Um, me. I just happen to be a young white male living in Minnesota with a yellow Nissan 280 ZX(complete with spoiler and custom paint-job).
I've been pulled over twice in the 2 years I've owned this vehicle. I only fought one, since I was at fault for the other, and I won.
Of course, there are unfair cops out there, as well as unfair judges, which will, unfortunately, always be the case.
Seriously, wrong or unfair, they are still laws. Breaking them isn't going to change them. You're doing nothing but emptying your wallet.
Take a stand, if you must, but at least try and be intelligent about it. Giving them more funds isn't going to stop it. Petitioning your local governemt, getting like-minded individuals to do the same, showing up at local community meetings, etc., will go much farther than handing them cash.
Try and stop you? Hell no, you're supporting the fine men and women who serve in our Police departments nationwide. I personally thank you for being such an ass. Hell, drive however you want, without a license or insurance, even. Long as you're willing to pay their salaries, which you seem to be, I'm all for it.
What an ass.
The law is inconvienient for me, so I'll just ignore it...and even get all righteous about it. Seems to be the battle-cry for Morons everywhere nowadays.
So you got a Mustang, big friggin deal. If you're getting pulled over more often, perhaps you should consider doing the friggin' speed-limit, or abiding the rules of the road. If you're not doing anything that violates the law, then you can fight it, and win, in court. Crying 'Pity me...' solves nothing and being self-righteous about it does even less.
Up until last year I still had a 5 1/4 loppy in my main system here. no-one said a word... Just a lot of strange looks and people backing slowly away. (But, in all honesty, that may have been due to the bloody penguin on my desk.)
USB jump drives are cheap enough. I just bought a 1GB SanDisk Titanium Cruzer for $85. High-speed, lots of space (though I should have looked for a 2GB).
This thing has been a Godsend. Loading/creating ghost images, driver installs, spyware removal... In terms of useability the expense over floppies is far outwieghed.
>FYI, Intel's compilers do NOT support AMD's processors.
But they *do* support x86. And, even when compiled with the same command line should *not* break when run on an AMD system.
>Financial kickbacks (to h/w makers, presumably) just lower cost of Intel processors.
And force exclusivity agreements on the vendors ensuring AMD cannot compete on the same level.
>Another way to look at it - Intel's behavior makes AMD have to really lower their prices in order to get people to sell their stuff, which is great for the customers.
Thus making them uncompetitive due to lack of funds for R&D because of low/non-existant profit-margins.
>In any case, several independent analysts have predicted AMD's lawsuit is most likely without merit.
Yet Japan found them in violation of their anti-trust rules. I guess the analysts cannot always be right,. eh?
>Your Honor, you have conflict of interest problem.
Yes, our interests of ethical business practices conflict with Intel's 'Buy or Die' tactics.
The EU is looking for evidence due to the Japanese investigation and the finding that Intel was in violation. They are now able to get a hold of all the documents from that ruling and it also gives them more effective reasoning for conducting the 'raids' mentioned above. They now feel they have a stronger case.
The EU has been going after monopolies like a rabid dog lately with MS. It makes perfect sense they'd target Intel now that the MS thing has basically been resolved.
Er... How about anyone who wants to buy an AMD system from a decent PC manufacturer? All of whom are currently avoiding AMD like the plague due to Intel's tactics.
Dell boxes, for instance, may have their issues, but for the most-part, they are incredibly stable, reliable beasts. I'd love one. But I will not buy a system with an Intel Processor, so I, along with countless others, ain't getting a Dell.
Dell has hinted at their desire to use AMD many times, but is unable to, their options being severely limited by Intel. They can continue to be an Intel Only shop to remain competitive and retain discounts, or they can add AMD to their lineup, effectively killing their Intel line which would then no longer be competitive. Thus becoming an AMD Only shop which would also kill them, due to the fact that most average PC buyers will balk at anyhting not "Intel".
Yeah...the fab they've been opening up apparently have nothing to do with capacity. Moron.
AMD has more then enough capacity. The lawsuit is in an effort to make *use* of that capacity. Apple would have been a drop in thte bucket to AMD, but Apple needs chipsets as well, which is *one* of the reasons they chose Intel.
Do some actual research before spewing FUD, okay?
I could have sworn it was based on viewing area. (20% of the viewing area will get rain, etc..)
Especially considering that the radar is showing rain... (I figure that'd be 100% chance of rain for that specific area, eh? Or using your method, conditions in which rain is already present leads to a 100% chance of rain?)
AMD is opening up new fabs left and right. There is no shortage of AMD chips, and they are *fully* capable of supplying to companies like Dell should Intel decide to back off and let Dell use them.
The AMD capacity shortage is a myth, people.
I've seen many a pop-up where the X button int he upper right was a scripted image. Would really freak me out seeing that on a Mac or Linux desktop though...
Ya know what? Everyone deals with tragedy differently. Claiming your way is better than anothers is intolerant and ego-centric to say the least.
People find humor through different situations. If I laugh at a joke concerning a blonde, it does not mean I think all blondes are stupid, vacuous, sluts. Claiming you have a better understanding of humor is the kind of holier-than-thou attitude that makes just about anyoneplain sick.
You are better than anyone here who can try and find some humor in tragedy? Those trying to put a brighter light on the darkness? Or are you just plain intolerant, ignorant, and high on yourself?
This 'I'm right, you are wrong, no discussion.' attitude of yours is exactly what inspired the 'racism' and sexism' you are pinning on others. And worse, it's that same intolerance that inspires terrorism.
Do you realize how close you are? Do you *hate* the people who posted those comments? Does it eat you up inside? If it does, you need help....and you need it *now*.
Funny that, every time I type something other than a URL in the FireFox address bar I use the 'I'm feeling Lucky' feature. In fact, I use it probably upwards to 20 times a day, easy.
That's like saying no-one reads/. anymore... (Well, we all know the editors don't, hence the dupes, but....)
Yeah... Lock out the internet completely. Forbid the use of Computers entirely. That'd be about the only way to accomplish it on a large scale (and you can't get much larger than china).
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I've been pulled over twice in the 2 years I've owned this vehicle. I only fought one, since I was at fault for the other, and I won.
Of course, there are unfair cops out there, as well as unfair judges, which will, unfortunately, always be the case.
Seriously, wrong or unfair, they are still laws. Breaking them isn't going to change them. You're doing nothing but emptying your wallet.
Take a stand, if you must, but at least try and be intelligent about it. Giving them more funds isn't going to stop it. Petitioning your local governemt, getting like-minded individuals to do the same, showing up at local community meetings, etc., will go much farther than handing them cash.
What an ass.
The law is inconvienient for me, so I'll just ignore it...and even get all righteous about it. Seems to be the battle-cry for Morons everywhere nowadays.
So you got a Mustang, big friggin deal. If you're getting pulled over more often, perhaps you should consider doing the friggin' speed-limit, or abiding the rules of the road. If you're not doing anything that violates the law, then you can fight it, and win, in court. Crying 'Pity me...' solves nothing and being self-righteous about it does even less.
One reason that firefox checks for updates to extensions, as well as it's own components, perhaps?
Up until last year I still had a 5 1/4 loppy in my main system here. no-one said a word... Just a lot of strange looks and people backing slowly away. (But, in all honesty, that may have been due to the bloody penguin on my desk.)
This thing has been a Godsend. Loading/creating ghost images, driver installs, spyware removal... In terms of useability the expense over floppies is far outwieghed.
-or- Thank you, Captain Obvious.
If yer toilet can run Linux, you can.
My eyes hurt. *winces*
But they *do* support x86. And, even when compiled with the same command line should *not* break when run on an AMD system.
>Financial kickbacks (to h/w makers, presumably) just lower cost of Intel processors.
And force exclusivity agreements on the vendors ensuring AMD cannot compete on the same level.
>Another way to look at it - Intel's behavior makes AMD have to really lower their prices in order to get people to sell their stuff, which is great for the customers.
Thus making them uncompetitive due to lack of funds for R&D because of low/non-existant profit-margins.
>In any case, several independent analysts have predicted AMD's lawsuit is most likely without merit.
Yet Japan found them in violation of their anti-trust rules. I guess the analysts cannot always be right,. eh?
>Your Honor, you have conflict of interest problem.
Yes, our interests of ethical business practices conflict with Intel's 'Buy or Die' tactics.
The EU has been going after monopolies like a rabid dog lately with MS. It makes perfect sense they'd target Intel now that the MS thing has basically been resolved.
Dell boxes, for instance, may have their issues, but for the most-part, they are incredibly stable, reliable beasts. I'd love one. But I will not buy a system with an Intel Processor, so I, along with countless others, ain't getting a Dell.
Dell has hinted at their desire to use AMD many times, but is unable to, their options being severely limited by Intel. They can continue to be an Intel Only shop to remain competitive and retain discounts, or they can add AMD to their lineup, effectively killing their Intel line which would then no longer be competitive. Thus becoming an AMD Only shop which would also kill them, due to the fact that most average PC buyers will balk at anyhting not "Intel".
Yeah...the fab they've been opening up apparently have nothing to do with capacity. Moron. AMD has more then enough capacity. The lawsuit is in an effort to make *use* of that capacity. Apple would have been a drop in thte bucket to AMD, but Apple needs chipsets as well, which is *one* of the reasons they chose Intel. Do some actual research before spewing FUD, okay?
I think that was the intention...to point out obvious instances where such things have teken place.
I could have sworn it was based on viewing area. (20% of the viewing area will get rain, etc..) Especially considering that the radar is showing rain... (I figure that'd be 100% chance of rain for that specific area, eh? Or using your method, conditions in which rain is already present leads to a 100% chance of rain?)
TSIA, don't it? It's Beta 1, folks. Take a deep breath, what you see is *not* what you'll get.
AMD is opening up new fabs left and right. There is no shortage of AMD chips, and they are *fully* capable of supplying to companies like Dell should Intel decide to back off and let Dell use them. The AMD capacity shortage is a myth, people.
I've seen many a pop-up where the X button int he upper right was a scripted image. Would really freak me out seeing that on a Mac or Linux desktop though...
nefurious? Whazzat? I can't find it in wiki!
Its. a. punctuation. mark. for. god's. sake.
Aagh!! You said Celine! Now I'm going to have THAT song in my head the rest of that! You insensitive Clod!
Ya know what? Everyone deals with tragedy differently. Claiming your way is better than anothers is intolerant and ego-centric to say the least. People find humor through different situations. If I laugh at a joke concerning a blonde, it does not mean I think all blondes are stupid, vacuous, sluts. Claiming you have a better understanding of humor is the kind of holier-than-thou attitude that makes just about anyoneplain sick. You are better than anyone here who can try and find some humor in tragedy? Those trying to put a brighter light on the darkness? Or are you just plain intolerant, ignorant, and high on yourself? This 'I'm right, you are wrong, no discussion.' attitude of yours is exactly what inspired the 'racism' and sexism' you are pinning on others. And worse, it's that same intolerance that inspires terrorism. Do you realize how close you are? Do you *hate* the people who posted those comments? Does it eat you up inside? If it does, you need help....and you need it *now*.
roflmao!!!! That was AWESOME!
Funny that, every time I type something other than a URL in the FireFox address bar I use the 'I'm feeling Lucky' feature. In fact, I use it probably upwards to 20 times a day, easy. That's like saying no-one reads /. anymore... (Well, we all know the editors don't, hence the dupes, but....)
Yeah... Lock out the internet completely. Forbid the use of Computers entirely. That'd be about the only way to accomplish it on a large scale (and you can't get much larger than china).