I think the main thrust of this question was the RIAA's ever changing positions on whether a Music CD is a "physical" purchase, like buying a car, or a "IP license" purchase, like buying a piece of software. It seems like the Recording Indusustry would like to define what you're buying as whatever happens to benefit them at the time. This is a nice idea for them, but really shouldn't be allowed on a legal basis.
For instance, if I'm buying a car, then making copies, being entitled to a new car if it's stolen, etc, are silly questions. If I'm simply purchasing a license to the music, provided in hard copy on a CD, then by that license and the Sony Betamax decision, I am entitled to make backup copies of the work, and should be entitled to continue to use the work by the license, even if the original is stolen.
Could you think of his question in terms of a license instead of a physical property purchase, and see if your answers are different?
Yes, I can put a bunch of songs on my phone, that wasn't my question. My question is whether or not it will PLAY more than 99. Per Nokia, they don't make a phone that does.
Prove it does, and maybe I'll look in to buying another Nokia. Then again, I may not, as I'm not sure I want to buy a product from a company that can't tell you what it's features are.
I'm talking about a conversation I had with Nokia when I noticed that my 3300 won't play more than 99 songs. It won't even LIST more than 99 songs.
When I contacted Nokia, they stated that not only does my model not support more than 99 tracks, they couldn't provide me with a model that did.
Have you checked to make sure it actually plays more than 99? From track 1, if you go up (to the end of the list), does it show a number larger than 99?
The "representation" part comes from the person that is suggesting this tax.
The United States is a representative democracy, which means we elect people that we (supposedly) trust to make certain decisions for us. If the US was a full democracy, there would be no legislative branch, all people would vote on ALL issues.
Before the formation of the country, some dude that lived on the other side of a large body of water made decisions about our daily lives without our input or authorization, which we had some issues with.
Minors lack certain rights, as well as being protected from certain responsiblities. It is the parent or legal guardian's responsibility in that case to make votes and decisions that will act in the minor's best interest.
Minors are not granted the right to vote because it has been determined that they are not emotionally or mentally capable of handling certian responsibilities, like making informed voting decisions. 18 is kind of an arbitrary number, but it is assumed that most people are capable of making informed and responsible decisions by this age. There are some exceptions to this (emancipation being one of them).
You don't have much involvement with Intenet companies, do you?
The customers for this are Google, MSN (and it's related projects), iTunes,... Basically any company that has a presence that requires a large amount of data storage with fast retrieval. Most of these companies probably already use SANs from EMC, I know MSN does.
If we're going to think of ourselves as liberators and champions of freedom, then we need to be held to higher standards. It doesn't matter what the "opposition" does, treating prisoners in this manner is simply unacceptable.
Those soldiers have disgraced their country, their flag, and the uniform they wear. It is central to the beliefs of this country, and thus the armed forces, to protect and defend those who cannot defend themselves. To do otherwise is to destroy the very things that this country was founded upon.
I will not cheapen what has happened to those people by comparing it to the actions of those we're trying to SAVE them from. What is the point of liberating them if not to protect them from these types of things?
Regardless of what buzzword is used to try to make this type of treatment okay, be it "Terrorist", "Enemy Combatant", "Extremist", "Jew"(to use your example), the torture of people of people under your power and control is wrong.
We need to accept that a great wrong has been commited. And since we put those people there, we have a responsibility to live up to. I don't like having to accept that this has happened, but we need to accept it, without any qualifications to try to soften the blow, before we can try to make things right.
Who the hell posted this "insightful"? If you'd read the damn article, you'd know that the reason this is a problem is because the batteries are failing at about 18 months, or 6 months after the Apple warranty expires.
Which would be IBM's version of a windows operating system. He specifically mentioned that it did not in fact come from AIX. If you don't understand what the person is talking about, try to avoid making posts to insult the person's intelligence.
With a 4-digit user number, I'd expect that you'd have been around long enough to learn how to read.
Seeing as how Saab is now owned by General Motors, your scenario is rather flawed. If Sweden tried to tell an American company that they could no longer sell cars in America, there would simply be one less car company located in Europe.
Wow, you just managed to mention the three good games that came out for the 3DO.
The 3DO, like the Jaguar, were DOA. Both had some promise, but were the fourth and fifth consoles in a two-console war. Besides, the signal/noise for shitty/good games was WAY too high.
He's supposed to be an asshole. That's part of the point of the show. Just because there tends to be one pussy in the group that won't stand up for themselves doesn't mean that it's a bad show.
I'm at a point now myself where the only channels I watch are Discovery, Comedy Central, Spike, and Cartoon Network. Between the four of those there's more then enough interesting programming to keep me entertained. If there's nothing on them, it's time to fire up the PC or console games, or watch a DVD.
Oh no! Microsoft is phasing out support for an operating system that's 8 years old! In two years, I won't be able to get new patches for my 10 year old operating system!
That's a FAR cry from basically killing off support for a operating system that's less than a year old. It's a stupid idea, and not something I would tolerate in a server environment.
Yeah, but that's a case you'll have to take to court to win. Most dealerships are really touchy about doing warranty work on vehicles period, much less warranty work on modified vehicles. It has a lot to do with the fact that dealerships routinely get screwed on payment from the manufacturer on warranty repairs, so they try to find any reason they can to get out of them.
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I think the main thrust of this question was the RIAA's ever changing positions on whether a Music CD is a "physical" purchase, like buying a car, or a "IP license" purchase, like buying a piece of software. It seems like the Recording Indusustry would like to define what you're buying as whatever happens to benefit them at the time. This is a nice idea for them, but really shouldn't be allowed on a legal basis.
For instance, if I'm buying a car, then making copies, being entitled to a new car if it's stolen, etc, are silly questions. If I'm simply purchasing a license to the music, provided in hard copy on a CD, then by that license and the Sony Betamax decision, I am entitled to make backup copies of the work, and should be entitled to continue to use the work by the license, even if the original is stolen.
Could you think of his question in terms of a license instead of a physical property purchase, and see if your answers are different?
You're making the point that it's a movie at that point, which is already established as a form of art.
Not to nitpick (well actually, yeah), but the character you control is the protagonist.
The antagonist would be the character (usually an NPC), that's thrown against you.
Yes, I can put a bunch of songs on my phone, that wasn't my question. My question is whether or not it will PLAY more than 99. Per Nokia, they don't make a phone that does.
Prove it does, and maybe I'll look in to buying another Nokia. Then again, I may not, as I'm not sure I want to buy a product from a company that can't tell you what it's features are.
I'm talking about a conversation I had with Nokia when I noticed that my 3300 won't play more than 99 songs. It won't even LIST more than 99 songs.
When I contacted Nokia, they stated that not only does my model not support more than 99 tracks, they couldn't provide me with a model that did.
Have you checked to make sure it actually plays more than 99? From track 1, if you go up (to the end of the list), does it show a number larger than 99?
The "representation" part comes from the person that is suggesting this tax.
The United States is a representative democracy, which means we elect people that we (supposedly) trust to make certain decisions for us. If the US was a full democracy, there would be no legislative branch, all people would vote on ALL issues.
Before the formation of the country, some dude that lived on the other side of a large body of water made decisions about our daily lives without our input or authorization, which we had some issues with.
Minors lack certain rights, as well as being protected from certain responsiblities. It is the parent or legal guardian's responsibility in that case to make votes and decisions that will act in the minor's best interest.
Minors are not granted the right to vote because it has been determined that they are not emotionally or mentally capable of handling certian responsibilities, like making informed voting decisions. 18 is kind of an arbitrary number, but it is assumed that most people are capable of making informed and responsible decisions by this age. There are some exceptions to this (emancipation being one of them).
Yes, but can it recognize more thn 99 songs?
No model so far that Nokia has released will recognize more than 99 songs. Pretty silly in the days of 1 and 2GB memory cards,....
You don't have much involvement with Intenet companies, do you?
The customers for this are Google, MSN (and it's related projects), iTunes,... Basically any company that has a presence that requires a large amount of data storage with fast retrieval. Most of these companies probably already use SANs from EMC, I know MSN does.
I thought RATS were more heavily used in laboratory science,......
He can do that, and then get sued by Miramax/Disney, as they own the distribution rights in the US.
At least nothing.
If we're going to think of ourselves as liberators and champions of freedom, then we need to be held to higher standards. It doesn't matter what the "opposition" does, treating prisoners in this manner is simply unacceptable.
Those soldiers have disgraced their country, their flag, and the uniform they wear. It is central to the beliefs of this country, and thus the armed forces, to protect and defend those who cannot defend themselves. To do otherwise is to destroy the very things that this country was founded upon.
I will not cheapen what has happened to those people by comparing it to the actions of those we're trying to SAVE them from. What is the point of liberating them if not to protect them from these types of things?
Regardless of what buzzword is used to try to make this type of treatment okay, be it "Terrorist", "Enemy Combatant", "Extremist", "Jew"(to use your example), the torture of people of people under your power and control is wrong.
We need to accept that a great wrong has been commited. And since we put those people there, we have a responsibility to live up to. I don't like having to accept that this has happened, but we need to accept it, without any qualifications to try to soften the blow, before we can try to make things right.
The easy fix for that is to just have the boxes upload new channel selections/deletions at specific times, say 4:00am.
Yeah, THAT'S what it's for. Of course, you couldn't possibly just use all the cameras to see if the cars are just sitting there instead of moving.
Who the hell posted this "insightful"? If you'd read the damn article, you'd know that the reason this is a problem is because the batteries are failing at about 18 months, or 6 months after the Apple warranty expires.
Which would be IBM's version of a windows operating system. He specifically mentioned that it did not in fact come from AIX. If you don't understand what the person is talking about, try to avoid making posts to insult the person's intelligence.
With a 4-digit user number, I'd expect that you'd have been around long enough to learn how to read.
And you're obviously an idiot. A Dell or IBM SERVER is not a DESKTOP, regardless of whether it's 32 or 64-bit.
And if you're paying OEM retail for memory, you're an even bigger idiot. Haven't you ever heard of Crucial?
Oh, I don't know,... Maybe because it's FUNNY?
Seeing as how Saab is now owned by General Motors, your scenario is rather flawed. If Sweden tried to tell an American company that they could no longer sell cars in America, there would simply be one less car company located in Europe.
Take a look at how many (or more accurately, how few), conglomerates own "THE MEDIA", and you'll see how accurate it is to describe it as monolithic.
Except for the fact that the next-gen console won't be comming out until 2005.
This isn't the replacement for the gamecube, it's something else.
Wow, you just managed to mention the three good games that came out for the 3DO.
The 3DO, like the Jaguar, were DOA. Both had some promise, but were the fourth and fifth consoles in a two-console war. Besides, the signal/noise for shitty/good games was WAY too high.
He's supposed to be an asshole. That's part of the point of the show. Just because there tends to be one pussy in the group that won't stand up for themselves doesn't mean that it's a bad show.
I'm at a point now myself where the only channels I watch are Discovery, Comedy Central, Spike, and Cartoon Network. Between the four of those there's more then enough interesting programming to keep me entertained. If there's nothing on them, it's time to fire up the PC or console games, or watch a DVD.
Oh no! Microsoft is phasing out support for an operating system that's 8 years old! In two years, I won't be able to get new patches for my 10 year old operating system!
That's a FAR cry from basically killing off support for a operating system that's less than a year old. It's a stupid idea, and not something I would tolerate in a server environment.
Yeah, but that's a case you'll have to take to court to win. Most dealerships are really touchy about doing warranty work on vehicles period, much less warranty work on modified vehicles. It has a lot to do with the fact that dealerships routinely get screwed on payment from the manufacturer on warranty repairs, so they try to find any reason they can to get out of them.