Bah, the worst pollution is the oil sands in Northern Alberta - billions of tons of polluted sand - now being meticulously washed clean by the big oil companies. The oily gunk so removed is then distributed for disposal in millions of privately owned mobile incinerators, leaving behind nice clean sand for future (post global warming) children to play in and build sand castles on the pristine arctic beaches...
In any case, a 'Polar Bear' is just a white Grisly bear. They are closely related and can inter breed, so Polar bears is not a separate species, they just look somewhat different.
Well, it is not like there is zero traffic through the north. Canadian and US icebreakers occationally make the journey with some other military ships tagging along behind them. Of course, this won't get in the news, but it happens. The same happens in the north-east passage allong the Russian coast.
In most states, the EULA doesn't matter - what matters is the state's Sale of Goods Act. Most of these acts say something to the effect that if it looks like a sale, then it is a sale. The EULAs are mostly just a scare tactic to keep stupid people in line. Unfortunately, 50% of people fall in that category and the other 50% can't be bothered.
No, using those bombs halted the Japan war in its tracks and saved a lot of American, Chinese, Korean and Indonesian lives. It even saved Japannese lives, since the bombing of other cities, like Tokyo also stopped.
When there is a clear agressor in a war, like Germany, Itally and Japan in WW2, then it is not necessary to jump through moral hoops when you are only trying to defend yourself. They started it and they deserved all they got coming back at them. "Waaah! He hit back first!" simply doesn't cut it, it doesn't even cut it in a schoolyard.
Before you fly off your handle, you should read your state's Sale of Goods Act (or whatever it is called). Most of these acts say some thing to the effect that if it looks like a sale, then it is a sale, which makes any EULA moot, unless you explicitly agree to it in a prescribed way - signed by both parties for example.
Actually, if analogue TV transmissions stops, then I just won't bother buying a TV. A computer is good enough for what little motion video I watch and I have a strong suspicion that many people will do the same thing. A complete switch to digital will likely cause the TV stations to permanently lose a lot of viewers.
It is a specialist munition. Like nukes, it is used very rarely, as far as I know these bombs have so far been used only twice in a war, but that doesn't make them useless. They sure would have been useful in the 2nd world war to take out large concentrations of German panzer advancing into Russia. These things could have halted the German attacks on Poland and France too and if the USA had them, then maybe they would not have needed to nuke Japan since they could have halted the invasions of China and Korea.
Not useless no. You have to be careful how and where you use it, but that applies to all specialist munitions. Like nuclear bombs, it is the kind of thing that gets used once or twice in a century, but that doesn't make it useless. In the late 20th century, South Africa used two of these devices to destroy two enormous terrorist camps in southern Angola. These camps were dug in and spread out over very large areas, which made it very hard to remove any other way, so they waited for a calm day with no wind and took them out.
Calm down, it is only ones and zeroes.
The older I get, the more I agree with RMS. The purpose of the GPL is to ensure a level playing field where everybody share their code contributions and it does that marvelously well.
You also seem to forget that it is Richard and his friends who created the GNU utilities and the C compiler that we all depend upon. GCC is arguably the most complex program ever created by mankind and make sthe Linux kernel pale into insignificance.
In my experience, about one in thousand downloads will result in a payment, whether the code is Free or restricted. That means that either 999 people found they don't really need the program, or they found a patch for the protection system. So, copy protection simply doesn't work in practise and is only a nuisance for the legitimate users.
Apple would have had better luck if they worked through an Ad Agency, instead of approaching City Hall directly. It is all about spreading the graft around, you can't just pay the City, that is not the French way.
Fortunately, the mediocre products turned out by Microsoft will keep hundreds of thousands of PC Software Engineers^WMechanics employed for many years to come. Provided that you know how to re-install Windows and remove the most obvious and annoying viruses you'll do fine.
Slashdot Mirror
That puts the server in another country I guess. Anyhoo, it sounds like is time to escape Honecker and the Stasi and jump the wall... Uhh, what?
Bah, the worst pollution is the oil sands in Northern Alberta - billions of tons of polluted sand - now being meticulously washed clean by the big oil companies. The oily gunk so removed is then distributed for disposal in millions of privately owned mobile incinerators, leaving behind nice clean sand for future (post global warming) children to play in and build sand castles on the pristine arctic beaches...
I woulda thunk that everyone on Sloshdat would only watch torrents with their c0mp00ters...
In any case, a 'Polar Bear' is just a white Grisly bear. They are closely related and can inter breed, so Polar bears is not a separate species, they just look somewhat different.
Well, it is not like there is zero traffic through the north. Canadian and US icebreakers occationally make the journey with some other military ships tagging along behind them. Of course, this won't get in the news, but it happens. The same happens in the north-east passage allong the Russian coast.
From Yahoo: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SCOX&t=1d I'm sure it was a nice ride for Darl: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SCOX&t=5y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=
it could do a round trip in a day...
Meaningless drivel.
In most states, the EULA doesn't matter - what matters is the state's Sale of Goods Act. Most of these acts say something to the effect that if it looks like a sale, then it is a sale. The EULAs are mostly just a scare tactic to keep stupid people in line. Unfortunately, 50% of people fall in that category and the other 50% can't be bothered.
You can sue anyone for anything, but the amounts are totally meaningless.
Anyhoo, the plaintiff's home state Sale of Goods Act is what matters.
Well, have you looked at the Dollar/Pound exchange rate lately? The Pound must be getting heavier...
So time is speeding up then?
Ah, so that explains the obesity epidemic, but my ever increasing middle indicates that the metre must also be shrinking at the same time.
Well, it is not bloody likely that they will ever pay out, so they can probably insure the payout at Lloyds for a dollar or two.
No, using those bombs halted the Japan war in its tracks and saved a lot of American, Chinese, Korean and Indonesian lives. It even saved Japannese lives, since the bombing of other cities, like Tokyo also stopped.
When there is a clear agressor in a war, like Germany, Itally and Japan in WW2, then it is not necessary to jump through moral hoops when you are only trying to defend yourself. They started it and they deserved all they got coming back at them. "Waaah! He hit back first!" simply doesn't cut it, it doesn't even cut it in a schoolyard.
Life is not fair.
Before you fly off your handle, you should read your state's Sale of Goods Act (or whatever it is called). Most of these acts say some thing to the effect that if it looks like a sale, then it is a sale, which makes any EULA moot, unless you explicitly agree to it in a prescribed way - signed by both parties for example.
Actually, if analogue TV transmissions stops, then I just won't bother buying a TV. A computer is good enough for what little motion video I watch and I have a strong suspicion that many people will do the same thing. A complete switch to digital will likely cause the TV stations to permanently lose a lot of viewers.
See this link for a small American bomb http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/clmf/faeseq.html
It is a specialist munition. Like nukes, it is used very rarely, as far as I know these bombs have so far been used only twice in a war, but that doesn't make them useless. They sure would have been useful in the 2nd world war to take out large concentrations of German panzer advancing into Russia. These things could have halted the German attacks on Poland and France too and if the USA had them, then maybe they would not have needed to nuke Japan since they could have halted the invasions of China and Korea.
Not useless no. You have to be careful how and where you use it, but that applies to all specialist munitions. Like nuclear bombs, it is the kind of thing that gets used once or twice in a century, but that doesn't make it useless. In the late 20th century, South Africa used two of these devices to destroy two enormous terrorist camps in southern Angola. These camps were dug in and spread out over very large areas, which made it very hard to remove any other way, so they waited for a calm day with no wind and took them out.
Hmm, this puts the Blue Screen of Death in a whole new light.
Hmm, micro-needles is something any outdoorsy person can relate to - Noseeums anyone?
Calm down, it is only ones and zeroes. The older I get, the more I agree with RMS. The purpose of the GPL is to ensure a level playing field where everybody share their code contributions and it does that marvelously well. You also seem to forget that it is Richard and his friends who created the GNU utilities and the C compiler that we all depend upon. GCC is arguably the most complex program ever created by mankind and make sthe Linux kernel pale into insignificance.
In my experience, about one in thousand downloads will result in a payment, whether the code is Free or restricted. That means that either 999 people found they don't really need the program, or they found a patch for the protection system. So, copy protection simply doesn't work in practise and is only a nuisance for the legitimate users.
Apple would have had better luck if they worked through an Ad Agency, instead of approaching City Hall directly. It is all about spreading the graft around, you can't just pay the City, that is not the French way.
Fortunately, the mediocre products turned out by Microsoft will keep hundreds of thousands of PC Software Engineers^WMechanics employed for many years to come. Provided that you know how to re-install Windows and remove the most obvious and annoying viruses you'll do fine.