Because it's an auto industry conspiracy! Conspiracy I say! And everyone knows that the auto industry is responsible for SUV's and all SUV owners are terrorists! It's the terrorists!!!
As for getting hooked the first time. That doesn't jive with my understanding of the drug (or the teachings of the illustrious Nebraska Wesleyan University, Drugs in a Modern Society course literature). In fact, nicotine is more addictive than heroin, and even crack, according to the course book. (fwiw, I don't know how much of this I believe, but it IS a college text...)
Heroin does not cause immediate addiction. In fact, the majority of first time users experience an unpleasant amount of vomitting and stomach pains. However, with dogged determination, one may abuse heroin (just like any other drug), until it is deeply ingrained into the fabric of your daily routine. This is the addiction.
To the grandparent post: I don't want to poo-poo your friends story (for all I know he could be one of the 1/10th of 1 percent of people who react to heroin the same way I react to Sour Cream and Onion Pringles.), but his claim of immediate addiction is definately an exception and not the rule.
Sorry, your list is wrong. Columbia's leading cocaine cartel is by far the largest operating 'business' on the planet. I would even put them on the same ethical footing. At least they're producing something that people WANT to use.;)
A phaser's energy pulse doesn't travel at c--if it did, we'd never see even a little streak in any scale small enough to see the crew or the enterprise. The directed-energy weapon has at least some mass to contain the energy.
Hate to be a dick, but.
It's people like you that make it hard for people like me to get laid. It's not just that you know a bunch of stuff about technology. It's that you know a bunch of stuff about technology that doesn't exist. For example, last week I was forced to break up a conversation that two of my cow-orkers were having on the relative merits and drawbacks of the different types of transporters used by the different races. Had that conversation continued, it might have made it impossible for any geek to EVER GET LAID AGAIN.
Just the hearing phrase "computer scientist" causes most women to stop ovulating immediately already. Let's not make things worse on ourselves.
Second that! It's like 3 lines in 2 xml files to get Tomcat going (granted the older versions were MUCH more difficult to set up). Setting up Websphere was like pulling barbed wire through my urethra.
Which makes the parent's original post that much more important. Proxy servers based in the US could potentially throw a kink into this scheme. The studios are welcome to negotiate as many contracts as they like, but so long as a proxy server can negate their rights to a work being downloaded to a foreign country, they're screwed.
I wonder if the UN will soon become the new world copyright enforcement body. I'd love to see a dozen UN tanks parked outside my house when I get home tonight. Maybe I'll even get 'sanctioned.' If that doesn't give my W4R3Z dud3 street cred a bump, I don't know what will.
I'd rather take advice from slashdot than advice from a Chiropracter. And, I'd rather take advice from a Chiropracter, than second hand Chiropractic advice from Slashdot!
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The leak wasn't a very serious leak, despite the Drudge Report's alarmist headline, which reads "The most anticipated game in history: Doom III by ID Software has been compromised after an Alpha version was leaked... " [The link on their page actually points to this thread.]
Basically, an alpha version containing 3 levels, got out. This is far from the whole game, and the game certainly wasn't 'compromised.' Now, on to my point...;) I think this leak is a 'good' leak that was not done on purpose. It serves as a great demo and is certainly no more harmful than the full blown warezed copies that are sure to follow.
In addition to this I was wondering if anyone knew how well the different J2EE containers ran under this BSD? Long ago (18 months, or a generation in IT time) I heard stories that java was not very well supported. Since my OS needs have evolved, I am now looking for a simple, secure and fairly modern operating system that isn't Linux (not that I have a problem with it, just broadening my horizons a bit).
Well, since the parent post was talking about a hypothetical question, I don't understand why my equally hypothetical questions (both examples of loaded survey questions) are invalid, but you are free to argue as you like. Also, the question asked in the Survey is never explicitely stated, so your argument that my question isn't the same as the one in the survey is correct, but irrelevant.
The questions I asked were posed to demonstrate that surveys tend to use loaded questions. In the case of the parent poster, the question is obviously loaded in favour of the 'consumer's rights' cause. The questions I proposed were obviously loaded in the other direction, and yet phrased in such a way that answering 'yes' doesn't appear disagreeable.
As for my first question. I understand fair use rights. I think they're good. However they do pose a problem, and that is what my first question is pointing to.
And I have no problem with them trying to prevent illegal copying and distribution, so long as it doesn't infringe on my legal copying.
Then you have a problem, as that is exactly what they are trying to do.
Or on the other side: "Do you believe that artists are entitled to payment for every copy of their work that gets distributed to a different individual?"
Or
"Do you believe that businesses should be allowed to distribute media that prevents the illegal copying and re-distribution of their content?"
With art as in politics, it's all in where you draw the line.
The artists only now (when their bottom lines were in trouble) 'jumped into the fray.' They're no better than the RIAA. Screw them both, let them die, enjoy the new sounds that don't have 'commercial appeal.'
This is why I love emusic. They provide a link to download the entire album, all at once.
People need to start ripping albums and tarring them up in their entirety before they violate copyright by putting the album on p2p (hint hint). If the record companies beat the copyright violators to the punch and charge a reasonable fee (I'd eagerly pay $7.00/album if it was encoded at 160+ and sent through a big enough pipe), they might be able to turn file swapping into a win.
Winmx, Kaaza, gnutella, they all have one thing in common: Complete lack of sortable, searchable contextual information. Audiogalaxy seemed to be on the right track, but we all know how they ended. A record label (or a joint venture of multiple labels) with tight control over their online inventory could expand their service from one of merely providing music to one of helping people find new music, providing a forum for users to suggest new music and opening up a search api for users who want to create their own queries, data aggregations and what not.
I'd love a music collection on my hard drive that was tightly organized and easily searchable/indexed. I hate queueing up tons of d/l's and sorting them out afterwards.
I know there are solutions out there to do what I want, but I think there is value in me not having to download and implement these solutions myself, but to have the labels do it for me. After all, they ARE responsible for the packaging of the media aren't they?;)
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Because it's an auto industry conspiracy! Conspiracy I say! And everyone knows that the auto industry is responsible for SUV's and all SUV owners are terrorists! It's the terrorists!!!
Are gravitons and gravity waves analogous to how light acts as a particle and a wave?
Man that's cold... and funny... ;)
As for getting hooked the first time. That doesn't jive with my understanding of the drug (or the teachings of the illustrious Nebraska Wesleyan University, Drugs in a Modern Society course literature). In fact, nicotine is more addictive than heroin, and even crack, according to the course book. (fwiw, I don't know how much of this I believe, but it IS a college text...)
Heroin does not cause immediate addiction. In fact, the majority of first time users experience an unpleasant amount of vomitting and stomach pains. However, with dogged determination, one may abuse heroin (just like any other drug), until it is deeply ingrained into the fabric of your daily routine. This is the addiction.
To the grandparent post: I don't want to poo-poo your friends story (for all I know he could be one of the 1/10th of 1 percent of people who react to heroin the same way I react to Sour Cream and Onion Pringles.), but his claim of immediate addiction is definately an exception and not the rule.
Sorry, your list is wrong. Columbia's leading cocaine cartel is by far the largest operating 'business' on the planet. I would even put them on the same ethical footing. At least they're producing something that people WANT to use. ;)
Don't waste your time with that, Microsoft has already broken the Hindi++ interpreter and replaced it with it's own proprietary version called Hindi#.
Not one to pick nits, but his post didn't disseminate any fud. I wasn't the least bit fearful, uncertain or doubtful after reading his post.
Misiniformation? Yes. Fud? No.
A phaser's energy pulse doesn't travel at c--if it did, we'd never see even a little streak in any scale small enough to see the crew or the enterprise. The directed-energy weapon has at least some mass to contain the energy.
Hate to be a dick, but.
It's people like you that make it hard for people like me to get laid. It's not just that you know a bunch of stuff about technology. It's that you know a bunch of stuff about technology that doesn't exist. For example, last week I was forced to break up a conversation that two of my cow-orkers were having on the relative merits and drawbacks of the different types of transporters used by the different races. Had that conversation continued, it might have made it impossible for any geek to EVER GET LAID AGAIN.
Just the hearing phrase "computer scientist" causes most women to stop ovulating immediately already. Let's not make things worse on ourselves.
Second that! It's like 3 lines in 2 xml files to get Tomcat going (granted the older versions were MUCH more difficult to set up). Setting up Websphere was like pulling barbed wire through my urethra.
I for one WELCOME our new computer overlords...
Which makes the parent's original post that much more important. Proxy servers based in the US could potentially throw a kink into this scheme. The studios are welcome to negotiate as many contracts as they like, but so long as a proxy server can negate their rights to a work being downloaded to a foreign country, they're screwed.
I wonder if the UN will soon become the new world copyright enforcement body. I'd love to see a dozen UN tanks parked outside my house when I get home tonight. Maybe I'll even get 'sanctioned.' If that doesn't give my W4R3Z dud3 street cred a bump, I don't know what will.
I'd rather take advice from slashdot than advice from a Chiropracter. And, I'd rather take advice from a Chiropracter, than second hand Chiropractic advice from Slashdot!
The leak wasn't a very serious leak, despite the Drudge Report's alarmist headline, which reads "The most anticipated game in history: Doom III by ID Software has been compromised after an Alpha version was leaked... " [The link on their page actually points to this thread.]
;) I think this leak is a 'good' leak that was not done on purpose. It serves as a great demo and is certainly no more harmful than the full blown warezed copies that are sure to follow.
Basically, an alpha version containing 3 levels, got out. This is far from the whole game, and the game certainly wasn't 'compromised.' Now, on to my point...
I probably should write a script or something before I start filming.
;)
Why bother? Hollywood never does.
Ethically, I think the parent poster has a point... Financially? Well, if Dude Where's My Car can turn a profit...
In addition to this I was wondering if anyone knew how well the different J2EE containers ran under this BSD? Long ago (18 months, or a generation in IT time) I heard stories that java was not very well supported. Since my OS needs have evolved, I am now looking for a simple, secure and fairly modern operating system that isn't Linux (not that I have a problem with it, just broadening my horizons a bit).
Thank you for the clarification.
Yeah, but what does that have to do with the RIAA?
Uhm... Nothing... ?? But then, neither does the article... Who said ANYTHING about the RIAA within the context of the post or article?
Well, since the parent post was talking about a hypothetical question, I don't understand why my equally hypothetical questions (both examples of loaded survey questions) are invalid, but you are free to argue as you like. Also, the question asked in the Survey is never explicitely stated, so your argument that my question isn't the same as the one in the survey is correct, but irrelevant.
The questions I asked were posed to demonstrate that surveys tend to use loaded questions. In the case of the parent poster, the question is obviously loaded in favour of the 'consumer's rights' cause. The questions I proposed were obviously loaded in the other direction, and yet phrased in such a way that answering 'yes' doesn't appear disagreeable.
As for my first question. I understand fair use rights. I think they're good. However they do pose a problem, and that is what my first question is pointing to.
And I have no problem with them trying to prevent illegal copying and distribution, so long as it doesn't infringe on my legal copying.
Then you have a problem, as that is exactly what they are trying to do.
Or on the other side: "Do you believe that artists are entitled to payment for every copy of their work that gets distributed to a different individual?"
Or
"Do you believe that businesses should be allowed to distribute media that prevents the illegal copying and re-distribution of their content?"
With art as in politics, it's all in where you draw the line.
MSFU? I want that on a shirt!
The artists only now (when their bottom lines were in trouble) 'jumped into the fray.' They're no better than the RIAA. Screw them both, let them die, enjoy the new sounds that don't have 'commercial appeal.'
This is why I love emusic. They provide a link to download the entire album, all at once.
;)
People need to start ripping albums and tarring them up in their entirety before they violate copyright by putting the album on p2p (hint hint). If the record companies beat the copyright violators to the punch and charge a reasonable fee (I'd eagerly pay $7.00/album if it was encoded at 160+ and sent through a big enough pipe), they might be able to turn file swapping into a win.
Winmx, Kaaza, gnutella, they all have one thing in common: Complete lack of sortable, searchable contextual information. Audiogalaxy seemed to be on the right track, but we all know how they ended. A record label (or a joint venture of multiple labels) with tight control over their online inventory could expand their service from one of merely providing music to one of helping people find new music, providing a forum for users to suggest new music and opening up a search api for users who want to create their own queries, data aggregations and what not.
I'd love a music collection on my hard drive that was tightly organized and easily searchable/indexed. I hate queueing up tons of d/l's and sorting them out afterwards.
I know there are solutions out there to do what I want, but I think there is value in me not having to download and implement these solutions myself, but to have the labels do it for me. After all, they ARE responsible for the packaging of the media aren't they?
We're not going to let that happen. We'll bomb them first. ;)
Has Transmeta been forgotten?
It would also legitimize their attack on p2p networks...
i wonder how the game theorists would explain that?
Winning?