I wouldn't. Unless they could come up with some system to allow me to either choose the games I rate, or be willing to have some "N/R" (not rated designation) designation. I could put a check in the tedious, poorly designed, and too many cut scenes categories and put it out the door.
Well maybe you like your current job more than I like mine.
I've found that a great many of the people who criticize and dismiss RMS are often people who make extensive use of GNU tools -- I think it's worth taking a moment every now and again to consider what kind of FOSS world we'd have right now if it weren't for RMS and his mates.
I think that part that really gets to a lot of the people here is they find RMS completely objectionable, but deep inside they know a) he can code circles around them, and b) if it weren't for him the OSS world would probably not exist.
I would be very suprised if there isn't a law in place in the UK (I am fairly sure that this wouldn't legally happen is Australia) to protect the consumer against this.
IAAL, but not a British one, so take this for what it's worth: I think the UK has somewhat strict laws regarding warranty, where if you're a retailer what you sell better be suitable for its purpose, and you can't contract out of that.
Wasn't it the Dems saying that all of those potential Gore votes were lost due to confusion over the ballot? I didn't hear conservatives making that argument.
You didn't hear conservatives making the argument that Gore should have won Florida? Why do you think that might be? Any reasons spring to mind?
wait. Embassies are considered to be sovereign through the idea of Extraterritoriality.
Embassies have some features of extraterritoriality, but they are not "sovereign" in the true sense of the word. It's a mistake that popular culture has propagated for decades.
Wow, I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out how you'd get Ron Paul involved in this story.
Every election cycle a small minority of slashdotters settle on a candidate, and spam us constantly. At least Ron Paul is a reasonably sane candidate*, in 2004 we got spammed on behalf of that lunatic Badnarik. In 2000 I think it was Nader.
* Not that I'd ever vote for Ron Paul (it's not a "he'll never win" thing, it's an "I don't believe in most of his positions" thing).
I am also aware that corporations are treated much like persons, and the amount in question certainly comes to more than $20, so why are they not guaranteed the right to trial by jury if they request it?
They are.
Or is it a technical definition of the words common law that I am missing?
That's the problem. There were basically two systems of jurisprudence in the English/American common-law system, law and equity. They used to be two parallel systems, with their own tribunals ("judges" handled cases at law, "chancellors" handled cases at equity), but they were sort-of-merged in both countries a while ago.
In the US judges will hear both kinds of cases, and the procedural rules are the same, but claims for certain kinds of relief (like injunctions, or specific performance)are still considered equitable, so the Constitutional right to jury trial doesn't kick in.
You can probably find a more coherent explanation than the above if you check wikipedia for an entry on equity.
Fogive my ignorance of the US legal system but my understanding from TFA is that because they wont respond to his supeona that the disbarment is stuck in limbo for the time being at least?
Nope. His theory is he may have to wait until Bush leaves office for the subpoena to be issued, which he is willing to wait for. Even if he got the subpoena issued and Bush didn't show up for deposition, that doesn't automatically put the federal case in limbo either, he'd have to ask for a continuance.
The disbarment isn't being decided by the federal court; I'm guessing from the article (which isn't too detailed) is he's suing to stop the disbarment proceedings.
He thinks he can game the system, but he's pretty much at the end of his rope. The Florida Bar may have been willing to settle cases in the past with him just to avoid the headache, but there's too much pressure, and his tactics have gotten so weird that they won't be able to just let it go this time.
I don't think he actually believes that Bush will show up, he probably just thinks if he makes a big enough mess for the courts, judges, mediators and the bar that they'll just give in and let him keep his license.
You can refer to subpoenas in a court proceeding, as well as just about every other filing. If you couldn't do that, you'd never be able to bring a charge for malicious prosecution.
Foreign companies outsourcing jobs to the U.S.: bad for the U.S.
At least it will be a refreshing change for customers from Mumbai to complain about the incomprehensible accents of the Atlanta call center employees...
When creating a Smart Playlist, choose filter criteria Playlist -> Is -> *whatever other [smart] playlist
Doesn't that just stick all the songs in those playlists into the smart playlist you're creating? That's not nesting, that's still a big undifferentiated mass of songs.
What I want is to be able to group albums by genre, subgenre if I want. Click on classical, and it brings up a list of sub-genres. Click on baroque, it brings up a listing of composers. Click on the composer, it brings up a list of albums.
What, an actor can't be informed? They can't think critically or be well reasoned? Do you think he's only as smart as the character he played in Connan?
His campaign used his celebrity, not well-reasoned thought. He had almost no formal education, little experience politically, and was basically voted in because he was famous. It's not enough just to be "informed", "think critically", and be "well reasoned".
iTunes is high on that list for a similar reason. Set up a few "Smart Playlists", and music is automatically added or removed from my queue as necessary depending on playcount, on ranking, on genre, or new additions. I never need to do anything except insert a CD, vote up or down my like of any particular song at the moment, or plug in my iPod.
iTunes would be near the top of my list if it supported nesting.
the California voters will get pissed off and vote out the clowns that passed legislation they should have known would be doomed.
These are California voters. The same people who elected Arnold Schwarzenegger. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. Do you think they're a rational group of people?
Who the hell cares? They shouldn't even have an official position on this; the Justice Department has certain specific duties and interests, and setting communications or commerce policy is not one of them. They have neither the expertise nor the authority to even contribute to the debate.
Slashdot Mirror
The job position got slashdotted about a year ago. They're in midtown Manhattan and as far as I know they're still hiring. :-P
Sweet! I'll have to take a look.
I wouldn't. Unless they could come up with some system to allow me to either choose the games I rate, or be willing to have some "N/R" (not rated designation) designation. I could put a check in the tedious, poorly designed, and too many cut scenes categories and put it out the door.
Well maybe you like your current job more than I like mine.
You know, if they actually DID play the games before rating them...
That would be a sweet job. I'd take it.
I've found that a great many of the people who criticize and dismiss RMS are often people who make extensive use of GNU tools -- I think it's worth taking a moment every now and again to consider what kind of FOSS world we'd have right now if it weren't for RMS and his mates.
I think that part that really gets to a lot of the people here is they find RMS completely objectionable, but deep inside they know a) he can code circles around them, and b) if it weren't for him the OSS world would probably not exist.
I would be very suprised if there isn't a law in place in the UK (I am fairly sure that this wouldn't legally happen is Australia) to protect the consumer against this.
IAAL, but not a British one, so take this for what it's worth: I think the UK has somewhat strict laws regarding warranty, where if you're a retailer what you sell better be suitable for its purpose, and you can't contract out of that.
Wasn't it the Dems saying that all of those potential Gore votes were lost due to confusion over the ballot? I didn't hear conservatives making that argument.
You didn't hear conservatives making the argument that Gore should have won Florida? Why do you think that might be? Any reasons spring to mind?
Not exactly, under customary international law embassies enjoy certain rights and immunities, but they are still technically part of the host country.
wait. Embassies are considered to be sovereign through the idea of Extraterritoriality.
Embassies have some features of extraterritoriality, but they are not "sovereign" in the true sense of the word. It's a mistake that popular culture has propagated for decades.
Wikipedia's just flat out wrong on this point.
Swinging hammers for photo-ops doesn't make up for his dismal handling of Iran's attack on US sovereign territory.
Iran never attacked US sovereign territory.
For example. Think before you troll.
He can't, he's a conservative.
Wow, I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out how you'd get Ron Paul involved in this story.
Every election cycle a small minority of slashdotters settle on a candidate, and spam us constantly. At least Ron Paul is a reasonably sane candidate*, in 2004 we got spammed on behalf of that lunatic Badnarik. In 2000 I think it was Nader.
* Not that I'd ever vote for Ron Paul (it's not a "he'll never win" thing, it's an "I don't believe in most of his positions" thing).
...how bad is its DRM? That's really the only thing I care about
Really? The only thing? I kind of care about image quality too.
I am also aware that corporations are treated much like persons, and the amount in question certainly comes to more than $20, so why are they not guaranteed the right to trial by jury if they request it?
They are.
Or is it a technical definition of the words common law that I am missing?
That's the problem. There were basically two systems of jurisprudence in the English/American common-law system, law and equity. They used to be two parallel systems, with their own tribunals ("judges" handled cases at law, "chancellors" handled cases at equity), but they were sort-of-merged in both countries a while ago.
In the US judges will hear both kinds of cases, and the procedural rules are the same, but claims for certain kinds of relief (like injunctions, or specific performance)are still considered equitable, so the Constitutional right to jury trial doesn't kick in.
You can probably find a more coherent explanation than the above if you check wikipedia for an entry on equity.
Bar associations and Bars are very different entities.
Fogive my ignorance of the US legal system but my understanding from TFA is that because they wont respond to his supeona that the disbarment is stuck in limbo for the time being at least?
Nope. His theory is he may have to wait until Bush leaves office for the subpoena to be issued, which he is willing to wait for. Even if he got the subpoena issued and Bush didn't show up for deposition, that doesn't automatically put the federal case in limbo either, he'd have to ask for a continuance.
The disbarment isn't being decided by the federal court; I'm guessing from the article (which isn't too detailed) is he's suing to stop the disbarment proceedings.
He thinks he can game the system, but he's pretty much at the end of his rope. The Florida Bar may have been willing to settle cases in the past with him just to avoid the headache, but there's too much pressure, and his tactics have gotten so weird that they won't be able to just let it go this time.
I don't think he actually believes that Bush will show up, he probably just thinks if he makes a big enough mess for the courts, judges, mediators and the bar that they'll just give in and let him keep his license.
You can refer to subpoenas in a court proceeding, as well as just about every other filing. If you couldn't do that, you'd never be able to bring a charge for malicious prosecution.
Foreign companies outsourcing jobs to the U.S.: bad for the U.S.
At least it will be a refreshing change for customers from Mumbai to complain about the incomprehensible accents of the Atlanta call center employees...
When creating a Smart Playlist, choose filter criteria Playlist -> Is -> *whatever other [smart] playlist
Doesn't that just stick all the songs in those playlists into the smart playlist you're creating? That's not nesting, that's still a big undifferentiated mass of songs.
What I want is to be able to group albums by genre, subgenre if I want. Click on classical, and it brings up a list of sub-genres. Click on baroque, it brings up a listing of composers. Click on the composer, it brings up a list of albums.
What, an actor can't be informed? They can't think critically or be well reasoned? Do you think he's only as smart as the character he played in Connan?
His campaign used his celebrity, not well-reasoned thought. He had almost no formal education, little experience politically, and was basically voted in because he was famous. It's not enough just to be "informed", "think critically", and be "well reasoned".
iTunes is high on that list for a similar reason. Set up a few "Smart Playlists", and music is automatically added or removed from my queue as necessary depending on playcount, on ranking, on genre, or new additions. I never need to do anything except insert a CD, vote up or down my like of any particular song at the moment, or plug in my iPod.
iTunes would be near the top of my list if it supported nesting.
the California voters will get pissed off and vote out the clowns that passed legislation they should have known would be doomed.
These are California voters. The same people who elected Arnold Schwarzenegger. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. Do you think they're a rational group of people?
Who the hell cares? They shouldn't even have an official position on this; the Justice Department has certain specific duties and interests, and setting communications or commerce policy is not one of them. They have neither the expertise nor the authority to even contribute to the debate.
You can get the same effect by combining large amounts of alcohol and playing nethack for 24 hours straight.
There weren't sci-fi cliches around when Star Trek was made.
Star Trek in many cases created the cliches, and then kept using them.
Besides which, most of the plot devices used in Star Trek had already been done many times over in written scifi previously.
What about the large percentage of Star Trek episodes which were cliched, overly formulaic, or just poorly written?