Comment Re:Will this result in lower prices? (Score 2) 242
Lowest cost option is to just buy the paperback (used or new), read it, and sell it back on amazon a month later.
Comment Not so bad (Score 1) 228
Inkjet prices aren't so bad for those home users that only need to print occasionally. It takes decent volume (and/or time) to make back the difference in start-up costs of a laser in the cases I've seen. Especially if you want access to color printing.
Comment Re:Margins (Score 5, Informative) 473
First sale doctrine says they can do whatever they want with the DVDs once they buy them...
Comment Re:Sad day (Score 1) 156
I don't think tmobile prepaid blocks this anymore, actually.
Comment Re:Also: Jaundice! (Score 1) 139
Other than personal experience, have you found any studies or other evidence that correlate longer clamp times with jaundice?
Man Fined $1.5 Million For Leaked Mario Game 287
An anonymous reader writes "A Queensland man will have to pay Nintendo $1.5 million in damages after illegally copying and uploading one of its recent games to the internet ahead of its release, the gaming giant says. Nintendo said the loss was caused when James Burt made New Super Mario Bros Wii available for illegal download a week ahead of its official Australian release in November of last year. Nintendo applied for and was granted a search order by the Federal Court, forcing Burt to disclose the whereabouts of all his computers, disks and electronic storage devices in November. He was also ordered to allow access, including passwords, to his social networking sites, email accounts and websites."
Comment Re:extremes (Score 1) 320
But to make money (directly) you have to offer a dubious protection device after scaring them.
Not if you are a news organization that attracts viewers with scary headlines.
Comment Linking problems (Score 1) 487
Could this technology also help binaries to link against multiple versions of standard libraries (glibc, libstdc++)?
Comment In this case (Score 5, Insightful) 180
Well, in this case it may have made sense for Nokia. They are a hardware company, so giving away the software for free would not directly harm their income. Other industries won't be convinced so easily (i.e. companies that make money off of selling software to the masses).
Comment Re:This makes a lot of sense (Score 1) 567
I had the joy of riding on the Deutsche Bahn ICE last month for the first time and I agree 100%. It was the one of the most convenient and comfortable public transportation systems I've ever ridden. It would be great if we had a similar alternative to flying here in the US. The incredible ease of boarding (no check-in, security) and connections (5 minute layovers!) left me in awe.
Comment Re:Lulz (Score 4, Informative) 317
The sample sizes were not 74 and 51. The sample size of people vaccinated was "more than 16,000 volunteers". 74 and 51 were just the number of people infected, which is still statistically significant. [to what confidence level, I do not know].
Comment Re:Return on investment (Score 1) 541
If you're going to account for re-investment of interim cash flows, shouldn't you compare it to the opportunity cost of not investing the initial $38K to begin with?
Comment Re:If you don't write software at home... (Score 1) 485
I'm with cjb658 on this one. For me, however, it's not that I don't like to code. I would simply rather spend non-work time with family, getting exercise, and enjoying life.
Also, eye strain keeps me from spending too many additional hours at the computer screen if I can avoid it.
Also, eye strain keeps me from spending too many additional hours at the computer screen if I can avoid it.
