As a burner who is familar with Burning Man and it's many regional offspring I can say without a doubt that Burning Man has in many ways forgotten what it started as and what it was meant to be. That is one of the things most of the regional events take care of. They continue in the spirit in which it all began. Although things like this do make us take a look at how we do things and see if we need to review or create policies to handle them. My home burn is very much a case of the organizers staying out of the way as much as possible. They believe quite rightly IMHO that the community should be in control and that they should decide how things run.
If I have read the docket and materials correctly then there won't be a decision that day. Judge Kimball will be hearing oral arguments but that is probably all that will happen that day. I expect he will then sit down with the transcripts and all the motions, briefs, reports, memorandums, etc ad nauseum for a while before he issues any decisions. In fact I'll be surprised if we have a decision on any of this before July at the earliest. Judge Kimball doesn't seem to be one who is willing to rush anything really. He would much prefer to go slow and be very careful about everything he does so as to avoid having ANY decisions overturned by a higher court. He has even gone so far as to do a de novo review when it was not required just to satisfy any higher court that ALL possible leeway was given in making sure no mistakes were made.
I find this beyond belief. I'm going to have to seek legal advice but my first instinct about this tells me I can get by it simply by putting on my artists page a blanket license that gives worldwide royalty free use by radio stations (internet or otherwise), bars, clubs, jukeboxes, etc. That way I could tell the RIAA and SoundExchange where to stick it. After talking to my client we decided that we would NOT join ASCAP, BMI, SESAC or ANY other such group. They don't produce anything and in our opinions are nothing more than parasites who leech off the hard work of others.
One word: Usenet
Their access to Usenet sucks if it even really exists. My former ISP had FULL access to Usenet including all the controversial groups. Try to find those on AOHell. And just to let you know I do have AOL and use it for some of the gaming forums. But I use the bring your own access plan and connect via TCP/IP. I'll always use a REAL ISP of some type or another over AOL.
I think you hit it right on the head. I do use both Windows and Linux in a dual boot config. 99% of my time is spent in Windows however as Linux just does not have what I want in it right now. It's moving that way however. I remember the first time I installed Linux it was a real pain. My most recent install which was RedHat 6.0 was a breeze. It was a post install upgrade that killed me though. A simple USRobotics plug and play modem keeps me out of Linux now. It won't coexist with my PNP sound card. Windows works fine with them. That is just one example of where Linux can be improved. I'm a tech and work for a large computer manufacturer and I can say that Linux has come a LONG way but it has even longer to go before it's ready for everyday use by the general public. I'm a tech so ease of use isn't as big an issue for me but for Linux it should be. And I AM NOT a programmer. DOS batch files are the limit of what I can do. Anyway I really do hope to see Linux become the defacto OS for everything. It's speed, power, reliablity and flexiability combined with it's price make it potentially an unprecedented OS. It's still basically a child though and has several years to go before it becomes an adult. That can be sped up by not bashing people when they critisize it for it's faults and instead working to correct them. Nothing is ever perfect but if we all work together it can come as close to perfection as anything ever will.
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As a burner who is familar with Burning Man and it's many regional offspring I can say without a doubt that Burning Man has in many ways forgotten what it started as and what it was meant to be. That is one of the things most of the regional events take care of. They continue in the spirit in which it all began. Although things like this do make us take a look at how we do things and see if we need to review or create policies to handle them. My home burn is very much a case of the organizers staying out of the way as much as possible. They believe quite rightly IMHO that the community should be in control and that they should decide how things run.
If I have read the docket and materials correctly then there won't be a decision that day. Judge Kimball will be hearing oral arguments but that is probably all that will happen that day. I expect he will then sit down with the transcripts and all the motions, briefs, reports, memorandums, etc ad nauseum for a while before he issues any decisions. In fact I'll be surprised if we have a decision on any of this before July at the earliest. Judge Kimball doesn't seem to be one who is willing to rush anything really. He would much prefer to go slow and be very careful about everything he does so as to avoid having ANY decisions overturned by a higher court. He has even gone so far as to do a de novo review when it was not required just to satisfy any higher court that ALL possible leeway was given in making sure no mistakes were made.
I find this beyond belief. I'm going to have to seek legal advice but my first instinct about this tells me I can get by it simply by putting on my artists page a blanket license that gives worldwide royalty free use by radio stations (internet or otherwise), bars, clubs, jukeboxes, etc. That way I could tell the RIAA and SoundExchange where to stick it. After talking to my client we decided that we would NOT join ASCAP, BMI, SESAC or ANY other such group. They don't produce anything and in our opinions are nothing more than parasites who leech off the hard work of others.
One word: Usenet Their access to Usenet sucks if it even really exists. My former ISP had FULL access to Usenet including all the controversial groups. Try to find those on AOHell. And just to let you know I do have AOL and use it for some of the gaming forums. But I use the bring your own access plan and connect via TCP/IP. I'll always use a REAL ISP of some type or another over AOL.
It's good to see AMD really outdoing themselves as well as Intel. It's been a LONG time coming and I'm pleased to have supported them throughout.
Since when did an action being wildly stupid ever stop MS from doing it.
I think you hit it right on the head. I do use both Windows and Linux in a dual boot config. 99% of my time is spent in Windows however as Linux just does not have what I want in it right now. It's moving that way however. I remember the first time I installed Linux it was a real pain. My most recent install which was RedHat 6.0 was a breeze. It was a post install upgrade that killed me though. A simple USRobotics plug and play modem keeps me out of Linux now. It won't coexist with my PNP sound card. Windows works fine with them. That is just one example of where Linux can be improved. I'm a tech and work for a large computer manufacturer and I can say that Linux has come a LONG way but it has even longer to go before it's ready for everyday use by the general public. I'm a tech so ease of use isn't as big an issue for me but for Linux it should be. And I AM NOT a programmer. DOS batch files are the limit of what I can do. Anyway I really do hope to see Linux become the defacto OS for everything. It's speed, power, reliablity and flexiability combined with it's price make it potentially an unprecedented OS. It's still basically a child though and has several years to go before it becomes an adult. That can be sped up by not bashing people when they critisize it for it's faults and instead working to correct them. Nothing is ever perfect but if we all work together it can come as close to perfection as anything ever will.