I was considering XMRadio, but I got the Aiwa MP3 unit instead. Only because of the programming. There was only one real indie station on either network. Take a look at the programming pages on their sites. If they seem worth it, subscribe. If not, then don't.
Your biggest expense is going to be training, but your company will probably choose to take it out of your clients' and employees' pockets by doing it "on-the-job". Next up would be licensing fees.
Unless Vendor B is offering a competitive upgrade from Vendor A's software, it would be much cheaper to negotiate an additional Server and Client license pack from your existing vendor than to enter into a new business relationship with some new vendor. Unless, of course, the new "vendor" is (sigh) Linux.
music from Chemical Brothers and Radiohead is put out by Independent Freedom Loving Hippies. When, in fact, there's no difference.
Real anti-media geeks know there's no difference. You must be thinking of Sparta, Pushbutton Objects, or Cornelius, sucka. Radiohead is corporate, and so are the Chemical Brothers. Not that I dislike their music, but comparing them to Brittney Spears or Mariah is like comparing apples to apples.
Well thank god you're here to show the un-enlightened sheep the way.
Yeah, actually, thank God people like him are here. Typical reaction to someone with taste and a voice. Call us "music Nazis", but we hate boring music.
You know what else? It's because of those sheep that I can't turn on my radio in Dallas without grinding my teeth to stumps. I sure wish someone would show them the way, and maybe it'll be this guy. What's it to you?
That's good for an easy -5. Nice job, I can respect a rebel like that. The more posts replying to yours, the more mod points wasted in order to supress it. AND at +1! Hooray!
Could someone please explain the problem with biometrics for ID? I mean, I get the creeps when I think about companies storing biometric data, but I'm not sure why. Why should I be scared? This is a legitimate question. Please outline a scenario for misuse, or the downsides to using biometrics for identification.
Something like 90% of companies in the US, wherever they do business, are incorporated in Delaware
I worked for a company that was based in New Jersey and incorporated in Delaware. So what? It was a sentence, a single sentence. "Home state" as opposed to "state in which you are incorporated or do business... etc, etc". The point was mostly the same. Nearly every word of every post could be argued the same way.
And, yes, "pfft. Lawyers", because, like a lawyer, you felt the need to argue a stupid point that no one but yourself still cared about. And when I said, "pfft. Lawyers", you even felt the need to respond to that. It'll probably kill you not to get the last word. That's assuming you don't reply of course. If you do, you're welcome to the last word. I'll just delete the message.
If this guy takes your advice, he's ill-advised, much less mine. I won't feel the least bit responsible if he gets his ass sued off because he took my comments word-for-word. Of course, it'll be a lawyer doing the suing either way, so who cares?
Can you contact the companies currently under attack? If you all banded to gether to create some sort of defense fund, you could head them off at the pass. The Courts don't take well to a plaintiff that brings the same frivilous lawsuit back to trial after they've had it thrown out of court once already. It might be expensive, but not $300,000 expensive (10 companies X $30,000 settlement).
What state are you in? is it the same as PanIP? They have to sue you in your home state, remember. At the very least, make the proceedings as expensive for them as possible.
Most importantly, do not settle. You will end up validating a thouroughly disgusting business plan.
As a coder and not an admin, I can't agree completely that P2P programs have absolutely no educational value.
In addition, isn't bandwidth wasted if it's not completely used? A good idea would be to find an acceptable bandwidth limit per workstation (total, and throttle each machine to that limit. That way, it doesn't matter what they're doing, they won't be hurting anyone else.
Although the complaints about viruses seem legitimate, I've never gotten one from an mp3.
The possibility of legal exposure isn't your concern. You're a network admin, not a lawyer.
The intent of having lawyers is so that a court cannot throw some legal jargon at the accused and confuse them into confessing/giving up/pleading guilty.
Who do you think represents "a court"? That's right, another lawyer. Saying lawyers benefit us is like saying a lamprey benefits a shark.
Rock on with your cock on, motherfucker! Great letter. I hope someone reads it and gets mad. I live in Dallas, and will never again buy that shitty paper. Not that I need your permission, but I hope it's OK to foward your letter to my fellow Dallas-ites.
My only thought at this point is, who should set the rules on what is acceptable and unacceptable for a developing child to see?
Parents. Of course, they can't do that if they're being undermined by greedy retailers. If, as a parent, I want my child to play GTA, I can go to the store with them to buy it. No one is keeping kids from playing games, just from buying them.
Movies etc just have self imposed rating unless you are talking about porn.
WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LYRICS is not on records by choice. Of course, stores can make their own policies about selling them. Movie theaters, however, have no choice. It's the law that they not allow children under 17 into an R-rated movie without a guardian, hence the phrase "Children under 17 not permitted without parent or guardian" on movie trailers, which are theater-independent.
How is this any different than restricting access to other forms of entertainment based on age?
Movies, music, magazines, etc. have been suffering the same way for years. This is not a troll: I am all for age-restriction of content. If I want my kids to see something, they'll see it, because I'll buy it and give it to them. Otherwise, I prefer that inappropriate speech be a little harder for them to access.
It would be abuse of process, malicious prosecution, and defamation.
Uh, excuse me? They had a man fucking arrested for showing a receipt to a clerk. Ever been arrested before? It sucks, even if you actually did something to deserve it. When you're falsely arrested, it's humiliating and infuriating. I think they should sue the police for arresting a citizen with no evidence or warrant while they're at it.
Also, there's no such thing as "malicious prosecution" in a civil case. And, by "abuse of process" do you mean barratry? IANAL, but I sure hope you aren't either.
Fucking-ay right! I am so sick of legal vultures taking their 20% off the top of the American economy. It seems like oversimplfication, but if people would just do the right thing, we wouldn't need to hire a lawyer to sue the lawyers that write bullshit like that.
Please mod parent up.
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They can afford some bad press for nearly half a million dollars.
Not quite. According to their financials, they're a US$5BIL company. Half a million, that they probably spend on their company Christmas party. On the other hand, how many/. readers have seen this site? How many others? Half a million, maybe? I'm sure Best Buy is willing to pay a dollar per to make us like them again. Unfortunately, they won't get that chance. Lesson: don't piss off your customers just because you made a mistake.
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I was considering XMRadio, but I got the Aiwa MP3 unit instead. Only because of the programming. There was only one real indie station on either network. Take a look at the programming pages on their sites. If they seem worth it, subscribe. If not, then don't.
Your biggest expense is going to be training, but your company will probably choose to take it out of your clients' and employees' pockets by doing it "on-the-job". Next up would be licensing fees.
Unless Vendor B is offering a competitive upgrade from Vendor A's software, it would be much cheaper to negotiate an additional Server and Client license pack from your existing vendor than to enter into a new business relationship with some new vendor. Unless, of course, the new "vendor" is (sigh) Linux.
What I meant was, that goes without saying.
music from Chemical Brothers and Radiohead is put out by Independent Freedom Loving Hippies. When, in fact, there's no difference.
Real anti-media geeks know there's no difference. You must be thinking of Sparta, Pushbutton Objects, or Cornelius, sucka. Radiohead is corporate, and so are the Chemical Brothers. Not that I dislike their music, but comparing them to Brittney Spears or Mariah is like comparing apples to apples.
Well thank god you're here to show the un-enlightened sheep the way.
Yeah, actually, thank God people like him are here. Typical reaction to someone with taste and a voice. Call us "music Nazis", but we hate boring music.
You know what else? It's because of those sheep that I can't turn on my radio in Dallas without grinding my teeth to stumps. I sure wish someone would show them the way, and maybe it'll be this guy. What's it to you?
This troll makes a very good point.
Finish what?
True, there's another post from some woman that got modded down to -1 FOR NO APPARENT REASON. Weird.
Sorry, loser, the parent post is still at 1.
That's good for an easy -5. Nice job, I can respect a rebel like that. The more posts replying to yours, the more mod points wasted in order to supress it. AND at +1! Hooray!
Could someone please explain the problem with biometrics for ID? I mean, I get the creeps when I think about companies storing biometric data, but I'm not sure why. Why should I be scared? This is a legitimate question. Please outline a scenario for misuse, or the downsides to using biometrics for identification.
Thanks.
Something like 90% of companies in the US, wherever they do business, are incorporated in Delaware
I worked for a company that was based in New Jersey and incorporated in Delaware. So what? It was a sentence, a single sentence. "Home state" as opposed to "state in which you are incorporated or do business... etc, etc". The point was mostly the same. Nearly every word of every post could be argued the same way.
And, yes, "pfft. Lawyers", because, like a lawyer, you felt the need to argue a stupid point that no one but yourself still cared about. And when I said, "pfft. Lawyers", you even felt the need to respond to that. It'll probably kill you not to get the last word. That's assuming you don't reply of course. If you do, you're welcome to the last word. I'll just delete the message.
If this guy takes your advice, he's ill-advised, much less mine. I won't feel the least bit responsible if he gets his ass sued off because he took my comments word-for-word. Of course, it'll be a lawyer doing the suing either way, so who cares?
This is completely incorrect. They can sue him in any state in which he his company does business, has shareholders, or is incorporated.
So, only in states where his company does business or is incorporated? Wow, you were right, I was COMPLETELY INCORRECT. Boy, do I feel stupid.
Pfft. Lawyers.
Can you contact the companies currently under attack? If you all banded to gether to create some sort of defense fund, you could head them off at the pass. The Courts don't take well to a plaintiff that brings the same frivilous lawsuit back to trial after they've had it thrown out of court once already. It might be expensive, but not $300,000 expensive (10 companies X $30,000 settlement).
What state are you in? is it the same as PanIP? They have to sue you in your home state, remember. At the very least, make the proceedings as expensive for them as possible.
Most importantly, do not settle. You will end up validating a thouroughly disgusting business plan.
As a coder and not an admin, I can't agree completely that P2P programs have absolutely no educational value.
In addition, isn't bandwidth wasted if it's not completely used? A good idea would be to find an acceptable bandwidth limit per workstation (total, and throttle each machine to that limit. That way, it doesn't matter what they're doing, they won't be hurting anyone else.
Although the complaints about viruses seem legitimate, I've never gotten one from an mp3.
The possibility of legal exposure isn't your concern. You're a network admin, not a lawyer.
The intent of having lawyers is so that a court cannot throw some legal jargon at the accused and confuse them into confessing/giving up/pleading guilty.
Who do you think represents "a court"? That's right, another lawyer. Saying lawyers benefit us is like saying a lamprey benefits a shark.
Rock on with your cock on, motherfucker! Great letter. I hope someone reads it and gets mad. I live in Dallas, and will never again buy that shitty paper. Not that I need your permission, but I hope it's OK to foward your letter to my fellow Dallas-ites.
Note the use of the words "gay", "out", and "black". Not exactly PC.
My only thought at this point is, who should set the rules on what is acceptable and unacceptable for a developing child to see?
Parents. Of course, they can't do that if they're being undermined by greedy retailers. If, as a parent, I want my child to play GTA, I can go to the store with them to buy it. No one is keeping kids from playing games, just from buying them.
Movies etc just have self imposed rating unless you are talking about porn.
WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LYRICS is not on records by choice. Of course, stores can make their own policies about selling them. Movie theaters, however, have no choice. It's the law that they not allow children under 17 into an R-rated movie without a guardian, hence the phrase "Children under 17 not permitted without parent or guardian" on movie trailers, which are theater-independent.
How is this any different than restricting access to other forms of entertainment based on age?
Movies, music, magazines, etc. have been suffering the same way for years. This is not a troll: I am all for age-restriction of content. If I want my kids to see something, they'll see it, because I'll buy it and give it to them. Otherwise, I prefer that inappropriate speech be a little harder for them to access.
It would be abuse of process, malicious prosecution, and defamation.
Uh, excuse me? They had a man fucking arrested for showing a receipt to a clerk. Ever been arrested before? It sucks, even if you actually did something to deserve it. When you're falsely arrested, it's humiliating and infuriating. I think they should sue the police for arresting a citizen with no evidence or warrant while they're at it.
Also, there's no such thing as "malicious prosecution" in a civil case. And, by "abuse of process" do you mean barratry? IANAL, but I sure hope you aren't either.
Fucking-ay right! I am so sick of legal vultures taking their 20% off the top of the American economy. It seems like oversimplfication, but if people would just do the right thing, we wouldn't need to hire a lawyer to sue the lawyers that write bullshit like that.
Please mod parent up.
They can afford some bad press for nearly half a million dollars.
/. readers have seen this site? How many others? Half a million, maybe? I'm sure Best Buy is willing to pay a dollar per to make us like them again. Unfortunately, they won't get that chance. Lesson: don't piss off your customers just because you made a mistake.
Not quite. According to their financials, they're a US$5BIL company. Half a million, that they probably spend on their company Christmas party. On the other hand, how many
Plano eyeglasses (for use if you do not wear eyeglasses),
Now that's knowing your audience.
HAHA, thats hella funny computer haha.
Oddly enough, my post was not modded +1 Funny, but -1 Flamebait instead. I say to moderators who don't like profanity:
Fuck you! I have so many fucking Karma points I don't give a fuck what you do to this post, fuckface!
also: cock.