England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are countries but the United Kingdom is a Kingdom. Look at the Rugby, soccer.... Any sports? They even have their own type of money bills.
Sports teams have nothing to do with it. The respective banks may print different designs on the notes, but the currency is the same. The Queen is head of state of all of them, and there is one government and one Prime Minister (ignoring the puppets in the Scottich Assembly). Everyone carries the same passport, pays tax to the same place and shares a single military. There is a single ISO country code (UK), and a single seat in the UN assembly & security council, and NATO. The UK is a (THE) soverign nation.
I really find it offensive that we (the Irish) can only get to our google maps via.co.uk and maps.google.ie does not work
If you find that offensive, steer clear of goatse.
In the same way that North and South Korea are really one country? Please. Just because two seperate countries share a landmass which used to be a single country doesn't mean they're still a single country. Germany _wasn't_ a single country before reunification (that's why it was called reUNIfication). Or do you consider the Czech Republic to still be the same country as Slovakia? For that matter - is Texas still part of Mexico? Was Hong Kong always part of China?
And that is why it isn't selling as much as the PSP. Oh wait
This is for Japan - I can't find any US figures. But over there, the PSP is outselling the DS. Sure, there's a higher number of DS units sold, but it's been in the market longer so that's to be expected. But month on month sales are going to PSP.
As someone who recently traded up from a Rebel to the 20D - seconded. I'd also recommend the EF-S 17-85 IS as a really nice replacement for the kit lens.
I have the 20D (not D20!), it's very fast to startup. In fact, I rarely switch it off, as the half-press of the shutter to focus-lock is enough to wake it up and be ready to shoot. Amazing, compared to my old 300D which was a few seconds to "warm up".
Well I didn't pay for my Vonage box...so why does it matter that it's worthless? It's like a cable box - if I switch providers the new provider gives me one of theirs instead.
There's a difference (a very big difference) between the copyright of the music (which is relevant here) and the copyright of a specific recording (which is not). If you publish your music as is normally done (e.g. by U2, or Britney, or whoever) you cannot prevent others from performing it, or recording it. You are usually due a (pretty small) fee, but you can't stop it. Hence all the cover versions of songs where the original artist didn't like it.
On the other hand, distributing/performing a recording of a song (e.g. a U2 or Britney CD) can be stopped, and is often just not allowed.
Of course - I have no idea whether video game music is published through the normal channels - if not he'd have to go into negotiations with the individual copyright holders.
Ah yes. That would explain why I've spent over $2000 on Apple products this year. Grow up - not all of us are fanboys of any system. I just want (and have) an mp3 player which does what I want. Is that so unacceptable to you?
By joining them together, meaning you can't skip to individual tracks, and can't see individual track titles. To me, that's not acceptable. If it is to others, good for them.
Or have a non-apple mp3 player (yes they do exist). I don't have an iPod because I consider them overpriced, lacking essential features, and I hate iTunes. As soon as Apple make a player which can play my CDs without gaps between the tracks (like my $20 discman can) I'll buy one. Until then, I'm sticking with Rio.
I agree, but I think you miss the point. No, the clerk doesn't need your ID to let you buy alcohol. No, the law doesn't require them to card anyone. However (and this is the point) - they are also free to not sell you anything.
Case in point: I'm British, but live in the US. Until very recently I didn't have a US drivers license. That made buying alcohol problematic at times. I'm 29, and look at least 25, and in most places I wasn't carded. But some places have policies, which employees are obliged to follow, of carding everyone. So that employee would apologise, agree that I am obviously over 21, but still not be able to sell me the drink. I would simply take my business elsewhere. The problem here is the dumb policy of the employer - it's not the clerks fault, and they shouldn't be put at risk of losing their job to stand up for my privacy. If you don't like a store's policy - don't shop there, or better yet, write to them and complain.
Errm, I am no expert in this field, but a quick google turned up similar products (convert analogue video to DV) from a number of manufacturers:
ADS Pyro Canopus ADVC series DataVideo Dazzle Miglia Snazzi Sony T erraTec
All of the one's I have listed claim Windows compatibility. Prices seem to range from $150 up. Now as I said, I'm no expert, so there may be something wrong with these products - but the Formac Studio product you mentioned is in the same list, so I'm guessing they're similar.
Although this obviously isn't a sampler by the conventional definition, in the music world a sampler is often taken to mean something which plays samples, even if it doesn't record them (although, of course, usually a sampler will do both).
I'd just like to point out that the most recent US console launch (PSP) sold 600k in 2 days. Doing 5 times that in a few months (at Christmas no less) doesn't seem that far fetched to me.
or the TV show that aired last night that I missed, though this is controversial
No, it's not controversial, it's illegal. There is no greay area here whatsoever - unauthorized distribution of copyright material is illegal. The TV show is copyrighted, the copyright holder has not granted you permission to download it (or the sender to upload it).
Whether it should be illegal is of course up for debate, but it is.
You need another answer? That's it. China is the world's largest untapped market. There's a lot of people there who don't have computers, or ISPs, or cell phones (well, maybe not so much) - you get the picture.
That and fear - China has a large enough army to cause some serious problems - best keep them on side.
Imagine that! Automation takes away the job of a camel jockey.
Poetic justice.
Imagine that! A post on slashdot from an idiot who obviously has no idea what they're talking about. A few points:
1) The UAE (where much camel racing occurs) is not really in the outsourcing business. 2) India, which is one of the biggest players in the outsourcing game, has no camels, or camel racing. 3) If you looked at a map (which had places other than the US on it), you'd see the two countries in question are some distance apart. 4) The "job" in question is the occupation of a kidnapped, enslaved and malnourished child. I, for one, am glad that this "job" has been taken away. If you were human (and not such a moron), maybe you would be too.
It's a hugely wealthy sport watched (and run) buy oil billionares. It's accepted practise that kids are the jockies because of their weight, and the prize money is high enough to bend many people's morals.
Excellent - insulting people in foreign languages. Way to improve US/ROW relations!
Maybe instead you should try some nice compliments, learn to say "Thanks, Goodbye" in Hindi or something. You'll likely get the same amount of information back, but your Karma will improve, and you'll get an overall sense of well being. There's also less chance said call center person will take the credit card number you just gave them and buy a new car with it.
Slashdot Mirror
England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are countries but the United Kingdom is a Kingdom. Look at the Rugby, soccer .... Any sports? They even have their own type of money bills.
.co.uk and maps.google.ie does not work
Sports teams have nothing to do with it. The respective banks may print different designs on the notes, but the currency is the same. The Queen is head of state of all of them, and there is one government and one Prime Minister (ignoring the puppets in the Scottich Assembly). Everyone carries the same passport, pays tax to the same place and shares a single military. There is a single ISO country code (UK), and a single seat in the UN assembly & security council, and NATO. The UK is a (THE) soverign nation.
I really find it offensive that we (the Irish) can only get to our google maps via
If you find that offensive, steer clear of goatse.
In the same way that North and South Korea are really one country? Please. Just because two seperate countries share a landmass which used to be a single country doesn't mean they're still a single country. Germany _wasn't_ a single country before reunification (that's why it was called reUNIfication). Or do you consider the Czech Republic to still be the same country as Slovakia? For that matter - is Texas still part of Mexico? Was Hong Kong always part of China?
Swordfish, John Travolta.
You're welcome.
And that is why it isn't selling as much as the PSP. Oh wait
This is for Japan - I can't find any US figures. But over there, the PSP is outselling the DS. Sure, there's a higher number of DS units sold, but it's been in the market longer so that's to be expected. But month on month sales are going to PSP.
Gamespot article
As someone who recently traded up from a Rebel to the 20D - seconded. I'd also recommend the EF-S 17-85 IS as a really nice replacement for the kit lens.
Adobe wanted to license it - Nikon said no. Which is really, really stupid.
I have the 20D (not D20!), it's very fast to startup. In fact, I rarely switch it off, as the half-press of the shutter to focus-lock is enough to wake it up and be ready to shoot. Amazing, compared to my old 300D which was a few seconds to "warm up".
Well I didn't pay for my Vonage box...so why does it matter that it's worthless? It's like a cable box - if I switch providers the new provider gives me one of theirs instead.
I moved my nuber to Vonage from Verizon. I thought it was a legal requirement now?
There's a difference (a very big difference) between the copyright of the music (which is relevant here) and the copyright of a specific recording (which is not). If you publish your music as is normally done (e.g. by U2, or Britney, or whoever) you cannot prevent others from performing it, or recording it. You are usually due a (pretty small) fee, but you can't stop it. Hence all the cover versions of songs where the original artist didn't like it.
On the other hand, distributing/performing a recording of a song (e.g. a U2 or Britney CD) can be stopped, and is often just not allowed.
Of course - I have no idea whether video game music is published through the normal channels - if not he'd have to go into negotiations with the individual copyright holders.
He hates Apple and all Apple products
Ah yes. That would explain why I've spent over $2000 on Apple products this year. Grow up - not all of us are fanboys of any system. I just want (and have) an mp3 player which does what I want. Is that so unacceptable to you?
By joining them together, meaning you can't skip to individual tracks, and can't see individual track titles. To me, that's not acceptable. If it is to others, good for them.
Great. Now how do I skip to track 5? Oops.
Or have a non-apple mp3 player (yes they do exist). I don't have an iPod because I consider them overpriced, lacking essential features, and I hate iTunes. As soon as Apple make a player which can play my CDs without gaps between the tracks (like my $20 discman can) I'll buy one. Until then, I'm sticking with Rio.
I agree, but I think you miss the point. No, the clerk doesn't need your ID to let you buy alcohol. No, the law doesn't require them to card anyone. However (and this is the point) - they are also free to not sell you anything.
Case in point: I'm British, but live in the US. Until very recently I didn't have a US drivers license. That made buying alcohol problematic at times. I'm 29, and look at least 25, and in most places I wasn't carded. But some places have policies, which employees are obliged to follow, of carding everyone. So that employee would apologise, agree that I am obviously over 21, but still not be able to sell me the drink. I would simply take my business elsewhere. The problem here is the dumb policy of the employer - it's not the clerks fault, and they shouldn't be put at risk of losing their job to stand up for my privacy. If you don't like a store's policy - don't shop there, or better yet, write to them and complain.
Errm, I am no expert in this field, but a quick google turned up similar products (convert analogue video to DV) from a number of manufacturers:
T erraTec
ADS Pyro
Canopus ADVC series
DataVideo
Dazzle
Miglia
Snazzi
Sony
All of the one's I have listed claim Windows compatibility. Prices seem to range from $150 up. Now as I said, I'm no expert, so there may be something wrong with these products - but the Formac Studio product you mentioned is in the same list, so I'm guessing they're similar.
Although this obviously isn't a sampler by the conventional definition, in the music world a sampler is often taken to mean something which plays samples, even if it doesn't record them (although, of course, usually a sampler will do both).
I'd just like to point out that the most recent US console launch (PSP) sold 600k in 2 days. Doing 5 times that in a few months (at Christmas no less) doesn't seem that far fetched to me.
or the TV show that aired last night that I missed, though this is controversial
No, it's not controversial, it's illegal. There is no greay area here whatsoever - unauthorized distribution of copyright material is illegal. The TV show is copyrighted, the copyright holder has not granted you permission to download it (or the sender to upload it).
Whether it should be illegal is of course up for debate, but it is.
The only answer I have so far is greed
You need another answer? That's it. China is the world's largest untapped market. There's a lot of people there who don't have computers, or ISPs, or cell phones (well, maybe not so much) - you get the picture.
That and fear - China has a large enough army to cause some serious problems - best keep them on side.
Imagine that! Automation takes away the job of a camel jockey.
Poetic justice.
Imagine that! A post on slashdot from an idiot who obviously has no idea what they're talking about. A few points:
1) The UAE (where much camel racing occurs) is not really in the outsourcing business.
2) India, which is one of the biggest players in the outsourcing game, has no camels, or camel racing.
3) If you looked at a map (which had places other than the US on it), you'd see the two countries in question are some distance apart.
4) The "job" in question is the occupation of a kidnapped, enslaved and malnourished child. I, for one, am glad that this "job" has been taken away. If you were human (and not such a moron), maybe you would be too.
It's a hugely wealthy sport watched (and run) buy oil billionares. It's accepted practise that kids are the jockies because of their weight, and the prize money is high enough to bend many people's morals.
Blame Chase. They've done this (and other unfriendly things) to me in the past, so I left. In my case it was a US call center - they're still jerks.
Excellent - insulting people in foreign languages. Way to improve US/ROW relations!
Maybe instead you should try some nice compliments, learn to say "Thanks, Goodbye" in Hindi or something. You'll likely get the same amount of information back, but your Karma will improve, and you'll get an overall sense of well being. There's also less chance said call center person will take the credit card number you just gave them and buy a new car with it.
That may well be the Indian system, but it's neither British nor European (at least, I've never seen it).
To take your example:
British : 3,000,000 (same as US)
German : 3.000.000 (they use the comma as a decimal seperator)
I think much of continental Europe also uses the German system, some may use the British.