The issues are clear. He had the name first, it's his real name given to him at birth or shortly thereafter, and the other chap had it changed to the desputed name AFTER the other guy had it for a few years.
Combine that with the fact that there should be no way in hell that one company/person should be able to sue another over the use over a name. It's not like he's using a trademark name like the "rolling stones" here.
Granted he's in the music industry on the edges of it as a columnist, but does it really matter. What if a local TV station gets an anchorman for the 5:00 news who's given name is Daniel Rather? Will HE get sued?
If that's the case I hope that no one using my name becomes famous
Craig Charles (Dave Lister on Red Dwarf for those not in the know) at a sci-fi convention mentioned this technology or something similar to it. But he had issues with it. His bigest concern with having sex like this over the internet was thus.
What happens if you get a power surge? Rips your dick off and faxes it to Canada?
"Frustrated consumers are probably less likely to spend money on modifications after they find some mods don't work (because they are meant for a different version of the XBox)."
Granted save that you are forgetting one point there. Different types of mod chip exist for the various versions on the Playstation and the PSOne. Different mod chips exist for the various releases of the PS2. There are even different mod chips in existance for PS2's in the same class (wired, USB with one wire to connect, USB no wire, IC card type).
So far all the choices stop are the type of person who wants a mod chip but is afraid to mod the unit. It doesn't really affect the hard core techies who love the challange of the modded and hacked toy.
What the hell is going on here? I was actually able to go to the link and actually see the content of the article. Hell I was even able to see the trailer.
You people are slacking! That site should have been/.'ed 30 comments ago. What are you people doing for heaven sake? Working?
You sir are in the most desperate need of some stress relief of anyone I've ever seen. Even AFTER 9-11-2001 the Mayor appeared on SNL and told people that it is ok to laugh and that laughter was needed to try to help lift the pall that fell over the people when the towers came down.
If people do nothing but dwell on the negative that happens in the world, then they are on the fast track to a prescription of anti-depressants at best and at worse a trip to the psyche ward with a 24/7 suicide watch.
We play with our Legos and our Nerf Guns to give us a break from the depressing stuff that happens in our lives. We read comics and play EQ to relax. We watch Anime because it's fun.
And contrary to your belief, having fun is not evil.
We are BOMBARDED constantly by CNN over some crisis. We are shown time and time again pictures of dead bodies from some natural disaster. We are shown videos of that woman beating that child senseless or that dog getting nerve gassed. With that CONSTANT and INCESSANT exposure to the violence in the world, the only thing keeping us from going insane and possibly psychotic is the fact that we have outlets where we can back off and embrace all that is pleasant, positive, and good in the world.
So if ANYONE should "get some priorities" it is you. You are on the fast track to an early death unless you cut loose and enjoy life instead of brooding on all the death doom and destruction.
To quote Good Morning Vietnam "He is in the most desperate need of a blowjob of any white man I know"
Granted the Russians already build a Ground Effect Craft, but it was not able to do what this craft can do. It's not JUST a GEC like the Russians, this one can act as both. Using the Altitude as needed over land, and then switching to GE mode for the trans oceanic routes.
In a military role, say you're getting supplies from Kansas to Germany. Using the russian craft you'd have to take off from Kansas to a coastal base with the cargo, transfer to the GEC only craft, fly to england, transer back to a cargo craft and land.
This craft by Boeing would be able to take off from Kansas, drop to 20 feet as soon as it hits open water, pull back to 20,000 ft and land in Germany.
George Lucas must be a bit miffed that Spiderman was the bigger hit and is trying to put the final nail in the "who made more money" coffin.
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Really? Wow! That is just so tragic . That is just so sad.
But wait a minute, didn't he die last week...and the week before...and the week before that...and the week before that...etc, etc.
This is probally gonna cost me some karma but screw it. I have to ask the question.
Why do you exist? Have you nothing better to do than to post the same bogus piece of news over and over again. Hardly an article on/. goes by without a Stephen King is dead post, or the story by that loser that can't get laid and probally (thankfully) will never will because he's a whiny little putz...or whatever.
Goddess preserve me from these random pieces of wasted, self-replicating genetic material
I've never seen where Google has put a cookie that does more than save my search settings. In fact I've never seen where it saves all my search terms. What is doing the search term saving is Internet Explorer doing the auto form filling bit.
This chap seems to be little more than someone who is holding a grudge against google because his website isn't as high on the list as he wants.
Well Tough @#$%, life sucks doesn't it.
What this guy needs to learn that what helps out with your score on Google isn't just the content, but how many people link to your site for that information. Thus having a page on Rumsfeld isn't as helpful as being a webpage on Rumsfeld that 50 sites refer to you.
If this guy wants a higher ranking then he has to make relationships with other websites to get his rankings up. It's not that hard as most webmasters know this and a link sharing helps them as much as it would him.
He's just a whiny person who happened to catch the attention of some person who needed to fill out todays news space on Salon.
After the Columbine Shooting the FBI posted a survey that would help profile a potential school shooter. We all remember that list, it was on/. after all. The list with things like:
Locking your door from the rest of the family. Not labeling Floppy disks, Being the Social Outcast of the school.
Hell I'd warrant that most of us would have been profiled as a potential threat based of our answers to that list. Odds are that at least some of us would fit that list as well.
What should really chap our collective asses is the blurb I heard on the Jim Gearhart show on 101.5 in New Jersey. That this law is constitutional because they say it is. If this is a true statement and not FUD from what boils down to a Rush Limbaugh-ish show, then we're really going to hell in a handbasket. If they can ignore the constitution based on whim then we're (not to put a fine point on it) fucked.
What is going to happen when this person goes for a job interview and he answers that he has no criminal record and then the employer and sees a "Future Criminal" tag? IF he going to be forced to work fast food and live off of welfare even though his record is clean?
Honestly, It's become a matter of 'when' and not 'if' for the revolution hasn't it?
Skip? Not hardly. As much as I use my Nomad I still use my MD player for when I'm out on my bike on the trails. It uses less power and as for skipping, I've never seen it skip and I take some serious trails on my bike.
You are correct about the limitations of the transfer speeds, but I don't worry about it. Everything I have is on CD and MP3. I only write TO the md player and I can do that at 16x speeds so it's not that much of a bother.
Either one by themself is good, both together rocks.
First of all there is the issue of using flash memory based MP3 players. Unless you're willing to buy added flash cards and pay out the nose for them, it's not the way to go. If I only want to listen one CD's worth of music, I'll burn one and whip out my old Discman. 64mb just doesn't cut it anymore and if you get flash in 256 your poor credit cards is getting raped for a boat load of cash.
Better options for MP3 playing is the MP3 CD-R(W) and a portable player. For around $100-150 plus the cost of the CD you can jam 300-600+ minutes on a blank disk depending on media type and the compression you use.
--OR--
There is the option I went with. I picked up a Nomad 20gb Jukebox for $230. It has 20gb of space on it (I have nearly 500 songs at 256k and I still haven't hit 25% of drive usage). It can record to MP3 on the fly by using the line input on the unit itself. It has front and rear speaker outputs so I can hook it to a set of Harmon Kardons with the sub and front and rear satalites and get really killer sound out of it. The only drawback that I had with the unit was no real way to carry it, but that was solved with my leatherworking skills I picked up in the SCA...made a custom leather belt pouch to hold it, so problem solved.
Now granted there are those out there that prefer the iPod, or other hard drive based systems, but hte theroy is the same between them. HD is cheaper than Flash...hands down. For my $230 I got 20gb storage. Flash memory for that same amount of storage is going to cost you say $300 for a sony mp3 player that comes with 128mb with it PLUS you would need to purchase 159 additional memory sticks at a cost of $17,600 ($110 each). For just what I'm using in storage (5gb) you're still talking about $4400 in memory sticks alone.
I don't know about you but if I had that kinda cash I'd be spending it on a Plasma TV rather than MP3.
The gizmo in the article is nifty and all, but is it going to be worth it or will it fall the way of the MP3 player springboard module in my Visor? IE Sitting in the box that it came in waiting for someone poor fool on E-Bay to take it off my hands?
Actually he's got a very good point. Is there anyone out there who knows the answer to this? What is the diference between buying a Dodge Van that has undergone a Mark III conversion and a Playstation 2 that has been modded?
But who is the shooter?/. or the people who first did the story?/. doesn't really report anything if you stop and think about it. It's a forum that exists to discuss the news that other sites are reporting.
Which brings up a point. If/. has a story that they want to bring up on their forum, do they have the right to change what is said to correct the mistakes.
Did he have 413 different titles? or did he have 413 copies of pirated software?
I agree that the journalists tend to be lazy, but don't blame/. for reporting that is done by an idiot. The story is there if one has the brains to sort it out as you and I have
INAL, but as far as I'm aware, Mod chipping is a grey area of legality. Is it not illegal to sell or own the chips, however it is illegal to sell the PS/2 with one pre-installed, as that comes under the heading of selling Sony's product with unauthorized modifications.
What the customer dies with the unit *after* he pays for it is totally up to the customer...as long as the customer accepts the fact that it will not be covered under warranty.
It is a grey area because the ModChips can be used for legitimate uses as well as illegal ones...Much the same way that a CD-RW can be used for legit back-up and archival purposes as well as for pirating software.
This guy hasn't a leg to stand on as he sold Sony Product with unauthorized modifications as well as selling pirated software.
Phoenix
BTW: Before I get flamed/trolled, a legit use of a mod chip would be to have a working copy of a game that can get scratched and/or broken while the original is sitting in a nice shelf somewhere safe.
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"It's assholes like you that attract aircraft towards tall buildings."
Aww, and you started off that post so well.
You had some good points, you made some good statements, but you still didn't answer my questions
This thread isn't about porn and it's merits, this thread isn't about sex and whether or not it should be considered good or evil. This thread was started by me to address the fact that spammers do not target who gets the ads. My points are that porn spam gets sent to children, women get ads offering to increase thier penises, men get offers for breast enhancement. You were the one who turned this into an argument on human sexuality.
I asked you to discuss this like a rational being and all you do is curse (which is your right and I do not deny that, but it is a bit childish) and you make accusations against me.
The attitude that you have shown me leads me to believe that with your type of antagonistic discussion style, you would be happier on a discussion forum more to format of "Jerry Springer" and not on/. where many of us would prefer to have open and honest debate.
Reply if you feel that you must, but I wash my hands of you.
Toodles!
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I like the way you DIDN'T answer the question. And I'll even agree with you that it would be better to show people having sex than it would be to show violence.
But you have NOT answered the question that I put to you in the last post. I'll even rephrase it to fit your criteria.
The question is thus: Is it appropriate for the spammers to send pornography that shows SadoMasochism (a form of violent sex) to everyone in such a fashion that it could be displayed to children? Is it ok for them to show people not engaged in consentual sex but engaged in sexual practices with animals in a media that can and often gets sent to the addresses of children?
If you have issues with showing violence to children you should perhaps consider the fact that quite alot of the "acts of loving" shown on the 'net are full of violence. There are newsgroups out there that specialise rape images, others covering Bondage and S&M. Your very actions in the thread are showing my that you aren't interested in fair discussion because you on one hand condemn violence and promote human sexuality, but on the other hand you never answer the questions about the darker side of human sexuality.
How can you condemn violence in the media and not condemn violence in the porn that exists on the net?
Your actions show me that you are simply fueling this thread in a vain attempt to get my blood pressure up and to not discuss this like rational beings. This is your last chance at redemption. Answer the questions, prove me wrong about you being a coward and I'll continue this discussion, Keep on as a talking head with nothing to say and I leave you to your hollow, meaningless words and never check this thread ever again. Thus leaving you to howl out your comments to someone who will no longer care.
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Ok, a picture of a nude body is one thing. It can be considered tasteful, even art.
But answer me this, and be truthful in your answer if you aren't a coward, are you willing to sit there and show your children half of the stuff that gets sent out as porn spam? Are you willing to let your child see a man roggering a chicken? Are you willing to show your daughter a picture of a woman chained, suspended from the ceiling whipped so hard that she is bleeding? Will you allow your son to see images of some person shoving a live animal up thier genitalia and/or thier arse?
THIS is the kind of spam that gets sent all over the world. Some of this has made it into my mailbox, others have ended up in the mailboxes of schools.
I do not have a problem showing my children the nude form, but They do not need to be weaned from Barney the Dinosaur straight to a woman giving a blowjob to a Great Dane. There is a time and a place for everything.
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Good points indeed. Perhaps you're right that TV ads aren't as effective as they used to be. I'll concede that point because I've see nmuch of what you and the other person who replied to you mentioned.
However, they still are better than Spam for two reasons. It does target the consumer by the demographics on the program, and because many TV ads are more amusing than Spam...hell in some cases are more interesting than the TV show is
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How you got modded up to 2 Is beyond me. The REASON that it isn't appropriate is because I do NOT need to have a naked woman on my screen when I'm trying to teach my grandmother how to conect to her e-mail NOR do I need that displayed when children are around.
If you think that such pictures are sutable for display whenever and wherever it pops up regardless of who's in the room, then I'm not the one with "pretty much warped values" now am I?
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First of all there is the annoyance factor. Today I recieved 7 messages from 7 different addresses and they all had the same thing. A picture of a naked woman...the same woman in all 7 messages. Since I never know who is going to be in my house at any given time this is not appropiate.
I do not own my own house and therefore I do not need a second mortgage, nor do I have the ability to sell my non-existant house.
As a guy I'm quite sure that I do not need to enhance my bust size nor does my girlfriend need her penis enlarged.
Spam does not work because there is no targeting involved. People who spam equate thier advertising tricks with TV ads...this is very wrong. Notice with TV ads that there is some thought as to who watches a show at any given time and the ads reflect this. You'll find Supermarket and Food ads near mealtimes, you see car ads when the 30-40 year old people watch, Toys during cartoon or cartoon specials. They target and they work. Spam does not.
Also with TV ads there is a way of getting the product. Car Dealerships give addresses and phone numbers. A Supermarket will tell show you a map. A Toy company will tell you to go to a toy store of your choice. Spam in way of contrast leaves you with no way of contacting the person who sent it as the mailer account changes each time it sends out a batch, and the webpages are often not a listed URL, but nothing more than an IP address...no consumer confidence from me at those pages.
The only thing that Spam sells consistantly is products to ease the symptoms of stress that comes from getting 50 of the [censored]ing things a day.
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Who cares if ATI is top dog untill the next chip comes out? Who cares if ATI will be second place next month? Who cares who is the current kick ass product?
Personally I don't, and you know why? Competition. Good clean, healthy, product innovating competition.
Something that is sadly lacking in the DeskTop OS market. Not to name any names *cough*microsoft*cough* but there is a very good example of what having one and only one player in the field. Poor quality product that we keep seeing so many bugs that we've become desensitized. Really, who falls over stunned when/. releases a story about the security hole big enough to drive a semi-trailer through anymore? Or do we read it, and patch it as needed (or mutter something to the effect of thank god I have Linux)?
So ATI is ahead today, so nVidia will be ahead tomorrow, so what?
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The issues are clear. He had the name first, it's his real name given to him at birth or shortly thereafter, and the other chap had it changed to the desputed name AFTER the other guy had it for a few years.
Combine that with the fact that there should be no way in hell that one company/person should be able to sue another over the use over a name. It's not like he's using a trademark name like the "rolling stones" here.
Granted he's in the music industry on the edges of it as a columnist, but does it really matter. What if a local TV station gets an anchorman for the 5:00 news who's given name is Daniel Rather? Will HE get sued?
If that's the case I hope that no one using my name becomes famous
Craig Charles (Dave Lister on Red Dwarf for those not in the know) at a sci-fi convention mentioned this technology or something similar to it. But he had issues with it. His bigest concern with having sex like this over the internet was thus.
What happens if you get a power surge? Rips your dick off and faxes it to Canada?
I know that would concern me
"Frustrated consumers are probably less likely to spend money on modifications after they find some mods don't work (because they are meant for a different version of the XBox)."
Granted save that you are forgetting one point there. Different types of mod chip exist for the various versions on the Playstation and the PSOne. Different mod chips exist for the various releases of the PS2. There are even different mod chips in existance for PS2's in the same class (wired, USB with one wire to connect, USB no wire, IC card type).
So far all the choices stop are the type of person who wants a mod chip but is afraid to mod the unit. It doesn't really affect the hard core techies who love the challange of the modded and hacked toy.
The real reason why Microsoft is so dead set against the mod chips for the X-Box.
To keep people like us from installing Linux on the damn things.
What the hell is going on here? I was actually able to go to the link and actually see the content of the article. Hell I was even able to see the trailer.
/.'ed 30 comments ago. What are you people doing for heaven sake? Working?
You people are slacking! That site should have been
The whole of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (and the Hobbit and other books in the series) were written many years ago.
The Hobbit (or as it was also titled as "There and Back Again) was written in 1937
The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers were written in 1954 and Return of the King was in 1955.
So no, the name has nothing to do with 9/11. The two towers are referring to the two towers mentioned in the whole of the LotR trilogy.
All this information and more is available from www.tolkiensociety.org/tolkien/biblio_frame.html
You sir are in the most desperate need of some stress relief of anyone I've ever seen. Even AFTER 9-11-2001 the Mayor appeared on SNL and told people that it is ok to laugh and that laughter was needed to try to help lift the pall that fell over the people when the towers came down.
If people do nothing but dwell on the negative that happens in the world, then they are on the fast track to a prescription of anti-depressants at best and at worse a trip to the psyche ward with a 24/7 suicide watch.
We play with our Legos and our Nerf Guns to give us a break from the depressing stuff that happens in our lives. We read comics and play EQ to relax. We watch Anime because it's fun.
And contrary to your belief, having fun is not evil.
We are BOMBARDED constantly by CNN over some crisis. We are shown time and time again pictures of dead bodies from some natural disaster. We are shown videos of that woman beating that child senseless or that dog getting nerve gassed. With that CONSTANT and INCESSANT exposure to the violence in the world, the only thing keeping us from going insane and possibly psychotic is the fact that we have outlets where we can back off and embrace all that is pleasant, positive, and good in the world.
So if ANYONE should "get some priorities" it is you. You are on the fast track to an early death unless you cut loose and enjoy life instead of brooding on all the death doom and destruction.
To quote Good Morning Vietnam "He is in the most desperate need of a blowjob of any white man I know"
Granted the Russians already build a Ground Effect Craft, but it was not able to do what this craft can do. It's not JUST a GEC like the Russians, this one can act as both. Using the Altitude as needed over land, and then switching to GE mode for the trans oceanic routes.
In a military role, say you're getting supplies from Kansas to Germany. Using the russian craft you'd have to take off from Kansas to a coastal base with the cargo, transfer to the GEC only craft, fly to england, transer back to a cargo craft and land.
This craft by Boeing would be able to take off from Kansas, drop to 20 feet as soon as it hits open water, pull back to 20,000 ft and land in Germany.
much better design
George Lucas must be a bit miffed that Spiderman was the bigger hit and is trying to put the final nail in the "who made more money" coffin.
Really? Wow! That is just so tragic . That is just so sad.
/. goes by without a Stephen King is dead post, or the story by that loser that can't get laid and probally (thankfully) will never will because he's a whiny little putz...or whatever.
But wait a minute, didn't he die last week...and the week before...and the week before that...and the week before that...etc, etc.
This is probally gonna cost me some karma but screw it. I have to ask the question.
Why do you exist? Have you nothing better to do than to post the same bogus piece of news over and over again. Hardly an article on
Goddess preserve me from these random pieces of wasted, self-replicating genetic material
I've never seen where Google has put a cookie that does more than save my search settings. In fact I've never seen where it saves all my search terms. What is doing the search term saving is Internet Explorer doing the auto form filling bit.
This chap seems to be little more than someone who is holding a grudge against google because his website isn't as high on the list as he wants.
Well Tough @#$%, life sucks doesn't it.
What this guy needs to learn that what helps out with your score on Google isn't just the content, but how many people link to your site for that information. Thus having a page on Rumsfeld isn't as helpful as being a webpage on Rumsfeld that 50 sites refer to you.
If this guy wants a higher ranking then he has to make relationships with other websites to get his rankings up. It's not that hard as most webmasters know this and a link sharing helps them as much as it would him.
He's just a whiny person who happened to catch the attention of some person who needed to fill out todays news space on Salon.
Ignore him and hopefully he'll go away.
Phoenix
After the Columbine Shooting the FBI posted a survey that would help profile a potential school shooter. We all remember that list, it was on /. after all. The list with things like:
Locking your door from the rest of the family.
Not labeling Floppy disks,
Being the Social Outcast of the school.
Hell I'd warrant that most of us would have been profiled as a potential threat based of our answers to that list. Odds are that at least some of us would fit that list as well.
What should really chap our collective asses is the blurb I heard on the Jim Gearhart show on 101.5 in New Jersey. That this law is constitutional because they say it is. If this is a true statement and not FUD from what boils down to a Rush Limbaugh-ish show, then we're really going to hell in a handbasket. If they can ignore the constitution based on whim then we're (not to put a fine point on it) fucked.
What is going to happen when this person goes for a job interview and he answers that he has no criminal record and then the employer and sees a "Future Criminal" tag? IF he going to be forced to work fast food and live off of welfare even though his record is clean?
Honestly, It's become a matter of 'when' and not 'if' for the revolution hasn't it?
Phoenix
Skip? Not hardly. As much as I use my Nomad I still use my MD player for when I'm out on my bike on the trails. It uses less power and as for skipping, I've never seen it skip and I take some serious trails on my bike.
You are correct about the limitations of the transfer speeds, but I don't worry about it. Everything I have is on CD and MP3. I only write TO the md player and I can do that at 16x speeds so it's not that much of a bother.
Either one by themself is good, both together rocks.
First of all there is the issue of using flash memory based MP3 players. Unless you're willing to buy added flash cards and pay out the nose for them, it's not the way to go. If I only want to listen one CD's worth of music, I'll burn one and whip out my old Discman. 64mb just doesn't cut it anymore and if you get flash in 256 your poor credit cards is getting raped for a boat load of cash.
Better options for MP3 playing is the MP3 CD-R(W) and a portable player. For around $100-150 plus the cost of the CD you can jam 300-600+ minutes on a blank disk depending on media type and the compression you use.
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There is the option I went with. I picked up a Nomad 20gb Jukebox for $230. It has 20gb of space on it (I have nearly 500 songs at 256k and I still haven't hit 25% of drive usage). It can record to MP3 on the fly by using the line input on the unit itself. It has front and rear speaker outputs so I can hook it to a set of Harmon Kardons with the sub and front and rear satalites and get really killer sound out of it. The only drawback that I had with the unit was no real way to carry it, but that was solved with my leatherworking skills I picked up in the SCA...made a custom leather belt pouch to hold it, so problem solved.
Now granted there are those out there that prefer the iPod, or other hard drive based systems, but hte theroy is the same between them. HD is cheaper than Flash...hands down. For my $230 I got 20gb storage. Flash memory for that same amount of storage is going to cost you say $300 for a sony mp3 player that comes with 128mb with it PLUS you would need to purchase 159 additional memory sticks at a cost of $17,600 ($110 each). For just what I'm using in storage (5gb) you're still talking about $4400 in memory sticks alone.
I don't know about you but if I had that kinda cash I'd be spending it on a Plasma TV rather than MP3.
The gizmo in the article is nifty and all, but is it going to be worth it or will it fall the way of the MP3 player springboard module in my Visor? IE Sitting in the box that it came in waiting for someone poor fool on E-Bay to take it off my hands?
Actually he's got a very good point. Is there anyone out there who knows the answer to this? What is the diference between buying a Dodge Van that has undergone a Mark III conversion and a Playstation 2 that has been modded?
But who is the shooter? /. or the people who first did the story? /. doesn't really report anything if you stop and think about it. It's a forum that exists to discuss the news that other sites are reporting.
/. has a story that they want to bring up on their forum, do they have the right to change what is said to correct the mistakes.
Which brings up a point. If
Did he have 413 different titles? or did he have 413 copies of pirated software?
/. for reporting that is done by an idiot. The story is there if one has the brains to sort it out as you and I have
I agree that the journalists tend to be lazy, but don't blame
Phoenix
INAL, but as far as I'm aware, Mod chipping is a grey area of legality. Is it not illegal to sell or own the chips, however it is illegal to sell the PS/2 with one pre-installed, as that comes under the heading of selling Sony's product with unauthorized modifications.
What the customer dies with the unit *after* he pays for it is totally up to the customer...as long as the customer accepts the fact that it will not be covered under warranty.
It is a grey area because the ModChips can be used for legitimate uses as well as illegal ones...Much the same way that a CD-RW can be used for legit back-up and archival purposes as well as for pirating software.
This guy hasn't a leg to stand on as he sold Sony Product with unauthorized modifications as well as selling pirated software.
Phoenix
BTW: Before I get flamed/trolled, a legit use of a mod chip would be to have a working copy of a game that can get scratched and/or broken while the original is sitting in a nice shelf somewhere safe.
"It's assholes like you that attract aircraft towards tall buildings."
/. where many of us would prefer to have open and honest debate.
Aww, and you started off that post so well.
You had some good points, you made some good statements, but you still didn't answer my questions
This thread isn't about porn and it's merits, this thread isn't about sex and whether or not it should be considered good or evil. This thread was started by me to address the fact that spammers do not target who gets the ads. My points are that porn spam gets sent to children, women get ads offering to increase thier penises, men get offers for breast enhancement. You were the one who turned this into an argument on human sexuality.
I asked you to discuss this like a rational being and all you do is curse (which is your right and I do not deny that, but it is a bit childish) and you make accusations against me.
The attitude that you have shown me leads me to believe that with your type of antagonistic discussion style, you would be happier on a discussion forum more to format of "Jerry Springer" and not on
Reply if you feel that you must, but I wash my hands of you.
Toodles!
I like the way you DIDN'T answer the question. And I'll even agree with you that it would be better to show people having sex than it would be to show violence.
But you have NOT answered the question that I put to you in the last post. I'll even rephrase it to fit your criteria.
The question is thus: Is it appropriate for the spammers to send pornography that shows SadoMasochism (a form of violent sex) to everyone in such a fashion that it could be displayed to children? Is it ok for them to show people not engaged in consentual sex but engaged in sexual practices with animals in a media that can and often gets sent to the addresses of children?
If you have issues with showing violence to children you should perhaps consider the fact that quite alot of the "acts of loving" shown on the 'net are full of violence. There are newsgroups out there that specialise rape images, others covering Bondage and S&M. Your very actions in the thread are showing my that you aren't interested in fair discussion because you on one hand condemn violence and promote human sexuality, but on the other hand you never answer the questions about the darker side of human sexuality.
How can you condemn violence in the media and not condemn violence in the porn that exists on the net?
Your actions show me that you are simply fueling this thread in a vain attempt to get my blood pressure up and to not discuss this like rational beings. This is your last chance at redemption. Answer the questions, prove me wrong about you being a coward and I'll continue this discussion, Keep on as a talking head with nothing to say and I leave you to your hollow, meaningless words and never check this thread ever again. Thus leaving you to howl out your comments to someone who will no longer care.
Ok, a picture of a nude body is one thing. It can be considered tasteful, even art.
But answer me this, and be truthful in your answer if you aren't a coward, are you willing to sit there and show your children half of the stuff that gets sent out as porn spam? Are you willing to let your child see a man roggering a chicken? Are you willing to show your daughter a picture of a woman chained, suspended from the ceiling whipped so hard that she is bleeding? Will you allow your son to see images of some person shoving a live animal up thier genitalia and/or thier arse?
THIS is the kind of spam that gets sent all over the world. Some of this has made it into my mailbox, others have ended up in the mailboxes of schools.
I do not have a problem showing my children the nude form, but They do not need to be weaned from Barney the Dinosaur straight to a woman giving a blowjob to a Great Dane. There is a time and a place for everything.
Phoenix
Good points indeed. Perhaps you're right that TV ads aren't as effective as they used to be. I'll concede that point because I've see nmuch of what you and the other person who replied to you mentioned.
However, they still are better than Spam for two reasons. It does target the consumer by the demographics on the program, and because many TV ads are more amusing than Spam...hell in some cases are more interesting than the TV show is
How you got modded up to 2 Is beyond me. The REASON that it isn't appropriate is because I do NOT need to have a naked woman on my screen when I'm trying to teach my grandmother how to conect to her e-mail NOR do I need that displayed when children are around.
If you think that such pictures are sutable for display whenever and wherever it pops up regardless of who's in the room, then I'm not the one with "pretty much warped values" now am I?
First of all there is the annoyance factor. Today I recieved 7 messages from 7 different addresses and they all had the same thing. A picture of a naked woman...the same woman in all 7 messages. Since I never know who is going to be in my house at any given time this is not appropiate.
I do not own my own house and therefore I do not need a second mortgage, nor do I have the ability to sell my non-existant house.
As a guy I'm quite sure that I do not need to enhance my bust size nor does my girlfriend need her penis enlarged.
Spam does not work because there is no targeting involved. People who spam equate thier advertising tricks with TV ads...this is very wrong. Notice with TV ads that there is some thought as to who watches a show at any given time and the ads reflect this. You'll find Supermarket and Food ads near mealtimes, you see car ads when the 30-40 year old people watch, Toys during cartoon or cartoon specials. They target and they work. Spam does not.
Also with TV ads there is a way of getting the product. Car Dealerships give addresses and phone numbers. A Supermarket will tell show you a map. A Toy company will tell you to go to a toy store of your choice. Spam in way of contrast leaves you with no way of contacting the person who sent it as the mailer account changes each time it sends out a batch, and the webpages are often not a listed URL, but nothing more than an IP address...no consumer confidence from me at those pages.
The only thing that Spam sells consistantly is products to ease the symptoms of stress that comes from getting 50 of the [censored]ing things a day.
Who cares if ATI is top dog untill the next chip comes out? Who cares if ATI will be second place next month? Who cares who is the current kick ass product?
/. releases a story about the security hole big enough to drive a semi-trailer through anymore? Or do we read it, and patch it as needed (or mutter something to the effect of thank god I have Linux)?
Personally I don't, and you know why? Competition. Good clean, healthy, product innovating competition.
Something that is sadly lacking in the DeskTop OS market. Not to name any names *cough*microsoft*cough* but there is a very good example of what having one and only one player in the field. Poor quality product that we keep seeing so many bugs that we've become desensitized. Really, who falls over stunned when
So ATI is ahead today, so nVidia will be ahead tomorrow, so what?
Be glad that there is more than one dog fighting over the bone
Phoenix