Programming is a great discipline. It's not my main gig anymore, but I still write widgets and utilities to help with the various other crap I do. Good for CodeAcademy (or whatever the hell it's called). Javascript is as good a place to start as any.
Read the news much? Local businesses all around OWS have suffered greatly, because regular customers (y'know, the ones with money) don't want to come down and hang out cheek-by-jowl with the protesters. And crime ranging from petty theft, to vandalism, to sexual assault and more, have been increasing steadily over the past few weeks.
It may very well be that a higher court will proffer a broader interpretation of "Fair Use" than what is given in United Sates Code. But as for the specifics at hand, with respect to the law, I'd say the right decision was made.
Sure, I remember all that stuff too, but what I really had in mind was a very well-mastered Steely Dan LP (i.e. Pretzel Logic), playing through a McIntosh tube amp into speakers about as big as a refrigerator. (no snaps, crackles or pops)
But yes, I do remember well: using Red Ryder terminal software on my Mac Plus, 1985, to connect to CompuServe. Would work great until someone picked up an extension line, then...
^&($*$%& NO CARRIER
Eventually they had a graphical front-end, which was faster, but not as pretty as their arch-rival, America Online.
...over the years, thousands upon thousands of dollars for CDs, LPs, cassettes and even 8-tracks, for God's sake (yes, I'm old). My feeling is (as someone else expressed above) if I bought it once, I can download it as often as I like. I have no idea how close or far away that is from "the law" or fair use, etc. But I really don't care.
In fact, for most of my older favorites over the years I've bought both the LP and CD versions. In which case I really, really don't lose any sleep over downloading a clandestine MP3, FLC, SHN or WAV version of the same.
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"... in some cases, coordinate the actual upload and download of that content"
You bastards!
... outsource the hosting.
Sell, absolutely. Then take the money and build something even bigger.
Getting rid of Ballmer could be nothing but an improvement to MS.
"Can anything stop the all conquering iPad?"
The question should be, can anything stop the self-inflicted implosion of RIM, and the answer is no.
Heh... well, yeah. My only point was how bizarre a concept it seems to *buy* a FB app. I've never seen a single one that I'd pay a nickel for.
... we hate facebook apps!
Good for Apple.
I've been thoroughly enjoying it.
... but I would say lack of money, i.e. no commercial potential. Lots of endeavors are difficult, but if they pay off, great. If not, not so great.
Programming is a great discipline. It's not my main gig anymore, but I still write widgets and utilities to help with the various other crap I do. Good for CodeAcademy (or whatever the hell it's called). Javascript is as good a place to start as any.
Google.
Read the news much? Local businesses all around OWS have suffered greatly, because regular customers (y'know, the ones with money) don't want to come down and hang out cheek-by-jowl with the protesters. And crime ranging from petty theft, to vandalism, to sexual assault and more, have been increasing steadily over the past few weeks.
MS Word will still take 20 seconds to launch.
Interesting that /. has categorized this article as "Politics" instead of "Science."
Not that I'm complaining, necessarily.
but the text on /. keeps getting smaller.
Actually it looks pretty good. Nice and clean. And I can always hit Command + to make it bigger.
It may very well be that a higher court will proffer a broader interpretation of "Fair Use" than what is given in United Sates Code. But as for the specifics at hand, with respect to the law, I'd say the right decision was made.
re: "Google Patents can't seem to find the new Google patent for Google Patents."
If it did, the gates of hell would be flung open and chaos would reign.
Sure, I remember all that stuff too, but what I really had in mind was a very well-mastered Steely Dan LP (i.e. Pretzel Logic), playing through a McIntosh tube amp into speakers about as big as a refrigerator. (no snaps, crackles or pops)
Well I sure-as-hell can tell the difference, but I'm almost 50, so I remember what real high fidelity is supposed to sound like.
"long load that eventually led them to the creation of Guitar Hero and Rock Band."
Heh. At first I thought that said "bong load."
... can I then sue him for illegally possessing my sensitive data?
But yes, I do remember well: using Red Ryder terminal software on my Mac Plus, 1985, to connect to CompuServe. Would work great until someone picked up an extension line, then...
^&($*$%&
NO CARRIER
Eventually they had a graphical front-end, which was faster, but not as pretty as their arch-rival, America Online.
Ahh, such simpler times...
...over the years, thousands upon thousands of dollars for CDs, LPs, cassettes and even 8-tracks, for God's sake (yes, I'm old). My feeling is (as someone else expressed above) if I bought it once, I can download it as often as I like. I have no idea how close or far away that is from "the law" or fair use, etc. But I really don't care.
In fact, for most of my older favorites over the years I've bought both the LP and CD versions. In which case I really, really don't lose any sleep over downloading a clandestine MP3, FLC, SHN or WAV version of the same.
RIAA? Come and get me, f*ckers.
You think respectable companies are just trying to steal your money?
Absolutely.