Yep- same here, that process was hilarious. I got the Prodigy acct last spring on a $9.95 deal and then a month or 2 later the SBC/Ya-Poo snail mail spam started. I ignored the mess and finally opened one of the missives. I never even logged into my prodigy email account until then and when I did it was nothing but crap about how GREAT the New Internet was going to be with SBC/Ya-Poo. I actually did install what I thought was one piece of the s/w on my windows system (the Y! messenger) and instead it loaded some lame browser and hijacked a bunch of settings. I then realized that eventually I would not be able to dial into the account on my Linux systems much longer so I cancelled too. I told the guy that 'The Internet I was using was just fine, thank you very much, I don't need marketing drones at SBC deciding what I needed to see.
Also about SBC, it looks like they are finalizing the take over of PacBell's identity. PacBell Park in SF will change to SBC Park and they are running these ads on TV about how you can trust SBC when the chips are down because they are the ones that actually repair the lines when they go down in a storm. Oh, and don't bother switching to the other phone companies for service, since they do not. Bastards.
Actually, if you are handy with Google, you can email one of the camp counsellors yourself and ask- they are findable via Google- I just tried it. And notice 2 separate articles were cited- one before and one after the incident ( and after reading that article I remembered it as well). If you google the article content elsewhere, you can easily find out that it wasn't made up.
But I think you missed the point of the example. You don't need to go into any detail about Ring around the Rosie- most of us know the story- but some don't. And perhaps some that did may not understand copyright law and public domain, etc. The point was that directors were vetoing songs because ASCAP muddied the issue up so much, and put such doubt into what could and could not be sung. I mean, think about it- you would think that 'Happy Birthday' would be public domain, but it isn't.
"They buy paper, twine and glue for their crafts - they can pay for the music, too," says John Lo Frumento, ASCAP's chief operating officer. If offenders keep singing without paying, he says, we will sue them if necessary."
There's this labyrinth near where I live and I keep getting lost: my friends laugh and think I am dull as a post! If I was only lucky enough to have some hybrid mouse DNA within me, I'd find that cheese in nothing flat!
Not everyone needs a blazing fast machine when most home consumers just use the web, email and a word processor. I have a Pentium 233 that still performs these basic tasks quite adequately. For $200, that's not a bad deal.
There's still time- it's only 2:30PM- get your windbreaker and sweatpants and climb Mt. Rainier to get above the clouds!
Re:The Transformed Man wasn't supposed to be "musi
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Wow- this is great! There are so many knowledgable Trek fans who know most of the answers from personal anecdotes that Shatner has talked about or that they witnessed at conventions that I won't even bother to wait for his replies!
Staph aureus can live innocuously in the nose of a healthy person. About 5 to 10 percent of Michiganders have it and don't know it, said William Brown, a Wayne State University pathology professor.
The anti-union attitudes of/. editors... ...The US has gone from a "right to work" country to a "right to get fired" country
The definition of a "right to work" state is one where a person can't be compelled to become a union member or similar group to get or keep a job. IOW, unions are usually not very welcome.
eBay is incabable of making a "simple mistake". Have you actually tried to sell anything on eBay? Do you even understand the problem? Due to the volume of sellers, the customer service is atrocious. Almost all queries are answered by auto-bots and when you actually get a human to answer you (always at a generic 'service@' or 'support@' type address) they completely ignore the things you are trying to make them aware of, they cut and paste responses, and they never answer you again- you end up in a maddeningly circular argument. And he did say he was the copyright holder- in all his correspondence.
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And incoming email is so much easier to ignore than a letter or call from a customer.
Just as an aside, I think Whitehead was German- just an emigre to the US. He anglicised his name from Weiskopf.
Yep- same here, that process was hilarious. I got the Prodigy acct last spring on a $9.95 deal and then a month or 2 later the SBC/Ya-Poo snail mail spam started. I ignored the mess and finally opened one of the missives. I never even logged into my prodigy email account until then and when I did it was nothing but crap about how GREAT the New Internet was going to be with SBC/Ya-Poo. I actually did install what I thought was one piece of the s/w on my windows system (the Y! messenger) and instead it loaded some lame browser and hijacked a bunch of settings. I then realized that eventually I would not be able to dial into the account on my Linux systems much longer so I cancelled too. I told the guy that 'The Internet I was using was just fine, thank you very much, I don't need marketing drones at SBC deciding what I needed to see.
Also about SBC, it looks like they are finalizing the take over of PacBell's identity. PacBell Park in SF will change to SBC Park and they are running these ads on TV about how you can trust SBC when the chips are down because they are the ones that actually repair the lines when they go down in a storm. Oh, and don't bother switching to the other phone companies for service, since they do not. Bastards.
Ha! It's says 'Informative' right now! WTF indeed! :-)
Here is a distributor of said product
Actually, if you are handy with Google, you can email one of the camp counsellors yourself and ask- they are findable via Google- I just tried it. And notice 2 separate articles were cited- one before and one after the incident ( and after reading that article I remembered it as well). If you google the article content elsewhere, you can easily find out that it wasn't made up.
But I think you missed the point of the example. You don't need to go into any detail about Ring around the Rosie- most of us know the story- but some don't. And perhaps some that did may not understand copyright law and public domain, etc. The point was that directors were vetoing songs because ASCAP muddied the issue up so much, and put such doubt into what could and could not be sung. I mean, think about it- you would think that 'Happy Birthday' would be public domain, but it isn't.
Wow- I was moderating but my jaw dropped when I read this and had to post:
c ommunications/ASCAP.html
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/
"They buy paper, twine and glue for their crafts - they can pay for the music, too," says John Lo Frumento, ASCAP's chief operating officer. If offenders keep singing without paying, he says, we will sue them if necessary."
Actually, you can find a lot more reviews than that all linked on RottenTomatoes.com, most actually written by movie critics! ;-)
Curious- if you are posting as an a/c, why does it matter that you don't name the school?
There's this labyrinth near where I live and I keep getting lost: my friends laugh and think I am dull as a post! If I was only lucky enough to have some hybrid mouse DNA within me, I'd find that cheese in nothing flat!
No more free 'People' or 'Entertainment Weekly' online? Heavens- my life will be incomplete!!
Note to self: Self, check the closing italic tag before submitting.
They could then go to userX and asked him/her how the music ended up on thousands of pirated CD's.
Your honor, someone stole my entire collection of burned music outta my car!
My style used to be to rely upon my wife for tracking every bit of important info. Phone numbers, dates, to do lists, she had it all up in her head.
Y'know, I went down to my local Fry's to see if they had any wives for sale by the PDAs but I was out of luck.
It's been slashdotted and my browser just shows white space!
Exactly.
Not everyone needs a blazing fast machine when most home consumers just use the web, email and a word processor. I have a Pentium 233 that still performs these basic tasks quite adequately. For $200, that's not a bad deal.
There's still time- it's only 2:30PM- get your windbreaker and sweatpants and climb Mt. Rainier to get above the clouds!
Wow- this is great! There are so many knowledgable Trek fans who know most of the answers from personal anecdotes that Shatner has talked about or that they witnessed at conventions that I won't even bother to wait for his replies!
AdultDex is able to 'stay up', who cares?
Yes, and I heard that farmers whose livestock doubled as sex partners had lower incidence of... oh nevermind.
Don't let Malda sneeze near you:
Staph aureus can live innocuously in the nose of a healthy person. About 5 to 10 percent of Michiganders have it and don't know it, said William Brown, a Wayne State University pathology professor.
Hmm, well, meanwhile at LinuxToday... http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-11 -11-013-26-NW-DT-SW-0001
The anti-union attitudes of /. editors...
...The US has gone from a "right to work" country to a "right to get fired" country
The definition of a "right to work" state is one where a person can't be compelled to become a union member or similar group to get or keep a job. IOW, unions are usually not very welcome.
Get a clue. A Flash-only front entrance is not "solid site design".
eBay is incabable of making a "simple mistake". Have you actually tried to sell anything on eBay? Do you even understand the problem? Due to the volume of sellers, the customer service is atrocious. Almost all queries are answered by auto-bots and when you actually get a human to answer you (always at a generic 'service@' or 'support@' type address) they completely ignore the things you are trying to make them aware of, they cut and paste responses, and they never answer you again- you end up in a maddeningly circular argument. And he did say he was the copyright holder- in all his correspondence.