Wait, so a little bit above you say anyone that gripes about CSS is just griping because they're too dumb to use it. Now you gripe that it's too complicated to use. Are you just a troll?
I know, I know, everyone always bitches about a bad summary, but this one's really bad. The linked article doesn't really claim that authors have a "functioning copyright system." The article argues that authors won't get a good deal if they give up their individual contract negotiation rights for a one-size-fits-all Google deal. Anyone who thinks (here in America anyway) we have a "functioning system of copyright" hasn't been paying too much attention for the last several years...
Well, yes. None of those things are hard to do basic maintenance on (besides the ATM machine, but I unfortunately don't own any of those). My dad gave me his copy of the Bob Vila home improvement library from Craftsman/Sears from the 70s that goes through fixing basically anything in the house. It used to be expected that a homeowner could take basic care of their house. A person with even marginal intelligence should be able to handle basic troubleshooting and maintenance for a house, car, or computer. If they have some curiousity and drive, they can get into intermediate troubleshooting and maintenance, or even upgrades. Nobody will be an expert at everything, but I think people should know a little bit about the things they use every day.
I'm sorry, but I'm of the opinion that people should be obligated to learn a little bit about the tools they use. I believe if you own a car, you should know how to do simple things like checking fluid levels, changing oil, and changing a flat. Now, some people are going to choose to pay someone else to do those things and that's fine, but I think if you operate a car you should at least know a few basic things about it. The same holds for computers. I just don't have pity for someone that isn't going to learn enough about their computer to be able to hook it up to their cable or dsl modem and search out basic troubleshooting problems using Google. This girl wanted to save a few bucks by not paying the Microsoft tax and now she's mad because she didn't look into the situation enough to realize that she might not be able to use it with her school's online programs. Why the fuck wasn't she smart enough to call the school's IT department and work with them on finding a computer that would do everything she needs for her online classes? I'm sure any school is going to be more than happy to help an online student pick out a laptop...
The channels aren't going dark, they will be broadcasting on different frequency bands. The looped message you suggest might be a good idea, but the reason the stations are being moved to different frequency bands is that the frequencies currently being used for analog TV will be used for other things. One of the big reasons for the digital TV transition is to free up the analog TV frequencies for radios used by emergency services. So, your idea probably wouldn't work because once the station is on a different frequency, other organizations are going to be needing that bandwith.
But do you honestly think that Apple is encoding that specific information into each track sold through the iTunes store, making essentially every single track sold unique? Do you realize how much more expensive it would be to "imprint" that information into the audio? I think it's infinitely more likely that the information is slapped onto the mp3 client side when the song is downloaded. Also, encoding information like an email address/purchase date into the actual sound produced by the mp3 would sound like a burst of static. It would be really obvious if they were doing that. For an example, look at the viral marketing Nine Inch Nails did for the Year Zero album. On one of the tracks they leaked, they encoded an image of a hand that was a big part of the story from the album's concept. It sounds like a bunch of static, but when you look at the waveform, you see the hand.
You've obviously never listened to Sgt Pepper's. The Beatles were special musically. They were the first band to make a concept album. That's an issue of fact, not of taste. I'll go ahead and argue that Paul is just about the most melodic bass player of the last 50 years, and the Beatles wrote some of the catchiest tunes ever. Why do you think most people know something by Mozart and fewer people know music by Haydn? They worked about the same time, Haydn was probably more famous during his life, and he lived longer. But, Mozart wrote catchier melodies. Haydn was probably a "better" composer because he developed his ideas better and it's amazing to see the way he could turn a single musical idea into an interesting symphony. But everyone remembers Mozart because he wrote catchy melody after catchy melody.
They require only that you hold the gas pedal down to shift out of Park
No, they require you to hold the brake pedal to put the car in gear. At least, I hope they do. Otherwise you must have a terribly exciting time getting out of your driveway every morning...
Well, our forefathers rather intended that. Weren't they the ones that said only white males who were landowners could vote? Didn't they come up with the brilliant proposition that a slave counted officially as 3/5 of a person? If it's working for those who can pay to play, it's working pretty damned well.
I will say that the government does need some of these options under certain circumstances, but not a free pass to view whatever they want, whenever they want.
Which is the entire point of warrants. Can someone explain to my why the government would ever possibly need to act without a warrant? If there's an imminent threat, they can even go ahead with a wiretap and get the warrant later, they just have to let a judge know why they did it. Is the government afraid our judges are terrorists now?
You're confusing the RIAA with the record labels it represents. The RIAA does absolutely nothing for or with artists. The RIAA is an industry trade group that represents the music labels and is uninvolved with artists. Its business model is to collect money from the labels it represents and to sue people. You're absolutely right about the outdated business model of labels and the way the digital age has revolutionized recording and distribution.
Go ahead and quote quote wikipedia, but I saw on the History Chanel last night (Modern Marvels, the fast food episode) that French fries were "discovered" and brought back to America by Jefferson after his post as ambassador to the French. So, even if they were invented in Belgium first, America made the french fry a staple food and Jefferson brought them to us from the French.
Agreed. I spent many, many hours in boring classes programming for my TI-86. I'll never forget the look on my algebra 2 teacher's face when I programmed my TI-86 to multiply 2x2 and 3x3 matrices and show the work so that I could do those stupid calculations in seconds rather than waste time doing them by hand. For bonus points, have the kids write a program for the calculator that accepts input from the calculator's buttons that looks exactly like you cleared the memory. This will prove invaluable in high school.
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Why am I not suprised that the lone surviving member of Members Only is a Slashdotter?
HCSD is quickly replacing MiniDV tape in "prosumer" video cameras.
The article has a man page? Couldn't they just put it in the article? See, this is why *NIX will never work on the desktop...
If you've never heard of Square Enix, you obviously don't buy a lot of video games. They probably don't care much about your money.
Wait, so a little bit above you say anyone that gripes about CSS is just griping because they're too dumb to use it. Now you gripe that it's too complicated to use. Are you just a troll?
Just please, please don't let the Internet Superforce wear tights...
Isn't March 2nd closer to two months before May 1st?
I know, I know, everyone always bitches about a bad summary, but this one's really bad. The linked article doesn't really claim that authors have a "functioning copyright system." The article argues that authors won't get a good deal if they give up their individual contract negotiation rights for a one-size-fits-all Google deal. Anyone who thinks (here in America anyway) we have a "functioning system of copyright" hasn't been paying too much attention for the last several years...
Well, yes. None of those things are hard to do basic maintenance on (besides the ATM machine, but I unfortunately don't own any of those). My dad gave me his copy of the Bob Vila home improvement library from Craftsman/Sears from the 70s that goes through fixing basically anything in the house. It used to be expected that a homeowner could take basic care of their house. A person with even marginal intelligence should be able to handle basic troubleshooting and maintenance for a house, car, or computer. If they have some curiousity and drive, they can get into intermediate troubleshooting and maintenance, or even upgrades. Nobody will be an expert at everything, but I think people should know a little bit about the things they use every day.
I'm sorry, but I'm of the opinion that people should be obligated to learn a little bit about the tools they use. I believe if you own a car, you should know how to do simple things like checking fluid levels, changing oil, and changing a flat. Now, some people are going to choose to pay someone else to do those things and that's fine, but I think if you operate a car you should at least know a few basic things about it. The same holds for computers. I just don't have pity for someone that isn't going to learn enough about their computer to be able to hook it up to their cable or dsl modem and search out basic troubleshooting problems using Google. This girl wanted to save a few bucks by not paying the Microsoft tax and now she's mad because she didn't look into the situation enough to realize that she might not be able to use it with her school's online programs. Why the fuck wasn't she smart enough to call the school's IT department and work with them on finding a computer that would do everything she needs for her online classes? I'm sure any school is going to be more than happy to help an online student pick out a laptop...
The channels aren't going dark, they will be broadcasting on different frequency bands. The looped message you suggest might be a good idea, but the reason the stations are being moved to different frequency bands is that the frequencies currently being used for analog TV will be used for other things. One of the big reasons for the digital TV transition is to free up the analog TV frequencies for radios used by emergency services. So, your idea probably wouldn't work because once the station is on a different frequency, other organizations are going to be needing that bandwith.
But do you honestly think that Apple is encoding that specific information into each track sold through the iTunes store, making essentially every single track sold unique? Do you realize how much more expensive it would be to "imprint" that information into the audio? I think it's infinitely more likely that the information is slapped onto the mp3 client side when the song is downloaded. Also, encoding information like an email address/purchase date into the actual sound produced by the mp3 would sound like a burst of static. It would be really obvious if they were doing that. For an example, look at the viral marketing Nine Inch Nails did for the Year Zero album. On one of the tracks they leaked, they encoded an image of a hand that was a big part of the story from the album's concept. It sounds like a bunch of static, but when you look at the waveform, you see the hand.
Well, you look pretty dumb by obviously not understanding the phrase you tried to use. I believe you meant "the sharpest knife in the drawer."
You've obviously never listened to Sgt Pepper's. The Beatles were special musically. They were the first band to make a concept album. That's an issue of fact, not of taste. I'll go ahead and argue that Paul is just about the most melodic bass player of the last 50 years, and the Beatles wrote some of the catchiest tunes ever. Why do you think most people know something by Mozart and fewer people know music by Haydn? They worked about the same time, Haydn was probably more famous during his life, and he lived longer. But, Mozart wrote catchier melodies. Haydn was probably a "better" composer because he developed his ideas better and it's amazing to see the way he could turn a single musical idea into an interesting symphony. But everyone remembers Mozart because he wrote catchy melody after catchy melody.
No, every parent has an obligation to monitor everything their child consumes, from food to clothing to entertainment.
No, they require you to hold the brake pedal to put the car in gear. At least, I hope they do. Otherwise you must have a terribly exciting time getting out of your driveway every morning...
Well, our forefathers rather intended that. Weren't they the ones that said only white males who were landowners could vote? Didn't they come up with the brilliant proposition that a slave counted officially as 3/5 of a person? If it's working for those who can pay to play, it's working pretty damned well.
The RIAA has never sold music. It is a trade group representing the huge labels. The RIAA has never done anything to help any artist anywhere.
That's probably the dumbest thing I've read all day. If you want an anonymous transaction, don't use a card.
Which is the entire point of warrants. Can someone explain to my why the government would ever possibly need to act without a warrant? If there's an imminent threat, they can even go ahead with a wiretap and get the warrant later, they just have to let a judge know why they did it. Is the government afraid our judges are terrorists now?
You're confusing the RIAA with the record labels it represents. The RIAA does absolutely nothing for or with artists. The RIAA is an industry trade group that represents the music labels and is uninvolved with artists. Its business model is to collect money from the labels it represents and to sue people. You're absolutely right about the outdated business model of labels and the way the digital age has revolutionized recording and distribution.
Go ahead and quote quote wikipedia, but I saw on the History Chanel last night (Modern Marvels, the fast food episode) that French fries were "discovered" and brought back to America by Jefferson after his post as ambassador to the French. So, even if they were invented in Belgium first, America made the french fry a staple food and Jefferson brought them to us from the French.
Agreed. I spent many, many hours in boring classes programming for my TI-86. I'll never forget the look on my algebra 2 teacher's face when I programmed my TI-86 to multiply 2x2 and 3x3 matrices and show the work so that I could do those stupid calculations in seconds rather than waste time doing them by hand. For bonus points, have the kids write a program for the calculator that accepts input from the calculator's buttons that looks exactly like you cleared the memory. This will prove invaluable in high school.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29036
The Onion ran a story about a kid who took matters into his own hands...
They wouldn't have your credit card number if you didn't give it to them...