What I don't understand is how they **JUST** Found these cracks? I mean obviously they all did'nt just appear at once. So do they have any idea how long they have been forming? How many shuttle roll-outs have been done with cracks already? Probably a lot i assume.. It would seem that they could do 1 more roll-out and then replace(get made) all the bearings they need..
Unfortunately in my town Comcast is the only game around.. its a shame too because it's never gone down once(cept once) and works well.. but if a company pulls stuff like that why should i give them more of my money? i'd much rather support their competior and let them know i'm doing it.
Comcast is wielding monoplistic powers(yeah its not spelled right). I recently turned off my cable TV service in favor of DirecTV. However I kept my Cable Modem service as its the only high-speed internet service availble to me(no dsl yet). Comcast tells me they are very sorry i'm changing at that my bill will be $5 more a month now that i don't have cable TV.. fine no problem i say..
So now 3 months later i get a letter in the mail informing me that the because that they have a great new pricing scheme for Cable Internet. In fact the price stays the SAME at $42 of your a comcast subscriber.
But if yer not a comcast subscriber its now $60!! ok people thats insane!
but wait! comcast will offer me(in same letter) truly basic cable tv of 30 channels(remember when that was a lot?) for 12 dollars a month more.. and of course since i would get cable from them the internet would go back down to $42.. and i would SAVE 17 dollars according to them.. Yet either way i still pay at least 15-17 more dollars.. and i don't even want their stinking Cable. Oh and i have 1 week to decide by next billing cycle the letter states..
No not a abusive monopoly at all.. Now I'm just waiting for DSL to become available in my area and I'll switch first chance i can & Then i'll never have to give money to comcast again. They lost a customer with that horrible "new" policy of thiers.
The base warranty is pretty skimpy, and the outrageously priced AppleCare plan is painfully restrictive about what it covers
how do you figure this out? Base warranty is for a year(still i believe) and covers labor and parts & you can take it to any apple dealer..
the apple care plan is an extended warranty for however many years you want and is aslo a good deal when you factor the cost of the hardware vs life of the system and the fact it covers parts and labor..
I used to work at a mac repair shop in the old days(5 years) and i think apple care is a great deal...
No, there are magnets. I had the game in my house for 6 months once.. in fact most modern pinball games had magnets for a while.. it sux sometimes when they activate. other then that part T2 was a great pinball game.
here is a list of my favorite Pinball games of all Time.. Roughly in order..
1. Black Knight 2000.. Need i say more? 2. WaterWorld.. One of the best(horrible movie thoe) 3. Terminator 2.. lots of maggots(magnets) but still a great game 4. Bride of PinBot.. Sexist & a good play... 5. can't remember the name but ya got to hit the ball into the vertical area and little rc looking trucks would drive around up there.. stupendous!
Why cant the ISP's say just charge those premium subscribers? For Option 1 -- Indian sites only, subscribers pay $1 / month (hypothetical) and for Option 2 -- Access to all sites including international and porno subscribers pay $50 a month.
The page or file you've requested, "http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-30j ul2002-53.htm" doesn't seem to exist on this server.
hmmm you'd think after so many people on slashdot complaining to slashdot editors to check links before they post articles... they would!!... then again... these are slashdot editors...
There's something about these 'Home Entertainment' systems that is deeply disturbing. They sit in a corner of your living space like a modern shrine, exciting in their adherents the same passivity and receptiveness as the old places of worship.
hehehe.... And this is different then your Computer Set-up how? Its like anything else.. Some people love good sound and quality tv's to watch well tv or movies and music..
some like to have kick ass computer networks in thier house.. the list can go on & doesn't just hold water to technological devices..
I think everyone should go out and opportunities post information about to break stuff like that "violates" the DMCA.. printing flyers.. posting them everywhere.. hehe even sticking batches of flyers next to dvd players in major stores would be a good start.
WPIDalamar recently filed a patent that covers "Determining people's location from their postal address". No prior art was found on this, and he intends to charge royalties to anyout who uses an address to travel to, ship items to, or explain directions.
HaHa!! So your the one responsible for all that targeted direct mailings i get!
Oh so now they might hackers can be put away for life? What about is phreakers? Why are we always left out of the equation here? I demand on behalf of all the Phreakers everywhere that the EFF & ACLU file federal discrimation lawsuits against the government for not granting phreakers the equal rights of be thrown in a deep dark prison for the rest of thier lives for making free phone calls! This must be done! this is an INJUSTICE... so basically a hacker can take down amazon.com or whoever.. and go away for life and a phreaker could take down Worldcomm(oh wait they did that to themselves) err AT&T's network and go away for only a few years!! TRAVESTY PEOPLE TRAVESTY!!!
I wonder how many people who are complaining about this new restriction are legal users of Toast? I know of maybe.. 20-30 people who use it and only 3 have paid for it....
2 greatest inventions... hmmm coffee? I guess a lot of people like coffee.. I find it personally highly revolting and disgusting...
lets see.. take perfect pristine water and then add it to ground up beans and end up drinking dirty black water... hmm no thanks I'll pass.. hardly a great invention in my book..
and why do people drink decaf?!?! thats even worse! your not even trying to wake up!! sheesh take some acid or somthing people! that will wake u up for sure!
I have finally found an interesting use for a PS2!
Hmmmm what about PS2 games?:)
It would be great if..........
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I would find it highly amusing if someone managed to crack the XBOX & write PVR software for it as well:) since it has the HD on it already..
Traveling through Hostels
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I thought about some how starting sumthing like this while traveling abroad, I would stop at many hostels and read whatever books were laying around or swap one i had for one there. I always wondered how far certain books had gone or where they had come from.
But on another note.. tagging the book's with ID's!! thats horrible! don't the books have a right to not just be a #!!! maybe they wanna have words identify themselves;)
If a tree falls.......
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So if a tree falls and space, and no one is around to hear it... Does it make music?
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Btw, the Chinese government no longer considers itself to be "Communist".
Oh thats right! now they are considered Commie facist Bastards! right?
Besides does it matter what they consider themself? I always thought its more imporant what other consider somthing to be.
What I don't understand is how they **JUST** Found these cracks? I mean obviously they all did'nt just appear at once. So do they have any idea how long they have been forming? How many shuttle roll-outs have been done with cracks already? Probably a lot i assume.. It would seem that they could do 1 more roll-out and then replace(get made) all the bearings they need..
Unfortunately in my town Comcast is the only game around.. its a shame too because it's never gone down once(cept once) and works well.. but if a company pulls stuff like that why should i give them more of my money? i'd much rather support their competior and let them know i'm doing it.
Comcast is wielding monoplistic powers(yeah its not spelled right). I recently turned off my cable TV service in favor of DirecTV. However I kept my Cable Modem service as its the only high-speed internet service availble to me(no dsl yet). Comcast tells me they are very sorry i'm changing at that my bill will be $5 more a month now that i don't have cable TV.. fine no problem i say..
So now 3 months later i get a letter in the mail informing me that the because that they have a great new pricing scheme for Cable Internet. In fact the price stays the SAME at $42 of your a comcast subscriber.
But if yer not a comcast subscriber its now $60!! ok people thats insane!
but wait! comcast will offer me(in same letter) truly basic cable tv of 30 channels(remember when that was a lot?) for 12 dollars a month more.. and of course since i would get cable from them the internet would go back down to $42.. and i would SAVE 17 dollars according to them.. Yet either way i still pay at least 15-17 more dollars.. and i don't even want their stinking Cable. Oh and i have 1 week to decide by next billing cycle the letter states..
No not a abusive monopoly at all.. Now I'm just waiting for DSL to become available in my area and I'll switch first chance i can & Then i'll never have to give money to comcast again. They lost a customer with that horrible "new" policy of thiers.
The base warranty is pretty skimpy, and the outrageously priced AppleCare plan is painfully restrictive about what it covers
how do you figure this out? Base warranty is for a year(still i believe) and covers labor and parts & you can take it to any apple dealer..
the apple care plan is an extended warranty for however many years you want and is aslo a good deal when you factor the cost of the hardware vs life of the system and the fact it covers parts and labor..
I used to work at a mac repair shop in the old days(5 years) and i think apple care is a great deal...
OMFG, the world is coming to and end, Linux didn't make it as a desktop OS.
:)
Dude don't worry, AmigaOS is making a come back man!
There are no magnets in Terminator 2, sorry
No, there are magnets. I had the game in my house for 6 months once.. in fact most modern pinball games had magnets for a while.. it sux sometimes when they activate. other then that part T2 was a great pinball game.
here is a list of my favorite Pinball games of all Time.. Roughly in order..
1. Black Knight 2000.. Need i say more?
2. WaterWorld.. One of the best(horrible movie thoe)
3. Terminator 2.. lots of maggots(magnets) but still a great game
4. Bride of PinBot.. Sexist & a good play...
5. can't remember the name but ya got to hit the ball into the vertical area and little rc looking trucks would drive around up there.. stupendous!
just my list...
especially with the favorable exchange rate
:)
Thats right! they will be running a fund drive special i heard!
For every US $100 you give to them they will send you one canuck to be your personal bitch for a year!
For every US $1000 you give to them they will send you one FEMALE canuck instead..
Damn gotta love these exchange rates between the US & 3rd world countries
Why cant the ISP's say just charge those premium subscribers? For Option 1 -- Indian sites only, subscribers pay $1 / month (hypothetical) and for Option 2 -- Access to all sites including international and porno subscribers pay $50 a month.
So which option would www.goatse.cx fall under?
The page or file you've requested, "http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-30j ul2002-53.htm" doesn't seem to exist on this server.
hmmm you'd think after so many people on slashdot complaining to slashdot editors to check links before they post articles... they would!!... then again... these are slashdot editors...
There's something about these 'Home Entertainment' systems that is deeply disturbing. They sit in a corner of your living space like a modern shrine, exciting in their adherents the same passivity and receptiveness as the old places of worship.
hehehe.... And this is different then your Computer Set-up how? Its like anything else.. Some people love good sound and quality tv's to watch well tv or movies and music..
some like to have kick ass computer networks in thier house.. the list can go on & doesn't just hold water to technological devices..
relax..
You have to admire his spirit.
Translation: I'm an armchair activist.
I think everyone should go out and opportunities post information about to break stuff like that "violates" the DMCA.. printing flyers.. posting them everywhere.. hehe even sticking batches of flyers next to dvd players in major stores would be a good start.
How, exactly, is a PVR any different from a VCR?
:)
the PV and VC... the R is the same
WPIDalamar recently filed a patent that covers "Determining people's location from their postal address". No prior art was found on this, and he intends to charge royalties to anyout who uses an address to travel to, ship items to, or explain directions.
HaHa!! So your the one responsible for all that targeted direct mailings i get!
Oh so now they might hackers can be put away for life? What about is phreakers? Why are we always left out of the equation here? I demand on behalf of all the Phreakers everywhere that the EFF & ACLU file federal discrimation lawsuits against the government for not granting phreakers the equal rights of be thrown in a deep dark prison for the rest of thier lives for making free phone calls! This must be done! this is an INJUSTICE... so basically a hacker can take down amazon.com or whoever.. and go away for life and a phreaker could take down Worldcomm(oh wait they did that to themselves) err AT&T's network and go away for only a few years!! TRAVESTY PEOPLE TRAVESTY!!!
We Phreakers demand Equal RIGHTS!
I wonder how many people who are complaining about this new restriction are legal users of Toast? I know of maybe.. 20-30 people who use it and only 3 have paid for it....
Kinda amusing.. the restrictions still SUCK thoe.
Take a look at the index file below:
Dang it.. what more can we say? so many #'s in a row.. its obviously Porn or a message from Bin Laden to his followers!
RUN FOREST RUN!
2 greatest inventions... hmmm coffee? I guess a lot of people like coffee.. I find it personally highly revolting and disgusting...
lets see.. take perfect pristine water and then add it to ground up beans and end up drinking dirty black water... hmm no thanks I'll pass.. hardly a great invention in my book..
and why do people drink decaf?!?! thats even worse! your not even trying to wake up!! sheesh take some acid or somthing people! that will wake u up for sure!
Hey.. sometimes the gigantic flash apps are really cool and sometimes not... it can go both ways.. flash is fun..
I have finally found an interesting use for a PS2!
:)
Hmmmm what about PS2 games?
I would find it highly amusing if someone managed to crack the XBOX & write PVR software for it as well :) since it has the HD on it already..
I thought about some how starting sumthing like this while traveling abroad, I would stop at many hostels and read whatever books were laying around or swap one i had for one there. I always wondered how far certain books had gone or where they had come from.
;)
But on another note.. tagging the book's with ID's!! thats horrible! don't the books have a right to not just be a #!!! maybe they wanna have words identify themselves
So if a tree falls and space, and no one is around to hear it... Does it make music?