As with most other things, only the poor will suffer. The rich will continue to enjoy their subsidized water long after the readily available supply runs out.
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The same exact thing could be said for Shakespeare's King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caeser. And you wouldn't even have to use a small font. Now, granted, King was no Shakespeare but, then again, allegedly, neither was Shakespeare.
Acrobat Reader has a lot of extra libraries that it loads at startup time that are really not necessary. Yes, it's bloated but it can be optimized. Mine loads in 10-15 seconds. Removing the majority of non-essential libraries from the plugin directory will greatly reduce the startup time.
An injunction is a request made to the court under threat of lawsuit. Both a lawsuit and an injuction request must be backed by a formal complaint to the court. With an injunction, you are asking the court to intervene on your behalf, as the actions of the other party are immediately detrimental to you. You are also asserting your belief that the facts surrounding the issue are so much in your favor, that you are certain to win the subsequent complaint. When you file an injunction, you are still initiating a lawsuit.
Because the artists don't necessarily own the music. Very possibly, their contracts are written as "works-for-hire" wherein the contract holder (e.g. Sony) owns the work and all of the rights associated with it. This would include the right to see its use to Fox for inclusion in an anti-piracy video.
I've been on the Internet since 1986, the Web since 1994 and, no, I did not have any problems with Slammer et. al. The firewall and lack of promiscuity took care of that quite nicely.
The worms, however, did help to make me quite a bit of money and brought in new clients for my tech services, so I guess I should be thankful for that.
>>Maybe when clicking on viruses costs people their entire computer* they'll stop using Windows.
Gee. I've been using Windows since Win286 in 1988. I've never had a virus or been infected with spyware. How is that?
Oh, I remember now. I don't click on the $#@%^#! executables that get emailed to me from asshats trying to infect my machine nor do I use IE, install 3D screensavers and smiley sets, or run software from companies/authors without checking them out first.
It's not a matter of running Windows. Common sense is my OS.
There are days when I would still gladly take Speedscript (with spellchecker and print preview) over MS Word!
I remember when they added the checksum at the end of the each line of machine code. The outrage we felt at the kids who had it so easy then! Why, in my day, we didn't have fancy checksums and we LIKED it!
Jboss^H^H^H^H Samba^H^H^H^H Gamecube^H^H^H^H Stuff-That-I-Don't-Use-And-Am-Too-Lazy-To-Google-F or stories on slashdot with no indication of what Jboss^H^H^H^H Samba^H^H^H^H Gamecube^H^H^H^H Stuff-That-I-Don't-Use-And-Am-Too-Lazy-To-Google-F or is for (or why anyone would care).
Today is Google's 7th Birthday. Try to be kind, eh?
Thanks, Adam. That's where I went wrong. It's habit for me to delete the default bookmarks of any browser that I get since I have never had a need for them. I guess that now I do.
I had and it resulted in the URL that I posted above. I'm not working with the beta so maybe it's changed but in the current release, "g something" results in a "I'm Feeling Lucky" search. In About:Config, you can see that the default Keyword.URL property is configured for this type of search. By default, any value added in the address bar that is not either a URL or cannot be converted to a simple domain name is forwarded to google's I'm Feeling Lucky search.
Nevermind this. A bit of experimentation shows that it nerfs calls to the browser by external applications as well as causes FF to choke on certain links.
I forgot to mention, for those wanting to change how Firefox invokes Google from the command line, nav to about:config, search for "keyword.url" and change the value to http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=, then restart Firefox.
Anything entered on the address bar that is not recognized by FF to be a domain name or URL will be sent to Google instead as a standard search.
Desktop Opera *does* make money, with only a third of its revenue coming from licensing fees. Be that as it may, were it not to make even a penny, that would not reduce it's importance to the Opera company. It has generated awareness of their small-scale browsers which is quite profitable for them. In business, this is what is referred to as a "loss leader". Something put into the market at or below cost to draw consumers in for additional purchases and it works quite well.
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Since when does Britney Spears and the rest qualify as this?
"I knew it, I'm surronded by assholes!"
You must be new here.
That "whooshing" sound you hear is the joke flying right over your head.
"nothing will really happen except they may claim to have lost $xxx,xxx to piracy."
Fixed it for you.
As with most other things, only the poor will suffer. The rich will continue to enjoy their subsidized water long after the readily available supply runs out.
The same exact thing could be said for Shakespeare's King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caeser. And you wouldn't even have to use a small font. Now, granted, King was no Shakespeare but, then again, allegedly, neither was Shakespeare.
Acrobat Reader has a lot of extra libraries that it loads at startup time that are really not necessary. Yes, it's bloated but it can be optimized. Mine loads in 10-15 seconds. Removing the majority of non-essential libraries from the plugin directory will greatly reduce the startup time.
An injunction is a request made to the court under threat of lawsuit. Both a lawsuit and an injuction request must be backed by a formal complaint to the court. With an injunction, you are asking the court to intervene on your behalf, as the actions of the other party are immediately detrimental to you. You are also asserting your belief that the facts surrounding the issue are so much in your favor, that you are certain to win the subsequent complaint. When you file an injunction, you are still initiating a lawsuit.
>> There is no such thing as "preventive suing".
Of course there is. It's called an "injunction" and it happens all the time.
Because the artists don't necessarily own the music. Very possibly, their contracts are written as "works-for-hire" wherein the contract holder (e.g. Sony) owns the work and all of the rights associated with it. This would include the right to see its use to Fox for inclusion in an anti-piracy video.
I've been on the Internet since 1986, the Web since 1994 and, no, I did not have any problems with Slammer et. al. The firewall and lack of promiscuity took care of that quite nicely.
The worms, however, did help to make me quite a bit of money and brought in new clients for my tech services, so I guess I should be thankful for that.
>>Maybe when clicking on viruses costs people their entire computer* they'll stop using Windows.
Gee. I've been using Windows since Win286 in 1988. I've never had a virus or been infected with spyware. How is that?
Oh, I remember now. I don't click on the $#@%^#! executables that get emailed to me from asshats trying to infect my machine nor do I use IE, install 3D screensavers and smiley sets, or run software from companies/authors without checking them out first.
It's not a matter of running Windows. Common sense is my OS.
Jack is a nickname for anyone called John.
Much in the same way that "Dick" is a nickname for anyone named "Richard" or "Jack Thompson"
because Roe v. Wade is established constitutional law, and not enough people want to change things for an Amendment,
Golias, meet President Bush. Mr. President, Golias.
$20 in dollar coins creates a lump in your pocket and weighs you down, swinging and bumping against your leg.
That's just great. One more lump in my pocket to feel inadequate about.
There are days when I would still gladly take Speedscript (with spellchecker and print preview) over MS Word!
I remember when they added the checksum at the end of the each line of machine code. The outrage we felt at the kids who had it so easy then! Why, in my day, we didn't have fancy checksums and we LIKED it!
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--- that said, my vote goes for the Compute! Gazette
Looks like I picked a bad day to make fun of a moderator....
That's ok. You've got mod points, I've got karma. It all works out in the end.
But nevertheless and in spite of the evidence
I am still widely considered to be
A genius in France, a genius in France, a genius in France
Jboss^H^H^H^H Samba^H^H^H^H Gamecube^H^H^H^H Stuff-That-I-Don't-Use-And-Am-Too-Lazy-To-Google-F or stories on slashdot with no indication of what Jboss^H^H^H^H Samba^H^H^H^H Gamecube^H^H^H^H Stuff-That-I-Don't-Use-And-Am-Too-Lazy-To-Google-F or is for (or why anyone would care).
Today is Google's 7th Birthday. Try to be kind, eh?
Thanks, Adam. That's where I went wrong. It's habit for me to delete the default bookmarks of any browser that I get since I have never had a need for them. I guess that now I do.
I had and it resulted in the URL that I posted above. I'm not working with the beta so maybe it's changed but in the current release, "g something" results in a "I'm Feeling Lucky" search. In About:Config, you can see that the default Keyword.URL property is configured for this type of search. By default, any value added in the address bar that is not either a URL or cannot be converted to a simple domain name is forwarded to google's I'm Feeling Lucky search.
And I didn't assume, I guessed. Correctly.
Nevermind this. A bit of experimentation shows that it nerfs calls to the browser by external applications as well as causes FF to choke on certain links.
Measure twice, cut once.
I forgot to mention, for those wanting to change how Firefox invokes Google from the command line, nav to about:config, search for "keyword.url" and change the value to http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=, then restart Firefox.
Anything entered on the address bar that is not recognized by FF to be a domain name or URL will be sent to Google instead as a standard search.
Desktop Opera *does* make money, with only a third of its revenue coming from licensing fees. Be that as it may, were it not to make even a penny, that would not reduce it's importance to the Opera company. It has generated awareness of their small-scale browsers which is quite profitable for them. In business, this is what is referred to as a "loss leader". Something put into the market at or below cost to draw consumers in for additional purchases and it works quite well.