State of Windows - fully updated and with M$Office installed - was saved on backup image. In guest Windows, all work was done on SMB/CIFS drive of host Linux.
Why not simply use VMWare's snapshot facility? Then you don't need to have two images.
Artists who allow free downloading of their music find that is *INCREASES* sales. Independant studies show that show P2P increases sales.
The only reason the music industry is afraid of P2P is because it threatens their business model. Once people get used to trying music for free, RIAA members lose their marketing chokehold. This chokehold is the the last remaining reason that artists agree to contract terms that can only charitably be described as "indentured servitude."
RIAA members aren't terrified of piracy, they're terrified of competition.
A church near my house has one of those signs. One monday on the way to work, it said "WE CAST OUT DEVILS!" The next morning, a prankster decided to chang it to it read "WE CAST OUT ELVIS!"
CC is making money off of someone else's product without the permission of the copyight hodler, and without compensating them. This is not allowed under our current copyright laws
This is a blanket statement, which is completely and totally untrue. Your reply contained nothing to back it up.
I'm not looking for something that says that what Circuit City is doing, but proof that your claims that it's illegal for *anyone* to profit from a copyrighted work without permission from the owner.
CC is making money off of someone else's product without the permission of the copyight hodler, and without compensating them.
Contrary to what publishers will tell you, there is nothing ethically, legally, or morally wrong with this. Copyright protects the right to make copies. It has nothing to do with "profit" or "making money".
This is not allowed under our current copyright laws without explicit permission from the copyright holder.
Bullshit. Please show me the section of law which states that it's illegal to make money off a copyrighted work without permission from the holder.
Used book/music stores frequently make money without explicit permission from the copyright holder. If we lived in your fantasy world, the entire doctrine of first sale would be moot.
A couple of years ago, I was at a conference for Supernet technical people. As Supernet access is free to Education and Library sites, there were a lot of representatives from both groups.
The topic of content filters came up (brought up by the education people), and I was surprised when one of the library people said that in Alberta (and possibly all of Canada), it's illegal for public libraries to have content filters. The reason? Because the goal of a library is to give open access to information to the public. If a library implemented a content filter, that would be censorship.
I have to wonder why the USA feels so threatened by nipples that they feel the need to violate one of the core principals their country was founded on.
Sarchasm: This weather is far worse than Hurrican Katrina
Actually, sarchasm is the gulf in understanding between someone who makes a sarcastic statement, and someone who doesn't get sarcasm.
Sarcasm: "This weather is worse than Hurricane Katrina!" Sarchasm: "What are you talking about? Hurricane Katrina was a major disaster, this is only a heavy rainstorm."
Name me one science fiction show that had better actors.
My god, you've got to be kidding. I think it would be easier to name science fiction shows that had worse acting. But if you insist, here is a *very* short list of shows with better acting than B5:
Firefly. Battlestar Galactica (both series.) Doctor Who. Star Trek (pick one. Even TOS - WFS included - had better acting than B5.) Space: Above and Beyond. Andromeda. Stargate SG1. Space 1999. X-Files (including David "2x4" Duchovny's brick impersonation.) Tomorrow People. Dark Angel. SeaQuest. Psi-Factor. Red Dwarf. Buck Rogers (yes - *that* Buck Rogers.)
The list is almost endless.
one of the reasons B5 was successful in my eye was that the acting was actually decent
Don't tell me, let me guess: you also believe that Keanu should have won an Oscar for his role in the Matrix movies, right?
The acting was horrible. It was just painful to watch. With the afforementioned exception, the actors were incapable of expressing emotion. When I watched (to see if it had gotten any better) all I could think was "if someone wanted to sabotage the station, they just needed to release some termites. Virtually the entire cast would be gone in a few hours - and Garibaldi wouldn't be able to run the station by himself."
the cast meshed well
So did the lumber I used to build my deck. Doesn't mean I think it can act.
You must not have seen the same episodes that I was watching
Perhaps not. Just part of the first season, and intermittant episodes after that. With the exception of the guy who played Garibaldi, everyone else had the screen presence of a 2x4. God, even Jeremy Iron's performance in "Dungeons and Dragons" was good in comparison.
so you're saying that Andreas Katsulas, Mira Furlan and Peter Jurasik couldn't act.
I have no idea who they are, but if they were in any episodes I saw, then no, they couldn't (unless you consider Keanu Reeves a master thespian.)
Unless your point is that B5's only redeeming feature was 5 of horrible plastic-looking CGI.
In any case, there is a difference between "horrible" and "passable". B5 is clearly in the former camp. I don't watch Sci-Fi for the acting, but if it's that bad, it's just plainly unwatchable.
I wonder if will be the same cast, or if they were replaced with people who can act.
If it's the same cast, the cynic in me thinks that maybe that was why it took so long for this to come out - it gave them time to go to acting school.
Seriously, there was only one person on the entire show who could act (the security guy.) Everyone else was so wooden it looked like they were gonna get attacked by termites at any moment.
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State of Windows - fully updated and with M$Office installed - was saved on backup image. In guest Windows, all work was done on SMB/CIFS drive of host Linux.
Why not simply use VMWare's snapshot facility? Then you don't need to have two images.
Your post is full of bullshit.
Artists who allow free downloading of their music find that is *INCREASES* sales. Independant studies show that show P2P increases sales.
The only reason the music industry is afraid of P2P is because it threatens their business model. Once people get used to trying music for free, RIAA members lose their marketing chokehold. This chokehold is the the last remaining reason that artists agree to contract terms that can only charitably be described as "indentured servitude."
RIAA members aren't terrified of piracy, they're terrified of competition.
the church sign generator
A church near my house has one of those signs. One monday on the way to work, it said "WE CAST OUT DEVILS!" The next morning, a prankster decided to chang it to it read "WE CAST OUT ELVIS!"
Without somewhere to get the pass on the music it will be lost.
Yes, exactly. That's why they're doing this.
If they don't clamp down on public memory, then they can't sell the same crap 20 years from now and call it new.
people running around with gun like objects
Dude, they're water pistols. They are about as "gun-like" as someone's hand is "gun-like" when they point their finger.
it might be block it's citizens from attacking other and a becoming labeled a terrorist supporting nation
Yes, because terrorists could never launch an attack without a four-year out-of-date satellite image.
Complete with a snarky comment after you finish each entry.
"Could that entry BE any smaller?"
Care to address the question I posted?
What you originally posted:
CC is making money off of someone else's product without the permission of the copyight hodler, and without compensating them. This is not allowed under our current copyright laws
This is a blanket statement, which is completely and totally untrue. Your reply contained nothing to back it up.
I'm not looking for something that says that what Circuit City is doing, but proof that your claims that it's illegal for *anyone* to profit from a copyrighted work without permission from the owner.
CC is making money off of someone else's product without the permission of the copyight hodler, and without compensating them.
Contrary to what publishers will tell you, there is nothing ethically, legally, or morally wrong with this. Copyright protects the right to make copies. It has nothing to do with "profit" or "making money".
This is not allowed under our current copyright laws without explicit permission from the copyright holder.
Bullshit. Please show me the section of law which states that it's illegal to make money off a copyrighted work without permission from the holder.
Used book/music stores frequently make money without explicit permission from the copyright holder. If we lived in your fantasy world, the entire doctrine of first sale would be moot.
I cannot think of one movie he was in where he didn't over act.
Come on, man, he was *da bomb* in Phantoms, yo!
"I'm invisible!" convincingly enough.
Actually, speaking isn't required. The actual technique is waving your hands in front of you and then snap your fingers.
Of course, it doesn't work when you're wet.
I can think of a few scenerios involving me, Jessica Alba and an invisibilty device, but none involve making *her* invisible.
/. meme?
Uh-oh. Do I detect the beginnings of a new "Natalie Portman"
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
/. tells me there's nothing to see.
A story on invisibility, and
But in order for that to work, Geordi would have to alter the phase of the main deflector array, and I'm pretty sure he's not available.
I wanted to find a prepay plan with free incoming and run a BBS off that sucker, with a 300 baud modem on a C64, in the back of my car just for kicks
:)
You must be a devil with the ladies..
I sure as hell know that I would rather have 2 tons of styrofoam fall on my head then concrete.
Because it would cushion the blow?
We draw slashdot moderators from the same pool as posters, and no one sees a problem with that.
/. posters can't moderate their own posts.
Maybe that's because
Maybe they thought he was moving to the country.
:o)
Didn't Ted Kaczynski lived in the country?
Best is to allow the user to create their own question.
That has its own problems:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/07/12
A couple of years ago, I was at a conference for Supernet technical people. As Supernet access is free to Education and Library sites, there were a lot of representatives from both groups.
The topic of content filters came up (brought up by the education people), and I was surprised when one of the library people said that in Alberta (and possibly all of Canada), it's illegal for public libraries to have content filters. The reason? Because the goal of a library is to give open access to information to the public. If a library implemented a content filter, that would be censorship.
I have to wonder why the USA feels so threatened by nipples that they feel the need to violate one of the core principals their country was founded on.
Sarchasm: This weather is far worse than Hurrican Katrina
Actually, sarchasm is the gulf in understanding between someone who makes a sarcastic statement, and someone who doesn't get sarcasm.
Sarcasm: "This weather is worse than Hurricane Katrina!"
Sarchasm: "What are you talking about? Hurricane Katrina was a major disaster, this is only a heavy rainstorm."
Name me one science fiction show that had better actors.
My god, you've got to be kidding. I think it would be easier to name science fiction shows that had worse acting. But if you insist, here is a *very* short list of shows with better acting than B5:
Firefly. Battlestar Galactica (both series.) Doctor Who. Star Trek (pick one. Even TOS - WFS included - had better acting than B5.) Space: Above and Beyond. Andromeda. Stargate SG1. Space 1999. X-Files (including David "2x4" Duchovny's brick impersonation.) Tomorrow People. Dark Angel. SeaQuest. Psi-Factor. Red Dwarf. Buck Rogers (yes - *that* Buck Rogers.)
The list is almost endless.
one of the reasons B5 was successful in my eye was that the acting was actually decent
Don't tell me, let me guess: you also believe that Keanu should have won an Oscar for his role in the Matrix movies, right?
The acting was horrible. It was just painful to watch. With the afforementioned exception, the actors were incapable of expressing emotion. When I watched (to see if it had gotten any better) all I could think was "if someone wanted to sabotage the station, they just needed to release some termites. Virtually the entire cast would be gone in a few hours - and Garibaldi wouldn't be able to run the station by himself."
the cast meshed well
So did the lumber I used to build my deck. Doesn't mean I think it can act.
You must not have seen the same episodes that I was watching
Perhaps not. Just part of the first season, and intermittant episodes after that. With the exception of the guy who played Garibaldi, everyone else had the screen presence of a 2x4. God, even Jeremy Iron's performance in "Dungeons and Dragons" was good in comparison.
so you're saying that Andreas Katsulas, Mira Furlan and Peter Jurasik couldn't act.
I have no idea who they are, but if they were in any episodes I saw, then no, they couldn't (unless you consider Keanu Reeves a master thespian.)
.. that with Playboy, I can skip the articles.
Unless your point is that B5's only redeeming feature was 5 of horrible plastic-looking CGI.
In any case, there is a difference between "horrible" and "passable". B5 is clearly in the former camp. I don't watch Sci-Fi for the acting, but if it's that bad, it's just plainly unwatchable.
I wonder if will be the same cast, or if they were replaced with people who can act.
If it's the same cast, the cynic in me thinks that maybe that was why it took so long for this to come out - it gave them time to go to acting school.
Seriously, there was only one person on the entire show who could act (the security guy.) Everyone else was so wooden it looked like they were gonna get attacked by termites at any moment.