Umm, so do they keep a track log of where you have been? Could these trojans be backdoors for downloading those logs? I would like to write this off as paranoid, but that does seem a likely next step for Big Brother.
I know. If we get a Clinton/Obama '08 ticket we can get over two residual prejudices at the same time. As an added bonus the Democrats might actually manage to not drop the ball.
"taught how to disable the promiscuous phone settings."
My Treo 650 requires me to whitelist any bluetooth devices I want to use. Is this not standard with other phones? Or should I hold on to this phone, because it protects me from BlueSpam?
If that redneck knows in certains situations, that to be openly racist will result in his public embarassment, then yes it is working. However, There will always be assholes, and they will always find some way to prove that they are assholes. Race, Religion, and (insert difference here) will always be a problem for an annoying idiot few.
Ok, so one important evolution of the shuttles would be an effective launch escape system where all of the crew is seated during lift-off. I'm sure there are many other issues that need to be addressed with the current design, but that's because the current design is so old. We need take these lessons and apply them, but I think further exploration of space still needs some heavy re-useable ultity vehicles. The shuttles were some real workhorses in their prime. Going back to rockets with single use capsules is not the answer.
they can't punish those acting directly under the orders of the President. If they did the President would just pardon them and that would be the end of that.
That is not as meaningless as you seem to imply. First it still sets a precident, either way. "We will punish you as best we can" or "we will sit quietly and take it". Second, as long as a big deal is made of it by the press, the president will have to further embarass himself by pardoning them. It will keep this issue alive and public, perhaps long enough for people to really demand a return of those freedoms we have lost.
the relatively short time between the 2003 loss of Columbia and the end of the shuttle program could avoid a repeat of such behavior.
So could replacing the shuttles. Even if we keep the basic design, make one or two that are built for more frequent service and toss the rest. The only reason to "end" the shuttle program is that it became stagant.
The problem in my opinion is people like those in the article which "spammed" a public park.
I second that statement. If it adds to the useablity of the map (roof icons) fine. But obscuring something else (the park) damages the value of the map.
But, Video on Demand and YouTube, are on different boxes. Bill is saying that in the future they could be on the same box!!! Will the wonders never cease ?
How can anybody in a democratic society that supposedly supports freedom and democracy turn around and say it is appropriate to censor freedom and democracy in other countries.
I'm not saying that censorship is a good thing, but we can't give freedom to the Chinese. (We all know how well our other attempts to "spread freedom" are going) But our endless buy of "cheap shit" has helped create a middle class in the PRC, and those are the people that will demand more and more freedoms from their oppressive government. Contrast this with Cuba, and tell me again how economic boycotts help the common people.
As long as they parse their words with the PRC just as much I don't mind. Sure the clear simple decision would be to refuse the Chinese market, until there is no censorship. Then they would be doing no evil, but they would also be in no position to do good for the people in China. As long as they are there, they can have influence. And seeing as they are in the informaion business, it is good business for them to slowly erode the censorship.
It's not copyright that you are violating. It's that by selling something game related you are engaging in commerce which is prohibited by the EULA. When you accept money, the playing you have to obtain the item or character level becomes commercial activity. The EULA is written so that the only people who can legally make money off of WoW after the purchase, is Blizzard. Trust me, their lawyer got plenty of money to make sure there were no loopholes.
most movies are not pirated by a guy in the theater, but are inside jobs.
The guy I most frequntly see selling movies in the subway boasts "no shakey cameras in the back of the theater, all my movies are direct scans. $5.00, you whole family can see it for less than a large popcorn."
use the Game Client in conjunction with the Service for your non-commercial entertainment purposes only.
That phrase non-commercial entertainment means that you can't engage in RL commerce with Wow stuff, inculding characters or playing for money.
All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Game and all copies thereof (including without limitation any titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, concepts, artwork, character inventories, structural or landscape designs, animations, sounds, musical compositions and recordings, audio-visual effects, storylines, character likenesses, methods of operation, moral rights, and any related documentation) are owned or licensed by Blizzard.
It's not your property to sell, none of it, not even "your" character.
That reminds me of a professor I had who would occasionally end a twenty minute highly detailed account of some chunk of history with the phrase "and if it didn't happen that way, it should have."
"A lot of the crew are just grunt work (say, grips)"
No, just because they work with their hands doesn't make it grunt work. If you get some green kid in the mix: at best things slow down because he need supervision, at worst someone get hurt (HMI's are heavy, hot, and high voltage. Grips are in charge of rigging the lighting over head. Often in less than ideal on location situations.) Sure I could teach you the basics in a day, but that doesn't make you a pro. Just like I could teach you to weld in about an hour, but that doesn't mean you get to help build a bridge.
I've often wondered about calculator bans. It's not like the world is going to suddenly revert to a pre-digital age and you will need to do higher math on paper to help design the aquaducts. How are you better prepared for the real world by not useing a calculator?
How many of those union guys could you pay for by paying your stars 10% less? Having worked in TV I know that there is alot of "standing by" waiting through four hours of shooting for the twenty minute dash of work to set the next scene. Then suddenly they need all of those people that seemed to be just sitting around. Maybe the fat isn't quite where it first appears to be.
Especially, where universities are concerned, the bragging rights to a well advertised prize can be worth more than the prize itself. Competition also make a great muse.
"The problem with term limits is that they remove most accountability from the official facing them.
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True. But they also remove the need to fundraise your next campaign while in office. Politicians who know the right thing to say, also know the right thing to do, but they don't do it because they need to cut deals with other pols and appease election fund contributors. All so they can get elected again, take that away and...
Bush is using "terrorists" the same way Hitler used the Jews, to create a scapegoat and diversion while he grabbed power. Yes Hitler had a personal thing against Jews, but Dubya had a personal thing against Saddam. Heck we even have a good parallel to concentration camps. Yes I know the level of atrocity hasn't gotten to WW2 levels yet, but do we really have to repeat that part of history again?
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Umm, so do they keep a track log of where you have been? Could these trojans be backdoors for downloading those logs? I would like to write this off as paranoid, but that does seem a likely next step for Big Brother.
I know. If we get a Clinton/Obama '08 ticket we can get over two residual prejudices at the same time. As an added bonus the Democrats might actually manage to not drop the ball.
"taught how to disable the promiscuous phone settings."
My Treo 650 requires me to whitelist any bluetooth devices I want to use. Is this not standard with other phones? Or should I hold on to this phone, because it protects me from BlueSpam?
If that redneck knows in certains situations, that to be openly racist will result in his public embarassment, then yes it is working. However, There will always be assholes, and they will always find some way to prove that they are assholes. Race, Religion, and (insert difference here) will always be a problem for an annoying idiot few.
Ok, so one important evolution of the shuttles would be an effective launch escape system where all of the crew is seated during lift-off. I'm sure there are many other issues that need to be addressed with the current design, but that's because the current design is so old. We need take these lessons and apply them, but I think further exploration of space still needs some heavy re-useable ultity vehicles. The shuttles were some real workhorses in their prime. Going back to rockets with single use capsules is not the answer.
they can't punish those acting directly under the orders of the President. If they did the President would just pardon them and that would be the end of that.
That is not as meaningless as you seem to imply. First it still sets a precident, either way. "We will punish you as best we can" or "we will sit quietly and take it". Second, as long as a big deal is made of it by the press, the president will have to further embarass himself by pardoning them. It will keep this issue alive and public, perhaps long enough for people to really demand a return of those freedoms we have lost.
the relatively short time between the 2003 loss of Columbia and the end of the shuttle program could avoid a repeat of such behavior.
So could replacing the shuttles. Even if we keep the basic design, make one or two that are built for more frequent service and toss the rest. The only reason to "end" the shuttle program is that it became stagant.
The problem in my opinion is people like those in the article which "spammed" a public park.
I second that statement. If it adds to the useablity of the map (roof icons) fine. But obscuring something else (the park) damages the value of the map.
But, Video on Demand and YouTube, are on different boxes. Bill is saying that in the future they could be on the same box!!! Will the wonders never cease ?
How can anybody in a democratic society that supposedly supports freedom and democracy turn around and say it is appropriate to censor freedom and democracy in other countries.
I'm not saying that censorship is a good thing, but we can't give freedom to the Chinese. (We all know how well our other attempts to "spread freedom" are going) But our endless buy of "cheap shit" has helped create a middle class in the PRC, and those are the people that will demand more and more freedoms from their oppressive government. Contrast this with Cuba, and tell me again how economic boycotts help the common people.
As long as they parse their words with the PRC just as much I don't mind. Sure the clear simple decision would be to refuse the Chinese market, until there is no censorship. Then they would be doing no evil, but they would also be in no position to do good for the people in China. As long as they are there, they can have influence. And seeing as they are in the informaion business, it is good business for them to slowly erode the censorship.
Everyone know that in Barcelona they take Ciesta. So don't plan on using you computer between noon and 1.
What, now Silicon Valley becomes Hafnium Valley?
I know silicon is a pretty common element, how difficult is it to find hafnium? If it is rare, could this lead to super expensive chips?
It's not copyright that you are violating. It's that by selling something game related you are engaging in commerce which is prohibited by the EULA. When you accept money, the playing you have to obtain the item or character level becomes commercial activity. The EULA is written so that the only people who can legally make money off of WoW after the purchase, is Blizzard. Trust me, their lawyer got plenty of money to make sure there were no loopholes.
most movies are not pirated by a guy in the theater, but are inside jobs.
The guy I most frequntly see selling movies in the subway boasts "no shakey cameras in the back of the theater, all my movies are direct scans. $5.00, you whole family can see it for less than a large popcorn."
use the Game Client in conjunction with the Service for your non-commercial entertainment purposes only.
That phrase non-commercial entertainment means that you can't engage in RL commerce with Wow stuff, inculding characters or playing for money.
All title, ownership rights and intellectual property rights in and to the Game and all copies thereof (including without limitation any titles, computer code, themes, objects, characters, character names, stories, dialog, catch phrases, locations, concepts, artwork, character inventories, structural or landscape designs, animations, sounds, musical compositions and recordings, audio-visual effects, storylines, character likenesses, methods of operation, moral rights, and any related documentation) are owned or licensed by Blizzard.
It's not your property to sell, none of it, not even "your" character.
That reminds me of a professor I had who would occasionally end a twenty minute highly detailed account of some chunk of history with the phrase "and if it didn't happen that way, it should have."
""We have no backbone. We obey power."
So we should change the name to "YesDaddy".
"A lot of the crew are just grunt work (say, grips)"
No, just because they work with their hands doesn't make it grunt work. If you get some green kid in the mix: at best things slow down because he need supervision, at worst someone get hurt (HMI's are heavy, hot, and high voltage. Grips are in charge of rigging the lighting over head. Often in less than ideal on location situations.) Sure I could teach you the basics in a day, but that doesn't make you a pro. Just like I could teach you to weld in about an hour, but that doesn't mean you get to help build a bridge.
"The Space Race" was most definitely a contest.
I've often wondered about calculator bans. It's not like the world is going to suddenly revert to a pre-digital age and you will need to do higher math on paper to help design the aquaducts. How are you better prepared for the real world by not useing a calculator?
How many of those union guys could you pay for by paying your stars 10% less? Having worked in TV I know that there is alot of "standing by" waiting through four hours of shooting for the twenty minute dash of work to set the next scene. Then suddenly they need all of those people that seemed to be just sitting around. Maybe the fat isn't quite where it first appears to be.
Especially, where universities are concerned, the bragging rights to a well advertised prize can be worth more than the prize itself. Competition also make a great muse.
"The problem with term limits is that they remove most accountability from the official facing them. "
True. But they also remove the need to fundraise your next campaign while in office. Politicians who know the right thing to say, also know the right thing to do, but they don't do it because they need to cut deals with other pols and appease election fund contributors. All so they can get elected again, take that away and...
Bush is using "terrorists" the same way Hitler used the Jews, to create a scapegoat and diversion while he grabbed power. Yes Hitler had a personal thing against Jews, but Dubya had a personal thing against Saddam. Heck we even have a good parallel to concentration camps. Yes I know the level of atrocity hasn't gotten to WW2 levels yet, but do we really have to repeat that part of history again?