Probably the bankers are guilty as hell, as all bankers are,
Considering noone is taking them to court in the UK, even tho the 'crime' was purpatrated in the UK, the 'victims' were in the UK, and the 'criminals' were in the UK, and in both the UK and the US there exists (or used to exist) a 'innocent until proven guilty' ethos, why are they probably guilty? And if anyone says 'well, why are they fighting their extradition if they have nothing to prove?' I would fight like hell if I was in their shoes. Looking at the state of the US today, theres no way in hell I would want to stand in front of a US court as a foreign citizen.
Yes, its in the 'getting started guide' and in the application FAQ. And as another user above said, "It only indexes files you would otherwise have access to anyway", IE if it gets indexed, theres nothing stopping you manually interrogating the file anyway.
Im so going to get screwed by the "copyright infringement isnt theft" brigade (I understand that - but I personally believe that copyright infringement decreases the value of the item) but:
When will people realize that lack of privacy is just an unfortunate part of an extensively connected internet. Did they honestly think their private details werent going to be posted up on the internet? I've talked to a variety of friends and strangers. Those that are familar with myself and my life all said that they knew of the leak, but they were still going to talk to me. It would have gotten out somehow.
Come on guys, piracy isnt a fact of doing business, any more than physical theft from Walmart, or defrauding your favourite bank. These people should deserve everything they get, they took what wasnt theirs and placed it outside the control of the copyright owners. However you feel on the subject of copyright law, the law still stands and it should be respected UNTIL CHANGED. These guys have every right to have Halo2 premier in the stores or otherwise as they see fit and not on the internet in the form of a ripoff.
I really dont think you could label Walmart as a monopoly by any stretch of the word. THere are plenty of competing businesses, Walmart is jsut the biggest.
What if NK peer with countries that wont do it on request? So are you going to cut off all the uncooperative countries that peer with NK? What about countries that peer with them (and so on down the chain until you find a cooperative country - and bang, you jsut lost a bigger chunk than you initially wanted)? What about NK using dialup in another country? What about NK agents in other countries?
Plus these 'reports' are from South Korea (as shown in the last/. story), and can be classed as unreliable imho.
Do what I did:) Find out where its getting the data from, download and parse it yourself. It took me ~ 10 minutes to come up with a PHP script (no flaming) that downloads, parses and writes out the schedules into an xml formatted document. Next step is a mysql database of schedules and a front end. It should be easy to change the parser to output into a format (whatever xmltv outputs) that mythtv can read. No messing around with XMLtv, which I found hard to get to work as well.
Looking at it in more depth, Im actually surprised to admit that you are infact correct:) Its much much much better done than the site in question tho, this is a joke site and the one in the article is a deliberate and calculated non parody attack.
fraudulant misrepresentation? Seriously, if I went to VanHollen2004.[com|net|org] I would expect to get something official for the 2004 campaign for Van Hollen, just the same as I would if i went to Bush2004.[com|net|org] or kerry2004.[com|net|org] (which both work). When you cant get ahead on your own merits, trash your competitors.
For the UK, XMLtv has an agreement with the BBCs RadioTimes to provide 14 day listings in a machine readable format, so no messy screen scraping and its coming right from the top. The listings are free and completely accurate, but copyrighted , which is fair enough and something I can live with.
The business model is only failing currently because moral standards are failing. Show me when copyright infringement is near zero AND sales are still falling, THEN I will agree that the business model is failing because of its own merits.
And upon checking the TV licensing website, you are infact correct. Which is interesting, considering we have a letter here from the TV Licensing authority contradicting itself:)
I see no such mention of a handling fee to reset the CD key within that page. Let me quote:
I've tried everything, and I still can't get my CD key to work.
Do you still have your original retail package with the printed CD key? If you still have your original printed CD key, we can reset your key. This will remove it from the account that is currently using it, and add it to your account. To do this, you will need to have a working Steam account (create a new one, if you don't have access to your old account).
Attention: Please note that we do not return the items we receive, so please do not send the CDs. Send the information typed and printed, and specify the use of any numbers in the names or email accounts (for instance, "B0B" has a number zero in it, please point this out to us). If your submission is handwritten, keep in mind that it will take more time to process the information. Also, documents received with incomplete information (eg. no account name, name or email address) will not be accepted and we will dispose of them with no warning.
You will need to mail us (by postal mail, not email): 1. The original printed CD key (not the whole package, just the part with the CD key printed on it). Please note that we need the original CD key-we are unable to accept copies or photos. 2. Your email address 3. The Steam account that you want the CD key assigned to.
Send your package to: CD key reset Valve Software PO Box 1688 Bellevue WA 98009 USA
No mention at all of a handling fee, indeed the entire process looks pretty fair imho.
Actually, you are wrong. The license is for 'devices capable of receiving broadcast signals', and since yours IS capable of receiving, regardless of the fact its not plugged into an arial, then you need a license. Disable the tuner, no license required.
In addition, he probably wasn't violating any direct orders or specific policies
Oh come on, there probably arent any direct orders or specific policies against defacating on a coworkers desk, but I dont think its OK to do it. Its called common sense.
When you are a sysadmin you have the ability to install software - IF THAT SOFTWARE BENEFITS YOUR EMPLOYER. How can you seriously say Seti@home benefits his employer? This case is the same as if he was hosting FTP accounts or personal websites on the companies servers.
Maybe because the editors want to honour the other sites requirements? Besides, it isnt the editors that write the italic blurb, its the article submitter that does that, editors comments are usually in plain face after the submitters blurb.
Seriously, Slashdot editors have no place at all of suggesting methods of circumventing other sites login requirements. If they did, how long until NYtimes blocks referers from slashdot? How would slashdot feel if there was a bugmenot type site for slashdot itself? To view the article you need to log in, thats the casual agreement and cost of viewing the article, the same as having a unique ID on this site. Just because its on the Internet does not mean you have a Carte Blanche right to view it on your terms.
There was a recent case in the UK of a lorry driver calling into police that he couldnt slow down his vehicle. The police cleared the road ahead of him and he went on for a good hour or so, finally bringing the vehicle to a halt after crashing it into barriers. It was all over national TV at the time. The outcome? A police investigation found the drivers claims that turning off the engine would kill the steering to be false, and found the driver to have attention seeking mental problems. The driver was found guilty in a court of law of dangerous driving. source
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Probably the bankers are guilty as hell, as all bankers are,
Considering noone is taking them to court in the UK, even tho the 'crime' was purpatrated in the UK, the 'victims' were in the UK, and the 'criminals' were in the UK, and in both the UK and the US there exists (or used to exist) a 'innocent until proven guilty' ethos, why are they probably guilty? And if anyone says 'well, why are they fighting their extradition if they have nothing to prove?' I would fight like hell if I was in their shoes. Looking at the state of the US today, theres no way in hell I would want to stand in front of a US court as a foreign citizen.
You wont notice any difference in speed, as it doesnt index while the system is being used (same deal as seti@home etc)
Yes, its in the 'getting started guide' and in the application FAQ. And as another user above said, "It only indexes files you would otherwise have access to anyway", IE if it gets indexed, theres nothing stopping you manually interrogating the file anyway.
Im so going to get screwed by the "copyright infringement isnt theft" brigade (I understand that - but I personally believe that copyright infringement decreases the value of the item) but:
When will people realize that lack of privacy is just an unfortunate part of an extensively connected internet. Did they honestly think their private details werent going to be posted up on the internet? I've talked to a variety of friends and strangers. Those that are familar with myself and my life all said that they knew of the leak, but they were still going to talk to me. It would have gotten out somehow.
Come on guys, piracy isnt a fact of doing business, any more than physical theft from Walmart, or defrauding your favourite bank. These people should deserve everything they get, they took what wasnt theirs and placed it outside the control of the copyright owners. However you feel on the subject of copyright law, the law still stands and it should be respected UNTIL CHANGED. These guys have every right to have Halo2 premier in the stores or otherwise as they see fit and not on the internet in the form of a ripoff.
It also stores way less music or data. No comparison.
My comment was directed at Google Desktop, not X1. Nice quoting, but wrong product :P
It asks you on install if you would like to allow it to send data and crash reports home. How nice of it.
The tool is legal, its what you do with it that counts. Exactly the same as P2P.
I really dont think you could label Walmart as a monopoly by any stretch of the word. THere are plenty of competing businesses, Walmart is jsut the biggest.
What if NK peer with countries that wont do it on request? So are you going to cut off all the uncooperative countries that peer with NK? What about countries that peer with them (and so on down the chain until you find a cooperative country - and bang, you jsut lost a bigger chunk than you initially wanted)? What about NK using dialup in another country? What about NK agents in other countries?
/. story), and can be classed as unreliable imho.
Plus these 'reports' are from South Korea (as shown in the last
For those people who want a copy of my listings parser, download it here. Any questions, email me on the address supplied within.
Email me and I will sort you out a copy. richardprice@.com
Do what I did :) Find out where its getting the data from, download and parse it yourself. It took me ~ 10 minutes to come up with a PHP script (no flaming) that downloads, parses and writes out the schedules into an xml formatted document. Next step is a mysql database of schedules and a front end. It should be easy to change the parser to output into a format (whatever xmltv outputs) that mythtv can read. No messing around with XMLtv, which I found hard to get to work as well.
Looking at it in more depth, Im actually surprised to admit that you are infact correct :) Its much much much better done than the site in question tho, this is a joke site and the one in the article is a deliberate and calculated non parody attack.
fraudulant misrepresentation? Seriously, if I went to VanHollen2004.[com|net|org] I would expect to get something official for the 2004 campaign for Van Hollen, just the same as I would if i went to Bush2004.[com|net|org] or kerry2004.[com|net|org] (which both work). When you cant get ahead on your own merits, trash your competitors.
For the UK, XMLtv has an agreement with the BBCs RadioTimes to provide 14 day listings in a machine readable format, so no messy screen scraping and its coming right from the top. The listings are free and completely accurate, but copyrighted , which is fair enough and something I can live with.
The business model is only failing currently because moral standards are failing. Show me when copyright infringement is near zero AND sales are still falling, THEN I will agree that the business model is failing because of its own merits.
And upon checking the TV licensing website, you are infact correct. Which is interesting, considering we have a letter here from the TV Licensing authority contradicting itself :)
No mention at all of a handling fee, indeed the entire process looks pretty fair imho.
Actually, you are wrong. The license is for 'devices capable of receiving broadcast signals', and since yours IS capable of receiving, regardless of the fact its not plugged into an arial, then you need a license. Disable the tuner, no license required.
In addition, he probably wasn't violating any direct orders or specific policies
Oh come on, there probably arent any direct orders or specific policies against defacating on a coworkers desk, but I dont think its OK to do it. Its called common sense.
When you are a sysadmin you have the ability to install software - IF THAT SOFTWARE BENEFITS YOUR EMPLOYER. How can you seriously say Seti@home benefits his employer? This case is the same as if he was hosting FTP accounts or personal websites on the companies servers.
Maybe because the editors want to honour the other sites requirements? Besides, it isnt the editors that write the italic blurb, its the article submitter that does that, editors comments are usually in plain face after the submitters blurb.
Seriously, Slashdot editors have no place at all of suggesting methods of circumventing other sites login requirements. If they did, how long until NYtimes blocks referers from slashdot? How would slashdot feel if there was a bugmenot type site for slashdot itself? To view the article you need to log in, thats the casual agreement and cost of viewing the article, the same as having a unique ID on this site. Just because its on the Internet does not mean you have a Carte Blanche right to view it on your terms.
There was a recent case in the UK of a lorry driver calling into police that he couldnt slow down his vehicle. The police cleared the road ahead of him and he went on for a good hour or so, finally bringing the vehicle to a halt after crashing it into barriers. It was all over national TV at the time. The outcome? A police investigation found the drivers claims that turning off the engine would kill the steering to be false, and found the driver to have attention seeking mental problems. The driver was found guilty in a court of law of dangerous driving. source
Not even orbit, just a certain predefined altitude.