Now imagine reading the posts you are replying to
I'm not really sure how a laser would bring down a plane though. Do you really think the pilots are up there doing dives and loops and such? Have you ever been blinded by a driver who didn't dim his headlights? Now imagine something about 5 times as bright.
Yes while that guy is flying upside down I would have no problem hitting him with a laser pointer. Quit arguing a flawed point hitting a helicopter is VERY unlikely unless you are trying to. hitting the pilot in the eyes is even harder without trying. Were the people in the article at fault? perhaps they willfully tried I don't know. But I am arguing that using a laser pointer to point out constellations is not a bad idea.
A white stick works just as well and can also be used to hit morons with laser pointers over the head. A 40 ft white stick is a lot harder to point at a constellation with than a 6 inch laser pointer.
Have you ever been blinded by a driver who didn't dim his headlights? Now imagine something about 5 times as bright. And pointed at the underside of your car.
I'm sure the defendant was all too happy to have the RIAA drop the case. The RIAA picks targets who just want to get the case done, they aren't going to go after someone with ideals and any form of solid ground to stand on any time soon.
But did the patch call for a reboot? I think thats the problem its a patch for a video game not a driver installation. Typically game patches don't call for a reboot.
You could even go so far as to argue that slashdot isn't reproducing it, he is. Slashdot is just the medium he chose to reproduce the code into. hence if the code is really copyrighted by microsoft it isnt slashdot they would sue rather him.
So the worst case is that the copyright owner makes your company change the code at some point in the future. If you put the recommended comment in, your company will know (i) its not your fault and (ii) you were heads-up enough to look into the issue a little further when you noticed it.
Bad idea, the comment is enough to acknowledge that the company (or an agent on its behalf) knew that the ownership of the code was legally questionable and could be used to remove any protection that the company could have to claim permission to distribute the code. If the copyright owner decides to sue, best case scenario hes able to sue the company successfully, worst case scenario hes able to sue the person who wrote the comment acknowledging the muddied ownership of the code.
I'm speaking out of what they teach you in business law classes, The law is written to specifically favor the customer in disputes no there is no law that says the customer is always right. But there are laws that say the retailer is always wrong. You are arguing and incredibly stupid (and wrong) point. We are getting nowhere because you are refusing to read what I am writing and blindly defending a point you appear to know is wrong.
We just spent the past month going over all of the laws that essentially say "the customer is always right", dispute on the warranty "customer is always right", price rings up wrong "customer is always right (with evidence in this case such as advertised price)". Pick up a business law book, the first 2 chapters will be ucc stuff then the next 2-3 will be covering laws to protect the consumer.
You have totally and completely misunderstood the nature of the sentence. The customer is always the one in the right when there is a dispute with no clearly defined outcome. Buy a hard drive find its got bathroom tiles in the box and no hard drive and take it back to the store? in liu of proof that you removed the drive yourself and put the tiles in its place yourself they have to return your money or exchange for another drive.
There are laws that specifically protect the customer in instances such as this, the laws are written with "the customer is always right" in mind its no longer caveat emptor its not caveat venditor. take a look at the business laws.
Discretion is important, agreed; but this is why we have judges. Would you rather your next broken bone be set by a single, well-qualified and experienced surgeon or twelve random guys picked off the street?
Except that the whole point of a democratic republic is the public thing granted power from the people, those twelve random guys picked off the street are supposed to be the single the ones setting the bone, the single well qualified surgeon is supposed to guide them into setting the bone right.
You're looking at it from the wrong direction, it is not the apathetic people with the acme of skill, rather it is the stores with the acme of skill. The apathetic people are the subdued ones.
There's just not enough money sinks. Maybe if a game added significant taxes they could fix an economy, but ummm yea thats not fun, so you need to find enough "rewarding" money sinks, and to my knowledge no one has really done it.
This is one of the fundamental flaws with most mmorpg economies. Its that people think there aren't enough money sinks, need more money sinks. Come on wheres the bright pink sash that costs 2 million gold pieces! The issue isn't so much not enough "rewarding" money sinks, and not too much taxes. Both of these things tend to cause people to horde gold more. Its that the game designers fail to balance the economy properly. In theory with a properly set up economy you could reduce money in the game by reducing the prices of certain resources for a limited time.
Apparently you guys havent read 1984
http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/20/ a poor summary of it but it gets some of the point accross. You should be saying THERE, ARE, FOUR, FINGERS!
Perhaps I overreacted, but that's the sort of appositive that serves to illustrate the passive form of racism found in whites (generally American). It's not conscious, nor is it particularly malignant, but it serves to keep some measure of "us versus them" in play. I'm not calling you a bigot; it's not like you were trashing him for being black. It's just that we have a long way to go before blacks (and other minorities, but mostly blacks due to our history) are regarded as "people" rather than "those people." My apologies for jumping down your throat; I could have been a bit more gracious. In recent months I've become much more aware of this sort of thing, and the fact that it's so widespread is depressing and angering, which leads me to take an aggressive stance when I encounter it.
Absolutely right! the only problem is while blacks are "those people" to whites (such as my self), us whites are often "those people" to blacks. The door does swing both ways and its quite likely thats how it'll always be. Equalize races as much as you want, but they are historically geographically divided, its not just a social thing. It's how humans are.
Assuming you're in the US (And if you're not chances are your country has similar laws) check into the UCC (Universal commerce code) and the Magnusson moss act, I don't have my law book handy to quote relevant sections but warranty laws are pretty explicit and unless they properly disclaimed the warranty to you (which sounds like they didn't) You have a very strong case against them for breaking the warranty.
I said that the courts are currently allowing the cops to interpret the suspect saying something as a rejection of their miranda rights allowing officers of the law to get away without properly mirandizing.
Slashdot Mirror
Yes while that guy is flying upside down I would have no problem hitting him with a laser pointer. Quit arguing a flawed point hitting a helicopter is VERY unlikely unless you are trying to. hitting the pilot in the eyes is even harder without trying. Were the people in the article at fault? perhaps they willfully tried I don't know. But I am arguing that using a laser pointer to point out constellations is not a bad idea.
Have you ever been blinded by a driver who didn't dim his headlights? Now imagine something about 5 times as bright. And pointed at the underside of your car.
I'm sure the defendant was all too happy to have the RIAA drop the case. The RIAA picks targets who just want to get the case done, they aren't going to go after someone with ideals and any form of solid ground to stand on any time soon.
Yes, but the discussion was copyrighted so they had to take it down.
Afterthought: if it's so tough, how do you machine it?
It's not actually all that though, just good at absorbing energy thats already pretty dispersed
Subscribers to netflix pay per month, not per dvd average 2 dvds per month and you're looking at 68c extra cost per month per user.
If the patch calls for an reboot, we reboot.
But did the patch call for a reboot? I think thats the problem its a patch for a video game not a driver installation. Typically game patches don't call for a reboot.
Mmmm... that's a bit of a stretch. Slashdot does reproduce his code anytime someone does a page load.
They do so on his behalf at his request.
You could even go so far as to argue that slashdot isn't reproducing it, he is. Slashdot is just the medium he chose to reproduce the code into. hence if the code is really copyrighted by microsoft it isnt slashdot they would sue rather him.
So the worst case is that the copyright owner makes your company change the code at some point in the future. If you put the recommended comment in, your company will know (i) its not your fault and (ii) you were heads-up enough to look into the issue a little further when you noticed it.
Bad idea, the comment is enough to acknowledge that the company (or an agent on its behalf) knew that the ownership of the code was legally questionable and could be used to remove any protection that the company could have to claim permission to distribute the code. If the copyright owner decides to sue, best case scenario hes able to sue the company successfully, worst case scenario hes able to sue the person who wrote the comment acknowledging the muddied ownership of the code.
I'm speaking out of what they teach you in business law classes, The law is written to specifically favor the customer in disputes no there is no law that says the customer is always right. But there are laws that say the retailer is always wrong. You are arguing and incredibly stupid (and wrong) point. We are getting nowhere because you are refusing to read what I am writing and blindly defending a point you appear to know is wrong.
We just spent the past month going over all of the laws that essentially say "the customer is always right", dispute on the warranty "customer is always right", price rings up wrong "customer is always right (with evidence in this case such as advertised price)". Pick up a business law book, the first 2 chapters will be ucc stuff then the next 2-3 will be covering laws to protect the consumer.
You have totally and completely misunderstood the nature of the sentence. The customer is always the one in the right when there is a dispute with no clearly defined outcome. Buy a hard drive find its got bathroom tiles in the box and no hard drive and take it back to the store? in liu of proof that you removed the drive yourself and put the tiles in its place yourself they have to return your money or exchange for another drive.
There are laws that specifically protect the customer in instances such as this, the laws are written with "the customer is always right" in mind its no longer caveat emptor its not caveat venditor. take a look at the business laws.
"The customer is always right" isn't a mantra, its the law. The laws are typically formulated to protect the customer in instances such as this.
That being said, I've got OpenSUSE 10.3 on my work tablet and it has been fantastic. October's the new nerd-Christmas!
Oct. 31 is Dec. 25 after all...
Discretion is important, agreed; but this is why we have judges. Would you rather your next broken bone be set by a single, well-qualified and experienced surgeon or twelve random guys picked off the street?
Except that the whole point of a democratic republic is the public thing granted power from the people, those twelve random guys picked off the street are supposed to be the single the ones setting the bone, the single well qualified surgeon is supposed to guide them into setting the bone right.
You're looking at it from the wrong direction, it is not the apathetic people with the acme of skill, rather it is the stores with the acme of skill. The apathetic people are the subdued ones.
There's just not enough money sinks. Maybe if a game added significant taxes they could fix an economy, but ummm yea thats not fun, so you need to find enough "rewarding" money sinks, and to my knowledge no one has really done it.
This is one of the fundamental flaws with most mmorpg economies. Its that people think there aren't enough money sinks, need more money sinks. Come on wheres the bright pink sash that costs 2 million gold pieces! The issue isn't so much not enough "rewarding" money sinks, and not too much taxes. Both of these things tend to cause people to horde gold more. Its that the game designers fail to balance the economy properly. In theory with a properly set up economy you could reduce money in the game by reducing the prices of certain resources for a limited time.
Apparently you guys havent read 1984 http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/20/ a poor summary of it but it gets some of the point accross. You should be saying THERE, ARE, FOUR, FINGERS!
As long as its voluntary and not compulsory I'm fine with it.
Perhaps I overreacted, but that's the sort of appositive that serves to illustrate the passive form of racism found in whites (generally American). It's not conscious, nor is it particularly malignant, but it serves to keep some measure of "us versus them" in play. I'm not calling you a bigot; it's not like you were trashing him for being black. It's just that we have a long way to go before blacks (and other minorities, but mostly blacks due to our history) are regarded as "people" rather than "those people." My apologies for jumping down your throat; I could have been a bit more gracious. In recent months I've become much more aware of this sort of thing, and the fact that it's so widespread is depressing and angering, which leads me to take an aggressive stance when I encounter it.
Absolutely right! the only problem is while blacks are "those people" to whites (such as my self), us whites are often "those people" to blacks. The door does swing both ways and its quite likely thats how it'll always be. Equalize races as much as you want, but they are historically geographically divided, its not just a social thing. It's how humans are.
Assuming you're in the US (And if you're not chances are your country has similar laws) check into the UCC (Universal commerce code) and the Magnusson moss act, I don't have my law book handy to quote relevant sections but warranty laws are pretty explicit and unless they properly disclaimed the warranty to you (which sounds like they didn't) You have a very strong case against them for breaking the warranty.
I said that the courts are currently allowing the cops to interpret the suspect saying something as a rejection of their miranda rights allowing officers of the law to get away without properly mirandizing.