Comment Re:The subject (Score 1) 227
Oops, forgot to include this link as well in my previous post.
Oops, forgot to include this link as well in my previous post.
Though I hope people don't bother to read the article
You do realize that this is Slashdot, right?
No it does not. It will work as 2G, but not 3G.
They barely edit the stories, now you want them to check links in comments?!
Interesting. So what happens if a law office gets raided by the U.S. Marshals and they take the servers that have your clients' confidential files on them? (Assuming that the clients had nothing to do with the raid.) What happens to those files? Could the receiver of the hardware simply wipe the hardware with impunity? I'm guessing that actually viewing the contents of said files would be a majorly bad idea.
"I'd wager that, for most works, there isn't much income to be made past 14 years."
I'd wager that, on average, there's enough money to be done past 14 years, and even past 70 years, that the ones with the power to do so are willing to expend a bazillion of [money currency] in bribes to make sure they can asure such an income for themselves.
While probably true, I don't think you're giving the record execs enough credit. It isn't just about making money on any one song. By locking up content behind copyright they can both control and restrict what is available. This means there is always a void for them to fill with their latest band.
Think about it for a moment.
Anyone interested in finding a good(bad?) example of corporate police forces should google "pinkerton coal miners". Interesting stuff there if you like history.
Anakin's character...
Wow, you totally lost me right there. Anakin had character?
True, Avatar wasn't embarrassingly bad.
The only thing about Avatar that constantly set my teeth on edge was the usage of the word "Unobtainium". That was probably the most glaringly inappropriate mineral name I have ever heard used in a SciFi movie. They were mining it; it wasn't exactly unobtainable. It didn't exactly do wonders for my suspension of disbelief either.
Other than that I didn't think it was all that bad.
But nonetheless all of those methods require point to point pairing. NFC has no concept of pairing, you wave it past a sensor and something happens.
Having to stop and pair your device with a coke machine is a large amount of effort for such a tiny transaction.
Maybe, but I don't want to have to worry about possibly walking too close to vending machines and getting "mugged". Not to mention the various scams that will eventually start popping up (like the card readers that crooks attach to ATMs). If it is going to cost me money I want to be able to say "No" on the hardware I control.
If you've got an OEM copy then it should be pre-activated.
Only for certain types of OEM copies. OEM copies from large manufacturers such as Dell, Gateway, etc. would usually come pre-activated. However you could also buy OEM copies of Windows which were not activated. (They were supposed to only be sold to end-users with hardware, but a mouse is technically hardware...)
Exactly. All the Second Amendment states is that because the individual States might need to draft their people to serve in a militia the federal government cannot prevent those people from having and using the arms they need to serve. The fact that this also enables said people to go hunting for deer and turkey and the like is just an added (though most certainly intended) perk.
Allow me to introduce you to a wonderful "new" feature supported by almost every browser ever created by mankind: The Bookmark. (Maybe you should google that.)
Anyone know what percentage of the US population has never flown on a plane in their entire lives? I'm curious if such a statistic has ever been calculated. (Assuming that the parent post's figure of 80% approval of the TSA is correct, I have a hunch I could make a pretty close guess...)
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. -- Frank Hubbard
