"The House should not leave Washington without passing the Senate bill," Bush said, adding that not doing so would "put the American people at risk." *sigh* I'm soooo tired of these scare tactics and I'm sure the rest of America is, too. Look, we're no better off than we were before 9/11 with regards to 'safety' from terrorists, and in many ways, we're worse off.
Read my lips, Bush: We ain't skeered of no terrorists.
You have a peer to peer protocol built in which'll happily accept Microsoft signed packages? You seem to be assuming that Windows Vista is the only platform that matters.
But what the hell. Except for the possible exception of Vista, updates can happen with Microsoft signed packages, despite what Microsoft would like you to think.
1) It's a chance to display ASAT tech. 2) It'll look very impressive. 3) There's almost no way this thing doesn't have some kind of auto-destruct mechanism. We're talking about a military satellite full of top-secret tech. 4) Using the auto-destruct, if present would be a lot cheaper.
Yep. The last joystick I owned was one of the popular 'Thrustmaster 3D' joysticks, with the hats and the buttons and so forth. After a particularly intense session of Doom II, it broke. It was the the third one. After that I got a gamepad-type controller and never looked back.
What is it about spammers and tropical areas? Subtropical actually. I live less than 2 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Hint: Highs near 80 over the weekend. What's your weekend weather look like?:-D
Really? How many real terrorists have you seen? I met Timothy McVeigh once, a couple of years before he bombed Oklahoma City. Of course, I don't think he was terrorist then.
As a former full-time professional graphic designer and current part-time professional freelance graphic designer, I have to agree 1000%.
Any graphic designer who tells you he's never stolen anyone else's design is FULL OF SHIT.
Graphic designers often look to other designs for inspiration. It's not really a big secret. Ever wonder why so many current designs look a lot the same? Duh. There's a whole industry dedicated to printing books and such that exist for no other reason than to provide inspiration.
Of course, any decent designer worth his salt doesn't steal outright. He looks at other designs, borrowing elements here and there and the end result is cohesive whole that doesn't really look a whole lot like any of his inspirations.
Disclosure: I have purchased three laptops at Best Buy. I always buy the warranty, because I actually use my laptops for travel. I have had all three laptops serviced under the warranty, due to what I would consider wear-and-tear issues (which are covered).
Okay, so you've never had any problems. That's irrelevant to this lady's case.
First, Best Buy has no responsibility for the data lost. We all know that when you send in your computer for repair that unless you have some ueber data protection plan, data is not the repair shop's responsibility.
Mmmm...Best Buy has *some* liability for the data lost. Those waiver that say "We are not responsible blah blah blah" are almost never enforceable in a real court of law.
Third, the warranty terms are pretty clear on what the warranty is good for. Replacement of the laptop with a like laptop. So no matter how broke or lost her laptop is, all she is entitled to is replacement of the laptop with a similar model.
Not if Best Buy is negligent in handling the laptop, no. Remember, we're talking about negligence here, not warranties. The warranty is pretty much irrelevant in this case.
Bottom line, and I am not a lawyer -- but based on the business law classes I've had, I'd have to say that the lady's got a valid case from where I sit.
(in the interests of disclosure, I'm one of the few members of my family without a Harvard degree of some sort)
You'd almost think their purpose was promoting the advancement of human knowledge. I know a few Harvard grads (one of them is my lawyer). Unless they went to the medical school, most of them don't have very advanced knowledge of humans.
If Comcast has 100Mb/s of bandwidth for 500 subscribers (just making up numbers) Their 100Mb/s pipe is not 100% full 100% of the time. Prioritize my P2P traffic to be low priority. That way, if Joe Blow is trying to pull up his sports scores on ESPN, and the pipe is full, then my P2P is put on low priority to burst his ESPN page through. If it's 3AM and it's just a bunch of P2P freaks downloading over an otherwise unused pipe, let us have it. All ISPs, including Crapcast, already do this. This isn't about people clogging their network and it never has been. It's about Comcast wanting more money for their service. That's it. It's always been about the money and nothing else.
You're missing something. The numbers that the studios publish and what they use on a contractual basis are probably two different things. The contracts usually specify how and when the 'net' is computed. They're not bound contractually by what they publish publicly. The problem is that stupid people often sign contracts without an attorney who is familiar with Hollywood looking it over.
How about we replace the TSA with AI? It couldn't possibly do worse than the current bunch of goons. Why not? Seven years ago we replaced the President with AI.
Perhaps "gives an opportunity for people with such inclinations to learn more" I suppose...but really, you may as well say that public libraries, with their chemistry and physics books, their copies of the communist manifesto and other 'inflammatory' tracts, create bomb-firing terrorists. No, no. Everyone knows the Internet creates bomb-firing terrorists. That's where they get all their bomb recipes -- the Anarchist's Cookbook, the Terrorist's Handbook, trade bomb-making secrets, etc.
The Internet creates plenty of evil-doers -- like hackers! The Internet creates hackers! And spammers, too!
Why the Internet is just so evil, we have to ban it immediately.
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Read my lips, Bush: We ain't skeered of no terrorists.
But what the hell. Except for the possible exception of Vista, updates can happen with Microsoft signed packages, despite what Microsoft would like you to think.
Maybe. But you have to admit:
1) It's a chance to display ASAT tech.
2) It'll look very impressive.
3) There's almost no way this thing doesn't have some kind of auto-destruct mechanism. We're talking about a military satellite full of top-secret tech.
4) Using the auto-destruct, if present would be a lot cheaper.
Sometimes we get a dry heat, but not usually. Humidity is somewhere in the 50-60% range, sometimes higher. At least there's a sea breeze.
BTW--it's the storms here that make it cooler. We'd be in the triple digits if weren't for those.
highs in the lower-to-mid 90s are typical. Lots of really cool lightning storms, too, but they usually only last an hour or so. There's always A/C. :-D
Yep. The last joystick I owned was one of the popular 'Thrustmaster 3D' joysticks, with the hats and the buttons and so forth. After a particularly intense session of Doom II, it broke. It was the the third one. After that I got a gamepad-type controller and never looked back.
And they probably will continue to be.
Does that count?
As a former full-time professional graphic designer and current part-time professional freelance graphic designer, I have to agree 1000%.
Any graphic designer who tells you he's never stolen anyone else's design is FULL OF SHIT.
Graphic designers often look to other designs for inspiration. It's not really a big secret. Ever wonder why so many current designs look a lot the same? Duh. There's a whole industry dedicated to printing books and such that exist for no other reason than to provide inspiration.
Of course, any decent designer worth his salt doesn't steal outright. He looks at other designs, borrowing elements here and there and the end result is cohesive whole that doesn't really look a whole lot like any of his inspirations.
Okay, so you've never had any problems. That's irrelevant to this lady's case.
Mmmm...Best Buy has *some* liability for the data lost. Those waiver that say "We are not responsible blah blah blah" are almost never enforceable in a real court of law.
Not if Best Buy is negligent in handling the laptop, no. Remember, we're talking about negligence here, not warranties. The warranty is pretty much irrelevant in this case.
Bottom line, and I am not a lawyer -- but based on the business law classes I've had, I'd have to say that the lady's got a valid case from where I sit.
Yeah, but it pays a lot less.
Full support for multiple DRM technologies is built into everything!
You'd almost think their purpose was promoting the advancement of human knowledge. I know a few Harvard grads (one of them is my lawyer). Unless they went to the medical school, most of them don't have very advanced knowledge of humans.
Heh. Something like that, actually.
But seriously, the guy was a pothead. He even tried to hook me up with his supplier.
Probably. Clipper programmers are a bunch of pothead deadbeats.
Yeah, well, here's the kicker:
If they lose, it just proves what I've said all along: in the end, being proprietary and closed will catch up with you and you will become irrelevant. Just ask a company that's had to learn that lesson the hard way over the years.
Pfft! In Soviet Russia, three-dimensional, crystalline nanoparticles grow on YOU!!!
You're missing something. The numbers that the studios publish and what they use on a contractual basis are probably two different things. The contracts usually specify how and when the 'net' is computed. They're not bound contractually by what they publish publicly. The problem is that stupid people often sign contracts without an attorney who is familiar with Hollywood looking it over.
One thing you need to remember: all murder cases are decided by a jury of 12 people too stupid to get out of jury duty.
The Internet creates plenty of evil-doers -- like hackers! The Internet creates hackers! And spammers, too!
Why the Internet is just so evil, we have to ban it immediately.
Will someone please think of the children???
YAARRRRR!!! Ye be right, Matey! It be Gasparilla here in Tampa, and thar be pirates! Ye shall not censor us, ye Landubbers! Now walk the plank! YAAAARRRRR!!!!!