According to the U.S. Copyright Office, "A phonorecord is the physical object in which works of authorship are embodied. The word 'phonorecord' includes cassette tapes, CDs, LPs, 45 r. p. m. disks, as well as other formats." (Quoted from their "Copyright Basics" brochure.)
It's not an old-fashioned term for a record album. It's a lawyer-conceived future-friendly term for the embodiment of any recorded sound format, including ones we haven't dreamed of yet. The meat of the matter as it pertains to P2P file-sharing seems to be that copying any of these formats, currently existing or barely imaginable, to distribute electronically, in expectation of receiving copies of other copyright material, is now considered to be criminal infringement of copyright, and punishable.
Just as a follow up to my previous post here.... I emailed my bank for a comment on transaction monitoring. I received a rather poorly pieced together response (in all caps, by the way -- not really a big deal but I'd think that the people entrusted with representing a bank via email might have a little familiarity with how to actually compose one) letting me know that they require a social security number and "who is calling" from anyone calling into the center. My question was either completely misunderstood or neatly sidestepped.
I'm glad to see the government did the right thing. But the article states that ". . . the "Know Your Customer" proposal originated because banks were looking for Federal guidelines on the matter. . .." and that some banks have their own programs for monitoring transactions. Now I need to find out where my own bank stands on the matter.
we could pick and choose any random work, any random title, any random author, and guarantee them in the top 25 best sellers. Its a sign of the power of/. and of geeks and nerds everywhere!
Wonderful? This is the message I got:
Mediocre authors, listen up. Need to sell a book, any book, regardless of quality? Just buddy up to a web site with a large following. The site's readers will buy your book just because they recognize your name. Even the ones that think you're a jerk. They may like it, they may not, but at least they're buying!
I'm sorry, but I don't think this is very wonderful. Are we discerning individuals or indiscriminate name whores? I am not commenting on Katz's writing. I haven't read any of his work aside from the few articles I've seen on/. (To be honest, I haven't made it all the way through one of them.) I do know that, if all I have to look forward to from Jon Katz is a sales pitch (followed by a gloat session), I will definitely be filtering his articles. I'd think that someone who loves "the Web" as much as Katz claims to would be more disheartened about its increasing function as the mother of all advertising scams.
I think the default shutdown wound was a deep puncture to the calf, but I changed mine to a relatively minor papercut and have been much happier with the operating system as a whole.
In a perfect world, everyone would ignore AC posts and therefore people/companies would not be damaged from erroneous AC posts and consequently AC posts wouldn't be a problem. Then no one would read them so no one would post them....
If I can rely on my comprehension of the article we are discussing, one of the users named in the suit went by a username, "Delusional5". This is a username just like "knifegirl" and "afniv" are. I have chosen a name for myself here so am not an Anonymous Coward. That does not mean that you know my identity.
I'm a little unclear on how Yahoo can be subpoenaed for the legal names of its users. I don't think they require a user to provide this information before signing up for an account and, if they did, how could the information be verified?
While ACs may have some use (whistle-blowing), to hide behind them for illegal activities (slander/libel are illegal, even in the US) should not be seen as acceptable, and should be pursued in law if all else fails.
I fail to see the logic. This is like saying that wearing a face mask to hide your identity during a robbery should be viewed as unacceptable, if not made illegal. If we fine people for wearing masks, perhaps fewer robberies will be committed.
Buh?
what about blinking & animation?
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I'm still using netscape 3 over having load images in the menu rather than buried in configuration, and for the alt-num sequence to go back several pages at once.
You can turn off animation. I would like to be able to go back more than one page at a time; that's probably the feature I miss most. But image loading is supersweet in Opera. You don't have to dig it out of the config to change the option. Just one click (on the camera icon in the document window) or hit the 'g' key to toggle to one of the three image options. On the fly three-way toggling, baby!
Have they cleaned up their act? Are they fast *and* stable now?
I've been really happy with Opera 3.51. It's crashed on me less than a handful of times (maybe 3 or 4) but I could never remotely claim to have been crash free with Netscape. Opera is more configurable and faster.
Nicest of all, Opera lets you disable embedded sounds. It makes the web almost irritant free. I did say _almost_.;]
I have a few looking for me, and they keep finding tech support jobs. One guy even found a job doing backups for $10/hr.
Those jobs you are passing up could lead you to a position you feel you are more suited for. Get some experience. Get a foot in the door. If nothing else, it will show a prospective employer somewhere down the road that you are willing to work hard.
I thought my degree was supposed to be in demand
Experience, skills, and professionalism are always in demand. In my experience, a person can get by with these things (and a few choice others like intelligence and flexibility) without a degree, but having a degree can not compensate for a lack of the other qualities.
Hang in there. You may have to take a job (or more) that you're overqualified for, but that's not a bad way to gain work experience.
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According to the U.S. Copyright Office, "A phonorecord is the physical object in which works of authorship are embodied. The word 'phonorecord' includes cassette tapes, CDs, LPs, 45 r. p. m. disks, as well as other formats." (Quoted from their "Copyright Basics" brochure.)
It's not an old-fashioned term for a record album. It's a lawyer-conceived future-friendly term for the embodiment of any recorded sound format, including ones we haven't dreamed of yet. The meat of the matter as it pertains to P2P file-sharing seems to be that copying any of these formats, currently existing or barely imaginable, to distribute electronically, in expectation of receiving copies of other copyright material, is now considered to be criminal infringement of copyright, and punishable.
Just as a follow up to my previous post here.... I emailed my bank for a comment on transaction monitoring. I received a rather poorly pieced together response (in all caps, by the way -- not really a big deal but I'd think that the people entrusted with representing a bank via email might have a little familiarity with how to actually compose one) letting me know that they require a social security number and "who is calling" from anyone calling into the center. My question was either completely misunderstood or neatly sidestepped.
I'm glad to see the government did the right thing. But the article states that ". . . the "Know Your Customer" proposal originated because banks were looking for Federal guidelines on the matter. . . ." and that some banks have their own programs for monitoring transactions. Now I need to find out where my own bank stands on the matter.
However, if you enter amazon.com normally and search for the book, it is displayed with the actual list price.
It is a day brightener, isn't it?
Wonderful? This is the message I got:
Mediocre authors, listen up. Need to sell a book, any book, regardless of quality? Just buddy up to a web site with a large following. The site's readers will buy your book just because they recognize your name. Even the ones that think you're a jerk. They may like it, they may not, but at least they're buying!
I'm sorry, but I don't think this is very wonderful. Are we discerning individuals or indiscriminate name whores? I am not commenting on Katz's writing. I haven't read any of his work aside from the few articles I've seen on /. (To be honest, I haven't made it all the way through one of them.) I do know that, if all I have to look forward to from Jon Katz is a sales pitch (followed by a gloat session), I will definitely be filtering his articles. I'd think that someone who loves "the Web" as much as Katz claims to would be more disheartened about its increasing function as the mother of all advertising scams.
I think the default shutdown wound was a deep puncture to the calf, but I changed mine to a relatively minor papercut and have been much happier with the operating system as a whole.
If I can rely on my comprehension of the article we are discussing, one of the users named in the suit went by a username, "Delusional5". This is a username just like "knifegirl" and "afniv" are. I have chosen a name for myself here so am not an Anonymous Coward. That does not mean that you know my identity.
I'm a little unclear on how Yahoo can be subpoenaed for the legal names of its users. I don't think they require a user to provide this information before signing up for an account and, if they did, how could the information be verified?
I fail to see the logic. This is like saying that wearing a face mask to hide your identity during a robbery should be viewed as unacceptable, if not made illegal. If we fine people for wearing masks, perhaps fewer robberies will be committed.
Buh?
You can turn off animation. I would like to be able to go back more than one page at a time; that's probably the feature I miss most. But image loading is supersweet in Opera. You don't have to dig it out of the config to change the option. Just one click (on the camera icon in the document window) or hit the 'g' key to toggle to one of the three image options. On the fly three-way toggling, baby!
I've been really happy with Opera 3.51. It's crashed on me less than a handful of times (maybe 3 or 4) but I could never remotely claim to have been crash free with Netscape. Opera is more configurable and faster.
Nicest of all, Opera lets you disable embedded sounds. It makes the web almost irritant free. I did say _almost_. ;]
Tell your roommate he owes you a beer. It's "debian" (short e), named for Deb and Ian Murdoch.
Those jobs you are passing up could lead you to a position you feel you are more suited for. Get some experience. Get a foot in the door. If nothing else, it will show a prospective employer somewhere down the road that you are willing to work hard.
I thought my degree was supposed to be in demand
Experience, skills, and professionalism are always in demand. In my experience, a person can get by with these things (and a few choice others like intelligence and flexibility) without a degree, but having a degree can not compensate for a lack of the other qualities.
Hang in there. You may have to take a job (or more) that you're overqualified for, but that's not a bad way to gain work experience.