Personally, I think he should be able to leave the TV on as much as he wants, and Toshiba (the manufacturer) should be liable for the fine, until they replace the set.
The problem is Toshiba did not 'willingly' transmit the signal, they just screwed up. If the guy kept the TV on after he found out that it was transmitting a distress signal, he would be the one who was 'willingly' transmitting a false signal, not Toshiba.
Of course if Toshiba did something negligent they should get in trouble as well...but so far there is not evidence of that. They are also replacing the TV...so while it was an annoyance, I'd say the fact that he gets a great story to tell outweighs the hardship of going without Survivor for a couple of days.
I found the media center PC very easy to set up. It is no more difficult to set up than any new PC. Yes, there are glitches...and the DRM is a pain in the ass...but to simply record and watch TV, it is very simple to use and to set up.
I have a swiss gear laptop backback. I really like it as it has plenty of pockets for my accessories, and it does have plenty of padding in the laptop compartment. The straps also have shock absorbers and are well padded, which takes away some of the jarring that comes with lugging around a heavy backpack. I believe it set me back about 60 bucks, but it was well worth it.
Just tell them that it is too expensive for you this month and they will give you a free month or two. I got an extra 4 months tacked onto my free year of aol (with my new gateway pc) by doing that. Though, that might be because they figured that I was not much of an expense since I did not use them as my ISP...and I rarely signed onto the system.
" Some workplaces (like mine) have instituted a no Exploder policy."
Mine has a somewhat similar policy. You don't get punished for using IE, but the sysadmin has sent out e-mails telling people that we are to use firefox and thunderbird due to security problems with IE and outlook
In the rest of the world we let the parents raise their children.. really.. what do you think happens to kids who listen to "explict lyrics"? I'm seriously curious.
That's all well and good, but this is not a case of parents buying explicit CD's for their children...it is the RIAA giving them to the schools and libraries. There is a difference in letting parents raise their children to listen to explicit lyrics and letting the RIAA and/or public schools to choose.
Most people I know don't play rental DVDs more than once. Who wants to watch the same movie twice in a 5 day period.
Personally, I use netflix so it would not be an issue for me...but my parents would love this type of thing. They could pick up a DVD at the supermarket watch it, and then toss in the recycle bin.
Maybe there are some people who watch their rentals over and over again...but my guess is most people watch them once and sit them on the counter for 5 days and then say "crap, that dvd is due today." Blockbuster won't like it...and I am sure the eco people will complain, even though they can be recycled...but there is a market for them. The people who sell them just have to make sure it is at a price that will not scare people away.
I guess it is kind of goofy, but I do variables in all caps. It makes them easy to spot, and it also makes it easy if you need to alter variable names a bit, make the searches case sensitive so you don't replace something else on accident.
"5. The crew must return to the Earth's surface from both flights in good health as reasonably defined and judged by the X PRIZE Review Board. The flight vehicle must return from both flights substantially intact, as defined by and in the sole judgment of the X PRIZE Review Board, such that the vehicle is reusable."
Rule number 5:)
I guess they don't put in on the press release since it points out that people might not come back in good health...but the full rules don't let dead people win.
Yes, but if Microsoft gives us a patch for a Microsoft program and it fucks us all over, we can come back and say, "Stupid evil Microsoft fucked us over." If some other guy gives us a patch for a Microsoft program and it fucks us all over, it's our own fault.
This is slashdot, we can blame microsoft even if they are not to blame.:)
Damn microsoft and their evil global warming!
See its fun.
I don't think this will really be a problem. DVD's still are around, even though their encryption has been cracked. It is fairly easy to either rip or copy DVDs anymore. Distributing them is what is difficult. Someone who set up enough bandwith to distribute DVDs would not be able to stay under the radar of the MPAA...so it would limit illegal distribution. Of course there are those who will download lower quality pictures off of slow connections, but they are in the minority. Of course as bandwith gets cheaper this will be more of a problem for the movie industry. They will have to do a better job than the music industry of making a product that people want to buy, rather than depending on DRM.
One thing that publix (grocery store) I worked at did was, if you punched in your code the time clock would tell you how many hours you were scheduled to work, and how many hours you actually worked for the current week (as well as previous weeks). If you knew that you had been asked to stay late, and the time clock did not show you having extra hours, you would have known something was up. Also, if you worked overtime, the manager was required to swipe his card through the machine showing that he requested you to work overtime. That way there was an extra record of your time. There was also a hard copy of schedules (including # of hours requested) posted. Of course having honest managers was a help as well. Hell, when things got busy and my manager did not think we could get it done in time...instead of messing with our hours, he would work right beside us.
Unfortunately there is not much you can do except listen to them. Even if you think someone reported you on accident, drop them from the list. If they complain later, simply supply them with a copy of the e-mail that you were sent by AOL saying that you were reported by them as SPAM. This is an annoying solution, but you don't want to get added to AOL's spam list. It is VERY difficult to get taken off once you have been put on. You can even spin it in a positive light if you get complaints from users asking why they no longer get e-mail from you. Say that you are aggressively opposed to spam, and stop sending mail at the first sign that your letters are unwanted.
The only other thing I could think of is maybe put a note in the messages of your AOL users asking them to contact AOL and fix their policy. The chances of this working are beyond slim, but it will make it appear to your users that you are trying to serve them the best that you can.
Actually, it is not in correct APA style (5th ed)...parts of it are, but there are mistakes. (ie: in once place he used "and" where he should have used "&" The second line of the refs should have been indented, and so on).:)
Their ISP received a subpoena from the RIAA. NASA is now wiping the memory in hopes that lawyers will not find kazaa and the 1,000 mp3s that are on Spirit.
not really. When you rent from blockbuster you must return them by a certain date. With this system you can shove them in a drawer until you have a bunch of them and take them in whenever you feel like. This is a lot more convenient than having to return them in 4 days. Of course, as it is the price is to high so it is not worth while.
It would be a good idea, but with the amount of disks netflix sends out they really would get nailed by the environmentalists. Since they do their buisness by mail, setting up recycling centers in brick and mortar stores like the current company would not be feasable, and if they had people mail disks back to be recycled it would do away with any cost savings the got by using these disks.
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The problem is Toshiba did not 'willingly' transmit the signal, they just screwed up. If the guy kept the TV on after he found out that it was transmitting a distress signal, he would be the one who was 'willingly' transmitting a false signal, not Toshiba.
Of course if Toshiba did something negligent they should get in trouble as well...but so far there is not evidence of that. They are also replacing the TV...so while it was an annoyance, I'd say the fact that he gets a great story to tell outweighs the hardship of going without Survivor for a couple of days.
This is just one of their ways of telling people they are not a bank. :)
The next time they get into trouble for not following banking rules they can say
"See, we're not a bank...banks don't crash"
"modertly difficult to setup"
I found the media center PC very easy to set up. It is no more difficult to set up than any new PC. Yes, there are glitches...and the DRM is a pain in the ass...but to simply record and watch TV, it is very simple to use and to set up.
I have a swiss gear laptop backback. I really like it as it has plenty of pockets for my accessories, and it does have plenty of padding in the laptop compartment. The straps also have shock absorbers and are well padded, which takes away some of the jarring that comes with lugging around a heavy backpack. I believe it set me back about 60 bucks, but it was well worth it.
"but unless these issuse have an NDA, they're going to get out."
according to the article, they do have to sign a NDA to get the early warnings.
Just tell them that it is too expensive for you this month and they will give you a free month or two. I got an extra 4 months tacked onto my free year of aol (with my new gateway pc) by doing that. Though, that might be because they figured that I was not much of an expense since I did not use them as my ISP...and I rarely signed onto the system.
" Some workplaces (like mine) have instituted a no Exploder policy."
Mine has a somewhat similar policy. You don't get punished for using IE, but the sysadmin has sent out e-mails telling people that we are to use firefox and thunderbird due to security problems with IE and outlook
My guess is it will be released with Duke Nukem Forever as it's first game...maybe even Team Fortress 2.
"If you plan to participate in this. Please remember to back up your email in case something goes wrong."
Wow, that is a great way to get a +3 informative.
Let me try:
Before you try to check for new messages, make sure that you are connected to the internet.
And people wonder why geeks don't have girlfriends
ya, but when you try to get them arrested for giving you a death threat they simply say
"Death threats? We were threatening bad hair cuts."
most posters don't read a normal article before posting their "expert" opinion on the subject...do you really think they will read an actual bill. :)
That's all well and good, but this is not a case of parents buying explicit CD's for their children...it is the RIAA giving them to the schools and libraries. There is a difference in letting parents raise their children to listen to explicit lyrics and letting the RIAA and/or public schools to choose.
"Name one person who only plays it once"
Most people I know don't play rental DVDs more than once. Who wants to watch the same movie twice in a 5 day period.
Personally, I use netflix so it would not be an issue for me...but my parents would love this type of thing. They could pick up a DVD at the supermarket watch it, and then toss in the recycle bin.
Maybe there are some people who watch their rentals over and over again...but my guess is most people watch them once and sit them on the counter for 5 days and then say "crap, that dvd is due today." Blockbuster won't like it...and I am sure the eco people will complain, even though they can be recycled...but there is a market for them. The people who sell them just have to make sure it is at a price that will not scare people away.
I guess it is kind of goofy, but I do variables in all caps. It makes them easy to spot, and it also makes it easy if you need to alter variable names a bit, make the searches case sensitive so you don't replace something else on accident.
"5. The crew must return to the Earth's surface from both flights in good health as reasonably defined and judged by the X PRIZE Review Board. The flight vehicle must return from both flights substantially intact, as defined by and in the sole judgment of the X PRIZE Review Board, such that the vehicle is reusable."
:)
Rule number 5
I guess they don't put in on the press release since it points out that people might not come back in good health...but the full rules don't let dead people win.
Yes, but if Microsoft gives us a patch for a Microsoft program and it fucks us all over, we can come back and say, "Stupid evil Microsoft fucked us over." If some other guy gives us a patch for a Microsoft program and it fucks us all over, it's our own fault.
:)
This is slashdot, we can blame microsoft even if they are not to blame.
Damn microsoft and their evil global warming!
See its fun.
I don't think this will really be a problem. DVD's still are around, even though their encryption has been cracked. It is fairly easy to either rip or copy DVDs anymore. Distributing them is what is difficult. Someone who set up enough bandwith to distribute DVDs would not be able to stay under the radar of the MPAA...so it would limit illegal distribution. Of course there are those who will download lower quality pictures off of slow connections, but they are in the minority. Of course as bandwith gets cheaper this will be more of a problem for the movie industry. They will have to do a better job than the music industry of making a product that people want to buy, rather than depending on DRM.
One thing that publix (grocery store) I worked at did was, if you punched in your code the time clock would tell you how many hours you were scheduled to work, and how many hours you actually worked for the current week (as well as previous weeks). If you knew that you had been asked to stay late, and the time clock did not show you having extra hours, you would have known something was up. Also, if you worked overtime, the manager was required to swipe his card through the machine showing that he requested you to work overtime. That way there was an extra record of your time. There was also a hard copy of schedules (including # of hours requested) posted. Of course having honest managers was a help as well. Hell, when things got busy and my manager did not think we could get it done in time...instead of messing with our hours, he would work right beside us.
Unfortunately there is not much you can do except listen to them. Even if you think someone reported you on accident, drop them from the list. If they complain later, simply supply them with a copy of the e-mail that you were sent by AOL saying that you were reported by them as SPAM. This is an annoying solution, but you don't want to get added to AOL's spam list. It is VERY difficult to get taken off once you have been put on. You can even spin it in a positive light if you get complaints from users asking why they no longer get e-mail from you. Say that you are aggressively opposed to spam, and stop sending mail at the first sign that your letters are unwanted.
The only other thing I could think of is maybe put a note in the messages of your AOL users asking them to contact AOL and fix their policy. The chances of this working are beyond slim, but it will make it appear to your users that you are trying to serve them the best that you can.
"...and in proper APA style too"
:)
Actually, it is not in correct APA style (5th ed)...parts of it are, but there are mistakes. (ie: in once place he used "and" where he should have used "&" The second line of the refs should have been indented, and so on).
Their ISP received a subpoena from the RIAA. NASA is now wiping the memory in hopes that lawyers will not find kazaa and the 1,000 mp3s that are on Spirit.
not really. When you rent from blockbuster you must return them by a certain date. With this system you can shove them in a drawer until you have a bunch of them and take them in whenever you feel like. This is a lot more convenient than having to return them in 4 days. Of course, as it is the price is to high so it is not worth while.
It would be a good idea, but with the amount of disks netflix sends out they really would get nailed by the environmentalists. Since they do their buisness by mail, setting up recycling centers in brick and mortar stores like the current company would not be feasable, and if they had people mail disks back to be recycled it would do away with any cost savings the got by using these disks.
you don't have to go back into the shop, once you get 6 together you can mail them in to get your free disk.