MTV (not MTV2) has played Cash's Hurt video a grand total of 6 times. Yes 6. This is according to the producer of the video. I have no clue how many times MTV2 has played it.
Your definition of "right" is subjective. I think the fact it is so easy to change shells makes it much more "right" than using any on particular shell.
So, because things were much worse in the past, we should just roll over and accept it in the present? You spoke of perspective... but you aren't viewing the whole picture. This is no longer the 1700-1800s. Also, luxury taxes are generally levied on actual luxuries... not technologies required to do business. People 2 centuries ago didnt *require* soap to do business, hence, it was a luxury. (albeit an important one for those with functioning olfactory nerves) What happened a century or two ago shouldn't temper our reactions to what is happening to us now. In fact, it should make us fight bullshit like this even harder. Remember... Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Florida wont have to worry about this too much longer if they keep this kind of garbage up. If this passes, I would imagine no new businesses of decent size would set up shop in Florida if it can be helped, and those that are already there, will soon be looking for ways to move to a sane state. Those that don't move will just pass on the extra cost to their customers, which I'm sure will please all those Floridians
adding your sig to a post manually, as well as including your regular sig (which basically says the same thing) in a post is not only redundant, it is redundant.
Even worse, this has nothing to do with being on the 'net, as in internet. From what I can tell, even if your network isn't connected to the internet, you are still liable for the LAN tax. I fail to understand what it is that they even think they are trying to tax. This is one of the most outgrageous tax plans I've ever heard of. It's reasoning for existence doesn't even have a basis in reality. How can they tax you for sending packets internally? The whole thing sounds like it was cooked up by one of those people that doesnt even know what a network, much less the internet is.
'Oh, so they have the internet on computers now do they?'
the person i called a 'dipwad' was incorrect, and had called the poster of the parent comment a dipwad. I fail to see what you are talking about. I replied to the person i meant to, the person that was wrong, and the person that was the one originally handing out the 'dipwad' insults. Go to my original comment you replied to, and try clicking the 'Parent' link. What do you see? Someone with incorrect information calling an informative poster 'dipwad'.
So once again, what is it you are talking about? Maybe you are the one that needs to pay a bit better attention when replying to a post, not me.
...SCO is just spouting off at the hip right now...
I think you have confused the phrases 'shooting/spouting off at the mouth' and 'shooting from the hip.' I believe the former is the appropriate phrase for what you wanted to say.
Other than that, your post was spot on! +1 insightful
Well, although the submitter is bordering on trolling about Mega TF, I greatly enjoyed this 'mod of a mod', and still occassionally take it for a spin. (Yes, people still regularly play TF and MTF) I never saw why people had such an extreme boas against MTF. It took the good parts of TF, and then added even more toys (more fun!) for each class. It made staying alive a much more challenging prospect when you had so many more gizmos and gadgets to watch out for around you. Anyway, I just wanted to put in my small plug for this mod of a mod!
This seems to give no credit as far as I can tell. Disney would gladly have you believe that it is "Walt Disney's Winnie the Poo" (quoted from that page) rather than "AA Milne's Winnie the Pooh." As time goes on, and a generation or two passes, less and less kids will associate Winnie the Pooh with Milne, and more of them will think of Pooh as videos and stuffed animals that they can buy at the Disney store in their local mall.
The problem is Disney is hypocritical, and have used other people's creations to get to where they are now, and they don't want anyone to do the same. You think Disney should get to keep the rights to their rodent infinitely? Ok, by that same token, they should have had no right to use Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, and a good portion of the rest of their library. They were allowed to profit from the works of others after a certain set amount of time, and now they want to take that same right away from us. You call this keeping things balanced?!?! If things were balanced they would have lost rights to Mickey long ago, just as the people who created a majority of their popular stories did.
When Walt created Mickey, he knew what the copyright limits were, and he obviously still found the incentive to create works. Now copyright is being extended to protect an incentive that wasn't in danger, and to keep the pockets lined of current Disney execs, none of whom, as far as I know, are even named Disney or part of his family.
This isn't selfishness, this is trying to get back the balance which Disney and other media giants are taking away from the populace. If this isn't clear to you, then you have a very dim knowledge of copyright law, what it was created for, and how it helps citizens. Crap like this is what will keep the gutenberg.org library capped in the early 1900s.
Or did you just assume Disney actually created anywhere near a majority of their stories/characters???
this is already modded to +5 so i cant mod it more. just wanted to let you know, this was one of the funniest things i have ever read on slashdot. congrats
what leaked info? i think the content of that talk is pretty public. he offered the indys the exact same deal as big labels, 99 cents a song, and a suggested album price of 9.99. the indys are getting the exact same deal as the big 5. If you have any real info hinting they they are suggesting/planning on lower prices, please provide a link.
Yes, theoretically at least, you have the right to replace the copies of music you own. However, the problem is that the person you downloaded the backup from on napster, they dont have the right to distribute the music. Fair use applies to making backups, not distributing backups. Yes, it is a catch-22, but thats the way it is. You can legally replace your copy, but other people dont have the right to facilitate you making the backup. When it comes down to the letter of the law, if you are worried about having to replace CDs, then you should back them up before they are damaged, not after. If you dont want to go to that trouble, then you need to convince the record company to replace damaged disks, which they wouldnt mind doing if they really cared about customers, which they dont. All of that still doesnt change the letter of the law about rights of distribution though.
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MTV (not MTV2) has played Cash's Hurt video a grand total of 6 times. Yes 6. This is according to the producer of the video. I have no clue how many times MTV2 has played it.
Your definition of "right" is subjective. I think the fact it is so easy to change shells makes it much more "right" than using any on particular shell.
So, because things were much worse in the past, we should just roll over and accept it in the present? You spoke of perspective... but you aren't viewing the whole picture. This is no longer the 1700-1800s. Also, luxury taxes are generally levied on actual luxuries... not technologies required to do business. People 2 centuries ago didnt *require* soap to do business, hence, it was a luxury. (albeit an important one for those with functioning olfactory nerves) What happened a century or two ago shouldn't temper our reactions to what is happening to us now. In fact, it should make us fight bullshit like this even harder. Remember... Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Maybe you should try asking the person who originally posted the insult. i was just replying in kind.
Florida wont have to worry about this too much longer if they keep this kind of garbage up. If this passes, I would imagine no new businesses of decent size would set up shop in Florida if it can be helped, and those that are already there, will soon be looking for ways to move to a sane state. Those that don't move will just pass on the extra cost to their customers, which I'm sure will please all those Floridians
adding your sig to a post manually, as well as including your regular sig (which basically says the same thing) in a post is not only redundant, it is redundant.
'Oh, so they have the internet on computers now do they?'
I think that quote about sums up this plan.
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter
So once again, what is it you are talking about? Maybe you are the one that needs to pay a bit better attention when replying to a post, not me.
Hello, if you visit this site you might learn a little bit about Open Firmware... especially the Open part
you can replace the CPU on every Mac tower.... dipwad. The CPU are motorola/ibm parts, not Apple, and plenty of companies offer upgrades.
i think you meant 'hare'
This is a link to the missing episodes.
X-Prize
There ya go, a working link to the X-Prize site.
I'm sure I will now be modded into oblivion. Enjoy!
And none of this has anything to do with Graeme or id software. id doesn't make RTS games, if you didnt notice.
That seems reasonable and fair enough to me.
If you think jurys always do the sane thing, then you dont have much experience with our legal system.
I think you have confused the phrases 'shooting/spouting off at the mouth' and 'shooting from the hip.' I believe the former is the appropriate phrase for what you wanted to say.
Other than that, your post was spot on! +1 insightful
Well, although the submitter is bordering on trolling about Mega TF, I greatly enjoyed this 'mod of a mod', and still occassionally take it for a spin. (Yes, people still regularly play TF and MTF) I never saw why people had such an extreme boas against MTF. It took the good parts of TF, and then added even more toys (more fun!) for each class. It made staying alive a much more challenging prospect when you had so many more gizmos and gadgets to watch out for around you. Anyway, I just wanted to put in my small plug for this mod of a mod!
This seems to give no credit as far as I can tell. Disney would gladly have you believe that it is "Walt Disney's Winnie the Poo" (quoted from that page) rather than "AA Milne's Winnie the Pooh." As time goes on, and a generation or two passes, less and less kids will associate Winnie the Pooh with Milne, and more of them will think of Pooh as videos and stuffed animals that they can buy at the Disney store in their local mall.
When Walt created Mickey, he knew what the copyright limits were, and he obviously still found the incentive to create works. Now copyright is being extended to protect an incentive that wasn't in danger, and to keep the pockets lined of current Disney execs, none of whom, as far as I know, are even named Disney or part of his family.
This isn't selfishness, this is trying to get back the balance which Disney and other media giants are taking away from the populace. If this isn't clear to you, then you have a very dim knowledge of copyright law, what it was created for, and how it helps citizens. Crap like this is what will keep the gutenberg.org library capped in the early 1900s.
Or did you just assume Disney actually created anywhere near a majority of their stories/characters???
this is already modded to +5 so i cant mod it more. just wanted to let you know, this was one of the funniest things i have ever read on slashdot. congrats
what leaked info? i think the content of that talk is pretty public. he offered the indys the exact same deal as big labels, 99 cents a song, and a suggested album price of 9.99. the indys are getting the exact same deal as the big 5. If you have any real info hinting they they are suggesting/planning on lower prices, please provide a link.
Yes, theoretically at least, you have the right to replace the copies of music you own. However, the problem is that the person you downloaded the backup from on napster, they dont have the right to distribute the music. Fair use applies to making backups, not distributing backups. Yes, it is a catch-22, but thats the way it is. You can legally replace your copy, but other people dont have the right to facilitate you making the backup. When it comes down to the letter of the law, if you are worried about having to replace CDs, then you should back them up before they are damaged, not after. If you dont want to go to that trouble, then you need to convince the record company to replace damaged disks, which they wouldnt mind doing if they really cared about customers, which they dont. All of that still doesnt change the letter of the law about rights of distribution though.