More importantly, YANAKL (you are not a Korean lawyer). This is happening in Korea, and if you're like me, you don't know anything about Korean law at all.
Because you're talking to the entitlement generation. They are owed good music on their terms. The world owes them whatever they want, whenever they want it.
1: They've pissed people off, some who may simply download out of spite now, and
Those people were never going to subscribe anyway.
2: They're stopping potential customers from seeing their show. I don't have HBO (not sure I can get it here anyway, but let's say I can). So what if I download and episode, realize that I really like it, and want to sign up? Well, they've stopped me from doing that, or at least tried.
Well, you could pick up the DVD from Netflix, Blockbuster, Walmart, whatever for $4 or $5 and see if you like it. You could also check it out when your cable company has a free HBO weekend.
More importantly, they proclaim that Apple's DRM is proprietary and you'll be stuck with what you can play it on. They don't say this about the others, but I'll bet you're limited on playing those back as well. It wouldn't be DRM if you could do anything you wanted with it and it wouldn't be available if it didn't have DRM, so their isn't much difference in that category.
First to file is much better than first to invent. In the case you mention that you invent someting first but someone else files first (both arrived at the same invention independently), your invention would make their invention INVALID as it would be perfectly valid prior art against their invention.
First to invent means that little old me can keep the rights to what I invent. Say I invent something, but I have no money and can't afford a patent lawyer to file for me (and I'm not going to give it to Patent Submission Corporation). Then, Microsoft/IBM/Patent Factory invents it a few years later and patents it. I lose because I didn't have much money. That pretty much blows.
On top of that, first to file encourages companies to file early and often, which won't lead to an improvement.
Hmm... I'm no database person but if you're creating a table that only allows a value of up to 127 and go over that, I would expect it to give you 127.
What would a real database do?
Return an error and don't make the insert.
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Healthcare has become increasingly expensive, and, unless you and your family don't mind suffering from untreated illnesses, good health insurance, and the money to supplement it if your plan doesn't think you need something, are going to require some serious money
Healthcare is not so unaffordable. Insurance is around $500 month if you buy it yourself. It's cheaper if your employer helps.
Then there's education. Perhaps one of the most important things a parent can provide for their child is a good, solid education. Aside from increasing their earning power, it will allow them to get more interesting, rewarding work as well as provide opportunities for them to meet interesting people. These days even a good State School could cost 15k or 20k, per child, in tuition alone. When you throw in living costs, books, etc. you're talking about serious money. Graduate or Professional school? Throw on another 75 to 120k depending on what your kids want to do.
Slow down, hoss! I paid for my education myself through scholarships, loans and a job. My brother did the same thing with medical school. I think it's good for you to pay for your own education instead of have it handed to you. Don't even start with me about good schools or bad schools. Some of the best guys I've seen have come from schools no one has ever heard of. The fact that they grew up poor has nothing to do with their intelligence or ability. Change your perspective and quit being a snob.
Money is also useful when disaster strikes. Say, for example, your entire city becomes submerged in water and your insurance company screws you.
I don't know about other states, but in Florida, the State will cover you if your insurance company can't (there's a word for what it's called, but you have to get insurance from a company that is "something", and that means the State will step in if necessary). Oh, and if you lived in New Orleans, you had flood insurance, which is useful when your house is submerged in water.
Do you even believe what you're saying? Low quality encourages illegal downloads how? If it's low quality, it decreases demand. And exactly how is the RIAA causing illegal downloads? Should people start stealing BMW's because they can't afford them? (Blah, blah, blah, copying is not stealing, etc). Point is that just because you don't like the price doesn't entitle you to just take it. It entitles you to choose not to consume it. As a matter of fact, the fact that people keep downloading makes the RIAA think that there is demand for their "low quality" product. They probably extend that into thinking that if the downloading stopped, the downloaders would purchase instead. It may be bad logic, but stop creating perceived demand for something that you think is "low quality".
Or you could just write a top-level exception handler that e-mails the exception traces to you.
That's one option, but there are lots of other simple approaches that all start with "Catch the exception, put its text into a file and then...". Why complicate this with a database and a custom viewing interface?
Volume and reporting. If your app is used enough, the volume is too great for email. It's nice to have some reporting features so that you can see troubled components or even troubled users.
Maybe they should seriously consider moving the whole city to someplace more stable (not below sea-level and not sinking).
Yeah, that'll be very expensive,
It won't be any more expensive than building the city where it was. It's no longer a city - it's a place where a city used to be. They have to build a new one, it's just a matter of where the do it.
The root of the problem is that most people do not care where their files are located. They just want it to work.
That attitude (of the most people you are talking about) to me is just like, for instance: ``I don't want to learn about strings and notes, I just want to play the guitar!''
Bah. Most people use their computer because they have to in order to do work. And, honestly, it's not such a terrible request that the computer be easier to use. Half of the things that the user is required to manage should be managed by reasonable defaults.
Personally, I symathize with the toad. Business is business, and the key to a profitable business is sales
Confusing and misleading a person isn't sales. Read his post again - he's making people think he cancelled their account without actually saying that he did it. AOL is just collecting a few more payments before they notice they are still getting billed. That's dishonest. It has nothing to do with sales.
You have failed to establish any sort of ulterior motive for the placement of the cameras. You may feel that cameras do not lead to safety, but that opinion does not suddenly create a conspiracy.
The entire program is being conducted under the guise of anti-terrorism
Or, it's possible that it really is about prevention of attacks. NYC is a very likely target and everyone just saw what happened in London. Of course, if it makes you happier to believe that everyone is out to get you, then go on.
Are there technically any browsers out there that can pass it?
Who cares? This is a CSS file with a wishlist of a single developer! Besides that, it has incorrect CSS in it. Somehow people have latched on to this thing.
The Christian faith (who's political wing is the Republican party) for some reason believe that sex is bad and that pornography is somehow immoral. I don't know how they reached that conclusion, after all, one need only look as far as Job's daughters antics in the book of Genesis to see that the Bible is no authority on sexual morality.
Get you statement straight. The Christian faith does not believe that sex is bad. Some crazy Christians do, but the religion itself does not. If you don't believe me, read Song of Solomon - it's a whole book in the Bible about enjoying sex.
It's a tad bit extreme to compare pirating software with murder.
I think you're missing my point. The argument that people will do it anyway is not a good argument for not enforcing a crime. Sometimes, it helps people to see something more clearly if you apply the logic to the extreme case. I'm not saying that copyright infringement is the same as murder. If you (or my parent poster) think that copyright law is flawed, then feel free to make that argument. Just don't make the argument that "people will do it anyway" because it's not a valid argument against any law or enforcement of any law. People still get raped, but that's not a reason for legalizing rape.
It still doesnt matter. Everyone is still going to do it. Like shutting down napster... like that was going to change anything! Someone just developed a method to get round the law.
And I'm sure that gangs will say the same thing about killing people. It seems like such a highly sound argument.
Why do we see so many disparaging opinions of the Itanium processor (all those 'Itanic' jokes, etc.)?
Because people repeat what they hear. Many people here only know what has been said on Slashdot about the Itanium. They've never used one. MrDicker64 said it was crap, so it must be!
I think that many geeks fail to take care of themselves by working out and stretching. Learning to stretch has been wonderful for me. The "bible" of strecthing is Bob Anderson's Stretching book. My wife thinks I'm nuts, but I stretch all the time, and I feel better for it.
Looks fairly safe (since Cape Canaveral is off the east coast of Florida), but I'm sure the boys over at NASA don't want to take any chances...
Hurricanes throw off wind and rain for hundreds of miles in their wake. Look at some of the radar and satellite maps - towards the east side of the hurricane, you will see bands of clouds spreading outward for quite some distance.
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IANAL, but I don't see why that is an issue.
More importantly, YANAKL (you are not a Korean lawyer). This is happening in Korea, and if you're like me, you don't know anything about Korean law at all.
Because you're talking to the entitlement generation. They are owed good music on their terms. The world owes them whatever they want, whenever they want it.
1: They've pissed people off, some who may simply download out of spite now, and
Those people were never going to subscribe anyway.
2: They're stopping potential customers from seeing their show. I don't have HBO (not sure I can get it here anyway, but let's say I can). So what if I download and episode, realize that I really like it, and want to sign up? Well, they've stopped me from doing that, or at least tried.
Well, you could pick up the DVD from Netflix, Blockbuster, Walmart, whatever for $4 or $5 and see if you like it. You could also check it out when your cable company has a free HBO weekend.
More importantly, they proclaim that Apple's DRM is proprietary and you'll be stuck with what you can play it on. They don't say this about the others, but I'll bet you're limited on playing those back as well. It wouldn't be DRM if you could do anything you wanted with it and it wouldn't be available if it didn't have DRM, so their isn't much difference in that category.
First to file is much better than first to invent. In the case you mention that you invent someting first but someone else files first (both arrived at the same invention independently), your invention would make their invention INVALID as it would be perfectly valid prior art against their invention.
First to invent means that little old me can keep the rights to what I invent. Say I invent something, but I have no money and can't afford a patent lawyer to file for me (and I'm not going to give it to Patent Submission Corporation). Then, Microsoft/IBM/Patent Factory invents it a few years later and patents it. I lose because I didn't have much money. That pretty much blows.
On top of that, first to file encourages companies to file early and often, which won't lead to an improvement.
Hmm... I'm no database person but if you're creating a table that only allows a value of up to 127 and go over that, I would expect it to give you 127. What would a real database do?
Return an error and don't make the insert.
Healthcare has become increasingly expensive, and, unless you and your family don't mind suffering from untreated illnesses, good health insurance, and the money to supplement it if your plan doesn't think you need something, are going to require some serious money
Healthcare is not so unaffordable. Insurance is around $500 month if you buy it yourself. It's cheaper if your employer helps.
Then there's education. Perhaps one of the most important things a parent can provide for their child is a good, solid education. Aside from increasing their earning power, it will allow them to get more interesting, rewarding work as well as provide opportunities for them to meet interesting people. These days even a good State School could cost 15k or 20k, per child, in tuition alone. When you throw in living costs, books, etc. you're talking about serious money. Graduate or Professional school? Throw on another 75 to 120k depending on what your kids want to do.
Slow down, hoss! I paid for my education myself through scholarships, loans and a job. My brother did the same thing with medical school. I think it's good for you to pay for your own education instead of have it handed to you. Don't even start with me about good schools or bad schools. Some of the best guys I've seen have come from schools no one has ever heard of. The fact that they grew up poor has nothing to do with their intelligence or ability. Change your perspective and quit being a snob.
Money is also useful when disaster strikes. Say, for example, your entire city becomes submerged in water and your insurance company screws you.
I don't know about other states, but in Florida, the State will cover you if your insurance company can't (there's a word for what it's called, but you have to get insurance from a company that is "something", and that means the State will step in if necessary). Oh, and if you lived in New Orleans, you had flood insurance, which is useful when your house is submerged in water.
Do you even believe what you're saying? Low quality encourages illegal downloads how? If it's low quality, it decreases demand. And exactly how is the RIAA causing illegal downloads? Should people start stealing BMW's because they can't afford them? (Blah, blah, blah, copying is not stealing, etc). Point is that just because you don't like the price doesn't entitle you to just take it. It entitles you to choose not to consume it. As a matter of fact, the fact that people keep downloading makes the RIAA think that there is demand for their "low quality" product. They probably extend that into thinking that if the downloading stopped, the downloaders would purchase instead. It may be bad logic, but stop creating perceived demand for something that you think is "low quality".
Or you could just write a top-level exception handler that e-mails the exception traces to you. That's one option, but there are lots of other simple approaches that all start with "Catch the exception, put its text into a file and then...". Why complicate this with a database and a custom viewing interface?
Volume and reporting. If your app is used enough, the volume is too great for email. It's nice to have some reporting features so that you can see troubled components or even troubled users.
Maybe they should seriously consider moving the whole city to someplace more stable (not below sea-level and not sinking). Yeah, that'll be very expensive,
It won't be any more expensive than building the city where it was. It's no longer a city - it's a place where a city used to be. They have to build a new one, it's just a matter of where the do it.
The root of the problem is that most people do not care where their files are located. They just want it to work. That attitude (of the most people you are talking about) to me is just like, for instance: ``I don't want to learn about strings and notes, I just want to play the guitar!''
Bah. Most people use their computer because they have to in order to do work. And, honestly, it's not such a terrible request that the computer be easier to use. Half of the things that the user is required to manage should be managed by reasonable defaults.
Personally, I symathize with the toad. Business is business, and the key to a profitable business is sales
Confusing and misleading a person isn't sales. Read his post again - he's making people think he cancelled their account without actually saying that he did it. AOL is just collecting a few more payments before they notice they are still getting billed. That's dishonest. It has nothing to do with sales.
You have failed to establish any sort of ulterior motive for the placement of the cameras. You may feel that cameras do not lead to safety, but that opinion does not suddenly create a conspiracy.
The entire program is being conducted under the guise of anti-terrorism
Or, it's possible that it really is about prevention of attacks. NYC is a very likely target and everyone just saw what happened in London. Of course, if it makes you happier to believe that everyone is out to get you, then go on.
Are we really even sure that it isn't just the server for Hello?
And if IE users have a problem with some page, just suggest that they get a standards-compliant browser.
And people like you are the reason Linux sucks for the end user.
You never realize you're on the slippery slope until you've stepped on it.
Well, technically, you weren't on it until you stepped on it.
has frozen over and the devil has taken up hockey and ice fishing...
Hockey and ice fishing is pretty much how I imagined hell...
Are there technically any browsers out there that can pass it?
Who cares? This is a CSS file with a wishlist of a single developer! Besides that, it has incorrect CSS in it. Somehow people have latched on to this thing.
The Christian faith (who's political wing is the Republican party) for some reason believe that sex is bad and that pornography is somehow immoral. I don't know how they reached that conclusion, after all, one need only look as far as Job's daughters antics in the book of Genesis to see that the Bible is no authority on sexual morality.
Get you statement straight. The Christian faith does not believe that sex is bad. Some crazy Christians do, but the religion itself does not. If you don't believe me, read Song of Solomon - it's a whole book in the Bible about enjoying sex.
It's a tad bit extreme to compare pirating software with murder.
I think you're missing my point. The argument that people will do it anyway is not a good argument for not enforcing a crime. Sometimes, it helps people to see something more clearly if you apply the logic to the extreme case. I'm not saying that copyright infringement is the same as murder. If you (or my parent poster) think that copyright law is flawed, then feel free to make that argument. Just don't make the argument that "people will do it anyway" because it's not a valid argument against any law or enforcement of any law. People still get raped, but that's not a reason for legalizing rape.
It still doesnt matter. Everyone is still going to do it. Like shutting down napster... like that was going to change anything! Someone just developed a method to get round the law.
And I'm sure that gangs will say the same thing about killing people. It seems like such a highly sound argument.
Why do we see so many disparaging opinions of the Itanium processor (all those 'Itanic' jokes, etc.)?
Because people repeat what they hear. Many people here only know what has been said on Slashdot about the Itanium. They've never used one. MrDicker64 said it was crap, so it must be!
I think that many geeks fail to take care of themselves by working out and stretching. Learning to stretch has been wonderful for me. The "bible" of strecthing is Bob Anderson's Stretching book. My wife thinks I'm nuts, but I stretch all the time, and I feel better for it.
Looks fairly safe (since Cape Canaveral is off the east coast of Florida), but I'm sure the boys over at NASA don't want to take any chances...
Hurricanes throw off wind and rain for hundreds of miles in their wake. Look at some of the radar and satellite maps - towards the east side of the hurricane, you will see bands of clouds spreading outward for quite some distance.