Yes, but you'll be subjected to vibration, noise, 20G acceleration forces -- and you won't be provided with heat or oxygen. Most likely, by the end of the flight, you WOULD be cargo!
Not the same. Somebody that wants to keep working for you is pretty much forced to sign the paper. But I don't see any reason why anybody that intends to share files in the future would feel that indentfying themselves to the RIAA is in their self interest.
the RIAA will not pursue legal action if infringers delete all unauthorized music files from their computers How does the RIAA intend the verify this? It appears by giving them your name and address, you're giving them permission to come knocking on your door with a warrant?
We have speed limits posted for all bodies of water here in the US. Really? And yet they still manage to sell thousands of hydroplanes and cigarette boats that will top 100mph here... amazing!
If the system is hackable, the best way to demonstrate it's vulnerability is by hacking it! I suspect that if somebody like, say, Weird Al Yankovich carried several states in the next presidential election, that would probably send a strong wakeup call! How do we set this up?
The point in Minority Report was that wood grain patterns are like fingerprints, no two alike. This means counterfeit balls wouldn't work, but it also means the none of the votes are anonymous. This violates one of the basic tenets of voting, that you should not be able to trace the vote back to any specific voter.
The problem is, the Replicans have enough money to hire someone to figure it out for them, and the Democrats are liable to let the information slip out while they are busy with their interns under the desk...
They've been telling us that every one of the people that got a give song free would have paid $18.99 for a CD containing that song! I'm pretty sure that's how they calculate their "losses" from piracy and file sharing... now you're trying to tell me this is an inaccurate method?
Think long term. Higher taxes are a drag on the economy and lower gross domestic product. (Don't beleive this? Imagine a tax rate of 100%. Now imagine how much revenue you'd collect after 10-20 years at this tax rate.) Clearly there is an optimal tax rate at which maximum revenues are collected with discouraging new business or driving business overseas. Problem is, the feedback loop for this is measured in years, so it is very difficult to calibrate. Liberals apparently feel that we're below this tax rate, pointing to countries like Denmark with a much higher tax rate. Conservatives apparently feel that we are above this tax rate, and I'm sure they can find small island nations with a lower tax rate and higher rate of economic growth.
Studies all show that people consider it worthwhile cheat on taxes at rates above ~10%; this is why sales taxes try to stay below that rate. Any time people perceive the taxes are too high, they take their business elsewhere! So taxes ARE like CDs, charge too much, and people immigrate to a different country or revolt, just as surely as they'll buy somebody else's music if you charge too much for yours! Actually, taxes are even worse than CDs, because all the people receiving a net input of money from the government will remain (e.g. retired people and welfare recipients), while all the people paying more to the government then they receive directly or in services will move to a different country.
Moderators, I'm confused... the parent, which was obviously wrong, and obviously flamebait, doesn't deserve moderating down, but the response, trying to correct bad information, is flamebait?
Do you always post random thoughts showing your ignorance? No, but apparently YOU do! A simple google would show that Pontiac makes the Thunderbird. Why post something like that without checking first? I don't know what google you're using, but a simple google search turns up this Loser troll!
Wow, somebody at Universal must have taken an introductory Economics course, learned about supply and demand curves, and realized you don't maximize your profits by continuously raising your price -- especially so on non-essential items like music!
Does this mean their CDs at Costco will go up in price from $11.99 to $12.98? This is a smart price. $13 appears to be my threshold, I try to buy when they're on sale and I almost never buy a CD priced at more than $13. I stopped going to Tower Records when they changed their list price to $18.99, 'cause that meant even their sale prices sucked. Now that Tower store appears to have disappeared... maybe that's cause you could buy used CDs at Everday Music across the street for $8?
Anything that plays off CDs, well, is bigger than a CD, and that's too big for me. That's why I keep insisting they implement an MP3/CD player that's smaller than a CD! I want to set it on top of a CD, then watch it run around in circles as it reads the CD! There's no technical reason you couldn't make a CD player whose longest dimension was about equal to the radius of a CD! Of course, keeping the earphone cable from tangling might be a problem! It would probably require a bluetooth headset and InfraRed remote control.
For some reason Sony et. al. haven't jumped on my ideas yet...
MS went absolutely over the top with Office; you get "features" now that well over 99% of their user base will never even SKIM the surface of. And yet it still doesn't have all the functionality of, say, FrameMaker. Amazing!
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Isn't there already lots of iron at these sites? Is the problem that we're not grinding it up finely first?
Yes, but you'll be subjected to vibration, noise, 20G acceleration forces -- and you won't be provided with heat or oxygen. Most likely, by the end of the flight, you WOULD be cargo!
the Chinese are actually trying to HELP the Taiwanese... their plan is to take over all the Windows machines and install Linux on them!
What does a "Minister without Portfolio" carry his important documents in? Shouldn't he just go down to the luggage store and buy himself a portfolio?
This is yet another case where Windows is not the solution, it's the problem. Any chance of Taiwam switching to a different OS for its servers?
Not the same. Somebody that wants to keep working for you is pretty much forced to sign the paper. But I don't see any reason why anybody that intends to share files in the future would feel that indentfying themselves to the RIAA is in their self interest.
the RIAA will not pursue legal action if infringers delete all unauthorized music files from their computers
How does the RIAA intend the verify this? It appears by giving them your name and address, you're giving them permission to come knocking on your door with a warrant?
We have speed limits posted for all bodies of water here in the US.
Really? And yet they still manage to sell thousands of hydroplanes and cigarette boats that will top 100mph here... amazing!
If the system is hackable, the best way to demonstrate it's vulnerability is by hacking it! I suspect that if somebody like, say, Weird Al Yankovich carried several states in the next presidential election, that would probably send a strong wakeup call! How do we set this up?
The point in Minority Report was that wood grain patterns are like fingerprints, no two alike. This means counterfeit balls wouldn't work, but it also means the none of the votes are anonymous. This violates one of the basic tenets of voting, that you should not be able to trace the vote back to any specific voter.
The problem is, the Replicans have enough money to hire someone to figure it out for them, and the Democrats are liable to let the information slip out while they are busy with their interns under the desk...
They've been telling us that every one of the people that got a give song free would have paid $18.99 for a CD containing that song! I'm pretty sure that's how they calculate their "losses" from piracy and file sharing... now you're trying to tell me this is an inaccurate method?
Studies all show that people consider it worthwhile cheat on taxes at rates above ~10%; this is why sales taxes try to stay below that rate. Any time people perceive the taxes are too high, they take their business elsewhere! So taxes ARE like CDs, charge too much, and people immigrate to a different country or revolt, just as surely as they'll buy somebody else's music if you charge too much for yours! Actually, taxes are even worse than CDs, because all the people receiving a net input of money from the government will remain (e.g. retired people and welfare recipients), while all the people paying more to the government then they receive directly or in services will move to a different country.
$1500? Huh? Try $285 for a PS2 with games at costco
Moderators, I'm confused... the parent, which was obviously wrong, and obviously flamebait, doesn't deserve moderating down, but the response, trying to correct bad information, is flamebait?
Do you always post random thoughts showing your ignorance?
No, but apparently YOU do!
A simple google would show that Pontiac makes the Thunderbird. Why post something like that without checking first?
I don't know what google you're using, but a simple google search turns up this Loser troll!
Why not pick a diffrent GMC product name just to confuse us!
And all this time I thought the Thunderbird was a Ford...
Plus the screen update are really, really slow, thus making most FPS games intolerable.
Wow, somebody at Universal must have taken an introductory Economics course, learned about supply and demand curves, and realized you don't maximize your profits by continuously raising your price -- especially so on non-essential items like music!
Does this mean their CDs at Costco will go up in price from $11.99 to $12.98? This is a smart price. $13 appears to be my threshold, I try to buy when they're on sale and I almost never buy a CD priced at more than $13. I stopped going to Tower Records when they changed their list price to $18.99, 'cause that meant even their sale prices sucked. Now that Tower store appears to have disappeared... maybe that's cause you could buy used CDs at Everday Music across the street for $8?
Now if I could just get a laptop that would survive a drop-test from 47,000 feet...
Anything that plays off CDs, well, is bigger than a CD, and that's too big for me.
That's why I keep insisting they implement an MP3/CD player that's smaller than a CD! I want to set it on top of a CD, then watch it run around in circles as it reads the CD! There's no technical reason you couldn't make a CD player whose longest dimension was about equal to the radius of a CD! Of course, keeping the earphone cable from tangling might be a problem! It would probably require a bluetooth headset and InfraRed remote control.
For some reason Sony et. al. haven't jumped on my ideas yet...
And they refer to the GPL as "viral software"!!!
MS went absolutely over the top with Office; you get "features" now that well over 99% of their user base will never even SKIM the surface of.
And yet it still doesn't have all the functionality of, say, FrameMaker. Amazing!
I thought it was explosions that made a "boom"; what sound does an implosion make?