I actually support this a good deal. If anyone remembers the Jeep Cherokee Sudden acceleration issue back in the early 2000s, its a goo move. I was involved in one of those accidents (my jeep shot across my nieghborhood and ended up hitting a tree 5 houses down) and the inability to controll your acceration is a completely helpless, terrifying feeling
a study put out by micro$oft says that a crime that mostly targets micro$oft software shows that, contrary to popular belief, that its not profitable. that is a SHOCK.
wow, if i was a phishing publisher i would take micro$oft's advice and just shut down, because hey...they say it isnt profitable.
Now i wonder if you apply the micro$oft saying of "As a consequence, increasing effort is a sign of failure rather than of success." quote to...oh...lets say....windows vista.
interesting....is there a pot calling a kettle black
First off, that article is a piece of bias bs. I, for one, can not see this as anything else than a rabid Apple fanboy spewing their normal "zomg anything M$ comes out with is complete shit, and mac is god's left testicle in electronic form". There is no un-bias reporting going on...just blind fanboyism....i cant stand it >. Am i the only one that notices this? I feel like I am taking crazy pills!
That article compares the iphone to Surface. Are you kidding me?
Now I personally love Apple and own an Iphone...but you can not compare the iphone to the Surface. They are two completely different mediums...one is designed to be a mobile device while the other is to be a "desktop" (or floorTop as the case maybe). It's like comparing a Motorcycle to a Car... you just cant, they are completely different machines made for completely different functions. The only thing that is really similar is their use of multitouch technology and even that is taken in two different directions by both devices. The author's clear bias towards Apple poisons every "fact" he tries to make, though that is not saying that he isnt right sometimes.
Now, I do agree that using the Surface to be an info kiosk is a GREAT misuse of technology. What a dissappointment. Its nothing which was offered to us a year ago...its now just a $10,000 bell and/or whistle that really doesnt help the customer anymore than a person or just walking around could.
The Surface is another good idea ruined by Microsoft and its terrible marketing strategies. Its sad to see such a promising idea be used as a lowly information desk.
> This goes double for nuclear weapons: putting them into space on a permanent basis was last taken seriously in the Sunday comics in the late 1950's.
i vaguely remember snoopy and woodstock launching a nuclear weapons platform into space to help stop lucy from pulling the football out from charlie brown
Ozzie, who has only made a few appearances since his promotion last June to replace Bill Gates as CSA, told analysts and investors that he has been laying the groundwork for programmers across the company to build Internet-based software.
He did so by bitting off the head off a bat, then making a reality show about himself.
As much as i hate the RIAA, as i am sure everyone else does....they are using a major loophole with these letters. I'll explain why.
First off, if this WAS illegal...the RIAA wouldnt have publicly annouced it...they would have just done it and saw how much money they could make before someone blew the whistle on them.
second, the definition of Extortion (accounding to britannica) is as such: Unlawful exaction of money or property through intimidation or undue exercise of authority. It may include threats of physical harm, criminal prosecution, or public exposure. Some forms of threat, especially those made in writing, are occasionally singled out for separate statutory treatment as blackmail.
now, the loophole lies in the wording that the RIAA chooses to use. By calling the money they want from the person in question a DISCOUNT makes this not extortion sadly. By saying its a discount, they are saying that the person in question has a choice to pay this fee or not; and if not then they will sue. By definition, extortion is FORCING someone to pay money and/or property...so by calling it a discount gives the user the right to ignore it and take it to court or chose to pay it. In no way is this forcing the Receiver to pay, its giving him a choice to. Thats why these shanangians are legal, as of now.
Using a loophole like that is terrible IMO. the fact that the RIAA is targeting specificly college students with this new strategy is extremely shrewed as well.
They are targeting college students...not because of the access to broadwith or because The RIAA wants to ruin thier lives...its because they are the most likely to pay this insane fee.
Thats right, they are picking on kids that are typically ages 18-23 because they are easy to scare into pay by sending them a possible law suit.
On a general role, the average college student music downloader knows nothing about the RIAA and its scare tactics.
So imagine you are kid, newly on your own in college...and one day after downloading the entire internet music database...you get a letter of impending legal action from the RIAA. In a huff, you carefully read over the letter hoping that it is a joke. But it isnt...but as luck would have it...the RIAA is offering that you pay a fraction of what they would estimate you'd pay...a god send for the average college student. And college students would pay the few hundread dollars so that they arent sucked into paying awhole lot more. The RIAA pretends to bring down the hammer on the average college students, and uses the fact that most students are either on ficantial aid or their parents money as a legal way to extort them. The RIAA offers a choice, and uses the recievers self-dought to excerise legal extortion.
I hope this is stopped, this flagerent disregaurd for fair law must be stopped. But as i see how these letters are worded, and though it seems to be absolutely illegal, i'll bet all my illegally downlaoded music that its 100% legal as of now.
I wonder if they would actually persue the people who dont pay if there is enough people that do actually pay up.
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Thats no moon....its a space station!
I actually support this a good deal. If anyone remembers the Jeep Cherokee Sudden acceleration issue back in the early 2000s, its a goo move. I was involved in one of those accidents (my jeep shot across my nieghborhood and ended up hitting a tree 5 houses down) and the inability to controll your acceration is a completely helpless, terrifying feeling
a study put out by micro$oft says that a crime that mostly targets micro$oft software shows that, contrary to popular belief, that its not profitable. that is a SHOCK. wow, if i was a phishing publisher i would take micro$oft's advice and just shut down, because hey...they say it isnt profitable. Now i wonder if you apply the micro$oft saying of "As a consequence, increasing effort is a sign of failure rather than of success." quote to...oh...lets say....windows vista. interesting....is there a pot calling a kettle black
6 months later they will come out with a service that lets u receive those same calls, but for 20 dollars more
There should be a blog about how stressful blogs are for writers.
First off, that article is a piece of bias bs. I, for one, can not see this as anything else than a rabid Apple fanboy spewing their normal "zomg anything M$ comes out with is complete shit, and mac is god's left testicle in electronic form". There is no un-bias reporting going on...just blind fanboyism....i cant stand it >. Am i the only one that notices this? I feel like I am taking crazy pills!
That article compares the iphone to Surface. Are you kidding me?
Now I personally love Apple and own an Iphone...but you can not compare the iphone to the Surface. They are two completely different mediums...one is designed to be a mobile device while the other is to be a "desktop" (or floorTop as the case maybe). It's like comparing a Motorcycle to a Car... you just cant, they are completely different machines made for completely different functions. The only thing that is really similar is their use of multitouch technology and even that is taken in two different directions by both devices. The author's clear bias towards Apple poisons every "fact" he tries to make, though that is not saying that he isnt right sometimes.
Now, I do agree that using the Surface to be an info kiosk is a GREAT misuse of technology. What a dissappointment. Its nothing which was offered to us a year ago...its now just a $10,000 bell and/or whistle that really doesnt help the customer anymore than a person or just walking around could.
The Surface is another good idea ruined by Microsoft and its terrible marketing strategies. Its sad to see such a promising idea be used as a lowly information desk.
Thats no moon...its a space station
The goggles....they do NOTHING!
Rule #1: you do not talk about google.
rule #2: you DO NOT talk about google.
DHS: we want the key to the internet please. Everyone Else: ORLY?
>The massive impact between a nearly Pluto-sized body
*gasp* they are talking about a formally planet sized impact, that must be pretty formally big.
> This goes double for nuclear weapons: putting them into space on a permanent basis was last taken seriously in the Sunday comics in the late 1950's.
i vaguely remember snoopy and woodstock launching a nuclear weapons platform into space to help stop lucy from pulling the football out from charlie brown
With all those degrees, choosing to work at Wikipedia should have been the first red flag.
As much as i hate the RIAA, as i am sure everyone else does....they are using a major loophole with these letters. I'll explain why. First off, if this WAS illegal...the RIAA wouldnt have publicly annouced it...they would have just done it and saw how much money they could make before someone blew the whistle on them. second, the definition of Extortion (accounding to britannica) is as such: Unlawful exaction of money or property through intimidation or undue exercise of authority. It may include threats of physical harm, criminal prosecution, or public exposure. Some forms of threat, especially those made in writing, are occasionally singled out for separate statutory treatment as blackmail. now, the loophole lies in the wording that the RIAA chooses to use. By calling the money they want from the person in question a DISCOUNT makes this not extortion sadly. By saying its a discount, they are saying that the person in question has a choice to pay this fee or not; and if not then they will sue. By definition, extortion is FORCING someone to pay money and/or property...so by calling it a discount gives the user the right to ignore it and take it to court or chose to pay it. In no way is this forcing the Receiver to pay, its giving him a choice to. Thats why these shanangians are legal, as of now. Using a loophole like that is terrible IMO. the fact that the RIAA is targeting specificly college students with this new strategy is extremely shrewed as well. They are targeting college students...not because of the access to broadwith or because The RIAA wants to ruin thier lives...its because they are the most likely to pay this insane fee. Thats right, they are picking on kids that are typically ages 18-23 because they are easy to scare into pay by sending them a possible law suit. On a general role, the average college student music downloader knows nothing about the RIAA and its scare tactics. So imagine you are kid, newly on your own in college...and one day after downloading the entire internet music database...you get a letter of impending legal action from the RIAA. In a huff, you carefully read over the letter hoping that it is a joke. But it isnt...but as luck would have it...the RIAA is offering that you pay a fraction of what they would estimate you'd pay...a god send for the average college student. And college students would pay the few hundread dollars so that they arent sucked into paying awhole lot more. The RIAA pretends to bring down the hammer on the average college students, and uses the fact that most students are either on ficantial aid or their parents money as a legal way to extort them. The RIAA offers a choice, and uses the recievers self-dought to excerise legal extortion. I hope this is stopped, this flagerent disregaurd for fair law must be stopped. But as i see how these letters are worded, and though it seems to be absolutely illegal, i'll bet all my illegally downlaoded music that its 100% legal as of now. I wonder if they would actually persue the people who dont pay if there is enough people that do actually pay up.