> There might be/some/ argument that it's depriving the already super rich hollywood producers of their revenue but generally that assumes anyone who pirated something would have otherwise bought it which is certainly not the case. Most piracy is by children who don't have any money and could not have bought the content anyway.
Then do without. Problem solved. Oh wait, this is the 'EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FREE GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE' generation.
> And you are apparently perfectly ok with the possibility that they could be completely wrong.
Yes. It's not a diagnostic tool. It's a "Hey 5 out of 7 people wearing red shirts die in star trek. You're wearing a red shirt, you've got good odds you might die"
It's because instead of listening to what the users want, they plow ahead with stupid UI-redesigns to make Firefox a slower, buggier Chrome clone. I mean sure, the new UI is spiffy, but they can't fix a nearly ten year old bug with find.
A lot of people rebuke this by saying "Gas cars catch on fire after crashes too!"
The difference here is that the Tesla's didn't crash, they ran over something. When's the last time you heard of a gas powered car catching fire because it ran over something without crashing.
I'm not reading a 58 page pdf and the linked blog story is no longer than this summary.
To save others the work, evidently Vimeo employees uploaded videos of people lipsyncing to tracks owned by the labels. Vimeo is trying to claim Safe Harbor protection because they had no way of knowing users were uploading infringing material.
> Look at the shelves at the local brick and mortar rental store next time a big release comes out, see the hundred or so copies? 2 weeks later it's 50, 2 weeks after that it's 10.
Having worked in a video rental store, you'd be surprised how much those DVDs actually cost from the distributor. And yes, it's more than what you'd pay if you went out to buy it.
So of course if someone gets access to your computer they can get your key, it was on your computer all the time, by design.
Or at any time Mega can sneak in a bit of extra javascript to send them your key too. How many people actually audit the javascript every time they visit the page. It's the main reason why client-side encryption is bullshit. It just adds extra vectors of attack, rather than makes things more secure.
I'm not talking about sciences, I'm talking about degrees like Gender Studies, Arts, etc.
You dont need to pay a University $40k to tell you how to paint. You could take that $40k and spend it a lot more wisely practicing your talents yourself.
For the purposes of the National Firearms Act the term Machinegun means:
Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger
The frame or receiver of any such weapon
Any part designed and intended solely and exclusively or combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, or
Any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person."
> The proper place to complain about other editor's on-wiki behavior is almost always either in a private conversation with them or to do it on-wiki, either on the editor's talk page, the article's talk page, or in one of the project ("Wikipedia:...") pages created for this purpose. Slashdot is not the proper place.
Aahgahghaghaga, sorry, as a formerly active admin, ENWP bureaucracy is out of hand.
Real nerds wouldn't buy a smart tv since all those apps are outdated as soon as you buy it, rarely get updated, and have limited functionality. Real nerds would build a HTPC.
Slashdot Mirror
And never get another one again. Unless it's PR spokesperson for the KKK.
An oily rag, left outside, in the sun, on hot asphalt.
Garage conditions are usually the exact opposite.
> There might be /some/ argument that it's depriving the already super rich hollywood producers of their revenue but generally that assumes anyone who pirated something would have otherwise bought it which is certainly not the case. Most piracy is by children who don't have any money and could not have bought the content anyway.
Then do without. Problem solved. Oh wait, this is the 'EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FREE GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE' generation.
> And you are apparently perfectly ok with the possibility that they could be completely wrong.
Yes. It's not a diagnostic tool. It's a "Hey 5 out of 7 people wearing red shirts die in star trek. You're wearing a red shirt, you've got good odds you might die"
It's because instead of listening to what the users want, they plow ahead with stupid UI-redesigns to make Firefox a slower, buggier Chrome clone. I mean sure, the new UI is spiffy, but they can't fix a nearly ten year old bug with find.
~nt~
Chart for the lazy.
TL;DR We ran out of ideas so here's some Time Travel to fuck up canon even more.
Yes and most of these vehicles are 10-15 years old that haven't kept up with preventative maintenance.
A lot of people rebuke this by saying "Gas cars catch on fire after crashes too!"
The difference here is that the Tesla's didn't crash, they ran over something. When's the last time you heard of a gas powered car catching fire because it ran over something without crashing.
That's apples an oranges.
Sure gas cars catch on fires after crashes, but how many of those catch on fire after running over road debris without crashing?
> the simple solution is not to be a bad person.
They're putting up *ALL* booking photos. Even those who are innocent. Your solution would work if nobody was ever wrongly arrested.
I'm not reading a 58 page pdf and the linked blog story is no longer than this summary.
To save others the work, evidently Vimeo employees uploaded videos of people lipsyncing to tracks owned by the labels. Vimeo is trying to claim Safe Harbor protection because they had no way of knowing users were uploading infringing material.
So what's the backstory behind this for those of us who dont read obscure blogspot blogs.
Otherwise they might be next to die in a fire.
> Look at the shelves at the local brick and mortar rental store next time a big release comes out, see the hundred or so copies? 2 weeks later it's 50, 2 weeks after that it's 10.
Having worked in a video rental store, you'd be surprised how much those DVDs actually cost from the distributor. And yes, it's more than what you'd pay if you went out to buy it.
Yes, or an actual browser plugin/extension which will let you do proper sandboxing and code signing.
Or at any time Mega can sneak in a bit of extra javascript to send them your key too. How many people actually audit the javascript every time they visit the page. It's the main reason why client-side encryption is bullshit. It just adds extra vectors of attack, rather than makes things more secure.
Citation Needed . . . . for science . . . yeah.
Yes, and how much of him getting that job was due to having that BA vs how good his portfolio was? It'd be a safe bet to say it was the latter.
I'm not talking about sciences, I'm talking about degrees like Gender Studies, Arts, etc.
You dont need to pay a University $40k to tell you how to paint. You could take that $40k and spend it a lot more wisely practicing your talents yourself.
Or dont waste $40k on some Liberal Arts degree that will get you a job exactly nowhere.
Yes it is.
This clearly falls under the the first point.
> The proper place to complain about other editor's on-wiki behavior is almost always either in a private conversation with them or to do it on-wiki, either on the editor's talk page, the article's talk page, or in one of the project ("Wikipedia:...") pages created for this purpose. Slashdot is not the proper place.
Aahgahghaghaga, sorry, as a formerly active admin, ENWP bureaucracy is out of hand.
Real nerds wouldn't buy a smart tv since all those apps are outdated as soon as you buy it, rarely get updated, and have limited functionality. Real nerds would build a HTPC.