Sure, and was relevant at a time when people though the earth was flat, didn't have refrigeration, didn't know what causes disease, didn't know what the sun, moon, or stars were, etc. and worked well as a simple guide with the limited knowledge humans had at the time. But we don't live in those times anymore, and have access to a whole lot of new information.
Do you know what they call a species who fails to utilize and adapt to new information it is given? Extinct.
So impotent people, people who have had their uterus/prostate removed, people who have had vasectomies, people on birth control, people who have no interest in having kids - these are all people who should be denied the ability to marry according to your logic. Why do you connect marriage and procreation in your mind? And how do you think "procreation within the structure of marriage is a right"? They have nothing to do with each other. Unmarried people can still procreate, and some married people do not procreate. This is just a very thin justification you have come up with in your own head (possibly to self-deny homophobic feelings).
And what did it cost me? A cheap rented root server, a old PC, and a simple dumb router/switch that came with the also cheap Internet/telephone plan.
So what you are saying is your time has no value at all? Because mine does. And every minute I am not messing with email/VPN/DNS/File servers is a minute I could be doing other (more productive) things.
Power goes out? You think I would rely on the power company for my precious servers? Hell no. I have my own generators - an array of solar, wind, steam, and diesel. It's all within the 18 million dollar budget.
Why stop there? Set up your own ISP and mail servers also. And screw Youtube, I went there once and it was down so I am setting up my own multi-media server. I also don't trust any commercial Maglock system, so I am setting up my own Maglock server to monitor all the door access as well. So, 18 million dollars later and I can guarantee no down time at all. Of course if 99.999% downtime would have been acceptable, I could have done all of that for free, but I would rather pay the big bucks to ensure that extra.001 % of uptime. Anyone who doesn't spend lots of time and money administering all of their own systems is a sucker!
Been there, done that. Only I got zero out of the uninsured driver that hit me, even though I pay for "uninsured/underinsured drivers" on MY driver's insurance. I was forced to try to sue for any damages, then the person didn't show up to court, and I was awarded a piece of paper saying they owe me money. Great. Never saw a penny from the person who hit me, and to top it off, my insurance company tried to raise my premiums. In the mean time the person who hit me declared bankruptcy shortly after the accident, so I know there is no money to collect there...
And after you update the firmware on the new drive, the XBox will not be able to tell the difference. If the Xbox thinks you have an authorized Xbox hard drive, how is going to lock out the new drive? The whole reason it "knows" you have an unauthorized drive in the first place is because the firmware on the drive tells it so.
If you have a court order stating you should have zero contact with a person ever, why wouldn't contacting them via Facebook ("poking" someone is making contact) not be violating that order? Seems rather cut and dry to me. Just because you weren't actually face-to-face doesn't mean you can't violate a "no contact" order. It is no different that calling them on a phone. If the courts says you can't do it, you had better expect there to be consequences for breaking that.
Welfare is not the only government run program that gives out federal money. And I believe Alaska is the state that receives the most federal money per capita compared to what they contribute. (Those bridges to nowhere aren't just going to build themselves you betcha.)
Just because customers may still be affected by the outage does not automatically mean that they lost data. As a matter of fact, a statement like "recovered ALL data" should tip you off to the fact.
I believe that theaters make a significant higher profit on selling candy, soda, popcorn, etc., but I really doubt they get "next to nothing" at $12 a head with 10-20 full theaters on a weekend. Even if they are only making $2-3 per person, that is still hardly "next to nothing", and at the very least should cover their labor charges.
Well, I can tell you that getting the original Half Life game was the motivation for me to buy my first video card solely with 3D graphics capabilities in mind. The only time I can think of that I upgraded my system specifically for a game. (Well, I upgraded my last system because I really wanted to play Fallout 3, but it wasn't the ONLY reason.) I still remember trying to play Quake 2 on my old S3 with no floating point built into the CPU. It was like watching a very jerky slideshow... Was probably getting like.3-.5 frames per second.
It is called "strategy". Mario Kart is not just a simple racing game. There are many more elements to be considered than just "going as fast as you can all the time". What you find annoying is what makes the game fun to me, and gives players that aren't as skilled or familiar with the game a chance to not be in last place every race.
I think what you are describing is very close the the fake Antivirus 2009 malware that I have seen a lot of recently (popup with a link to software). I would imagine if ISPs started doing this, it would be easier for the bad guys to spoof users into installing software "to clean their infeced PC" that was "recommended" by their own ISP.
It is the Streisand Effect because Ralph Lauren doesn't want anyone drawing attention to the fact that they photoshop the living crap out of their models to make them into non-human images.(The real reason for the takedown notice. You really don't think it was because they thought their actual copyrights were being violated did you? Why would they care if someone just ran their ad as is and gave them for free what they would normally need to pay someone to display?) Seeing as now even I, someone who has zero interest in fashion or Ralph Lauren, knows about this, I would say the Streisand Effect is working against them beautifully. Yes, Ralph Lauren does want publicity for their products, but does not want publicity on how they alter their images to make models look even more impossibly proportioned.
You should really look into picking up one of their tiger protection rocks. I bought one a couple years back, and what do you know - no tiger attacks! This thing really works!
Yeah, tell them. Our invisible imaginary friend can beat up your invisible imaginary friend! And we are willing to fight to the death just to prove so!
Hey turing, you left your sheet and hood in the Cracker Barrel parking lot again. Careful, it may get dirty if you keep leaving it laying around places! And we all know how you love WHITE sheets.
My suspicion is that you're one of those people who thinks repeating memes without even a cursory examination of what he's referring to makes you sound smarter.
Additional memo: hire idiots to be the head of major organizations. Then when they almost fall for stupid scams, things will actually get done to help prevent them in the future.
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Sure, and was relevant at a time when people though the earth was flat, didn't have refrigeration, didn't know what causes disease, didn't know what the sun, moon, or stars were, etc. and worked well as a simple guide with the limited knowledge humans had at the time. But we don't live in those times anymore, and have access to a whole lot of new information.
Do you know what they call a species who fails to utilize and adapt to new information it is given? Extinct.
Wait, you actually believe the Earth is more than 6000 years old? Religious Fail. You have angered your gods.
So impotent people, people who have had their uterus/prostate removed, people who have had vasectomies, people on birth control, people who have no interest in having kids - these are all people who should be denied the ability to marry according to your logic. Why do you connect marriage and procreation in your mind? And how do you think "procreation within the structure of marriage is a right"? They have nothing to do with each other. Unmarried people can still procreate, and some married people do not procreate. This is just a very thin justification you have come up with in your own head (possibly to self-deny homophobic feelings).
Cue the denial.
And what did it cost me? A cheap rented root server, a old PC, and a simple dumb router/switch that came with the also cheap Internet/telephone plan.
So what you are saying is your time has no value at all? Because mine does. And every minute I am not messing with email/VPN/DNS/File servers is a minute I could be doing other (more productive) things.
Power goes out? You think I would rely on the power company for my precious servers? Hell no. I have my own generators - an array of solar, wind, steam, and diesel. It's all within the 18 million dollar budget.
Why stop there? Set up your own ISP and mail servers also. And screw Youtube, I went there once and it was down so I am setting up my own multi-media server. I also don't trust any commercial Maglock system, so I am setting up my own Maglock server to monitor all the door access as well. So, 18 million dollars later and I can guarantee no down time at all. Of course if 99.999% downtime would have been acceptable, I could have done all of that for free, but I would rather pay the big bucks to ensure that extra .001 % of uptime. Anyone who doesn't spend lots of time and money administering all of their own systems is a sucker!
Been there, done that. Only I got zero out of the uninsured driver that hit me, even though I pay for "uninsured/underinsured drivers" on MY driver's insurance. I was forced to try to sue for any damages, then the person didn't show up to court, and I was awarded a piece of paper saying they owe me money. Great. Never saw a penny from the person who hit me, and to top it off, my insurance company tried to raise my premiums. In the mean time the person who hit me declared bankruptcy shortly after the accident, so I know there is no money to collect there...
And after you update the firmware on the new drive, the XBox will not be able to tell the difference. If the Xbox thinks you have an authorized Xbox hard drive, how is going to lock out the new drive? The whole reason it "knows" you have an unauthorized drive in the first place is because the firmware on the drive tells it so.
This goes a long way in explaining how Creed sold 10 million albums.
If you have a court order stating you should have zero contact with a person ever, why wouldn't contacting them via Facebook ("poking" someone is making contact) not be violating that order? Seems rather cut and dry to me. Just because you weren't actually face-to-face doesn't mean you can't violate a "no contact" order. It is no different that calling them on a phone. If the courts says you can't do it, you had better expect there to be consequences for breaking that.
Welfare is not the only government run program that gives out federal money. And I believe Alaska is the state that receives the most federal money per capita compared to what they contribute. (Those bridges to nowhere aren't just going to build themselves you betcha.)
Just because customers may still be affected by the outage does not automatically mean that they lost data. As a matter of fact, a statement like "recovered ALL data" should tip you off to the fact.
I believe that theaters make a significant higher profit on selling candy, soda, popcorn, etc., but I really doubt they get "next to nothing" at $12 a head with 10-20 full theaters on a weekend. Even if they are only making $2-3 per person, that is still hardly "next to nothing", and at the very least should cover their labor charges.
Well, I can tell you that getting the original Half Life game was the motivation for me to buy my first video card solely with 3D graphics capabilities in mind. The only time I can think of that I upgraded my system specifically for a game. (Well, I upgraded my last system because I really wanted to play Fallout 3, but it wasn't the ONLY reason.) I still remember trying to play Quake 2 on my old S3 with no floating point built into the CPU. It was like watching a very jerky slideshow... Was probably getting like .3-.5 frames per second.
Yes, but all that damn annoying ABBA and Ace of Base is so distracting you can't DO anything with(to) the hot chicks.
Because there is no such thing as "absolute truth" in a legal courtroom. (See also: justice, fairness, equality, and common sense.)
It is called "strategy". Mario Kart is not just a simple racing game. There are many more elements to be considered than just "going as fast as you can all the time". What you find annoying is what makes the game fun to me, and gives players that aren't as skilled or familiar with the game a chance to not be in last place every race.
I think what you are describing is very close the the fake Antivirus 2009 malware that I have seen a lot of recently (popup with a link to software). I would imagine if ISPs started doing this, it would be easier for the bad guys to spoof users into installing software "to clean their infeced PC" that was "recommended" by their own ISP.
It is the Streisand Effect because Ralph Lauren doesn't want anyone drawing attention to the fact that they photoshop the living crap out of their models to make them into non-human images.(The real reason for the takedown notice. You really don't think it was because they thought their actual copyrights were being violated did you? Why would they care if someone just ran their ad as is and gave them for free what they would normally need to pay someone to display?) Seeing as now even I, someone who has zero interest in fashion or Ralph Lauren, knows about this, I would say the Streisand Effect is working against them beautifully. Yes, Ralph Lauren does want publicity for their products, but does not want publicity on how they alter their images to make models look even more impossibly proportioned.
Here you go.
You should really look into picking up one of their tiger protection rocks. I bought one a couple years back, and what do you know - no tiger attacks! This thing really works!
Yeah, tell them. Our invisible imaginary friend can beat up your invisible imaginary friend! And we are willing to fight to the death just to prove so!
Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Hey turing, you left your sheet and hood in the Cracker Barrel parking lot again. Careful, it may get dirty if you keep leaving it laying around places! And we all know how you love WHITE sheets.
My suspicion is that you're one of those people who thinks repeating memes without even a cursory examination of what he's referring to makes you sound smarter.
You must be new here.
Additional memo: hire idiots to be the head of major organizations. Then when they almost fall for stupid scams, things will actually get done to help prevent them in the future.