having read more than this article about it: copyright holders, for the most part, are against ANYTHING that decrease their rights in any form. doesn't matter if it's for blind, crippled orphans. they should pay too. slippery slope and all that. in one of the articles the mafiaa lawyer actually said that. slippery slope in decreasing any copyright restrictions. they have worked too hard to get them increased to see things start going the other way....
gods, i hate the monkeys on this planet sometimes...
as soon as dimona is opened up for inspection, the isralis can whine all they want, until they sign off on the ntp and all ow inspections, they need the seiously stfu.
they can complain about what nations that HAVE signed it do, until then, they can go to dimona and stfu. seriously... isreal has yet to sign the npt and they get off scott free with their nuke program. double standard anyone? no wonder the arabs hate us. duh.
this is also why there are no more janes type sims. no one is willing to spend a week learning how to work the controls just so they can take off and not blow up.... (mig alley im looking at you). i LOVED janes games. longbow, f15, f/a18. excellent gameplay, good replay, tough to learn in sim mode.
the only hardcore game like that left i know of is ww2online
particle events. super hardon collider type things. and simple things, like water drops forming, ice forming. the more detail you record, the more you learn exists.
the AG made a point that they 'allow' the blind to do this for free, but don't want everyone to have that option (was in the original article a few days back). seems to me (iANAL) that if you open it up to one group, you have to let everyone. but again, iANAL
this is what has been in planning for a few years; to turn the net into cable tv. a delivery only system which gives total control to content on the net and also gives the failing media companies a new revenue stream. there is a HUGE push behind this by many many media companies, so be very worried. only insane opposition has a hope of stopping this, and that is a slim one.
constitutions are vessels designed to contain the acid of government that wants to eat up freedom. eventually, they all wear away and are discarded. only took 200something years. not a very good run really.
having played swg, one of koster's grand designs, i would never touch another game he was affiliated with. his concept of fun is grindage / time sink / drag it out as long as possible. the only person i dislike more than him are the ea ppl that killed mco. koster is a broken tool
now we can OFFICIALLY weaponize space. because we do such a good job keeping that stuff under control when we can physically lay hands on it... obama is becoming more and more of a moron..
also in there is a provision requiring all persons even tangentially connected to real estate sales to have their fingerprints sent to the gov to go into a database. so if you sell houses, do make ready, work on house financing, get ready to get printed and added to the db:).
9-11 was a fluke. yet it has been used to systematically rape the bill of rights, that 'goddamn piece of paper' as our beloved leader calls it.
until americans wake up, this country is going to hell. we are on a path that will make the ussr & east germany look like pussies. don't forget, torture is an american value now too. can't just use it on the really bad guys, or that would be discriminatory. gotta use it on everyone equally, because that's the new american way.
our government has already achieved this goal with it's duct tape & plastic & 'al kaida' (the toilet in arabic btw) is going to get you.
9-11 was an anomaly, yet it has been used to ram the most draconian measures down our throats with virtually no resistance. the entire country is being spied on. every email, every snail mail,y fone call, and no one cares because the gov has them so scared of an attack by the toilet.
im on commode runner in austin, and no such functionality is happening to me. i still get the same old firefox 'you screwed up' page. that's how i realized i let one of my domains die today... DOH!!
Silvestre Reyes is the hero of this. here is a link to the letter he sent the bushenfurer, and the last paragraph (the best imho). we need more ppl like him that understand the constitution is not just a 'goddamn piece of paper'. personally, i think anyone dismissing the constitution like that is guilty of treason, and we know how to deal with that. (grandpa simpson voice)That's a hangin' http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Intel_chair_to_Bush_on_FISA_0214.html
I, for one, do not intend to back down - not to the terrorists and not to anyone, including a President, who wants Americans to cower in fear. We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending the Constitution. If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won. Sincerely, Silvestre Reyes Member of Congress Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
why would oil run out? finding on a planet that obviously had no dino's (or other life) would seem to indicate that oil is not dead animals, but a product of the planets internal systems. the russians have believed this for years, but the oil companies can make much more selling oil as a 'diminishing resource' instead of one the earth auto renews.
back before the riaa style corps, musicians made a living from their live shows. records went to radio stations who played them so ppl heard who they wanted to go see. the record companies wanted their piece, so they gave musicians big advances to record albums, which left them at the mercy of the corp.
now we are going back to the artist makes his/her/its money on shows and stuff, not just from recording one cd a year and jerking off the rest. artist is about to get more realistic, and more a real job. it's great to be a rich musician, but there's a reason why a lot of bands start sucking once they get money, the motivation is gone.
i for one see this as an awesome change, and it will get more of the right pp in front of the mic.
death penalty for corruption or incompetence of any sort. and funded campaigns with no added money. then, you take money, you die. if you dont want to do the job to help advance our country / planet, kindly fuck off and let the ppl with a clue to the front please.
vista still == WinMe2.0 bah.... what is the compelling argument to upgrade all my hardware? the aps i need still run perfect on my old athlon 64 xp3200. i mean this box is 6 or 7 years old, and it still works fine. where is my motivation to replace it all? im old enough the next quake doesn't matter anymore.
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the bjorans did this centuries ago :)
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having read more than this article about it:
copyright holders, for the most part, are against ANYTHING that decrease their rights in any form. doesn't matter if it's for blind, crippled orphans. they should pay too. slippery slope and all that. in one of the articles the mafiaa lawyer actually said that. slippery slope in decreasing any copyright restrictions. they have worked too hard to get them increased to see things start going the other way....
gods, i hate the monkeys on this planet sometimes...
as soon as dimona is opened up for inspection, the isralis can whine all they want, until they sign off on the ntp and all ow inspections, they need the seiously stfu.
they can complain about what nations that HAVE signed it do, until then, they can go to dimona and stfu.
seriously... isreal has yet to sign the npt and they get off scott free with their nuke program. double standard anyone? no wonder the arabs hate us. duh.
this is also why there are no more janes type sims. no one is willing to spend a week learning how to work the controls just so they can take off and not blow up.... (mig alley im looking at you).
i LOVED janes games. longbow, f15, f/a18. excellent gameplay, good replay, tough to learn in sim mode.
the only hardcore game like that left i know of is ww2online
colicos makes appearances on ds9 as well. in the episode with kahyless.
one of my fave sci-fi guys too
particle events. super hardon collider type things.
and simple things, like water drops forming, ice forming. the more detail you record, the more you learn exists.
the AG made a point that they 'allow' the blind to do this for free, but don't want everyone to have that option (was in the original article a few days back). seems to me (iANAL) that if you open it up to one group, you have to let everyone.
but again, iANAL
this is what has been in planning for a few years; to turn the net into cable tv. a delivery only system which gives total control to content on the net and also gives the failing media companies a new revenue stream.
there is a HUGE push behind this by many many media companies, so be very worried. only insane opposition has a hope of stopping this, and that is a slim one.
constitutions are vessels designed to contain the acid of government that wants to eat up freedom. eventually, they all wear away and are discarded.
only took 200something years. not a very good run really.
having played swg, one of koster's grand designs, i would never touch another game he was affiliated with. his concept of fun is grindage / time sink / drag it out as long as possible. the only person i dislike more than him are the ea ppl that killed mco.
koster is a broken tool
now we can OFFICIALLY weaponize space. because we do such a good job keeping that stuff under control when we can physically lay hands on it...
obama is becoming more and more of a moron..
wow, she was tied up with the motor city online debacle. talk about picking winner jobs...
also in there is a provision requiring all persons even tangentially connected to real estate sales to have their fingerprints sent to the gov to go into a database. so if you sell houses, do make ready, work on house financing, get ready to get printed and added to the db :).
i like congress better when they do nothing.
9-11 was a fluke. yet it has been used to systematically rape the bill of rights, that 'goddamn piece of paper' as our beloved leader calls it.
until americans wake up, this country is going to hell. we are on a path that will make the ussr & east germany look like pussies. don't forget, torture is an american value now too. can't just use it on the really bad guys, or that would be discriminatory. gotta use it on everyone equally, because that's the new american way.
have a great day
our government has already achieved this goal with it's duct tape & plastic & 'al kaida' (the toilet in arabic btw) is going to get you.
9-11 was an anomaly, yet it has been used to ram the most draconian measures down our throats with virtually no resistance. the entire country is being spied on. every email, every snail mail,y fone call, and no one cares because the gov has them so scared of an attack by the toilet.
this country sucks balls now!
if they are arguing property is property no matter what, then it would seem to me it should be taxed as such.
just an idea i read about in the last week or so.
im on commode runner in austin, and no such functionality is happening to me. i still get the same old firefox 'you screwed up' page. that's how i realized i let one of my domains die today... DOH!!
Silvestre Reyes is the hero of this. here is a link to the letter he sent the bushenfurer, and the last paragraph (the best imho). we need more ppl like him that understand the constitution is not just a 'goddamn piece of paper'. personally, i think anyone dismissing the constitution like that is guilty of treason, and we know how to deal with that. (grandpa simpson voice)That's a hangin'
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Intel_chair_to_Bush_on_FISA_0214.html
I, for one, do not intend to back down - not to the terrorists and not to anyone, including a President, who wants Americans to cower in fear. We are a strong nation. We cannot allow ourselves to be scared into suspending the Constitution. If we do that, we might as well call the terrorists and tell them that they have won. Sincerely,
Silvestre Reyes
Member of Congress
Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
why would oil run out? finding on a planet that obviously had no dino's (or other life) would seem to indicate that oil is not dead animals, but a product of the planets internal systems. the russians have believed this for years, but the oil companies can make much more selling oil as a 'diminishing resource' instead of one the earth auto renews.
it's called vista aka WinMe2.0
so... they want to be the next israel?
the real problem is how this has all twisted.
back before the riaa style corps, musicians made a living from their live shows. records went to radio stations who played them so ppl heard who they wanted to go see. the record companies wanted their piece, so they gave musicians big advances to record albums, which left them at the mercy of the corp.
now we are going back to the artist makes his/her/its money on shows and stuff, not just from recording one cd a year and jerking off the rest. artist is about to get more realistic, and more a real job. it's great to be a rich musician, but there's a reason why a lot of bands start sucking once they get money, the motivation is gone.
i for one see this as an awesome change, and it will get more of the right pp in front of the mic.
death penalty for corruption or incompetence of any sort. and funded campaigns with no added money. then, you take money, you die. if you dont want to do the job to help advance our country / planet, kindly fuck off and let the ppl with a clue to the front please.
vista still == WinMe2.0
bah.... what is the compelling argument to upgrade all my hardware? the aps i need still run perfect on my old athlon 64 xp3200. i mean this box is 6 or 7 years old, and it still works fine. where is my motivation to replace it all? im old enough the next quake doesn't matter anymore.
bah humbug