But jurors in the same field may have already been presented with similar ethical dilemmas and have already made their choices on what to believe- or worse yet, were forced into such choices, and have come to accept it as correct over time. That is bias that needs to be eliminated from the jury.
And a trial against a CEO with a jury of CEO's? How do you think that will work? In this country we consider all people as equals, and the definition of "peer" can't be biased with "industry standard" ideas.
You're sort of right - the military can neither confirm nor deny that the released wikileaks information is actually real and classified. Oh wait - except by it becoming public knowledge that they are blocking these sites, they are in effect releasing classified information themselves - by asserting that these are indeed classified documents.
Suddenly, the entire military implodes on itself in a big bang of logic.
This wouldn't matter so much for Disney, but I assume that it's exactly that - punishment for not viewing when broadcast. I'm sure the content deal with Netflix brings in less money that same-day broadcast advertising sales.
For myself, there were just too many shows that started this fall, and half of them may be crap. I'm following half of that half weekly right now. When they're on break, I'll go back and catch up on the rest. Would be a whole lot easier if those were just all on Netflix. And if you wait, you just get to watch them all together as a continuous story - which can be nice.
I look at shows and follow the news to decide what's worth my time - I don't just sit and stare at the TV and hope something interesting comes on. Don't have enough time for that.
How does that matter? Well - that is, except for the biggest shows. If you just delay the start of your season by 15 days, you can have weekly episodes coming in. Are your shows really that important to yourself and the water cooler talk that goes with it?
And maybe that's the solution. There are some games so well loved that they will always be with us. But ALL video games will likely remain copyrighted for at least the next few dozen years. What we need is a regulation like you have for trademarks. Rather than actively using and actively defending your trademark, you just have to actively make the property available for sale if it's the kind of work that's for commercial sale. If it goes off the market in all forms for x years, then it loses copyright status. Or at the very least, becomes legal to copy.
It would be tough wording it right, but there's a whole world out there of copyrighted content locked away behind publishers who see their properties as too unprofitable to sell. Digital distribution should put an end to that unprofitability - but console gaming would have to allow for first-class developers to release games without the restrictions of pressed discs or wii-ware.
One could easily count every single activation from the activation code. It's not like that doesn't go directly through their servers. And the updates are downloaded by each machine.
No kidding on the AVG Free. I always type free.avg.com in the browser directly and even then it's hard to get to. I always keep a copy on a CD with me, as I do some independent computer repair work. It's just too hard to find and download, and I even have to help my customers update every time a new version comes out.
You must not have realized how steep most student discounts were then. Sure, I had $30,000 worth of pirate software when I was in college, and I went legit after my student discount was up - but if I had known where to go (I was at a smaller college that didn't carry physical media of major software) I would have gone legal then. Although I did get the student discount on Final Cut Pro.
On the updates, it's not the same. It's not like they can stop file sharing of the key any better than RIAA can stop sharing of the MP3. If there were updates for MP3's that might be a valid comparison to make.
Keep in mind the competition. Before this, the only social network that ever gained many users in the U.S. was MySpace. And you have to say this is an improvement over that. Especially the profiles.
I think you seriously underestimate how much of your personal information is already on the public market to buy and sell. Unless you buy your prepaid cell phone with cash, and send all your credit card bills to a P.O. box.
Just how do you think you might steal someone's identity via Facebook, when their personal info is not publicly indexed (friends-only privacy settings), and only D.O.B., address, and phone number might be available at worst? All of which, by the way, I can seem to find on public info searches online already.
Some of us don't mind sharing info with friends - or even friends of friends - especially since Facebook is the only way some of them will try and contact people. I personally would rather just get email, but most people never did seem to use email that much socially - even before Facebook.
And of course, that privacy setting does exist - but "Only Me" isn't on the main list of drop-down choices. I had to click customize, just to find that option. Thanks for the tip.
This time, they don't change the privacy - no new option added. You can't, for example, choose to disable showing the most recent 5 tagged pictures of you. No matter who your friends are or what prompts them to tag you in them.
I don't use Facebook often at all, but I just think it's stupid to put my profile information in the control of other people (my friends).
By sudo equivalent, do you mean UAC (user account control)? Because that already exists. A lot of malware runs in user space only, and doesn't even require administrator rights to function. A DDOS botnet doesn't require admin rights to run under a single user account.
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But jurors in the same field may have already been presented with similar ethical dilemmas and have already made their choices on what to believe- or worse yet, were forced into such choices, and have come to accept it as correct over time. That is bias that needs to be eliminated from the jury.
And a trial against a CEO with a jury of CEO's? How do you think that will work? In this country we consider all people as equals, and the definition of "peer" can't be biased with "industry standard" ideas.
non sequitor x 1,000.
You're sort of right - the military can neither confirm nor deny that the released wikileaks information is actually real and classified. Oh wait - except by it becoming public knowledge that they are blocking these sites, they are in effect releasing classified information themselves - by asserting that these are indeed classified documents.
Suddenly, the entire military implodes on itself in a big bang of logic.
If neither the employees nor the companies care, it's still going to become the standard. You need to go on a crusade on our behalf.
Right - why is this not the #1 thread on this discussion? That was my first thought. Seems to be an obvious fake for parody's sake.
This wouldn't matter so much for Disney, but I assume that it's exactly that - punishment for not viewing when broadcast. I'm sure the content deal with Netflix brings in less money that same-day broadcast advertising sales.
For myself, there were just too many shows that started this fall, and half of them may be crap. I'm following half of that half weekly right now. When they're on break, I'll go back and catch up on the rest. Would be a whole lot easier if those were just all on Netflix. And if you wait, you just get to watch them all together as a continuous story - which can be nice.
I look at shows and follow the news to decide what's worth my time - I don't just sit and stare at the TV and hope something interesting comes on. Don't have enough time for that.
How does that matter? Well - that is, except for the biggest shows. If you just delay the start of your season by 15 days, you can have weekly episodes coming in. Are your shows really that important to yourself and the water cooler talk that goes with it?
And maybe that's the solution. There are some games so well loved that they will always be with us. But ALL video games will likely remain copyrighted for at least the next few dozen years. What we need is a regulation like you have for trademarks. Rather than actively using and actively defending your trademark, you just have to actively make the property available for sale if it's the kind of work that's for commercial sale. If it goes off the market in all forms for x years, then it loses copyright status. Or at the very least, becomes legal to copy.
It would be tough wording it right, but there's a whole world out there of copyrighted content locked away behind publishers who see their properties as too unprofitable to sell. Digital distribution should put an end to that unprofitability - but console gaming would have to allow for first-class developers to release games without the restrictions of pressed discs or wii-ware.
One could easily count every single activation from the activation code. It's not like that doesn't go directly through their servers. And the updates are downloaded by each machine.
Most likely, this is actual number of installs.
No kidding on the AVG Free. I always type free.avg.com in the browser directly and even then it's hard to get to. I always keep a copy on a CD with me, as I do some independent computer repair work. It's just too hard to find and download, and I even have to help my customers update every time a new version comes out.
You must not have realized how steep most student discounts were then. Sure, I had $30,000 worth of pirate software when I was in college, and I went legit after my student discount was up - but if I had known where to go (I was at a smaller college that didn't carry physical media of major software) I would have gone legal then. Although I did get the student discount on Final Cut Pro.
On the updates, it's not the same. It's not like they can stop file sharing of the key any better than RIAA can stop sharing of the MP3. If there were updates for MP3's that might be a valid comparison to make.
I don't care what kind of anti-viral plan you have, I will NOT let you thrust me.
And by sex, I mean physical intercourse.
You mean the groups feature where you can add people to groups without their permission, on an opt-out basis? Yeah, I love that feature /sarcasm.
Keep in mind the competition. Before this, the only social network that ever gained many users in the U.S. was MySpace. And you have to say this is an improvement over that. Especially the profiles.
I think you seriously underestimate how much of your personal information is already on the public market to buy and sell. Unless you buy your prepaid cell phone with cash, and send all your credit card bills to a P.O. box.
Just how do you think you might steal someone's identity via Facebook, when their personal info is not publicly indexed (friends-only privacy settings), and only D.O.B., address, and phone number might be available at worst? All of which, by the way, I can seem to find on public info searches online already.
Some of us don't mind sharing info with friends - or even friends of friends - especially since Facebook is the only way some of them will try and contact people. I personally would rather just get email, but most people never did seem to use email that much socially - even before Facebook.
And of course, that privacy setting does exist - but "Only Me" isn't on the main list of drop-down choices. I had to click customize, just to find that option. Thanks for the tip.
It's optional until later today. You just get the chance to opt-in early.
This time, they don't change the privacy - no new option added. You can't, for example, choose to disable showing the most recent 5 tagged pictures of you. No matter who your friends are or what prompts them to tag you in them.
I don't use Facebook often at all, but I just think it's stupid to put my profile information in the control of other people (my friends).
By sudo equivalent, do you mean UAC (user account control)? Because that already exists. A lot of malware runs in user space only, and doesn't even require administrator rights to function. A DDOS botnet doesn't require admin rights to run under a single user account.
Actually, AVG specifically states that their A/V engine is identical in their paid and free versions.
1x1 pixel images are more likely to fix really lousy email rendering by wildly different clients. ANY image in an email can be used for tracking.