My only real concern would be with having regular passenger's fingerprinted and stored in a criminal database for no good reason.
If it is a civilian database then well, it's still not 'nice', as being a passenger on a plane isn't nearly the same thing as being a registered owner of a firearm (if you get me), but it's not as bad as being classed with criminals.
"Now there are new plans to extend this scheme -- under the proposal all 10 fingerprints will be taken, and they will be stored permanently on the FBI's criminal fingerprint database."
This must be some new form of criminal fingerprint database I wasn't aware of. But in typical fashion I'm not going to RTFA to find out!
Now, what do the people who have to fly in and out of the country for business or relatives do? The two aren't even in the same league. The fingerprints that are taken are added to a criminal database. I wasn't aware that being a passenger on a plane made you a potential criminal.
Just curious, but if the Xbox 360 has 10 million sold, and the PS3 hopes to have an additional 6 million by the end of the year (on top of this 1 million?)...
Doesn't that mean they can't possibly have a market domination even after a year? How long do consoles typically have to win over the market?
I wonder if developers jumping ship was part of Microsoft's reason for wanting the deal. more disenfranchisement means less open source competition (you could say they'll move to greener pastures but some could just leave).
I realize even if that was true it would be a huge monetary waste for Microsoft, but tin foil hats are cheap.
No, not trolling. It's a boring workday and I can cook up any plots I like!
The intellimouse is my mouse of choice in all situations, and I'm on my second one in about 4 years.
However I haven't noticed any stuttering issues and I have never installed any drivers for it. No locking up either.
Personally I wish I could find a black one to match the rest of my desk, haven't seen any, but on the back of one of a Microsoft keyboard box I saw it there, in front of the black keyboard, taunting me... damn thing. The buttons being on opposite sides are much better for gaming in my opinion though, you won't ever mistakingly hit the wrong button because your thumb slips.
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I'll give you the quick hand-wavy answer, which is that modded consoles can run hacks to disrupt the games of other legitimate users on Live.
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I'm on Rogers in Canada and Tethering still works.
Bravo yourself for missing the 'Show Home button on the toolbar' check box in the options, under Basics.
I lack modpoints... But you'd get one from me.
Shift-Click to open in a pop-up window (not sure on how to get it into another tab based on that).
So, liars?
Maybe so, but I'd rather it be my girlfriend than any of these guys.
Out of interest, what where the reasons that made Super Mario Bros 1 a bad game? [I have no slant either way, but am curious].
Empty desk, empty mind.
As another poster pointed out, all of his letters are written like that. He could fit into a 16-year old console fanboy flame thread.
Look up some of his other letters for mental agony.
Wooooosh!
Jesus, you must be the life of parties.
If you look at the petition it is not an online petition, but one you print, sign and mail to them so the actual petition can be tabled in parliament.
The petition itself I believe isn't about Vista or any protest towards it specifically.
Thats not entirely true, some were girls who look deceptively like guys.
Ahhh yes. The wonders of LSD.
My only real concern would be with having regular passenger's fingerprinted and stored in a criminal database for no good reason.
If it is a civilian database then well, it's still not 'nice', as being a passenger on a plane isn't nearly the same thing as being a registered owner of a firearm (if you get me), but it's not as bad as being classed with criminals.
"Now there are new plans to extend this scheme -- under the proposal all 10 fingerprints will be taken, and they will be stored permanently on the FBI's criminal fingerprint database."
This must be some new form of criminal fingerprint database I wasn't aware of. But in typical fashion I'm not going to RTFA to find out!
Um ok, so you don't commit crimes. Thats good.
Now, what do the people who have to fly in and out of the country for business or relatives do? The two aren't even in the same league. The fingerprints that are taken are added to a criminal database. I wasn't aware that being a passenger on a plane made you a potential criminal.
Just curious, but if the Xbox 360 has 10 million sold, and the PS3 hopes to have an additional 6 million by the end of the year (on top of this 1 million?)...
Doesn't that mean they can't possibly have a market domination even after a year? How long do consoles typically have to win over the market?
Yes.
I believe the complaints actually come from it being a business decision.
I wonder if developers jumping ship was part of Microsoft's reason for wanting the deal. more disenfranchisement means less open source competition (you could say they'll move to greener pastures but some could just leave). I realize even if that was true it would be a huge monetary waste for Microsoft, but tin foil hats are cheap. No, not trolling. It's a boring workday and I can cook up any plots I like!
What made you think it was free?
The intellimouse is my mouse of choice in all situations, and I'm on my second one in about 4 years.
However I haven't noticed any stuttering issues and I have never installed any drivers for it. No locking up either.
Personally I wish I could find a black one to match the rest of my desk, haven't seen any, but on the back of one of a Microsoft keyboard box I saw it there, in front of the black keyboard, taunting me... damn thing. The buttons being on opposite sides are much better for gaming in my opinion though, you won't ever mistakingly hit the wrong button because your thumb slips.