There are a few things I don't understand about the States and this is one of them, all the talk about freedom and democracy and you can't even place a bet with your own money on the internet. Somehow this just doesn't seem free to me...
Thanks for the link Uncle Sam, but you can't be serious... here is some information that you might not be aware of, Boy Scouts is an international organization, and that link means sweet FA around the world.
Sorry guys never heard of Sollog, but a quick read and I can confirm he is a NUT JOB... his sucks page and the links from it are pretty odd to say the least.
My prediction is this post will get modded fu.. int.. umm, Sollog help me I just don't know.
But if they upload '30 seconds' of a movie, that is bullshit, how do you upload 30 seconds of part of a rar or avi file, you can't do that and claim it would be movie, it would just be crap on your HDD that couldn't be viewed by anything.
I think there a two main reason's for this, first is Ad Block extension, I don't even see the ads to click... the second I would say is that Firefox users are a little more switched on to the ways of the web. How many of those IE users even knew what they were clicking on?
That is awsome... it's always nice to see some people with a bit on imagination and talent... maybe Sony (or MS) should give him a job.
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I agree, and in the end you die, no matter how much work you do, so enjoy life... bottom line is if your not happy doing what you do, do something else.
At the movies here in New Zealand there are ads on before the movies, one of the ads is to get you to advertise in theaters, and they say's that movie attendance is up, revenue is up, etc... if a movie is worth seeing it is obvious that people are still paying to go and see them.
The downside of movies in NZ is that a lot of them aren't released here until they have already been in American theaters for 3 months...
Are you serious? What if you are like me and don't have any access to the internet how do you play the single player game after you have purchased to game?
... now reading Stream site... holy crap what are these people smoking??? I think they have customers = criminals in the code, have a look at 'When I try to register my NEW CDKey (90 days or less from time of purchase) Steam says it's already in use!
What do I do?' - they want you to email them photo's of everything wait two weeks, don't ever contact them and they will look into it... and it gets worse from there..
This is just a crazy, they call it the 'land of the free' but how free are you? Next thing you know they will be blocking website's to USA IP addresses if the FBI can't get it hands on the physical hardware.
Scenario:
You belong to a l33t group of pirates releasing 0-Day gamez, with the next big game due to be released in 30 days your crew is working hard to get a pre-release copy onto bittorrent before it hit's retail shelves, get extra points if your release is in English...
They are still having problems here in New Zealand with the local elections, results should have been out last week but the 'software' that was going to count the votes didn't work... I think they should have just done this:
select winner
from votes
order by number_of_votes
I'm sure they will have problems in the US elections, it's only a couple of weeks away and I have read far too much about the problems, mind you of Jeb has his way half of his state won't be able to vote;)
info on the NZ problems...
"Ten days after the local body elections, the make-up of seven city and district councils and 18 of 23 district health boards is still unknown, with both companies involved in the fiasco - Christchurch election services company Electionz.com and NZ Post subsidiary Datamail - unwilling to predict when final results will be out.
Though officials had said the problem, traced to Datamail software, would be resolved at the weekend, checks by the Audit Office and audit company KPMG are still being carried out......"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3068912a11,00. html
I'm getting a busy signal, slashdot style,
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I better wait for one you guys to hang up then I will dial in again...
On my BBS you could dial in at 300 or 1200/75...
I was thinking they should hire that "jerk" into the logistics and distribution department they seem to be able to get the game out quickly and effectively to everyone on the internet.
Why do these guys not answer the question directly? Example #5 ELECTION/VOTING REFORM they were asked "What are your positions on instant-runoff voting and proportional representation?" now both Kerry and Bush answer with sound bites with out answering the question. In fact reading through these questions it looks like they just looked at the heading of the question and did a copy / paste from the party manifesto.
Where were the real questions!!!
What do you think of the RIAA bulling average Americans?
What do you think about a maximum wage?
Why in the land of the free, the home of the brave can't you say 'Shit' on television, without being censored?
What are your opinions of religion in American politics?
Do you think the world will run out of oil?
Etc.. etc...maybe my questions above aren't the best, but I'm sure you get the picture the questions asked in the article were canned, I bet you most people could read the question and already know how Bush & Kerry were going to answer..
What do they mean? 'Newton never dies, It only gets new hardware,' mine always died after about an hour of use then I had to change batteries The only new hardware they could add is a solar panel..
Interesting comments from Mr. Ballmer, I think before giving comment on 'us', and the contents of our iPods, maybe you should take a look at your own company, I can't remember exactly what the DOJ said about MS, but I recall it was a bit more serious than some MP3's you downloaded.
Also a couple of other things annoy me about this is that it is all speculation, he has no idea what is on peoples iPods or how it got there.
I don't know why he just doesn't come out and say 99% of Microsoft Users are thief's.
Don't get me wrong with this, I like the Star Wars movies, but this is ridiculous, how much money do they want to make off this movie?? I read last week somewhere that DVD release was pushed forward because of piracy fears, I almost chocked, do that not realize that this movie has been out for more that 20 years... it has been on free to air TV many times, the only people who are going to buy this trilogy set are die hard fans of the movie, whom I would guess have also purchased a lot of other star wars merchandise, so my suggestion to Lucas Films is get over it... you made a good film, people loved it, money was made, people careers were helped, and maybe it's time to acknowledge the fans whom with out this would just be another old movie.
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There are a few things I don't understand about the States and this is one of them, all the talk about freedom and democracy and you can't even place a bet with your own money on the internet. Somehow this just doesn't seem free to me...
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Well now, if that doesn't stop them then nothing will.
Thanks for the link Uncle Sam, but you can't be serious... here is some information that you might not be aware of, Boy Scouts is an international organization, and that link means sweet FA around the world.
This is almost cure and unusual punishment... no more checking Slashdot every 5 minutes, I guess it would have to be delivered by post ;)
Sorry guys never heard of Sollog, but a quick read and I can confirm he is a NUT JOB... his sucks page and the links from it are pretty odd to say the least. My prediction is this post will get modded fu.. int.. umm, Sollog help me I just don't know.
But if they upload '30 seconds' of a movie, that is bullshit, how do you upload 30 seconds of part of a rar or avi file, you can't do that and claim it would be movie, it would just be crap on your HDD that couldn't be viewed by anything.
I think there a two main reason's for this, first is Ad Block extension, I don't even see the ads to click... the second I would say is that Firefox users are a little more switched on to the ways of the web. How many of those IE users even knew what they were clicking on?
That is awsome... it's always nice to see some people with a bit on imagination and talent... maybe Sony (or MS) should give him a job.
I agree, and in the end you die, no matter how much work you do, so enjoy life... bottom line is if your not happy doing what you do, do something else.
But she runs out of bandwidth and the knock her back to 64K ;)
At the movies here in New Zealand there are ads on before the movies, one of the ads is to get you to advertise in theaters, and they say's that movie attendance is up, revenue is up, etc... if a movie is worth seeing it is obvious that people are still paying to go and see them.
The downside of movies in NZ is that a lot of them aren't released here until they have already been in American theaters for 3 months...
Are you serious? What if you are like me and don't have any access to the internet how do you play the single player game after you have purchased to game?
... now reading Stream site... holy crap what are these people smoking??? I think they have customers = criminals in the code, have a look at 'When I try to register my NEW CDKey (90 days or less from time of purchase) Steam says it's already in use!
What do I do?' - they want you to email them photo's of everything wait two weeks, don't ever contact them and they will look into it... and it gets worse from there..
This is just a crazy, they call it the 'land of the free' but how free are you? Next thing you know they will be blocking website's to USA IP addresses if the FBI can't get it hands on the physical hardware.
Cable running from the computer room to the living room (under the floor) and an ATI Remote.
Scenario: You belong to a l33t group of pirates releasing 0-Day gamez, with the next big game due to be released in 30 days your crew is working hard to get a pre-release copy onto bittorrent before it hit's retail shelves, get extra points if your release is in English...
They are still having problems here in New Zealand with the local elections, results should have been out last week but the 'software' that was going to count the votes didn't work... I think they should have just done this: select winner from votes order by number_of_votes I'm sure they will have problems in the US elections, it's only a couple of weeks away and I have read far too much about the problems, mind you of Jeb has his way half of his state won't be able to vote ;)
info on the NZ problems...
"Ten days after the local body elections, the make-up of seven city and district councils and 18 of 23 district health boards is still unknown, with both companies involved in the fiasco - Christchurch election services company Electionz.com and NZ Post subsidiary Datamail - unwilling to predict when final results will be out.
Though officials had said the problem, traced to Datamail software, would be resolved at the weekend, checks by the Audit Office and audit company KPMG are still being carried out......"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3068912a11,00. html
I'm getting a busy signal, slashdot style, This Account Has Been Suspended Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible. I better wait for one you guys to hang up then I will dial in again... On my BBS you could dial in at 300 or 1200/75 ...
I was thinking they should hire that "jerk" into the logistics and distribution department they seem to be able to get the game out quickly and effectively to everyone on the internet.
Why do these guys not answer the question directly? Example #5 ELECTION/VOTING REFORM they were asked "What are your positions on instant-runoff voting and proportional representation?" now both Kerry and Bush answer with sound bites with out answering the question. In fact reading through these questions it looks like they just looked at the heading of the question and did a copy / paste from the party manifesto. Where were the real questions!!! What do you think of the RIAA bulling average Americans? What do you think about a maximum wage? Why in the land of the free, the home of the brave can't you say 'Shit' on television, without being censored? What are your opinions of religion in American politics? Do you think the world will run out of oil? Etc.. etc...maybe my questions above aren't the best, but I'm sure you get the picture the questions asked in the article were canned, I bet you most people could read the question and already know how Bush & Kerry were going to answer..
What do they mean? 'Newton never dies, It only gets new hardware,' mine always died after about an hour of use then I had to change batteries The only new hardware they could add is a solar panel..
Interesting comments from Mr. Ballmer, I think before giving comment on 'us', and the contents of our iPods, maybe you should take a look at your own company, I can't remember exactly what the DOJ said about MS, but I recall it was a bit more serious than some MP3's you downloaded. Also a couple of other things annoy me about this is that it is all speculation, he has no idea what is on peoples iPods or how it got there. I don't know why he just doesn't come out and say 99% of Microsoft Users are thief's.
Don't get me wrong with this, I like the Star Wars movies, but this is ridiculous, how much money do they want to make off this movie?? I read last week somewhere that DVD release was pushed forward because of piracy fears, I almost chocked, do that not realize that this movie has been out for more that 20 years... it has been on free to air TV many times, the only people who are going to buy this trilogy set are die hard fans of the movie, whom I would guess have also purchased a lot of other star wars merchandise, so my suggestion to Lucas Films is get over it... you made a good film, people loved it, money was made, people careers were helped, and maybe it's time to acknowledge the fans whom with out this would just be another old movie.
I think he just pleaded guilty to being dumb... I hope he didn't tell them about his next script he has modified to start a nuclear war...
Great nothing like watching a Football game two days later...