If you're going to remove the regulation from the monopoly granted to the telcos, then the telcos should have to return (no, not refund) the infrastructure paid for by the various local governments who granted the monopolies in the first place. Oh, and those easements and rights-of-way? Time to pony up, buddy. You want to continue to use that infrastructure paid for by the taxpayers? That'll cost you. In fact, it'll cost you the exact same amount as your competitors. Now who has a level playing field?
Anyone who doesn't drink Guiness on St Guiness' day has only thems elves to blame.
I hate to be a grammar nazi, but it's has only their elves to blame. Not that elves like to be referred to as posessions, of course; but that's not the point.
"...some sort of legislation is necessary to prevent Americans from saving high-quality music..."
So they're not content to have legislation that prohibits, they want legislation that prevents. That, to me, sounds like mandating technical measures which can artificially extend copyright protection beyond that already granted by Congress.
But saying "using Bittorrent to download copyrighted material is theft" just sounds so much better than saying "using Bittorrent to infringe copyrights is copyright infringement", despite the fallacious assumptions contained in the former. It makes a better sound bite. I think the latter is better, myself.
Wait, so GPS is now a Critical navigation aid? When did this happen? As far as I knew, the FAA required that pilots use an array of several navigational tools, such that the loss of any single one would not have an adverse effect. Besides, GPS doesn't do a very good job of indicating altitude. That's why it's not (or was not) allowed for autopilot use.
I guess it's time to find some other means of transport, because I know most idiots out there don't bother to turn off their phones on airplanes.
What's wrong with fluffy orange velociraptors? I know *several* fluffy orange velociraptors who are excellent techs, smart, good to work with, all that. You're just being speciesist!
Google Talk's support of server-to-server XMPP is great and all, but they still aren't supporting STARTTLS. Some people choose to use and/or operate Jabber (XMPP) servers specifically because there is a desire for encrypted messaging. Federating is great, but encrypted federating is better.
While statistically correct, is it not also true that the "Average Intelligence" (i.e. an IQ of 100) is defined as the median? Would it not also follow then that half of the people out there are of below-average intelligence?
If you go 30 mph while maintaining the same engine RPM by switching to the appropriate gear, then the very same care will be more fuel efficient, period.
Sure, if you only measure efficiency by volume per hour. The gearing matches engine speed to road speed. A higher gear at the optimal RPM will give a greater distance per volume.
Not to be too picky and uptight, but you got your dits and dahs mixed up. It's di-di-dit da-dah di-di-dit for SMS, not da-da-dah di-dit da-da-dah, which would be OIO.
This makes no sense. If you penalize the folks whose items are advertised, then you just end up with another opportunity for DoS. Spam for somebody you hate, and then they get fined out of existence.
No insult intended, but I think you meant monospace fonts - i.e. fonts in which every character takes an equal amount of space. This includes Lucida Console, Courier, and a handful of others.
If you'd read the article, you'd know that eBay
owns PayPal. They even talk about "hinting" to
law enforcement that they should go get a warrant
for some information because eBay/PayPal thinks
that law enforcement would find it interesting.
Odd that they would use the acronym N.O.I.S.E. - Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Sun, and Everyone else... The article says they don't talk much about Netscape anymore, or Sun, or Oracle. They still talk about IBM and Everyone else, plus Linux. I guess that means that their new acronym is L.I.E.
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Surely you meant to write Jack Thompson, not Ken Thompson.
Here come the copro-fascist trolls? Shit!
This one seems far more likely... http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/070409.html
If you're going to remove the regulation from the monopoly granted to the telcos, then the telcos should have to return (no, not refund) the infrastructure paid for by the various local governments who granted the monopolies in the first place. Oh, and those easements and rights-of-way? Time to pony up, buddy. You want to continue to use that infrastructure paid for by the taxpayers? That'll cost you. In fact, it'll cost you the exact same amount as your competitors. Now who has a level playing field?
She's no one-eyed alien, she's a one-eyed mutant. Boy, you'd think nobody here had actually watched the show when it was on.
Anyone who doesn't drink Guiness on St Guiness' day has only thems elves to blame.
I hate to be a grammar nazi, but it's has only their elves to blame. Not that elves like to be referred to as posessions, of course; but that's not the point.
"...some sort of legislation is necessary to prevent Americans from saving high-quality music..."
So they're not content to have legislation that prohibits, they want legislation that prevents. That, to me, sounds like mandating technical measures which can artificially extend copyright protection beyond that already granted by Congress.
But saying "using Bittorrent to download copyrighted material is theft" just sounds so much better than saying "using Bittorrent to infringe copyrights is copyright infringement", despite the fallacious assumptions contained in the former. It makes a better sound bite. I think the latter is better, myself.
Wait, so GPS is now a Critical navigation aid? When did this happen? As far as I knew, the FAA required that pilots use an array of several navigational tools, such that the loss of any single one would not have an adverse effect. Besides, GPS doesn't do a very good job of indicating altitude. That's why it's not (or was not) allowed for autopilot use.
I guess it's time to find some other means of transport, because I know most idiots out there don't bother to turn off their phones on airplanes.
What's wrong with fluffy orange velociraptors? I know *several* fluffy orange velociraptors who are excellent techs, smart, good to work with, all that. You're just being speciesist!
Google Talk's support of server-to-server XMPP is great and all, but they still aren't supporting STARTTLS. Some people choose to use and/or operate Jabber (XMPP) servers specifically because there is a desire for encrypted messaging. Federating is great, but encrypted federating is better.
While statistically correct, is it not also true that the "Average Intelligence" (i.e. an IQ of 100) is defined as the median? Would it not also follow then that half of the people out there are of below-average intelligence?
> "burn the witches"
Hey! That's not funny!
If you go 30 mph while maintaining the same engine RPM by switching to the appropriate gear, then the very same care will be more fuel efficient, period.
Sure, if you only measure efficiency by volume per hour. The gearing matches engine speed to road speed. A higher gear at the optimal RPM will give a greater distance per volume.
Shouldn't we expect a Request Phor Comments instead?
Obviously you have not read Ken Thompson's excellent essay, Reflections on Trusting Trust.
He probably means DRM - Distribution Rights Management.
Not to be too picky and uptight, but you got your dits and dahs mixed up. It's di-di-dit da-dah di-di-dit for SMS, not da-da-dah di-dit da-da-dah, which would be OIO.
You know the one...
Warning: Contains nuts.
This makes no sense. If you penalize the folks whose items are advertised, then you just end up with another opportunity for DoS. Spam for somebody you hate, and then they get fined out of existence.
No insult intended, but I think you meant monospace fonts - i.e. fonts in which every character takes an equal amount of space. This includes Lucida Console, Courier, and a handful of others.
Which just coincidentally just happens to be an Island of Dr. Moreau reference.
No spill blood!
If you'd read the article, you'd know that eBay owns PayPal. They even talk about "hinting" to law enforcement that they should go get a warrant for some information because eBay/PayPal thinks that law enforcement would find it interesting.
Sheesh.
For some reason I just can't help thinking of Star-Bellied Sneeches.
Odd that they would use the acronym N.O.I.S.E. -
Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Sun, and Everyone else...
The article says they don't talk much about Netscape
anymore, or Sun, or Oracle. They still talk about
IBM and Everyone else, plus Linux. I guess that
means that their new acronym is L.I.E.