South Korea sure is good at finding new and nerdy ways to die.
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Hahaha, that's exactly what I thought. I knew this all sounded quite familiar. I also like that a lot of the discussion points are exactly the same as well.
I work for one of the big 5 banks up here in Canada and all the branches still use pentium pro's and 2's running windows 95. We have to use an emulator of sorts to get our java/html based software running.
They say that in a year or so we'll be getting "upgrades" to windows 2000, but they've been saying that for years apparently. Needless to say, things are very buggy and stuff crashes all the time. Progress is wonderful...
11. free health care! Umm, not quite where I live(Alberta). It's free if:
-your insurance covers the procedure
-your insurance pays %100 expenses
-you don't pay insurance premiums
I'd say it's probably much more affordable than American health care, but that all depends on how much you make. The rich and the poor are generally quite comfortable, but everyone in the middle has to take the brunt of it.
I'm not sure who runs the "copyright board," but taxes and levies of this sort usually have to pass through parliament before they are approved. It's good to know that our elected representatives have our best interests in mind when they pass ridiculous legislation like this. It proves that not only do they have incredibly short-sighted perspectives into the issue, but that they are also hypocritical to their own "conservative" ideals.
Being Canadian, this only makes me more and more inclined to forgo legitimate purchases and just download DRM-free songs illegitimately acquired. At least with the levy on blank CDs, there is a limited presumption that music will be distributed without purchased rights, but now they want to tax everything purchased on proper terms. In spite of the fact that we are only talking a matter of cents, symbolically, this is a kick in the face for online distribution.
So, I would like to thank the major labels and the government for giving yourselves a good, swift punch to the nut-sack. It is, if anything, entertaining.
At our bank even if you lose your key, all is not lost, you just let them know and they bring in a locksmith after you sign some kind of waiver and they change the lock for you...for a fee of course.
I agree, my ipod recently bit the big one and now I'm finding it's replacement to be much more flexible with playback and storage. I doubt I will be buying an i-anything ever again.
Are they going to expand this levy to cell phones as well? Mine has 2 gigs of memory and I use it all the time as a music player. There's also my hard drive and all the other components that store music information on my computer and play it back, will there be a levy on that as well. Then there's radio receivers and internet access itself...I think it's time that major record labels realize that they are no longer needed. Aside from the sparingly relevant music that they put out there, they only exist to exploit their artists and their customers. I have no pity for any hardship that they encounter.
If anyone is to blame for Spiderman's shortfalls, it is Sam Raimi and his brother. They wrote and directed it after all.
I'm actually optimistic about TM producing, since he is apparently quite a nerd. I just hope he manages to get a decent adaptive director and writer. The source material could definitely be made into a decent trilogy if they don't speed through it and concentrate on only two or three major events (discovery, invasion and counter-attack). Then again, there is the curse of sad, robotech spin-offs that seem to get made all the time.
I'll have to go with my gut though and predict good things for this.
History has shown that putting copy protections onto software only affects legitimate purchasers whereas if someone were to get a cracked version along with an illegitimate copy, they would be able to work around any inconvenience brought upon by the copy protection.
I am continually puzzled by this behaviour on the part of software publishers until I realize that perhaps they only do this at the behest of their executives and shareholders. They want to look as though they are taking action against the issue of piracy in a way that they and others who don't entirely understand the situation can. It's a sad, but necessary tactic because they can fight it no other way.
Give me a muppet over CGI any day. As for the show itself, I prefer to think that nothing happened after the dude gave what's her face the wedding ring...voila, perfect ending to a great series.
Is it commonplace where you live for children to dissect dead rats? Are there no playgrounds to keep them busy? Do they escape to the sewers, catch the rats and begin playing surgeon?
Yes,
I read the title as well and assumed a couple of things: Mainly being that these pentagon types really like crackers and secondly, they must really have been good crackers. A scenario flashed through my head where some intern or something brought in some Triscuits, which are really good crackers, and then all the cracker crazed regulars started fighting over the remnants which got every where. Then a number of fights broke out and eventually someone tripped over a power cord, dislodging it from the socket causing unpleasantness. The person tripping over the power cord, having been the only one authorized to handle electricity and the outlets to which they stream from fell on his face knocking out several teeth. He was rushed to emergency dental surgery and left all the other cracker hungry workers without someone to plug the cord back in. Voila!
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Or perhaps they have a deal with Paramount, who will take over as I don't think CBS has anything to do with Star Trek anymore.
Well, you're bound to make money off $40 for a case of 24 cans.
Why, they are all on ebay, which is where I got mine at a bit of a premium.
Selling off my C64 was and still is my biggest regret in life.
It was hard enough to find a reason before, but now I think I can forgo any travel there without hesitation.
South Korea sure is good at finding new and nerdy ways to die.
Hahaha, that's exactly what I thought. I knew this all sounded quite familiar. I also like that a lot of the discussion points are exactly the same as well.
Looks like popsci doesn't like my firefox. So long popsci.
I work for one of the big 5 banks up here in Canada and all the branches still use pentium pro's and 2's running windows 95. We have to use an emulator of sorts to get our java/html based software running.
They say that in a year or so we'll be getting "upgrades" to windows 2000, but they've been saying that for years apparently. Needless to say, things are very buggy and stuff crashes all the time. Progress is wonderful...
-your insurance covers the procedure
-your insurance pays %100 expenses
-you don't pay insurance premiums
I'd say it's probably much more affordable than American health care, but that all depends on how much you make. The rich and the poor are generally quite comfortable, but everyone in the middle has to take the brunt of it.
You've got to love the two party system...
I'm not sure who runs the "copyright board," but taxes and levies of this sort usually have to pass through parliament before they are approved. It's good to know that our elected representatives have our best interests in mind when they pass ridiculous legislation like this. It proves that not only do they have incredibly short-sighted perspectives into the issue, but that they are also hypocritical to their own "conservative" ideals.
Being Canadian, this only makes me more and more inclined to forgo legitimate purchases and just download DRM-free songs illegitimately acquired. At least with the levy on blank CDs, there is a limited presumption that music will be distributed without purchased rights, but now they want to tax everything purchased on proper terms. In spite of the fact that we are only talking a matter of cents, symbolically, this is a kick in the face for online distribution.
So, I would like to thank the major labels and the government for giving yourselves a good, swift punch to the nut-sack. It is, if anything, entertaining.
At our bank even if you lose your key, all is not lost, you just let them know and they bring in a locksmith after you sign some kind of waiver and they change the lock for you...for a fee of course.
That sounds about right. I've been slightly confused with the Intel lineup since the Pentium Pro
I do too actually...
I agree, my ipod recently bit the big one and now I'm finding it's replacement to be much more flexible with playback and storage. I doubt I will be buying an i-anything ever again.
Are they going to expand this levy to cell phones as well? Mine has 2 gigs of memory and I use it all the time as a music player. There's also my hard drive and all the other components that store music information on my computer and play it back, will there be a levy on that as well. Then there's radio receivers and internet access itself...I think it's time that major record labels realize that they are no longer needed. Aside from the sparingly relevant music that they put out there, they only exist to exploit their artists and their customers. I have no pity for any hardship that they encounter.
If anyone is to blame for Spiderman's shortfalls, it is Sam Raimi and his brother. They wrote and directed it after all.
I'm actually optimistic about TM producing, since he is apparently quite a nerd. I just hope he manages to get a decent adaptive director and writer. The source material could definitely be made into a decent trilogy if they don't speed through it and concentrate on only two or three major events (discovery, invasion and counter-attack). Then again, there is the curse of sad, robotech spin-offs that seem to get made all the time.
I'll have to go with my gut though and predict good things for this.
History has shown that putting copy protections onto software only affects legitimate purchasers whereas if someone were to get a cracked version along with an illegitimate copy, they would be able to work around any inconvenience brought upon by the copy protection. I am continually puzzled by this behaviour on the part of software publishers until I realize that perhaps they only do this at the behest of their executives and shareholders. They want to look as though they are taking action against the issue of piracy in a way that they and others who don't entirely understand the situation can. It's a sad, but necessary tactic because they can fight it no other way.
Yes and Elton killed common sense and hopefully a large bomb will destroy myspace...
Give me a muppet over CGI any day. As for the show itself, I prefer to think that nothing happened after the dude gave what's her face the wedding ring...voila, perfect ending to a great series.
This is news is like saying today is Friday is news. In other news today is also the 6th of July and not to mention grocery day. More at 11.
Is it commonplace where you live for children to dissect dead rats? Are there no playgrounds to keep them busy? Do they escape to the sewers, catch the rats and begin playing surgeon?
Yes, I read the title as well and assumed a couple of things: Mainly being that these pentagon types really like crackers and secondly, they must really have been good crackers. A scenario flashed through my head where some intern or something brought in some Triscuits, which are really good crackers, and then all the cracker crazed regulars started fighting over the remnants which got every where. Then a number of fights broke out and eventually someone tripped over a power cord, dislodging it from the socket causing unpleasantness. The person tripping over the power cord, having been the only one authorized to handle electricity and the outlets to which they stream from fell on his face knocking out several teeth. He was rushed to emergency dental surgery and left all the other cracker hungry workers without someone to plug the cord back in. Voila!
Another niche tech product backfires on its creators. I wonder if they'll ever learn.