In both cases, there are draconian measures that are effective. To wit: in blackjack, a paranoid casino can simply expel players who make widely varying bets
In casinos I've been in recently there's no need for that - they use automatic shuffling/dealing machines now, which the used cards are constantly fed straight back into which eliminates any possibility of counting.
In the UK casinos are all membership organisations. They will no doubt have termas and conditions that you sign to agree to, typically without having read but undoubtedly they'll be available for you to read if you want to.
it guarantees them a decent reference (you can't give somebody a bad reference unless you fired them - more laws about that stuff).
This is entirely anecdotal on my part, but I've heard that the outcome of this is that references are entirely fact based these days, rather than 'good' or 'bad' per se. For example, they may include details of attendance records, punctuality records, that kind of thing, so that the new employer gets the facts and can make a decision based on that.
we could have the power company switching off power to your home if the RIAA or non-US equivalent declares you a 'likely copyright thief.
Sigh.
Have you explicity and voluntarily agreed to an Acceptable Use Policy with your power company stating that you will not make available for downloading any copyrighted material that you do not have the right to make available using a computer powered by their electicity?
And who decide if you have done that or not? Some third party entity just claiming so?
No. Have you RTFA? Have you even RTF headline? It says "BPI requests ISP's Suspend Suspected Filesharers". "Requests", not "orders". The decision will be taken by the ISP, who are party to the contract. The contract will incorporate the AUP, and will als specify what the ISP may do in the even that the AUP is breached, which will typically range from a warning through to termination of the account.
Typically that (if you commit an illegal act or not) is decided by courts.
Well, yes. But that isn't the issue at question here. The issue at question is whether you have breached the AUP. If you haven't, and the ISP cancels your account this may well be a breach of contract, which would be a relevant matter for the court to decide.
Not everyone who doesn't know everything about the GPL is a troll you know. I would have asked the same question if it wasn't already there, it simply read like a genuine query to me.
I mean, they'll pay a basketball star (such as Jordan) millions for wearing
their sneakers, so why can't they pay a virtual Jordan to wear their sneakers, at no further cost to them?!
Or. more interestingly why can't another manufacturer hijack the virtual Jordan to wear theirs? That could lead to a fantastically entertaining fight between the trainer companies.
As I see it, 10 dollars is a reasonable charge for this. Being in the uk, internet radio is about the only way I have of getting Mets coverage.
It does actually cost the broadcasters money to do this. Yes, perhaps their revenue stream does currently come from advertising, but I've got a hunch that the New Jersey Eye clinic won't want to pay more so that someone in England can be made aware of their services. Therefore the only option the broadcasters have to cover their costs is to charge listeners, and if it's either that or they pull the plug I'm happy to pay the 10 bucks. Sure, it might go up and in the future I'll re-evaluate whether or not it's worth it, but compared to the 20ish dollars a month I currently pay for sports channels on satellite TV every month, 10 dollars a year is reasonable.
This coupon for the MLB online site thing annoys me though. In an interview on MLB radio one of their people said that it makes it effectively free. Erm, no, I have never bought anything from MLB online. Mainly because they only ship to USA and Canada. Perhaps I should ask for the value of this useless gift voucher to be deducted from my subscription. Great, MLB owes me 5 cents!
Is this how it's all going to look when it's redesigned? I think it should, it's so much better than the current frontpage where I had to read the source to work out how to get any further.
i fail to see where this 17 yr old is any different than any other pirate copying games and throwing them up on an FTP site.
The difference is that nobody is being deprived of an income they wold otherwise have had.
The traditional argument against piracy is that the owner is being denied the payment for their property. In this situation, where the owner is refusing offers of payment, this is clearly not happening.
Harrasee: Hey, Mr ISP--your user BlahBlah keeps sending me threatening emails, please kick him off Mr ISP: I have no way of checking the contents of incoming or outgoing emails so I can't verify what you say is true. Furthermore, even if I could, I am not a law enforcement agency and can't take action against this person.
It's not a question of being "a law enforcement agency". If the harassor is violating the AUP he agreed to then the ISP have every right ot kick him off. This assumes that the harassee checked the ISP's AUP to make sure the harassor was breaking it of course.
I just clicked on the link in the./ story. It took me about 30 seconds to determine that there was no case to answer about the material being linked to. Why couldn't someone in Oxford do that?
>Could that be because, oh, it isn't finished yet?
I don't think so. What I have in mind is the Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete context menu I get in pretty much any W95 app when I right click on an input capable field. This strikes me as an OS feature (correct me if I'm wrong). I can't do this in v6 as the default is not to allow it. This doesn't strike me as a not yet implemented feature.
>After reading the article, I don't really agree with it. If someone wants to have teeny tiny dark blue print on a black background that's their own >perogative
Fair enough, don't let anyone stop you. But when I first start a program, I want it to look like the OS I'm using. Netscape 6 doesn't. The default UI in it is terrible, removing useful functionality from 4.7.
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In casinos I've been in recently there's no need for that - they use automatic shuffling/dealing machines now, which the used cards are constantly fed straight back into which eliminates any possibility of counting.
In the UK casinos are all membership organisations. They will no doubt have termas and conditions that you sign to agree to, typically without having read but undoubtedly they'll be available for you to read if you want to.
it guarantees them a decent reference (you can't give somebody a bad reference unless you fired them - more laws about that stuff).
This is entirely anecdotal on my part, but I've heard that the outcome of this is that references are entirely fact based these days, rather than 'good' or 'bad' per se. For example, they may include details of attendance records, punctuality records, that kind of thing, so that the new employer gets the facts and can make a decision based on that.
we could have the power company switching off power to your home if the RIAA or non-US equivalent declares you a 'likely copyright thief.
Sigh.
Have you explicity and voluntarily agreed to an Acceptable Use Policy with your power company stating that you will not make available for downloading any copyrighted material that you do not have the right to make available using a computer powered by their electicity?
And who decide if you have done that or not? Some third party entity just claiming so?
No. Have you RTFA? Have you even RTF headline? It says "BPI requests ISP's Suspend Suspected Filesharers". "Requests", not "orders". The decision will be taken by the ISP, who are party to the contract. The contract will incorporate the AUP, and will als specify what the ISP may do in the even that the AUP is breached, which will typically range from a warning through to termination of the account.
Typically that (if you commit an illegal act or not) is decided by courts.
Well, yes. But that isn't the issue at question here. The issue at question is whether you have breached the AUP. If you haven't, and the ISP cancels your account this may well be a breach of contract, which would be a relevant matter for the court to decide.
Maybe you just want a place where friends can have access?
Like, say, livejournal?
Fortunately I have a paid account on livejournal, so I never have to see them
Well, not never. There is one rss feed I take that inserts its adverts onto my friends page. Pity, that.
Which you will still need to pay in order to retain the line you need for your broadband connection.
That would be weird.
MS's call would have to be $3, not $2.
Not everyone who doesn't know everything about the GPL is a troll you know. I would have asked the same question if it wasn't already there, it simply read like a genuine query to me.
I doubt it too. If you moved to the US your TV would be useless. Should the BBC compensate you for this?
I also doubt they'll let the next occupant of the flat reconnect it.
Why? All they specify is "you will need a cable modem compatible with our service". You don't buy it from them.
Or. more interestingly why can't another manufacturer hijack the virtual Jordan to wear theirs? That could lead to a fantastically entertaining fight between the trainer companies.
It does actually cost the broadcasters money to do this. Yes, perhaps their revenue stream does currently come from advertising, but I've got a hunch that the New Jersey Eye clinic won't want to pay more so that someone in England can be made aware of their services. Therefore the only option the broadcasters have to cover their costs is to charge listeners, and if it's either that or they pull the plug I'm happy to pay the 10 bucks. Sure, it might go up and in the future I'll re-evaluate whether or not it's worth it, but compared to the 20ish dollars a month I currently pay for sports channels on satellite TV every month, 10 dollars a year is reasonable.
This coupon for the MLB online site thing annoys me though. In an interview on MLB radio one of their people said that it makes it effectively free. Erm, no, I have never bought anything from MLB online. Mainly because they only ship to USA and Canada. Perhaps I should ask for the value of this useless gift voucher to be deducted from my subscription. Great, MLB owes me 5 cents!
Is this how it's all going to look when it's redesigned? I think it should, it's so much better than the current frontpage where I had to read the source to work out how to get any further.
The difference is that nobody is being deprived of an income they wold otherwise have had.
The traditional argument against piracy is that the owner is being denied the payment for their property. In this situation, where the owner is refusing offers of payment, this is clearly not happening.
Mr ISP: I have no way of checking the contents of incoming or outgoing emails so I can't verify what you say is true. Furthermore, even if I could, I am not a law enforcement agency and can't take action against this person.
It's not a question of being "a law enforcement agency". If the harassor is violating the AUP he agreed to then the ISP have every right ot kick him off. This assumes that the harassee checked the ISP's AUP to make sure the harassor was breaking it of course.
Fair enough ,but to setup a user, go into preferences and set up to ignore all but Linux postings wouldn't have avoided seeing this "non-linux topic".
Ah, the old "lurkers agree with me in email" argument. Very good.
Perhaps nobody has read it. I've certainly not, since I found it unreadable.
I just clicked on the link in the ./ story. It took me about 30 seconds to determine that there was no case to answer about the material being linked to. Why couldn't someone in Oxford do that?
>Could that be because, oh, it isn't finished yet?
I don't think so. What I have in mind is the Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete context menu I get in pretty much any W95 app when I right click on an input capable field. This strikes me as an OS feature (correct me if I'm wrong). I can't do this in v6 as the default is not to allow it. This doesn't strike me as a not yet implemented feature.
>After reading the article, I don't really agree with it. If someone wants to have teeny tiny dark blue print on a black background that's their own
>perogative
Fair enough, don't let anyone stop you. But when I first start a program, I want it to look like the OS I'm using. Netscape 6 doesn't. The default UI in it is terrible, removing useful functionality from 4.7.