Actually, his films *did* make money. They just didn't make money in the *ahem* "traditional" way. He made money off his films by using creative accounting and German tax loopholes...basically the more money his movies lost at the box office, the more everyone could write off on taxes and make a profit (well, simplified explanation).
Ah, a fellow WOW player...though I am more of a casual player and almost never have time for raids. I agree with what you're saying, but I think it's far too late. The entrenched people in the government right now don't *want* a trustworthy/honest government, and they have taken steps to ensure that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to vote in any third parties (which would be necessary to accomplish this) without the support of a vast majority of the country. And sadly, the "vast majority" of the country is a bunch of brainwashed sheep that will vote for whatever the media tells them to vote for, and the entrenched parties control the media.
Indeed...ISO is completely irrelevant now. They are not a reputable organization, and no longer have any say in standards, at least computer-related ones. Noone is going to seek out ISO "approval" for standards anymore, at least noone reputable. FSFE is pretty much saying the exact same thing in TFA. There is even a replacement for ISO springing up. http://www.certifiedopen.com/
Absolutely zero. The smaller a black hole is, the faster it radiates away its mass in the form of energy. A microscopic black hole would cease to exist in a very small amount of time. One created in a particle accelerator would cease to exist almost instantly, leaving only energy behind. It would be possible to detect evidence of its presence by the energy signature it left, but that's about it. If such black holes can even be created in a particle accelerator, then they will have been created by gamma and cosmic radiation for as long as this planet has been here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation
Well for me it will be simple...if someone wants to create documents using OOXML, they can do what they want, but they won't get any help with me. If my parents or anyone else want help with something, if they're using Open Office, I'll gladly help, if they're using Office they're on their own.
I for one will be keeping my documents in a *standard* format...ODF. So I won't have to convert any of my documents. Anyone that gets suckered in by M$ deserves what they get.
I reply with "uh...what the heck did you just send me? Please send me that in a standard format like.odf" Even though I CAN use.doc files thanks to OpenOffice, I never advertise this fact. This reply will not change no matter what the entity formerly known as ISO says.
If this is indeed true (and not an April Fools joke), then ISO's time is gone, as they have proven that they are no longer a standards body and instead are "open to the highest bidder". This means a replacement is needed. I propose something run by the community (preferably involving the Free Software Foundation)...this would kind of be a return to the days when standards were formed by posting RFC's on websites.
But if this is true, then no reputable organization will ever seek ISO approval for a standard again.
Something will replace them...even if is just something "unofficial". I'm expecting a sort-of return to the days when standards were just RFC's published on different sites. Something like that will probably spring up, run by someone in the free software or "open source" camp. And hopefully the two groups will be able to get over their differences for this. If OOXML is approved, noone will ever take anything ISO does seriously again, and real open standards will just be shared among the community, without a corruptible bureaucracy. Though this may not be a bad thing in the long term...we will be replacing a centralized bureaucracy vulnerable to corruption to a decentralized community run program that cannot be bought.
Blizzard DOES need to do something about WOW glider, it's very disruptive to the game environment, but they are arguing the wrong legal angle entirely. They SHOULD be using an argument that the program in question is disruptive to the game environment (and "encouraging" players to violate the contract that lets them use the online service) rather than trying to claim some sort of copyright violation. The legal angle they are using in this case is extremely lame, and they definitely need better laywers. Surely the fact that this product is sold promoting and encouraging people to disrupt the game environment would be enough for a court without having to drag some crazy half brained copyright argument into it.
I have to admit, I'm torn. I DO want to see him disbarred (actually I'd like to see him tossed in the looney bin where he belongs)...but there ARE advantages to keeping him in his present occupation. He is viewed as the de-facto "leader" of all the anti-video game crusade. If there was actually a sane, intelligent person in charge of the anti-video game crusade, there might actually be trouble. But as long as this nutcase is in charge of it, no sane person will step up on the anti-video game side for fear that they will be associated with him.
The project I'm really keeping an eye on right now is ReactOS. http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html It's still alpha right now, but they're expecting to hit beta later this year. The initial beta release is supposed to be around 70% Windows compatible (realistically most things will work even then because the last 30% is stuff that isn't used that much). They're aiming for 100% compatibility of course...probably shortly before 1.0. Once that hits there will be a Windows alternative with absolutely 0 Microsoft code. It has the potential to make them irrelevant.
For the trillionth time...what Comcast SAYS they are doing is NOT what they are doing. Traffic shaping is fine, as long as it does not differentiate by source. Even if they were just throttling or "slowing down" bittorrent, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as what they are doing. They are doing man-in-the-middle attacks on bittorrent connections, and actively impersonating one of the parties in the connection. This is actually illegal.
It *was* bad Sci-fi written by a sleep-deprived crackhead. Read about L. Ron Hubbard sometime. He was drugged up on stimulants, depressants, and alcohol almost constantly when he wrote the "holy texts" of scientology. Maybe even more.
Comcast's policies on traffic shaping are fine. There's nothing wrong with what they SAY they are doing. There is nothing wrong with prioritizing traffic based on traffic type (as long as it doesn't differentiate by source). Indeed, running a network without this type of traffic shaping would be foolish. However, this is NOT what Comcast is doing to bittorrent connections. They are actively disrupting them by doing a man-in-the-middle attack and impersonating one of the parties in the connection. This is not only immoral, but also probably illegal.
Prior posters are correct. He cannot do this. I'd actually never heard of this program, but I'm going to download it and put the source up for download on my website (and I'm sure what I download will have the GPL files in it).
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Actually, his films *did* make money. They just didn't make money in the *ahem* "traditional" way. He made money off his films by using creative accounting and German tax loopholes...basically the more money his movies lost at the box office, the more everyone could write off on taxes and make a profit (well, simplified explanation).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_boll
Sounds nice, but I wouldn't be able to afford the gas to drive one. :( I doubt most people could actually.
Ah, a fellow WOW player...though I am more of a casual player and almost never have time for raids. I agree with what you're saying, but I think it's far too late. The entrenched people in the government right now don't *want* a trustworthy/honest government, and they have taken steps to ensure that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to vote in any third parties (which would be necessary to accomplish this) without the support of a vast majority of the country. And sadly, the "vast majority" of the country is a bunch of brainwashed sheep that will vote for whatever the media tells them to vote for, and the entrenched parties control the media.
Indeed...ISO is completely irrelevant now. They are not a reputable organization, and no longer have any say in standards, at least computer-related ones. Noone is going to seek out ISO "approval" for standards anymore, at least noone reputable. FSFE is pretty much saying the exact same thing in TFA. There is even a replacement for ISO springing up. http://www.certifiedopen.com/
Absolutely zero. The smaller a black hole is, the faster it radiates away its mass in the form of energy. A microscopic black hole would cease to exist in a very small amount of time. One created in a particle accelerator would cease to exist almost instantly, leaving only energy behind. It would be possible to detect evidence of its presence by the energy signature it left, but that's about it. If such black holes can even be created in a particle accelerator, then they will have been created by gamma and cosmic radiation for as long as this planet has been here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation
Well for me it will be simple...if someone wants to create documents using OOXML, they can do what they want, but they won't get any help with me. If my parents or anyone else want help with something, if they're using Open Office, I'll gladly help, if they're using Office they're on their own.
Interesting. This means I can now forget about their "megabyte" definitions and insist that one MB is 1024K and one GB is 1024MB, as it should be.
I for one will be keeping my documents in a *standard* format...ODF. So I won't have to convert any of my documents. Anyone that gets suckered in by M$ deserves what they get.
Maybe so...but if this is true noone will ever trust any of their computer-related "standards" again.
I reply with "uh...what the heck did you just send me? Please send me that in a standard format like .odf" Even though I CAN use .doc files thanks to OpenOffice, I never advertise this fact. This reply will not change no matter what the entity formerly known as ISO says.
If this is indeed true (and not an April Fools joke), then ISO's time is gone, as they have proven that they are no longer a standards body and instead are "open to the highest bidder". This means a replacement is needed. I propose something run by the community (preferably involving the Free Software Foundation)...this would kind of be a return to the days when standards were formed by posting RFC's on websites.
But if this is true, then no reputable organization will ever seek ISO approval for a standard again.
Something will replace them...even if is just something "unofficial". I'm expecting a sort-of return to the days when standards were just RFC's published on different sites. Something like that will probably spring up, run by someone in the free software or "open source" camp. And hopefully the two groups will be able to get over their differences for this. If OOXML is approved, noone will ever take anything ISO does seriously again, and real open standards will just be shared among the community, without a corruptible bureaucracy. Though this may not be a bad thing in the long term...we will be replacing a centralized bureaucracy vulnerable to corruption to a decentralized community run program that cannot be bought.
I don't know about Xenu, but pictures of the "ships" are easily found.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-8
Blizzard DOES need to do something about WOW glider, it's very disruptive to the game environment, but they are arguing the wrong legal angle entirely. They SHOULD be using an argument that the program in question is disruptive to the game environment (and "encouraging" players to violate the contract that lets them use the online service) rather than trying to claim some sort of copyright violation. The legal angle they are using in this case is extremely lame, and they definitely need better laywers. Surely the fact that this product is sold promoting and encouraging people to disrupt the game environment would be enough for a court without having to drag some crazy half brained copyright argument into it.
I have to admit, I'm torn. I DO want to see him disbarred (actually I'd like to see him tossed in the looney bin where he belongs)...but there ARE advantages to keeping him in his present occupation. He is viewed as the de-facto "leader" of all the anti-video game crusade. If there was actually a sane, intelligent person in charge of the anti-video game crusade, there might actually be trouble. But as long as this nutcase is in charge of it, no sane person will step up on the anti-video game side for fear that they will be associated with him.
The project I'm really keeping an eye on right now is ReactOS. http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html It's still alpha right now, but they're expecting to hit beta later this year. The initial beta release is supposed to be around 70% Windows compatible (realistically most things will work even then because the last 30% is stuff that isn't used that much). They're aiming for 100% compatibility of course...probably shortly before 1.0. Once that hits there will be a Windows alternative with absolutely 0 Microsoft code. It has the potential to make them irrelevant.
That's a classic RPG villain line.
"Noooo! This cannot be! I'm INVINCIBLE!"
After that, death is usually instantaneous.
Emacs is a great OS...it does pretty much everything. All it lacks is a decent text editor.
Wow...every single one of their "answers" is exactly wrong. I figured they'd toss in at least one or two that were real...but no!
For the trillionth time...what Comcast SAYS they are doing is NOT what they are doing. Traffic shaping is fine, as long as it does not differentiate by source. Even if they were just throttling or "slowing down" bittorrent, it wouldn't be nearly as bad as what they are doing. They are doing man-in-the-middle attacks on bittorrent connections, and actively impersonating one of the parties in the connection. This is actually illegal.
It *was* bad Sci-fi written by a sleep-deprived crackhead. Read about L. Ron Hubbard sometime. He was drugged up on stimulants, depressants, and alcohol almost constantly when he wrote the "holy texts" of scientology. Maybe even more.
Am I the only one who misread that?
Comcast's policies on traffic shaping are fine. There's nothing wrong with what they SAY they are doing. There is nothing wrong with prioritizing traffic based on traffic type (as long as it doesn't differentiate by source). Indeed, running a network without this type of traffic shaping would be foolish. However, this is NOT what Comcast is doing to bittorrent connections. They are actively disrupting them by doing a man-in-the-middle attack and impersonating one of the parties in the connection. This is not only immoral, but also probably illegal.
Everyone that has the source, mirror it. Everyone that can get it, get it. Distribute it as far and wide as possible under the GPL.
Prior posters are correct. He cannot do this. I'd actually never heard of this program, but I'm going to download it and put the source up for download on my website (and I'm sure what I download will have the GPL files in it).