Except in the eyes of the law they didn't go to far. The seizure was legal and thus they have no legal recourse, UNLESS evidence surfaces that the warrant was obtained on false pretenses and the seizure malicious in nature.
A search warrant is one thing, shutting down a private enterprise because a couple agents got impatient or paranoid is another issue entirely.
We keep hearing about liberal judges this and liberal judges that in the media, but there are just as many conservative judges giving law enforcement rubber stamps on warrants.
I'd agree with many of your points, actually I agree with all your points. The little one liners and things were put in for "Joe MovieGoer". I didn't really care for them, but most of the theater laughed. Of course, they probably watch springer too.
Jackson did a magnificent job of translating a classic epic novel to a screen that can and does appeal to Tolkien fanatics and neophytes alike.
Long ago I said to a friend, the only way to make the book in to a movie, that covers nearly everything, is to make 6 movies of 2.5 hrs each. Fortunately, Jackson did the extended editions which is the next best thing.
One of the issues (and I wrote about it here a year ago) is that in the book, much of Aragorn's growth from ranger to king happens before the hobbits ever meet him. he knows what he has to do, now its just a matter of finding the right time.
I'm not gonna pull out a book, but if you go back you will see Aragorn's indecision and self doubt in a number of places. The first is after the fall of Gandalf while they rest in Lorien. The second is the death of Boromir and the breaking of the Fellowship. The third and final time is at Helm's Deep. He always knows that it is his time, but he doubts right up until he decides to take the Paths of the Dead. That is the pivotal moment in his transformation. I do think the film version was close enough for my tastes.
My understanding is you are not in violation until the consumer requests the source and you fail to comply. As someone mentioned earlier, you don't have to distribute the source immediately, but must comply when so requested.
LOL, never got stuck in the Callahan or Sumner tunnels in Boston, I take it?
Granted, you're not typically running a rig through a tunnel, but a shutdown should not be the default action. What if the command center goes offline or the receiver stops working. I don't exactly want a HAZMAT truck coming to a grinding halt in the middle of I95.
The divide between Novell and SCO gets wider. Once allies, this has got drive the wedge deeper between the two. While its been happening for a while now, this is will most assuredly accelerate their falling out and will force Novell to adopt a much more aggressive position against SCO's IP claims.
Well, I didn't say that there was some law of the universe that says it must be done this way, just that its the most common.
However, there are problems with buying it off the sheld, albeit minor ones. The review cannot be available before the product is released to the unwashed masses. While it is hardly a matter of life and death, the review is more useful to people the sooner they see it. Also, the manufacturers *WANT* the review out before the product hits the streets in the hopes that it will generate more buzz about the product and hopefully cause the product to fly off the shelves the moment its available in stores. This "Holy Grail" of product launch sometimes generates even more buzz, resulting in more sales. It doesn't happen like that often, but vendors are still going to embrace the current model. For one, its still relatively cheap for them and convenient for the reviewers and consumers. Finally, abuses of this system happen, but it hasn't reached the point where anybody, be they vendors, reviewers, or even consumers wants to change that model.
Cost. Most review sites, especially in the PC industry, don't have much cash to purchase the products themselves. Instead they rely on vendors sending their hardware to them for free.
It definitely isn't an objective model, but one that allows multiple people to review the same product. Ultimately, you have to make two really shaky assumptions in such a model.
1. The vendor is sending the reviewer a consumer level product (or nearly so).
2. The reviewer is objective and honest enough to verify the capabilities match that of the consumer available product and disclose where the product came from.
For the most part the model works. Point 1 is completely out of the consumer's control and cannot even be known to the consumer without point 2. As a result, there is only one thing that consumers can do, and that is learn to spot the honest reviewers from the frauds, fanboys, and sponsored reviewers. For example, Anandtech and Tom's Hardware Guide do a pretty good job. They clearly indicate where the hardware comes from, identify any differences between it and the shipping hardware, and do their homework as best they can to prevent getting duped. Contrast this with many reviewers who seem to be simply paying lip service to the vendors so they can get quoted in an advert and continue to get free hardware to play with. Researching the product also means researching the reviewer if you don't wanna get burned. It's like taking advice from the Gartner Group without seeing who paid for their latest study.:)
Well the only thing that really bugs me is the following excerpt...
People complaining of odor from these farms often are concerned about the effects of such gases as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, said Brian Button, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman.
really should read...
People complaining of odor from these farms just moved in to "New-Age Suburbanite Farms", a three hundred unit planned community, located next to the state's largest pig farm, said Brian Button, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman.
Coming from a region once dominated with agriculture (Southern NH), I've seen just that. A developer built a 300 unit community on the other side of a cattle pasture for a large dairy farm. It wasn't long before these 300+ residents started complaining. Eventually the harrassment and ordinances all those voters could bring to bear, before the farmer retired early and moved away.
Is the smell a problem, probably, I don't live there so I can't say. The farms have to *be* somewhere and if the farm was there before the complaining resident(s), then they should have known better.
In fairness, the bulwark of DoD's development was done for free by the mod community. They also didn't write the core engine for the game. DoD is priced more like an expansion pack, which it pretty much is - now.
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Except in the eyes of the law they didn't go to far. The seizure was legal and thus they have no legal recourse, UNLESS evidence surfaces that the warrant was obtained on false pretenses and the seizure malicious in nature.
A search warrant is one thing, shutting down a private enterprise because a couple agents got impatient or paranoid is another issue entirely.
We keep hearing about liberal judges this and liberal judges that in the media, but there are just as many conservative judges giving law enforcement rubber stamps on warrants.
I don't believe the headline overstated anything. The FBI's track record for returning anything seized is appalling.
Oh yeah. Back in the old days they used to have these whacky ideas about inheritance. It wasn't uncommon for children to have many parents.
Well, given a choice between young Palestinian men blowing themselves up in Cafes or hacking, I think I'd much rather see a story about the hackers.
I'd agree with many of your points, actually I agree with all your points. The little one liners and things were put in for "Joe MovieGoer". I didn't really care for them, but most of the theater laughed. Of course, they probably watch springer too.
Jackson did a magnificent job of translating a classic epic novel to a screen that can and does appeal to Tolkien fanatics and neophytes alike.
Long ago I said to a friend, the only way to make the book in to a movie, that covers nearly everything, is to make 6 movies of 2.5 hrs each. Fortunately, Jackson did the extended editions which is the next best thing.
One of the issues (and I wrote about it here a year ago) is that in the book, much of Aragorn's growth from ranger to king happens before the hobbits ever meet him. he knows what he has to do, now its just a matter of finding the right time.
I'm not gonna pull out a book, but if you go back you will see Aragorn's indecision and self doubt in a number of places. The first is after the fall of Gandalf while they rest in Lorien. The second is the death of Boromir and the breaking of the Fellowship. The third and final time is at Helm's Deep. He always knows that it is his time, but he doubts right up until he decides to take the Paths of the Dead. That is the pivotal moment in his transformation. I do think the film version was close enough for my tastes.
Some would say that if you bought Office 2003, you've already been scammed. :-)
You know, I like that.
My Dad told me, "Son, don't ever steal unless its enough to get you to a tropical paradise with no extradition laws."
The IRS is neither Repbulican or Democrat, its evil.
My understanding is you are not in violation until the consumer requests the source and you fail to comply. As someone mentioned earlier, you don't have to distribute the source immediately, but must comply when so requested.
Well, they gotta make those special logos for holidays and such don't they?
Yeah but ya gotta at least appreciate the anger. I was laughing my ass off reading it.
LOL, never got stuck in the Callahan or Sumner tunnels in Boston, I take it?
Granted, you're not typically running a rig through a tunnel, but a shutdown should not be the default action. What if the command center goes offline or the receiver stops working. I don't exactly want a HAZMAT truck coming to a grinding halt in the middle of I95.
The divide between Novell and SCO gets wider. Once allies, this has got drive the wedge deeper between the two. While its been happening for a while now, this is will most assuredly accelerate their falling out and will force Novell to adopt a much more aggressive position against SCO's IP claims.
In short, "The plot thickens."
Easy, the MP3 was online.
Living on final for an international airport, I can answer this.
In the middle of the night, its more annoying.
Wouldn't that make it a perfect drop-in replacement for Frontpage?
Well, I didn't say that there was some law of the universe that says it must be done this way, just that its the most common.
However, there are problems with buying it off the sheld, albeit minor ones. The review cannot be available before the product is released to the unwashed masses. While it is hardly a matter of life and death, the review is more useful to people the sooner they see it. Also, the manufacturers *WANT* the review out before the product hits the streets in the hopes that it will generate more buzz about the product and hopefully cause the product to fly off the shelves the moment its available in stores. This "Holy Grail" of product launch sometimes generates even more buzz, resulting in more sales. It doesn't happen like that often, but vendors are still going to embrace the current model. For one, its still relatively cheap for them and convenient for the reviewers and consumers. Finally, abuses of this system happen, but it hasn't reached the point where anybody, be they vendors, reviewers, or even consumers wants to change that model.
Cost. Most review sites, especially in the PC industry, don't have much cash to purchase the products themselves. Instead they rely on vendors sending their hardware to them for free.
:)
It definitely isn't an objective model, but one that allows multiple people to review the same product. Ultimately, you have to make two really shaky assumptions in such a model.
1. The vendor is sending the reviewer a consumer level product (or nearly so).
2. The reviewer is objective and honest enough to verify the capabilities match that of the consumer available product and disclose where the product came from.
For the most part the model works. Point 1 is completely out of the consumer's control and cannot even be known to the consumer without point 2. As a result, there is only one thing that consumers can do, and that is learn to spot the honest reviewers from the frauds, fanboys, and sponsored reviewers. For example, Anandtech and Tom's Hardware Guide do a pretty good job. They clearly indicate where the hardware comes from, identify any differences between it and the shipping hardware, and do their homework as best they can to prevent getting duped. Contrast this with many reviewers who seem to be simply paying lip service to the vendors so they can get quoted in an advert and continue to get free hardware to play with. Researching the product also means researching the reviewer if you don't wanna get burned. It's like taking advice from the Gartner Group without seeing who paid for their latest study.
Well the only thing that really bugs me is the following excerpt...
People complaining of odor from these farms often are concerned about the effects of such gases as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, said Brian Button, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman.
really should read...
People complaining of odor from these farms just moved in to "New-Age Suburbanite Farms", a three hundred unit planned community, located next to the state's largest pig farm, said Brian Button, a Department of Natural Resources spokesman.
Coming from a region once dominated with agriculture (Southern NH), I've seen just that. A developer built a 300 unit community on the other side of a cattle pasture for a large dairy farm. It wasn't long before these 300+ residents started complaining. Eventually the harrassment and ordinances all those voters could bring to bear, before the farmer retired early and moved away.
Is the smell a problem, probably, I don't live there so I can't say. The farms have to *be* somewhere and if the farm was there before the complaining resident(s), then they should have known better.
Who cares about scarcity, I wanna know if the Rational Assimilation of the Future is a credit course at the local college?
If I had a dollar for every time I heard that X was going away, I'd be a very wealthy man.
In fairness, the bulwark of DoD's development was done for free by the mod community. They also didn't write the core engine for the game. DoD is priced more like an expansion pack, which it pretty much is - now.