Factor in inflation. Maybe that $200 today will be enough to buy a cheeseburger and a gallon of gasoline 10 years from now.
On to more serious things, it depends on what you do with the operating system. Is it primarily for web surfing, watching some video, checking e-mail, and things of the like? The only thing threatened is the streaming video, which may require hardware upgrades, and consequently, an OS update eventually.
And who says someone can't have two computers? One with XP, for the simple things which won't need any true update in the foreseeable future. And one with the latest OS, for tasks that require more power, so-to-speak.
The amazing part is that XP is still being sold with new computers, the OEM version. Of course, it's tied to the machine, but not much can be done about that unless you have a spare retail copy sitting around.
A few thoughts about Windows 7... How will it fare on legacy machines? How will it fare on today's moderate machines, especially when it comes to heavy use, such as gaming and streaming video? And, will it solve the security issues that plagued XP, and if not, is it any better?
Well, yeah, technically censorship. But, what about holding off until after the reporter is no longer in the state of being kidnapped? Report on it later, instead of always in the now. That is, update the Wikipedia page once the history has been written, and cannot be changed by the mere publishing of it.
Just wait until the Emergency Alert System kicks in. With some cable TV's digital boxes, it takes up the whole screen, those annoying tests. No, not scrolling, but the whole screen, for like I think a minute.
Out of the 162 comments, doing a search on both pages (when nested all comments -1 and up), I couldn't find the word "flag".
What I am seriously concerned about is whether this switch to digital is just a gradual slope to making sure rights holders can make sure we can't record what we want in the future.
Can't they just insert a flag eventually, and make sure these tuners we buy, will respect those flags, to prevent us from doing what many do, enjoy the Betamax decision?
So, isn't the point that there are too many sources available at the hands of our computers? If one charges for access, we find one that doesn't. If one charges for anything other than the summary, the same argument follows.
Shouldn't the goal of the fourth estate be to break even, not necessarily make a huge profit? Aren't they to act as a way of informing the public, not to provide entertainment?
Sell ad space. Make a summary, or a good portion, free, whereas the rest of the article might cost something. Make it easy to pay for temporary access to the article (and rest of the site). Perhaps PayPal to pay like 25 cents for complete 24 access to the site through the use of a cookie, passcode, or something like that. Maybe do a donation type thing, like Wikipedia I think does, in order to keep their site up and running.
That's what I'm wondering. I have one, or two of those still. I think there is an issue with the power cord. But I am looking forward to have it up and running, complete with Windows 95. Too bad I think IE is so obsolete it probably won't be able to browse today's humongous webpages.
I think there should be some common sense provisions. 1. Don't run things that you cannot trust. 2. Don't do sensitive things on public computers. 3. Know which processes should be running on your computer, in order to detect which ones are suspicious. 4. Keep a back-up of your computer incase something does go wrong. 5. Consider having a clean computer for things dealing with truly sensitive things, like bank accounts, etc. If your gaming or web surfing computer gets infected, well, your other one is safe, right?
And of course, anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, all that stuff can help to a degree. But yes, the problem is cleaning those programs up. But couldn't someone stick with the same install for a decade or two before having to start fresh?
Okay, there are many ideas. But for the case of simplicity, that other poster has a good idea. But here's how I'd do it.
A federal law allowing retailers two options.
Option 1: Collect the sales tax based on shipping destination, collecting the right amount, and properly remitting it to the state's department of revenue.
Option 2: Collect a special sales tax rate for a given state. It would be based on the mean sales tax rate collected. This isn't the average between the highest and lowest rate. It would be the total tax revenue divided by the total gross receipts. This special tax number would be listed for the state as a whole, and retailers collect it on sales going to that state. There'd be a special tax code when remitting it to the state's department of revenue. Perhaps listed as 0000. Then the DoR would divide it up appropriately amongst all localities based on in-state tax revenue figures.
What about the gray area between "new" and "used"? Sure, the gray area can be abused, but if it is true, that it is/was six days, as another poster mentioned, shouldn't something like that be counted as "new"?
Or, better yet, label the game "like new", which doesn't mean new, but is good enough that it's literally, like new.
Does anyone know the legal definition of "new"? Seriously.
Does new mean unused? What if someone were to test drive a car at a car lot, although, the odometer should be proof enough of newness.
Isn't it the fridge and air conditioner that siphons the most kilowatt hours in one's household in a given year?
The annoying thing about CFLs would be the warm-up time, if time does matter for a given person. Most annoying would be how they dim noticeably over time.
What about the author's rights? What if they don't want anyone reading their books anymore?
But, isn't copyright meant to financially protect the author? Maybe if a book has "orphan" status for a certain number of years, as some suggest, it could be made public domain. Or, maybe it could be given a limited status.
Here is the idea. If a book is orphaned for 10 years, then copies may freely be made, but the author must be paid royalties. If Google is making any money off of the books in any way whatsoever, then a portion of that profit must be made available to the orphaned books' authors.
So, perhaps a formula like the following. Profit made from the orphaned books. If Google is receiving money for non-orphaned books, then the sheer number of orphaned versus non-orphaned books will determine what percentage of profit is to be set aside. The profit is set into a pool. Each year, the authors may request to receive their royalty based on the number of books they represent versus the total number of orphaned books representing the pool.
At any time, if an author wishes to put the book back into print, then once it has been done, then Google would have to remove said books in a timely manner.
How about something like the above for compromise?
What happens if someone has been plagiarized, their words, though? And there is no longer any proof, any timestamp, on the web, since it has long been removed. Would that person be out of luck? (Plagiarized as in the story was copied and pasted without citing the author.)
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Factor in inflation. Maybe that $200 today will be enough to buy a cheeseburger and a gallon of gasoline 10 years from now.
On to more serious things, it depends on what you do with the operating system. Is it primarily for web surfing, watching some video, checking e-mail, and things of the like? The only thing threatened is the streaming video, which may require hardware upgrades, and consequently, an OS update eventually.
And who says someone can't have two computers? One with XP, for the simple things which won't need any true update in the foreseeable future. And one with the latest OS, for tasks that require more power, so-to-speak.
The amazing part is that XP is still being sold with new computers, the OEM version. Of course, it's tied to the machine, but not much can be done about that unless you have a spare retail copy sitting around.
A few thoughts about Windows 7...
How will it fare on legacy machines?
How will it fare on today's moderate machines, especially when it comes to heavy use, such as gaming and streaming video?
And, will it solve the security issues that plagued XP, and if not, is it any better?
Dare I ask, breeding with other cats, or with humans? The last thing we need is a human-cat hybrid. They'd probably make the purrfect advisary.
are cats poised to take over the world? Or is the exploitation thing only limited to catfood?
is important in any game. Graphics can be cool and all, but they shouldn't be the primary reason for any game.
19" seems a bit large, doesn't it? That is the smallest available.
I misread the original post.
1280x1024 or higher, I think gives me the smallest LCD monitor at 17" on newegg.com. Correct me if I'm wrong please.
But, the person wants a small, high-res LCD, correct?
Assuming 1400x1050 is the minimum the person wants, the smallest LCD newegg has available, if I am not mistaken, is 19" I believe.
Or people who have pets, but don't want to buy one of those expensive heatlamp bulbs or whatever.
Well, yeah, technically censorship. But, what about holding off until after the reporter is no longer in the state of being kidnapped? Report on it later, instead of always in the now. That is, update the Wikipedia page once the history has been written, and cannot be changed by the mere publishing of it.
Where's the line between when it's okay, and when it's not okay?
Sorry. I guess you could call my typing reckless.
wreckless driving, and it shouldn't be tolerated. Shouldn't anyone watching TV while driving lose their license?
Just wait until the Emergency Alert System kicks in. With some cable TV's digital boxes, it takes up the whole screen, those annoying tests. No, not scrolling, but the whole screen, for like I think a minute.
Will this happen with OTA DTV boxes?
Out of the 162 comments, doing a search on both pages (when nested all comments -1 and up), I couldn't find the word "flag".
What I am seriously concerned about is whether this switch to digital is just a gradual slope to making sure rights holders can make sure we can't record what we want in the future.
Can't they just insert a flag eventually, and make sure these tuners we buy, will respect those flags, to prevent us from doing what many do, enjoy the Betamax decision?
Good joke. But onto some seriousness, is the shuttle considered American "soil" for all purposes of laws and such?
So, isn't the point that there are too many sources available at the hands of our computers? If one charges for access, we find one that doesn't. If one charges for anything other than the summary, the same argument follows.
Shouldn't the goal of the fourth estate be to break even, not necessarily make a huge profit? Aren't they to act as a way of informing the public, not to provide entertainment?
Sell ad space. Make a summary, or a good portion, free, whereas the rest of the article might cost something. Make it easy to pay for temporary access to the article (and rest of the site). Perhaps PayPal to pay like 25 cents for complete 24 access to the site through the use of a cookie, passcode, or something like that. Maybe do a donation type thing, like Wikipedia I think does, in order to keep their site up and running.
That's what I'm wondering. I have one, or two of those still. I think there is an issue with the power cord. But I am looking forward to have it up and running, complete with Windows 95. Too bad I think IE is so obsolete it probably won't be able to browse today's humongous webpages.
I think there should be some common sense provisions.
1. Don't run things that you cannot trust.
2. Don't do sensitive things on public computers.
3. Know which processes should be running on your computer, in order to detect which ones are suspicious.
4. Keep a back-up of your computer incase something does go wrong.
5. Consider having a clean computer for things dealing with truly sensitive things, like bank accounts, etc. If your gaming or web surfing computer gets infected, well, your other one is safe, right?
And of course, anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, all that stuff can help to a degree. But yes, the problem is cleaning those programs up. But couldn't someone stick with the same install for a decade or two before having to start fresh?
Okay, there are many ideas. But for the case of simplicity, that other poster has a good idea. But here's how I'd do it.
A federal law allowing retailers two options.
Option 1: Collect the sales tax based on shipping destination, collecting the right amount, and properly remitting it to the state's department of revenue.
Option 2: Collect a special sales tax rate for a given state. It would be based on the mean sales tax rate collected. This isn't the average between the highest and lowest rate. It would be the total tax revenue divided by the total gross receipts. This special tax number would be listed for the state as a whole, and retailers collect it on sales going to that state. There'd be a special tax code when remitting it to the state's department of revenue. Perhaps listed as 0000. Then the DoR would divide it up appropriately amongst all localities based on in-state tax revenue figures.
Aren't Linux machines technically PCs?
What about the gray area between "new" and "used"? Sure, the gray area can be abused, but if it is true, that it is/was six days, as another poster mentioned, shouldn't something like that be counted as "new"?
Or, better yet, label the game "like new", which doesn't mean new, but is good enough that it's literally, like new.
Does anyone know the legal definition of "new"? Seriously.
Does new mean unused? What if someone were to test drive a car at a car lot, although, the odometer should be proof enough of newness.
"Like New" when something has been used like that. Am I correct?
Isn't it the fridge and air conditioner that siphons the most kilowatt hours in one's household in a given year?
The annoying thing about CFLs would be the warm-up time, if time does matter for a given person. Most annoying would be how they dim noticeably over time.
What about the author's rights? What if they don't want anyone reading their books anymore?
But, isn't copyright meant to financially protect the author? Maybe if a book has "orphan" status for a certain number of years, as some suggest, it could be made public domain. Or, maybe it could be given a limited status.
Here is the idea. If a book is orphaned for 10 years, then copies may freely be made, but the author must be paid royalties. If Google is making any money off of the books in any way whatsoever, then a portion of that profit must be made available to the orphaned books' authors.
So, perhaps a formula like the following.
Profit made from the orphaned books. If Google is receiving money for non-orphaned books, then the sheer number of orphaned versus non-orphaned books will determine what percentage of profit is to be set aside.
The profit is set into a pool. Each year, the authors may request to receive their royalty based on the number of books they represent versus the total number of orphaned books representing the pool.
At any time, if an author wishes to put the book back into print, then once it has been done, then Google would have to remove said books in a timely manner.
How about something like the above for compromise?
What happens if someone has been plagiarized, their words, though? And there is no longer any proof, any timestamp, on the web, since it has long been removed. Would that person be out of luck? (Plagiarized as in the story was copied and pasted without citing the author.)