sure facebook could make a billion of advertisements, but will they? and how much extra value would twitter add to the facebook advertisement driven plan? I follow twitter on my phone - i see no ads, and i seldom click on any on the web-based facebook. But, even if I did, twitter does not seem, to me at least, to conform easily into an ad-driven site, especially when people would be using it to update their tweet from their phone.
if linux is to really take of as an alternative it should follow the Apple model - introduce a hardware/software packadge. Give problems with getting drivers to work, and even installing the OS, it is unlikely that Linux would move much beyond the market share it already has (which at this point is limited to enthusiasts). A hardware solution (say a laptop/desktop that comes preinstalled with a linux distro) and is aggressively supported by the hardware manufacturer, if well designed, could make that problem less acute.
the transcript is public domain. as such, it should be easily available from any law clerk at the courthouse unless the judge orders the court case closed. now the RIAA could file a motion to close the court proceedings - but they would have to have a decent argument as to why that is necessary.
I wonder if this came out now because the RIAA decided to stop suing individuals and work via the ISPs.
maybe, but IPv6 is still not fully adopted by the market, and certainly 5 years ago had only very small adoption rates. That they are compliant now makes more sense.
that would not really be "opt in" it would be more like "force in" - I assume it will be one of those mildly worded pop-ups that most people will hit yes/no on without actually reading it. Those paying attention will be able to keep themselves out of it, but then again, it's not the "geek" the marketers are after - it's the housewife/grandma/teen that is the big prize.
hm... since 90% of internet traffic goes through US pipes and US computers, I'd say that US law has a lot of relevance here. As for your point about the US government not sticking to the law... that is debatable, and either way, corrections to abuses always happen in due time. That's why the US supreme court plays such an important role.
take a look at any US University's Physics, Comp. Science, and Mathematics department and you'll see 50% Asians (mostly Chinese), followed closely by Persians (Iranians), Indians, Pakistani... etc. somewhere, in there, there are also a few Americans. maybe around 10-15% of the student body. We are educating the world. Sometimes for better. Sometimes for worse.
I don't know, but at least the summary does not read like a news story, but reads like a news release from MythTV. Which begs the question, is it a news story, or is it advertisement?
Which takes up time in court, Which wastes tax money, Which you and I pay.
Sorry, but that is irrelevant. If you suggest that we should create a system in which only "fair" lawsuits could be brought to court, I'd ask you who would decide which is fair.
In any case, the court can always ask the looser to pay court costs if they decide that the lawsuit had no merits.
they hype comes from the fact that people are really looking forward to the game. I for one can't wait to go out and buy it once it hits the shelves. It just created such a buzz around it that they are simply trying to figure out ways to make money of it. Just because they want to sell the movie rights does not mean a movie will be made.
if I'm drawing a line with a pen, then for a trillion miles I would have trillions of trillions of atoms from the trillions of gallons of ink that pen used to draw the line. Not to mention the trillions of tons of paper used.
++++++++++++++++ your silly comment necessitated a silly answer. please direct all complains to your mirror.
and welcome ye shall. Because, nothing, absolutely NOTHING, can go wrong when you put rat brains into metallic bodies. No, nothing can go wrong. I also hope they add those gold plated nano-wires that convert heat to electricity, so they can be autonomous for years on end. *walks away whistling as the world burns behind him*
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sure facebook could make a billion of advertisements, but will they? and how much extra value would twitter add to the facebook advertisement driven plan? I follow twitter on my phone - i see no ads, and i seldom click on any on the web-based facebook. But, even if I did, twitter does not seem, to me at least, to conform easily into an ad-driven site, especially when people would be using it to update their tweet from their phone.
if linux is to really take of as an alternative it should follow the Apple model - introduce a hardware/software packadge. Give problems with getting drivers to work, and even installing the OS, it is unlikely that Linux would move much beyond the market share it already has (which at this point is limited to enthusiasts). A hardware solution (say a laptop/desktop that comes preinstalled with a linux distro) and is aggressively supported by the hardware manufacturer, if well designed, could make that problem less acute.
works fine in Hong Kong. both the Chinese version and the English version.
the transcript is public domain. as such, it should be easily available from any law clerk at the courthouse unless the judge orders the court case closed. now the RIAA could file a motion to close the court proceedings - but they would have to have a decent argument as to why that is necessary.
I wonder if this came out now because the RIAA decided to stop suing individuals and work via the ISPs.
maybe, but IPv6 is still not fully adopted by the market, and certainly 5 years ago had only very small adoption rates. That they are compliant now makes more sense.
that would not really be "opt in" it would be more like "force in" - I assume it will be one of those mildly worded pop-ups that most people will hit yes/no on without actually reading it. Those paying attention will be able to keep themselves out of it, but then again, it's not the "geek" the marketers are after - it's the housewife/grandma/teen that is the big prize.
they can paint this as "needed for the war on terror" and you'll have plenty of support for snooping on internet traffic.
hm... since 90% of internet traffic goes through US pipes and US computers, I'd say that US law has a lot of relevance here. As for your point about the US government not sticking to the law... that is debatable, and either way, corrections to abuses always happen in due time. That's why the US supreme court plays such an important role.
is that why Brazilian beef tastes so strange? because they face South? hmmm....
take a look at any US University's Physics, Comp. Science, and Mathematics department and you'll see 50% Asians (mostly Chinese), followed closely by Persians (Iranians), Indians, Pakistani... etc. somewhere, in there, there are also a few Americans. maybe around 10-15% of the student body. We are educating the world. Sometimes for better. Sometimes for worse.
Iran has no gays
they probably don't... since they are all being send into space!
sure they can put a man into space, the problem has always been to get them back down safely once up there. When will they be able to do that?
Damn. forgot the ;D
All right ya bastards, loser NOT looser. There. Can we now move on?
I don't know, but at least the summary does not read like a news story, but reads like a news release from MythTV. Which begs the question, is it a news story, or is it advertisement?
much thanks to the UK police for proving to the world that douchebagery is not limited to the Department of Homeland Security.
Plenty of people are buying computers with Vista and switching to another OS, or downgrading to XP.
"Plenty of people" means nothing. You got real numbers there?
Which takes up time in court, Which wastes tax money, Which you and I pay.
Sorry, but that is irrelevant. If you suggest that we should create a system in which only "fair" lawsuits could be brought to court, I'd ask you who would decide which is fair.
In any case, the court can always ask the looser to pay court costs if they decide that the lawsuit had no merits.
oh, this has the making of a beautiful class action suit against RIAA and the record companies. Can you imagine the beautiful, beautiful damanges?
they hype comes from the fact that people are really looking forward to the game. I for one can't wait to go out and buy it once it hits the shelves. It just created such a buzz around it that they are simply trying to figure out ways to make money of it. Just because they want to sell the movie rights does not mean a movie will be made.
if I'm drawing a line with a pen, then for a trillion miles I would have trillions of trillions of atoms from the trillions of gallons of ink that pen used to draw the line. Not to mention the trillions of tons of paper used.
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your silly comment necessitated a silly answer. please direct all complains to your mirror.
and welcome ye shall. Because, nothing, absolutely NOTHING, can go wrong when you put rat brains into metallic bodies. No, nothing can go wrong. I also hope they add those gold plated nano-wires that convert heat to electricity, so they can be autonomous for years on end. *walks away whistling as the world burns behind him*
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This is why this is still important: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Iron Nails? oh, nothing can go wrong there :)