legal music is only $1 a track on iTunes, more than reasonable.
Well, iTunes might be a viable alternative for some, but not everyone. What about people who don't have a Macintosh or Windows XP? I only have access to Windows 98 SE. It's also pretty hard to play your "legal" music in Linux when you have to make it "illegal" to do so. On top of that, I entirely disagree with how much artists get short-changed when buying from iTunes and other places.
The only answer for me is to either buy the entire CD (a waste of money when I only want one or two songs off the entire thing), or listen to Pandora.
The majority of people who read something like "This has one thing, and that has something else" will automatically assume that 'this' doesn't have 'something else' and 'that' doesn't have 'one thing'. The wording of the quote is clearly a FUD tactic.
Of course this is also a two-edged sword for Microsoft. By saying "some people want to use [open source] software, and they get value out of sharing with other people in the community" also implies that you won't get that from the commerical software model.
There's always the option of using the back of the device for input. Nobody seems to do that.
Nintedo's N64 controller did that. Everyone I've seen try to play with one of those that wasn't a "hard core" gamer had a hard time figuring out where the elusive "z" button was, and even then they had a hard time using it.
While on the subject of bad interface designs, I once played an X-Box game that used both axial controls at the same time on top of pressing buttons and the tilt controls themselves. Let me tell you how hard that was to get even a basic grasp of. I don't want to even imagine how complicated it would be for someone who has trouble with normal game pad controls.
*nods in agreement* I tried getting work at a freelance site, specifically scriptlance, for a few months and gave up.
Quite a few of the projects I found that I could do didn't pick anyone. Just about every listing had several people that would bid $10 on a $100 project saying they could do it for $500, or something along that line. There were also tons of responses that simply said "See PMB" (Private Message Board) which left me thinking "What's so special about your bid that you can't say it in front of the rest of us?"
*shakes head and rolls eyes* Not going through that again if I can help it.
I suck at painting but when using graphic design programs I prefer using a keyboard. It lets me give very precise positioning of elements and lines without having this whole 'jerky hand' or whatever interference.
2. The data is readable at a distance? If you're really concerned about that possibility, wrap your license in foil.
I think if they suddenly can't read your ID they'll be more likely to come after you. Add to that they'll probably make it 'illegal' to tamper with your ID, including making it unreadable from a distance.
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Well, iTunes might be a viable alternative for some, but not everyone. What about people who don't have a Macintosh or Windows XP? I only have access to Windows 98 SE. It's also pretty hard to play your "legal" music in Linux when you have to make it "illegal" to do so. On top of that, I entirely disagree with how much artists get short-changed when buying from iTunes and other places.
The only answer for me is to either buy the entire CD (a waste of money when I only want one or two songs off the entire thing), or listen to Pandora.
The majority of people who read something like "This has one thing, and that has something else" will automatically assume that 'this' doesn't have 'something else' and 'that' doesn't have 'one thing'. The wording of the quote is clearly a FUD tactic.
Of course this is also a two-edged sword for Microsoft. By saying "some people want to use [open source] software, and they get value out of sharing with other people in the community" also implies that you won't get that from the commerical software model.
There's always the option of using the back of the device for input. Nobody seems to do that.
Nintedo's N64 controller did that. Everyone I've seen try to play with one of those that wasn't a "hard core" gamer had a hard time figuring out where the elusive "z" button was, and even then they had a hard time using it.
While on the subject of bad interface designs, I once played an X-Box game that used both axial controls at the same time on top of pressing buttons and the tilt controls themselves. Let me tell you how hard that was to get even a basic grasp of. I don't want to even imagine how complicated it would be for someone who has trouble with normal game pad controls.
*nods in agreement* I tried getting work at a freelance site, specifically scriptlance, for a few months and gave up.
Quite a few of the projects I found that I could do didn't pick anyone. Just about every listing had several people that would bid $10 on a $100 project saying they could do it for $500, or something along that line. There were also tons of responses that simply said "See PMB" (Private Message Board) which left me thinking "What's so special about your bid that you can't say it in front of the rest of us?"
*shakes head and rolls eyes* Not going through that again if I can help it.
A nation of boy and girl scouts that say it's ok to discriminate against gays? Boy and girl scouts that have 'anti-piracy' badges?
I'd much rather not.
Touching on your original 'card' bit, just steal the dang card. Cards will also be counterfeitable and/or re-writable to say what you want.
intuitive:
command --help
man command
I suck at painting but when using graphic design programs I prefer using a keyboard. It lets me give very precise positioning of elements and lines without having this whole 'jerky hand' or whatever interference.
2. The data is readable at a distance? If you're really concerned about that possibility, wrap your license in foil. I think if they suddenly can't read your ID they'll be more likely to come after you. Add to that they'll probably make it 'illegal' to tamper with your ID, including making it unreadable from a distance.