this isn't insightful, it's trollish. I don't know what everyone else is paying, but I assure you 1/70th of my bill in refund in exchange for taking 10% of my channels is not in anyway fair. Beyond that, most of us have contracts with them that will not let us drop and go to another service without paying an extra cancellation fee. And before you ask, yes, they have clauses that say they can change the programming, but so does every other carrier. Oh, and yes they did just settle a class action law suit on those cancellation fees last may, apparantly they didn't learn their lesson the first time.
They require me to pay dish networks for the obscure channels that I never watch? It's all great and wonderful when you're getting customers to pay for things they don't watch, but when the broadcaster puts it to you the same way, scream bloody murder.
Another interesting note is that the huge hike in fees is something in the range of 5% (from what i've read, sorry no sources handy). While a little bit hefty, if this isn't a yearly 5% increase and their contract renews something like every 2-3 years or even 5 years, then is this really that outrageous? Ask an old-timer what Soda, bread, and milk used to cost "back in their day;" prices go up, it's called inflation.
That being said, squibbling by putting nasty notes on my screen urging me to get furious and call dish networks, or putting notes on "BET.com" telling me how "Dish Networks is trying to take my BET away" and generally trying to make this into a race issue is simply put, CHILDISH. And covering their message with a black box could easily be prepared to blacking out a commercial for a Presidential Candidate because you think he's a bad choice for your viewers. Grow up, the lot of you.
than Dish network requiring me to pay dish networks for the obscure channels that I never watch? It's all great and wonderful when you're getting customers to pay for things they don't watch, but when the broadcaster puts it to you the same way, scream bloody murder.
Another interesting note is that the huge hike in fees is something in the range of 5% (from what i've read, sorry no sources handy). While a little bit hefty, if this isn't a yearly 5% increase and their contract renews something like every 2-3 years or even 5 years, then is this really that outrageous? Ask an old-timer what Soda, bread, and milk used to cost "back in their day;" prices go up, it's called inflation.
That being said, squibbling by putting nasty notes on my screen urging me to get furious and call dish networks, or putting notes on "BET.com" telling me how "Dish Networks is trying to take my BET away" and generally trying to make this into a race issue is simply put, CHILDISH. And covering their message with a black box could easily be prepared to blacking out a commercial for a Presidential Candidate because you think he's a bad choice for your viewers. Grow up, the lot of you.
is, do these same findings apply to those of us who walk around with a very large, heavy boombox on one shoulder? I would think that it should apply more since we're not only reclaiming our own space, but also the space of all of those around us...
Absolutely. Let's assume a network with 200 computers, for ease, we'll call them "Computer 1", "Computer 2",..., "Computer 200." Okay? Now..
Step 1: buy donuts and coffee.
Step 2: Sit in front of "Computer 1."
Step 3: Check for and uninstall spyware.
Return to Step 2, and repeat for Computers 2 through 200.
Let me know if you have any problems reproducing the scan technique.
I've never scanned a network with a ratio of less than 3/4 infected with some form of spyware. But I guess it all depends on your definition of spyware. I personally consider any program that does something other than what it's advertised intended purpose is. Please hold the Microsoft jokes, I don't consider flaws in design as spyware, only intentionally deceitful programs.
The part you guys are missing is that he registered the domain, he created the site, he ran the site, and there was no contract. This means two things:
1.) The Sheriff's department is not obligated to pay him a penny.
2.) He is not obligated to give them _HIS_ website.
Can he use this as an excuse to not turn over lines of linux code that alledgedly are copied from Unix? "I'm sorry Judge Wells, I'm not going to be able to make it to the court with those documents..."
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If you're going to do the joke, at least do it right (see subject).
(From this day forward I plan to write all of my comments as abbreviations until the point is finally made that not everything needs to be abbreviated. If what you're abbreviating isn't obvious from the abbreviation, and it isn't a standard abbreviation that has already existed for many years, you shouldn't use it. )
If holding the bottle at 25 degrees is so important, and they're showing the angle verses the line of horizon, shouldn't the soda in the bottle be parallel to the line of horizon? I mean, I'm not by any means as mathematically and engineering-ly inclined to come up with such a "brilliant" way of peaking into soda bottles in convenience stores to get free music, but I think I could have at least figured that part out.
...has been whipped to a bloody pulp with a wet spaghetti noodle for dishonoring his mother country by making a blunder when asking for help at an online forum. Apparantly the deceased had forgotten to remove sensitive information from a post for help on a public forum. There will be no funeral services, nothing is left to be burried.
Those in the medical industry such as myself have a deep understanding of these issues. The government of the United States identified the amount of this kind of sensitivy in the information that we keep, and decided to pose some restrictions on how we handle it. For those who are interested, feel free to google for "HIPAA," and be sure to read over the consequences for disclosing "PHI" to unauthorized sources. Perhaps these kinds of sensitive information handling rules should be global, and not industry-based?
I have three complaints with Charter Cable which apply to most cable providers.
1.) Outages. Too many of them, and too little explanation.
2.) Customer Service. Always seemed annoyed to talk to you. Never appologized for an outage, never offered refund for extended outage, blantantly lie when you bring up their performance vs. Satellite performance. Seems to be a bigger problem than the customer service reps themselves, more like a "mindset" I've seen this with other cable providers too.
3.) Digital Cable boxes. They are slow, takes FOREVER to see your ad-filled tv guide, and ever longer to change channels (They insist that Satellite is slower, even when told from first hand experience it isn't), and you CAN'T upgrade to a faster box to fix this even if you're willing to spend the money. You can't use them with TiVO to get your extra channels (can only get basic channels... diminishes the use of a PVR).
I've been using Dish Networks' PVR for a few months now and I'm very pleased with it.
The customer service is great, though I've only needed to call it once. The PVR and non-PVR boxes they GAVE me with my subscription (1yr contract) work great and change channels very quickly. Their TV Guide is ad-free and works great. Oh, and I can record shows on HBO which I coudln't do with Digital Cable+PVR.
I'd rather use a coathanger as a TV antenna than go back to cable. --Jamon
1.) The previous ruling can be upheld and P2P Technology will continue to cause innovation in the technological field.
2.) The previous ruling will be upheld and future P2P Technology will focus anonymity which results in more innovation in the technological field.
While there are other details that will be decided, the overall fate of P2P will not be sealed by either ruling made by this court. P2P itself is here to stay, simply because it is so vast and uncontrollable.
creating a specialized OCR for this? My theory is that if they are computer generated, you can get as many of them as you need for analysis, and it is reversable by the human brain, it should be reversable by program. I'm going to have to try this sometime, because I just think there are more practical ways to read them than to trick users into it.
My theory is that he simply wants the money and wants it now. I'd much rather ask for $22k and have the other company settle immediately than the alternative. If he asks for $150 the court will say it didn't really cost him that much and lower the amount to $75k. Subtract the $50K of lawyer fees it would take him to SUE THEM for the money and he's left with $25k. It's in everyone's interest to ask for a more reasonable amount and just settle out of court.
I think the first thing you have to acknowledge is that the warning that you could have received tainted (mad cow) beef is more important than being trivially bothered with a notification of such. As long as the information was only used for this purpose, and the whole scenario is clearly documented and an explanation was sent with the notification, I see no problem with it. It's sometimes necessary to remove one's tin foil hat from their covering their eyes.
I mostly agree, but your 50% of 20mil are black is entirely off. About 12-13% of the US population is black; so 50% would make it about 4 times more popular among blacks as whites.
The court did not decide on the constitutionality of obtaining the subpeanas, they simply agreed with Verizons argument that the RIAA did not have the right to obtain them in this particular case. While this does serve as excellent case law for future arguments, it does NOT stop the RIAA from continueing to subpeana other ISPs for information.
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this isn't insightful, it's trollish. I don't know what everyone else is paying, but I assure you 1/70th of my bill in refund in exchange for taking 10% of my channels is not in anyway fair. Beyond that, most of us have contracts with them that will not let us drop and go to another service without paying an extra cancellation fee. And before you ask, yes, they have clauses that say they can change the programming, but so does every other carrier. Oh, and yes they did just settle a class action law suit on those cancellation fees last may, apparantly they didn't learn their lesson the first time.
They require me to pay dish networks for the obscure channels that I never watch? It's all great and wonderful when you're getting customers to pay for things they don't watch, but when the broadcaster puts it to you the same way, scream bloody murder. Another interesting note is that the huge hike in fees is something in the range of 5% (from what i've read, sorry no sources handy). While a little bit hefty, if this isn't a yearly 5% increase and their contract renews something like every 2-3 years or even 5 years, then is this really that outrageous? Ask an old-timer what Soda, bread, and milk used to cost "back in their day;" prices go up, it's called inflation. That being said, squibbling by putting nasty notes on my screen urging me to get furious and call dish networks, or putting notes on "BET.com" telling me how "Dish Networks is trying to take my BET away" and generally trying to make this into a race issue is simply put, CHILDISH. And covering their message with a black box could easily be prepared to blacking out a commercial for a Presidential Candidate because you think he's a bad choice for your viewers. Grow up, the lot of you.
than Dish network requiring me to pay dish networks for the obscure channels that I never watch? It's all great and wonderful when you're getting customers to pay for things they don't watch, but when the broadcaster puts it to you the same way, scream bloody murder.
Another interesting note is that the huge hike in fees is something in the range of 5% (from what i've read, sorry no sources handy). While a little bit hefty, if this isn't a yearly 5% increase and their contract renews something like every 2-3 years or even 5 years, then is this really that outrageous? Ask an old-timer what Soda, bread, and milk used to cost "back in their day;" prices go up, it's called inflation.
That being said, squibbling by putting nasty notes on my screen urging me to get furious and call dish networks, or putting notes on "BET.com" telling me how "Dish Networks is trying to take my BET away" and generally trying to make this into a race issue is simply put, CHILDISH. And covering their message with a black box could easily be prepared to blacking out a commercial for a Presidential Candidate because you think he's a bad choice for your viewers. Grow up, the lot of you.
Jamon
is, do these same findings apply to those of us who walk around with a very large, heavy boombox on one shoulder? I would think that it should apply more since we're not only reclaiming our own space, but also the space of all of those around us...
Absolutely. Let's assume a network with 200 computers, for ease, we'll call them "Computer 1", "Computer 2", ..., "Computer 200." Okay? Now..
Step 1: buy donuts and coffee.
Step 2: Sit in front of "Computer 1."
Step 3: Check for and uninstall spyware.
Return to Step 2, and repeat for Computers 2 through 200.
Let me know if you have any problems reproducing the scan technique.
Jamon
I've never scanned a network with a ratio of less than 3/4 infected with some form of spyware. But I guess it all depends on your definition of spyware. I personally consider any program that does something other than what it's advertised intended purpose is. Please hold the Microsoft jokes, I don't consider flaws in design as spyware, only intentionally deceitful programs.
Jamon
The part you guys are missing is that he registered the domain, he created the site, he ran the site, and there was no contract. This means two things:
1.) The Sheriff's department is not obligated to pay him a penny.
2.) He is not obligated to give them _HIS_ website.
Jamon
Can he use this as an excuse to not turn over lines of linux code that alledgedly are copied from Unix? "I'm sorry Judge Wells, I'm not going to be able to make it to the court with those documents..."
If you're going to do the joke, at least do it right (see subject).
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(From this day forward I plan to write all of my comments as abbreviations until the point is finally made that not everything needs to be abbreviated. If what you're abbreviating isn't obvious from the abbreviation, and it isn't a standard abbreviation that has already existed for many years, you shouldn't use it. )
If holding the bottle at 25 degrees is so important, and they're showing the angle verses the line of horizon, shouldn't the soda in the bottle be parallel to the line of horizon? I mean, I'm not by any means as mathematically and engineering-ly inclined to come up with such a "brilliant" way of peaking into soda bottles in convenience stores to get free music, but I think I could have at least figured that part out.
It has a nice ring to it, and as far as I know... no one is marketing anything under the name longhorn.... right?
...has been whipped to a bloody pulp with a wet spaghetti noodle for dishonoring his mother country by making a blunder when asking for help at an online forum. Apparantly the deceased had forgotten to remove sensitive information from a post for help on a public forum. There will be no funeral services, nothing is left to be burried.
Those in the medical industry such as myself have a deep understanding of these issues. The government of the United States identified the amount of this kind of sensitivy in the information that we keep, and decided to pose some restrictions on how we handle it. For those who are interested, feel free to google for "HIPAA," and be sure to read over the consequences for disclosing "PHI" to unauthorized sources. Perhaps these kinds of sensitive information handling rules should be global, and not industry-based?
Jamon
I have three complaints with Charter Cable which apply to most cable providers.
1.) Outages. Too many of them, and too little explanation.
2.) Customer Service. Always seemed annoyed to talk to you. Never appologized for an outage, never offered refund for extended outage, blantantly lie when you bring up their performance vs. Satellite performance. Seems to be a bigger problem than the customer service reps themselves, more like a "mindset" I've seen this with other cable providers too.
3.) Digital Cable boxes. They are slow, takes FOREVER to see your ad-filled tv guide, and ever longer to change channels (They insist that Satellite is slower, even when told from first hand experience it isn't), and you CAN'T upgrade to a faster box to fix this even if you're willing to spend the money. You can't use them with TiVO to get your extra channels (can only get basic channels... diminishes the use of a PVR).
I've been using Dish Networks' PVR for a few months now and I'm very pleased with it.
The customer service is great, though I've only needed to call it once. The PVR and non-PVR boxes they GAVE me with my subscription (1yr contract) work great and change channels very quickly. Their TV Guide is ad-free and works great. Oh, and I can record shows on HBO which I coudln't do with Digital Cable+PVR.
I'd rather use a coathanger as a TV antenna than go back to cable.
--Jamon
1.) The previous ruling can be upheld and P2P Technology will continue to cause innovation in the technological field.
2.) The previous ruling will be upheld and future P2P Technology will focus anonymity which results in more innovation in the technological field.
While there are other details that will be decided, the overall fate of P2P will not be sealed by either ruling made by this court. P2P itself is here to stay, simply because it is so vast and uncontrollable.
Jamon
Upcoming Xbox2 Linux Project seeking sponser to front prize money...
creating a specialized OCR for this? My theory is that if they are computer generated, you can get as many of them as you need for analysis, and it is reversable by the human brain, it should be reversable by program. I'm going to have to try this sometime, because I just think there are more practical ways to read them than to trick users into it.
J
My theory is that he simply wants the money and wants it now. I'd much rather ask for $22k and have the other company settle immediately than the alternative. If he asks for $150 the court will say it didn't really cost him that much and lower the amount to $75k. Subtract the $50K of lawyer fees it would take him to SUE THEM for the money and he's left with $25k. It's in everyone's interest to ask for a more reasonable amount and just settle out of court.
Jamon
I think the first thing you have to acknowledge is that the warning that you could have received tainted (mad cow) beef is more important than being trivially bothered with a notification of such. As long as the information was only used for this purpose, and the whole scenario is clearly documented and an explanation was sent with the notification, I see no problem with it. It's sometimes necessary to remove one's tin foil hat from their covering their eyes.
Jamon
I mostly agree, but your 50% of 20mil are black is entirely off. About 12-13% of the US population is black; so 50% would make it about 4 times more popular among blacks as whites.
Just thought I'd throw in that little fact.
IINAL (I Is Not A Lawyer)?
The court did not decide on the constitutionality of obtaining the subpeanas, they simply agreed with Verizons argument that the RIAA did not have the right to obtain them in this particular case. While this does serve as excellent case law for future arguments, it does NOT stop the RIAA from continueing to subpeana other ISPs for information.
I do not like cans of spam, sam-I-am, and I will not eat them from a boat!
...because they certainly aren't relaying webpages very good at the moment.
Someone want to post the article?