Or you could just do that with the trial version. Why go to all the trouble of paying them for a month to do it? If you're gonna pirate it, just go it the whole way and get a torrent.

I'm confused by this.

How is it not OK to claim that every pirate is a lost sale (what the industry does), yet it's A-OK to claim that every pirate would not have bought it anyway (what the pirates do)?

You claim that "pirates themselves don't cost developers any money" but this statement is empirically false, because you have no evidence that every person who pirated the game would not have purchased it anyway. Making this claim makes you as bad as the RIAA/MPAA/BSA/ESA.

It's very confusing to be honest. A quick glance over the investment statement for the fund I'm in says that apparently it is taxed on the total value of the holdings under something called "Fair Dividend Rate" - where it's assumed that all foreign shares will return a 5% dividend annually (even if they don't) but I don't have to pay tax on capital gains from the fund liquidating any assets (or get any credits for the fund losing value in assets). Then again, we also don't have a Capital Gains Tax anyway.

Because he posts the same crap over and over again. It's like listening to Andrew Ryan in Bioshock, and look how Rapture turned out.

Really? I'm taxed monthly on the total value of my shareholdings (or rather, my share of my investment fund's shareholdings).

Bah. You haven't seen creepy until someone quotes something you said back at you 3 months later. On the internet.

And then follows up with your Name, Address, and Phone Number.

Just sayin'

Don't forget, and promptly didn't notify the bank that his card was stolen, since I've never heard of a bank that doesn't have a 24/7 line to report stolen cards.

It didn't? Man are we being ripped off with a 7000km return plane ticket costing $2500.

Which is highly irrelevant when talking about the actions of a state legislature.

Doesn't work if you have a low pressure mains. Damn my city council.

I've seen enough counter-examples (people who rarely sleep but are rake thin) that I would attribute exactly zero value to these studies.

Eat right and exercise is my answer.

My solution to that is to take a colleague or two with you. It does help that the company I work for is a healthcare company so naturally it's more tolerant to employees taking time out of their day to stay healthy (and I have a supportive manager) but even for a non-healthcare company I can't imagine them being opposed to a few team members heading out for a run or whatever.

Sadly, I doubt it will. Healthcare providers are still too stuck on solutions based on Oracle Fusion, BizTalk, or Rhapsody. Getting them to try something new - especially one without a commercial support contract on it - is nigh impossible.

Oh, wait, just noticed that Mirth also has an insanely expensive support contract. I guess all they need to do now is get out there with some fancy stationery, good looking sales girls, and start inviting some execs to sporting events and they'll be right in there!

It also means the FSB has access to the largest porn collection in the world, and they aren't sharing.