I would say that by common assent clocks measure time, since a widespread definition of time is "that thing clocks measure";)
can i measure time in that sense by a calendar? no. it does not change state, like a clock -- i can look at a clock now, and in exactly 3600 seconds it will have one more hour displayed (providing it is reasonably accurate). a calendar provides a view of some period of days or months, but if i look at it in 3600 seconds time, it's displaying the same information.
surely it is the nature of encyclopaedias to be pedantic. if not, then who?
Hmm.. didn't realise this case was about the RIAA but still..
As opposed to OPEC (actually doesn't the US produce some oil? also the UK had some rigs last time I was there) RIAA does have competition -- you can support your local, unsigned, indie bands.
Artists should have multiple distributors, but sadly Sony, EMI et al have paid for exclusive rights to "represent" their artists.
Don't like it? Don't buy CDs from major artists. Don't go to concerts. Especially don't buy non-music merchandising (free advertising for bands == free advertising for RIAA whores).
Where's Courtney Love when you need her?
People bitch and whine about 'this corporation/ organisation does X' and then happily hand over their $20. Perhaps when Joe Bag'O'Donuts is made aware of the travesty that the US has become things will change.
Vote with your wallet. Refuse to buy from companies that abuse their power and position. Spread the word, and let the company know why you are boycotting them and their products. A quick phone call to some veep in financing might get results.
"Hi, Mr Megabux of BastardCorp, I'm calling to let you know that neither I nor 20 of my close acquaintances will buy your overpriced, underpowered SupaThing until you drop the suit/ charges against Mr Innocent. I had planned on spending $10000 with you this year which will now go to your competitor. Thank you."
Can you back this up? I would posit that in order to (support|provide) linux solutions of any flavour a few employees must at least be running it on their desktops, much less any servers.
Q: The new software also allows a user to install it only twice. You have recently cracked down on corporate piracy and large-scale pirating operations. Are home users next?
So...when XP crashes, taking your system partition with it, and the (previous) remedy was to re-install, you can only do this twice? then what? buy another copy?
Maybe MicroShaft are trying to imply the new software will crash fewer than twice. Would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
it only becomes intuitive when you've done it a thousand times. (see that nipple quote in someone else's.sig).
So go ahead, find the 'one and only one, obvious way' to achieve everything you need to do to generate your content. I'll still be here trying to:wq in a web form, and performing searches with / in pine.
Oh and vi (or at least vim) has incremental searches too:
Oh please. Point to all the (black) African multi-billionaires you know. Sure they screw their own people but they largely resist screwing the world while they're at it.
Hey while you're at it, point to all the black billionaires of any nationality.
I don't see how your comment about surrendering rights supports or negates my question of distrust.
What have we, as individuals and societies, done to create this situation? Is it just apathy? What has caused our governments to distrust us so?
Maybe the fact we voted them in? to paraphrase Groucho, I wouldn't want to live in any country that would have me as a politician.
With the daily not-so-gradual erosion of rights of the common man, all for the purpose it seems at making some rich white guys even richer, isn't it time we did something about it? I believe the word I'm searching for is 'revolution', and it's going to be messy.
There are billyuns of windows apps out there (not all of them good..) and it is a vain hope to see all vendors port all of their apps. Anything that removes any last objections people have to running linux -- "But none of my apps will work" -- is a good thing.
Think of all those thin clients out there that run windows because it has the latest greatest web plugins. Now they will be able to run linux -- smaller footprint (good), more robust (good), and now able to access all the cool technologies of the web.
I avoided the Lexmark simply because I couldn't find a driver for it. Bought an Epson Stylus 777 and never been happier -- beautiful colour printing with the minimum of hassle (once ghostscript realised it could in fact use the shiny new driver). Epson seem to have a better attitude towards linux.
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I'd like to see the magnet that can lift an aluminium can. Or a piece of glass, for that matter.
This sounds like a terrible plan. As mentioned, a simple counter would blow this thing out immediately.
...fuzzy filters...
;)
:)
Remove all digits? Although, if the spammers got smart and used hexadecimal or alphanumeric counters then you're stuffed.
Now you're talking. Simply do a word count for 'Make' and 'money' and 'fast' and '!!!!' and use that as your spam baseline
...or 'See', 'Natalie', 'Portman', 'naked'
So the unwashed masses are finally tiring of spam, Make Money Fast, advertising and porn.
Well, maybe not porn.
don't normally say this, but mod this up. spot on, reactor.
it's only censorship if a gummint is doing it. otherwise it's just an expression of "your right to swing your fist stops just short of my nose".
Everyone has speech they do not like. Point is, they don't have to listen to it.
I would say that by common assent clocks measure time, since a widespread definition of time is "that thing clocks measure" ;)
can i measure time in that sense by a calendar? no. it does not change state, like a clock -- i can look at a clock now, and in exactly 3600 seconds it will have one more hour displayed (providing it is reasonably accurate). a calendar provides a view of some period of days or months, but if i look at it in 3600 seconds time, it's displaying the same information.
surely it is the nature of encyclopaedias to be pedantic. if not, then who?
A calendar does not measure time, a clock does
Semantics.
yes, but isn't that the point? an encyclopaedia must be semantically correct.
Hmmm..
I see an interesting precedent.
MS-Windows can be used to run software that can infringe on the DMCA.
Surely...nah, it'd never happen.
Hmm.. didn't realise this case was about the RIAA but still..
As opposed to OPEC (actually doesn't the US produce some oil? also the UK had some rigs last time I was there) RIAA does have competition -- you can support your local, unsigned, indie bands.
Artists should have multiple distributors, but sadly Sony, EMI et al have paid for exclusive rights to "represent" their artists.
Don't like it? Don't buy CDs from major artists. Don't go to concerts. Especially don't buy non-music merchandising (free advertising for bands == free advertising for RIAA whores).
Where's Courtney Love when you need her?
People bitch and whine about 'this corporation/ organisation does X' and then happily hand over their $20. Perhaps when Joe Bag'O'Donuts is made aware of the travesty that the US has become things will change.
But I doubt it.
Vote with your wallet. Refuse to buy from companies that abuse their power and position. Spread the word, and let the company know why you are boycotting them and their products. A quick phone call to some veep in financing might get results.
"Hi, Mr Megabux of BastardCorp, I'm calling to let you know that neither I nor 20 of my close acquaintances will buy your overpriced, underpowered SupaThing until you drop the suit/ charges against Mr Innocent. I had planned on spending $10000 with you this year which will now go to your competitor. Thank you."
Sure, but no-one says you /have/ to buy the CD in the first place. Although any CD that purports to be uncopiable should be labelled as such.
Can you back this up? I would posit that in order to (support|provide) linux solutions of any flavour a few employees must at least be running it on their desktops, much less any servers.
amazing then that flash works on my linux boxen, under netscape, with no activeX in sight.
shockwave, of course, doesn't.
Since when? Shockwave is a shockwave plugin.
Dark matter accretes. This means that when it comes into contact with normal matter, it transforms it into dark matter too. This is unstoppable.
No no no, you're thinking of ice-9.
Dark matter accretes. This means that when it comes into contact with normal matter, it transforms it into dark matter too. This is unstoppable.
No no no, you're thinking of ice-9.
in lumping C & C++ together? is it just because they have similar names? C & C++ are as different as C & Java, yet you never see
"wanted: C/Java developers"
"my favourite language is C/Java"
if you mean C, say C. if you mean C++, say C++.
or lets just rename C++ as D.
Q: The new software also allows a user to install it only twice. You have recently cracked down on corporate piracy and large-scale pirating operations. Are home users next?
So...when XP crashes, taking your system partition with it, and the (previous) remedy was to re-install, you can only do this twice? then what? buy another copy?
Maybe MicroShaft are trying to imply the new software will crash fewer than twice. Would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
it only becomes intuitive when you've done it a thousand times. (see that nipple quote in someone else's .sig).
:wq in a web form, and performing searches with / in pine.
So go ahead, find the 'one and only one, obvious way' to achieve everything you need to do to generate your content. I'll still be here trying to
Oh and vi (or at least vim) has incremental searches too:
:set incsearch
Oh please. Point to all the (black) African multi-billionaires you know. Sure they screw their own people but they largely resist screwing the world while they're at it.
Hey while you're at it, point to all the black billionaires of any nationality.
I don't see how your comment about surrendering rights supports or negates my question of distrust.
What have we, as individuals and societies, done to create this situation? Is it just apathy? What has caused our governments to distrust us so?
Maybe the fact we voted them in? to paraphrase Groucho, I wouldn't want to live in any country that would have me as a politician.
With the daily not-so-gradual erosion of rights of the common man, all for the purpose it seems at making some rich white guys even richer, isn't it time we did something about it? I believe the word I'm searching for is 'revolution', and it's going to be messy.
There are billyuns of windows apps out there (not all of them good..) and it is a vain hope to see all vendors port all of their apps. Anything that removes any last objections people have to running linux -- "But none of my apps will work" -- is a good thing.
Think of all those thin clients out there that run windows because it has the latest greatest web plugins. Now they will be able to run linux -- smaller footprint (good), more robust (good), and now able to access all the cool technologies of the web.
I avoided the Lexmark simply because I couldn't find a driver for it. Bought an Epson Stylus 777 and never been happier -- beautiful colour printing with the minimum of hassle (once ghostscript realised it could in fact use the shiny new driver). Epson seem to have a better attitude towards linux.
If you don't agree w/me, please do not reply to this message. I know that plenty of people do not share my opinion on this subject, and I don't share yours, so don't bother.
Translation: I am totally closed-minded, and do not wish to enter into debate. I am right and you are wrong.
When are we going to put Maxis in charge of city planning here in the US?
And you thought all that time you were just playing SimCity.