Try this... The terrorists are evil, so the American's must be good - God's people. Where is the heartland of these God's people? NYC?
B.T.W. this is not my perspective.
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Yes terrorism is a signifigant threat to EVERYONE.
However, before you go declaring open season on terrorists, keep in mind that despite the fact your media leaves out the details, you own country is constantly involved in acts of terrorism.
How many civilians have the US killed in their wars on terrorism, drugs, copyright pirates? US civilians are rarely the victims of terrorism, but US forces and weapons have struck terror into the lives of millions.
This event still comes nowhere near the destruction of Hyroshima.
I said this a lot and I will keep saying it until I'm blue in the face;. "There has been enough violence. NO MORE!"
It was not a fight your friend deliberately got herself into, or would probably have approved of had she know the whole story, but now she has joined the millions already dead who also wanted nothing to do with the fight.
Now, can we demand we not be used as pawns by stupid people playing power games?
Incase you came down in the last shower, and it's not a case of you not switching you brain switch to the "on" position, let me make it clear that the stock market is as related to the real world as the Kentucky Derby is to a pony ride at the state fair. Yes, money gets exchanged, yes economies depend on it, but the values of each stock depend on the whims of a crowd of inbread, self important, nothings. Rich, but with nothing of substance to show.
Until now, I had never been left rolling around on the floor laughing as a result of something I have read on the internet. Thanx Dezwart, I needed the experience.
Seriously though, the Australian govt cannot act quickly enough (imagine fat bastards in suits falling over themselves) to get the warm regards of corporates or American politicians.
If the govt hadn't prevented me from leaving the country, years ago, (can we say false CONVICTION), I'd be elsewhere, I can assure you.
Sorry - I just can't deal with any more "you're all paranoid" posters.
Look, you may create a level playing field for most, however, anyone who's ever been on a playing field (level or not) knows that it isn't always as flat or level as it seems from the boundaries. Shit I've been on both sides of the balance and actually enjoy the fact that simple human corruption will prevent any plan to treat us all as automatons.
Welcome the new system, sucker, and then cry out in pleasure when the first guy to break it comes and rams yer butt.
There was, in fact, quite a large bit on memory in tonite's slashback. However, it was actually too large and has created a Memory overflow in your browser. So be carefull. Although you cannot see it on your screen, there is quite a large peice on memory running about inside your computer and amusing itself.
Hooray - First prize to Doom! Imagine my embarresment when I noticed that, then there was all the praise and my head was like "You know they're going to catch on sometime and it'll all come crashing down on you."
At least I can now say I managed to pull a Homer (for a while).
Full-length CDs: unit sales dropped 5.3% at mid-year 2001, $5.5 billion dollar value, a 2.7% decrease in dollar value.
DVD Video: 115.9% rise to 3,000,000 units. $70.1 million market in the first half of the year, an increase of 99.2 percent from $35.2 million at mid-year 2000.
Cassettes: down by 42.9% ($176,000,000). Dollar value down 41.9%.
LPs: Units up by 7.4%, a $12,900,000 value. Value is up 3.3%. LP, Cassette and CD singles: down 38.3%, $70,000,000 value. Dollar value down 24.9%
Full-length albums: down 8.4%, $5,700,000,000 value. This is a 4.7 percent decrease from mid-year 2000.
So prices have definately risen for most items, DVDs are definately eating into market share for everything else.
Now, is there anything else that may effect these figures?
Is there a recession or anything like that stopping people from spending their (very) finite dollars on music.
Have any other products been released onto the market in the past twelve months that could divert spending away fom music? *cough*Playstation2*cough*.
Have the record companies done anything that could cause the buying public to re-evaluate who they hand their hard earned to?
And finally, weren't mp3 downloads in decline for the larger part of this period?
I have this rock.
It is a tiger repellant.
"How can you say that?" you ask.
I'm holding the rock and standing here right next to you, now, can you see any tigers?
"Oh my God! It IS a tiger repellant!" you exclaim.
When thinking about all these new "issues" that are arrising out of our new technologies, I usually try to find parallel proceedures in existing situations to use as a guide for working out the new problems.
In this regard, I would look to a not-at-fault car accident, there are a lot of similarities.
Imagine this: a car stops. The car behind it hits it and sends it carreering into the car in front. Now, if I'm in the middle car (the first one mentioned) the guy in the very front car, who was hit through no fault of his own, sues me. I, in turn, sue the car who hit me (who was at fault) and pass on the litigation from the front guy to the one who hit me (I was not at fault for either collision and the rear vehicle was for both.).
Now lets bring this back home, Microsoft sell a product which has faults. Qwest buys said product from Microsoft and use that as a basis for their own product. I buy the Qwest product and use it to create my own product (say, a website). One day, Microsoft's product stops working. Qwest's product as a direct result, stops working. My product then stops working because of Quest's problems.
My product cannot make me any money. I am running at a loss.
I think it would be fair for me to turn around to my supplier and ask for compensation for lost earnings (at the hands of Quest's product), or at least refuse to pay for the portion of the service that was not delivered. Quest then have that option of passing on their costs to their supplier (should they be liable).
On the other hand, I could just be being too simplistic.
Last year, I wrote to the Australasian Performing Rights Association and explained that I, as an internet user, from time to time download the odd sound file. I also don't spend too much time investigating the copyright conditions of everything I encounter.
With all this in mind it occurred to me that my activities could be depriving artists of their rightly earned royalties. I asked for a new licencing category specifically for the end user. I explained that for a small annual fee, I would feel much better knowing that I could use any content I found on the internet without breaching anyone else's rights, and that I wanted that responsiblity to end with me.
All I recieved as a response was information that APRA was creating a new licence they were going to foist onto website owners (presumably they could only force this onto Australian sites).
Since fair use laws have been watered down to the effect that they virtually down't exist anymore, I felt it was important to mention to the powers that be that I still want access to copyrighted works available in the public domain without having to bend over for it.
What kind of irresponsible person would link to goatse.cx? Actually, since I was modded down for alluding to the goatse.cx site, I've taken the attitude of "If you can't take responsibility for what you instruct your computer to do then you'll need to be shown just how horrible some things can be out there. Mayby then, people will think about the consequences before they click on something they havn't bothered to investigate. Do the words "I LUV YOU" or "I send you this document for your comment" ring a bell?
I think the numbering system might be a less important bug that should be fixed as soon as the lads have worked out the other complexities of the new system. Hopefully your message should eventually be displayed with a #1. More importantly, though, we need to hurt someone for these stupid domain hints next to any links. Have we not heard of mouseover showing a link's destination?
You bloody moron. Nothing is worse than some idiot who cannot follow a discussion, but isists that everyone shut up and listen to his/her ill informed opinion.
or does the thought of NASA trying to drop giant balls onto the Martian suface hillarious to everyone?
The scientists think such a probe could use its own natural bounce to cushion a landing on Mars or other bodies in the solar system with favorable atmosphere and gravity conditions
Just try and prevent any "mis-calculations" that may result in one of those Super-bouncy balls, guys.
The trick with this kind of thing is to teach it to code while it's learning human language, that way it can add the odd module onto itself, or at least assist in development of new ones.
Having only been to local protests, I can assure you that the "violent" protests refered to by all and sundry were actually peacefull protests (i.e. the crowd was so scared of the police that they verbally abused anyone who looked like splitting that peace), physically attacked by police and attended by professional trouble-makers.
In Melbourne, last September, we did not take to the streets smashing things, but as far as the media and now Joe sixpack are concerned, that is exactly what happened. The newspapers spent months trying to incite any violent kooks into coming into the protests for the promised violence. Funily enough, that's just what they've started doing now in the lead up to our CHOGM lead up meeting.
These protesters have very real concerns and are being ignored by the media, and subsequently the public at large. To ignore their message and to focus on the bullshit "HYPE" is to stand against these people. I hope you know what you're doing, because, once they've all been beaten, you may find their concerns do effect you and there will be no one left to say anything.
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About your *.sig...
What the hell have I been watching on TV for 2 days?
unless you take it from a different perspective.
Try this...
The terrorists are evil, so the American's must be good - God's people. Where is the heartland of these God's people? NYC?
B.T.W. this is not my perspective.
Yes terrorism is a signifigant threat to EVERYONE.
However, before you go declaring open season on terrorists, keep in mind that despite the fact your media leaves out the details, you own country is constantly involved in acts of terrorism.
How many civilians have the US killed in their wars on terrorism, drugs, copyright pirates? US civilians are rarely the victims of terrorism, but US forces and weapons have struck terror into the lives of millions.
This event still comes nowhere near the destruction of Hyroshima.
I said this a lot and I will keep saying it until I'm blue in the face;. "There has been enough violence. NO MORE!"
It was not a fight your friend deliberately got herself into, or would probably have approved of had she know the whole story, but now she has joined the millions already dead who also wanted nothing to do with the fight.
Now, can we demand we not be used as pawns by stupid people playing power games?
Excuse me, hello....
Incase you came down in the last shower, and it's not a case of you not switching you brain switch to the "on" position, let me make it clear that the stock market is as related to the real world as the Kentucky Derby is to a pony ride at the state fair. Yes, money gets exchanged, yes economies depend on it, but the values of each stock depend on the whims of a crowd of inbread, self important, nothings. Rich, but with nothing of substance to show.
"...justification to Microsoft's claims that it would have destroyed the company."
So, if the only way I can opperate is illegally, then that's ok in the US, is it? Can I have a green card, now? Please.
Until now, I had never been left rolling around on the floor laughing as a result of something I have read on the internet. Thanx Dezwart, I needed the experience.
Seriously though, the Australian govt cannot act quickly enough (imagine fat bastards in suits falling over themselves) to get the warm regards of corporates or American politicians.
If the govt hadn't prevented me from leaving the country, years ago, (can we say false CONVICTION), I'd be elsewhere, I can assure you.
Form Email Letter to John McCain Here.
Oh come on, what's with the lameness filter, this was such a cutting message a short while ago. (Pre lameness filtering)
Sorry - I just can't deal with any more "you're all paranoid" posters.
Look, you may create a level playing field for most, however, anyone who's ever been on a playing field (level or not) knows that it isn't always as flat or level as it seems from the boundaries. Shit I've been on both sides of the balance and actually enjoy the fact that simple human corruption will prevent any plan to treat us all as automatons.
Welcome the new system, sucker, and then cry out in pleasure when the first guy to break it comes and rams yer butt.
There was, in fact, quite a large bit on memory in tonite's slashback. However, it was actually too large and has created a Memory overflow in your browser. So be carefull. Although you cannot see it on your screen, there is quite a large peice on memory running about inside your computer and amusing itself.
Hooray - First prize to Doom!
Imagine my embarresment when I noticed that, then there was all the praise and my head was like "You know they're going to catch on sometime and it'll all come crashing down on you."
At least I can now say I managed to pull a Homer (for a while).
From the article...
Full-length CDs: unit sales dropped 5.3% at mid-year 2001, $5.5 billion dollar value, a 2.7% decrease in dollar value.
DVD Video: 115.9% rise to 3,000,000 units. $70.1 million market in the first half of the year, an increase of 99.2 percent from $35.2 million at mid-year 2000.
Cassettes: down by 42.9% ($176,000,000). Dollar value down 41.9%.
LPs: Units up by 7.4%, a $12,900,000 value. Value is up 3.3%.
LP, Cassette and CD singles: down 38.3%, $70,000,000 value. Dollar value down 24.9%
Full-length albums: down 8.4%, $5,700,000,000 value. This is a 4.7 percent decrease from mid-year 2000.
So prices have definately risen for most items, DVDs are definately eating into market share for everything else.
Now, is there anything else that may effect these figures?
Is there a recession or anything like that stopping people from spending their (very) finite dollars on music.
Have any other products been released onto the market in the past twelve months that could divert spending away fom music? *cough*Playstation2*cough*.
Have the record companies done anything that could cause the buying public to re-evaluate who they hand their hard earned to?
And finally, weren't mp3 downloads in decline for the larger part of this period?
I have this rock.
It is a tiger repellant.
"How can you say that?" you ask.
I'm holding the rock and standing here right next to you, now, can you see any tigers?
"Oh my God! It IS a tiger repellant!" you exclaim.
Will that be cash or Charge?
- with thanks to Lisa Simpson.
<EMOTIONAL>
<A LITTLE DRUNK>
<PRETTY STONED>
<DANGEROUSLYCRANKY>
<SARCASM>
<SNEER>
This isajoke,isn'tit?
</SNEER>
</SARCASM>
</DANGEROUSLYCRANKY>
<SUDDENLYCURIOUS>
Whydon'tLiam & Noel Gallagherlookaftertheirown emotionsbeforeworryingabout anyoneelse?
</SUDDENLYCURIOUS>
</PRETTYSTONED>
</A LITTLEDRUNK>
</EMOTIONAL>
<TIRED>
When thinking about all these new "issues" that are arrising out of our new technologies, I usually try to find parallel proceedures in existing situations to use as a guide for working out the new problems.
In this regard, I would look to a not-at-fault car accident, there are a lot of similarities.
Imagine this: a car stops. The car behind it hits it and sends it carreering into the car in front.
Now, if I'm in the middle car (the first one mentioned) the guy in the very front car, who was hit through no fault of his own, sues me. I, in turn, sue the car who hit me (who was at fault) and pass on the litigation from the front guy to the one who hit me (I was not at fault for either collision and the rear vehicle was for both.).
Now lets bring this back home, Microsoft sell a product which has faults. Qwest buys said product from Microsoft and use that as a basis for their own product. I buy the Qwest product and use it to create my own product (say, a website). One day, Microsoft's product stops working. Qwest's product as a direct result, stops working. My product then stops working because of Quest's problems.
My product cannot make me any money. I am running at a loss.
I think it would be fair for me to turn around to my supplier and ask for compensation for lost earnings (at the hands of Quest's product), or at least refuse to pay for the portion of the service that was not delivered. Quest then have that option of passing on their costs to their supplier (should they be liable).
On the other hand, I could just be being too simplistic.
Last year, I wrote to the Australasian Performing Rights Association and explained that I, as an internet user, from time to time download the odd sound file. I also don't spend too much time investigating the copyright conditions of everything I encounter.
With all this in mind it occurred to me that my activities could be depriving artists of their rightly earned royalties. I asked for a new licencing category specifically for the end user. I explained that for a small annual fee, I would feel much better knowing that I could use any content I found on the internet without breaching anyone else's rights, and that I wanted that responsiblity to end with me.
All I recieved as a response was information that APRA was creating a new licence they were going to foist onto website owners (presumably they could only force this onto Australian sites).
Since fair use laws have been watered down to the effect that they virtually down't exist anymore, I felt it was important to mention to the powers that be that I still want access to copyrighted works available in the public domain without having to bend over for it.
No, that's what I read too.
Dislexicks Untie!!
Douglas Adams is not even cold in his grave and already people are stealing his IP. Who is this astronomer, it sounds like time for a lynching.
Where is the DCMA when you need it?
What kind of irresponsible person would link to goatse.cx? Actually, since I was modded down for alluding to the goatse.cx site, I've taken the attitude of "If you can't take responsibility for what you instruct your computer to do then you'll need to be shown just how horrible some things can be out there. Mayby then, people will think about the consequences before they click on something they havn't bothered to investigate. Do the words "I LUV YOU" or "I send you this document for your comment" ring a bell?
I think the numbering system might be a less important bug that should be fixed as soon as the lads have worked out the other complexities of the new system. Hopefully your message should eventually be displayed with a #1. More importantly, though, we need to hurt someone for these stupid domain hints next to any links. Have we not heard of mouseover showing a link's destination?
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
You bloody moron. Nothing is worse than some idiot who cannot follow a discussion, but isists that everyone shut up and listen to his/her ill informed opinion.
Are you familiar with the term Meta-Moderate?
or does the thought of NASA trying to drop giant balls onto the Martian suface hillarious to everyone?
The scientists think such a probe could use its own natural bounce to cushion a landing on Mars or other bodies in the solar system with favorable atmosphere and gravity conditions
Just try and prevent any "mis-calculations" that may result in one of those Super-bouncy balls, guys.
The trick with this kind of thing is to teach it to code while it's learning human language, that way it can add the odd module onto itself, or at least assist in development of new ones.
Having only been to local protests, I can assure you that the "violent" protests refered to by all and sundry were actually peacefull protests (i.e. the crowd was so scared of the police that they verbally abused anyone who looked like splitting that peace), physically attacked by police and attended by professional trouble-makers.
In Melbourne, last September, we did not take to the streets smashing things, but as far as the media and now Joe sixpack are concerned, that is exactly what happened. The newspapers spent months trying to incite any violent kooks into coming into the protests for the promised violence. Funily enough, that's just what they've started doing now in the lead up to our CHOGM lead up meeting.
These protesters have very real concerns and are being ignored by the media, and subsequently the public at large. To ignore their message and to focus on the bullshit "HYPE" is to stand against these people. I hope you know what you're doing, because, once they've all been beaten, you may find their concerns do effect you and there will be no one left to say anything.
Now, come look @ some pretty photos.
Could we one day see laws that not only say HOW we can use our purchased goods, but also say WHO can purchase in the first place?
I can't buy strong encryption from your country.
DO NOT BELIEVE THE HYPE - Read up for yourself. (4 different links)
For those with weak stomachs, you'll notice I made no mention of goatse.cx. I hope this will be enough to prevent me being modded down again.