I hate having to explain it, but... Because this group was comprised of conspiracy theorists, and among the most reviled conspiracies stands the JFK assasination, and because the Warren Report decided that a lone gunman had killed JFK, a conspiracy play on words might yield "Lone Gunmen". And no, Mr. Grammar Alert, it's not irony. Look it up.
My reply was to the guy who rolled CAT5 in his neighborhood, not to the association who got DSL for themselves.
Listen, I'm not saying it is right or wrong. I'm saying that you can't necessarily dismiss your ISP contract because you believe you own the packets. You sign the contract and you abide by the terms of use.
Again, this is not about what the article above refers to. This is about the growing "problem" of Internet connection sharing. If your ISP says they won't allow it, and you do so anyway, you will tend to be in breach of contract.
No matter what some on Slashdot think, I shouldn't make copies of DVDs to give to my friends. If I decide to digitize my DVDs for viewing from my office, I should take reasonable precautions that my streams not be publicly accessible. I didn't spend the money making, say, Harry Potter. If I did spend the money to make it, and I decided to give it away, that would be my right.
If I spend time and money to create something, and you want it, I can choose to ask for you to pay for it.
Cat5 doesn't carry shittons of voltage until it gets struck by lighting. Then it melts or conducts shittons of voltage.
Lighting usually but doesn't always strike the highest point.
Back in the olden days pre-cordless phones, it was a good idea to get off the phone during a lightning storm because _if_ lighting hit (I should make that _IF_ cause it's admittedly a huge if), the same wires that bring in Aunt May's voice cross-country can also reunite you with your dead uncle.
Also, what if the shitton spike goes past your netgear and into your neighbors unbacked up computer - frying the sucker - while he was in the middle of _important_ (neighbors are rarely important) work. What you've got there is a little liability issue.
Finally, and don't be surprised cause you heard it here first: Sharing of your Internet connection is likely prosecutable in your jurisdiction in the same spirit that theft of cable is, regardless of who you get your upstream from. And no, it wont be a question of packet ownership. It'll be a simple signed contract that spells out what you can't but did do.
Saw AotC on Thursday off a regular film projector and just came home from watching it off a DLP (TI with Technicolor powered by Qualcomm - whatever that means). As far as the movie going experience goes I can say this:
There was an annoying flicker on the traditional screen across the top 1/4 band off the traditional projection. No such problems today~
The digital pcture was vibrant and bright. Some of the colors on Amidala's costumes looked blended off the film but were distinct off digital (when she gets off the boat, before the first kiss).
I felt like I was watching the future of movie viewing: no film scratches. However, there was an imperfection ( a fold ) down the screen, a quarter of the way in. Screen imperfection is a problem no matter what you are projecting from, obviously.
As a disclaimer: I liked the movie a lot (more than TPM and more than I thought I'd like it). I'd have watched it again in any case; watching it in digital was a sweet bonus.
I'll bet you a donut that they didn't even write the article. This kind of placement piece is fairly standard PR. I got a byline on an 'Advanced Imaging' article once. I wrote nary a word of it.
I'll bet US$100 that Microsoft is bombarding OpenOffice's servers with requests...both to keep them offline AND maybe to learn something in the process:-)
It also seems to me that sounds are not necessarily made due to the movement of the jaw. I'd imagine that non-vowel sounds emanate from the vocal cords and tongue. And, what could this end up looking like? Think Nintendo Power Glove...
I think this analogy is a bit of a stretch. One of the problems with a software patent is that it can broadly cover A BUSINESS PROCESS. Let's say that a composer had been granted a patent for creating symphonies as "A method to glorify God through the use of music." That patent would preclude anybody else (for a set period of time) from glorifying God through the use of music (unless the method could be improved upon). This patent does not necessarily stop Beethoven from glorifying God and it does not prevent him from finding a better way to glorify God (even through music). While ultimately restrictive, even such a broad based example doesn't fully apply to the situation of the 18th century composer.
You can make an argument that says that protecting a composer who pioneered the glory of God through music is important, maybe patentable. But the REAL issue (in every patent argument I've seen) is that patents are being issued for processes where there is prior art and where the method does not qualify as "not-obvious".
The real issue for Beethoven (and all other composers) was copyright and royalties. Scores might only be distributed hours before a performance. Otherwise, they would be swindled and the composer could not get paid for his/her music. The strong (but not too strong) protection of copyright is a pillar in the Capitalist develompent of Intellectual Property.
You woulda gotten killed right then and there. Ass wiping occurs with the LEFT hand, also known as the dirty hand.
You want to take an audience that wont pay...
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Let me get this straight. You want to take an audience that goes to some lengths to not pay for things they like (books, music, movies, software) and you want them to pay for something they love AND gripe about in the same breath? Good luck. Stephen King let 'The Plant' die, so too might Slashdot. Bummer.
For my part I can safely say that ignoring banners on web pages costs me less than $5 a month.
Mod this up! The audio feed is VERY funny. What idiots fall for this? "Our clients have been giving them to their children." Oh, the title of the window reads, 'SEC Presentation'. Mistake?
Sorry guys. Transparent Aluminum wasn't available in the 20th Century. Scotty traded Plexico the formula for transparent aluminum for the standard six inch plexiglass:
"SCOTTY
Doctor Nichols, I might have
something to offer you.
NICHOLS
... Yes?
SCOTTY
I notice you're still working with
polymers.
NICHOLS
(mystified)
Sill? What else would I be working
with?
SCOTTY
Ah, what else indeed? Let me put it
another way: how thick would a piece
of your plexiglass need to be at 60
feet by 10 feet to withstand the
pressure of 18,000 cubic feet of
water?
NICHOLS
That's easy: 6 inches. We carry
stuff that big in stock.
SCOTTY
Yes, I noticed. Now suppose -- just
suppose -- I could show you a way to
manufacture a wall that would do the
same job but was only an inch thick.
would that be worth something to
you, eh?
NICHOLS
... Are you joking?
BONES
He never jokes... Perhaps the
professor could use your computer.
[...]
NICHOLS
(wide-eyed)
Transparent aluminum?
SCOTTY
That's the ticket, laddie.
NICHOLS
... But it would take years just to
figure out the dynamics of this
matrix...!
BONES
You'll be rich beyond the dreams of
avarice.
SCOTTY
So, is it worth something? Or
should I just punch "clear"...
NICHOLS
No!
(then)
No... What did you have in mind...?"
Let's all take a minute to go back and read the article people. This case was more about copyright law then about DVD movies as software (which they are, come to think about it - depending on your definition of hard/software and 'is' is.) When you consider how DVDs are distributed in the US, you see that what the Australian's were doing would be ILLEGAL in America. The DVDs we buy here (for home use) are not for commercial use and thus cost (an inflated, IHMO) $24.00. DVDs for commercial use (almost exactly the same content) cost rental outlets more. Anybody reading the article (and living Stateside) should have recognized this.
Through the aid of an enhanced built-in infrared (IR) port and CLIÉ Remote Commander software, users can transform the CLIÉ PEG-T615C model into a universal remote controller to control home entertainment components from up to 15 feet away.
From the FAA (http://www.faa.gov/aircodeinfo.htm#multiple):
Metropolitan Areas with Multiple Airports
These codes don't specify single airports but whole areas where more than one airport is situated.
BER Berlin, Germany
BGT Baghdad, Iraq
BHZ Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
BUE Buenos Aires, Argentina
BUH Bucharest, Romania
CHI Chicago, IL, USA
DTT Detroit, MI, USA
JKT Jakarta, Indonesia
KCK Kansas City, KS
LON London, United Kingdom
MFW Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, FL, USA
MIL Milano, Italy
MOW Moskva, Russia
NRW airports in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
NYC New York, NY, USA
PAR Paris, France
OSA Osaka, Japan
OSL Oslo, Norway
QDV Denver, CO, USA
QLA Los Angeles, CA, USA
QSF San Fransisco, CA, USA
RIO Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
ROM Roma, Italy
SAO Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
STO Stockholm, Sweden
TYO Tokyo, Japan
WAS Washington, DC, USA
YEA Edmonton, AB, Canada
YMQ Montreal, QC, Canada
YTO Toronto, ON, Canada
According to the Michelin Red Guide Key, the most stars a restaurant can get is three, where the stars refer to exceptional cuisine. The 1-5 scale refers to the "Comfort Category", ranging from "Quite Comfortable" to "Luxury". I always wondered myself...
After listening to that ridiculous POS (and wondering how much shareholder money was dumped into that crud) I decided to do my part and put the MP3 in my Morpheus Shared Folder. Enjoy! (And take that, KPMG! "KPMG/We're strong as can be/A dream of power and energy/We go for the goal/Together we hold/On to our vision of global strategy..." Yuck!)
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Stop subsidizing them and expect them to be self-funding? Kinda like the US Postal Service?
Bad Analogy. Abort? Retry? Fail.
It's a joke, jackass. A play on words.
I hate having to explain it, but... Because this group was comprised of conspiracy theorists, and among the most reviled conspiracies stands the JFK assasination, and because the Warren Report decided that a lone gunman had killed JFK, a conspiracy play on words might yield "Lone Gunmen". And no, Mr. Grammar Alert, it's not irony. Look it up.
Cheers.
My reply was to the guy who rolled CAT5 in his neighborhood, not to the association who got DSL for themselves.
Listen, I'm not saying it is right or wrong. I'm saying that you can't necessarily dismiss your ISP contract because you believe you own the packets. You sign the contract and you abide by the terms of use.
Again, this is not about what the article above refers to. This is about the growing "problem" of Internet connection sharing. If your ISP says they won't allow it, and you do so anyway, you will tend to be in breach of contract.
No matter what some on Slashdot think, I shouldn't make copies of DVDs to give to my friends. If I decide to digitize my DVDs for viewing from my office, I should take reasonable precautions that my streams not be publicly accessible. I didn't spend the money making, say, Harry Potter. If I did spend the money to make it, and I decided to give it away, that would be my right.
If I spend time and money to create something, and you want it, I can choose to ask for you to pay for it.
Cat5 doesn't carry shittons of voltage until it gets struck by lighting. Then it melts or conducts shittons of voltage.
Lighting usually but doesn't always strike the highest point.
Back in the olden days pre-cordless phones, it was a good idea to get off the phone during a lightning storm because _if_ lighting hit (I should make that _IF_ cause it's admittedly a huge if), the same wires that bring in Aunt May's voice cross-country can also reunite you with your dead uncle.
Also, what if the shitton spike goes past your netgear and into your neighbors unbacked up computer - frying the sucker - while he was in the middle of _important_ (neighbors are rarely important) work. What you've got there is a little liability issue.
Finally, and don't be surprised cause you heard it here first: Sharing of your Internet connection is likely prosecutable in your jurisdiction in the same spirit that theft of cable is, regardless of who you get your upstream from. And no, it wont be a question of packet ownership. It'll be a simple signed contract that spells out what you can't but did do.
Good luck.
Searched the web for link:gopher://. Results 1 - 10 of about 421. Search took 0.03 seconds.
:)
Not an excuse for Microsoft, just an excuse to get modded 'Informative'
You are gifted. I'd mod ya up if I could.
For true realism, try True Combat.
How about Munsoned?
As a disclaimer: I liked the movie a lot (more than TPM and more than I thought I'd like it). I'd have watched it again in any case; watching it in digital was a sweet bonus.
I'll bet you a donut that they didn't even write the article. This kind of placement piece is fairly standard PR. I got a byline on an 'Advanced Imaging' article once. I wrote nary a word of it.
I'll bet US$100 that Microsoft is bombarding OpenOffice's servers with requests...both to keep them offline AND maybe to learn something in the process :-)
It also seems to me that sounds are not necessarily made due to the movement of the jaw. I'd imagine that non-vowel sounds emanate from the vocal cords and tongue. And, what could this end up looking like? Think Nintendo Power Glove...
I think this analogy is a bit of a stretch. One of the problems with a software patent is that it can broadly cover A BUSINESS PROCESS. Let's say that a composer had been granted a patent for creating symphonies as "A method to glorify God through the use of music." That patent would preclude anybody else (for a set period of time) from glorifying God through the use of music (unless the method could be improved upon). This patent does not necessarily stop Beethoven from glorifying God and it does not prevent him from finding a better way to glorify God (even through music). While ultimately restrictive, even such a broad based example doesn't fully apply to the situation of the 18th century composer.
You can make an argument that says that protecting a composer who pioneered the glory of God through music is important, maybe patentable. But the REAL issue (in every patent argument I've seen) is that patents are being issued for processes where there is prior art and where the method does not qualify as "not-obvious".
The real issue for Beethoven (and all other composers) was copyright and royalties. Scores might only be distributed hours before a performance. Otherwise, they would be swindled and the composer could not get paid for his/her music. The strong (but not too strong) protection of copyright is a pillar in the Capitalist develompent of Intellectual Property.
You woulda gotten killed right then and there. Ass wiping occurs with the LEFT hand, also known as the dirty hand.
Let me get this straight. You want to take an audience that goes to some lengths to not pay for things they like (books, music, movies, software) and you want them to pay for something they love AND gripe about in the same breath? Good luck. Stephen King let 'The Plant' die, so too might Slashdot. Bummer.
For my part I can safely say that ignoring banners on web pages costs me less than $5 a month.
Mod this up! The audio feed is VERY funny. What idiots fall for this? "Our clients have been giving them to their children." Oh, the title of the window reads, 'SEC Presentation'. Mistake?
Sorry guys. Transparent Aluminum wasn't available in the 20th Century. Scotty traded Plexico the formula for transparent aluminum for the standard six inch plexiglass:
"SCOTTY
Doctor Nichols, I might have
something to offer you.
NICHOLS
... Yes?
SCOTTY
I notice you're still working with
polymers.
NICHOLS
(mystified)
Sill? What else would I be working
with?
SCOTTY
Ah, what else indeed? Let me put it
another way: how thick would a piece
of your plexiglass need to be at 60
feet by 10 feet to withstand the
pressure of 18,000 cubic feet of
water?
NICHOLS
That's easy: 6 inches. We carry
stuff that big in stock.
SCOTTY
Yes, I noticed. Now suppose -- just
suppose -- I could show you a way to
manufacture a wall that would do the
same job but was only an inch thick.
would that be worth something to
you, eh?
NICHOLS
... Are you joking?
BONES
He never jokes... Perhaps the
professor could use your computer.
[...]
NICHOLS
(wide-eyed)
Transparent aluminum?
SCOTTY
That's the ticket, laddie.
NICHOLS
... But it would take years just to
figure out the dynamics of this
matrix...!
BONES
You'll be rich beyond the dreams of
avarice.
SCOTTY
So, is it worth something? Or
should I just punch "clear"...
NICHOLS
No!
(then)
No... What did you have in mind...?"
Live long and prosper.
Let's all take a minute to go back and read the article people. This case was more about copyright law then about DVD movies as software (which they are, come to think about it - depending on your definition of hard/software and 'is' is.) When you consider how DVDs are distributed in the US, you see that what the Australian's were doing would be ILLEGAL in America. The DVDs we buy here (for home use) are not for commercial use and thus cost (an inflated, IHMO) $24.00. DVDs for commercial use (almost exactly the same content) cost rental outlets more. Anybody reading the article (and living Stateside) should have recognized this.
Through the aid of an enhanced built-in infrared (IR) port and CLIÉ Remote Commander software, users can transform the CLIÉ PEG-T615C model into a universal remote controller to control home entertainment components from up to 15 feet away.
From the FAA (http://www.faa.gov/aircodeinfo.htm#multiple):
Metropolitan Areas with Multiple Airports
These codes don't specify single airports but whole areas where more than one airport is situated.
BER Berlin, Germany
BGT Baghdad, Iraq
BHZ Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
BUE Buenos Aires, Argentina
BUH Bucharest, Romania
CHI Chicago, IL, USA
DTT Detroit, MI, USA
JKT Jakarta, Indonesia
KCK Kansas City, KS
LON London, United Kingdom
MFW Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, FL, USA
MIL Milano, Italy
MOW Moskva, Russia
NRW airports in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
NYC New York, NY, USA
PAR Paris, France
OSA Osaka, Japan
OSL Oslo, Norway
QDV Denver, CO, USA
QLA Los Angeles, CA, USA
QSF San Fransisco, CA, USA
RIO Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
ROM Roma, Italy
SAO Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
STO Stockholm, Sweden
TYO Tokyo, Japan
WAS Washington, DC, USA
YEA Edmonton, AB, Canada
YMQ Montreal, QC, Canada
YTO Toronto, ON, Canada
According to the Michelin Red Guide Key, the most stars a restaurant can get is three, where the stars refer to exceptional cuisine. The 1-5 scale refers to the "Comfort Category", ranging from "Quite Comfortable" to "Luxury". I always wondered myself...
... is if the "PLEASE STOP AND VOTE FOR .NET" had been distributed through an Outlook virus. Then, I'd've died laughing.
Let's make sure that for every click on the RAC site, we are all clicking at least 10 times on the RIAA site.
What I want to know is just what the people in this industry did to CmdrTaco that would make him Slashdot their servers twice in a week?
After listening to that ridiculous POS (and wondering how much shareholder money was dumped into that crud) I decided to do my part and put the MP3 in my Morpheus Shared Folder. Enjoy! (And take that, KPMG! "KPMG/We're strong as can be/A dream of power and energy/We go for the goal/Together we hold/On to our vision of global strategy..." Yuck!)