Secondly: The reason Best Brains/Rhino doesn't put out whole seasons is because of the film rights.
Yet another wonderful thing killed by copyrights in excess of 100 years... If copyrights still lasted 24 years, everything made prior to Star Wars would be up for grabs now.
Good point. Same thing that happened to Malthas: technology keeps improving. Malthas claimed (in the 1800's! Remember Scrooge's quip about "surplus population?") that while our ability to grow food grows linearly, population grows exponentially. Hence, we will soon run out of food. Of course, technology continued to outstrip population growth, resulting in present day farm subsidies, because food is "too abundant."
Another historical note. Ever heard of the "London fog?" Wonder why it doesn't get mentioned anymore? Because it was actually smog. The earth is tremendously cleaner today, compared to 100 years ago, and gets more so all the time.
Huh, that's interesting, because I peak out at 1.5 mbps with dsl, which translates to 192 kilobytes/sec. Faster than either of the numbers you have listed there. Time to move out of the 'burbs, my friend.
Yes, Gasse is even more arrogant than Jobs. His exact words to apple (when the balked at the price) were "when you're dying in the desert, you don't care how much water costs." As it turned out, water did't cost as much as Gasse'd thought.
Ads run constantly on TV advertising the fact that "Gabbo is coming." Springfield gets whipped into a frenzy of excitement, and then Gabbo turns out to be the ventriloquist dummy you just linked to.
Um, thrust doesn't care about volume. Sure, there's a little air resistance at first, but most of the journey to orbit is through exceedingly low density, near vaccuum, atmosphere. Besides, most of the volume is that of the rocket anyway, not the capsule it's propelling.
So yeah, price would be in pounds (or kilograms, or stones, or whatever).
I first heard about them when a friend loaded some MP3's he'd downloaded from FTP onto the school computer lab. Lessee, I think I was a junior, so '97 or '98.
I don't think the point the guy was trying to make was that bands should be encouraging piracy (huh, is it piracy if the copyright holder wants you to do it?). I think he was saying that bands ought to use the power of free distribution to attract audiences, and not to be concerned with potential lost sales. Odds are, the new fans will make up for the slightly lower average per-fan expenditure.
Heh. Of the 4 listed, one was Microsoft Hotmail, one was unwilling to be identified by name, one was "buycostumes.com" (ooh, now that's the big time...) and the last were the 50 non-franchised Hard Rock Cafe locations (note the bit where they mention the company only has two software developers. Their linux guru probably quit, and they couldn't find another during the.com craze).
Look at the payouts post-Sept. 11th. United and AA have had to pay millions per death on their planes, plus the entire industry is in the dumps. Look at Firestone/Ford. Any time a company is in any way responsible for deaths, they get into Big Trouble. In contrast, when police kill people, they get off scot free.
Let's just throw some NAPs (Neighborhood Access Points) out there and give everyone an 802.11b card.
Okay, when you've done that, let me know. Until then, I'd like to see Ricochet reactivated. Don't wish for something to die until the alternative is in place.
I'm currently building a wearable, and a reestablished Ricochet would be excellent for that. Anybody remember what coverage was like in the SF bay area (where I live) and New England (where I go to school)?
Oops, my mistake, that's the last revision. They may had added more patented stuff in when they revised, but the ORIGINAL creation of the Red Book standard was 1982, with the cd-rom standard being added in '84. So, add 27 years, 2009. A bit better, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Alright, snide comments aside, I looked it up, and the Red Bood Audio standard was created in 1995. So, odds are, the last patent won't expire until 2022.
Actually, the pump guns can be convinced to go semi-auto. With a semi-auto gun, you pull the trigger once for each shot you fire. With the pump guns, you can hold the trigger down, and pump the gun once for every shot you want to fire. It has a somewhat higher chance of jamming, but it does make those stock pump guns a lot more useful when everyone else has their own souped up weapon
I sure HOPE it's valid, because it's a critical underpinning of the GPL. No one would write Free software if they could be held financially liable for any damage the bugs cause.
I don't think they have the right to secede (they joined the Confederacy, so if they ever had that treaty right, it would have been smashed after that). They do, however, have the right to divide Texas into as many as 4 different states (mainly to increase representation in the Senate), should they wish to do so.
You can also find small amounts of it underneath piles of organic manure left out in the rain. This is important to know if you ever find yourself thrown back in time, and you want to introduce gunpowder to the world.
I'm sick of these "what happened to innocence until proven guilty?" posts. First of all, this is civil court, where the rules are less strict. Second, the violation, in this case, is not harming a child, it's not rating information that could harm a child. They must still prove that you posted the information, and that you did not rate it.
Yes, this is a very bad proposal. Yes, it is probably censorship. No, it does not overturn the presumption of innocence.
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Um, care to give examples? Blanket statements like that aren't very convincing.
Yet another wonderful thing killed by copyrights in excess of 100 years... If copyrights still lasted 24 years, everything made prior to Star Wars would be up for grabs now.
Another historical note. Ever heard of the "London fog?" Wonder why it doesn't get mentioned anymore? Because it was actually smog. The earth is tremendously cleaner today, compared to 100 years ago, and gets more so all the time.
Huh, that's interesting, because I peak out at 1.5 mbps with dsl, which translates to 192 kilobytes/sec. Faster than either of the numbers you have listed there. Time to move out of the 'burbs, my friend.
Yes, Gasse is even more arrogant than Jobs. His exact words to apple (when the balked at the price) were "when you're dying in the desert, you don't care how much water costs." As it turned out, water did't cost as much as Gasse'd thought.
Ads run constantly on TV advertising the fact that "Gabbo is coming." Springfield gets whipped into a frenzy of excitement, and then Gabbo turns out to be the ventriloquist dummy you just linked to.
So yeah, price would be in pounds (or kilograms, or stones, or whatever).
I don't think the point the guy was trying to make was that bands should be encouraging piracy (huh, is it piracy if the copyright holder wants you to do it?). I think he was saying that bands ought to use the power of free distribution to attract audiences, and not to be concerned with potential lost sales. Odds are, the new fans will make up for the slightly lower average per-fan expenditure.
Heh. Of the 4 listed, one was Microsoft Hotmail, one was unwilling to be identified by name, one was "buycostumes.com" (ooh, now that's the big time...) and the last were the 50 non-franchised Hard Rock Cafe locations (note the bit where they mention the company only has two software developers. Their linux guru probably quit, and they couldn't find another during the .com craze).
What's all this bubbling? You call this a radar?
No sir, we call this Mr. Coffee. Care for a cup?
Look at the payouts post-Sept. 11th. United and AA have had to pay millions per death on their planes, plus the entire industry is in the dumps. Look at Firestone/Ford. Any time a company is in any way responsible for deaths, they get into Big Trouble. In contrast, when police kill people, they get off scot free.
Okay, when you've done that, let me know. Until then, I'd like to see Ricochet reactivated. Don't wish for something to die until the alternative is in place.
I'm currently building a wearable, and a reestablished Ricochet would be excellent for that. Anybody remember what coverage was like in the SF bay area (where I live) and New England (where I go to school)?
You mean "They were hit by a meteanor" :)
Oops, my mistake, that's the last revision. They may had added more patented stuff in when they revised, but the ORIGINAL creation of the Red Book standard was 1982, with the cd-rom standard being added in '84. So, add 27 years, 2009. A bit better, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Alright, snide comments aside, I looked it up, and the Red Bood Audio standard was created in 1995. So, odds are, the last patent won't expire until 2022.
Actually, the pump guns can be convinced to go semi-auto. With a semi-auto gun, you pull the trigger once for each shot you fire. With the pump guns, you can hold the trigger down, and pump the gun once for every shot you want to fire. It has a somewhat higher chance of jamming, but it does make those stock pump guns a lot more useful when everyone else has their own souped up weapon
I sure HOPE it's valid, because it's a critical underpinning of the GPL. No one would write Free software if they could be held financially liable for any damage the bugs cause.
Oh yeah, because under 8 years of Clinton, Microsoft was making huge payments for security breaches. Oh wait, no they weren't.
27? Last time I heard (a couple years ago) it was 17. Back in the 60s, it was 7 years. I rest my case.
I always loved the WWII scenario in Civ2, and the Greek one was pretty interesting too. Any good ones in Civ3?
Just as soon as the big companies stop lobbying the government to keep extending patent length. Which is to say, never.
I don't think they have the right to secede (they joined the Confederacy, so if they ever had that treaty right, it would have been smashed after that). They do, however, have the right to divide Texas into as many as 4 different states (mainly to increase representation in the Senate), should they wish to do so.
You can also find small amounts of it underneath piles of organic manure left out in the rain. This is important to know if you ever find yourself thrown back in time, and you want to introduce gunpowder to the world.
Yes, this is a very bad proposal. Yes, it is probably censorship. No, it does not overturn the presumption of innocence.