You may exercise these rights on up to 2 (two) non-portable Authorized Devices (e.g. laptop or desktop computers) and two (2) portable Authorized Devices as specifically designated by Amazon from time to time.
Hmm, they lost me at about this point. Laptops are non-portable? As for the rest of the junk, well forgive me Amazon but your average Joe will take no notice and try anything they can, and no doubt end up frustrated when they can't watch their disk on another machine (which since it's the norm for DVD it's what they'd reasonably expect).
I built an almost silent home theatre mythtv box for 250GBP, though admittedly without TV aspect, only MPEG4 etc capability. Throw another £100 for the TV ability and higher spec CPU and it might be equivalent. This unit is good as it might bring Free HTPC setups to those without tech know-how, and it's similarly priced ($600 = £314 today)
If you're missing obscure parts, write off to your local Lego subsidury. Having worked at LEGO UK I know that their customer service is second to none, and if they have a part they'll sell it to you or tell you how to get it. Well, they did in my day, anyhoo.
There's a TV programme in the UK called Watchdog. They complain to companies on behalf of customers, who have not been able to get the service they expect. The amalgamation of many complaints plus the visible negative publicity usually gets the company to change their position.
How is this any different? It's not a win for the web at all, but a win for people who complain en masse, and a win for negative publicity shocking a company into action.
Apparently Dell were "EMBRACING THE BLOGOSPHERE". Yet this only happened after the recall was announced.
All this may be completely unnecessary, after all the US and perhaps other countries have jury trials without worrying that press coverage might influence the jury
But what is there that the public needs to know AHEAD of a court case? Let the court do its job, then discuss the case all you please, afterwards. The current embarrassment you USians must be feeling over the Mark Karr case is surely testament to that principle. What sickens me is that the media start to lay into the police - if there wasn't all the media attention, would it be so embarrassing? After all, I believe he was only deported because they couldn't force him to give a DNA sample in Thailand. Who exactly built up the belief that he might be the perpetrator?
For the five-thousandth time, the BBC is not funded by taxpayers or government-sponsored. It is funded by people who buy a TV set - yes, a government-imposed tax of sorts, but not one which means that the corporation is at the beck and call of government.
Er, this project is slightly different to Az's ability to auto-check a dir every few minutes... this sets up a whole tracker. Which is something that Az can do, but not many people will run that on a web server.
It's clear that as Wikipedia gains a higher and higher profile, it is and will be abused by those who seek to make money. Just like 90% of all Internet appliances. Why did we let them?
Would you suggest that MS should monitor each sale they've made where they've caused a switch to ensure there's 'real benefits' of the switch.
I'm sure the OP wasn't suggesting that, but MS and companies like them always make great play of case studies, and sometimes work closely with companies embarking on big projects using their software, because it helps the software co. as much as the customer, allowing them to understand how their users use the software and what they need. So yes, MS will monitor some sales very closely so they can identify the real benefits.
He just has to learn that a planet must fit a rather more specific set of criteria. There's no "unlearning" needed. What the hell is that word, anyway?
(I don't live in a particularly high-crime area, and don't lock my bike up for long periods of time anyway; I use it more to keep someone from just hopping on it and riding off)
Yes, I think everyone could attest to the fact that this is the reason for using a bike lock.
Show me an employer who places indiscriminate blocks on numbers that you can call during the day, in order to prevent you from making calls that *might* be personal.
In the UK it's common practice for employers to block access to premum rate phonelines, eg Big Brother eviction voting, or international calls. They treat it as discriminately as they might pr0n sites or even eBay.
Re: the clip: Funny that they should mention Tetris as one game which might disappear if it were copied, since that was subject to its own copyright infringement by various software houses back in the late 80s. An infringement which ultimately led to its mainstream exposure, perhaps? It's OK for them but not for us? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris#History
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Yov don't have to use a modern rig to watch downloaded video, for example...
What, does this mean I have to take my fingers out my ears and actually watch the ads?
If your bulit-in mic is one of those pin-prick-sized holes, stick a blob of Blu-tack over it to enable 'silent' mode
the problem is more machines like laptops etc with mics built in - no disabling them, other than muting them via windows.
But he just told you how to disable the built-in mic, in the very post you replied to.
I built an almost silent home theatre mythtv box for 250GBP, though admittedly without TV aspect, only MPEG4 etc capability. Throw another £100 for the TV ability and higher spec CPU and it might be equivalent. This unit is good as it might bring Free HTPC setups to those without tech know-how, and it's similarly priced ($600 = £314 today)
If you're missing obscure parts, write off to your local Lego subsidury. Having worked at LEGO UK I know that their customer service is second to none, and if they have a part they'll sell it to you or tell you how to get it. Well, they did in my day, anyhoo.
Or maybe not, since a program can't ship with all the features, as many of them haven't been thought up yet.
To stop them ending up in landfill, and polluting the earth with that odd rare metal inside them?
There's a TV programme in the UK called Watchdog. They complain to companies on behalf of customers, who have not been able to get the service they expect. The amalgamation of many complaints plus the visible negative publicity usually gets the company to change their position.
How is this any different? It's not a win for the web at all, but a win for people who complain en masse, and a win for negative publicity shocking a company into action.
Apparently Dell were "EMBRACING THE BLOGOSPHERE". Yet this only happened after the recall was announced.
I knew I wasn't the only one who finds tedious off-topic references to Star Trek, South Park and Futurama just a litte dull.
For the five-thousandth time, the BBC is not funded by taxpayers or government-sponsored. It is funded by people who buy a TV set - yes, a government-imposed tax of sorts, but not one which means that the corporation is at the beck and call of government.
Er, this project is slightly different to Az's ability to auto-check a dir every few minutes... this sets up a whole tracker. Which is something that Az can do, but not many people will run that on a web server.
It's clear that as Wikipedia gains a higher and higher profile, it is and will be abused by those who seek to make money. Just like 90% of all Internet appliances. Why did we let them?
There are more 13-year-olds than geeks?
He just has to learn that a planet must fit a rather more specific set of criteria. There's no "unlearning" needed. What the hell is that word, anyway?
How about "I'm testing if my own lock systems are up to scratch" is a sensible reason?
Being in the UK I see your redneck and raise you a stiff neck from the bone-chilling breeze in that outside toilet...
No, because the very definition of yeast is that it's a fungus. Food, however, is not defined to be a virus.
Re: the clip: Funny that they should mention Tetris as one game which might disappear if it were copied, since that was subject to its own copyright infringement by various software houses back in the late 80s. An infringement which ultimately led to its mainstream exposure, perhaps? It's OK for them but not for us? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris#History