The poll is now saying 99% think that it is an invasion of privacy. The remaining 1% don't care. A whopping 0% approve of it and think it is important for the city to ask for this information to judge the applicants' character.
They could even look to the cereal industry for ways of doing these promotions. Cereal boxes all the time will offer something only to require that the person mail in a request form and pay some small shipping and handling fee. They could, as you said, include a code for a free 4x6 photo and then, when the photo is shipped to the person, toss in a mini-catalog with other band items the person can buy. Posters, hats, t-shirts, etc. Heck, it could just be a small card with the URL to the band's Zazzle.com page where all of the items are offered. This would add value to the CD (free photo) and increase the band's revenue stream (via other products) at the same time.
"Secret Money Machine"? He writes a book on how to make money, sells it, and makes money? Is his book only one page with the following typed on it: "Write and sell a book describing how people can make lots of money."
I'm not a lawyer, but I believe this is a normal part of evidence discovery. One side makes an accusation ("you shared songs illegally") and tells the judge that additional evidence resides on the defendant's hard drive. The judge, if he/she accepts the argument, can order that the defendant surrender the hard drive - usually to some neutral third-party for analysis. The defendant can refuse but then their behavior looks suspicious and they risk angering the judge. If you anger the judge, you can quickly find yourself in jail for contempt of court. (It's usually a bad idea to anger the person who holds your future in their hands.)
Ok, she says that to speak with the Moon you just need to quiet your mind and ask it a question. I'll give it a shot.......
Ok, the answer that I got is that the Moon is actually a guy named Bruce who prides himself on being tough. He told me that we should "bring it on" and that he doubts we'd even be able to tickle him. So I think we're good to go.
You'll get no argument from me there. I never use it myself (since I don't work in that area), but I often get e-mails from PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY JUST SWITCHED OVER FROM MEDITECH AND THUS HAVE CAPS LOCK ENABLED. Quite annoying.
It wasn't the auto warranty scam, but one of those calls was scarily accurate. My wife had just got off the phone with me telling me that our fridge was leaking water and needed to be replaced. (Came with the house and was quite old so it wasn't completely unexpected.) Literally seconds after I hung up, my work phone rang. "If you own your own home, you need to protect against major appliance failure..." The scammers are spying on me!!!! (Do I need to wrap my phone in tin foil?;-) )
There are still limited instances when CapsLock is useful. I work in a hospital and our MediTech program requires all caps. (Don't ask me why.) Like you mentioned, you can get keyboard remapping programs to turn CapsLock into another key. Still, I can see your point and it would be nicer if the CapsLock functionality was incorporated without needing a whole key. Say, for example, by pressing the Shift key twice or three times in rapid succession.
And while we're on the subject, does anyone use Num Lock or Pause anymore?
Oddly enough, with Crohn's Disease, you can get flare-ups when you eat healthy. Fresh fruit and veggies are out and fried foods are in. As one nutritionist told a friend of mine with Crohn's: "We'll take care of your Crohn's now and treat your cholesterol later."
Senator Hatch also said, 'In fact, one study reports that each year, copyright piracy from motion pictures, sound recordings, business and entertainment software, and video games costs the US economy $58 billion in total output, costs American workers 373,375 jobs and $16.3 billion in earnings, and costs federal, state, and local governments $2.6 billion in tax revenue.'
Well, according to some studies (conducted by me) Senator Hatch has cost Slashdotters an average of $3,141 per month in earnings and has led to 562 workers per week losing their jobs. I can't tell you my methodology, but it's the same as the entertainment industries. Here's a hint. It rhymes with: Bulled the Frumbers out of Vly Gear.
The shuffling schedule was bad enough. When that didn't kill Futurama, though, they put it on right after football. So anytime the football game ran long, they'd cancel the Futurama airing. It got to be that you didn't know when it would be on because you could never predict when the football game would end. They aired so few episodes one season that they were able to use the unaired episodes as a completely separate season. Then, with production shut down for a year, they claimed it would cost too much to start back up and make new episodes and besides the ratings were horrible anyway. (Duh. If people don't know *if* an episode is going to air, chances are they won't stick around to see if it actually does air!)
Lotus Notes a pleasure to use? Were we using the same program. Years back, the magazine I worked for was using Outlook for our e-mail. We were forced by corporate to move to Lotus Notes. I swear that the program intentionally altered itself to maximize its productivity killing skills. It was a horror and I'm thankful that I never need to use it again.
Think of Twitter as a combination of Instant Messaging and Blogging. Like Instant Messaging, you have a list of friends. You only get updates from your friends (unless a message mentions you). Also like Instant Messaging, it is more real-time than blogging or e-mail. You post a question and you will likely get an answer in minutes rather than hours (depending on how many people follow you, of course). However, it is also like blogging in that it is public (except for direct messages, of course). If I send a Twitter message to someone using @Username, everyone who follows me can read it. Twitter can also be used for sharing links, photos, etc that interest users (mainly using shortened links to the content). It can serve as a record of sorts by utilizing the search feature, but it can also give real-time updates. (During the Mumbai bombing, someone nearby was twittering real-time updates.) Yes, it can be used for pure fluff as well as substance, but so can any method of communication.
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The good thing about Twitter is that you choose who to listen to. So if there's a guy (virtually) tapping on your shoulder 20 hours a day saying nothing better than "Hey, hey, hey--pay attention to me", you just say "unfollow" and he goes away for good. (You could just not follow him in the first place also, but sometimes you follow someone and they wind up more annoying than useful.) That's what I like about Twitter - the ability to easily tune out the junk and tune in the good stuff. (Yes, there *are* folks on Twitter who post things worth reading.)
That was my first thought as well. Then again, I've been a victim of Identity Theft. Someone got a hold of my name, address, SSN, and DOB and opened a credit card in my name. (Despite not having the correct Mother's Maiden Name - thank you Capital One for requiring this "Security Question" and then not checking the answer!!!) Luckily, I caught it quickly so no real damage was done, but it's still horrifying to know that your information is out there for any criminal to use.
I'd hate to think what havoc could be wrecked if a name change could be affected merely by forging one signature. One roommate could change the other roommate's official name. Then, this roommate could use this name change to worm his way into the other's Identity all the while pretending that those letters with the strange name on them must be junk mail. By time the victim knows what's happening, the roommate could skip town with the victim's entire life savings and leaving the victim's credit in shambles for years to come.
So while some might get a bit of a thrill that this was directed at an anti-piracy/pro-copyright individual, the fact that their system is that broken is too scary to me to get any joy out of this guy's suffering. The only good part in all of this is that there will likely be a push now to tighten up the loophole.
Well, I didn't get my physics degree. I stopped trying after Quantum Mechanics freshman year. I love relativity, but I felt like Quantum Mechanics was using one mathematical equation to prove another one which is used to prove a third. And so on. Eventually, you could plot the course of an electron around a hydrogen atom, but helium was too complex. Of course, a contributing factor might have been that my University didn't check the course requirements and realize that I didn't have the right level of Math to take Quantum Mechanics. I still love physics, but I still don't like Quantum Mechanics. (I passed the course with a C, but I think the only reason I didn't fail is that there were only 3 students in the course and the professor didn't want to have a 33% failure rate.)
You aren't as in control of the situation as you might think when you're driving a car. You can only affect the safety of your car's actions (speed up, slow down, use safety equipment like seatbelts, not talk/text on cellphones, etc). While you are driving, however, there are a lot of other people who are taking actions that could lead to an accident.
Years back, when I was young, my mother and I were stopped at a red light. The light turned green and my mother - deciding to be cautious and safe - slowly eased into the intersection to cross. That's when we got hit by a car running a red light. The elderly driver, who wasn't wearing his glasses at the time, couldn't see the light because the sun was in his eyes so he decided to speed up. My mother broke her collar bone. I had no injuries. It could have been worse, we weren't wearing our seatbelts at the time and he almost struck us in a spot that would have caused our car to flip over. (Side note: The man's wife - who broke her leg in the accident - sued our insurance company. They settled without telling my parents and then raised my parents' rates. That insurance company was quickly dropped needless to say.)
Even though my mother was trying to be safe (seatbelt non-use aside), the unforeseen actions of this gentleman could have caused us to die. Add in the threat of drunk drivers and such and your feelings of controlling your chances of survival are mostly illusionary. At least pilots have to have training and certification before they fly. Pretty much anyone can get a driver's license by passing an eye test and driving well one time.
Stolen property. If you steal property, you must report its fair market value in your income in the year you steal it unless in the same year, you return it to its rightful owner.
So if you download a song from a torrent, watch it, and then at the end of the year burn it onto CD (deleting your copy) and mail it to the RIAA, you'll be fine? Good to know.
(I know, I know Copyright Infringement isn't Stealing. It's just humorous to think of the RIAA receiving tons of CDs with burned songs on them every year. Of course, you couldn't use your own return address lest the RIAA use the CD as evidence to sue you.)
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Maybe a campaign to get this added to pages?
The poll is now saying 99% think that it is an invasion of privacy. The remaining 1% don't care. A whopping 0% approve of it and think it is important for the city to ask for this information to judge the applicants' character.
They could even look to the cereal industry for ways of doing these promotions. Cereal boxes all the time will offer something only to require that the person mail in a request form and pay some small shipping and handling fee. They could, as you said, include a code for a free 4x6 photo and then, when the photo is shipped to the person, toss in a mini-catalog with other band items the person can buy. Posters, hats, t-shirts, etc. Heck, it could just be a small card with the URL to the band's Zazzle.com page where all of the items are offered. This would add value to the CD (free photo) and increase the band's revenue stream (via other products) at the same time.
"Secret Money Machine"? He writes a book on how to make money, sells it, and makes money? Is his book only one page with the following typed on it: "Write and sell a book describing how people can make lots of money."
I'm not a lawyer, but I believe this is a normal part of evidence discovery. One side makes an accusation ("you shared songs illegally") and tells the judge that additional evidence resides on the defendant's hard drive. The judge, if he/she accepts the argument, can order that the defendant surrender the hard drive - usually to some neutral third-party for analysis. The defendant can refuse but then their behavior looks suspicious and they risk angering the judge. If you anger the judge, you can quickly find yourself in jail for contempt of court. (It's usually a bad idea to anger the person who holds your future in their hands.)
No, everyone knows that it takes a brown dwarf chunk to radically change the gravitational pull of the moon.
Ok, she says that to speak with the Moon you just need to quiet your mind and ask it a question. I'll give it a shot. ......
Ok, the answer that I got is that the Moon is actually a guy named Bruce who prides himself on being tough. He told me that we should "bring it on" and that he doubts we'd even be able to tickle him. So I think we're good to go.
Actually, it's not so much upset that we landed on it 40 years ago as it is that we said we'd call the next day and we didn't.
You'll get no argument from me there. I never use it myself (since I don't work in that area), but I often get e-mails from PEOPLE WHO OBVIOUSLY JUST SWITCHED OVER FROM MEDITECH AND THUS HAVE CAPS LOCK ENABLED. Quite annoying.
It wasn't the auto warranty scam, but one of those calls was scarily accurate. My wife had just got off the phone with me telling me that our fridge was leaking water and needed to be replaced. (Came with the house and was quite old so it wasn't completely unexpected.) Literally seconds after I hung up, my work phone rang. "If you own your own home, you need to protect against major appliance failure..." The scammers are spying on me!!!! (Do I need to wrap my phone in tin foil? ;-) )
There are still limited instances when CapsLock is useful. I work in a hospital and our MediTech program requires all caps. (Don't ask me why.) Like you mentioned, you can get keyboard remapping programs to turn CapsLock into another key. Still, I can see your point and it would be nicer if the CapsLock functionality was incorporated without needing a whole key. Say, for example, by pressing the Shift key twice or three times in rapid succession.
And while we're on the subject, does anyone use Num Lock or Pause anymore?
Oddly enough, with Crohn's Disease, you can get flare-ups when you eat healthy. Fresh fruit and veggies are out and fried foods are in. As one nutritionist told a friend of mine with Crohn's: "We'll take care of your Crohn's now and treat your cholesterol later."
Hey, not all of us are single geeks living in our parents' basement. Some of us are married and... hmmm... Nevermind.
Well, according to some studies (conducted by me) Senator Hatch has cost Slashdotters an average of $3,141 per month in earnings and has led to 562 workers per week losing their jobs. I can't tell you my methodology, but it's the same as the entertainment industries. Here's a hint. It rhymes with: Bulled the Frumbers out of Vly Gear.
Obligatory Simpsons: "Yes, not the pronoun, but rather a player with the unlikely name, Who, is on first."
PEBDAU? Problem Exists Between Deity and Universe?
The shuffling schedule was bad enough. When that didn't kill Futurama, though, they put it on right after football. So anytime the football game ran long, they'd cancel the Futurama airing. It got to be that you didn't know when it would be on because you could never predict when the football game would end. They aired so few episodes one season that they were able to use the unaired episodes as a completely separate season. Then, with production shut down for a year, they claimed it would cost too much to start back up and make new episodes and besides the ratings were horrible anyway. (Duh. If people don't know *if* an episode is going to air, chances are they won't stick around to see if it actually does air!)
What they oughta do is find a good actress with two eyes, then poke one out. That'd be a timesaver.
Lotus Notes a pleasure to use? Were we using the same program. Years back, the magazine I worked for was using Outlook for our e-mail. We were forced by corporate to move to Lotus Notes. I swear that the program intentionally altered itself to maximize its productivity killing skills. It was a horror and I'm thankful that I never need to use it again.
Think of Twitter as a combination of Instant Messaging and Blogging. Like Instant Messaging, you have a list of friends. You only get updates from your friends (unless a message mentions you). Also like Instant Messaging, it is more real-time than blogging or e-mail. You post a question and you will likely get an answer in minutes rather than hours (depending on how many people follow you, of course). However, it is also like blogging in that it is public (except for direct messages, of course). If I send a Twitter message to someone using @Username, everyone who follows me can read it. Twitter can also be used for sharing links, photos, etc that interest users (mainly using shortened links to the content). It can serve as a record of sorts by utilizing the search feature, but it can also give real-time updates. (During the Mumbai bombing, someone nearby was twittering real-time updates.) Yes, it can be used for pure fluff as well as substance, but so can any method of communication.
The good thing about Twitter is that you choose who to listen to. So if there's a guy (virtually) tapping on your shoulder 20 hours a day saying nothing better than "Hey, hey, hey--pay attention to me", you just say "unfollow" and he goes away for good. (You could just not follow him in the first place also, but sometimes you follow someone and they wind up more annoying than useful.) That's what I like about Twitter - the ability to easily tune out the junk and tune in the good stuff. (Yes, there *are* folks on Twitter who post things worth reading.)
That was my first thought as well. Then again, I've been a victim of Identity Theft. Someone got a hold of my name, address, SSN, and DOB and opened a credit card in my name. (Despite not having the correct Mother's Maiden Name - thank you Capital One for requiring this "Security Question" and then not checking the answer!!!) Luckily, I caught it quickly so no real damage was done, but it's still horrifying to know that your information is out there for any criminal to use.
I'd hate to think what havoc could be wrecked if a name change could be affected merely by forging one signature. One roommate could change the other roommate's official name. Then, this roommate could use this name change to worm his way into the other's Identity all the while pretending that those letters with the strange name on them must be junk mail. By time the victim knows what's happening, the roommate could skip town with the victim's entire life savings and leaving the victim's credit in shambles for years to come.
So while some might get a bit of a thrill that this was directed at an anti-piracy/pro-copyright individual, the fact that their system is that broken is too scary to me to get any joy out of this guy's suffering. The only good part in all of this is that there will likely be a push now to tighten up the loophole.
Well, I didn't get my physics degree. I stopped trying after Quantum Mechanics freshman year. I love relativity, but I felt like Quantum Mechanics was using one mathematical equation to prove another one which is used to prove a third. And so on. Eventually, you could plot the course of an electron around a hydrogen atom, but helium was too complex. Of course, a contributing factor might have been that my University didn't check the course requirements and realize that I didn't have the right level of Math to take Quantum Mechanics. I still love physics, but I still don't like Quantum Mechanics. (I passed the course with a C, but I think the only reason I didn't fail is that there were only 3 students in the course and the professor didn't want to have a 33% failure rate.)
You aren't as in control of the situation as you might think when you're driving a car. You can only affect the safety of your car's actions (speed up, slow down, use safety equipment like seatbelts, not talk/text on cellphones, etc). While you are driving, however, there are a lot of other people who are taking actions that could lead to an accident.
Years back, when I was young, my mother and I were stopped at a red light. The light turned green and my mother - deciding to be cautious and safe - slowly eased into the intersection to cross. That's when we got hit by a car running a red light. The elderly driver, who wasn't wearing his glasses at the time, couldn't see the light because the sun was in his eyes so he decided to speed up. My mother broke her collar bone. I had no injuries. It could have been worse, we weren't wearing our seatbelts at the time and he almost struck us in a spot that would have caused our car to flip over. (Side note: The man's wife - who broke her leg in the accident - sued our insurance company. They settled without telling my parents and then raised my parents' rates. That insurance company was quickly dropped needless to say.)
Even though my mother was trying to be safe (seatbelt non-use aside), the unforeseen actions of this gentleman could have caused us to die. Add in the threat of drunk drivers and such and your feelings of controlling your chances of survival are mostly illusionary. At least pilots have to have training and certification before they fly. Pretty much anyone can get a driver's license by passing an eye test and driving well one time.
So if you download a song from a torrent, watch it, and then at the end of the year burn it onto CD (deleting your copy) and mail it to the RIAA, you'll be fine? Good to know.
(I know, I know Copyright Infringement isn't Stealing. It's just humorous to think of the RIAA receiving tons of CDs with burned songs on them every year. Of course, you couldn't use your own return address lest the RIAA use the CD as evidence to sue you.)