Agreed. I've had 3 lost on the way back, none on the way. Once I sent two movies back in the same envelope, and only got "credit" for one. My guess: netflix employees with sticky fingers.
They really don't make an issue out of it, unless you lose too many...
I work for the IT department of a rather large university. When we get a complaint about illegal sharing (has to be a complaint, we don't search for it ourselves), the user gets a warning. Second time, their account (and wall port) are disabled until they come talk to our manager and promise to never ever do it again. We would NEVER provide the student's name to the RIAA (pretty sure that would be illegal). We've got a good AGO at our school, plus construction is almost finished on the William Gates School of Law (damn, I gave away my school) so I doubt the RIAA would pick on us.
Also keep in mind that supporting some lit edu major who can't seem to transfer their powerpoint presentation between their laptop and computers in the lab is also not cheap.
Yes it is. You pay students $7/hr to work in the labs.
There's too much of it in magazines, I can't find the table of contents so I can read what I bought the magazine for.
You pay, what, $3.95 for a magazine at the news stand? Subscribers pay even less per issue. Magazines would go out of business after one issue if they didn't sell advertising space. Same with TV, websites, etc etc etc.
A local university got $10 million from a car dealership to rent their name out on their new football stadium. I will not buy a car from them ever. If it had something to do with education, fine, but all I read from the car dealers actions is that they already make way too much money.
So the dealership gave $10 Million to the University for naming rights. I think $10M is a hefty chunk of change, even for a university. So what if the stadium if called "Big Bob's GMC/Lincoln/Mercury Stadium". You can't ignore that, considering they *gave* $10M for education and research?
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I know next-to-nothing about imports, but... has Honda EVER used a V8 in a production car???
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Ummm.....GM has done this before... in 1981 Cadillacs. The system got mixed reviews. Some people said it worked great, some said it was nothing but trouble (getting stuck in V8 mode was one problem, IIRC). They scrapped it after MY 1984, presumably in favor of 4 cylinders.
MARVIN: "It is..." ARTHUR: "What?" MARVIN: "Ghastly. The noise. Absoulutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door. All the doors in this spacecraft have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done." DOOR: "Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm" MARVIN: Hateful, isn't it? Come on, I've been ordered to take you up to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to take you up to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? Cause I don't." FORD: "Excuse me, which government owns this ship?" MARVIN: "You watch this door. It's about to open again. I can tell by the intolerable air of smugness it suddenly generates. Come on." DOOR: "Hummmmmmmmmmmm....glad to be of service." MARVIN: "Thank you the marketing division of the Syrius Cybernetics Corporation." DOOR: "Hummmmmmmmmmmm....you're welcome."
With the greatest respect and admiration for Douglas Adams. RIP.
That's because IMAP was developed at UW, too. UW's IMAP server is actually 3 different RS/6000 clusters. When someone sets up an account, their mail is assigned to one particular box, and a DNS alias is created for ease of configuration. While it is true that it can get a little slow with 1000+ message folders, the same is true for any IMAP client. You're right about the mbx format, this is almost a necessity.
I hope you all like the final release, there are many user-suggested improvements.
I work for the Computing department of a major state university (30,000+ students). We also provide a majority of the backbone in our region. At the end of spring quarter last year, the dorms alone were using 250+Mb/s. Starting this fall, we have restricted the incoming bandwidth to the dorms to 100Mb/sec. You can't say that 150Mb/sec is "a few dollars". I have not heard of or seen a letter from the RIAA, but I'm sure we would care less if we got it. We respond to individual complaints of copyright violations, not baseless claims of mass violations. The bottom line is the bottom line.
Went to this w3 validator, and ran it on www.washington.edu. Gives a LOT of stupid errors, such as saying the tag was never opened (yes, is there). Oh well.
I saw Star Wars Episode 2 at the Cinerama digital theatre here in Seattle. There was definitely something off...it was the sound, by about.5 seconds from the picture. I might as well have been watching a divx movie. But I also agree, there's something about the scratches, dust, and cigarette burns (thank you Fight Club) of 35mm. If I want digital, I'll wait for the DVD.
There are regulations and standards regarding wireless frequencies. They are set and enforced by the FCC. Unfortunately, much of the spectrum is restricted for government (military) or other non-public use. That's why my 802.11b uses the same frequency as my cordless phone (2.4GHz). Fortunately, both of these devices allows me to change the channel so they don't interfere with each other.
Case in point: Kozmo.com. I live in Seattle, one of Kozmo's start-up cities. I used Kozmo from the beginning til the end. In the beginning, they delivered rentals, and snacks. Then came reheatable meals. Then you could buy cds. and books. and houseware. And $5k watches. Kozmo wasn't killed off by a bad market. Kozmo over-expanded so much that it was stretched too thin to survive. This is what happens when people with no idea about business models run companies.
Such as Phillips' CD recorders? Would they even play a "copy-protected" CD? Do they copy bit for bit, or do they burn the audio signal? Would they produce a non "copy-protected" CD?
I work in an auto parts store. We have 2 kinds of oil filters: $2.49 and $9.99. If you switched the products so the $9.99 filter is in the $2.49 box, you pay $2.49 for a $9.99 filter. Not quite. You paid $2.49 for the privilege of shoplifting a $9.99 filter. Still illegal, and if I catch you, you go to jail.
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Didn't they have this in Sim City 2000?
Remember what happened if disasters were on, and the microwave beam missed?
No one has ever OD'd on weed, either. Maybe cheetos...
Agreed. I've had 3 lost on the way back, none on the way. Once I sent two movies back in the same envelope, and only got "credit" for one. My guess: netflix employees with sticky fingers.
They really don't make an issue out of it, unless you lose too many...
I work for the IT department of a rather large university. When we get a complaint about illegal sharing (has to be a complaint, we don't search for it ourselves), the user gets a warning. Second time, their account (and wall port) are disabled until they come talk to our manager and promise to never ever do it again. We would NEVER provide the student's name to the RIAA (pretty sure that would be illegal). We've got a good AGO at our school, plus construction is almost finished on the William Gates School of Law (damn, I gave away my school) so I doubt the RIAA would pick on us.
Strange Brew, starring Bob and Doug McKenzie...YOU HOSER!
Ditto my Panasonic electric razor. Intuctive charging means no direct electrical contact, so the whole thing is water proof!
Don't newer electric cars use this too? With paddles? The technology isn't groundbreaking, it's just a new use.
Also keep in mind that supporting some lit edu major who can't seem to transfer their powerpoint presentation between their laptop and computers in the lab is also not cheap.
Yes it is. You pay students $7/hr to work in the labs.
Wankel rotary....mmmmmm
So you don't believe in the free-market system?
There's too much of it in magazines, I can't find the table of contents so I can read what I bought the magazine for.
You pay, what, $3.95 for a magazine at the news stand? Subscribers pay even less per issue. Magazines would go out of business after one issue if they didn't sell advertising space. Same with TV, websites, etc etc etc.
A local university got $10 million from a car dealership to rent their name out on their new football stadium. I will not buy a car from them ever. If it had something to do with education, fine, but all I read from the car dealers actions is that they already make way too much money.
So the dealership gave $10 Million to the University for naming rights. I think $10M is a hefty chunk of change, even for a university. So what if the stadium if called "Big Bob's GMC/Lincoln/Mercury Stadium". You can't ignore that, considering they *gave* $10M for education and research?
I know next-to-nothing about imports, but... has Honda EVER used a V8 in a production car???
Ummm.....GM has done this before... in 1981 Cadillacs. The system got mixed reviews. Some people said it worked great, some said it was nothing but trouble (getting stuck in V8 mode was one problem, IIRC). They scrapped it after MY 1984, presumably in favor of 4 cylinders.
Was that before eBay?
MARVIN: "It is..."
ARTHUR: "What?"
MARVIN: "Ghastly. The noise. Absoulutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door. All the doors in this spacecraft have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done."
DOOR: "Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
MARVIN: Hateful, isn't it? Come on, I've been ordered to take you up to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to take you up to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? Cause I don't."
FORD: "Excuse me, which government owns this ship?"
MARVIN: "You watch this door. It's about to open again. I can tell by the intolerable air of smugness it suddenly generates. Come on."
DOOR: "Hummmmmmmmmmmm....glad to be of service."
MARVIN: "Thank you the marketing division of the Syrius Cybernetics Corporation."
DOOR: "Hummmmmmmmmmmm....you're welcome."
With the greatest respect and admiration for Douglas Adams. RIP.
Better yet, Universities, other institutions, and businesses should make site-liscences available for all students/employees, like UW does.
2003-01-25 10:26:29 New MS SQL worm flooding internet (articles,security) (rejected)
Submitted this at 23:15 PST.
Maverick,
Watch for WebPine Lite. Most of the JavaScript has been removed, so it will run MUCH quicker. Should be released in a few months, I think.
Pine is IMAP.
That's because IMAP was developed at UW, too. UW's IMAP server is actually 3 different RS/6000 clusters. When someone sets up an account, their mail is assigned to one particular box, and a DNS alias is created for ease of configuration. While it is true that it can get a little slow with 1000+ message folders, the same is true for any IMAP client. You're right about the mbx format, this is almost a necessity.
I hope you all like the final release, there are many user-suggested improvements.
I prefer the Knarr myself....but that's just because I live across the street.
I work for the Computing department of a major state university (30,000+ students). We also provide a majority of the backbone in our region. At the end of spring quarter last year, the dorms alone were using 250+Mb/s. Starting this fall, we have restricted the incoming bandwidth to the dorms to 100Mb/sec. You can't say that 150Mb/sec is "a few dollars". I have not heard of or seen a letter from the RIAA, but I'm sure we would care less if we got it. We respond to individual complaints of copyright violations, not baseless claims of mass violations. The bottom line is the bottom line.
Went to this w3 validator, and ran it on www.washington.edu. Gives a LOT of stupid errors, such as saying the tag was never opened (yes, is there). Oh well.
I saw Star Wars Episode 2 at the Cinerama digital theatre here in Seattle. There was definitely something off...it was the sound, by about .5 seconds from the picture. I might as well have been watching a divx movie. But I also agree, there's something about the scratches, dust, and cigarette burns (thank you Fight Club) of 35mm. If I want digital, I'll wait for the DVD.
There are regulations and standards regarding wireless frequencies. They are set and enforced by the FCC. Unfortunately, much of the spectrum is restricted for government (military) or other non-public use. That's why my 802.11b uses the same frequency as my cordless phone (2.4GHz). Fortunately, both of these devices allows me to change the channel so they don't interfere with each other.
Case in point: Kozmo.com. I live in Seattle, one of Kozmo's start-up cities. I used Kozmo from the beginning til the end. In the beginning, they delivered rentals, and snacks. Then came reheatable meals. Then you could buy cds. and books. and houseware. And $5k watches. Kozmo wasn't killed off by a bad market. Kozmo over-expanded so much that it was stretched too thin to survive. This is what happens when people with no idea about business models run companies.
Doobian
Such as Phillips' CD recorders? Would they even play a "copy-protected" CD? Do they copy bit for bit, or do they burn the audio signal? Would they produce a non "copy-protected" CD?
I work in an auto parts store. We have 2 kinds of oil filters: $2.49 and $9.99. If you switched the products so the $9.99 filter is in the $2.49 box, you pay $2.49 for a $9.99 filter. Not quite. You paid $2.49 for the privilege of shoplifting a $9.99 filter. Still illegal, and if I catch you, you go to jail.