I'm trying to figure out how this would work on me. Being a typical American male, I was born with my right thumb on the channel-up button of a remote. I watch every channel on TV for no more than five seconds at a time. It drives my wife crazy and she'll eventually leave the room and go watch the bedroom TV instead.
So how is this logging going to be useful to anybody when the database on my set-top has 3500 entries in it between 6:00 and 9:00 PM?
Well, now we know normal ads won't work on you because you change the station. So, we're going to devise other ad systems that aren't so easily avoided. We also suspect you're in the market for another set-top box and a larger bedroom television.
First, MaGIC is built on UDP, so delivery of the datagrams are not guarantied. If a collision occurs on your network you?ve lost data. The way we hear sounds this will become noticeable if enough collisions happen.
UDP seems like the right choice for this situation. For real time audio, you want as low a latency as possible. The receiving end shouldn't be buffering much data, and therefore any retransmission will arrive too late to be useful.
While it is commendable to open the source to a defunct product rather than keep it in some kind of propriatary graveyard, this release comes too late to make any practical impact. The few niches where a lightweight DOS kernel would still be useful have pretty much been filled by better alternatives.
Last time I bought a hard drive, I noticed the configuration diskette used Dr. DOS.
"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" Perhaps they are all supposed to be the same height...
Wouldn't that have tipped off the imperials whom Han & Luke were trying to fool? I suppose everybody's short next to Chewbacca, but the two humans would have been different. Maybe Lucas is just envoking the Villains are Stupid movie convention.
Stanley Milgram ran an experiment that explored this topic. The basic idea was that he took volunteers for a "teaching experiment". The volunters who were the "teachers" would agree to shock the crap out of people, simply because an authority figure told them to.
Quoted from the link:
When Milgram conducted the study, he found that with a little bit of coaxing, the majority (60%) of subjects would administer shocks right through to 450 volts. The people administering the shocks were not "pathological sadists" as the psychologists had described them, but normal everyday people. At this point I think I should point out that nobody actually received electric shocks... the learner was a confederate of the experimenter and was pretending to be in pain. The only real subject in the experiment was the "teacher".
(I think I first saw this on Slashdot or Kuro5hin. Thanks to whoever posted it first.)
If you read your quote, you'll notice that civil liberties were not mentioned aka civil liberties are not endowed. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness are the only endowed ones.
No, that's not what the Declaration says. Life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are among them. There are other ones not enumerated here. It most definately does not say that these are the "only" rights endowed.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, . . .
The government can protect rights, but the rights themselves are not granted by the government.
It's just bizarre. Why the heck do it, if you don't take claim of it?
I'd bet that serveral groups claimed responsibility. I further speculate that some combination of the media and the government chose not to give publicity to these groups by talking about it.
If we assume Osma Bin Laden is behind this, perhaps he wants to portray this as a general, grass roots movement.
I find it pretty amazing that some people, after having their browser assaulted with annoying pop-ups, go on to actually buy things from these merchants. I guess spammers and phone salesman make money too, but I find this equally strange. I would hope this sort of thing would fix itself through consumer pressure.
Yes, it's been codified. The question, as others have pointed out, is whether of not the person owns the copy or just a liscense.
This, I believe, is the applicable US law.
Sec. 109. Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(3), the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, copies or phonorecords of works subject to restored copyright under section 104A that are manufactured before the date of restoration of copyright or, with respect to reliance parties, before publication or service of notice under section 104A(e), may be sold or otherwise disposed of without the authorization of the owner of the restored copyright for purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage only during the 12-month period beginning on -
(1) the date of the publication in the Federal Register of the
notice of intent filed with the Copyright Office under section
104A(d)(2)(A), or
(2) the date of the receipt of actual notice served under
section 104A(d)(2)(B), whichever occurs first.
(b)
(1)
(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), unless authorized by the owners of copyright in the sound recording or the owner of copyright in a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), and in the case of a sound recording in the musical works embodied therein, neither the owner of a particular phonorecord nor any person in possession of a particular copy of a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), may, for the purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage, dispose of, or authorize the disposal of, the possession of that phonorecord or computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program) by rental, lease, or lending, or by any other act or practice in the nature of rental, lease, or lending. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall apply to the rental, lease, or lending of a phonorecord for nonprofit purposes by a nonprofit library or nonprofit educational institution. The transfer of possession of a lawfully made copy of a computer program by a nonprofit educational institution to another nonprofit educational institution or to faculty, staff, and students does not constitute rental, lease, or lending for direct or indirect commercial purposes under this subsection.
(B) This subsection does not apply to -
(i) a computer program which is embodied in a machine or
product and which cannot be copied during the ordinary operation
or use of the machine or product; or
(ii) a computer program embodied in or used in conjunction with
a limited purpose computer that is designed for playing video
games and may be designed for other purposes.
(C) Nothing in this subsection affects any provision of chapter 9 of this title.
(2)
(A) Nothing in this subsection shall apply to the lending of a computer program for nonprofit purposes by a nonprofit library, if each copy of a computer program which is lent by such library has affixed to the packaging containing the program a warning of copyright in accordance with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation.
(B) Not later than three years after the date of the enactment of the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990, and at such times thereafter as the Register of Copyrights considers appropriate, the Register of Copyrights, after consultation with representatives of copyright owners and librarians, shall submit to the Congress a report stating whether this paragraph has achieved its intended purpose of maintaining the integrity of the copyright system while providing nonprofit libraries the capability to fulfill their function. Such report shall advise the Congress as to any information or recommendations that the Register of Copyrights considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall affect any provision of the antitrust laws. For purposes of the preceding sentence, ''antitrust laws'' has the meaning given that term in the first section of the Clayton Act and includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to the extent that section relates to unfair methods of competition.
(4) Any person who distributes a phonorecord or a copy of a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program) in violation of paragraph (1) is an infringer of copyright under section 501 of this title and is subject to the remedies set forth in sections 502, 503, 504, 505, and 509. Such violation shall not be a criminal offense under section 506 or cause such person to be subject to the criminal penalties set forth in section 2319 of title 18.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(5), the owner of a particular copy lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to display that copy publicly, either directly or by the projection of no more than one image at a time, to viewers present at the place where the copy is located.
(d) The privileges prescribed by subsections (a) and (c) do not, unless authorized by the copyright owner, extend to any person who has acquired possession of the copy or phonorecord from the copyright owner, by rental, lease, loan, or otherwise, without acquiring ownership of it.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106(4) and 106(5), in the case of an electronic audiovisual game intended for use in coin-operated equipment, the owner of a particular copy of such a game lawfully made under this title, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner of the game, to publicly perform or display that game in coin-operated equipment, except that this subsection shall not apply to any work of authorship embodied in the audiovisual game if the copyright owner of the electronic audiovisual game is not also the copyright owner of the work of authorship.
XM and Sirius units use different standards and are incompatible with each other.
Imagine if I had to buy a different TV for watching ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, Disney, etc...
It's just like satellite TV. DirecTV and Dish take different receivers. The connect to TVs through a known standard, NTSC. These receivers will connect to conventional speakers.
Is there some particular reason why you couldn't just grab this radio feed out of the air? Sure, you might have to reverse-engineer/hack the top secret elite XOR key out of an existing radio, but after that, what's stopping you?
There are two reasons for this. The first is an abundance of visible film grain present in the print.
That strikes me as odd; wasn't Ep. I shot digitally? I would have thought that there wouldn't be a film stage in this process. Anybody know the story here?
It's been suggested that while thousands have lost their lives, millions more are in danger of losing certain rights because of the new wiretapping and surveillance authority the Justice Department is seeking.
Richard Stallman, noting the industry's lack of recognition, immediately called for the public to refer to Jon Katz as GNU/Jon Katz.
"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" (Frank Zappa)
"Alice's Restaurant" (Arlo Guthrie)
"Working for the Clampdown" (Clash)
"Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More" (Dylan)
which their DJs should play as they empty their desks.
I bet these songs weren't on an approved playlist to begin with.
America experienced just such a prolonged moment during our own Civil War, when not only armies but also civilians were slaughtered in horrifying numbers because of a long-brewing clash between a dying, slavery-based agrarian society and a vigorous, newly industrial modern state.
Wow, so basically the Union was the good guys and the South was the bad guys? The American Civil War involved cultural elements and also slavery, but the coflict between states' rights and federal power was central. I realize there's a space consideration for this article, but I think this is a ridiculous over-simplification.
Show me the part of the Constitution that guarantees citizens the right to travel, or the denies the government the right to ration food. Like it or not, the First Amendment is a part of the Constitution, and the Constitution is the only contract that gives the government the right to govern us.
And the strict constructionists reply, show me the part of the Constitution that gives the federal government the power to restrict travel or ration food.
Ammemendment 10:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
I don't disagree entirely, though: explict first ammendment rights are more sacred.
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Normal fuel probably meaning regular unleaded at the pump for cars. Jet fuel has much higher octane rating than "normal" fuel so it has more energy, and you don't have to put as much of it in the plane.
That makes sense, but I'm not sure that's the case.
An Indiana University Site lists gasoline at 4.6 x 10^7 J/kg. Gasoline has a somewhat lower mass density than diesel, however. (Density of gasoline is 680 kg/m^3; Jet fuels around 800 - 900 kg/m^3.)
I'm just typing our loud here, but it looks to me like a plane loaded with gasoline would have been about the same problem.
From my own experience, gasoline burns faster (bang!) than diesel (woooosh!). I gather that jet-fuel is similar to diesel (perhaps incorrectly, in this case). Using my ultra-scientific method, I note that they smell very similar.
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Well, now we know normal ads won't work on you because you change the station. So, we're going to devise other ad systems that aren't so easily avoided. We also suspect you're in the market for another set-top box and a larger bedroom television.
This isn't true. We have a Pioneer S201 which burns only DVD-R, not DVD-RW. Perhaps you mean the other way around?
UDP seems like the right choice for this situation. For real time audio, you want as low a latency as possible. The receiving end shouldn't be buffering much data, and therefore any retransmission will arrive too late to be useful.
Last time I bought a hard drive, I noticed the configuration diskette used Dr. DOS.
(That's the whole post. Move along.)
Wouldn't that have tipped off the imperials whom Han & Luke were trying to fool? I suppose everybody's short next to Chewbacca, but the two humans would have been different. Maybe Lucas is just envoking the Villains are Stupid movie convention.
Quoted from the link:
(I think I first saw this on Slashdot or Kuro5hin. Thanks to whoever posted it first.)
No, that's not what the Declaration says. Life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are among them. There are other ones not enumerated here. It most definately does not say that these are the "only" rights endowed.
I disagree emphatically. So did these guys:
The government can protect rights, but the rights themselves are not granted by the government.
Doesn't this all seem reminiscent of Gilliam's Brazil ? The government considers a rogue heating & cooling repair an act of terrorism.
I'd bet that serveral groups claimed responsibility. I further speculate that some combination of the media and the government chose not to give publicity to these groups by talking about it.
If we assume Osma Bin Laden is behind this, perhaps he wants to portray this as a general, grass roots movement.
I find it pretty amazing that some people, after having their browser assaulted with annoying pop-ups, go on to actually buy things from these merchants. I guess spammers and phone salesman make money too, but I find this equally strange. I would hope this sort of thing would fix itself through consumer pressure.
I'm a dumbass. Nevermind.
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baud == symbols per second
baud != bits / second (except when 1 bit is encoded in each symbol)
Since we don't know how you're transporting the bits, the information we need is bits/second.
Thanks for info, by the way.
This, I believe, is the applicable US law.
U.S. Code, title 17, chapter, section 109:
It's just like satellite TV. DirecTV and Dish take different receivers. The connect to TVs through a known standard, NTSC. These receivers will connect to conventional speakers.
DMCA?
Unfortunately, smart people constitute a very small demographic.
Hey, thanks!
Since third graders are his target market, I don't think it's a mistake. If some adults enjoy a movie for kids, I think Lucas views that as a bonus.
I bet these songs weren't on an approved playlist to begin with.
Ammemendment 10:
I don't disagree entirely, though: explict first ammendment rights are more sacred.Chevron gives these values for energy density:
- Aviation Gas: 4.371 x 10^7 J/kg
- Wide-Cut Jet Fuel: 4.354 x 10^7 J/kg
- Kerosene Jet Fuel: 4.328 x 10^7 J/kg
An Indiana University Site lists gasoline at 4.6 x 10^7 J/kg. Gasoline has a somewhat lower mass density than diesel, however. (Density of gasoline is 680 kg/m^3; Jet fuels around 800 - 900 kg/m^3.)I'm just typing our loud here, but it looks to me like a plane loaded with gasoline would have been about the same problem.
From my own experience, gasoline burns faster (bang!) than diesel (woooosh!). I gather that jet-fuel is similar to diesel (perhaps incorrectly, in this case). Using my ultra-scientific method, I note that they smell very similar.