I just rented "Burn after Reading" from here in Switzerland. Maybe they payed Apple off with nazi gold. But I do use a US credit card with a US billing address, so perhaps the OP was a bit misinformed about being restricted while traveling abroad. Maybe only non US-based accounts will be cut off.
Simpsons names are endless, and characters' personalities relate to servers' functions. Bart and Homer handle media and kidstuff, while Lisa, Mrs Krabappel and Principal Skinner deal with important stuff. Oh, and their respective backups- Marge, Groundskeeper Willy and Superintendent Chalmers.
Last time I checked, a government in the US wasn't allowed to track its citizens' movement. Aside from being a really bad idea logistically, I'm pretty sure this won't be o.k. with the various government watchdogs.
I thought it was pretty funny myself, and it's stuff like this that really makes me question the modding and their quirkiness. I mean, once it's modded insightful and then changed to flaimbait? How does that work exactly? Is it just because people responded by flaming him that the moderation is changed? I'm beginning to totally ignore the modding and give people a chance, at the risk of not being part of the popular kids' table in the high school cafeteria.
who zooms like that? I guess what they're saying is Apple should have made the ad showing how a complete 'tard with zero coordination can't navigate a web page very quickly.
um, no. What Apple should do is try to purchase the idea from Intelliborn, the maker of Intelliscreen. Then they can hold the patent, or licese to use the idea. Instead, they're trying to bully and steal, that's right, like lunch money.
I really can't believe the shortsightedness and creativity bashing going on here. The first post genuinely poses the question, "why?" and not only does nobody present a valid answer, but most take the opportunity to jump to hacker bashing and fanboyism. Doesn't anyone see the real value of taking stuff apart to see how it works, modding it to work better or differently, or just messing around with what seems to be the future?
I unlocked and jailbreaked my iPhone primarily so i could use it with local prepaid sims while travelling. I spend months out of the country (US), and AT&T just doesn't cater to folks like me. But coming from a Palm platform, I loved the ability for people to write whatever app they wanted and get inside the os. This is where the real creativity comes from that gives us real world solutions made for and by the users. I don't think buying into the prescribed contractual setup is the best way to fit such a powerful device into one's life. And those of you who do, great, fine. But don't bash those who want to tweak and crack their stuff. You don't realize how much of their work and discovery has evolved into what you consider the established norm.
To me you guys are condemning the very revolutionaries who gave you the freedom and luxury you have today.
OK, he screwed up. But what this kid needs is encouragement. Put him in jail and he'll just go back to it when he gets out, with resentment and revenge in mind. Someone should give him a job and utilize his talent.
I hate to keep harping on the same note, but privately owned laptops are not permitted on the sites banning cell phones, imposing restrictions on company laptops, etc. And leaving cell phones/private laptops/etc in hotel rooms is only practical if you can persuade your company to pay for extra hotel nights so that you can swing by between work & the airport to drop off/pick up your stuff. So then, a PDA is prohibited too? How about a casio wristwatch?
Piracy isn't killing your record sales (as if anyone wants to pirate Christian Rock, are you kidding?). Legit Online stores are killing your store, just as online stores are killing most retail. Almost. Most retail has had to adjust their business model to survive, and most are successfully doing do.
Your problem is that you're a whiner and a bully. Blacklist? are you fucking insane? Those kids you threw out of your store were your ticket to a better plan. What you should have done is to give them the CD and ask them to tell people where they got it. And when people come in, you should give them something else for free if they purchase. Advertising, man. Come on, 50% of the CDs on your shelves will never sell anyway, especially when you don't sell the "sick" shit. You need to adjust your model and get with the times.
Piracy and online sales are doing nothing but raising the bar for good music. Everyone knows that music gets more exposure by electronic distribution, and that if someone really likes it, they go buy the CD to support the musicians. It's just the shit-ass music that gets pirated and never bought, as well it deserves. Your kids might not have nice clothes, but the even bigger problem is that your store is just clothing the record companies kids, not the musicians' kids. Your new business model (collectively) needs to eliminate the middleman.
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I just rented "Burn after Reading" from here in Switzerland. Maybe they payed Apple off with nazi gold. But I do use a US credit card with a US billing address, so perhaps the OP was a bit misinformed about being restricted while traveling abroad. Maybe only non US-based accounts will be cut off.
This thread was going really nicely until you came along.
Plus you get knocked down a letter grade for a comma splice.
Simpsons names are endless, and characters' personalities relate to servers' functions. Bart and Homer handle media and kidstuff, while Lisa, Mrs Krabappel and Principal Skinner deal with important stuff. Oh, and their respective backups- Marge, Groundskeeper Willy and Superintendent Chalmers.
It's too easy.
memo: That shit flew off with Bush in his helicopter.
or the somewhat lesser, "Afghanistanimation"
Last time I checked, a government in the US wasn't allowed to track its citizens' movement. Aside from being a really bad idea logistically, I'm pretty sure this won't be o.k. with the various government watchdogs.
I thought it was pretty funny myself, and it's stuff like this that really makes me question the modding and their quirkiness. I mean, once it's modded insightful and then changed to flaimbait? How does that work exactly? Is it just because people responded by flaming him that the moderation is changed? I'm beginning to totally ignore the modding and give people a chance, at the risk of not being part of the popular kids' table in the high school cafeteria.
who zooms like that? I guess what they're saying is Apple should have made the ad showing how a complete 'tard with zero coordination can't navigate a web page very quickly.
Sounds like a great way to wear out your pilot bearing prematurely. Try shifting into neutral instead.
um, no. What Apple should do is try to purchase the idea from Intelliborn, the maker of Intelliscreen. Then they can hold the patent, or licese to use the idea. Instead, they're trying to bully and steal, that's right, like lunch money.
I really can't believe the shortsightedness and creativity bashing going on here. The first post genuinely poses the question, "why?" and not only does nobody present a valid answer, but most take the opportunity to jump to hacker bashing and fanboyism. Doesn't anyone see the real value of taking stuff apart to see how it works, modding it to work better or differently, or just messing around with what seems to be the future?
I unlocked and jailbreaked my iPhone primarily so i could use it with local prepaid sims while travelling. I spend months out of the country (US), and AT&T just doesn't cater to folks like me. But coming from a Palm platform, I loved the ability for people to write whatever app they wanted and get inside the os. This is where the real creativity comes from that gives us real world solutions made for and by the users. I don't think buying into the prescribed contractual setup is the best way to fit such a powerful device into one's life. And those of you who do, great, fine. But don't bash those who want to tweak and crack their stuff. You don't realize how much of their work and discovery has evolved into what you consider the established norm.
To me you guys are condemning the very revolutionaries who gave you the freedom and luxury you have today.
let's hope you mean possessive form and not plural...or you won't have many penny's
umm. no. what?
just don't get the gloves "messied".
OK, he screwed up. But what this kid needs is encouragement. Put him in jail and he'll just go back to it when he gets out, with resentment and revenge in mind. Someone should give him a job and utilize his talent.
Tonne= UK Ton= US
Whoever modded you down needs to revisit some AWESOME 80's films.
There are so many things wrong with what you just said.
until 30 minutes later, after the handle melts and most of the coffee is on the stovetop, quite burned.
yep, once again, I get to the bottom of the comments, and nothing good.
you didn't get the notice. that's out, not funny anymore.
Piracy isn't killing your record sales (as if anyone wants to pirate Christian Rock, are you kidding?). Legit Online stores are killing your store, just as online stores are killing most retail. Almost. Most retail has had to adjust their business model to survive, and most are successfully doing do. Your problem is that you're a whiner and a bully. Blacklist? are you fucking insane? Those kids you threw out of your store were your ticket to a better plan. What you should have done is to give them the CD and ask them to tell people where they got it. And when people come in, you should give them something else for free if they purchase. Advertising, man. Come on, 50% of the CDs on your shelves will never sell anyway, especially when you don't sell the "sick" shit. You need to adjust your model and get with the times. Piracy and online sales are doing nothing but raising the bar for good music. Everyone knows that music gets more exposure by electronic distribution, and that if someone really likes it, they go buy the CD to support the musicians. It's just the shit-ass music that gets pirated and never bought, as well it deserves. Your kids might not have nice clothes, but the even bigger problem is that your store is just clothing the record companies kids, not the musicians' kids. Your new business model (collectively) needs to eliminate the middleman.
huh?