Just another Handbrake bump. Best DVD ripping app I've used in Windows and OS X. The developer is pretty damn smart and knows his shit. Best of all he has an irc channel and you can talk to him and get one on one support. He has helped me resolve several issues! just don't ask dumb questions)
You've touched on something I've been trying to understand for a while. I'm a big proponent of OSS. When I first heard about Android I figured it would be similar to Linux except on my cellphone. From what I've seen it's the same old bullshit as usual. Tied to certain carriers, certain apps are blocked, etc.
Would someone with an android phone or maybe an android dev explain what exactly is open source about it?
This is why government mandated duopolies by the cable companies are retarded. From TFA:
Mr. Fries added another: Fear. Other cable operators, he said, are concerned that not only will prices fall, but that the super-fast service will encourage customers to watch video on the Web and drop their cable service.
Cops don't just randomly pick people to pick on, even the most corrupt cops. They are after all, people, and for the most part they have better things to do, until you make yourself a target.
This is something that has been on my mind more and more often. First let me qualify myself as an Apple user. I was raised on macs. I've been using a mac my whole life. I currently own a 13" MacBook and a custom built PC (for games).
Now let me say this: Their computer lineup sucks! IMHO Mac OS X is the best consumer OS (I regularly use XP, OS X, and Linux) and I'd like to run it on future systems. I'm looking to replace my desktop and my wife's laptop.
I want a ~$1000 desktop with a decent GPU (for games) and she wants ~$250 netbook running OS X. What are my options.
MacMini: $700 outdated and overpriced iMac: $1200 (pos GPU, can't upgrade) Mac Pro $2.5k (over the top CPU, pos GPU, overpriced $2.5k for a desktop?!) MacBook: $999 (good laptop but not a netbook) MacBook Air: $1700 (LOL @ price, 1 USB port? HAHAHA)
Apple should make a mid-range desktop with a comparable GPU and a cheap ($~250) netbook. Instead I'll be purchasing a Dell Mini 9 and loading it with OS X (sacrifice some stability for price). I want to give my money to Apple but they refuse to fill glaring gaps in their lineup.
Conclusion: I see what Ballmer is saying. You're paying more for lower specs and less options. But damn...the OS is nice!
Well that's great. Tell me how does the government know my expenses? How do they know how much I spend on food and gas? Are they supposed to guess? Another gripe. So I get this check once a year.....and if it doesn't hold me over exactly? What then? Live on credit cards? You're handing people a blank check and asking them to manage that sum of money to last an entire year? I think that's a piss poor idea. If there's one thing I know it's most people don't know how to manage money.
I agree with your concerns. A book I recently read Limits of Power: End of American Exceptionalism explains the problem quite clearly. Since WW2 the United States has moved from a manufacturing based economy to a service based economy while our manufacturing has been outsourced. Additionally American citizens began living on credit and our trade ratio went from 2:1 (exports:imports) to 1:3 (exports:imports). The author argues this can only end in the collapse of the US economy.
For those smart enough to recognize this what can we do? Invest in foreign currency? Buy stock in whole goods (oil, gold, precious metal)? What do you suggest or what are you doing?
Here is the problem I have with the FairTax. It hurts lower class the most. Poor people, college students, etc who already struggle to get buy now have a 30% markup on goods and services?
Additionally how does it take into account people who have massive amounts of wealth, assets, etc. but live frugally? Are they paying their fair share?
Neglecting the fact it will never happen because Congress would never authorize it. It would likely increase their own taxes. No congress person would ever vote to increase their expenses.
Not really. I've found the old PPCs lack the ability to run any modern media center software. The new de facto standard for OS X is Plex and it's intel only. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with mt old G4 Dual 1ghz MDD.
If there's a single topic that's guaranteed to cause heated debate among PC gamers today, it's piracy and the impact it's having on the PC gaming industry. Almost every gamer you speak to has a strong opinion on this topic, ranging from full support for piracy to total condemnation of it. In the past year in particular this issue has really come to a head, with one major PC game developer after another stepping forward to point to piracy as a clear and present danger to the industry.
As a long-time PC gamer, I have to confess that I've become extremely frustrated with reading the numerous discussions and articles on piracy. PC piracy and related topics such as DRM seem to have become so shrouded in illogical excuses, hysteria, scaremongering and uninformed opinions that having a sensible discussion on the topic is virtually impossible. While it's true to say that it's very difficult to obtain completely accurate and conclusive data on piracy and its impacts, it doesn't help that there are a range of vested interests deliberately spreading misinformation on piracy-related issues.
I decided it was time to compile an article which takes a close look at every facet of PC game piracy with a view to hopefully clarifying the debate with a range of facts. I'm not looking to repeat the same old one-sided, superficial examinations of PC piracy that you'll find everywhere else. What this article does is examine PC game piracy in a logical manner, taking into consideration a range of publicly available evidence to provide an informed view of the current state of play. I encourage those of you who are genuinely interested in this topic to take the time to make your way through this rather long but thorough article, as I believe it provides a great deal of food for thought for those willing to read it.
As you may have noticed, this article is quite long. The reason for this is because it tries to do something that other articles on piracy have failed to do: examine this complex and controversial topic in detail and with a wide range of relevant facts and verified information. Other articles take the easy path by slapping together some unsubstantiated opinions and dubious arguments which merely follow whatever the popular sentiment is on this topic, and come to the usual conclusions. Let me be clear: I won't be doing that here. I've invested a great deal of time into actually delving into all the various aspects of this issue, thinking through all the issues and getting a good handle on the situation based on a large amount of publicly available data. Consequently throughout the article you will find numerous references to reputable data sources and first-hand information rather than just hearsay and conjecture.
That's not to say it's just an article filled with data and theory. I've tried very hard to keep things as straightforward as possible, using plain English and plenty of straightforward examples. I've also tried to make this a balanced examination of piracy, however bear in mind that this doesn't mean that all sides of the debate have equally valid arguments. It simply means that I've examined and weighed up all the various arguments and facts, and present the most logical and plausible view in light of these.
You can skip straight to whichever section of the article interests you, but I recommend reading the entire article from start to finish at some point despite its length, as every section contains important information, and the arguments and data spread throughout this article form a complete picture of piracy. Taking small portions of the article out of context in some sort of half-hearted attempt at debasing it is meaningless. If your only interest in reading the article is to quickly skim through it to see if it supports your preconceived notions of piracy, then you're probably better off not bothering with it in the first place.
Note: Because this is a long article, if you find the text size uncomfortable after a while, hold down your CTRL key a
...including the Slingshot water purifer that Stephen Colbert made famous but that no one has actually bought yet
Unfortunately philanthropy won't ever take off unless it's profitable. Just an inherit part of human greed. Sad but true. We have MORE than enough food to feed the entire human population, yet people still starve to death.
Case in point. For those of you who have seen Charlie Wilson's war, they end up giving millions of dollars in arms money to Afghanistan to repel the Russian invasion then when they ask for a million dollars to help rebuild the schools a US politician says, "Charlie, no one gives a shit about the schools."
I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with you. The greatest threat to their security is windows. I don't imagine you'd be seeing this headline if they used linux.
My girlfriend has a condition where her front teeth couldn't touch because her bottom jaw was misaligned. It caused her a lot of pain and she couldn't smile or chew properly.
The operation was going to cost $40k+.
She got a letter from her insurance company handed it to the doctor and the operation was completed. Shortly after all, these bills started showing up and the insurance company reneged on their promise. They claimed it was a "cosmetic surgery". After two years of legal battle they finally yielded and paid the doctor.
So I'm sorry you're wrong. Your letter isn't a golden ticket to hassle free surgery.
My gf worked for a telemarketer for 1 week before she quit out of frustration. They used a computer system that had thousands of scripted responses for any reason imaginable a person would use to reject an offer. The phone numbers were automatically dialed by the computer and when a number popped up that was on the DNC list you got a warning message on your screen. Of course everyone was told to ignore the message and make the call anyways. We later reported them to the police.
That's what makes me so fucking mad. The American people are POWERLESS to stop this.
Tell me what to do to change things and I'll do it.
I can't communicate with my Congressional Representatives. They don't read my letters they don't answer my phone calls. They do whatever they want. Oh I guess I can vote them out in 6 YEARS....good fucking idea
I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore. I'm leaving the country.
I think you would have been better off just fabricating a story. "Oh man my dog went wild last night and ended up destroying the car, etc etc etc." I think the buyer would have been more understanding if he thought the item was accidentally destroyed.
You certainly don't know that. Advances in solar cell research will yield better results of power production. Right now new solar cells get roughly 28% efficiency. (Source: http://www.4offsets.com/solar-cells.php) Once that number gets higher it will be on par with fossil fuel power.
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Just another Handbrake bump. Best DVD ripping app I've used in Windows and OS X. The developer is pretty damn smart and knows his shit. Best of all he has an irc channel and you can talk to him and get one on one support. He has helped me resolve several issues! just don't ask dumb questions)
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You've touched on something I've been trying to understand for a while. I'm a big proponent of OSS. When I first heard about Android I figured it would be similar to Linux except on my cellphone. From what I've seen it's the same old bullshit as usual. Tied to certain carriers, certain apps are blocked, etc.
Would someone with an android phone or maybe an android dev explain what exactly is open source about it?
This is why government mandated duopolies by the cable companies are retarded. From TFA:
Mr. Fries added another: Fear. Other cable operators, he said, are concerned that not only will prices fall, but that the super-fast service will encourage customers to watch video on the Web and drop their cable service.
Cops don't just randomly pick people to pick on, even the most corrupt cops. They are after all, people, and for the most part they have better things to do, until you make yourself a target.
I'm sorry but your belief is completely false.
This is something that has been on my mind more and more often. First let me qualify myself as an Apple user. I was raised on macs. I've been using a mac my whole life. I currently own a 13" MacBook and a custom built PC (for games).
Now let me say this: Their computer lineup sucks!
IMHO Mac OS X is the best consumer OS (I regularly use XP, OS X, and Linux) and I'd like to run it on future systems. I'm looking to replace my desktop and my wife's
laptop.
I want a ~$1000 desktop with a decent GPU (for games) and she wants ~$250 netbook running OS X. What are my options.
MacMini: $700 outdated and overpriced
iMac: $1200 (pos GPU, can't upgrade)
Mac Pro $2.5k (over the top CPU, pos GPU, overpriced $2.5k for a desktop?!)
MacBook: $999 (good laptop but not a netbook)
MacBook Air: $1700 (LOL @ price, 1 USB port? HAHAHA)
Apple should make a mid-range desktop with a comparable GPU and a cheap ($~250) netbook. Instead I'll be purchasing a Dell Mini 9 and loading it with OS X (sacrifice some stability for price). I want to give my money to Apple but they refuse to fill glaring gaps in their lineup.
Conclusion: I see what Ballmer is saying. You're paying more for lower specs and less options. But damn...the OS is nice!
Well that's great. Tell me how does the government know my expenses? How do they know how much I spend on food and gas? Are they supposed to guess? Another gripe. So I get this check once a year.....and if it doesn't hold me over exactly? What then? Live on credit cards? You're handing people a blank check and asking them to manage that sum of money to last an entire year? I think that's a piss poor idea. If there's one thing I know it's most people don't know how to manage money.
I agree with your concerns. A book I recently read Limits of Power: End of American Exceptionalism explains the problem quite clearly. Since WW2 the United States has moved from a manufacturing based economy to a service based economy while our manufacturing has been outsourced. Additionally American citizens began living on credit and our trade ratio went from 2:1 (exports:imports) to 1:3 (exports:imports). The author argues this can only end in the collapse of the US economy.
For those smart enough to recognize this what can we do?
Invest in foreign currency? Buy stock in whole goods (oil, gold, precious metal)? What do you suggest or what are you doing?
Here is the problem I have with the FairTax. It hurts lower class the most. Poor people, college students, etc who already struggle to get buy now have a 30% markup on goods and services?
Additionally how does it take into account people who have massive amounts of wealth, assets, etc. but live frugally? Are they paying their fair share?
Neglecting the fact it will never happen because Congress would never authorize it. It would likely increase their own taxes. No congress person would ever vote to increase their expenses.
Not really. I've found the old PPCs lack the ability to run any modern media center software. The new de facto standard for OS X is Plex and it's intel only. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with mt old G4 Dual 1ghz MDD.
I was drawn to mint.com by the lack of fincancial software on OS X. I'm sorely dissappointed with it. Here are my main gripes.
Introduction
If there's a single topic that's guaranteed to cause heated debate among PC gamers today, it's piracy and the impact it's having on the PC gaming industry. Almost every gamer you speak to has a strong opinion on this topic, ranging from full support for piracy to total condemnation of it. In the past year in particular this issue has really come to a head, with one major PC game developer after another stepping forward to point to piracy as a clear and present danger to the industry.
As a long-time PC gamer, I have to confess that I've become extremely frustrated with reading the numerous discussions and articles on piracy. PC piracy and related topics such as DRM seem to have become so shrouded in illogical excuses, hysteria, scaremongering and uninformed opinions that having a sensible discussion on the topic is virtually impossible. While it's true to say that it's very difficult to obtain completely accurate and conclusive data on piracy and its impacts, it doesn't help that there are a range of vested interests deliberately spreading misinformation on piracy-related issues.
I decided it was time to compile an article which takes a close look at every facet of PC game piracy with a view to hopefully clarifying the debate with a range of facts. I'm not looking to repeat the same old one-sided, superficial examinations of PC piracy that you'll find everywhere else. What this article does is examine PC game piracy in a logical manner, taking into consideration a range of publicly available evidence to provide an informed view of the current state of play. I encourage those of you who are genuinely interested in this topic to take the time to make your way through this rather long but thorough article, as I believe it provides a great deal of food for thought for those willing to read it.
As you may have noticed, this article is quite long. The reason for this is because it tries to do something that other articles on piracy have failed to do: examine this complex and controversial topic in detail and with a wide range of relevant facts and verified information. Other articles take the easy path by slapping together some unsubstantiated opinions and dubious arguments which merely follow whatever the popular sentiment is on this topic, and come to the usual conclusions. Let me be clear: I won't be doing that here. I've invested a great deal of time into actually delving into all the various aspects of this issue, thinking through all the issues and getting a good handle on the situation based on a large amount of publicly available data. Consequently throughout the article you will find numerous references to reputable data sources and first-hand information rather than just hearsay and conjecture.
That's not to say it's just an article filled with data and theory. I've tried very hard to keep things as straightforward as possible, using plain English and plenty of straightforward examples. I've also tried to make this a balanced examination of piracy, however bear in mind that this doesn't mean that all sides of the debate have equally valid arguments. It simply means that I've examined and weighed up all the various arguments and facts, and present the most logical and plausible view in light of these.
You can skip straight to whichever section of the article interests you, but I recommend reading the entire article from start to finish at some point despite its length, as every section contains important information, and the arguments and data spread throughout this article form a complete picture of piracy. Taking small portions of the article out of context in some sort of half-hearted attempt at debasing it is meaningless. If your only interest in reading the article is to quickly skim through it to see if it supports your preconceived notions of piracy, then you're probably better off not bothering with it in the first place.
Note: Because this is a long article, if you find the text size uncomfortable after a while, hold down your CTRL key a
I don't understand why this is an argument against raising taxes. SOMEONE has to pay taxes. Might as well start with the rich and let it trickle down.
By your logic we should only tax that poor. Tell me how that makes sense.
...including the Slingshot water purifer that Stephen Colbert made famous but that no one has actually bought yet
Unfortunately philanthropy won't ever take off unless it's profitable. Just an inherit part of human greed. Sad but true. We have MORE than enough food to feed the entire human population, yet people still starve to death.
Case in point. For those of you who have seen Charlie Wilson's war, they end up giving millions of dollars in arms money to Afghanistan to repel the Russian invasion then when they ask for a million dollars to help rebuild the schools a US politician says, "Charlie, no one gives a shit about the schools."
Wells it's either that or get your network fucked up every once in a while for using a crap OS. What's more important? Time/Money or security?
I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with you. The greatest threat to their security is windows. I don't imagine you'd be seeing this headline if they used linux.
SOLUTION:
Just pay cash. If you pay cash, you don't need to lay there and argue with the insurance or HMO. You just hand-over the cash and you're done.
Before you say this doesn't work, there are lots of us who do exactly what I just described.
You do realize medical costs for something serious can easily pass $250k and the $1 million mark. Sorry your proposal is ridiculous.
My girlfriend has a condition where her front teeth couldn't touch because her bottom jaw was misaligned. It caused her a lot of pain and she couldn't smile or chew properly.
The operation was going to cost $40k+.
She got a letter from her insurance company handed it to the doctor and the operation was completed. Shortly after all, these bills started showing up and the insurance company reneged on their promise. They claimed it was a "cosmetic surgery". After two years of legal battle they finally yielded and paid the doctor.
So I'm sorry you're wrong. Your letter isn't a golden ticket to hassle free surgery.
My gf worked for a telemarketer for 1 week before she quit out of frustration. They used a computer system that had thousands of scripted responses for any reason imaginable a person would use to reject an offer. The phone numbers were automatically dialed by the computer and when a number popped up that was on the DNC list you got a warning message on your screen. Of course everyone was told to ignore the message and make the call anyways. We later reported them to the police.
Tele marketers can choose to ignore the DNC list.
haha. This is why the fairtax will never pass. Congress would never vote for a bill to raise taxes on themselves.
That's what makes me so fucking mad. The American people are POWERLESS to stop this.
Tell me what to do to change things and I'll do it.
I can't communicate with my Congressional Representatives. They don't read my letters they don't answer my phone calls. They do whatever they want. Oh I guess I can vote them out in 6 YEARS....good fucking idea
I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore. I'm leaving the country.
The government isn't above the law. Just because you did something illegal at the request of our government doesn't make it ok.
They should be prosecuted (along with Bush and crooks) to the fullest extent of the law.
I think you would have been better off just fabricating a story. "Oh man my dog went wild last night and ended up destroying the car, etc etc etc." I think the buyer would have been more understanding if he thought the item was accidentally destroyed.
Because Money > Selfless sharing. Blame humanity.
You certainly don't know that. Advances in solar cell research will yield better results of power production. Right now new solar cells get roughly 28% efficiency. (Source: http://www.4offsets.com/solar-cells.php) Once that number gets higher it will be on par with fossil fuel power.
P.S. 640k RAM is enough for anyone.
Done and done. The house just voted to pass the bill. Kiss telco prosecution goodbye, kiss accountability goodbye, kiss your civil liberties goodybye.
I was watching it live on CSPAN, pretty disgusting. Just remember who voted for this when elections come up.