You know, you're right. I didn't thinking it through -- I was just thinking about making a single key. I'll ask my locksmith friend about making a master tonight and see what he thinks. I know he'll agree with it, but I'll see if he's ever done it.
I saw that story and that's the first thing I thought about. You're spying on me and I know it. You've been sneaking into my house and poking small holes into my tinfoil to read my brain. I'll change all 15 locks on my door, and re-check the boards that cover my windows. And you better believe I'll be buying more foil.
"no one forces an artist to do business with the RIAA. The artist hires the RIAA to market to their product. They are a partner in the process, not a slave, despite what a lot of people want you to believe."
Have you ever been in a band? I'm in crappy, but fun, bands who aren't going to get major label interest. But I know what's going on around me.
In order to sign to a major label, you sign away your soul. Large labels sell 80% of music, they pay out 8-15% of profits (minus advances), and they usually own your music. If your band fails, they try to collect money from you. Small labels treat you much better, but you don't go as far.
Big companies sue even if they know they'll lose. They can drag on a court case for decades and bleed you dry. And in this case the horrible bastards of RIAA won.
The phone company can turn over records of who's dialing in. And how many people are going to give you cash? It'd be nice if it happened, but it's not very likely.
Golly. I had no idea that 300 pounds would weigh 136.4 kilograms. I always thought that converting any pound weight, no matter the number, into kilograms would either be "a zillion" or "a bazillion". All my years of doing metric/imperial conversion for NASA has found a doubter.
True, but they can presumably have their cert taken off them if they are shown to be incompetent or blatantly rip people off or do unsafe work etc etc.
That doesn't happen with mechanics, so why should it happen to computer technicians?
I was a junior greasemonkey for about a year at a shop with a good reputation. The owner of that shop did a lot of horrible things that still haunt me even though I quit 3 years ago.
One of my ASE certifications is for manual transmissions. I don't trust myself to work on those (and sadly they're hardly used anymore), but I passed the test.
And with a dishonest mechanic, things aren't going to get any better. Shops that charge $500 to replace a valve cover (on a car from the 70s). It's a 2 minute job. We didn't do that, that's just a dishonest mechanic with ASE certification.
I really don't think computer certification for computer techs is going to mean anything.
Someone on the amazon site mentioned that you can only use TurboTax to check for that year. That's not making much sense.
You do your taxes in 1999, so you need the 1999 version to check them. And sometimes you need to know your back taxes.
And there's a program called C-Dilla that you can't shut off that checks your registration number. Complaints were even if you remove TurboTax you still have that working.
That one made me laugh. "You're found guilty of hacking Bill Gates. Based on your trial about being a monopoly, you're punishment is a $100 fine. Try not to let that happen again."
Maybe that's why mp3 won't return the emails I've been sending them for the last 5 months asking for our money. I'd like a "it'll even out with what we owe you", but it won't even be that.
But $20 a month? Screw that.
I've got a collection of automated responses from mp3 saying "we'll answer this in 5-10 working days".
The US has no problems taking away minority rights
I think you meant non-white minority rights. We whiteys can do whatever we want.
Sure they check me at the airport, sure they go through my checked luggage and take jackets they like, but I have zero fear of being put in Manzinar.
Speaking of US friendly governments, Hussein was put there by the CIA. Or should I say "heavily helped" by the CIA? And oil companies still buy tons of oil from Iran.
I live in the UK and we're quickly catching up with your country's low voter turnout and general disinterest in the things done in our name.
In Australia, Belgium, and Luxembourg there's compulsary voting. I think that's be a good idea in the US, but then big business would lose out once people started voting "none of the above" or picking random Green or Libertarians to vote for because you don't like the Republican/Democrats. As the Feederz once said, "When you're being sodomized who cares if it's from The Left or The Right".
Here it's a civil matter. The cops won't do that kind of work. Canadians are much nicer and way more polite than Americans. By the time the car/bike/boat/rv has been turned over to a repo man, the bank has given up trying to contact the customer.
If the car is in a horrible area (used to repo in Hunters Point which is the ghetto in San Francisco), we can call up the cops and ask them to stand by. The new area I work isn't as bad as that, but you still go through some crappy neighborhoods. We try not to get the cops involved. You don't want to abuse the privilege.
It's just part time work for me, just for kicks. I'm a programmer, but sneaking around late at night stealing people's cars legally really gets the adrenaline flowing.
And to be more off topic, I used to repo lots of cars from failed dotcommers. It's about 60% poor people buying cars they shouldn't have, and 30% rich people who are lazy about paying their bills. I haven't figured out the other 10%.
The old timers talk about how great Christmas was to repo, but now the banks make us take a week off in the holiday season (at least in California). Early morning New Year's Day is good though.
Working part time as a repo man, slim jims still get you into cars. There's a few keys with transponders that are a pain in the ass, but that's what the repo truck is for.
Working as a repo man is fun -- which is why I do it. A repo guy I work with has a masters from Yale.
My area is Vacaville, Valejo, and Richmond. If you're a deadbeat and you live there, I'll be after your car tonight.
--"Yeah, lets raise the prices to get out of debt."
It's not working? Why that's weird. I'd figure overcharging and not meeting competitor's prices would work for everyone.
The spot where the first Tower is now a cafe, but the Tower across the street has nothing. You'd think what's essentially The First Tower would have some good stuff, but it don't. And it had the worst parking of anywhere in Sacramento (until the Safeway remodeled and took the crown).
Tower is on the rocks right now, so a threat like that would put them instep with the RIAA.
It wouldn't even be a matter of crumbling, they don't have a choice right now.
Every day that Tower is open is a great relief to Tower employees.
I'm living in Sacramento. Tower's corporate headquarters are here and I know lots of the corporate geeks. There's tons of music geeks in the offices which might be why they're on the verge of fuckedcompany.
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He skimmed through it last night, but said he'd read it today or this weekend.
You know, you're right. I didn't thinking it through -- I was just thinking about making a single key. I'll ask my locksmith friend about making a master tonight and see what he thinks. I know he'll agree with it, but I'll see if he's ever done it.
I've been a repoman in prior work, and this is so common knowledge, that it surprised me that some professor wrote about it and got a big ol' article.
It's like someone saying, "Hey, if you hit ctrl-alt-delete you can shut your computer down".
You need a blank key. You wiggle it around fairly hard and it will leave little marks on the key. Then you file down to the marks.
But that's the magic of "common sense". What's common sense for me isn't going to be common sense for you.
They yanked him into our "justice" system for doing something that's legal in Russia.
I can't wait to get speeding tickets when I'm on the autobahn. "Well sir, the limit in the US is 70, and you were doing 90. Here's your ticket".
Man, the US has voted for insane governments.
Damn you. Damn you all to hell.
I saw that story and that's the first thing I thought about. You're spying on me and I know it. You've been sneaking into my house and poking small holes into my tinfoil to read my brain. I'll change all 15 locks on my door, and re-check the boards that cover my windows. And you better believe I'll be buying more foil.
"no one forces an artist to do business with the RIAA. The artist hires the RIAA to market to their product. They are a partner in the process, not a slave, despite what a lot of people want you to believe."
Have you ever been in a band? I'm in crappy, but fun, bands who aren't going to get major label interest. But I know what's going on around me.
In order to sign to a major label, you sign away your soul. Large labels sell 80% of music, they pay out 8-15% of profits (minus advances), and they usually own your music. If your band fails, they try to collect money from you. Small labels treat you much better, but you don't go as far.
Big companies sue even if they know they'll lose. They can drag on a court case for decades and bleed you dry. And in this case the horrible bastards of RIAA won.
The phone company can turn over records of who's dialing in. And how many people are going to give you cash? It'd be nice if it happened, but it's not very likely.
Golly. I had no idea that 300 pounds would weigh 136.4 kilograms. I always thought that converting any pound weight, no matter the number, into kilograms would either be "a zillion" or "a bazillion". All my years of doing metric/imperial conversion for NASA has found a doubter.
I, like you, grow annoying quickly.
I guess the average 300 pound (about a zillion kg) /.er would need one.
He can't see his feet on a skateboard, and would crush a bike.
He wouldn't own a car because his parent's drive him to the comic shop.
I'd pay money to see the sidewalks crowded with 300 pound geeks though.
Don't worry geeks, I'm just kidding. Eat another Twinkie (tm) and hack into my site to call me a jerk.
Am I trolling or being funny? I guess I'll be rated on the weight of the moderators.
Did you look at his site? It says he still has 13 hours (PST) left before he can use the internet.
So, the RIAA is finding out about stuff p2p? I hope their lawyers sue them.
Heaven forbid, I check out a band I haven't heard before I buy their CD.
People loved hotbot, and altavista too. And lots of people search on yahoo. If yahoo changes, it'll open a big crack.
Think of a catchy name and start a search engine. Something like "Compuglobalhypermeganet" would do well.
I was thinking of porn as soon as I saw the story. Sort of like Jackass where you have a porn doll pretending to give you head as you peddle.
Some porn, one of those plastic vaginas, and 1 million geeks will lose weight.
True, but they can presumably have their cert taken off them if they are shown to be incompetent or blatantly rip people off or do unsafe work etc etc.
That doesn't happen with mechanics, so why should it happen to computer technicians?
I was a junior greasemonkey for about a year at a shop with a good reputation. The owner of that shop did a lot of horrible things that still haunt me even though I quit 3 years ago.
One of my ASE certifications is for manual transmissions. I don't trust myself to work on those (and sadly they're hardly used anymore), but I passed the test.
And with a dishonest mechanic, things aren't going to get any better. Shops that charge $500 to replace a valve cover (on a car from the 70s). It's a 2 minute job. We didn't do that, that's just a dishonest mechanic with ASE certification.
I really don't think computer certification for computer techs is going to mean anything.
Computer certification would be GREAT! We've all seen that there's no dishonest mechanics.
Someone on the amazon site mentioned that you can only use TurboTax to check for that year. That's not making much sense.
You do your taxes in 1999, so you need the 1999 version to check them. And sometimes you need to know your back taxes.
And there's a program called C-Dilla that you can't shut off that checks your registration number. Complaints were even if you remove TurboTax you still have that working.
That one made me laugh. "You're found guilty of hacking Bill Gates. Based on your trial about being a monopoly, you're punishment is a $100 fine. Try not to let that happen again."
Maybe that's why mp3 won't return the emails I've been sending them for the last 5 months asking for our money. I'd like a "it'll even out with what we owe you", but it won't even be that.
But $20 a month? Screw that.
I've got a collection of automated responses from mp3 saying "we'll answer this in 5-10 working days".
The US has no problems taking away minority rights
I think you meant non-white minority rights. We whiteys can do whatever we want.
Sure they check me at the airport, sure they go through my checked luggage and take jackets they like, but I have zero fear of being put in Manzinar.
Speaking of US friendly governments, Hussein was put there by the CIA. Or should I say "heavily helped" by the CIA? And oil companies still buy tons of oil from Iran.
I live in the UK and we're quickly catching up with your country's low voter turnout and general disinterest in the things done in our name.
In Australia, Belgium, and Luxembourg there's compulsary voting. I think that's be a good idea in the US, but then big business would lose out once people started voting "none of the above" or picking random Green or Libertarians to vote for because you don't like the Republican/Democrats. As the Feederz once said, "When you're being sodomized who cares if it's from The Left or The Right".
Mandatory voting article
Here it's a civil matter. The cops won't do that kind of work. Canadians are much nicer and way more polite than Americans. By the time the car/bike/boat/rv has been turned over to a repo man, the bank has given up trying to contact the customer.
If the car is in a horrible area (used to repo in Hunters Point which is the ghetto in San Francisco), we can call up the cops and ask them to stand by. The new area I work isn't as bad as that, but you still go through some crappy neighborhoods. We try not to get the cops involved. You don't want to abuse the privilege.
It's just part time work for me, just for kicks. I'm a programmer, but sneaking around late at night stealing people's cars legally really gets the adrenaline flowing.
And to be more off topic, I used to repo lots of cars from failed dotcommers. It's about 60% poor people buying cars they shouldn't have, and 30% rich people who are lazy about paying their bills. I haven't figured out the other 10%.
The old timers talk about how great Christmas was to repo, but now the banks make us take a week off in the holiday season (at least in California). Early morning New Year's Day is good though.
Still off topic.
Working part time as a repo man, slim jims still get you into cars. There's a few keys with transponders that are a pain in the ass, but that's what the repo truck is for.
Working as a repo man is fun -- which is why I do it. A repo guy I work with has a masters from Yale.
My area is Vacaville, Valejo, and Richmond. If you're a deadbeat and you live there, I'll be after your car tonight.
"Hey we're almost bankrupt."
--"Yeah, lets raise the prices to get out of debt."
It's not working? Why that's weird. I'd figure overcharging and not meeting competitor's prices would work for everyone.
The spot where the first Tower is now a cafe, but the Tower across the street has nothing. You'd think what's essentially The First Tower would have some good stuff, but it don't. And it had the worst parking of anywhere in Sacramento (until the Safeway remodeled and took the crown).
Sorry for rambling.
Tower is on the rocks right now, so a threat like that would put them instep with the RIAA.
It wouldn't even be a matter of crumbling, they don't have a choice right now.
Every day that Tower is open is a great relief to Tower employees.
I'm living in Sacramento. Tower's corporate headquarters are here and I know lots of the corporate geeks. There's tons of music geeks in the offices which might be why they're on the verge of fuckedcompany.