The US government is developing NON-LETHAL weapons? Hmm...Something's not right here...Who or what is the US president and what has he/she done with George W?
Well...Am I the only one who's worried about future movies? I mean...What will we occupy our kids with? Computers?! I mean...COME ON! It's not as if I'm going to pay for their WoW subscriptions!
Are there going to be exceptions to the companies who can call "customers?" ie: Companies working on behalf of the government (aka. pre-election surveys), etc.
I wonder how well this will turn out to be...Looks like we'll have to wait and see.
It is called "unfair competition" because Microsoft would have an upper-hand in the security market because the average user just lives with what he or she has. aka: software bundled with the OS. Therefore, if MS starts to ship the "security software" with Vista, it would shove Symantec and other security companies away from the average and/or newbie users.
And this is assuming that Microsoft's new security software has absolutely NO holes. Besides...I don't think Symantec has anything to worry about.;P
I don't know. Because all pings will time out. XD Just play CS with bots or something. XD Too bad there's no Internet on Mars yet. If there IS access to the Internet on Earth, you can download all the music you want and the RIAA can't come after you for it. XD
Grow up. Do enough to get a B+.
I'm sorry, but since I was brought up from an Asian family, I don't know what you mean by "B+". Were you trying to say "A+++++"?
All of this hub-bub over Bittorrent downloads. If the MPAA is intent on suing everybody involved in their problem of "loss-of-revenue" why don't they go after the IRC servers next? Jeez. You think that they would just shut-up already. What's the point of suing other people for sharing movies? I mean...Look at Yahoo! Music. Every piece of music you can get for a LOW LOW price. What makes movies any more different? Sure they might be a bit more costly, but I doubt that it is enough to amount to a (near-class) lawsuit.
Yet those laws are the basis of how society runs AND how it's supposed to run. Nothing is perfect and laws are no better but they try to be as fair as possible. If you read the book "Utopia," you would know that lawyers and other people in the legal profession are considered to be one of the biggest bugs/scum (Was that too harsh? =P) of the world because they make money off of the LAW. That's exactly what the MPAA is doing (suing people about movies that just about doesn't hurt them in any way) and it isn't doing them any good. As far as I'm concerned...Hollywood should just die and independent film makers should just take over. It really is boring to see sequels for the same movies and almost no creativity these days. They complain about revenue loss? They should just put a sock in it and make new movies.
Also, maybe it's just me but when I used to download movies, I would download movies that I would have never paid for anyways (just to sample it/them). I'm not sure if that's the case with the rest of the populace, but if many people download like I did, then the MPAA has absolutely nothing to worry about "loss of income." Besides...I wouldn't waste space AND bandwidth on movies that I don't want to touch with a c foot pole. =P
Now...If only somebody can attempt to make a similar device for IRC. At least that way, it would be easier to autoban the "jerks" that come onto the servers occasionally. XD
Seriously, if this monitoring device was supposed to help strengthen relationships, my parents would have gotten me a girlfriend by now. >_> Who in their right mind would want to be monitored AT ALL? I mean...Being monitored for "quality checks" is annoying enough, but software? If the software is going to be commercialized, I wouldn't buy even if my life depended on it. Besides...I don't think I would like to ruin a potential date because of a program that keeps on saying "You're a smooth talker" or "Don't be a jerk!" The real question is...can it pick up most/all of the sarcasm that it will hear?
A: "HEY!!! I JUST GOT A BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON CARD!!!" B's Machine: "You're a smooth talker!" A's Machine: "Don't be a jerk!" A & B: "..."
Oh! We should try to get these things to listen to television/radio advertisements.
"(Blah blah blah)" "You're a smooth talker!" "And order now and we'll throw in a _____ absolutely free!" "Don't be a jerk!"
And like somebody else had mentioned, political speeches.
"(Blah blah blah)...and so I think that "intelligent design" should be taught in Biology classes along with evolution." "Don't be a jerk! Jackass! Idiot! Preacher!...Error! Score of -87!" *crash*;P
Hmm...$100 million is a bit too much to ask for a low orbit if you ask me. >_> Maybe if they included a landing and mini tour of the first landing site...Or did the US already claim the Moon as their own so other countries cannot trespass? XD I wonder what made the Russians to suddenly start selling trips to the Moon. *coughfinancescough* =P
I'd say the reason is because of how the light bends in the atmosphere, or something like that. I thought "experts" would know better than we do. Or at least figure it out faster. =/
I don't think the group that takes periodic "pictures" of the Internet ever tried taking a "picture" of the Kazaa network. XD
Hmm...There must a TON of adware and spyware on the drives too. lol
"OMFG!!! I got 1,024,576 pop-ups!"
"Quick! Take a picture of the Internet with them!:O"
The question we all have to be asking about each other is: Is this what GTA means to us? Just some dumb game that we would like to have an extra sex sim in? Sure, the target group will most likely be interested, but I think the average player didn't buy GTA to get a sex sim. Don't you all think so? I never personally like the series in general, but I think it is an awesome game in its own respect and other players would think so too. If I wanted to buy GTA, I wouldn't buy it because there's an unlockable sex sim in it. It'll be like buying a REALLY REALLY crappy game just because it has "good" graphics. ie: Doom3
Man, this is messed. Sooner or later, somebody will probably blame Windows or whatever excuse they can think of ATM. Also, I don't think it'll be just squirrels that will be beaten at 3:55. XDXDXD
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The US government is developing NON-LETHAL weapons? Hmm...Something's not right here...Who or what is the US president and what has he/she done with George W?
http://www.bash.org/?491664 -- This explains the situation with "women on the Internet." There are too many clever people on the Internet. /gg
The correct mod for the parent post is "interesting", whoever modded it "insightfull" needs to be slapped in the head with a dead fish.
More specifically, a dead trout.
Well...Am I the only one who's worried about future movies? I mean...What will we occupy our kids with? Computers?! I mean...COME ON! It's not as if I'm going to pay for their WoW subscriptions!
Are there going to be exceptions to the companies who can call "customers?" ie: Companies working on behalf of the government (aka. pre-election surveys), etc.
I wonder how well this will turn out to be...Looks like we'll have to wait and see.
Why can't our laws just have one line where it says:
"All acts that are obviously done due to the absense or ignorance of "common sense" will be punished accordingly."
Making viruses for Mac's aren't worth it. That's why there are not viruses for the Apple. =P
It is called "unfair competition" because Microsoft would have an upper-hand in the security market because the average user just lives with what he or she has. aka: software bundled with the OS. Therefore, if MS starts to ship the "security software" with Vista, it would shove Symantec and other security companies away from the average and/or newbie users.
And this is assuming that Microsoft's new security software has absolutely NO holes. Besides...I don't think Symantec has anything to worry about.
I don't know. Because all pings will time out. XD Just play CS with bots or something. XD Too bad there's no Internet on Mars yet. If there IS access to the Internet on Earth, you can download all the music you want and the RIAA can't come after you for it. XD
Grow up. Do enough to get a B+. I'm sorry, but since I was brought up from an Asian family, I don't know what you mean by "B+". Were you trying to say "A+++++"?
Wow...I thought people spent more time on IRC than a measly average of two hours a day...=/
Dude...Intel is one of the companies that are against P2P and BT and "piracy." What makes you think that they're not evil already? http://www.bobandgeorge.com/Archive/Aug05.php?date =14 That comic says all.
All of this hub-bub over Bittorrent downloads. If the MPAA is intent on suing everybody involved in their problem of "loss-of-revenue" why don't they go after the IRC servers next? Jeez. You think that they would just shut-up already. What's the point of suing other people for sharing movies? I mean...Look at Yahoo! Music. Every piece of music you can get for a LOW LOW price. What makes movies any more different? Sure they might be a bit more costly, but I doubt that it is enough to amount to a (near-class) lawsuit.
Also, maybe it's just me but when I used to download movies, I would download movies that I would have never paid for anyways (just to sample it/them). I'm not sure if that's the case with the rest of the populace, but if many people download like I did, then the MPAA has absolutely nothing to worry about "loss of income." Besides...I wouldn't waste space AND bandwidth on movies that I don't want to touch with a c foot pole. =P
Now...If only somebody can attempt to make a similar device for IRC. At least that way, it would be easier to autoban the "jerks" that come onto the servers occasionally. XD
;P
Seriously, if this monitoring device was supposed to help strengthen relationships, my parents would have gotten me a girlfriend by now. >_> Who in their right mind would want to be monitored AT ALL? I mean...Being monitored for "quality checks" is annoying enough, but software? If the software is going to be commercialized, I wouldn't buy even if my life depended on it.
Besides...I don't think I would like to ruin a potential date because of a program that keeps on saying "You're a smooth talker" or "Don't be a jerk!"
The real question is...can it pick up most/all of the sarcasm that it will hear?
A: "HEY!!! I JUST GOT A BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON CARD!!!"
B's Machine: "You're a smooth talker!"
A's Machine: "Don't be a jerk!"
A & B: "..."
Oh! We should try to get these things to listen to television/radio advertisements.
"(Blah blah blah)"
"You're a smooth talker!"
"And order now and we'll throw in a _____ absolutely free!"
"Don't be a jerk!"
And like somebody else had mentioned, political speeches.
"(Blah blah blah)...and so I think that "intelligent design" should be taught in Biology classes along with evolution."
"Don't be a jerk! Jackass! Idiot! Preacher!...Error! Score of -87!" *crash*
How come there aren't any news about princes being arrested for scamming? =P
Xbox is a Trojan horse. ...
I don't see any dead fairies. >_>
Hmm...$100 million is a bit too much to ask for a low orbit if you ask me. >_> Maybe if they included a landing and mini tour of the first landing site...Or did the US already claim the Moon as their own so other countries cannot trespass? XD I wonder what made the Russians to suddenly start selling trips to the Moon. *coughfinancescough* =P
I'd say the reason is because of how the light bends in the atmosphere, or something like that. I thought "experts" would know better than we do. Or at least figure it out faster. =/
I don't think the group that takes periodic "pictures" of the Internet ever tried taking a "picture" of the Kazaa network. XD Hmm...There must a TON of adware and spyware on the drives too. lol "OMFG!!! I got 1,024,576 pop-ups!" "Quick! Take a picture of the Internet with them! :O"
This might be one of the things Nintendo might have been referring to when they said "innovation." XD
The question we all have to be asking about each other is: Is this what GTA means to us? Just some dumb game that we would like to have an extra sex sim in? Sure, the target group will most likely be interested, but I think the average player didn't buy GTA to get a sex sim. Don't you all think so?
I never personally like the series in general, but I think it is an awesome game in its own respect and other players would think so too. If I wanted to buy GTA, I wouldn't buy it because there's an unlockable sex sim in it. It'll be like buying a REALLY REALLY crappy game just because it has "good" graphics. ie: Doom3
What if the Indonesian government won't keep its promise? If they did it with 50,000 government computers, I doubt they won't do it again...>_>
Nice to know that I'm "l33t" enough to crash the NYSE. =P
Man, this is messed. Sooner or later, somebody will probably blame Windows or whatever excuse they can think of ATM. Also, I don't think it'll be just squirrels that will be beaten at 3:55. XDXDXD