No it's even worse. They wanted him to break his written contract and disclose the passwords to unauthorized personnel.
When he followed the contract, they arrested him. I cannot believe he was convicted.
Oh for fuck's sake! just download the codecs and quit whining. It's not like it takes any skill to install.
The rest of the planet uses AAC and MP3, insensitive clod!
Seriously, Vorbis and Theora are not supported by default on either Windows or Mac OS X, so it's really a PITA to use those formats for 99.999% of the users.
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Unix wouldn't run on the original IBM PC, nor with any other cheap processor they might have instead of the Intel one.
So given the IBM PC could only run lame program loaders in lieu of an actual operating system, we got what we got.
Embracing the opportunity to show the impact of illegal chemicals on driving is FAR different than cops emailing out the photograph as a Halloween joke.
I'm not a lawyer, but this "monetizing" sounds like bullshit to me. If they are aware of infringement happening, and do nothing to stop it, or mitigate their damages, they lose rights to claims.
Nowhere does it say anything about verifying that the employer has any legal rights to the alleged "pirate" material.
During the 12 month internship, duties will include: monitoring local Internet forums and IRC for pirated WB and NBCU content and in order to gather information on pirate sites, pirate groups and other pirate activities; finding new and maintaining existing accounts on private sites; scanning for links to hosted pirated WB and NBCU content and using tools to issue takedown requests; maintaining and developing bots for Internet link scanning system (training provided); preparing sending of infringement notices and logging feedback; performing trap purchases of pirated product and logging results; inputting pirate hard goods data and other intelligence into the forensics database; selecting local keywords and submitting local filenames for monitoring and countermeasure campaigns and periodically producing research documents on piracy related technological developments. Various training will be provided.
Blue shirt one said the glasses need to be synced with the Blu-ray player. The second geek referred to the 3D glasses needing to sync to the player via the USB port within the glasses, an impossible feat as there is no USB port on the glasses. The third stated the need to acquire the glasses’ IP address to sync with the Blu-ray player. There is no IP address for 3D glasses; they have no connectivity to the Internet or network. The Samsung battery powered glasses “sync” to the 3D content wirelessly via an infra-red pulse emitted by the TV.
We contacted Best Buy’s media relations department and asked why the company offers a fictional service. We are still awaiting a response.
I wonder if this could be traced to SCO and Yarrow. If Novell ended up going away, SCO would be free to try their questionable legal tactics again to get money from Linux users.
Just tinfoil hat speculation.
I read the articles. The technician saw a porn image, not kiddie porn, open on the computer. The technician saw a couple of bookmarks with the word "lolita" in them. I don't know why he was looking through the guy's bookmarks.
If US citizens are working as enemy combatants outside of the US, then they should be eligible as military targets as well.
Just to make it clear that the US military has no business going after US citizens on US soil. We have other agencies for that.
Yes, but just being outside the US doesn't allow the government to summarily execute you.
How do you know that every one of these people are combatants?
They haven't had a trial, which as Citizens they have the right to under the constitution. If it were a firefight, that would be different. These are remote control executions. That's really the issue here.
If you have a real problem, and have done diagnosis, do not waste time with first line.
90% of first line tech support are idiots because 90% of calls are from idiots whose problems can be solved with simple scripts.
I've had this problem with Comcast alot.
"Hi comcast, please activate my cable modem. Here is the MAC address."
"OK, please run this webpage and it will set it up for you" (note webpage works only for Windows and Mac).
"I use Linux, please set the modem up for me."
"We only support Windows and Mac Operating Systems."
"Listen to me because I'm only going to say this once. I do not want you to support my operating system. I am paying you to provide TCP/IP protocol service. You do not need to know what my operating system is. Go and configure my cable modem now. If you do not know how to do your job, find someone who does."
(Idiot taken aback because he/she has a response that the flowchart doesn't include.) "Ummm... please hold on a minute"
Two minutes later "OK we have your cable modem configured now."
What about the RIAA and MPAA? Or any other lobbying group who tries to buy off legislators?
every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States... shall register with the Secretary of State.'" (emphasis added).
I liked living on campus when I was a student, but I had to move off campus because my school wouldn't let me stay there during the 8 weeks of "summer vacation" while I was working 60 hours a week in a lab on research for my thesis and enrolled in fall classes already.
And this university let him live in student housing for 13 years without him taking a class (and pretty much clear that he wasn't going to take a class)?
I've skimmed the paper, and it looks interesting, but he's missing the point.
I've taken statistical mechanics. You calculate thermodynamic entropy levels from the canonical distribution (or the grand canonical distribution). That involves the energy of the system, which needs to take the forces into account, because force begets potential energy.
He does the calculations backwards and says "oh you have an entropy change due to a change in position, so there must be a force."
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No it's even worse. They wanted him to break his written contract and disclose the passwords to unauthorized personnel. When he followed the contract, they arrested him. I cannot believe he was convicted.
Adam Kovacevich, senior manager for global communications and public affairs at Google,
So Google pays Kovacevich.
After all, it could have been anybody in that bear suit.
We can. It's called not putting your eggs in one basket and developing high speed rail.
The rest of the planet uses AAC and MP3, insensitive clod!
Seriously, Vorbis and Theora are not supported by default on either Windows or Mac OS X, so it's really a PITA to use those formats for 99.999% of the users.
Unix wouldn't run on the original IBM PC, nor with any other cheap processor they might have instead of the Intel one.
So given the IBM PC could only run lame program loaders in lieu of an actual operating system, we got what we got.
Bullshit. Ever hear of Xenix?
Embracing the opportunity to show the impact of illegal chemicals on driving is FAR different than cops emailing out the photograph as a Halloween joke.
I do not understand what the judge was thinking? Was he up for re-election and trying to make himself look good?
I'm not a lawyer, but this "monetizing" sounds like bullshit to me. If they are aware of infringement happening, and do nothing to stop it, or mitigate their damages, they lose rights to claims.
Nowhere does it say anything about verifying that the employer has any legal rights to the alleged "pirate" material.
what if some big foreign country who has anti satellite weapons decides to blow up our GPS satellites?
I wonder if this could be traced to SCO and Yarrow. If Novell ended up going away, SCO would be free to try their questionable legal tactics again to get money from Linux users. Just tinfoil hat speculation.
I read the articles. The technician saw a porn image, not kiddie porn, open on the computer. The technician saw a couple of bookmarks with the word "lolita" in them. I don't know why he was looking through the guy's bookmarks.
If US citizens are working as enemy combatants outside of the US, then they should be eligible as military targets as well.
Just to make it clear that the US military has no business going after US citizens on US soil. We have other agencies for that.
Yes, but just being outside the US doesn't allow the government to summarily execute you.
How do you know that every one of these people are combatants?
They haven't had a trial, which as Citizens they have the right to under the constitution. If it were a firefight, that would be different. These are remote control executions. That's really the issue here.
The cpu "cooler." The misspellings on the box. This was fraud.
It sounds to me that they screwed up badly.
So they keep trying to intimidate this guy. Keep him in jail for years without a trial, make him plea bargain out.
But he won't blink. And if he is found innocent, he has a hell of a lawsuit.
Microsoft suggests having the government subsidize their shitty software.
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90% of first line tech support are idiots because 90% of calls are from idiots whose problems can be solved with simple scripts.
I've had this problem with Comcast alot.
"Hi comcast, please activate my cable modem. Here is the MAC address."
"OK, please run this webpage and it will set it up for you" (note webpage works only for Windows and Mac).
"I use Linux, please set the modem up for me."
"We only support Windows and Mac Operating Systems."
"Listen to me because I'm only going to say this once. I do not want you to support my operating system. I am paying you to provide TCP/IP protocol service. You do not need to know what my operating system is. Go and configure my cable modem now. If you do not know how to do your job, find someone who does."
(Idiot taken aback because he/she has a response that the flowchart doesn't include.) "Ummm... please hold on a minute"
Two minutes later "OK we have your cable modem configured now."
What about the RIAA and MPAA? Or any other lobbying group who tries to buy off legislators?
It's pretty clear he's mentally ill. Please show some compassion.
I liked living on campus when I was a student, but I had to move off campus because my school wouldn't let me stay there during the 8 weeks of "summer vacation" while I was working 60 hours a week in a lab on research for my thesis and enrolled in fall classes already.
And this university let him live in student housing for 13 years without him taking a class (and pretty much clear that he wasn't going to take a class)?
I've skimmed the paper, and it looks interesting, but he's missing the point.
I've taken statistical mechanics. You calculate thermodynamic entropy levels from the canonical distribution (or the grand canonical distribution). That involves the energy of the system, which needs to take the forces into account, because force begets potential energy.
He does the calculations backwards and says "oh you have an entropy change due to a change in position, so there must be a force."
DUH.
It does not follow that the force is not real.
WTF? That test determines 3d gaming performance. While I do not doubt that the best buy "service" is junk, 3dmark would by no means be a valid metric.