Yes, I realize this. Half of my point was that the tests they were using sucked - they used very short phrases, you had a break a certain speed to move on, and they'd keep giving you the same damn phrase until you did. We did also use longer tests occasionally that weren't part of the program (just typed on MSWord)
I'm not saying I want it to be easy, I'm just saying I can't compete with people who generally have nothing better to do that play the game for 10+ hours a day. I can't beat halo in hours, it takes me days. On easy. And I can't hit level 70 on WoW in a week, it takes me more than a year. I can't compete with people who, sometimes quite literally, play these games professionally. And I can't compete with the 12 year old kid who comes home from school every day and sits on the game for the next eight hours. When I enjoy a game enough to get pretty good at it, I can generally take the computer on fairly difficult settings. But the people who play online are a whole different class. And I don't feel like forcing myself to become enough of an addict to be able to compete with these guys.
Eh, I believe we were required to break 80 or something to pass high school keyboarding class. I broke 140 quite frequently. Of course, it also depends on what you're measuring that on - many tests use rather short phrases that are quite easy to type - we had to do those pretty much daily in my high school class, and I believe I broke 180 one a fairly regular basis. I mean, if you only have to hammer out 30 or 40 keystrokes, and you know exactly what you'll be typing before you begin, and you repeat it several times, it's quite easy to get a kind of temporary muscle memory to hammer it out in a couple seconds.
On a mostly unrelated note - I've been using Dvorak for a while now, and I love it. Mostly because my wrists haven't hurt from typing since I started using it, where before that was a daily occurrence. That said, I feel like I type a bit slower now (probably because I never took typing classes in Dvorak...), but I still generally type faster than I can think, so it's not much of a problem:)
Meh. I don't play games much in the first place...and honestly the reason I don't play online is more about convenience - the game generally runs slower, sometimes you get lag, you can't pause, you can't really quit (without being a jerk), and yea, I'm not a huge fan of being 'ok, I'm doing alright' and then two seconds later going 'Where the hell did my base go???'. Or in FPS games, essentially wandering around the map, repeatedly getting shot without ever knowing where the hell it's coming from. It's just not as much fun if you're playing against someone of vastly different skill level - I'm sure it's no fun for someone to be completely kicking my ass either. And with the amount I play, I'm not going to get any better. I figure if I can get enough challenge out of the computer to make it fun, why have a less convenient and less fun game online?
So login with the web interface. I've _never_ had a problem with that, and I've been using it for around 6 years I believe and check in at the very least around 10 times a day. And if POP and IMAP don't always work (I've never had a problem with them either...but I don't usually use them), so what? You _do_ have a way to access it. Not all schools provide POP and IMAP as it is.
I bought a Belkin router around ten years ago and I love the thing. I've only ever used Belkin and Linksys, and the Linksys _always_ cause problems...Belkin never has. Perhaps they used to be good...?
Meh, I guess...but this person still shouldn't be going to college. I mean, do you really want a doctor who, when she fails to determine your disease, doesn't try to research what you could possibly have, but instead files a lawsuit against you?
So it's a vaccine rather than a cure? Meh, still pretty good. Won't help those who already have it, but people with high risk could be given it in advance.
Reminds me of a couple years ago when I created a myspace music page for 'music' created from 'cat [some file] >/dev/audio'. I uploaded two files, and on the third one, myspace claimed it was copyright and locked the page up. It's _still_ locked up. Years later. Because whatever the hell they use to determine copyright screwed up.
True, but we always have and always will have crazies that try to kill us. That's no reason to start a war. Besides, Bush knew when he took office they were planning an attack. Hell, Clinton knew they were planning an attack. Rather than waiting and starting a war, perhaps we should try to prevent it? Just like our medical system. We should focus on prevention rather than acting after the fact. But I'm getting off topic. Point is, first that human lives should be more important. And secondly, there always have been terrorists, there always will be terrorists - we should invest not in stopping one specific terrorist group or plot, but in things that will benefit everyone long-term. Like preventing 40,000 deaths every year on our highways. Or maybe figuring out why people want to kill us in the first place and fixing that instead of just trying to stop their various methods. Because if they want to, they'll find a way. You don't need uranium to make a bomb.
Yea...and small amounts of caffeine, if made airborne, can quite quickly and easily kill people. Yet when I was in high school I bought an ounce (enough to kill several people - more if airborne) with no questions asked. Just because something can kill someone doesn't mean it's unsafe. And hell, caffeine doesn't have near the benefit of nuclear power generation. Why aren't people complaining about that?
Hell, think about how many thousands of people are killed in a year in auto accidents. More people die _every month_ on our highways than were killed in, for example, the September 11th terrorist attacks. And yet we're petrified of someone _maybe_ _possibly_ _theoretically_ being able to get their hands on material that might make an act of terrorism a tiny bit more possible - yet nobody gives a damn about making our highways safer. Yea. Let's stop hundreds of potential theoretical deaths rather than worrying about hundreds of thousands of real ones. Great choice.
Yes, radiation could maybe kill people. But guess what? So do coal mines. So does pollution. So do natural gas explosions. So do high-tension power lines. No matter how we get our electricity, there are risks involved. That's life. Get used to it. Just because it's different doesn't mean it's more dangerous. And just because it's been implemented poorly in other areas of the world doesn't mean nobody should ever try to use it again. By your logic, we shouldn't use coal either - after all, in early coal mines, hundreds of thousands of people died from dangerous gasses, fires, mines collapsing, etc. More died from chemicals leeching into their water. More died from mines collapsing under them years later. Coal is extremely unsafe. Nobody should ever, _ever_ use it for power generation.
Yes, it also works in VMWare Workstation. That's the point. The fact is, if VirtualBox has all the features of VMWare, or even the majority of the features, VirtualBox wins. Because it's free.
As for VMWare Server - Somewhat different class of product I think. I tried it once and was never able to get the damn thing to work. VirtualBox I love though. Much easier to use IMO.
You're missing the point. First, I believe this is meant to compete with VMWare Workstation, not VMWare server. And, therefore, it is giving vmware a run for their money if they just have equal features - beacause VirtualBox is free, VMWare isn't.
I agree, I probably wouldn't wanna play spore in 10 or 20 years, because it's a crappy game. But I'm only 18 years old, and I'm still playing some of the same games I was when I was 6. The original Command and Conquer. Fantasy General. Even occasionally Zone Raiders. And some others. Just because it's old doesn't mean it's bad.
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I use nearly exclusively what some would consider alternative medicine, being too cheap, lazy, and private to bother going to the doctors. Though the most 'out there' thing I've done is probably brainwave entrainment, which I'm still debating if it actually works. Works great for helping you sleep, but I have a feeling it's probably no different than white noise. I have wanted to try accupuncture a bit for this back problem I have, but probably won't be doing that any time soon. But anyway, to me alternative medicine is anything you won't normally find in a doctor's office - including more mundane treatments like herbs and even massage, which I don't think is at all questionable. While not all herbal treatments are good, there's no doubt that many of them are.
Of course, my biggest concern when it comes to medicine is why so many people seem to be entirely unable to figure out what to do with even small problems. And worse still are the people that just pop pills for every little problem. I know _college kids_ that are popping several asprin on a damn near daily basis! And of course, something like Cancer or a stroke is one thing...you should always seek professional advice in that case...but there's no reason to be throwing down painkillers for every little headache, stomach ache, etc. Why start throwing down chemicals when all you need is a cup of tea or some seltzer or something? Or maybe, rather than wondering why your stomach keeps getting upset and popping pills every day, you should try changing your diet? Of course, those are probably the same things most doctors would recommend, so I suppose that's not so 'alternative'...even if it seems that way to the majority of the pill popping populace.
You ought to try your apps on Linux via Wine or Cedega. Works quite well for older apps. And hell, even newer apps - World of Warcraft runs better on Wine than it does on Vista.
The only problem might be that it tends to have trouble picking up external devices.
Alright, sure. But 70 years? No. 10 would be good. Or even 20. Hell, I could tolerate 30. But 70??? That's just obscene. And we're talking about books, which I would imagine are one of the more difficult to produce works covered under copyright law. Why do you need a 70 year copyright on music, when your band puts out a new album every two years? Makes no sense.
I'll agree to the first part. As to the second - I highly doubt your book is worth half as much. The majority of the sales will probably come within those first 5 years. Besides, you've had 5 years to create a new work...and if you can't sell the rights within 5 years, then it's apparently not worth much in the first place.
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Yes, I realize this. Half of my point was that the tests they were using sucked - they used very short phrases, you had a break a certain speed to move on, and they'd keep giving you the same damn phrase until you did. We did also use longer tests occasionally that weren't part of the program (just typed on MSWord)
I'm not saying I want it to be easy, I'm just saying I can't compete with people who generally have nothing better to do that play the game for 10+ hours a day. I can't beat halo in hours, it takes me days. On easy. And I can't hit level 70 on WoW in a week, it takes me more than a year. I can't compete with people who, sometimes quite literally, play these games professionally. And I can't compete with the 12 year old kid who comes home from school every day and sits on the game for the next eight hours. When I enjoy a game enough to get pretty good at it, I can generally take the computer on fairly difficult settings. But the people who play online are a whole different class. And I don't feel like forcing myself to become enough of an addict to be able to compete with these guys.
No, I'm talking about words per minute. Which our software defined as four characters and a space.
Eh, I believe we were required to break 80 or something to pass high school keyboarding class. I broke 140 quite frequently. Of course, it also depends on what you're measuring that on - many tests use rather short phrases that are quite easy to type - we had to do those pretty much daily in my high school class, and I believe I broke 180 one a fairly regular basis. I mean, if you only have to hammer out 30 or 40 keystrokes, and you know exactly what you'll be typing before you begin, and you repeat it several times, it's quite easy to get a kind of temporary muscle memory to hammer it out in a couple seconds.
On a mostly unrelated note - I've been using Dvorak for a while now, and I love it. Mostly because my wrists haven't hurt from typing since I started using it, where before that was a daily occurrence. That said, I feel like I type a bit slower now (probably because I never took typing classes in Dvorak...), but I still generally type faster than I can think, so it's not much of a problem :)
Meh. I don't play games much in the first place...and honestly the reason I don't play online is more about convenience - the game generally runs slower, sometimes you get lag, you can't pause, you can't really quit (without being a jerk), and yea, I'm not a huge fan of being 'ok, I'm doing alright' and then two seconds later going 'Where the hell did my base go???'. Or in FPS games, essentially wandering around the map, repeatedly getting shot without ever knowing where the hell it's coming from. It's just not as much fun if you're playing against someone of vastly different skill level - I'm sure it's no fun for someone to be completely kicking my ass either. And with the amount I play, I'm not going to get any better. I figure if I can get enough challenge out of the computer to make it fun, why have a less convenient and less fun game online?
After that period the game will not need an internet connection...
PS.2. The real date can be checked from trusted time servers.
Um...how are you going to connect to these trusted time servers?
And people like me, who don't play games online because we will get our asses handed to us, can continue pirating without any problems :)
So login with the web interface. I've _never_ had a problem with that, and I've been using it for around 6 years I believe and check in at the very least around 10 times a day. And if POP and IMAP don't always work (I've never had a problem with them either...but I don't usually use them), so what? You _do_ have a way to access it. Not all schools provide POP and IMAP as it is.
I bought a Belkin router around ten years ago and I love the thing. I've only ever used Belkin and Linksys, and the Linksys _always_ cause problems...Belkin never has. Perhaps they used to be good...?
You mean something like Freenet?
Or I suppose I2P?
Or even Tor I believe...
Meh, I guess...but this person still shouldn't be going to college. I mean, do you really want a doctor who, when she fails to determine your disease, doesn't try to research what you could possibly have, but instead files a lawsuit against you?
So it's a vaccine rather than a cure? Meh, still pretty good. Won't help those who already have it, but people with high risk could be given it in advance.
That's 'cause Ubuntu sucks. Get Mandriva. lol
Reminds me of a couple years ago when I created a myspace music page for 'music' created from 'cat [some file] > /dev/audio'. I uploaded two files, and on the third one, myspace claimed it was copyright and locked the page up. It's _still_ locked up. Years later. Because whatever the hell they use to determine copyright screwed up.
True, but we always have and always will have crazies that try to kill us. That's no reason to start a war. Besides, Bush knew when he took office they were planning an attack. Hell, Clinton knew they were planning an attack. Rather than waiting and starting a war, perhaps we should try to prevent it? Just like our medical system. We should focus on prevention rather than acting after the fact. But I'm getting off topic. Point is, first that human lives should be more important. And secondly, there always have been terrorists, there always will be terrorists - we should invest not in stopping one specific terrorist group or plot, but in things that will benefit everyone long-term. Like preventing 40,000 deaths every year on our highways. Or maybe figuring out why people want to kill us in the first place and fixing that instead of just trying to stop their various methods. Because if they want to, they'll find a way. You don't need uranium to make a bomb.
Yea...and small amounts of caffeine, if made airborne, can quite quickly and easily kill people. Yet when I was in high school I bought an ounce (enough to kill several people - more if airborne) with no questions asked. Just because something can kill someone doesn't mean it's unsafe. And hell, caffeine doesn't have near the benefit of nuclear power generation. Why aren't people complaining about that?
Hell, think about how many thousands of people are killed in a year in auto accidents. More people die _every month_ on our highways than were killed in, for example, the September 11th terrorist attacks. And yet we're petrified of someone _maybe_ _possibly_ _theoretically_ being able to get their hands on material that might make an act of terrorism a tiny bit more possible - yet nobody gives a damn about making our highways safer. Yea. Let's stop hundreds of potential theoretical deaths rather than worrying about hundreds of thousands of real ones. Great choice.
Yes, radiation could maybe kill people. But guess what? So do coal mines. So does pollution. So do natural gas explosions. So do high-tension power lines. No matter how we get our electricity, there are risks involved. That's life. Get used to it. Just because it's different doesn't mean it's more dangerous. And just because it's been implemented poorly in other areas of the world doesn't mean nobody should ever try to use it again. By your logic, we shouldn't use coal either - after all, in early coal mines, hundreds of thousands of people died from dangerous gasses, fires, mines collapsing, etc. More died from chemicals leeching into their water. More died from mines collapsing under them years later. Coal is extremely unsafe. Nobody should ever, _ever_ use it for power generation.
Yes, it also works in VMWare Workstation. That's the point. The fact is, if VirtualBox has all the features of VMWare, or even the majority of the features, VirtualBox wins. Because it's free.
As for VMWare Server - Somewhat different class of product I think. I tried it once and was never able to get the damn thing to work. VirtualBox I love though. Much easier to use IMO.
You're missing the point. First, I believe this is meant to compete with VMWare Workstation, not VMWare server. And, therefore, it is giving vmware a run for their money if they just have equal features - beacause VirtualBox is free, VMWare isn't.
I agree, I probably wouldn't wanna play spore in 10 or 20 years, because it's a crappy game. But I'm only 18 years old, and I'm still playing some of the same games I was when I was 6. The original Command and Conquer. Fantasy General. Even occasionally Zone Raiders. And some others. Just because it's old doesn't mean it's bad.
I use nearly exclusively what some would consider alternative medicine, being too cheap, lazy, and private to bother going to the doctors. Though the most 'out there' thing I've done is probably brainwave entrainment, which I'm still debating if it actually works. Works great for helping you sleep, but I have a feeling it's probably no different than white noise. I have wanted to try accupuncture a bit for this back problem I have, but probably won't be doing that any time soon. But anyway, to me alternative medicine is anything you won't normally find in a doctor's office - including more mundane treatments like herbs and even massage, which I don't think is at all questionable. While not all herbal treatments are good, there's no doubt that many of them are.
Of course, my biggest concern when it comes to medicine is why so many people seem to be entirely unable to figure out what to do with even small problems. And worse still are the people that just pop pills for every little problem. I know _college kids_ that are popping several asprin on a damn near daily basis! And of course, something like Cancer or a stroke is one thing...you should always seek professional advice in that case...but there's no reason to be throwing down painkillers for every little headache, stomach ache, etc. Why start throwing down chemicals when all you need is a cup of tea or some seltzer or something? Or maybe, rather than wondering why your stomach keeps getting upset and popping pills every day, you should try changing your diet? Of course, those are probably the same things most doctors would recommend, so I suppose that's not so 'alternative'...even if it seems that way to the majority of the pill popping populace.
You ought to try your apps on Linux via Wine or Cedega. Works quite well for older apps. And hell, even newer apps - World of Warcraft runs better on Wine than it does on Vista.
The only problem might be that it tends to have trouble picking up external devices.
How about slander? Telling all those kids that this guy's business is conducting criminal activity....
Ok, wait, let me try this. I've never done one of these before.
In Soviet Russia, Linux runs browser!
Ok, I'm done now.
Alright, sure. But 70 years? No. 10 would be good. Or even 20. Hell, I could tolerate 30. But 70??? That's just obscene. And we're talking about books, which I would imagine are one of the more difficult to produce works covered under copyright law. Why do you need a 70 year copyright on music, when your band puts out a new album every two years? Makes no sense.
I'll agree to the first part. As to the second - I highly doubt your book is worth half as much. The majority of the sales will probably come within those first 5 years. Besides, you've had 5 years to create a new work...and if you can't sell the rights within 5 years, then it's apparently not worth much in the first place.