I dunno if I'm an underachiever or not. I don't count the ounces, cups, or pots. There is just ALWAYS coffee. When the pot gets low (1/4 inch of liquid, and some solids swirl in the bottom) I make more. I dunno if I'm addicted or not. I just live on the stuff. 8 years in the navy, 5 of those years sea duty, then 14 years of truck driving, plus all my construction, I've always had a cup of coffee at hand. Computer time means I'm 6 feet from the coffee pot, and the cup is bottomless, of course!
Intoxication? Possibly. I looked at the symptoms in your link. I've experienced those - but only after days on my feet. Just attributed those symptoms to exhaustion.
The important question would be, is there life before coffee? More importantly yet, is there coffee after life?
If Saint Peter doesn't have regular shipments of the good Colombian, I'll think about setting up shop somewhere else. No, that funky Arabica stuff just won't do, thank you, and don't even THINK ABOUT decaf!!
You have researched salvage law extensively, but you still don't understand that Google is salvaging abandoned works? Or, you wish to see the law changed so that abandoned property may not BE salvaged?
Trolling? Yeah, right. Perhaps I should ask which corporate concern or point of view you represent. Common sense, if nothing else, will tell you that a book written 50 years ago, whose last printing was 35 years ago, the author of which cannot be found, and no one has stepped forward to advance a claim, must be assigned to the public domain. No one owns it. On one is going to lose a dime because Google, or anyone else, makes a digital copy of it. No one is going to lose a single cent if ten million people read it for the first time in decades.
And, may I point out that to all appearances, Google doesn't expect to make money off of this. They are, instead, pooling knowlege that might otherwise be lost to mankind. Of course, much of that knowlege has little if any value - but there are sure to be some gems in there somewhere.
Fuck off? That's one way of admitting that you can't make your point and/or win an argument, LMAOA Troll yourself!!!
I know Slashdotters seem to have a hard time with this concept, but the law (in general) is built to protect public interest, not to enable thieving patent/copyright trolls.
Fixed that for you.
Now, I realize that like myself, you are probably a very busy man. You won't waste time researching something that doesn't interest you. All the same, I invite you to research salvage law.
Suppose that I told you that under some circumstances, I might advance a salvage claim against a ship that were STILL AFLOAT, and STILL HAD CREW ABOARD. Suppose that I took possession of that ship, and everything aboard it, minus the personal possessions of that crew? You would call me a thief?
Please, accept my invitation to research, before you pass judgement on that scenario.;)
The best I can say, is that there is are bodies of law, international and on the state levels, that govern what is abandoned, and what is not. There are a myriad of laws defining who may and who may not salvage abandoned property, and under what circumstances. The books being put into the databases by Google are indeed abandoned. Just maybe on a case-by-case basis, some of them would properly be judged to be properly owned by someone. But, the CONCEPT of recovering abandoned works is valid. Personally, I have read many books which I would have LIKED to told my sons to read. Many of those books are unavailable today, period. Oh, just maybe I could do a search on Ebay for an old copy or something. And, maybe not, either.
What is your opinion on abandonware games? A lot of people share old ROMS of games online - games just like these books, in that no one knows who owns them, or if they DO know who owns them, the owners don't support them, and have no intentions of producing them.
At some point, all copyrighted material needs to become available to the public.
Well, Joe, it's kinda late now. Let's suppose that I have a boat. Speed boat, pleasure boat, party barge, sailboat, it doesn't matter. I have a boat. I somehow manage to sink the boat. It lies submerged for months, even years. The thing is ABANDONED. Some dude comes out, spends a day or a week floating my wreck off the bottom, and brings it ashore. Do you think I retain any legal right to that boat? Or, how about your car? You fail to maintain it, and it slowly rusts away, with the rain washing your rust streak onto my property. One day, I come out and shovel up all the iron (mostly iron oxide) to haul away to a scrap yard. You think you're going to get any of the salvage money?
Joe Author needs a reality check. Abandoned property is no longer "his".
Actually - my operating system offers an anti-virus package with the installation media that is pretty damned reliable, gratis as well as libre. Starting with a decent security model, and reliably enforced security policies, and ending with an anti-virus software, which I never even use. When Microsoft can offer all of that, I may consider paying a couple hundred dollars for their operating system. Oh - wait - uhhh - why would I want to pay MS for what I already have at no cost? Ooops, I think I had a blonde moment!:-(
Obviously, you accept the story, as written, as established fact. Some other people may see the possibility that the facts have been manipulated, so as to present this guy in a good light.
The facts seem to be: 1.there was a messy divorce. 2.the wife accused him of stalking 3.the wife failed to present meaningful evidence 4.the guy says he was out of state anyway during this stalking business
It is POSSIBLE that the wife had her facts straight, and that he WAS stalking her, and that his "out of state" defense was fabricated. And, it is POSSIBLE that his current involvement with blogging and exposing the police department is nothing more than a matter of seeking revenge.
Mind you, I'm not saying that any of those possibilities are fact, I'm just pointing out that a reasonable person would keep those possibilities in mind.
Hey, Reiser (of reiser file system fame) had some damned good excuses and explanations for his conduct too, remember?
where Obama was born. His mother was a citizen of the United States. Nothing is more natural than for an American woman to give birth to an American baby. There is no doubt that Obama's mother was a citizen. The residency requirements cited by the (mostly) republicans are bullshit, plain and simple. The law was poorly written, and wrong to boot.
I still don't know how much, or how little, I like Obama. But, if I end up detesting the man as much as I detest both Clinton and Bush, IT WILL NOT BE because he is (black, foreign, noncitizen, related to moslems, just plain funny looking - take your pick out of these, or fill in your own version of bigotry).
Everyone accepted McCain's citizenship, despite being born outside the country. To me, there is little if any difference between McCain's birth, and Obama's.
This written by a veteran, who WANTED to believe in McCain, but ultimately voted for Obama. If the republican party manages to find, and get behind, a genuine conservative, I might vote republican next time. But, NO MORE NEOCONS!! Every neocon in the country could drop dead today, and I wouldn't miss a one of them.
Yeah - I sort of followed that story. I didn't WANT to believe that someone smart enough to create a new file system was dumb enough to commit a sloppy murder. His explanation of events was just to damned fishy to believe. I guess geniuses tend to think everyone around them is stupid?
Gahndi won. India is free today. Some people have greater goals than their own self-preservation. That is the concept behind medals, and other forms of recognition. In fact, that is the concept behind serving one's country - in the military, or otherwise.
This guy's first contact with the police department stems from a messy divorce, and charges of harassment and stalking. While this story is interesting, I'm afraid to just take his word for anything. This will take some digging, to determine who the bad guys really are. Yeah, on the face of it, the Phoenix police overstepped their authority. Whether that be true or not, they look to be pretty heavyhanded. BUT, what do we NOT know concerning the case? I reserve judgement, personally. If the "hero" of the story is 100% credible, then I sure hope he has good lawyers. One doesn't go up against a police force with a half-assed plan.
You have two traffic lights? They took our single blinking caution light down about ten years ago, because it was a waste of electricity.;) And, like you say, wireless broadband was available in town several years ago, but the tower just didn't reach me, 5 miles out of town. FINALLY, the telco offered DSL, and that's what I'll have til something better comes along. IF I CAN AFFORD IT!! 39.95/month for 300MB, which is really only about 200MB on good days just sucks.
You will note, that I did NOT say it is law. I said, it is a RIGHT. That right was stated in our own declaration of indepence from England. Stated quite clearly, if you just read it. That right was stated just as clearly in times past. One of those times, was the occasion of the Magna Charta. The right to revolt from tyranny is the right of all men, everywhere. That right is being echoed in Africa today, if not in other places. Go ahead, read that declaration, and while you're at it, read some of the letters and other commentary surrounding that declaration.
"Revolution is possible, but you damn well be ready to spill your and your fellow citizen's blood to accomplish your goals."
Hmmm. How to explain that I carried a weapon in several countries, in the service of my nation, without sounding like I would WANT to kill my fellow citizens? Let's just say, it is possible, but certainly not something I WANT to do.
The more people who protest, the less likey that revolution ever becomes necessary, or possible. The more sheep and cattle who never look outside their fences, the more likely revolution eventually becomes necessary and possible.
Yeah. I was certified as an EMT in 1980. Bangor regional hospital. The instructors ensured that we would see the worst of tourist season, by scheduling us for the weekends. Yep, boring most of the time, and controlled chaos the rest of the time. And, up close and personal with everything that came through the door. Very bad television. Very much like a soldier's life, or a sailor's. Very very bad television. None of them are anything like Hollywood makes them out to be.
Ehh. Intrepid 64 bit is using 0.9.4 and I just checked the repositories. I guess I'll have to build it myself after work. No big deal, I'm just slow and awkward with source code.;)
Is there any part of politics that makes good television? At their very best, politicians are a bunch of gasbags squabbling. Oh, wait. Am I talking to the generation that thinks reality TV is for real? Building a bridge would make for bad television, and a real emergency room would be even worse. There IS NO reality on television.
Ahem. I can't speak for France specifically, but if you read headlines from around the world, it looks like the RIAA and freinds pick and choose their court venues, then buy off the judges. Don't expect the courts to rectify this situation.
The one right that a US citizen has that is often neglected, is the right to revolt. We've even had a few minor revolutions - the IRS was curbed when they got to carried away with taking people's homes and property. (Not that it really stuck) California had a taxpayer revolt some years back. Maybe it's time for a few more revolutions? It's certainly time for one in Frnace.
Totally bogus answer. No one is being threatened with jail for using Vista. And, one more time, there IS NO BIAS against microsoft. It seems to be expected that the upgrade path, when implemented, will be to Win7 anyway, so where is the anti-microsoft bias? Finally - the requirements for Vista have been discussed. Care to make an estimate about how many machines owned by the state will simply not be capable of running Vista? Based on my own business in and around Texas, I would have to guess that less than 25% is capable. Hell, the employment office is still using machines running at 700 and 800 khz, and 128 MB of memory. Their SERVER was taken down a couple years ago, and replaced with a serious machine, but the guys in the cubicles are running dinosaurs!
Yeah, that makes sense, kinda. However - the state would have to spend money on those new computers, right? And, it appears that the goal of the lawmakers is to save money. So, this may be considered a moratoriam on computer purchases, as well as upgrades? Maybe, maybe not. But, it would make the MOST sense to purchase No-OS or Linux machines, and move away from Microsoft. The state can certainly hire enough IT people to make the machines work. Why pay Microsoft for IT support, when they can put Texans to work creating a better system?
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I dunno if I'm an underachiever or not. I don't count the ounces, cups, or pots. There is just ALWAYS coffee. When the pot gets low (1/4 inch of liquid, and some solids swirl in the bottom) I make more. I dunno if I'm addicted or not. I just live on the stuff. 8 years in the navy, 5 of those years sea duty, then 14 years of truck driving, plus all my construction, I've always had a cup of coffee at hand. Computer time means I'm 6 feet from the coffee pot, and the cup is bottomless, of course!
Intoxication? Possibly. I looked at the symptoms in your link. I've experienced those - but only after days on my feet. Just attributed those symptoms to exhaustion.
The important question would be, is there life before coffee? More importantly yet, is there coffee after life?
If Saint Peter doesn't have regular shipments of the good Colombian, I'll think about setting up shop somewhere else. No, that funky Arabica stuff just won't do, thank you, and don't even THINK ABOUT decaf!!
You have researched salvage law extensively, but you still don't understand that Google is salvaging abandoned works? Or, you wish to see the law changed so that abandoned property may not BE salvaged?
Trolling? Yeah, right. Perhaps I should ask which corporate concern or point of view you represent. Common sense, if nothing else, will tell you that a book written 50 years ago, whose last printing was 35 years ago, the author of which cannot be found, and no one has stepped forward to advance a claim, must be assigned to the public domain. No one owns it. On one is going to lose a dime because Google, or anyone else, makes a digital copy of it. No one is going to lose a single cent if ten million people read it for the first time in decades.
And, may I point out that to all appearances, Google doesn't expect to make money off of this. They are, instead, pooling knowlege that might otherwise be lost to mankind. Of course, much of that knowlege has little if any value - but there are sure to be some gems in there somewhere.
Fuck off? That's one way of admitting that you can't make your point and/or win an argument, LMAOA Troll yourself!!!
I know Slashdotters seem to have a hard time with this concept, but the law (in general) is built to protect public interest, not to enable thieving patent/copyright trolls.
Fixed that for you.
Now, I realize that like myself, you are probably a very busy man. You won't waste time researching something that doesn't interest you. All the same, I invite you to research salvage law.
Suppose that I told you that under some circumstances, I might advance a salvage claim against a ship that were STILL AFLOAT, and STILL HAD CREW ABOARD. Suppose that I took possession of that ship, and everything aboard it, minus the personal possessions of that crew? You would call me a thief?
Please, accept my invitation to research, before you pass judgement on that scenario. ;)
The best I can say, is that there is are bodies of law, international and on the state levels, that govern what is abandoned, and what is not. There are a myriad of laws defining who may and who may not salvage abandoned property, and under what circumstances. The books being put into the databases by Google are indeed abandoned. Just maybe on a case-by-case basis, some of them would properly be judged to be properly owned by someone. But, the CONCEPT of recovering abandoned works is valid. Personally, I have read many books which I would have LIKED to told my sons to read. Many of those books are unavailable today, period. Oh, just maybe I could do a search on Ebay for an old copy or something. And, maybe not, either.
What is your opinion on abandonware games? A lot of people share old ROMS of games online - games just like these books, in that no one knows who owns them, or if they DO know who owns them, the owners don't support them, and have no intentions of producing them.
At some point, all copyrighted material needs to become available to the public.
Well, Joe, it's kinda late now. Let's suppose that I have a boat. Speed boat, pleasure boat, party barge, sailboat, it doesn't matter. I have a boat. I somehow manage to sink the boat. It lies submerged for months, even years. The thing is ABANDONED. Some dude comes out, spends a day or a week floating my wreck off the bottom, and brings it ashore. Do you think I retain any legal right to that boat? Or, how about your car? You fail to maintain it, and it slowly rusts away, with the rain washing your rust streak onto my property. One day, I come out and shovel up all the iron (mostly iron oxide) to haul away to a scrap yard. You think you're going to get any of the salvage money?
Joe Author needs a reality check. Abandoned property is no longer "his".
Actually - my operating system offers an anti-virus package with the installation media that is pretty damned reliable, gratis as well as libre. Starting with a decent security model, and reliably enforced security policies, and ending with an anti-virus software, which I never even use. When Microsoft can offer all of that, I may consider paying a couple hundred dollars for their operating system. Oh - wait - uhhh - why would I want to pay MS for what I already have at no cost? Ooops, I think I had a blonde moment! :-(
Obviously, you accept the story, as written, as established fact. Some other people may see the possibility that the facts have been manipulated, so as to present this guy in a good light.
The facts seem to be: 1.there was a messy divorce. 2.the wife accused him of stalking 3.the wife failed to present meaningful evidence 4.the guy says he was out of state anyway during this stalking business
It is POSSIBLE that the wife had her facts straight, and that he WAS stalking her, and that his "out of state" defense was fabricated. And, it is POSSIBLE that his current involvement with blogging and exposing the police department is nothing more than a matter of seeking revenge.
Mind you, I'm not saying that any of those possibilities are fact, I'm just pointing out that a reasonable person would keep those possibilities in mind.
Hey, Reiser (of reiser file system fame) had some damned good excuses and explanations for his conduct too, remember?
where Obama was born. His mother was a citizen of the United States. Nothing is more natural than for an American woman to give birth to an American baby. There is no doubt that Obama's mother was a citizen. The residency requirements cited by the (mostly) republicans are bullshit, plain and simple. The law was poorly written, and wrong to boot.
I still don't know how much, or how little, I like Obama. But, if I end up detesting the man as much as I detest both Clinton and Bush, IT WILL NOT BE because he is (black, foreign, noncitizen, related to moslems, just plain funny looking - take your pick out of these, or fill in your own version of bigotry).
Everyone accepted McCain's citizenship, despite being born outside the country. To me, there is little if any difference between McCain's birth, and Obama's.
This written by a veteran, who WANTED to believe in McCain, but ultimately voted for Obama. If the republican party manages to find, and get behind, a genuine conservative, I might vote republican next time. But, NO MORE NEOCONS!! Every neocon in the country could drop dead today, and I wouldn't miss a one of them.
I don't think it's loaded with much of anything. They just put some crowbars aboard, for the construction workers to use.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1582
Nothing high tech, like a nuclear warhead, or a communications satellite. ;-)
Yeah - I sort of followed that story. I didn't WANT to believe that someone smart enough to create a new file system was dumb enough to commit a sloppy murder. His explanation of events was just to damned fishy to believe. I guess geniuses tend to think everyone around them is stupid?
Gahndi won. India is free today. Some people have greater goals than their own self-preservation. That is the concept behind medals, and other forms of recognition. In fact, that is the concept behind serving one's country - in the military, or otherwise.
This guy's first contact with the police department stems from a messy divorce, and charges of harassment and stalking. While this story is interesting, I'm afraid to just take his word for anything. This will take some digging, to determine who the bad guys really are. Yeah, on the face of it, the Phoenix police overstepped their authority. Whether that be true or not, they look to be pretty heavyhanded. BUT, what do we NOT know concerning the case? I reserve judgement, personally. If the "hero" of the story is 100% credible, then I sure hope he has good lawyers. One doesn't go up against a police force with a half-assed plan.
You have two traffic lights? They took our single blinking caution light down about ten years ago, because it was a waste of electricity. ;) And, like you say, wireless broadband was available in town several years ago, but the tower just didn't reach me, 5 miles out of town. FINALLY, the telco offered DSL, and that's what I'll have til something better comes along. IF I CAN AFFORD IT!! 39.95/month for 300MB, which is really only about 200MB on good days just sucks.
You will note, that I did NOT say it is law. I said, it is a RIGHT. That right was stated in our own declaration of indepence from England. Stated quite clearly, if you just read it. That right was stated just as clearly in times past. One of those times, was the occasion of the Magna Charta. The right to revolt from tyranny is the right of all men, everywhere. That right is being echoed in Africa today, if not in other places. Go ahead, read that declaration, and while you're at it, read some of the letters and other commentary surrounding that declaration.
"Revolution is possible, but you damn well be ready to spill your and your fellow citizen's blood to accomplish your goals."
Hmmm. How to explain that I carried a weapon in several countries, in the service of my nation, without sounding like I would WANT to kill my fellow citizens? Let's just say, it is possible, but certainly not something I WANT to do.
The more people who protest, the less likey that revolution ever becomes necessary, or possible. The more sheep and cattle who never look outside their fences, the more likely revolution eventually becomes necessary and possible.
Yeah. I was certified as an EMT in 1980. Bangor regional hospital. The instructors ensured that we would see the worst of tourist season, by scheduling us for the weekends. Yep, boring most of the time, and controlled chaos the rest of the time. And, up close and personal with everything that came through the door. Very bad television. Very much like a soldier's life, or a sailor's. Very very bad television. None of them are anything like Hollywood makes them out to be.
Ehh. Intrepid 64 bit is using 0.9.4 and I just checked the repositories. I guess I'll have to build it myself after work. No big deal, I'm just slow and awkward with source code. ;)
Is there any part of politics that makes good television? At their very best, politicians are a bunch of gasbags squabbling. Oh, wait. Am I talking to the generation that thinks reality TV is for real? Building a bridge would make for bad television, and a real emergency room would be even worse. There IS NO reality on television.
Ahem. I can't speak for France specifically, but if you read headlines from around the world, it looks like the RIAA and freinds pick and choose their court venues, then buy off the judges. Don't expect the courts to rectify this situation.
The one right that a US citizen has that is often neglected, is the right to revolt. We've even had a few minor revolutions - the IRS was curbed when they got to carried away with taking people's homes and property. (Not that it really stuck) California had a taxpayer revolt some years back. Maybe it's time for a few more revolutions? It's certainly time for one in Frnace.
Outdoors? I thought that a young man's thoughts turned to love in the spring time. Oh, wait - the girl has to be brought back TO the basement, right?
Results won't need to be faked. Just like human researchers, it will be programmed to find certain results ahead of time. No faking involved.
Yeah, I'm busted. I meant mhz, rather than khz. But, hey, it's only an order of magnitude, lol
Totally bogus answer. No one is being threatened with jail for using Vista. And, one more time, there IS NO BIAS against microsoft. It seems to be expected that the upgrade path, when implemented, will be to Win7 anyway, so where is the anti-microsoft bias? Finally - the requirements for Vista have been discussed. Care to make an estimate about how many machines owned by the state will simply not be capable of running Vista? Based on my own business in and around Texas, I would have to guess that less than 25% is capable. Hell, the employment office is still using machines running at 700 and 800 khz, and 128 MB of memory. Their SERVER was taken down a couple years ago, and replaced with a serious machine, but the guys in the cubicles are running dinosaurs!
Yeah, that makes sense, kinda. However - the state would have to spend money on those new computers, right? And, it appears that the goal of the lawmakers is to save money. So, this may be considered a moratoriam on computer purchases, as well as upgrades? Maybe, maybe not. But, it would make the MOST sense to purchase No-OS or Linux machines, and move away from Microsoft. The state can certainly hire enough IT people to make the machines work. Why pay Microsoft for IT support, when they can put Texans to work creating a better system?
Nope. It's obvious Phroggy doesn't know the difference between a ship and a boat. Do you? WHOOSH! yourself.