How you can you accuse them of being asleep at thw wheel when both the parties they can choose do the same sort of shenanigans? The only option they seem to have is the face on the TV that tells them nice stories while at the same time stripping away their civil liberties.
"just so they could listen to your voicemail over and over" Wow, what you got on your voicemail??? Care to post the number for the rest of us?
LMAO, That is deadset gold - made me laugh out loud - not something I have done about this crazy for a while. Seriously, it's an office work phone in a multi national retailer, "Hi you have called... press # to go to the switch..." etc type thing.
As someone who actually has a stalker at the moment, I totally disagree with that statement. While I am not overly threatened in a physical manner, that's not to say that constant emails, texts and phone calls from someone is okay. The last thing I need to be added to the list is a constant video feed of where I am, who I am with. Stalking isn't just about a physical threat - it's basically about someone harassing you and many people you know.
How would you feel if you had twenty-ish missed calls on your work phone over a weekend from one number - just so they could listen to your voicemail over and over? How would you feel if your stalker for your home address and often drove past the house checking to see what was going on, or couriered flowers and presents on a regular basis? How would you feel if photos were sent to your parents and friends house of random nights out with quotes of "Whore" and "Bitch" pointing to friends?
These are just some of the things that fall under stalking and let me tell you that while I appreciate that folks have rights to do what they like, I have also learned that people do deserve to have a certain right to a little privacy even out in public.
Ummm? The guy was stating that meteors couldn't go from earth to the other planets... I pointed out that they indeed can...? There is a whooosh in here somewhere, I am just uncertain where it is at the moment. I think we are reading the OP in different ways...
Because Google is a general index but TPB's main agenda is piracy.
That doesn't follow the logic of law. Either the rule is there to be obeyed by everyone, or by no-one. You cannot selectively enforce a law. That's like saying that all drivers have to stop at a red light, except taxis drivers because they are driving on the roads all the time.
Yes. Heaven forbid someone take downs. Site designed for piracy.
While I agree with your argument to a degree, I am against pirating, though I do post quite a few torrents of music (legal to distribute live sets and club recordings) there isn't anything on TPB that I can't find on Google. If you have rules, they must apply equally to all.
No, these cases should be heard. They should be heard, lost, have legal fees shoved back on them, and marked as a warning to others.
When a judge dismisses a case, it can be refiled elsewhere. When it's dismissed with prejudice, someone else can raise the same sort of suit. When YOU FUCKING LOSE, the next guy will face a defense lawyer who says "oh, but in Dickhead vs. BK Joe, Dickhead was found to be a moron" and THAT GUY FUCKING LOSES TOO.
While I agree, look at what happened in RightHaven - sure, they lost, costs were awarded etc, but when it came to paying, suddenly there was no-one home and no assets worth a dime... Scroll down to the Insolvency section to see exactly what happened...
Indeed, mainly because the laws are both being written and applied to enforce what the fat-cats don't like.
TPB: We don't host the files, we host torrent information. That's not illegal! Fat-Cats: We don't like that. That's now illegal. TPB: Okay, we don't host torrent files anymore, merely link a hash, that's not illegal. Fat-Cats: We don't like that, we will block you anyway and think of a new way to make what you do illegal. TPB: We don't do anything that Google doesn't do, that's not illegal. Fat-Cats: We are blocking you from [insert country] now, your illegal tirade is over! TPB: We will just appear under a new IP or domain... We aren't doing anything against the letter of the law....
Sort of cool from one aspect - first folks to go somewhere outside the earth's orbit, but sort of a letdown from the other angle - as it is nothing more than a sight-seeing trip. It might almost be argued that it makes more sense to send the same folks out to one of the larger asteroids - at least they could land there...
Either way, it makes for an interesting play. It will be interesting to see how this plays out - is it really the same set of rules that everyone has to play by, or do those rules only apply if a big corp says they do...
Maybe you are the new-fangled type that prefers to watch media on their home entertainment system?
Yes and No. Yes, I do watch quite a bit of media on the home entertainment system - but at the same time, for a select bunch of movies, I really do want to watch them on the big screen first. The problem is that there aren't many that fall into that bucket. The last lot I saw were The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Avatar. Having said, I would be quite happy to maybe do a LOtR Trilogy one day, then see the hobbit the next day.
Or you know what, how about Game of Thrones or BSG at the cinema? I do know quite a few folks that would probably LOVE to watch those as a weekly event. I guess what I was trying to say was why does a cinema have to show ONLY the newest movies (most of which I think are crap) - why not expand into a different niche?
I don't know about you, perhaps I am an old fuddy duddy, but I can't imagine that 15% of residents would go for that. I personally go to cinemas barely once per year and a lot of the folks I know are similar. Okay, there is the day pass options, which would work, but if their business model relies on 15% as being the critical mass needed, it seems a bet with some rather long odds.
And while $20 a month does pass for itself after two movies, are you really going to go to see that many movies? Are there even that many new movies coming out these days - let alone that many worth watching?
Now, if the cinema was playing older movies or classics along with the new releases, that might start to get interesting.
The concept of "Smart" TVs is a marketing concept gone terribly wrong. Yes, the technology is here to allow us to do some wonderful things with the internet and through apps, but until a TV can do better than a PC as far as the internet is concerned, or better than a media player than is connected to it, or better than the media server that is connected to that, then why on earth would I want my TV to do any of it?
If I want to pay games, I will do so on a gaming system, not through the TV using the remote as a controller. If I want to watch a movie or show, I will do it via the easiest and most intuitive manner I can find - and that being in the TV is a LONG way off the features and maturity of more specialized items. Heck, when I look for features in a TV, I don't even care about sound, I want it to do nothing more than display a picture that is being supplied to it.
If manufacturers want to ween me off using a western digital media player, make the features of the built-in media player better than those of the western digital player I use. I admit that I did try the Samsung version that came with my TV. It was horrific. If you want me to use *your* software, make it at least as good as what I have - which will make it more convenient to have it built-in and therefore better overall, otherwise, stop wasting my time and money.
It sort of is actually, at least on the shady side.
Mercury's surface experiences the steepest temperature gradient of all the planets, ranging from a very cold 100 K at night to a very hot 700 K during the day.
Surface temp. Min : Poles 100 K - Equator 80 K mean : Poles 340 K - Equator 200 K max : Poles 700 K - Equator 380 K
One of the problems with terraforming Mars (and potentially lots of other rocky, goldilocks zone planets) is the lack of a substantial magnetosphere.
It's okay, I have seen the movie, all we need to do is to get these drill like vehicles, form them up into a train like system, pop a bunch of nukes on board, drill carefully into the core avoiding the city size diamonds, then set of a chain reaction that will resonate through the inside of the planet causing the molten iron to start rotating again and BAM! magnetosphere! Seriously guys, it's not that hard!
The tube would likely kink quite easily, squeezing out the liquid from the middle - thus stopping the electron flow - or reducing the diameter so much as to greatly alter the resistance of the wire. Something like this image: http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TFH/Step-By-Step/FH10SEP_BUYHOS_01.jpg.
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Maybe the US voters are asleep at the wheel?
How you can you accuse them of being asleep at thw wheel when both the parties they can choose do the same sort of shenanigans? The only option they seem to have is the face on the TV that tells them nice stories while at the same time stripping away their civil liberties.
Chase after constantly changing [-porn] sites and search for new VPN providers.
Sorry, are we still talking about porn or have we moved to TPB again?
"just so they could listen to your voicemail over and over" Wow, what you got on your voicemail??? Care to post the number for the rest of us?
LMAO, That is deadset gold - made me laugh out loud - not something I have done about this crazy for a while. Seriously, it's an office work phone in a multi national retailer, "Hi you have called... press # to go to the switch..." etc type thing.
No threat of physical violence = ok.
As someone who actually has a stalker at the moment, I totally disagree with that statement. While I am not overly threatened in a physical manner, that's not to say that constant emails, texts and phone calls from someone is okay. The last thing I need to be added to the list is a constant video feed of where I am, who I am with. Stalking isn't just about a physical threat - it's basically about someone harassing you and many people you know.
How would you feel if you had twenty-ish missed calls on your work phone over a weekend from one number - just so they could listen to your voicemail over and over?
How would you feel if your stalker for your home address and often drove past the house checking to see what was going on, or couriered flowers and presents on a regular basis?
How would you feel if photos were sent to your parents and friends house of random nights out with quotes of "Whore" and "Bitch" pointing to friends?
These are just some of the things that fall under stalking and let me tell you that while I appreciate that folks have rights to do what they like, I have also learned that people do deserve to have a certain right to a little privacy even out in public.
The puppy sitting next to a big poo on the carpet also claims that it wasn't his fault...
Ummm? The guy was stating that meteors couldn't go from earth to the other planets... I pointed out that they indeed can...? There is a whooosh in here somewhere, I am just uncertain where it is at the moment. I think we are reading the OP in different ways...
Forget light sabers, I want to know where the "Hockey Stick" is on the list of my favorite polearm?
Actually, you should read up on the topic before you go spouting nonsense.
Transfer of Life-Bearing Meteorites from Earth to Other Planets for example.
Because Google is a general index but TPB's main agenda is piracy.
That doesn't follow the logic of law. Either the rule is there to be obeyed by everyone, or by no-one. You cannot selectively enforce a law. That's like saying that all drivers have to stop at a red light, except taxis drivers because they are driving on the roads all the time.
Yes. Heaven forbid someone take downs. Site designed for piracy.
While I agree with your argument to a degree, I am against pirating, though I do post quite a few torrents of music (legal to distribute live sets and club recordings) there isn't anything on TPB that I can't find on Google. If you have rules, they must apply equally to all.
Case in point: Google search for "A State of Trance 600 hash" returns torrent hashes for a number of the torrents I put up there.
Given your very direct, blunt and one-shoe-fits-all comment, please explain how it is okay for Google to return that, but not for TPB.
No, these cases should be heard. They should be heard, lost, have legal fees shoved back on them, and marked as a warning to others.
When a judge dismisses a case, it can be refiled elsewhere. When it's dismissed with prejudice, someone else can raise the same sort of suit. When YOU FUCKING LOSE, the next guy will face a defense lawyer who says "oh, but in Dickhead vs. BK Joe, Dickhead was found to be a moron" and THAT GUY FUCKING LOSES TOO.
While I agree, look at what happened in RightHaven - sure, they lost, costs were awarded etc, but when it came to paying, suddenly there was no-one home and no assets worth a dime... Scroll down to the Insolvency section to see exactly what happened...
The laws have changed a lot since then.
Indeed, mainly because the laws are both being written and applied to enforce what the fat-cats don't like.
TPB: We don't host the files, we host torrent information. That's not illegal!
Fat-Cats: We don't like that. That's now illegal.
TPB: Okay, we don't host torrent files anymore, merely link a hash, that's not illegal.
Fat-Cats: We don't like that, we will block you anyway and think of a new way to make what you do illegal.
TPB: We don't do anything that Google doesn't do, that's not illegal.
Fat-Cats: We are blocking you from [insert country] now, your illegal tirade is over!
TPB: We will just appear under a new IP or domain... We aren't doing anything against the letter of the law....
and so on, and so on... etc... repeat... meh.
There's no need to use a VPN. The sites will simply pop up under various URL/domains. Some of them already have.
Indeed, the first thing I thought when this came up was: Here we go, the greatest whack-a-mole game in history is about to begin...
"... when confronted with electric shock. [...]"
Coming soon: human trials!
I am pretty sure that those websites have been around for many years already....
No, that's about the sum of it.
Sort of cool from one aspect - first folks to go somewhere outside the earth's orbit, but sort of a letdown from the other angle - as it is nothing more than a sight-seeing trip. It might almost be argued that it makes more sense to send the same folks out to one of the larger asteroids - at least they could land there...
Either way, it makes for an interesting play. It will be interesting to see how this plays out - is it really the same set of rules that everyone has to play by, or do those rules only apply if a big corp says they do...
what'sthat?
A new and innovative way to lock hardware to only the applications that you want your users to run.
*sips coffee*
Oh, and apparently it failed to live up to the owners expectations to be locked down.
Maybe you are the new-fangled type that prefers to watch media on their home entertainment system?
Yes and No. Yes, I do watch quite a bit of media on the home entertainment system - but at the same time, for a select bunch of movies, I really do want to watch them on the big screen first. The problem is that there aren't many that fall into that bucket. The last lot I saw were The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Avatar. Having said, I would be quite happy to maybe do a LOtR Trilogy one day, then see the hobbit the next day.
Or you know what, how about Game of Thrones or BSG at the cinema? I do know quite a few folks that would probably LOVE to watch those as a weekly event. I guess what I was trying to say was why does a cinema have to show ONLY the newest movies (most of which I think are crap) - why not expand into a different niche?
I don't know about you, perhaps I am an old fuddy duddy, but I can't imagine that 15% of residents would go for that. I personally go to cinemas barely once per year and a lot of the folks I know are similar. Okay, there is the day pass options, which would work, but if their business model relies on 15% as being the critical mass needed, it seems a bet with some rather long odds.
And while $20 a month does pass for itself after two movies, are you really going to go to see that many movies? Are there even that many new movies coming out these days - let alone that many worth watching?
Now, if the cinema was playing older movies or classics along with the new releases, that might start to get interesting.
Who are you, or who is anyone for that matter, to say what he should do with it?
Curious and/or surprised folk?
Putting my grammar in my pocket for a moment, I got to admit that:
Ainslot.L: When it infects, the Ainslot.L bot scans computers and removes any other bots it finds.
Sort of passes as being pretty damned uniquest!
I utterly agree with your sentiment.
The concept of "Smart" TVs is a marketing concept gone terribly wrong. Yes, the technology is here to allow us to do some wonderful things with the internet and through apps, but until a TV can do better than a PC as far as the internet is concerned, or better than a media player than is connected to it, or better than the media server that is connected to that, then why on earth would I want my TV to do any of it?
If I want to pay games, I will do so on a gaming system, not through the TV using the remote as a controller. If I want to watch a movie or show, I will do it via the easiest and most intuitive manner I can find - and that being in the TV is a LONG way off the features and maturity of more specialized items. Heck, when I look for features in a TV, I don't even care about sound, I want it to do nothing more than display a picture that is being supplied to it.
If manufacturers want to ween me off using a western digital media player, make the features of the built-in media player better than those of the western digital player I use. I admit that I did try the Samsung version that came with my TV. It was horrific. If you want me to use *your* software, make it at least as good as what I have - which will make it more convenient to have it built-in and therefore better overall, otherwise, stop wasting my time and money.
Mercury is a cold planet?!
It sort of is actually, at least on the shady side.
Mercury's surface experiences the steepest temperature gradient of all the planets, ranging from a very cold 100 K at night to a very hot 700 K during the day.
Surface temp.
Min : Poles 100 K - Equator 80 K
mean : Poles 340 K - Equator 200 K
max : Poles 700 K - Equator 380 K
One of the problems with terraforming Mars (and potentially lots of other rocky, goldilocks zone planets) is the lack of a substantial magnetosphere.
It's okay, I have seen the movie, all we need to do is to get these drill like vehicles, form them up into a train like system, pop a bunch of nukes on board, drill carefully into the core avoiding the city size diamonds, then set of a chain reaction that will resonate through the inside of the planet causing the molten iron to start rotating again and BAM! magnetosphere! Seriously guys, it's not that hard!
*sips coffee*
The tube would likely kink quite easily, squeezing out the liquid from the middle - thus stopping the electron flow - or reducing the diameter so much as to greatly alter the resistance of the wire. Something like this image: http://hostedmedia.reimanpub.com/TFH/Step-By-Step/FH10SEP_BUYHOS_01.jpg.