Most likely you'd get a ticket for having damaged the license plates. There are rules in most if not all states that govern how a license plate is to be displayed. Things like making sure it isn't covered in mud, that there's a plate on the front and back of the vehicle and in many states that there isn't any covering on the license plate.
Indeed, around here the parking enforcement officers have cameras on their vehicles that can scan for license plates. Most recently it's been deployed to find people with multiple outstanding tickets so they can boot those cars.
But, ultimately, it is perfectly constitutional at this point, the vehicles are on public property and the main change is the efficiency with which a handful of people can cover the entire downtown area.
Part of it has to do with having a larger install base. Sure some require more than a typical PC to play, but I'm sure the number of machines that can run the games are significantly higher than the total number of XBoxes out there.
Well, for one thing folks needed to be able to write to the media. Which means that you'd have to have a CDR in ever single computer you wanted to transfer data between. I remember buying my first CDRW about that time and having to pay over $200 for it.
And you'd end up having to shell out a lot for CDRs as CDRWs were never particularly reliable, in fact I think I've yet to have one which didn't lose all the data on it after a relatively short period of time.
Netflix envelopes have to be hand sorted and the USPS was threatening to raise rates if Netflix didn't redesign the envelopes to be machine sortable. If that's what's causing the problem they should have just said something about it. I think folks would have understood that postage rates going up significantly have to be paid for by the customers.
The answer is zero, but it should be some positive non-zero integer.
Had they just given the people some idea of why to begin with, I think most people would have been OK with it, but refusing to say why and then condescending with the lattes comment was a poor move on their part. At $20 the plan I'm on with unlimited streaming and 2 discs out is a good deal, but it's still a large increase in price during a recession.
In the streaming space they're competing with Amazon, Hulu and Crackle. Crackle is interesting because it's owned by Sony and is completely free to the viewer. I think the commercials are pretty minimal as well.
In the disc space they're competing with Blockbuster that's pretty competitive with them right now. Especially after the price hikes. Previously the streaming and pricing gave Netflix a significant advantage.
If you're paying $16 a month for Netflix, go over to Blockbuster, similar size of catalog plus PS3, Wii and XBox games included for the same price. Plus if you happen to live near one of the few remaining Blockbuster locations you can trade in store if you need a new disc.
Except that they haven't increased the selection, the money isn't going to pay licensing fees and there's been no promises of increased selection either.
Personally, I wouldn't have minded the hike so much had they promised something for it, but they're basically just raising their rates without giving the customer any reason to stick with them.
Were I an attorney for Blockbuster or Redbox, I'd be seriously contemplating filing an antitrust suit against Netflix. This looks an awful lot like a text book case of dumping.
It wasn't a matter of the money it was the condescending latte comment and the outright lying about how this was good for the customer that really drove the revolt. Plus, the money isn't going to pay for increased licensing fees, they admitted that much. Which makes me wonder where the money is going seeing as bandwidth prices have been trending downward in recent years and their catalog is as well.
Personally, I'll probably move over the Blockbuster as they include games seeing as I'd have to pay for the streaming option at Netflix despite the terrible selection. I personally have no interest in rewarding a monopoly while I still have a alternatives.
No, it isn't. It would be like MS saying that you can't charge people for copies of your work or prevent you from redistributing them. This is more or less precisely what the GPL does. It is a bit silly to attach it to a file format, but it's pretty hypocritical for folks that believe in the GPL to suggest that this is some sort of massive invasion of property rights.
And companies do do that from time to time. Autodesk brands things created within some versions of their programs so that they label drawings which use those various details as unauthorized for commercial use, even if they import them using a fully licensed copy.
AFAIK that was never true. I think that may have applied to using the OEM key, but any computer purchased with a legitimate license should have come with a machine specific key that you were supposed to use for that purpose.
If you've got an OEM copy then it should be pre-activated. If you're not comfortable with that, you can use the key that comes with the computer, and I haven't had any trouble with that beyond what one would have with a regular key.
Indeed, one issue there is that MS charges for support and it was never clear to me whether they'd charge for this particular call or not. Unfortunately, they demand payment whether or not it's their fault.
In this case their validation program is pretty much completely incompetent to the point that they ought to be paying people to run it. Good luck changing between single and multicore kernels, you'll find yourself in the position where it can't be validated without reinstalling IE, which isn't really documented in any official place that I've seen.
You do realize that if you distribute binaries that are GPLed that you have to provide the source as well, right. These aren't so much documents as they are programs.
You mean despite the fact that it works better than the previous URL bar and was a logical addition to the database that's now being used for bookmarks.
I see a lot of hate for the awesome bar, but really, it beats the crap out of the previous URL bar.
Satellite isn't wired, unless you're counting the power outlet. Mine is only connected to the outside via dish, no other jacks involved at all. Which works for DirecTV, not sure about DISH.
Comcast taking that position is precisely why you see so many dishes going up around here. Better quality, better service and not having to put up with cable morons.
The problem with Wave was that it didn't have an obvious utility and wasn't given time to develop one. I had an account and pretty much immediately stopped using it because I couldn't figure out what it was for.
Google+ at least has an obvious function which puts it well ahead of Wave.
What they really need to do is lift the cap on earnings that are taxable for social security and include more forms of income in that. It's especially fitting seeing as we've just seen one of the largest ever redistributions of wealth in American history, if not the largest redistribution of wealth to the rich. Considering how well off the rich are right now, I have no problem whatsoever requiring that they give some of the ill begotten gains back. Being rich is hardly justification for being given money for nothing.
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Most likely you'd get a ticket for having damaged the license plates. There are rules in most if not all states that govern how a license plate is to be displayed. Things like making sure it isn't covered in mud, that there's a plate on the front and back of the vehicle and in many states that there isn't any covering on the license plate.
Indeed, around here the parking enforcement officers have cameras on their vehicles that can scan for license plates. Most recently it's been deployed to find people with multiple outstanding tickets so they can boot those cars.
But, ultimately, it is perfectly constitutional at this point, the vehicles are on public property and the main change is the efficiency with which a handful of people can cover the entire downtown area.
Part of it has to do with having a larger install base. Sure some require more than a typical PC to play, but I'm sure the number of machines that can run the games are significantly higher than the total number of XBoxes out there.
Well, for one thing folks needed to be able to write to the media. Which means that you'd have to have a CDR in ever single computer you wanted to transfer data between. I remember buying my first CDRW about that time and having to pay over $200 for it.
And you'd end up having to shell out a lot for CDRs as CDRWs were never particularly reliable, in fact I think I've yet to have one which didn't lose all the data on it after a relatively short period of time.
And yet a number of corporations in recent years ran themselves into the ground through incompetence and greed.
Because we vote for the people that run the government.
So pirates really are putting them out of business.
Blockbuster isn't bankrupt, they were bought out of bankruptcy by DISH network.
You mean, except get bin Laden, get Healthcare reform passed and stave off another Great Depression.
But, yeah obviously he's only been talking because none of that ever happened...
Netflix envelopes have to be hand sorted and the USPS was threatening to raise rates if Netflix didn't redesign the envelopes to be machine sortable. If that's what's causing the problem they should have just said something about it. I think folks would have understood that postage rates going up significantly have to be paid for by the customers.
The answer is zero, but it should be some positive non-zero integer.
Had they just given the people some idea of why to begin with, I think most people would have been OK with it, but refusing to say why and then condescending with the lattes comment was a poor move on their part. At $20 the plan I'm on with unlimited streaming and 2 discs out is a good deal, but it's still a large increase in price during a recession.
In the streaming space they're competing with Amazon, Hulu and Crackle. Crackle is interesting because it's owned by Sony and is completely free to the viewer. I think the commercials are pretty minimal as well.
In the disc space they're competing with Blockbuster that's pretty competitive with them right now. Especially after the price hikes. Previously the streaming and pricing gave Netflix a significant advantage.
If you're paying $16 a month for Netflix, go over to Blockbuster, similar size of catalog plus PS3, Wii and XBox games included for the same price. Plus if you happen to live near one of the few remaining Blockbuster locations you can trade in store if you need a new disc.
Except that they haven't increased the selection, the money isn't going to pay licensing fees and there's been no promises of increased selection either.
Personally, I wouldn't have minded the hike so much had they promised something for it, but they're basically just raising their rates without giving the customer any reason to stick with them.
Were I an attorney for Blockbuster or Redbox, I'd be seriously contemplating filing an antitrust suit against Netflix. This looks an awful lot like a text book case of dumping.
It wasn't a matter of the money it was the condescending latte comment and the outright lying about how this was good for the customer that really drove the revolt. Plus, the money isn't going to pay for increased licensing fees, they admitted that much. Which makes me wonder where the money is going seeing as bandwidth prices have been trending downward in recent years and their catalog is as well.
Personally, I'll probably move over the Blockbuster as they include games seeing as I'd have to pay for the streaming option at Netflix despite the terrible selection. I personally have no interest in rewarding a monopoly while I still have a alternatives.
No, it isn't. It would be like MS saying that you can't charge people for copies of your work or prevent you from redistributing them. This is more or less precisely what the GPL does. It is a bit silly to attach it to a file format, but it's pretty hypocritical for folks that believe in the GPL to suggest that this is some sort of massive invasion of property rights.
And companies do do that from time to time. Autodesk brands things created within some versions of their programs so that they label drawings which use those various details as unauthorized for commercial use, even if they import them using a fully licensed copy.
AFAIK that was never true. I think that may have applied to using the OEM key, but any computer purchased with a legitimate license should have come with a machine specific key that you were supposed to use for that purpose.
If you've got an OEM copy then it should be pre-activated. If you're not comfortable with that, you can use the key that comes with the computer, and I haven't had any trouble with that beyond what one would have with a regular key.
Indeed, one issue there is that MS charges for support and it was never clear to me whether they'd charge for this particular call or not. Unfortunately, they demand payment whether or not it's their fault.
In this case their validation program is pretty much completely incompetent to the point that they ought to be paying people to run it. Good luck changing between single and multicore kernels, you'll find yourself in the position where it can't be validated without reinstalling IE, which isn't really documented in any official place that I've seen.
You do realize that if you distribute binaries that are GPLed that you have to provide the source as well, right. These aren't so much documents as they are programs.
That's only a tad more restrictive than the GPL.
You mean despite the fact that it works better than the previous URL bar and was a logical addition to the database that's now being used for bookmarks.
I see a lot of hate for the awesome bar, but really, it beats the crap out of the previous URL bar.
Satellite isn't wired, unless you're counting the power outlet. Mine is only connected to the outside via dish, no other jacks involved at all. Which works for DirecTV, not sure about DISH.
Comcast taking that position is precisely why you see so many dishes going up around here. Better quality, better service and not having to put up with cable morons.
The problem with Wave was that it didn't have an obvious utility and wasn't given time to develop one. I had an account and pretty much immediately stopped using it because I couldn't figure out what it was for.
Google+ at least has an obvious function which puts it well ahead of Wave.
What they really need to do is lift the cap on earnings that are taxable for social security and include more forms of income in that. It's especially fitting seeing as we've just seen one of the largest ever redistributions of wealth in American history, if not the largest redistribution of wealth to the rich. Considering how well off the rich are right now, I have no problem whatsoever requiring that they give some of the ill begotten gains back. Being rich is hardly justification for being given money for nothing.