In all honesty, if the meds are doing this to you then you need to visit your doctor and get him/her to switch you. Take note though: some of the medications you can take require regular monitoring of your blood to ensure that the meds aren't destroying your liver and/or kidneys. Depakote is one such drug (plus, it'll throw weight on you faster than an all twinki diet).
I was diagnosed as BiPolar (a diagnosis I whole-heartedly agree with) and every single medication I took had side-effects that were more difficult to deal with than the disorder itself. I'm currently medication free and fine as long as I stay away from nicotine (has a tendency to exaggerate the anger).
One question I have for everyone who was actually diagnosed and on meds : Do any of you inform your employer or coworkers? ADD/ADHD, BiPolar, etc are categorized as mental illnesses. Do any of us really want our employers/coworkers to think we're nuts?
I don't have nearly 500 CDs (ok, maybe a couple hundred - all legal) and agree $13 is a bit small, but its more than I expected.
Unfortunately, I don't see this affecting the prices of CDs now. If new CDs were to drop to about $10 (maybe $15 for a double disc set) they'd pull in a lot more business.
Well, that an cancelling Madonna's contract and killing all the manufactured crap thats out now. Anyone catch her last video? Is it me or did it sound like a rake on a chalkboard to everyone else too?
Most companies have a policy of only verifiying dates of employment, compensation and title. Anything else opens them to the possibility of a lawsuit.
As for references, a couple of companies I've worked for (Dell included) have a policy of not allowing themselves to be used for references. This didn't stop my boss (I was a contractor) from letting me put him down as a personal reference.
A better thing to do would be to make your own MP3s and name them identical to those of currently-traded music files. Share these out (yes, I know, I know. You'd be putting more fake stuff out there) to the point where you raise the interest of the RIAA. When they sue you, turn the tables on them and ask them in court if they actually listened to the files.
When they find out that the file you shared as being the latest Madonna track was simply a 4 minute loop of you 'dropping some friends off at the pool' they'll look like the complete retards that they are.
Then again, someone might actually mistake your track for an actual cut off of one of her horrific albums.
Pearl Jam walked away from Epic records (see here). I submitted it here, but it was rejected. And here I was thinking that/. would appreciate that a major act was walking away from its label to distribute its music directly to their fans.
I guess since it didn't contain an anti-MS, pro-Linux slant, its not newsworthy.
Actually, I submit a local Hells Angel chapter could do as well...and would actually have the spine to refuse to grant patents to those looking to patent prior-art.
Actually, all the poster would need is the cat's urine. The smell of cat urine is enough to drive away most/all rodents.
Best of all, the poster wouldn't have to put up with said cat clawing furniture, said cat's hair covering everything, and said cat's litter box or vet bills.
Then again, I don't know of any way to get cat urine without actually owning a cat, so..
I imagine next will be all the guitar tab sites - despite the fact that these are simply done by guitar-playing fans who can figure out the cords, individual notes, tuning and effects.
Afterall, they are "reverse-engineering" the music in order for you and I to be able to play the notes ourselves.
Looks like someone's getting things started already...
www.riaa.org [riaa.org] is completely inaccesible at the moment, at least from where I am.
Its been like this for months. It got hacked so much that they put it on a private network (10.10.10.1) that doesn't have internet access. Security through obscurity I guess. Hell, its not even registered anywhere anymore:
whois -h magic www.riaa.org Crsnic.net hasn't heard of riaa.org
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the.com and.net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information.
No match for "RIAA.ORG".
Google for it or go here and search for the story. Might even be archived here on/.
Just do what I did to hide my pr0n from my wife -- change all your MP3s to have a different extension (like.f00). Then, right-click on the file and select 'Open With..' then 'Choose Program'. Pick your favorite media player (WinAMP,etc) and check 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file'
The RIAA won't be smart enough to look for files without.mp3 or.ogg extensions - that is, providing they can get past anyone's firewalls.
If I were coming back from the future in a time machine to score a little cash off of the stock market, 2003 is not the time I'd come back. I'd come back in 1998 or so, start buying like crazy on the leading edge of the bubble, then dump everything in March 2000.
And how exactly do we know this didn't actually happen? Hmm? Hmm?;-)
Thus, three people all born in different states, after 1972 - can all still have the same area number. Remember, it wasn't until recently that SSNs were issued at birth. It used to be you got one before you started working - unless you were a military brat (the military for a long time has required dependants to have SSNs).
Possibly. One of my sisters and I were both born at an air base in Germany, lived in Little Rock, Guam, New Mexico and Texas all while being US Air Force dependants. It wasn't until I was 8 or 9 years old and living in Texas that we were issued social security cards. By that time, she was 11 or 12 and our older sister was almost 15. For the record, we were all born before 1972.
Military tracks (or used to) dependants based on the SSN of the active military parent + the numerical order of birth. Our medical files all had 000-000-000-01, -02, or -03. When my oldest sister turned 18 and 'fell off' military benefits, the other sister was then bumped to -01 and I to -02. Sure, they had our SSNs associated with our medical files, they just didn't track us that way.
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In all honesty, if the meds are doing this to you then you need to visit your doctor and get him/her to switch you. Take note though: some of the medications you can take require regular monitoring of your blood to ensure that the meds aren't destroying your liver and/or kidneys. Depakote is one such drug (plus, it'll throw weight on you faster than an all twinki diet).
I was diagnosed as BiPolar (a diagnosis I whole-heartedly agree with) and every single medication I took had side-effects that were more difficult to deal with than the disorder itself. I'm currently medication free and fine as long as I stay away from nicotine (has a tendency to exaggerate the anger).
One question I have for everyone who was actually diagnosed and on meds : Do any of you inform your employer or coworkers? ADD/ADHD, BiPolar, etc are categorized as mental illnesses. Do any of us really want our employers/coworkers to think we're nuts?
I don't have nearly 500 CDs (ok, maybe a couple hundred - all legal) and agree $13 is a bit small, but its more than I expected.
Unfortunately, I don't see this affecting the prices of CDs now. If new CDs were to drop to about $10 (maybe $15 for a double disc set) they'd pull in a lot more business.
Well, that an cancelling Madonna's contract and killing all the manufactured crap thats out now. Anyone catch her last video? Is it me or did it sound like a rake on a chalkboard to everyone else too?
Now I can buy another 50 CD spindle and pirate some more music!
</sarcasm>
Seriously, I'll take the cash and buy a CD from an indy band or maybe the new Evanescence..
Most companies have a policy of only verifiying dates of employment, compensation and title. Anything else opens them to the possibility of a lawsuit.
As for references, a couple of companies I've worked for (Dell included) have a policy of not allowing themselves to be used for references. This didn't stop my boss (I was a contractor) from letting me put him down as a personal reference.
A better thing to do would be to make your own MP3s and name them identical to those of currently-traded music files. Share these out (yes, I know, I know. You'd be putting more fake stuff out there) to the point where you raise the interest of the RIAA. When they sue you, turn the tables on them and ask them in court if they actually listened to the files.
When they find out that the file you shared as being the latest Madonna track was simply a 4 minute loop of you 'dropping some friends off at the pool' they'll look like the complete retards that they are.
Then again, someone might actually mistake your track for an actual cut off of one of her horrific albums.
Pearl Jam walked away from Epic records (see here). I submitted it here, but it was rejected. And here I was thinking that /. would appreciate that a major act was walking away from its label to distribute its music directly to their fans.
I guess since it didn't contain an anti-MS, pro-Linux slant, its not newsworthy.
From their message boards, they're not supporting Win98 (only XP). Get on the ball guys - I'm not upgrading to M$pyware just to play your mod. :(
Typical MS-bashing FUD.
There are several documented ways to disable XPs ability to "call home".
Feel free to stay with an OEM-unsupported OS, as well as a vendor-unsupported OS.
Not to mention, 98's protocol stack can be pushed around by all the old script-kiddie tools (bitchslap, satan, portfsck, etc).
Dude, you do it outside.
Same here -- I've not upgraded from the last beta, and I don't plan on doing so.
I was looking for the thread in the forum pointing to the mirrors where the betas were, but I couldn't find them to put in my reply..
Actually, I submit a local Hells Angel chapter could do as well. ..and would actually have the spine to refuse to grant patents to those looking to patent prior-art.
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Ha ha.
Actually, all you'd need to do is harvest the urine-soaked cat granules. Spread around the base of the house. Problem solved.
Actually, all the poster would need is the cat's urine. The smell of cat urine is enough to drive away most/all rodents.
Best of all, the poster wouldn't have to put up with said cat clawing furniture, said cat's hair covering everything, and said cat's litter box or vet bills.
Then again, I don't know of any way to get cat urine without actually owning a cat, so..
..and I patented a process for extorting money from people while claiming to patent the patenting process.
Now you cough up the money.
Er, 2002 I mean. We won't be buying 2003.
If you're referring to Cactus Data Shield, its easily thwarted.
For the record, we bought TurboTax 2003. It'll be the last time we buy from Intuit too.
Well, unfortunately the RIAA doesn't realize (doesn't care?) that they're only hurting their cause by doing crap like this.
I didn't know OLGA'd already been targeted. Doesn't surprise me though.
I imagine next will be all the guitar tab sites - despite the fact that these are simply done by guitar-playing fans who can figure out the cords, individual notes, tuning and effects.
Afterall, they are "reverse-engineering" the music in order for you and I to be able to play the notes ourselves.
Assinine. All of this is simply assinine.
Unreal Tournament 2003
Quake III
GTA3
Max Payne
Jedi Knight II
No, you simply rename the files to something like p1295.f00, etc. :-)
Looks like someone's getting things started already...
www.riaa.org [riaa.org] is completely inaccesible at the moment, at least from where I am.
Its been like this for months. It got hacked so much that they put it on a private network (10.10.10.1) that doesn't have internet access. Security through obscurity I guess. Hell, its not even registered anywhere anymore:
whois -h magic www.riaa.org
Crsnic.net hasn't heard of riaa.org
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
No match for "RIAA.ORG".
Google for it or go here and search for the story. Might even be archived here on
Just do what I did to hide my pr0n from my wife -- change all your MP3s to have a different extension (like .f00). Then, right-click on the file and select 'Open With..' then 'Choose Program'. Pick your favorite media player (WinAMP,etc) and check 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file'
.mp3 or .ogg extensions - that is, providing they can get past anyone's firewalls.
The RIAA won't be smart enough to look for files without
Dunno how you'd do this under Linux or Mac OSX..
They likely won't. LinkSys' products are pure shite.
If I were coming back from the future in a time machine to score a little cash off of the stock market, 2003 is not the time I'd come back. I'd come back in 1998 or so, start buying like crazy on the leading edge of the bubble, then dump everything in March 2000.
;-)
And how exactly do we know this didn't actually happen? Hmm? Hmm?
Thus, three people all born in different states, after 1972 - can all still have the same area number. Remember, it wasn't until recently that SSNs were issued at birth. It used to be you got one before you started working - unless you were a military brat (the military for a long time has required dependants to have SSNs).
Possibly. One of my sisters and I were both born at an air base in Germany, lived in Little Rock, Guam, New Mexico and Texas all while being US Air Force dependants. It wasn't until I was 8 or 9 years old and living in Texas that we were issued social security cards. By that time, she was 11 or 12 and our older sister was almost 15. For the record, we were all born before 1972.
Military tracks (or used to) dependants based on the SSN of the active military parent + the numerical order of birth. Our medical files all had 000-000-000-01, -02, or -03. When my oldest sister turned 18 and 'fell off' military benefits, the other sister was then bumped to -01 and I to -02. Sure, they had our SSNs associated with our medical files, they just didn't track us that way.