Lack of a signature truly has absolutely nothing to do with it. And if you don't agree, don't use the software. What do you feel grants you the entitlement to use a particular piece of software?
You are mistaking "signature" and "agreement." Signatures are not a prerequisite to a valid contract, they are merely very good evidence of agreement. You can get out of some contracts you signed and you can be held to some contracts you didn't. The lack of a signature is not the reason EULAs are of questionable enforceability.
The 3x3 8-piece slider puzzles are much more gratifying to screw up the parity on. Most people have never solved a Rubik's Cube. More people have solved the smaller puzzles, and nearly everyone can do so much more quickly than a Rubik's Cube, so you get to watch the frustration much more rapidly and more often.
Calendars are, indeed, funny things. My favorite aberration: February 30 in the Swedish calendar. There's nothing quite like botching your calendar for half a century because you forgot to skip a couple leap years.
Of course, we are among the rare folk who have been able to enjoy two palindromic years in our lifetimes (my apologies to anyone 16 years of age or younger, as you've truly missed out and can only hope to live another 104 years to experience this) and the ultimate exception to the leap year pattern (my apologies to anyone 7 years of age or younger... and if that's you, then you are really screwed since the next one is 392 years from now). But those aren't nearly as funny as February 30.
It's neither. What's actually going on is that Microsoft has unbundled the code name components of Windows. Now, you can get a value-added code name add-on pack. Once you install the add-on, you will have Windows 7 "BFE", properly named after a city as you'd expect and wish you had received with the core OS like you did in prior versions.
The really sad part is that neither one of them is even capable of putting the success of their ideological brethren ahead of their own personal gain, much less prioritizing the good of a nation that, on average, only shares half of their views and beliefs.
I'm sick of both major parties because neither one has the good of the nation in mind. Both parties are hell-bent on destroying this nation. One party tells you how to live your life on the assumption that you are an impoverished inner-city derelict who would be glad to turn over all you make and have it redistributed in the form of loaves of bread, while the other one tells you how to live your life on the assumption that you are on the board of directors of a Fortune 500 company and would be glad to let a starving inner-city derelict die if it meant you could afford one more loaf of bread.
Both parties have lists of rights they don't want you to have, as well. One party doesn't want law-abiding citizens to have guns to protect themselves, while the other doesn't want law-abiding citizens to have the privacy and freedom to use words to protect themselves.
One thing that both major parties do have in common, though, is that they want a large, strong federal government, in complete derogation of the very good ideas upon which this nation was founded. One party may want a strong federal government for the purposes of drilling for oil in the Middle East and forcing what they call tort "reform" down our throats, and the other one may want the same thing for the purpose of forcing down our throats comparatively underpaid, low-quality doctors and the warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing that we are dying on the same waiting list for our cancer treatment as are those both above and below us in the world.
Then again, I'm not a fan of any of the smaller parties, either. I'm going to form my own political party. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the politics. Who's on board?
Ever since I walked several miles in the wee hours of the morning in January in Minneapolis because my checked baggage was lost and I was bumped from my flight, and I had no other option to acquire contact lens solutions (without which I cannot remove my contacts and thus cannot sleep, even in short shifts), I have tried to carry on sufficient luggage to survive for a night. I think I would check my luggage more frequently if I didn't get royally screwed for it so consistently.
Fox just kills good shows. If I worked at another network, I'd just buy up any franchise that Fox killed off without a proper farewell. And these shows get bad when they're brought back, generally. I am not sure why, but I suspect it has to do with wanting to please Fox enough to stay on the air more than a season or two the second time around.
Don't forget that among the first miracles of Christ was turning water into wine. He didn't do this just to prove a point, either. A wedding party ran out of wine, Jesus turned some water into wine so that the party could go on, and the banquet master went so far as to say that it was the best wine of the night.
I once knew someone who tried to argue that wine in the time of Christ meant water that had some wine added to it to make it safe to drink. Just in case anyone reading this thinks that is the case, remember that there was already a word for water that was made safe by adding wine to it: water.
Of course, if intoxication causes you to sin, the Bible would recommend you cut intoxication out of your life. But imbibing from time to time is not just okay, it's also sometimes the answer to that age-old question: WWJD.
For the average male, yes. But this is slashdot. One only needs the strength of a wet noodle to post here, and actual exercise is frowned upon. As is leaving the basement for fresh air and/or a little sun.
I think that there are also serious concerns about this device causing skin cancer.
My parents live in a rural area and I actually found that digital is more reliable than analog was at their house. Of course, if you have no reception with digital it's OFF whereas with analog it's just obnoxious with static. I do think that we are giving up analog a bit prematurely, but not for the camera phone reason. I am very sensitive to the cell phone reception of rural areas... I actually still have buyer's remorse over my Blackberry Pearl because it does not have an external antenna port, and I had become very attached to my SmoothTalker-brand signal booster. I wish that the powers that be would consider such things before taking drastic action.
I actually had that experience two weeks ago when I went to drop off some papers at the federal courthouse on my lunch break. I walked 5 blocks from my office in temperatures hovering around -10 F, got inside the courthouse entrance and realized that I had my cell phone with me and would not be allowed inside to do what I'd come to do. I guess my face was too numb from the cold by the time I got back to my office for me to worry about being pissed off at people for having a policy that makes sense.
But the question stands - how much time does a person spend in jury duty out of a given lifetime? Is that really a reason to keep analog cell phone networks alive, especially when non-camera digital phones are widely available, as has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread?
Does that mean he had a padawan? What are the requirements before you are entrusted with a padawan? They would barely let him make a phone call without supervision.
Whoosh! You missed it completely. That's fine. But let me try again: Anakin is Obi-Wan's sidekick from the day he is freed from slavery until the day he becomes Darth Vader. He never became a Jedi master. He was a padawan himself up through the end. Explain how his having a padawan makes any sense.
So--and just so I'm clear on this--George Lucas wants to avoid contradicting fan fiction by introducing a character who is Anakin Skywalker's padawan, when it is clear that, in the time before he became Darth Vader he could not possibly have had one.* Are you sure that it's not just more profitable to cash in on existing characters in a time period well-known to the target audience than it would be to create all-new characters in a post-ROTF time period?
* - Based on the fact that Obi-Wan had Anakin at his side the entire time he was Obi-Wan's padawan and the fact that Anakin always referred to Obi-Wan as master, meaning that the master-padawan relationship is extremely high-maintenance and could not have existed between Anakin (even if he had been a Jedi master) and any other character without us seeing it on screen.
Earth girls only have one vagina. How lame is that?
Anyone who has actually been with a woman knows that "exactly one" is the correct number of vaginas. Less than that and you end up only being able to have oral and anal sex, and of course those are in much lower supply compared to vaginal coitus so your overall sexual activity will decrease substantially. More than one is just too much work.
Back in my day, if you wanted the internet to do your homework for you, you would post it to Usenet. I guess that this proves that Usenet is finally dying.:(
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Lack of a signature truly has absolutely nothing to do with it. And if you don't agree, don't use the software. What do you feel grants you the entitlement to use a particular piece of software?
You are mistaking "signature" and "agreement." Signatures are not a prerequisite to a valid contract, they are merely very good evidence of agreement. You can get out of some contracts you signed and you can be held to some contracts you didn't. The lack of a signature is not the reason EULAs are of questionable enforceability.
I will be very sad if anyone catches the reference.
I wouldn't worry about it.
The 3x3 8-piece slider puzzles are much more gratifying to screw up the parity on. Most people have never solved a Rubik's Cube. More people have solved the smaller puzzles, and nearly everyone can do so much more quickly than a Rubik's Cube, so you get to watch the frustration much more rapidly and more often.
Calendars are, indeed, funny things. My favorite aberration: February 30 in the Swedish calendar. There's nothing quite like botching your calendar for half a century because you forgot to skip a couple leap years.
... and if that's you, then you are really screwed since the next one is 392 years from now). But those aren't nearly as funny as February 30.
Of course, we are among the rare folk who have been able to enjoy two palindromic years in our lifetimes (my apologies to anyone 16 years of age or younger, as you've truly missed out and can only hope to live another 104 years to experience this) and the ultimate exception to the leap year pattern (my apologies to anyone 7 years of age or younger
It's neither. What's actually going on is that Microsoft has unbundled the code name components of Windows. Now, you can get a value-added code name add-on pack. Once you install the add-on, you will have Windows 7 "BFE", properly named after a city as you'd expect and wish you had received with the core OS like you did in prior versions.
Why? Will there be time enough for countin' when the deal is done?
The really sad part is that neither one of them is even capable of putting the success of their ideological brethren ahead of their own personal gain, much less prioritizing the good of a nation that, on average, only shares half of their views and beliefs.
I'm sick of both major parties because neither one has the good of the nation in mind. Both parties are hell-bent on destroying this nation. One party tells you how to live your life on the assumption that you are an impoverished inner-city derelict who would be glad to turn over all you make and have it redistributed in the form of loaves of bread, while the other one tells you how to live your life on the assumption that you are on the board of directors of a Fortune 500 company and would be glad to let a starving inner-city derelict die if it meant you could afford one more loaf of bread.
Both parties have lists of rights they don't want you to have, as well. One party doesn't want law-abiding citizens to have guns to protect themselves, while the other doesn't want law-abiding citizens to have the privacy and freedom to use words to protect themselves.
One thing that both major parties do have in common, though, is that they want a large, strong federal government, in complete derogation of the very good ideas upon which this nation was founded. One party may want a strong federal government for the purposes of drilling for oil in the Middle East and forcing what they call tort "reform" down our throats, and the other one may want the same thing for the purpose of forcing down our throats comparatively underpaid, low-quality doctors and the warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing that we are dying on the same waiting list for our cancer treatment as are those both above and below us in the world.
Then again, I'm not a fan of any of the smaller parties, either. I'm going to form my own political party. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the politics. Who's on board?
Ever since I walked several miles in the wee hours of the morning in January in Minneapolis because my checked baggage was lost and I was bumped from my flight, and I had no other option to acquire contact lens solutions (without which I cannot remove my contacts and thus cannot sleep, even in short shifts), I have tried to carry on sufficient luggage to survive for a night. I think I would check my luggage more frequently if I didn't get royally screwed for it so consistently.
[Data entry error], nothing! You take one nap in a ditch in the park and they start declaring you this and that!
Fox just kills good shows. If I worked at another network, I'd just buy up any franchise that Fox killed off without a proper farewell. And these shows get bad when they're brought back, generally. I am not sure why, but I suspect it has to do with wanting to please Fox enough to stay on the air more than a season or two the second time around.
Don't forget that among the first miracles of Christ was turning water into wine. He didn't do this just to prove a point, either. A wedding party ran out of wine, Jesus turned some water into wine so that the party could go on, and the banquet master went so far as to say that it was the best wine of the night.
I once knew someone who tried to argue that wine in the time of Christ meant water that had some wine added to it to make it safe to drink. Just in case anyone reading this thinks that is the case, remember that there was already a word for water that was made safe by adding wine to it: water.
Of course, if intoxication causes you to sin, the Bible would recommend you cut intoxication out of your life. But imbibing from time to time is not just okay, it's also sometimes the answer to that age-old question: WWJD.
I think that there are also serious concerns about this device causing skin cancer.
My parents live in a rural area and I actually found that digital is more reliable than analog was at their house. Of course, if you have no reception with digital it's OFF whereas with analog it's just obnoxious with static. I do think that we are giving up analog a bit prematurely, but not for the camera phone reason. I am very sensitive to the cell phone reception of rural areas ... I actually still have buyer's remorse over my Blackberry Pearl because it does not have an external antenna port, and I had become very attached to my SmoothTalker-brand signal booster. I wish that the powers that be would consider such things before taking drastic action.
I actually had that experience two weeks ago when I went to drop off some papers at the federal courthouse on my lunch break. I walked 5 blocks from my office in temperatures hovering around -10 F, got inside the courthouse entrance and realized that I had my cell phone with me and would not be allowed inside to do what I'd come to do. I guess my face was too numb from the cold by the time I got back to my office for me to worry about being pissed off at people for having a policy that makes sense.
But the question stands - how much time does a person spend in jury duty out of a given lifetime? Is that really a reason to keep analog cell phone networks alive, especially when non-camera digital phones are widely available, as has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread?
Honestly, how much of your time do you spend in jury duty? Is that really your biggest concern over losing the analog cell phone network?
Does that mean he had a padawan? What are the requirements before you are entrusted with a padawan? They would barely let him make a phone call without supervision.
Whoosh! You missed it completely. That's fine. But let me try again: Anakin is Obi-Wan's sidekick from the day he is freed from slavery until the day he becomes Darth Vader. He never became a Jedi master. He was a padawan himself up through the end. Explain how his having a padawan makes any sense.
So--and just so I'm clear on this--George Lucas wants to avoid contradicting fan fiction by introducing a character who is Anakin Skywalker's padawan, when it is clear that, in the time before he became Darth Vader he could not possibly have had one.* Are you sure that it's not just more profitable to cash in on existing characters in a time period well-known to the target audience than it would be to create all-new characters in a post-ROTF time period?
* - Based on the fact that Obi-Wan had Anakin at his side the entire time he was Obi-Wan's padawan and the fact that Anakin always referred to Obi-Wan as master, meaning that the master-padawan relationship is extremely high-maintenance and could not have existed between Anakin (even if he had been a Jedi master) and any other character without us seeing it on screen.
Voyager already explained it
You are making a critical mathematical error. This thread is about the number of vaginas per woman.
Anyone who has actually been with a woman knows that "exactly one" is the correct number of vaginas. Less than that and you end up only being able to have oral and anal sex, and of course those are in much lower supply compared to vaginal coitus so your overall sexual activity will decrease substantially. More than one is just too much work.
The concept is still alive and well, such as this sequence of signs northeast of Phoenix, AZ:
They saw a moose
Oh what a thrill
Until they smashed it
On their grill
Watch out for moose!
What I wouldn't give for just any random but complete and original set of Burma Shave signs...
Back in my day, if you wanted the internet to do your homework for you, you would post it to Usenet. I guess that this proves that Usenet is finally dying. :(