Comment Re:Back in them good ol' days... (Score 1) 926
Well sure, use semantic markup. But what the hell is wrong with a bit of css?
Comment Re:So what happens (Score 1) 388
I can never find my plug gauge when I need it.
Real men set their plugs with a 6-inch ruler!
Comment Re:Why are they attacking him? (Score 1) 273
And yes, downloading music without paying for it is STEALING.
No, its not.
Stealing or theft is when you take something away from someone else without their consent and/or providing compensation. The original owner no longer has the thing you stole. Example: If you walk into Walmart, pick up a music CD, and then walk right back out without paying for it.
Downloading music means you're making a COPY of it, you don't go to the provider's computer/server and take the digital file from them. Copying, when the work is copyrighted, is copyright infringement.
Now, is Copyright Infringement wrong? Most people would say yes, and I'd agree with that (although I don't agree with the copyright time lengths).
The RIAA/MPAA, however, want to have their cake and eat it too. They want Copyright Infringement to be viewed, by both the general public and the courts, as stealing.
Why? Well, by making Copyright Infringement into theft, they an make it a criminal offense meaning it could end up as a felony or misdemeanor charge. Just imagine, the RIAA/MPAA could go far beyond demanding insane amounts of money per infringement, they could add jail time into their extortion methods to put the fear of The Almighty RIAA/MPAA into the infringers
Comment Re:USA is losing because we think we're winning (Score 1) 181
Because people are stupid and think economics is a zero-sum game. [...] If China is getting richer, it means they have more money to buy things from the US/EU and less competitive labour!
Perhaps a better question, then: How far away from zero does the sum have to get to make it profitable to move those factories that build the things we and the Chinese buy back to America?
Do we have to flip the earnings and cost of living ratio around to the point where America has 1/10th the cost of living and 1/10th the wage rates of China before we can start looking for improvement in America again?
Comment Re:Return of the clipper chip (Score 1) 418
But, but, but ... won't someone think of the kids?!?!
Review: Spore 605
The hype leading up to Spore was excessive. But then, so is the scope of the game; following the growth of a species from the cellular level to galactic domination was an ambitious goal, to say the least. Bringing evolution into the realm of entertainment was something Will Wright hoped and gambled he could do after the success of the Sim franchise. But rather than evolution, Spore became more about creation — creation that allows a single-player game to include the community, as well. It ties the various parts of the game together to make Spore very entertaining as a whole. Read on for my thoughts.
Mimicking Photosynthesis To Split Water 257
plantsdoitsocanwe writes "An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis, paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The breakthrough could revolutionize the renewable energy industry by making hydrogen — touted as the clean, green fuel of the future — cheaper and easier to produce on a commercial scale." This was a laboratory demonstration only and the researchers say they need to bring up the efficiency.
What's the Problem With iPhone 3G Reception? 322
CWmike writes "Apple's iPhone 3G was just a couple of days old when reports began trickling onto the company's support forum from dissatisfied customers complaining about poor reception. Although no one outside of Apple and AT&T — and maybe a chipmaker or two — really knows, that has not kept others from speculating, or in a few cases, making claims based on unnamed sources. What's going on? We may not have all the answers, but we do have questions. Gregg Keizer put together everything we know in a FAQ on the griping about iPhone 3G reception."
Outages Leave Google Apps Admins In the Hotseat 260
snydeq writes "This week's Google outages left several Google Apps admins in the lurch — and many of them are second-guessing their advocacy for making the switch to hosted apps, InfoWorld reports. The outages, which affected both Gmail and Apps, 'could serve as a deterrent to some IT and business managers who might not be ready to ditch conventional software packages that are installed on their servers,' according to the article. 'If we began to experience a similar outage more than about two or three business hours per quarter, we'd probably make Google Apps and Gmail a backup solution to a locally hosted mail system, if we used it at all,' said one Apps admin. 'And it would likely be years before we'd try a cloud-based collaborative system again from any vendor.' Coupled with recent Apple and Amazon cloud issues, these Google outages are being viewed by some as big wins for Microsoft."
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