If you killed him completely and sold all his organs off you'd be even richer.
If we raise the money from this, I have a friend who's uncle used to hold a large Nicaraguan fortune which we needs the legal fees to release to us, and he has promised us in return a very large sum of money! He is writing to me in his complete trust.
That's fine and all, but what happens when only one rescue crew is traveling to a remote place? A second rescue crew might travel with the first...but what if the second rescue crew runs into a problem, too? Well, that means a third rescue crew...
To avoid life-threatening or other compromising situations that might occur with only one rover traveling to a remote place, a second rover might travel with the first. But what if the second rover runs into a problem, too - the same or a different problem? Well, that means a third rover. So, why not make the entire base mobile, so that all the resources, reliability and redundancy of the lunar mission move with the excursion crew?
That's fine and all, but what happens when only one base is traveling to a remote place? A second base might travel with the first...but what if the second base runs into a problem, too? Well, that means a third base...
The judge in question probably thinks that "http://www.yahoo.com" is an IP address.
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LOL!
Well kind of, but I was thinking more along the lines of A) Be sure you have some talent and plan a whole big, decent mural, and then B) Go to the owner of said grungy factory and tell them about your plan, perhaps they'll pay you to throw down a whole wall inside.
I know if I ever open the club I'd like to someday (yea, keep dreaming, like I'll ever get money together for that) I'd like to hire some graffiti artists from all over and fly them in to do sections of the walls. DAIM is a good example of what I'd be looking for.
I guess my real point isn't that I dislike graffiti, or don't approve of it being done (and done well, none of that "tagging" territory marking crap) in public places where it shouldn't be, but I think it would become more accepted if it was done with permission, in the location of your choosing.
...which is still music, just not the kind you prefer.
Not to say there isn't a total lack of quality mainstream hip-hop these days (even the new Beastie Boys sounds much like all the rest), but if you can't respect all genres of music, that tells me you really don't understand anything about music at all.
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Perhaps you should ask for more interesting places "designated" for art?
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Those "Peace, Love, Linux" ads are still SPRAYPAINTED on Boston sidewalks. There was one by the fens IIRC, but it's been a couple years since I was in that vicinity.
IBM can spraypaint in Boston but some guy can't clean a wall in Leeds, which he wouldnt be able to do if it was clean anyways?
Yea but if it loads and tells me I can click "Feck off" and not have my registry, my system restore points and all my DLLs and everythign else on MY COMPUTER fucked with.
This is illegal activity. If I gave the government a CD that would disable their computers if they ran it, I'd go to jail.
And let's face it.. we are using their computers for free, and not giving anything back each time we use a third party client.
Why can't we design a 3rd party client that will show the ads? Perhaps in a non-intrusive way (say they fade in on the bottom corner of the screen or something)? Do we HAVE to insist that every 3rd party client have access to THEIR IM network while insisting that they must cause a loss for them by not showing ads?
It is metaphoically videotaping through the window of someone else's house without their consent.
It IS property damage by legal definition.
The government should have stepped in long ago, and no new laws should be nessisary.
Why is it that this day in age the people "breaking" the laws are usually the most innocent (DeCSS, for example) and spyware companies, which basically manufacture information-mining trojans (riddled with security problems that allow viruses and worms on to systems, as well as more spyware) have a "viable business model"?
Is everyone holding office either paid off or stupid? Is it a conspiracy? Christ, I'm almost ready to give up on the whole thing. Selfish bastards are going to make technology unusable. Imagine how much more computing power a machine would have without spyware and spyware defense running on it? (Of course, that's a good thing for Linux and other Free Software, at the moment).
Makes me feel like this is some vast Microsoft/Intel conspiracy to get people to buy faster computers to be able to "handle" all of this at a reasonable speed. That's probably trolling, but think about it, WHY on EARTH would ANYONE allow a business to create software that:
Is installed without consent
Can cause damage to existing programs, configurations, and data
Displays advertisements to an unknown audience, some of which may be pornographic
Records personal information of an unknown nature for transmission to a 3rd party for resale
5 years ago, every single spyware author would be in JAIL. A ridiculous explination is the only one I can come up with that fits.
I have an idea: let's take some spyware companies to court. Someone install AdAware or SpyBot or something and when you get spyware on your computer, take the company to court citing their spyware has cirrcumvented the mechanism used to protect your digitally copyrighted works which reside on your computer, a DMCA violation. It matters not if actual copyrighted data has been touched, you applied a digital protection method and this software attempted to cirrcumvent it. Not that I think the DMCA is a good law, but as long as we have it why not use it to our advantage? After all, laws are made to be exploited these days.
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Something along the lines of the C64 only with the reliablity of modern hardware. Perfect for hobbyists. Perfect for learners.
Perhaps they should take on those guys making that vaporware Phantom console?
If you killed him completely and sold all his organs off you'd be even richer.
If we raise the money from this, I have a friend who's uncle used to hold a large Nicaraguan fortune which we needs the legal fees to release to us, and he has promised us in return a very large sum of money! He is writing to me in his complete trust.
Yea but I have a feeling Department of Redundancy Department dates back to the days before Slashdot...you insensitive clod!
That's fine and all, but what happens when only one rescue crew is traveling to a remote place? A second rescue crew might travel with the first...but what if the second rescue crew runs into a problem, too? Well, that means a third rescue crew...
God, I'm such an asshat
The judge in question probably thinks that "http://www.yahoo.com" is an IP address.
LOL!
Well kind of, but I was thinking more along the lines of A) Be sure you have some talent and plan a whole big, decent mural, and then B) Go to the owner of said grungy factory and tell them about your plan, perhaps they'll pay you to throw down a whole wall inside.
I know if I ever open the club I'd like to someday (yea, keep dreaming, like I'll ever get money together for that) I'd like to hire some graffiti artists from all over and fly them in to do sections of the walls. DAIM is a good example of what I'd be looking for.
I guess my real point isn't that I dislike graffiti, or don't approve of it being done (and done well, none of that "tagging" territory marking crap) in public places where it shouldn't be, but I think it would become more accepted if it was done with permission, in the location of your choosing.
...which is still music, just not the kind you prefer.
Not to say there isn't a total lack of quality mainstream hip-hop these days (even the new Beastie Boys sounds much like all the rest), but if you can't respect all genres of music, that tells me you really don't understand anything about music at all.
Perhaps you should ask for more interesting places "designated" for art?
Those "Peace, Love, Linux" ads are still SPRAYPAINTED on Boston sidewalks. There was one by the fens IIRC, but it's been a couple years since I was in that vicinity.
IBM can spraypaint in Boston but some guy can't clean a wall in Leeds, which he wouldnt be able to do if it was clean anyways?
I call BS.
(lollerskates)
You'd get less time for beating up a projectionist and stealing the reels.
Yea but if it loads and tells me I can click "Feck off" and not have my registry, my system restore points and all my DLLs and everythign else on MY COMPUTER fucked with.
This is illegal activity. If I gave the government a CD that would disable their computers if they ran it, I'd go to jail.
EMI should go to jail.
lol, yes for the people who can't take a joke, they can go get sick and die
That being said, imagine the power savings and lightning fast startup times! I'd love an "instant on" PC! ( or, erm...Mac
...I was gonna go buy that Big Pun CD!
It is akin to viral software activity.
It is synonymous to illegal wiretapping.
It is metaphoically videotaping through the window of someone else's house without their consent.
It IS property damage by legal definition.
The government should have stepped in long ago, and no new laws should be nessisary.
Why is it that this day in age the people "breaking" the laws are usually the most innocent (DeCSS, for example) and spyware companies, which basically manufacture information-mining trojans (riddled with security problems that allow viruses and worms on to systems, as well as more spyware) have a "viable business model"?
Is everyone holding office either paid off or stupid? Is it a conspiracy? Christ, I'm almost ready to give up on the whole thing. Selfish bastards are going to make technology unusable. Imagine how much more computing power a machine would have without spyware and spyware defense running on it? (Of course, that's a good thing for Linux and other Free Software, at the moment).
Makes me feel like this is some vast Microsoft/Intel conspiracy to get people to buy faster computers to be able to "handle" all of this at a reasonable speed. That's probably trolling, but think about it, WHY on EARTH would ANYONE allow a business to create software that:
- Is installed without consent
- Can cause damage to existing programs, configurations, and data
- Displays advertisements to an unknown audience, some of which may be pornographic
- Records personal information of an unknown nature for transmission to a 3rd party for resale
5 years ago, every single spyware author would be in JAIL. A ridiculous explination is the only one I can come up with that fits.I have an idea: let's take some spyware companies to court. Someone install AdAware or SpyBot or something and when you get spyware on your computer, take the company to court citing their spyware has cirrcumvented the mechanism used to protect your digitally copyrighted works which reside on your computer, a DMCA violation. It matters not if actual copyrighted data has been touched, you applied a digital protection method and this software attempted to cirrcumvent it. Not that I think the DMCA is a good law, but as long as we have it why not use it to our advantage? After all, laws are made to be exploited these days.
Next time someone goes to the chair, Florida owes royalties, big time!
Wow, who made that stupid crap? Parroty Software?
What about stuff like VMWare and WINE? Win4Lin is another IIRC...Lindows or whatever they're called now. We have that already.