Back on 9/11, I specifically remember an article that mentioned Air Force One.
The press corp was told to turn all their cellphones OFF, because terrorists could conceivably use the signal to track the plane, and possibly do harm.
My immediate thought was, if cellphones are safe enough to be used regularly enough that they had to be told to turn them OFF, on the MOST IMPORTANT PLANE IN THE COUNTRY, why the hell can't I use mine on a commuter flight?
The airlines want you to pay 15.99 a minute using their airphones, THAT'S why you can't use your cellphone.
Said woman was modded down because he/she is a troll.
In the related thread from a few weeks ago, her credentials listed Los Alamos National Laboratory as being in Los Alamos, Nevada.
Why my post mentioning this was modded down as offtopic I have no idea. Bringing someone's credentials, or lack of them, to a discussion where the person is purporting to be an authority of some sort, seems on topic to me.
"When this story was posted the first time, I said [slashdot.org] it was a "low tech implementation". But, because I am a woman, my views were ignored and my post modded down.
Angela Taylor, PhD Los Alamos National Laboratory Feminist, scientist, scholar, woman "
That's the post where your credentials said Los Alamos, Nevada right?
Someone should submit a patent on patenting things, and see if it gets through. Use business speak, and lots of five dollar words, and I bet it gets granted.
How awesome would it be if someone was then able to sue the patent office for patent infringement!
Thank god we have Fry's out here on the left coast. I certainly don't go there to get advice on what to buy (their help is very not helpful), but when I know what I want (which is always) Fry's has what I want at good prices generally.
Hell, I just walked out with Dungeon Seige for 29.99, a full 20 bucks off the price I saw it for elsewhere.
If I could get this thing with a DVD drive, so I have one unit on top of the TV, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. But as it stands, I just don't think I watch enough TV to justify the cost.
Actually...doesn't TRUSTe only guarantee that a company is doing exactly what they SAY they're doing? So even if a certain company is "TRUSTe certified" it only means that they're screwing you over in exactly the way that they say they are (in legalese, of course, which is intentionally so mind-bogglingly convoluted that only laywers generally understand it - a sufficient vocabulary and a knack for substitution helps - but ask the average Joe what they're actually saying, and he won't be able to tell)
I know this is offtopic, but man, a script/program that performed this substitution would be great. If written objectively that is... Just run the privacy policy through the script/program and voila! Readable policy.
Lawyer vocabulary I'd bet isn't much bigger than a normal person's, just different. Same as medicine, a big part of learning medicine is learning a new language.
Just my two bits.
Someone moderate this funny. I love it! The CmdrTaco shuttle... There would have to be a webcam linked to the earthbound site though, and not one that's screened by the govt. either. We want to see all the little green men...
With the URL to their site that has the source code available, and then send the shirts to the lawyers... How many people do they add to the suit before it becomes painfully obvious, even to the judge?
I for one can say I would not. I can't count the number of bands I've been exposed to as a result of Napster. Goes like this. Search for music I want, see one username with a lot of it, add user to hotlist, browse users songs, see new stuff, download it for kicks, like it, go download more from same artist, like that too, go buy X number of CDs...
Jesus, I've never seen so many pop-up windows (I disabled Webwasher on purpose just to test). If I was the RIAA I'd sue them too...
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I love Napster, and I think this debate is an interesting one. But this jumps out at me when I read it here. Where do people get off saying "CD's should be 8.99-10.99." What is this based on? What you'd *like* to pay? What's affordable to *you*? Frankly, not many of us know where the record labels spend their money, and they probably spend it poorly. But the fact is, if we don't like the price, we should *not buy it* (I'm not advocating a boycott per se, just stating what makes the most sense). Telling a company what they can, or should, charge for something, when you know little or nothing about their production costs (I don't mean JUST the pressing of the CD), is asinine and presumptuous and seems to me to be close to socialist.
"This is perfectly illustrated from the Mac's early history, when Apple desperately needed major productivity applications for the new platform and Microsoft used that to force Apple to license it's technology to them. This technology became the foundation for Windows, and helped ensure that the unquestionably-superior-at-the-time Macintosh would remain a niche player."
Are you talking about the Apple vs. MS lawsuit here? I'm confused by this comment. Did MS already have MS Office out the door and running when the two OS's were that young? Can someone expound on this?
Just try downloading it with the reader on Amazon and you time out. Try downloading just the book and you get a neat little message saying 'blah blah blah, overwhelming demand, blah blah blah, server down.' Nice legwork boys, you figured oh, what, 8 or 9 people would download it from Amazon? I bet it will be quite fast when it's $2.50...
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So much for my attempts at offhanded humor..
How my comment is flamebait I'll never know..
Until it's hacked by Chinese!!!
Back on 9/11, I specifically remember an article that mentioned Air Force One.
The press corp was told to turn all their cellphones OFF, because terrorists could conceivably use the signal to track the plane, and possibly do harm.
My immediate thought was, if cellphones are safe enough to be used regularly enough that they had to be told to turn them OFF, on the MOST IMPORTANT PLANE IN THE COUNTRY, why the hell can't I use mine on a commuter flight?
The airlines want you to pay 15.99 a minute using their airphones, THAT'S why you can't use your cellphone.
Said woman was modded down because he/she is a troll.
In the related thread from a few weeks ago, her credentials listed Los Alamos National Laboratory as being in Los Alamos, Nevada.
Why my post mentioning this was modded down as offtopic I have no idea. Bringing someone's credentials, or lack of them, to a discussion where the person is purporting to be an authority of some sort, seems on topic to me.
But what the hell do I know...
"When this story was posted the first time, I said [slashdot.org] it was a "low tech implementation". But, because I am a woman, my views were ignored and my post modded down.
Angela Taylor, PhD
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Feminist, scientist, scholar, woman "
That's the post where your credentials said Los Alamos, Nevada right?
Riiiiight...
hehe, First post, and a good joke to boot.. lol
It just occurred to me.
Someone should submit a patent on patenting things, and see if it gets through. Use business speak, and lots of five dollar words, and I bet it gets granted.
How awesome would it be if someone was then able to sue the patent office for patent infringement!
Yeah, well, I can dream can't I?
Looks like they've also patented ATMs, kiosks, and quite possibly internet cafe computers, if someone buys something while using it.
Depending on how you read their patent, they could have patented all computers that are used to order things online.
I patented the process of using the internet to search for unsuspecting small companies likely to fold under patent infringement lawsuits.
Might as well make that check out to me..
Thank god we have Fry's out here on the left coast. I certainly don't go there to get advice on what to buy (their help is very not helpful), but when I know what I want (which is always) Fry's has what I want at good prices generally.
Hell, I just walked out with Dungeon Seige for 29.99, a full 20 bucks off the price I saw it for elsewhere.
"It is a charge issued only by those who have a blurred knowledge of the financial fragility of the film industry."
BWAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!
Financial Fragility
Oh oh, like the Kenneth Lay kind.. "I had to sell 5 of my 8 multi-million dollar homes! I'm practically bankrupt!"
What assholes the MPAA continually show themselves to be.
If I could get this thing with a DVD drive, so I have one unit on top of the TV, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. But as it stands, I just don't think I watch enough TV to justify the cost.
I got the patch finished last night and played for well over a half hour before hitting the sack.
I run Win2k Server, PII 450, 196MB RAM, GeForce2MX with 32 MB RAM.
I had exactly zero memory leak problems.
Granted, I was in a zone with just me in it, although I did pop over to one with a few people.
Still no problems though.
Can't say for XP, cause I ain't gettin' it until I absolutely have to.
You know that's what they're after. Hoover left a more lasting legacy than we know...
I know this is offtopic, but man, a script/program that performed this substitution would be great. If written objectively that is... Just run the privacy policy through the script/program and voila! Readable policy. Lawyer vocabulary I'd bet isn't much bigger than a normal person's, just different. Same as medicine, a big part of learning medicine is learning a new language. Just my two bits.
Someone moderate this funny. I love it! The CmdrTaco shuttle... There would have to be a webcam linked to the earthbound site though, and not one that's screened by the govt. either. We want to see all the little green men...
With the URL to their site that has the source code available, and then send the shirts to the lawyers... How many people do they add to the suit before it becomes painfully obvious, even to the judge?
I for one can say I would not. I can't count the number of bands I've been exposed to as a result of Napster. Goes like this. Search for music I want, see one username with a lot of it, add user to hotlist, browse users songs, see new stuff, download it for kicks, like it, go download more from same artist, like that too, go buy X number of CDs...
Jesus, I've never seen so many pop-up windows (I disabled Webwasher on purpose just to test). If I was the RIAA I'd sue them too...
I love Napster, and I think this debate is an interesting one. But this jumps out at me when I read it here. Where do people get off saying "CD's should be 8.99-10.99." What is this based on? What you'd *like* to pay? What's affordable to *you*? Frankly, not many of us know where the record labels spend their money, and they probably spend it poorly. But the fact is, if we don't like the price, we should *not buy it* (I'm not advocating a boycott per se, just stating what makes the most sense). Telling a company what they can, or should, charge for something, when you know little or nothing about their production costs (I don't mean JUST the pressing of the CD), is asinine and presumptuous and seems to me to be close to socialist.
"This is perfectly illustrated from the Mac's early history, when Apple desperately needed major productivity applications for the new platform and Microsoft used that to force Apple to license it's technology to them. This technology became the foundation for Windows, and helped ensure that the unquestionably-superior-at-the-time Macintosh would remain a niche player."
Are you talking about the Apple vs. MS lawsuit here? I'm confused by this comment. Did MS already have MS Office out the door and running when the two OS's were that young? Can someone expound on this?
Just try downloading it with the reader on Amazon and you time out. Try downloading just the book and you get a neat little message saying 'blah blah blah, overwhelming demand, blah blah blah, server down.' Nice legwork boys, you figured oh, what, 8 or 9 people would download it from Amazon? I bet it will be quite fast when it's $2.50...