Most typical new builds I do cost under $300. Of course, I'm still using a 9800GTX+ so no need to replace the video card just YET, and that saves on quite a bit of $$$ spent, plus I reuse my cases and I've got a couple of high-power PSUs.
"Just what I was talking about. Whiny people who just want to cry that everything sucks, and generally act like it sucks much worse than it actually does, rather than do anything."
All I see is you bitching on slashdot, son. I got off my ass, at least, and sued the fuck out of EA. Sony is about to be my next target. In the meantime, I'm carrying on research to grow food crops with low levels of light or no light at all.
So tell me, what are YOU doing to make this world a better place?
I would most assuredly tell you that your outburst of those exact words is an act of violence - there is violent intent behind those words and thus the act of uttering the words is violent in itself.
I'm betting Microsoft is seeing the money they can make from furries.
I had an SL avatar, ran it into a furry hangout, oh look, a stripper pole. I get on it, leave to take care of something that needed urgent attention, come back and I've suddenly got the equivalent of $50USD.
I didn't do a damned thing and made $50. Furries are unusually un-thrifty with their money, it seems.
And while you're trying to set all those settings - whoops there went your once in a lifetime shot.
Sorry, a P&S that I can whip out and just press the button without fucking with anything is going to be far, FAR superior to an iPhone where you need to wait for the camera software to load.
"Even in Edison's day with DC transmission, I doubt the losses were ever 50%."
Actually, that particular scenario is going to be highly dependent upon a few things - 1. Conductor resistance 2. Length of conductor 3. Voltage/Amperage.
There's a reason we use AC for transmission of power over distances more than a few meters.
Hi, my investors are English, and I'm partially responsible for watching this EXACT kind of garbage.
1. Illegally obtained or not, still admissible in court. You must not know the UK court system very well.
2. The MP3 argument still holds - this company is suing for UNAUTHORIZED DOWNLOADING, which an MP3 freely available on a website is NOT UNAUTHORIZED.
3. The leak of the file was not a deliberate act, it was an oversight (and a gross one, at that,) and side-effect of a prior deliberate act (the DDoS,) and incompetence on part of the site admin.
Holding several copyrights and patents myself, and having had to enforce them in the UK, I know your system VERY well.
No, it was NOT to be expected. When you have Bluetooth logos on your hardware, you expect any fucking bluetooth device to work with it, as THE STANDARD REQUIRES.
I have some headsets that also will not work with the PS3.
I'm sorry, you don't just lock out something and then claim to adhere to the bluetooth standard for HID WHILE BEARING ITS LOGO ON YOUR HARDWARE.
Hint: You can't, you're now violating your licensing agreement.
Sony can't do this. Microsoft can because they're using a proprietary bluetooth stack. Sony went STANDARDS and what they're doing is a clear violation of those standards.
Hope you like my continued efforts to beat down your restrictions! Thanks for falling into my trap.
Saying I was doing USB futzing to break the PS3 was an INTENTIONAL RUSE to get you to lock it down so you'd reveal the security hole we've been trying to exploit for the past few weeks.
YOU FELL FOR IT.
Sony, so detached from reality they fell for one of the most basic CIA/KGB tricks for industrial espionage - disinformation.
"And probably all rendered inadmissible in court because they were obtained illegally."
Quit thinking US law is the law in the rest of the world, because there was NOTHING illegal about obtaining a document made publicly available for HOURS on a public website.
This is how I can get away with my MP3 downloads - many artists offer their best tracks for download on the website. RIAA has tried twice to get me, and all it took was sending them the download link to their represented artist to get them to shut the hell up.
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"Mercury is not caught very well by precipitators."
Uh, duh, because you want to CHELATE it, not precipitate it.
Sounds like you may want to brush up on your basic chemistry.
Most typical new builds I do cost under $300. Of course, I'm still using a 9800GTX+ so no need to replace the video card just YET, and that saves on quite a bit of $$$ spent, plus I reuse my cases and I've got a couple of high-power PSUs.
"It is hard to build a new PC for less than the price of a new complete (albeit crappy) PC preloaded with malware and trialware.'
Never heard of pricewatch or newegg, eh?
"Just what I was talking about. Whiny people who just want to cry that everything sucks, and generally act like it sucks much worse than it actually does, rather than do anything."
All I see is you bitching on slashdot, son. I got off my ass, at least, and sued the fuck out of EA. Sony is about to be my next target. In the meantime, I'm carrying on research to grow food crops with low levels of light or no light at all.
So tell me, what are YOU doing to make this world a better place?
"The first step is to ignore the aggressor: reject its claims of legitimacy and stop responding reflectively to its power"
Yea, let me tell you how well that worked with Adolf Hitler.
"Real news would be if somebody actually found a way to counteract their deeds."
It's called a bloody and violent revolution.
And it's damn-near time we had one.
"The US doesn't vote for parties, it explicitly votes for individuals."
I think you haven't paid enough attention to American politics.
Almost every campaign I've heard so far in my life of 28 years is toting party line, not individuality.
"but don't confuse it with an act of violence."
I would most assuredly tell you that your outburst of those exact words is an act of violence - there is violent intent behind those words and thus the act of uttering the words is violent in itself.
I'm betting Microsoft is seeing the money they can make from furries.
I had an SL avatar, ran it into a furry hangout, oh look, a stripper pole. I get on it, leave to take care of something that needed urgent attention, come back and I've suddenly got the equivalent of $50USD.
I didn't do a damned thing and made $50. Furries are unusually un-thrifty with their money, it seems.
The same way they calculate rotations in a Dynaflex powerball, albeit on a larger and more precise scale.
"All this tells the cops is that next time, they need to beat the guy up and break his camera/phone bad enough that the video can't be recovered."
Then we need to start building cameras into the car bodies.
You want higher f-stops for low light conditions, coupled with longer exposures.
High-light, lowest f-stop, fastest shutter speed.
And that tiny lens (which gives such a low f-stop) is horrible for low-light conditions.
And while you're trying to set all those settings - whoops there went your once in a lifetime shot.
Sorry, a P&S that I can whip out and just press the button without fucking with anything is going to be far, FAR superior to an iPhone where you need to wait for the camera software to load.
"Even in Edison's day with DC transmission, I doubt the losses were ever 50%."
Actually, that particular scenario is going to be highly dependent upon a few things - 1. Conductor resistance 2. Length of conductor 3. Voltage/Amperage.
There's a reason we use AC for transmission of power over distances more than a few meters.
You're giving iPhone users enough credit to have brains.
Anyone with a brain wouldn't be using an adjustable flash on a crappy low f-stop lens like that, nor such a low resolution.
It's optional to choose which revision of HDMI audio/video you want, but you must still include the full functionality or not bear the HDMI logo.
Hi, my investors are English, and I'm partially responsible for watching this EXACT kind of garbage.
1. Illegally obtained or not, still admissible in court. You must not know the UK court system very well.
2. The MP3 argument still holds - this company is suing for UNAUTHORIZED DOWNLOADING, which an MP3 freely available on a website is NOT UNAUTHORIZED.
3. The leak of the file was not a deliberate act, it was an oversight (and a gross one, at that,) and side-effect of a prior deliberate act (the DDoS,) and incompetence on part of the site admin.
Holding several copyrights and patents myself, and having had to enforce them in the UK, I know your system VERY well.
File a lawsuit because part of the HDMI standard requires the capability to output sound over HDMI.
You may not bear the HDMI logo without following the HDMI standard.
This is blatant false advertising
"Was to be expecting no"
No, it was NOT to be expected. When you have Bluetooth logos on your hardware, you expect any fucking bluetooth device to work with it, as THE STANDARD REQUIRES.
I have some headsets that also will not work with the PS3.
I'm sorry, you don't just lock out something and then claim to adhere to the bluetooth standard for HID WHILE BEARING ITS LOGO ON YOUR HARDWARE.
Hint: You can't, you're now violating your licensing agreement.
Sony can't do this. Microsoft can because they're using a proprietary bluetooth stack. Sony went STANDARDS and what they're doing is a clear violation of those standards.
Hope you like my continued efforts to beat down your restrictions! Thanks for falling into my trap.
Saying I was doing USB futzing to break the PS3 was an INTENTIONAL RUSE to get you to lock it down so you'd reveal the security hole we've been trying to exploit for the past few weeks.
YOU FELL FOR IT.
Sony, so detached from reality they fell for one of the most basic CIA/KGB tricks for industrial espionage - disinformation.
"Why would there be any involvement? It's all civil."
Here in the USA, we'd prosecute this under RICO.
In the UK, I think it's called Monies by Menace.
Read the e-mails to the ex-wife. WAY better than the CC info!
"And probably all rendered inadmissible in court because they were obtained illegally."
Quit thinking US law is the law in the rest of the world, because there was NOTHING illegal about obtaining a document made publicly available for HOURS on a public website.
This is how I can get away with my MP3 downloads - many artists offer their best tracks for download on the website. RIAA has tried twice to get me, and all it took was sending them the download link to their represented artist to get them to shut the hell up.
The fact they left it wholly unencrypted is one of the purest violations of the UK DPA.
Disbarment, plus jail time, is likely.