Ignorance isn't an excuse, but we do live in a world where if you pick up a catalog to order things, there's a price for 1-25, a price for 25-50 and a price for 100+, the more you buy the cheeper you get what you want.
Kinda a fundamental principle of the wholesale system, I can see how it would cause companies to keep the extra money off and not drop there intel orders and buy alternative parts, but then intel prices are rather high to start with, switching to most things would probably not cost much.
In the case of the UK, some people in Hartlepool voted for our EU Council member, the rest of us didn't. The position is more a independent puppet role to do what the goverment of the country wants.
The Parliaments members however are directly elected, and almost everyone in the UK has someone there who they voted for (proportional representation). The notion that a goverment appointed role shoud have more power than a whole slew of directly elected ministers is pretty disgusting.
2. The new constitutin increases accountability
Well I'll have to read it sometime, but it's not hit the news much in the UK here yet (guess the goverment wants to keep it down since were the most likely to vote no), but I'll read though it and vote accordingly.
Don't just hope, write a lot of letters, your MP, your party, several parties, EU Council representitives and state the clear business issues.
Personally I think that around 70% of EU patents which would come into force are owned by companies from outside of the EU is a good enough reason not to allow it.
Come on, if were going to have slashvertisments can we at least have them for new products, not things which have been araound for so long theve been reviwed by virtually every overclockers forum and site.
They probably would be happy with it, probably more so for the courts giving them a even better PR oppertunity, they don't give a damn about that ammount of money themselves, but they do give a damn that people know that they might get caught, and if they do, the'll have to pay up.
That alone is probably enough to stop some groups from trying it.
Here in the UK the people who are likely to be involved in the clampdown are the British Video Association http://www.bva.org.uk/ and in particular the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) http://www.fact-uk.org.uk/ though most of there work is stopping the production of illegal copies of DVDs for sale.
Simple answer really is to get a screwdriver, open up the TV (after it's been off for a day, and only insert one hand into the TV in order that any electric shocks don't travel accross the heart), and unplug unscrew some fixings and remove the RF demodulator unit, put everything back and youve got a visual display unit with no way of reciveing broadcasts.
Well, if the laws planned for 2017, it would be a bit stupid laying it out now, technology will have come allong in leaps and bounds and I suspect the BBC licence fee would probably become a subscription service.
I believe the BBC is working on the problem, as they do do a fair ammount of reasearch, probably best to ask the BBC what they want to do about the problem, before debating ideas with very little merrit for future laws.
I was so hoping netscape would put there name behind Firefox, instead of butchering a decent browser and making a mess of it again.
Firefox could grow by at least 10% if netscape proclaimed it as the next version of there browser and included download links on there primary netscape download page.
Sometimes a lie can form out of a group of people having a single desire, it's fairly common for people to lie to themselves by following a common belief.
I dont think its a mallicious action on the part of any one person, but a failing of the system as a whole to verify that it draws logical conclusions from the information that is available and clearly states the limits of the information.
With a lot more development, it could turn into a decent program, having it work out of the box and intergrate with all the commercial systems out there would be a killer feature for it though.
Google... the only calendar I can see them keeping is a public events calendar, who wants to put in 'Appointment with dentist' and have an advert pop up next to it 'Low cost dental insurance':/
Admitidly the BBC has had a few problems, but nothing that ammounts to more than poking the goverment (hey most people in england happen to think the goverment deserved a good poking for taking us to war on a lie).
It's an asset which few other countries have, to turn it into a goverment properganda machine *shudder*, Gues we'd just have to start watching fox news for an unbiased opinion:)
It is a truely mind bogglingly stupid law, now requiring people who list adverts to provide easy access to advice, and how people can do background checks if they feel they are warrented.
Simple stuff like, go out on an early-evening dinner date and get a cab home, or double-date with trusted friends, avoid dates in unpopulated areas, or late at night, also avoid bars and clubs where alchahol is served to avoid any exposure to spiked drinks.
*rolls eyes* Clever how much law gets drafted without anything more than the bright spark of one elected official, not even a slight study into what would be the best way of going about it.
The wonderous thing is, those who don't know the systems... the people who are normally totally inocent stumble into a minefield of red tape to get anywhere, those who know the systems... more likely people who are aiming to abuse them, can walk straight though with the minimum of fuss.
I doubt a huge ammount has changed since Mitnick toured the USA using false documents to avoid the FBI.
Moderators can moderate comments, how about allowing them to moderate stories too, about time things like this could be taken down, also allow dupes to disapear down to whatever hell they deserve to languish in.
Watched the whole thing, wont spoil it.. resolution was ok just below what my 14" tv gives at full screen, contrast was dubious, no serious glitches, no bugffering delays.
The 5 years it'll take till its on terestial brittish TV - Unacceptable.
The majority of losses is almost certanly from people who buy illegal copies from street bazaars, or illegal copies which enter the normal retail chain.
I personally hate the numbers they produce, though I hate most distilled stastics, you loose so much of the information in producing the number for Marketing to use.
These fines are also directed at the internet downloaders to try and prevent it taking off in a big way, really we just need cheep movie downloads from services like itunes, single-world wide release dates for DVD's (I know there is an argument about stagering cinema releases to get the stars to all the premiers around the world, but no excuse why you can download US DVD rips while it's in UK cinemas) and most of all, we need people to stop blaming people who want to get something for nothing for lost profits, there not gonna buy the stuff anyway, so not profit is lost.
There is one which comes to mind http://nwvault.ign.com/ - they have floater image views.. most of the time I open in a new tab because they are rather annoying for larger images.
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Ignorance isn't an excuse, but we do live in a world where if you pick up a catalog to order things, there's a price for 1-25, a price for 25-50 and a price for 100+, the more you buy the cheeper you get what you want.
Kinda a fundamental principle of the wholesale system, I can see how it would cause companies to keep the extra money off and not drop there intel orders and buy alternative parts, but then intel prices are rather high to start with, switching to most things would probably not cost much.
Why is a university holding back acceptance letters for a whole month after theve already finalised the list :/
Most peoples blogs may be editorials and not really journalism, but I doubt you could say that Think Secret is a editorial.
1. The council is formed by elected ministers
In the case of the UK, some people in Hartlepool voted for our EU Council member, the rest of us didn't. The position is more a independent puppet role to do what the goverment of the country wants.
The Parliaments members however are directly elected, and almost everyone in the UK has someone there who they voted for (proportional representation). The notion that a goverment appointed role shoud have more power than a whole slew of directly elected ministers is pretty disgusting.
2. The new constitutin increases accountability
Well I'll have to read it sometime, but it's not hit the news much in the UK here yet (guess the goverment wants to keep it down since were the most likely to vote no), but I'll read though it and vote accordingly.
Don't just hope, write a lot of letters, your MP, your party, several parties, EU Council representitives and state the clear business issues.
Personally I think that around 70% of EU patents which would come into force are owned by companies from outside of the EU is a good enough reason not to allow it.
Come on, if were going to have slashvertisments can we at least have them for new products, not things which have been araound for so long theve been reviwed by virtually every overclockers forum and site.
Not living in the US, all these wonderful google features are toally useless, woo google map of... the US, weather information for... the US.
Meanwhile MSN are putting on TV adverts here for there new search engine.
They probably would be happy with it, probably more so for the courts giving them a even better PR oppertunity, they don't give a damn about that ammount of money themselves, but they do give a damn that people know that they might get caught, and if they do, the'll have to pay up.
That alone is probably enough to stop some groups from trying it.
Here in the UK the people who are likely to be involved in the clampdown are the British Video Association http://www.bva.org.uk/ and in particular the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) http://www.fact-uk.org.uk/ though most of there work is stopping the production of illegal copies of DVDs for sale.
Simple answer really is to get a screwdriver, open up the TV (after it's been off for a day, and only insert one hand into the TV in order that any electric shocks don't travel accross the heart), and unplug unscrew some fixings and remove the RF demodulator unit, put everything back and youve got a visual display unit with no way of reciveing broadcasts.
Well, if the laws planned for 2017, it would be a bit stupid laying it out now, technology will have come allong in leaps and bounds and I suspect the BBC licence fee would probably become a subscription service.
I believe the BBC is working on the problem, as they do do a fair ammount of reasearch, probably best to ask the BBC what they want to do about the problem, before debating ideas with very little merrit for future laws.
I was so hoping netscape would put there name behind Firefox, instead of butchering a decent browser and making a mess of it again.
Firefox could grow by at least 10% if netscape proclaimed it as the next version of there browser and included download links on there primary netscape download page.
It's dang small, but I can't say I'm drawn to it by it's appearance, definately something I'd have to throw a blanket over.
Sometimes a lie can form out of a group of people having a single desire, it's fairly common for people to lie to themselves by following a common belief.
I dont think its a mallicious action on the part of any one person, but a failing of the system as a whole to verify that it draws logical conclusions from the information that is available and clearly states the limits of the information.
With a lot more development, it could turn into a decent program, having it work out of the box and intergrate with all the commercial systems out there would be a killer feature for it though.
:/
Google... the only calendar I can see them keeping is a public events calendar, who wants to put in 'Appointment with dentist' and have an advert pop up next to it 'Low cost dental insurance'
Admitidly the BBC has had a few problems, but nothing that ammounts to more than poking the goverment (hey most people in england happen to think the goverment deserved a good poking for taking us to war on a lie).
:)
It's an asset which few other countries have, to turn it into a goverment properganda machine *shudder*, Gues we'd just have to start watching fox news for an unbiased opinion
I just downloaded and burned 3.7, I feel pretty shafted, the downloading isn't an issue, but I don't have many CDRW's of 700Mb to hand :/
It is a truely mind bogglingly stupid law, now requiring people who list adverts to provide easy access to advice, and how people can do background checks if they feel they are warrented.
Simple stuff like, go out on an early-evening dinner date and get a cab home, or double-date with trusted friends, avoid dates in unpopulated areas, or late at night, also avoid bars and clubs where alchahol is served to avoid any exposure to spiked drinks.
*rolls eyes* Clever how much law gets drafted without anything more than the bright spark of one elected official, not even a slight study into what would be the best way of going about it.
The wonderous thing is, those who don't know the systems... the people who are normally totally inocent stumble into a minefield of red tape to get anywhere, those who know the systems... more likely people who are aiming to abuse them, can walk straight though with the minimum of fuss.
I doubt a huge ammount has changed since Mitnick toured the USA using false documents to avoid the FBI.
Moderators can moderate comments, how about allowing them to moderate stories too, about time things like this could be taken down, also allow dupes to disapear down to whatever hell they deserve to languish in.
Watched the whole thing, wont spoil it.. resolution was ok just below what my 14" tv gives at full screen, contrast was dubious, no serious glitches, no bugffering delays.
The 5 years it'll take till its on terestial brittish TV - Unacceptable.
Some software developers test image, possibly gloating how he's the only one in the world who can view it?
The majority of losses is almost certanly from people who buy illegal copies from street bazaars, or illegal copies which enter the normal retail chain.
I personally hate the numbers they produce, though I hate most distilled stastics, you loose so much of the information in producing the number for Marketing to use.
These fines are also directed at the internet downloaders to try and prevent it taking off in a big way, really we just need cheep movie downloads from services like itunes, single-world wide release dates for DVD's (I know there is an argument about stagering cinema releases to get the stars to all the premiers around the world, but no excuse why you can download US DVD rips while it's in UK cinemas) and most of all, we need people to stop blaming people who want to get something for nothing for lost profits, there not gonna buy the stuff anyway, so not profit is lost.
There is one which comes to mind http://nwvault.ign.com/ - they have floater image views.. most of the time I open in a new tab because they are rather annoying for larger images.
The installer is relatively new in the scheme of things, though it does seem to be the only version you can get your hands on easilly.
Win32 zip distribution:l eases/1.0.1/win32/en-US/Firefox 1.0.1.zip
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/re
Torrent of the same:l eases/1.0.1/win32/en-US/Firefox 1.0.1.zip.torrent
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/re