Q. Why don't you allow your users to download a movie?
A. We only allow our user to view a movie thru streaming. No downloading. Downloading will only create piracy. This is not our intention. Our intention is for the user to stream the movie at their convenience using broadband and if the user wants to have a collection of it, the user can buy the DVD or VHS from the Amazon.com. We will get a commission from the sale.
The Jupiter Cluster(TM) will be able to operate at 200 Gflops and will be featured on the October Top 500 Supercomputer list of the world's fastest supercomputers
Oh please, you did not rebut any of the comments of your upstream thread.
I live in Arlington, VA... and I can tell you from first hand experience, that the press in this town (Washington, DC--- hello! the epicenter) is NOT "conservative" and NOT pro Republican.
The Washington Post (Arguably one of the top 2 most influential dailies in the land) is decidedly LEFT in its coloring. And they have consistantly favored Gore, so much so that i've written twice to the editorial staff to press them on their clearly biased reporting (of course I got no response)
Plus, Why NOT post something balanced? Like how the Dems do it too? (I read more than half of the article until I wanted to puke, it read like a high-school-girls rants of a "cruel-cruel-unfair-world" when all along, we know she's doing the same things herself to her classmates!!!)
I've read too much crap from the Post... and now, you make a sweeping statement about the press being 'right' leaning, PUH-LEASE!
I think what Dodechahedron posted above you is accurate: ".... I think what bugs you is that it's now happening to a candidate you favor..."
Just as the linked article bugged the shit out of me... at least I can be honest about it not just cry myself to sleep and hate this cruel-cruel-world!
"...Exploiting the idea that technology as a menace to children is a lot easier and cheaper than confronting more complex social problems like child abuse or guns."
Ah, guns are not a social problems. They are a technology, like the computers you use daily.
Abusing a child, or an adult for that matter, is not good. A gun, knife, etc. is niether good or bad.... it all depends on how it's used.
The group of outwardly violent people who feel the need to kill, for pleasure or business, are a social problem.
Begin Personal Rant
Additionally guns, like computers, were origianlly designed to do work, and are now [constructively] used for work and play. Are there folks using 'guns' for bad? -yes. Are there folks using computers for bad? -yes... Does that mean that they should be taken away from private law-abiding citizens? -no
And for all of those times when someone makes a stab at ESR, consider this:
you know when you hear about the 'supercomputer export restrictions' to black-labeled countries? --what does the average slashdotter think "...jeez all you need to do is buy a bunch of Intel hardware and set up a B'wolf cluster just like the 20 US universities who show you their projects online... they can build their own 'supercomputer'..."
Point is, if someone wants to get around it [partial disarmament], they will. New York City and Washington, DC have outlawed firearms/handguns for over a decade (15 years??) and GEE GUESS WHAT the bad guys still have them.
if you outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have them.
"Gore played no positive role in the decisions that led to the creation of the Internet as it now exists -- that is, in the opening of the Internet to commercial traffic," said Steve Allen, vice president for communications at the conservative Progress and Freedom Foundation.
Since 1993, Gore has become one of the most prominent people in the Clinton administration on issues related to high technology. He hosts visiting businessmen and takes pride in personally announcing new technology initiatives such as Internet II funding.
He also took the lead in supporting the Clipper Chip and continued restrictions on the overseas shipments of encryption products.
High-visibility events can be prone to embarrassing slip-ups. At one recent White House event, Gore introduced Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, who he had met with privately earlier that day.
Gore told the audience how much he valued Chambers and one of the products Cisco produced. But he mispronounced "routers" as root-ers.
According to this article at AuctionWatch X.com just raised $30,000,000.
And i quote:
Raising venture capital supposedly has become much more difficult since April's crash in technology stocks, but X.com has done it again, raising $30 million in series D funding.
The Palo Alto, California-based online payment processor raised $100 million in April, after having merged with PayPal in March.
The lead investor in this round was the investment arm of French retail bank Credit Agricole. X.com spokesman Vince Sollitto said Agricole also would serve as a strategic advisor as the company moves into Europe and other countries.
According to this book that I'm currently reading, we just need a quantum computer to analyze what the outcome would have been if there was no MS in our world, by communicating (via spooky interaction) what's going-on in at least one of the realities where MS didn't exist.
ie: "costs to consumer" == opportunity costs (from our other world) - our world's percieved outcome.
Personally, i think you'd end up with a negative value... but that's not my reason for wanting to see this kind of test never performed...
Even if this were possible today, I'd say DON'T DO IT.
can you imagine, every company/individual being put to this test gee, according to our Quantum computer, if Bob would have been your kid's father, instead of you, Larry , they'd be XXX better off, ergo, you're a shitty dad and are orded to pay restition in the amount of XXXXX!
Seriously though, did some folks pay more? sure
Will it be too complex (due to the "indirect nature" of the end-users) for a single class action suit? yes
Should we tie up the court system for every party to get their $$ back? No.
A court ordered 'real version' of this attempt would be fine (with varying levels of refunditure based on your 'classification' c'mon, a little compartmentalization will do much to expedite!)
Word of the glitch comes on the same day as rival Advanced Micro Devices announced shipments of its 1.1-GHz Athlon.
hehehe
Hey, don't forget you can find a slow Celeron2 600mhz for $100 on pricewatch, and you can also find a (computationally superior) 600mhz Duron on Pricewatch for $61... so much for leaving the scaps to AMD!
Unless I'm missing things, with the client-server model of the 'net, the residents of California "called" the data over to their jurisdiction. The servers (and server owners, etc) did not shoot anything (ie: they didn't use PUSH technology), technically, the RIAA should be going after the people infringing on the copyrighted works they peddle [ie: all of the Napster users who kept/redistributed works they didn't acquire legally]
and forget "they made it accessible, etc" -or- "they knew it could be used for bad" (DeCSS: pirating vs. using to run DVDs on Linux)... what's next: chemistry classes are bad b/c they provide the background for bomb makers... don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, H'Wood!!
Because: using the "reasonable person" rule, if I post something that may not be legal in XXXX jurisdiction, but is legal in my jurisdiction, is the reasonable person really supposed to orchestrate a "blockage" or DoS of access rights to all the 'citizens' of all of the muni's that have outlawed what I have/know?... world wide?
I think not., or with the state of affairs, I hope not.
Specifically: MPAA: "DeCSS = copying machine", when it was created just for playing F*cking DVDs on Linux, and the the truth is that it codifies their regional shafting on DVD prices.
RIAA: "Napstar = bad for artists", first it was founded as a [legally protected] sharing tool, and second (thanks to person-2-person WORD OF MOUTH) makes the marketing machine of the RIAA devalued, not the artist.
Unfortunately, these first/bad impressions often stick, which is why I hope the FSF does something about it.
from a Washington Post article
, here's some of what Super-Al's new VP running mate stands for:
Lieberman has been a prominent critic of the entertainment industry, pushing legislation for the so-called v-chip for television sets that allows parents to block objectionable programming from their children.
He also joined with conservative William Bennett to target "gangsta rap" music and has been similarly harsh in his criticism of the creators of violent video games.
from a Washington Post article
, here's some of what Super-Al's new VP running mate stands for:
Lieberman has been a prominent critic of the entertainment industry, pushing legislation for the so-called v-chip for television sets that allows parents to block objectionable programming from their children.
He also joined with conservative William Bennett to target "gangsta rap" music and has been similarly harsh in his criticism of the creators of violent video games.
you said: FWIW, I'm actually in support of the death penalty, I just think that the president should not be for it.:)
Interesting, i never thought someone would want a leader with a differing viewpoint...
anyways, the "executive" branch doesn't share the root-word with "execute" just on coincidence... it's job (as govenor, or President) is to do the bidding of the congress(es) at the allowance of the courts... if the Texas supreme court has decided that the numerous capital offenders are guilty, then so be it.
his job is not to review cases and 'second guess' the courts, but is there so that those folks who may have "fallen through" the system can have one last cry and ask for a pause (even if for 10 minutes) before 'their button is pushed--- the goal of which is to see if any egregious errors in the case stand out, not to retry the case. Furthermore, if the 'execution' department was out of line, the other 2 branches of the [state] government would impede his lack of impedence, no?
and as to the stats from the Salon article... Texas is a big state... (not 20% of the country:) ) but still, if they follow through with the death sentence, good for them- (the stuff not explicitly codified in the Federal/National charter is left up to the state to decide... as long as it doesn't infringe on any inalienable rights, etc).
remember, the criminal justice system is designed to do 3 things: deter, rehabilitate, and punish... obviously, for the most extreme offenders, some of these options are mutually offensive.
Like a lot of the stuff in my original post: it's not pretty, but sometimes it 'has' to be done.
A company I consult with does work in China. The 'independent' interpreters we've used have shared with us the 'joke' the US has become in a lot of folks minds, still rich, but impotent on the world's stage- Like it or not, the Reagan years did produce one thing- respect for an office and respect for the US abroad.
I'm not saying that walking about with your chest out is the goal, etc, but have you ever had to deal with a tool/bully in school?? (usually they're just posturing for/their/ crowd)- Through personal experience, I've found this out: if they think they can get away with pushing you/your friends around, the more likely they're to do it.
If they think they're gonna get their asses kicked, the less likely they are to start shit.
The leader of a country, upon exhausting dimplomacy, has to be ready to fight, period.
is he "DANGEROUS" as you say? I don't think so... ie: he's not unstable, irrational, shifty, nor has he accepted bribes from other contries, nor has he conveniently "LOST" his email records that would aide in an investigation, etc.
Can he >>>>"PUSH THE BUTTON", i really hope it doesn't come to it, but if it does; i hope our leader can do what it takes. If you can help it: don't fight- if you have to fight, fight to win.
>>>>>>"China/Russia will be pissed off" TOO F*CKING BAD, wouldn't you be "upset" if your 'adversary' were to put in a security gaurd that wasn't asleep at the wheel, accepting political bribes from you, and afraid to use force because of the court of public opinion [ie: tanks should have been used on this mission, but because 'they didn't play well on TV' the administration and his Sec. of Defense- ordered them to stand down... did you know that the Rangers all got killed and the Secretary got canned???]
No, you wouldn't because 'news sources' like to hide the fact that sometimes, you need the tanks, its shitty, but sometimes you do.
Finally, if you want to see hipocracy in action, check out the
article at the usually liberal Washington Post, here's an excerpt:
While Gore sought to portray himself as a populist who would protect the environment
and fight big corporations, Rogers said the Gore family's connections to Hammer
made Al a special-interests candidate who came into the campaign with a tangle
of conflicts that he tried to hide....He pointed out that Island Creek Coal was one of the three major suppliers of coal to the huge, government-run Tennessee Valley Authority. And he demanded
that Gore acknowledge that he received quarterly royalty payments for zinc mining rights on his land in a deal with another Hammer subsidiary, Occidental Minerals Corp. Gore tried to finesse the issue. While his disclosure statement listed his assets in general terms, it did not name the company from which he received royalties.
And because Occidental Minerals had recently sold its mining rights to another
corporation, Freeport Zinc, Gore was able to argue that Rogers had his facts wrong,
which was technically true.
This showcases my biggest pet peeves with politicians, hypocrisy. At least GWB is more honest on where he stands.
>>>>"Having such a trigger-happy moron at the head of a very powerful country is suicide"
i've yet to see anything in him that makes him either, you're such a troll.
Hypothetically speaking, it doesn't make it "suicide", but rather makes life a bit more stressful for folks beyond our borders... least you could have done is been honest
AFAIK, RC5, et al require FPU, not integer processing.
I used to run the BP6 Dual Celey combo (366 -> 523mhz x2 for over 1250Mflops according to WinTune) And bang for the buck, that was the winner.
But the new FPU king is the Athlon T-Bird, check out the specs here at Tom's Hardware (note: the Duron KILLS the Celeron 2, much less the original Celey)
Down the road, look for Linux for PPC on these boards.
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Q. Why don't you allow your users to download a movie?
A. We only allow our user to view a movie thru streaming. No downloading. Downloading will only create piracy. This is not our intention. Our intention is for the user to stream the movie at their convenience using broadband and if the user wants to have a collection of it, the user can buy the DVD or VHS from the Amazon.com. We will get a commission from the sale.
ha!
The Jupiter Cluster(TM) will be able to operate at 200 Gflops and will be featured on the October Top 500 Supercomputer list of the world's fastest supercomputers
um, an order of magnitude off...
Squeezing money from our schools
can Linux save them?
so i just signed it "Phillip McCollen" with my left hand and gave it back to him (yes, i'm right handed, and no, I'm not named "fill up my colen").
he walked away satisfied.
and i walked away smiling.
although the non-compete issue is a serious one, try this method before getting into it for real...
I live in Arlington, VA... and I can tell you from first hand experience, that the press in this town (Washington, DC--- hello! the epicenter) is NOT "conservative" and NOT pro Republican.
The Washington Post (Arguably one of the top 2 most influential dailies in the land) is decidedly LEFT in its coloring. And they have consistantly favored Gore, so much so that i've written twice to the editorial staff to press them on their clearly biased reporting (of course I got no response)
Plus, Why NOT post something balanced? Like how the Dems do it too? (I read more than half of the article until I wanted to puke, it read like a high-school-girls rants of a "cruel-cruel-unfair-world" when all along, we know she's doing the same things herself to her classmates!!!)
I've read too much crap from the Post... and now, you make a sweeping statement about the press being 'right' leaning, PUH-LEASE!
I think what Dodechahedron posted above you is accurate: ".... I think what bugs you is that it's now happening to a candidate you favor..."
Just as the linked article bugged the shit out of me... at least I can be honest about it not just cry myself to sleep and hate this cruel-cruel-world!
Ah, guns are not a social problems. They are a technology, like the computers you use daily.
Abusing a child, or an adult for that matter, is not good. A gun, knife, etc. is niether good or bad.... it all depends on how it's used.
The group of outwardly violent people who feel the need to kill, for pleasure or business, are a social problem.
Begin Personal Rant
Additionally guns, like computers, were origianlly designed to do work, and are now [constructively] used for work and play.
Are there folks using 'guns' for bad? -yes. Are there folks using computers for bad? -yes... Does that mean that they should be taken away from private law-abiding citizens? -no
And for all of those times when someone makes a stab at ESR, consider this:
you know when you hear about the 'supercomputer export restrictions' to black-labeled countries? --what does the average slashdotter think "...jeez all you need to do is buy a bunch of Intel hardware and set up a B'wolf cluster just like the 20 US universities who show you their projects online... they can build their own 'supercomputer'..."
Point is, if someone wants to get around it [partial disarmament], they will. New York City and Washington, DC have outlawed firearms/handguns for over a decade (15 years??) and GEE GUESS WHAT the bad guys still have them.
if you outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have them.
by Declan McCullagh
"Gore played no positive role in the decisions that led to the creation of the Internet as it now exists -- that is, in the opening of the Internet to commercial traffic," said Steve Allen, vice president for communications at the conservative Progress and Freedom Foundation.
Since 1993, Gore has become one of the most prominent people in the Clinton administration on issues related to high technology. He hosts visiting businessmen and takes pride in personally announcing new technology initiatives such as Internet II funding.
He also took the lead in supporting the Clipper Chip and continued restrictions on the overseas shipments of encryption products.
High-visibility events can be prone to embarrassing slip-ups. At one recent White House event, Gore introduced Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, who he had met with privately earlier that day.
Gore told the audience how much he valued Chambers and one of the products Cisco produced. But he mispronounced "routers" as root-ers.
geez, he is our hero!
...
And i quote:
Raising venture capital supposedly has become much more difficult since April's crash in technology stocks, but X.com has done it again, raising $30 million in series D funding.
The Palo Alto, California-based online payment processor raised $100 million in April, after having merged with PayPal in March.
The lead investor in this round was the investment arm of French retail bank Credit Agricole. X.com spokesman Vince Sollitto said Agricole also would serve as a strategic advisor as the company moves into Europe and other countries.
ie: "costs to consumer" == opportunity costs (from our other world) - our world's percieved outcome.
Personally, i think you'd end up with a negative value... but that's not my reason for wanting to see this kind of test never performed...
Even if this were possible today, I'd say DON'T DO IT.
can you imagine, every company/individual being put to this test gee, according to our Quantum computer, if Bob would have been your kid's father, instead of you, Larry , they'd be XXX better off, ergo, you're a shitty dad and are orded to pay restition in the amount of XXXXX!
Seriously though, did some folks pay more? sure
Will it be too complex (due to the "indirect nature" of the end-users) for a single class action suit? yes
Should we tie up the court system for every party to get their $$ back? No.
A court ordered 'real version' of this attempt would be fine (with varying levels of refunditure based on your 'classification' c'mon, a little compartmentalization will do much to expedite!)
wrong kenny, methinks
Word of the glitch comes on the same day as rival Advanced Micro Devices announced shipments of its 1.1-GHz Athlon.
hehehe
Hey, don't forget you can find a slow Celeron2 600mhz for $100 on pricewatch, and you can also find a (computationally superior) 600mhz Duron on Pricewatch for $61... so much for leaving the scaps to AMD!
signed, a very satisfied T-Bird owner.
and forget "they made it accessible, etc" -or- "they knew it could be used for bad" (DeCSS: pirating vs. using to run DVDs on Linux)... what's next: chemistry classes are bad b/c they provide the background for bomb makers... don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, H'Wood!!
Because: using the "reasonable person" rule, if I post something that may not be legal in XXXX jurisdiction, but is legal in my jurisdiction, is the reasonable person really supposed to orchestrate a "blockage" or DoS of access rights to all the 'citizens' of all of the muni's that have outlawed what I have/know?... world wide?
I think not., or with the state of affairs, I hope not.
Specifically: MPAA: "DeCSS = copying machine", when it was created just for playing F*cking DVDs on Linux, and the the truth is that it codifies their regional shafting on DVD prices.
RIAA: "Napstar = bad for artists", first it was founded as a [legally protected] sharing tool, and second (thanks to person-2-person WORD OF MOUTH) makes the marketing machine of the RIAA devalued, not the artist.
Unfortunately, these first/bad impressions often stick, which is why I hope the FSF does something about it.
Aw, c'mon, Sam Adams kicks the shit out of 99% of the brews in the EU...
Lieberman has been a prominent critic of the entertainment industry, pushing legislation for the so-called v-chip for television sets that allows parents to block objectionable programming from their children.
He also joined with conservative William Bennett to target "gangsta rap" music and has been similarly harsh in his criticism of the creators of violent video games.
Great!!! Just what WE want, right CT?
Lieberman has been a prominent critic of the entertainment industry, pushing legislation for the so-called v-chip for television sets that allows parents to block objectionable programming from their children.
He also joined with conservative William Bennett to target "gangsta rap" music and has been similarly harsh in his criticism of the creators of violent video games.
Great!!! Just what you want, right CT?
Interesting, i never thought someone would want a leader with a differing viewpoint...
anyways, the "executive" branch doesn't share the root-word with "execute" just on coincidence... it's job (as govenor, or President) is to do the bidding of the congress(es) at the allowance of the courts... if the Texas supreme court has decided that the numerous capital offenders are guilty, then so be it.
his job is not to review cases and 'second guess' the courts, but is there so that those folks who may have "fallen through" the system can have one last cry and ask for a pause (even if for 10 minutes) before 'their button is pushed--- the goal of which is to see if any egregious errors in the case stand out, not to retry the case. Furthermore, if the 'execution' department was out of line, the other 2 branches of the [state] government would impede his lack of impedence, no?
and as to the stats from the Salon article... Texas is a big state... (not 20% of the country :) ) but still, if they follow through with the death sentence, good for them- (the stuff not explicitly codified in the Federal/National charter is left up to the state to decide... as long as it doesn't infringe on any inalienable rights, etc).
remember, the criminal justice system is designed to do 3 things: deter, rehabilitate, and punish... obviously, for the most extreme offenders, some of these options are mutually offensive.
Like a lot of the stuff in my original post: it's not pretty, but sometimes it 'has' to be done.
I'm not saying that walking about with your chest out is the goal, etc, but have you ever had to deal with a tool/bully in school?? (usually they're just posturing for /their/ crowd)- Through personal experience, I've found this out: if they think they can get away with pushing you/your friends around, the more likely they're to do it.
If they think they're gonna get their asses kicked, the less likely they are to start shit.
The leader of a country, upon exhausting dimplomacy, has to be ready to fight, period.
is he "DANGEROUS" as you say? I don't think so... ie: he's not unstable, irrational, shifty, nor has he accepted bribes from other contries, nor has he conveniently "LOST" his email records that would aide in an investigation, etc.
Can he >>>>"PUSH THE BUTTON", i really hope it doesn't come to it, but if it does; i hope our leader can do what it takes. If you can help it: don't fight- if you have to fight, fight to win.
>>>>>>"China/Russia will be pissed off"
TOO F*CKING BAD, wouldn't you be "upset" if your 'adversary' were to put in a security gaurd that wasn't asleep at the wheel, accepting political bribes from you, and afraid to use force because of the court of public opinion [ie: tanks should have been used on this mission, but because 'they didn't play well on TV' the administration and his Sec. of Defense- ordered them to stand down... did you know that the Rangers all got killed and the Secretary got canned???]
No, you wouldn't because 'news sources' like to hide the fact that sometimes, you need the tanks, its shitty, but sometimes you do.
Finally, if you want to see hipocracy in action, check out the article at the usually liberal Washington Post, here's an excerpt:
While Gore sought to portray himself as a populist who would protect the environment and fight big corporations, Rogers said the Gore family's connections to Hammer made Al a special-interests candidate who came into the campaign with a tangle of conflicts that he tried to hide. ...He pointed out that Island Creek Coal was one of the three major suppliers of coal to the huge, government-run Tennessee Valley Authority. And he demanded
that Gore acknowledge that he received quarterly royalty payments for zinc mining rights on his land in a deal with another Hammer subsidiary, Occidental Minerals Corp. Gore tried to finesse the issue. While his disclosure statement listed his assets in general terms, it did not name the company from which he received royalties.
And because Occidental Minerals had recently sold its mining rights to another
corporation, Freeport Zinc, Gore was able to argue that Rogers had his facts wrong,
which was technically true.
This showcases my biggest pet peeves with politicians, hypocrisy. At least GWB is more honest on where he stands.
>>>>"Having such a trigger-happy moron at the head of a very powerful country is suicide"
i've yet to see anything in him that makes him either, you're such a troll.
Hypothetically speaking, it doesn't make it "suicide", but rather makes life a bit more stressful for folks beyond our borders... least you could have done is been honest
--an American with a UK email address--
their delay is either:
1) sloth/busyness; 2) them 'making' a more acceptable/public version; 3) they'll release it 90% black ink'd-for national security reasons
I used to run the BP6 Dual Celey combo (366 -> 523mhz x2 for over 1250Mflops according to WinTune) And bang for the buck, that was the winner.
But the new FPU king is the Athlon T-Bird, check out the specs here at Tom's Hardware (note: the Duron KILLS the Celeron 2, much less the original Celey)
Down the road, look for Linux for PPC on these boards .