I say close the embassy down. Why do we ask our embassy workers to continue being exposed to a health risk that we clearly wouldn't tolerate here in the US? If countries were pulling their citizens out and recommending against travel in Beijing, China would at least have more incentive to address the problem.
That seems to make no logical sense at all. The judge seems to be saying that if Plaintiffs cannot proceed with their case otherwise, then there is no such thing as a subpoena that's too burdensome on non-party Marshall University.
Is this judge out of his freaking mind!!!
You're correct that the notion that the plaintiff's ability to proceed or not should have little bearing on the decision of whether or not the subpoena is overly burdensome. You've left out the first half of the argument though, that it's not burdensome because it only requires the names and IP addresses. The judge seems at best guilty of poor (maybe even deceptive) wording here. I see nothing wrong with the actual basis for his decision though. I mean, how burdensome is it to cough up the info?
Seriously, as I have no technical background in this area, I'll ask a dumb question: Why can't a system admin just copy the relevant logs to a disk, turn it over to the RIAA, and let them sort it out? Note that I'm asking why they can't, not why they wouldn't want to.
I don't like the RIAA poking around in the schools networks fishing for students to sue any more than the next slashdotter but the argument "Gosh, it's just too hard for us to give out the info on our computers." seems kind of weak.
I am not allowed to show the files on my laptop to the customs agents due to HIPAA regulations. So I guess either I refuse, and go to jail, or allow them to look at it, and then go to jail once I set foot inside the U.S. That's a good one. Here are a couple other hypotheticals that trouble me:
1) I share my laptop with my wife when I'm home because we can't afford a second computer. She has her own account and I don't know any of her logins or passwords. The directory in which her files are stored is not accessible by me. Is this the same as if I had accepted a package from someone else or been asked to carry their luggage for them? What sort of trouble am I in if the security folks either can't get access to her files or do access them and find something illegal there?
2) I have several encrypted disk images of personal (legal) documents. I can't remember the password for one of them but the security folks are demanding it. What happens now?
Fewer than would be produced generating the same amount of energy with coal, which currently provides about 70% of our energy in the US. That's a political answer, whether it's accurate or not. The short answer is "a lot".
My understanding as a layperson is that converting grass to ethanol is vastly less efficient than converting used oils into biodiesel. Besides, as the parent post noted, the oils would likely have gone to waste rather than be reused. That is not so for the grass. It's not clear to me how your grass comment even applies or, better yet, negates anything. Perhaps you could explain?
Nobody cares. It took most of my life and a fair amount of wasted money to finally learn that. I believe you are wrong. People do care -- they care a lot. Millions of Americans see someone drive by in a Hummer and think exactly that "Wow, I really admire whoever's driving that beast..." And why wouldn't they? Don't lots of our favorite stars and sports heros drive cars like that? Our role models? We're taught to believe that. Congratulations on not getting swept up in it all like the average joe but you need to consider a reality check here. You may not like it (I certainly don't) but them's the facts: People care. Maybe they shouldn't, maybe they're wrong for it, but they care.
"Why is there special treatment for sex offenders?"
It's not a legitimate justification in my eyes but I think one reasons that is commonly given for singling this sort of crime out is its association with really high recidivism.
I think this is more the case with child molestors and serial rapists than with many of the other sex crimes though and that brings up the point made earlier in this thread that perhaps the law should make more of a distinction between them.
If if that obvious then why would Commander Taco have posted this on Slashdot?
If it was just a careless mistake or a lack of fact checking then shouldn't there be an upate under the original post saying something like "Ooops. Turns out apple is NOT forcing a Panther upgrade."?
yeah, i had this same question. i mean, by definition it's looking for exactly the same sort of brinck and mortar places that have been in the phone book for ever. so, what would this have that the yahoo yellow pages doesn't?
would it be possible to use the machines both as lab machines for students AND as a cluster? I mean does the gear that networks them necessarily prevent them form being used as individual machines? sorry for the n00b question but it sure seems like VT would get a lot more for their money that way.
Right, so there there are just hardly any IT professionals who are comfortable using a Mac? I find that hard to believe.
It seems like you've over-simplified the situation a bit. The money issues I buy, but comfort? It's important to be comfortable, but at the end of the day your boss wants to hear that you have a solution that works, not that you have a solution that is comfortable for you.
Could someone please explain why this could not have been the work of a hacker? I have heard the argument that Apple's website is "too complicated" and "too secure" but I haven't seen any details to back that up. My question may be a bit naive but how hard could it really be for someone to change a few lines of text?
Yes, but that requires that you have two copies of your music (which could be several gigs worth). That's a hassle that was otherwise avoided. Besides, many people may use severl different machines at work or be in a computer lab environment. Take the case of a student who lives off campus. When working on one of the lab machines she wants to listen to her music and can't very well download it all to a lab machine. Anyway, you get the idea.
I can understand Apple's need to restrist internet streaming but there are those of us who like to stream our tunes from home to office and it seems like fair use to stream your own music to yourself no matter how far apart your computers are.
is the average mac user savvy enough to replce their fan and powersupply? I don't mean to belittle mac users (I am one), it's just that Apple caters to the sort of folks who don't want to have to deal with or think about things like this.
Not necessarily to BUY since you're wanting buy online but if you have the time it's always nice to actually get your hands on the stuff and FRY's (at least the one near me) has lots of MOBOs drives, and boxes on display.
Correct me if I'm wrong (like I have to ask:-) but it hasen't been proven that there are actually liquid sea under Europa's icy surface has it? It's plausible, maybe even likely, but not certain. So maybe we're jumping the gun a bit here with all this ultra-cool betteryless glider talk?
yeah, some places are better left undisturbed. and i don't get the hype here anyway. i mean, eventually wireless will be all over the place. why jumpup and down about a theatre?
Ok, dumb question but thinking of all those computers connected to airport base stations made me wonder: has anyone ever considered the idea of wireless clustering?
Also, just curious but what's the limit to the size of a 802.11 wireless network? The question doesn't apply to the iBooks in Maine but is just meant as a hypothetical question.
Anyone know?
...another case of poor PPC support that is the result of it's lack of sufficient market share to generate interest. I hate to say it (as a PPC/Mac fan) but I'm not sure the OSX "threat" is really viewed seriously enough to enicite a 'kernel war'.
One can always hope though;)
I went to the Fry's electronics in Wilsonville Oregon and picked up an Audiologic 101 for $137 yesterday.
Given the low price and the fact that is DOES play all the formats I've listed (I haven't actually test a VCD on it yet because I'm not sure they actually exist:-) I am very satified with the unit. That said, here are my main complaints:
it takes a whoping 35 seconds for a disc (of ANY format) to load!
it isn't savvy enough to read CDDB data or any MP3 file info. Are there any players that are?
it can't read folders or directories either, so I can't have MP3s nested in folders. Again, is there a player that can do this (obviously I'm ruling out computer DVD players here)?
the unit seems flimsy and is cheap looking. It has a silver plastic face.
So, again, despite my complaints I'm really satisfied with it. And it comes with a remote.
Anyone else have any experience with this machine?
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I say close the embassy down. Why do we ask our embassy workers to continue being exposed to a health risk that we clearly wouldn't tolerate here in the US? If countries were pulling their citizens out and recommending against travel in Beijing, China would at least have more incentive to address the problem.
You're correct that the notion that the plaintiff's ability to proceed or not should have little bearing on the decision of whether or not the subpoena is overly burdensome. You've left out the first half of the argument though, that it's not burdensome because it only requires the names and IP addresses. The judge seems at best guilty of poor (maybe even deceptive) wording here. I see nothing wrong with the actual basis for his decision though. I mean, how burdensome is it to cough up the info?Is this judge out of his freaking mind!!!
Seriously, as I have no technical background in this area, I'll ask a dumb question: Why can't a system admin just copy the relevant logs to a disk, turn it over to the RIAA, and let them sort it out? Note that I'm asking why they can't, not why they wouldn't want to.
I don't like the RIAA poking around in the schools networks fishing for students to sue any more than the next slashdotter but the argument "Gosh, it's just too hard for us to give out the info on our computers." seems kind of weak.
1) I share my laptop with my wife when I'm home because we can't afford a second computer. She has her own account and I don't know any of her logins or passwords. The directory in which her files are stored is not accessible by me. Is this the same as if I had accepted a package from someone else or been asked to carry their luggage for them? What sort of trouble am I in if the security folks either can't get access to her files or do access them and find something illegal there?
2) I have several encrypted disk images of personal (legal) documents. I can't remember the password for one of them but the security folks are demanding it. What happens now?
My understanding as a layperson is that converting grass to ethanol is vastly less efficient than converting used oils into biodiesel. Besides, as the parent post noted, the oils would likely have gone to waste rather than be reused. That is not so for the grass. It's not clear to me how your grass comment even applies or, better yet, negates anything. Perhaps you could explain?
It's not a legitimate justification in my eyes but I think one reasons that is commonly given for singling this sort of crime out is its association with really high recidivism.
I think this is more the case with child molestors and serial rapists than with many of the other sex crimes though and that brings up the point made earlier in this thread that perhaps the law should make more of a distinction between them.
If if that obvious then why would Commander Taco have posted this on Slashdot?
If it was just a careless mistake or a lack of fact checking then shouldn't there be an upate under the original post saying something like "Ooops. Turns out apple is NOT forcing a Panther upgrade."?
yeah, i had this same question. i mean, by definition it's looking for exactly the same sort of brinck and mortar places that have been in the phone book for ever. so, what would this have that the yahoo yellow pages doesn't?
would it be possible to use the machines both as lab machines for students AND as a cluster? I mean does the gear that networks them necessarily prevent them form being used as individual machines? sorry for the n00b question but it sure seems like VT would get a lot more for their money that way.
Right, so there there are just hardly any IT professionals who are comfortable using a Mac? I find that hard to believe.
It seems like you've over-simplified the situation a bit. The money issues I buy, but comfort? It's important to be comfortable, but at the end of the day your boss wants to hear that you have a solution that works, not that you have a solution that is comfortable for you.
Could someone please explain why this could not have been the work of a hacker? I have heard the argument that Apple's website is "too complicated" and "too secure" but I haven't seen any details to back that up. My question may be a bit naive but how hard could it really be for someone to change a few lines of text?
Yes, but that requires that you have two copies of your music (which could be several gigs worth). That's a hassle that was otherwise avoided. Besides, many people may use severl different machines at work or be in a computer lab environment. Take the case of a student who lives off campus. When working on one of the lab machines she wants to listen to her music and can't very well download it all to a lab machine. Anyway, you get the idea.
I can understand Apple's need to restrist internet streaming but there are those of us who like to stream our tunes from home to office and it seems like fair use to stream your own music to yourself no matter how far apart your computers are.
Seriously though, whatever you make of the original benchmarks, they were oviously a thorn in Apple's side or they wouldn't have responded.
is the average mac user savvy enough to replce their fan and powersupply? I don't mean to belittle mac users (I am one), it's just that Apple caters to the sort of folks who don't want to have to deal with or think about things like this.
at least according to this amusing article at MacCentral
PERVERT!
Not necessarily to BUY since you're wanting buy online but if you have the time it's always nice to actually get your hands on the stuff and FRY's (at least the one near me) has lots of MOBOs drives, and boxes on display.
Correct me if I'm wrong (like I have to ask :-) but it hasen't been proven that there are actually liquid sea under Europa's icy surface has it? It's plausible, maybe even likely, but not certain. So maybe we're jumping the gun a bit here with all this ultra-cool betteryless glider talk?
yeah, some places are better left undisturbed. and i don't get the hype here anyway. i mean, eventually wireless will be all over the place. why jumpup and down about a theatre?
Ok, dumb question but thinking of all those computers connected to airport base stations made me wonder: has anyone ever considered the idea of wireless clustering?
Also, just curious but what's the limit to the size of a 802.11 wireless network? The question doesn't apply to the iBooks in Maine but is just meant as a hypothetical question.
Anyone know?
...another case of poor PPC support that is the result of it's lack of sufficient market share to generate interest. I hate to say it (as a PPC/Mac fan) but I'm not sure the OSX "threat" is really viewed seriously enough to enicite a 'kernel war'. ;)
One can always hope though
1)How much can a PPC linux distro can benefit from Altivec optimization?
2)Does LinuxPPC enjoy the same degree of improved performance from additional processors that OS-X does?
flame away...
Given the low price and the fact that is DOES play all the formats I've listed (I haven't actually test a VCD on it yet because I'm not sure they actually exist
it takes a whoping 35 seconds for a disc (of ANY format) to load!
it isn't savvy enough to read CDDB data or any MP3 file info. Are there any players that are?
it can't read folders or directories either, so I can't have MP3s nested in folders. Again, is there a player that can do this (obviously I'm ruling out computer DVD players here)?
the unit seems flimsy and is cheap looking. It has a silver plastic face.
So, again, despite my complaints I'm really satisfied with it. And it comes with a remote.
Anyone else have any experience with this machine?