In europe I found the lack of immediate service problematic. I expect a waitress within 3 minutes to get my drink order and within 5 minutes after that to have my dinner order and a drink in front of me. This is standard at most, if not all, american establishments.
In europe it took 15 minutes to get the drink order and another 30 before we were ordering our meal. The level of "A Meal is an adventure" was way up. In the US a meal is a meal.
In the US I complained when it took 15 minutes before a waitress came to our table. I got a free meal for 2 out of that complaint. Of course.. I ended up never going back because I dont have time to waste.
Keep my Tea glass filled, the food on my plate, and I dont care about your kids and you dont care about mine. I will give you 15% for this service and less if you dont. I may give you 20% if you time the Tea refills so it does not destroy the delicate balance of Sweetner to Tea.
AS long as the service does not get in the way of the product, its fine.
The difference between Guns and other items like Cars (Cars kill) and such... is that in the US Constitution there is a line that states clearly that all citizens have the Right to Bear Arms.
Me.. I choose not too.. however, the 30,000 gun laws are already impinging on that right to try and take it away.
p2p filesharing is not in the US Consitution. Thus it is not a right of a citizen to be able to share files, thus you have to try and shove the "right" under something else.. like free speech or freedom of the press.
I had tried to use a PC with TV out and it was extremely lame.. and then I ran across
www.xbox-scene.com
and found out what I could really do.
Now with my Linux server up, I have a modded (NON-CHIP mod.. you dont need a chip) Xbox that has Xbox Media Center, DVD Region Free Player, and a host of fun utilities. I now connect directly to my Linux server and view pr0n or Music Videos (for the kids, they LOVE them). I may make a backup of a game to HD to play at anytime so I dont have to search for the Disk. However..
I have not played but maybe 3 games on the Xbox (and I own them all.. Robotech Battlecry rocks). because to me.. its the best use of my TV as a Media Center.
I dont know a person who has a modded XBox that pirates the DVD's. Its too annoying to play those crap games when you have great games on the PC anyways.
Of course, the PC sales are way off because of pirates too.. but thats for others to debunk.
Heres the kicker. I would not have purchased an Xbox if not for the ability to stream video over my LAN to it.
Gambling is against US Law. ITs why Indian Casino's flourish.. because they are NOT in the US. (They have seperate "reservations" with thier own tribal laws). Yea,, we have like 50 vaticans in our italy.
There are 2 types of Law: State and Federal. Federal Law trumps state law in certain situations defined by the constitution. There are pockets of Legalized Gambling but mostly gambling is illegal.
I go to Canada and get my winnings Tax Free and then bring it back the US and have it worth a third of the value.
After all that Slashdoters say and do about how bad people are getting railroaded over simple little technical mishaps.. we get so many believing that this guy should go to jail??
IANAL, but I try to read Groklaw and so.. I think that if you are giving something away you can stop at any time. I run a mud at (www.mageslair.net cheap ad.. ) and if I wanted to I could stop it at anytime and those who are addicted (yep.. quite a few) could whine and complain but its MY mud and I only agreed to host it while I want to do so (going on 6 years).
This guy was spending lots of money and his advertising was not making up the difference. Its obvious it was a high quality website. Reading the Article(s) I get the impression he came and asked for money to continue the operation and the Sheriffs departnment said NO. 300k may be the monetary cost, but he had the right to CHANGE the deal at any time he wanted since there was no written contract (at least none stated). No contract is forever in perpetuity, there is reasonable costs associated to it as well.
So.. here is a guy who wants money to host a site and he may even ask for 1 million but he didnt.. and he is now in jail.
The Sheriff office made the decision to put the website addy on the car and the horse and buggy and the office pig. Why should he be held liable or CRIMINAL for stopping a service he was providing for free. The Sheriff office would obviously just STOP providing advertising for his company.. which of course they pretty much did not do anyways... and let the matter drop.
Police power gone rampant.
Support your local Police Department, Teach them that "Computers are your friend"
Yea.. mod me down or something. Everyone who blasts TV or say "I have not had TV since Jesus was walking the earth" is not getting what I get.
TV shows are fun to watch. They have some great series on right now, including CSI, Law and Order, and.. my GOD.. WRESTLING.
Those that missed Babylon-5.. I am sorry you did. Its out there in DVD land, go see it.
There are good programs.. and I kinda sit on the History Channel. That is one great TV.
See the TechTV and watch all the cool gadgets?
In the end, The broadcast flag will be annoying. I doubt that they will force it on the citizens at the date they say.. there will be ANOTHER delay and then another.
They put this Digital thing out and when I go camping with my 5 inch black and white.. HOW CAN I SEE MY SHOWS?
The people who complain about the fingerprinting are exhibiting the same paranoia as the ones who agree with it. The only difference is who they are paranoid against.
One is paranoid against the government, and the other against terrorists. It is basic background.
Some points to make: 1. Foriegn Visitors with valid documentation like VISA's and other items have been known (over 100,000 still in the US) to not return to thier respective countries when the VISA has expired. 2. US Citizens are protected against unreasonable search and siezure but NON-US citizens are not. There is a double standard, but that is the case in ALL countries. 3. We are required to have a passport and the amount of information included should also include a fingerprint. This would allow better identification for various reasons and prevent as much passport abuse (YES I HAD MINE STOLEN in CANADA of all places). 4. The fingerprints matched up against a database CAN also be used to find criminals. 5. False positives may cause some hassle but then again you can die if you walk out your door.. some risks have to be taken. 6. From a fingerprint, you cannot tell what a person looks like, or smells like, or has in thier mind. A fingerprint, picture, and name is all they have.. NOT DNA. 7. There is a difference between domestic and foriegn terrorism.. its that US Citizen double standard again. 8. Sniper and 9/11 and Earlier World Trade Center are all from foriegn terrorists.. and guess what, a lot of them were here ILLEGALLY.
The final point is my opinion here. I do think some measures are fine to put in place and this simple fingerprinting is DONE even in BANKS now to verify for checks.. so I have no problem with it.
Ask me about DNA.. and you got a line drawn. If you are a criminal and have been convicted.. then your DNA can be taken... another discussion.
as an Alumnus of ODU (Computer Science) I have been interested in this project. It has really no practical reasons.. and it more of a research project. The track covers half the campus and was supposed to start years ago now.
Reasons I have heard for its demise is that Technical issues have cropped up. One of them is that the track itself is not "level" enough. The others are more in the range of mismanagement.
Frankly it looks like a nice series of archways throughout the campus, and yet.. I can see no reason to build a small one.
The articles in the Virginian Pilot on this(www.pilotonline.com) failure all seem to state that there will be no money until the Company really assures that they can pay it back. Something on the order of 7 million is already being considered lost or unrecoverable.
Me.. A simple bus would be easier to cost, and maintain and probably faster.
David Weber and Eric Flint!! Awesome book just completed.
So.. go back to trolling about David Weber.
Review: 1633 is a sequel to the 1632 novel by Eric Flint ( YOU KNOW.. the ONE WHO POSTS HIS NOVELS on the NET for FREE??). It continues the story of the West Virigina town that was sent back into time to the 30 years war. Amazing plots, a whole game world is involving around this book series. We shall see it improve in the next book 1634: The Baltic War.
Good reading, read 1632 first though.. it sets up the universe.
Under his "interpretation" as I read it (IANAL). An author cannot give away his work and prevent others from incorperating it into thier work.
Its an interesting point in some ways. It goes to the heart of the Licenses issues all the way. Consider that the biggest screaming we hear is that if we get a DVD we cannot crack the code? Well we can because we own it. He is trying to say thats very similiar to what the GPL does. He is stating that if you release the code, then its fair game for everyone. He is trying very hard to give himself a loophole on the copyrights revert back to their owner system. This is a fine line and amazing legal stepping.
Its flat wrong, but thats not the case here. I can release my products under any license otherwise ALL licenses are invalid. If I cannot release it under a EULA, or a Public Domain licensing scheme than ANY license scheme would be invalid. The only 2 other things is you cannot release your source code to allow any others to use it, or everyone can use all code.
Please respect the United States of America citizens by calling us what we wish to be called: "Americans".
We have Canadians, and Mexicans, and Americans. We are not USians as we choose not to be called that. Do you call someone "Mike" which they wish to be called "Micheal"? They tell you once.. and you respect them.
"Obviously the only reason you have a TV and a DVD player is to watch pirated DVDs. The only reason you have a computer is to download pirated music and movies. The internet is only for porn and bomb making instructions you damn dirty pirates."
You mean there are other reasons to use the internet? Dang.. Porn is what I live for.
I am wondering.. how could a company toss out such utter nonsense.. unless there is ANOTHER reason.
Lets say.. SCO loses.. and loses bad. They will have established the legal aspects of Linux. They will have pushed major publicity of how great Linux really is..
SCO is still distributing Linux.
Can Darl hope to lose.. and make money in the meantime?
That if he was.. and made sure SCO lost and made precedent.. then he would be the MAN. If not he should rot in IT hell.
Since when is "GOD" a single religion? Since when is having GoD mean that we are respecting the establishment of A Religion.
Religion is specifically spelled out TO BE around. FREEDOM OF RELIGION not FROM Relgion. Atheists try and make the point that it is forcing relgion on them.. it may be.. but it is NOT forcing a single type of religion.
All the quotes for and against religion means nothing. They framed the consititution to prevent a religion from being named state religion not to prevent religion.
Oh and there IS NO SUCH THING as "Seperation of CHURCH and STATE" in the consititution.
Now..
1. Dont force people to say the Pledge of alliegiance anyways.. as that is CIVIL Religion. 2. Dont force people to NOT burn the flag.. again.. CIVIL Religion.
Oh.. Did I mention a thing called Civil Religion.. the worshiping of the State? Yea.. its called "Patriotism" but then again Worshiping of Jesus Christ is called "Christianity". Words, Semantics.
I thought the hair and the unique dirty pattern that is shown on the screen through most of the movie theatre experience. Heck it is even coded to each individual movie screen.
The Hair waves and the dirt pattern is the different for each movie theatre and screen. Nice protection if you ask me. I dont want to see it in many screens with a High pattern protection scheme. Sad thing is, only newer theatres seem to have better pick of the protection algorithms.
"If I buy say a Ford, and it turns out that Ford stole intellectual property from GM, would I, as a Ford owner whose car specifications have been improved by the stollen IP, have to pay say $200 to GM? I think not. GM should only sew[sic] Ford, not Ford car owners."
STOP bringing LOGICAL arguments into this. My head hurts.. oooowwwwww
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In europe I found the lack of immediate service problematic. I expect a waitress within 3 minutes to get my drink order and within 5 minutes after that to have my dinner order and a drink in front of me. This is standard at most, if not all, american establishments.
In europe it took 15 minutes to get the drink order and another 30 before we were ordering our meal. The level of "A Meal is an adventure" was way up. In the US a meal is a meal.
In the US I complained when it took 15 minutes before a waitress came to our table. I got a free meal for 2 out of that complaint. Of course.. I ended up never going back because I dont have time to waste.
Keep my Tea glass filled, the food on my plate, and I dont care about your kids and you dont care about mine. I will give you 15% for this service and less if you dont. I may give you 20% if you time the Tea refills so it does not destroy the delicate balance of Sweetner to Tea.
AS long as the service does not get in the way of the product, its fine.
In softball, a pretty close cousin to baseball, the object is to hit a slow pitch (underhand, with arc) ball.
The current Associations starting banning certain Bats and Balls as too powerfull. (www.asasoftball.com)
So.. last year the Miken Ultra ][ was legal and boy was it fun. I hit several out, and enjoyed life. It was 300 bucks.
This year? I purchased a Miken Freak for 300..
Can anyone safely tell me the way these bats are truely banned? Is it not for economical reasons?
If safety was a concern, then Wooden bats would be the only thing allowed.
thus the improvement.
Come now, did he NOT leave transmeta and go to OSDN and now has a lot more TIME for kernel work? Regardless of the tool.. more time = more production.
BK may be better but the tool is only as good as the operator.
The difference between Guns and other items like Cars (Cars kill) and such... is that in the US Constitution there is a line that states clearly that all citizens have the Right to Bear Arms.
Me.. I choose not too.. however, the 30,000 gun laws are already impinging on that right to try and take it away.
p2p filesharing is not in the US Consitution. Thus it is not a right of a citizen to be able to share files, thus you have to try and shove the "right" under something else.. like free speech or freedom of the press.
Obviously this is from a US perspective.
I believe that "Social Promotion" in the US is a large cause of these problems. The main reasons for Social Promotion are:
1. Overcrowded schools
2. Too many overage kids in the same class with younger kids. Promots MAJOR bullying
3. "Get that kid outta my class"
School is a given, but schools should not be "GIVEN". You should have to work for the higher tiered schools, etc.
I see it on Blues News and other sites already. They pop up over the content.. and Mozilla et al will not get rid of them.
At least they have a quick Close button for now.
I had tried to use a PC with TV out and it was extremely lame.. and then I ran across
www.xbox-scene.com
and found out what I could really do.
Now with my Linux server up, I have a modded (NON-CHIP mod.. you dont need a chip) Xbox that has Xbox Media Center, DVD Region Free Player, and a host of fun utilities. I now connect directly to my Linux server and view pr0n or Music Videos (for the kids, they LOVE them). I may make a backup of a game to HD to play at anytime so I dont have to search for the Disk. However..
I have not played but maybe 3 games on the Xbox (and I own them all.. Robotech Battlecry rocks). because to me.. its the best use of my TV as a Media Center.
I dont know a person who has a modded XBox that pirates the DVD's. Its too annoying to play those crap games when you have great games on the PC anyways.
Of course, the PC sales are way off because of pirates too.. but thats for others to debunk.
Heres the kicker. I would not have purchased an Xbox if not for the ability to stream video over my LAN to it.
Hey I like "Yes Dear".
My wife is standing over me right now making sure I type this correctly.
At least there is StarGate SG1.
Yes Dear.. I will finish up now.
Gambling is against US Law. ITs why Indian Casino's flourish.. because they are NOT in the US. (They have seperate "reservations" with thier own tribal laws). Yea,, we have like 50 vaticans in our italy.
There are 2 types of Law: State and Federal. Federal Law trumps state law in certain situations defined by the constitution. There are pockets of Legalized Gambling but mostly gambling is illegal.
I go to Canada and get my winnings Tax Free and then bring it back the US and have it worth a third of the value.
The US has had 1 case of Mad Cow Disease and that cow came from a Canadian herd. We have the Avian Flu that is killing bird and is pretty bad.
What has law enforcement to do with Trade anyways? WTO should not stop any country from enforcing Laws. Thats what the UN itself is for.
Since so many take a view that you can tie one poliocy with another.. your points make sense.
If you take the view that each policy its the end all be all of its existance then your argument does not even need to be said.
So in the end.. What am I saying? I am saying that It is a Law Enforcement issue and has nothing to do with other laws.
(just like Abortion being legal and murder being illegal has nothing to do with each other).
After all that Slashdoters say and do about how bad people are getting railroaded over simple little technical mishaps.. we get so many believing that this guy should go to jail??
IANAL, but I try to read Groklaw and so.. I think that if you are giving something away you can stop at any time. I run a mud at (www.mageslair.net cheap ad.. ) and if I wanted to I could stop it at anytime and those who are addicted (yep.. quite a few) could whine and complain but its MY mud and I only agreed to host it while I want to do so (going on 6 years).
This guy was spending lots of money and his advertising was not making up the difference. Its obvious it was a high quality website. Reading the Article(s) I get the impression he came and asked for money to continue the operation and the Sheriffs departnment said NO. 300k may be the monetary cost, but he had the right to CHANGE the deal at any time he wanted since there was no written contract (at least none stated). No contract is forever in perpetuity, there is reasonable costs associated to it as well.
So.. here is a guy who wants money to host a site and he may even ask for 1 million but he didnt.. and he is now in jail.
The Sheriff office made the decision to put the website addy on the car and the horse and buggy and the office pig. Why should he be held liable or CRIMINAL for stopping a service he was providing for free. The Sheriff office would obviously just STOP providing advertising for his company.. which of course they pretty much did not do anyways... and let the matter drop.
Police power gone rampant.
Support your local Police Department, Teach them that "Computers are your friend"
Yea.. mod me down or something. Everyone who blasts TV or say "I have not had TV since Jesus was walking the earth" is not getting what I get.
TV shows are fun to watch. They have some great series on right now, including CSI, Law and Order, and.. my GOD.. WRESTLING.
Those that missed Babylon-5.. I am sorry you did. Its out there in DVD land, go see it.
There are good programs.. and I kinda sit on the History Channel. That is one great TV.
See the TechTV and watch all the cool gadgets?
In the end, The broadcast flag will be annoying. I doubt that they will force it on the citizens at the date they say.. there will be ANOTHER delay and then another.
They put this Digital thing out and when I go camping with my 5 inch black and white.. HOW CAN I SEE MY SHOWS?
The people who complain about the fingerprinting are exhibiting the same paranoia as the ones who agree with it. The only difference is who they are paranoid against.
One is paranoid against the government, and the other against terrorists. It is basic background.
Some points to make:
1. Foriegn Visitors with valid documentation like VISA's and other items have been known (over 100,000 still in the US) to not return to thier respective countries when the VISA has expired.
2. US Citizens are protected against unreasonable search and siezure but NON-US citizens are not. There is a double standard, but that is the case in ALL countries.
3. We are required to have a passport and the amount of information included should also include a fingerprint. This would allow better identification for various reasons and prevent as much passport abuse (YES I HAD MINE STOLEN in CANADA of all places).
4. The fingerprints matched up against a database CAN also be used to find criminals.
5. False positives may cause some hassle but then again you can die if you walk out your door.. some risks have to be taken.
6. From a fingerprint, you cannot tell what a person looks like, or smells like, or has in thier mind. A fingerprint, picture, and name is all they have.. NOT DNA.
7. There is a difference between domestic and foriegn terrorism.. its that US Citizen double standard again.
8. Sniper and 9/11 and Earlier World Trade Center are all from foriegn terrorists.. and guess what, a lot of them were here ILLEGALLY.
The final point is my opinion here. I do think some measures are fine to put in place and this simple fingerprinting is DONE even in BANKS now to verify for checks.. so I have no problem with it.
Ask me about DNA.. and you got a line drawn. If you are a criminal and have been convicted.. then your DNA can be taken... another discussion.
as an Alumnus of ODU (Computer Science) I have been interested in this project. It has really no practical reasons.. and it more of a research project. The track covers half the campus and was supposed to start years ago now.
Reasons I have heard for its demise is that Technical issues have cropped up. One of them is that the track itself is not "level" enough. The others are more in the range of mismanagement.
Frankly it looks like a nice series of archways throughout the campus, and yet.. I can see no reason to build a small one.
The articles in the Virginian Pilot on this(www.pilotonline.com) failure all seem to state that there will be no money until the Company really assures that they can pay it back. Something on the order of 7 million is already being considered lost or unrecoverable.
Me.. A simple bus would be easier to cost, and maintain and probably faster.
David Weber and Eric Flint!! Awesome book just completed.
So.. go back to trolling about David Weber.
Review: 1633 is a sequel to the 1632 novel by Eric Flint ( YOU KNOW.. the ONE WHO POSTS HIS NOVELS on the NET for FREE??). It continues the story of the West Virigina town that was sent back into time to the 30 years war. Amazing plots, a whole game world is involving around this book series. We shall see it improve in the next book 1634: The Baltic War.
Good reading, read 1632 first though.. it sets up the universe.
Under his "interpretation" as I read it (IANAL). An author cannot give away his work and prevent others from incorperating it into thier work.
Its an interesting point in some ways. It goes to the heart of the Licenses issues all the way. Consider that the biggest screaming we hear is that if we get a DVD we cannot crack the code? Well we can because we own it. He is trying to say thats very similiar to what the GPL does. He is stating that if you release the code, then its fair game for everyone. He is trying very hard to give himself a loophole on the copyrights revert back to their owner system. This is a fine line and amazing legal stepping.
Its flat wrong, but thats not the case here. I can release my products under any license otherwise ALL licenses are invalid. If I cannot release it under a EULA, or a Public Domain licensing scheme than ANY license scheme would be invalid. The only 2 other things is you cannot release your source code to allow any others to use it, or everyone can use all code.
Either way it unacceptable to me.
This may be a troll but..
Please respect the United States of America citizens by calling us what we wish to be called: "Americans".
We have Canadians, and Mexicans, and Americans. We are not USians as we choose not to be called that. Do you call someone "Mike" which they wish to be called "Micheal"? They tell you once.. and you respect them.
So I ask you to call USA Citizens: Americans.
Thank you for your time.
IBM's new Prodigy Linux Comercial
"Obviously the only reason you have a TV and a DVD player is to watch pirated DVDs. The only reason you have a computer is to download pirated music and movies. The internet is only for porn and bomb making instructions you damn dirty pirates."
You mean there are other reasons to use the internet? Dang.. Porn is what I live for.
I am wondering.. how could a company toss out such utter nonsense.. unless there is ANOTHER reason.
Lets say.. SCO loses.. and loses bad. They will have established the legal aspects of Linux. They will have pushed major publicity of how great Linux really is..
SCO is still distributing Linux.
Can Darl hope to lose.. and make money in the meantime?
That if he was.. and made sure SCO lost and made precedent.. then he would be the MAN. If not he should rot in IT hell.
All I have to say is..
:) Btw, when someone tosses "The reality of it" out.. and claimes a 3 nines.. ask him for proof?
You are dead right.. I dont run an X system right now that is NOT remote. Work work work.
Thanks for tossing that out
Since when is "GOD" a single religion? Since when is having GoD mean that we are respecting the establishment of A Religion.
Religion is specifically spelled out TO BE around. FREEDOM OF RELIGION not FROM Relgion. Atheists try and make the point that it is forcing relgion on them.. it may be.. but it is NOT forcing a single type of religion.
All the quotes for and against religion means nothing. They framed the consititution to prevent a religion from being named state religion not to prevent religion.
Oh and there IS NO SUCH THING as "Seperation of CHURCH and STATE" in the consititution.
Now..
1. Dont force people to say the Pledge of alliegiance anyways.. as that is CIVIL Religion.
2. Dont force people to NOT burn the flag.. again.. CIVIL Religion.
Oh.. Did I mention a thing called Civil Religion.. the worshiping of the State? Yea.. its called "Patriotism" but then again Worshiping of Jesus Christ is called "Christianity". Words, Semantics.
I thought the hair and the unique dirty pattern that is shown on the screen through most of the movie theatre experience. Heck it is even coded to each individual movie screen.
The Hair waves and the dirt pattern is the different for each movie theatre and screen. Nice protection if you ask me. I dont want to see it in many screens with a High pattern protection scheme. Sad thing is, only newer theatres seem to have better pick of the protection algorithms.
"If I buy say a Ford, and it turns out that Ford stole intellectual property from GM, would I, as a Ford owner whose car specifications have been improved by the stollen IP, have to pay say $200 to GM? I think not. GM should only sew[sic] Ford, not Ford car owners."
STOP bringing LOGICAL arguments into this. My head hurts.. oooowwwwww