tons easier than going to 10 different websites, downloading at least 10 install packages, installing all of them, etc. And then there is keeping all of that up to date.
really? i find it less boring to be visiting web pages while the first one is downloading than just wait in front of it because your internet connection is maxed out by downloading 10 different programs at the same time...
I pay 70$ can monthly for my internet connection, it is capped at 100 gb download and upload added together... there is a fee for going over the limit and there is a 80$/month cap to the fee, so it's a 150$ unlimited plan... the cheapest one in my region, hurray for dual monopoly!
You disagree about the value of the comment section. You frequent the comment section. How ironic.
I comment on stuff, even if i think my comments aren't up to par with the editorials, some people might agree with what i said, making it valuable.
If I could, i would use a "-1 made by me" mod point on most of my posts, as they aren't really made in good english and not always relevant... But i can't always be wrong, everyone made at least a good point on something in their lives, hopefully more than once...
If 2% of the votes were lost, how many were incorrect or not registered properly? If the system can lose votes, it can very easily put them for the wrong person as well...
My Honda Civic refuels in about a minute and a half, and I can get well over 400 miles on a tank on the highway. Just sayin'.
then we should compare the times your civic can be stopped on idle
People just like to bitch about good electirc cars...
How abou ttelling us: do you really do your 400 miles in a typical day? do you even do 200 miles? I highly doubt it... Now how about you think that you could never, ever have to go to the gas station to gas your car, all you gotta do is plug it in when you park it at your place...
The MPAA can still go fire up a bitorrent client, join a swarm downloading content they claim copyright on and start writing down the IP of everyone who is participating.
then you could easily defend yourself by saying: "The MPAA personally sent me that file! I would like them to be inclued in the lawsuit"
Let us welcome our future monopolistic overlords! so... they're gonna cap them at 5 gigs of data transfer a month for 200$ ? gotta pay for the bills of the bran new network!
singles out a specific corporation and product for unequal treatment
If they consider that they single them out, they should have a discussion about their monopoly... changing the language would be simply "not to upgrade their uperating system with a newer one" and by not buying Vista they are saying the exact same thing...
Time Warner will figure this out again soon when their competitors get a good hold on their market.
Competitors? In the United States? That's a laugh.
yeah most of the ISPs in North America are in a monopoly market, that or a dual-monopoly where they simply follow the competitor prices and services to make them basically the same...
I don't get angry because someone else spends longer at the gym than I do, even though we're both spending the same monthly amount. If I really thought it was unfair, I could spend more time there, or ask to pay less, or go somewhere else where they limit the time you can spend in a gym.
then how about the gym manager comes to you and asks you to pay a premium because you came too often to the gym? that your monthly price is for 100 weight lifts all of a sudden and that if you want to lift them more, you'll have to pay premium....
When you use something in a way you think you should use it, as much as you want without limits, when someone comes to you and asks you to pay up because you're using it too much, it just makes you mad... when my internet cap went from unlimited to "unlimited", then to 100gigs both ways to finally 100 gigs upload + download while upping your bill, sometimes it doesn't make sense.... I might be in their 5% of customers who "overuse" their service, but i never thought i was overusing anything...
today, i can barely do what i was doing back in the day... my gaming and media usage makes me pay overcharge every month... am i happy? HELL NO!
i would prefer to see someone thanking me when I buy/rent a legit dvd. I understand the need to have the message there, but I have seen it ton of times. I wish they would make it so I could skip over it.
Go to Japan, there is a cashier who will thank you for your business every single time you go buy something in a store.
nah ask that guy that you hate at your job to download it for you then burn it on a CD/DVD for 2$ and destroy after watching... the FBI/MPAA won't have a real case against you.
Someone farted as someone else died on the other side of the earth...
How can we get two fairly unrelated news events mixed together to try to make it look like it is a big event? well i think the article demonstrates just that.
I remember one time, i baught computer components from an US store (i'm Canadian) and the store called my place to make sure i was doing a legitimate transaction.... the fact that i only had a cellphone and no landline that i could acess made them cancel the transaction and refund me...
Visa's transaction statement was 2 transaction with the store... one paying them and one paying me... both transactions had currency exchange fees... so Visa tried to steal money from me for a transaction that the store deemed illegitimate... I had to call Visa and explain the situation for them to pay me back those fees...
[...]
1. Traffic lights being shut down, which can grind traffic and thus commerce to a halt.
2. Crime.
3. Panicking people who don't have the sense to just wait it out.
1 - Never seen a traffic cop directing traffic?
Ever seen a cop replacing every single traffic light in a city? that would empty every police station in the country...
Even I have no memory of what i've read about today... Most of the newsposts i've checked weren't that interesting to me and i couldn't tell you what was on the news today.... The best "timestamp" i could give you on an item i've read/heard about would be "not long ago" or "since the last time i've chatted with you"
2: Who do i have to permanently ban in my contacts for giving out my personal information
Then if the person/bot fails to give an appropriate answer, i simply says the following: "Welcome to my banlist! Population: YOU"
The best way to not get "scammed" into talking with a bot is by having a strict policy on your personal information, if you fail at that, any guy can simply scam you into meeting a hot 21 years old "girl" at the Blue Oyster Bar.
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tons easier than going to 10 different websites, downloading at least 10 install packages, installing all of them, etc. And then there is keeping all of that up to date.
really? i find it less boring to be visiting web pages while the first one is downloading than just wait in front of it because your internet connection is maxed out by downloading 10 different programs at the same time...
Yeah. The AWESOME porn choices are endless!
You can get used school girls' panties at vending machines, and act like it's totally normal.
OR Buy mangas with shitting dick-nipples in them, and act like it's totally normal.
too bad that there is a law against showing genitals in porn...
I pay 70$ can monthly for my internet connection, it is capped at 100 gb download and upload added together... there is a fee for going over the limit and there is a 80$/month cap to the fee, so it's a 150$ unlimited plan... the cheapest one in my region, hurray for dual monopoly!
You disagree about the value of the comment section. You frequent the comment section. How ironic.
I comment on stuff, even if i think my comments aren't up to par with the editorials, some people might agree with what i said, making it valuable.
If I could, i would use a "-1 made by me" mod point on most of my posts, as they aren't really made in good english and not always relevant... But i can't always be wrong, everyone made at least a good point on something in their lives, hopefully more than once...
If 2% of the votes were lost, how many were incorrect or not registered properly? If the system can lose votes, it can very easily put them for the wrong person as well...
My Honda Civic refuels in about a minute and a half, and I can get well over 400 miles on a tank on the highway. Just sayin'.
then we should compare the times your civic can be stopped on idle
People just like to bitch about good electirc cars...
How abou ttelling us: do you really do your 400 miles in a typical day? do you even do 200 miles? I highly doubt it... Now how about you think that you could never, ever have to go to the gas station to gas your car, all you gotta do is plug it in when you park it at your place...
A movie of the MPAA's argument?
The MPAA can still go fire up a bitorrent client, join a swarm downloading content they claim copyright on and start writing down the IP of everyone who is participating.
then you could easily defend yourself by saying: "The MPAA personally sent me that file! I would like them to be inclued in the lawsuit"
So:
1- Take 2 months of data
2- Take the data from the first 6 months of a year prior
3- Compare data
4- ....
5- Profit!
then you'll be happy that you get your characters typed in ASCII instead of deleting everything after it...
...There are some days when I'm ashamed to live in the province of Québec;
I'm also ashamed to live in a place that can't be spelled correctly on slashdot...
Let us welcome our future monopolistic overlords! so... they're gonna cap them at 5 gigs of data transfer a month for 200$ ? gotta pay for the bills of the bran new network!
singles out a specific corporation and product for unequal treatment
If they consider that they single them out, they should have a discussion about their monopoly... changing the language would be simply "not to upgrade their uperating system with a newer one" and by not buying Vista they are saying the exact same thing...
Time Warner will figure this out again soon when their competitors get a good hold on their market.
Competitors? In the United States? That's a laugh.
yeah most of the ISPs in North America are in a monopoly market, that or a dual-monopoly where they simply follow the competitor prices and services to make them basically the same...
I don't get angry because someone else spends longer at the gym than I do, even though we're both spending the same monthly amount. If I really thought it was unfair, I could spend more time there, or ask to pay less, or go somewhere else where they limit the time you can spend in a gym.
then how about the gym manager comes to you and asks you to pay a premium because you came too often to the gym? that your monthly price is for 100 weight lifts all of a sudden and that if you want to lift them more, you'll have to pay premium....
When you use something in a way you think you should use it, as much as you want without limits, when someone comes to you and asks you to pay up because you're using it too much, it just makes you mad... when my internet cap went from unlimited to "unlimited", then to 100gigs both ways to finally 100 gigs upload + download while upping your bill, sometimes it doesn't make sense.... I might be in their 5% of customers who "overuse" their service, but i never thought i was overusing anything...
today, i can barely do what i was doing back in the day... my gaming and media usage makes me pay overcharge every month... am i happy? HELL NO!
my torrent download is screaming fast now
Lucky you, it's not fast enough for me, publicise MOAR!
i would prefer to see someone thanking me when I buy/rent a legit dvd. I understand the need to have the message there, but I have seen it ton of times. I wish they would make it so I could skip over it.
Go to Japan, there is a cashier who will thank you for your business every single time you go buy something in a store.
nah ask that guy that you hate at your job to download it for you then burn it on a CD/DVD for 2$ and destroy after watching... the FBI/MPAA won't have a real case against you.
There is nothing wrong with choosing someone for their tits.
except when it's to watch someone who has no acting talent for 2 hours straight without showing a single nipple...
a private citizen being able to fly to space with nothing but money is no longer newsworthy
I think its newsworthy. I thought that you needed to bring oxygen, too.
I'm going to space and i'm bringing...
food
Someone farted as someone else died on the other side of the earth...
How can we get two fairly unrelated news events mixed together to try to make it look like it is a big event? well i think the article demonstrates just that.
Bad, but not as bad as Visa
I remember one time, i baught computer components from an US store (i'm Canadian) and the store called my place to make sure i was doing a legitimate transaction.... the fact that i only had a cellphone and no landline that i could acess made them cancel the transaction and refund me...
Visa's transaction statement was 2 transaction with the store... one paying them and one paying me... both transactions had currency exchange fees... so Visa tried to steal money from me for a transaction that the store deemed illegitimate... I had to call Visa and explain the situation for them to pay me back those fees...
[...] 1. Traffic lights being shut down, which can grind traffic and thus commerce to a halt. 2. Crime. 3. Panicking people who don't have the sense to just wait it out.
1 - Never seen a traffic cop directing traffic?
Ever seen a cop replacing every single traffic light in a city? that would empty every police station in the country...
Even I have no memory of what i've read about today... Most of the newsposts i've checked weren't that interesting to me and i couldn't tell you what was on the news today.... The best "timestamp" i could give you on an item i've read/heard about would be "not long ago" or "since the last time i've chatted with you"
1: How the hell did you get my IM contact?
2: Who do i have to permanently ban in my contacts for giving out my personal information
Then if the person/bot fails to give an appropriate answer, i simply says the following: "Welcome to my banlist! Population: YOU"
The best way to not get "scammed" into talking with a bot is by having a strict policy on your personal information, if you fail at that, any guy can simply scam you into meeting a hot 21 years old "girl" at the Blue Oyster Bar.