"Eminem sues Apple to show his support for hiphop and sampling."
How's this work? He sues them alleging that they used his samples without his permission... in order to make a point that samples should be fair game to be used freely? It seems like all that could come of this is further legislation locking down samples.
"Yes, just like computers have made the era of office paper end (I enjoy my paperless office, do you?)
What they failed to tell everyone was that by 'paperless office' they actually meant they'd send you away from your office... and send all of your paper overseas.
In order for something like this to matter, the UN would have to have some sort of power. It'd be like giving tanks to the French military. Sure... now thed have more tanks... but it's not like they'd know what to do with them.
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"Well, The man said that preventing and prosecuting cybercrimes is now the FBI's No. 3 priority. So it looks like they'll spend more time chasing 12 year old "pirates" before they start looking for the next John Gotti, or kidnappers, or other "real" criminals."
Not only do cybercrimes have the potential to endanger lives (think air-traffic controller or military computers), but they also stand to do more damage to our economy (think jobs... remember what that is?). The number of John Gottis and kidnappers is small compared to the number of people committing cybercrimes on a daily basis. Not that a logo is going to prevent many of the cybercrimes, but cybercrimes covers a vast number of crimes.
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"it doesn't do a damn thing to catch terrorist. You'd think they had more importaint things to do like prevent another 9/11."
If the FBI were to only focus on one problem, the law breakers would know exactly which laws they could get away with breaking.
Now I know why all of these worms lately have names like W32.Blaster.worm, Mydoom-B, W32.SQLExp.Worm, etc. They may wreak havok on the Internet... but at least they won't be found to have violated any trademarks.
Mr. Pink breaks into a full sprint... diamond-filled briefcase in hand with three cops in hot pursuit. Knocking down pedestrians, he dashes down the sidewalk, around the corner, and across the street... smashing shoulder-first into a slowly approaching car. The collision leaving a spider-web-like smash in the car's windshield, and a terrified soccer-mom in the driver's seat. Mr. Pink turns and fires off a full clip of bullets in the general direction of the cops, tagging one. In one swift motion, he yanks the driver out of the car and climbs in to make his get-away.
*pause*
He inserts the breathing tube into his mouth and performs the requisite 30 second slow-breathing test. Three puffs out, three puff in.
*hold on a couple more seconds*
*a few more*
*where were those cops again?*
Passing with flying colors, he starts rolling. Wait... another quick test to make sure it's really you that did the first one.
*come on man, you're SAVING LIVES*
Passing again, he continues his "get-away". Just think of the impact a requirement would have on the movies. A chase scene with a required breath analysis? I don't think so....
Only used copies at BN.
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Don't stress it... you're going to get blank stares from the AT&T salespeople no mater what you ask them. I'd call 212-867-5309 in a week or two and ask them how it worked... and if it worked.
"Mainsoft has been a Microsoft partner since 1994, when we first entered a source code licensing agreement with Microsoft. Mainsoft takes Microsoft's and all our customers' security matters seriously, and we recognize the gravity of the situation.
We will cooperate fully with Microsoft and all authorities in their investigation.
We are unable to issue any further statement or answer questions until we have more information.
From Mike Gullard, Chairman of the Board, Mainsoft Corporation"
According to BetaNews, a company called Mainsoft is to blame. They allege that Mainsoft had access to the code in order to develop their Visual MainWin tool giving developers the ability to write Linux and Unix apps from within Visual Studio.
"Music used within this film was utilized as a gesture of respect and admiration for the artists and labels involved. No financial gain whatsoever can be attained from this film and/or any copyrighted materials that appear within it.
We hope this film will help further promote the works of the artists and labels featured here. Any objection to the usage of copyrighted materials within this film will be met with immediate compliance and complete removal of the offending material without question."
So they've basically admitted that they never asked for permission to use any of the music in the film... and they explain that it's okay... because it was used out of respect, and they won't make any money on the project anyway. (I could've told them that after watching it) But they promise to remove the music if anyone complains. Nice to know they'll close the barn doors after the horses have already left...
"All that would be required is to select the desired output answer, then map it back to the input state. Bingo! We've now got the right question to ask."
If I were Barbie, I would've dumped Ken's ass a long time ago too! Jeez, this many years... he gives her the Barbie Ferrari, the Barbie Mansion, the Barbie Ranch... but no Barbie Engagement Ring. Meanwhile Ken's out with his buddies, out on the scene being a major player... doing things WITH and TO interns... plotting his candidacy for President... and states around the nation are legalizing same-sex marriage. It's EASY to see why Barbie would give him the boot. Think of it... Skipper lives so close... Ken's never home.... How did Ken not see this coming?
There's a company out there that logs every phone call you make from your phone. Not only that, based on how long you stay on the line... they charge you for it! And if you switch over to call waiting... guess what else they do? They charge you twice. At the end of every month they generate HUGE LISTS of this information and affix bulk postage placing it inside a sealed container and have the nerve to flaunt this tracking capability via your mail. They even demand protection money... otherwise you'll be without your phone service.
Come on. TiVo's always been up front about their usage-tracking. It's TV. I don't give a shit if somebody knows what I watch. Bring a couple beers, and come share my couch if you want.
"It was my understanding (from articles about last year's IDF where this was intro'd) that the BTX design basically mandates a wind tunnel from the front of the case, over the CPU / chipset, out the back - with one "wall" of the tunnel typically being implemented by a video card."
You're almost correct. What the spec actually calls for is a wind tunnel from the front of the case, over the CPU, past the video card, out the back of the case, through the drywall in your home... over the river... through the woods... nothing but net.
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1) Phase out piloted combat vehicles
2) Outsource technology to India
3) India dictates future foreign military policy
In order for something like this to matter, the UN would have to have some sort of power. It'd be like giving tanks to the French military. Sure ... now thed have more tanks ... but it's not like they'd know what to do with them.
I think Cringely got it right when he titled his article "Mininterpretation".
I didn't see this one coming...
Now I know why all of these worms lately have names like W32.Blaster.worm, Mydoom-B, W32.SQLExp.Worm, etc. They may wreak havok on the Internet ... but at least they won't be found to have violated any trademarks.
Mr. Pink breaks into a full sprint ... diamond-filled briefcase in hand with three cops in hot pursuit. Knocking down pedestrians, he dashes down the sidewalk, around the corner, and across the street ... smashing shoulder-first into a slowly approaching car. The collision leaving a spider-web-like smash in the car's windshield, and a terrified soccer-mom in the driver's seat. Mr. Pink turns and fires off a full clip of bullets in the general direction of the cops, tagging one. In one swift motion, he yanks the driver out of the car and climbs in to make his get-away.
... another quick test to make sure it's really you that did the first one.
*pause*
He inserts the breathing tube into his mouth and performs the requisite 30 second slow-breathing test. Three puffs out, three puff in.
*hold on a couple more seconds*
*a few more*
*where were those cops again?*
Passing with flying colors, he starts rolling. Wait
*come on man, you're SAVING LIVES*
Passing again, he continues his "get-away".
Just think of the impact a requirement would have on the movies. A chase scene with a required breath analysis? I don't think so....
Since only used copies exist at BN.com, you can pick it up for $21 at Amazon.com.
Don't stress it ... you're going to get blank stares from the AT&T salespeople no mater what you ask them. I'd call 212-867-5309 in a week or two and ask them how it worked ... and if it worked.
We will cooperate fully with Microsoft and all authorities in their investigation.
We are unable to issue any further statement or answer questions until we have more information.
From Mike Gullard, Chairman of the Board, Mainsoft Corporation"
According to BetaNews, a company called Mainsoft is to blame. They allege that Mainsoft had access to the code in order to develop their Visual MainWin tool giving developers the ability to write Linux and Unix apps from within Visual Studio.
No financial gain whatsoever can be attained from this film and/or any copyrighted materials that appear within it.
We hope this film will help further promote the works of the artists and labels featured here. Any objection to the usage
of copyrighted materials within this film will be met with immediate compliance and complete removal of the offending material without question."
Wired Magazine had a cover-story about synthetic diamonds a few months back with some pretty detailed information. Slashdot covered the story here.
If I were Barbie, I would've dumped Ken's ass a long time ago too! Jeez, this many years ... he gives her the Barbie Ferrari, the Barbie Mansion, the Barbie Ranch ... but no Barbie Engagement Ring. Meanwhile Ken's out with his buddies, out on the scene being a major player ... doing things WITH and TO interns ... plotting his candidacy for President ... and states around the nation are legalizing same-sex marriage. It's EASY to see why Barbie would give him the boot. Think of it ... Skipper lives so close ... Ken's never home .... How did Ken not see this coming?
There's a company out there that logs every phone call you make from your phone. Not only that, based on how long you stay on the line ... they charge you for it! And if you switch over to call waiting ... guess what else they do? They charge you twice. At the end of every month they generate HUGE LISTS of this information and affix bulk postage placing it inside a sealed container and have the nerve to flaunt this tracking capability via your mail. They even demand protection money ... otherwise you'll be without your phone service.
Come on. TiVo's always been up front about their usage-tracking. It's TV. I don't give a shit if somebody knows what I watch. Bring a couple beers, and come share my couch if you want.