No. He's not exactly right. As pointed out by several others, the MPAA ratings system is just that: a system developed and used by the MPAA, not the federal government.
Further, last I checked, you can't sell your kid. Ergo, they do not have the same status as slaves.
There is a big difference WRT the movie ratings: they are an industry standard, supported by players in the industry. It was done because the studios feared the government stepping in and adminstering their own ratings setup. The ESRB exists for video games. Not sure if anyone pays attention to them, but the system is there.
In order to let the ESRB ratings work, the local sellers and rental places need to be afraid of having to keep up with government regulations. If they can self-police, they shouldn't need the legislation.
Just set this up the other day on my personal system. And so far, it works. Granted, it's only been a few days, but I'm ready to change my procmail filter to point to/dev/null instead of/home/me/mail/checkifthisisreallyspam
What is your specialty? Doc who reads slashdot? Looking for a job? Contact via email:)
I didn't become a doc for similar reasons (medical business displaces medical practice). So what do I do now? Run the business end of a medical practice:)
I'm glad you noticed that it is just as illegal to underbill as overbill. We had a few docs (now gone, thank goodness) who thought they were safe by underbilling. Right now, I think we have a decent bell-curve distribution of level 1,2,3,4, and 5 visits. Pediatrics is shifted a little high, but those people write so damned much, an audit wouldn't be too bad.
And yes, insurance companies are serious bastards. They deny a certain number of claims out of hand. In a batch (if you submit electronically) an average of 5% are automatically bounced, sometimes for flagrantly false reasons (ie, bad DOB. The system won't let us enter a patient without one. You got the freakin' DOB Aetna, piss off)
If you're not too entrenched, may want to try doing one of those things out west. Visiting reservations and the like. Potentially more rewarding with less hassle than urban/suburban practices.
Except that by the time the rules are written, you have a special packages. Those with general accounting programs, rather than develop rulesets for docs (which vary by state), they develop, or at least market as, a separate program.
Second, don't you have a fucking job to do, you dirty hippy? I ain't paying you to frag the doofus in the next cubicle over.
First it was checking mail at work. Then getting around the proxy server. Now it's this bullshit. Christ, grow up. You wonder why you get downsized? You wonder why your company's stock is in the toilet? It's because you are doing everything at work EXCEPT work.
If the lazy SOB's who post around here spent half as much time working as they do bitching, complaining, playing games, posting here, etc. there never would have been a recession, pets.com might have survived, and Gnome and KDE would be fully compatible with packages completed for everything from Debian to Red Hat to *BSD.
It's more insidious than that. Reread the page linked to at the top of the article. It says to transfer the license pursuant to the terms in the EULA. Now, go reread the EULA. On the last few that I have read (mostly NT 4) they say that the license is non-transferable.
No, wait, listen. There have been numerous discussions on slashdot regarding the difficulty in monitoring and analysing the types of programs written in intro classes. So rather than try to figure out collaboration vs. "let-me-copy-that-program-verbatim", this is an interesting solution.
OTOH, being unable to discuss assignments, theories, etc. makes the class/program no better than a correspondence school.
Next time you use that phrase, you'd better damned site have this link, or this link included. And for those of you wondering what to buy me for Christmas, go to the second link, and scroll down to the home security 410.
BTW, I don't see anything here with double barrels, unless you count this. Hmm... Wonder how that works.
Actually, the RIAA doesn't want you using vinyl, either. They will likely stop pressing vinyl in the next year or two. I collect 45's for jukeboxes, and this could become a major concern at some point in time. Eventually (and who knows how long it will take) my collection will wear out. And since most of mine are used 45's anyway...
No, they want you to switch to something new and better that they control and that you don't have to pay a license to Sony or Philips to use.
Seize any funds in a US bank (I assume this means Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, etc.), seize US property/accounts (their web server). Revoke travel visas for members of company.
Not a *lot* they can do, but they can certainly fuck thems up for them.
Not a customer of real weasel, but try them with RH install scripts plus a boot PROM. Should do the trick. Just remember to check for a pre-existing install of RH before installation, or you'll wipe out your install at every boot.
(Sorry if this is a repeat. Just had some browser weirdness)
Wife and brother-in-law have RP. To echo another poster, bigger is better. She has a 17" monitor, and runs in DOS or Linux bash-prompt as much as possible. BIL has a 19" monitor.
If you can get the taxpayers to pay for it, get one of those ginormous LCD screens. Make sure it goes bright enough.
Really, owing to the individualized nature of many disabilities, your best bet is to be prepared to do lots of shopping. And if the condition is dynamic, be prepared to replace parts frequently as conditions change.
Also, I'd look into emacspeak. I would have done this for my wife, but her hearing is bad also. (BTW, that isn't the easiest page to read. Default font size too small:)
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I gotta agree. You've got all that shit in a dorm room? Only kids I knew who were like that were seriously rich fuckers. Why don't you throw out some of the toys and hit the books?
Okay, let's say you are a genius who doesn't need to read the books, and you bust your hump over breaks to pay for the toys. You have a few choices:
Consolidate. Assuming you have a PS2 (don't know about PS1), get rid of the CD player and the DVD player. When I was in school ~ 10 years ago, we used carousel and cartridge cd changers. Your PC should have enough storage and a good enough sound card to obviate the need for that. So, to recap, no need whatsoever for the CD player. Probably no need for the DVD player.
Minidisc player? What for? Burn to CD's, get rid of the MD player. Or just queue up some mp3's.
That doesn't leave much. Speakers shouldn't be a problem. Any dorm room I've ever seen didn't have enough space for 5.1 sound, no matter what you try to tell yourself. But in any event, there is no way around cable clutter for speakers. Well, no good way.
Which leads to the second alternative: wireless. You know those pop-under X-10 ads you dismiss? They've got some stuff for doing exactly that. Or go to Rat Shack. Plenty of stuff.
This is worse than "won't type 'http://www.google.com'". Why? Because the X-10 ads come right to your screen:)
No, it's not a monopoly. It's called an oligopoly. There can be no doubt from any sane person that this is what it is.
Second, you might want to add something like:
RIAA: "See, nobody wants legitimate, pay for use downloads. They only want free stuff. We tried to offer them what they asked for."
IOW, make your point very direct, by putting words in Hilary Rosen/Jack Valenti's mouth.
The last option (stop sending Hollywood money) is the most likely of three highly unlikely scenarios to happen. Problem is, even people motivated to do that (people here on Slashdot) are too awed by the new LOTR disc to bother.
I've boycotted Universal. The last half of this journal is about it. Just one movie studio. And it is a serious pain in the butt. Very serious. It's not as easy as many would like to pretend. Not if you are a fan of the stuff.
Come to my house. I'll feed you dinner. Then try to find a radio station just like you described.
Doesn't exist. Or, at least, I can't get it.
My choice is Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Christian Rock, or talk radio. I choose various forms of the latter. (Pacifica, Sports Junkies, NPR, and G. Gordon Liddy. ALL forms of the latter.)
I actually read it in Linux Journal. (Or maybe Linux Magazine) about... 18 months or more ago. Okay. I found it...
The article is here and the quote is about 5-6 paragraphs in. He did in fact apply at MS.
If the article is taken at face value, it seems that Miguel wanted to be a Bruce Perens type advocate. But... I don't know. I just don't think Miguel is the OSS/Free poster boy that some wish he was. I've got no problem with that viewpoint (much:). I would like to know the 'truth'. Perhaps it is in the article I quote. But the references are such throw aways that not much can be read into it. Or, perhaps, too much, in both directions, can be read into it.
Anyway, there's the quote. Not just a fiction. This appeared in print.
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No. He's not exactly right. As pointed out by several others, the MPAA ratings system is just that: a system developed and used by the MPAA, not the federal government.
Further, last I checked, you can't sell your kid. Ergo, they do not have the same status as slaves.
There is a big difference WRT the movie ratings: they are an industry standard, supported by players in the industry. It was done because the studios feared the government stepping in and adminstering their own ratings setup. The ESRB exists for video games. Not sure if anyone pays attention to them, but the system is there.
In order to let the ESRB ratings work, the local sellers and rental places need to be afraid of having to keep up with government regulations. If they can self-police, they shouldn't need the legislation.
Just set this up the other day on my personal system. And so far, it works. Granted, it's only been a few days, but I'm ready to change my procmail filter to point to /dev/null instead of /home/me/mail/checkifthisisreallyspam
I drastically decreased the load on my gnutella node by blocking searches on Christina, Britney, and various and sundry 'trash rap' groups.
Try it. You'll like it:)
Isn't this similar to gun laws that don't remove (eg) high capacity magazines from the market, but allows their continued sale?
This gets into vagaries of 'digital property'.
What is your specialty? Doc who reads slashdot? Looking for a job? Contact via email:)
I didn't become a doc for similar reasons (medical business displaces medical practice). So what do I do now? Run the business end of a medical practice:)
I'm glad you noticed that it is just as illegal to underbill as overbill. We had a few docs (now gone, thank goodness) who thought they were safe by underbilling. Right now, I think we have a decent bell-curve distribution of level 1,2,3,4, and 5 visits. Pediatrics is shifted a little high, but those people write so damned much, an audit wouldn't be too bad.
And yes, insurance companies are serious bastards. They deny a certain number of claims out of hand. In a batch (if you submit electronically) an average of 5% are automatically bounced, sometimes for flagrantly false reasons (ie, bad DOB. The system won't let us enter a patient without one. You got the freakin' DOB Aetna, piss off)
If you're not too entrenched, may want to try doing one of those things out west. Visiting reservations and the like. Potentially more rewarding with less hassle than urban/suburban practices.
Except that by the time the rules are written, you have a special packages. Those with general accounting programs, rather than develop rulesets for docs (which vary by state), they develop, or at least market as, a separate program.
First, it's called Solitaire.
Second, don't you have a fucking job to do, you dirty hippy? I ain't paying you to frag the doofus in the next cubicle over.
First it was checking mail at work. Then getting around the proxy server. Now it's this bullshit. Christ, grow up. You wonder why you get downsized? You wonder why your company's stock is in the toilet? It's because you are doing everything at work EXCEPT work.
If the lazy SOB's who post around here spent half as much time working as they do bitching, complaining, playing games, posting here, etc. there never would have been a recession, pets.com might have survived, and Gnome and KDE would be fully compatible with packages completed for everything from Debian to Red Hat to *BSD.
It's more insidious than that. Reread the page linked to at the top of the article. It says to transfer the license pursuant to the terms in the EULA. Now, go reread the EULA. On the last few that I have read (mostly NT 4) they say that the license is non-transferable.
No, wait, listen. There have been numerous discussions on slashdot regarding the difficulty in monitoring and analysing the types of programs written in intro classes. So rather than try to figure out collaboration vs. "let-me-copy-that-program-verbatim", this is an interesting solution.
OTOH, being unable to discuss assignments, theories, etc. makes the class/program no better than a correspondence school.
Just found YandT through eBay auctions. Can't wait until next weekend to pay them a visit.
BTW, don't know if they are still good, but in the early 90's, I lived in Baltimore and frequented Record and Tape Traders. Might be worth a visit.
I'd rather have the buckshot. Less likely to go through walls and injure family. The .44 Magnum will go through at least one wall if called into use.
Next time you use that phrase, you'd better damned site have this link, or this link included. And for those of you wondering what to buy me for Christmas, go to the second link, and scroll down to the home security 410.
BTW, I don't see anything here with double barrels, unless you count this. Hmm... Wonder how that works.
Actually, the RIAA doesn't want you using vinyl, either. They will likely stop pressing vinyl in the next year or two. I collect 45's for jukeboxes, and this could become a major concern at some point in time. Eventually (and who knows how long it will take) my collection will wear out. And since most of mine are used 45's anyway...
No, they want you to switch to something new and better that they control and that you don't have to pay a license to Sony or Philips to use.
I thought France already successfully did this, and prevented Yahoo from Nazi item auctions?
I didn't download the software, but I would assume that downloading it and applying the registry edit, you would be breaking Elcomsoft's copyright.
Be careful: they might sue:)
Seize any funds in a US bank (I assume this means Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, etc.), seize US property/accounts (their web server). Revoke travel visas for members of company.
Not a *lot* they can do, but they can certainly fuck thems up for them.
Not a customer of real weasel, but try them with RH install scripts plus a boot PROM. Should do the trick. Just remember to check for a pre-existing install of RH before installation, or you'll wipe out your install at every boot.
(Sorry if this is a repeat. Just had some browser weirdness)
Wife and brother-in-law have RP. To echo another poster, bigger is better. She has a 17" monitor, and runs in DOS or Linux bash-prompt as much as possible. BIL has a 19" monitor.
If you can get the taxpayers to pay for it, get one of those ginormous LCD screens. Make sure it goes bright enough.
Really, owing to the individualized nature of many disabilities, your best bet is to be prepared to do lots of shopping. And if the condition is dynamic, be prepared to replace parts frequently as conditions change.
Also, I'd look into emacspeak. I would have done this for my wife, but her hearing is bad also. (BTW, that isn't the easiest page to read. Default font size too small:)
I gotta agree. You've got all that shit in a dorm room? Only kids I knew who were like that were seriously rich fuckers. Why don't you throw out some of the toys and hit the books?
Okay, let's say you are a genius who doesn't need to read the books, and you bust your hump over breaks to pay for the toys. You have a few choices:
Consolidate. Assuming you have a PS2 (don't know about PS1), get rid of the CD player and the DVD player. When I was in school ~ 10 years ago, we used carousel and cartridge cd changers. Your PC should have enough storage and a good enough sound card to obviate the need for that. So, to recap, no need whatsoever for the CD player. Probably no need for the DVD player.
Minidisc player? What for? Burn to CD's, get rid of the MD player. Or just queue up some mp3's.
That doesn't leave much. Speakers shouldn't be a problem. Any dorm room I've ever seen didn't have enough space for 5.1 sound, no matter what you try to tell yourself. But in any event, there is no way around cable clutter for speakers. Well, no good way.
Which leads to the second alternative: wireless. You know those pop-under X-10 ads you dismiss? They've got some stuff for doing exactly that. Or go to Rat Shack. Plenty of stuff.
This is worse than "won't type 'http://www.google.com'". Why? Because the X-10 ads come right to your screen:)
No, it's not a monopoly. It's called an oligopoly. There can be no doubt from any sane person that this is what it is.
Second, you might want to add something like:
RIAA: "See, nobody wants legitimate, pay for use downloads. They only want free stuff. We tried to offer them what they asked for."
IOW, make your point very direct, by putting words in Hilary Rosen/Jack Valenti's mouth.
The last option (stop sending Hollywood money) is the most likely of three highly unlikely scenarios to happen. Problem is, even people motivated to do that (people here on Slashdot) are too awed by the new LOTR disc to bother.
I've boycotted Universal. The last half of this journal is about it. Just one movie studio. And it is a serious pain in the butt. Very serious. It's not as easy as many would like to pretend. Not if you are a fan of the stuff.
Come to my house. I'll feed you dinner. Then try to find a radio station just like you described.
Doesn't exist. Or, at least, I can't get it.
My choice is Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Christian Rock, or talk radio. I choose various forms of the latter. (Pacifica, Sports Junkies, NPR, and G. Gordon Liddy. ALL forms of the latter.)
The problem is that most members of slashdot would wind up on the Group W bench with the father rapers...
I actually read it in Linux Journal. (Or maybe Linux Magazine) about... 18 months or more ago. Okay. I found it...
The article is here and the quote is about 5-6 paragraphs in. He did in fact apply at MS.
If the article is taken at face value, it seems that Miguel wanted to be a Bruce Perens type advocate. But... I don't know. I just don't think Miguel is the OSS/Free poster boy that some wish he was. I've got no problem with that viewpoint (much:). I would like to know the 'truth'. Perhaps it is in the article I quote. But the references are such throw aways that not much can be read into it. Or, perhaps, too much, in both directions, can be read into it.
Anyway, there's the quote. Not just a fiction. This appeared in print.
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click here.
It's called Pitch Black.