Then that ISP shouldn't be selling 1 Mbps 'unlimited' connections to 1000+ customers and then complain when people actually *use* the bandwith *they are paying for*. That's false advertising. Thats actually fraud.
A customer pays for a service and the ISP takes payment but dosent deliver.
There is nothing wrong with overselling provided your customer can use what you sell them!
If everyone made a phone call at the sametime the phone network couldent handle it because they oversell the service to produce cheaper rates but I have NEVER had a problem making a phonecall because my service provider has carefully planned things out to make sure this dosent happen.
Overselling makes sense provided its dont intelligently so that the user can use what they pay for.
I have a tourch that is crank powered and it dosent hold a good charge for long, the three leds start fading as soon as you stop cranking so you need the be cranking while using it inorder to get good light and considering how cheap it is to use batteries in an led tourch your better off just buying the batteries.
Even one of those single led tourches people have on keyrings would be better suited to most jobs, I just keep my tourch in the car for when all else fails.
Shame mankind didnt put alot more reasearch into it through the ages, because if they had it would save us from alot of the hassles we face today in the iPod, Laptop and Phone generation.
I don't think that Windows (XP at least) can be made secure today. Yes, people can use it securely, but I don't think it is possible to make it inherently secure. The only inherently secure computer is one without a network capabilities.
In the UK the law is that you can't use a hand-held phone. So it is ok to have a mobile in a cradle or in your pocket and answer it using a headset but as soon as you touch the phone you are breaking the law. You can also be prosecuted if being on the phone affects your driving even if you are using a headset.
Heres an intresting serario In Australia you are not allowed to touch a phone while driving but can use a hands free kit but you are allowed to use a GPS while driving.
My phone has GPS I wonder if it legal so long as I have the navigation program open?
Given that the plaintiffs do not want to be identified thats pretty bad.
How careless is that law firm! its honestly not that hard to exclude names from documents even then people could still dig it up but it would help the plaintiffs anonymity a little bit.
I did a google search for Heidi(+ Surname) and can see why she would be upset about about the things that come up.
Names are very important in the type of career she is aiming for because you are represented individually as opposed to say a factory job were nobody NEEDS to know your surname. (not the best example but im sure people understand)
Personally id be out to sue as well if my full name appeared with results like that in google altho I would speak out in public about it more openly.
I didnt bother checking the other girls name but I can imagine the search results will be no better.
Oh, and you're right with 'stealing is easy'. If I could get (and pay for) TV shows I like in a legal way, I'd do that.. but I can't.. how is it my fault for picking the ONLY option available to me (other than not watching it?). There is nothing morally wrong with that, The studio isnt losing a tangable object nor is their credit being stolen (unless you show it to someone and try to pass it as your own) and they arnt giving you the option to buy content they release for public viewing so I fail to see how it could be considered stealing.
Taking a tangable object is stealing because someone loses something. Plagerism is stealing because someone missed out on credit and recognition for their work. Hacking someones computer and taking files is stealing because the content wasnt intended for public release.
But downloading content thats eleased to the public? How could that ever be considered stealing? Only if your selling it because you could damage the studio's name by selling inferior product or if they are selling it themselfs your taking potential profit from them.
I personally am not prepared to spend $20-$30 on a TV season that has been released for free on tv I will download it and watch it from my computer since I wasnt going to pay for it and Im not using the Studios bandwith to download they have lost NOTHING in me obtaining my copy.
But when you someones personal information is published without permission and somebody condones, commits or threatens physical harm then thats stepping beyond freedom of speech and onto Personal Rights!
I noticed some hotmail email adresses listed in the letter for discovery since hotmail affixes user IP addresses to email that is sent through their system prehaps the complainant should contact those email addresses and try to get a reply which will have the originating IP address in the header.
Frankly I doubt that you will find anyplace more liberal than the US. Liberal!?!?!?!?
The US opposes freedom of speech in the US you can get sued if someone dosent like what you post.
or if the goverment dont like it your busted by the CIA I recall a story of a 14yr old girl being interragated by the CIA over her livejournal account.
Just check for slashdot storey with "censorship" in the keywords. The United States of America is anti-freedom of speech and is becoming anti-freedom in general with all the new terror laws that their population is stupid enuth to belive in.
Sony/BMG is a separate company that is 50/50 owned by Sony and Bertelsmann (hence the (B)ertelsmann (M)usic (G)roup). Sony hold a controlling stake in the company so they are responsible for the actions of that company.
Why does Blu-Ray have region codes? we had to put up with that crap from DVDs for so long why don't people learn?
in the 21st century there shouldn't be computability issues they should be a thing of the past we have gotten rid of alot of them over the years then sony want to introduce new ones.
Why would anyone want to ever trust sony? I have never had Microsoft deliberately to something malicious to my PC but with sony its the norm.
Oh look Blu-Ray has better DRM looks like Sony are up to their old tricks.
if someone can attack you on the internet, and there is no way to identify who the attacker is to file a lawsuit against the person. This goes for other things besides file sharing, such as libel. If someone says something you dont like!
You do not pay to use the road for your own personal use! That is not the purpose or intent of the public transportation system. Just like taxes are collected to pay for fighter jets for only the airforce to use, taxes are collected to build a road system to facilitate mobility necessary to maintain a good economy. Yes I do!
I paid $260 in december so that I may drive on the roads how is that not paying for it?
Thats like going to the movies paying for your ticket and then someone saying "Your not paying to see the movie!" How obsurd.
Excuse me but I pay a fortune to use the roads and should have the right to spend my normal 30-40 hours a week on the roads I paid for without inexpirienced idiots putting me in danger.
You know, you're right. You're right! You pay for it, you should be able to do whatever the heck you want with it. Speaking of that, I should go to an Air Force base and take a free ride on a jet fighter. Hey, I'm paying for it, right? Who cares what the "intent" of the program is. It's all about what "I want" to do with the program, right? Who cares whether the "intent" of the transportation budget is to move people and goods. If you want to use it for your own personal needs, screw the purpose of the transportation budget (moving people and goods), right? Your ignorance astounds me!
No your not paying to ride in a jet fighter you are paying for the air force to buy it and use for their own purposes.
I am paying to use the road for my own personal use.
Do you see the difference? Probably not.
394,000 large trucks were involved in crashes in 1999. 5,203 people died and 127,000 were injured. The economic damage of the accidents was a staggering $150 billion, just in 1999. Let's put that into perspective: Hurricane Katrina did only $81 billion. That does not prove in anyway that trucks cause accidents. I see dozens of people everyweek who fuck around with trucks by cutting in front or pulling out to early. I personally have NEVER had any problem with any of the hundreds of trucks I encounter on the roads each week and living/working between the port and the major commercial district means there is almost never a truck out of sight at anyone time. I feel sorry for the truck drivers who have to deal with idiots like you on the road everyday and then get the blame when they drive over the top of you because you were stupid enuth to change lanes at the lights without giving any thought to the 50tonne truck pulling up just 100meters away.
You not only want the American public to pay for your entertainment, pay *huge amounts of money* for your entertainment, but you want to keep us in a system that injures half a million people a year, kills several tens of thousands per year, and does almost twice the economic damage as Hurricane Katrina each year. For your entertainment. Pardon me if I'm a wee bit hostile to the notion. American?! I'm in Australia how is it any of Americas business if I use Australian roads payed for by myself and all other road users. Your automatic assumption that everyone is in America shows your extreme level of ignorance.
~Dan
p.s
Who cares whether the "intent" of the transportation budget is to move people and goods. If you want to use it for your own personal needs, screw the purpose of the transportation budget (moving people and goods), right? Did I miss something here? No it must be you!
No need to pay attention to the road -- but those who like to drive could still offroad, go to tracks, etc.
I fully support your right to go have fun driving your vehicle if that's what floats your boat. You don't, however, have a fundamental right to use something constructed by lots of my taxpayer dollars (the public road system) as your personal playground and put me in unnecessary risk while on it. In such a future, if you wanted to drive for fun, you could easily go drive somewhere that's for people who want to drive for fun; however, our tax dollars weren't collected to build you a racetrack. Excuse me but I pay a fortune to use the roads and should have the right to spend my normal 30-40 hours a week on the roads I paid for without inexpirienced idiots putting me in danger.
The people who cause most accidents arnt truck drivers, taxis or couriers.
Its the person driving to the shops for their weekly shopping or picking their kids of from school that pull out in front of other vehicles on the highway or stall at the lights. These people often spend less than 20hours a week on the road and dont drive outside of their local area and so are inexpirienced road users.
I have a right to be safe on the road withouut idiots putting me in danger because they cant make rational judgements.
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Will this gps information be warrantless?
A customer pays for a service and the ISP takes payment but dosent deliver.
There is nothing wrong with overselling provided your customer can use what you sell them!
If everyone made a phone call at the sametime the phone network couldent handle it because they oversell the service to produce cheaper rates but I have NEVER had a problem making a phonecall because my service provider has carefully planned things out to make sure this dosent happen.
Overselling makes sense provided its dont intelligently so that the user can use what they pay for.
~Dan
Has anyone here ever used a crank generator?
I have a tourch that is crank powered and it dosent hold a good charge for long, the three leds start fading as soon as you stop cranking so you need the be cranking while using it inorder to get good light and considering how cheap it is to use batteries in an led tourch your better off just buying the batteries.
Even one of those single led tourches people have on keyrings would be better suited to most jobs, I just keep my tourch in the car for when all else fails.
~Dan
The Baghdad Battery is intresting.
Shame mankind didnt put alot more reasearch into it through the ages, because if they had it would save us from alot of the hassles we face today in the iPod, Laptop and Phone generation.
~Dan
a floppy disk....
That brings back memories.
In the UK the law is that you can't use a hand-held phone. So it is ok to have a mobile in a cradle or in your pocket and answer it using a headset but as soon as you touch the phone you are breaking the law. You can also be prosecuted if being on the phone affects your driving even if you are using a headset.
Heres an intresting serario In Australia you are not allowed to touch a phone while driving but can use a hands free kit but you are allowed to use a GPS while driving.My phone has GPS I wonder if it legal so long as I have the navigation program open?
It should burn-up The shuttle only made it back in because it is heat shielded and brokeup after it got thru the atmosphere.
Physical theft of a satalite wouldent be very discreate and would probably cost more than the satalite is worth.
Given that the plaintiffs do not want to be identified thats pretty bad.
How careless is that law firm! its honestly not that hard to exclude names from documents even then people could still dig it up but it would help the plaintiffs anonymity a little bit.
I did a google search for Heidi(+ Surname) and can see why she would be upset about about the things that come up.
Names are very important in the type of career she is aiming for because you are represented individually as opposed to say a factory job were nobody NEEDS to know your surname. (not the best example but im sure people understand)
Personally id be out to sue as well if my full name appeared with results like that in google altho I would speak out in public about it more openly.
I didnt bother checking the other girls name but I can imagine the search results will be no better.
The studio isnt losing a tangable object nor is their credit being stolen (unless you show it to someone and try to pass it as your own) and they arnt giving you the option to buy content they release for public viewing so I fail to see how it could be considered stealing.
Taking a tangable object is stealing because someone loses something.
Plagerism is stealing because someone missed out on credit and recognition for their work.
Hacking someones computer and taking files is stealing because the content wasnt intended for public release.
But downloading content thats eleased to the public? How could that ever be considered stealing? Only if your selling it because you could damage the studio's name by selling inferior product or if they are selling it themselfs your taking potential profit from them.
I personally am not prepared to spend $20-$30 on a TV season that has been released for free on tv I will download it and watch it from my computer since I wasnt going to pay for it and Im not using the Studios bandwith to download they have lost NOTHING in me obtaining my copy.
~Dan
Im all for freedom of speech
But when you someones personal information is published without permission and somebody condones, commits or threatens physical harm then thats stepping beyond freedom of speech and onto Personal Rights!
I noticed some hotmail email adresses listed in the letter for discovery since hotmail affixes user IP addresses to email that is sent through their system prehaps the complainant should contact those email addresses and try to get a reply which will have the originating IP address in the header.
The US opposes freedom of speech in the US you can get sued if someone dosent like what you post.
or if the goverment dont like it your busted by the CIA I recall a story of a 14yr old girl being interragated by the CIA over her livejournal account.
Just check for slashdot storey with "censorship" in the keywords. The United States of America is anti-freedom of speech and is becoming anti-freedom in general with all the new terror laws that their population is stupid enuth to belive in.
~Dan
Why does Blu-Ray have region codes? we had to put up with that crap from DVDs for so long why don't people learn?
in the 21st century there shouldn't be computability issues they should be a thing of the past we have gotten rid of alot of them over the years then sony want to introduce new ones.
Why would anyone want to ever trust sony? I have never had Microsoft deliberately to something malicious to my PC but with sony its the norm.
Oh look Blu-Ray has better DRM looks like Sony are up to their old tricks.
~Dan
...welcome our well-meaning, friendly robotic overlords, and greatly appreciate their help. that joke is so old Im amased people keep making it.Me!
Which is also alot of people by the time word gets around!
~Dan
Thankyou warner music I had not idea that a service like this existed.
Thanks to the law suit I now have a music search engine I will share with others.
~Dan
In other words their freedom of speech!
I agree they dont even use their real voices.
Why is slashdot even following a storey on these stupid kids?
Because thats all they are!
The very least they could do is use a real voice instead of hiding behind a text to speech program which makes their message hard to understand.
If you want to say something just comeout and say it!
Why are they anonymous anyway? do they think their message is that powerful that people will acually give a shit and chase them down for it?
~Dan
In my universe SNES games are free :)
I paid $260 in december so that I may drive on the roads how is that not paying for it?
Thats like going to the movies paying for your ticket and then someone saying "Your not paying to see the movie!" How obsurd.
You know, you're right. You're right! You pay for it, you should be able to do whatever the heck you want with it. Speaking of that, I should go to an Air Force base and take a free ride on a jet fighter. Hey, I'm paying for it, right? Who cares what the "intent" of the program is. It's all about what "I want" to do with the program, right? Who cares whether the "intent" of the transportation budget is to move people and goods. If you want to use it for your own personal needs, screw the purpose of the transportation budget (moving people and goods), right? Your ignorance astounds me!
No your not paying to ride in a jet fighter you are paying for the air force to buy it and use for their own purposes.
I am paying to use the road for my own personal use.
Do you see the difference? Probably not. 394,000 large trucks were involved in crashes in 1999. 5,203 people died and 127,000 were injured. The economic damage of the accidents was a staggering $150 billion, just in 1999. Let's put that into perspective: Hurricane Katrina did only $81 billion. That does not prove in anyway that trucks cause accidents. I see dozens of people everyweek who fuck around with trucks by cutting in front or pulling out to early. I personally have NEVER had any problem with any of the hundreds of trucks I encounter on the roads each week and living/working between the port and the major commercial district means there is almost never a truck out of sight at anyone time. I feel sorry for the truck drivers who have to deal with idiots like you on the road everyday and then get the blame when they drive over the top of you because you were stupid enuth to change lanes at the lights without giving any thought to the 50tonne truck pulling up just 100meters away. You not only want the American public to pay for your entertainment, pay *huge amounts of money* for your entertainment, but you want to keep us in a system that injures half a million people a year, kills several tens of thousands per year, and does almost twice the economic damage as Hurricane Katrina each year. For your entertainment. Pardon me if I'm a wee bit hostile to the notion. American?! I'm in Australia how is it any of Americas business if I use Australian roads payed for by myself and all other road users. Your automatic assumption that everyone is in America shows your extreme level of ignorance.
~Dan
p.s Who cares whether the "intent" of the transportation budget is to move people and goods. If you want to use it for your own personal needs, screw the purpose of the transportation budget (moving people and goods), right? Did I miss something here? No it must be you!
~Dan
No need to pay attention to the road -- but those who like to drive could still offroad, go to tracks, etc.
I fully support your right to go have fun driving your vehicle if that's what floats your boat. You don't, however, have a fundamental right to use something constructed by lots of my taxpayer dollars (the public road system) as your personal playground and put me in unnecessary risk while on it. In such a future, if you wanted to drive for fun, you could easily go drive somewhere that's for people who want to drive for fun; however, our tax dollars weren't collected to build you a racetrack. Excuse me but I pay a fortune to use the roads and should have the right to spend my normal 30-40 hours a week on the roads I paid for without inexpirienced idiots putting me in danger.
The people who cause most accidents arnt truck drivers, taxis or couriers.
Its the person driving to the shops for their weekly shopping or picking their kids of from school that pull out in front of other vehicles on the highway or stall at the lights. These people often spend less than 20hours a week on the road and dont drive outside of their local area and so are inexpirienced road users.
I have a right to be safe on the road withouut idiots putting me in danger because they cant make rational judgements.
~Dan
Non-paying people get a BETTER product all-round than paying consumers.
Everyone needs to boycott sony they have proven themselfs to be untrustworthy I dont know why people still buy from them.
Bittorrent is the way to go!
not only is it DRM free but its often easyer to find aswell.
~Dan