A guy across the dorm hall 3 years ago and I have an arrangement, he asks me computer questions and on-site help and he gives me as many free movie tickets (he's a co-manager). He gives me 10 reserve movie tickets (basically movie ticket vouchers) at a time, that's about $80 (less if redeemed for matinee show times) each. The theater he works at is part of a chain, so the reserve tickets work at theaters at school and at home. It's a really good deal considering I've used about $250 in movie tickets through "the hookup". If he's working, I can also go up and talk to him and he escorts me (and friends I bring) past the ticket-taker guy, really smooth.
It's good when you can take a date past the ticket lines, walk up to my friend the manager, say "hey, can we see this movie starting now?" and he nods and we walk past the ticket-taking lines and personally escorted to the theater and ends it with "enjoy the show".
a base will eat through your skin and you will just feel "slippery" [a]s it turns your flesh into soap
I'm reminded in the movie Robocop in the end when Murphy goes after Clarence Boddicker and something happens and they get nuclear waste spilled on them. Later they pop out of nowhere and jump on Murphy's car with their skin hanging off their face.
Rice cars do suck, I personally dislike them based on the fact that most people into rice cars are in it just to put on body kits and a bumblebee muffler. Yeah, once in a while there are some that actually do real work (not just NoS), but there are too many lowered Civics with neon lights that I have to show it takes more than a loud muffler to go fast, and I do show them effectively.
I like to think of cars as paintings, people in your boat take rather poor paintings, add some flourescent paint to "jazz it up". I like to get a really nice painting and leave it untouched because I have faith in the original designers. In fact, I want to take damaged paintings and fix them up and resell them because I believe in rebuilding them.
and it's great to hear because it's just an eyesore and something to stand under when it rains. The wooden scaffolding is warped but most of the stations are built, just needs to be finished.
start with the segment of society that condemns intelligence. To swear, to drink and not be good at school is to be popular. It's the envious/jealous in the guise of jokes blue collar workers make on white collar workers.
When you make it positive and popular to be smart and honorable, then it'll be fun to persue. Remember, you can't change what math and science is, so you gotta change what's considered friendly to kids.
Well, as someone said somewhere else posted in this topic that we'll never know definitively if damage has been done because of free music downloads because of the sheer volume of variables in the situation. That fact also affects the monetary damages, we'll just never know for sure.
Your example and the RIAA, while similar, are still different and I'll try and outline the differences I see...
In your example, you haven't lost money because neither you nor the people that distribute the essay have sold it. You're right, someone did violate your right to guide the distribution of your own work.
In the case with the RIAA, they see mp3 downloading as revenue they would have received if someone didn't provide the free music download.
To apply your example to the RIAA's situation you would have to say that you begin selling the essay, but some people went behind your back and distributed the essay for free. That means there's money that you think should be in your pocket, but isn't. You can either not sue and lose the money, or sue to get the money you would have otherwise received.
These studies have said the same thing for a while that mp3 downloading has not affected or actually helped CD sales. However, the RIAA still sues people to try and halt mp3 downloading using fear of prosecution and saying mp3 downloading is damaging the executive profit margins. Someone's not telling the truth because they can't be right, and multiple sources have gone against the RIAA so far.
My issue with the situation is when the RIAA going to actually perform their own study and see for themselves that downloaders aren't pilfering from their pockets? I want the RIAA to prove to me that mp3 downloading is hurting CD sales.
I've always maintained lobbying and special interest groups are manipulating the laws. I'd like a bill introduced (it'll be popular for sure) that makes it illegal for money or goods to be transferred to an elected official from a group that could benefit from the officials position.
For example, if I am in trial for murder and I present the judge presiding over my case a new Land Rover and mention that it would be frightfully unfortunate if I did jail time, that judge is going to accuse me of bribery and go nuts. I know I'm not the same entity as the movie industry, but the same principle still applies.
No one should be able to use money to influence voting decisions.
I'm a senior in computer engineering and I'm not too worried. This isn't like the textile industry where robots are poised to take my place. There will always be a need for someone to write firmware code, assembly or other tasks because computers aren't going to go out of style anytime soon.
Yeah, the market may be bad today, a year from today or even 5 years from today, but don't jump ship too soon. Assuming you had a BS in CE, a good employer of a non-CE, but computing-type job should see your BS and realize you can do more things than you were taught. I already have an AS in Civil Engineering, that shows I know other forms of engineering and transfers over the core classes so I don't have to overlap my classes. My dad got his BS in EE, but worked with chemicals for 15 years till his company was bought out but the new company went under. He now fixes electronic sensor machines for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality doing what he is educated for with a generous salary.
I guess the moral of the story is get the computer degree you are trying to get and in the long run it'll be okay.
I got an 8600 for Christmas. It took about 1 day to assemble and 2 days to ship. That was in about the first week of Christmas, when I bet their workforce swells for the holidays. I really like my 8600, it's my first computer since my 8086 that I've bought pre-assembled, but then again, it's not easy to assemble a laptop.
When I think back to Florida in the 2000 elections, wasn't the problem that voters picked no president (where the people had to determine if a chad was punched out enough to count as a vote) or picked the wrong president (butterfly vote layout)?
Well, these voting machines are the wrong tool to fix this problem. The electronic voting machine like Diebold's are meant to totally erase the paper trail which is very bad thing, IMO. What they should make is basically a ballot booth that prints punchcards. You stand at the machine and it asks you:
Who do you want for president? [ ] George W. Bush (R) [ ] John Kerry (D) ... [ ] None
Then the machine punches the ballot for you, so there won't be any confusion as to who you're voting for. You can also run an independant tally in the electronic machine, then check it against the punch cards by feeding them back in to a reader, if everything meets up, then few people can contest the results.
I didn't want to name drop, but if someone asks...
I have a 1994 Audi 90CS Quattro Sport, but the supercharger would work for any Audi (or maybe VW, don't know about them as much) with the 2.8L 12V V6, perhaps some small changes can be made throughout the different engine years.
yeah, the company with the estimated numbers said they would sell the entire kit for $5k, but before work began, they said 20 people needed to put a 50% downpayment (to cover R&D and test if the result would be profitable for them) and someone had to donate their car to be used to test and work with, and they only had to pay for parts (i.e. labor was free). The problem is that not enough people knew about it, we had 13 people but people got frustrated and sold their cars and moved on.
If this works for previous model years instead of just new models, I'll be really happy. There's a small but loyal group of people like me that are trying to get a supercharger for our car. A company has quoted if they could produce it, the supercharger could conservatively raise the car from 174hp to ~260hp (300 lb-ft torque) thanks to a solid engine. The physical supercharger is the same as any others, but the problem is that no one has been able to crack the Hitachi (I think) computer so the programming knows about a supercharger and doesn't compensate for it negatively.
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What if manufacturers (or rogue programmers) made a program for Windows or Linux (or what have you) that you can plug a headset into your laptop (or plug a regular phone into your desktop) and dial a call over the same network? If I could do that, just plug the a stand-alone phone into a power socket, or headset into a computer and it sets itself up automatically, I'd be pretty interested.
I used to not care about this SCO business but its been going on for long enough for me to at least be interested and might as well get the facts straight, so if anyone can help get me straight on this...
SCO (Formerly called Caldera) owns the rights to UNIX. SCO is now threatening to sue businesses that run Linux because they didn't buy their license, even if they aren't using their UNIX? For example, I could install Red Hat and be sued for copyright infringement because I don't have a license to UNIX? Sounds like racketeering to me...
I blame business too eager to plead guilty and settle, them saving money is costing the rest of us (the Linux-running business community) lots of precedents we'll need to fight later. But if all this is true, SCO is making lots of enemies, at least Microsoft made Windows for people to use to get to the top, SCO just sues to pay the bills.
I'm using it right now to encode the audio tracks of episodes of Sealab 2021. Yeah, I could use another codec but it's not like tomorrow every mp3 player available will be DRM-only.
We need to get back to the bartering system in The Oregon Trail. I'll trade you 3 changes of clothes for a wagon wheel. Oh, and never ford the river, if you need to, caulk your wagon up and float it down. The ferry costs too much and takes too long to get there.
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I think people were staring in humiliation rather than amazement.
A guy across the dorm hall 3 years ago and I have an arrangement, he asks me computer questions and on-site help and he gives me as many free movie tickets (he's a co-manager). He gives me 10 reserve movie tickets (basically movie ticket vouchers) at a time, that's about $80 (less if redeemed for matinee show times) each. The theater he works at is part of a chain, so the reserve tickets work at theaters at school and at home. It's a really good deal considering I've used about $250 in movie tickets through "the hookup". If he's working, I can also go up and talk to him and he escorts me (and friends I bring) past the ticket-taker guy, really smooth.
It's good when you can take a date past the ticket lines, walk up to my friend the manager, say "hey, can we see this movie starting now?" and he nods and we walk past the ticket-taking lines and personally escorted to the theater and ends it with "enjoy the show".
a base will eat through your skin and you will just feel "slippery" [a]s it turns your flesh into soap
I'm reminded in the movie Robocop in the end when Murphy goes after Clarence Boddicker and something happens and they get nuclear waste spilled on them. Later they pop out of nowhere and jump on Murphy's car with their skin hanging off their face.
I just ran out of mod points the other day, else I'd reverse this Troll status. That slur is just atrocious.
Rice cars do suck, I personally dislike them based on the fact that most people into rice cars are in it just to put on body kits and a bumblebee muffler. Yeah, once in a while there are some that actually do real work (not just NoS), but there are too many lowered Civics with neon lights that I have to show it takes more than a loud muffler to go fast, and I do show them effectively.
I like to think of cars as paintings, people in your boat take rather poor paintings, add some flourescent paint to "jazz it up". I like to get a really nice painting and leave it untouched because I have faith in the original designers. In fact, I want to take damaged paintings and fix them up and resell them because I believe in rebuilding them.
and it's great to hear because it's just an eyesore and something to stand under when it rains. The wooden scaffolding is warped but most of the stations are built, just needs to be finished.
start with the segment of society that condemns intelligence. To swear, to drink and not be good at school is to be popular. It's the envious/jealous in the guise of jokes blue collar workers make on white collar workers.
When you make it positive and popular to be smart and honorable, then it'll be fun to persue. Remember, you can't change what math and science is, so you gotta change what's considered friendly to kids.
your comments sound like the creative meeting at Microsoft for Microsoft Bob, see how far that took them...
Well, as someone said somewhere else posted in this topic that we'll never know definitively if damage has been done because of free music downloads because of the sheer volume of variables in the situation. That fact also affects the monetary damages, we'll just never know for sure.
Your example and the RIAA, while similar, are still different and I'll try and outline the differences I see...
In your example, you haven't lost money because neither you nor the people that distribute the essay have sold it. You're right, someone did violate your right to guide the distribution of your own work.
In the case with the RIAA, they see mp3 downloading as revenue they would have received if someone didn't provide the free music download.
To apply your example to the RIAA's situation you would have to say that you begin selling the essay, but some people went behind your back and distributed the essay for free. That means there's money that you think should be in your pocket, but isn't. You can either not sue and lose the money, or sue to get the money you would have otherwise received.
These studies have said the same thing for a while that mp3 downloading has not affected or actually helped CD sales. However, the RIAA still sues people to try and halt mp3 downloading using fear of prosecution and saying mp3 downloading is damaging the executive profit margins. Someone's not telling the truth because they can't be right, and multiple sources have gone against the RIAA so far.
My issue with the situation is when the RIAA going to actually perform their own study and see for themselves that downloaders aren't pilfering from their pockets? I want the RIAA to prove to me that mp3 downloading is hurting CD sales.
I just tried it and u:slashdot4/p:slashdot4 works
I've always maintained lobbying and special interest groups are manipulating the laws. I'd like a bill introduced (it'll be popular for sure) that makes it illegal for money or goods to be transferred to an elected official from a group that could benefit from the officials position.
For example, if I am in trial for murder and I present the judge presiding over my case a new Land Rover and mention that it would be frightfully unfortunate if I did jail time, that judge is going to accuse me of bribery and go nuts. I know I'm not the same entity as the movie industry, but the same principle still applies.
No one should be able to use money to influence voting decisions.
I'm a senior in computer engineering and I'm not too worried. This isn't like the textile industry where robots are poised to take my place. There will always be a need for someone to write firmware code, assembly or other tasks because computers aren't going to go out of style anytime soon.
Yeah, the market may be bad today, a year from today or even 5 years from today, but don't jump ship too soon. Assuming you had a BS in CE, a good employer of a non-CE, but computing-type job should see your BS and realize you can do more things than you were taught. I already have an AS in Civil Engineering, that shows I know other forms of engineering and transfers over the core classes so I don't have to overlap my classes. My dad got his BS in EE, but worked with chemicals for 15 years till his company was bought out but the new company went under. He now fixes electronic sensor machines for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality doing what he is educated for with a generous salary.
I guess the moral of the story is get the computer degree you are trying to get and in the long run it'll be okay.
I got an 8600 for Christmas. It took about 1 day to assemble and 2 days to ship. That was in about the first week of Christmas, when I bet their workforce swells for the holidays. I really like my 8600, it's my first computer since my 8086 that I've bought pre-assembled, but then again, it's not easy to assemble a laptop.
Well, these voting machines are the wrong tool to fix this problem. The electronic voting machine like Diebold's are meant to totally erase the paper trail which is very bad thing, IMO. What they should make is basically a ballot booth that prints punchcards. You stand at the machine and it asks you:Then the machine punches the ballot for you, so there won't be any confusion as to who you're voting for. You can also run an independant tally in the electronic machine, then check it against the punch cards by feeding them back in to a reader, if everything meets up, then few people can contest the results.
I didn't want to name drop, but if someone asks...
I have a 1994 Audi 90CS Quattro Sport, but the supercharger would work for any Audi (or maybe VW, don't know about them as much) with the 2.8L 12V V6, perhaps some small changes can be made throughout the different engine years.
yeah, the company with the estimated numbers said they would sell the entire kit for $5k, but before work began, they said 20 people needed to put a 50% downpayment (to cover R&D and test if the result would be profitable for them) and someone had to donate their car to be used to test and work with, and they only had to pay for parts (i.e. labor was free). The problem is that not enough people knew about it, we had 13 people but people got frustrated and sold their cars and moved on.
If this works for previous model years instead of just new models, I'll be really happy. There's a small but loyal group of people like me that are trying to get a supercharger for our car. A company has quoted if they could produce it, the supercharger could conservatively raise the car from 174hp to ~260hp (300 lb-ft torque) thanks to a solid engine. The physical supercharger is the same as any others, but the problem is that no one has been able to crack the Hitachi (I think) computer so the programming knows about a supercharger and doesn't compensate for it negatively.
Small Wonder (1985)
You mean Chris Elliot's show Get A Life (1990)?
The show about the robotic girl was called Small Wonder (1985).
What if manufacturers (or rogue programmers) made a program for Windows or Linux (or what have you) that you can plug a headset into your laptop (or plug a regular phone into your desktop) and dial a call over the same network? If I could do that, just plug the a stand-alone phone into a power socket, or headset into a computer and it sets itself up automatically, I'd be pretty interested.
I used to not care about this SCO business but its been going on for long enough for me to at least be interested and might as well get the facts straight, so if anyone can help get me straight on this...
SCO (Formerly called Caldera) owns the rights to UNIX. SCO is now threatening to sue businesses that run Linux because they didn't buy their license, even if they aren't using their UNIX? For example, I could install Red Hat and be sued for copyright infringement because I don't have a license to UNIX? Sounds like racketeering to me...
I blame business too eager to plead guilty and settle, them saving money is costing the rest of us (the Linux-running business community) lots of precedents we'll need to fight later. But if all this is true, SCO is making lots of enemies, at least Microsoft made Windows for people to use to get to the top, SCO just sues to pay the bills.
I'm using it right now to encode the audio tracks of episodes of Sealab 2021. Yeah, I could use another codec but it's not like tomorrow every mp3 player available will be DRM-only.
We need to get back to the bartering system in The Oregon Trail. I'll trade you 3 changes of clothes for a wagon wheel. Oh, and never ford the river, if you need to, caulk your wagon up and float it down. The ferry costs too much and takes too long to get there.