Hey, Steinbrener will stop at nothing! He will crush the BoSox beneath his boot, laughing maniacally.
The Yankees contacted El Duque through his subdermal implant all Yankees get once the trade was announced and Steinbrener "reactivated" Orlando. Gotta read between the lines man. Read between the lines. Didn't you see that Simpsons with the Focusin? It's all true, it's all... Hey, what are you doing here. Get offa me! Sound the alarm! Tell the othe*gurk*
Completely OT, but if you're a Red Sox fan or a Yankees fan, this is exactly what Orlando Hernandez is. He pitched great for the Yankees, he gets "traded" to the Red Sox and now he sucks. My current theory is that he is still being paid by the Yankees to suck for the Red Sox.
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heh. I don't mind the karma ding because it _is_ Offtopic, but at least call it what it is.:-) Good to see metamod is working. Speaking of which, I'll go do some now. Thanks.
Not trying to be flippant, but it looks like gpsdrive does the things you're looking for. I admit I am a gps n00b (eyeing one for christmas), but from my initial research, gpsdrive does route finding.
Fair enough. Let's use this example: I currently do not have a "right" to listen to music. I obtain this "right" by purchasing a CD, or listening to a recording owned by someone that purchased a CD (like a radio station or even your friend). In the latter case though, my "right" disappears when I walk away or turn off the radio because _I_ did not purchase the right to listen to it in the future. By getting a digitally perfect copy of the CD from the person that did buy the CD, I have now obtained the "right" to listen to the music. However, I did not "buy" the right. I now have something which I did not pay for, and was not sold to me by the person that "owns" the original "right" to listen to that music, the copyright holder. Depriving someone of property, in this example, the ability to transfer to me the right to listen to that piece of music, without paying for it, is theft.
When you are purchasing a used CD though, that right has already been paid for by the person that originally bought the CD. They paid for the right to listen to that music, they then sold that right to the used CD store for a sum of money, and then the CD store then sold that right to you.
You are correct that lessening the revenue that is coming in is not theft. Depriving someone of their property, in this case, their intellectual property, without paying them, is theft.
There are so many things wrong with your post, it's mind-boggling.
Copyright infringement is theft. - If you download some songs, and as a result do not buy the album, you are depriving the person of income that would have been generated by the sale of that album. Secondly, it is up to the copyright holder in terms of how they choose to distribute their intellectual property. Giving it away is generally not how they choose to distribute it.
File sharing is not fair use. - Making a digital copy of your CD is fair use. Making a copy for your car is fair use. Making a copy for one of your friends is at least a gray area, but was deemed "fair use" for cassettes because of the degredation in quality and difficulty in mass re-production. Giving it to 10 million people is not fair use.
File trading networks are not the new radio. - Radio stations are supported by ad revenue and they license tracks from the copyright holders. It doesn't fall off the back of a truck at their front door for free.
Don't buy CDs - This at least I can understand. The RIAA is selling shit, so don't buy shit. The problem is that the RIAA wins either way. If you buy it, they get money. If CD sales drop off because ppl are buying shit anymore, well then it _has_ to be because of piracy. "Look Mr. Senator how badly sales have dropped off. It must be because piracy".
Buy used CDs. You get your music, the RIAA doesn'get any money (the RIAA tax was paid by whoever originally bought it), and CD sales, depending on how they are tallied, remain a constant.
I agree with your intent, but I would modify your suggestion about opt-out: I think customers should opt-in for this service. I personally would do it. I don't care if TWC knows what I watch (mainly since the pacakge we now have doesn't include skinemax), and I'd opt in. But in general, opt-out is a bad policy.
And as much as I would love it if the world was open source, the code for this never would be. These are the same companies that fight people that make cable stealing chips. They're not going to open up the code hoping some geek in his spare time will make sure they're on the level, while 800 other black hats h4X0r the shit out of their cable boxes. Just not gonna happen
Most pro bono work is not done in their spare time, it is done as part of their daily practice. Usually it is done as a way to represent those that could normally not afford a lawyer or are for non-profit organizations. It could be done for many reasons: the firm requires a certain amount, it is a nice thing to do, or it just gives the lawyer a warm fuzzy. Doing these sort of cases pro bono would be entirely feasible. My objection was doing it in the lawyer's free time.
I would really like to see some "Open source lawyers"... or the lawyer version of open source software developers. People who go after random problems like this in their spare time
Ha! ROFLMAO! Stop, you're killing me! Lawyers don't have time to do more lawyering "in their spare time". Seriously. I can sit down for an hour and bust out a fair amount of code. A lawyer probably can't make a dent in all the documentation surrounding a case in an hour, if (s)he can even find an hour to do it in. Sorry, but my friend is an IP lawyer and free time is a luxury for him.
Guys don't have an "extra" chromosome. We just have a different chromosome than girls on chromosome pair 23. An extra chromosome would result in something like mental retardation (trisomy 21 where the there is a third, non-disjoined chrosome in pair 21 is what causes Down's Syndrome). you may begin the "but guys _are_ retards" jokes...... now.
hmmm, after rereading my post, a trailing comment along the lines of "sorry, but couldn't let you be less than 100% accurate. I mean the _is_ slashdot, right?;-)" seems to have been stripped somewhere along the line. I certainly meant no offense. I hope none was taken. Just spreading the knowledge.
As the "professor" pointed out, unanimous jury decisions are only for criminal cases, not civil cases. On top of this, to convict, the jury must decided beyond a "reasonable doubt" that the person is guilty. It is not "no doubt". You switched midstream to "reasonable doubt" which is correct, but I had to point out the original statement of "no doubt". I mean, this is/. after all where every post has to be 100% accurate, right?;-)
liability is more closely defined as "at fault" or "responsible", not "guilt". If I slip on your sidewalk, you are liable for damages incurred to me. You are not guilty of them, but they are your fault/you are responsible for them.
From dictionary.com:
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\Li"a*ble\ (l[imac]"[.a]*b'l), a. [From F. lier to bind, L. ligare. Cf. Ally, v. t., Ligature.] 1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
The Daily Show is probably the most honest "news" program out there. And yes, JS has done some amazingly, disturbingly even, insightful interviews with people that most Daily Show viewers would never even hear about (e.g. a young Congressman from Tennessee who I guarantee will run for President some day but whose name escapes me, Martha Burk, chairwoman of NCWO) and well as people that most should probably pay more attention to: Madeleine Albright, Sen. McCain, etc, etc. YMMV, everyone has their own opinion. The good thing though is that they bring politicians and authors out from behind their works and engage them in real dialogue. Awesome show.
and the best characters (which I define as most realistic...
Most realistic? Squall was an ass. He wasn't likeable. At all. Anti-heroes have to be extremely well done to be good and he wasn't. He just whined and brooded a lot. People in real life like that don't have friends because people get tired of dealing with their shit all the time. The card game was the best part of FF8, not the characters. Not that I think FF7 is the pinnacle of RPGs (see my previous post about being too linear), but not for one moment in FF8 did I feel an attachment to a character like I did when Aeris died in FF7. I was mortified. FF8 didn't have anything like it. Not even close.
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The Yankees contacted El Duque through his subdermal implant all Yankees get once the trade was announced and Steinbrener "reactivated" Orlando. Gotta read between the lines man. Read between the lines. Didn't you see that Simpsons with the Focusin? It's all true, it's all... Hey, what are you doing here. Get offa me! Sound the alarm! Tell the othe*gurk*
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Not trying to be flippant, but it looks like gpsdrive does the things you're looking for. I admit I am a gps n00b (eyeing one for christmas), but from my initial research, gpsdrive does route finding.
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When you are purchasing a used CD though, that right has already been paid for by the person that originally bought the CD. They paid for the right to listen to that music, they then sold that right to the used CD store for a sum of money, and then the CD store then sold that right to you.
You are correct that lessening the revenue that is coming in is not theft. Depriving someone of their property, in this case, their intellectual property, without paying them, is theft.
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- Copyright infringement is theft. - If you download some songs, and as a result do not buy the album, you are depriving the person of income that would have been generated by the sale of that album. Secondly, it is up to the copyright holder in terms of how they choose to distribute their intellectual property. Giving it away is generally not how they choose to distribute it.
- File sharing is not fair use. - Making a digital copy of your CD is fair use. Making a copy for your car is fair use. Making a copy for one of your friends is at least a gray area, but was deemed "fair use" for cassettes because of the degredation in quality and difficulty in mass re-production. Giving it to 10 million people is not fair use.
- File trading networks are not the new radio. - Radio stations are supported by ad revenue and they license tracks from the copyright holders. It doesn't fall off the back of a truck at their front door for free.
- Don't buy CDs - This at least I can understand. The RIAA is selling shit, so don't buy shit. The problem is that the RIAA wins either way. If you buy it, they get money. If CD sales drop off because ppl are buying shit anymore, well then it _has_ to be because of piracy. "Look Mr. Senator how badly sales have dropped off. It must be because piracy".
Buy used CDs. You get your music, the RIAA doesn'get any money (the RIAA tax was paid by whoever originally bought it), and CD sales, depending on how they are tallied, remain a constant.psxndc
And as much as I would love it if the world was open source, the code for this never would be. These are the same companies that fight people that make cable stealing chips. They're not going to open up the code hoping some geek in his spare time will make sure they're on the level, while 800 other black hats h4X0r the shit out of their cable boxes. Just not gonna happen
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Ha! ROFLMAO! Stop, you're killing me! Lawyers don't have time to do more lawyering "in their spare time". Seriously. I can sit down for an hour and bust out a fair amount of code. A lawyer probably can't make a dent in all the documentation surrounding a case in an hour, if (s)he can even find an hour to do it in. Sorry, but my friend is an IP lawyer and free time is a luxury for him.
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That's _my_ ip address range. Have you h4x0r3d my b0x3n? &*%$
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That only makes you more observant than 90% of the /. crowd. ;-)
I wrote my post pre-parental-moderation.
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If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: a genius
It's a great desktop operating system
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: pretty enlightened
but it doesnt scale well into small places
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: about average
Of course, security should always be of great concern, and this is why WinCE
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: fading fast
that linux was written in C which makes it very good, since C is object oriented
If it took you this far to realize it was a joke, you are: breathing my air. Please stop
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From dictionary.com:
liable \Li"a*ble\ (l[imac]"[.a]*b'l), a. [From F. lier to bind, L. ligare. Cf. Ally, v. t., Ligature.] 1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
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Simple. Every person will have RFID tags in everything they wear, use or eat. You gotta supply IPs for all those tracking devices.
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Most realistic? Squall was an ass. He wasn't likeable. At all. Anti-heroes have to be extremely well done to be good and he wasn't. He just whined and brooded a lot. People in real life like that don't have friends because people get tired of dealing with their shit all the time. The card game was the best part of FF8, not the characters. Not that I think FF7 is the pinnacle of RPGs (see my previous post about being too linear), but not for one moment in FF8 did I feel an attachment to a character like I did when Aeris died in FF7. I was mortified. FF8 didn't have anything like it. Not even close.
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