For those unfamiliar with Wikia, the work isn't actually all done by the one organization. Anyone can come up with an idea for a wiki, write up a mission statement, and submit it to Wikia. If the admins like, then you've got yourself a host for your wiki.
Wikipedia creator Jimbo Wales may have started Wikia itself, the engine behind this and the other bajillion wikia out there, but he doesn't seem to be actually working on this particular wiki.
So the consumers find something ostensibly "off-limits" to them because of magic invisible watermarks, while for the pirates it's business as usual as soon as they figure out how to strip the identifying data. This isn't about fighting piracy at all, it's about quietly taking a slice of Average Joe's rights as a consumer away, and having him pay for the privilege.
As a parent, I like the idea that I could install a port blocker at home and block the majority of porn content.
Sure, it's a nice idea to think about, but it's also completely and totally impossible to implement or enforce. Suggesting we put all the adult content on this big unregulated international mishmash of an Internet on a specific port is pretty much like saying "we could stop all hunger in the world just by not letting anyone run out of food anymore, and we could stop all war by making sure nobody has a gun who is a war person." It just doesn't work that way.
Sure, you could send your kid into Toys backwards-"R" Us alone without him finding porn (although if your kid is very young you should be going into the damn store with him,) but can you say the same of the Library of Congress? They have naughty books there. The Internet is much more an all-encompassing library than it is a kiddie-friendly toy shop, and it is nobody's responsibility but yours to monitor what your kid does with it.
We're more than halfway through the alphabet already. How long until we run out of letters, and have to designate our wireless standards by shapes, colors, or other designations?
"Guess what! My network is now running exclusively on 802.11blue-dodecahedron-with-lemon-scent-and-sandp apery-texture!"
Final Fantasy XI has had console and PC players together for years. I don't play it myself, but from what I've heard the experience is pretty much the same so long as you get a USB keyboard for your console.
Just rerelease the interface between your brain and Madden 2006, with a few new player names and possibly a new texture or two. Nobody will notice the diff.
A drug that selectively erases memories would be very oopen to misuse. I believe we should immediately institute proper measures to prevent our police, governments, and military forces from..
..what's that? A glass of orange juice? My favorite! Thank you, that's very kind.
The only thing I can think of is they would use multiple recorders and start one tape well before the other ended, so as not to miss out on any record-breaking due to gaps caused by swapping tapes or recorder malfunction.
I can tell you with absolute certainty that I definitely woke up Sunday morning feeling like I needed another hour of sleep... but to be honest, I always feel like I need another hour of sleep. If I ever lapse into one of those ten-year comas, someone please make sure I have the futuristic equivalent of a "just ten more minutes" snooze button available.
I'm sure the blessing of this open-source ID thing is right on Microsoft's to-do list, just after they bless ODF, Linux, OpenOffice, FreeDos, Media Player Classic, Minesweeper 3D, and everything else out there that is an open, free, viable alternative to core proprietary Microsoft products.
I am an introvert and a full day of face-time can really sap my energy, many sales people I've worked with are 'sharks' (which I simply cannot be), and I don't like the idea of putting part of my salary at-risk.
When the three greatest requirements of a job are the exact three things you specify not being into, for goodness' sake stay the hell away from that job.
It's not just the color, the stripes are all wrong. On the original scarves the stripes were of all different widths. This scarf seems to have stripes of identical widths.
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For those unfamiliar with Wikia, the work isn't actually all done by the one organization. Anyone can come up with an idea for a wiki, write up a mission statement, and submit it to Wikia. If the admins like, then you've got yourself a host for your wiki.
Wikipedia creator Jimbo Wales may have started Wikia itself, the engine behind this and the other bajillion wikia out there, but he doesn't seem to be actually working on this particular wiki.
So the consumers find something ostensibly "off-limits" to them because of magic invisible watermarks, while for the pirates it's business as usual as soon as they figure out how to strip the identifying data. This isn't about fighting piracy at all, it's about quietly taking a slice of Average Joe's rights as a consumer away, and having him pay for the privilege.
So instead of contributing my time and effort to open community-based news sites such as Wikinews or The Independent Media Center I can instead donate my time to Wired and drive up profits for the fine folks behind "Teen Vogue" and "GQ?" Sign me up!
Too bad they didn't have this for Wired Magazine in the 1990s. It would have been fun to write in 17 different fluorescent-colored fonts per page.
Sure, you could send your kid into Toys backwards-"R" Us alone without him finding porn (although if your kid is very young you should be going into the damn store with him,) but can you say the same of the Library of Congress? They have naughty books there. The Internet is much more an all-encompassing library than it is a kiddie-friendly toy shop, and it is nobody's responsibility but yours to monitor what your kid does with it.
We're more than halfway through the alphabet already. How long until we run out of letters, and have to designate our wireless standards by shapes, colors, or other designations?
p apery-texture!"
"Guess what! My network is now running exclusively on 802.11blue-dodecahedron-with-lemon-scent-and-sand
Ve are nihilists, Lebowski!
Final Fantasy XI has had console and PC players together for years. I don't play it myself, but from what I've heard the experience is pretty much the same so long as you get a USB keyboard for your console.
Don't forget to tell him about the Mac virus. That's the best part of the story.
Just rerelease the interface between your brain and Madden 2006, with a few new player names and possibly a new texture or two. Nobody will notice the diff.
In othe words, "Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free!"
they made an obscure piece of shareware once.
A drug that selectively erases memories would be very oopen to misuse. I believe we should immediately institute proper measures to prevent our police, governments, and military forces from..
....what was I saying?
..what's that? A glass of orange juice? My favorite! Thank you, that's very kind.
Now then.. *gulp*
The only thing I can think of is they would use multiple recorders and start one tape well before the other ended, so as not to miss out on any record-breaking due to gaps caused by swapping tapes or recorder malfunction.
I can tell you with absolute certainty that I definitely woke up Sunday morning feeling like I needed another hour of sleep... but to be honest, I always feel like I need another hour of sleep. If I ever lapse into one of those ten-year comas, someone please make sure I have the futuristic equivalent of a "just ten more minutes" snooze button available.
Mirrordot works.
I'm sure the blessing of this open-source ID thing is right on Microsoft's to-do list, just after they bless ODF, Linux, OpenOffice, FreeDos, Media Player Classic, Minesweeper 3D, and everything else out there that is an open, free, viable alternative to core proprietary Microsoft products.
In the Wii version of ET, you're an FBI agent that's chasing the kids. The Wiimote acts as your gun^H^H^H walkie-talkie.
And what's Japanese for "developers, developers, developers, developers?"
Surely he can't be serious?
Ok, so its BBC news that got it wrong. Thanks for the info!
It's not just the color, the stripes are all wrong. On the original scarves the stripes were of all different widths. This scarf seems to have stripes of identical widths.