Ackerman was always known as a big-hearted, genuinely decent guy in addition to being a huge science fiction/fantasy fan. Stories of the parties, comings and goings and general happy weirdness at his house were legend.
Thank you very much, my friend. That isn't the case I was thinking of, but TFA undoubtedly refers to it as one of those that ended when the company in question settled. This is DEFINITELY the one I was thinking of when I said I might be getting the circumstances of two cases mixed up.
I wish I could supply a citation, but it was several years ago that I saw it. There was a lawsuit concerning royalties. It took place in New York.
The reason it stuck in my mind was the incredible number of artists who were being ripped off. If I recall correctly, the company argued that if they screwed up a few accounts, it was an honest mistake. One thing led to another, and they were forced to open their books. It was then discovered that they'd made "honest mistakes" with just about every artist they had under contract who wasn't virtually camped out in their accounting department. I believe it started over the families of some old blues singers who wondered why everybody was playing the music, but they were only getting a few hundred bucks a year. I might be mixing that up with yet another case, though. There's been no shortage of them, and it's been a while.
Sorry, I wish I could pin it down better than that, but it's been too long.
The last time somebody did a full-scale audit on one of the record companies, they found that they'd underpaid royalties to over 90% of the artists under contract to them. The idea that this pack of thieves could be trusted within a hundred miles of anybody's money is ludicrous.
Rightly or wrongly, the legal profession enjoys somewhat the same level of public approval as your average used car salesman. The fact that law students fighting the RIAA are looked on as the good guys shows you what complete douchebags the RIAA really are.
Windows (XP) absolutely refused to turn off paging (swap), forcing him to whatever the minimum size was.
That's genuinely weird. I run XP Pro with 2G of RAM, and I had no difficulty turning off my swap file in Control Panel when I wanted to do a thorough defragmentation of the HDD where it resided. Although XP ran fine without virtual memory, I use a lot of RAM-intensive applications when I get close to deadline. So having defragged the drive, I gave XP a 4G fixed-size swap file to play in. I can't say I noticed a performance difference one way or the other.
I will note that my friend's dad has a system nearly identical to mine and runs Vista Home Premium with all the default settings. Comparatively, it runs like a pig on skates. That's not FUD, it's just fact.
The more fanatical Moslems don't believe images of the human form are that great an idea. So how is some bomb-carrying lack-wit from a village so far in the hinterlands that the town prostitute is a goat going to know what Osama looks like? And how is he going to react to a picture of him, except to think that the damned infidels are mocking his religion again?
They're Europeans. Do you think the agreement would have had so much support if it actually meant anything, or had real-world consequences? That's not how things work over there. Look what it's like trying to get them to do anything as NATO partners besides sit around and pull their peters.
More objective reviewers than "everyone I know" have found that the alleged speed advantage of Win7 doesn't bear scrutiny. Some have also pointed out that it's not really a new OS, just an attempt to recover from a marketing disaster by applying lipstick and eyeliner to that sad old pig we call Vista.
Here's just one example. There's plenty of others out there.
I'll leave aside the whole DRM question, except to note that an OS which I bought and paid for that puts the "rights" of notoriously predatory and dishonest entertainment corporations before my own is not something I'd want on my computer.
"For most of human history, people have lived in small tribes where everything they did was known by everyone they knew..."
That may have been true in the most general terms...who's dating who, which cop has a drinking problem, whatever. But this kind of eyes-in-your-bedroom tracking of everything you watch, everywhere you go and even, potentially, every product in a store your gaze lingers on, is unprecedented.
Even in small villages, there are doors and drapes, and while your close friends would know you intimately, the owner of the local store would not.
Sounds to me like an open-and-shut case of breach of contract. They took your money. They failed to fulfill their side of the bargain. Unless they refund your money (perhaps with interest, perhaps not) or give you the laptop you paid for, they're guilty as hell. Maybe I'm naive, but I'd bet a lot of judges, juries and predatory, razor-toothed lawyers would take a pretty dim view of a corporation ripping off somebody risking his life in service of his country.
I imagine a letter from the aforementioned predator (maybe accompanied by a warning that the media would be involved soon) would generate some kind of response.
Alright, that does it. I'm fed up. I've never yet turned down a MetaModeration, but this new system sucks dog cock.
Here's what I'm looking at:
Comment: Re: RICO Seizures (Score 1)
by Muad'Dave on Friday November 21, @7:03PM (#25853401)
Attached to: RICO Class Action Against RIAA In Missouri
"Exactly!"
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER CLASSIC:
"They should have looked there first then. That always works for me."
No FUCKING CLUE what either of these people are talking about.
So I have to go visit a bunch of other pages to put these remarks in any kind of context if I'm going to do the job properly, instead of having them right there, as was done before this "improvement". And it isn't like this is the first time. About 20% of the comments are like this.
Fuck off.
My guess is that somebody here doesn't like the idea that a small minority of nasty little ideologues who go crazy when they get their moderator points get slapped on the wrist during MetaModeration.
Either fix this rancid bullshit and address my concerns (which I've tried to present politely and through channels) or you can kiss my participation goodbye.
I've got a pretty good idea what that message would likely be. Or at least the general sentiments expressed (hopefully on the screen) right before its tiny heart goes pfft.
I agree completely. My antivirus program says everything is fine, and so does my spyware killer. The only thing I can't quite figure out is that since I started on-line banking, it doesn't matter how much money I put in my account, the balance won't go above $5,000.:)
Sounds like we should be taking a new look at the "Mars Express" concept. This just screams for a direct look-see by real human beings. And we could really use a project that would kick-start a new wave of technological innovation.
In the history of its existence, the CRTC has never once missed an opportunity to prove it's composed of a bunch of fat-assed, conscienceless douchebags who unfailingly screw the Canadian citizens they're supposed to protect. I'd say I wished the whole crooked, honourless pack of pricks would die of cancer, but there's some things not even a disease should have to do.
As a vicious, corrupt scam artist (and convicted felon) whose major contribution to American politics was to funnel millions of taxpayers dollars into one "Bridge to Nowhere" after another, Ted Stevens is the perfect representative of one of the most influential segments of the internet community: spammers.
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A CD of whatever music the sharks like best could be released under a name like "Lullabies for Lawyers", or "Carols for Counselors".
Ackerman was always known as a big-hearted, genuinely decent guy in addition to being a huge science fiction/fantasy fan. Stories of the parties, comings and goings and general happy weirdness at his house were legend.
He'll be missed.
How about when dueling was allowed?
Dueling assholes? Scary thought! What would they use for ammunition?
Thank you very much, my friend. That isn't the case I was thinking of, but TFA undoubtedly refers to it as one of those that ended when the company in question settled. This is DEFINITELY the one I was thinking of when I said I might be getting the circumstances of two cases mixed up.
Again, thanks. That was really bugging me.
I wish I could supply a citation, but it was several years ago that I saw it. There was a lawsuit concerning royalties. It took place in New York.
The reason it stuck in my mind was the incredible number of artists who were being ripped off. If I recall correctly, the company argued that if they screwed up a few accounts, it was an honest mistake. One thing led to another, and they were forced to open their books. It was then discovered that they'd made "honest mistakes" with just about every artist they had under contract who wasn't virtually camped out in their accounting department. I believe it started over the families of some old blues singers who wondered why everybody was playing the music, but they were only getting a few hundred bucks a year. I might be mixing that up with yet another case, though. There's been no shortage of them, and it's been a while.
Sorry, I wish I could pin it down better than that, but it's been too long.
The last time somebody did a full-scale audit on one of the record companies, they found that they'd underpaid royalties to over 90% of the artists under contract to them. The idea that this pack of thieves could be trusted within a hundred miles of anybody's money is ludicrous.
Rightly or wrongly, the legal profession enjoys somewhat the same level of public approval as your average used car salesman. The fact that law students fighting the RIAA are looked on as the good guys shows you what complete douchebags the RIAA really are.
Windows (XP) absolutely refused to turn off paging (swap), forcing him to whatever the minimum size was.
That's genuinely weird. I run XP Pro with 2G of RAM, and I had no difficulty turning off my swap file in Control Panel when I wanted to do a thorough defragmentation of the HDD where it resided. Although XP ran fine without virtual memory, I use a lot of RAM-intensive applications when I get close to deadline. So having defragged the drive, I gave XP a 4G fixed-size swap file to play in. I can't say I noticed a performance difference one way or the other.
I will note that my friend's dad has a system nearly identical to mine and runs Vista Home Premium with all the default settings. Comparatively, it runs like a pig on skates. That's not FUD, it's just fact.
The more fanatical Moslems don't believe images of the human form are that great an idea. So how is some bomb-carrying lack-wit from a village so far in the hinterlands that the town prostitute is a goat going to know what Osama looks like? And how is he going to react to a picture of him, except to think that the damned infidels are mocking his religion again?
Just wondering.
Scientists now believe there is a proven link between excessive alcohol consumption and Thinking You Can Dance.
Details at 11.
They're Europeans. Do you think the agreement would have had so much support if it actually meant anything, or had real-world consequences? That's not how things work over there. Look what it's like trying to get them to do anything as NATO partners besides sit around and pull their peters.
More objective reviewers than "everyone I know" have found that the alleged speed advantage of Win7 doesn't bear scrutiny. Some have also pointed out that it's not really a new OS, just an attempt to recover from a marketing disaster by applying lipstick and eyeliner to that sad old pig we call Vista.
Here's just one example. There's plenty of others out there.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=107030
I'll leave aside the whole DRM question, except to note that an OS which I bought and paid for that puts the "rights" of notoriously predatory and dishonest entertainment corporations before my own is not something I'd want on my computer.
"For most of human history, people have lived in small tribes where everything they did was known by everyone they knew..."
That may have been true in the most general terms...who's dating who, which cop has a drinking problem, whatever. But this kind of eyes-in-your-bedroom tracking of everything you watch, everywhere you go and even, potentially, every product in a store your gaze lingers on, is unprecedented.
Even in small villages, there are doors and drapes, and while your close friends would know you intimately, the owner of the local store would not.
Sounds to me like an open-and-shut case of breach of contract. They took your money. They failed to fulfill their side of the bargain. Unless they refund your money (perhaps with interest, perhaps not) or give you the laptop you paid for, they're guilty as hell. Maybe I'm naive, but I'd bet a lot of judges, juries and predatory, razor-toothed lawyers would take a pretty dim view of a corporation ripping off somebody risking his life in service of his country.
I imagine a letter from the aforementioned predator (maybe accompanied by a warning that the media would be involved soon) would generate some kind of response.
LOL
Alright, that does it. I'm fed up. I've never yet turned down a MetaModeration, but this new system sucks dog cock.
Here's what I'm looking at:
Comment: Re: RICO Seizures (Score 1) by Muad'Dave on Friday November 21, @7:03PM (#25853401) Attached to: RICO Class Action Against RIAA In Missouri
"Exactly!"
FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER CLASSIC:
"They should have looked there first then. That always works for me."
No FUCKING CLUE what either of these people are talking about.
So I have to go visit a bunch of other pages to put these remarks in any kind of context if I'm going to do the job properly, instead of having them right there, as was done before this "improvement". And it isn't like this is the first time. About 20% of the comments are like this.
Fuck off.
My guess is that somebody here doesn't like the idea that a small minority of nasty little ideologues who go crazy when they get their moderator points get slapped on the wrist during MetaModeration.
Either fix this rancid bullshit and address my concerns (which I've tried to present politely and through channels) or you can kiss my participation goodbye.
Backup? I don' NEED no steenking backup!
I've got a pretty good idea what that message would likely be. Or at least the general sentiments expressed (hopefully on the screen) right before its tiny heart goes pfft.
Of course, they could get off their lazy, fat asses and monitor some selected transmissions, and maybe nail a few felons with a few extra crimes.
Oh, yeah...that might cut into doughnut time. Never mind.
I agree completely. My antivirus program says everything is fine, and so does my spyware killer. The only thing I can't quite figure out is that since I started on-line banking, it doesn't matter how much money I put in my account, the balance won't go above $5,000. :)
Sounds like we should be taking a new look at the "Mars Express" concept. This just screams for a direct look-see by real human beings. And we could really use a project that would kick-start a new wave of technological innovation.
In the history of its existence, the CRTC has never once missed an opportunity to prove it's composed of a bunch of fat-assed, conscienceless douchebags who unfailingly screw the Canadian citizens they're supposed to protect. I'd say I wished the whole crooked, honourless pack of pricks would die of cancer, but there's some things not even a disease should have to do.
As a vicious, corrupt scam artist (and convicted felon) whose major contribution to American politics was to funnel millions of taxpayers dollars into one "Bridge to Nowhere" after another, Ted Stevens is the perfect representative of one of the most influential segments of the internet community: spammers.
I keep a plasma arc in the basement expressly for the purpose. And a Golden Lab. She'll eat anything.