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The Humble Bundles, for example.
Ha, funny you should mention Humble Bundle. I just read the discussion about the new Humble Bundle (#5).
Turns out that one or two of the game "ports" are actually Wine wrappers that work very poorly or not at all in some cases. A Wine wrapper does not count as a port. If you can't expect HB games to be properly ported, who can you expect from an average indy developer?
If they are calling landlines, it is pretty much just the elderly.
But they are not. Read the link provided...
"Each sample includes a minimum quota of 400 cell phone respondents and 600 landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents by region"
Of course not all people answer unknown cell phone calls and maybe they have to filter based on Do Not Call registry.
being an athiest (or better yet, simply rejecting the bullshit that religion tries to force on us)
I think those are the same thing (atheist/rejecting religion). You are strategically excluding Agnosticism, i.e. people who try to remain neutral/skeptical rather than get into the religion war on either side.
I think religion, in today's world, is a form of mental disorder.
That's not better than a position of a raving religious zealot. The only difference is that you sound like a raving anti-religious zealot. You know, many religious people are quite sane and do not believe that religious beliefs should be imposed on others or involved politics. Hopefully, you are aware of this.
To me what happened with al-Awlaki is no different. This is among one of the few things he's done that I can support and get behind.
I could argue with you, but there is so much more to point out... Can you also get behind the assassination of al-Awlaki's 16-year old son?
We are so much past debating one difficult ethical dilemma now (was it ok to kill Osama? Was it ok to kill al-Awlaki?). We are up to, is it ok to kill dozens of people some of whom had been declared "terrorists" by an internal White House review.
Why get sad? Just don't buy it.
It's good to live in a world where one does not have to compromise their principles for reality. I am going to assume that you do not currently have any children in a console-playing age (with peers who own and play consoles).
This is why allowing
No one types in domain address anymore, so it doesn't really matter.
Moreover, if someone does type in address www.someplace.bank, they will often type it into google's search box and not into the browser navigation toolbar...
If you play indie games, a growing number of those are ported to Linux. If you play major-label games, there are plenty of those on consoles.
What the hell kind of answer is that? "A growing number"? That's like "up to 100%" (i.e. anywhere between 0% and 100%). Indie games are rarely ported to Linux. That may be changing, but it hasn't happened yet, so what good is it now?
I'll give you the major-label games and consoles, though some major-label games may be ported to just ONE of the major consoles.
You have the right to not buy their crap.
Barely! AC already listed all things that require Windows (Some internet providers, most games, Office documents, etc)
Also - have you ever tried to buy a computer without Windows pre-installed? Only a subset of brands (especially for laptops) can even be bought without Windows already pre-installed and paid for! I can assure you that when a computer for my office was purchased, it came with Windows without me being asked.
If the publisher owns it, and the publisher wants it canceled, no amount of crowd funding is going to bring it back.
That's true, but I am assuming that publishers are self-interested entities. FireFly was not cancelled as a result of vendetta but because it was too expensive to produce.
Perhaps if they had all or most of the costs pledged and available, they'd film the 2nd season? I can't wait for this to become an option for shows. All those DVD-buying campaigns were too indirect.
When we kill civilians, it's truly by accident.
(With all due respect) -- Bullshit and Bullshit
While I agree that US does not target civilians, there is not enough of a review process (well, we don't really know who reviews) and there are certainly no apologies. Last I heard, the official position vacillates between "there is no drone program" to "the drone program is very precise, there is no collateral damage" and, finally, Obama's "Look, we really kill very few good people by accident, it's mostly bad guys"
They barely admit that collateral damage exists. No one had ever apologized or explained how future collateral damage is being prevented. Because there is no drone program and the drone strikes are so accurate that there is no collateral damage.
$675K @ $30/hour is 22,500 hours of labor to pay it back. That's 937 days at 24 hours/day, or 2.5 years. Or, working 40 hours/week, that's nearly 11 years of labor.
I see that you are only counting the labor required to repay debts (so ignoring expenses such as food, etc.). But tell me, are the taxes suspended for those who are paying off their debts? That's at least 20%+ extra, bringing it up to 13.2+ years.
Considering he may have to pay for food and shelter, that sounds like the rest of his life assuming $30/hour income.
but it's not as if he's going to suffer prison time, death, or injury as a result of this judgment. At worst, he's going to have to declare bankruptcy, and possibly have his wages garnished for the rest of his life.
If this is not a cruel and unusual punishment, then I don't know what is! The Constitution didn't set any exact formula, but downloading 30 songs resulting in wages garnished FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE is clearly cruel and unusual.
I don't know how anyone can think otherwise.
Sure, they throw us a bone every now an then (cops can't throw a GPS on your car anytime the feel like it), but...
I think that one has failed because they asked if GPS can be placed on their cars and the answer was "yes". I guess they don't anticipate downloading MP3s or caring about who is elected.
Considering that they have lifetime tenure, I really don't understand why they aren't doing their job.
The results turn on a few percentage points. The 2010 midterms, by all accounts a blow-out, had only a 6.5% difference between the major parties.
You mean the results in a minority of districts turn on a few percentage points. While the rest are completely un-competitive.
Quoth wikipedia: "In the 2000 Congressional Elections, out of the 435 Congressional districts in which there were elections, 359 were listed as "safe" by Congressional Quarterly. [4] In all of these 359, there was no uncertainty as to who would win."
You won't skid if you stay in a rut. -- Frank Hubbard