Maybe the Chinese govt realise if they want any hope whatsoever of recouping the US National Debt they might have to stop funneling all the money out of stupid Americans:)
Sorry to reply to my own post, but maybe also a ploy by her defense, they would know that no matter who won this case, it would be appealed, and this kind of verdict really does make this case look a bit of a mockery, even to my non-American eyes.
Could this then be a ploy by the court to force it to higher courts of justice in order to make a precedent that will stick? Would sure make future cases much easier if there was a supreme court ruling, either one way or the other.
They can't have it both ways, they can't claim they get a useful amount of power from it per car and at the same time say that amount is insignificant.
Wait, so the plate drops down and it makes some power, how does your car get out of the now slight pot-hole? Why it has to drive forward, which (considering you are driveing up a very brief and very small hill) uses a tiny amount more fuel.
There is never, and WILL never be a free ride, all power comes from somewhere.
"Oh I won't use it till it gives me 740kb/s Ogg files"
I am not anti-file sharing (you missed where I said I have downloaded a lot of music?), however I am laughing like fuck at the people who try to justify it with the kind of excuses I list above.
I avoid music that I can't purchase direct now (yes, that limits me a lot, but I have found some great new bands who are very willing to sell me a copy of their album for around $5 or so), I, like all the others on here, don't give a fuck what you think (as they, and you likely think the same about me), just stating what I thought was funny.
Damn, someone brought common sense into the argument, HOW DARE YOU?!
The rest of slashdot is busy making up goals to be met by any service before they will stop pirating, crazy goals, mostly unobtainable goals, just so they can justify their piracy to themselves.
Yes I have downloaded music, only because its easier than ripping all my CDs myself, I probably have downloaded some tracks that I don't own, but conversely, I own a lot I haven't downloaded.
I will never sign up for such a deal, it only goes to fuel the RIAA and co even more, now I only purchase what albums I can direct from the bands directly.
The two very interesting implications of the OP though.
1. At a fixed rate for "all you can eat" how much per song worth of damages does that equate if I download the latest metallica album, listen to it once and delete it? 2. Once having paid the "all you can eat" fee, does it then mean I can go download my songs anywhere, since I now have a valid license for them?
Yeah, I find a proxy based solution much better for keeping the bad things out, also has the bonus of protecting my steam browser, my mobile phone browser (when browsing on my wireless) and other in-game browsers for different games.
NoScript is to stop a problem specific to that web browser (namely its masochistic tendency to run scripting like it was "the last line of crack it was ever going to get"), whereas ad sites are needed to be blocked no matter what browser you are on (even lynx).
Yeah, done a fair bit of reading into this since I was diagnosed with a slightly more rare version, Crohn's Colitis.
They don't know what causes it (diet and other things used to be suspect, but in recent years have been disproved), they can't cure it, but with a ballanced course of medication it can be lived with.
She is lucky in a way, regular crohn's attacks the intestines and lower stomach region, there ain't much in the way of nerves up there. It can be worse, from time my symptoms started to flare to time I was diagnosed it was about 6 mths, toward the end of that time I could barely walk.
What is it? Its when your immune system just decides, kinda out of the blue, to attack your digestive tract. Treatable with anti-inflammatory (not good, the most effective one, prednisolone, also has some REALLY bad side effects), and immune suppressors.
And yet its been proven that Crohn's doesn't benefit directly by foods except to avoid high-fibre and particularly hard seeds.
The other problem is that one of the treatments for it uses a steroid group that causes lots of water retention and weight gain, meaning any fatty foods you eat end up making your head look like a beach ball.
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That everyone else was avoiding or ignoring completely, sure.
And his action of making those children (or their likeness) into sexual objects is illegal.
Maybe the Chinese govt realise if they want any hope whatsoever of recouping the US National Debt they might have to stop funneling all the money out of stupid Americans :)
Mod parent up, gives not only some good advice but also a key point in the case.
The faces were of actual children.
Thats a first, a computer analogy to describe a car.
Yup, no caps, but watch them go to a pay-for-what-you-use system real damn fast, works for phone, gas, power, water....
Seriously, have you listened to pop music lately? You don't even need to be able to play a guitar badly to make millions.
Sorry to reply to my own post, but maybe also a ploy by her defense, they would know that no matter who won this case, it would be appealed, and this kind of verdict really does make this case look a bit of a mockery, even to my non-American eyes.
Could this then be a ploy by the court to force it to higher courts of justice in order to make a precedent that will stick? Would sure make future cases much easier if there was a supreme court ruling, either one way or the other.
One of my personal favorite sayings :)
It wasn't an appeal, it was a retrial.
Yeah, insignificant, by their own words...
They can't have it both ways, they can't claim they get a useful amount of power from it per car and at the same time say that amount is insignificant.
Wait, so the plate drops down and it makes some power, how does your car get out of the now slight pot-hole? Why it has to drive forward, which (considering you are driveing up a very brief and very small hill) uses a tiny amount more fuel.
There is never, and WILL never be a free ride, all power comes from somewhere.
Fact is, its not up to him, its just his job to enforce the restrictions passed down to him by his employer.
You think an MCSE could tell the difference?
Oh yes, they have worked out a cross-certification deal with /b/ residents, please expect official papers to arrive via certified post any day now.
Have you read half the comments on here?
"Oh I won't use it till it can run on NetBSD"
"Oh I won't use it till it gives me 740kb/s Ogg files"
I am not anti-file sharing (you missed where I said I have downloaded a lot of music?), however I am laughing like fuck at the people who try to justify it with the kind of excuses I list above.
I avoid music that I can't purchase direct now (yes, that limits me a lot, but I have found some great new bands who are very willing to sell me a copy of their album for around $5 or so), I, like all the others on here, don't give a fuck what you think (as they, and you likely think the same about me), just stating what I thought was funny.
In short, my argument is "I won't use it ever" :)
Damn, someone brought common sense into the argument, HOW DARE YOU?!
The rest of slashdot is busy making up goals to be met by any service before they will stop pirating, crazy goals, mostly unobtainable goals, just so they can justify their piracy to themselves.
Yes I have downloaded music, only because its easier than ripping all my CDs myself, I probably have downloaded some tracks that I don't own, but conversely, I own a lot I haven't downloaded.
I will never sign up for such a deal, it only goes to fuel the RIAA and co even more, now I only purchase what albums I can direct from the bands directly.
The two very interesting implications of the OP though.
1. At a fixed rate for "all you can eat" how much per song worth of damages does that equate if I download the latest metallica album, listen to it once and delete it?
2. Once having paid the "all you can eat" fee, does it then mean I can go download my songs anywhere, since I now have a valid license for them?
Hehe, I am just getting my teeth into Moving Pictures.
Yeah, I find a proxy based solution much better for keeping the bad things out, also has the bonus of protecting my steam browser, my mobile phone browser (when browsing on my wireless) and other in-game browsers for different games.
NoScript is to stop a problem specific to that web browser (namely its masochistic tendency to run scripting like it was "the last line of crack it was ever going to get"), whereas ad sites are needed to be blocked no matter what browser you are on (even lynx).
Nope, it can only be given, never purchased, kinda like early gmail beta.
Hrmm, accidental Pratchett quote or did you just finish reading Guards! Guards! as well :)
Yeah, done a fair bit of reading into this since I was diagnosed with a slightly more rare version, Crohn's Colitis.
They don't know what causes it (diet and other things used to be suspect, but in recent years have been disproved), they can't cure it, but with a ballanced course of medication it can be lived with.
She is lucky in a way, regular crohn's attacks the intestines and lower stomach region, there ain't much in the way of nerves up there. It can be worse, from time my symptoms started to flare to time I was diagnosed it was about 6 mths, toward the end of that time I could barely walk.
What is it? Its when your immune system just decides, kinda out of the blue, to attack your digestive tract. Treatable with anti-inflammatory (not good, the most effective one, prednisolone, also has some REALLY bad side effects), and immune suppressors.
And yet its been proven that Crohn's doesn't benefit directly by foods except to avoid high-fibre and particularly hard seeds.
The other problem is that one of the treatments for it uses a steroid group that causes lots of water retention and weight gain, meaning any fatty foods you eat end up making your head look like a beach ball.
There was a second E3 vid showing yet more of the amazing technology at work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQZQCV40aK4