As if our country isn't obese enough already. Now we'll eventually have people getting beer and Doritos without even getting their fat asses off the couch.
Who needs a tractor beam when you have a wife to do this?
...replace them with stickers of my own, so no worry about the crud.
On a related note, I affixed a bumper sticker to the back of my laptop once that read "Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver". Good "people repellant" when you're trying to enjoy yourself at the local coffee shop...
*Disclaimer* I own an iPhone but am in no way a fanboy, nor am I bashing raven's opinion. I am simply looking to play devils advocate
It seems to me that maybe Apple should look at how they are formulating these dumb policies and see if they can get it right the first time.
Dumb policies and products have been apart of apple's legacy. Several times apple has almost tanked completely. Remember the Lisa? What's saved the company from going under time and time again has been their ability to step back from the situation, admit fault or miscalculation, and try their best to fix it.
Sometimes common sense isn't so common and while you and I both agree, yeah that's a stupid policy, someone within the company may not have anticipated such an outcry. Fortunately they were able to look at the situation with clearer eyes and rectify it the best they could
Even though it's not illegal, it's still not a wise idea to curse at a police officer doing their job.
In a separate case a man was arrested, cited for disorderly conduct and briefly jailed after shouting a double expletive at a policeman who was writing him a parking ticket.
I guess it's my non confrontational manner, but if a cop was writing me a ticket for being illegally parked, I'd offer a quick apology, say it won't happen again, and just pay the fine. The minute you start questioning the cop's authority is when you land in hot water. IMO if you act like a fool over something you did wrong in the first place, maybe you deserved to be hauled off to jail.
Also, if you ever saw "Parking Wars" on A&E, these are the type of people I'm talking about. Unfortunately, the Philly Traffic Authority can't haul you off to jail.
Someone go find the RIAA/MPAA or whatever the equivalent in Germany is, use their wifi (would WEP or WPA-TSK count as "adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized third parties abusing it to commit copyright violation,'?) And start downloading everything you can think of. Lets see if they sue themselves.
No. FTFA:
The court also limited its decision, ruling that users could not be expected to constantly update their wireless connection's security — they are only required to protect their Internet access by setting up a password when they first install it.
But your comment is valid because i'm sure that decision will be further examined down the road too and it will become an arms race in regard to what the "minimum" level of security is.
But the user could prove that he was on vacation while the song was downloaded via his wireless connection. Still, the court ruled he was responsible to a degree for failing to protect his connection from abuse by third parties.
What if the "abuser" was downloading a copy of something he already owned, but potentially
scratched the disc up so much that it was rendered unreadable?
I don't know how it works in Germany but according to provision 117 of the DMCA:
(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.— Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:
(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or
(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.
Isn't this enough to cause reasonable doubt that the person who downloaded over the network may have not been committing copyright infringement at all?
Sorry, this doesn't make sense if you decompile the meme because we do not eat the toys in the first place. "We eat toys/In soviet russia toys eat you?"
I believe a better use would be "In Soviet Russia, Happy meal eats you"
...Leads past that point are likely to be interpreted as an attempt at misdirection...
Maybe. But did you ever stop and think that maybe the said hacker is actively giving the phisher another avenue of misdirection?
If the phisher becomes aware that he is actively being probed for information, what's stopping him from reversing the hack to get the hacker busted (perhaps anonymously) to create a diversion? Not saying it happenes everyday or that phishers are usually that smart, but it's definately plausible
My friends just attended the PAX in seattle...
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Swine Flu Outbreak At PAX
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and one of my friends messages said "Sick with swine flu". I thought he was joking. I told him to get some oinkment. Then I said at least he didn't get avian flu. Then he would have needed tweetment.
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I have a slackware box at home that I use as a sandbox for my dev work in php.
I normally use winscp to log into it remotely via sftp and change the default text editor to notepad++
That way, when I save in notepad++, winscp automatically reuploads the code i'm working on and I can render the webpage immediately
...and say "You're just holding it wrong!"
How long before these machines get stricken with malware that turns them into decep-ti-bots???
Don't you mean Decepticons?
Who needs a tractor beam when you have a wife to do this?
Wife? I think you forget where you are.
Well played my good friend, well played...
/.ers?
Does this mean I'm going to get down modded because it won't apply to 70% of
As if our country isn't obese enough already. Now we'll eventually have people getting beer and Doritos without even getting their fat asses off the couch.
Who needs a tractor beam when you have a wife to do this?
...replace them with stickers of my own, so no worry about the crud.
On a related note, I affixed a bumper sticker to the back of my laptop once that read "Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver". Good "people repellant" when you're trying to enjoy yourself at the local coffee shop...
Where is Valve's big surprise?
THE CAKE IS NOT A LIE!!! Maybe they'll unveil portal 2
It seems to me that maybe Apple should look at how they are formulating these dumb policies and see if they can get it right the first time.
Dumb policies and products have been apart of apple's legacy. Several times apple has almost tanked completely. Remember the Lisa? What's saved the company from going under time and time again has been their ability to step back from the situation, admit fault or miscalculation, and try their best to fix it.
Sometimes common sense isn't so common and while you and I both agree, yeah that's a stupid policy, someone within the company may not have anticipated such an outcry. Fortunately they were able to look at the situation with clearer eyes and rectify it the best they could
and judging by your signature, are you saying Ballmer would get convicted if charges came against him?
BAM! just turned it into a Microsoft Bashing thread!
In a separate case a man was arrested, cited for disorderly conduct and briefly jailed after shouting a double expletive at a policeman who was writing him a parking ticket.
I guess it's my non confrontational manner, but if a cop was writing me a ticket for being illegally parked, I'd offer a quick apology, say it won't happen again, and just pay the fine. The minute you start questioning the cop's authority is when you land in hot water. IMO if you act like a fool over something you did wrong in the first place, maybe you deserved to be hauled off to jail.
Also, if you ever saw "Parking Wars" on A&E, these are the type of people I'm talking about. Unfortunately, the Philly Traffic Authority can't haul you off to jail.
http://xkcd.com/178/
Just another reason I will continue to use slackware over pukebuntu
Someone go find the RIAA/MPAA or whatever the equivalent in Germany is, use their wifi (would WEP or WPA-TSK count as "adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized third parties abusing it to commit copyright violation,'?) And start downloading everything you can think of. Lets see if they sue themselves.
No. FTFA:
The court also limited its decision, ruling that users could not be expected to constantly update their wireless connection's security — they are only required to protect their Internet access by setting up a password when they first install it.
But your comment is valid because i'm sure that decision will be further examined down the road too and it will become an arms race in regard to what the "minimum" level of security is.
But the user could prove that he was on vacation while the song was downloaded via his wireless connection. Still, the court ruled he was responsible to a degree for failing to protect his connection from abuse by third parties.
What if the "abuser" was downloading a copy of something he already owned, but potentially scratched the disc up so much that it was rendered unreadable? I don't know how it works in Germany but according to provision 117 of the DMCA:
(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy.— Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that computer program provided:
(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an essential step in the utilization of the computer program in conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other manner, or
(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that continued possession of the computer program should cease to be rightful.
Isn't this enough to cause reasonable doubt that the person who downloaded over the network may have not been committing copyright infringement at all?
Karma is circular. It will come back in time.
Here, I fixed it for you
Step 1: "Lose" prototype
Step 2: Create mystery around 2 similar but decidedly different scenarios
Step 3: ???
Step 4: PROFIT!!!
first posts?
You're missing the point
After screening for deadly pathogens in someone's blood, you can make them a salad. Who doesn't love a good salad?
In Soviet Russia the toys eat you
Sorry, this doesn't make sense if you decompile the meme because we do not eat the toys in the first place. "We eat toys/In soviet russia toys eat you?"
I believe a better use would be "In Soviet Russia, Happy meal eats you"
which comes right after rule #34 http://xkcd.com/305/
All your moonbase are belong to us!
If the fake you on another planet is eating a delicious dessert, does that make the cake a lie?
Hey, I resemble those remarks! I'm from Delaware!
...Leads past that point are likely to be interpreted as an attempt at misdirection...
Maybe. But did you ever stop and think that maybe the said hacker is actively giving the phisher another avenue of misdirection?
If the phisher becomes aware that he is actively being probed for information, what's stopping him from reversing the hack to get the hacker busted (perhaps anonymously) to create a diversion? Not saying it happenes everyday or that phishers are usually that smart, but it's definately plausible
and one of my friends messages said "Sick with swine flu". I thought he was joking. I told him to get some oinkment. Then I said at least he didn't get avian flu. Then he would have needed tweetment.
...if this thing starts corpse camping me...