How about byproduct from liposuction procedures? Fight obesity and global warming at the same time! If you run low on fuel, you could just stab a fat guy and drain him.
As soon as a BluRay player breaks down, you cannibalize it for the parts, and use the module inside. or you could trash one if you liked, but that's ridiculously expensive just for a laser. Wait for one to turn up at the repair shop.
If this is about terrorism, why are we screwing about in Iraq - instead of going after Al Qaeda? Osama bin Laden is still at large. Yet this Iraq sideshow has nothing to do with terrorism, except that it is creating more potential terrorist enemies, and weakening America at home.
And a declaration of use of force is not the same as declaring war. Even if war were declared, it does not give the government the right to act illegally.
But giving up your freedom does NOT make you safer. That's just the sales pitch that they want you to believe. In fact, it probably places you at much greater risk - from your own country. How does curtailing liberty and the rule of law stop terrorists? It doesn't - it just means they have succeeded in opressing Americans and making us fearful. Do you really want the terrorists to achieve their objective - or do you want to stand up to them, and show you won't let your freedom be taken away?
Didn't Bush himself even say something like this after 9/11 - that we can't let the terrorists change our lives? Again - just another sales pitch, when he means the exact opposite.
There's no point to it. It would be a waste of manpower, utterly fruitless, and do nothing but make everybody mad, and rightly so.
That is an exact description of everything the Bush administration has done. Why would this be any different? In this one unusual example, why would the Republicans do something smart, fruitful and efficient? Their whole game plan is making everything bloated and inefficient, then skimming the dollars off the top. See Halliburton's war profiteering for example.
Islamic extremists and those who can't live reasonably peacefully with others.
So, America is at war with itself? Dude, it's America that can live peacably with the world, and wanted to invade the Middle East. The thousands of slaughtered Iraqis were living fairly peacefully before.
Do you not even sense the irony in started wars because "people can't live peacefully"? If you are the aggressor, then you are the one with the problem being peaceful. When did Iraq attack America?
You're on crack if you believe that the domestic spying is being done on actual terrorists. It is much more likely that they are spying on political opponents, and using terrorism as an excuse. Otherwise, why didn't they go through FISA?
If it was really about terrorism, then why didn't the President announce the program beforehand, and get congressional approval?
Well, the Diebold company itself has lots of connections with Republicans and the White house. That's the connection. Wouldn't surprise me if the DA is getting kickbacks too, but we'll never know about that stuff unless we get some hardcore whistleblower.
Who gives a shit about partisan politics? How about actually studying facts, and becoming aware of the world around you, rather than the spin? And since when was slashdot a socialist site?
But they've convinced the world that a little DRM is OK and your comments show that you've bought right into that too. It's just a little DRM now. And then a little more and a little more and a little more until 20 years from now,
I know what you mean. One day you're thinking "Oh, I'll just download one little song from iTunes." Before you know it, Steve Jobs breaks into your house, kills your puppy and rapes your wife. DRM is EVIL, I tells ya.
and because their batteries are not easily changed,
Say what? Where do you get this information from?
Similarly, I could criticize iTunes without using it, if I thought that 1$ isn't cheap enough (if you buy a whole album, you pay it the same prize as a real CD), that the file format is bad (I would like lossless encoding, please),
iTunes does not cost anything to use, you can rip your own CDs, and it supports several different lossless formats.
I haven't thought enough about iTunes to actually make those claims, but they look reasonable, and can be made without actually using the service.
But they aren't true. Sure, you could make those claims - but they don't carry a lot of weight when you look at the facts instead of the rhetoric. So you would be making yourself look stupid by making false claims.
Ah, but the nature of podcasting prevents that from happening, because barring government regulation granting "podcasting monopolies" the barriers to entry into podcasting can only drop!
Basically, bullshit. This is what was said about the internet, and look how commercial and sold-out it is now. No matter how low the costs of entry - people want to make money, and advertising and commercialism will creep in everywhere. There are lots of dishonest people and shills in the world.
Therefore (again barring some kind of regulatory catastrophe) podcasters MUST compete on content quality, if the ads become too invasive, too objectionable, there's always a dozen more broadcasters eager to have the listener's ear.
And they will all eventually run ads, to be able to keep making a high-quality show. Which was the idea behind my sarcastic comment. EVERYTHING gets sold out eventually, nothing remains pure in this world.
To get "acceptable" levels (say around FM radio) costs practically nothing, if you have a computer, any computer. All that's needed is a machine to run audacity, an audio interface, and a microphone.
people don't listen to recording hardware. They listen to content. Writers, researchers, talented comedians - all make a difference. Production expertise and quality equipment does make a big difference. There is a reason they don't use cheap microphones in radio studios that broadcast an AM signal that might be listened to with crappy speakers. There is a reason that talented writers and performers attract large paychecks.
Once someone gets popular, or have a professional degree of skill in anything, they will usually place that skill on the market, where they can get good money for it - and not have the same time or inclination to do podcasting, unless they are getting a paycheck from somebody for it.
Yes, and it is rumoured to be paired with a portable digital media device that will integrate many features including a phone and video player. Pundits claim it may be called Google Pod.
You mean, like all the soldiers being greeted with flowers? or the part about how they have higher living standards now?
Oh, sorry. My mistake. None of that actually happened, and Iraq is a much more unpleasant place with a screwed up economy and increasing warlordism that is teetering on civil war. If there actually was any good news, it might be able to be reported.
Why? I have no interest in buying that game, and this article is about MacOS X. Apple does not produce F.E.A.R, so I suggest you take it up with the company that does.
For every student licence that they sell for $100, they make $100 from someone who would never have paid $599.
How do you know that?
They don't do this out of generosity. They do it to make money.
Some companies could easily charge the full price, and students would still pay, because the software is essential. So, in some cases, it actually is generosity, because they could easily charge more.
Why is it that I can use every other component of my computer for commercial purposes without paying extra, whereas for some reason, I have to agree to limit myself for the right to use the software component?
Because that's a condition of sale.
Whereas them selling the software at inflated prices scews over their customers.
Why do you say the price is "inflated"? Much of this software is very expensive to develop, and has a small market.
What's wrong with offering a competing business with lower overheads? As long as everything I do is legal, if your business is not competitive then you lose. It's the waty it works.
That was my point, moron - those people are committing illegal and immoral acts to get the software for free or for cheap. Screw your world where leeches are allowed to lie to get ahead in business.
The software vendors who want $599 for a product that they can sell for $100 want something for nothing.
For nothing? THEY DEVELOPED THE FUCKING SOFTWARE. If it costs too much, DON'T BUY IT. If you hate them so much and feel it is a rip-off, why do you want to use their software? If their software is worth nothing, why do people want it so much?
No, they asked them to take down links to copies of their software. It's not about the forum "talking about it." Does anyone ever bother to check what a story is even about anymore?
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How about byproduct from liposuction procedures? Fight obesity and global warming at the same time! If you run low on fuel, you could just stab a fat guy and drain him.
Acid costs money, doesn't it?
As soon as a BluRay player breaks down, you cannibalize it for the parts, and use the module inside. or you could trash one if you liked, but that's ridiculously expensive just for a laser. Wait for one to turn up at the repair shop.
The other poster said free, not for $29.95.
No way, the Mac generates much better quality white noise thanks to CoreAudio and Vector processing!
And a declaration of use of force is not the same as declaring war. Even if war were declared, it does not give the government the right to act illegally.
Didn't Bush himself even say something like this after 9/11 - that we can't let the terrorists change our lives? Again - just another sales pitch, when he means the exact opposite.
How do you know? It's classified!
There's no point to it. It would be a waste of manpower, utterly fruitless, and do nothing but make everybody mad, and rightly so.
That is an exact description of everything the Bush administration has done. Why would this be any different? In this one unusual example, why would the Republicans do something smart, fruitful and efficient? Their whole game plan is making everything bloated and inefficient, then skimming the dollars off the top. See Halliburton's war profiteering for example.
So, America is at war with itself? Dude, it's America that can live peacably with the world, and wanted to invade the Middle East. The thousands of slaughtered Iraqis were living fairly peacefully before.
Do you not even sense the irony in started wars because "people can't live peacefully"? If you are the aggressor, then you are the one with the problem being peaceful. When did Iraq attack America?
If it was really about terrorism, then why didn't the President announce the program beforehand, and get congressional approval?
Well, the Diebold company itself has lots of connections with Republicans and the White house. That's the connection. Wouldn't surprise me if the DA is getting kickbacks too, but we'll never know about that stuff unless we get some hardcore whistleblower.
Why? because you say so? This guy was not Diebold's Attorney, so I don't see how it is relevant anyway.
What Kool-Aid are you referring to?
Who gives a shit about partisan politics? How about actually studying facts, and becoming aware of the world around you, rather than the spin? And since when was slashdot a socialist site?
I know what you mean. One day you're thinking "Oh, I'll just download one little song from iTunes." Before you know it, Steve Jobs breaks into your house, kills your puppy and rapes your wife. DRM is EVIL, I tells ya.
Say what? Where do you get this information from?
Similarly, I could criticize iTunes without using it, if I thought that 1$ isn't cheap enough (if you buy a whole album, you pay it the same prize as a real CD), that the file format is bad (I would like lossless encoding, please),
iTunes does not cost anything to use, you can rip your own CDs, and it supports several different lossless formats.
I haven't thought enough about iTunes to actually make those claims, but they look reasonable, and can be made without actually using the service.
But they aren't true. Sure, you could make those claims - but they don't carry a lot of weight when you look at the facts instead of the rhetoric. So you would be making yourself look stupid by making false claims.
Basically, bullshit. This is what was said about the internet, and look how commercial and sold-out it is now. No matter how low the costs of entry - people want to make money, and advertising and commercialism will creep in everywhere. There are lots of dishonest people and shills in the world.
Therefore (again barring some kind of regulatory catastrophe) podcasters MUST compete on content quality, if the ads become too invasive, too objectionable, there's always a dozen more broadcasters eager to have the listener's ear.
And they will all eventually run ads, to be able to keep making a high-quality show. Which was the idea behind my sarcastic comment. EVERYTHING gets sold out eventually, nothing remains pure in this world.
To get "acceptable" levels (say around FM radio) costs practically nothing, if you have a computer, any computer. All that's needed is a machine to run audacity, an audio interface, and a microphone.
people don't listen to recording hardware. They listen to content. Writers, researchers, talented comedians - all make a difference. Production expertise and quality equipment does make a big difference. There is a reason they don't use cheap microphones in radio studios that broadcast an AM signal that might be listened to with crappy speakers. There is a reason that talented writers and performers attract large paychecks.
Once someone gets popular, or have a professional degree of skill in anything, they will usually place that skill on the market, where they can get good money for it - and not have the same time or inclination to do podcasting, unless they are getting a paycheck from somebody for it.
Yes, and it is rumoured to be paired with a portable digital media device that will integrate many features including a phone and video player. Pundits claim it may be called Google Pod.
And so it begins again. Before you know it, we need another revolutionary medium to get away from sold-out commercial-slinging podcasters.
Oh, sorry. My mistake. None of that actually happened, and Iraq is a much more unpleasant place with a screwed up economy and increasing warlordism that is teetering on civil war. If there actually was any good news, it might be able to be reported.
because you're not sure which guy is supposed to be the Hitler?
Why? I have no interest in buying that game, and this article is about MacOS X. Apple does not produce F.E.A.R, so I suggest you take it up with the company that does.
How do you know that?
They don't do this out of generosity. They do it to make money.
Some companies could easily charge the full price, and students would still pay, because the software is essential. So, in some cases, it actually is generosity, because they could easily charge more.
Why is it that I can use every other component of my computer for commercial purposes without paying extra, whereas for some reason, I have to agree to limit myself for the right to use the software component?
Because that's a condition of sale.
Whereas them selling the software at inflated prices scews over their customers.
Why do you say the price is "inflated"? Much of this software is very expensive to develop, and has a small market.
What's wrong with offering a competing business with lower overheads? As long as everything I do is legal, if your business is not competitive then you lose. It's the waty it works.
That was my point, moron - those people are committing illegal and immoral acts to get the software for free or for cheap. Screw your world where leeches are allowed to lie to get ahead in business.
The software vendors who want $599 for a product that they can sell for $100 want something for nothing.
For nothing? THEY DEVELOPED THE FUCKING SOFTWARE. If it costs too much, DON'T BUY IT. If you hate them so much and feel it is a rip-off, why do you want to use their software? If their software is worth nothing, why do people want it so much?
Personally, I would like a shotgun to the face more than either of those two "leaders."
No, they asked them to take down links to copies of their software. It's not about the forum "talking about it." Does anyone ever bother to check what a story is even about anymore?