As of the time of this post, the opening paragraph of the Chinese version reads something like this:
"June 4th Incident", also called "'89 Minyun" [short for Democratic Movement], , "'89 Xueyun" [short for Students' Movement], "June 4th Massacre", "June 4th Wave", "'89 Democratic Movement", "'89 Students' Movement", "Tiananmen Massacre", "Tiananmen Incident", etc, officially called "The Disturbance", "Counter-revolutionary riot", and in recent years "the Political Turmoil between Spring and Summer of 1989" by the PRC government, hereafter abbreviated to "64" [June 4th].
Taiwan's attitude on this is just as bad, even though small-scale underground piracy thrives. Didn't you hear that a few years ago, they raided university dorms to confiscate computers with mp3s on them? Heck, look at this article:
Coffee hot enough to sear your throat when you drink it? McDonald's is a fast-food restaurant for heaven's sake. They KNOW most of their customers drink their coffee immediately. It was negligence, clear and simple.
So when you go into the kitchen, you fully think the new stove you bought the other day could blow up any moment because the kitchen is dangerous, and that if it did, it would be your own fault rather than the manufacturer's?
Stop defending McDonald's using high temperature to mask inferior beans and stop forcing your preferences on others. Your preference for throat-searing coffee comes after safety. Your need to see Darwin awards for your entertainment comes after safety.
The coffee is too hot, we sue McDonalds
This has been debunked so many times. The fact is that McDonald's deliberately left the temperature that high, knowing fully well that most of their customers drank their coffee immediately (McDonald's being a fast-food restaurant), so they wouldn't have to use better-quality beans. They also knew that paying complaining customers was cheaper.
The woman got third-degree burns trying to drink her coffee in an unmoving vehicle. She didn't even remove the lid. She only sued after McDonald's refused to pay even half of the medical bills. Also note that the judge found her partially at fault and reduced the amount of damages paid to her.
This was not a greedy or frivolous lawsuit. It was an action against corporate greed and negligence, the kind that Slashdotters seem to despise the most.
But hey, some people just think we need to live in the jungles where every product has to be so unsafe that everything could potentially blow up in your face, so the corporations can cut back the safety procedure costs and reduce the prices.
Wouldn't Microsoft love to sell software that crashes regularly no matter how carefully you handle it? Oh wait, they already do. At least they don't have to pay people like McDonald's had to.
1. Write to your preferred ISV, hardware developer, video card manufacturer or OEM and tell them to bring this up with Microsoft (e.g. 3Dlabs, ATI, Intel, Matrox, NVIDIA, HP, Dell). This will be the most effective action you can take.
2. Bring this issue up on other developer and tech-related web sites. If you have a personal blog or podcast, talk about the issue there. Windows Vista might end up being a great product, but not if OpenGL is crippled
3. Post your comments to our public message board. The more conversation and solution ideas, the better."
Yes, I have to agree with the above poster. Many of the map-making programs are really elaborate drawing programs with embedded symbols and advanced functions that casual users can never master.There need to be better tools to create convincing maps with different themes.
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As of the time of this post, the opening paragraph of the Chinese version reads something like this:
"June 4th Incident", also called "'89 Minyun" [short for Democratic Movement], , "'89 Xueyun" [short for Students' Movement], "June 4th Massacre", "June 4th Wave", "'89 Democratic Movement", "'89 Students' Movement", "Tiananmen Massacre", "Tiananmen Incident", etc, officially called "The Disturbance", "Counter-revolutionary riot", and in recent years "the Political Turmoil between Spring and Summer of 1989" by the PRC government, hereafter abbreviated to "64" [June 4th].
Hmm...
Doctor Connors, anyone?
*Whoosh* Never had a problem on YouTube with Firefox. They work fine together.
They just can't spell.
Make verbose writers toil for brevity.
Taiwan's attitude on this is just as bad, even though small-scale underground piracy thrives. Didn't you hear that a few years ago, they raided university dorms to confiscate computers with mp3s on them? Heck, look at this article:
http://www.atimes.com/china/CD10Ad02.html
But if any generation is also more prone to reject freedoms, it's also this one: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4225013.stm
Coffee hot enough to sear your throat when you drink it? McDonald's is a fast-food restaurant for heaven's sake. They KNOW most of their customers drink their coffee immediately. It was negligence, clear and simple.
So when you go into the kitchen, you fully think the new stove you bought the other day could blow up any moment because the kitchen is dangerous, and that if it did, it would be your own fault rather than the manufacturer's?
Stop defending McDonald's using high temperature to mask inferior beans and stop forcing your preferences on others. Your preference for throat-searing coffee comes after safety. Your need to see Darwin awards for your entertainment comes after safety.
The coffee is too hot, we sue McDonalds This has been debunked so many times. The fact is that McDonald's deliberately left the temperature that high, knowing fully well that most of their customers drank their coffee immediately (McDonald's being a fast-food restaurant), so they wouldn't have to use better-quality beans. They also knew that paying complaining customers was cheaper. The woman got third-degree burns trying to drink her coffee in an unmoving vehicle. She didn't even remove the lid. She only sued after McDonald's refused to pay even half of the medical bills. Also note that the judge found her partially at fault and reduced the amount of damages paid to her. This was not a greedy or frivolous lawsuit. It was an action against corporate greed and negligence, the kind that Slashdotters seem to despise the most. But hey, some people just think we need to live in the jungles where every product has to be so unsafe that everything could potentially blow up in your face, so the corporations can cut back the safety procedure costs and reduce the prices. Wouldn't Microsoft love to sell software that crashes regularly no matter how carefully you handle it? Oh wait, they already do. At least they don't have to pay people like McDonald's had to.
From OpenGL.org,
"What can you do?:
1. Write to your preferred ISV, hardware developer, video card manufacturer or OEM and tell them to bring this up with Microsoft (e.g. 3Dlabs, ATI, Intel, Matrox, NVIDIA, HP, Dell). This will be the most effective action you can take.
2. Bring this issue up on other developer and tech-related web sites. If you have a personal blog or podcast, talk about the issue there. Windows Vista might end up being a great product, but not if OpenGL is crippled
3. Post your comments to our public message board. The more conversation and solution ideas, the better."
Yes, I have to agree with the above poster. Many of the map-making programs are really elaborate drawing programs with embedded symbols and advanced functions that casual users can never master.There need to be better tools to create convincing maps with different themes.