Diamond maybe, but titanium bends too easily. I've had titanium wires in my braces before, and titanium bends MUCH more easily than stainless steel, at least as bare thirtysomething-guage wire.
Actually, one kid did get caught viewing porn at my high school last year. Consequently, the school system added about blocking software packages to the servers. I'd also like to point out that it has been repeatedly confirmed by me that BESS blocks slashdot, at least before hitting refresh. I am seriously considering informing my principal of this. Even if he does nothing, he and the school system should at least be aware of the fact that N2H2 does this.
i'm not up on current world affairs, and in the recent past both places were either in the midst of civil war or true anarchy. however, my point was finding a server farm where the people in power could care less about copyrights.
whaddaya mean non-nerd friends not having heard about it? most of my nerd friends hadn't heard of it before i informed them! and these are people that get warez literally almost every day.
hmm...how many slashdotters does it take to stop industry oppression of consumers?
aren't a large number of us it managers and other people in charge of large amounts of hardware purchases? let's put those powers to work to fight this industrial oppression.
August 6, 2001, in financial news, a Canadian hard drive startup by the name of Saint Aardvark has the largest ipo in wall street history. Coincidentally, the company is also the only one currently not using the copy protection specification that is now standard in the hard drive industry, despite increasing pressure from canadian branches of media companies...
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up until about world war ii, the quote "all's fair in love and war" was true, at least for war. therefore, your examples are largely irrelevant.
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i am a white nerd, and frankly am ashamed of the myriad injustices committed by my race in the past. as i said somewhere above, most of my friends are not white, and those that are are fellow nerds.
the white race, whether europeans or americans, have conducted many of the most despicable actions in history:
european warfare until the past century or so involved total war, including armies routinely doing the following to cities and towns near the front:
raping the women
looting
pillaging
burning the city or town
slavery when convenient
unfair displacement of native americans (i.e. stealing their land or paying them tiny sums for land that was worth much more (manhattan island was purchased for several trinkets and beads))
the holocaust
exploitation of any and all natural resources of this planet with no concern for the future generations (or, in the words of ian malcom from jurassic park on the creation of dinosaurs from dna (that would take it to an even higher level, mind you) "it's the rape of the natural world")
i'm not even going to start on the fact that the united states has never had a minority for a president. nor the fact that most of the politicians in office in the united states are white.
my views might also have to do with the actions taken in the past my a number of the nationalities that i am descended from:
english - at one point had one of the largest empires in the world, mainly by subjugation of the native populations
french - napoleon...need i say more?
german - world war i, the holocaust, world war ii
irish - subjugated by english and therefore irrelevant to current argument
scottish - subjugated by english and therefore irrelevant to current argument
(unconfirmed ancestry)scandinavian - vikings
as far as my nerdiness goes, i'm a self-proclaimed nerd. i really don't care what people think of me, for i know who and what i am. i don't need the opinions of others to feel good about myself. i can only think of about 5 people whose opinions i hold high enough that their words could really hurt me, and half of them are close relatives. maybe i was harassed too much by too many people earlier in life (i.e. elementary and middle schools).
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maybe its because of the mixing nature of south florida, but its pretty hard to find signs of different groups based on race or nationality in my high school. most of my friends are either of indian descent (from the country of india, for you ignoramuses who refer to native americans as indians) or of hispanic descent. those of hispanic descent are from a range of countries, including cuba, columbia, argentina, brazil, chile, and peru. i myself am white and composed of the following nationalities: english, french german, irish, scottish, and i think scandinavian.
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you sound like you're recounting the backstory to upn's show 'freedom'. on that, there was a military coup after domestic terrorism got out of hand. special ops teams were ordered to shoot down air force one. anyone who refused was placed in secret prisons for political enemies to the new regime. the regime stopped domestic terrorism, "but it was peace without freedom. and that was a price some of us are not willing to pay." the regime completely ignores the constitution and its amendments. it is downright scary how possible this is.
all that i use cable for is 4 upn shows (7 days, star trek voyager, freedom, and level 9, all of which come through quite well on analog broadcast) and the better content on discovery, tlc, scifi, and history channels, and, when its on, battlebots on comedy central. other than occasionally watching la femme nikita on usa, that's all i use cable for. period. if i could just get those channels, it would be much much harder for them to find stuff to give me excess charges for. as it is, half of the channels listed above aren't part of at&t basic digital cable (comedy central, history channel, and scifi). afaik, the programs listed above aren't likely to be the ones blocked from recording, so it doesn't really apply directly to me, but i still think their idea is not only unconstitutional, but morally wrong. although, corporations have no morals, do they, or else they wouldn't have formed the fascist groups we call the riaa and mpaa. i am an advocate of freedom and opposed to censorship, but even the most conservative person should see the faults in the plans of the evil empires, and this time microsoft is on the side of the good guys.
the problem with this country is that it was founded by rebels, revolutionaries, and smugglers (not that there's anything wrong with those views/careers...), but is now run by beaurocrats who (and i'm speaking very generally here) wouldn't know which end of a gun to point at the enemy if they were drafted by a militia without the time for training (pathetic isn't it?). any government that claims to be constitutional, but then openly and blatantly rapes that constitution in the manner that congress did when it passed the dmca.
its pretty sad when something that is almost guaranteed to be lucrative for corporations is denounced by microsoft. i actually openly applaud microsoft for this. right here, on slashdot, antimicrosoft-central.
the purpose of the constitution, and in particular, the bill of rights, was to keep the government from becoming corrupted. whatever happened to the fifth freedom of the first amendment: the freedom to petition government for redress of grievances? LET'S QUIT DENOUNCING THESE THINGS IN LITTLE RANTLETS AND EXERCISE OUR FIFTH FREEDOM, PEOPLE!
i think i saw a link farther up on this board for a site already doing something along these lines, but don't remember it. the important thing is we need to exercise the right, no matter where or in what format we organize it. i would do a site and online petition form for it, but i don't have the resources or knowledge for such a task, and do not have the time and money available for it, regardless of how much i would like to. after all, i'm still in high school.
i personally think the alliance between the two companies basically means we're going to be charged the same for a cd's worth of music as the cd would have cost at msrp, only with very questionable audio quality on the music. if we don't like the quality of recording, we're stuck. before they start charging, if you don't like a song you napstered, you just search for it again, and download from a different person, even if it means napigating to a different server.
as far as the question of whether or not they should, i personally think individuals should do whatever self-censoring they deem necessary, rather than being lazy and asking or demanding that a government, a corporation, or other person(s) do the censoring for them. if you don't like pornography, don't view it, and if you encounter it, close the window or back out of the browser and close any popup windows. if you don't like hate groups, do the same.
all that france and germany are doing is giving a definite direction for their more rebellious citizens, rather than letting them choose their own form of rebellion.
each person, not corporations and not their governments, should censor himself or herself.
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actually, you are quite on target, imho. just look at all the rules in your average public school. the public school system is part of the government, but it restricts speech, public assembly, religion, press, and petition of government for redress. in short, it nullifies the first amendment to the united states constitution.
it restricts speech by having words, particularly swear words, banned. while their ideas may not exactly be noble, they are still speech.
it restricts public assembly by not permitting groups that are unaffiliated with the school system to use the facilities, regardless of the nobility (or lack thereof) of their purpose.
it restricts freedom of religion by, for example, conducting school-sponsored events at a local church (happened last week). that also violates the separation of church and state, as guaranteed by the constitution.
it restricts press by having one school-sponsored newspaper that has been dubbed 'the weekly propaganda', even by some students on its staff. also, anything remotely controversial is to be kept put away or it is confiscated.
it restricts petition of government for redress of grievances by beaurocratic dismissal of any legitimate concerns. my school has a "principal's suggestion box" in which suggestions/grievances/questions may be placed. he seems to tend to ignore those of any significance, but seems to like those with no measurable significance.
to avoid igniting a holy war, i will avoid the second amendment the third amendment, is irrelevant, as it was freedom from quartering.
the fourth amendment is certainly violated. last schoolyear, they did random drug/weapons searches of classes. they did metal detector searches of the students and their articles, as well as sight and touch searches of all articles. this is a shockingly clear violation of the freedom from unreasonable search (i.e. without a warrant), as stated in the fourth amendment.
as far as i have researched (not that extensively....i just used everything2.com's search features) those are the only infringed amendments.
if it's any explanation, yes, my school is in that most biased of regions, south florida:/
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Diamond maybe, but titanium bends too easily. I've had titanium wires in my braces before, and titanium bends MUCH more easily than stainless steel, at least as bare thirtysomething-guage wire.
Actually, one kid did get caught viewing porn at my high school last year. Consequently, the school system added about blocking software packages to the servers. I'd also like to point out that it has been repeatedly confirmed by me that BESS blocks slashdot, at least before hitting refresh. I am seriously considering informing my principal of this. Even if he does nothing, he and the school system should at least be aware of the fact that N2H2 does this.
Could the image also show matter flowing off to a supermassive black hole, rather than a dark galaxy?
i've seen nylon us flags before
i'm not up on current world affairs, and in the recent past both places were either in the midst of civil war or true anarchy. however, my point was finding a server farm where the people in power could care less about copyrights.
whaddaya mean non-nerd friends not having heard about it? most of my nerd friends hadn't heard of it before i informed them! and these are people that get warez literally almost every day.
well, nylon is worth more than wood pulp...
anyone have a nice, good, server farm in oh, say, bosnia-herzegovina, or somalia, or some other anarchist region?
the dmca could never apply there...except under american-enforced martial law, but the un would hopefully not be so inept as to allow that...
anything can be hacked...its just how many laws, warranties, and agreements you have to break in the process...
hmm...how many slashdotters does it take to stop industry oppression of consumers?
aren't a large number of us it managers and other people in charge of large amounts of hardware purchases? let's put those powers to work to fight this industrial oppression.
August 6, 2001, in financial news, a Canadian hard drive startup by the name of Saint Aardvark has the largest ipo in wall street history. Coincidentally, the company is also the only one currently not using the copy protection specification that is now standard in the hard drive industry, despite increasing pressure from canadian branches of media companies...
up until about world war ii, the quote "all's fair in love and war" was true, at least for war. therefore, your examples are largely irrelevant.
i am a white nerd, and frankly am ashamed of the myriad injustices committed by my race in the past. as i said somewhere above, most of my friends are not white, and those that are are fellow nerds.
the white race, whether europeans or americans, have conducted many of the most despicable actions in history:
- european warfare until the past century or so involved total war, including armies routinely doing the following to cities and towns near the front:
- raping the women
- looting
- pillaging
- burning the city or town
- slavery when convenient
- unfair displacement of native americans (i.e. stealing their land or paying them tiny sums for land that was worth much more (manhattan island was purchased for several trinkets and beads))
- the holocaust
- exploitation of any and all natural resources of this planet with no concern for the future generations (or, in the words of ian malcom from jurassic park on the creation of dinosaurs from dna (that would take it to an even higher level, mind you) "it's the rape of the natural world")
i'm not even going to start on the fact that the united states has never had a minority for a president. nor the fact that most of the politicians in office in the united states are white.my views might also have to do with the actions taken in the past my a number of the nationalities that i am descended from:
as far as my nerdiness goes, i'm a self-proclaimed nerd. i really don't care what people think of me, for i know who and what i am. i don't need the opinions of others to feel good about myself. i can only think of about 5 people whose opinions i hold high enough that their words could really hurt me, and half of them are close relatives. maybe i was harassed too much by too many people earlier in life (i.e. elementary and middle schools).
maybe its because of the mixing nature of south florida, but its pretty hard to find signs of different groups based on race or nationality in my high school. most of my friends are either of indian descent (from the country of india, for you ignoramuses who refer to native americans as indians) or of hispanic descent. those of hispanic descent are from a range of countries, including cuba, columbia, argentina, brazil, chile, and peru. i myself am white and composed of the following nationalities: english, french german, irish, scottish, and i think scandinavian.
you sound like you're recounting the backstory to upn's show 'freedom'. on that, there was a military coup after domestic terrorism got out of hand. special ops teams were ordered to shoot down air force one. anyone who refused was placed in secret prisons for political enemies to the new regime. the regime stopped domestic terrorism, "but it was peace without freedom. and that was a price some of us are not willing to pay." the regime completely ignores the constitution and its amendments. it is downright scary how possible this is.
what about tvs that have video out jacks? could the vcr be hooked up there without interfering with the picture but still getting it recorded?
all that i use cable for is 4 upn shows (7 days, star trek voyager, freedom, and level 9, all of which come through quite well on analog broadcast) and the better content on discovery, tlc, scifi, and history channels, and, when its on, battlebots on comedy central. other than occasionally watching la femme nikita on usa, that's all i use cable for. period. if i could just get those channels, it would be much much harder for them to find stuff to give me excess charges for. as it is, half of the channels listed above aren't part of at&t basic digital cable (comedy central, history channel, and scifi). afaik, the programs listed above aren't likely to be the ones blocked from recording, so it doesn't really apply directly to me, but i still think their idea is not only unconstitutional, but morally wrong. although, corporations have no morals, do they, or else they wouldn't have formed the fascist groups we call the riaa and mpaa. i am an advocate of freedom and opposed to censorship, but even the most conservative person should see the faults in the plans of the evil empires, and this time microsoft is on the side of the good guys.
the problem with this country is that it was founded by rebels, revolutionaries, and smugglers (not that there's anything wrong with those views/careers...), but is now run by beaurocrats who (and i'm speaking very generally here) wouldn't know which end of a gun to point at the enemy if they were drafted by a militia without the time for training (pathetic isn't it?). any government that claims to be constitutional, but then openly and blatantly rapes that constitution in the manner that congress did when it passed the dmca.
its pretty sad when something that is almost guaranteed to be lucrative for corporations is denounced by microsoft. i actually openly applaud microsoft for this. right here, on slashdot, antimicrosoft-central.
the purpose of the constitution, and in particular, the bill of rights, was to keep the government from becoming corrupted. whatever happened to the fifth freedom of the first amendment: the freedom to petition government for redress of grievances? LET'S QUIT DENOUNCING THESE THINGS IN LITTLE RANTLETS AND EXERCISE OUR FIFTH FREEDOM, PEOPLE!
i think i saw a link farther up on this board for a site already doing something along these lines, but don't remember it. the important thing is we need to exercise the right, no matter where or in what format we organize it. i would do a site and online petition form for it, but i don't have the resources or knowledge for such a task, and do not have the time and money available for it, regardless of how much i would like to. after all, i'm still in high school.
Therefore, a version that can be loaded from a floppy will probably be quite popular.
...as will having a powerful magnet in a nearby desk drawer in case the thought police show up...
just my two magnetic cents
pardon my bluntness, but how many slashdotters are us citizens that are fed up with the riaa, mpaa, or both?
i certainly am
my diminutive cd collection will only increase by buying records from artists on indie labels, such as moby.
i personally think the alliance between the two companies basically means we're going to be charged the same for a cd's worth of music as the cd would have cost at msrp, only with very questionable audio quality on the music. if we don't like the quality of recording, we're stuck. before they start charging, if you don't like a song you napstered, you just search for it again, and download from a different person, even if it means napigating to a different server.
as far as the question of whether or not they should, i personally think individuals should do whatever self-censoring they deem necessary, rather than being lazy and asking or demanding that a government, a corporation, or other person(s) do the censoring for them. if you don't like pornography, don't view it, and if you encounter it, close the window or back out of the browser and close any popup windows. if you don't like hate groups, do the same.
all that france and germany are doing is giving a definite direction for their more rebellious citizens, rather than letting them choose their own form of rebellion.
each person, not corporations and not their governments, should censor himself or herself.
to avoid igniting a holy war, i will avoid the second amendment
the third amendment, is irrelevant, as it was freedom from quartering.
the fourth amendment is certainly violated. last schoolyear, they did random drug/weapons searches of classes. they did metal detector searches of the students and their articles, as well as sight and touch searches of all articles. this is a shockingly clear violation of the freedom from unreasonable search (i.e. without a warrant), as stated in the fourth amendment.
as far as i have researched (not that extensively....i just used everything2.com's search features) those are the only infringed amendments.
if it's any explanation, yes, my school is in that most biased of regions, south florida:/
While gasoline is the most cost-effective and practical fuel for personal transportation, it is not the most efficient. That title goes to reactor-grade uranium. One uranium fuel pellet 1.5 cm long and 1 cm in diameter has the same amount of energy as twenty tons of coal.
Change the extension to .mp3 and put "Metallica" somewhere in the filename, which you subsequently place in your napster share folder.