"Think about it...to many people AOL IS the internet."
Yes, and if AOL would just break their network back OFF from the real Internet and let those people continue to think that, we'd all be much happier, I'm sure.
Actually I didn't mean they'd break it in the line of duty, which this exemption covers, but rather in private, at home, like everyone else. That's not covered by the exemption, unless I read it wrong.
I'll agree on both points. Walburg had not only to live down "the new kids on the block" but "markie mark and the funky bunch" (for what was apparently a bunch of white suburban guys, it was a pretty rediciouls name)
As to the pop music, the talent thing, and the simplicity of the composition is a point against for me too. I tend to only listen to what I have fun playing, and there's not alot of fun to be had in modern pop for a bass guitar player that wants to do more than make repetative booming noises...
Still, I suppose that sort of music can always be copied in analog-form, since one would hard pressed to notice a drop in fidelity...
Not allowing me to fast forward through commercials wouldn't help. They can't stop me from muting the television, taking a leak, and getting another beer out of the fridge.
Attempting to FORCE someone to watch something only irritates them and makes them WANT to circumvent whatever controls you're trying to impose...
Actually, while (for instance) Star Trek (TOS) was sold with that rediculous pricing scheme (2 episodes for aroudn $20) they're being more intellegant with ST:TNG and I think a season is around $100. they're learning that $20 for 2 episodes won't cut it, I think...
Look, if a law that restrictive was ever passed, Police officers would be breaking it. I doubt they'd rush to a call from paramount or whoever to bust some average citizen for taping Judge Judy (put them in a mental ward maybe, but nothing to do with such a law)
Remember Prohibition? different dynamics, but the groundswell would have the same effect. Any polititian who would vote for such a thing better hope the donation from the media companies can buy him a ticket to rio and keep him fed for teh rest of his life, because his public "service" carreer would end at the next election.
Well, as a former professional musician (hey, I make more money QA'ing software, why would I do the local bar tour?) I can't imagine why I'd use a Mini-Disc recorder for well... anything. My mini-studio has a digital recording deck that goes straight to hard disk. If I want to publish, I burn a CD. the MiniDisc format offers me absolutely nothing.
The installed base of equipment that can play burned CDs for instance is far to large to kill without grass roots resistance.
If they stop "radiating unencrypted UHF and VHF signals" before enough people BUY the settop boxes (which would have outputs that could be recorded from anyway) they wouldn't have enough of an audience to fill a high school gymnasium. No audience, no advertisers. And since they don't have any subscribers to speak of, no income. That spells bankrupcy.
Sorry, they won't be able to kill the current model. and with the current model in place, their DivXish model will die the same way Circuit Shitty's abomination did.
Ask Joe Sixpack to pay to watch regular TV and he'll tell you to fuck off.
Insist and he's likely to get drunk, waltz down to the TV station with a few hundred of his buddies, and inflict some losses on your equipment.
this != embezzlement You == moron
If it's idling, it costs you the same as if it's running something. If you can't comprehend that simple fact, PLEASE don't breed.
Now if he was keeping computers switched on when he was told not to you might have a point. I'm guessing that's not the case though...
Yea, definitely one of Hopper's best. My friends and I have a bud who is umm... chronically chemically enhanced/inhibited. Our response when his vehicle arrives: "Oh, Frank's here" (the hologram dude from quantum leap said that in Blue Velvet. It never gets old with this guy)
For some equipment that's probably OK, but most of it was designed with racks in mind (especially in the area of VENTALATION).Stuffing a server that requires a couple inches on a side into any space it will fit into might shorten the life of the server just a bit.
Problem with pop-up or pop-under ads is they tend to spawn additional instances of an already unstable browser. I dont' have a problem with displaying an ad in a single session (as long as it's not scripted), but permission to launch an executable on MY box is explicitly DENIED thank you very much. It's not necessary to do that to advertise to me. Sites that use those ads get ALL their ads stripped on my machines.
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Now HOW was this moded as redundant, did the moderator not read the rest of the thread?
Strangely enough...
/. joke that has some root in valid practice.
I do test cluster based software... I might have just made the only reference to a running
Consider this.
10 virtual machines running windows hosting 10 virtual machines running Linux all on a single host box with dual Athalons.
The 100 virtual linux boxen are all running a Dreamcast Emulator running MAME emulating Donkey Kong.
I'm quite certain a quantum singualrity would result. that or one of those "gravistars" from the other story earlier today.
Hmm... interesting. We use it extensively for testing where I work. I hadn't thought about the throwaway aspect in those terms.
I must be getting old. My first reaction to new technology was "coooool! how can we mis-use it?"
a Beowulf cluster of these things!
"Think about it...to many people AOL IS the internet."
Yes, and if AOL would just break their network back OFF from the real Internet and let those people continue to think that, we'd all be much happier, I'm sure.
An old SCTV sketch (from eroding memory, probably not completely correct):
Empty ice rink
"It's been years, but they've finally found a cure, and now it's your last chance to see...
DISNEY ON ICE!!!"
...coffin goes pirouetting across the ice rink and out of frame...
Actually I didn't mean they'd break it in the line of duty, which this exemption covers, but rather in private, at home, like everyone else. That's not covered by the exemption, unless I read it wrong.
Agreed. Unfortunately I'm a big Rush fan, and now I'll wind up missing their next album... Anthem records, their lable is owned by...
Universal.
Not a chance it will be released on an acceptable, compliant CD.
gah...
I'll agree on both points. Walburg had not only to live down "the new kids on the block" but "markie mark and the funky bunch" (for what was apparently a bunch of white suburban guys, it was a pretty rediciouls name)
As to the pop music, the talent thing, and the simplicity of the composition is a point against for me too. I tend to only listen to what I have fun playing, and there's not alot of fun to be had in modern pop for a bass guitar player that wants to do more than make repetative booming noises...
Still, I suppose that sort of music can always be copied in analog-form, since one would hard pressed to notice a drop in fidelity...
Most likely because RtCW is based on the Quake III engine.
Not allowing me to fast forward through commercials wouldn't help. They can't stop me from muting the television, taking a leak, and getting another beer out of the fridge.
Attempting to FORCE someone to watch something only irritates them and makes them WANT to circumvent whatever controls you're trying to impose...
Actually, while (for instance) Star Trek (TOS) was sold with that rediculous pricing scheme (2 episodes for aroudn $20) they're being more intellegant with ST:TNG and I think a season is around $100. they're learning that $20 for 2 episodes won't cut it, I think...
Look, if a law that restrictive was ever passed, Police officers would be breaking it. I doubt they'd rush to a call from paramount or whoever to bust some average citizen for taping Judge Judy (put them in a mental ward maybe, but nothing to do with such a law)
Remember Prohibition? different dynamics, but the groundswell would have the same effect. Any polititian who would vote for such a thing better hope the donation from the media companies can buy him a ticket to rio and keep him fed for teh rest of his life, because his public "service" carreer would end at the next election.
Well, as a former professional musician (hey, I make more money QA'ing software, why would I do the local bar tour?) I can't imagine why I'd use a Mini-Disc recorder for well... anything. My mini-studio has a digital recording deck that goes straight to hard disk. If I want to publish, I burn a CD. the MiniDisc format offers me absolutely nothing.
The installed base of equipment that can play burned CDs for instance is far to large to kill without grass roots resistance.
If they stop "radiating unencrypted UHF and VHF signals" before enough people BUY the settop boxes (which would have outputs that could be recorded from anyway) they wouldn't have enough of an audience to fill a high school gymnasium. No audience, no advertisers. And since they don't have any subscribers to speak of, no income. That spells bankrupcy.
Sorry, they won't be able to kill the current model. and with the current model in place, their DivXish model will die the same way Circuit Shitty's abomination did.
Ask Joe Sixpack to pay to watch regular TV and he'll tell you to fuck off.
Insist and he's likely to get drunk, waltz down to the TV station with a few hundred of his buddies, and inflict some losses on your equipment.
All Hail the lowest common denominator.
this != embezzlement You == moron If it's idling, it costs you the same as if it's running something. If you can't comprehend that simple fact, PLEASE don't breed. Now if he was keeping computers switched on when he was told not to you might have a point. I'm guessing that's not the case though...
Disbarrment would be appropriate.
Yea, definitely one of Hopper's best. My friends and I have a bud who is umm... chronically chemically enhanced/inhibited. Our response when his vehicle arrives: "Oh, Frank's here" (the hologram dude from quantum leap said that in Blue Velvet. It never gets old with this guy)
Actually, a Brazillian maid works quite well for me :)
For some equipment that's probably OK, but most of it was designed with racks in mind (especially in the area of VENTALATION).Stuffing a server that requires a couple inches on a side into any space it will fit into might shorten the life of the server just a bit.
Thank you ever so much for that mental image. Now I must burn it out of my skull. Anyone have some Everclear and a branding iron?
Problem with pop-up or pop-under ads is they tend to spawn additional instances of an already unstable browser. I dont' have a problem with displaying an ad in a single session (as long as it's not scripted), but permission to launch an executable on MY box is explicitly DENIED thank you very much. It's not necessary to do that to advertise to me. Sites that use those ads get ALL their ads stripped on my machines.