However, the American justice system does allow a sufficiently large number of people to do this straight back. And I'm not talking about class action suits, from which only lawyers benefit, anyway.
It's called small claims court. Pay the filing fee (typically less than $100), bring a sufficiently plausible gripe that your case won't get dismissed, represent yourself. If you win, you can even get the filing fee reimbursed, and even if not, rest assured that the company has spent more on paying their lawyer to show up than you were asking for in damages.
Think of it as the legal equivalent of DDoS.
I have a feeling this will get Slashdot on the "To Sue" list. We shouldn't be looking for (or encouraging) ways to apply the *worst* parts of the net to real life!
Do you think spam plays a useful role in today's Internet?
To some extent, we probably welcome advertising. The problem with the incredible volume of unsolicited e-mail that we get today though is that, unlike junk mail that you receive in your snail mailbox, it's not immediately apparent that something is junk mail. With e-mail, you have to at least read the subject or who it's from to determine that it's junk and you don't want it. And the fact that it's so easy and, for practical purposes, costs nothing to send is resulting in considerably greater volume. Is it useful? There have been times when I've gotten an unsolicited e-mail ad that was of interest to me.
Undoubtably he needs penile enlargement, burn DVDs, and to refinance his home mortgage with random internet companies.
The question here is, did Loki without the taxes/FICA, etc. out of the paychecks? If they withheld, didn't deposit it, and then sent out a 1099, then the company should immediately be investigated for tax evasion and any other criminal charges that are relavent. This is fraud, and the victims are the employees. If the taxes were NOT withheld, then this is a non-issue. Yes, it sucks having a large tax amount due all at one, but thats life.
Unfortunately for the Loki employees, it sounds like the company "paid" them by "advancing" them loans on salary due. So your latter scenario is probably correct. I doubt they advanced the "full" amount of salary due, so the employees did get *screwed*. But of course, we knew that already.
``It is embarrassing,'' Glazebrook said. ``But this is science. We're not like politicians. If we make mistakes, we admit them. That's how science works.''
Funny how the article doesn't mention why this *is* science or what is proven by this? Seems like a grad student *who has run out of ideas.*
And everyone knows the color of the universe is 42.
Surprisingly, the article doesn't touch upon the implication on the www.musiccity.com (Morpheus) website that the Kazaa folks had something to do with the DOS attack.
I guess Kazaa is too busy with other lawsuits to worry about a slander case.
(BTW, the previously posted spyware remedies for Grokster work with Kazaa as well).
That was less scammy than this one though. Winfire was built on the solid premise that people would stay crazy and pour money into crazy ventures for at least another two years.
After hours trading opened at 6.24 (drop of about 14%), but it seems to have recovered to 7.10. This is after rising 20% yesterday because of a "design" breakthrough (the RIMM 4200)
I wonder if these legal types are ever going to actually blame this on the actual people who are sharing..."
No, because even those dunderheads realize that they will never be able to curtail the demand side for...FREE STUFF. Way better than drugs (no hangover!) is the addictive allure of FREE STUFF.
People will do just about anything to avoid paying for stuff. Just check out those breakroom donuts around noon...
Seems like an awful lot of work when simulators are getting better and better. Seems you could spend that money to develop a better electronic version.
BTW, a google search turns up a number of links to simulators which use treadmills (as has been mentioned earlier as an idea).
In fact, the tables have turned. Less burdened by the OpenGL committee-based design approach, DirectX is providing a number of examples for what OpenGL might someday offer. The prime innovation is the promise of programmability included in an API, which, though quite a ways from being widely put to work by developers, is attractive to ISVs and IHVs alike. It means that graphics development can be taken as far as any creative developer wants to take it, and all the effects, looks and features will be accessible by mainstream hardware and software. It also offers that long-sought and oft-promised goal of "off-loading the host CPU." The members of the OpenGL ARB, for the most part, companies also developing products for DirectX , clearly recognize the desirability of furthering OpenGL - the ability to deliver their products across hardware platforms. GOD, I THINK THAT'S WORSE. Try this
The problem with the American health care system is simple:
The American Legal System
The legal system has made it so that doctors can never afford to be wrong and even if they are right, they better have excessive evidence that they are right. I'm a little surprise I didn't see any mention of lawyers in Katz's review, but in real life, more doctors and HMOs are held hostage by lawyers than by guns.
> Man, what a movie the Battle of the Bulge
> would make
Curiously, there is a decent film out there called "Battle of the Bulge." While the Americans are shown to be more hamstrung by crappier tanks than inexperience, it does show them winning because the Germans ran out of gas...
You're forgetting that money spent in NASA is not "burned" up. It is spent on developers, scientists, contruction and materials, which goes back into the US economy.
I'm not an economist, but common sense would tell me that the money vector of $1 to the UN is a lot smaller than the $1 to NASA.
There are plenty of less tangible NASA benefits which include: inspiring children to go into the sciences, providing open access to information and discoveries that would be hoarded by private industry, and most importantly, discovering new tidbits of information that could potentially find its way into a Star Trek spinoff plot line.
Actually, RHAT could probably take over SGI if it really wanted to. As of Friday, RHAT was worth $18.2 Billion on paper and insiders (aka executives, founders, VCs) still own 91% of the company. That means they have at least 16 billion to play with.
SGI, on paper is worth $1.6 billion. And 70% of that is "in play" (the insiders have 30%). So if RHAT really wanted to buy SGI, I bet SGI would listen.
Slashdot Mirror
I have a feeling this will get Slashdot on the "To Sue" list. We shouldn't be looking for (or encouraging) ways to apply the *worst* parts of the net to real life!
Undoubtably he needs penile enlargement, burn DVDs, and to refinance his home mortgage with random internet companies.
Unfortunately for the Loki employees, it sounds like the company "paid" them by "advancing" them loans on salary due. So your latter scenario is probably correct. I doubt they advanced the "full" amount of salary due, so the employees did get *screwed*. But of course, we knew that already.
Funny how the article doesn't mention why this *is* science or what is proven by this? Seems like a grad student *who has run out of ideas.*
And everyone knows the color of the universe is 42.
ahfoo, you might be the only one.
Right now, my Kaz searches turn up mostly other Kaz users, some Grokster, some "fileshare," but no Musiccity anymore.
If you didn't "upgrade" from 1.33 to 1.5, you might still be able to connect.
Surprisingly, the article doesn't touch upon the implication on the www.musiccity.com (Morpheus) website that the Kazaa folks had something to do with the DOS attack.
I guess Kazaa is too busy with other lawsuits to worry about a slander case.
(BTW, the previously posted spyware remedies for Grokster work with Kazaa as well).
Hard to believe it's been a year (almost to the day).
Winfire article
That was less scammy than this one though. Winfire was built on the solid premise that people would stay crazy and pour money into crazy ventures for at least another two years.
This is the version *I* remember playing on PC XT's during the 80's during computer lab while learning BASIC and PASCAL.
Spacewar for DOS
*sigh* it's insanely fast on my Athlon though.
Hmm...
After hours trading opened at 6.24 (drop of about 14%), but it seems to have recovered to 7.10. This is after rising 20% yesterday because of a "design" breakthrough (the RIMM 4200)
RMBS
I wonder if these legal types are ever going to actually blame this on the actual people who are sharing ..."
No, because even those dunderheads realize that they will never be able to curtail the demand side for...FREE STUFF. Way better than drugs (no hangover!) is the addictive allure of FREE STUFF.
People will do just about anything to avoid paying for stuff. Just check out those breakroom donuts around noon...
Seems like an awful lot of work when simulators are getting better and better. Seems you could spend that money to develop a better electronic version.
BTW, a google search turns up a number of links to simulators which use treadmills (as has been mentioned earlier as an idea).
Google link
Havent the video game makers created a program that creates animation based almost solely on physics yet? ;)
Well, no, hence the reason you still need Marshall Fault to wear all those little bulbs while he runs around in tights.
The article actually does a real good job comparing the two methods. Worth a read.
Left out of the main heading is that the article is spinning this as a "consumer victory" over RIAA.
Basically, consumers can get new de-protected CDs to replace their protected ones.
Yawn. They'll just try again.
(methinks the editor left in a few comments
The problem with the American health care system is simple:
The American Legal System
The legal system has made it so that doctors can never afford to be wrong and even if they are right, they better have excessive evidence that they are right. I'm a little surprise I didn't see any mention of lawyers in Katz's review, but in real life, more doctors and HMOs are held hostage by lawyers than by guns.
The Critic is on Comedy Central.
And Farscape is incomprehensible in the middle of a multi-episode story arc. But watch a few episodes in a row and you'll fall in love.
> Man, what a movie the Battle of the Bulge > would make Curiously, there is a decent film out there called "Battle of the Bulge." While the Americans are shown to be more hamstrung by crappier tanks than inexperience, it does show them winning because the Germans ran out of gas...
You're forgetting that money spent in NASA is not "burned" up. It is spent on developers, scientists, contruction and materials, which goes back into the US economy.
I'm not an economist, but common sense would tell me that the money vector of $1 to the UN is a lot smaller than the $1 to NASA.
There are plenty of less tangible NASA benefits which include: inspiring children to go into the sciences, providing open access to information and discoveries that would be hoarded by private industry, and most importantly, discovering new tidbits of information that could potentially find its way into a Star Trek spinoff plot line.
Actually, RHAT could probably take over SGI if it really wanted to. As of Friday, RHAT was worth $18.2 Billion on paper and insiders (aka executives, founders, VCs) still own 91% of the company. That means they have at least 16 billion to play with.
SGI, on paper is worth $1.6 billion. And 70% of that is "in play" (the insiders have 30%). So if RHAT really wanted to buy SGI, I bet SGI would listen.