According to Forbes World's Richest Person, the richest Asian is Thomas Raymond & Walter Kwok (Hong Kong) at $10.9 billion. If you think that's unfair with 2 people, Lee Shau Kee (Hong Kong) is next at $9.3 billion. Terry Guo only has $3.2 billion:
That's only if you're reading the parent post which did not have a Score 5 when I was reading. There was no mention of "porn" on the XTube post itself.
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The title was meant to pit us against the artist, but really, we should be angry at the RIAA instead. I mean it's calculated how much the producers make per song. IIRC, Apple takes ~$0.30, while the producers rake in the remaining ~$0.70. So out of those ~$0.70, they are now offering less than a dime back to the artist? If I was an artist, I'd definitely try to get a better % out of this deal when there is nearly no cost to the producers to put songs on ITMS.
Once again, this is arguing the definition of addiction. You're using the word addiction only in a very specific sense. Or maybe the word today has just grown to incorporate many more scenarios than just the ones that have withdrawal symptoms.
1.
1. Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance: a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction.
2. An instance of this: a person with multiple chemical addictions.
2.
1. The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.
2. An instance of this: had an addiction for fast cars.
You're saying addiction can only mean #1's definition, while I'm saying it can mean both #1 and #2. Do you think "addiction for fast cars" will have the physical/pscological dependence that you're referring to?
1 : the quality or state of being addicted <addiction to reading> 2 : compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful
Once again, will the symptoms you mentioned happened to an "addiction to reading"?
I believe the grandparent already made an explicit statement on what type of pain killers were addictive and which were not.
Anything that provides strong central pain relief (as opposed to peripheral analgesia as in NSAIDs) has at least some risk of causing psychological or physical dependence.
NSAID also Nsaid n. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, such as aspirin or ibuprofen.
Therefore both of you acknowledge that opioid painkillers are addictive and the fact there are painkillers that are not. The only thing I see you guys disagreeing on is the reason why opioids are addictive and the usage of the word addiction.
To be honest, addiction doesn't require a physical dependence. One can be addicted to computers, games, or internet without having a real physical dependance on it. The article states that It's not well understood what structural features are responsible for the addictive properties of morphine, but I would assume it's something chemical related. They're trying to reduce the addictive quality of strong pain killers, not remove it, as they said: But it is possible they have found a key to a kinder morphinelike drug that would have potential medicinal applications.
So after reading the summary, I was wondering what types of healthy idiots were willing to test out a new vaccine by injecting themselves with the HIV virus. Who knows, if it doesn't work, do you get stuck with HIV the rest of your life.
However, upon reading the article, it states:
"The HIV-1 specific cells injected into the recipients were the DNA fragments of the virus which don't cause infection," he told Xinhua.
That really depends what is being disabled. Any type of service provider can disable you remotely. Any utilities company (i.e. your isp or phone company) can disable your service at a key press. That is because to access the service, you have to go through them. Of course, stuff like electricity or water may require sending out a man to turn the knob, but still doesn't have to go through you.
If anything, I think the only thing they can disable is the scheduling ability through its interactive menu (which is what I'm guessing what Tivo's patent allowed). The ability to digitally record video or analog streams or TV has been around long before Tivo has. So EchoStar and whoever else would probably have to disable the automatic synching of the TV schedules and stop allowing customers to schedule recordings on their DVR. However, you can probably still record video, but you'll have to manually look up the time like how you would program an old VCR.
Then again, this is what I believe is going on. If Tivo is trying to patent DVR, there's definitely prior art. I had my first TV tuner card and recorded TV shows long before the first Tivo arrived.
Until you can drive a car and have the possibility of being stranded somewhere, I don't think it is necessary to have a phone.
I think your restriction should be changed a bit. I think at the point where parents no longer know where their kid is at all times is when a cell phone becomes important. At young ages, you pretty much know where they'll be at all times (i.e. home, school, friend's house). If they are off on a trip with some friend and their parents or camping, you can be pretty sure there's someone watching them over at all times and if needed, you can call that person directly. Once you hit high school (or maybe even jr high), they start coming home later, not reporting where they are at all times, having friends that can drive them places, is when a cell phone becomes quite useful. Parents won't have to worry sick when they don't know where their kid is. A simple phone call will suffice.
Though again, it is possible to still enforce these kids to only have preprogrammed #s to call. That way, it prevents them from blowing up your cell phone bill with long calls or text messages.
One of the things iTunes sells is music video ($1.99/video I believe), which was somewhat shocking as they used to show you music videos free of charge. Now they show you a 15 second clip and then to see the rest you have to buy it. And honestly, I purchased a couple songs after seeing their music video, but once they started charging money to watch the videos, I haven't been back there since.
It'll be nice to have music videos come back for free.
I would also hope that browsing these games would be free as well (unlike Xbox Live Arcade, where you must first pay for XBL and then pay again for XBLA games)
What you said about Xbox Live is completely wrong.
There are 2 levels of Xbox Live subscription: Silver - Access to Marketplace Gold - Silver + ability to play multiplayer games
Xbox 360(TM) and the new Xbox Live® feature two levels of membership, the premium Gold service and the free--yes, free--Silver status that is available to all Xbox 360 owners (if you purchase the Core system you will need an additional memory unit or hard drive). All you need to do is plug in to your broadband Internet connection, register for Xbox Live Silver (accepting the Terms of Use), and you're online with Xbox Live Silver....
Xbox Live Arcade and Marketplace You'll find the the Xbox Live Arcade in the Marketplace, where you can purchase great casual arcade games like the classic Galaga or the smash hit Bejeweled. Just download them to Xbox 360, and they're yours to play again and again. They're perfect for casual gamers or anyone who loves great game play.
comparing the XP/Vista and OSX screenshots, it's obvious the article is biased against Windows. Just look at the windows that are opened in Windows vs the windows that are opened in OSX. OSX gets the pretty images/photos on the screen while Windows gets the start menu and some random folders and an About dialog. I mean if you're going to compare screenshots, then compare the same things. Not just have random things pop open on the desktop where OSX gets the pretty pictures and Windows just get to display default icons.
I'm curious to how far can it fall but still be able to not recover itself. Look at the robot, it seems to be built where it can't be tilted too much, but having one of those bust up that Michael Jackson move (where he tils and awesome touches the floor and comes back up) would be neat! Or it could be like one of this bobbing clowns where you can punch it down, but it'll always stand back up.
I've always knew this was going to be costly, but I'm curious to how often you change computers or upgrade parts. Once every 6 months? Once a year? More? Less?
Also, when it comes to upgrading or replacing computers, do you replace the entire computer or upgrade certain key parts. The only things I see the is necessary to replace/upgrade is the video card and CPU. Changing the CPU usually means changing the motherboard too. RAM needs to be increased, but I would assume less frequently than the CPU or video card. The rest should not need to be change for a long time (sound card, hdd, power supply, optical drives, speakers/headphones, keyboard/mouse, monitor, ethernet card, etc)
Now time for the 2nd part, what do you do with the hardware they you removed or computers you replaced. I'm assuming you sell the parts, but do have a bin of used hardware you sell at your cafe or do you try to auction or sell these off online through means like eBay.
I was not arguing that taking things like nail clippers and water bottle away is the correct thing to do, but I was arguing that if you're going to take that away from civilians, you might as well take them away from pilots and stewards too.
What you brought up is a whole different ball game.
I actually see a valid point in taking stuff away from the pilot. It's not the fact the pilot is going to do anything bad with it, but by being in the cabin, someone may somehow get access to it, which is what the FAA is trying to avoid (I presume). Maybe I'm giving them too much credit.
I also understand that the pilot has the cockpit that's locked, but imagine if you allow stewards and stewardess to also bring stuff like that onto a plane.
what benefit does converting one set of data into audible data? can't they find patterns from the original data they've gathered. I personally don't see the scientific benefit of translating existing data into a melody just to find patterns. Were they not able to find patterns in the original data?
That being said, you missed my 1st point. The kid basically has 4 years of interest free loan. Even with taxes on the gain you make, you still get to keep ~70% of the profit and each year, he gets more loans.
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According to Forbes World's Richest Person, the richest Asian is Thomas Raymond & Walter Kwok (Hong Kong) at $10.9 billion. If you think that's unfair with 2 people, Lee Shau Kee (Hong Kong) is next at $9.3 billion. Terry Guo only has $3.2 billion:
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http://www.forbes.com/static/bill2005/LIRX28Q.htm
That's only if you're reading the parent post which did not have a Score 5 when I was reading. There was no mention of "porn" on the XTube post itself.
Definitely needed to put not work safe.
http://www.weirdal.com/home.htm
Some of the here links:
http://media.thechrispirilloshow.com/mp3/yourepit
http://www.weirdalforum.com/private/yourepitiful.
http://www.al-oholicsanonymous.com/sounds/yourepi
http://weirdal.0catch.com/mirror/yourepitiful.mp3
http://weirdalshow.com/mirror/yourepitiful.mp3
http://theweirdalshow.com/mirror/yourepitiful.mp3
http://www.jnumbers.com/audio/yourepitiful.mp3
http://www.roysongs.com/sounds/you_re_pitiful.mp3
http://home.hccnet.nl/b.v.d.akker/yourepitiful.mp
http://www.rogerdugans.com/content/cortex/sandyg/
http://www.dohtem.com/yourepitiful.mp3
http://www.allthingsyank.com/yourepitiful.mp3
http://www.thelostplanet.net/WeirdAl/yourepitiful
You mean like Explorer. ;p
The title was meant to pit us against the artist, but really, we should be angry at the RIAA instead. I mean it's calculated how much the producers make per song. IIRC, Apple takes ~$0.30, while the producers rake in the remaining ~$0.70. So out of those ~$0.70, they are now offering less than a dime back to the artist? If I was an artist, I'd definitely try to get a better % out of this deal when there is nearly no cost to the producers to put songs on ITMS.
from dictionary.com:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=addictio
You're saying addiction can only mean #1's definition, while I'm saying it can mean both #1 and #2. Do you think "addiction for fast cars" will have the physical/pscological dependence that you're referring to?
from Merriam-Webster:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/addiction
Once again, will the symptoms you mentioned happened to an "addiction to reading"?
According to dictionary.com:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nsaid
Therefore both of you acknowledge that opioid painkillers are addictive and the fact there are painkillers that are not. The only thing I see you guys disagreeing on is the reason why opioids are addictive and the usage of the word addiction.
To be honest, addiction doesn't require a physical dependence. One can be addicted to computers, games, or internet without having a real physical dependance on it. The article states that It's not well understood what structural features are responsible for the addictive properties of morphine, but I would assume it's something chemical related. They're trying to reduce the addictive quality of strong pain killers, not remove it, as they said: But it is possible they have found a key to a kinder morphinelike drug that would have potential medicinal applications.
However, upon reading the article, it states:
and that makes a lot more sense now.
I think you meant s/joules per energy/joules
1 Watt hr is measurement of energy (not power)
= 1 joule/sec * 3600 sec = 3600 joules.
Watt is a measurement of power = energy/time
That really depends what is being disabled. Any type of service provider can disable you remotely. Any utilities company (i.e. your isp or phone company) can disable your service at a key press. That is because to access the service, you have to go through them. Of course, stuff like electricity or water may require sending out a man to turn the knob, but still doesn't have to go through you.
If anything, I think the only thing they can disable is the scheduling ability through its interactive menu (which is what I'm guessing what Tivo's patent allowed). The ability to digitally record video or analog streams or TV has been around long before Tivo has. So EchoStar and whoever else would probably have to disable the automatic synching of the TV schedules and stop allowing customers to schedule recordings on their DVR. However, you can probably still record video, but you'll have to manually look up the time like how you would program an old VCR.
Then again, this is what I believe is going on. If Tivo is trying to patent DVR, there's definitely prior art. I had my first TV tuner card and recorded TV shows long before the first Tivo arrived.
I think your restriction should be changed a bit. I think at the point where parents no longer know where their kid is at all times is when a cell phone becomes important. At young ages, you pretty much know where they'll be at all times (i.e. home, school, friend's house). If they are off on a trip with some friend and their parents or camping, you can be pretty sure there's someone watching them over at all times and if needed, you can call that person directly. Once you hit high school (or maybe even jr high), they start coming home later, not reporting where they are at all times, having friends that can drive them places, is when a cell phone becomes quite useful. Parents won't have to worry sick when they don't know where their kid is. A simple phone call will suffice.
Though again, it is possible to still enforce these kids to only have preprogrammed #s to call. That way, it prevents them from blowing up your cell phone bill with long calls or text messages.
One of the things iTunes sells is music video ($1.99/video I believe), which was somewhat shocking as they used to show you music videos free of charge. Now they show you a 15 second clip and then to see the rest you have to buy it. And honestly, I purchased a couple songs after seeing their music video, but once they started charging money to watch the videos, I haven't been back there since.
It'll be nice to have music videos come back for free.
What you said about Xbox Live is completely wrong.
There are 2 levels of Xbox Live subscription:
Silver - Access to Marketplace
Gold - Silver + ability to play multiplayer games
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/silverage
comparing the XP/Vista and OSX screenshots, it's obvious the article is biased against Windows. Just look at the windows that are opened in Windows vs the windows that are opened in OSX. OSX gets the pretty images/photos on the screen while Windows gets the start menu and some random folders and an About dialog. I mean if you're going to compare screenshots, then compare the same things. Not just have random things pop open on the desktop where OSX gets the pretty pictures and Windows just get to display default icons.
I'm curious to how far can it fall but still be able to not recover itself. Look at the robot, it seems to be built where it can't be tilted too much, but having one of those bust up that Michael Jackson move (where he tils and awesome touches the floor and comes back up) would be neat! Or it could be like one of this bobbing clowns where you can punch it down, but it'll always stand back up.
for the lazy:
b allbot_push.mpgn sh3305short.mpg
response to a disturbance: http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ballbot/video/
point-to-point motion: http://www.msl.ri.cmu.edu/projects/ballbot/video/
Also, plan to replace your computers.
I've always knew this was going to be costly, but I'm curious to how often you change computers or upgrade parts. Once every 6 months? Once a year? More? Less?
Also, when it comes to upgrading or replacing computers, do you replace the entire computer or upgrade certain key parts. The only things I see the is necessary to replace/upgrade is the video card and CPU. Changing the CPU usually means changing the motherboard too. RAM needs to be increased, but I would assume less frequently than the CPU or video card. The rest should not need to be change for a long time (sound card, hdd, power supply, optical drives, speakers/headphones, keyboard/mouse, monitor, ethernet card, etc)
Now time for the 2nd part, what do you do with the hardware they you removed or computers you replaced. I'm assuming you sell the parts, but do have a bin of used hardware you sell at your cafe or do you try to auction or sell these off online through means like eBay.
On /. whenever Microsoft does something similar to OSX, there's never a shortage of response of "seen that on OSX already".
I was not arguing that taking things like nail clippers and water bottle away is the correct thing to do, but I was arguing that if you're going to take that away from civilians, you might as well take them away from pilots and stewards too.
What you brought up is a whole different ball game.
I actually see a valid point in taking stuff away from the pilot. It's not the fact the pilot is going to do anything bad with it, but by being in the cabin, someone may somehow get access to it, which is what the FAA is trying to avoid (I presume). Maybe I'm giving them too much credit.
I also understand that the pilot has the cockpit that's locked, but imagine if you allow stewards and stewardess to also bring stuff like that onto a plane.
what benefit does converting one set of data into audible data? can't they find patterns from the original data they've gathered. I personally don't see the scientific benefit of translating existing data into a melody just to find patterns. Were they not able to find patterns in the original data?
Are we confusing between Paul and Dvorak?/ 1529257
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/10
That being said, you missed my 1st point. The kid basically has 4 years of interest free loan. Even with taxes on the gain you make, you still get to keep ~70% of the profit and each year, he gets more loans.
Interesting... I locked in last summer at 2.8%