Your proposed experiment leaves me with one important question...Can we be sure that the Faraday cage won't also block the graviational waves? If the point of this guy's theory is that electromagnetic radiation and gravitational radiation exhibit the same Meissner effect, why shouldn't we assume they'll exhibit the same response to other stimuli such as a Faraday cage?
the difference is the transfer quality when duplicating. when you duplicate an original VHS tape, each recording has 'lost' just a little bit of quality. so, when you make copies from copies, it gets worse and so on; same with cassettes.
however, with DVDs and CDs, you can make copies from copies from copies with no degradation. this is what scares the holy hell out of the RIAA and MPAA.
you're absolutely right that the quality of the copies is better. what I'm hoping the lawmakers will realize is that the effective action is no different.
using a newer technology that gives me the power to do something better or faster should have no effect on whether or not it was moral or legal to do it in the first place.
if copying music is wrong then it should be wrong whether or not I do it with analog or digital equipment. since lawmakers decided it was legal to copy cassettes and share, they should find it is legal to copy CDs and share.
at least that's the way I think it should work. but with my luck, they'll just retroactively decide we all owe royalties for all the cassettes we made when we were younger.
Well, as it pretty clearly states on the website, this order rejects the CARP rates and the librarian has 30 days to file a full report explaining the order.
--Atlantix
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Well of course you can install Adaware after Radlight to remove it's spyware. The point is that Radlight doesn't have the authority to decide what you can and cannot run on your computer. If I'm a plumber and you invite me into your house to fix your faucet but I also remove your security system, telling you that the workaround is to install a new one if you really want one doesn't even begin to justify my action. If I install a security system first, the implication is that I want it there. If I install Adaware first, the implication is that I don't want spyware. Don't go defending this company's malicious actions. They're abhorant.
I don't understand how a judges can even consider hearing trials on P2P file sharing.
Do we charge gun manufacturers with murder? Do hold car manufacturers responsible for allowing people to operate their cars will intoxicated?
Actually, there are several active lawsuits against gun manufacturers. I haven't heard anything about them recently, so I don't know what the status is, but it's quite easy to sue people over just about anything. The reason those cases are being heard is that there is a possibility of a ruling against gun companies. Same thing with P2P file sharing. How strong that possibility has to be is basically up to the opinion of the judge.
Okay here's a honest question. I don't claim to be an expert in understanding the intricacies of Windows but I do muck around in the Registry quite a bit so I'd count myself as an above average computer user. In my experience the only way to get a program to run at startup is to put it in the Startup Folder of the Start Menu, or to insert a registry entry in one of the following places:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur re ntVersion\Run* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Micros oft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run*
where Run* can be Run, RunOnce, RunServices, etc.
Is checking these locations and deleting anything you don't recognize as belonging there sufficient to guarantee there is no spy-ware running on your machine? Or are there other ways to get a program to start that I'm not aware of? Certainly this wouldn't take care of corporate spyware that checks where you surf. That can be done at the firewall or by routing all network traffic through a computer with spyware. But keyboard monitors, etc. would have to run on your computer right?
If you order something online, you have a fixed period (usually 7 days) within which you are allowed to change your mind and cancel your order. This cancellation can take place by postal mail, telephone, or by email "to the last known address" of the merchant.
Goodness, every online order I've placed has been shipped in plenty less than 7 days. Assuming UK-based online merchants aren't remarkably incompetent, how do they begin to deal with this? Do you get to just return the goods after they've been delivered, and at which party's expense? Plus, if you cancel by postal mail, I can almost guarantee a non-backordered purchase would have already left the warehouse.
Cool, now how many people that use Walmart for all their computer needs know how to run Linux? I'm thinking these customers will either buy a copy of Windows at full retail price without question or they will let their geek friends install a free copy for them. Now when Dell leaves an option for no OS, then I'll be pleasantly surprised.
As much as I hate to admit it, Microsoft is right about this one. I was talking to a friend who is a lawyer, and he said this could technically fall under the clause that states cannot make rules that apply to other states. It's similar to the laws that say if I'm married in one state, I'm married in another.
Your lawyer friend's statement contradicts itself. If states cannot make rules that apply to other states that would mean if you're married in one state, you're NOT necessarily married in another. You may not be an expert on the Constitution but don't just repeat what you're told without passing it through the 'Duh' filter first.
IANAL but it seems reasonable to me to make the following comparison...
In the case of a telephone call, a wiretap involves a live recording of what is heard by intercepting the transmission. Now consider if someone leaves a message on an answering machine. The police don't need to tap the line, but is a wiretap order still required to obtain that tape or can it just be submitted as evidence? (Please don't give opinions, just facts with links if possible)
Now consider someone sending an email or IM. If the police obtain the contents by sniffing the network and capturing the packets, this would be the modern equivalent of a wiretap. But once the transmission is over and the message is saved as an email or IM on the receiver's computer, it seems to me that we have a modern answering machine (albeit one that is more interactive).
I think the legal answer to my question about answering machines should also apply in this case. Any thoughts, flames?
Most DVD's aren't worth owning. I don't want to spend $40 or so on a DVD unless it's the type of thing I think I'll come back to again and again, like I did with T2
$40 or so for a DVD? Goodness, the highest I have EVER seen a DVD was $32.99 and I agree that paying that much is ridiculous. But most DVDs aren't close to that price unless you like shopping at mall stores like Sam Goody which love to rip you off. Last week, T2 was $19.99 for the Ultimate Edition and the standard edition was $7.99 (Best Buy).
My collection of 102 DVDs was bought for the average price of $15 (only a couple bucks more than the average price of a VHS these days). Watching for sales and those Buy 3-5, Get 1 Free deals from the studios are great ways to save money.
What I find most interesting about this situation is that EVERY "well-known copying establishment" I've ever been in has manual use copiers. Assuming she doesn't know how to use them, I'd take care of it myself, toss the guy a quarter and tell him to call the cops if he feels like it. And if they don't have manual use, I'm sure I could think of a few alternate places to send her for assistance.
I don't agree. The CTS was caused by the job, therefore the employer is obligated to take care of them
CTS can be cured (and prevented in the first place) through proper exercising of the joints. So maybe Toyota should be required to remind everybody to stretch in the morning.
Okay, so I'm being a bit sarcastic, but this lady (and everybody else) needs to take some responsibility for taking care of themselves. It's not like CTS was diagnosed for the first time yesterday.
As another suggestion, in an effort to reduce repetitive stress, I've learned to use the mouse with both hands. I currently have the mouse on my right side at home and on my left at work. I think this helps to balance the strain on my hands. While I'm only 23 and have not yet felt any signs of CTS, I'm a computer engineer, an avid piano player, ring handbells at my church, and play tennis from time to time. I'd say I'm at high risk for developing CTS and am willing to do what I can to prevent it.
Actually, while Titanic did gross over $600M in the US, it's also the only movie over $500M. To round out the top 5, Star Wars has $461M, Phantom Menace has $431M, ET has $399M, and Jurassic Park has $357M.
I do agree it's very unlikely that LOTR will hit top 5 or top 10 for that matter. But with its 3 hour runtime, I'd say it's doing very impressively.
Well the pony was there when they left Rivendell, and in some scenes as they traveled south. I don't recall seeing Bill during the scene where Boromir teaches the hobbits to fight or while they tried to cross Caradhas, but he didn't just appear at Moria.
There are also 30-40 minutes worth of deleted scenes to be included on the DVD. These are reported to include the parts about Gimli that you noticed were missing.
The biggest complaint I've heard about the movie (besides the die-hard fans constantly groaning about the lack of Tom Bombadil) is that even with all the cuts, it is still too long. I happen to disagree and would gladly have sat through a 4 hour version of this movie, but this would never have worked for today's audiences which think 90 minute movies are incredible. Those always leave me feeling truly ripped off even if all 90 minutes were good.
I accept that Peter Jackson had to cut enough to make the movie appeal to the masses but I believe he still managed to stay faithful to the story. I think the movie stands pretty well on its own, but anyone who has read the books can fill in the gaps and get that much more out of it.
All in all, watching LOTR crawl up the list of all time highest grossing movies (#35 as of tonight), is very satisfying to me as it is by far my favorite book.
I've been thinking that the various award shows should add a category for ensemble acting. While the performances of many of the actors in LOTR were well above average (especially Ian McKellen), I thought it was the cast as a whole that made the movie work for me. Sure many movies have one big name star who shoulders the film, but it would be good to honor a group that successfully plays off each other.
I wonder how they came up with the 'older-than-Giza' thing too...
Another post questioned what geological phenomenon could cause land to sink 2000 feet in less than 6000 years. That's probably why they think it is so old, to give nature enough time to cause this to happen.
AT&T@home previously placed a 650 KB/s downstream, and 128 KB/s upstream cap on our connection. However now on attbi we have 1.5 Mb down (which after running a speedtest [slashdot.org] I found to hover around 1.1 and 1.2 Mb/s) and again 128 KB/s upstream. This is a nice change for us, although I am aware other users didn't have such a cap.
I'm having a problem with your math there. Your old 650 KB/s (5.08 Mb/s) is much faster than 1.5 Mb/s which doesn't sound like a "nice change" to me. I also had AT&T@Home (but haven't been switched yet) and while I don't think I ever triggered a download cap (yes, I should try harder) I know I had a 128 Kb/s upload cap. Perhaps you meant Kb in your post?
What you've discovered is that Windows in its infinite wisdom requests the DNS server addresses on startup and then caches them. This is why your systems (and mine) had to be rebooted. The router knew the new DNS addresses but had no way to tell your computer that they had changed. This is true for Win98 systems, I don't know about 2000 or XP since I don't have machines with those OSes.
I understand Diamond won the lawsuit and the Rio was affirmed as a legal device. I don't think consumer electronics companies need to worry about battling the recording industry over MP3 players. Granted the RIAA could try to force SDMI compliance but then, where exactly is SDMI these days? Last I heard the group was essentially splintered because of different priorities from the RIAA side and the electronics side.
Does the standard edition not have a copy of the tech tree? That might be enough to get me to buy the limited edition. I loved having those trees spread out in front of me while I played the original (even after I had it memorized).
Also, when did Civ3 come out. I was in Best Buy just a couple nights ago and they didn't have it. I didn't see any mention of it in this week's ads either so I assumed it had been delayed.
If during the negotiation of the contract Napster had successfully removed this clause, then they would not have been able to accuse the music industry of anti-competitive practices. By leaving it in, they gained the ability to say "Hey look at this terrible thing we were forced to sign." It might be a bit dirty, but Napster clearly needs anything they can use in their favor. And I'm sure no one here thinks the music industry is being completely open and honest while trying to knock out P2P sharing.
However you can only use Windows Update if you have a legally purchased copy of Windows... And I'll bet you that many many many of those people who are running vulnerable servers don't have a legal copy. Or just clicked "cancel" when Windows prompted them to update their system the first time it was connected to the internet.
Really? Most people I know with acquired copies of Windows have no trouble using Windows Update. And I would argue that these people are also MORE likely to visit Windows Update. Of course, they'll still hit cancel at the prompt to update the system on the first connection. But that's because that prompt takes you to a registration page if I recall correctly. People that know where to find product keys/cracks/warez/illegal software/etc are much more likely to be concerned about the security of their computers and will apply the most patches. At least in my version of reality...
> Then if you don't want to read the ads, shrink your browser; think of it as folding back half of the newsprint page:)
Unfortunately that won't work because most websites use the equivalent of WordPad's Word Wrap feature. So if the ad takes 1/2 the screen and you shrink the browser, you just end up with a much longer page to read but everything (including the ad) is still visible.
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Your proposed experiment leaves me with one important question...Can we be sure that the Faraday cage won't also block the graviational waves? If the point of this guy's theory is that electromagnetic radiation and gravitational radiation exhibit the same Meissner effect, why shouldn't we assume they'll exhibit the same response to other stimuli such as a Faraday cage?
--Atlantix2000
the difference is the transfer quality when duplicating. when you duplicate an original VHS tape, each recording has 'lost' just a little bit of quality. so, when you make copies from copies, it gets worse and so on; same with cassettes.
however, with DVDs and CDs, you can make copies from copies from copies with no degradation. this is what scares the holy hell out of the RIAA and MPAA.
you're absolutely right that the quality of the copies is better. what I'm hoping the lawmakers will realize is that the effective action is no different.
using a newer technology that gives me the power to do something better or faster should have no effect on whether or not it was moral or legal to do it in the first place.
if copying music is wrong then it should be wrong whether or not I do it with analog or digital equipment. since lawmakers decided it was legal to copy cassettes and share, they should find it is legal to copy CDs and share.
at least that's the way I think it should work. but with my luck, they'll just retroactively decide we all owe royalties for all the cassettes we made when we were younger.
Well, as it pretty clearly states on the website, this order rejects the CARP rates and the librarian has 30 days to file a full report explaining the order.
--Atlantix
Well of course you can install Adaware after Radlight to remove it's spyware. The point is that Radlight doesn't have the authority to decide what you can and cannot run on your computer. If I'm a plumber and you invite me into your house to fix your faucet but I also remove your security system, telling you that the workaround is to install a new one if you really want one doesn't even begin to justify my action. If I install a security system first, the implication is that I want it there. If I install Adaware first, the implication is that I don't want spyware. Don't go defending this company's malicious actions. They're abhorant.
--Atlantix2000
I don't understand how a judges can even consider hearing trials on P2P file sharing.
Do we charge gun manufacturers with murder?
Do hold car manufacturers responsible for allowing people to operate their cars will intoxicated?
Actually, there are several active lawsuits against gun manufacturers. I haven't heard anything about them recently, so I don't know what the status is, but it's quite easy to sue people over just about anything. The reason those cases are being heard is that there is a possibility of a ruling against gun companies. Same thing with P2P file sharing. How strong that possibility has to be is basically up to the opinion of the judge.
--Atlantix2000
Okay here's a honest question. I don't claim to be an expert in understanding the intricacies of Windows but I do muck around in the Registry quite a bit so I'd count myself as an above average computer user. In my experience the only way to get a program to run at startup is to put it in the Startup Folder of the Start Menu, or to insert a registry entry in one of the following places:
r re ntVersion\Run*s oft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run*
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Micro
where Run* can be Run, RunOnce, RunServices, etc.
Is checking these locations and deleting anything you don't recognize as belonging there sufficient to guarantee there is no spy-ware running on your machine? Or are there other ways to get a program to start that I'm not aware of? Certainly this wouldn't take care of corporate spyware that checks where you surf. That can be done at the firewall or by routing all network traffic through a computer with spyware. But keyboard monitors, etc. would have to run on your computer right?
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
--Atlantix
If you order something online, you have a fixed period (usually 7 days) within which you are allowed to change your mind and cancel your order. This cancellation can take place by postal mail, telephone, or by email "to the last known address" of the merchant.
Goodness, every online order I've placed has been shipped in plenty less than 7 days. Assuming UK-based online merchants aren't remarkably incompetent, how do they begin to deal with this? Do you get to just return the goods after they've been delivered, and at which party's expense? Plus, if you cancel by postal mail, I can almost guarantee a non-backordered purchase would have already left the warehouse.
Cool, now how many people that use Walmart for all their computer needs know how to run Linux? I'm thinking these customers will either buy a copy of Windows at full retail price without question or they will let their geek friends install a free copy for them. Now when Dell leaves an option for no OS, then I'll be pleasantly surprised.
As much as I hate to admit it, Microsoft is right about this one. I was talking to a friend who is a lawyer, and he said this could technically fall under the clause that states cannot make rules that apply to other states. It's similar to the laws that say if I'm married in one state, I'm married in another.
Your lawyer friend's statement contradicts itself. If states cannot make rules that apply to other states that would mean if you're married in one state, you're NOT necessarily married in another. You may not be an expert on the Constitution but don't just repeat what you're told without passing it through the 'Duh' filter first.
IANAL but it seems reasonable to me to make the following comparison...
In the case of a telephone call, a wiretap involves a live recording of what is heard by intercepting the transmission. Now consider if someone leaves a message on an answering machine. The police don't need to tap the line, but is a wiretap order still required to obtain that tape or can it just be submitted as evidence? (Please don't give opinions, just facts with links if possible)
Now consider someone sending an email or IM. If the police obtain the contents by sniffing the network and capturing the packets, this would be the modern equivalent of a wiretap. But once the transmission is over and the message is saved as an email or IM on the receiver's computer, it seems to me that we have a modern answering machine (albeit one that is more interactive).
I think the legal answer to my question about answering machines should also apply in this case. Any thoughts, flames?
Most DVD's aren't worth owning. I don't want to spend $40 or so on a DVD unless it's the type of thing I think I'll come back to again and again, like I did with T2
$40 or so for a DVD? Goodness, the highest I have EVER seen a DVD was $32.99 and I agree that paying that much is ridiculous. But most DVDs aren't close to that price unless you like shopping at mall stores like Sam Goody which love to rip you off. Last week, T2 was $19.99 for the Ultimate Edition and the standard edition was $7.99 (Best Buy).
My collection of 102 DVDs was bought for the average price of $15 (only a couple bucks more than the average price of a VHS these days). Watching for sales and those Buy 3-5, Get 1 Free deals from the studios are great ways to save money.
What I find most interesting about this situation is that EVERY "well-known copying establishment" I've ever been in has manual use copiers. Assuming she doesn't know how to use them, I'd take care of it myself, toss the guy a quarter and tell him to call the cops if he feels like it. And if they don't have manual use, I'm sure I could think of a few alternate places to send her for assistance.
I don't agree. The CTS was caused by the job, therefore the employer is obligated to take care of them
CTS can be cured (and prevented in the first place) through proper exercising of the joints. So maybe Toyota should be required to remind everybody to stretch in the morning.
Okay, so I'm being a bit sarcastic, but this lady (and everybody else) needs to take some responsibility for taking care of themselves. It's not like CTS was diagnosed for the first time yesterday.
As another suggestion, in an effort to reduce repetitive stress, I've learned to use the mouse with both hands. I currently have the mouse on my right side at home and on my left at work. I think this helps to balance the strain on my hands. While I'm only 23 and have not yet felt any signs of CTS, I'm a computer engineer, an avid piano player, ring handbells at my church, and play tennis from time to time. I'd say I'm at high risk for developing CTS and am willing to do what I can to prevent it.
Actually, while Titanic did gross over $600M in the US, it's also the only movie over $500M. To round out the top 5, Star Wars has $461M, Phantom Menace has $431M, ET has $399M, and Jurassic Park has $357M.
I do agree it's very unlikely that LOTR will hit top 5 or top 10 for that matter. But with its 3 hour runtime, I'd say it's doing very impressively.
Well the pony was there when they left Rivendell, and in some scenes as they traveled south. I don't recall seeing Bill during the scene where Boromir teaches the hobbits to fight or while they tried to cross Caradhas, but he didn't just appear at Moria.
There are also 30-40 minutes worth of deleted scenes to be included on the DVD. These are reported to include the parts about Gimli that you noticed were missing.
The biggest complaint I've heard about the movie (besides the die-hard fans constantly groaning about the lack of Tom Bombadil) is that even with all the cuts, it is still too long. I happen to disagree and would gladly have sat through a 4 hour version of this movie, but this would never have worked for today's audiences which think 90 minute movies are incredible. Those always leave me feeling truly ripped off even if all 90 minutes were good.
I accept that Peter Jackson had to cut enough to make the movie appeal to the masses but I believe he still managed to stay faithful to the story. I think the movie stands pretty well on its own, but anyone who has read the books can fill in the gaps and get that much more out of it.
All in all, watching LOTR crawl up the list of all time highest grossing movies (#35 as of tonight), is very satisfying to me as it is by far my favorite book.
I've been thinking that the various award shows should add a category for ensemble acting. While the performances of many of the actors in LOTR were well above average (especially Ian McKellen), I thought it was the cast as a whole that made the movie work for me. Sure many movies have one big name star who shoulders the film, but it would be good to honor a group that successfully plays off each other.
I wonder how they came up with the 'older-than-Giza' thing too...
Another post questioned what geological phenomenon could cause land to sink 2000 feet in less than 6000 years. That's probably why they think it is so old, to give nature enough time to cause this to happen.
AT&T@home previously placed a 650 KB/s downstream, and 128 KB/s upstream cap on our connection. However now on attbi we have 1.5 Mb down (which after running a speedtest [slashdot.org] I found to hover around 1.1 and 1.2 Mb/s) and again 128 KB/s upstream. This is a nice change for us, although I am aware other users didn't have such a cap.
I'm having a problem with your math there. Your old 650 KB/s (5.08 Mb/s) is much faster than 1.5 Mb/s which doesn't sound like a "nice change" to me. I also had AT&T@Home (but haven't been switched yet) and while I don't think I ever triggered a download cap (yes, I should try harder) I know I had a 128 Kb/s upload cap. Perhaps you meant Kb in your post?
What you've discovered is that Windows in its infinite wisdom requests the DNS server addresses on startup and then caches them. This is why your systems (and mine) had to be rebooted. The router knew the new DNS addresses but had no way to tell your computer that they had changed. This is true for Win98 systems, I don't know about 2000 or XP since I don't have machines with those OSes.
I understand Diamond won the lawsuit and the Rio was affirmed as a legal device. I don't think consumer electronics companies need to worry about battling the recording industry over MP3 players. Granted the RIAA could try to force SDMI compliance but then, where exactly is SDMI these days? Last I heard the group was essentially splintered because of different priorities from the RIAA side and the electronics side.
Does the standard edition not have a copy of the tech tree? That might be enough to get me to buy the limited edition. I loved having those trees spread out in front of me while I played the original (even after I had it memorized).
Also, when did Civ3 come out. I was in Best Buy just a couple nights ago and they didn't have it. I didn't see any mention of it in this week's ads either so I assumed it had been delayed.
I MUST have this game.
If during the negotiation of the contract Napster had successfully removed this clause, then they would not have been able to accuse the music industry of anti-competitive practices. By leaving it in, they gained the ability to say "Hey look at this terrible thing we were forced to sign." It might be a bit dirty, but Napster clearly needs anything they can use in their favor. And I'm sure no one here thinks the music industry is being completely open and honest while trying to knock out P2P sharing.
However you can only use Windows Update if you have a legally purchased copy of Windows... And I'll bet you that many many many of those people who are running vulnerable servers don't have a legal copy. Or just clicked "cancel" when Windows prompted them to update their system the first time it was connected to the internet.
Really? Most people I know with acquired copies of Windows have no trouble using Windows Update. And I would argue that these people are also MORE likely to visit Windows Update. Of course, they'll still hit cancel at the prompt to update the system on the first connection. But that's because that prompt takes you to a registration page if I recall correctly. People that know where to find product keys/cracks/warez/illegal software/etc are much more likely to be concerned about the security of their computers and will apply the most patches. At least in my version of reality...
> Then if you don't want to read the ads, shrink your browser; think of it as folding back half of the newsprint page :)
Unfortunately that won't work because most websites use the equivalent of WordPad's Word Wrap feature. So if the ad takes 1/2 the screen and you shrink the browser, you just end up with a much longer page to read but everything (including the ad) is still visible.