As soon as we find a way to put a bullet in patents that are so loosely worded as to enable a company to sue (almost) everyone in sight. The pain for consumers, programmers, and others will continue so long as the USPTO and companies continue to be greedy and our representatives in government continue to look the other way.
Quite a few scrap metal recyclers are getting into the business of recycling computers. They strip out the precious metals and handle the hazmat issues. They are also getting into the business of recovering chips from the computers and reselling the good ones; these companies make more off of reselling the good chips than they do the precious metals!
Or, if you are so inclined and the machine still works, donate it to a school, a boys/girls club, or any one of a number of charitable organizations.
The new.xxx domain will make it easier to filter out the porn sites. Too bad ICANN can't force the.com porn sites to move to the new domain. It would make it easier for parents (who want to) to block the graphic stuff.
Of course, it would also make it easier for the adults who want to find porn.
FYI: If you get PVCs when you're dehydrated it means that your body is low on potassium. When that happens, drink Gatorade or apple juice to replenish the potassium level. If you let your potassium get too low your heart will stop! I'm sure you know the result.
As for PVCs while under stress: sufficient stress CAN induce PVCs in an otherwise healthy adult. It's a bad idea to go too long without sleep as it will eventually cause other problems as well.
Note that EVERYONE has PVCs on occasion, most people have them when they are sleeping. What's important to note is how many you have in a set period of time and if you have multiple missed beats back to back). If you have several (10-15)in an hour, I'd recommend you see a cardiologist for a Holter monitor (a 24-hour electrocardiogram) to see how many you have in a day. Your PVCs may be a sign of a health issue that needs to be addressed.
Well, I was a zombie when they had me on that medication for PVCs. Good thing my parents knew a good exorcist with a medical degree who removed me from that medication.
My life was saved by an experiemntal drug. The doctors couldn't get my heart restarted after my third open-heart surgery via defibrillation or other methods. The anaesthesist was one of the doctors evaluating a new medication that showed promise for restarting hearts and used it on me. As you can tell, it worked.
I've also been on the bad side of experimental drugs and have suffered thru some major side-effects. It's not a great feeling when the medication you are taking to eliminate pre-ventricular contractions makes you feel like you're living underwater.
As for people volutarily subjecting themselves to experimental medications and treatment: TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR FIRST! He knows your particular case better than any other doctor and can help you evaluate if you are a good candidate for the experimental treatment. It's a good thing that it's becoming easier to find out about available experimental treatments, but don't think it's going to be the "magic-bullet" cure until you find out more and talk with your doctor.
I plan on being there at the 7 A.M. showing at the theater down the road.
But, seriously, it's pretty common for people to skip out or come in late to work when there is something they really want to do. A couple of my co-workers recently took a 3-hour lunch to go and play golf. They made up their work hours and got their assigned work done. I've found that most employers don't care if you take a few hours off every once in a while as long as you get your work completed.
It seems we just can't trust most of the mainstream media today. It seems that schools that teach journalism skip teaching about integrity, ethics, and the responsibility for reporters to be objective.
I think I'll just stick to Groklaw and forget the rest of the press.
Having been a Scout myself, I can't imagine what possessed them to do this (other than $$$). I think I'll go home and burn all of my Scout awards, etc.
There was nothing in the Scout oath about being a corporate stooge.
You should look into trying the following: 1. Super Gluing an RJ-45 connector into their local network socket or into the socket on their network card. 2. Removing the infect item (hard drive) from their computer with a power saw. 3. Emptying a can of Raid into their (running) computer and tossing in a match. 4. Taking the infected machine to the roof of the dorms and tossing it over the edge to air it out a little. 5. A double-barreled 12 guage shotgun with double-ought buckshot should clear those virus right off of their computer.
from humans who act like sheep? Now we have sheep that might act like humans. The only problem I see is that we (eventually) might not be able to tell the difference.
Interesting to see what the weather looks like on Mars. What I'd like to know is if weather.com is going to start posting forecasts for other planetary bodies anytime soon.
Very nice to know that the dust devils are helping the rovers along. I wonder if we could get them to wash and wax the rovers as well.
In many of the posts on this story, I see quite a bit of "Apple should have sued his pants off", "Sunny was an idiot", "He's and adult and should pay for his actions", etc. In this day and age, we seem to have gotten used to beating up people for making mistakes under the idea that they should have "known better". We all have done things in our past that seemed justifiable or logical at the time, but later we realize it wasn't a wise thing to do.
Did Sunny do something illegal? Yes. Should he have take the time to read the agreement he agreed to when he signed up for the ADC account? Yes. Should he have posted it to a p2p network? No. Did he admit that he had made a mistake? Yes. Has he learned from this mistake? Yes.
Apple chose to go easy on him, not just to prevent bad PR, but also to show that they are willing to forgive their customers for making mistakes. Even Steve Jobs isn't perfect and has made mistakes (remember NeXT?). Perhaps we all need to be more forgiving the next time someone makes a mistake against us. You'll find that most people won't make the mistake again.
Mabye this is why I can't seem to get a submission accepted...I'm just not being inflammatory enough.
Perhaps we should form a group of/.ers that have the same problem. Nothing more frustrating than to submit an article, have it rejected, then see it posted after being submitted by someone else who puts an inflammatory spin on the topic.
And I thought/. was a "no-spin" zone; except for atomic/subatomic particles.
consuming excessive amounts of bandwidth where such consumption is a good indicator of infringing activities.
This is a very bad way to determine if someone is sharing or downloading songs, movies, etc. I pull down patches for my Linux, AIX, OS X, and Windoze boxes on a regular basis. I easily exceed several gigs a month just doing this not to mention web surfing, viewing online videos, animations, NASA TV, etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but ISPs are only supposed to provide a way to access the internet. They aren't supposed to provide services for companies that want to snoop on the ISPs users; i.e. they provide bandwidth not Deputy Dawg services. I hope that the ISPs are brave enough to stand up to this and tell RIAA/MPAA where to stick their agreement.
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When does the hurting stop!?
As soon as we find a way to put a bullet in patents that are so loosely worded as to enable a company to sue (almost) everyone in sight. The pain for consumers, programmers, and others will continue so long as the USPTO and companies continue to be greedy and our representatives in government continue to look the other way.
the way programmers wrote programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
Soory, I can't remember who said that, but it is so apropos.
Quite a few scrap metal recyclers are getting into the business of recycling computers. They strip out the precious metals and handle the hazmat issues. They are also getting into the business of recovering chips from the computers and reselling the good ones; these companies make more off of reselling the good chips than they do the precious metals!
Or, if you are so inclined and the machine still works, donate it to a school, a boys/girls club, or any one of a number of charitable organizations.
The new .xxx domain will make it easier to filter out the porn sites. Too bad ICANN can't force the .com porn sites to move to the new domain. It would make it easier for parents (who want to) to block the graphic stuff.
Of course, it would also make it easier for the adults who want to find porn.
the age-old question of where socks go when they disappear from the wash!
Once you go Mac, you never go back!
At least I think that's how it goes...
that poor, feeble Linux could help out big, powerful Microsoft!
FYI: If you get PVCs when you're dehydrated it means that your body is low on potassium. When that happens, drink Gatorade or apple juice to replenish the potassium level. If you let your potassium get too low your heart will stop! I'm sure you know the result.
As for PVCs while under stress: sufficient stress CAN induce PVCs in an otherwise healthy adult. It's a bad idea to go too long without sleep as it will eventually cause other problems as well.
Note that EVERYONE has PVCs on occasion, most people have them when they are sleeping. What's important to note is how many you have in a set period of time and if you have multiple missed beats back to back). If you have several (10-15)in an hour, I'd recommend you see a cardiologist for a Holter monitor (a 24-hour electrocardiogram) to see how many you have in a day. Your PVCs may be a sign of a health issue that needs to be addressed.
Sorry about no email address, I like my privacy.
Well, I was a zombie when they had me on that medication for PVCs. Good thing my parents knew a good exorcist with a medical degree who removed me from that medication.
My life was saved by an experiemntal drug. The doctors couldn't get my heart restarted after my third open-heart surgery via defibrillation or other methods. The anaesthesist was one of the doctors evaluating a new medication that showed promise for restarting hearts and used it on me. As you can tell, it worked.
I've also been on the bad side of experimental drugs and have suffered thru some major side-effects. It's not a great feeling when the medication you are taking to eliminate pre-ventricular contractions makes you feel like you're living underwater.
As for people volutarily subjecting themselves to experimental medications and treatment: TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR FIRST! He knows your particular case better than any other doctor and can help you evaluate if you are a good candidate for the experimental treatment. It's a good thing that it's becoming easier to find out about available experimental treatments, but don't think it's going to be the "magic-bullet" cure until you find out more and talk with your doctor.
I plan on being there at the 7 A.M. showing at the theater down the road.
But, seriously, it's pretty common for people to skip out or come in late to work when there is something they really want to do. A couple of my co-workers recently took a 3-hour lunch to go and play golf. They made up their work hours and got their assigned work done. I've found that most employers don't care if you take a few hours off every once in a while as long as you get your work completed.
1. Microsoft trademarks slogan: "Where do you want to go today?"
2. Microsoft sponsors the "MicroSoft HellHounds".
3. ???
4. Profit!
It seems we just can't trust most of the mainstream media today. It seems that schools that teach journalism skip teaching about integrity, ethics, and the responsibility for reporters to be objective.
I think I'll just stick to Groklaw and forget the rest of the press.
I'll post the first obligatory Nazi reference.
Having been a Scout myself, I can't imagine what possessed them to do this (other than $$$). I think I'll go home and burn all of my Scout awards, etc.
There was nothing in the Scout oath about being a corporate stooge.
I thought it would be a good idea to get rid of the other bugs first before killing the virii.
You should look into trying the following:
1. Super Gluing an RJ-45 connector into their local network socket or into the socket on their network card.
2. Removing the infect item (hard drive) from their computer with a power saw.
3. Emptying a can of Raid into their (running) computer and tossing in a match.
4. Taking the infected machine to the roof of the dorms and tossing it over the edge to air it out a little.
5. A double-barreled 12 guage shotgun with double-ought buckshot should clear those virus right off of their computer.
from humans who act like sheep? Now we have sheep that might act like humans. The only problem I see is that we (eventually) might not be able to tell the difference.
Interesting to see what the weather looks like on Mars. What I'd like to know is if weather.com is going to start posting forecasts for other planetary bodies anytime soon.
Very nice to know that the dust devils are helping the rovers along. I wonder if we could get them to wash and wax the rovers as well.
Like my grandfather used to say, "Politicians change their minds as often as the weather changes, except a bribe won't make the weather change."
Is it just me, or do others think that we need to give politicians a common sense quotient test before they're allowed to run for office?
If I pay taxes and those taxes are allowed to fund a bureau like NOAA, that data better stay accessible to the public.
In one word: Garbage
In many of the posts on this story, I see quite a bit of "Apple should have sued his pants off", "Sunny was an idiot", "He's and adult and should pay for his actions", etc. In this day and age, we seem to have gotten used to beating up people for making mistakes under the idea that they should have "known better". We all have done things in our past that seemed justifiable or logical at the time, but later we realize it wasn't a wise thing to do.
Did Sunny do something illegal? Yes.
Should he have take the time to read the agreement he agreed to when he signed up for the ADC account? Yes.
Should he have posted it to a p2p network? No.
Did he admit that he had made a mistake? Yes.
Has he learned from this mistake? Yes.
Apple chose to go easy on him, not just to prevent bad PR, but also to show that they are willing to forgive their customers for making mistakes. Even Steve Jobs isn't perfect and has made mistakes (remember NeXT?). Perhaps we all need to be more forgiving the next time someone makes a mistake against us. You'll find that most people won't make the mistake again.
My bet is it will hit Earth on April 13, 2029. After all, it's a Friday!
I wonder if Jason http://www.fridaythe13thfilms.com/ will show up.
Mabye this is why I can't seem to get a submission accepted...I'm just not being inflammatory enough.
/.ers that have the same problem. Nothing more frustrating than to submit an article, have it rejected, then see it posted after being submitted by someone else who puts an inflammatory spin on the topic.
/. was a "no-spin" zone; except for atomic/subatomic particles.
Perhaps we should form a group of
And I thought
consuming excessive amounts of bandwidth where such consumption is a good indicator of infringing activities.
This is a very bad way to determine if someone is sharing or downloading songs, movies, etc. I pull down patches for my Linux, AIX, OS X, and Windoze boxes on a regular basis. I easily exceed several gigs a month just doing this not to mention web surfing, viewing online videos, animations, NASA TV, etc.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but ISPs are only supposed to provide a way to access the internet. They aren't supposed to provide services for companies that want to snoop on the ISPs users; i.e. they provide bandwidth not Deputy Dawg services. I hope that the ISPs are brave enough to stand up to this and tell RIAA/MPAA where to stick their agreement.
Hey!
I'm married to a blonde midget and we don't need no stinkin' mayonaise!