(d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Drugs that reduce a person's ability to make widgets, are an economic threat. Drugs that enhance a person's ability to make widgets are an economic booster. Hence, ritalin, et al. Do you think that the WoD is being waged because some people OD and kill themselves?
The WoD is being waged because certain drugs have effects that do not promote qualities that are conducive to economic output. The whole argument about the relative danger of drug x vs. drug y is moot. The point of the WoD is that if you are not contributing to the economy, you are a criminal, and the government has the right to rob you of everything you own, including time. This is why alcohol was banned (and still is, in some parts of the US), pot will not be legalized, and why anarchists and the pretentious will still think it's 'cool' to smoke it.
And the 'drug required to go to school' is probably more of a dystopian present than a dystopian future. How many ritkids are "making A's" now that they have a drug to shoehorn them into surviving a school?
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It probably wouldn't make much difference unless the pool was shallow, but such a material could extend swimming season for a few days, which would be entirely worth it. Not to mention, the paint could act as a quick thermometer during Spring and Fall.
(d) Whoever, with intent to extort from any person, firm, association, or corporation, any money or other thing of value, transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to injure the property or reputation of the addressee or of another or the reputation of a deceased person or any threat to accuse the addressee or any other person of a crime, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
What's the 'thing of value'? Silence.
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This is one of those posts where I regret not being able to see the names of the moderators, because at least 4 people are on crack here (Poster, +3 up-mods at the time I saw the post).
A) There is nothing being stolen. Copies are a commodity, and with the advent of computer networks and digital formats, the value of a copy is infintesimal, as the supply of copies can exactly meet the demand. The market exists; the value of copies are measured in storage space and bandwidth, and as such, there is little, if any, money to be made from the posession of a copy in digital format.
B) The "Association" is proceeding to eliminate the use of "unliscensed" digital formats, through legal action and threats of such action, against users of these technologies. They have also manufactured legislation for that purpose, and conduct public 'education' campaigns to cast the market in a criminal light. The purpose of these actions is to artificially raise the value of a copy to a level such that they can make a profit.
Sec. 1951. Interference with commerce by threats or violence
(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.
(b) As used in this section -
(1) The term ''robbery'' means the unlawful taking or obtaining of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property, or property in his custody or possession, or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or obtaining.
(2) The term ''extortion'' means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right.
(3) The term ''commerce'' means commerce within the District of Columbia, or any Territory or Possession of the United States; all commerce between any point in a State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and any point outside thereof; all commerce between points within the same State through any place outside such State; and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction.
(c) This section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or affect section 17 of Title 15, sections 52, 101-115, 151-166 of Title 29 or sections 151-188 of Title 45.
It can be argued, that since IP law permits the "Association" to conduct such actions, they are exempt from prosecution under the above section. Regardless, such actions are now central to the "Association's" business model, and are the source of their illegitimacy as a business.
In case you missed it, the point is that the "Association" has bought legislation to force the consumer/producers of copies to pay the "Association"-set price, via the threat or reality of legal action, currently conducts such legal action, and has effectively convinced the ignorant to view those consumer/producers that do not pay the "Association's" price as "criminals". This approach is best defined as racketeering, and signifies the "Association's" obsoleteness.
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There really isn't a way to provide context for your actions, or to switch to a 'non-impression' mode. Mis-timings and general clumsiness have led to debacles...
For example, the creature feedback (slap/stroke) applies to the last action the creature took. If my creature does something else in the time it takes me to stop what I'm doing and interact, it's too late to do encourage/discourage that behavior. I risk confusing the creature, or worse, encouraging the creature to act inappropriately (in whatever context I've defined).
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There really isn't a way to provide context for your actions, or to switch to a 'non-impression' mode. Mis-timings and general clumsiness have led to debacles
And, there is no 'instinct'. Having to teach an animal to eat a type of food is kind of off. I'm rather disappointed that I've had to teach my creature to eat at all. There's that 'Creatures' influence.
They should eventually learn to eat (x) by digesting what's good for them, and puking (yes, both ends of the creatures function properly) what doesn't, rather than puking food that is different from their 'normal' diet.
Somehow, I managed to get my creature logic 'stuck', in that he wanted to kick a building, to the exclusion of all other activity. The leashes didn't work, food didn't work, beating him to within an inch of his life didn't work, so he kicked the building until fatigue and/or starvation set in, and he respawned in the pen, and was ok.
Not to say I'm disappointed in the game. It's a great start; once it gets some gameplay it will be excellent. I'd like to know if other games use a similar interface. If Myth operated similarly, I'd still be playing it. I'd have killed for a smoother interface to view my Casualties! (hehe).
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First, quit watching movies or listening to music from the member studios. Period. This would be different from a boycott, in that a boycott implies that you would return to looking at their works, in any form. They aren't worth it, people.
The value a copy of a work is dependent on, if not derived from, the tech gap in reproduction technology between the producer of the copies and the intendend audience. That gap limits supply, in that the producer of the copies is the only party that has the means to produce said copies.
As the market gains means to replicate a work, supply approaches demand, and the market becomes self-fulfilling. The monetary value of copies of the work approaches zero. To use law as a tool to coerce self-fulfillers out of the market is to approach, if not meet, the definition of racketeering.
The current body of legislation, paid for or not, amounts to state sponsorship of this otherwise criminal activity. There is no other option at this point, than to refuse to view their works, under any condition. The recording and home movie industries are at this point, illegitimate, and deserve no respect or support.
In general I agree. I smell a 3dfx deficiency, but haven't researched it yet. Regardless, someone is putting in OT somewhere to patch some piece of software that was broken by new development. So good luck to the programming teams.
And yes, I also wasted $40 on T2. However,
(a) Tribes 1 is still quite functional, and is still worth playing. It's the only game I ever bought that was worth the full retail price.
(b) I bought Black and White, as a backup game, figuring that if one went sour, I'd have another game handy to pick up (or create:) the slack.
I figure I'll play Tribes 1 until the requisite patches come out.
What does worry me is the notion that Sierra is using a buggy release as a pretext for switching over to XBox. I've already written off Halo as a lost cause, and if Sierra wants to take their titles with them, so be it (Remember, there's always T1).
So I guess I'd better say something on-topic.:) I'm glad to see this game out for Linux, because it brings some weight. Perhaps the increased hacking intuition of the Linux user base could lead to some bugfixes. I predict that Quake will remain the number-one scapegoat for school shootings, however.
Oh my god, stop the presses, those HEATHENS at Yahoo actually allow someone to sell P()RN from an online store! Protect the children from the satan-spawned internet!
And there are actually anti-Yahoo posts out here that haven't been modded as funny, flamebait, redundant, or ignorant.
I must have missed the point. If Yahoo got extorted or ruled into dropping the shop (like they did with the Nazi memoribilia auctions), then
that would be worthy of a front-page/. story. Right now, I don't see anything worth an article slot.
There's a lot more to it than that to ensure quality and it has to be a sealed unit so people can't alter the formula to destroy the value of the brand," he said.
In other words, the mix will be delivered via I.V. drips. Come to think of it, that's not a bad idea.;) But there's no room to mix the good rum into the mix. Just make sure it's 151.
And if Coke's so worried about their brand, they can hire the MPAA's legal team for the low, low cost of free syrup, to go bust those evil Coke Hackers that violate their intellectual property with rum.
I was flat broke in school at the time MtG, and CCGs as a genre, made their move to displace board games (and even RPG). So I missed that boat completely.
At least WoTC started out correctly, but the articles tell of a CEO who fell into the trap of letting the ancillaries and externals (non-R&D, non-production, (external?) Board of Directors, etc) set the direction of the company.
Bad, bad, mistake.
I just hope Cheapass Games doesn't go the same route (or is produced by a similarly-styled company).
From article(1):
"In this case, the crime was elevated to felony status because the spam was sent using an unauthorized e-mail account and caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage."
Meaning, these guys are probably getting plowed for ghost damages.
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If I could set up the place, I'd have...
--an additional balcony level that opens into the main floor; throw in a small fountain and some good natural lighting.
--big, plush, upholstered chairs and sofas, and good rocking chairs.
--a good air filtration system
--a big 'no smoking' sign
--a big 'no Anheuser-Busch products' sign
--a separate, closable bar (thanks to the craniorectal "homeowners" around my neck of the woods)
--two acoustic music stages, one for each room.
--BYO-headphones, mice, keyboards, or rent for $2-$5. For mice and keyboards, this would require hot-swappables.
--color-controllable spot lighting for nighttime--some of those LED-based lights would do the trick.
--Bar and booths: solid wood, embedded flat panels, byo-peripherals (as above).
--Sound absorption in each room, to reduce echo.
--Subscriptions to math/sci/med journals and newsletters, made available for browsing.
I'm suprised that the various IP racketeers (RIAA, MPAA, etc..) haven't attacked anything like this.
Someone comes over to my house and sees that I can actually store MP3's on my old, clunky, ATA hard drive.
You get arrested.
When they ask "How did you do that?" when I'm watching a DVD movie on my computer, and fast forwarding past the opening trailers.
They tell 20 of their friends, then you get arrested.
When I simply refuse to buy a proprietary device, and build a few for my friends for a price using "old fashioned" computer parts?
They get arrested, then you get arrested.
When the entertainment industry finds that I'm not buying everything they make just because they tell me to.
They label you a "hacker", then you get arrested.
When people start to think for themselves, instead of buying everything that's told to them by industry.
They shout "hacker/subversive/criminal" through the megaphone, the ignorant masses reaffirm the craniorectal position, then the free-thinkers get arrested.
When a group of people simply don't buy, and other people see profit in providing them with what they want: storage devices that they can use in whatever they see fit.
They get taken to court for "circumvention", and the hackers/subversives get arrested.
When people realize that just because there's other people with a lot of money out there who can purchase control of many things, sooner or later, freedom always wins out in the end. Not because it is right, but because its the only answer that makes sense in the long run.
How about letting me know when "the end" gets here.
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Title 18, Ch. 41, Section 875
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An output-focused population is.
Drugs that reduce a person's ability to make widgets, are an economic threat. Drugs that enhance a person's ability to make widgets are an economic booster. Hence, ritalin, et al. Do you think that the WoD is being waged because some people OD and kill themselves?
The WoD is being waged because certain drugs have effects that do not promote qualities that are conducive to economic output. The whole argument about the relative danger of drug x vs. drug y is moot. The point of the WoD is that if you are not contributing to the economy, you are a criminal, and the government has the right to rob you of everything you own, including time. This is why alcohol was banned (and still is, in some parts of the US), pot will not be legalized, and why anarchists and the pretentious will still think it's 'cool' to smoke it.
And the 'drug required to go to school' is probably more of a dystopian present than a dystopian future. How many ritkids are "making A's" now that they have a drug to shoehorn them into surviving a school?
It probably wouldn't make much difference unless the pool was shallow, but such a material could extend swimming season for a few days, which would be entirely worth it. Not to mention, the paint could act as a quick thermometer during Spring and Fall.
What's the 'thing of value'? Silence.
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This is one of those posts where I regret not being able to see the names of the moderators, because at least 4 people are on crack here (Poster, +3 up-mods at the time I saw the post).
A) There is nothing being stolen. Copies are a commodity, and with the advent of computer networks and digital formats, the value of a copy is infintesimal, as the supply of copies can exactly meet the demand. The market exists; the value of copies are measured in storage space and bandwidth, and as such, there is little, if any, money to be made from the posession of a copy in digital format.
B) The "Association" is proceeding to eliminate the use of "unliscensed" digital formats, through legal action and threats of such action, against users of these technologies. They have also manufactured legislation for that purpose, and conduct public 'education' campaigns to cast the market in a criminal light. The purpose of these actions is to artificially raise the value of a copy to a level such that they can make a profit.
The best description I've found for the actions summarized in (B), is in U.S.C. Title 18, Chap. 95, Sec. 1951 (emphasis added):
It can be argued, that since IP law permits the "Association" to conduct such actions, they are exempt from prosecution under the above section. Regardless, such actions are now central to the "Association's" business model, and are the source of their illegitimacy as a business.
In case you missed it, the point is that the "Association" has bought legislation to force the consumer/producers of copies to pay the "Association"-set price, via the threat or reality of legal action, currently conducts such legal action, and has effectively convinced the ignorant to view those consumer/producers that do not pay the "Association's" price as "criminals". This approach is best defined as racketeering, and signifies the "Association's" obsoleteness.
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Speaking of clumsiness causing debacles...D'oh!
There really isn't a way to provide context for your actions, or to switch to a 'non-impression' mode. Mis-timings and general clumsiness have led to debacles...
For example, the creature feedback (slap/stroke) applies to the last action the creature took. If my creature does something else in the time it takes me to stop what I'm doing and interact, it's too late to do encourage/discourage that behavior. I risk confusing the creature, or worse, encouraging the creature to act inappropriately (in whatever context I've defined).
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There really isn't a way to provide context for your actions, or to switch to a 'non-impression' mode. Mis-timings and general clumsiness have led to debacles
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And, there is no 'instinct'. Having to teach an animal to eat a type of food is kind of off. I'm rather disappointed that I've had to teach my creature to eat at all. There's that 'Creatures' influence.
They should eventually learn to eat (x) by digesting what's good for them, and puking (yes, both ends of the creatures function properly) what doesn't, rather than puking food that is different from their 'normal' diet.
Somehow, I managed to get my creature logic 'stuck', in that he wanted to kick a building, to the exclusion of all other activity. The leashes didn't work, food didn't work, beating him to within an inch of his life didn't work, so he kicked the building until fatigue and/or starvation set in, and he respawned in the pen, and was ok.
Not to say I'm disappointed in the game. It's a great start; once it gets some gameplay it will be excellent. I'd like to know if other games use a similar interface. If Myth operated similarly, I'd still be playing it. I'd have killed for a smoother interface to view my Casualties! (hehe).
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First, quit watching movies or listening to music from the member studios. Period. This would be different from a boycott, in that a boycott implies that you would return to looking at their works, in any form. They aren't worth it, people.
The value a copy of a work is dependent on, if not derived from, the tech gap in reproduction technology between the producer of the copies and the intendend audience. That gap limits supply, in that the producer of the copies is the only party that has the means to produce said copies.
As the market gains means to replicate a work, supply approaches demand, and the market becomes self-fulfilling. The monetary value of copies of the work approaches zero. To use law as a tool to coerce self-fulfillers out of the market is to approach, if not meet, the definition of racketeering.
The current body of legislation, paid for or not, amounts to state sponsorship of this otherwise criminal activity. There is no other option at this point, than to refuse to view their works, under any condition. The recording and home movie industries are at this point, illegitimate, and deserve no respect or support.
In general I agree. I smell a 3dfx deficiency, but haven't researched it yet. Regardless, someone is putting in OT somewhere to patch some piece of software that was broken by new development. So good luck to the programming teams.
:) the slack.
:) I'm glad to see this game out for Linux, because it brings some weight. Perhaps the increased hacking intuition of the Linux user base could lead to some bugfixes. I predict that Quake will remain the number-one scapegoat for school shootings, however.
And yes, I also wasted $40 on T2. However,
(a) Tribes 1 is still quite functional, and is still worth playing. It's the only game I ever bought that was worth the full retail price.
(b) I bought Black and White, as a backup game, figuring that if one went sour, I'd have another game handy to pick up (or create
I figure I'll play Tribes 1 until the requisite patches come out.
What does worry me is the notion that Sierra is using a buggy release as a pretext for switching over to XBox. I've already written off Halo as a lost cause, and if Sierra wants to take their titles with them, so be it (Remember, there's always T1).
So I guess I'd better say something on-topic.
Oh my god, stop the presses, those HEATHENS at Yahoo actually allow someone to sell P()RN from an online store! Protect the children from the satan-spawned internet!
/. story. Right now, I don't see anything worth an article slot.
And there are actually anti-Yahoo posts out here that haven't been modded as funny, flamebait, redundant, or ignorant.
I must have missed the point. If Yahoo got extorted or ruled into dropping the shop (like they did with the Nazi memoribilia auctions), then
that would be worthy of a front-page
That's really funny, except when you consider that there are legions of PHBs that want programmers to work that way.
There's a lot more to it than that to ensure quality and it has to be a sealed unit so people can't alter the formula to destroy the value of the brand," he said.
;) But there's no room to mix the good rum into the mix. Just make sure it's 151.
In other words, the mix will be delivered via I.V. drips. Come to think of it, that's not a bad idea.
And if Coke's so worried about their brand, they can hire the MPAA's legal team for the low, low cost of free syrup, to go bust those evil Coke Hackers that violate their intellectual property with rum.
I was flat broke in school at the time MtG, and CCGs as a genre, made their move to displace board games (and even RPG). So I missed that boat completely.
At least WoTC started out correctly, but the articles tell of a CEO who fell into the trap of letting the ancillaries and externals (non-R&D, non-production, (external?) Board of Directors, etc) set the direction of the company.
Bad, bad, mistake.
I just hope Cheapass Games doesn't go the same route (or is produced by a similarly-styled company).
From article(1):
"In this case, the crime was elevated to felony status because the spam was sent using an unauthorized e-mail account and caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage."
Meaning, these guys are probably getting plowed for ghost damages.
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about plants. The bar must have a decent amount of vegetation.
If I could set up the place, I'd have...
--an additional balcony level that opens into the main floor; throw in a small fountain and some good natural lighting.
--big, plush, upholstered chairs and sofas, and good rocking chairs.
--a good air filtration system
--a big 'no smoking' sign
--a big 'no Anheuser-Busch products' sign
--a separate, closable bar (thanks to the craniorectal "homeowners" around my neck of the woods)
--two acoustic music stages, one for each room.
--BYO-headphones, mice, keyboards, or rent for $2-$5. For mice and keyboards, this would require hot-swappables.
--color-controllable spot lighting for nighttime--some of those LED-based lights would do the trick.
--Bar and booths: solid wood, embedded flat panels, byo-peripherals (as above).
--Sound absorption in each room, to reduce echo.
--Subscriptions to math/sci/med journals and newsletters, made available for browsing.
I'm suprised that the various IP racketeers (RIAA, MPAA, etc..) haven't attacked anything like this.
Someone comes over to my house and sees that I can actually store MP3's on my old, clunky, ATA hard drive.
You get arrested.
When they ask "How did you do that?" when I'm watching a DVD movie on my computer, and fast forwarding past the opening trailers.
They tell 20 of their friends, then you get arrested.
When I simply refuse to buy a proprietary device, and build a few for my friends for a price using "old fashioned" computer parts?
They get arrested, then you get arrested.
When the entertainment industry finds that I'm not buying everything they make just because they tell me to.
They label you a "hacker", then you get arrested.
When people start to think for themselves, instead of buying everything that's told to them by industry.
They shout "hacker/subversive/criminal" through the megaphone, the ignorant masses reaffirm the craniorectal position, then the free-thinkers get arrested.
When a group of people simply don't buy, and other people see profit in providing them with what they want: storage devices that they can use in whatever they see fit.
They get taken to court for "circumvention", and the hackers/subversives get arrested.
When people realize that just because there's other people with a lot of money out there who can purchase control of many things, sooner or later, freedom always wins out in the end. Not because it is right, but because its the only answer that makes sense in the long run.
How about letting me know when "the end" gets here.
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