The worst that could have happened was what just happened.
IIRC, there was court injunction ordering them to control the distribution of media, or shut down altogether. Being held in contempt of court could have been much worse than just walking away from Napster.
No, shoplifting = removing without permission. Copying without permission is copyright violation.
The age old argument goes something like, "if you weren't going to buy it anyway, what's the difference?".
I'm not saying I agree with that, but these arguments have been doing the rounds for (at least) 20 years, I remember the same debates regarding copying 8-bit game cassettes.
Are you sure? So you would be charged with theft for making unauthorised copies of music?
It seems to me that the offence is copyright violation. It may not actually be a crime, depending on where you live. There could be possible attendant damages, which represent the loss.
If I wreck your car with a hammer, I deprive you of your car. I am liable to you for the loss, but I didn't steal it.
A grammatical error can distract attention from the point being made. I assume that the writers at the WSJ are graduates, and therefore should know the difference between less and fewer. Also, the target audience are quite likely to notice.
I suspect that most Britons don't think of the New York Times at all if and when they think about media bias. The BBC is accused of bias here in the UK, but most often by politicians or politically motivated newspapers. Being accused of bias by a partisan professional proves nothing. The BBC does attempt to be even-handed when reporting from around the world. IIRC, it's in the charter.
From the references I see, the Times looks like a good, honest paper. I have to say though, that if I like the paper, it's probably biased towards my way of thinking. I would not be surprised if someone with a different opinion to your own denounced the Times as a pinko propaganda rag.
Well, I don't know about being similar to Eudora, but I like Sylpheed. It is a GTK+ client, and very nice too. The 'bleeding edge' (their words) version is here. It is perfectly stable for me (Mandrake 8.0, Ximian Gnome).
Presumably, if his lawyers allow the case to be dragged out when a little research would show that there was no case, they could then be sued for negligence.
Jesus, that sort of thing really pisses me off. The choirgirl's family sound like they have a bob or two (The Molloy family, from Brooks Manor...). Maybe people with money fight using money when they feel wronged. Hope the judge tells them where to get off.
As for the other case, I guess his car insurance settled it, still bizarre though.
You want to be very sure that the virus did not propagate through your machine. If the original poster is a computing professional, he might be liable for negligence if his machine was not properly secured.
It might be better to speak or write to the guy, tell him how things work with these outlook worms, give him a couple of references. He might back off once he undestands what really happened to his machine.
Then, you can offer to clean his network, and charge him a hefty price for it:)
I advocate the use of a 'roundabout' for 4 way intersections. I read somewhere that there are very few in the states. Is this true, and does anyone know why? They are great at keeping traffic moving at low-mid traffic densities, and not too bad even at rush hour. Of course, traffic is now so heavy that some roundabouts have traffic signals too, which defeats the whole idea.
This isn't a troll, I'm genuinely curious. Any Americans tried driving in the UK? If so, what did you think of those funny circular junctions?
I understand that you will need the latest and greatest to get the best from these games, but turning down the detail is still an option. That's the beauty of these games, you can go some way to customizing them for your hardware.
That is, I agree that SCOTUS can for now interpret laws against child pornography as being constitutional, but who's to say a child is not a sexual being?
And you just excercised your right to raise that question. You don't need to abuse kids to express yourself, so why should child porn be protected?
Remembering back to high school English lessons, we were taught that a D-Notice could not prevent publication of information. It is a threat which will be activated *after* the information is published. IIRC, the consequences could include closing down the publication in question.
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They just carried on churning out the same old, tired shite as they have for years. Just my opinion, of course :)
Although he might find himself in jail at some point, with a conviction for contempt.
The worst that could have happened was what just happened.
IIRC, there was court injunction ordering them to control the distribution of media, or shut down altogether. Being held in contempt of court could have been much worse than just walking away from Napster.
No, shoplifting = removing without permission. Copying without permission is copyright violation.
The age old argument goes something like, "if you weren't going to buy it anyway, what's the difference?".
I'm not saying I agree with that, but these arguments have been doing the rounds for (at least) 20 years, I remember the same debates regarding copying 8-bit game cassettes.
Are you sure? So you would be charged with theft for making unauthorised copies of music?
It seems to me that the offence is copyright violation. It may not actually be a crime, depending on where you live. There could be possible attendant damages, which represent the loss.
If I wreck your car with a hammer, I deprive you of your car. I am liable to you for the loss, but I didn't steal it.
Yes, one can net you millions, the other just gets you a CD.
A grammatical error can distract attention from the point being made. I assume that the writers at the WSJ are graduates, and therefore should know the difference between less and fewer. Also, the target audience are quite likely to notice.
Screw bombs, whatever happened to due process?
Well, I'm all British :)
I suspect that most Britons don't think of the New York Times at all if and when they think about media bias. The BBC is accused of bias here in the UK, but most often by politicians or politically motivated newspapers. Being accused of bias by a partisan professional proves nothing. The BBC does attempt to be even-handed when reporting from around the world. IIRC, it's in the charter.
From the references I see, the Times looks like a good, honest paper. I have to say though, that if I like the paper, it's probably biased towards my way of thinking. I would not be surprised if someone with a different opinion to your own denounced the Times as a pinko propaganda rag.
What is the ed2k: a protocol? Never seen that before.
I might download the RedHat ISOs later this week. What is the URL for the WinXP ISO again? I seem to have forgotten.
(Yes, I bit. It's a boring afternoon over here).
Well, I don't know about being similar to Eudora, but I like Sylpheed. It is a GTK+ client, and very nice too. The 'bleeding edge' (their words) version is here. It is perfectly stable for me (Mandrake 8.0, Ximian Gnome).
The stable branch is here.
Presumably, if his lawyers allow the case to be dragged out when a little research would show that there was no case, they could then be sued for negligence.
Jesus, that sort of thing really pisses me off. The choirgirl's family sound like they have a bob or two (The Molloy family, from Brooks Manor...). Maybe people with money fight using money when they feel wronged. Hope the judge tells them where to get off.
As for the other case, I guess his car insurance settled it, still bizarre though.
You want to be very sure that the virus did not propagate through your machine. If the original poster is a computing professional, he might be liable for negligence if his machine was not properly secured.
:)
It might be better to speak or write to the guy, tell him how things work with these outlook worms, give him a couple of references. He might back off once he undestands what really happened to his machine.
Then, you can offer to clean his network, and charge him a hefty price for it
I advocate the use of a 'roundabout' for 4 way intersections. I read somewhere that there are very few in the states. Is this true, and does anyone know why? They are great at keeping traffic moving at low-mid traffic densities, and not too bad even at rush hour. Of course, traffic is now so heavy that some roundabouts have traffic signals too, which defeats the whole idea.
This isn't a troll, I'm genuinely curious. Any Americans tried driving in the UK? If so, what did you think of those funny circular junctions?
Heh, the funniest thing about Slashdot corrections is that there is about a 50% chance of them containing another error.
Yikes, I was playing with 8-bit computers before you were born, now that *is* scary.
I understand that you will need the latest and greatest to get the best from these games, but turning down the detail is still an option. That's the beauty of these games, you can go some way to customizing them for your hardware.
That is, I agree that SCOTUS can for now
interpret laws against child pornography
as being constitutional, but who's to say
a child is not a sexual being?
And you just excercised your right to raise that question. You don't need to abuse kids to express yourself, so why should child porn be protected?
Remembering back to high school English lessons, we were taught that a D-Notice could not prevent publication of information. It is a threat which will be activated *after* the information is published. IIRC, the consequences could include closing down the publication in question.
As a troll, you're pathetic.
That would be because I wasn't trolling. What's your problem anyway?
If you are going to be antisocial, at least have the balls to log in, Anonymous Coward is right on in this case.
POKE 65495,0 If you know what this does, you are as old and pathetic as I am.
Does it get you infinite lives on JSW ?
After their recent close escape in court, do you think that MS would dare to try patenting the interface between PC hardware and OS?
There is a medium quality, 1 CD DivX. Or so I heard. :)