Actually I agree with almost everything you are saying. I guess someone should do some kind of write-up to really see if when you buy a DVD you are either A) buying the DVD itself as a product which happens to have a movie on it or B) Buying the product itself as well as a license to play the movie on said product or C) Really just buying a license to watch the movie on the DVD.
You are buying a piece of plastic which embodies a copy of the movie. Under US copyright law a copy is a physical object. You don't need a license to play a DVD: the right to make whatever transient copies are required to play it is implicit in the sale. The so-called "license" is a sales contract in which you give up some of the rights you would have in its absence.
> It is much much cheaper in Russia, as it is basically produced as a side effect of > steel production there due to the different ores available.
The cost of the ore is a minor part of the cost of production of titanium metal.
> Most significant titanium users source their titanium from Russia, and there is little > interest in other sources as Russia just has the right ores anyway.
> Ti is an American strategic resource, none of which is found in the U.S.
Titanium is the 9th most common element in the Earth's crust and is found everywhere, including the US. While the US presently imports titanium (from Canada and Australia, for example) domestic production could easily be increased.
> Liberals will argue to their death beds that news isn't liberal but you just don't see > it unless you aren't liberal.
Liberals will argue that liberal news is not liberal and conservatives will argue that conservative news is not conservative. Both are wrong. Meanwhile, both miss the fact that both liberal and conservative news often just get the facts wrong.
> If 50% of what you hear doesn't fit into "I don't care" or "that pisses me off", you're > watching a news channel biased to your own opinions. When was the last time your > non-Fox news channel pissed you off?
Well, I don't watch Fox or any other television, but more than 50% of all the news I listen to and read pisses me off. There are no "news channels" biased to my opinions.
> You're gonna make go to the basement yet and use something besides the > 100-year-old (?? when was the telephone invented?) screw terminals for > the incoming DSL line !
We aren't dealing with UHF here. At the highest frequencies present in the DSL signal the wavelength is in the tens of meters. The impedence bump produced by the screw terminals is insignificant.
Which fall off your skin and float away in the air all the time. It will soon be possible for them to get a DNA sample from the soda can you just emptied, or the doorknob you just gripped, or clothing you've worn, or even by walking past you on the street and sucking up some cells with a special vacuum.
> Anyone attempting to force a DNA sample out of me will be dealt with in > the same manner I would deal with an attempted sexual assault.
After you get out of the hospital you will be tried for resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
Depends on the jurisdiction. Some places you own the drop and some you don't. I don't: CenturyTel owns the buried cable that runs across my front paddock as well as the demarcation box.
It the good old days, of course, Mother Bell owned everything including the phones (if you were on the Bell System: some independents let you own your stuff).
> Oh, and you don't live in ISP land. You live in form-your-own-co-op-land. > If you need the connection, you either have to move, or sell the idea to > all of your neighbors.
Actually, I live in CenturyTel land and get pretty good service.
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In other words, "No one ever got fired for buying Cisco."
If he files counterclaims the MPAA cannot stop the matter from going to trial.
You are buying a piece of plastic which embodies a copy of the movie. Under US copyright law a copy is a physical object. You don't need a license to play a DVD: the right to make whatever transient copies are required to play it is implicit in the sale. The so-called "license" is a sales contract in which you give up some of the rights you would have in its absence.
> Guilty until proven innocent, eh?
In criminal court. In civil court there is no "guilt" or "innocence" and the decisions are based on preponderance of evidence.
> ...ruling swill...
That's a mighty fine typo.
> They'll probably drop it quietly after everyone has forgotten about it.
They can't drop his counterclaims.
> Domesticated crops can't even handle your average weed all that well.
Actually, most commercial crops are highly competitive.
> They aren't part of any natural ecosystem...
Natural, smatural. We and they are part of the same ecosystem.
> some can't even breed without human help.
Many plants can't breed without the help of some animal. For crop plants, that animal happens to be us. The strategy has been very successful.
> It is much much cheaper in Russia, as it is basically produced as a side effect of
> steel production there due to the different ores available.
The cost of the ore is a minor part of the cost of production of titanium metal.
> Most significant titanium users source their titanium from Russia, and there is little
> interest in other sources as Russia just has the right ores anyway.
More likely it's th lack of pollution controls.
> Didn't the parent just say there's a coating on the cans? Aluminum is far more reactive
> than steel. The switch was probably for economic reasons.
Steel cans were lined with tin.
> Ti is an American strategic resource, none of which is found in the U.S.
Titanium is the 9th most common element in the Earth's crust and is found everywhere, including the US. While the US presently imports titanium (from Canada and Australia, for example) domestic production could easily be increased.
> How many others could be out there that we can't see?
Interesting question. Perhaps enough to account for the missing mass?
> Liberals will argue to their death beds that news isn't liberal but you just don't see
> it unless you aren't liberal.
Liberals will argue that liberal news is not liberal and conservatives will argue that conservative news is not conservative. Both are wrong. Meanwhile, both miss the fact that both liberal and conservative news often just get the facts wrong.
> If 50% of what you hear doesn't fit into "I don't care" or "that pisses me off", you're
> watching a news channel biased to your own opinions. When was the last time your
> non-Fox news channel pissed you off?
Well, I don't watch Fox or any other television, but more than 50% of all the news I listen to and read pisses me off. There are no "news channels" biased to my opinions.
If you could get the wings to fold you could fire him from a gun...
> Given sufficient thrust, even a brick can fly.
Given the right control law, even a brick can glide. Consider the Space Shuttle.
> Where could you possibly put 200 lbs of actual military equipment on that setup?
You give your extra equipment its own set of wings with UAV electronics and let it follow you.
> And parachutes have almost nil radar signature.
But they leave you hanging up there all night instead of gliding to your target at aircraft speeds.
> Women did have jobs, at least till they got married.
...but skirt hems did reach at least the bottom of the knee...
More shocking that women working would be women in positions of authority.
> I don't know what a "chippie" is...
A whore.
>
More shocking would be women in trousers.
> I'm still a little shocked today. Actually, grossed out.
Then you don't want to read about the equally stupid things people did to themselves in past ages.
> I doubt most Americans know, much less care, that they have a team in the World Cup or
> even what the World Cup is.
Some of us do know but still don't care. One pro sport is just as boring and pointless as another.
PDF is an ISO standard. However, Adobe claims to hold copyrights on some of the "data structures" and also may have applicable patents.
> You're gonna make go to the basement yet and use something besides the
> 100-year-old (?? when was the telephone invented?) screw terminals for
> the incoming DSL line !
We aren't dealing with UHF here. At the highest frequencies present in the DSL signal the wavelength is in the tens of meters. The impedence bump produced by the screw terminals is insignificant.
> ..when you pry it from my cold dead cells.
Which fall off your skin and float away in the air all the time. It will soon be possible for them to get a DNA sample from the soda can you just emptied, or the doorknob you just gripped, or clothing you've worn, or even by walking past you on the street and sucking up some cells with a special vacuum.
> Anyone attempting to force a DNA sample out of me will be dealt with in
> the same manner I would deal with an attempted sexual assault.
After you get out of the hospital you will be tried for resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
Depends on the jurisdiction. Some places you own the drop and some you don't. I don't: CenturyTel owns the buried cable that runs across my front paddock as well as the demarcation box.
It the good old days, of course, Mother Bell owned everything including the phones (if you were on the Bell System: some independents let you own your stuff).
That settles it, then. If the government says so it must be true.
I'm sure that it won't be long before someone releases a convenience package that will disable all the security stuff.
> Oh, and you don't live in ISP land. You live in form-your-own-co-op-land.
> If you need the connection, you either have to move, or sell the idea to
> all of your neighbors.
Actually, I live in CenturyTel land and get pretty good service.
Well, I tried to connect to testmy.net, but it appears to be slashdotted.