I don't really see the relevance in explicit service packs anymore.
You don't? When working with other people's computers (tech support, defining bugs, etc.), it is important to know that they have their system up-to-date. With all the Microsoft patches flying back and forth, it is often much easier to say "Are you on SP4?", not "Do you have these 146 patches installed on top of Windows 2000?"
If anything, I think they should release more Service Packs...
One guy said that pennies made before 1971 are worth more than 1c in copper, and that the newer pennies might soon be worth much more than 1c due to their high zinc content.
Oddly enough, the composition of pennies did not change between 1962 and 1982. There should be no difference between a 1971 penny and a 1981 penny, in terms of copper content.
The US Mint made 7 different variations of the penny in 1982 (counting the various different mint marks), after which they made pennies exclusively out of copper plated zinc.
If murder were at the same rate as copyright infringement, would you argue that both were bad laws, neither were bad laws, or only one?
Well, before we do that, let's look a little deeper. Copyright used to last only 14 years. Now it is 70ish years beyond the death of the creator. It has been extended and expanded well beyond it's useful function, and is a horrid aberration of its original intention.
Murder today only applies to the willful killing of a human being. Should this law be extended the way copyright law has been extended... then what becomes a murder now? What if all manslaughters were murders? How about hitting a dog on the road? Stepping on bugs?
If ALL those things were now considered to be murders, then you would definately have a murder rate comparable to the rate at which copyright infringement occurs.
If all that were true, then yes... I would definately say there was something wrong with the "murder" law.
To properly answer your question, I would successfully argue that both laws were bad.
While I will agree that this argument initially sounds ludicrous... remind yourself again how badly manipulated the copyright law is today. Note also for the record that Congress is not done with their rewriting of copyright law.
Really, what good is a warranty, other than it's DOA? Does anyone do backups anymore? How's that MTBF? A warranty is the least of my concerns if my drive dies in the first year.
Seagate drives carry a 5 year warranty. I'm willing to bet those drives are better assembled than the 1-year warranty crap that's currently being shipped out.
(Yes, I had a 300gb Maxtor drive die on me in 14 months)
Why not simply buy a decent used turntable from eBay? It isn't as if they are all that expensive.
You can get one of these brand new from Best Buy. It even includes a built-in pre-amp, so you can hook it directly to the line-in on your sound card.
I'm sure it'll make audiophiles scream (what doesn't, though?)... but I'm perfectly happy using this setup to convert vinyl to CDs.
Unlike nucelar reactors which function via nuclear fission, these batteries function by capturing the rays from radioactive materials and converting them into energy.
Well, the question's not whether it should be illegal, it's whether it actually is illegal. Sadly, they're not the same thing. I offer the existance of lawyers as evidence.
Since IANAL, and IANAJ, I don't have the right to make such a statement, for or against.
Personally, I hope that this case provides a proper legal precedent, such that my personal information cannot be handed out willy-nilly to anyone who *thinks* I might be infringing upon their rights.
Your rights end where mine begin. My right to privacy should at the very least be guarded by a proper court order.
Then it wasn't unusual to pump out 30,000 machines of the same model instead of the under 10,000 of current models.
Not quite. The Addams Family shipped about 20,000 units, and is the all-time record holder for most pins shipped. Specific models typically shipped 10,000 to 15,000 for a good run.
What Stern is shipping right now is approaching 10,000 total games for the year, not 10,000 of a specific model.
At no time did 30,000 units of any specific model ship.
The iPod is my playback device of choice. I buy songs that work with it. I don't go to Real or Napster, buy music, and then try to work around their DRM to strip it and make it compatible with my iPod.
So what happens when someone gets an exclusive contract for a song that you want, and therefore it won't work on your iPod? Suppose Real or Napster secures the rights so you *have* to subscribe to their service just to get the song you want... only now it won't play on your iPod?
Think it can't happen? Think again. MTV has obtained exclusive contracts such that certain music videos could only be found on MTV.
Well, back in the days when music videos were actually the primary content of MTV.:-)
The 555 is nearing its 30st year in production now. You can get a full blown microcontroller for the same price. There is almost no reason ever to use it. So you do not have to feel guilty - your teacher should for using such obselete parts as reference.
I imagine it depends on your application. A 555 has 8 little pins, and therefore fits in a fairly small location. The 555 is also extremely versatile, and you can find any number of ready-made applications for it on the web, complete with schematics.
I built it into my own project, and it does exactly what I want, without unneeded additional complexity. Note that I used a 556 chip, which is a Dual 555 timer chip... so I used it not once, but actually twice.
Look carefully at the expanded jpg of the windows over the fireplace in TFA, and it's obvious that they couldn't really be obscuring genuine windows looking out on "ugly neighbors".
Nowhere in the article does it say he is replacing genuine windows... in fact, the pictures in Step 6 show that there are originally no windows on that wall at all.
Presumably, the "ugly neighbors" are visible outside the real windows... so he keeps those shut/covered. Instead of having no windows at all, he built fake ones on the wall over the fireplace.
How defined are the neighbourhoods? For instance in America you could probably have city-wide hoods and it have a decent member size. But in Australia lots of cities aren't going to have any members but 1 or 2 people. What do they do? Can they have a state-wide hood?
Like phone book, mapping and even dating websites, I imagine you could limit your search to a distance radius from where you are located.
This idea relies upon it having lots of people to get lots of people. But that's the problem, how do you get lots of people in the first place?
Oh yeah? I've a question about this chicken and this egg...
Simple answer: If you build it, they will come.
By making it so large hoods can be created that can later be broken down into smaller hoods. Otherwise I don't see this being popular at all.
At a minimum, you are entering a zip code (this is a US Postal code). Anyone living in my zip code isn't going to be all that far away.
It's a free email account for starters. Realy do people realy expect them to investigate???
Isn't Internet Explorer also free? If there's a gaping security hole, I sure as hell expect them to investigate!!
Fact is, Microsoft is worth billions of dollars. If they bought Hotmail to kill it, then be done with it already. If they bought it to run it, then RUN THE DAMN THING... they can sure as hell afford to.
If for no other reason, a non-useful Email service isn't going to garner nearly as much advertising revenue. I hate that reasoning as much as the next person... but, hey... money talks.
Wait wait hold the fucking press, cinema recordings are crap, infact they are so crap i actually don't think i could ever bring myself to watch one.
Some are, some aren't. I've seen some copies that were so good, I though they were screeners... that is, until someone got up in the middle of the movie and cast a shadow on the screen.
I think the studios are right, and this IS a problem that's cutting into their profits. I don't know how easy it will be to solve those problems, though. Someone who is friends with the projectionist will probably be able to get a copy without the infrared interference around. It may slow 'em down, but I doubt it will stop them all.
The fine is not based on how much you make, or how much you are worth (such as setting bail amounts).
True enough, but the punative value is very much linked to your net worth.
Three times the profit you made (or loss you avoided) should be the punative value.
Look at it this way, if you were worth $100,000, and you misfiled your paperwork which netted you a cool $1,200... do you think it's fair to fine you $25,000 over that?
If you can make $800k in less than one day, it doesn't mean much to you.
I haven't earned that much in the last 10 years. So to me, $800 is a lot more money than it is to BillG.
I'm not disagreeing that $800K is pocket change to Bill Gates... however, the punishment still needs to fit the crime.
It's not like doesn't have the money. Fining him 800k is like fining me 5$.
The fine is not based on how much you make, or how much you are worth (such as setting bail amounts)... but rather how much money you fraudulently made (or how much loss you avoided).
Typically, the fine is up to three times the profit you made (or loss you avoided).
Here's an interesting page (PDF) on the subject. Review section 3.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't really see the relevance in explicit service packs anymore.
You don't? When working with other people's computers (tech support, defining bugs, etc.), it is important to know that they have their system up-to-date. With all the Microsoft patches flying back and forth, it is often much easier to say "Are you on SP4?", not "Do you have these 146 patches installed on top of Windows 2000?"
If anything, I think they should release more Service Packs...
One guy said that pennies made before 1971 are worth more than 1c in copper, and that the newer pennies might soon be worth much more than 1c due to their high zinc content.
Oddly enough, the composition of pennies did not change between 1962 and 1982. There should be no difference between a 1971 penny and a 1981 penny, in terms of copper content.
The US Mint made 7 different variations of the penny in 1982 (counting the various different mint marks), after which they made pennies exclusively out of copper plated zinc.
More info is posted here and here.
Here's a link to "The Miss Kanna PC", the anime case mod that made the #1 spot:
http://sae.cside.com/sae/kat/pc/ern005/ekana.htm
This page includes construction details and lots of pictures of the building process. Looks like quite an amazing amount of work went into this...
If murder were at the same rate as copyright infringement, would you argue that both were bad laws, neither were bad laws, or only one?
... then what becomes a murder now? What if all manslaughters were murders? How about hitting a dog on the road? Stepping on bugs?
... I would definately say there was something wrong with the "murder" law.
... remind yourself again how badly manipulated the copyright law is today. Note also for the record that Congress is not done with their rewriting of copyright law.
Well, before we do that, let's look a little deeper. Copyright used to last only 14 years. Now it is 70ish years beyond the death of the creator. It has been extended and expanded well beyond it's useful function, and is a horrid aberration of its original intention.
Murder today only applies to the willful killing of a human being. Should this law be extended the way copyright law has been extended
If ALL those things were now considered to be murders, then you would definately have a murder rate comparable to the rate at which copyright infringement occurs.
If all that were true, then yes
To properly answer your question, I would successfully argue that both laws were bad.
While I will agree that this argument initially sounds ludicrous
I thought Intel just put a regional map over a dart board:
That's funny, I thought the same thing about AMD:
*thunk* - "Venice"
*thunk* - "San Diego"
*thunk* - "Manchester"
*thunk* - "Denmark"
*thunk* - "Toledo"
*thunk* - "Venus" (damn, that one sure flew off the board!!)
* Three year warranty is good, but not the best
Really, what good is a warranty, other than it's DOA? Does anyone do backups anymore? How's that MTBF? A warranty is the least of my concerns if my drive dies in the first year.
Seagate drives carry a 5 year warranty. I'm willing to bet those drives are better assembled than the 1-year warranty crap that's currently being shipped out.
(Yes, I had a 300gb Maxtor drive die on me in 14 months)
You can get one of these brand new from Best Buy. It even includes a built-in pre-amp, so you can hook it directly to the line-in on your sound card. I'm sure it'll make audiophiles scream (what doesn't, though?) ... but I'm perfectly happy using this setup to convert vinyl to CDs.
Unlike nucelar reactors which function via nuclear fission, these batteries function by capturing the rays from radioactive materials and converting them into energy.
... didn't Chekov do this in Star Trek IV!?
Ummmm
Well, the question's not whether it should be illegal, it's whether it actually is illegal. Sadly, they're not the same thing. I offer the existance of lawyers as evidence.
Since IANAL, and IANAJ, I don't have the right to make such a statement, for or against.
Personally, I hope that this case provides a proper legal precedent, such that my personal information cannot be handed out willy-nilly to anyone who *thinks* I might be infringing upon their rights.
Your rights end where mine begin. My right to privacy should at the very least be guarded by a proper court order.
Because illegal methods aren't justified by being used to combat illegality. The ends do not justify the means.
The question is whether an ISP releasing personal details in this context is illegal, but the answer to that isn't obvious.
It isn't? Every post, every Email, every crappy Photoshop job I create is by definition, copyrighted.
If I suspect you are downloading my copyrighted content, can I ping Comcast and get your personal information?
the Simpsons cannot hold a candle to the sheer genius that Attack From Mars was.
If you like Attack from Mars, you should see the cool LED mod kit someone put together for it.
Then it wasn't unusual to pump out 30,000 machines of the same model instead of the under 10,000 of current models.
Not quite. The Addams Family shipped about 20,000 units, and is the all-time record holder for most pins shipped. Specific models typically shipped 10,000 to 15,000 for a good run.
What Stern is shipping right now is approaching 10,000 total games for the year, not 10,000 of a specific model.
At no time did 30,000 units of any specific model ship.
The iPod is my playback device of choice. I buy songs that work with it. I don't go to Real or Napster, buy music, and then try to work around their DRM to strip it and make it compatible with my iPod.
... only now it won't play on your iPod?
:-)
So what happens when someone gets an exclusive contract for a song that you want, and therefore it won't work on your iPod? Suppose Real or Napster secures the rights so you *have* to subscribe to their service just to get the song you want
Think it can't happen? Think again. MTV has obtained exclusive contracts such that certain music videos could only be found on MTV.
Well, back in the days when music videos were actually the primary content of MTV.
The 555 is nearing its 30st year in production now. You can get a full blown microcontroller for the same price. There is almost no reason ever to use it. So you do not have to feel guilty - your teacher should for using such obselete parts as reference.
... so I used it not once, but actually twice.
I imagine it depends on your application. A 555 has 8 little pins, and therefore fits in a fairly small location. The 555 is also extremely versatile, and you can find any number of ready-made applications for it on the web, complete with schematics.
I built it into my own project, and it does exactly what I want, without unneeded additional complexity. Note that I used a 556 chip, which is a Dual 555 timer chip
Look carefully at the expanded jpg of the windows over the fireplace in TFA, and it's obvious that they couldn't really be obscuring genuine windows looking out on "ugly neighbors".
... in fact, the pictures in Step 6 show that there are originally no windows on that wall at all.
... so he keeps those shut/covered. Instead of having no windows at all, he built fake ones on the wall over the fireplace.
Nowhere in the article does it say he is replacing genuine windows
Presumably, the "ugly neighbors" are visible outside the real windows
How defined are the neighbourhoods? For instance in America you could probably have city-wide hoods and it have a decent member size. But in Australia lots of cities aren't going to have any members but 1 or 2 people. What do they do? Can they have a state-wide hood?
Like phone book, mapping and even dating websites, I imagine you could limit your search to a distance radius from where you are located.
This idea relies upon it having lots of people to get lots of people. But that's the problem, how do you get lots of people in the first place?
Oh yeah? I've a question about this chicken and this egg...
Simple answer: If you build it, they will come.
By making it so large hoods can be created that can later be broken down into smaller hoods. Otherwise I don't see this being popular at all.
At a minimum, you are entering a zip code (this is a US Postal code). Anyone living in my zip code isn't going to be all that far away.
This is a stupid idea. I lived in the same neighborhood my first 20 years of life and only knew one neighbor - barely.
Maybe you'd know more people if you left the house every once in a while. Give the service a chance, maybe they can help you.
It's a free email account for starters. Realy do people realy expect them to investigate???
... they can sure as hell afford to.
... but, hey ... money talks.
Isn't Internet Explorer also free? If there's a gaping security hole, I sure as hell expect them to investigate!!
Fact is, Microsoft is worth billions of dollars. If they bought Hotmail to kill it, then be done with it already. If they bought it to run it, then RUN THE DAMN THING
If for no other reason, a non-useful Email service isn't going to garner nearly as much advertising revenue. I hate that reasoning as much as the next person
An email service blocking emails from a competing email service is surprising.
... but I kinda doubt they'd move that fast.
FWIW, I just sent a test message from my GMail account to my Hotmail account. The message got through just fine.
I don't have any invites to send out, so I wasn't able to test that.
Maybe Microsoft "fixed" it since this news story broke
Some are, some aren't. I've seen some copies that were so good, I though they were screeners ... that is, until someone got up in the middle of the movie and cast a shadow on the screen.
I think the studios are right, and this IS a problem that's cutting into their profits. I don't know how easy it will be to solve those problems, though. Someone who is friends with the projectionist will probably be able to get a copy without the infrared interference around. It may slow 'em down, but I doubt it will stop them all.
Orton talks about the transformation of the company within the last three years
Wow, he's sure come a long way from being a starship hijacker on ST:TNG!!
- The fine is not based on how much you make, or how much you are worth (such as setting bail amounts)
.
Three times the profit you made (or loss you avoided) should be the punative value.True enough, but the punative value is very much linked to your net worth.
Look at it this way, if you were worth $100,000, and you misfiled your paperwork which netted you a cool $1,200
- If you can make $800k in less than one day, it doesn't mean much to you.
I'm not disagreeing that $800K is pocket change to Bill GatesI haven't earned that much in the last 10 years. So to me, $800 is a lot more money than it is to BillG.
"I think morans would be a more precise term than idiots."
Did you spell "moron" wrong on purpose?
Do a GIS on "morans" and you'll find the infamous picture
It's not like doesn't have the money. Fining him 800k is like fining me 5$.
... but rather how much money you fraudulently made (or how much loss you avoided).
The fine is not based on how much you make, or how much you are worth (such as setting bail amounts)
Typically, the fine is up to three times the profit you made (or loss you avoided).
Here's an interesting page (PDF) on the subject. Review section 3.
The Clone Wars have begun...