Addendum--CD sales went up during the Napster era. Singles sales went down but that's because nobody wants to pay five dollars for a single song. Oh, and I don't support P2P piracy but I do support giving your CDs to friends to put on their iPods.
You're saying this as a joke but it's true. CDs provide the artists with about three cents per album if even that. Going to a concert, something you're more likely to do if you download, gets the artists much more money. Like the full fifty dollars you paid for the concert.
Because one man controls the majority of the media in the world. That man's company also happens to be the largest funder for some of the worst Congressmen and women in Washington DC:for example, Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens.
Well, the alternate universe I was in required patents to actually not have prior art and not be obvious to be accepted. Forgot that this universe's America didn't have laws banning lobbyists.
Actually, if he's a patent lawyer he might have to actually be able to understand the patents, which requires Math and Physics. And a degree in one or the other is required for a patent lawyer--so he just saved 3 years of his life.
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"A series of Tubes"? Okay, that was Congress, which is the closest thing to Parliament in the US, but still...
I deliberately did that. Perl isn't a programming language, it's a natural language that is somehow parsed by the compiler
Name me one Linux kernel problem that was actually exploited. *crickets chirping*
Yeah, because even mentioning that the leak had any positive effects is siding with the terr-leakers.
Addendum--CD sales went up during the Napster era. Singles sales went down but that's because nobody wants to pay five dollars for a single song. Oh, and I don't support P2P piracy but I do support giving your CDs to friends to put on their iPods.
You're saying this as a joke but it's true. CDs provide the artists with about three cents per album if even that. Going to a concert, something you're more likely to do if you download, gets the artists much more money. Like the full fifty dollars you paid for the concert.
Last I checked, moral laws and governmental laws are not physical laws. People can break the law, you know.
Anything is a better answer than C++ for anything. Except maybe COBOL and shell script.
And the hookers.
Don't worry, I'm just waiting for Stargate to come on!
The real replacement for the F-14.
No, but they do blow up. Oh, and the US did use white phosphorus in Fallujah.
Because one man controls the majority of the media in the world. That man's company also happens to be the largest funder for some of the worst Congressmen and women in Washington DC:for example, Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens.
Screw paper ballots. Yes, I've seen computers make mistakes, but the largest source of problems is always between the keyboard and the chair.
Well, the alternate universe I was in required patents to actually not have prior art and not be obvious to be accepted. Forgot that this universe's America didn't have laws banning lobbyists.
The SGC uses P90s but it's kinda hard to join... ;)
As opposed to the government that claims it has freedom of speech and information while blocking science that disagrees with their corporate views.
And they aren't crooks!
I see that McKay managed to find three ZPMs...
It was trash from the cargo bay. This being Atlantis, it was Ancient trash.
It's happening many times faster than it ever has. And it's happening where it hasn't before.
Actually, if he's a patent lawyer he might have to actually be able to understand the patents, which requires Math and Physics. And a degree in one or the other is required for a patent lawyer--so he just saved 3 years of his life.