I don't see how. It's not like your name and address and such are registered with AMD. Unless you don't want ANYONE to know you bought a bad chip, including AMD. And really, if someone has access to the serial number on your CPU, you have other, more serious problems to worry about...
Sounds like a great idea, actually. Call 800 number, enter serial number, if good, you're told so, hang up. If bad, you talk to an AMD person who helps you... do whatever you do. Call the FBI? The retailer? I don't know, but it'd make me feel better about buying AMD's stuff (if I wasn't a fan already, that is) if I had a tool to determine if it was a legit chip or not, and a human being to tell me where to go/who to call. It'd be good PR, IMHO.
Why in the hell is it that emergency services aren't equipt to handle anything but a normal day? When some idiots have assault weapons and body armor, police are practically helpless (they got lucky, actually). When there is anything larger than a house fire, firefighters don't have the equipment, training, numbers, etc. When there are real emergencies, police, firefigters and ambulance services don't have any working and practical communications equipment at all. It seems the more developed our country becomes, the infrastructure that will be first to fail when it's really needed...
Because it's not sustainable. The manpower and equipment required to handle the really bad emergencies simply can not be maintained onsite everywhere at once. It takes time and people to review and respond to a situation. It takes equipment to mobilize them, to put out fires, to shoot bad guys, to do anything. It takes buildings to house them, people to maintain them, and all of this costs metric fucktons of money.
It's clear that local (city/county, sometimes state) governments are to blame. They cause flood damage by approving roads to be built, but don't account for drainage, and allow homes to be built in the obvious path of flood waters. In the worst areas, they may even build storm-drains, but do nothing to keep they clear, rending them completely useless wastes of money. Emergency services in flood-prone areas never seem to have the equipment that would make it easy to perform the necessary rescues, meaning people die, money is wasted, etc.
So if the local government weren't there, people wouldn't build homes in flood zones? Less pavement would be layed? And maybe I'm reading too deep here, but your approach seems to be "If we can't save everyone, then it's a waste of time. Let's get rid of the only helicopter we can afford, we'll never save everyone with it." This makes sense how?
They allow homes to be built near wooded areas, prone to major fires, and don't do the slightest bit of maintenance on those areas to prevent major fires. I've heard of only one city in Southern California that spends a small ammount of money to clear brush, why don't the rest? Firefighters are helpless against forrest-fires, and yet, the preventative controlled burns (the method previously used) have even been stopped.
Again, people would just not build homes in the path of forest fires? Did it ever occur to you that those areas are meant to catch on fire every now and then? Did it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe, we're not important enough, not strong enough to try and fight these events, but we try to nudge nature back just a little bit to save the lives we can with the pithy resources we have on hand? Have you ever even been in a forest fire situation? Do you have ANY first hand experience with any of the things you're spouting off about? Stopping a forest that's on fire isn't a trivial task, so until you've tried, maybe you should ease off of a little.
Hospitals are now (finally) required to have a generator, but only required to have enough capacity to stay up for a short time (a couple days IIRC) when blackouts can last far longer. Besides hospitals, emergency services depend greatly on the power grid, and rarely have the generators they need (typically short-term battery power) so they are the least able to handle emergencies, when they are needed THE MOST.
A couple of days? Short time??? Do you have ay idea what kind of power it takes to run a hospital? I have no idea. But the building across the street from me is the size of a (large) city block. Running an 11 story air conditioned city block for a few days without a power grid is a pretty serious feat. And again, my ever present question... Would they be prepared for it if the local government wasn't watching over them? Would the federal govt be a better watchdog?
The point of all of this is simple... What the hell is the good of having a local go
I can't imagine how it wouldn't though. (disclaimer) I have no real formal knowledge of either subject (/disclaimer), but it makes perfect sense that the pull of the massive body responsible for keeping the planet going around in a big circle, and the pull of the not-so-massive body that goes in a big circle around the planet would have some effect on it.
Hell, the tides alone probably present some serious rythmic loading/unloading of the earth's crust. I know when I swing something heavy around it has a noticeable effect on me. I know when I'm swung around in a circle, it has a noticeable effect on me. I know when my cat jumps on my shoulder while I'm typing this, it, well you get the idea.
I don't really care either way (nor do I have any idea, it's why other, smarter peopel are looking into it), but it's not like those people researching it are quacks or anything. It seems totally possible. To me, anyway.
You and I realize this. But MS is shooting themselves in the foot. Since the beginning of time they've been trying to blur the line between hardware and software to the point where a "computer" is a box you get at the store. So what happens, is that microsoft gets utterly removed from the mind of Joe Blow. They don't think of MS at all, because they got it from dell, and it's all one thing. They call Dell when MS's software gets sketchy, and the call dell when the monitor goes black. (or blue) IE ins't a browser, it's not software, it's the internet. OE is email, not an email client, and so on. You should hear the conversations I have with the occasional client about upgrading the operating system. "What's that?" "Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a new computer?" "Will all my programs keep working?" "Is my computer fast enough for it"?
The answers to the last three are usually "Probably.", "Probably not." "Probably not." Your average Joe Blow:
1)isn't likely to have the skill or inclination to run windows update, let alone upgrade his operating system. Hell, most people who/are/ knowledgeble and even a lot of professionals find it easier to just buy a new machine, or do a wipe and install the new OS clean rather than put an upgrade disk into a machine that works.
2)Is likely to have some Fishing Hole(tm) GPS software that only runs on Windows ME with the bug of the day patch for nov 17, 2000 installed, and be running a p233 with 64MB of RAM. Regardless of the printing on the box, XP will NOT run of such an animal. Not to joe Blow's liking, anyway.
Microsoft deserves very much to have Windows be considered simply a part of the "magic box", because they embraced the idea, not handling their own support, and seeing to it that everyone's grandma had a "dell windows dimension peecee." Joe Blow doesn't think of Windows as something other than an integral part of the "computer", because MS convinced him otherwise. They did this dude.
Of all places? It's Nevada. The entire economy of that state is based on numbers, and counting them well. Not surprising at all, really. A sketchy counting system is no way to run a casino, and the politicians in Nevada probably know that.
Sure, but what about the guy who bought it before them?
I guess my point is that/if/ there's a market for webspace in an exclusive community (and there's always a market for exclusivity...) then he stands to make some cash. Lots of it, really. It all depends on how popular the game gets, and how well the maintainers manage it. If there's a limited amount of "development" (or at least well matched to "citizenship"), then demand should stay high enough, provided the popularity matches and the environment remains maintained. And while they might not spend $7mil, people WILL buy into this. Advertisers, should he decide to sell out, people with spare cash and time to drop on a "lot" for "development". He could turn the island into a semi affluent geek dating island and charge for access. There's so many different ways to use this thing. It could be a total flop, or it could make some decent money. It's a high risk investment, sure, but people with 26k dollars to toss around on risky ventures usually have nice safe ventures actually making money for them somewhere. Calling this guy a quack is a bit premature. He could, after all, be right on, and going to his digital themepark could be all the rage for geeks in two years. It's his money. Let him spend it, and we'll all watch.
What about the suckers who bought business.com for what, $7mil?
What about the suckers who bought ad space on the slashdot front page?
What about the sucker who bought that god-awful shirt you're wearing? (ok, ok, that one doesn't help my point much) But really, some people thought the internet was just a fad, and some people are making metric fucktons of cash?. There's money there, even without the currency exchange. Hell, people buy and sell ones and zeros all the time. How is this any different? At all?
I wonder how many people thought it made sense to pay a bunch of money to put a picture on a website, or rent "space" on a computer somewhere in some geeks basement. I'll bet people thought thos e guys wacko too, back then, and those thigns are now less virtual than this. What if the guy wants to sell bilboard space? How many people would want a lot/building (website?) on this "island" (server?)
This makes perfect sense when you realize that people have been paying for virtual real estate for 20 years now.
...but you know just as well as I do that the chances of those guys moving a million dollars worth of hot, specialized telco electronics solely in the state of New York is next to nil. It's not like they stole dvd players. Besides, isn't there a federal law regarding the availability of 911 service? At the minimum, they interrupted emergency service, which I think is federal, though I don't know for sure. Trumped up charges do happen dude, but these seem completely inline with the crime. besides, if they don't pan out, it's not federal anymore. woo.
This might be a trollish statement, but it's just as likely that someone at Valve did do their homework and realized that noone could really return the game anyway, so it didn't matter. I held off buying HL2 because I was concerned about the activation, and I think I'll continue holding off. Like, forever.
Simple is a tape deck and WebTV. You want simple, go get simple.
You can surf and play music just fine with an EPIA mini-ITX mobo, and it uses like 30 watts or some such. You want to get groceries, buy a grocery getter. You want to win races or haul houses, they make the right tools for those jobs too.
Probably not, but I wonder if there are any legitimate email addresses, and if so, does the owner of the email address (or IP address?) have any legal recourse? Can they just do that? I mean, if I just started putting up ads in colleges with the ip addresses of machines I found while scanning the net for open shares and such, I'm sure there's a law somewhere saying I can't do that.
That's bullshit, and there needs to be a serious check on the legality of it.
...but I would/kill/ for a government that supports pr0n. The one we have now flips out over a nipple. Hell, I was looking at nipples when I was less than a year old, but then, I don't have the moral sense, as our Fearless Leader (TM) would put it.
Actually, that comment wasn't aimed at your post, but the post above yours. Apparently, I forgot how the internet worked for a second and clicked the wrong link.
5) Get all hesitant, saying "I don't know... I'll tell you what. Knock $dollar_amount off the price and you have a deal. The discount usually comes to just less than the service plan, if you play it right. (they don't always do this, but they did while I was laptop shopping for my dad)
6)Buy product (at a discount) and service plan.
7) Return service plan next day.
8) Save!
Yes, I'm one of those customers. But you know what? I wouldn't be if I didn't have to walk into thier stores like I have to walk onto a used car lot. Whenever I go in there, I'm either badgered or ignored, depending on how I'm dressed. I know I could just shop somewhere else, but he wanted THAT laptop NOW and noone else had it locally. I try to avoid BB when I can, but it doesn't mean I won't try to beat them at their own game when I can't.
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Sounds like a great idea, actually. Call 800 number, enter serial number, if good, you're told so, hang up. If bad, you talk to an AMD person who helps you... do whatever you do. Call the FBI? The retailer? I don't know, but it'd make me feel better about buying AMD's stuff (if I wasn't a fan already, that is) if I had a tool to determine if it was a legit chip or not, and a human being to tell me where to go/who to call. It'd be good PR, IMHO.
Because it's not sustainable. The manpower and equipment required to handle the really bad emergencies simply can not be maintained onsite everywhere at once. It takes time and people to review and respond to a situation. It takes equipment to mobilize them, to put out fires, to shoot bad guys, to do anything. It takes buildings to house them, people to maintain them, and all of this costs metric fucktons of money.
It's clear that local (city/county, sometimes state) governments are to blame. They cause flood damage by approving roads to be built, but don't account for drainage, and allow homes to be built in the obvious path of flood waters. In the worst areas, they may even build storm-drains, but do nothing to keep they clear, rending them completely useless wastes of money. Emergency services in flood-prone areas never seem to have the equipment that would make it easy to perform the necessary rescues, meaning people die, money is wasted, etc.
So if the local government weren't there, people wouldn't build homes in flood zones? Less pavement would be layed? And maybe I'm reading too deep here, but your approach seems to be "If we can't save everyone, then it's a waste of time. Let's get rid of the only helicopter we can afford, we'll never save everyone with it." This makes sense how?
They allow homes to be built near wooded areas, prone to major fires, and don't do the slightest bit of maintenance on those areas to prevent major fires. I've heard of only one city in Southern California that spends a small ammount of money to clear brush, why don't the rest? Firefighters are helpless against forrest-fires, and yet, the preventative controlled burns (the method previously used) have even been stopped.
Again, people would just not build homes in the path of forest fires? Did it ever occur to you that those areas are meant to catch on fire every now and then? Did it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe, we're not important enough, not strong enough to try and fight these events, but we try to nudge nature back just a little bit to save the lives we can with the pithy resources we have on hand? Have you ever even been in a forest fire situation? Do you have ANY first hand experience with any of the things you're spouting off about? Stopping a forest that's on fire isn't a trivial task, so until you've tried, maybe you should ease off of a little.
Hospitals are now (finally) required to have a generator, but only required to have enough capacity to stay up for a short time (a couple days IIRC) when blackouts can last far longer. Besides hospitals, emergency services depend greatly on the power grid, and rarely have the generators they need (typically short-term battery power) so they are the least able to handle emergencies, when they are needed THE MOST.
A couple of days? Short time??? Do you have ay idea what kind of power it takes to run a hospital? I have no idea. But the building across the street from me is the size of a (large) city block. Running an 11 story air conditioned city block for a few days without a power grid is a pretty serious feat. And again, my ever present question... Would they be prepared for it if the local government wasn't watching over them? Would the federal govt be a better watchdog?
The point of all of this is simple... What the hell is the good of having a local go
They tried, but on the second day everyone was screaming "Dupe! This was on yesterday!", so they took it down. :)
You mean like the one with windows?
Hell, the tides alone probably present some serious rythmic loading/unloading of the earth's crust. I know when I swing something heavy around it has a noticeable effect on me. I know when I'm swung around in a circle, it has a noticeable effect on me. I know when my cat jumps on my shoulder while I'm typing this, it, well you get the idea.
I don't really care either way (nor do I have any idea, it's why other, smarter peopel are looking into it), but it's not like those people researching it are quacks or anything. It seems totally possible. To me, anyway.
...if it comes from god?
The answers to the last three are usually "Probably.", "Probably not." "Probably not." Your average Joe Blow:
1)isn't likely to have the skill or inclination to run windows update, let alone upgrade his operating system. Hell, most people who /are/ knowledgeble and even a lot of professionals find it easier to just buy a new machine, or do a wipe and install the new OS clean rather than put an upgrade disk into a machine that works.
2)Is likely to have some Fishing Hole(tm) GPS software that only runs on Windows ME with the bug of the day patch for nov 17, 2000 installed, and be running a p233 with 64MB of RAM. Regardless of the printing on the box, XP will NOT run of such an animal. Not to joe Blow's liking, anyway.
Microsoft deserves very much to have Windows be considered simply a part of the "magic box", because they embraced the idea, not handling their own support, and seeing to it that everyone's grandma had a "dell windows dimension peecee." Joe Blow doesn't think of Windows as something other than an integral part of the "computer", because MS convinced him otherwise. They did this dude.
Of all places? It's Nevada. The entire economy of that state is based on numbers, and counting them well. Not surprising at all, really. A sketchy counting system is no way to run a casino, and the politicians in Nevada probably know that.
I guess my point is that /if/ there's a market for webspace in an exclusive community (and there's always a market for exclusivity...) then he stands to make some cash. Lots of it, really. It all depends on how popular the game gets, and how well the maintainers manage it. If there's a limited amount of "development" (or at least well matched to "citizenship"), then demand should stay high enough, provided the popularity matches and the environment remains maintained. And while they might not spend $7mil, people WILL buy into this. Advertisers, should he decide to sell out, people with spare cash and time to drop on a "lot" for "development". He could turn the island into a semi affluent geek dating island and charge for access. There's so many different ways to use this thing. It could be a total flop, or it could make some decent money. It's a high risk investment, sure, but people with 26k dollars to toss around on risky ventures usually have nice safe ventures actually making money for them somewhere. Calling this guy a quack is a bit premature. He could, after all, be right on, and going to his digital themepark could be all the rage for geeks in two years. It's his money. Let him spend it, and we'll all watch.
As usual.
What about the suckers who bought ad space on the slashdot front page?
What about the sucker who bought that god-awful shirt you're wearing? (ok, ok, that one doesn't help my point much) But really, some people thought the internet was just a fad, and some people are making metric fucktons of cash?. There's money there, even without the currency exchange. Hell, people buy and sell ones and zeros all the time. How is this any different? At all?
There weren't laws for the internet, either, but it seems to be doing *just* ok. Not bad, not super-duper, but ok.
This makes perfect sense when you realize that people have been paying for virtual real estate for 20 years now.
You forgot "Copyright Pirate" and "nipple".
I'm a car, you insensitive clod!
...but you know just as well as I do that the chances of those guys moving a million dollars worth of hot, specialized telco electronics solely in the state of New York is next to nil. It's not like they stole dvd players. Besides, isn't there a federal law regarding the availability of 911 service? At the minimum, they interrupted emergency service, which I think is federal, though I don't know for sure. Trumped up charges do happen dude, but these seem completely inline with the crime. besides, if they don't pan out, it's not federal anymore. woo.
This might be a trollish statement, but it's just as likely that someone at Valve did do their homework and realized that noone could really return the game anyway, so it didn't matter. I held off buying HL2 because I was concerned about the activation, and I think I'll continue holding off. Like, forever.
Shame. I was really stoked about it, too.
But the lawyers! For god's sake, won't anyone think of the lawyers?!?
Simple is a tape deck and WebTV. You want simple, go get simple.
You can surf and play music just fine with an EPIA mini-ITX mobo, and it uses like 30 watts or some such. You want to get groceries, buy a grocery getter. You want to win races or haul houses, they make the right tools for those jobs too.
Quit whining.
That's bullshit, and there needs to be a serious check on the legality of it.
...but I would /kill/ for a government that supports pr0n. The one we have now flips out over a nipple. Hell, I was looking at nipples when I was less than a year old, but then, I don't have the moral sense, as our Fearless Leader (TM) would put it.
I was trying to be funny, and I stepped in it. :)
Sorry, I replied to the wrong thread. you may all hurt me n... uh, ignore me. that's it. Ignore me.
You're right. In fact, let's give up on everything that won't work tomorrow. IPV6 was silly anyway.
I don't know about AU, but in the U.S. our education system really only gets enough money to educate at 49% of capacity.
1) Find sales guy.
2) Use up lots of his time.
3) Find thing you wanted all along.
4) Wait for the service plan pitch.
5) Get all hesitant, saying "I don't know... I'll tell you what. Knock $dollar_amount off the price and you have a deal. The discount usually comes to just less than the service plan, if you play it right. (they don't always do this, but they did while I was laptop shopping for my dad)
6)Buy product (at a discount) and service plan.
7) Return service plan next day.
8) Save!
Yes, I'm one of those customers. But you know what? I wouldn't be if I didn't have to walk into thier stores like I have to walk onto a used car lot. Whenever I go in there, I'm either badgered or ignored, depending on how I'm dressed. I know I could just shop somewhere else, but he wanted THAT laptop NOW and noone else had it locally. I try to avoid BB when I can, but it doesn't mean I won't try to beat them at their own game when I can't.