It was on behalf of a local author who presented to my user group with a sad little short story. After having published a children's book through Amazon (trade paperback POD, not Kindle) which became popular, some site in the UK popped up with a scanned copy of her book offered for sale. This is apparently a common scam targeting both print and online authors. We filed a takedown, and the pirated content was gone the next day.
DMCA works internationally in "notice and takedown" countries, which include the EU. It's by treaty, somewhat like extradition.
"Being able to pull from the grid in those circumstances is necessary"
Of course. I'm not suggesting going off grid, but just avoiding the whole hassle of net metering by soaking up any excess daytime solar production using local batteries which you can draw from when you're running the dryer at night.
Get yourself a Tesla Powerwall, and the utility doesn't even have to know you have solar. Instead of using the grid as your battery, you use you own battery as the battery.
Why do all the best comments come along right after I've used up mod points?
Yes, the "connected" bully, one who operates from a supporting cultural base, is all-powerful, but today the bullied have a new weapon today in social media with pervasive camera technology. Now someone on your side who sees you being tied to that radiator can surreptitiously produce video that can be shown to the administration with the threat of "Expel me, and this goes up on YouTube. And no, this isn't the only copy."
My sentiments also. Yes, the geekery is dumbed down for general audiences, but would it be the #1 sitcom if the endless comic book references were Neal Stephenson references instead? It does manage to nail a significant number of nerd-culture specialties, such as the pecking order among different types of scientists and engineers, and the angry little academic wrangles that perfectly illustrate Kingsley Amis' comment, "The reason that academic disputes are so bitter is that the stakes are so small." It gets away with a lot of ethnic humor and innuendos hitherto reserved for cable.
The FCC complaints from religious cranks among the general audiences are exactly the same as complaints about other top shows. Civilization means that such people write letters to government bureaus, rather than chopping peoples' heads off.
The universe doesn't care about us. We care about us. And since the good book that I thump is The origin of Species, I have every reason to believe that we will adapt to new environments as we simultaneously modify the environment to suit ourselves. Because single-celled organism cannot think, they have no ability to modify their environment in a planned way. The modifications they can make might be very large (rise of the cyanobacteria, for example) but they are unwitting. Humans have the potential, if we choose to use it, to modify in a controlled manner.
"Extinction of the human species is not necessarily the worst thing that can happen to humans"
Are you from the continent that has come to hate science and engineering, or from the continent that is about to be plowed under by a tsunami of jihadist scum?
Fortunately, there are still lots of Asians, and they have other plans.
Consider the fact that every single solar system body that does not have an erosive atmosphere or recent melting is plastered with easily visible impact craters. On Earth, it is not hard to look beneath the erosion to find the same geologic record of sudden contact. I live near a big one, and elsewhere there are some nice recent examples, like February 2013.
Nevada is the most hyper-libertarian of the states: machine gun ranges, brothels, Art Bell, wildcat gold miners, little barricaded compounds of people who claim sovereign planetary status while chugging silver colloids until they turn blue. Yet the largest city is an enclave of east coast Teamster-mobster thugdom. Uber would be prosaic anywhere in the state but in Vegas, but because of the touristic importance, that is where the ridesharing battle is joined.
"The biggest break through in the treatment of parasites comes when there is only one manufacturer left in the world for a generic drug that is some 60 odd years old. I takes a particularly sharp eyed man to see the opportunity, buy the company and jack up the price by 7500%."
No, that would be the biggest breakthrough in parasites
"The way to get cheaper rice is for Japan to ratify TPP, kick these farmers off the dole, and buy rice from Thailand or Louisiana for a tenth the price."
While it's true that Japanese rice is massively subsidized so that a small number of "medallion farmers" can continue selling it in an artificially controlled domestic monopoly that keeps low-cost competition out, this technology is applicable to any reasonably civilized country that grows rice, lowering the cost of production there.
It's bad enough that this legal model would be applied to a basic foodstuff, true evil would be applying it to the medications that people critically depend on.
"TPP will gut the Canadian dairy industry and flood the market with cheap American milk"
This news will have Canadians rioting in the streets for more expensive dairy products.
If you love in the touristy parts of Vancouver or Toronto, I'm sure you've seen the hordes of skinny, starving Americans who have been drinking US milk their entire lives.
Megatsunamis can be purely local. The most recent known megatsunami reached 525m (yes, about 1700 ft) and occurred in 1958: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Yes, I should have mentioned that DNG is a common format for those who shoot RAW, or image data direct from the sensor. Because there is a different RAW for every camera made, archiving as DNG gives you a generic RAW that has a much better standard of being supported years from now.
Under US law, you can't be sued for libel if you stick to the truth. This is why deep-pocket libel plaintiffs in cases of international exposure will take the trouble to file in London, where it is effectively illegal to rake muck about a famous person if he/she decides to make a case of it.
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It was on behalf of a local author who presented to my user group with a sad little short story. After having published a children's book through Amazon (trade paperback POD, not Kindle) which became popular, some site in the UK popped up with a scanned copy of her book offered for sale. This is apparently a common scam targeting both print and online authors. We filed a takedown, and the pirated content was gone the next day.
DMCA works internationally in "notice and takedown" countries, which include the EU. It's by treaty, somewhat like extradition.
Porn also does not produce children, which in your case is really fortunate for us all, because we won't have to buy them a lifetime of therapy.
"Being able to pull from the grid in those circumstances is necessary"
Of course. I'm not suggesting going off grid, but just avoiding the whole hassle of net metering by soaking up any excess daytime solar production using local batteries which you can draw from when you're running the dryer at night.
Well, I suppose we will have to hold a mock trial to decide this case.
Get yourself a Tesla Powerwall, and the utility doesn't even have to know you have solar. Instead of using the grid as your battery, you use you own battery as the battery.
"I want a FOIA-like law for us in Europe, so we can obtain this kind of hilarious (and frightening) stuff !!"
OR... you could just fire up a VPN, like everyone else.
"Of all the characters on the show, Sheldon Cooper is the truest to life."
Not the truest to life, the truest to Slashdot.
Why do all the best comments come along right after I've used up mod points?
Yes, the "connected" bully, one who operates from a supporting cultural base, is all-powerful, but today the bullied have a new weapon today in social media with pervasive camera technology. Now someone on your side who sees you being tied to that radiator can surreptitiously produce video that can be shown to the administration with the threat of "Expel me, and this goes up on YouTube. And no, this isn't the only copy."
+1 Just ran out of mod points
...in the adjacent thread on the favorite nerd TV show.
"The only nerds getting women that attractive are the rich ones."
From personal experience, not so. The universe contains more surprises than you would think.
My sentiments also. Yes, the geekery is dumbed down for general audiences, but would it be the #1 sitcom if the endless comic book references were Neal Stephenson references instead? It does manage to nail a significant number of nerd-culture specialties, such as the pecking order among different types of scientists and engineers, and the angry little academic wrangles that perfectly illustrate Kingsley Amis' comment, "The reason that academic disputes are so bitter is that the stakes are so small." It gets away with a lot of ethnic humor and innuendos hitherto reserved for cable.
The FCC complaints from religious cranks among the general audiences are exactly the same as complaints about other top shows. Civilization means that such people write letters to government bureaus, rather than chopping peoples' heads off.
The universe doesn't care about us. We care about us. And since the good book that I thump is The origin of Species, I have every reason to believe that we will adapt to new environments as we simultaneously modify the environment to suit ourselves. Because single-celled organism cannot think, they have no ability to modify their environment in a planned way. The modifications they can make might be very large (rise of the cyanobacteria, for example) but they are unwitting. Humans have the potential, if we choose to use it, to modify in a controlled manner.
A Mars expedition wouldn't carry duct tape, but aircraft speed tape. Think of it as being Duct Tape Pro.
"Extinction of the human species is not necessarily the worst thing that can happen to humans"
Are you from the continent that has come to hate science and engineering, or from the continent that is about to be plowed under by a tsunami of jihadist scum?
Fortunately, there are still lots of Asians, and they have other plans.
Consider the fact that every single solar system body that does not have an erosive atmosphere or recent melting is plastered with easily visible impact craters. On Earth, it is not hard to look beneath the erosion to find the same geologic record of sudden contact. I live near a big one, and elsewhere there are some nice recent examples, like February 2013.
Nevada is the most hyper-libertarian of the states: machine gun ranges, brothels, Art Bell, wildcat gold miners, little barricaded compounds of people who claim sovereign planetary status while chugging silver colloids until they turn blue. Yet the largest city is an enclave of east coast Teamster-mobster thugdom. Uber would be prosaic anywhere in the state but in Vegas, but because of the touristic importance, that is where the ridesharing battle is joined.
"The biggest break through in the treatment of parasites comes when there is only one manufacturer left in the world for a generic drug that is some 60 odd years old. I takes a particularly sharp eyed man to see the opportunity, buy the company and jack up the price by 7500%."
No, that would be the biggest breakthrough in parasites
"The way to get cheaper rice is for Japan to ratify TPP, kick these farmers off the dole, and buy rice from Thailand or Louisiana for a tenth the price."
While it's true that Japanese rice is massively subsidized so that a small number of "medallion farmers" can continue selling it in an artificially controlled domestic monopoly that keeps low-cost competition out, this technology is applicable to any reasonably civilized country that grows rice, lowering the cost of production there.
It's bad enough that this legal model would be applied to a basic foodstuff, true evil would be applying it to the medications that people critically depend on.
"In the end I had to just call my bank over Skype after every other transaction, to get them to unblock it again."
Get Chase.
Always contact the bank before you travel with Visa or MC. American Express is designed for travel, so you don't have to notify them.
"TPP will gut the Canadian dairy industry and flood the market with cheap American milk"
This news will have Canadians rioting in the streets for more expensive dairy products.
If you love in the touristy parts of Vancouver or Toronto, I'm sure you've seen the hordes of skinny, starving Americans who have been drinking US milk their entire lives.
Megatsunamis can be purely local. The most recent known megatsunami reached 525m (yes, about 1700 ft) and occurred in 1958:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Yes, I should have mentioned that DNG is a common format for those who shoot RAW, or image data direct from the sensor. Because there is a different RAW for every camera made, archiving as DNG gives you a generic RAW that has a much better standard of being supported years from now.
Under US law, you can't be sued for libel if you stick to the truth. This is why deep-pocket libel plaintiffs in cases of international exposure will take the trouble to file in London, where it is effectively illegal to rake muck about a famous person if he/she decides to make a case of it.