Not only that, they're lasting longer with each new batch...I remember those 200 minute lifespans, not much you could do with those, except maybe thaw out an engine block. Now that they're up to a 1000 minute MTBF, the CDs are economical for commercial applications.
How the hell long is it going to take for people to grow some spine and not buy a single CD from any artist from any RIAA member? It isn't that bad, folks. The only chance for us to break this racket is to not buy the product from the racket's participants.
The only thing that worked faster was the 'hacking == terrorism' portion (and the other non-topical sections) of the "anti-terrorism" bills themselves. Fsking ambulance chasers. It looks like the NSA let those freaks pull off the attacks, as a means of legitimizing the actions that have taken place afterwards. We are all expendable, after all.
The monitor's spec page lists the desktop versions of IBM's Intellistation brand pc as a hardware requirement. Here's the glossy page for the Intellistations. Basically, it's another $1300-1500 for the pc to drive the monitor (if the 'hardware requirement' is legit, and not a 'marketing requirement'). I wonder what makes the Intellistation required (custom logic on either component?)
Ok. Please explain the illegality of file swapping over a computer network. (Assume that half the world owns a copyright on a file being sent from a to points beyond.)
I stepped on this while posting a reply, but it seems fair enough. Is a EULA actually a contract?
And, does a seller have the right (pre-UCITA) to enforce terms of use of a product? I.E., if I buy and open a bottle of Heinz ketchup that contains a EULA that prohibits me from using that ketchup with non-Heinz mustards, is that a contract?
I'm not sure the 'freedom of speech' part is being missed, so much as the 'contract law allows one to give away any/all rights within the scope of the contract' part.
So then my question becomes: "Since a EULA is non-negotiable, is it still a contract, or is it some other instrument, covered by other areas of law?"
From the article:
"It works so well since users seem to be under the impression that all ads are graphical in nature and written-word ad placements are still editorial," says ad buyer Jonathan Adams, senior partner at Ogilvy Interactive.
As seen through the all-knowing cynic's eye:
"Google makes money because users can't tell the difference between text ads and search results. I can't pay those little ingrates to click on my JavaFlashScript banner ads, but post up a boring text ad, and they come running. How can I maintain a herd of sycophants, if I have to lay off my production and graphics departments? Damn communists."
I wonder if the regulations that result from the SC^10A would make it illegal to not load banner ads.
With whomever sanctioned the attack, anyone who assisted, and any other target of opportunity that could be included in the scope of the operations. That includes countries, political groups, and demographical groups.
Note: Prediction != Endorsement. Although I think it will happen, I don't particularly like the idea.
Even though it may have been performed by career terrorists, this was an infrastructure attack, designed to destablize.
A joint attack on WTC and Pentagon, the major financial and military centers in the U.S., is a direct physical attack against the practicioners of capitalism, and the command/control center of the organization that defends them. The method of attack also demonstrates the inherent weakness of skyscrapers and jumbo jets, two more vital pieces of infrastructure.
If we don't actually go to war over this, I will be more than surprised.
maybe their genitals will be different, too. Oh, wait...
Duh, people. Men and women are physiologically different, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't expect to the brain, as a particularly intricate and environment-sensitive organ, to also differ between the genders.
IIRC, the ball was dropping in towards the plate, and Ramirez just turned and golfed it from the side (of the ball's path). And, Manny Ramirez is ox-strong and cat-quick.
It's really a matter of bat angle vs. pitch trajectory. As long as the ball is within reach and isn't touching the ground, it's fair game:)
I just wonder how many "EQ != DnD" emails that writer is going to get...hehe.
Pretty much every time I hear him open his mouth, he's pushing a pro-organization, anti-individual agenda. If it isn't religion, it's business.
From the article...
At Thursday's hearing, Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., urged the business leaders to work harder against the bill. "I would suggest a full-court press," Barr said, calling the legislation "broad and heavy-handed." Securities Industry Association representative Marc Lackritz replied, "We are engaged and active in trying to slow this train down." Barr responded: "I think you all need to be a bit bolder. I'd take off the gloves."
Gloves off, indeed. I will be forwarding spam to his office's email address. Not the pr0nospam, not the 'make money now!' spam, but the 'did we say "opt-in"? haha, we were only joking' spam, and the 'time to convert our customer list to ad dollars' spam.
If you're considering sharing the spam with Representative Barr (or any conservative rep., for that matter), do not, under any circumstances, send pr0nospam. It will only provide fuel for censorship efforts.
I know...I decided the ^H business looks more funny. One, two, five...no! three, four...
Besides, IIRC (or not so C), ^W only works in insert mode. But 'db' is still not as funny as imagining a PR flak counting letters.:)
"Today's verdict, if allowed to stand, poses a serious threat to all technology {litigation} companies that try to protect their {obvious} inventions through our intellectual property laws {that we paid good money for}. It puts innovators {10^H, litigators}at risk of forfeiting their intellectual property rights {6^H, racket} by simply attending meetings of a standard setting committee {and misleading them about your technology, to sucker them into accepting it as a standard}.
Along with exams, students are required to turn in one 1,500-word paper that describes the physics of common technology, such as a helicopter or cell phone. Papers are submitted by e-mail.
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He designed his program to scan papers and identify any that shared phrases of at least six words. The computer rarely stumbled upon six-word matches in papers that otherwise appeared to have been written independently. But almost every time it found a six-word match, it found long passages in common, up to cases where "virtually the entire paper is the same."
So. Everyone picks an item to go write about. Prof then takes his checker to find matches between papers, based on word length of match, using 6 as a minimum value. It sounds like the match lengths ranged between 6 and >1000, for a 1500-word paper. Prof then investigated the matches, and found lots of fish in his net.
BTW, I think RTFA would make a useful (-1) moderation option.
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Not only that, they're lasting longer with each new batch...I remember those 200 minute lifespans, not much you could do with those, except maybe thaw out an engine block. Now that they're up to a 1000 minute MTBF, the CDs are economical for commercial applications.
How the hell long is it going to take for people to grow some spine and not buy a single CD from any artist from any RIAA member? It isn't that bad, folks. The only chance for us to break this racket is to not buy the product from the racket's participants.
The only thing that worked faster was the 'hacking == terrorism' portion (and the other non-topical sections) of the "anti-terrorism" bills themselves. Fsking ambulance chasers. It looks like the NSA let those freaks pull off the attacks, as a means of legitimizing the actions that have taken place afterwards. We are all expendable, after all.
The monitor's spec page lists the desktop versions of IBM's Intellistation brand pc as a hardware requirement. Here's the glossy page for the Intellistations. Basically, it's another $1300-1500 for the pc to drive the monitor (if the 'hardware requirement' is legit, and not a 'marketing requirement'). I wonder what makes the Intellistation required (custom logic on either component?)
Ok. Please explain the illegality of file swapping over a computer network. (Assume that half the world owns a copyright on a file being sent from a to points beyond.)
I stepped on this while posting a reply, but it seems fair enough. Is a EULA actually a contract?
And, does a seller have the right (pre-UCITA) to enforce terms of use of a product? I.E., if I buy and open a bottle of Heinz ketchup that contains a EULA that prohibits me from using that ketchup with non-Heinz mustards, is that a contract?
I'm not sure the 'freedom of speech' part is being missed, so much as the 'contract law allows one to give away any/all rights within the scope of the contract' part.
So then my question becomes: "Since a EULA is non-negotiable, is it still a contract, or is it some other instrument, covered by other areas of law?"
From the article:
"It works so well since users seem to be under the impression that all ads are graphical in nature and written-word ad placements are still editorial," says ad buyer Jonathan Adams, senior partner at Ogilvy Interactive.
As seen through the all-knowing cynic's eye:
"Google makes money because users can't tell the difference between text ads and search results. I can't pay those little ingrates to click on my JavaFlashScript banner ads, but post up a boring text ad, and they come running. How can I maintain a herd of sycophants, if I have to lay off my production and graphics departments? Damn communists."
I wonder if the regulations that result from the SC^10A would make it illegal to not load banner ads.
There's nothing BS about it, AC. Political statements target people, not infrastructure.
Then with any luck, a few people get tried, and some more people get "disappeared".
With whomever sanctioned the attack, anyone who assisted, and any other target of opportunity that could be included in the scope of the operations. That includes countries, political groups, and demographical groups.
Note: Prediction != Endorsement. Although I think it will happen, I don't particularly like the idea.
Even though it may have been performed by career terrorists, this was an infrastructure attack, designed to destablize.
A joint attack on WTC and Pentagon, the major financial and military centers in the U.S., is a direct physical attack against the practicioners of capitalism, and the command/control center of the organization that defends them. The method of attack also demonstrates the inherent weakness of skyscrapers and jumbo jets, two more vital pieces of infrastructure.
If we don't actually go to war over this, I will be more than surprised.
If a 15 year old can provide the same answers as a laywer, what's the difference?
:-)
The difference is $150k and 8 years of kissing ass.
But this quote:
"the Internet undermined anyone whose status depended on a privileged access to information"
is definitely true. Just ask the music industry. They had to convert to racketeering to maintain their profits.
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Yeah, I thought caffeine was a diuretic anyway, not what you want to in[take|hale|gest] when dehydrated.
Which is why I keep beer in the fridge--somewhere, it's Happy Hour. Cheers! :D
maybe their genitals will be different, too. Oh, wait...
Duh, people. Men and women are physiologically different, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't expect to the brain, as a particularly intricate and environment-sensitive organ, to also differ between the genders.
Did anybody check to see if the gems, et al., could be removed from the sockets? That was their biggest blunder, from a gameplay point of view.
But under the DMCA, use of the food replicator would violate Pizza Hut's intellectual property rights to the recipe of Personal Pan Pizza.
Or maybe not, if it's used for liscensed, official marketing purposes.
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IIRC, the ball was dropping in towards the plate, and Ramirez just turned and golfed it from the side (of the ball's path). And, Manny Ramirez is ox-strong and cat-quick.
:)
It's really a matter of bat angle vs. pitch trajectory. As long as the ball is within reach and isn't touching the ground, it's fair game
I just wonder how many "EQ != DnD" emails that writer is going to get...hehe.
One more thing: Visit a freakin' doctor every once in a while, and don't wait until you're 40 to do it.
"...it looks like a fish, moves like a fish, and steers like a cow."
hehe...
From the article...
Gloves off, indeed. I will be forwarding spam to his office's email address. Not the pr0nospam, not the 'make money now!' spam, but the 'did we say "opt-in"? haha, we were only joking' spam, and the 'time to convert our customer list to ad dollars' spam.
If you're considering sharing the spam with Representative Barr (or any conservative rep., for that matter), do not, under any circumstances, send pr0nospam. It will only provide fuel for censorship efforts.
I know...I decided the ^H business looks more funny. One, two, five...no! three, four... :)
Besides, IIRC (or not so C), ^W only works in insert mode. But 'db' is still not as funny as imagining a PR flak counting letters.
hehe, PR statements are fun to play with...
So. Everyone picks an item to go write about. Prof then takes his checker to find matches between papers, based on word length of match, using 6 as a minimum value. It sounds like the match lengths ranged between 6 and >1000, for a 1500-word paper. Prof then investigated the matches, and found lots of fish in his net.
BTW, I think RTFA would make a useful (-1) moderation option.