"That's very true. ASCAP (and the RIAA, and all other such abominations) feel that they are entitled to a piece of every sale or performance of every copyrighted work."
Yes, exactly, and per the application, it also includes helper, gofer, and all around dogsbody -- pretty much anything that requires a warm body. I can see this as very useful for short-term employment for specialties of every sort, sometimes building to long-term employment. Frex, one "friend" could be the shopper for a dozen housebound people, make some money at it, and make the housebounds' lives easier (and more interesting, as they could see new faces whenever they wished).
I use a quote when it says something that can't be improved upon, or touches the argument at the right angle. This is such a case. We're trying to impose democracy from without in Iraq, and can you really argue this has improved their lot in life??
Of course. But if it's a Dire Freakin' Emergency and a critical system could become majorly compromised -- there's always the network cable on the individual machine or local network. No need to screw up the whole rest of the country to protect one aspect of the gov't.
That's true, and contrary to your sig, it's the New Left fascists who are doing the most damage, in the name of "liberalism". Here in California you almost can't breathe without their permission, nor without paying for the air. What they can't control with legislation, they control with regulation. They wouldn't restrict internet use for those affected by cybercrime; instead they'd take your kids and call you an unfit parent for exposing your children to such smut.
I'm thinking it wouldn't need to be a dam. More like a series of barges with turbines. Not nearly as massive an effect, but a lot easier, probably safer, and minimal enviro impact.
Agreed. Given that -- and the huge can of worms inherent in "which OS? which AV??" -- the only practical solution is for each internet connection to go through a security appliance supplied by the ISP, to which you can connect whatever you wish.
Oh wait, we already have those... I think they're called "routers" by the rest of the world. But if this happens -- I think it's reasonable to assume that it will actually be a Big Brother device, capable of snooping on and reporting everything you do online directly to the authorities, just in case you MIGHT be a pirate or MIGHT indulge in an unacceptable type of pr0n, etc, etc. Not to mention if you might intend to vote for someone who opposes this nonsense.
Not only that, but the notion that human poop "just sits there" is terminally ignorant. What do these scientists {??!) think happens when you take a dump, instant fossilization??
For those equally baffled by the process: It goes into a sewage or septic system, is degraded down to its compontent organics (just like any other critter's poop) and from there eventually back into the environment (again, just like any other critter's poop), whether that's via wastewater discharge into a body of water (exactly what whales do), or recycling into fertilizer (as with deer poop), or leeching into the soil (as with earthworm poop), or whatever other modern methods there are that I haven't paid any attention to. But it doesn't just 'sit there'. If it did, we'd be long since buried in it.
[thinking] Oh, I see the problem. These scientists are hip-deep in bullshit, and can't see the difference.
Interestingly, these notions about "self esteem" had never been studied; they'd just been *assumed*, based on the notion that everyone likes to feel good about themselves. Recently some psych researchers took a notion to rectify this sad lack of actual documentation, and...
Contrary to common assumption, they discovered that the highest self-esteem was found in career criminals, who essentially believe they are better than everyone else, and therefore they believe they can do no wrong. (IOW, people who make a career of attacking other social groups, namely those who work for a living or are otherwise "beneath" them.)
I've concocted antennas myself -- one involved some telephone cable, a lot of barbed wire, and the metal roof of a building. Ugly as hell but it could pull in a watchable VHF signal from a rather wimpy repeater 60 miles of mountains away, and a marginal signal from 90 miles off. When I got a big (18 feet long) regular VHF antenna and rigged it to be aimable and 20 feet off the ground, the previous channels improved, another from 130 miles off became good, and I also got a weak one from 180 miles away. I also tried a booster box but it made the TV crazy (and it acted up for some time after I ditched the booster).
I seem to recall lawsuits about this, and that some companies are exempt, tho I don't recall any details. I do know people who've specifically demanded to know about local-only options, and have been told they don't exist.
East of the Rockies, there are vast swaths of America where "local channels" means one or two broadcasters, period. I'm wondering what the local-only "basic cable" means there...
Or discover, now that you're no longer immersed in it to reinforce the habit, that the truth is none of 'em are yammering about anything you really want to hear, let alone talk about.
Rural areas, especially in farm states, pretty uniformly do not have cable TV access. Hell, I'm in Los Angeles County, and the nearest cable is 15 miles away. Also, a lot of areas don't offer basic cable at all -- you start with the $40 package or do without.:(
Being mounted on the pole shed implies it's already one of the big fringe-area antennas that need serious mounts, not just a stick mast. BTW have you priced these lately? I did a while back. They start at around $200.
By the time you're where you need such an antenna for analog, the signal is already too weak for digital.
Reduced my choices from poor-and-staticky to absolutely zero. I now do other things and can't tell you if my TV even works, tho it's buried back there somewhere.
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"That's very true. ASCAP (and the RIAA, and all other such abominations) feel that they are entitled to a piece of every sale or performance of every copyrighted work."
How is this not a protection racket??
Yes, exactly, and per the application, it also includes helper, gofer, and all around dogsbody -- pretty much anything that requires a warm body. I can see this as very useful for short-term employment for specialties of every sort, sometimes building to long-term employment. Frex, one "friend" could be the shopper for a dozen housebound people, make some money at it, and make the housebounds' lives easier (and more interesting, as they could see new faces whenever they wished).
I use a quote when it says something that can't be improved upon, or touches the argument at the right angle. This is such a case. We're trying to impose democracy from without in Iraq, and can you really argue this has improved their lot in life??
They have actually achieved some seats? Tell me more, I haven't heard. I live in a cave. ;)
"Democracy imposed from without is the severest form of tyranny."
-- Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Not quite true, but they DID both have and assassinate the only sane leader in the entire middle east... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_El_Sadat
What, like the current generation??
Now get off my lawn!!
Of course. But if it's a Dire Freakin' Emergency and a critical system could become majorly compromised -- there's always the network cable on the individual machine or local network. No need to screw up the whole rest of the country to protect one aspect of the gov't.
Seems to me they already have that protection against outside threats... it's called unplugging the network cable.
That's true, and contrary to your sig, it's the New Left fascists who are doing the most damage, in the name of "liberalism". Here in California you almost can't breathe without their permission, nor without paying for the air. What they can't control with legislation, they control with regulation. They wouldn't restrict internet use for those affected by cybercrime; instead they'd take your kids and call you an unfit parent for exposing your children to such smut.
I'm thinking it wouldn't need to be a dam. More like a series of barges with turbines. Not nearly as massive an effect, but a lot easier, probably safer, and minimal enviro impact.
A great deal of the Sahara is naked rocks. No sand to blow around; it's already blown elsewhere.
The trouble is there's no good way to get TO most of those naked rocks. It's very rugged country.
Agreed. Given that -- and the huge can of worms inherent in "which OS? which AV??" -- the only practical solution is for each internet connection to go through a security appliance supplied by the ISP, to which you can connect whatever you wish.
Oh wait, we already have those... I think they're called "routers" by the rest of the world. But if this happens -- I think it's reasonable to assume that it will actually be a Big Brother device, capable of snooping on and reporting everything you do online directly to the authorities, just in case you MIGHT be a pirate or MIGHT indulge in an unacceptable type of pr0n, etc, etc. Not to mention if you might intend to vote for someone who opposes this nonsense.
I'm wondering which antivirus vendors' lobbyists are pushing for this.
Follow the money...
Not only that, but the notion that human poop "just sits there" is terminally ignorant. What do these scientists {??!) think happens when you take a dump, instant fossilization??
For those equally baffled by the process: It goes into a sewage or septic system, is degraded down to its compontent organics (just like any other critter's poop) and from there eventually back into the environment (again, just like any other critter's poop), whether that's via wastewater discharge into a body of water (exactly what whales do), or recycling into fertilizer (as with deer poop), or leeching into the soil (as with earthworm poop), or whatever other modern methods there are that I haven't paid any attention to.
But it doesn't just 'sit there'. If it did, we'd be long since buried in it.
[thinking] Oh, I see the problem. These scientists are hip-deep in bullshit, and can't see the difference.
Well, it may be that unlimited self-esteem is a facet of that particular sociopathy :)
I heard about the study from a friend's wife who is shrink, but keep forgetting to ask for details.
Interestingly, these notions about "self esteem" had never been studied; they'd just been *assumed*, based on the notion that everyone likes to feel good about themselves. Recently some psych researchers took a notion to rectify this sad lack of actual documentation, and...
Contrary to common assumption, they discovered that the highest self-esteem was found in career criminals, who essentially believe they are better than everyone else, and therefore they believe they can do no wrong. (IOW, people who make a career of attacking other social groups, namely those who work for a living or are otherwise "beneath" them.)
(No, I am not making this up.)
Gee, that's an awful wordy way to put it. You could have just said "Lemmings". ;)
I've concocted antennas myself -- one involved some telephone cable, a lot of barbed wire, and the metal roof of a building. Ugly as hell but it could pull in a watchable VHF signal from a rather wimpy repeater 60 miles of mountains away, and a marginal signal from 90 miles off. When I got a big (18 feet long) regular VHF antenna and rigged it to be aimable and 20 feet off the ground, the previous channels improved, another from 130 miles off became good, and I also got a weak one from 180 miles away. I also tried a booster box but it made the TV crazy (and it acted up for some time after I ditched the booster).
I seem to recall lawsuits about this, and that some companies are exempt, tho I don't recall any details. I do know people who've specifically demanded to know about local-only options, and have been told they don't exist.
East of the Rockies, there are vast swaths of America where "local channels" means one or two broadcasters, period. I'm wondering what the local-only "basic cable" means there...
Or discover, now that you're no longer immersed in it to reinforce the habit, that the truth is none of 'em are yammering about anything you really want to hear, let alone talk about.
Rural areas, especially in farm states, pretty uniformly do not have cable TV access. Hell, I'm in Los Angeles County, and the nearest cable is 15 miles away. Also, a lot of areas don't offer basic cable at all -- you start with the $40 package or do without. :(
Being mounted on the pole shed implies it's already one of the big fringe-area antennas that need serious mounts, not just a stick mast. BTW have you priced these lately? I did a while back. They start at around $200.
By the time you're where you need such an antenna for analog, the signal is already too weak for digital.
Reduced my choices from poor-and-staticky to absolutely zero. I now do other things and can't tell you if my TV even works, tho it's buried back there somewhere.
Like, perhaps, The Andromeda Strain..??