Come on!!! Every nuclear power accident has been because the HUMAN operators refused to stay within the safety limits. This goes for Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, etc. Please name incident that was caused by machine failure and not by human stupidity.
Before freaking out over doomsday myths that the media and radical enviromentalists claim about anything related to nuclear power, think about this. Most radioactive particles would remain airborne for weeks to years before reaching the ground. By that time their extremely wide dispersal (many smaller particles would be carried by the winds for tens to thousands of miles before falling to earth) and radioactive decay would make them much less dangerous. Only where such tiny particles are promptly brought to earth by some sort of precipitation and later dried and blown about by the winds, would these invisible particles constitute a long-term and relatively minor danger.
You probably are right, but to me it doesn't seem logical that a 3rd party can sue for copyright violation. After all, what if the copyright owner doesn't care? Then what?
I would really doubt that a 3rd party could bring suit in a copyright case. After all, how were they damaged by the violation/infringement? Also, if the party being sued was found guilty, who would recieve the money from the judgement?
I always thought you need a lot of money to buy off, I mean give campaign contributions, to legislators to get a bad law changed. (Unless it is so horrendous that the courts declare it unconstitutional.)
My biggest concern is if/when Windows no longer has the largest share of the o/s market. How will the new o/s deal with the sudden onslaught of people looking for security loopholes and writing viruses? The main flaw, which I also see as a strength with Linux is that you can fix the security flaw yourself, but how many computer illiterate people would create an expensive paperweight attempting to remove the security flaw?
I did not have to take a written test to prove that I know traffic laws, all I had to take was the driving test of 15 minutes in a residential neighborhood. When I asked the instructor about the written test, I was brushed off by her saying, I had a learner's permit and that was good enough.
How many people send 45,000 e-mails slamming a company? They are going after people who post on/. and chat rooms about how stupid their former company was/is. What you are talking about is slander, which when I last checked has a law against it.
I can talk about my former company to everyone I want to IRL, but I can't sent 45,000 snail mail letters to people telling them how much my former company blows.
What if you use Cricket wireless as a cell phone provider?
Unlimited local minutes, if you want to make a long distance call, pay them $.07/minute or use a phone card.
Several other cell phone companies are starting to go this direction. Most people want the convience of cell phones paying by the minute. I would think that it would be the same with downloading. People would refuse to pay by the megabyte.
I think the way to deal with these people is to intimidate them a bit.
I work at the warranty service center for Andersen Windows as a "specialist". This means I take all the irate homeowners who demand to speak to a supervisor because the 1st agent told them that we aren't going to do something the h/o wants. If the person is nice, we (the other specialists and I) are nice to the person back and are usually more than willing to help them out if we can. If the person is nasty towards us, we will do exactly what the warranty states and nothing more. Getting pissed off does nothing except give the person you are talking to a bad attitude.
However, if it just cuts scenes out of the movies, won't it really mess up the plot line sometimes?
In almost all the movies I've watched, the sex scenes usually have nothing to do with the plot. Cutting parts out like that wouldn't affect the entire movie.
If you really want to keep your kids from watching those kinds of movies, then try to give them values.... Don't play censorship cop, be a parent
Part of instilling values is not being hypocritial and allowing them to do something that you already said is wrong. This means that you have to play the censorship cop sometimes.
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Come on!!! Every nuclear power accident has been because the HUMAN operators refused to stay within the safety limits. This goes for Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, etc. Please name incident that was caused by machine failure and not by human stupidity.
Before freaking out over doomsday myths that the media and radical enviromentalists claim about anything related to nuclear power, think about this.
Most radioactive particles would remain airborne for weeks to years before reaching the ground. By that time their extremely wide dispersal (many smaller particles would be carried by the winds for tens to thousands of miles before falling to earth) and radioactive decay would make them much less dangerous. Only where such tiny particles are promptly brought to earth by some sort of precipitation and later dried and blown about by the winds, would these invisible particles constitute a long-term and relatively minor danger.
You probably are right, but to me it doesn't seem logical that a 3rd party can sue for copyright violation. After all, what if the copyright owner doesn't care? Then what?
I would really doubt that a 3rd party could bring suit in a copyright case. After all, how were they damaged by the violation/infringement? Also, if the party being sued was found guilty, who would recieve the money from the judgement?
Some years ago, I read about a kid who built a neutron gun out of the Americium from smoke detectors. Here is a link to the story.
1 meter = 3.28 feet That would mean that the 2.5 meter scorpion would be 8.202 feet long.
What about Indiana Jones and the curse of Cowboy Neal?
We can???
I always thought you need a lot of money to buy off, I mean give campaign contributions, to legislators to get a bad law changed. (Unless it is so horrendous that the courts declare it unconstitutional.)
My biggest concern is if/when Windows no longer has the largest share of the o/s market. How will the new o/s deal with the sudden onslaught of people looking for security loopholes and writing viruses? The main flaw, which I also see as a strength with Linux is that you can fix the security flaw yourself, but how many computer illiterate people would create an expensive paperweight attempting to remove the security flaw?
I did not have to take a written test to prove that I know traffic laws, all I had to take was the driving test of 15 minutes in a residential neighborhood. When I asked the instructor about the written test, I was brushed off by her saying, I had a learner's permit and that was good enough.
When did you get your DL? I didn't have to give my fingerprint in 1999.
When have the laws stopped the government from doing stuff?
How can you not have a 5-digit zip code? Where do you live??? The entire U.S. is broken up into 5-digit zip codes.
How many people send 45,000 e-mails slamming a company? They are going after people who post on /. and chat rooms about how stupid their former company was/is. What you are talking about is slander, which when I last checked has a law against it.
I can talk about my former company to everyone I want to IRL, but I can't sent 45,000 snail mail letters to people telling them how much my former company blows.
A lunar eclipse occurs during a full moon, when the earth's shadow prevents sunlight hitting the moon.
Moon---Earth--------Sun
The far side of the moon recieves full sunlight when we see a new moon.
Earth---Moon--------Sun
I wonder if I can patent online pr0n?
You mean like Vanilla Ice in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2?
What if you use Cricket wireless as a cell phone provider?
Unlimited local minutes, if you want to make a long distance call, pay them $.07/minute or use a phone card.
Several other cell phone companies are starting to go this direction. Most people want the convience of cell phones paying by the minute. I would think that it would be the same with downloading. People would refuse to pay by the megabyte.
You mean follow my sig?
I think the way to deal with these people is to intimidate them a bit.
I work at the warranty service center for Andersen Windows as a "specialist". This means I take all the irate homeowners who demand to speak to a supervisor because the 1st agent told them that we aren't going to do something the h/o wants. If the person is nice, we (the other specialists and I) are nice to the person back and are usually more than willing to help them out if we can. If the person is nasty towards us, we will do exactly what the warranty states and nothing more. Getting pissed off does nothing except give the person you are talking to a bad attitude.
Did it ever occur to you that he was using sarcasm to illustrate his points??
However, if it just cuts scenes out of the movies, won't it really mess up the plot line sometimes?
... Don't play censorship cop, be a parent
In almost all the movies I've watched, the sex scenes usually have nothing to do with the plot. Cutting parts out like that wouldn't affect the entire movie.
If you really want to keep your kids from watching those kinds of movies, then try to give them values.
Part of instilling values is not being hypocritial and allowing them to do something that you already said is wrong. This means that you have to play the censorship cop sometimes.
You've only seen The Matrix 14 times???
no, it is 7:26pm (MST)
If lawyers are illegal, will only criminals have lawyers?