Well when they search for new oil pockets under the ocean they don't bring an oil tanker "just in case". You have to find it before you can exploit it.
There are devices that do that. That is how people got the ROMs that you find all over the internet. Its better off finding ROMs someone else ripped and verified even if it is illegal.
DmncAtrny: I will write on a huge cement block "By accepting this brick through your window, you accept it as is and agree to my disclaimer of all warranties, express or implied, as well as disclaimers of all liability, direct, indirect, consequential or incidental, that may arise from the installation of this brick into your building."
DmncAtrny: And then hurl it through the window of a Sony officer
DmncAtrny: and run like hell
There are many reasons Michigan is going down the tubes. All the auto industries are leaving, the government is fubar, and taxes are going up. Who in their right might would want to stay here? Every other week there is something on the news about such and such company laying off 1000-10000 workers. Those that are not being laid off are being forced to take pay cuts.
I like Michigan, I have lived here my whole life. Most of my family lives here too. However, if I can't get a good paying job after graduating college, I am going to leave Michigan because I have to make a living.
PSP's should have some kind of backup utility so they do not become bricked. Wireless routers do this, why not PSP's? I would pay the extra $5 for a rom chip that prevents a $200 device from becoming useless.
Ah. And here I thought I was the only one. I have a Nokia Tracfone. It does not do it in my car unless I am about to receive a phone call. If I am next to my computer speakers or in someone else's car occasionally the speakers will emit an annoying beeping pulse which will even drown out any music that is playing.
It'll force people to use power more wisely....and decide thing like `do I really need 32 devices on `stand-by`` instead of turning them off and incurring a minute or so wait for them to warm up.
If you believe that, then there should be a tax against the manufactures of the appliances, not the consumers. After all, it is not the fault of the consumer that the manufacturer decided to create their devices so they are never really off. My DVD player has three levels of power: On, Standby, UNPLUG. There is no off. This applies to many entertainment devices, and its not like the box advertises "low standby power consumption" in the stores. And unplugging is not consumer friendly since my plugs are buried under a foot of miscellaneous wiring behind everything. So if there is going to be a tax, it should be a tax on the manufacturer of any device that uses more than X watts when in standby mode: not on the power bill of the consumer.
You act like the universities are doing them a favor by having internet. The students are paying for this, dorms are not cheap. The university is making lots of money when housing is thousands of dollars per person and there are 2-4 people to a room. And these are not large apartments either, the students have to get something out of the deal, especially when some universities come up with the BS idea of requiring freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. Since the university is a monopoly in most respects, they should make considerations for their students.
It is a service, and it is not quite a service. Sure, the guy goes the extra mile to help students out and expects to make a little money out of it. However, from the students point of view, everything that the professor does is already paid for. Thats why tuition is so high. We PAY for this guy to do work. If he wants to try to make extra money by providing a convience, sure (Im not even going to get into the how the professor is charging the students for this class material, it should be covered under tuition as there are enough "extra" fees the colleges hit students with). If a student does the same thing for free, the professor is now trying to sell something for a price higher than its worth.
However, my point still stands. You gave me a fiesty analogy, but what it comes down to is that the lecture is bought and paid for, and are generally only useful for a semester (Whereas a movie in a theater has repeated entertainment value, lecture videos are useless once you know there material, which is the point of a class. The goal is to obtain knowledge, that is what you pay for, and once you hit that goal, the lecture are rather useless anyways). Unlike your movie example, lecture videos have very little value outside the classroom. Sure, if a student does a recording for someone that is absent, that student that does the recording COULD go out and host the files online and spread it throughout the web. However there is no loss to the professor. The professor has to give the lecture regardless, and is irrevalent if a student is recording it or not. And even IF the student posts the lecture online, it would be only a marginal benefit for similar classes outside the university, because even IF you know the material, you still have to pay for the class at a college somewhere. Remember, now days its not just the fact that you know something, its that you have the paperwork to prove it as well.
Now if for example, another college got some student to save all these lectures and then opening an online class featuring the unknowing professor, THAT would be a time for copyright infringement to step in. But if a student wants to help himself, a friend, and the class out and make easy access video lectures for free, let them. They paid for the class, they paid to learn the material: let them take the class material on their own terms if it does not cause extra work for the professor.
What if the student that records the material is doing so at consent of another student in the class. The student that is asking for the recording paid for the class and the ability to see the lecture. If he can't make it to class for any reason, and he asked for another student to record it, the recorder should be able to charge a convience price.
As far as im concerned, at the rate my school charges, ~$667 a credit hour, I should be able to see my lecture AT LEAST once, regardless if I am there or not. Also, it is not as if it is harming the learning atmosphere.
I like that idea. If we throw a mini-blackhole near some atoms of lead and the blackhole starts eating protons... Then we can use blackhole alchemy to remove 3 protons from lead and turn it into gold!
Thanks for the link. It did not help me enable the control panel for automatic updates, but I was able to enable the control panel for NTP time settings. Thanks!
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I have not received mod points in months so... Parent++;
Well when they search for new oil pockets under the ocean they don't bring an oil tanker "just in case". You have to find it before you can exploit it.
Never know, perhaps pi is the code for an intelligence built into the fabric of the universe. Just need to compile it after we find the pattern :P
There are devices that do that. That is how people got the ROMs that you find all over the internet. Its better off finding ROMs someone else ripped and verified even if it is illegal.
You'd like Super Metroid. You can get to practically anywhere anytime if you are skilled enough.
Why are technical skills or construction skills more privileged than artistic skills?
They aren't. We just have not found a way to copy matter for free yet. If I could copy/paste myself a house and a fancy sports car, I would.
no.
Or you could just rip the cd to a .iso image, mount it in a virtual drive and install/play it from there.
No reason to fix what isn't broke.
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DmncAtrny: I will write on a huge cement block "By accepting this brick through your window, you accept it as is and agree to my disclaimer of all warranties, express or implied, as well as disclaimers of all liability, direct, indirect, consequential or incidental, that may arise from the installation of this brick into your building."
DmncAtrny: And then hurl it through the window of a Sony officer
DmncAtrny: and run like hell
I got a 50/100 at http://acid3.acidtests.org/
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If I had points I would mod this as +1 Insightful.
"as well as any property used to commit the crimes"
:P
They could use this to take control of internet backbones?
There are many reasons Michigan is going down the tubes. All the auto industries are leaving, the government is fubar, and taxes are going up. Who in their right might would want to stay here? Every other week there is something on the news about such and such company laying off 1000-10000 workers. Those that are not being laid off are being forced to take pay cuts.
I like Michigan, I have lived here my whole life. Most of my family lives here too. However, if I can't get a good paying job after graduating college, I am going to leave Michigan because I have to make a living.
PSP's should have some kind of backup utility so they do not become bricked. Wireless routers do this, why not PSP's? I would pay the extra $5 for a rom chip that prevents a $200 device from becoming useless.
Ah. And here I thought I was the only one. I have a Nokia Tracfone. It does not do it in my car unless I am about to receive a phone call. If I am next to my computer speakers or in someone else's car occasionally the speakers will emit an annoying beeping pulse which will even drown out any music that is playing.
I can see it now: No EULA cracks for program installers.
That becomes more difficult when I have a laptop that does not have a floppy drive :/
You act like the universities are doing them a favor by having internet. The students are paying for this, dorms are not cheap. The university is making lots of money when housing is thousands of dollars per person and there are 2-4 people to a room. And these are not large apartments either, the students have to get something out of the deal, especially when some universities come up with the BS idea of requiring freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. Since the university is a monopoly in most respects, they should make considerations for their students.
However, my point still stands. You gave me a fiesty analogy, but what it comes down to is that the lecture is bought and paid for, and are generally only useful for a semester (Whereas a movie in a theater has repeated entertainment value, lecture videos are useless once you know there material, which is the point of a class. The goal is to obtain knowledge, that is what you pay for, and once you hit that goal, the lecture are rather useless anyways). Unlike your movie example, lecture videos have very little value outside the classroom. Sure, if a student does a recording for someone that is absent, that student that does the recording COULD go out and host the files online and spread it throughout the web. However there is no loss to the professor. The professor has to give the lecture regardless, and is irrevalent if a student is recording it or not. And even IF the student posts the lecture online, it would be only a marginal benefit for similar classes outside the university, because even IF you know the material, you still have to pay for the class at a college somewhere. Remember, now days its not just the fact that you know something, its that you have the paperwork to prove it as well.
Now if for example, another college got some student to save all these lectures and then opening an online class featuring the unknowing professor, THAT would be a time for copyright infringement to step in. But if a student wants to help himself, a friend, and the class out and make easy access video lectures for free, let them. They paid for the class, they paid to learn the material: let them take the class material on their own terms if it does not cause extra work for the professor.
What if the student that records the material is doing so at consent of another student in the class. The student that is asking for the recording paid for the class and the ability to see the lecture. If he can't make it to class for any reason, and he asked for another student to record it, the recorder should be able to charge a convience price.
As far as im concerned, at the rate my school charges, ~$667 a credit hour, I should be able to see my lecture AT LEAST once, regardless if I am there or not. Also, it is not as if it is harming the learning atmosphere.
I like that idea. If we throw a mini-blackhole near some atoms of lead and the blackhole starts eating protons... Then we can use blackhole alchemy to remove 3 protons from lead and turn it into gold!
Thanks for the link. It did not help me enable the control panel for automatic updates, but I was able to enable the control panel for NTP time settings. Thanks!
What reg key did you edit? It would be cool if I could enable my control panel.