While I'm at it, I'm getting really sick of the most egregious lies that keep getting trotted out around here regarding the amount of petroleum products that are "REQUIRED" by modern farm machinery to grow and process "natural" foods. Again, just because it's currently fashionable and economically desirable to do things that way does NOT make it MANDATORY.
Well, in order to supply the amount of food the US/world requires, these steps may HAVE BECOME mandatory. These technoliges have become a "force multiplier" in farming, and going back to the old ways (making 1/4 of the yield they make now) may not be possible while maintaining our level of civilization.
People will still buy local for stuff they need NOW. Groceries, pet supplies, home goods, gas, car repair, etc. Other than that, go all mail order. Works for me. I really can't remember the last time I purchased a "retail good" (computer part, CD, book, magazine) in a B&M store.
Right, but how many tanks does the US have? How many would they be able to deploy in urban environments? How many people would they have to pacify? I could see the tanks running out of gas and ammo before being destroyed, but the end effect is the same.
This is 100% true. One of the BEST high-def movies I've seen in terms of image quality (no idea if it was BluRay or HDDVD in it's original format, it was an h264 file) is Kubrick's "The Shining". Looked sharper than anything else I've seen, including movies from this century.
Yeah, that would be nice. However, because you don't have that option, you/are/ paying for the original product before downloading in this super-convenient format, right? Because you think that you should be paying for products and services you enjoy? I'm sure that's what that vast majority of bay users do, wouldn't you say?
It's not the payment that matters, it's who the payment is made TO that matters. I would happily send my $10 directly to the artist, but I will not happily send my $10 to the middleman who eats 93% of it before passing on a pittance to the artist.
Now, I'd be lying if I said I'm unhappy that my "brainy" work of programming and IT administration is better paid than plumbing and bricklaying. Hey, even I am a little selfish. I just don't understand it. If you'd ask me what's harder, it's a no brainer. On one hand pushing a few buttons on a keyboard, on the other lugging around a few 100 pounds of cement and bricks...
It's about ability. Not everyone can do brain work, no matter how hard they try. That's why it commands a premium in price.
Yes. Yes I am. The main reason I care is that I've ALWAYS had a slow machine nearly my whole life, and I FINALY have something that kicks ass. Plus it crunches numbers and does simulations with the best of them.
A few years ago I was an IT guy in an Office of Inspector General for a US Federal Agency (one that makes lots of grants to universities for research). We recovered more than 3x our operating expenses/cost (everything, including salary, equipment, travel) on an annual basis from people trying to cheat the gov. So there you go.
How do you define $10,000 worth of music via bittorrent? Go with Apple's value, 99 cents? That's cheaper than buying a CD...so which do you use? I value music at.0000000001 cents per song. There you go.
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The Naga are a hell of a lot cooler than the stupid "I be jammin, mon" trolls.
Troll lore is the worst, imho.
While I'm at it, I'm getting really sick of the most egregious lies that keep getting trotted out around here regarding the amount of petroleum products that are "REQUIRED" by modern farm machinery to grow and process "natural" foods. Again, just because it's currently fashionable and economically desirable to do things that way does NOT make it MANDATORY.
Well, in order to supply the amount of food the US/world requires, these steps may HAVE BECOME mandatory. These technoliges have become a "force multiplier" in farming, and going back to the old ways (making 1/4 of the yield they make now) may not be possible while maintaining our level of civilization.
I work for a large Credit Union; our site gets about 23,000 visits per day, and is obviously not a "tech" site. 2nd quarter 2009 stats:
IE: 76.98%
FF: 18.39%
Safari: 3.24%
So maybe we have farther to go that people suspect. But given our completely non-tech-savvy visitors, FF at almost 20% is amazing.
Beware of Pillow Pants! He bites!
There are a lot of places that don't do ANY emissions testing. That's predominately a large-urban-area thing.
*brrrring!*
Hello?
Ah, it's for you, fellow named William Jevons calling.
Wouldn't that be "brrrrring brrrrring ....... brrrrring brrrrring "?
Protip: Don't become friends with people who can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality.
The guy had a mental problem before playing the game, it just came to light due to the game.
Mail in the SD card via USPS, get a fresh one back in the mail a few days later. Problem solved.
People will still buy local for stuff they need NOW. Groceries, pet supplies, home goods, gas, car repair, etc. Other than that, go all mail order. Works for me. I really can't remember the last time I purchased a "retail good" (computer part, CD, book, magazine) in a B&M store.
Umm no. I made $60K living outside the DC in NoVA suburbs and I got along just fine. WIth $1200/month payment for shitty condo.
Right, but how many tanks does the US have? How many would they be able to deploy in urban environments? How many people would they have to pacify? I could see the tanks running out of gas and ammo before being destroyed, but the end effect is the same.
So 100 types of jokes then...
It sure as shit makes it more likely, though.
Unfortunately, most of my friends lived about 5 miles away...not exactly the short of distance a Mom would let her son roam (even in the 80s).
The censors also know how to use Google, and will block those proxies.
This is 100% true. One of the BEST high-def movies I've seen in terms of image quality (no idea if it was BluRay or HDDVD in it's original format, it was an h264 file) is Kubrick's "The Shining". Looked sharper than anything else I've seen, including movies from this century.
Yeah, that would be nice. However, because you don't have that option, you /are/ paying for the original product before downloading in this super-convenient format, right? Because you think that you should be paying for products and services you enjoy? I'm sure that's what that vast majority of bay users do, wouldn't you say?
It's not the payment that matters, it's who the payment is made TO that matters. I would happily send my $10 directly to the artist, but I will not happily send my $10 to the middleman who eats 93% of it before passing on a pittance to the artist.
Never use a large word where a diminutive one will do.
Your average non-commuter airliner (737 or whatever) flies at 39k feet, or about 12km.
Just for perspective, since most people have flown before.
Now, I'd be lying if I said I'm unhappy that my "brainy" work of programming and IT administration is better paid than plumbing and bricklaying. Hey, even I am a little selfish. I just don't understand it. If you'd ask me what's harder, it's a no brainer. On one hand pushing a few buttons on a keyboard, on the other lugging around a few 100 pounds of cement and bricks...
It's about ability. Not everyone can do brain work, no matter how hard they try. That's why it commands a premium in price.
Yes. Yes I am. The main reason I care is that I've ALWAYS had a slow machine nearly my whole life, and I FINALY have something that kicks ass. Plus it crunches numbers and does simulations with the best of them.
The Programmers design stuff, and the Compilers build it.
Except in the real world, 99% of the time those two jobs are done by the same person/people.
A few years ago I was an IT guy in an Office of Inspector General for a US Federal Agency (one that makes lots of grants to universities for research). We recovered more than 3x our operating expenses/cost (everything, including salary, equipment, travel) on an annual basis from people trying to cheat the gov. So there you go.
My current setup:
2008 Mac Pro (running WinXP when gaming)
8x2.8GHz Xeon cores
10GB RAM
2x1GB Radeon 4870 (Crossfire)
That's a fucking gaming rig. Core 2 Duo my ass, that's what my Mac Mini media-head has.
How do you define $10,000 worth of music via bittorrent? Go with Apple's value, 99 cents? That's cheaper than buying a CD...so which do you use? I value music at .0000000001 cents per song. There you go.