Also, a lot of Japanese vehicles are built in the US these days. My car came over here on a boat from Japan, however (1989 Nissan 240SX, Cali model) and it has an additional sensor (Exhaust Gas Temperature) not found on the 48 state model. Some vehicles are already offered in diesel and non-diesel models, so I really don't see the problem.
An exhaust sensor is easier to add on than an engine. A different engine would require a different assembly line. Why bother shipping a diesel when they can't be sold at the nearest port when you know for a fact that this other engine would?
Auto companies doing business in america already sell vehicles like that; Practically every vehicle comes in a "california" model and a "48 state" model.
Let me put this in more simple terms...
They are going to have a Cali edition which is basicly the North American model with some extra crap.
But they are going to base the engine and drive train shipped to north America based on what Cali demands.
You can take your 1.7l honda with SOHC North American model and plop on/upload the Cali rom if there is a higher demand for Cali editions with ease. Pulling a diesel engine and plopping in a gas powered is not so easy.
Why is this only obvious to me? Why can't I buy a honda civic with a diesel?
I was under the impression there were major issues regarding the sale of diesel passenger cars in California. For example the 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class couldn't be sold in California, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine. At one time it was clearly listed on the VW site that diesel versions couldn't be sold in a handful of states including California. I don't know if this is a choice by Honda to not restrict the number of people that could buy their cars by a huge percentage or if there are import restrictions in California.
But if you were an auto company doing business with America would which would you rather do... ship one car that could be sold everywhere or ship two cars, one sold everywhere and one which couldn't be sold in specific states?
Crap supras were genuine taiwanese crap - only cheapskates bought 'em. The modem was your *lifeline* in that stuff, and people knew quality.
HST modems were nice and reliable. The Dual standards were also nice and reliable. The v.everything didn't seem to want to connect to *genuine Taiwanese crap*. Given that the Taiwanese crap worked just fine to everything else except the v.everything it was painfully clear that it was the v.everything that was at fault. In fact my favorite modem during this time was the "Best Data" cheapskate modem as worked somewhat with the v.everything.
I understand where you are coming from. USR had a very good reputation. In fact I bought and returned many USR long after that stopped supporting HST. After the 5th return I sort of gave up. Problems ranged from the modem generating static, long handshakes, and very low throughput. To certain modems they had the potential for a higher connection rate than the *genuine Taiwanese crap* but I found the *genuine Taiwanese crap* had more consistent results. The last modems I paid full price for were Zoom and Boca. I did my best to give USR the benefit of the doubt... after all everyone and their neighbor claimed that USR was the best. But franky I never saw it after the HST days were over.
Courier and Courier HST modems, and only crazy rich warez puppies could invest that kind of money or get their parents to buy them, while the rest of us were still using 9600, 2400 (MNP5 in software, maybe), or even 1200.
I forget the deal USR offered but if you sent them some form of letter head you could get a real deal on one Courier HST modem. From what I'm told all you needed was a letter head and tell USR you want to evaluate their product. This is according to people who had the modem but not rich parents.
In later years other modem companies offered special deals to sysops. I remember ordering one v.32 14.4 for $300. It was backordered so long the Supra 14.4 dropped in price. I felt sorry for all those people who bought HSTs or Compucom 9600s. They were stuck with a costly modem that no bugger used anymore.
The day I got hooked up to the mighty internet
I was taken to a world that I'd never forget Websites, chat rooms, IRC and live video streams Online multimedia that looked like LSD dreams
Then I got my hands on something called CuteFTP I was told that I could have what I wanted for free Went on to some guy's FTP, 1 to 4 ratio Uploaded my swap file and downloaded Super Mario
Then I heard of something that was called an MP3 Player Had something to do with music, compression and layer Didn't give a damn about the facts given to me Just wanted to download songs without buying the CD
Later I found Vivo movies compressed on the net Downloaded one movie per night, as much as I could get Titanic took a couple more but less for wet and wild It was like Christmas every day and I was some rich man's child
But soon enough the downloads had to come straight back to me Turns out it was the feds who ran that awesome FTP Were setting up a trap for all us online criminals They said "**** free speech it's corrupted our youth it's all a load of bull"
One more game, one more app, one more serial and one more crack Warez are the only thing for me One more game, one more app, one more serial and one more crack Could someone give the crack for Duke3D
DCC's something IRC gives to everyone Need a crack for Paint Shop Pro, in seconds, download's done Stupid people buy domains with warez in the name When they're shut down I am pissed off but they're the ones to blame
Quake2 came out in Denmark 2 days 'fore the USA But thanks to FTPing I had my copy in a day Unreal was just that, Unreal, on my bandwidth supply Took 3 weeks to get it, it sucked, and I asked myself why
Got a CD burner with just 2 uses in mind To download, copy and burn everything that I could find And sell the discs to friends for only 7 bucks a pop 5 bucks for the disc, 2 bucks for my time, 7 bucks for fotosop
Pisses me off when I'm searching for something that's hard to find I find a link to get a copy but Netscape is blind Says can't find file or something lame which doesn't help me out But 3 days later I get it and it removes all my doubt
Cops find out, it's the second time, this time I go to jail Not only am I broke, no PC, but warez plans have failed I'm sitting in the slammer going to warez me a great big ginsu knife I'll be here with the next ten years can I warez a wife?
One more game, one more app, one more serial and one more crack Warez are the only thing for me One more game, one more app, one more serial and one more crack Could someone get the crack for Duke3D So I don't need the CD
However, if you were a decent social engineer, or just a decent chatter, you could usually talk you way into those places.
It was easy enough to gain access to some of those cool sites, but what was more difficult was getting a good ratio. I know all you needed was access to two cool sites and spend downloading what the other didn't have to get your ratio high enough to get what you want, but this was generally more bother than what I felt it was worth. It was generally easier to just get a friend who already had a decent ratio to grab crap for you. After all there was little point in being a big dog on the pyramid if you couldn't impress people with the stuff you can get.
I thing 200GB per day for the next three years to the MPAA/RIAA and overpeer members and any and all named individuals in those organizations would be the minimum.
That would be rude and might be called a DDoS attack. Double foofoo on you for even sugesting it.
What would not be rude is asking the MPAA/RIAA every time you want to make a backup. You are required according to the flyleaf to contact them to get written permission to copy it after all. Everytime you download something you should ask them if you have permission to share it with others. Before you buy anything ask if they are members of the MPAA/RIAA and if so ask them to mail/fax you specific rights should you choose to buy it. Commit an act of civil obedience today.
It also wouldn't be copyright infringement until you shared the file with someone else.
I wonder if that is true. The RIAA / MPAA grants a company the right to release material on P2P networks. No violation of copyright yet. This company permits the downloading of material per the agreement their agreement with the RIAA / MPAA. No violation of copyright yet.
The material is released with no info regarding the downloader's rights to distribute, no EULA, no contract or anything that is spelt out that you have no right what so ever to distribute what is offered by the agents of the RIAA / MPAA. But it's painfully clear that the intent of RIAA / MPAA is for users to download files that contain adverts or adware and share them with others. I would argue that the RIAA / MPAA is giving away free files with adware to generate revenue from advertising and using p2p networks to release them.
Basically the difference is how you received the goods, you have to make the concious decision to download that specific file, rahter than them pushing it at you. Since this file will be in amongst normal files, its a sting. If this was the only file, then it would still be a sting. If they approached you and offered you the file, its entrapment.
Would it be entrapment if law enforcement put an ad in the newspaper offering drugs or hookers? After all, only people looking for drugs and hookers would "search" for it?
For video files, WMP pops up a box saying "this file is incorrectly named as another filetype do you want to open" [yes] [no] and a check box to remember the setting, or similer. Not sure about audio, but I assume it does the same though.
I just tested a.mp3 renamed.wma. Windows Media Player indeed asked if I wanted to play it anyway.
Winamp on the other hand played it without question. The only files I have to rename in winamp are.vob files but this could be a codec issue.
What's worse is when you point out they give you too much change and they give you more change. And point out the error again and they give you even more change, more than you paid in the first place. I don't understand because they have a register that clearly says how much you owe, how much you paid, and how much change you should get back.
Yes, it is. Except to file complaint you have to admit you were trying to download a "pirated audio file".
Neither the RIAA nor MPAA would release any file unless they had permission to do so. It wouldn't be "copyright infringement" if they are granted the right to give you a copy.
but the police report quoted $50 worth of stolen property.
Everything is on sale at walmart. Virtualy nothing is full price. But if there is a theft, by god they are going to report the full price or MSRP. They might have been able to sell that item that was on sale for $30 at $50.
Wal Mart is the king in data tracking. They are the people who know that pop tart sales go up after a hurricane. I would find it hard to believe that someone could forge a walmart reciept as each one has it's own unique code which is associated with the specific transaction. Even if it's just a stick of gum or some rolaids they keep track of it all. I would think it would be hard to forge.
It makes me wonder why anyone would try to rip off walmart.
The hard part is finding a checker who won't notice. I can't figure out that one. Get a UPC number off a pack of chewing gum and put the sticker on a mountain bike
Perhaps you have more observant checkers then I do. My experence has been they are brain dead zombies that drag an item across the scanner and wait for a beep. Sometimes when it beeps error they don't notice. They don't bother to look at the screen to see the item description and sometimes using the hand scanner they accidently scan in everything around you including the stuff on the impulse buy rack.
While I have never tried to buy a mountain bike for the price of a pack of gum, it wouldn't shock me if someone else has tried and it worked.
TFA doesnt say anything, but were they using pre-existing UPCs and copying them, or is it relatively easy to forge/copy UPC codes to ones liking
I've been meaning to research this issue. When I print off coupons from the store's website, the checkers get annoyed with the fact they don't scan. I know I can print off barcodes, but I don't have the same style barcode as UPC uses, I have something called 3 of 9. The last time I looked into it software and fonts for anything like UPC required a massive license fee.
I've used 3 of 9 in small libraries. It worked very well from a 600dpi laser, well from a 300dpi laser, and OK from an inkjet. In theory you can get fonts that automaticly calculate checksums for UPC and ISBN.
I would imagine that joe six pack just used their inkjet and got some software to make UPC barcodes, slapped them on packages and let the checker scan them.
sure.. but who would use a "private road" named as "the great interstate racetrack" and with a sign that says "no insurance coverage". and with a 30 min safety check on your car before letting you on.
I would. If we are talking that drive between Oregon and San Fran I would gladly submit to a safety check if it allowed me to go faster than 75mph on flat land.
Either way, if the software author can't sell his software because it's being distributed (for free, or for cheap) by someone else, he ends up out of business.
If that was a true statement then all software companies would be out of business. It's pretty clear that software companies who stay in business have enough clients paying money for their product. The moment you sell a counterfeit, you are redirecting monies intended for a product into your own pocket.
Let's look at it a different way. What is more valuable to a business? Is it the money for the product it sells or its reputation?
Let's say I decide to sell some counterfeit Sears Craftsman tools. People who specifically buy Sears Craftsman might buy my tools because of the name. And let's say further they are total crap and break the first time I use them. The people who bought them would have evidence that the Sears Craftsman tools are crap. Not only would I be making money off the *name* but I would be seriously affecting the reputation of Sears Craftsman. Each person who bought crap that breaks would tell others that the tools are crap. Word of mouth advertising is among the most powerful forms of advertising.
so, hang on, let me get my head wrapped around this - it is somehow okay to rip off somebodies hard work ("just a simple copyright violation"), but to rip off his *logo* is somehow mean and nasty and below the belt? dude, you have some serious prioritisation issues....
Piracy is one thing. You are getting something for nothing. You *could* place a dollar value based on what the software would normally cost but that's about it.
To misrepresent your self as another company is a form of flat out fraud. In this case someone was getting money for someone else's work, taking credit for someone else's work, and one could argue causing them harm through this misrepresentation. After all the guy was asking for credit card numbers. Not only is there the dollar value of the software someone else profited from but the possibility of harming the character of the rightful owner. Would you do business with a fraudster? Would you use their software or reject it? Would you tell others to reject it?
I will not say piracy is OK in this reply. I will say that bootlegging is greater offence. And to misrepresent your self as being the owner of code that doesn't belong to you and use this lie to make money one would be no better than.... I don't know.... SCO.
You misunderstand... I see DVD-video players often. I see portable CD-players often... and portable cd-mp3 players often. I have not seen portable audio disc players that read DVDs. I.e. a portable DVD player with no video screen.
I have seen car DVD decks that can do DVD but I'm not sure how well you can operate them without an external screen.
I have also have a very narrow vision of what I desire in a portable media player. I want a portable player that will play DVDs. It's what I use at home and it's what I want to use away from home. It is not too much to ask.
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Also, a lot of Japanese vehicles are built in the US these days. My car came over here on a boat from Japan, however (1989 Nissan 240SX, Cali model) and it has an additional sensor (Exhaust Gas Temperature) not found on the 48 state model. Some vehicles are already offered in diesel and non-diesel models, so I really don't see the problem.
An exhaust sensor is easier to add on than an engine. A different engine would require a different assembly line. Why bother shipping a diesel when they can't be sold at the nearest port when you know for a fact that this other engine would?
Auto companies doing business in america already sell vehicles like that; Practically every vehicle comes in a "california" model and a "48 state" model.
Let me put this in more simple terms...
They are going to have a Cali edition which is basicly the North American model with some extra crap.
But they are going to base the engine and drive train shipped to north America based on what Cali demands.
You can take your 1.7l honda with SOHC North American model and plop on/upload the Cali rom if there is a higher demand for Cali editions with ease. Pulling a diesel engine and plopping in a gas powered is not so easy.
Why is this only obvious to me? Why can't I buy a honda civic with a diesel?
I was under the impression there were major issues regarding the sale of diesel passenger cars in California. For example the 2004 Mercedes-Benz E-Class couldn't be sold in California, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine. At one time it was clearly listed on the VW site that diesel versions couldn't be sold in a handful of states including California. I don't know if this is a choice by Honda to not restrict the number of people that could buy their cars by a huge percentage or if there are import restrictions in California.
But if you were an auto company doing business with America would which would you rather do... ship one car that could be sold everywhere or ship two cars, one sold everywhere and one which couldn't be sold in specific states?
Did anyone else see this on "Beyond 2000" in like... 1996?
Indeed... late summer 1996. Rut IIRC it was a latex paint shown on Beyond 2000.
Crap supras were genuine taiwanese crap - only cheapskates bought 'em. The modem was your *lifeline* in that stuff, and people knew quality.
HST modems were nice and reliable. The Dual standards were also nice and reliable. The v.everything didn't seem to want to connect to *genuine Taiwanese crap*. Given that the Taiwanese crap worked just fine to everything else except the v.everything it was painfully clear that it was the v.everything that was at fault. In fact my favorite modem during this time was the "Best Data" cheapskate modem as worked somewhat with the v.everything.
I understand where you are coming from. USR had a very good reputation. In fact I bought and returned many USR long after that stopped supporting HST. After the 5th return I sort of gave up. Problems ranged from the modem generating static, long handshakes, and very low throughput. To certain modems they had the potential for a higher connection rate than the *genuine Taiwanese crap* but I found the *genuine Taiwanese crap* had more consistent results. The last modems I paid full price for were Zoom and Boca. I did my best to give USR the benefit of the doubt... after all everyone and their neighbor claimed that USR was the best. But franky I never saw it after the HST days were over.
Courier and Courier HST modems, and only crazy rich warez puppies could invest that kind of money or get their parents to buy them, while the rest of us were still using 9600, 2400 (MNP5 in software, maybe), or even 1200.
I forget the deal USR offered but if you sent them some form of letter head you could get a real deal on one Courier HST modem. From what I'm told all you needed was a letter head and tell USR you want to evaluate their product. This is according to people who had the modem but not rich parents.
In later years other modem companies offered special deals to sysops. I remember ordering one v.32 14.4 for $300. It was backordered so long the Supra 14.4 dropped in price. I felt sorry for all those people who bought HSTs or Compucom 9600s. They were stuck with a costly modem that no bugger used anymore.
However, if you were a decent social engineer, or just a decent chatter, you could usually talk you way into those places.
It was easy enough to gain access to some of those cool sites, but what was more difficult was getting a good ratio. I know all you needed was access to two cool sites and spend downloading what the other didn't have to get your ratio high enough to get what you want, but this was generally more bother than what I felt it was worth. It was generally easier to just get a friend who already had a decent ratio to grab crap for you. After all there was little point in being a big dog on the pyramid if you couldn't impress people with the stuff you can get.
I thing 200GB per day for the next three years to the MPAA/RIAA and overpeer members and any and all named individuals in those organizations would be the minimum.
That would be rude and might be called a DDoS attack. Double foofoo on you for even sugesting it.
What would not be rude is asking the MPAA/RIAA every time you want to make a backup. You are required according to the flyleaf to contact them to get written permission to copy it after all. Everytime you download something you should ask them if you have permission to share it with others. Before you buy anything ask if they are members of the MPAA/RIAA and if so ask them to mail/fax you specific rights should you choose to buy it. Commit an act of civil obedience today.
It also wouldn't be copyright infringement until you shared the file with someone else.
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I wonder if that is true. The RIAA / MPAA grants a company the right to release material on P2P networks. No violation of copyright yet. This company permits the downloading of material per the agreement their agreement with the RIAA / MPAA. No violation of copyright yet.
The material is released with no info regarding the downloader's rights to distribute, no EULA, no contract or anything that is spelt out that you have no right what so ever to distribute what is offered by the agents of the RIAA / MPAA. But it's painfully clear that the intent of RIAA / MPAA is for users to download files that contain adverts or adware and share them with others. I would argue that the RIAA / MPAA is giving away free files with adware to generate revenue from advertising and using p2p networks to release them
Basically the difference is how you received the goods, you have to make the concious decision to download that specific file, rahter than them pushing it at you. Since this file will be in amongst normal files, its a sting. If this was the only file, then it would still be a sting. If they approached you and offered you the file, its entrapment.
Would it be entrapment if law enforcement put an ad in the newspaper offering drugs or hookers? After all, only people looking for drugs and hookers would "search" for it?
For video files, WMP pops up a box saying "this file is incorrectly named as another filetype do you want to open" [yes] [no] and a check box to remember the setting, or similer. Not sure about audio, but I assume it does the same though.
.mp3 renamed .wma. Windows Media Player indeed asked if I wanted to play it anyway.
.vob files but this could be a codec issue.
I just tested a
Winamp on the other hand played it without question. The only files I have to rename in winamp are
What's worse is when you point out they give you too much change and they give you more change. And point out the error again and they give you even more change, more than you paid in the first place. I don't understand because they have a register that clearly says how much you owe, how much you paid, and how much change you should get back.
This only happens to me on roadtrips.
Yes, it is. Except to file complaint you have to admit you were trying to download a "pirated audio file".
Neither the RIAA nor MPAA would release any file unless they had permission to do so. It wouldn't be "copyright infringement" if they are granted the right to give you a copy.
How hard is it to simply stick to MP3s? I avoid WMA files like the plague
.wma or not. I would expect that they would just mark it .mp3 and let windows do the rest.
That would depend whether it's clearly marked
but the police report quoted $50 worth of stolen property.
Everything is on sale at walmart. Virtualy nothing is full price. But if there is a theft, by god they are going to report the full price or MSRP. They might have been able to sell that item that was on sale for $30 at $50.
Wal Mart is the king in data tracking. They are the people who know that pop tart sales go up after a hurricane. I would find it hard to believe that someone could forge a walmart reciept as each one has it's own unique code which is associated with the specific transaction. Even if it's just a stick of gum or some rolaids they keep track of it all. I would think it would be hard to forge.
It makes me wonder why anyone would try to rip off walmart.
The hard part is finding a checker who won't notice. I can't figure out that one. Get a UPC number off a pack of chewing gum and put the sticker on a mountain bike
Perhaps you have more observant checkers then I do. My experence has been they are brain dead zombies that drag an item across the scanner and wait for a beep. Sometimes when it beeps error they don't notice. They don't bother to look at the screen to see the item description and sometimes using the hand scanner they accidently scan in everything around you including the stuff on the impulse buy rack.
While I have never tried to buy a mountain bike for the price of a pack of gum, it wouldn't shock me if someone else has tried and it worked.
TFA doesnt say anything, but were they using pre-existing UPCs and copying them, or is it relatively easy to forge/copy UPC codes to ones liking
I've been meaning to research this issue. When I print off coupons from the store's website, the checkers get annoyed with the fact they don't scan. I know I can print off barcodes, but I don't have the same style barcode as UPC uses, I have something called 3 of 9. The last time I looked into it software and fonts for anything like UPC required a massive license fee.
I've used 3 of 9 in small libraries. It worked very well from a 600dpi laser, well from a 300dpi laser, and OK from an inkjet. In theory you can get fonts that automaticly calculate checksums for UPC and ISBN.
I would imagine that joe six pack just used their inkjet and got some software to make UPC barcodes, slapped them on packages and let the checker scan them.
sure.. but who would use a "private road" named as "the great interstate racetrack" and with a sign that says "no insurance coverage". and with a 30 min safety check on your car before letting you on.
I would. If we are talking that drive between Oregon and San Fran I would gladly submit to a safety check if it allowed me to go faster than 75mph on flat land.
300miles @ 75mph = 4hrs
300miles @ 100mph = 3hrs
300miles @ 120mph = 2.5hrs
Just because the cloned animal has exactly the same genes, doesn't mean that it will exhibit the same behaviour.
Seems ideal to study nature vs nurture.
Either way, if the software author can't sell his software because it's being distributed (for free, or for cheap) by someone else, he ends up out of business.
If that was a true statement then all software companies would be out of business. It's pretty clear that software companies who stay in business have enough clients paying money for their product. The moment you sell a counterfeit, you are redirecting monies intended for a product into your own pocket.
Let's look at it a different way. What is more valuable to a business? Is it the money for the product it sells or its reputation?
Let's say I decide to sell some counterfeit Sears Craftsman tools. People who specifically buy Sears Craftsman might buy my tools because of the name. And let's say further they are total crap and break the first time I use them. The people who bought them would have evidence that the Sears Craftsman tools are crap. Not only would I be making money off the *name* but I would be seriously affecting the reputation of Sears Craftsman. Each person who bought crap that breaks would tell others that the tools are crap.
Word of mouth advertising is among the most powerful forms of advertising.
so, hang on, let me get my head wrapped around this - it is somehow okay to rip off somebodies hard work ("just a simple copyright violation"), but to rip off his *logo* is somehow mean and nasty and below the belt? dude, you have some serious prioritisation issues....
Piracy is one thing. You are getting something for nothing. You *could* place a dollar value based on what the software would normally cost but that's about it.
To misrepresent your self as another company is a form of flat out fraud. In this case someone was getting money for someone else's work, taking credit for someone else's work, and one could argue causing them harm through this misrepresentation. After all the guy was asking for credit card numbers. Not only is there the dollar value of the software someone else profited from but the possibility of harming the character of the rightful owner. Would you do business with a fraudster? Would you use their software or reject it? Would you tell others to reject it?
I will not say piracy is OK in this reply. I will say that bootlegging is greater offence. And to misrepresent your self as being the owner of code that doesn't belong to you and use this lie to make money one would be no better than.... I don't know.... SCO.
You misunderstand... I see DVD-video players often. I see portable CD-players often... and portable cd-mp3 players often. I have not seen portable audio disc players that read DVDs. I.e. a portable DVD player with no video screen.
I have seen car DVD decks that can do DVD but I'm not sure how well you can operate them without an external screen.
I have also have a very narrow vision of what I desire in a portable media player. I want a portable player that will play DVDs. It's what I use at home and it's what I want to use away from home. It is not too much to ask.