable, but how well does it interface with a satellite-based service such as DirecTV? Since in that case, all tuning is controlled by the receiver, MythTV would be helpless - unless you could wire an IR emitter to it. But even then, the software would still have only passive control over the receiver (what if it goes to change a channel, but the reciever is off?).
NP. I never considered that some guys like scars on chicks. Though, I figure if they're stupid enough to like me, that's all I need. :)