Here in the UK there have been a few high-profile cases over the last couple of years debating just that - the legality of assisting someone to make the trip to a country were assisted suicide is legal, expressly in order to aid them to commit suicide. It's still something of a grey area, with (last I heard) no one willing to definitively say whether it was legal or not.
And 100% of all VCRs and DVRs are used for copyright violations, which although exempted from prosecution by judicial rulings in the Betamax case, are still technically violations of the law
US law perhaps, but the last time I read it UK copyright law explicitly grants permission for recording broadcasts for the purposes of watching or listening to them at a more convenient time. Building up a library of recorded broadcasts is explicitly not allowed, however - you are not meant to keep the recordings indefinitely. I don't recall there being an explicit time limit however.
Actually Facebook already advertises stuff at you using your friend's pictures - e.g. "$user, Try Friend Finder - $friend1 and $friend2 found friends using the Friend Finder. Give it a try!". I don't know if that extends to third party advertising, I usually kill it with AdblockPlus and/or Greasemonkey, and only noticed it today when I accidentally disabled Greasemonkey.
an attempt to reclaim the word, which is currently used as a propaganda term by the copyright lobby in an attempt to link downloading to stealing ships
The first recorded use of the word "pirate" to mean "one who takes another's work without permission" is from 300 years ago (source). This is not a new invention, and that battle is already lost.
I suspect that in cases like this, the logic is that although the tool was produced overseas, it was made available in the US itself, and thus there may have been a case to answer.
I'm not saying I agree with it, but if you piss a nation off too much don't be surprised if they're not too welcoming should you ever try to enter the country. (Much like with people - piss me off, don't expect me to welcome you into my house)
"killall" will accept process names or do some string matching.
Or run it on a Solaris box; it's been a good few years now, but my first major oops at work was running killall on our the box that was our main development and editorial web server.
On Linux (what I was used to) killall on its own prints a usage message. On (that version of) Solaris, it just killed all of the issuing user's processes, other than the shell that invoked it. I was logged in as the user that all of the web server processes ran as.
Of course, expect the wave of downmods to come heading your way when it hits lunch time in the land of the Euro.
Well it's 3pm (or 15:00 if you prefer) over here in the UK, and you both appear to be at +5. Believe it or not we're not all a bunch of rabidly anti-US, pro-environment nutjobs over here. Though I do take slight issue with one aspect of your comment; most of us who care about the environment don't want to lower standards of living to that of the third-world, we just don't think that as things are now the third world can safely join us, and that we need to make changes to the way we live. Of course, we're the silent majority.
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Or in other words - early adopters pay a premium.
you could purchase a Tandy 1000EX for $799 way back in the mid 80s.
And allowing for inflation, difference in average wage then vs now, etc, that $799 would now be..?
Here in the UK there have been a few high-profile cases over the last couple of years debating just that - the legality of assisting someone to make the trip to a country were assisted suicide is legal, expressly in order to aid them to commit suicide. It's still something of a grey area, with (last I heard) no one willing to definitively say whether it was legal or not.
That was rather his point.
since most apps need at least some resources on the device to be useful, we are all in the habit of just clicking past this screen and installing
Speak for yourself. I have certainly declined to install a few apps that asked for permissions that I did not believe they really needed.
And 100% of all VCRs and DVRs are used for copyright violations, which although exempted from prosecution by judicial rulings in the Betamax case, are still technically violations of the law
US law perhaps, but the last time I read it UK copyright law explicitly grants permission for recording broadcasts for the purposes of watching or listening to them at a more convenient time. Building up a library of recorded broadcasts is explicitly not allowed, however - you are not meant to keep the recordings indefinitely. I don't recall there being an explicit time limit however.
You mean it's possible to make poor design decisions and write shit code whatever your language/platform of choice? Say it ain't so...
Is this site about news for nerds, or gratuitously bashing companies and/or their customers for no discernible logical reason?
Actually Facebook already advertises stuff at you using your friend's pictures - e.g. "$user, Try Friend Finder - $friend1 and $friend2 found friends using the Friend Finder. Give it a try!". I don't know if that extends to third party advertising, I usually kill it with AdblockPlus and/or Greasemonkey, and only noticed it today when I accidentally disabled Greasemonkey.
an attempt to reclaim the word, which is currently used as a propaganda term by the copyright lobby in an attempt to link downloading to stealing ships
The first recorded use of the word "pirate" to mean "one who takes another's work without permission" is from 300 years ago (source). This is not a new invention, and that battle is already lost.
Slashdot strips out (pretty-much) all non-ASCII characters. For a tech site, it's unforgivable.
The quality of iTunes on Windows is one of the reasons why I have a Desire instead of an iPhone.
No, what he's saying is it's a $600 device, spend another $20-$30 to protect it. The fact that it will also help solve this issue is a bonus.
Yeah; that whole thing about being the 51st state isn't actually true, it just feels like it sometimes...
I imagine it's a reference to this alcoholic drink.
While sometimes tempting, that is a very bad idea.
the majority of windows XP users still haven't upgraded to SP3
Yeah? Says who?
Good heavens, why was this modded Insightful?
Funny doesn't give karma.
I suspect that in cases like this, the logic is that although the tool was produced overseas, it was made available in the US itself, and thus there may have been a case to answer.
I'm not saying I agree with it, but if you piss a nation off too much don't be surprised if they're not too welcoming should you ever try to enter the country. (Much like with people - piss me off, don't expect me to welcome you into my house)
"killall" will accept process names or do some string matching.
Or run it on a Solaris box; it's been a good few years now, but my first major oops at work was running killall on our the box that was our main development and editorial web server.
On Linux (what I was used to) killall on its own prints a usage message. On (that version of) Solaris, it just killed all of the issuing user's processes, other than the shell that invoked it. I was logged in as the user that all of the web server processes ran as.
Luckily the sysadmin was kind.
For those not logged in who don't see the download url in my sig
Or those who are logged in and block sigs, of course.
Go and read some Swift, then tell me if that's an appropriate use of the phrase.
There is probably no more evil company on the planet.
I can think of one that is certainly in the running.
Of course, expect the wave of downmods to come heading your way when it hits lunch time in the land of the Euro.
Well it's 3pm (or 15:00 if you prefer) over here in the UK, and you both appear to be at +5. Believe it or not we're not all a bunch of rabidly anti-US, pro-environment nutjobs over here. Though I do take slight issue with one aspect of your comment; most of us who care about the environment don't want to lower standards of living to that of the third-world, we just don't think that as things are now the third world can safely join us, and that we need to make changes to the way we live. Of course, we're the silent majority.
Nice sweeping generalisation though.
How on earth is this a troll? It's not like most of us are working the fields day in, day out.