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That's DMCA rather than DCMA -- silly acronyms.
Neither DMCA, nor DCMA are acronyms. An acronym has to be a pronounceable "word" (such as RADAR or SCUBA). DMCA is nothing more than an abbreviation (like FBI or MTV).
I'm finding that just a bit hard to believe. It's pretty obvious that as long as they actually went back to the time they came from, that they never would have "disappeared," so no such event would have occurred.
No but modding down people who didn't read the article probably is:-)
The DVD player is a regular dvd player which also has an 802.11b interface to access your network with in order to play music, videos and show pictures.
You have no idea how tempting it was to mod you down for not reading the article;)
The device comes bundled with a standard Ehternet port. The 802.11b access is extra. =)
If the RIAA fudged the numbers on the count of burners seized, they could very well have fudged the numbers on the seized media count.
Perhaps the "35,000" CD's that were recovered were really 32,500 700MB CD's, but since they have a greater capacity, they "qualify" as being 35,000 650MB CD's.
I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but what the hell...
Maybe not total, but I'd say my father, who is a tenured teacher, has quite a bit.
Teachers are probably the single most underpaid group of workers in this country. Quite a fine example of how unions "help" employees. And, come to think of it, it's also a nice example of how unions "help" the customers, too (in this case, the customers are the students, naturally), as education in this country is going to hell in a handbasket (no offense towards your father if he's a good teacher).
Quite simply that's nonsense. Unions can negotiate contracts such that you can't be laid off without the company breaching the contract.
In the rare instances where a union feels like working for its members (instead of just for itself), this may be true, but this is where the union becomes a burden on the employer, and in some instances, the customer, because it suckers the employer into retaining sub-par employees.
First of all, unlike being fired, you always have a choice of whether or not to go on strike.
Yeah, right. You've never been union before, have you?
As for getting paid less and benefits being worse, I don't see that to be the case.
Is your father really a teacher? Because with that line, I'm beginning to doubt that he is.
As opposed to if you get fired? Unions aren't going to vote to strike for 6 months without a damn good reason.
"Damn[ed] good reason" is subjective. Just because the union leaders think it's a good reason doesn't mean YOU will, especially when it means the difference between your family eating or starving.
You know something yet you don't believe it?
Did I say that?
Reading is fundamental.
Perhaps you don't understand the word "prefer"
Unlike most people in the world, I tend not to use words unless I understand them.
I thought there was no such thing as total job security?
There's no such thing as total job security, with or without a union. However, the only people who want a union for "job security," are the people who need a union for "job security" (i.e. the lazy, the unskilled, etc). If you're good at what you do, and follow the rules, a union isn't going to help you any.
Why wouldn't you want a union?
Because unions are bad for everyone except those running them. Employers suffer, employees suffer, and customers suffer.
If you're in a union, you get paid less, your benefits will often suck large, and when the union tells you to strike, you have no choice. If they decide to strike for 6 months, that's 6 months that you (and your family, if applicable) go without food. Thanks, but no thanks.
Well, probably because you believe it will lower your pay.
"Believe?" No. "Know?" Yes.
Some people prefer security to pay.
I prefer both, and can get them just fine without a union. I can't get them with one.
While this question appears to be directed towards the "closet Windows users" (of which I am not a part; I openly admit my Windows usage), I'll throw my 2 in, nonetheless.
I have lots of reasons for running Windows.
For starters, I KNOW Windows. I don't have to put any thought into what I'm doing, and whether or not what I'm doing is going to harm the system. I know my way around, and can get done what I want to get done quickly.
It's stable as all hell. Despite the jokes, speculations, and lies perpetuated here, and elsewhere on the Internet, Windows is not nearly as bad as it was 5+ years ago. Windows 2000 and XP are so rock solid, you'd be hard-pressed to crash them ON PURPOSE (without doing something obvious, like ripping a non-hot-swappable piece of hardware out while the system is running, or putting known-bad hardware in -- basically, things that would crash any OS;)
I have a wife, and soon-to-be-2 kids. While the kids may be able to pick up Linux easily enough, they're still kids, and they'll want from a computer what any kid wants from a computer: games. While I, too, like to play games, there is a not-so-surprising lack of kids' games under the Linux platform. My wife, of course, is not interested in learning anything new. She wants to check her e-mail, browse the web, chat on ICQ, and listen to MP3's. She's not interested Linux in the least.
Windows is my livelyhood. I make a living building, configuring, and fixing Windows boxes. I've spent a greater portion of my lifetime learning Windows, and to drop all of that now to pick up Linux would be foolish. It would be a great number of years before I knew as much about Linux as I do about Windows, and would make a viable enough member of the IT workforce to make as much money working with Linux as I do now working with Windows. So, I use Windows in my day-to-day life to keep my skillset sharp, so I can be the best damned IT guy I can be. (Before anyone says it, YES, I realize adding Linux to my skillset would help me out, and I'm working on that, but for now, it's Windows for me).
I do like Linux. I'm actually currently installing Linux on and old box I just put together. I like playing around with it. It's a challenge (one that I can't find using Windows), and it certainly serves a purpose. It's just not ready for prime-time in my household.
I've been able to do this since cable was first introduced in my area (c.1982). It's not only OLD news (probably the oldest ever posted on Slashdot), but it's hardly newworthy to begin with, since it's not financially practical to purchase your channels a la carte unless you only want one. After that, it usually ends up costing more than it would to just buy the package that includes whatever channels you want.
He eats 40 lbs of Iams every two months (that's $20/month).
I'm going to have to throw the B.S. flag here. Either you're lying through your teeth, or you're starving your dog.
My mother-in-law's dog weighs about that much, and is not nearly as active. He goes through a 40lb bag in about two weeks, PLUS he gets a can or two of food every night. I'm sure he could easily double that if he were running ~30 miles a week.
So with the $1500, and not investing it, you have around 6 years of kibble for your dog. Investing it, even modestly, should eke out a couple more years.
That's all fine and good, but the original claim was that "the cost of an AIBO" (which is a maximum of $1500, even less, depending on the model) was more than enough to feed a dog for its lifetime. That claim, in and of itself, is pure, unadulterated dogshit (pun intended;).
for the price of an AIBO, you would have enough money to feed it for its lifetime.
Er...if $1500 is enough to feed a dog for its entire lifespan, then you:
A) Plan on adopting some rare breed that will only live for about a year.
B) Plan on practically starving the dog, ensuring that it won't last much more than 5 years or so (probably much less).
C) Plan on buying REALLY cheap dog food (~25/can if the dog lives to be 15 years old).
My mother-in-law has a dog, and given a 15-year lifespan, I estimate that she will have spent well over $20,000 feeding that idiotic mutt (nothing against dogs in general, just this particular one =) by the time it dies.
You said your copies of 98, NT, 2000, and XP never bluescreen. I guess you're a newbie. It's not the install disks that bluescreen. It's the computer running the OS.
Sorry. Old habits die hard. You see, I've been using computers since before you were a twitch in your daddy's pants, and back then, programs were "installed" simply by copying the files from the floppy disk (yes, we actually used floppy disks...and not the ones you're used to, either; these were 5¼" floppies) to the hard drive. Thus, an "installation" was also known as a "copy."
Technically, that's almost the same procedure as today. Files are still copied to the hard drive (occasionally from floppies, but more often than not from some sort of CD-like medium, or simply from an install file downloaded from the Internet). The main difference is now (with Windows machines, that is) that in addition to the file copying that occurs, there are also system modifications that are made (such as to the registry). However, one could argue that even those procedures are still "copying," since the installation routine simply copies predefined data into the registry.
So, in short, if you had an IQ of at least half of what God gave a doorknob, you would realize that when I said my "copies" of Windows, I was feferring to my "installations" of Windows.
Oh yes, it really sounds like you do.
I do. I don't know how you could have inferred otherwise from my brief posting.
I'd like to know how you can not "let" a computer bluescreen. They usually do it without first getting permission from the user.
The first rule of computers: a computer doesn't do anything you don't tell it to do. I simply avoid telling my computer to bluescreen.
It's a rather siumple concept, but luckily for me (as fixing other people's computers is my livelyhood), the ignorant masses (which, it seems, includes yourself) haven't caught on yet.
You never turn the power on. Or you run Linux.
Nope. Neither. I run some flavor of Windows (again: 98, NT, 2000, and XP) on ALL of my boxes, and they are ALL on (and booted into their respective version of Windows) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Now, if you'd like to reply (though I doubt you will, as you'll be too busy trying to repair your bruised ego), at least have the cojones to post under your login. Anonymous Coward, indeed.
Why do you guys brand your releases with your group name?
I mean, think of the movie "Home Alone." The two burglars broke into a lot of homes. Every time they left, the stupid one would turn on the water and flood the homes, saying he was leaving a "calling card." When they were busted at the end of the movie, the police knew which homes they had victimized, because of this "calling card."
Seems kind of foolish, don't you think? I mean, so long as you're not caught, there's no harm in marking your territory, so to speak. But once you're caught, if you've pissed on every tree along the way, the authorities are going to know exactly how many crimes you've committed. It could mean the difference between a slap on the wrist, and 33 months in prison.
Why interrupt a show with a commercial break when product placement could work just as good?
They actually used to do this. My mother has some old television shows (50's-era, I believe) that she bought on VHS. She was showing them to me, and one of the things I remember from them was in one of the shows, a door-to-door salesman showed up in the show to pitch a real product (some coffee creamer, IIRC). He was pitching the product to one of the characters in the show, but the pitch was obviously a commercial of sorts.
It was done very well, very tastefully, and didn't interfere with the flow of the program at all. Granted, they'd have to change the theme a little (there aren't too many door-to-door salesmen these days), but I'm sure they could figure it out. =)
You forgot to mention that he claims his Athlon XP is running at 230C (nearly 450F), and the XP dies past 85-90C (sometimes sooner). From his temperature claims, his house would have burned down before he had a chance to post about his accomplishments. =)
Here's an exapmle of how this works, answer the following question:
What's your favorite refreshing drink?
That doesn't prove anything. I like Pepsi because, IMHO, it tastes better than Coke. Advertising has absolutely ZERO impact on my puchasing decisions.
But that point is moot, as I was recently ordered by my doctor to eliminate caffeine from my diet, so I've switched to root beer. My favorite root beer is Barq's (though I can't drink that either, because it contains caffeine), but they haven't had a commercial in at least five years. So, I usually drink A&W or Mug, but neither is my favorite. I would switch to store-brand root beer, but I don't feel like looking at the ingredients labels on every single purchase to find out if they contain caffeine or not. A&W and Mug are safe choices.
Advertising may work on the weak-minded, but it doesn't work on me, or millions of other people in this country.
And, since I've had this discussion with others in the past, before you say "Well, advertising works whether you realize it or not," that's a bunch of bullcrap. I know my reasoning behind my purchases, and I know advertising isn't a part of it.
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I'm finding that just a bit hard to believe. It's pretty obvious that as long as they actually went back to the time they came from, that they never would have "disappeared," so no such event would have occurred.
The device comes bundled with a standard Ehternet port. The 802.11b access is extra. =)
If the RIAA fudged the numbers on the count of burners seized, they could very well have fudged the numbers on the seized media count.
Perhaps the "35,000" CD's that were recovered were really 32,500 700MB CD's, but since they have a greater capacity, they "qualify" as being 35,000 650MB CD's.
Reading is fundamental.Unlike most people in the world, I tend not to use words unless I understand them.Did I say there was?
Reading is fundamental.
If you're in a union, you get paid less, your benefits will often suck large, and when the union tells you to strike, you have no choice. If they decide to strike for 6 months, that's 6 months that you (and your family, if applicable) go without food. Thanks, but no thanks."Believe?" No. "Know?" Yes.I prefer both, and can get them just fine without a union. I can't get them with one.
I thought that being a geek meant that you were smart. If you're smart, why would you want a union?
"Geek Union" seems like a bit of an oxymoron to me.
I live in the Boston area, and I have the perfect solution: they should hire me. I'll make sure their network never fails.
Well, maybe not. But I still need a job... =)
While this question appears to be directed towards the "closet Windows users" (of which I am not a part; I openly admit my Windows usage), I'll throw my 2 in, nonetheless.
;)
I have lots of reasons for running Windows.
For starters, I KNOW Windows. I don't have to put any thought into what I'm doing, and whether or not what I'm doing is going to harm the system. I know my way around, and can get done what I want to get done quickly.
It's stable as all hell. Despite the jokes, speculations, and lies perpetuated here, and elsewhere on the Internet, Windows is not nearly as bad as it was 5+ years ago. Windows 2000 and XP are so rock solid, you'd be hard-pressed to crash them ON PURPOSE (without doing something obvious, like ripping a non-hot-swappable piece of hardware out while the system is running, or putting known-bad hardware in -- basically, things that would crash any OS
I have a wife, and soon-to-be-2 kids. While the kids may be able to pick up Linux easily enough, they're still kids, and they'll want from a computer what any kid wants from a computer: games. While I, too, like to play games, there is a not-so-surprising lack of kids' games under the Linux platform. My wife, of course, is not interested in learning anything new. She wants to check her e-mail, browse the web, chat on ICQ, and listen to MP3's. She's not interested Linux in the least.
Windows is my livelyhood. I make a living building, configuring, and fixing Windows boxes. I've spent a greater portion of my lifetime learning Windows, and to drop all of that now to pick up Linux would be foolish. It would be a great number of years before I knew as much about Linux as I do about Windows, and would make a viable enough member of the IT workforce to make as much money working with Linux as I do now working with Windows. So, I use Windows in my day-to-day life to keep my skillset sharp, so I can be the best damned IT guy I can be. (Before anyone says it, YES, I realize adding Linux to my skillset would help me out, and I'm working on that, but for now, it's Windows for me).
I do like Linux. I'm actually currently installing Linux on and old box I just put together. I like playing around with it. It's a challenge (one that I can't find using Windows), and it certainly serves a purpose. It's just not ready for prime-time in my household.
I've been able to do this since cable was first introduced in my area (c.1982). It's not only OLD news (probably the oldest ever posted on Slashdot), but it's hardly newworthy to begin with, since it's not financially practical to purchase your channels a la carte unless you only want one. After that, it usually ends up costing more than it would to just buy the package that includes whatever channels you want.
1. Piss off customers.
2.
3. Profit.
My mother-in-law's dog weighs about that much, and is not nearly as active. He goes through a 40lb bag in about two weeks, PLUS he gets a can or two of food every night. I'm sure he could easily double that if he were running ~30 miles a week.That's all fine and good, but the original claim was that "the cost of an AIBO" (which is a maximum of $1500, even less, depending on the model) was more than enough to feed a dog for its lifetime. That claim, in and of itself, is pure, unadulterated dogshit (pun intended
A) Plan on adopting some rare breed that will only live for about a year.
B) Plan on practically starving the dog, ensuring that it won't last much more than 5 years or so (probably much less).
C) Plan on buying REALLY cheap dog food (~25/can if the dog lives to be 15 years old).
My mother-in-law has a dog, and given a 15-year lifespan, I estimate that she will have spent well over $20,000 feeding that idiotic mutt (nothing against dogs in general, just this particular one =) by the time it dies.
Technically, that's almost the same procedure as today. Files are still copied to the hard drive (occasionally from floppies, but more often than not from some sort of CD-like medium, or simply from an install file downloaded from the Internet). The main difference is now (with Windows machines, that is) that in addition to the file copying that occurs, there are also system modifications that are made (such as to the registry). However, one could argue that even those procedures are still "copying," since the installation routine simply copies predefined data into the registry.
So, in short, if you had an IQ of at least half of what God gave a doorknob, you would realize that when I said my "copies" of Windows, I was feferring to my "installations" of Windows.I do. I don't know how you could have inferred otherwise from my brief posting.The first rule of computers: a computer doesn't do anything you don't tell it to do. I simply avoid telling my computer to bluescreen.
It's a rather siumple concept, but luckily for me (as fixing other people's computers is my livelyhood), the ignorant masses (which, it seems, includes yourself) haven't caught on yet.Nope. Neither. I run some flavor of Windows (again: 98, NT, 2000, and XP) on ALL of my boxes, and they are ALL on (and booted into their respective version of Windows) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Now, if you'd like to reply (though I doubt you will, as you'll be too busy trying to repair your bruised ego), at least have the cojones to post under your login. Anonymous Coward, indeed.
Oh, wait...that's probably because I actually know how to operate a computer, and I don't let it bluescreen. Nevermind.
Why do you guys brand your releases with your group name?
I mean, think of the movie "Home Alone." The two burglars broke into a lot of homes. Every time they left, the stupid one would turn on the water and flood the homes, saying he was leaving a "calling card." When they were busted at the end of the movie, the police knew which homes they had victimized, because of this "calling card."
Seems kind of foolish, don't you think? I mean, so long as you're not caught, there's no harm in marking your territory, so to speak. But once you're caught, if you've pissed on every tree along the way, the authorities are going to know exactly how many crimes you've committed. It could mean the difference between a slap on the wrist, and 33 months in prison.
It was done very well, very tastefully, and didn't interfere with the flow of the program at all. Granted, they'd have to change the theme a little (there aren't too many door-to-door salesmen these days), but I'm sure they could figure it out. =)
You forgot to mention that he claims his Athlon XP is running at 230C (nearly 450F), and the XP dies past 85-90C (sometimes sooner). From his temperature claims, his house would have burned down before he had a chance to post about his accomplishments. =)
But that point is moot, as I was recently ordered by my doctor to eliminate caffeine from my diet, so I've switched to root beer. My favorite root beer is Barq's (though I can't drink that either, because it contains caffeine), but they haven't had a commercial in at least five years. So, I usually drink A&W or Mug, but neither is my favorite. I would switch to store-brand root beer, but I don't feel like looking at the ingredients labels on every single purchase to find out if they contain caffeine or not. A&W and Mug are safe choices.
Advertising may work on the weak-minded, but it doesn't work on me, or millions of other people in this country.
And, since I've had this discussion with others in the past, before you say "Well, advertising works whether you realize it or not," that's a bunch of bullcrap. I know my reasoning behind my purchases, and I know advertising isn't a part of it.