If drugs were legalized, then those crops would by default be legitimate. Semantics aside, we're certainly not about to go and force other countries to stop growing drug-related crops; nor should we be. By your own words you agree that prison is not the answer and does nothing to decrease demand; and living in a non-idealistic world shows us that we have no little control over what is grown outside our borders.
The government has far better things it could be spending money on than this farce called the 'war on drugs'. Getting caught with MJ once -- or even *gasp* cocaine or heroine -- at the young and dumb age of 18 can literally destroy your chances of/ever/ finding non-blue collar work, no matter how smart or capable you are. People are responsible for their own lives and decisions. Amazingly, the vast majority of them do OK with that.
Just because an extreme minority of the population has various issues which contribute to them wasting away as drug addicts does/not/ merit a ban on drugs (and common sense). And for the record, I/have/ watched a close friend waste away due to a drug addiction. And guess what -- it was his choice, all the way. He knew it, and acknowledged it -- for him it was preferable than dealing with life. It's not up to you, me or anyone else to say that he can't do that, as stupid as such a decision may seem.
Good in theory, if you only want to carry free/copyright-expired material. But similar to the music industry, I strongly suspect that if you want to carry any well-known authors or even modestly popular books, you won't be allowed to without including DRM.
Art will ALWAYS be made, there's something much deeper in ourselves than greed which drives us to create things of beauty. Hmm... are you sure you're hearing the same new music I am?
Or, like me, people use them as desktop replacements. And even more amazing, some of us actually travel with them as portable computers -- imagine that!
Even requiring notification of sex offenders I'd disagree with -- it's pathetically easy to get yourself on a sex offender list. Example: walking a few steps off of the Interstate and urinating can, if the cop and judge are in bad moods, get you on such a list because you've committed the 'crime' of indecent exposure.
Perhaps if this issue was addressed (along with other pointless ones such as borderline cases of statutory rape being considered a sex crime), then I could agree with notifying of sex offenders.
andom Internet questions are different because people aren't expecting them to be there. There is no preconceived notion of how to respond to the random question other than to read it and work out what it's trying to say.
Given your experience, I'm very surprised to see you make this statement. The last thing that most users do is/read/ questions that are popped up. If it gets in the way of whatever it is they want to do, they're going to click the first thing that lets them finish their task. Usually, this amounts to whatever equates to "OK" or "Yes" - because they will assume that clicking "No" will stop what they're trying to do.
Previous experience shows that when you file such forms, the state of Maryland tries to tax your entire income for the year, not just the income you earned in Maryland. Simply submitting the form opens you up to all sorts of legal hassles and inquiries from an extremely incompetent government agency. When I lived there, I had such a problem with one of my tax forms that took over a year to correct.
Holy crap, I thought that was just me. When we lived in an apartment there for six months, they tried to claim that we owed taxes on an entire year. Went so far as to put a tax lien on the house we moved into in another state.
Like others here, I had been doing some small projects on the side for MD businesses; with this, it's no longer worth it. I have no interest in getting involved in paying/any/ kind of tax (even though sales is unrelated to income) to the MD government again, after that fiasco.
Apple doesn't support FLAC, they want people to use the Apple lossless codec. Which annoys me tbh, there's no technical reason why they can't play both. Sure there is - haven't you heard about the security flaw in FLAC? Pure foresight, man. Pure foresight. I'm gonna go buy me some Apple stock.
The problem comes when megacorp has an army of well-paid lawyers and expert witnesses who are able to convince a judge that they are right because granny can't afford an attorney at all. Now granny gets stuck with the judgement, plus megacorp's mega-bill.
it's been ruled multiples times by the courts that downloading for personal usage is legal. Also that uploading is legal, as obviously to download, someone has to upload Finally - a chance to properly accuse someone of begging the question!
New guns and conceal carry permits. Of course, this would be based on the false notion that the terrorists are going to obey all of the laws, register their guns, get permits, etc.
Sorry, but yes.. Here this site explains it in lay terms better than the MS tech docs.
http://www.tmurgent.com/Tool_ATM.aspx
I really do get it. I understand what you're saying. You're just wrong. The 400-500 MB I'm seeing in use is not cache related. I know this because the additional 500-600MB of memory on top of that clearly/is/ cache related, and that is not what I'm talking about.
Remember people, if you want to be taken seriously, snail mail is the only way to go. No. Post-911, Anthrax scare, etc. the best option is ALWAYS to call or fax, especially for the federal government. If you snail mail, your letter sits in communication purgatory where it is treated as if it is filled with explosives or toxins. Once it's been cleared, it could be weeks. I think GP's point was more in the direction of not using email if you want to be taken seriously.
Maybe it's time to check if the localization of the whole thing is incorrect and move it to a better location where it's less likely to suffer from this kind of incident? Maybe it's time for them to start looking at the people who already work for them. Four times in two years, and there's nobody involved on the inside? Give me a break.
he idea that you need "permission" to make a copy of something you own is absurd. You certainly shouldn't be able to make a copy of something and then sell it (which is what a pirate does) and you shouldn't be able to pass it off as something you created. But I don't see how it should be a criminal or even civil concern if you make a copy for free. It used to be fine to do so for, say, a friend. Now that you can do it for countless people, it's an issue. It's the same thing, but it's wider spread. That's a monetary issue. An issue of impact that such wide distribution can have. But that doesn't change the fact that it should either be legal or illegal to make a copy of media that I own. Period. DRM interferes with that. The fact is, making a copy of something you don't own the rights to (and you don't, all semantics aside) and giving that copy away to countless people is and should be illegal -- you do not own it, and you are harming another (label, artist) financially when you do so. Frankly, if someone wants to download music fine -- but don't pretend it's anything less than stealing. And if someone wants to make it available for download too, that's fine as well; but again, don't dress it up in pseudo-moralistic bullshit or statements about how "data wants to be free". It is still enabling others to steal. That being said, I agree with you -- DRM is not the answer. I actually think what they are doing now is the answer. Go after the people you can prove are doing it (if and only if you have solid proof...). Period.
In your case... hm, I could see that one being offtopic since you weren't directly responding to what GGP said. Based on past experience, I'm surprised I was/not/ mod'd offtopic even though responding directly to your post.
Hah - and they rated you offtopic. The funnier part is that I'll get rated offtopic too, when I'm actually on-topic (that is, the topic in this particular thread)...
Sorry, but no. My observations are pretty straightforward. No matter how much memory is installed on the system (1GB or 2GB), about 400MB is in use after boot. This is not a fixed percentage, it's a fixed amount of memory actually in use.
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If drugs were legalized, then those crops would by default be legitimate. Semantics aside, we're certainly not about to go and force other countries to stop growing drug-related crops; nor should we be. By your own words you agree that prison is not the answer and does nothing to decrease demand; and living in a non-idealistic world shows us that we have no little control over what is grown outside our borders.
The government has far better things it could be spending money on than this farce called the 'war on drugs'. Getting caught with MJ once -- or even *gasp* cocaine or heroine -- at the young and dumb age of 18 can literally destroy your chances of /ever/ finding non-blue collar work, no matter how smart or capable you are. People are responsible for their own lives and decisions. Amazingly, the vast majority of them do OK with that.
Just because an extreme minority of the population has various issues which contribute to them wasting away as drug addicts does /not/ merit a ban on drugs (and common sense). And for the record, I /have/ watched a close friend waste away due to a drug addiction. And guess what -- it was his choice, all the way. He knew it, and acknowledged it -- for him it was preferable than dealing with life. It's not up to you, me or anyone else to say that he can't do that, as stupid as such a decision may seem.
Good in theory, if you only want to carry free/copyright-expired material. But similar to the music industry, I strongly suspect that if you want to carry any well-known authors or even modestly popular books, you won't be allowed to without including DRM.
Or, like me, people use them as desktop replacements. And even more amazing, some of us actually travel with them as portable computers -- imagine that!
Even requiring notification of sex offenders I'd disagree with -- it's pathetically easy to get yourself on a sex offender list. Example: walking a few steps off of the Interstate and urinating can, if the cop and judge are in bad moods, get you on such a list because you've committed the 'crime' of indecent exposure.
Perhaps if this issue was addressed (along with other pointless ones such as borderline cases of statutory rape being considered a sex crime), then I could agree with notifying of sex offenders.
Given your experience, I'm very surprised to see you make this statement. The last thing that most users do is /read/ questions that are popped up. If it gets in the way of whatever it is they want to do, they're going to click the first thing that lets them finish their task. Usually, this amounts to whatever equates to "OK" or "Yes" - because they will assume that clicking "No" will stop what they're trying to do.
Holy crap, I thought that was just me. When we lived in an apartment there for six months, they tried to claim that we owed taxes on an entire year. Went so far as to put a tax lien on the house we moved into in another state.
Like others here, I had been doing some small projects on the side for MD businesses; with this, it's no longer worth it. I have no interest in getting involved in paying /any/ kind of tax (even though sales is unrelated to income) to the MD government again, after that fiasco.
So, you've filed a report for this -- right?
The problem comes when megacorp has an army of well-paid lawyers and expert witnesses who are able to convince a judge that they are right because granny can't afford an attorney at all. Now granny gets stuck with the judgement, plus megacorp's mega-bill.
Stating something "clearly" came from an automated source is great, but alas, the courts require proof.
If it was ranked on order of who was important to me, I'd never see any email. Then I might get some work done!
New guns and conceal carry permits. Of course, this would be based on the false notion that the terrorists are going to obey all of the laws, register their guns, get permits, etc.
http://www.tmurgent.com/Tool_ATM.aspx
I really do get it. I understand what you're saying. You're just wrong. The 400-500 MB I'm seeing in use is not cache related. I know this because the additional 500-600MB of memory on top of that clearly
In your case... hm, I could see that one being offtopic since you weren't directly responding to what GGP said. Based on past experience, I'm surprised I was /not/ mod'd offtopic even though responding directly to your post.
Wouldn't that be "only 1 types of people", considering that there are two discrete values possible with just single bit (0, 1)?
Hah - and they rated you offtopic. The funnier part is that I'll get rated offtopic too, when I'm actually on-topic (that is, the topic in this particular thread)...
Sorry, but no. My observations are pretty straightforward. No matter how much memory is installed on the system (1GB or 2GB), about 400MB is in use after boot. This is not a fixed percentage, it's a fixed amount of memory actually in use.