I'd issue a warrant for their arrest and jail them for one year.
RIAA's trying to "scare" citizens with their fines - well now it's time to start "scaring" the lawyers - work for RIAA and you may lose a year of your life in prison.
Don't waste the time with lawsuits. We Romans have ways of dealing with these situations.
>>> the RIAA lawyers have ignored [the judge's order]... busy calling up the USC students
If RIAA called me and demanded money, even though instructed to stop, I wouldn't waste a few years of my life trying to defend myself in court. I'd drive to downtown, locate the black market dealers, acquire a nonregistered gun, drive to California, and shoot the RIAA CEO. The same way we dealt with Nero, Mussolini, and other tyrants..
About 5 years ago Toyota built an engine that died after only 30,000 miles due to overheating turning the oil to sludge. Initially Toyota blamed their customers but after the U.S. Consumer Protection Agency threatened to file a lawsuit, Toyota had a sudden change of heart and decided to honor the engine warranty.
Honda had a problem with their early-model Insight having dead batteries. Again, Honda refused to fix the problem and blame the customer, but now Honda has reversed that decision.
I wasn't discussing the USA, but business in general. We have these DRAM companies that are producing goods that are sitting in warehouses & collecting dust.
Hence they are overproducing. The solution is to let some of them die, and then we won't have an overproduction of DRAM.
I'll rephrase: Chrysler did make fuel-efficient cars upto 1995, but outward pressure from Americans forced them to [triple previous capacity] making gas-guzzling Bricks known as SUVs. Chrysler was simply providing what Americans demanded.
Toyota and Honda did the same (both of these so-called "green" companies sold more SUVs than sedans). Blame the customer's demand for Toyota Living Rooms, not the businessman just trying to please his customer.
On the other hand "sharing" of wealth discourages warfare, because if one nation (say China) declares war on another nation (say USA) then they are only hurting themselves by blocking access to their main customers.
And if you figure out how to make it work on XP, please let me know. I'm stumped.;-) I also recommend an Atari VCS/2600, Commodore=64, Sega Genesis, and Nintendo 64 emulators since classic games are always fun!
In order to do 16 bits/symbol, you would need a 65536-QAM representation. The best ever achieved over noisy phone lines is only 1024-QAM (which is 10 bits/symbol).
My Plymouth Caravelle also gets 25mpg but only goes a little over 200 miles due to its tiny 8 gallon tank. You could replace the tank with a Lithium battery and I'd still get the same range.
To me the primary flaw with battery technology is the recharge time. If we could recharge an EV in 5 minutes, the EV would become almost as common as the gasoline vehicle.
Quick review of modems: - One of the earliest modems transferred at 600 symbols/second & 600 bits/second. - A later modem also transmitted at 600 symbols/second, but 4 bits per symbol, which allowed it to do 2400 bit/s. - Eventually they learned to do 8 bits per symbol, thereby achieving 4800 bit/s while still doing the same base symbol rate (600) - In theory if you could do 16 bits per symbol, you'd have a 9600 bit/s modem with no need to increase the symbol rate, and no violation of the Shannon Theorem.
Therefore:
Take that same 16 bit/symbol technique from the 600 baud modem, apply it to an 8000 baud signal, and you're done. Challenge met. (Please note I never said it would be an easy challenge.)
Yes I recall that lots of writing in school led to neck and back strain. And Thomas Jefferson invented a gadget to let him prop-up books at the same angle as a computer screen in order to relieve the stress of neck-bending. Today's upright screens are an improvement.
There's nothing wrong with batteries. The latest Lithium versions have range almost as good as a gasoline tank (~200 miles).
Except that batteries take at least 4 hours to recharge whereas gasoline only takes 5 minutes. If they could find a way to fast-charge the battery, the EV would finally be a practical car.
>>>And clearly focusing on SUVs worked out well for them.
It did work until the last 1.5 years, and they were rolling in cash. But then their customers fled when gasoline rose. Chrysler and the rest should have seen the writing on the wall, and retooled their lines for fewer SUVs and more 30-35 mpg Neons/Stratuses and 25mpg Caravans. Their mistake was to ignore the changing customer climate.
Yes but even then there's still room for growth. Digital v.90 or v.92 dialup modems operate at 8000 symbols/second, which means each symbol carries an 8 bits encoding. The challenge is to find a way to carry 16 bits per symbol, thereby doubling the rate.
Also why would I want to be waving my arms at my CRT or LCD screen?
That's too much exercise. The mouse is perfect for a lazy engineer like me. I just prop my arm on the desk and move my hand left or right. I barely move at all!
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(1) Panama was part of the U.S. at the time, so McCain *is* natural born on U.S. soil.
(2) Obama may have been born in Southeast Asia, and therefore not a natural born citizen.
I'd issue a warrant for their arrest and jail them for one year.
RIAA's trying to "scare" citizens with their fines - well now it's time to start "scaring" the lawyers - work for RIAA and you may lose a year of your life in prison.
Justice is seeing the CEO dead so he can no longer extort students for money.
Don't waste the time with lawsuits. We Romans have ways of dealing with these situations.
>>> the RIAA lawyers have ignored [the judge's order]... busy calling up the USC students
If RIAA called me and demanded money, even though instructed to stop, I wouldn't waste a few years of my life trying to defend myself in court. I'd drive to downtown, locate the black market dealers, acquire a nonregistered gun, drive to California, and shoot the RIAA CEO. The same way we dealt with Nero, Mussolini, and other tyrants..
Even the "good" Japanese companies have problems.
About 5 years ago Toyota built an engine that died after only 30,000 miles due to overheating turning the oil to sludge. Initially Toyota blamed their customers but after the U.S. Consumer Protection Agency threatened to file a lawsuit, Toyota had a sudden change of heart and decided to honor the engine warranty.
Honda had a problem with their early-model Insight having dead batteries. Again, Honda refused to fix the problem and blame the customer, but now Honda has reversed that decision.
I wasn't discussing the USA, but business in general. We have these DRAM companies that are producing goods that are sitting in warehouses & collecting dust.
Hence they are overproducing. The solution is to let some of them die, and then we won't have an overproduction of DRAM.
I'll rephrase: Chrysler did make fuel-efficient cars upto 1995, but outward pressure from Americans forced them to [triple previous capacity] making gas-guzzling Bricks known as SUVs. Chrysler was simply providing what Americans demanded.
Toyota and Honda did the same (both of these so-called "green" companies sold more SUVs than sedans). Blame the customer's demand for Toyota Living Rooms, not the businessman just trying to please his customer.
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Strange topic. (shrug). 50 and I wear two sweatsuits plus a cover to trap the heat. I can't afford high bills to heat a whole house.
Agreed.
You can only borrow so much money, and then you hit a limit when creditors are no longer willing to lend more.
On the other hand "sharing" of wealth discourages warfare, because if one nation (say China) declares war on another nation (say USA) then they are only hurting themselves by blocking access to their main customers.
>>>Ahh, you'd be one of those smug Europeans
No I like in Pennsylvania.
>>>will be giving them to needy kids
Just curious - what open-source software are you using to filter the internet & protect their young eyes from seeing goatse.cx or playboy.com?
>>>make sure you try one that uses the ball under your thumb
It seems to me that type of trackball would tend to create carpal tunnel damage, whereas a mouse would not.
I killed a man last year. You really think I care about respecting copyright? HA! Criminals don't care about anti-piracy or anti-gun laws.
I'm just joking.
Or am I?
I love that game.
And if you figure out how to make it work on XP, please let me know. I'm stumped. ;-) I also recommend an Atari VCS/2600, Commodore=64, Sega Genesis, and Nintendo 64 emulators since classic games are always fun!
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In order to do 16 bits/symbol, you would need a 65536-QAM representation. The best ever achieved over noisy phone lines is only 1024-QAM (which is 10 bits/symbol).
My Plymouth Caravelle also gets 25mpg but only goes a little over 200 miles due to its tiny 8 gallon tank. You could replace the tank with a Lithium battery and I'd still get the same range.
To me the primary flaw with battery technology is the recharge time. If we could recharge an EV in 5 minutes, the EV would become almost as common as the gasoline vehicle.
Quick review of modems:
- One of the earliest modems transferred at 600 symbols/second & 600 bits/second.
- A later modem also transmitted at 600 symbols/second, but 4 bits per symbol, which allowed it to do 2400 bit/s.
- Eventually they learned to do 8 bits per symbol, thereby achieving 4800 bit/s while still doing the same base symbol rate (600)
- In theory if you could do 16 bits per symbol, you'd have a 9600 bit/s modem with no need to increase the symbol rate, and no violation of the Shannon Theorem.
Therefore:
Take that same 16 bit/symbol technique from the 600 baud modem, apply it to an 8000 baud signal, and you're done. Challenge met. (Please note I never said it would be an easy challenge.)
Yes I recall that lots of writing in school led to neck and back strain. And Thomas Jefferson invented a gadget to let him prop-up books at the same angle as a computer screen in order to relieve the stress of neck-bending. Today's upright screens are an improvement.
There's nothing wrong with batteries. The latest Lithium versions have range almost as good as a gasoline tank (~200 miles).
Except that batteries take at least 4 hours to recharge whereas gasoline only takes 5 minutes. If they could find a way to fast-charge the battery, the EV would finally be a practical car.
>>>And clearly focusing on SUVs worked out well for them.
It did work until the last 1.5 years, and they were rolling in cash. But then their customers fled when gasoline rose. Chrysler and the rest should have seen the writing on the wall, and retooled their lines for fewer SUVs and more 30-35 mpg Neons/Stratuses and 25mpg Caravans. Their mistake was to ignore the changing customer climate.
Yes but even then there's still room for growth. Digital v.90 or v.92 dialup modems operate at 8000 symbols/second, which means each symbol carries an 8 bits encoding. The challenge is to find a way to carry 16 bits per symbol, thereby doubling the rate.
Yes. My 12-hour-a-day mousing exercises are why my right hand is so strong. It has nothing to do with anything else.
Nope.
Na-uh.
That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
Also why would I want to be waving my arms at my CRT or LCD screen?
That's too much exercise. The mouse is perfect for a lazy engineer like me. I just prop my arm on the desk and move my hand left or right. I barely move at all!
Which means companies are producing more products (like DRAM) than what people are willing to buy.