So finally I follow one of these guys to see where he ended up. I honked my horn rythmically as I drove by.
You stopped too soon. Once you've lured the boob out of your neighborhood, you could use several of the other techniques mentioned here such as the HERF gun to disable the electronics in his car leaving him stranded (without the solace of music) or the suggestion of using a combination of 2.5k candlepower flashlight pointed in the offender's face and maybe an airhorn (while wearing ear-protection)
I'm just really glad that the government is doing all it can to protect our precious film industry. If movie pirates were to succeed, the terrorists will surely have won.
"...ten thousand square miles, which could fit in an area like the Sonora Desert."
This seems to imply that the Sonoran Desert (Tucson, AZ, et al) is some sort of wasteland suitable only for inundating with 10k sq miles of algae pools.
"They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them! I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!"
I love to strip audio out of tv shows, movies, commercials, etc. I have hundreds now. I saw your sig and it was coincidental - I just grabbed clips from "Dusk 'til Dawn" the other day. I was going to spontaneously email you that particular clip, but you don't have an email listed. If you'd like me to send it (if you haven't grabbed it yourself already:), send me mail at mmrtnt55@netscape.com
The only suspicious place I knowingly submitted my email address to several years ago when I was unemployed and desperate for cash. I am still getting spam every day as a result even though I "unsubscribed" almost immediately. Before that, I never got spam.
Quote from the public comments on the revised proposal to final judgement:
373. However, the major comments concerning file formats request disclosure of the file formats of Microsoft products such as Office. Office does not meet the definition of Microsoft Middleware, and so it does not fall under Section III.D. Nor is Office implemented natively in a Windows Operating System Product, so it does not fall under Section III.E. Thus, the file formats for Office will not be disclosed or licensed pursuant to the RPFJ.
Paragraphs 371-375 on the page contain more information about it but that's the main point.
What I don't understand by this is that under the US anti-trust settlement, Microsoft were made to release the specifications of their communication protocols to competitors.
That's true, in spirit. In actuality, if I remember correctly, the conditions under which MS is required to open the protocols for the office products contain at least two rather difficult obstacles:
1. Require Microsoft to document, disclose or license to third parties:
(a) portions of APIs or Documentation or portions or layers of Communications Protocols the disclosure of which would compromise the security of a particular installation or group of installations of anti-piracy, anti-virus, software licensing, digital rights management, encryption or authentication systems, including without limitation, keys, authorization tokens or enforcement criteria; or
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No matter what, a better Windows just means a harder time for Linux adoption.
It certainly doesn't mean that Microsoft is any less evil.
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We don't need no stinkin' EU internet!
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(nanotechnology assemblers that can make most anything out of sunlight and dirt)
Please, no one tell the RIAA!
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Can't make a raft out of 'em, either, I'll bet.
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"Don't hate the playah baby, hate the game"
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http://www.techdirt.com/news/wireless/article/5716
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When I'm tyring to read, I don't mind ads as long as they don't move. Ads that keep blinking and flashing and moving are now most happily disabled.
I used to just rename the Flash plugin when I wanted to view some Flash content. This is infinitely preferable.
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Can it be aimed at an airliner?
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Whaddya know? The page loads perfectly in Firefox!
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#2) Please tell me how ANY business model can compete with FREE distribution.
In the US, drinkable water is essentially free for the taking.
In the US, bottled water is a billion-dollar industry
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(Had to reply because of your sig, brother)
Don't a lot of CD changers use FM transmission?
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So finally I follow one of these guys to see where he ended up. I honked my horn rythmically as I drove by.
You stopped too soon. Once you've lured the boob out of your neighborhood, you could use several of the other techniques mentioned here such as the HERF gun to disable the electronics in his car leaving him stranded (without the solace of music) or the suggestion of using a combination of 2.5k candlepower flashlight pointed in the offender's face and maybe an airhorn (while wearing ear-protection)
MjM
I'm just really glad that the government is doing all it can to protect our precious film industry. If movie pirates were to succeed, the terrorists will surely have won.
MjM
I tink it's kind of funny that this topic (Uniquely Bright) is rignt before "Dog Trained on 200 Word Vocabulary"
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This poses an interesting question:
When will the computers attacking IIS servers outnumber the servers themselves?
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My mistake. They were obviously talking about the Sonoran desert in Mexico.
MjM
"...ten thousand square miles, which could fit in an area like the Sonora Desert."
This seems to imply that the Sonoran Desert (Tucson, AZ, et al) is some sort of wasteland suitable only for inundating with 10k sq miles of algae pools.
Perhaps you meant the Saharan desert?
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Microsoft - Your innovation, our patents
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I love to strip audio out of tv shows, movies, commercials, etc. I have hundreds now. I saw your sig and it was coincidental - I just grabbed clips from "Dusk 'til Dawn" the other day. I was going to spontaneously email you that particular clip, but you don't have an email listed. If you'd like me to send it (if you haven't grabbed it yourself already :), send me mail at mmrtnt55@netscape.com
MjM
The only suspicious place I knowingly submitted my email address to several years ago when I was unemployed and desperate for cash. I am still getting spam every day as a result even though I "unsubscribed" almost immediately. Before that, I never got spam.
MjM
Groovy. Gear. Mod.
During August, 67 per cent of all successful and verifiable digital attacks against on-line servers targeted Linux, followed by...
All the Windows boxes that are 0wnZ3r3d are not verifiable!
MjM
Groovy. Gear. Mod.
Quote from the public comments on the revised proposal to final judgement:
373. However, the major comments concerning file formats request disclosure of the file formats of Microsoft products such as Office. Office does not meet the definition of Microsoft Middleware, and so it does not fall under Section III.D. Nor is Office implemented natively in a Windows Operating System Product, so it does not fall under Section III.E. Thus, the file formats for Office will not be disclosed or licensed pursuant to the RPFJ.
Paragraphs 371-375 on the page contain more information about it but that's the main point.
Well, of course...
Thanks for the correction
MjM
What I don't understand by this is that under the US anti-trust settlement, Microsoft were made to release the specifications of their communication protocols to competitors.
That's true, in spirit. In actuality, if I remember correctly, the conditions under which MS is required to open the protocols for the office products contain at least two rather difficult obstacles:
1 - Licensing fees
2 - J. No provision of this Final Judgment shall:
MjM
Oops, they did it again...
Sounds like Shirley & Spinoza without the skits.
MjM
Groovy. Gear. Mod.
Does this mean that Jeff's a hero?
MjM
One man's funny is another man's troll