Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.. I thought, "Ok, a phishing scam probably doesn't generate 500GB/mo normally, but, uh.. you're helping them host phishing sites and you want sympathy for rooted FTPs? And old guys are running these sites now?"
Yeah, it's great.. if you don't read the whole thing.
I will be the first in line to file a class action suit to protect my copyrights if Napster or even the far more advanced Gnutella doesn't work with us to protect us. I'm on [Metallica drummer] Lars Ulrich's side
(Un)fortunately, the opinions of strung out heroin addicts aren't taken very seriously to begin with.
Right.. That'll be much funner than when he bites into his sandwich and gets saran wrap all over his mouth. And I still want to know who came up with the idea of putting glass doors on the office.. Brilliant! You'd think people would learn when the person in front of them bounces off of the glass, but they just keep walking into it, over and over.
I have some friends who are doing alright making Java games for mobile phones.
It's weird how the most unlikely skills seem to become profitable.. For example, who knew those crappy MIDI compilations made by some knitting nanny and overlooked by most of the the computing world since 1985 would be sold as ringtones for $2.99?
In fact, GBP (Gerbil-Ball Propulsion) has been tried. IIRC the problem was that the gerbils would only run if there was someone in trying to sleep in close proximity, making unmanned missions impossible.
If the government really has a case, it should be proven in court. Settlements out of court are a travesty, and are far too open to abuse.
You're right, but this isn't a settlement; they're pleading guilty. Once you plead guilty, they skip right to the sentencing phase, hence no trial. It's sort of redundant to prove someone guilty once they've admitted it. A waste of time and money.
The real problem is that individuals aren't held responsible, merely the "corporation." Whatever that is. So some CEO doesn't get a fat bonus this year (or, more likely, a bunch of wage slaves get laid off).
Price fixing is a business risk, plain and simple. Some bean counter says, "If we collude with Konichi Wa Electronics, we can see a profit gain of $500M over 3 years. There's a 5% risk that an upstart could come in and undercut us significantly. And if we get caught, we'll lose $300M, netting us $200M, but nobody's held personally responsible." You'd be stupid NOT to go for it, from a financial perspective. THAT is the problem.
Meanwhile, "Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000."
We're hoping that peoples' time constraints and short attention spans will play into this new device.
Great. I guess I'm the only one who thinks news reports are terse enough already. Can't we get an "in depth" story that lasts for more than 2 minu... sorry, what was I saying?
Not to mention, I'm not sure how well the quality would hold up in a second lossy transcode. Usually it's not too good at normal resolutions, but when you're going down to 320x240, it's probably hard to notice any loss of detail anyway.
What about a site like the Drudge Report, which has a readership in the millions? What's the litmus test for being a reporter? Training? Readership? Employment? Whether or not one's been to jail? Or sort of a four-cheese blend?
I'll feel that way until some as-yet to be defined in my mind number of bloggers are willing to go to jail for the right to keep sources confidential.
I guess I feel minorities should ride on the back of the bus until some as yet to be defined number of minorities are willing to go to jail for the right to get equal treatment. Or, we could just afford people the rights they're already guaranteed without requiring them to prove their merit in order to receive protection under the law.
Put another way, the framers put Freedom of the Press in the First Amendment, along with Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Peacable assembly. These rights are granted to individuals, not government-approved entities. There is no test for the legitimacy of a religion in order to receive the same Constitutional protections for Jedism as Judaism. To create a test for whether a religion receives constitutional protection would be the same as requiring state approval for a religion, and would be in direct conflict with "Congress shall make no law..."
Now I'll be the first to admit that I think bloggers are a bunch of self-important hipsters who really don't have much of a contribution to make to the field of journalism on the whole, but I would also describe most reporters the same way.
For the record, my crappy Boston Acoustics do. I borrowed them from a friend to use on my PC after I decided to use my Klipsch's for my home theater; the BAs came with his Gateway. It took me hours of forum searching to discover a) that they were digital, and b) where to find drivers that would enable digital-out for my onboard soundcard, which I never did.. so I found an old SB Live and threw it in. Fortunately XP had its own drivers for the SB Live, so I didn't have to install the Creative Bloatware.
And Illinoians (I know, I am one), and Texans (out of your mind if you deny this one), people from Louisiana, New Yorkers, um...New Jersey people, Californians (if they don't, the rest of the country feels that way for them...), and probably a lot more examples... There is a ton of State pride out there, I don't know where you live, but I don't know how you can't be seeing it.
New York is a good example, because there's the city, and the State, and neither one feels particularly amicable toward the other. Cities and regions generate a lot more pride points than States.
But feelings aside, the point I was trying to demonstrate is that in theory we have Federalism, but in practice it turns out to more closely resemble Centralism.
Look at it this way. A small group of companies, representing a small percentage of the economic output of this country, want specific legislation passed to support their particular business model and choice of technology.
Not to nitpick, but entertainment is the US's number one export; a percentage to be sure, just not a small one.
I still remember going to football games as a kid, and being amazed when my old man told me that the players were standing around because there was a TV timeout, so they could show commercials. I found it unbelievable that 30,000 paying customers (and we're talking $80+ tickets to sold-out crowds in the 80s) had to wait for the TV channel just to squeeze in some more commercials.
As much as I wish what you were saying was true, I just don't think people consider themselves a citizen of a particular State anymore (save Alaska and Hawaii, and maybe New Hampshire), but rather an "American." I think we've simply drifted into a centralized federal government where the State governments are regarded as second-class; a stepping stone for politicians on the march toward Washington, where the real power is. The idea that the Federal government shouldn't infringe on the rights of the States has been subverted so that the States are not to infringe on the will of the Federal government. (Of course, they're still technically free to do what they want, they'll simply stop receiving federal funds). I think the change was after the Civil War, when states realized that they really weren't free to go against the will of the Federal government.
In the military, which is the model of a central organization, each command (a base is a command, as is a ship) can make its own rules as long as they are not any less stringent than the central rules, e.g., if the Army says everyone has to wear black shoes, a command can say everyone has to have their shoes polished at all times. This seems to be the current school of thought in terms of our government as well.
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.. I thought, "Ok, a phishing scam probably doesn't generate 500GB/mo normally, but, uh.. you're helping them host phishing sites and you want sympathy for rooted FTPs? And old guys are running these sites now?"
Yeah, it's great.. if you don't read the whole thing.
I will be the first in line to file a class action suit to protect my copyrights if Napster or even the far more advanced Gnutella doesn't work with us to protect us. I'm on [Metallica drummer] Lars Ulrich's side
(Un)fortunately, the opinions of strung out heroin addicts aren't taken very seriously to begin with.
Ironically, when you take a US flop like Jerry Lewis and translate it into French..
You're wrong.
We'll just arrange for them to get loost.
Right.. That'll be much funner than when he bites into his sandwich and gets saran wrap all over his mouth. And I still want to know who came up with the idea of putting glass doors on the office.. Brilliant! You'd think people would learn when the person in front of them bounces off of the glass, but they just keep walking into it, over and over.
That makes sense, because a parent recording what their child says in their sleep isn't strange or creepy at all..
Nevermind, a quick google reveals there's a raging debate as to the correct lyrics.
Just FYI, the correct lyrics are "there's no place I'd rather be.."
hs prepared for me college.
Heh.
I have some friends who are doing alright making Java games for mobile phones.
It's weird how the most unlikely skills seem to become profitable.. For example, who knew those crappy MIDI compilations made by some knitting nanny and overlooked by most of the the computing world since 1985 would be sold as ringtones for $2.99?
The NSA website has never been hacked
Or maybe it was, but all the witnesses were... disappeared.
In fact, GBP (Gerbil-Ball Propulsion) has been tried. IIRC the problem was that the gerbils would only run if there was someone in trying to sleep in close proximity, making unmanned missions impossible.
If the government really has a case, it should be proven in court. Settlements out of court are a travesty, and are far too open to abuse.
You're right, but this isn't a settlement; they're pleading guilty. Once you plead guilty, they skip right to the sentencing phase, hence no trial. It's sort of redundant to prove someone guilty once they've admitted it. A waste of time and money.
The real problem is that individuals aren't held responsible, merely the "corporation." Whatever that is. So some CEO doesn't get a fat bonus this year (or, more likely, a bunch of wage slaves get laid off).
Price fixing is a business risk, plain and simple. Some bean counter says, "If we collude with Konichi Wa Electronics, we can see a profit gain of $500M over 3 years. There's a 5% risk that an upstart could come in and undercut us significantly. And if we get caught, we'll lose $300M, netting us $200M, but nobody's held personally responsible." You'd be stupid NOT to go for it, from a financial perspective. THAT is the problem.
Meanwhile, "Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000."
Liberty and Justice for all, baby.
We're hoping that peoples' time constraints and short attention spans will play into this new device.
Great. I guess I'm the only one who thinks news reports are terse enough already. Can't we get an "in depth" story that lasts for more than 2 minu... sorry, what was I saying?
Divx is MPEG4 video, which is already supported..
Not to mention, I'm not sure how well the quality would hold up in a second lossy transcode. Usually it's not too good at normal resolutions, but when you're going down to 320x240, it's probably hard to notice any loss of detail anyway.
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ...
Except that part covers illegals as well. That's why the terrorist suspects are kept in Cuba.
What about a site like the Drudge Report, which has a readership in the millions? What's the litmus test for being a reporter? Training? Readership? Employment? Whether or not one's been to jail? Or sort of a four-cheese blend?
I'll feel that way until some as-yet to be defined in my mind number of bloggers are willing to go to jail for the right to keep sources confidential.
I guess I feel minorities should ride on the back of the bus until some as yet to be defined number of minorities are willing to go to jail for the right to get equal treatment. Or, we could just afford people the rights they're already guaranteed without requiring them to prove their merit in order to receive protection under the law.
Put another way, the framers put Freedom of the Press in the First Amendment, along with Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, and Freedom of Peacable assembly. These rights are granted to individuals, not government-approved entities. There is no test for the legitimacy of a religion in order to receive the same Constitutional protections for Jedism as Judaism. To create a test for whether a religion receives constitutional protection would be the same as requiring state approval for a religion, and would be in direct conflict with "Congress shall make no law..."
Now I'll be the first to admit that I think bloggers are a bunch of self-important hipsters who really don't have much of a contribution to make to the field of journalism on the whole, but I would also describe most reporters the same way.
instant channel changes
Translation: Buffering... 5%.. 18%.. 39%.. 63%.. 72%........... 10%..!
For the record, my crappy Boston Acoustics do. I borrowed them from a friend to use on my PC after I decided to use my Klipsch's for my home theater; the BAs came with his Gateway. It took me hours of forum searching to discover a) that they were digital, and b) where to find drivers that would enable digital-out for my onboard soundcard, which I never did.. so I found an old SB Live and threw it in. Fortunately XP had its own drivers for the SB Live, so I didn't have to install the Creative Bloatware.
And Illinoians (I know, I am one), and Texans (out of your mind if you deny this one), people from Louisiana, New Yorkers, um...New Jersey people, Californians (if they don't, the rest of the country feels that way for them...), and probably a lot more examples... There is a ton of State pride out there, I don't know where you live, but I don't know how you can't be seeing it.
New York is a good example, because there's the city, and the State, and neither one feels particularly amicable toward the other. Cities and regions generate a lot more pride points than States.
But feelings aside, the point I was trying to demonstrate is that in theory we have Federalism, but in practice it turns out to more closely resemble Centralism.
Look at it this way. A small group of companies, representing a small percentage of the economic output of this country, want specific legislation passed to support their particular business model and choice of technology.
Not to nitpick, but entertainment is the US's number one export; a percentage to be sure, just not a small one.
Obviously I need a shot of coffee...
Or a few weeks in rehab...
I still remember going to football games as a kid, and being amazed when my old man told me that the players were standing around because there was a TV timeout, so they could show commercials. I found it unbelievable that 30,000 paying customers (and we're talking $80+ tickets to sold-out crowds in the 80s) had to wait for the TV channel just to squeeze in some more commercials.
As much as I wish what you were saying was true, I just don't think people consider themselves a citizen of a particular State anymore (save Alaska and Hawaii, and maybe New Hampshire), but rather an "American." I think we've simply drifted into a centralized federal government where the State governments are regarded as second-class; a stepping stone for politicians on the march toward Washington, where the real power is. The idea that the Federal government shouldn't infringe on the rights of the States has been subverted so that the States are not to infringe on the will of the Federal government. (Of course, they're still technically free to do what they want, they'll simply stop receiving federal funds). I think the change was after the Civil War, when states realized that they really weren't free to go against the will of the Federal government.
In the military, which is the model of a central organization, each command (a base is a command, as is a ship) can make its own rules as long as they are not any less stringent than the central rules, e.g., if the Army says everyone has to wear black shoes, a command can say everyone has to have their shoes polished at all times. This seems to be the current school of thought in terms of our government as well.