I'm not picking on you, yours was just the first post that I saw talking about the goodness of fleece-lined pockets.
Fleece, cotton, or almost any other natural fiber is just great at picking up all sorts of tiny, rough, abrasive objects. It feels nice and soft to your hands because those tiny objects are too small for your hands to feel, but at some point, enough of them accumulate and that soft, fleece-lined pocket starts acting like a sandpaper-lined pocket.
Fuzzy covered earbud? It just ground the abrasive gunk into your iPod.
They were referring to the scratching issue, not the cracking issue. The article was pretty clear about that. You know...the article? The one that you rea...oh, right.
...that scratching is not as bad as the other models...
That's not what they said. They said that the Nano is made from the same polycarbonate as the 4G iPod. So I guess that you could say that scratching is as bad as the other models.
It's also a doggone shame that they just appointed Joe Daltoso to their board of directors. That guy is the kiss of death to any tech company he touches. Just look at what happened to Micron PC (now MPC) and Interland after he got hold of them. MPC merged with Interland, Interland paid Gores Technology to take the company, which they turned around into a money maker. Interland's stock promptly went into the crapper and has stayed there ever since. Joe's famous last words? "The PC is dead - the future is the pure play Internet company."
The guy was so inept at Micron Technology that they shuffled him off to the red-headed stepchild (Micron PC). Fortunately, I got out before they laid off half the company!
You may want to read the judge's ruling. He clearly states that the RIAA can certainly sue the daughter. Also, the guardian ad litem is not necessarily the mother - the court appoints that person - but even if she is appointed by the court, it doesn't matter that her case was dismissed. Mom's not the one being sued.
Well, given that the mom is already directly involved in the case and has pointed the finger of blame at her daughter, I'd say that the court would be grossly remiss in its duties if it did not appoint a guardian ad litem for the daughter, assuming that the RIAA files a new lawsuit. Ms. Chan tried to use her daughter as a shield to protect herself from the lawsuit, after all. Since she's already dropped a dime on her daughter, she's got something of a conflict of interest in the case.
No, the RIAA did not lose. The RIAA sued the parent because that's who "owned" the IP address. When they finally got the parent to 'fess up and admit which child had done the deed, they asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed, with prejudice, against the mother and amended to name the child. The mother objected to that, so the judge had to make the decision. The real score? The RIAA won one (the case was dismissed with prejudice), lost one (they didn't get amend their original lawsuit) and the mother lost two (she gets to pay for her attorney and her daughter is still open to a new lawsuit).
Dunno if the RIAA is right or wrong, but I'm pretty sure that a/. story that links to a blog linking to a blog is probably a pretty inaccurate way to get the straight story. The real news is in the actual court documents.
Actually, no. The court dismissed the suit "with prejudice" against the mother, Candy Chan, but they dismissed the suit "without predjudice" against anybody else. The second order denied the RIAA's motion to amend the original lawsuit to add the daughter as a defendant. Only the motion to amend was denied - the RIAA can file a new lawsuit.
In fact, the second sentence of the second order is pretty clear: "The court also ruled that the plantiffs were not prevented from bringing an action against anyone else, including Brittany Chan, the minor child of Candy Chan."
So, all that's happened is that mom has managed to shift the blame from her to her daughter. Mom gets to pay her attorney's fees and the RIAA gets another crack at the family through the daughter.
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I bought the Sony 34" version that came out just before this one. For the $1400 that I spent, I took my time comparing picture quality and nothing - and I mean NOTHING - could touch the Sony for picture quality. HDTV is just like anything, I guess - you can spend a lot and get a great performer or you can go cheap and get by.
For me, picture quality was the primary factor in my decision. None of the projectors were up to the task. And, really, anything smaller than 34" is just too small - remember, that measurement is on a 16x9 screen, so a standard definition broadcast is going to be even smaller.
The only bad things about the Sony that I bought is that it didn't have an HD tuner built in and it weighs more than I do.
--I am wearing a jacket "too warm for the season";
Except that it was a cold day...
Without being an apologist for the London police, it was 70 degrees in London on July 24th - and the average daily high for London in July is 73 degrees. I wouldn't call it a cold day.
Yep, I'm with you. My boss took a week's vacation from his $150K engineering job to drive his Hummer down. Of course, if he didn't have time to make the road trip, there was also an airstrip for all of the private planes, too.
Judging from the (somewhat less then 1400) pictures that he brought back (and that we endured in our weekly department meeting), he wasn't atypical.
It looked like a bunch of drunk and stoned rich kids (and more than a few parents) camping out in the middle of nowhere for a week and worshipping a few hardcore hippies.
We can have a bomber fly from the midwest USA and hit Serbia and come back in one day. Why couldn't we have air dropped military personell onto the streets of New Orleans as soon as it was apparent that the local forces were overwhelmed and trying to survive on their own.
The mission planners take a lot of time to prepare for that bombing mission. The logistics of getting the plane from the midwest to Serbia don't just "happen". Likewise, moving some tens of thousands of active and guard troops doesn't just happen in a day or two and you have no idea what it takes to get an amphibious battle group underway. The military response was actually quite timely - faster than the response for Andrew and one other major hurricane whose name escapes me.
The governor has the power to call up the national guard. She didn't do it. The mayor has the power to order a manditory evacutation of the city and to comandeer the city buses and school buses to back it up. He didn't do it.
Now, there's no doubt that FEMA didn't do things all that well in the first few days. But I suspect that FEMA's failures will compare with the failure of state and local government to have anything resembling a functional disaster plan to cover the situation - and the initial response and the "pre-response" is most certainly a local responsibility. Somehow I suspect that cities, counties and states all over the country are taking a close look at their disaster response plans now.
Monopoly was originaly patented, but that must have expired a long time ago.
Copyrighted. It was copyrighted. And Hasbro still holds the copyright:
"Monopoly, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and the playing pieces are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. for its real estate trading game and game equipment. Copyright 1935, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1961, 1973, 1994, 1995, 1996 HASBRO, INC."
Actually, the obsession is on the/. editors' part. Given the "editing" pattern that Zonk has exhibited, I suspect that any suggestion from this post that "the community" is obsessing over Google is purely accidental.
The/. editors are the lead lemmings - the fanboys merely follow.
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Not good if you're an Apple investor.
On the contrary - buy low, sell high!
I'm not picking on you, yours was just the first post that I saw talking about the goodness of fleece-lined pockets.
Fleece, cotton, or almost any other natural fiber is just great at picking up all sorts of tiny, rough, abrasive objects. It feels nice and soft to your hands because those tiny objects are too small for your hands to feel, but at some point, enough of them accumulate and that soft, fleece-lined pocket starts acting like a sandpaper-lined pocket.
Fuzzy covered earbud? It just ground the abrasive gunk into your iPod.
-h-
They were referring to the scratching issue, not the cracking issue. The article was pretty clear about that. You know...the article? The one that you rea...oh, right.
...that scratching is not as bad as the other models...
That's not what they said. They said that the Nano is made from the same polycarbonate as the 4G iPod. So I guess that you could say that scratching is as bad as the other models.
-h-
Zoom! Right over your head!
648748 telling 218671 that he must be new here.
It's also a doggone shame that they just appointed Joe Daltoso to their board of directors. That guy is the kiss of death to any tech company he touches. Just look at what happened to Micron PC (now MPC) and Interland after he got hold of them. MPC merged with Interland, Interland paid Gores Technology to take the company, which they turned around into a money maker. Interland's stock promptly went into the crapper and has stayed there ever since. Joe's famous last words? "The PC is dead - the future is the pure play Internet company."
The guy was so inept at Micron Technology that they shuffled him off to the red-headed stepchild (Micron PC). Fortunately, I got out before they laid off half the company!
-h-
You may want to read the judge's ruling. He clearly states that the RIAA can certainly sue the daughter. Also, the guardian ad litem is not necessarily the mother - the court appoints that person - but even if she is appointed by the court, it doesn't matter that her case was dismissed. Mom's not the one being sued.
-h-
Well, given that the mom is already directly involved in the case and has pointed the finger of blame at her daughter, I'd say that the court would be grossly remiss in its duties if it did not appoint a guardian ad litem for the daughter, assuming that the RIAA files a new lawsuit. Ms. Chan tried to use her daughter as a shield to protect herself from the lawsuit, after all. Since she's already dropped a dime on her daughter, she's got something of a conflict of interest in the case.
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IANAL, but doesn't that mean they can no longer sue the child?
No, it means that they cannot amend the existing lawsuit. The judge's opinions stated that they can always file a new one if they want to.
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No, the RIAA did not lose. The RIAA sued the parent because that's who "owned" the IP address. When they finally got the parent to 'fess up and admit which child had done the deed, they asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed, with prejudice, against the mother and amended to name the child. The mother objected to that, so the judge had to make the decision. The real score? The RIAA won one (the case was dismissed with prejudice), lost one (they didn't get amend their original lawsuit) and the mother lost two (she gets to pay for her attorney and her daughter is still open to a new lawsuit).
/. story that links to a blog linking to a blog is probably a pretty inaccurate way to get the straight story. The real news is in the actual court documents.
Dunno if the RIAA is right or wrong, but I'm pretty sure that a
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Actually, no. The court dismissed the suit "with prejudice" against the mother, Candy Chan, but they dismissed the suit "without predjudice" against anybody else. The second order denied the RIAA's motion to amend the original lawsuit to add the daughter as a defendant. Only the motion to amend was denied - the RIAA can file a new lawsuit.
In fact, the second sentence of the second order is pretty clear: "The court also ruled that the plantiffs were not prevented from bringing an action against anyone else, including Brittany Chan, the minor child of Candy Chan."
So, all that's happened is that mom has managed to shift the blame from her to her daughter. Mom gets to pay her attorney's fees and the RIAA gets another crack at the family through the daughter.
-h-
I bought the Sony 34" version that came out just before this one. For the $1400 that I spent, I took my time comparing picture quality and nothing - and I mean NOTHING - could touch the Sony for picture quality. HDTV is just like anything, I guess - you can spend a lot and get a great performer or you can go cheap and get by.
For me, picture quality was the primary factor in my decision. None of the projectors were up to the task. And, really, anything smaller than 34" is just too small - remember, that measurement is on a 16x9 screen, so a standard definition broadcast is going to be even smaller.
The only bad things about the Sony that I bought is that it didn't have an HD tuner built in and it weighs more than I do.
-h-
--I am wearing a jacket "too warm for the season";
Except that it was a cold day...
Without being an apologist for the London police, it was 70 degrees in London on July 24th - and the average daily high for London in July is 73 degrees. I wouldn't call it a cold day.
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Very snappy response, there, Chester. And the answer to both questions is no. Oh, and he's not an asshole. Just a poser.
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Yep, I'm with you. My boss took a week's vacation from his $150K engineering job to drive his Hummer down. Of course, if he didn't have time to make the road trip, there was also an airstrip for all of the private planes, too.
Judging from the (somewhat less then 1400) pictures that he brought back (and that we endured in our weekly department meeting), he wasn't atypical.
It looked like a bunch of drunk and stoned rich kids (and more than a few parents) camping out in the middle of nowhere for a week and worshipping a few hardcore hippies.
-h-
The article isn't that long. Read it.
They claim to have been in negotiations with Google for 15 months. You must have missed that part of the article.
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We can have a bomber fly from the midwest USA and hit Serbia and come back in one day. Why couldn't we have air dropped military personell onto the streets of New Orleans as soon as it was apparent that the local forces were overwhelmed and trying to survive on their own.
The mission planners take a lot of time to prepare for that bombing mission. The logistics of getting the plane from the midwest to Serbia don't just "happen". Likewise, moving some tens of thousands of active and guard troops doesn't just happen in a day or two and you have no idea what it takes to get an amphibious battle group underway. The military response was actually quite timely - faster than the response for Andrew and one other major hurricane whose name escapes me.
The governor has the power to call up the national guard. She didn't do it. The mayor has the power to order a manditory evacutation of the city and to comandeer the city buses and school buses to back it up. He didn't do it.
Now, there's no doubt that FEMA didn't do things all that well in the first few days. But I suspect that FEMA's failures will compare with the failure of state and local government to have anything resembling a functional disaster plan to cover the situation - and the initial response and the "pre-response" is most certainly a local responsibility. Somehow I suspect that cities, counties and states all over the country are taking a close look at their disaster response plans now.
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If by "that's not true" you mean "I agree with you", then your post makes sense!
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Yeah, but if your sister was looking for a VPN/firewall/router, it would have been posted.
/. hit the ground the day that Zonk was hired. It's just flaming wreckage now.
BTW,
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"Doing fairly well" from the perspective of a short seller, I guess. It's down over 50% from December 2003.
Monopoly was originaly patented, but that must have expired a long time ago.
Copyrighted. It was copyrighted. And Hasbro still holds the copyright:
"Monopoly, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and the playing pieces are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. for its real estate trading game and game equipment. Copyright 1935, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1961, 1973, 1994, 1995, 1996 HASBRO, INC."
-h-
Actually, the obsession is on the /. editors' part. Given the "editing" pattern that Zonk has exhibited, I suspect that any suggestion from this post that "the community" is obsessing over Google is purely accidental.
/. editors are the lead lemmings - the fanboys merely follow.
The
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They do if you aim carefully.