I won't even listen to them when I'm at home, where I work when I am not travelling. When I want info on the web I'll read it, thank you. Keep the audio interviews for radio.
I was thinking much the same. If this had been a 5,000 year old mummified/frozen man like Otzi the Iceman and they found living relatives it would have been a bit more exciting.
I at least finally got my own attorney to trade documents via email. Important stuff we do in person, but simple, not very sensitive stuff he will send back and forth for revision/approval.
I know quite a few attorneys, and for some reason cuturally many of them are very slow to embrace technology. Most of them still prefer faxes over emails, and I can see encryption taking a long, long time to get any kind of adoption in the legal community.
That doesn't mean all lawyers by any stretch, but many really do seem to be a bit hidebound with regards to adopting technology.
That's exactly what it is. A lot of organizations try out various technologies. It doesn't reflect interest in a migration to said technology more than just doing some due dilligence.
You raise a good point. I do believe in forgiveness and redemption, but you're right they do need to do a lot more. I also think punishing them by not buying any of their music isn't out of line.
I couldn't agree more. Too little, too late, I say. A bit like how MS decided the Internet wasn't going to be anything major and focused on proprietary MSN which never really became a market leader. Metallica not only picked the wrong model, they behaved atrociously to their fans on top of it.
It is really as simple as writing the editors of the publications in question. If enough people write them with cogent messages (not things like TEH MAFIRIAA SUX0RS!) then our voices are more likely to be heard.
I generally only block pop-ups, because I recognize that if someone is providing me with free (to me) content then they have a right to make a little revenue. If site has lots of annoying ads then I either don't go there or I step up my blocking.
I feel bad for you, because I have experienced plenty of things that language cannot describe well if at all. Of course, magic mushrooms played a role in it...
No, because you won't hear me whine much about anything, ever. A simple statement of fact such as the post of mine you replied to is hardly whining. The post I am now replying to, however, has a certain whiny note to it:)
The language we use to describe mathematics is not the math itself. The math exists regardless of the symbolism used to describe it. Hence, you are incorrect. It is all discovered, but the means to describe it and put it to use is invented.
I did RTFA but I haven't yet read the text of the two bills (I'll get to it, I read a lot of bills...yeah I know, get a life). I would love to know what 'reasonable compensation' is. If the copyright holder cannot be found or doesn't exist, there should be no compensation if suddenly 10 years later someone who was once a member of the company that once held the copyright shows up and says give me money.
It's an artificial means to keep sales up on 360 games. PC's have way surpassed the capabilities of the 360 and the PS3 already of course, so the only way to really drive up sales on console games is to keep them off the PC for at least 6 months.
Yes, I have played GTA: SA. I have all of the GTA games to date. I didn't say they were not fun. The amount of gametime and maps has nothing to do with depth though. Hell, Painkiller had more 'depth' than any of the GTA games IMO, and that is saying very little.
You'll note I didn't say it was a bad series of games, just don't pretend there is any depth to the 'story'.
I wouldn't say it put them in a good position as much as it enabled them to survive. They are currently losing the price/performance fight in a big big way on the CPU side. Having a high margin product like popular ATI GPU's can at least help keep their heads above water until they come up with a better CPU architecture.
Yep. I consistently get max or close to speed on my FIOS, provided there is no other bottleneck and the remote host can support 15-20 megabits per second.
I've been VERY happy with FIOS. We've had it for over a year now and I have had one 3 minute outage in all that time. That was during a horrendous storm last Summer.
It's all an elaborate shell game. Anyone who thinks that either party really cares about what is best for the People is worse than gullible. They care about keeping people divided, they care about passing legistlation that will get them relelected and keep their coffers full of our treasure. They care about keeping people separated in their demographic groups, playing off the tension so they can keep incrementally increasing their power while diluting ours.
It has everything to do with exploits. It means that if there is the slightest chance that something will be exploited then it will be exploited even if the attacker has to rely on brute force methods to find the right entry.
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I won't even listen to them when I'm at home, where I work when I am not travelling. When I want info on the web I'll read it, thank you. Keep the audio interviews for radio.
I was thinking much the same. If this had been a 5,000 year old mummified/frozen man like Otzi the Iceman and they found living relatives it would have been a bit more exciting.
I at least finally got my own attorney to trade documents via email. Important stuff we do in person, but simple, not very sensitive stuff he will send back and forth for revision/approval.
I know quite a few attorneys, and for some reason cuturally many of them are very slow to embrace technology. Most of them still prefer faxes over emails, and I can see encryption taking a long, long time to get any kind of adoption in the legal community.
That doesn't mean all lawyers by any stretch, but many really do seem to be a bit hidebound with regards to adopting technology.
That's exactly what it is. A lot of organizations try out various technologies. It doesn't reflect interest in a migration to said technology more than just doing some due dilligence.
You raise a good point. I do believe in forgiveness and redemption, but you're right they do need to do a lot more. I also think punishing them by not buying any of their music isn't out of line.
I couldn't agree more. Too little, too late, I say. A bit like how MS decided the Internet wasn't going to be anything major and focused on proprietary MSN which never really became a market leader. Metallica not only picked the wrong model, they behaved atrociously to their fans on top of it.
It is really as simple as writing the editors of the publications in question. If enough people write them with cogent messages (not things like TEH MAFIRIAA SUX0RS!) then our voices are more likely to be heard.
I was only speaking for myself. I don't really care what others do with regards to this matter.
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I generally only block pop-ups, because I recognize that if someone is providing me with free (to me) content then they have a right to make a little revenue. If site has lots of annoying ads then I either don't go there or I step up my blocking.
It's an empty non-story with NO new information. Don't reward them with ad hits.
I feel bad for you, because I have experienced plenty of things that language cannot describe well if at all. Of course, magic mushrooms played a role in it...
No, because you won't hear me whine much about anything, ever. A simple statement of fact such as the post of mine you replied to is hardly whining. The post I am now replying to, however, has a certain whiny note to it :)
The language we use to describe mathematics is not the math itself. The math exists regardless of the symbolism used to describe it. Hence, you are incorrect. It is all discovered, but the means to describe it and put it to use is invented.
I did RTFA but I haven't yet read the text of the two bills (I'll get to it, I read a lot of bills...yeah I know, get a life). I would love to know what 'reasonable compensation' is. If the copyright holder cannot be found or doesn't exist, there should be no compensation if suddenly 10 years later someone who was once a member of the company that once held the copyright shows up and says give me money.
It's an artificial means to keep sales up on 360 games. PC's have way surpassed the capabilities of the 360 and the PS3 already of course, so the only way to really drive up sales on console games is to keep them off the PC for at least 6 months.
Yes, I have played GTA: SA. I have all of the GTA games to date. I didn't say they were not fun. The amount of gametime and maps has nothing to do with depth though. Hell, Painkiller had more 'depth' than any of the GTA games IMO, and that is saying very little.
You'll note I didn't say it was a bad series of games, just don't pretend there is any depth to the 'story'.
I never thought I'd hear the words "Grand Theft Auto" and "depth" in the same context and at the same time.
I wouldn't say it put them in a good position as much as it enabled them to survive. They are currently losing the price/performance fight in a big big way on the CPU side. Having a high margin product like popular ATI GPU's can at least help keep their heads above water until they come up with a better CPU architecture.
Who said anything about the Wii? I must have missed that.
Yep. I consistently get max or close to speed on my FIOS, provided there is no other bottleneck and the remote host can support 15-20 megabits per second.
I've been VERY happy with FIOS. We've had it for over a year now and I have had one 3 minute outage in all that time. That was during a horrendous storm last Summer.
It's all an elaborate shell game. Anyone who thinks that either party really cares about what is best for the People is worse than gullible. They care about keeping people divided, they care about passing legistlation that will get them relelected and keep their coffers full of our treasure. They care about keeping people separated in their demographic groups, playing off the tension so they can keep incrementally increasing their power while diluting ours.
What does that have to do with anything?
It has everything to do with exploits. It means that if there is the slightest chance that something will be exploited then it will be exploited even if the attacker has to rely on brute force methods to find the right entry.
What's wrong with wires and batteries and compact power plants or fuel cells? Sure, induction could be used for small load short range stuff.
I'm still laughing at the image of holes in people's bodies. I certainly didn't miss the humor.