I always have foam earplugs with me. The rule of thumb is to use them whenever you need to shout to be heard. Too many rock concerts, too much circular sawing, too much chainsawing. Protect your hearing; your ears don't heal very well and once damaged beyond a certain point, NEVER recovers. It sucks when everybody around you mumbles. -russ
This stupid-ass law would also outlaw all high-speed analog to digital convertors as well. GNU Radio has demonstrated HDTV reception off broadcast radio using such hardware. Why are we allowing our legislators to even consider laws which regulate computers to protect media? The computer industry is WAY larger than the media industry. Hell, computer games alone have greater revenue than movies. -russ
Wow, you are just so amazingly clueless. As long as government regulates business, business will try to influence government. You can pass all the laws you want, and nothing will stop this. The only way to keep corporations out of your government is to keep your government out of corporations. -russ
I think that Sony's attitude towards DRM is responsible for the failure of their Librie (E-Ink E-Book) to gain any market share. They actually thought that they could sell e-books that expired. I.e. it's gone within 60 days; if you hadn't finished reading it by then, you're screwed. Oh, sure, you could reflash it to gain capabilities Sony didn't intend. When you have to reflash the device, game over for any market penetration (e.g. Familiar.handhelds.org on Compaq/HP iPAQs). -russ
You are a fool. Long distance prices used to subsidize that ten-cent payphone call. Now long distance costs are down in the noise, and a payphone calls costs a little more but isn't subsidized. When I was in college, and you wanted to call your girlfriend, you waited up until 11PM when phone calls became cheaper. Even then you heard stories of people getting $200 and higher bills. We are MUCH better off with less telephone regulation, and we would be MUCH MUCH better off with no telephone regulation. -russ
That's what the guy said in the referenced story: that you need Lego literacy, and TLG didn't do anything to help you get it. So once you built the designs that came with the kit, you were done. -russ
I still have Lego bricks from my childhood, and they still mate with brand-new bricks. You're buying a lifetime product here. Expect to pay a little more for it. -russ
I met Peter Quinn at FISl6.0. He certainly did not impress me as any kind a politician, much less a corrupt politician. He seemed like a pretty regular guy. -russ
What are you?? Some kind of libertarian scum? If you let people keep their money, all they'll do is spend it foolishly on stuff they only think they need. Instead you have to tax away a substantial portion of people's income so the government can spend it wisely on stuff the government knows they need. You just have to learn to trust the government more. They're here to help you, you see. With hatchet, axe, and saw. -russ
Moderated "Offtopic"?? Surely you've never been to Mumbai. Actually, once they become wealthy enough to stop polluting the sea around Mumbai, it will be an INCREDIBLY beautiful city, with miles of (what will be)pristine beaches surrounding it. -russ
I think that anybody who isn't a major artist would be benefitted by including on their CDs a data track which has full 128kbps pre-ripped MP3s along with permission to redistribute. Make it clear that 1) if you want full quality you should expect to purchase it, and 2) there is no shame in redistributing MP3. -russ
There's a whole theory about how the original Internet Worm of 1988 survived, hid, and is now responsible for the huge growth of the Internet. Ool-cay it-ay. -russ
Think about this, dude. You haven't invented hovering cats, you've invented perpetual motion! As soon as the peanut butter effect happens and the cat starts to flip over, the cat's instincts to land on its feet take over and the cat rotates around, but this triggers the peanut butter effect, so the cat rotates around again. All that you need to do is hook up the cat to a generator, and.... profit! -russ
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I always have foam earplugs with me. The rule of thumb is to use them whenever you need to shout to be heard. Too many rock concerts, too much circular sawing, too much chainsawing. Protect your hearing; your ears don't heal very well and once damaged beyond a certain point, NEVER recovers. It sucks when everybody around you mumbles.
-russ
This stupid-ass law would also outlaw all high-speed analog to digital convertors as well. GNU Radio has demonstrated HDTV reception off broadcast radio using such hardware. Why are we allowing our legislators to even consider laws which regulate computers to protect media? The computer industry is WAY larger than the media industry. Hell, computer games alone have greater revenue than movies.
-russ
Wow, you are just so amazingly clueless. As long as government regulates business, business will try to influence government. You can pass all the laws you want, and nothing will stop this. The only way to keep corporations out of your government is to keep your government out of corporations.
-russ
I edited my own Wikipedia entry because it wasn't written from a neutral point of view. I see nothing wrong with doing that.
You presume that "good musician" is a scarce resource when it is instead "popular musician" which is a scarce resource.
-russ
You don't want "save". If people don't "save" something, that means that they lose it. Instead, you want people to commit their changes.
-russ
I think that Sony's attitude towards DRM is responsible for the failure of their Librie (E-Ink E-Book) to gain any market share. They actually thought that they could sell e-books that expired. I.e. it's gone within 60 days; if you hadn't finished reading it by then, you're screwed. Oh, sure, you could reflash it to gain capabilities Sony didn't intend. When you have to reflash the device, game over for any market penetration (e.g. Familiar.handhelds.org on Compaq/HP iPAQs).
-russ
They have speed limits in Canada?? Not on 401 (aka 20 once you get into Quebec) they don't.
-russ
You are a fool. Long distance prices used to subsidize that ten-cent payphone call. Now long distance costs are down in the noise, and a payphone calls costs a little more but isn't subsidized. When I was in college, and you wanted to call your girlfriend, you waited up until 11PM when phone calls became cheaper. Even then you heard stories of people getting $200 and higher bills. We are MUCH better off with less telephone regulation, and we would be MUCH MUCH better off with no telephone regulation.
-russ
I'm surprised also, actually. I can pick any one of those items and defend them (I mean, the real ones, not the ones you're trolling with).
-russ
That's what the guy said in the referenced story: that you need Lego literacy, and TLG didn't do anything to help you get it. So once you built the designs that came with the kit, you were done.
-russ
I still have Lego bricks from my childhood, and they still mate with brand-new bricks. You're buying a lifetime product here. Expect to pay a little more for it.
-russ
I met Peter Quinn at FISl6.0. He certainly did not impress me as any kind a politician, much less a corrupt politician. He seemed like a pretty regular guy.
-russ
What are you?? Some kind of libertarian scum? If you let people keep their money, all they'll do is spend it foolishly on stuff they only think they need. Instead you have to tax away a substantial portion of people's income so the government can spend it wisely on stuff the government knows they need. You just have to learn to trust the government more. They're here to help you, you see. With hatchet, axe, and saw.
-russ
Hockey. 'Nuff said.
Moderated "Offtopic"?? Surely you've never been to Mumbai. Actually, once they become wealthy enough to stop polluting the sea around Mumbai, it will be an INCREDIBLY beautiful city, with miles of (what will be)pristine beaches surrounding it.
-russ
It's sad that "Funny" maxes out at 5.
-russ
Stackable brick-shaped breakfast waffles. The mind boggles.
-russ
I think that anybody who isn't a major artist would be benefitted by including on their CDs a data track which has full 128kbps pre-ripped MP3s along with permission to redistribute. Make it clear that 1) if you want full quality you should expect to purchase it, and 2) there is no shame in redistributing MP3.
-russ
But aren't they afraid that we'll steal their music?!??
-russ
There's a whole theory about how the original Internet Worm of 1988 survived, hid, and is now responsible for the huge growth of the Internet. Ool-cay it-ay.
-russ
Think about this, dude. You haven't invented hovering cats, you've invented perpetual motion! As soon as the peanut butter effect happens and the cat starts to flip over, the cat's instincts to land on its feet take over and the cat rotates around, but this triggers the peanut butter effect, so the cat rotates around again. All that you need to do is hook up the cat to a generator, and .... profit!
-russ
Um, but Kari *is* a geek, so you're basing your test on a too-small sample size if geeks lay with other geeks.
-russ
p.s. creepy dolls.
The inverse square law: Not just your friend, it's, um, your friend.
-russ
They do revisit myths from time to time if they're not satisfied that the myth has been busted.
-russ