Not if you don't let them know you're boycotting. As another poster said, they'll blame the lost sales on other things. It might be better to buy copy protected CD's and then return them for a refund with an explanation that it didn't work, or that you didn't realize it was copy protected and you don't buy copy protected CD's (to ensure compatibility with future hardware purchases).
When you get home, you have to take time to record shows into your jukebox. For those of us with families, and other things happening, there simply isn't *time* to fuss with a TV gadget every day.
Y'know, the thing about recording is that you don't have to stay there while it happens. It's like when my wife says she didn't do some small thing because she's been doing laundry all day...... Huh? What do you do for the 45 minutes the laundry is in the dryer?
That doesn't mean you SUPPORT what they do, it just means you don't hate them. Many vocal and visible 'Christian' people seem to have forgotten that they are not responsible for the actions of others, and thus they should have no control over them.
I'm assuming that's not a blanket condemnation of being vocal. It seems to be currently trendy to equate any vocal opposition with hatred, so where do you draw the line?
I don't believe strongly in anything except that in the freedom of being what you feel you are and expressing yourself in a way that does not physically hurt anyone. There is no god (Christian, Muslim, whatever) or a comprehensive set of rules for moral and ethical conduct.
You simultaneously express the need for absolute freedom, then impose a limitation and follow that up with a statement that denies any basis for limitations.
...no professional photographer would be caught dead with a camera that doesn't use interchangable lenses.
Lots of pros are opting for single, multi-purpose lenses like a 28-300 zoom so that they don't have to lug around a bag full of lenses. There is some resistance to this among purists (or those who need specialized lenses like fast teles for sports or really long lenses for nature), but they'd reject this camera because it doesn't shoot film.
You might as well say that 'no professional photographer would be caught dead with a 35mm SLR because it doesn't shoot medium format.' It's certainly true for some, but not all.
The mayor said there was no fire, that it was black smoke brought on by an automatic shutdown because of the power grid failure.
Actually the smoke was from the Mayor's handlers trying to spin the fire story so as not to cause panic.....
I think it would have been better for the Mayor's minister of dis-information to have done this on television with a flaming transformer in the background.
1. GPL is invalid and only one copy is allowed. 2. SCO used the GPL in their own distro. 3. SCO used other vendors'/individuals' IP under the GPL in their own distro.
SCO can't have it both ways (or all three ways). If the GPL is invalid why would they make a business decision to use it?
Even more stupid. What if SCO wins on that point? Wouldn't that mean that they owe money to every hacker/company/whatever that ever tweaked a bit of Linux code that appears in their distro? And wouldn't they owe each of those entities money multiplied by the number of copies distributed (admittedly not much of a multiplier, but still...)? Now, what happens if each of those entities go, ala SCO, after damages above and beyond the actual value of the individual copies of the code distributed by SCO?
Stock up on red ink for your printers everyone, I don't think the current channels can provide enough once SCO starts to balance the books on this pandora's box.
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Will there be a video feed?
So you start watching DVDs as a way to revolt against the RIAA?
Yes, but they closed their eyes and concentrated on the soundtrack only....
It's called boycotting and it works.
Not if you don't let them know you're boycotting. As another poster said, they'll blame the lost sales on other things. It might be better to buy copy protected CD's and then return them for a refund with an explanation that it didn't work, or that you didn't realize it was copy protected and you don't buy copy protected CD's (to ensure compatibility with future hardware purchases).
When you get home, you have to take time to record shows into your jukebox. For those of us with families, and other things happening, there simply isn't *time* to fuss with a TV gadget every day.
Y'know, the thing about recording is that you don't have to stay there while it happens. It's like when my wife says she didn't do some small thing because she's been doing laundry all day...... Huh? What do you do for the 45 minutes the laundry is in the dryer?
Sounds like my commute. You gotta be from the Phoenix area.
Whaaa? There are other places where they drive like that?
On second thought, you never mentioned snowbird driving patterns, so you must be from cooler climes.
Did he print out one Slashdot article with all posts or two?
He thought it was two, but he didn't know about dupes....
Finally, Christopher Reeve can get another superhero role....
The whole idea for an exoskeleton is that you aren't supporting the weight of the device. It supports its own weight as well as your own.
/. ....
Besides. Your head weighs about 20 pounds and....
Oh, wait. This is
Ted Williams was an eskimo?
The elderly with their exoskeletons and the bionic nurses will make quite a sight at Japanese nursing homes.
But what's on the front for bionic bowel control? Now THERE's a serious, unmet need.
I could actually picture that exchange... Funny. Sorry, no mod points.
They also weren't really made by IBM.
That doesn't mean you SUPPORT what they do, it just means you don't hate them. Many vocal and visible 'Christian' people seem to have forgotten that they are not responsible for the actions of others, and thus they should have no control over them.
I'm assuming that's not a blanket condemnation of being vocal. It seems to be currently trendy to equate any vocal opposition with hatred, so where do you draw the line?
I couldn't have said it better myself. Well, maybe I could, but you already did it.
Actually, I thought the response was so blatantly self-contradictory that it should have been modded funny.
I don't believe strongly in anything except that in the freedom of being what you feel you are and expressing yourself in a way that does not physically hurt anyone. There is no god (Christian, Muslim, whatever) or a comprehensive set of rules for moral and ethical conduct.
You simultaneously express the need for absolute freedom, then impose a limitation and follow that up with a statement that denies any basis for limitations.
Perhaps Al's cadaver-like fluidity of movement had some bearing....
i prefer some of the dealers who aren't good, or that can be influenzed a little.
Ah, then you'd prefer someone who was corrupt and had a weak immune system?
...no professional photographer would be caught dead with a camera that doesn't use interchangable lenses.
Lots of pros are opting for single, multi-purpose lenses like a 28-300 zoom so that they don't have to lug around a bag full of lenses. There is some resistance to this among purists (or those who need specialized lenses like fast teles for sports or really long lenses for nature), but they'd reject this camera because it doesn't shoot film.
You might as well say that 'no professional photographer would be caught dead with a 35mm SLR because it doesn't shoot medium format.' It's certainly true for some, but not all.
Or could be a father of twins or triplets.
Well sure, but that's not funny.
Any lawyers want to make yourself useful and fill us in?
I'm having trouble replying while trying to suppress gales of laughter....
If the GPL is invalid, it's because Darl is trying to cripple it... huh? Oh! You mean inVALid, not INvalid....
I feel so silly.
The mayor said there was no fire, that it was black smoke brought on by an automatic shutdown because of the power grid failure.
Actually the smoke was from the Mayor's handlers trying to spin the fire story so as not to cause panic.....
I think it would have been better for the Mayor's minister of dis-information to have done this on television with a flaming transformer in the background.
3 kids under 18 months? Could be a Mormon and his multiple wives share kid duties while he posts to /. at his leisure....
1. GPL is invalid and only one copy is allowed.
2. SCO used the GPL in their own distro.
3. SCO used other vendors'/individuals' IP under the GPL in their own distro.
SCO can't have it both ways (or all three ways). If the GPL is invalid why would they make a business decision to use it?
Even more stupid. What if SCO wins on that point? Wouldn't that mean that they owe money to every hacker/company/whatever that ever tweaked a bit of Linux code that appears in their distro? And wouldn't they owe each of those entities money multiplied by the number of copies distributed (admittedly not much of a multiplier, but still...)? Now, what happens if each of those entities go, ala SCO, after damages above and beyond the actual value of the individual copies of the code distributed by SCO?
Stock up on red ink for your printers everyone, I don't think the current channels can provide enough once SCO starts to balance the books on this pandora's box.
Johnny five IS alive. He's running a stripped down version of Linux and was programmed to speak like Linus, so he calls himself Yanni.