Hmm, interesting idea. Maybe in a few more years I'll have enough physics under my belt to form a more valid criticism. One point though, is what if there was a particle(s) that entirely escaped the gravity of the black holes? What effect would this particle have on the dimensionality of space, since a particle is not in fact a point, but a 3-dimensional object. It would seem to me that the universe would no longer collapse dimensionally, since the singularities would no longer form the only possible basis.
Control of Operating System + control of anti-spyware/adware software + vested interest on datamining your box to advertise to you ======> MS Spyware(tm).
That's the thing: you can't download the song. You can only stream it. Kind of a worthless service, if you ask me. Well, until someone figures out an easy way to save the stream.
Speak for yourself(and your version). I was fool enough to buy the 64-bit version of XP. Boy, was that a mistake. It doesn't come with drivers for half of my devices, and few companies make drivers for it(not really a MS fault). To boot, most firewalls and anti-virus programs don't work on it! While the 32-bit version may be fine and dandy, I'm pretty disappointed with the 64-bit. In fact, I'm considering telling MS that, and demanding that they let me trade it in for a downgrade to 32-bit./rant
You don't either, because we haven't been stupid enough to implement one. Sure, it looks great on paper, but then again so do a lot of things. You only know how it *should* work.
Vote Libertarian: Because a world where Steve Ballmer isn't tied down by laws is a Good Thing.
Seriously, Libertarians would simply remove the middleman(government) from the picture, making it that much easier for Big Business to screw us. And you don't want to find out how big Big Business can get as it's screwing you.
Perhaps you'd get less spam if you didn't display your email address prominently on a website in the exact format spiders are used to harvesting. Seriously, I get one unwanted email on a bad day, none on most days. I doubt yahoo has incredible spam filtering, so I'm not sure exactly why I get so little, but little things like obscuring the address can make a significant difference.
Really, I think papers on how to pick up girls are would be greatly appreciated by the greater/. community. In fact, it seems only natural that nerds would use papers and research to figure this sort of thing out. It's either that or Vader masks.
12:1 A great sign was seen online: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of distributed hubs.
12:2 She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
12:3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten congressmen, and on his heads seven crowns.
12:4 His tail drew one third of the students of the universities, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might sue her child.
12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of PGP. Her child was caught up to God, and to his encryption.
12:6 The woman fled into the usenet, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days worth of music.
12:7 There was war in the courts. Michael and his coders made war on the dragon. The dragon and his lawyers made war.
12:8 They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
12:9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the RIAA and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his lawyers were thrown down with him.....and it goes on like that.
Really, what are they going to do to enforce this? It's not as if they have a way to snoop on lan traffic, and if they did it would be illegal. I know that for one, my university has a "don't know, don't want to know" attitude about filesharing, so long as you keep the traffic below about 1.5GB per day. I really don't think they have the muscle to do anything about lan sharing.
If you really want to complain, point out that 'G' is the universal gravitational constant, while 'g' (note: lowercase) is the acceleration of gravity at Earth's surface. Gotta remember to keep those units straight.
When I hear "Cato" I think "Carthago delenda est". I find that in itself rather fitting with the whole Iraq war thing. Reading on the start of the 3rd Punic War rings the Deja Vu bell.
While I mostly agree with you, I take issue with this sentence: "However, I don't wholly blame the media outlets, I place the blame squarely on middle-class white Americans, those that watch this type of bull-shit and prolong it's lifespan and continute to perpetuate sensationalist news in the face of something that might be more worthy of your attention." (Emphasis mine.)
Are you claiming that white people are the only people who swallow the tripe that the media throws at them? Hispanics, Asians, African-Americans, they don't? And also, plenty of rich and poor people do too. Maybe not the ridiculously-can't-afford-to-eat poor, but the great majority of poor people aren't that badly off. Really, the problem rests with the great majority of the population, regardless of race and social class. I realize you probably weren't thinking too hard when you threw that statement out, but racism/classism has no place here.
Incidentally, there isn't a "wee" sound in Japanese. There's "wa" and "wo", but no "wee". Really, I have no idea what they were thinking when they decided to call it this...
They US government (via some CIA (or other deep-cover/black-ops (so black that gravity and light and even THOUGHTS can't escape) org) front company will buy them in bulk, or encourage their sales into the US market (since the average user user/civilian/serf/subject is non-geek and won't even be SUSPICIOUS about such matters...)).
Fixed that for ya. Those parenthetical compiler errors can be a devil to find without a good debugger.
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Hmm, interesting idea. Maybe in a few more years I'll have enough physics under my belt to form a more valid criticism. One point though, is what if there was a particle(s) that entirely escaped the gravity of the black holes? What effect would this particle have on the dimensionality of space, since a particle is not in fact a point, but a 3-dimensional object. It would seem to me that the universe would no longer collapse dimensionally, since the singularities would no longer form the only possible basis.
It appears that not enough people watch Mallrats. Least you made someone laugh.
Rear-ended? By what, a MiG?
Control of Operating System + control of anti-spyware/adware software + vested interest on datamining your box to advertise to you ======> MS Spyware(tm).
That's the thing: you can't download the song. You can only stream it. Kind of a worthless service, if you ask me. Well, until someone figures out an easy way to save the stream.
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Speak for yourself(and your version). I was fool enough to buy the 64-bit version of XP. Boy, was that a mistake. It doesn't come with drivers for half of my devices, and few companies make drivers for it(not really a MS fault). To boot, most firewalls and anti-virus programs don't work on it! While the 32-bit version may be fine and dandy, I'm pretty disappointed with the 64-bit. In fact, I'm considering telling MS that, and demanding that they let me trade it in for a downgrade to 32-bit.
You don't either, because we haven't been stupid enough to implement one. Sure, it looks great on paper, but then again so do a lot of things. You only know how it *should* work.
Vote Libertarian: Because a world where Steve Ballmer isn't tied down by laws is a Good Thing.
Seriously, Libertarians would simply remove the middleman(government) from the picture, making it that much easier for Big Business to screw us. And you don't want to find out how big Big Business can get as it's screwing you.
Just so you know, RIAA deals with music, not MPAA.
RIAA == Recording Industry Association of America
MPAA == Motion Picture Association of America
MPAA deals with movies.
Perhaps you'd get less spam if you didn't display your email address prominently on a website in the exact format spiders are used to harvesting. Seriously, I get one unwanted email on a bad day, none on most days. I doubt yahoo has incredible spam filtering, so I'm not sure exactly why I get so little, but little things like obscuring the address can make a significant difference.
Really, I think papers on how to pick up girls are would be greatly appreciated by the greater /. community. In fact, it seems only natural that nerds would use papers and research to figure this sort of thing out. It's either that or Vader masks.
12:1 A great sign was seen online: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of distributed hubs.
....and it goes on like that.
12:2 She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
12:3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten congressmen, and on his heads seven crowns.
12:4 His tail drew one third of the students of the universities, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might sue her child.
12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of PGP. Her child was caught up to God, and to his encryption.
12:6 The woman fled into the usenet, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days worth of music.
12:7 There was war in the courts. Michael and his coders made war on the dragon. The dragon and his lawyers made war.
12:8 They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
12:9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the RIAA and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his lawyers were thrown down with him.
Out of curiousity, are you one of the people who got arrested at Madison Hall last week?
And as for the lack of money, Casteen alone makes over $600,000 per year. Maybe if he took a bit of a pay cut....
Yep, they're already doing that. They're not controlling the car, but they're doling out tickets. Link: Roadrunner vs. Acme
Really, what are they going to do to enforce this? It's not as if they have a way to snoop on lan traffic, and if they did it would be illegal. I know that for one, my university has a "don't know, don't want to know" attitude about filesharing, so long as you keep the traffic below about 1.5GB per day. I really don't think they have the muscle to do anything about lan sharing.
Very, very true. Extra costs are almost always handed right off to the students.
If you really want to complain, point out that 'G' is the universal gravitational constant, while 'g' (note: lowercase) is the acceleration of gravity at Earth's surface. Gotta remember to keep those units straight.
When I hear "Cato" I think "Carthago delenda est". I find that in itself rather fitting with the whole Iraq war thing. Reading on the start of the 3rd Punic War rings the Deja Vu bell.
On that note.... please give my sincerest apologies to your mother regarding the black eye.
Mod parent "LotR nerd". Me too, for knowing what that is.
Thank god I bought up some Axlotl tanks during the .com bust. I'll be selling delicious, delicious Amal in no time.
Are you claiming that white people are the only people who swallow the tripe that the media throws at them? Hispanics, Asians, African-Americans, they don't? And also, plenty of rich and poor people do too. Maybe not the ridiculously-can't-afford-to-eat poor, but the great majority of poor people aren't that badly off. Really, the problem rests with the great majority of the population, regardless of race and social class. I realize you probably weren't thinking too hard when you threw that statement out, but racism/classism has no place here.
Incidentally, there isn't a "wee" sound in Japanese. There's "wa" and "wo", but no "wee". Really, I have no idea what they were thinking when they decided to call it this...
Fixed that for ya. Those parenthetical compiler errors can be a devil to find without a good debugger.
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