I used to get uptimes of several days, however recently I've been rebooting more often.
But, if you want to judge me based on my computer's uptime, go right a head. It simply means that you are not the kind of person who's oppinion matters.
However, under the current state of copyright law, copyright holders are obliged to protect their rights aggressively, or lose the right to protect them at all.
Is this a UK thing? I know for a fact the exact opposite is true in the US.
You're a humorless bastard, and your moderation point is moot, since more people mooded him up. but I'm sure you and your butt feel real special right now.
I know that MCI/worldcom had to make consessions to the EU in order to merge. We could like ban M$ software in the US or something if the Govt really wants to stop them...
But it was so full of flames that it wasn't even worth reading. Mac Zealots, M$ Zealots, Anti M$ Zealots. Can't you people just grow up and realize that the way that you think isn't necessarily the only way to think? It would make the world a much better place.
Imagine if Ford motors had established itself as a monopoly in the creation of cars, in the 20s would you just assume that chrysler couldn't create good cars,
huh? Are you saying that chrysler can make good cars?
Firewire only comes in the DViMacs, not the regular ones. And a crappy 15inch monitor will run you about $150. not $799
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Most of the major ISP's will pay you $400 to sign up if you do it with a new computer, that's one of the reasons they are so cheap at places like curcut city.
Freedom of speech and "Privacy rights" don't work together. You can have one, or you can have the other. But not both. The word "Privacy" doesn't appear in the constitution, not once (you have the right to be secure in your papers, etc).
As much as you have a "right" not to have the government search your home without a warrant, big corps have a right to record the information that is generated when people use there servers. If you don't want someone to know you look at porn, don't go to their porn server.
"Privacy" and "Freedom" are two different things. Was it Thomas Jefferson or Ben Franklin who said "Those who give up Freedom for a little security end up with neither."
Seriously, what is the difference between transporting information across borders on a palm pilot and transporting it inside someone's head, apart from the fact that people have much more memory than palm pilots?
Well, while your brain might have more memory total, I doubt that you'd be able to hold more phone numbers on in your head then in your palm. And you also can't hook your brain directly up to the net and serve that data to millions of people all over the world. You can't do that with a palmpilot either, but you could with one of these. And that's the point.
On the other hand, what happens when computers become a part of our minds? When processing done on the computer becomes indistinguishable from our own thoughts and ideas? What's going to happen to privacy then? Hell what's going to happen to the RIAA? Thought police in 2084 instead of 1984?
The people clamor, "Information wants to be free" but now add "but not when that information is about me!"
I honestly don't see how it can work both ways; eventually the problems of copyright and privacy will only be able to be 'solved' by restriction of human thought.
I had no idea, Europe Leads the US in online policy? What's next? Soon they'll be telling us that our form of government is imperfect?
On a side note, I watched a little C-SPan today, and in congress they were complain about the problems with the idea of 'free press' that they're having over there. One of the congressmen said that Russia was planning on monitoring all Internet traffic, as if that was some kind of "bad thing". I wonder where he was when Janet Reno et, al. proposed the exact same thing over here, multiple times.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that the US democracy isn't working to put the best interests of the people forward, because it just isn't true.
The courts show that for well over 10 years British Telecom was NOT enforcing its patent, and therefore loses any royalties gained from its use.
There are diffrences between copyrights, patents, and trademarks. If you can't be bothered to understand them, then why do you bother do open your mouth?
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I'm not the orgional poster.
If I was, I would have signed my name and used my +1 bonus.
I used to get uptimes of several days, however recently I've been rebooting more often.
But, if you want to judge me based on my computer's uptime, go right a head. It simply means that you are not the kind of person who's oppinion matters.
its obviously a joke, moron
However, under the current state of copyright law, copyright holders are obliged to protect their rights aggressively, or lose the right to protect them at all.
Is this a UK thing? I know for a fact the exact opposite is true in the US.
and spelled things the right way...
Get yer "I like the colour of this metre of optical fibre" ass back the lory, prettyboy.
I now have 117 karma. My heighest was 118. my lowest was -9 :P
Lets try this:
You're a humorless bastard, and your moderation point is moot, since more people mooded him up. but I'm sure you and your butt feel real special right now.
That was about the funniest thing I've read in quite a while.
I know that MCI/worldcom had to make consessions to the EU in order to merge. We could like ban M$ software in the US or something if the Govt really wants to stop them...
But it was so full of flames that it wasn't even worth reading. Mac Zealots, M$ Zealots, Anti M$ Zealots. Can't you people just grow up and realize that the way that you think isn't necessarily the only way to think? It would make the world a much better place.
Imagine if Ford motors had established itself as a monopoly in the creation of cars, in the 20s would you just assume that chrysler couldn't create good cars,
huh? Are you saying that chrysler can make good cars?
His phase of the case is over
A nic, that's what $8? A modem, $6?
Firewire only comes in the DViMacs, not the regular ones. And a crappy 15inch monitor will run you about $150. not $799
Most of the major ISP's will pay you $400 to sign up if you do it with a new computer, that's one of the reasons they are so cheap at places like curcut city.
$1299 is 'dirt cheap'?
Or did you get one when they were $999? Well, I'm sure they're cheaper now, but a PC of that 'class' would cost like, $400...
how did you put a voodoo2 in a computer with no open PCI slots?
wow, that was a really well argued point. You sure convinced me!
Yup, and we all know how secure intelectual property is on the 'net...
or stick at 32meg memory stick in your palm and record 500,000 lines of text. The brain is no mach for a computer.
And there's also a big diffrence between "a wek of practicing all day" and 'one button hotsynch'...
Freedom of speech and "Privacy rights" don't work together. You can have one, or you can have the other. But not both. The word "Privacy" doesn't appear in the constitution, not once (you have the right to be secure in your papers, etc).
As much as you have a "right" not to have the government search your home without a warrant, big corps have a right to record the information that is generated when people use there servers. If you don't want someone to know you look at porn, don't go to their porn server.
"Privacy" and "Freedom" are two different things. Was it Thomas Jefferson or Ben Franklin who said "Those who give up Freedom for a little security end up with neither."
I sure hope for your sake you're being sarcastic there
Yes, I'm being sarcastic. Sheesh.
Seriously, what is the difference between transporting information across borders on a palm pilot and transporting it inside someone's head, apart from the fact that people have much more memory than palm pilots?
Well, while your brain might have more memory total, I doubt that you'd be able to hold more phone numbers on in your head then in your palm. And you also can't hook your brain directly up to the net and serve that data to millions of people all over the world. You can't do that with a palmpilot either, but you could with one of these. And that's the point.
On the other hand, what happens when computers become a part of our minds? When processing done on the computer becomes indistinguishable from our own thoughts and ideas? What's going to happen to privacy then? Hell what's going to happen to the RIAA? Thought police in 2084 instead of 1984?
The people clamor, "Information wants to be free" but now add "but not when that information is about me!"
I honestly don't see how it can work both ways; eventually the problems of copyright and privacy will only be able to be 'solved' by restriction of human thought.
That sure is a shock!
I had no idea, Europe Leads the US in online policy? What's next? Soon they'll be telling us that our form of government is imperfect?
On a side note, I watched a little C-SPan today, and in congress they were complain about the problems with the idea of 'free press' that they're having over there. One of the congressmen said that Russia was planning on monitoring all Internet traffic, as if that was some kind of "bad thing". I wonder where he was when Janet Reno et, al. proposed the exact same thing over here, multiple times.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that the US democracy isn't working to put the best interests of the people forward, because it just isn't true.
The courts show that for well over 10 years British Telecom was NOT enforcing its patent, and therefore loses any royalties gained from its use.
There are diffrences between copyrights, patents, and trademarks. If you can't be bothered to understand them, then why do you bother do open your mouth?
(cave paintings are essentially URLs to the animals being hunted),
That's stretching it a bit. Actualy, thats streching it a lot.