No shit here. Access sucks as badly as is possible. The ultimate in tragic bloatware. Then Macroslab bought FoxPro and used some of its technology in Access. Now Access is bloatware with training wheels.
He states that this is California law. I believe in California law, the vast majority of the agreement is unenforcable. As I understand it, they can only claim your work done using their equipment/resources regardless of what is in writing.
IANAL
I think it's just pissed off journalism and english majors trying to get back at engineers for creating a society that says rowter instead of rooter, that doesn't know the difference between loose and lose because their spell-checker says it's ok.
People who don't know how to spell or use their/there/the're or too/to in a sentence. All that is required here is for them to pretend they don't know what vaporware means.
Note that it was unianimous, and the FTC extracted a promise that the new behemoth would 'protect consumer choice.'" And, on the more amusing side check out this alternative coverage.
What could be more amusing than the notion that the new behemoth would care about protecting consumers?
You and Poopie are both wrong. The original poster is correct.
The power companies have taken a page from the oil companies. Step 1. Find an excuse to create a shortage. Step 2. Claim the excuse as a reason to raise prices. Step 3. When the shortage is over, don't lower the prices, pretend they have always been that high.
I know several cops in LA. One I've met said he 'gets a hard on' when it's time to go to work. He stated that he looks forward to 'kicking the shit out of N******'. He was actually talking to someone else, but I was right there. I've seen cops lie about the most inconsequential things like speeding. Had one pull me over, handcuff me, throw me against the wall; when I got mad he said, 'You one of them Libertarians or something?'
I live by the rule, everyone is assumed to be a good person until they prove this to be untrue. I've met hundreds of cops and have never met one who didn't prove they were an asshole within 60 seconds.
We need to accept that there is something wrong with people who want to be cops.
First off, we call him/her a kiddie because of perceived maturity, not for any chronological aquisition of years.
Second, the trail is already there; who has complained that the company owes them money? While the records may be extensive, there are ways to narrow it down further.
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I caught an interview with this kid on Kroq this morning. Apparantly they rescinded the suspension. Patrick said they claimed to be doing it so it would not end up on his 'Permanent Record'. He responded that he would rather have fought the suspension in court. The school officials didn't like this prospect, and it is Patrick's belief that the reason they rescinded the suspension was because they didn't want to lose in court.
What I want to know is why anyone would actually want to be available ALL the time. I had a pager once. Got rid of it when I discovered people actually expected me to call them back! Silly people.
How on earth could the server know that you've registered, unless it used some type of state management mechanism? Without using cookies, your request for the article would be absolutely indistinguisable form any other request for the article.
Curiously,/. always seems to know who I am, and I generally leave cookies turned off. Hmm...
While I agree with your statements, I believe you've drawn the wrong conclusion. If I may summarize the real power is with the people, the majority of individuals who don't have positions of power, simply because they are the Majority.
I doubt any covert group of individuals planned to foster a country of apathetic voters, yet they do know this to be true and take advantage of it. They cozy up to the polititions, regardless of political party, and get the exposure needed for those who will support the status quo.
Ultimately what I believe we are coming to, is a place in time where we have to choose the rights of individuals over those of the artificial entity known as a Corporation. My vote is going to Ralph Nader
Couple of points I'd like to add to the discussion. College is really just a creative environment. We toss some brilliant people into a pot together, who have a variety of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds, and stir occasionally.
Some have said, "If one can teach themselves technology, one can do the same with History, English, Philosophy..." This is not true. Hard science can be learned from a book. The humanities rely much more on discourse. Ultimately, they teach a person how to think things through and resolve issues that don't have a single answer, which is more important than any single discipline.
A job is not a person, and vice-versa.
On a side note: I would appreciate if people would teach themselves the difference between there, their, and they're. And just cause the spell-checker says loose is spelled correctly, doesn't mean you should use it instead of lose.
Just to clear things up for the youngsters who still think absolutely everything was actually invented in the last 10 years. Prince--who goes by the moniker, The Artist, now--has been using this silly convention with the 2's and the b's since well before his first album over 20 years ago; before some of you were even born. It has nothing to do with 'puters dood.
That doesn't make it any less silly. I just wanted to make a clarification.
Oh. and if you're old enough to remember his first album... fascinating.
What you're really trying to do here is guess which words will appear on an objectionable site. A porn site will likely have the words 'fuck' and 'tits' and they may have the word breast; but the site on breast cancer won't have the words 'fuck' and 'tits'.
Don't block the word 'breast', but block 'fuck'. You'll will block the Pron, and leave the medical site.
I know this is an over simplification, but this is a discussion forum, not a soapbox for long-winded theories. I hope the gist of this comes through. It's only through an overzealous and blatently hopeless attempt to eliminate every possible objectionable site that the concept of 'protecting the children' becomes a ludicrous infringement of constitutional rights.
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Jesus! and so many call us evil pirates. Herein lies the true heart of evil.
I love Gnutella. Just goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished.
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Since this is pertinent, I felt I would mod it back up the only way I could; at least until the dogs of moderation mod this post down. The point is elitism is elitism. You can't simultaneously despise and aspire to it.
You guys think you work harder than most people? That is the proof your head is up your ass. You are telling me Doctors, who have struggled through a grueling education, who work hours upon hours dont work hard? Single uneducated parents that work 60 hours a week at some shitty job just to give their kids a chance? Scientists and engineers that do basically the same shit you guys do and get an exponentially negative credit for it? Get a fucking grip and take your head outta your ass to see the world buddy! How long can you hide behind being a social outcast when you were a child?
All hail the glorious and meaningless! Starting tomorrow, I'm regulating my consumption of nicotine and caffiene. If it doesn't work I'll give myself a sound whupping.
I've bought about a dozen albums in my life: as for CD's, fewer than that. I just find the same recordings, over and over, extremely tedious. Live music is what floats my marshmellows. It's particularly important since we're talking about paying the leeches in the recording industry, not the artists who rarely see a dime. 2
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How old is this Maggie thing. Frank Zappa used this exlamation in 'Cosmic Debris' in the very early 70's. Just wondering.
No shit here. Access sucks as badly as is possible. The ultimate in tragic bloatware. Then Macroslab bought FoxPro and used some of its technology in Access. Now Access is bloatware with training wheels.
He states that this is California law. I believe in California law, the vast majority of the agreement is unenforcable. As I understand it, they can only claim your work done using their equipment/resources regardless of what is in writing. IANAL
People who don't know how to spell or use their/there/the're or too/to in a sentence.
All that is required here is for them to pretend they don't know what vaporware means.
What could be more amusing than the notion that the new behemoth would care about protecting consumers?
The power companies have taken a page from the oil companies.
Step 1. Find an excuse to create a shortage.
Step 2. Claim the excuse as a reason to raise prices.
Step 3. When the shortage is over, don't lower the prices, pretend they have always been that high.
I live by the rule, everyone is assumed to be a good person until they prove this to be untrue. I've met hundreds of cops and have never met one who didn't prove they were an asshole within 60 seconds.
We need to accept that there is something wrong with people who want to be cops.
Second, the trail is already there; who has complained that the company owes them money? While the records may be extensive, there are ways to narrow it down further. 2
I caught an interview with this kid on Kroq this morning. Apparantly they rescinded the suspension. Patrick said they claimed to be doing it so it would not end up on his 'Permanent Record'. He responded that he would rather have fought the suspension in court. The school officials didn't like this prospect, and it is Patrick's belief that the reason they rescinded the suspension was because they didn't want to lose in court.
Silly people.
After all, Cock fights would get very boring if this weren't true.
Curiously, /. always seems to know who I am, and I generally leave cookies turned off. Hmm...
You fucking morons. ^ | | refers to the FCC
I doubt any covert group of individuals planned to foster a country of apathetic voters, yet they do know this to be true and take advantage of it. They cozy up to the polititions, regardless of political party, and get the exposure needed for those who will support the status quo.
Ultimately what I believe we are coming to, is a place in time where we have to choose the rights of individuals over those of the artificial entity known as a Corporation. My vote is going to Ralph Nader
So fight the good fight
Couple of points I'd like to add to the discussion. College is really just a creative environment. We toss some brilliant people into a pot together, who have a variety of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds, and stir occasionally.
Some have said, "If one can teach themselves technology, one can do the same with History, English, Philosophy..." This is not true. Hard science can be learned from a book. The humanities rely much more on discourse. Ultimately, they teach a person how to think things through and resolve issues that don't have a single answer, which is more important than any single discipline.
A job is not a person, and vice-versa.
On a side note: I would appreciate if people would teach themselves the difference between there, their, and they're. And just cause the spell-checker says loose is spelled correctly, doesn't mean you should use it instead of lose.
That doesn't make it any less silly. I just wanted to make a clarification.
Oh. and if you're old enough to remember his first album... fascinating.
Don't block the word 'breast', but block 'fuck'. You'll will block the Pron, and leave the medical site.
I know this is an over simplification, but this is a discussion forum, not a soapbox for long-winded theories. I hope the gist of this comes through. It's only through an overzealous and blatently hopeless attempt to eliminate every possible objectionable site that the concept of 'protecting the children' becomes a ludicrous infringement of constitutional rights.
I love Gnutella. Just goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished.
Wow! I've never been moderated before. I'm gonna have a beer!
All hail the glorious and meaningless! Starting tomorrow, I'm regulating my consumption of nicotine and caffiene.
If it doesn't work I'll give myself a sound whupping.
I've bought about a dozen albums in my life: as for CD's, fewer than that. I just find the same recordings, over and over, extremely tedious.
Live music is what floats my marshmellows.
It's particularly important since we're talking about paying the leeches in the recording industry, not the artists who rarely see a dime.
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In the He Man movie, Billy Barty converted a 56 Chevy to run on neutrinos.
Now that's progress!
Actually the Japanese Gardens on the San Fernando Water Reclamation Center in the Sepulveda basin. They also used it in Night at the Roxbury.