I've just pulled the NiMH battery pack out of an HP 6735 laptop; A long and thin job which slips into the back of the laptop, under the monitor hinges. It's around 12" long, 2" circumference (guestimate) and weighs around 350g.
If I were to put the entire base of the laptop full of those batteries, they alone would weigh 2.8kg. The laptop itself weighs, from the tried and tested "hold it up and think of a bag of sugar" method, 2kg without the battery.
You may lament that they require your SS#, but it's the people like me who simply are willing to choke down any spoon fed drivel that big business shoves in their collective faces that make it hard for the people like you.
It is your fault that corporate lobbying is the driving force of your political system.
Does that mean we should just bend over and accept it? "Hey, let's go completely overboard when asking for personal information! We can sell it on for a profit, and the sheeple are too dim and set in their ways to do anything about it!"
You're taking violence and sexual imagery to be at the pornographic end of the spectrum (See the Saw movies for what's commonly been called gore pornography). It is entirely possible for violence, or sexual activity, to be metaphor or allegory. It doesn't have to be just the literal represented act.
You're limiting your scope for interpretation on purpose, I feel.
If they're parodying tabloid journalism, they've done it so well that I actually don't read it that much anymore. I'd rather either come to/. or read a tech mag without Lester Haines "Odds and Sods" (read: nudity, profanity, or just plain non-IT related crap) or Orlowski's "Ooooh I can be Jeremy Vine too! I'm so controversial!" P2P articles. In fact, I'm swapping the Reg RSS feed for Ars right now.
The Register has become that which, you state, it parodies.
I find it amusing that she could walk out of the courtroom, stab the RIAA lawyer in the neck with a pen, therefore killing him, and live out the rest of her life getting free board and accommodation, free access to exercise facilities, and not have to pay for a single cent of this ludicrous fine.
I would argue that I would definitely steal from a store, but to save the cost of having to reproduce another CD to replace the "lost sale" I decided to download it instead and save them money.
If I was a juror on a case such as this, I'd apply my knowledge of the subject (P2P technology, how IP works, "sharing" against "distribution" etc) and explain them to my fellow jurors.
You're not there to be a "Yes" or "No", you're there to bring the experience, knowledge, and morality of the peers of the defendant to bring a sane, just, and moral verdict. Anything else is just a kangaroo court, and they may as well have just asked the judge for the verdict.
They don't need to kill you for real anymore. They can just make you unemployable by having you breach some obscure child protection law tacked on to this internet filtering legislation.
Virtual death is now more serious, as you have to live with the consequences for the rest of your life.
My Fuze is a media player, my phone is everything else. I can download apps for it from many Symbianfreewarerepositories and all I lose is touchscreen and motion sensing.
It was for the convenience of one device, and because it would allow me to drop a mobile tariff for a VoIP application, which I was going to get an iPod Touch, but I disagree with paying for security updates on a fundamental level.
No, they'll start charging you for data as though you were on a regular data tariff and not super-unlimited iPhone Special tariff, wait three months as you rack up $6000 in mobile data charges, then sue you for breach of contract.
You're talking about an entity very good at writing contracts so they hold all of the cards. A "Enabling features not supported by AT&T can result in extra mobile data charges." clause would be very easy to support in court.
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I've just pulled the NiMH battery pack out of an HP 6735 laptop; A long and thin job which slips into the back of the laptop, under the monitor hinges. It's around 12" long, 2" circumference (guestimate) and weighs around 350g.
If I were to put the entire base of the laptop full of those batteries, they alone would weigh 2.8kg. The laptop itself weighs, from the tried and tested "hold it up and think of a bag of sugar" method, 2kg without the battery.
I think your idea needs refining a little.
You may lament that they require your SS#, but it's the people like me who simply are willing to choke down any spoon fed drivel that big business shoves in their collective faces that make it hard for the people like you.
It is your fault that corporate lobbying is the driving force of your political system.
Does that mean we should just bend over and accept it? "Hey, let's go completely overboard when asking for personal information! We can sell it on for a profit, and the sheeple are too dim and set in their ways to do anything about it!"
How about stick your Pre up your sphincter.
You should probably fit your house with a carbon monoxide detector. You seem to be delirious.
You're taking violence and sexual imagery to be at the pornographic end of the spectrum (See the Saw movies for what's commonly been called gore pornography). It is entirely possible for violence, or sexual activity, to be metaphor or allegory. It doesn't have to be just the literal represented act.
You're limiting your scope for interpretation on purpose, I feel.
It never used to be like that.
/. or read a tech mag without Lester Haines "Odds and Sods" (read: nudity, profanity, or just plain non-IT related crap) or Orlowski's "Ooooh I can be Jeremy Vine too! I'm so controversial!" P2P articles. In fact, I'm swapping the Reg RSS feed for Ars right now.
If they're parodying tabloid journalism, they've done it so well that I actually don't read it that much anymore. I'd rather either come to
The Register has become that which, you state, it parodies.
I use a program called SpiceWorks to monitor the network, run the helpdesk etc which makes heavy use of interactive content.
I notice that the very last item is about performance.
I can load up the entire inventory of my network in around 3 seconds in Chrome and Opera. It takes 11 seconds in IE8.
Not fast at all.
What about the Register?
The Register is the IT version of The Sun; A Red Top tabloid.
Privatleben und Internet Regelungen Antworten für Technologie (something)
Privacy and Internet Regulation Answers for Technology (something). Best BabelFish and I can come up with.
FIX UNICODE PARSING FIX UNICODE PARSING FIX UNICODE PARSING FIX UNICODE PARSING FIX UNICODE PARSING FIX UNICODE PARSING
It's only worth that much to you if you can sell them at that price.
Goodluckwiththat.
Song value: $2 per song
Fine and punitive damages: $79,998 per song.
So you're saying that producing art should be a hobby and not a career?
No shit.
I find it amusing that she could walk out of the courtroom, stab the RIAA lawyer in the neck with a pen, therefore killing him, and live out the rest of her life getting free board and accommodation, free access to exercise facilities, and not have to pay for a single cent of this ludicrous fine.
Talk about a screwed up system.
And plumbers.
And electricians, piano teachers, karate instructors, roofing contractors, IT consultants, project managers...
I would argue that I would definitely steal from a store, but to save the cost of having to reproduce another CD to replace the "lost sale" I decided to download it instead and save them money.
Pirates are doing music stores a favour!
Been a juror, thoroughly enjoyed it.
If I was a juror on a case such as this, I'd apply my knowledge of the subject (P2P technology, how IP works, "sharing" against "distribution" etc) and explain them to my fellow jurors.
You're not there to be a "Yes" or "No", you're there to bring the experience, knowledge, and morality of the peers of the defendant to bring a sane, just, and moral verdict. Anything else is just a kangaroo court, and they may as well have just asked the judge for the verdict.
Privacy and Internet Rights Advocates for Technological Equality
They don't need to kill you for real anymore. They can just make you unemployable by having you breach some obscure child protection law tacked on to this internet filtering legislation.
Virtual death is now more serious, as you have to live with the consequences for the rest of your life.
Extend it to notepad and Microsoft Word!
(_(_)#####D~ and illegal.
My Fuze is a media player, my phone is everything else. I can download apps for it from many Symbian freeware repositories and all I lose is touchscreen and motion sensing.
It was for the convenience of one device, and because it would allow me to drop a mobile tariff for a VoIP application, which I was going to get an iPod Touch, but I disagree with paying for security updates on a fundamental level.
enywhere?
Really?
It seems that mead is the beverage of choice for pirates too.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thecheckout/2007/02/looking_for_a_job_phishers_are.html
Working at the Washington Post Yoda is!
I was looking at purchasing an iPod Touch, actually. They look like very powerful devices.
Now I'm looking at keeping my Sanza Fuze and Nokia E51. Apple can get fucked.
No, they'll start charging you for data as though you were on a regular data tariff and not super-unlimited iPhone Special tariff, wait three months as you rack up $6000 in mobile data charges, then sue you for breach of contract.
You're talking about an entity very good at writing contracts so they hold all of the cards. A "Enabling features not supported by AT&T can result in extra mobile data charges." clause would be very easy to support in court.