Ironically, the DRM schemes designed to protect against piracy are more and more likely to make honest customers turn to piracy. The whole thing lends credence to the idea that what the game makers REALLY want out of DRM is to remove first sale rights, not combat piracy.
Yeah, nothing excites the kids like learning about the opening chord of a crappy song recorded by a pop band that broke up over 30 years before they were even born.
Actually, Ivy League schools admit sub-par students all the time. All you need is a wealthy or powerful family (like Bush, various Kennedy's, etc.) or some sort of stardom (this is how ditzes like Brooke Shields get into Princeton) and they'll let you in no matter what your GPA or intellect (most of the Hollywood types don't even have high school transcripts). And it's no harder than any other college once you're in. And, if you need to, just hire some tutors with daddy's money or have daddy give some bribes to professors and administrators.
The only people who have to *work* at geting into an Ivy League school are us commoners.
Here's my prediction for next week: We'll get a new President who is part of the same old two-party machine and will deliver on very little, if any, of his campaign promises.
say what you like about Dubya, but those bad guys are scared pissly of him because he's a cowboy that'll bomb the crap out them without blinking\
Cops are afraid of psychopaths. But that doesn't make psychopaths good leaders in organized crime. The best way to beat terrorists isn't just to blindly blow the Hell out of everything that moves, it's to consistently and relentlessly target just them.
Considering the incredibly high levels of political corruption in the region in general and Iraq in particular, shooting for a "fair" government may be a bit much. at this point, I would settle for a government that didn't engage in blatant ethic cleansing the second we left the country.
You're only obligated to abide by a country's laws if you have chosen to business there in the first place. Just because Saudi Arabia has the death penalty for religious blasphemy doesn't mean I have to move my company in there and help the motherfuckers.
Unless these companies are willing to stand up and pull out of countries like China if their governments refuse to back down, then this agreement is as worthless as the paper it's written on. The same advice applies to business PR spin as applies to political PR spin: "Look at actions, not words, for the REAL story."
And yes, this privacy policy should apply to the U.S. government as well. No special exception should be made just because the U.S. President runs around yelling "9-11!"
Ted Steven was a power-hungry prick who funneled money from the American taxpayer into worthless projects in his home state to serve his own political ends while charging it all to the national debt that will burden generations of Americans to come, and lining his own pockets with bribes and other goodies from companies he he did special favors for. He's a corrupt piece of shit and doesn't deserve your sympathy just because he happened to live to an old age. Assholes grown old too, and when they do they're still assholes.
Sadly, Alaskans are so addicted to his earmarks and power that they will vote for him anyway. Even in the midst of being tried for corruption the last poles showed him in a dead-even race with his Democratic challenger.
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Ironically, the DRM schemes designed to protect against piracy are more and more likely to make honest customers turn to piracy. The whole thing lends credence to the idea that what the game makers REALLY want out of DRM is to remove first sale rights, not combat piracy.
You're not alone. I would also add the Rolling Stones to that list.
Come on, no one under the age of 50 even remembers when they were together. Deal with it, grandpa.
Looks like some baby-boomer with mod points can't accept the truth.
During the years that followed, Harrison's ego had grown far too large to be approached by a mere mortal man.
Yeah, nothing excites the kids like learning about the opening chord of a crappy song recorded by a pop band that broke up over 30 years before they were even born.
Actually, Ivy League schools admit sub-par students all the time. All you need is a wealthy or powerful family (like Bush, various Kennedy's, etc.) or some sort of stardom (this is how ditzes like Brooke Shields get into Princeton) and they'll let you in no matter what your GPA or intellect (most of the Hollywood types don't even have high school transcripts). And it's no harder than any other college once you're in. And, if you need to, just hire some tutors with daddy's money or have daddy give some bribes to professors and administrators.
The only people who have to *work* at geting into an Ivy League school are us commoners.
Here's my prediction for next week: We'll get a new President who is part of the same old two-party machine and will deliver on very little, if any, of his campaign promises.
Thank you.
Actually CNN is pretty moderate. It's MSNBC that's basically the liberal equivalent to Fox.
The only way to cure it is to run to say "Pete Best" three times into a mirror.
I used to be like you. I refused to own a TV and read exclusively. And then one day I had an epiphany and realized two things:
a) Just because you watch TV doesn't mean you lose the ability to think critically or choose intelligent content, and
b) My farts do, in fact, stink
They said "thanks."
Now if you'll excuse me, David Spade is calling from 1994.
Longer straws get to be real musicians.
say what you like about Dubya, but those bad guys are scared pissly of him because he's a cowboy that'll bomb the crap out them without blinking\
Cops are afraid of psychopaths. But that doesn't make psychopaths good leaders in organized crime. The best way to beat terrorists isn't just to blindly blow the Hell out of everything that moves, it's to consistently and relentlessly target just them.
Considering the incredibly high levels of political corruption in the region in general and Iraq in particular, shooting for a "fair" government may be a bit much. at this point, I would settle for a government that didn't engage in blatant ethic cleansing the second we left the country.
I'm using the money from *my* new mortgage to buy lottery tickets!
You're only obligated to abide by a country's laws if you have chosen to business there in the first place. Just because Saudi Arabia has the death penalty for religious blasphemy doesn't mean I have to move my company in there and help the motherfuckers.
And, no, I do not need a receipt for my banana purchase. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this.
Laugh all you want, but he's probably making more money now than he ever has in his life. He doesn't even need the food stamps anymore.
Could be worse. They give Ph.D.'s in education away with the sunrise breakfast at Denny's now.
Those little rovers are the closest thing to life that sterile rock has ever known.
Unless these companies are willing to stand up and pull out of countries like China if their governments refuse to back down, then this agreement is as worthless as the paper it's written on. The same advice applies to business PR spin as applies to political PR spin: "Look at actions, not words, for the REAL story."
And yes, this privacy policy should apply to the U.S. government as well. No special exception should be made just because the U.S. President runs around yelling "9-11!"
Ted Steven was a power-hungry prick who funneled money from the American taxpayer into worthless projects in his home state to serve his own political ends while charging it all to the national debt that will burden generations of Americans to come, and lining his own pockets with bribes and other goodies from companies he he did special favors for. He's a corrupt piece of shit and doesn't deserve your sympathy just because he happened to live to an old age. Assholes grown old too, and when they do they're still assholes.
Sadly, Alaskans are so addicted to his earmarks and power that they will vote for him anyway. Even in the midst of being tried for corruption the last poles showed him in a dead-even race with his Democratic challenger.