These business models always remind me of playing Lemmings when the time runs out. All those little lemmings with count-down timers over their heads... "Oooh-Nooo! Pop!" (Truely a classic of twisted gaming.) Why bother finding a way around it? They'll be gone in 9, 8, 7..
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New Wave of Web Ads?
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I smell opportunity! I'll trademark "Action cancelled" and see a product with that name. Think of all the free advertising!
Now we just have to worry about that rather large chunk of population that constitutes "everyone else."
And that's a very big twinkie! Think of all the comet cursors, toolbars and other parasitic junk that have been loading user PCs for years. It must be morbidly entertaining to run something like Ad-aware on some machines after a couple years of accumulated crud. (Less entertaining to run the scan a week later and clean the same stuff off again!)
The court seemed to miss the fact that folders don't just share themselves over a network. You do have to install software to share it, answer requests, send the data. That's like a library with an on-site copyshop rather than a photocopier. (I hate stretched analogies.)
(Clueless users who don't realize that they're sharing their drive with the planet are another problem.)
Of course there's a difference between a levy and a tax. A tax would go into the same government General Account that all taxes do, but the levy goes to CRIA.
It'll depend on how higher courts interpret the case. Technically, there's no difference between running p2p software with a shared directory of music, and a website with the same. (In fact most p2p software uses modified HTTP code.) I think the recent photocopier case that got a 9-0 verdict from the supreme court focused the wrong analogy in this judge's thinking and he went too far.
Can I now "file-share" any commercial software as well? (Yes, music is a different deal, but Justice von Finckenstein's ruling doesn't seem to note that.)
It sure was a laugh to watch the record companies try to roll over the ISPs and court in US DMCA style, and get far far more than they barganed for.
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Make Your Own TRON Costume
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That depends whose nose you're applying the drinking straw to, and how.
A minor caution: Hot melt glue is wonderful stuff. Everyone should have a glue gun, even if it's one of those toy jobs. Perfect for arranging project wires, costuming, quick repairs, whatever.
However, never ever use it to stick costume bits to skin. Some people forget this from time to time.
Other important tips: Never use peanut-butter for a costume. Never solder electronics while wearing shorts. Never cook bacon in the nude, and always wear sunblock.
"Microsoft needs to keep Sun alive, kill him, Steve needs to keep Scott alive, twist his head off, mustn't kill Scott, kill him kill him, no no Steve must be nice..." Steve Ballmer was heard to say throughout the press conference.
"No boom?"
"No boom."
"No boom *today*. Boom tomorrow. There's *always* a boom tomorrow.
What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here.
Boom, sooner or later. *BOOM*!"
-- Garibaldi, Sinclair, and Ivanova in Babylon 5:"Grail"
Get with the millenium. There's new software that automates the whole process including the transfers using your PayPal ID. Just install the latest Microsoft Security Update that you should find in your email.
Robotic Parking in Clearwater tried to make a go of it, but results seem less than promised (Jetsons again) Of course, since it's a Scientologist-run company, they'll make it go right just like Elron said it should...
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Different companies back then, but it seems like the same old song all over again. Make a half-hearted effort, fail to win the market niche, change direction after 15 minutes to make something else the "cornerstone" of Corel.
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These business models always remind me of playing Lemmings when the time runs out. All those little lemmings with count-down timers over their heads... "Oooh-Nooo! Pop!" (Truely a classic of twisted gaming.) Why bother finding a way around it? They'll be gone in 9, 8, 7 ..
I smell opportunity! I'll trademark "Action cancelled" and see a product with that name. Think of all the free advertising!
If I don't view the ads, I can't see the web site? You've got a deal!
Of course Microsoft doesn't have run for office. They hire people to do that for them. :^)
And that's a very big twinkie! Think of all the comet cursors, toolbars and other parasitic junk that have been loading user PCs for years. It must be morbidly entertaining to run something like Ad-aware on some machines after a couple years of accumulated crud. (Less entertaining to run the scan a week later and clean the same stuff off again!)
We think you're stupid! Click here! *sigh*
You get some unauthorized person to click the download while you watch them with cameras rolling. It's been done before.
(Clueless users who don't realize that they're sharing their drive with the planet are another problem.)
Of course there's a difference between a levy and a tax. A tax would go into the same government General Account that all taxes do, but the levy goes to CRIA.
Can I now "file-share" any commercial software as well? (Yes, music is a different deal, but Justice von Finckenstein's ruling doesn't seem to note that.)
It sure was a laugh to watch the record companies try to roll over the ISPs and court in US DMCA style, and get far far more than they barganed for.
That depends whose nose you're applying the drinking straw to, and how.
However, never ever use it to stick costume bits to skin. Some people forget this from time to time.
Other important tips: Never use peanut-butter for a costume. Never solder electronics while wearing shorts. Never cook bacon in the nude, and always wear sunblock.
"Microsoft needs to keep Sun alive, kill him, Steve needs to keep Scott alive, twist his head off, mustn't kill Scott, kill him kill him, no no Steve must be nice..." Steve Ballmer was heard to say throughout the press conference.
From what I've seen, spammers will not only hit abuse mailboxes, they'll hit abuse@something.mil mailboxes. Rule #3.
"No boom."
"No boom *today*. Boom tomorrow. There's *always* a boom tomorrow. What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here.
Boom, sooner or later. *BOOM*!"
-- Garibaldi, Sinclair, and Ivanova in Babylon 5:"Grail"
Ivanova is russian, she understands these things.
Get with the millenium. There's new software that automates the whole process including the transfers using your PayPal ID. Just install the latest Microsoft Security Update that you should find in your email.
Or worse, some crappy drunk guy who gets parked with his car, and does serious damage to your car by throwing up on it.
Robotic Parking in Clearwater tried to make a go of it, but results seem less than promised (Jetsons again) Of course, since it's a Scientologist-run company, they'll make it go right just like Elron said it should...
And if released under the GPL, are they GNUd/Women?
I guess that would be People Eating Tasty Animals, right?
'Help - my hamster's stuck in my printer' Just what we need: Hamsters with laser printers on their frikken heads.
"Gone with the Force" Vader's "Frankly my dear, I don't give damn" line is perfect when he leaves Amidala.
"Did I say David Fincher? No, no--I meant David Lynch, of course."
You could also substitute your own files. That might be even better than Monty Pythonized Doom.
Maybe you can get lucky and have the SPAM-mobile visit you? (Free food!)