A 220 kg FRIDGE??? I realise that most americans are big and all, but why the hell would you need a 220 kg fridge? I can't even imagine what you would want with a 220 POUND fridge, let alone a 220 kg one.
You were obviously dumb enough not to get a refund on Vista (or exchange its license for XP), so to the bean counters, they've made two sales on you. And it gets better, because they will save on the support costs for your Redhat machine.
The people who overturned this will very likely be voted out of office next chance.
Of course they won't. You forget, you don't live in a democracy, you live in a republic. And as such, your votes means less than it otherwise would (as this so obviously shows) and the entire process will be labled as merely a guidance, and they'll stay in office.
I don't mean crusade/jihad or anything that bad, just that science vs religion won't ever work.
BUT - if we somehow manage to get an islamic movement to try to ban teaching the ideas of evolution as being against the teachings of the prophet Mohammed and thus the word of Allah, then I'm pretty sure we'd see these religious wack jobs get off their pedistals mighty quick.
Can't try to promote something that those "awful muslims" promote, can we?
In fact - next time friends, relatives or people you meet bring up the idea of not teaching evolution in schools, just add in "oh, you mean like the Taleban? They didn't want schools teaching evolution either."
Playing the "terrorism" card for a GOOD cause for once!
I'm not saying taking revenge is applaudable. But considering the general attitude around here, people who break copyright law and get caught should aparently never ever have to face any consequences.
We have a law, that says copying software (and other stuff) without permission is illegal. If we know that person A has done this, the law dictates that he should be punished. Don't like it - get the law changed. Consider minors getting convicted taking nude photographs of themselves and labled as sex offenders and pedophiles - don't like that law - get it repealed. (Btw, that's not an analogy, it's a comparison to a bad law with some really bad intepretations)
Anyway, the point is, WHAT can the owner of the software do, that WON'T piss off a million people? Apart from just doing nothing obviously.
If he deletes his software, the lawbreaker (dispite what we may think otherwise, the person who uses a pirated key is trying to gain illegal access to the software) faces no consequence.
If he deletes random files, people scream bloody murder and vandalism, and all of a sudden the author should pay - but not the original lawbreaker.
If he uses any info available on the lawbreaker, like account name and current IP address, people will scream bloody murder and invasion of privacy.
So ignore any and all analogies (good and bad). You don't like them, that's your perogative. WHAT can he possibly do, that will NOT piss off everyone and will NOT just leave the law breaker facing no consequences?
I'm still waiting for a good answer, but people prefer attacking the "bad analogy" angle rather than the actual subject, which is quite sad.
So, what would be an appropriate response to knowing that someone has just tried to use your software illegally? Simply deleting the program?
Isn't that like catching me trying to steal your wallet and merely going "bad person, go away" and taking your wallet back?
Think about it. If he does anything other than that, even as much as send a message back saying "Account such and such, on machine so and so at ip whatever has just used a known pirated key", people would scream foul and invasion of privacy.
So, mister smarty pants, what should he do? Just shrug and ignore it?
I was going to be working with the "big dogs", the hardcore programmers who all had 180 IQ's, etc. I also remember the total shock and disappointment when it turned out to be just the opposite.
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Better sollution: Step 1: figure out what G is on the planet that they'll be colonizing. X Step 2: accelerate in a slow slope. 1G gives us 700 years in all, but with a human generation being about 25 years, we ought to be able to have a 1st on ship generation used to 1.2 G. 1.4 for 2nd. And so on until we hit Y, as the maximum reasonable G for our offspring. Step 3: decelerate in a slow slope from Y to X, again allowing our offspring to adjust properly to the decline in gravity. Step 4: step off the ship and on to a planet where the "only" aclimation is terraforming, as everyone is already suited for the X g norm.
If we assume X = 1.3 and Y as 4 (just pulling numbers out of my ass), I'm sure we could cut some significant time off the schedule. Not clue what the requirements would be for fuel though. Neither of the types of math needed is in my area of expertise
Well, if it's that simple, it's not an alarm system I'd want to use.
Any alarm should be set as a "report OK" system, where any failure to report is seen as an alarm. Even in a dial in system, it should do the same. Report in every 5 mins perhaps?
How about the lumberjack competitions? It's a guy chopping down a tree. WTF.
Quite right. I happened to zap past some on EuroSports last month.
It's a guy chopping through a two foot log with a fucking axe. WTF? How the hell do you even do that in less than two minutes, let alone 16 fucking seconds?!?
Doesn't turbines get more efficient as they grow in size? I mean, it's not like you'll see power plants use hundreds of tiny steam turbines - they use a few huge ones.
Or am I missing something completely fundamental about the ones MIT's made here?
Seriously. Sounds petty and too "american cliché" but - they are asserting, under penalty of perjury, that they own the copyright to the items they are flagging with a DMCA takedown notice.
It's been said time and time and time again on slashdot whenever wrongfull DMCA takedown notices are sent.
I'm sure you can find a lawyer that'll be willing to nail their collective ass to the wall and sue for defamation and whatever else you care to throw in for good measure and monetary value.
Same goes for the people having their saturday night dinner video flagged. Just cause it SOUNDS a little bit perhaps maybe kinda like Saturday Night Live (the comedy show) or even a fucking album recording, if it's not related in any way... well, if the glove don't fit you must kick the nuts of the misfit.
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I have to ask ... MoseHansen.dk ... you don't think that's a bit close to that kook's name?
A 220 kg FRIDGE??? I realise that most americans are big and all, but why the hell would you need a 220 kg fridge? I can't even imagine what you would want with a 220 POUND fridge, let alone a 220 kg one.
Nah, you can cool it to absolute zero, you'd just never be able to find it ;)
Don't cross the road if you can't get out of the kitchen. And remember - a penny saved is worth two in the bush.
For their PR? Probably not.
For their accounting? Yes, they have to.
Sure, 1 or 2 licenses doesn't count for much. But if it's 5% of everything they sell, it'll hurt somewhere in the chain.
You were obviously dumb enough not to get a refund on Vista (or exchange its license for XP), so to the bean counters, they've made two sales on you. And it gets better, because they will save on the support costs for your Redhat machine.
Great, just great ... another groups of people who won't swallow.
I completely fail to see the difference between the two.
Nothing that can't be handled by a Phalanx CIWS! Just modify it to target birds.
I don't mean crusade/jihad or anything that bad, just that science vs religion won't ever work.
BUT - if we somehow manage to get an islamic movement to try to ban teaching the ideas of evolution as being against the teachings of the prophet Mohammed and thus the word of Allah, then I'm pretty sure we'd see these religious wack jobs get off their pedistals mighty quick.
Can't try to promote something that those "awful muslims" promote, can we?
In fact - next time friends, relatives or people you meet bring up the idea of not teaching evolution in schools, just add in "oh, you mean like the Taleban? They didn't want schools teaching evolution either."
Playing the "terrorism" card for a GOOD cause for once!
Yeah, but make sure you fit the laser cooler as well. Not much fun having it overheat and essentially turn into a pulse laser.
I'm not saying taking revenge is applaudable. But considering the general attitude around here, people who break copyright law and get caught should aparently never ever have to face any consequences.
We have a law, that says copying software (and other stuff) without permission is illegal. If we know that person A has done this, the law dictates that he should be punished. Don't like it - get the law changed. Consider minors getting convicted taking nude photographs of themselves and labled as sex offenders and pedophiles - don't like that law - get it repealed. (Btw, that's not an analogy, it's a comparison to a bad law with some really bad intepretations)
Anyway, the point is, WHAT can the owner of the software do, that WON'T piss off a million people? Apart from just doing nothing obviously.
If he deletes his software, the lawbreaker (dispite what we may think otherwise, the person who uses a pirated key is trying to gain illegal access to the software) faces no consequence.
If he deletes random files, people scream bloody murder and vandalism, and all of a sudden the author should pay - but not the original lawbreaker.
If he uses any info available on the lawbreaker, like account name and current IP address, people will scream bloody murder and invasion of privacy.
So ignore any and all analogies (good and bad). You don't like them, that's your perogative. WHAT can he possibly do, that will NOT piss off everyone and will NOT just leave the law breaker facing no consequences?
I'm still waiting for a good answer, but people prefer attacking the "bad analogy" angle rather than the actual subject, which is quite sad.
It's not about someone losing money or not. It's about someone breaking the law and getting caught doing it.
So, we'll skip the money part.
I break into your house, without ruining the lock, without damaging anything.
I sit in your couch and go through a couple of your dvd's before you come home and catch me in the act.
Noone's been hurt, noone's out any money (sans maybe 15 cents of electricity).
It's not stealing, it's just using some of your stuff, that you weren't using anyway.
Hell, it's not like I'd pay for renting your place either, cause it's not that good. Nor were the movies. I was just curious.
But I've broken the law.
In some places we get to shoot trespassers. So why not people in breach of copyright? That's also a violation of property rights according to the law.
So, what would be an appropriate response to knowing that someone has just tried to use your software illegally? Simply deleting the program?
Isn't that like catching me trying to steal your wallet and merely going "bad person, go away" and taking your wallet back?
Think about it. If he does anything other than that, even as much as send a message back saying "Account such and such, on machine so and so at ip whatever has just used a known pirated key", people would scream foul and invasion of privacy.
So, mister smarty pants, what should he do? Just shrug and ignore it?
Curious pick pockets wants to know.
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Better sollution:
Step 1: figure out what G is on the planet that they'll be colonizing. X
Step 2: accelerate in a slow slope. 1G gives us 700 years in all, but with a human generation being about 25 years, we ought to be able to have a 1st on ship generation used to 1.2 G. 1.4 for 2nd. And so on until we hit Y, as the maximum reasonable G for our offspring.
Step 3: decelerate in a slow slope from Y to X, again allowing our offspring to adjust properly to the decline in gravity.
Step 4: step off the ship and on to a planet where the "only" aclimation is terraforming, as everyone is already suited for the X g norm.
If we assume X = 1.3 and Y as 4 (just pulling numbers out of my ass), I'm sure we could cut some significant time off the schedule. Not clue what the requirements would be for fuel though. Neither of the types of math needed is in my area of expertise
$193. Talk about speedy ...
I'll pick this Pamala Jones
Well, if it's that simple, it's not an alarm system I'd want to use.
Any alarm should be set as a "report OK" system, where any failure to report is seen as an alarm. Even in a dial in system, it should do the same. Report in every 5 mins perhaps?
Okay, so I'm a bit weird in the head ...
It's a guy chopping through a two foot log with a fucking axe. WTF? How the hell do you even do that in less than two minutes, let alone 16 fucking seconds?!?
Doesn't turbines get more efficient as they grow in size? I mean, it's not like you'll see power plants use hundreds of tiny steam turbines - they use a few huge ones.
Or am I missing something completely fundamental about the ones MIT's made here?
Seriously. Sounds petty and too "american cliché" but - they are asserting, under penalty of perjury, that they own the copyright to the items they are flagging with a DMCA takedown notice.
... well, if the glove don't fit you must kick the nuts of the misfit.
It's been said time and time and time again on slashdot whenever wrongfull DMCA takedown notices are sent.
I'm sure you can find a lawyer that'll be willing to nail their collective ass to the wall and sue for defamation and whatever else you care to throw in for good measure and monetary value.
Same goes for the people having their saturday night dinner video flagged. Just cause it SOUNDS a little bit perhaps maybe kinda like Saturday Night Live (the comedy show) or even a fucking album recording, if it's not related in any way