stress (other) : A low quality marijuana.
I have just a little chronic, but plenty of stress. Stress is cool; I'll smoke that.
Submitted by: Anonymous Dec. 03, 2005 01:35
lewinsky (noun) : a slang term for fellatio
She needed a ride home, but before I even started the car she gave me a lewinsky.
Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 03, 2005 01:35
bj (noun) : Abbreviation of "blow job". Fellatio.
Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 03, 2005 01:31
It's good to see some of our most important words are being submitted first.
Here is an article about the issue that was published in yesterday's edition of The Tartan, the student newspaper of Carnegie Mellon, one of the universities targeted by the RIAA. There was also an editorial written about the issue. (Note: The Tartan's website cannot be rendered in Internet Explorer. Please use a standards-compliant web browser.)
Also, below is the full text of an email that was sent to all students on April 4 from Carnegie Mellon's Chief Information Officer Joel Smith.
-------- Original Message --------
To: The Carnegie Mellon Community
From: Joel Smith, Chief Information Officer
Subject: Illegal use of copyrighted materials on Carnegie Mellon's network - your *personal* liability
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:33:47 -0000
We are writing to remind the entire campus community of the University's commitment to the protection of intellectual property and copyrighted material. When it comes to illegal copying of digital materials - whether music, video, text, or pictures - the University imposes its own penalties (disciplinary action, loss of network connectivity) on anyone who is found to be using Carnegie Mellon's network for such purposes.
Moreover, the trade organizations that are charged with protecting copyrighted materials, e.g. the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), are aggressively searching for copyright violators on the Internet and *will take independent legal action against such violators.* Peer to peer file sharing activity using the Carnegie Mellon network is accessible to their monitoring. Past actions by these industry associations have resulted in substantial monetary penalties
imposed on the individuals involved. See:
In fact, according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, penalties can range from $750 to $150,000 per song if songs are the items being distributed illegally.
Please be aware that the target of these actions is not the University, but rather the individuals engaged in the violations. As an Internet service provider, following the results of court rulings last year, the University is obliged to respond to subpoenas from organizations like the RIAA and the MPAA requesting the names of individuals who operate computers illegally sharing copyrighted materials. Do not be misled by the fact that Verizon, as an Internet service provider, won its case for not providing user names in
response to certain kinds of "John Doe" subpoenas. The ruling allows the RIAA and the MPAA to discover the identities of copyright violators from Internet service providers (including universities) as long as they follow certain legal procedures.
Simply put, if you are engaged in illegal use of copyrighted materials (usually done by peer-to-peer file sharing using programs like Kazza, LimeWire, BitTorrent, and others) and the University receives a proper subpoena asking for the name of the person who registered the computer being used for such purposes on the Carnegie Mellon network, we are legally obligated to supply that name. The result may well be that the RIAA or MPAA will take legal action against *you*. There is nothing the University can do to shield you from such action.
Since your identity on the network is based on the match between your name an the IP address and *MAC* or *hardware* address of your computer, it is a very good idea to be sure that all and only the computers you physically control are registered to you. You can check the list of computers you have registered to your name using Computing Services' NetReg system. Go to http://netreg.net.cmu.edu, click on the Enter button at
DigiTimes reported that that both the PowerBook and iBook G5 will be released in Q2. This is rather unlikely, as Apple has historically released new "Power" models at least one full quarter before releasing corresponding "i" models (for example the PowerMac G5 was released on June 9 while the iMac G5 was not released until August 31).
Also, fifty-three minutes into Apple's conference call discussing Q1 2005 financial results last Wednesday, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations Tim Cook said, "let me be clear on this one, it would be the mother of all thermal challenges to do what you are suggesting," when asked about releasing a PowerBook 5G in Q2 or Q3.
If anyone could meet "the mother of all thermal challenges," it would be Apple, who has designed innovative cooling systems for the PowerMac and iMac G5, but I wouldn't get your hopes up.
At Carnegie Mellon, considered to be one of the best tech schools in the world, all students (even CS and ECE majors) are required to take Computing Skills Workshop. The very first lesson in the course is on security and passwords. It also covers UNIX commands, file management, and access rights.
After a few weeks, most people realize that they can skip the classes and only show up for exams, so it's not really a waste of time for those who do not need it. However, for those who do, it ensures that they have a baseline level of computing knowledge, which helps keep our network safer.
I believe they have a Real Live(tm) employee do it.
I suspect they have at least two Real Live(tm) employees doing it and make sure these employees do their job by rewarding them based on how many violations of policy they each find. This competition between employees encourages superfluous accusations of policy violations such as this one.
I have no actual basis for this but I think it is a pretty good guess.
When Nullsoft released Gnutella it was almost immediately shut down by AOL. Recall that this was shortly after the acquisition of Time Warner, parent company of Warner Music and EMI, both members of RIAA. The project has lived on but not thanks to AOL.
Also recall that AOL and Time Warner (before they merged) both lobbied hard for the DMCA.
This company is not our friend and their purchase of RedHat would be the beginning of its end.
When Nullsoft released Gnutella it was almost immediately shut down by AOL. Recall that this was shortly after the acquisition of Time Warner, parent company of Warner Music and EMI, both members of RIAA. The project has lived on but not thanks to AOL.
Also recall that AOL and Time Warner (before they merged) both lobbied hard for the DMCA.
This company is not our friend and their purchase of RedHat would be the beginning of its end.
"Right out of the blocks, I would suspect that some of the employees would walk out. Most of the smart guys have money, and they are motivated by other things," said Brian Alger, an analyst at Pacific Growth Equities. "These are quirky, quirky people."
Do any specific quirky smart guys not motivated by money come to mind?
What is wrong with trademarks?
They help the consumer distinguish between reputable products and cheap imitations.
Would you be happy if the Herman Miller
Aeron you just purchased for US$700 was actually an fraud, made out of cheap plastic and manufactured by underpaid laborers in Taiwan. Trademark law helps you to make sure you are getting the Real Thing(TM).
Apparently, the planets may be as big as Jupiter...
Any life on a planet such as this would be subjected tremendous amounts of gravity. Basic movement would be difficult. Even if they (the aliens that is) were extremely intelligent, it would be difficult for them to construct advanced societal structures (buildings, transportation, etc). It is exciting that scientist are believe that their could be "conditions that are more favorable" for life in the habitable region, but if you are expecting little green men, they would have to be extremely flat (think little green beaver tail, without beaver).
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/pressingissues2
on
ICANN Meetings
·
· Score: 2
As I see it Gore now (21:46 EST) has 192 electoral votes. This, plus the 72 combined votes of the three west cost states (California, Washington, and Oregon), gives him the 270 needed to win. Congratulations Al.
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I'm totally addicted to a logic game designed for the iPhone (but playable in any web browser) called WordBreaker.
Seems more like a punishment than an accomplishment.
Quarantine all fat people before it spreads any further.
It's good to see some of our most important words are being submitted first.
To download the software, go to this page and click on the "Get Bonjour for Windows" link in "Bonjour for Windows" box on the right side.
Here is an article about the issue that was published in yesterday's edition of The Tartan, the student newspaper of Carnegie Mellon, one of the universities targeted by the RIAA. There was also an editorial written about the issue. (Note: The Tartan's website cannot be rendered in Internet Explorer. Please use a standards-compliant web browser.)
Also, below is the full text of an email that was sent to all students on April 4 from Carnegie Mellon's Chief Information Officer Joel Smith.
-------- Original Message -------- To: The Carnegie Mellon Community
From: Joel Smith, Chief Information Officer
Subject: Illegal use of copyrighted materials on Carnegie Mellon's network - your *personal* liability
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:33:47 -0000
We are writing to remind the entire campus community of the University's commitment to the protection of intellectual property and copyrighted material. When it comes to illegal copying of digital materials - whether music, video, text, or pictures - the University imposes its own penalties (disciplinary action, loss of network connectivity) on anyone who is found to be using Carnegie Mellon's network for such purposes.
Moreover, the trade organizations that are charged with protecting copyrighted materials, e.g. the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), are aggressively searching for copyright violators on the Internet and *will take independent legal action against such violators.* Peer to peer file sharing activity using the Carnegie Mellon network is accessible to their monitoring. Past actions by these industry associations have resulted in substantial monetary penalties imposed on the individuals involved. See:
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/05/ 02/news/8154.shtml
In fact, according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, penalties can range from $750 to $150,000 per song if songs are the items being distributed illegally.
Please be aware that the target of these actions is not the University, but rather the individuals engaged in the violations. As an Internet service provider, following the results of court rulings last year, the University is obliged to respond to subpoenas from organizations like the RIAA and the MPAA requesting the names of individuals who operate computers illegally sharing copyrighted materials. Do not be misled by the fact that Verizon, as an Internet service provider, won its case for not providing user names in response to certain kinds of "John Doe" subpoenas. The ruling allows the RIAA and the MPAA to discover the identities of copyright violators from Internet service providers (including universities) as long as they follow certain legal procedures.
Simply put, if you are engaged in illegal use of copyrighted materials (usually done by peer-to-peer file sharing using programs like Kazza, LimeWire, BitTorrent, and others) and the University receives a proper subpoena asking for the name of the person who registered the computer being used for such purposes on the Carnegie Mellon network, we are legally obligated to supply that name. The result may well be that the RIAA or MPAA will take legal action against *you*. There is nothing the University can do to shield you from such action.
Since your identity on the network is based on the match between your name an the IP address and *MAC* or *hardware* address of your computer, it is a very good idea to be sure that all and only the computers you physically control are registered to you. You can check the list of computers you have registered to your name using Computing Services' NetReg system. Go to http://netreg.net.cmu.edu, click on the Enter button at
DigiTimes reported that that both the PowerBook and iBook G5 will be released in Q2. This is rather unlikely, as Apple has historically released new "Power" models at least one full quarter before releasing corresponding "i" models (for example the PowerMac G5 was released on June 9 while the iMac G5 was not released until August 31).
Also, fifty-three minutes into Apple's conference call discussing Q1 2005 financial results last Wednesday, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Operations Tim Cook said, "let me be clear on this one, it would be the mother of all thermal challenges to do what you are suggesting," when asked about releasing a PowerBook 5G in Q2 or Q3.
If anyone could meet "the mother of all thermal challenges," it would be Apple, who has designed innovative cooling systems for the PowerMac and iMac G5, but I wouldn't get your hopes up.
At Carnegie Mellon, considered to be one of the best tech schools in the world, all students (even CS and ECE majors) are required to take Computing Skills Workshop. The very first lesson in the course is on security and passwords. It also covers UNIX commands, file management, and access rights.
After a few weeks, most people realize that they can skip the classes and only show up for exams, so it's not really a waste of time for those who do not need it. However, for those who do, it ensures that they have a baseline level of computing knowledge, which helps keep our network safer.
...rumors on the, uh, internets.
This story just passed Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas in the Slashdot Hall of Fame but it still hasn't shown up there.
slash works in mysterious ways.
...the film will be released with the title Celsius 488.3, or perhaps Kelvin 761.32 -- The [SI] Temperature at which Freedom Burns.
Should have guessed it after he posted one the following stories:
As long as fictional robots are being inducted, I'd like to nominate Rosie, the maid from the Jetsons.
I suspect they have at least two Real Live(tm) employees doing it and make sure these employees do their job by rewarding them based on how many violations of policy they each find. This competition between employees encourages superfluous accusations of policy violations such as this one.
I have no actual basis for this but I think it is a pretty good guess.
How short our memories of AOL wrongdoing are.
When Nullsoft released Gnutella it was almost immediately shut down by AOL. Recall that this was shortly after the acquisition of Time Warner, parent company of Warner Music and EMI, both members of RIAA. The project has lived on but not thanks to AOL.
Also recall that AOL and Time Warner (before they merged) both lobbied hard for the DMCA.
This company is not our friend and their purchase of RedHat would be the beginning of its end.
How short our memories of AOL wrongdoing are.
When Nullsoft released Gnutella it was almost immediately shut down by AOL. Recall that this was shortly after the acquisition of Time Warner, parent company of Warner Music and EMI, both members of RIAA. The project has lived on but not thanks to AOL.
Also recall that AOL and Time Warner (before they merged) both lobbied hard for the DMCA.
This company is not our friend and their purchase of RedHat would be the beginning of its end.
Do any specific quirky smart guys not motivated by money come to mind?
What is wrong with trademarks?
They help the consumer distinguish between reputable products and cheap imitations.
Would you be happy if the Herman Miller Aeron you just purchased for US$700 was actually an fraud, made out of cheap plastic and manufactured by underpaid laborers in Taiwan. Trademark law helps you to make sure you are getting the Real Thing(TM).
As for patents, it depends on how they are enforced.
Check out today's User Friendly cartoon.
Any life on a planet such as this would be subjected tremendous amounts of gravity. Basic movement would be difficult. Even if they (the aliens that is) were extremely intelligent, it would be difficult for them to construct advanced societal structures (buildings, transportation, etc). It is exciting that scientist are believe that their could be "conditions that are more favorable" for life in the habitable region, but if you are expecting little green men, they would have to be extremely flat (think little green beaver tail, without beaver).
unbroken
Bad math...I meant Gore has 198.
As I see it Gore now (21:46 EST) has 192 electoral votes. This, plus the 72 combined votes of the three west cost states (California, Washington, and Oregon), gives him the 270 needed to win.
Congratulations Al.