This, of course, has caused tons of contreversy, but the fact is, that the Danish government has recognized the right of the individual to manipulate, compile and even share legally purchased music...
I am not sure if this harms the music industry, and there has been talk about putting a small price on getting CDs from the library, but for now, it is totally free, and totally legal.
The only harm I'd see with copying CDs would be selling pirated music. Every city world-wide has people selling pirated (some *very* poorly made) CDs out of boxes in street markets. I wonder why the RIAA doesn't go after them with the same amount of vigor that they're going after Joe Consumer with?
Get an unlisted and unpublished phone number. This costs $6 a month in MN. Couple this with not giving out your phone number to people trying to give you something "for free", and you should be in the clear. I haven't had one telemarketing call since I got the number two years ago.
YMMV. I've got an unlisted ph#, and it hasn't stopped them. OTOH, I've had the same ph# for over 7 years. Like an email address, there's a certain age:spam ratio. Of course, the second you apply for a credit card, set up a bank acct, get phone service, turn on your electricity, etc., you'll be on someone's list. It's yet another play in "You Can't Win Theatre".:(
Local phone companies like Verizon Communications offer enhanced caller-ID service, which intercepts any calls that show up as "out of area," "unknown," or other frequent telemarketer aliases.
Callers are asked to record their name, then placed on hold as the recipient decides whether to take the call.
I got this service 9 months ago. Calls from telemarketers went from 1-4 a night to none. Worth the US$5 a month, but it's still a shame that I *have* to pay not to be pestered.
On a side note, it gave a few people from.uk a bit of a start when they called me after it was first activated.
Phone: Privacy director. You have a call from.. ("What the in the hell is this poxy thing? Will you just pick up the phone!")...press 1 to answer, etc.
DISCLAIMER:I'm not really a GPL cheerleader (I avoid politics, really), just providing some fast food for thought.
Though a character's history would be really erratic with a whole bunch of writers and artists doing their bidding with a GPL'd comic book hero(ine), it would provide opportunities for comic writers and artists to have a go at a story with a character they might not normally have a chance to. And that would definitely provide some interesting spins.
Protecting their X-boxen from mods is one thing, but hasn't Microsoft spent enough $ on this?
When your product is in a bit of a financial trouble, common sense would dictate that it's not a great idea to throw away even more money on it when it hasn't shown too much evidence of a potential profit.
M$ is probably going to do this everytime they start a new production run.
I can definitely see that happening. You call up tech support and they'll ask for your serial # to see what production run your x-box is. Due to "version-itis", they'll have different solutions for different production runs.
<conspiracy_theory> It could even be part of a nefarious plan. Just imagine buying an x-box game and on the case is a label that says, "Compatable with X-Box serial #s 12333 through 33555 only". Somewhere in there could be a plot to sell more games by making them incompatable with different production runs (or x-box "versions"). </conspiracy_theory>
That looks good on paper, but a headphone output will be amplified in order to drive the headphone speakers and an amplified signal is not going to be the best thing for recording. OTOH, it doesn't take too much to power headphones.
There are laws that are supposed to protect child stars from getting fucked like this. There isn't a single honest judge to enforce them, though. Leann is suing her dad, her label, and probably her mother, agents, and promoters. It's the judges that will do her in.
ITYM Lawyers. That's the only part of this little food chain that's guaranteed any dosh.
The voltage switch on PCs are certainly a dual edged sword. Whilst working in.uk, I had to set up 50 new workstations (needed yesterday)in a call centre. I had set them up in rows of 5, going back and forth adding memory, plugging them in, installing the OS, network set up, etc. I was keeping a pretty good pace and was plugging in the last row, then I heard a "POP!". I'm not sure if it was a disgruntled phone clerk or if the switch just moved during shipping, but I found 2 more switched to 115v (I switched them back to 220v).
OTOH, the pay was shit (£5/hr in 1998), so I really couldn't blame anyone for wanting to smoke a few new workstations to retaliate against the cheap cunts that ran the place.
No More Sharing - The customer will be able to install no more computers than defined in the user agreement.
I'm not sure how sophisticated this toy may be, but my guess is that it might just read some sort of hardware address for the CD-ROM to prevent multiple installs. I wonder if all that's needed to defeat this would be to do your installs from a CD-ROM that's shared on a network?
What if the RIAA anonymously pays consultants? There are plenty of people out there writing exploits who would love a regular paycheck, especially a fat one.
Then they bloody well better not set foot in .au ;)
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You #include.h files, not.o files
Fair enough. Good catch, though I don't know why you'd stay anonymous for that one.:) Just dealing with too many objects today for a $box_kernel that all I'm thinking is *.o.
What part of under Federal investigation for criminal activity do you not grok?
I *never* said that the Gov't should only use opensource or GPLd' software. I'm saying that it's absurd for a Gov't to purchase products from a company that is breaking their laws.
"While they're spending money suing the monopolist, they're also feeding the monopolist with the other hand," Tiemann told the crowd.
#include <MHO.o>
I just can't understand why even the thickest politician cannot comprehend this. Purchasing from a company that's under Federal investigation makes about as much sense as hiring R. Kelly as a Girl Scout troop leader.
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Okay, Nintendo screwed their customers with price fixing. What I want to know is who's gonna be on the recieving end of that 146,000,000?
This, of course, has caused tons of contreversy, but the fact is, that the Danish government has recognized the right of the individual to manipulate, compile and even share legally purchased music...
I am not sure if this harms the music industry, and there has been talk about putting a small price on getting CDs from the library, but for now, it is totally free, and totally legal.
The only harm I'd see with copying CDs would be selling pirated music. Every city world-wide has people selling pirated (some *very* poorly made) CDs out of boxes in street markets. I wonder why the RIAA doesn't go after them with the same amount of vigor that they're going after Joe Consumer with?
What we really need is a bunch of people dressed up as Tux on rollerblades chasing the Butterflies with fly-swatters. :)
OTOH, I wonder if MS is going to find a sneaky way to make the promotion company take the fall.
But if major artists started releasing their albums on the Internet for $3 a pop
:)
Good point on the recording costs, but what's to stop that $3 internet release from being spread all over the place for free?
Okay, maybe I don't want to know.
The title "Python Cookbook" has gotta look weird to people bopping around Barnes & Noble who aren't in the know. :)
Get an unlisted and unpublished phone number. This costs $6 a month in MN. Couple this with not giving out your phone number to people trying to give you something "for free", and you should be in the clear. I haven't had one telemarketing call since I got the number two years ago.
:(
YMMV. I've got an unlisted ph#, and it hasn't stopped them. OTOH, I've had the same ph# for over 7 years. Like an email address, there's a certain age:spam ratio. Of course, the second you apply for a credit card, set up a bank acct, get phone service, turn on your electricity, etc., you'll be on someone's list. It's yet another play in "You Can't Win Theatre".
Local phone companies like Verizon Communications offer enhanced caller-ID service, which intercepts any calls that show up as "out of area," "unknown," or other frequent telemarketer aliases.
.uk a bit of a start when they called me after it was first activated.
...press 1 to answer, etc.
Callers are asked to record their name, then placed on hold as the recipient decides whether to take the call.
I got this service 9 months ago. Calls from telemarketers went from 1-4 a night to none. Worth the US$5 a month, but it's still a shame that I *have* to pay not to be pestered.
On a side note, it gave a few people from
Phone: Privacy director. You have a call from.. ("What the in the hell is this poxy thing? Will you just pick up the phone!")
Bugger! /.-ed!
DISCLAIMER:I'm not really a GPL cheerleader (I avoid politics, really), just providing some fast food for thought.
Though a character's history would be really erratic with a whole bunch of writers and artists doing their bidding with a GPL'd comic book hero(ine), it would provide opportunities for comic writers and artists to have a go at a story with a character they might not normally have a chance to. And that would definitely provide some interesting spins.
I suppose I needed to place a tag in there for those who obviously didn't sense it. :)
Protecting their X-boxen from mods is one thing, but hasn't Microsoft spent enough $ on this?
When your product is in a bit of a financial trouble, common sense would dictate that it's not a great idea to throw away even more money on it when it hasn't shown too much evidence of a potential profit.
M$ is probably going to do this everytime they start a new production run.
I can definitely see that happening. You call up tech support and they'll ask for your serial # to see what production run your x-box is. Due to "version-itis", they'll have different solutions for different production runs.
<conspiracy_theory>
It could even be part of a nefarious plan. Just imagine buying an x-box game and on the case is a label that says, "Compatable with X-Box serial #s 12333 through 33555 only". Somewhere in there could be a plot to sell more games by making them incompatable with different production runs (or x-box "versions").
</conspiracy_theory>
Why Nigerian scammer always (ALWAYS!) write in ALL_CAPS.
Because they're typing away on an old Apple ][?
Or at least put out a service pack. ;)
That looks good on paper, but a headphone output will be amplified in order to drive the headphone speakers and an amplified signal is not going to be the best thing for recording. OTOH, it doesn't take too much to power headphones.
There are laws that are supposed to protect child stars from getting fucked like this. There isn't a single honest judge to enforce them, though. Leann is suing her dad, her label, and probably her mother, agents, and promoters. It's the judges that will do her in.
ITYM Lawyers. That's the only part of this little food chain that's guaranteed any dosh.
The voltage switch on PCs are certainly a dual edged sword. Whilst working in .uk, I had to set up 50 new workstations (needed yesterday)in a call centre. I had set them up in rows of 5, going back and forth adding memory, plugging them in, installing the OS, network set up, etc. I was keeping a pretty good pace and was plugging in the last row, then I heard a "POP!". I'm not sure if it was a disgruntled phone clerk or if the switch just moved during shipping, but I found 2 more switched to 115v (I switched them back to 220v).
OTOH, the pay was shit (£5/hr in 1998), so I really couldn't blame anyone for wanting to smoke a few new workstations to retaliate against the cheap cunts that ran the place.
Does that mean that we'll be seeing even more spam from .cn? ;)
No More Sharing - The customer will be able to install no more computers than defined in the user agreement.
I'm not sure how sophisticated this toy may be, but my guess is that it might just read some sort of hardware address for the CD-ROM to prevent multiple installs. I wonder if all that's needed to defeat this would be to do your installs from a CD-ROM that's shared on a network?
What if the RIAA anonymously pays consultants? There are plenty of people out there writing exploits who would love a regular paycheck, especially a fat one.
.au ;)
Then they bloody well better not set foot in
You #include .h files, not .o files
:) Just dealing with too many objects today for a $box_kernel that all I'm thinking is *.o.
Fair enough. Good catch, though I don't know why you'd stay anonymous for that one.
but I digress...
What part of under Federal investigation for criminal activity do you not grok?
I *never* said that the Gov't should only use opensource or GPLd' software. I'm saying that it's absurd for a Gov't to purchase products from a company that is breaking their laws.
"While they're spending money suing the monopolist, they're also feeding the monopolist with the other hand," Tiemann told the crowd.
#include <MHO.o>
I just can't understand why even the thickest politician cannot comprehend this. Purchasing from a company that's under Federal investigation makes about as much sense as hiring R. Kelly as a Girl Scout troop leader.
I noticed that the mouse touch pad is on the right side. That's gonna be a PITA for south paws unless they have a left-handed version.