I really hate to play defender to a government-dominated industry, but I do NOT want to have to see popup ads in my goddamned sky. If it is the main goal of private business to turn a profit, selling adspace would be one of the first to take hold. Private holdings in space or on the moon? WHo says a major player can't buy up moonscape for adspace?
Way to tell something half-assed. Even if the money was there a year ago(or even 2) the type of construction neccessary to stop this kind of flooding wouldn't be done for another couple of years. Think logically and not politically.
A- Just installed armored cockpit doors in airliners. The 9/11 attack mode would have been completely eliminated at a tiny cost and without the staggering chaos, economic devestation, and evisceration of civil liberties you see in the TSA and airports today. Sure maybe terrorists could still have taken down an airliner but it would be very hard to use one as a weapon again with armored doors. So simple, so cheap, to simple, to cheap.
If they were to take hostages among the passengers and demand this armored cockpit to be opened, there is no person with a conscience who would keep the cockpit locked down. Secondly, the doors would have to be opened for other reasons(runs to the john and for refreshments) which could be exploited to gain entry. This "simple" solution would solve nothing.
Policy among airlines is full compliance with terrorist demands to ensure the safety of paying customers. Before 9/11, I am sure any pilot in an armored cockpit would allow a hijacker to enter without hesitation.
Well one of the main reasons that exported jobs cost less is partially the fault of US unions where some have abused their power and got far-reaching benefits. The cost of the benefits is passed to the consumer/distrubutor. So where will they buy? The cheaper products produced by the extremely cheap(and sometimes utterly exploited) foreign labor. The upkeep of the unions is dragging down the employers which in-turn hurts its own workers when it can no longer provide the better benefits. The cycle is viscious and coming to fruition
At Overclocked Remixes, the mixers take commercial work and change it making it their own. This is legal because they aren't selling their works. allofmp3 is making money of someone's original(well, as original as popular music is anyways) work and selling it to others without the permission of the said artists or their representatives(RIAA).
On December 10, 1994, most kids were playing second and third generation SNES games, but also on this day, the final NES game was released: Wario's Woods and Nintendo finally retired the system, several years AFTER the SNES took center stage. More recently, third-party developers developed games for the PS1, albeit for a younger audience. Microsoft is just getting this information out in the open before release trying to keep the sales of the Xbox going even though a newer system is nigh.
No, I thought about those items. The current generation of games can be downloaded at gigabytes a pop and there are no good software emulators for them to be run on. Yes, all the current consoles can be hacked, but it isn't all that widespread since, in most cases, it negates the online aspect of the consoles. ESPECIALLY on the Xbox where it hurts the most since you can no longer access Live without crashing the hacked box and having to fix it.
I think this is more of a product of men being more capable of pirating music than of pirating games as emulation of current consoles is hardly a replacement for the real thing.
i am guessing that the latest console will be unveiled with a redesigned controller will be the size of a minivan with over 200 poorly shaped buttons that will promote back pain as you attempt a loop-de-loop in a banshee in Halo 3 by pressing 7 buttons behind you while trying to aim and fire with a flight stick located under the dash.
With a price point like that, you really have to wonder what one has to do to gauge a portable's sex appeal. I mean, did they put a few on street corners and see how many men(or ladies) picked one up and took her home for an hour or two?
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That isn't the point either. It is only indirectly that the quality of a product determines its success. Sony, by far, has sold more consoles and supports a more diversified selection of games than any of its competitors. The success of their ventures is PROVED by their popularity and profits.
There has been a ton of quality hardware(Sega Dreamcast, anyone?) that has completely failed in the marketplace for various reasons, the greatest of which is usually timing. Sony has come pretty close to mastering that aspect. They released the Playstation and PS2 at the times that have maximized there sales and therefore ensuring a large market share.
As for this current run of portables, the big test is going to be for the Nintendo DS which is lacking serious mainstream attention.
I have managed to maintain a hotmail account for 10 years, which I consider a feat. It isn't clean of spam or anything, but 10 filters based on keywords in the subject or body make a HUGE dent in the amount that reacheas my inbox.
Well, not to detract from the main point, "Comment spamming creates a lot of false results on google;" however, I have to say that i have found some fairly obscure or rare files and information in forum posts and comments. if all the links in this medium get nofollow status to the bots, it makes finding these rare items much more difficult.
OK. Say this technology is applied to create a portable system injected into your body and kept functioning off your own metabolism. My guess is you implant a keyboard in your arm, but what oriface would they use to plug in the monitor~
God, solar panelling on the clothes. try to imagine the warning labels they would put on thee things: WARNING! DO NOT USE WHILE BATHING OR WHILE HAVING SEX.... Don't laugh. You heard it here first. Expect it on your self-heating winter coats next year.
If we really want to set things right. We could always go back to the older system. First, we elect our House. Then the House picks the Senate. Then the Senate picks the Prez.
Really guys, there is no way to make a "secure" method of voting. Rigging elections dates back well before we were around, Diebold is just this year's scapegoat.
Also remember, people. The U.S. is NOT a democracy; it's a republic. Be grateful some bastard a hundred years ago proposed that the public's opinion be more readily measured than getting around 500 old men to choose our leader for us.
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I really hate to play defender to a government-dominated industry, but I do NOT want to have to see popup ads in my goddamned sky. If it is the main goal of private business to turn a profit, selling adspace would be one of the first to take hold. Private holdings in space or on the moon? WHo says a major player can't buy up moonscape for adspace?
Way to tell something half-assed. Even if the money was there a year ago(or even 2) the type of construction neccessary to stop this kind of flooding wouldn't be done for another couple of years. Think logically and not politically.
Step 1) Connect to tracker for a movie file with VANILLA Bittorrent client.
Step 2) Check the peer list.
Step 3) TADA! Here is a buch of IPs of people who are on the tracker distributing said copyrighted work!
Who needs logs from any site(if there are any) when you can make your own. =P
Well one of the main reasons that exported jobs cost less is partially the fault of US unions where some have abused their power and got far-reaching benefits. The cost of the benefits is passed to the consumer/distrubutor. So where will they buy? The cheaper products produced by the extremely cheap(and sometimes utterly exploited) foreign labor. The upkeep of the unions is dragging down the employers which in-turn hurts its own workers when it can no longer provide the better benefits. The cycle is viscious and coming to fruition
I would be worried that some malicious bastards would hack my exoskeleton and direct me into traffic.
At Overclocked Remixes, the mixers take commercial work and change it making it their own. This is legal because they aren't selling their works. allofmp3 is making money of someone's original(well, as original as popular music is anyways) work and selling it to others without the permission of the said artists or their representatives(RIAA).
On December 10, 1994, most kids were playing second and third generation SNES games, but also on this day, the final NES game was released: Wario's Woods and Nintendo finally retired the system, several years AFTER the SNES took center stage. More recently, third-party developers developed games for the PS1, albeit for a younger audience. Microsoft is just getting this information out in the open before release trying to keep the sales of the Xbox going even though a newer system is nigh.
No, I thought about those items. The current generation of games can be downloaded at gigabytes a pop and there are no good software emulators for them to be run on. Yes, all the current consoles can be hacked, but it isn't all that widespread since, in most cases, it negates the online aspect of the consoles. ESPECIALLY on the Xbox where it hurts the most since you can no longer access Live without crashing the hacked box and having to fix it.
I think a better question is where you are spending $19 on a CD
I think this is more of a product of men being more capable of pirating music than of pirating games as emulation of current consoles is hardly a replacement for the real thing.
i am guessing that the latest console will be unveiled with a redesigned controller will be the size of a minivan with over 200 poorly shaped buttons that will promote back pain as you attempt a loop-de-loop in a banshee in Halo 3 by pressing 7 buttons behind you while trying to aim and fire with a flight stick located under the dash.
They have this already... It is called a Dual Shock controller~
With a price point like that, you really have to wonder what one has to do to gauge a portable's sex appeal. I mean, did they put a few on street corners and see how many men(or ladies) picked one up and took her home for an hour or two?
That isn't the point either. It is only indirectly that the quality of a product determines its success. Sony, by far, has sold more consoles and supports a more diversified selection of games than any of its competitors. The success of their ventures is PROVED by their popularity and profits. There has been a ton of quality hardware(Sega Dreamcast, anyone?) that has completely failed in the marketplace for various reasons, the greatest of which is usually timing. Sony has come pretty close to mastering that aspect. They released the Playstation and PS2 at the times that have maximized there sales and therefore ensuring a large market share. As for this current run of portables, the big test is going to be for the Nintendo DS which is lacking serious mainstream attention.
I have managed to maintain a hotmail account for 10 years, which I consider a feat. It isn't clean of spam or anything, but 10 filters based on keywords in the subject or body make a HUGE dent in the amount that reacheas my inbox.
Well, not to detract from the main point, "Comment spamming creates a lot of false results on google;" however, I have to say that i have found some fairly obscure or rare files and information in forum posts and comments. if all the links in this medium get nofollow status to the bots, it makes finding these rare items much more difficult.
As a side thought, the keyboard implant in the arm would work, since most of us are surely adept at typing one-handed *cough*
OK. Say this technology is applied to create a portable system injected into your body and kept functioning off your own metabolism. My guess is you implant a keyboard in your arm, but what oriface would they use to plug in the monitor~
God, solar panelling on the clothes. try to imagine the warning labels they would put on thee things: WARNING! DO NOT USE WHILE BATHING OR WHILE HAVING SEX. ... Don't laugh. You heard it here first. Expect it on your self-heating winter coats next year.
If we really want to set things right. We could always go back to the older system. First, we elect our House. Then the House picks the Senate. Then the Senate picks the Prez. Really guys, there is no way to make a "secure" method of voting. Rigging elections dates back well before we were around, Diebold is just this year's scapegoat. Also remember, people. The U.S. is NOT a democracy; it's a republic. Be grateful some bastard a hundred years ago proposed that the public's opinion be more readily measured than getting around 500 old men to choose our leader for us.