>Over here if you are arrested for things like littering,
no we aren't
>speeding,
boo hoo, you wanted to endanger other peoples' lives to show off how fast your car is. and you're only arrested if it's like 2x the speed limit or blatantly dangerous, otherwise points and a fine.
>drunkenness
wrong again, but you can be arrested for being drunk and disorderly. if you're going to get pissed and also act like a twat then who cares that you have to spend a night in a cell.
I hate the forced adverts on DVD. what pisses me off even more is when they aren't even advertising products, they're just forcing me to watch their "copying DVDs is piracy and is the same as mugguing someone so don't do it" bullshit. on a DVD I've just fucking bought anyway.
stuff like this, like computer game protection, just makes it easier as well as cheaper to get things illegally.
>"Any scientist who cannot explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan"
nowadays that restriction has been relaxed, and the official requirement for grant proposals in the UK is that it should be able to be understood by "an interested 14 year old".
if China didn't have driving licenses or passports and introduced them tomorrow, the headline on/. (2 weeks later) would be "China destroys right to move about".
apparently in the climate data you can see the fall of the russian empire as the sulphur plants stopped working. sulphur (not sure which compound) in the atmosphere acts like an anti-greenhouse gas and causing cooling (IIRC increases cloud formation) so pumping sulphur into the atmosphere again has been suggested as a possible last-ditch action.
yes, and also the more gas you use, THE MORE GAS YOU USE.
you and a few others seem to miss the point that it's supposed to be about stopping you actually using the gas in the first place, not just getting some more in taxes from your use of gas.
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>Over here if you are arrested for things like littering,
no we aren't
>speeding,
boo hoo, you wanted to endanger other peoples' lives to show off how fast your car is. and you're only arrested if it's like 2x the speed limit or blatantly dangerous, otherwise points and a fine.
>drunkenness
wrong again, but you can be arrested for being drunk and disorderly. if you're going to get pissed and also act like a twat then who cares that you have to spend a night in a cell.
he can't even reach 10 signs!
>Correction - In Soviet China, your students kill you...
actually, the most accurate version would be "In the United States of America..."
and how many millions will it cost to propose, consider, publish, and implement?
woah woah woah. you can't say "trial and error". it's not PC. if you must, say "trial and feedback".
...doesn't have a fucking clue what a "console" is.
The XBox360 is just a limited PC. How far can you actually get if you don't have an internet connection for all the bugfixes?
how long has it taken people to make unix-based desktop OSs that still aren't 1/10th as polished as OSX?
and you obviously have a clue don't you?
WINE is not an OS. cf Rosetta.
what's the incentive to build $fantastic_product when you can just use $garbage anyway?
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I hate the forced adverts on DVD. what pisses me off even more is when they aren't even advertising products, they're just forcing me to watch their "copying DVDs is piracy and is the same as mugguing someone so don't do it" bullshit. on a DVD I've just fucking bought anyway.
stuff like this, like computer game protection, just makes it easier as well as cheaper to get things illegally.
>"Any scientist who cannot explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan"
nowadays that restriction has been relaxed, and the official requirement for grant proposals in the UK is that it should be able to be understood by "an interested 14 year old".
specifically: DMCA
generally: people tend to be more critical when other ("worse") countries do things.
China: now store email for 2 months
USA: (see next-but-one story) already store email for 2 months but now making it indefinite
China: no emails about bypassing security
USA: no talk of bypassing security in any form
the summary says:
>e-mail with discussing vaguely defined subject as network security or information security may not be transmitted
to which you reply:
>Doesnt come red flag linux with a mailserver by default like most distros?
aaaarrrrggghhh!!!!!
have given up all with completely sensible grammar with you?
which is of course nothing at all like the U.S. where you can become a criminal for talking about shift keys or sticky tape.
yeah but this is "in China".
/. (2 weeks later) would be "China destroys right to move about".
if China didn't have driving licenses or passports and introduced them tomorrow, the headline on
I don't take mine everywhere but if I have my laptop bag with me (12" iBook) then I probably have my 8MP camera too.
and if I don't have my laptop but I think I might want to take some photos then it's small enough to go in my jacket pocket too.
>What do y'all think? Is this price point as huge a blunder by Sony as it appears to be on the surface?
yes. Sony has a lot of mindshare after the popularity of PS2, but kid's and parents won't pay these prices. only the 20s-30s gamers will buy it.
looks like a Nintendo victory already (as far as profit is concerned).
why? have you seen the number of "now I'm getting a mac!" comments?
start packing your bags for a long trek when they announce that the windows update software is being renamed to Microsoft Palantir.
>Ofcourse I haven't played any multiplayer games yet, where I will undoubtedly get slaughtered by people who have found a better configuration.
;)
yeah, good job there's no in-game chat or there'd be screams of "omh teh ghey opposable-thumb-wh0ring!!!1 h4x!1"
>"The music industry is broadly unhappy..."
hence why customers are broadly happy with iTunes - it's FAIR!
apparently in the climate data you can see the fall of the russian empire as the sulphur plants stopped working. sulphur (not sure which compound) in the atmosphere acts like an anti-greenhouse gas and causing cooling (IIRC increases cloud formation) so pumping sulphur into the atmosphere again has been suggested as a possible last-ditch action.
>the more gas you use, the more you pay in tax.
yes, and also the more gas you use, THE MORE GAS YOU USE.
you and a few others seem to miss the point that it's supposed to be about stopping you actually using the gas in the first place, not just getting some more in taxes from your use of gas.
>I would be curious to hear arguments as to the viability of a pirate party in the US.
see "on the viability of any 3rd party in a consumer society with privately-funded campaigns" i.e. "none".
compare also with the recent party-funding scandal in the UK.