The last one of the top of my head was approximately two months ago at the May Day immigration reform demonstration in Los Angeles. It wasn't really a riot because the protesters weren't violent, it was more of a "run the fuck away from the cops because they decided to start shooting at us". However I think it counts because the cops employed tear gas and rubber bullets.
There has probably been a more recent one that I just haven't heard about. There have definitely been larger, more violent protests in other Western countries since then (think G8)
I think if they did, it would get people to notice, instead of dismissing the rioters as silly radicals and changing the channel to forget about it. "Less-lethal" means of oppression make the oppression easier to hide.
If people everywhere were having full-blown BSODs as fast as you are, (fourth time today, it's 10 AM) I'm sure they would fix it. Of course I'm betting you're in a similar time zone.
Anyways, are you entirely sure it's not defective hardware (not necessarily your video card) or a corrupted driver? Those seem more likely candidates than a consistant driver bug. Especially when the first post you linked to says
so i got the 91.28 drivers and they finally worked, now i can play games like i did before
With a bit more looking, it turns out at least half the pages you linked to have solutions. I stopped reading after that. If you're claiming it's never been fixed yet there's step-by-step solutions in all of the "evidence" you linked to, you either cannot read (unlikely, you can write) or you are trolling.
I don't know what any of you guys are talking about. My instance of Amarok has been running for days now, and processor usage rarely reaches 10%. The only time I ever had CPU issues with it was when I was running badly written extension scripts. Memory usage is around 100MB, which is not totally unexpected considering its complexity, and the fact that I'm playing FLAC files.
So either you're running it under adverse conditions (read: Gnome desktop) or something is wrong with your installation.
Looking at top right now, ktorrent is running between 4% and 10%, amarokapp is running under 4% pretty much constantly, and konqueror spikes to as much as 16%, but only when rendering a page. Earlier, with it open but not doing anything, it didn't even make the top 17 processes, most of which actually list 0.0% as their CPU usage. Total CPU usage hovered around 10% and never went higher than 20%.
Okay, you liked the show. I liked it too, in fact it was one of the few shows I did, but seriously, it's just a TV show. They get cancelled sometimes. The world will not end. In fact it's probably better this way, because you can do something else with your family instead of sitting around and staring at a screen.
This protest shows that people in this country care more about entertainment than they do about the rest of the world, or even their own country. Imagine the attention garnered by doing this same stunt about something that mattered; it would motivate others to get involved.
But all this effort is being wasted on asking a corporation to keep telling a fictional story that doesn't matter anyways. You could have asked them to start reporting real news, or quit suppressing alternative presidential candidates, or something that would have done some good. You could even protest the immorality and stupidity of the 'reality TV' shows becoming more prevalent every season. If you're devoting this kind of action to a cancelled weekly drama, you are either uninformed of the real issues or have too much time on your hands.
Steam subscribers that play the Half-Life games have already seen it. We get free new content in the form of maps, updated character models, and so on. You get free mini-expansions (like Lost Coast) and they even released Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, which could pass as a whole game on its own, completely free to Half-Life 2 owners.
square meters: 1st and 2nd dimensions A hogshead is a unit of volume, thus three-dimensional. You cannot convert a two-dimensional unit into three dimensions.
square feet: 1st and 2nd dimensions 1/4" plywood: the 3rd dimension A liter is three-dimensional. You can convert.
Imagine millions of people who have been ignoring MSNBC suddenly finding out -- through those watermarks -- that MSNBC carries substantive, public service programming.
"Can you say, 'more viewers,' boys and girls?"
I think you vastly underestimate the political apathy of the average American person. The few who *are* politically interested (and thus searching for debate videos) are probably not the type to be influenced strongly by a watermark in the corner.
20% is way too large to ignore. Any business with a real-world location understands that refusing to serve a fifth of the population is effective suicide, yet internet-based companies seem to have no problem with this...
Almost exactly, I would say. I used to be kind of like that.
Life sucks when every day is a mind-numbingly boring routine at school, and all of your friends live life like a sitcom because that's all they know. I saw cruelty and injustice pretty much everywhere, and it pissed me off, but nobody I knew even cared.
That is exactly how these kinds of things happen. I didn't break, because when it came down to it I had one real friend that stuck with me. But when I see another kid going postal on the evening news, I'm never surprised. It's just another guy who wasn't as lucky as me.
I looked at his profile, and as far back as I can see he hasn't made a comment similar to the grand parent. Granted, I'm not a subscriber, so I can't see his whole history - but since your post is AC I think it's likely you are not a subscriber either, so you've got no more evidence to go on, and therefore must be trolling.
If you've got a few links I'll gladly believe you. But until I see them you're a liar.
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It's probably like rocket science, without rockets or science.
There has probably been a more recent one that I just haven't heard about. There have definitely been larger, more violent protests in other Western countries since then (think G8)
I think if they did, it would get people to notice, instead of dismissing the rioters as silly radicals and changing the channel to forget about it. "Less-lethal" means of oppression make the oppression easier to hide.
:)
Alternatively, I don't want to get shot
Have no fear, us slashdotters and our formidable email will save you
Anyways, are you entirely sure it's not defective hardware (not necessarily your video card) or a corrupted driver? Those seem more likely candidates than a consistant driver bug. Especially when the first post you linked to saysWith a bit more looking, it turns out at least half the pages you linked to have solutions. I stopped reading after that. If you're claiming it's never been fixed yet there's step-by-step solutions in all of the "evidence" you linked to, you either cannot read (unlikely, you can write) or you are trolling.
I don't know what any of you guys are talking about. My instance of Amarok has been running for days now, and processor usage rarely reaches 10%. The only time I ever had CPU issues with it was when I was running badly written extension scripts. Memory usage is around 100MB, which is not totally unexpected considering its complexity, and the fact that I'm playing FLAC files.
So either you're running it under adverse conditions (read: Gnome desktop) or something is wrong with your installation.
I forgot to mention, my processor runs at 1.2GHz.
Looking at top right now, ktorrent is running between 4% and 10%, amarokapp is running under 4% pretty much constantly, and konqueror spikes to as much as 16%, but only when rendering a page. Earlier, with it open but not doing anything, it didn't even make the top 17 processes, most of which actually list 0.0% as their CPU usage. Total CPU usage hovered around 10% and never went higher than 20%.
Okay, you liked the show. I liked it too, in fact it was one of the few shows I did, but seriously, it's just a TV show. They get cancelled sometimes. The world will not end. In fact it's probably better this way, because you can do something else with your family instead of sitting around and staring at a screen.
This protest shows that people in this country care more about entertainment than they do about the rest of the world, or even their own country. Imagine the attention garnered by doing this same stunt about something that mattered; it would motivate others to get involved.
But all this effort is being wasted on asking a corporation to keep telling a fictional story that doesn't matter anyways. You could have asked them to start reporting real news, or quit suppressing alternative presidential candidates, or something that would have done some good. You could even protest the immorality and stupidity of the 'reality TV' shows becoming more prevalent every season. If you're devoting this kind of action to a cancelled weekly drama, you are either uninformed of the real issues or have too much time on your hands.
10. Fix the government
11. Various charity organizations
12. Protest something that matters
and of course
13. Profit
Steam subscribers that play the Half-Life games have already seen it. We get free new content in the form of maps, updated character models, and so on. You get free mini-expansions (like Lost Coast) and they even released Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, which could pass as a whole game on its own, completely free to Half-Life 2 owners.
No, but they're probably going to be $19.95 like all the others.
Dear veganboyjosh,
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There's a solution to that: Require everyone with a carry permit to take periodic proficiency tests. If they fail, they lose their carry permit.
Neither. It's an Americanization! WER FRUM MERICA, AINT GOTTA SPEEL NUTHIN RITE!! lol @ "colour"
lameness filter hates caps
Try apt-get autoremove. Works like a charm.
square meters: 1st and 2nd dimensions
A hogshead is a unit of volume, thus three-dimensional. You cannot convert a two-dimensional unit into three dimensions.
square feet: 1st and 2nd dimensions
1/4" plywood: the 3rd dimension
A liter is three-dimensional. You can convert.
Your link was broken. I added a redirect on Wikipedia so it works now.
Qvis?
20% is way too large to ignore. Any business with a real-world location understands that refusing to serve a fifth of the population is effective suicide, yet internet-based companies seem to have no problem with this...
Almost exactly, I would say. I used to be kind of like that.
Life sucks when every day is a mind-numbingly boring routine at school, and all of your friends live life like a sitcom because that's all they know. I saw cruelty and injustice pretty much everywhere, and it pissed me off, but nobody I knew even cared.
That is exactly how these kinds of things happen. I didn't break, because when it came down to it I had one real friend that stuck with me. But when I see another kid going postal on the evening news, I'm never surprised. It's just another guy who wasn't as lucky as me.
I looked at his profile, and as far back as I can see he hasn't made a comment similar to the grand parent. Granted, I'm not a subscriber, so I can't see his whole history - but since your post is AC I think it's likely you are not a subscriber either, so you've got no more evidence to go on, and therefore must be trolling.
If you've got a few links I'll gladly believe you. But until I see them you're a liar.