I'd mod you up but I never have points:) Well like one time in the last year.
Even if it did matter, and even if we had the ability to determine what percentage man plays in this, there's no way any of us laypeople would know who to trust. The issue has been so politicized, and there is so much noise out there. Not to mention that so many people are quick to come to conclusions rather than to be practical about things.
I could be wrong, but as an outsider it seems that the nature of the political system breeds corruption, as it exists today. My impression is also that it is rife with a lot of waste, incompetence, and greed. Presuming that it's true, what is there to do about it?
Surely you can opt out -- unless the phone service were free, paid for instead by the advertising revenue. Otherwise, yes I'd agree with you. Also, you could always just turn your phone off until you needed it I suppose, which wouldn't work for everyone but to combat it, yes that's what I'd do.
How the hell is this patentable? You've got several technologies that already exist (USB/Wifi/GSM/RFID, etc), all tied together with software. The only thing this plan describes is using the technologies for the purposes for which they were designed -- transmitting and receiving data. The USPO is CLUELESS if this gets approved!
you're sort of correct... the irony is that most if not all of the high end tv's have some kind of input lag. Even my 70XBR2 has 40-50 ms lag when using the HDMI input. All digital! I gave up with PC->TV for playing games. It's not even worth trying with a mouse-controlled fps'er.. I guess with a console you're limited from the get-go, controller wise, so it might work. I just decided that the next large purchase I make for entertainment will be for one of those 30" 2560x.... monitors. The TV just isn't ready for serious mouse/keyboard-style gaming.
I saw a documentary a few weeks ago on Discovery HD called "Building the Great Pyramid" that gave evidence that suggested that they were not actually slaves. It will air again on July 13th and July 21st if anyone is interested.
I don't know about your bank, but mine (citi) does indeed show the transaction, along with the number of the virtual card that was used, in the monthly statement (and unbilled activity).
I don't usually plug credit card companies, but Citibank actually offers a service that makes this whole discussion moot, if you're with Citibank, that is. I happen to be with them because they offered a card with 20,000 bonus miles and 1 mile per dollar. There is a $50 annual fee after the first year... but I think it's worth it.
Anyway, the way it works is you download this app to your computer and login to it using the same login and password you would use to login to your account via their website. The tool lets you generate a virtual card number (including the CVC code and exp date) for every online purchase you make. Each number is set to expire the following month, and each number can only be used at a single merchant. If this isn't enough for you, you can set exact spending limits for each number, as well as extend the expiration date.
You can also check the tool to see when numbers were charged and if any numbers are still active. It's been pretty handy for me. I think I've used it about 20 times since February.
If it could be modified to inform you of contacts within 1 or 2 miles, I think that'd be better. I have friends all over Austin but unfortunately 10 miles away means a 30-45 minute drive usually; which usually means I don't get to see them. I'd love to be able to spontaneously visit a friend like that!
I'm afraid I don't have time to get further into this right now, but I do believe that what's good for the people is subjective -- read some of the other comments that aren't getting mod'd up (I'm not necessarily saying that I don't think you are). I detect questions about just what is best for everyone else from a lot of the ones who are questioning that MS is doing anything wrong. What's more important, to convince people that one argument is right, or to figure out why people disagree and tackle that? And I do think patent law is relevant to the discussion, both regarding physical resources and IP. Anyway I suspect that what's taught in economics classes is shaped partially by politics and different philosophies. If you really want to convince someone you can't tell them to go read a text book:) Sure I know the basics but when it comes to what is best for everyone... good luck!
Does it really get down to this -- that everyone is entitled to compete for what's currently deemed popular, or in demand? The other side of me was the one saying if you can't get into what's in demand, go make something else.
If I'm born yesterday, do I have the right to go make lightbulbs? aren't there patents on lightbulbs? It seems that I can't get into that business. Already I'm not on equal footing. right?
BTW I am having trouble putting linefeeds into my comments. I'm trying plaintext now, maybe that will work?
So the real issue is what do you do when you can't get people to use a perfectly good FREE product, or relatively cheap one, when the whole world is paying for something that won't talk to the free tool, and when that interoperability is necessary for getting benefit out of the fruit of that tool..
Yeah, with population levels as they are now, that's a tough one. The mandate would have to come from Congress to make a philosophical change like that, where you say "when software becomes free, then people making money off of that kind of software have to stop making money off of it" or "that standing in the way of adoption of the free thing must be removed." wait, OpenOffice is free right? I was just making that assumption based on the name.
What if a company got to be super dominant simply because it had a better product? Such as the Ford car that burned only Ford petrol but maybe it got 100 mpg? Or a Word application that could dictate your thoughts to text but stored them in a closed file format?
Don't you have anything better to do than to poo on someone's attempt to help? You know what? It's good to remember that it's not good to make assumptions about others intentions. No where in the previous anonmyous coward's post was it implied that Tai Chi is "guaranteed to solve all other somewhat related problems for all people."
On topic, for people who don't move much, Tai Chi IS a great thing. It's helped my knee and back pain, made me realize the problems I have with my alignment and arches, and made me more aware of my body and posture in general. I'm no expert, but it doesn't take one to see the benefits of learning to move properly. And no, you don't learn this stuff growing up. Further, a lot of problems are easier to diagnose and resolve if the patient can better describe what's going on in their body. I stopped practicing Tai Chi because my patience is low for learning all those slow, slow movements, and I wanted a better cardio workout. I took away some valuable lessons though.
Don't forget that sites like EliteTorrents make money off all the ad-traffic they see. It's not completely innocent what he was doing (I'm assuming his was like all the other ones that I've seen with banners and popups -- if I'm wrong, then in his case...well if you make the argument that making the service available is worse than being a user of the service who wouldn't have bought the software/music anyway, then it doesn't matter.. ). Even if there weren't any ads, there is more to this topic:
what are people doing with their time? if time = money to a person who gets some software for free, wouldn't that person have been able to convert time into money, thus enabling the purchase of the thing he stole? If time != money for a person, then if he's using all his time searching for a free thing, would that person have been able to afford it anyway? I'm just saying, make it harder for people to find their warez, and you eliminate the "loss" that the industry claims occurs as a result of piracy. in theory at least. My idea is that people are aren't going to be productive for a current time are like that for a reason. And of course there are varying amounts that time might be worth to different people, so the cost of the thing gotten for free would be possibly unavailable to people who make money but not enough.. but you get the idea.
Torrent Trackers make it too easy. So did the p2p file sharing systems. With Usenet at least you have to sit around waiting for the thing you're looking for to show up. IRC is good, it can take some time to find what you're looking for.
After wasting time for long enough a period, don't most people realize that they're just slugs taking up space and move on? In summary, I think it should be ok to pirate, but it should not be something that the average busy person making cash should be able to do easily. And if you make it easy while profitting? yeah I think you should prosecute.
The above is the socialist in me, the one who thinks we can all come together and come up with reasonable solutions to all of life's problems.
Then there is the independence and freedom side that prefers to separate himself from everyone, since there are so many people you can't trust (and there is truth to that), with the result being the demand for personal accountability -- the torrent tracker or file sharer didn't commit the crime, the downloader did.
I think you can find a balance between the two types, but it's difficult and takes a lot of thinking. Good luck with all that:)
but I think he meant legally -- person B did not purchase a license for the file that he's getting from person A. If person B had a license, he'd already have the file. If you want to share the file, you have to make sure that person B can't use it indescriminately, thus the DRM wrapper.
I didn't want to say shut up, that's rude!
put up also means go home. it works in either case.
Read further down to see that this is not what the parent poster is making it out to be.....
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I don't think the OS factored into the delay, since it is still a directx 9 game.
I'd mod you up but I never have points :) Well like one time in the last year.
Even if it did matter, and even if we had the ability to determine what percentage man plays in this, there's no way any of us laypeople would know who to trust. The issue has been so politicized, and there is so much noise out there. Not to mention that so many people are quick to come to conclusions rather than to be practical about things.
I could be wrong, but as an outsider it seems that the nature of the political system breeds corruption, as it exists today. My impression is also that it is rife with a lot of waste, incompetence, and greed. Presuming that it's true, what is there to do about it?
Surely you can opt out -- unless the phone service were free, paid for instead by the advertising revenue. Otherwise, yes I'd agree with you. Also, you could always just turn your phone off until you needed it I suppose, which wouldn't work for everyone but to combat it, yes that's what I'd do.
How the hell is this patentable? You've got several technologies that already exist (USB/Wifi/GSM/RFID, etc), all tied together with software. The only thing this plan describes is using the technologies for the purposes for which they were designed -- transmitting and receiving data. The USPO is CLUELESS if this gets approved!
you're sort of correct... the irony is that most if not all of the high end tv's have some kind of input lag. Even my 70XBR2 has 40-50 ms lag when using the HDMI input. All digital! I gave up with PC->TV for playing games. It's not even worth trying with a mouse-controlled fps'er.. I guess with a console you're limited from the get-go, controller wise, so it might work. I just decided that the next large purchase I make for entertainment will be for one of those 30" 2560x.... monitors. The TV just isn't ready for serious mouse/keyboard-style gaming.
I saw a documentary a few weeks ago on Discovery HD called "Building the Great Pyramid" that gave evidence that suggested that they were not actually slaves. It will air again on July 13th and July 21st if anyone is interested.
I don't know about your bank, but mine (citi) does indeed show the transaction, along with the number of the virtual card that was used, in the monthly statement (and unbilled activity).
I don't usually plug credit card companies, but Citibank actually offers a service that makes this whole discussion moot, if you're with Citibank, that is. I happen to be with them because they offered a card with 20,000 bonus miles and 1 mile per dollar. There is a $50 annual fee after the first year... but I think it's worth it.
Anyway, the way it works is you download this app to your computer and login to it using the same login and password you would use to login to your account via their website. The tool lets you generate a virtual card number (including the CVC code and exp date) for every online purchase you make. Each number is set to expire the following month, and each number can only be used at a single merchant. If this isn't enough for you, you can set exact spending limits for each number, as well as extend the expiration date.
You can also check the tool to see when numbers were charged and if any numbers are still active. It's been pretty handy for me. I think I've used it about 20 times since February.
I have 10mbit/1mbit to the home through Time Warner Cable. I'd like to see something closer to 100mbit though.
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I really don't think that many people would take a drug that monkies with sleep patterns for it to make difference.
I'm with PFI_Optix and StorminMormin!
wasn't the fact that companies are required to maintain e-mail records for X number of years already a grave issue?
If it could be modified to inform you of contacts within 1 or 2 miles, I think that'd be better. I have friends all over Austin but unfortunately 10 miles away means a 30-45 minute drive usually; which usually means I don't get to see them. I'd love to be able to spontaneously visit a friend like that!
I'm afraid I don't have time to get further into this right now, but I do believe that what's good for the people is subjective -- read some of the other comments that aren't getting mod'd up (I'm not necessarily saying that I don't think you are). I detect questions about just what is best for everyone else from a lot of the ones who are questioning that MS is doing anything wrong. What's more important, to convince people that one argument is right, or to figure out why people disagree and tackle that? And I do think patent law is relevant to the discussion, both regarding physical resources and IP. Anyway I suspect that what's taught in economics classes is shaped partially by politics and different philosophies. If you really want to convince someone you can't tell them to go read a text book :) Sure I know the basics but when it comes to what is best for everyone... good luck!
sorry I have to go, I've been avoiding deadlines
Does it really get down to this -- that everyone is entitled to compete for what's currently deemed popular, or in demand? The other side of me was the one saying if you can't get into what's in demand, go make something else.
If I'm born yesterday, do I have the right to go make lightbulbs? aren't there patents on lightbulbs? It seems that I can't get into that business. Already I'm not on equal footing. right?
BTW I am having trouble putting linefeeds into my comments. I'm trying plaintext now, maybe that will work?
So the real issue is what do you do when you can't get people to use a perfectly good FREE product, or relatively cheap one, when the whole world is paying for something that won't talk to the free tool, and when that interoperability is necessary for getting benefit out of the fruit of that tool.. Yeah, with population levels as they are now, that's a tough one. The mandate would have to come from Congress to make a philosophical change like that, where you say "when software becomes free, then people making money off of that kind of software have to stop making money off of it" or "that standing in the way of adoption of the free thing must be removed." wait, OpenOffice is free right? I was just making that assumption based on the name.
What if a company got to be super dominant simply because it had a better product? Such as the Ford car that burned only Ford petrol but maybe it got 100 mpg? Or a Word application that could dictate your thoughts to text but stored them in a closed file format?
Don't you have anything better to do than to poo on someone's attempt to help? You know what? It's good to remember that it's not good to make assumptions about others intentions. No where in the previous anonmyous coward's post was it implied that Tai Chi is "guaranteed to solve all other somewhat related problems for all people." On topic, for people who don't move much, Tai Chi IS a great thing. It's helped my knee and back pain, made me realize the problems I have with my alignment and arches, and made me more aware of my body and posture in general. I'm no expert, but it doesn't take one to see the benefits of learning to move properly. And no, you don't learn this stuff growing up. Further, a lot of problems are easier to diagnose and resolve if the patient can better describe what's going on in their body. I stopped practicing Tai Chi because my patience is low for learning all those slow, slow movements, and I wanted a better cardio workout. I took away some valuable lessons though.
Don't forget that sites like EliteTorrents make money off all the ad-traffic they see. It's not completely innocent what he was doing (I'm assuming his was like all the other ones that I've seen with banners and popups -- if I'm wrong, then in his case.. .well if you make the argument that making the service available is worse than being a user of the service who wouldn't have bought the software/music anyway, then it doesn't matter.. ). Even if there weren't any ads, there is more to this topic:
what are people doing with their time? if time = money to a person who gets some software for free, wouldn't that person have been able to convert time into money, thus enabling the purchase of the thing he stole? If time != money for a person, then if he's using all his time searching for a free thing, would that person have been able to afford it anyway? I'm just saying, make it harder for people to find their warez, and you eliminate the "loss" that the industry claims occurs as a result of piracy. in theory at least. My idea is that people are aren't going to be productive for a current time are like that for a reason. And of course there are varying amounts that time might be worth to different people, so the cost of the thing gotten for free would be possibly unavailable to people who make money but not enough.. but you get the idea.
Torrent Trackers make it too easy. So did the p2p file sharing systems. With Usenet at least you have to sit around waiting for the thing you're looking for to show up. IRC is good, it can take some time to find what you're looking for.
After wasting time for long enough a period, don't most people realize that they're just slugs taking up space and move on? In summary, I think it should be ok to pirate, but it should not be something that the average busy person making cash should be able to do easily. And if you make it easy while profitting? yeah I think you should prosecute.
The above is the socialist in me, the one who thinks we can all come together and come up with reasonable solutions to all of life's problems.
Then there is the independence and freedom side that prefers to separate himself from everyone, since there are so many people you can't trust (and there is truth to that), with the result being the demand for personal accountability -- the torrent tracker or file sharer didn't commit the crime, the downloader did.
I think you can find a balance between the two types, but it's difficult and takes a lot of thinking. Good luck with all that :)
I'm not commenting either on that "idiocy"! :)
yeah but don't it remind you of The Street?
omg quite beating this to death. read the other posts. this was assuming sharing of a drm file..
but I think he meant legally -- person B did not purchase a license for the file that he's getting from person A. If person B had a license, he'd already have the file. If you want to share the file, you have to make sure that person B can't use it indescriminately, thus the DRM wrapper.
I didn't want to say shut up, that's rude! put up also means go home. it works in either case. Read further down to see that this is not what the parent poster is making it out to be.....