I get it... By making everyone use DRM on their podcasts, each terrorist will have to legitimately purchase Osama Bin Laden's podcasts off of iTunes, thus driving up the price of terrorism!
BTX, introduced a couple of years ago, has not caught on very widely, and Intel decided to shelve future development late last year. Part of the reason for that may be the fact that BTX has limited compatibility with products designed for the dominant ATX form factor.
I actually liked the BTX format, what with the better airflow over the GPU, CPU, and Hard Drives because they were all streamlined. I would have bought a BTX motherboard for my next box, but I guess Dell and friends weren't as committed to it as I was.
What about the wealth gap? That's more what I'm worried about. Two people who make the exact same amount of money but aren't given the same options for saving it will have much less wealth to pass on to their children later in life. This perpetuates a cycle of slow growth for the non-wealthy and a cycle of faster growth for the already wealthy. Take housing, for example... the average house in a mostly Caucasian neighborhood appreciates much faster than the average house in a mostly non-Caucasian neighborhood. When you can sell your house later for $50,000 more than you bought it for, you've gained a measure of wealth that others don't necessarily have access to.
Just as a hypothetical worry... I'd be more concerned about dual-citizenship and rights... we know how **AA the US is. I can easily see a time where, even if this did get off the ground, a law was passed by **AA lawyers saying that all citizens of SeaLand have their US citizenship revoked. Sure, it's a little extreme... but do you expect much less from the **AA?
Of course this has to be on Slashdot. Rather than interact with people while the servers are down, the WoW junkies find the most recent WoW news story on Slashdot and whine, or if there hasn't been one in a while, they whip up another one and whine there.
It seems that you've been living two lives. One life, you're Fred D. Anderson, Chief Financial Officer for a respectable software company. You have a social security number, pay your taxes, and you... help your landlady carry out her garbage. The other life is lived in the back rooms, where you go by the hacker alias "Neo", and are guilty of virtually stock option crime we have a law for. One of these lives has a future, and one of them does not.
We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start. All that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice.
What about their CFO, Mr. Anderson? Even if Jobs doesn't go down the tubes, high-level people like the CFO resigning can still affect a company in a major way, and it looks like Jobs is trying to distance himself from the fiasco (not that I blame anyone for wanting to do that).
Is there some quota that Slashdot must post at least one pointless Vista story every day? For crying out loud, the OS isn't even available to the public yet.
Anyone else accidentally mis-read the title? I certainly saw "Free Guide to Naked Astronomy", thought, "Who needs a guide for that?" and did a double-take.
Eugh. I saw the pictures from that accident. The Ferrari had 9 miles on it. Nine. One of those miles was the crash itself. My inner manly-man is crying just remembering those pictures.
I was watching Star Wars: Episode 2 in theatres, when Yoda battles with Count Dooku... you get that shot where Yoda grimaces and holds his lightsabre out in front of him. Someone in the back stood up and yelled, "Kick his ass, Yoda!" The audience erupted in laughter. I can't see that scene without thinking of the guy in the back. ^_^
Yes, but does it run Linux? Eventually (if this becomes legally viable) Blue-Ray/HD-DVD optical drives will come out for computers and someone is gonna start shouting for Linux drivers. I seriously doubt that it'll be an easy task, considering Broadcom's track record; those d*** WIFI drivers have been a long time coming, no thanks to them. I expect Linux compatibility around the time Debian Stable uses IceWeasel 2.0 or Slackware ships the 2.6.x kernel by default. *glare*
Why the hell is this being posted on Slashdot? It's not like having spouses angry at us for using the PC in bed is ever gonna affect us. Either we won't get a spouse, or she'll be too busy surfing the 'net on her own laptop to care.
Augh, I feel your pain. I need ReBoot on DVD like nobody's business. While we're at it, let's bring back the rest of my childhood with Transformers, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and the original Power Rangers on DVD too.
On the plus side, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and the Batman/Superman Animated Series are already arriving on DVD. My sister was kind enough to get me the Superman: The Animated Series Season 1 DVD for my birthday.:)
1) Get little brother a copy of Crysis.
2) Check off the "never see him again" item on your todo list.
3) Celebrate.
4) Market to others in same predicament.
5) Profit?
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R&D: Billions of dollars.
Marketing: More billions of dollars.
Squeezing that extra GB out of your next-gen DVD to claim your format is "better": Priceless.
I get it... By making everyone use DRM on their podcasts, each terrorist will have to legitimately purchase Osama Bin Laden's podcasts off of iTunes, thus driving up the price of terrorism!
Brilliant!
What about the wealth gap? That's more what I'm worried about. Two people who make the exact same amount of money but aren't given the same options for saving it will have much less wealth to pass on to their children later in life. This perpetuates a cycle of slow growth for the non-wealthy and a cycle of faster growth for the already wealthy. Take housing, for example... the average house in a mostly Caucasian neighborhood appreciates much faster than the average house in a mostly non-Caucasian neighborhood. When you can sell your house later for $50,000 more than you bought it for, you've gained a measure of wealth that others don't necessarily have access to.
MS-Approved Craplets For Everyone!
Just as a hypothetical worry... I'd be more concerned about dual-citizenship and rights... we know how **AA the US is. I can easily see a time where, even if this did get off the ground, a law was passed by **AA lawyers saying that all citizens of SeaLand have their US citizenship revoked. Sure, it's a little extreme... but do you expect much less from the **AA?
Of course this has to be on Slashdot. Rather than interact with people while the servers are down, the WoW junkies find the most recent WoW news story on Slashdot and whine, or if there hasn't been one in a while, they whip up another one and whine there.
What about their CFO, Mr. Anderson? Even if Jobs doesn't go down the tubes, high-level people like the CFO resigning can still affect a company in a major way, and it looks like Jobs is trying to distance himself from the fiasco (not that I blame anyone for wanting to do that).
isohunt.com says otherwise.
Anyone else accidentally mis-read the title? I certainly saw "Free Guide to Naked Astronomy", thought, "Who needs a guide for that?" and did a double-take.
Eugh. I saw the pictures from that accident. The Ferrari had 9 miles on it. Nine. One of those miles was the crash itself. My inner manly-man is crying just remembering those pictures.
/me raises hand
"What's a cash register?"
I live about 20 minutes away from West Bend... I very well might go up there tonight and give that manager a piece of my mind. Seriously, WTF.
I was watching Star Wars: Episode 2 in theatres, when Yoda battles with Count Dooku... you get that shot where Yoda grimaces and holds his lightsabre out in front of him. Someone in the back stood up and yelled, "Kick his ass, Yoda!" The audience erupted in laughter. I can't see that scene without thinking of the guy in the back. ^_^
Yes, but does it run Linux? Eventually (if this becomes legally viable) Blue-Ray/HD-DVD optical drives will come out for computers and someone is gonna start shouting for Linux drivers. I seriously doubt that it'll be an easy task, considering Broadcom's track record; those d*** WIFI drivers have been a long time coming, no thanks to them. I expect Linux compatibility around the time Debian Stable uses IceWeasel 2.0 or Slackware ships the 2.6.x kernel by default. *glare*
It's not in the main 2.6.x kernels, it's in the -mm kernel. Andrew Morton's kernel patchset has always been bleeding edge.
Why the hell is this being posted on Slashdot? It's not like having spouses angry at us for using the PC in bed is ever gonna affect us. Either we won't get a spouse, or she'll be too busy surfing the 'net on her own laptop to care.
Thanks for the tip, though. I'll go order copies.
Augh, I feel your pain. I need ReBoot on DVD like nobody's business. While we're at it, let's bring back the rest of my childhood with Transformers, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and the original Power Rangers on DVD too.
:)
On the plus side, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and the Batman/Superman Animated Series are already arriving on DVD. My sister was kind enough to get me the Superman: The Animated Series Season 1 DVD for my birthday.
Note to self:
1) Get little brother a copy of Crysis.
2) Check off the "never see him again" item on your todo list.
3) Celebrate.
4) Market to others in same predicament.
5) Profit?
What, they thought we were serious? *blink*