I think Microsoft woke up to the fact that "PC and hardware enthusiasts" provide billions of dollars worth of free technical support to friends (read: anybody who finds out that you're good with computers). This is something we'd be markedly less willing to do if we didn't use Windows ourselves.
You can't fix it through taxation, either, as "the people who would pay for it now" are the only ones who can vote. This is why nobody cares about the $8.6 trillion dollar national debt, because the successors (taxpayers and politicians alike) will be the ones who have to deal with the consequences.
Ah, but USB drives with that kind of capacity would seriously cut into profit margins. We're talking hundreds of dollars (for DVD capacity) versus cents. Even with this new "format", I doubt production is more than a few dollars.
So who certified a virus-prone, spyware-riddled piece of software as safe for use in a manufacturing process?
Someone who makes production decisions for Apple, apparently. I'm guessing this would be because a) macs cost twice as much or b) the software involved wouldn't run on a Mac when they bought the machines.
Ah, but they generally don't allow returns on audio video and software, even if it is copy protected. And if you find a place that does, you'll only cause them to change their return policy. You think the studios give a shit about a retailer's complaints?
I'll just download a ripped copy and send them cash by mail.
"Oh, you didn't recieve the money you were expecting? I guess someone must have stolen it. Release the hounds!"
What's the whole goal behind all this compression on CDs? All of the stereos I use have a volume control. Stupid or not, I'm sure there's some reason they do it.
I think it's both. Idealistic people enter politics at a low level, and at some point the power becomes addictive. They then become corrupt to get more power faster. In moderate states it's harder (but certainly not impossible) to be corrupt, because there are fewer potential co-conspirators, and a lot of eyes on the other side eager to find dirt and tip the balance.
Is anyone else surprised that China would allow access to./, a community including (among others) libertarians and conspiracy theorists, with an overall "information wants to be free" mindset?
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The judicial branch has decided enough elections, thank you.
This is only anecdotal, but my dad does primarily long-distance driving in his Prius and gets 50 MPG.
prostitution?
I think Microsoft woke up to the fact that "PC and hardware enthusiasts" provide billions of dollars worth of free technical support to friends (read: anybody who finds out that you're good with computers). This is something we'd be markedly less willing to do if we didn't use Windows ourselves.
You can't fix it through taxation, either, as "the people who would pay for it now" are the only ones who can vote. This is why nobody cares about the $8.6 trillion dollar national debt, because the successors (taxpayers and politicians alike) will be the ones who have to deal with the consequences.
I'm still hoping that once this nightmare is over, we'll all have learned something. I'm decidedly less optimistic after 2004.
So you'd essentially end up with a dynamic storage situation. If the power goes out, you're fucked. I don't think that's how they'd do it...
What? MySpace is up for sale again?
Is it me, or are claims that Iraq supported Al Qaeda necessarily followed by a blinding lack of evidence?
I thought that's what "troll" was for.
Why is the Mac one 3 times as big?
There could still be a 0-day exploit, you just have an extra day to finish it!
How do you pronounce GiB?
Oh, you mean that Coke.
Ah, but USB drives with that kind of capacity would seriously cut into profit margins. We're talking hundreds of dollars (for DVD capacity) versus cents. Even with this new "format", I doubt production is more than a few dollars.
Even if the software were perfect, a virus with a good dictionary attack would still do quite well.
How many people do you know who run their home PCs in limited user mode?
Someone who makes production decisions for Apple, apparently. I'm guessing this would be because a) macs cost twice as much or b) the software involved wouldn't run on a Mac when they bought the machines.
Who's to say we'll still be around in 100000 years? I mean, I think we will, but I don't know if I'd want to put money on it.
Ah, but they generally don't allow returns on audio video and software, even if it is copy protected. And if you find a place that does, you'll only cause them to change their return policy. You think the studios give a shit about a retailer's complaints?
I'll just download a ripped copy and send them cash by mail.
"Oh, you didn't recieve the money you were expecting? I guess someone must have stolen it. Release the hounds!"
Anybody know if this would benefit from Crossfire?
What's the whole goal behind all this compression on CDs? All of the stereos I use have a volume control. Stupid or not, I'm sure there's some reason they do it.
I think it's both. Idealistic people enter politics at a low level, and at some point the power becomes addictive. They then become corrupt to get more power faster. In moderate states it's harder (but certainly not impossible) to be corrupt, because there are fewer potential co-conspirators, and a lot of eyes on the other side eager to find dirt and tip the balance.
Is anyone else surprised that China would allow access to ./, a community including (among others) libertarians and conspiracy theorists, with an overall "information wants to be free" mindset?