(sigh). I miss my Commodore Amiga. So easy-to-use and once an MMU was nstalled, as stable as a rock.
>>>haven't had many problems since Win2k (and XP).
Me neither... on my desktop. The Pentium 4 PC has no problems with XP, but my AMD K6(?) laptop does bluescreen at least once a week. So Windows ain't perfect yet.
And as for Vista, ugh. Last time I turned-on my Vista machine, it claimed I had an invalid serial number. I copied it directly from the CD install disc - don't know why it's giving me hassles. (And of course even when it's working properly, that "Are you sure you want to watch video XYZ?" pop-up is damned annoying.)
>>>The Cortex A8 has roughly P3 performance (per clock), and clock speeds varying from 600-1000mhz
How on earth is something that slow supposed to handle the behemoth that is Windows Vista? Even with a 3000 megahertz P4, my brother's machine runs like a snail. I don't see an ARM processor with about 1/6th the power working well with Vista, unless you enjoy watching your programs operate in slow motion.
Apparently things operate differently in the E.U. than they do in the "American Union" called the U.S. Here if a New York judge issues an order, and the foreign Maryland citizen does not comply, then it escalates to a U.S. court.
Doesn't the E.U. have courts with jurisdiction across the entire continent?
What if the Swedish court refuses to enforce the judgement from the Dutch court? Does it create a constitutional crisis?
>>>4) Sending a letter to the court explaining why I couldn't attend would put me in the courts jurisdiction and then I would be in trouble if I didn't show up. >>>
I think you just stated Piratebay's mistake.
They never should have replied to the court summons. Just pretend it was never received, and declare (silently) that there's no jurisdiction anyway. That would have been the wise course.
I know in my case, because I sell stuff online, New York State keeps trying to collect sales tax even though I don't live there. I just keep ignoring them. I do not respond to foreign governments. No taxation without representation.
No. The Unites States is a federation of 50 governments. It could just as easily be called "the American Union", and in fact often was called that prior to 1900.
>>>The European Union is not a country. Sweden is a country. The Netherlands is a country.
That's funny because the E.U. website calls them "states". Ya know, like New York state, Maryland state, California state, Sweden state,..... (Just something to think about.)
>>>which iPod would that be that is 1/2gig and does not support USB mass storage?
I honestly don't know how to do that. Everytime I insert my half-gigabyte 1st Gen iPod Mini, Micro, whatever the hell it's called into my PC, it does *not* see a USB drive. The only way to communicate with it is via Itunes.
>>>Or are you just trolling?
Not everyone who expresses an opinion different from your own is a "troll".
>>>Well, he thinks a 16 year old is a woman, and that OS X is locked up as well. Maybe he's just clueless.
I can't resist this opportunity to have fun with an Anon. Coward:
- 16. She has breasts? Check. She can become pregnant and give birth to a baby? Check. Well a "child" is defined, biologically, as a member of the species that is sterile, and the 16-year-old is clearly not sterile. QED she's not a child. She must be an adult, aka a "woman". A very young woman, yes, but still a woman.
- OS X. Can it be installed on non-macintosh hardware, like my Dell PC? No. It's locked-up tight such that it can only be used on an Apple product, unless you hack it, which is a punishable crime according to CEO Jobs.
>>>Who's the fscking idiot who thought having \0 indicate end-of-string was a good idea??!!?
That was an excellent way to save space in an era when computers only had ~0.004 megabytes of RAM, and ~0.07 megabytes of disk storage. Sure today we can afford to waste space on exotic byte-counting routines, but back then such luxuries were not possible. The NULL method to end a string was nice & compact.
>>>"I would also like a beer#@a9101gb230b81;kajf3#$B89*#()*13!$%#@$""
When I first read this I thought something was wrong with my modem. This is how online surfing used to appear prior to the advent of error-correction. Random noise could suddenly appear in the middle of your test...... Well I think I'm done for the day. Goodbye all!
Obligatory explanation: In the early 2000s, paypal.com was arbitrarily closing customers' account and keeping the money for themselves. (You can read more detail at paypalsucks.com) After a couple of years of this, the Bush adminstration's FTC investigated, found paypal guilty, and required paypal.com to refund all the money they had taken. Some people received full refunds while others received flat payouts. I was one of those who received a $50 check.
So long story short - Paypal.com and Badguy.com are synonymous for many people.
Another action Bush's FTC took was against record companies. They found the companies had created an illegal cartel to pricefix retail sales of CDs (gee what a surprise), and the companies agreed to settle the case by issuing refunds. I received an $18 check, ditto my brother, ditto my mom, and ditto my two nieces. It might take-awhile but eventually the law catches-up to illegal corporate activities.
P.S. I find it funny that Jobs wants music non-protected and open, but he seals-up his Mac OS software, iPhone applications, and iPod player tighter than a 16-year-old woman on prom night.
A clear case of, "Do as I say, but ignore how I act."
I have an old 1/2 gig iPod that I would love to use as portable file storage, but Jobs doesn't even let me do that.
>>>If you publish your findings, we will have you branded a terrorist.
(pulls out machine gun)
What? As long as being called a terrorist, I might as well look the part. Now where'd I lay that pesky Declaration of Independence? Oh that's right. It was declared "terroristic material" by my government and destroyed. Oh well. I'll just write a new one.
No because scratches are caused by the user. It's his fault.
But if the CDs stopped working because some new RIAA-hatched DRM-enabled device refuses to play them, then that's the record companies' fault and they owe a replacement that will work.
First-off, I thought only *some* music was non-DRMed. So it would still be an issue if you bought a DRMed song.
Second we have to deal with the problems of existing DRM, like some of my older DVDs or VHS tapes that refuse to play properly because of embedded copy-protection. These videos worked fine on my old CRT, but not on the new flat-panel LCD. Watching videos color cycle and/or have blinking lines on them is not fun.
And of course if they die, there's no method for me to resurrect them from a backup, because even though the U.S. Supreme Court said backups are legal, I still haven't found a way to do that.
We're discussing Record Megacorps not the Sopranos. They eanr their money by providing product, not extortion.
(somebody whispers in my ear)
What's that? RIAA sends out extortionate letters demanding $5000 or else? Really? Oh. Well then I retract my statement. They really are like the mafia.
'We reject the view that copyright owners and their licensees are required to provide consumers with perpetual access to creative works," writes Steven Metalitz, the lawyer
This is why we have a second amendment.
If I buy a CD and I destroy it myself, fine, but if a corporation somehow uses DRM to deactivate it* then I consider that theft.
We don't tolerate thieves around these parts. Not that I would kill someone over one bricked CD, but if my whole 1000-disc collection stopped working, effectively stealing $1500 from me (which is 150 hours of my personal labor), somebody's gonna refund my money..... hopefully voluntarily.
* * (Yes I know CDs don't have DRM. It's just an example.)
>>>Then anyone using a proxy will be assumed by the courts to be from the Netherlands, and the due fines will be charged
False.
Piratebay's lawyers would argue that if Dutch citizens are presenting fake representation (i.e. claiming to be from France or Spain), then those private citizens are the ones who should be prosecuted for counterfeiting et cetera. The website owners acted in good faith to the best of their ability to block *.nl domains and comply with the order, therefore they are not guilty.
If the judge disagreed, then just appeal. Any superior court will declare the website is not liable when a Dutch citizen falsifies his address to disguise himself as some other nationality, just as a store is not liable if you show them a fake drivers license.
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(sigh). I miss my Commodore Amiga. So easy-to-use and once an MMU was nstalled, as stable as a rock.
>>>haven't had many problems since Win2k (and XP).
Me neither... on my desktop. The Pentium 4 PC has no problems with XP, but my AMD K6(?) laptop does bluescreen at least once a week. So Windows ain't perfect yet.
And as for Vista, ugh. Last time I turned-on my Vista machine, it claimed I had an invalid serial number. I copied it directly from the CD install disc - don't know why it's giving me hassles. (And of course even when it's working properly, that "Are you sure you want to watch video XYZ?" pop-up is damned annoying.)
>>>The Cortex A8 has roughly P3 performance (per clock), and clock speeds varying from 600-1000mhz
How on earth is something that slow supposed to handle the behemoth that is Windows Vista? Even with a 3000 megahertz P4, my brother's machine runs like a snail. I don't see an ARM processor with about 1/6th the power working well with Vista, unless you enjoy watching your programs operate in slow motion.
Apparently things operate differently in the E.U. than they do in the "American Union" called the U.S. Here if a New York judge issues an order, and the foreign Maryland citizen does not comply, then it escalates to a U.S. court.
Doesn't the E.U. have courts with jurisdiction across the entire continent?
What if the Swedish court refuses to enforce the judgement from the Dutch court? Does it create a constitutional crisis?
>>>4) Sending a letter to the court explaining why I couldn't attend would put me in the courts jurisdiction and then I would be in trouble if I didn't show up.
>>>
I think you just stated Piratebay's mistake.
They never should have replied to the court summons. Just pretend it was never received, and declare (silently) that there's no jurisdiction anyway. That would have been the wise course.
I know in my case, because I sell stuff online, New York State keeps trying to collect sales tax even though I don't live there. I just keep ignoring them. I do not respond to foreign governments. No taxation without representation.
>>>The United states of America is a country.
No. The Unites States is a federation of 50 governments. It could just as easily be called "the American Union", and in fact often was called that prior to 1900.
>>>The European Union is not a country. Sweden is a country. The Netherlands is a country.
That's funny because the E.U. website calls them "states". Ya know, like New York state, Maryland state, California state, Sweden state, ..... (Just something to think about.)
[edit] ..... Everytime I insert my half-gigabyte 1st Gen iPod [Shuffle] into my PC, it does *not* see a USB drive.....
"We The People hold these truths to be self-evident....."
>>>which iPod would that be that is 1/2gig and does not support USB mass storage?
I honestly don't know how to do that. Everytime I insert my half-gigabyte 1st Gen iPod Mini, Micro, whatever the hell it's called into my PC, it does *not* see a USB drive. The only way to communicate with it is via Itunes.
>>>Or are you just trolling?
Not everyone who expresses an opinion different from your own is a "troll".
>>>Well, he thinks a 16 year old is a woman, and that OS X is locked up as well. Maybe he's just clueless.
I can't resist this opportunity to have fun with an Anon. Coward:
- 16. She has breasts? Check. She can become pregnant and give birth to a baby? Check. Well a "child" is defined, biologically, as a member of the species that is sterile, and the 16-year-old is clearly not sterile. QED she's not a child. She must be an adult, aka a "woman". A very young woman, yes, but still a woman.
- OS X. Can it be installed on non-macintosh hardware, like my Dell PC? No. It's locked-up tight such that it can only be used on an Apple product, unless you hack it, which is a punishable crime according to CEO Jobs.
Who?
Never heard of him. But then again I don't have cable, so that's probably why. Is this Jon Stewart person worth downloading off piratebay.com? ;-)
>>>Who's the fscking idiot who thought having \0 indicate end-of-string was a good idea??!!?
That was an excellent way to save space in an era when computers only had ~0.004 megabytes of RAM, and ~0.07 megabytes of disk storage. Sure today we can afford to waste space on exotic byte-counting routines, but back then such luxuries were not possible. The NULL method to end a string was nice & compact.
I thought BSTR was short for "bastard"
>>>"I would also like a beer#@a9101gb230b81;kajf3#$B89*#()*13!$%#@$""
When I first read this I thought something was wrong with my modem. This is how online surfing used to appear prior to the advent of error-correction. Random noise could suddenly appear in the middle of your test. ..... Well I think I'm done for the day. Goodbye all!
+++
ATH
bio#OP*qe! B89*#()*13!B89*#()*13!B89*#()*13! (click)
CARRIER LOST
P.S.
Obligatory explanation: In the early 2000s, paypal.com was arbitrarily closing customers' account and keeping the money for themselves. (You can read more detail at paypalsucks.com) After a couple of years of this, the Bush adminstration's FTC investigated, found paypal guilty, and required paypal.com to refund all the money they had taken. Some people received full refunds while others received flat payouts. I was one of those who received a $50 check.
So long story short - Paypal.com and Badguy.com are synonymous for many people.
Another action Bush's FTC took was against record companies. They found the companies had created an illegal cartel to pricefix retail sales of CDs (gee what a surprise), and the companies agreed to settle the case by issuing refunds. I received an $18 check, ditto my brother, ditto my mom, and ditto my two nieces. It might take-awhile but eventually the law catches-up to illegal corporate activities.
I don't get it.
Isn't this just the same company?
"Ya know all those songs you spend around one thousand dollars to download?"
"Yeah?"
"They'll stop working in about five years time."
"Fuck."
P.S. I find it funny that Jobs wants music non-protected and open, but he seals-up his Mac OS software, iPhone applications, and iPod player tighter than a 16-year-old woman on prom night.
A clear case of, "Do as I say, but ignore how I act."
I have an old 1/2 gig iPod that I would love to use as portable file storage, but Jobs doesn't even let me do that.
I find it funny that Jobs wants music non-protected and open, but he seals-up his iPod and iPhone tighter than a 16-year-old woman on prom night.
A clear case of, "Do as I say but ignore how I act."
>>>If you publish your findings, we will have you branded a terrorist.
(pulls out machine gun)
What? As long as being called a terrorist, I might as well look the part. Now where'd I lay that pesky Declaration of Independence? Oh that's right. It was declared "terroristic material" by my government and destroyed. Oh well. I'll just write a new one.
My Pontiac stopped working this morning.
But that's okay because I read in the news, GM deactivated the Pontiac brand. So yeah okay, I'm cool with that. (Psych!)
No because scratches are caused by the user. It's his fault.
But if the CDs stopped working because some new RIAA-hatched DRM-enabled device refuses to play them, then that's the record companies' fault and they owe a replacement that will work.
First-off, I thought only *some* music was non-DRMed. So it would still be an issue if you bought a DRMed song.
Second we have to deal with the problems of existing DRM, like some of my older DVDs or VHS tapes that refuse to play properly because of embedded copy-protection. These videos worked fine on my old CRT, but not on the new flat-panel LCD. Watching videos color cycle and/or have blinking lines on them is not fun.
And of course if they die, there's no method for me to resurrect them from a backup, because even though the U.S. Supreme Court said backups are legal, I still haven't found a way to do that.
So yes DRM is still an issue in many aspects.
We're discussing Record Megacorps not the Sopranos. They eanr their money by providing product, not extortion.
(somebody whispers in my ear)
What's that? RIAA sends out extortionate letters demanding $5000 or else? Really? Oh. Well then I retract my statement. They really are like the mafia.
'We reject the view that copyright owners and their licensees are required to provide consumers with perpetual access to creative works," writes Steven Metalitz, the lawyer
This is why we have a second amendment.
If I buy a CD and I destroy it myself, fine, but if a corporation somehow uses DRM to deactivate it* then I consider that theft.
We don't tolerate thieves around these parts. Not that I would kill someone over one bricked CD, but if my whole 1000-disc collection stopped working, effectively stealing $1500 from me (which is 150 hours of my personal labor), somebody's gonna refund my money..... hopefully voluntarily.
*
* (Yes I know CDs don't have DRM. It's just an example.)
>>>Then anyone using a proxy will be assumed by the courts to be from the Netherlands, and the due fines will be charged
False.
Piratebay's lawyers would argue that if Dutch citizens are presenting fake representation (i.e. claiming to be from France or Spain), then those private citizens are the ones who should be prosecuted for counterfeiting et cetera. The website owners acted in good faith to the best of their ability to block *.nl domains and comply with the order, therefore they are not guilty.
If the judge disagreed, then just appeal. Any superior court will declare the website is not liable when a Dutch citizen falsifies his address to disguise himself as some other nationality, just as a store is not liable if you show them a fake drivers license.