Well, while it might seem like you have a valid point, you're really talking apples and oranges. With music, people are taking someone else's work without paying for it and then using it for their own personal purposes.
With CherryOS, a person has taken someone else's work without paying for it (same as above) but then has claimed the work to be their own and is charging for it (much different than above).
So people aren't really being hypcrites, they just have different views on two subjects that seem the same at face value, but are really quite different in the details.
Anyone know how big their FLAC files are? And if most of their catalog is available in FLAC or just a few? I'm not looking to download stuff either way, but was wondering if they spend much effort on quality (as they sort of claim on their front page) or if they just tote it to garner interest.
You've touched on the exact point why American Idol is flawed, and hardly anyone on that show is actually an "artist". They all have great voices, but they can't produce music. An artist takes time to compose music that has good rhythym, beat, tones, where the transitions are performed smoothly, etc. They take time to write lyrics that express certain feelings, ensure that they sync up with notes properly, and maintain some sort of message throughout the music, flow smoothly, etc. And then they perform this music with exquisite attention to detail on their instrument (voice, piano, whatever) to near perfection. Now not all artists do this well, but this is what actually makes someone an artist. Some of the contestants on American Idol could do that, but I'm guessing most of them can't, and you don't ever see that because they sing other artist's music the entire time. They're simply tools. And this is quite evident when someone bastardizes a great song like Louis's "Wonderful World" and adds in their own soul style, hip style, or whatever. Sure, they are demonstrating their talent at controlling their voice, but in the end it sounds horrible because it doesn't fit together.
Now, that's not to say that it doesn't take talent to sing well or play and instrument well. And you can certainly succeed performing other people's music, but you aren't an artist... you're a singer, a guitarist, pianist. What you do is sing, play the guitar, play the piano, you don't produce music.
As soon as I read "In addition, a 1 per cent sales tax would be placed on Internet services and new computers", my immediately response was
Hell. Fucking. No.
This is just another attempt for the industry to slither out of their own responsibilities (despite some of the execs being against the plan). Just like instead of spending their own cash to pursue their own copyright infringment interests, they now have the DOJ spending public tax dollars to pursure the private company's copyright infringment interests. Now, they want every technology purchase to pay for their problems. Complete and utter bullshit.
I've bought a ton of computer equipment over the last 2 or 3 years, while only downloading maybe 1 or 2 copyrighted songs. I used to download more, but the crap they put out is horrible nowadays. So I listen to indie internet radio to hear some new good stuff, but that is about it. Hell, the minimal amount of money I spend a year on internet service is $600. Now I gotta fork over another $6 to the music industry for crap that hurts my ears? No. Thanks.
You know what's sad about this though? Now that someone has come up with the idea, it'll resurface every couple years and eventually become part of a future tax law. This kind of shit sickens me.
In all seriousness, the camera work and such were fine, but the acting and script were um... sub par:P But for whatever your budget was (I assume next-to-nothing), the explosion graphics weren't too shabby. Fake looking obviously, but not too shabby.
Wow, that movie was lame. I had to scrub my eyes with bleach after seeing that guy in a thong at the start. And what the hell is up with the ending? Turns into a B-rated porn flick. I dunno what you guys were smoking when you made this...
Sorry, you are a moron. I said if a "business deal came by"... meaning that it was offered to me. I didnt actively seek out a way to make the money by duping someone and then not decide to do it. It just showed up. It was used for an example, get over youself.
Well, that was part of the point. To me, it seems like some people just read a forum where some guy was saying: "Hey, want to see your status, check out this URL after logging in..."
There were no signs indicating that this information was only for access by authorized Harvard personnel. Nothing warned them that they should probably not be accessing this information. They probably thought no one even cared, the information just happened to be accessible online.
Well, that wouldn't be duping here then, would it? That would just be buying her house for double the market value. Now, if she didn't want to sell it at even that price, then I guess just up the price until she does want to sell it.
Seriously, I think this is overboard. If I was applying and just happen to run across a link that let me look at the standing of my application, I would have done it. And I consider myself to be an ethical person. If I see someone drop a $5 bill out of their pocket walking down the street, I'll pick it up and give it back to them. If a guy left his iPod in a classroom, I would pick it up and find him to return it. If a business deal came by where I could make $10 million by duping an old lady out of her $100k house, I wouldn't take it. Hell, I even help old ladies across the street on occasion.
The fact is, these people were probably just curious about their application status. And the reason only those 119 probably checked theirs out was because they were the only ones that knew about it. I don't know what their application numbers are, but if 5000 applied and all of them knew about the hack, probably at least 4000 of them would have checked out their applications. As well, the hack was only open for what ? 9 hours total? Does everyone who applies to Harvard check every 8 hours to see if a hack is available that will let them view their application status? Gimme a break. Maybe they could use this as a final decision maker, but to totally nix these hapless few is ridiculous. I bet more crooked business majors have come out of the Harvard Business School.
Yeh, I've thought about things like that, but the only problem is the initial acceleration would kill a lot of the satellites we are trying to launch currently. But for a payload of explosives...
You hit it on the head in the last paragraph. Enormous amounts of fuel are spent in the first 1/10 of the rocket launch when compared to the other stages of the launch. There was some guy, I think Russian or something, that did some calculations regarding putting a rocket on a train at the top of a hill, accelerating the train down that hill and up another hill, and then launching the rocket (at a final speed of maybe 100 or 200 mph). The fuel savings were freaking incredible, something like 20 % or 30 %. I forget all the exact numbers, and couldn't find it with a bit of searching, but the amount of fuel you save in the beginning is ridiculous. That's why launches off of Mars would be much easier, despite being very close in size to Earth. The atmosphere on Mars is 10^-2 the density of the atmosphere on Earth.
The other problem with high ISP engines is they have very low thrust values. So they are not viable for launching. The highest ISP engines we have right now are electric propulsion (EP) engines (in the 1000s of seconds). But their maximum thrust is only a newton or two. So they are quite useful for station-keeping, but not for launching. The highest ISP engines capable of launch duty is something around 300 seconds.
Well, it's all about safety restrictions. When you're out on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming, you'll be subjected to a certain dose of radiation and there is nothing you can do about it. You could build a huge shield around yourself, but that isn't viable for everyday life. Or if you're flying in an airplane... you can't exactly add a 1" lead or water skin to the airplane, it won't fly. You just have to deal with it. But when you're working close to a source capable of delivering high radiation doses and you are able to build in extra precautions, then you do it. I worked in MSU's NSCL (superconducting cyclotron) and the entire building was shielded such that you received a smaller radiation dose when working in the building than living in the dorms. Now this was to shield the research from being tainted by outside radiation sources as much as shielding emissions from the research, but the requirements were actually set by OSHA because they want the extra precautions in place when you have the possibility of dealing with high radiation doses.
I misread it as Peking at Netscape and thought some sort of Netscape Expo was taking place in Peking. I was wondering why anyone would go to the trouble of making up an expo for Netscape.
Wow, you're narrow-sighted. Let's look at the situation:
You must do A. If you do not do A, then B happens. You will not be imprisoned for not doing A. You will be imprisoned for B. Therefore, if you do not do A then B happens and you are imprisoned.
The simple fact of the matter is that 20 people were thrown in jail for not paying the fee, and then not paying the fine (as I said before). If the TV Licencing fee did not exist, these people would have not gone to jail as a result of not paying the fee. Although they may have gone to jail for some other reason, such as murdering someone, etc.
If someone were to do this first, I would have bet Utah to be it. The land of the Mormons. The Mormon community is one of the largest cults in the world and they're nothing but a bunch of nut-jobs. Don't mistake them with true Christianity, they are far from it. When being inducted into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the formal name for the Mormons, abbreviated LDS) your life is taken over and belongs to LDS. I visited Salt Lake City one time and actually saw several young girls (~16) being married off to "respectable men of the Mormon community". Nobody actually thinks for themselves there, and all the decisions are made by the people with the power in the LDS counsels. Salt Lake city is kind of a freaky place because of this... too bad because it's in a beautiful location.
But as far as I understand it, the tax only pays for 1 network, the BBC. That would be like paying for just NBC, or just ABC, or just TNT, etc. $240/year is a ton of money to be paying for just 1 network. Now, if that money covered half of the TV programming available, I would be fine with it. I currently pay $35 / month = $420 / year for access to 20 or 30 different networks and stations (about 70 channels total, some networks control multiple channels). How much does the TV Licencing tax actually get you? How many channels does the BBC offer?
The whole TV Licencing thing is absurd anyhow. I never knew it existed before, but $150/year to use equipment that you have already paid for is moronic. I guess it pays for the BBC? Why don't they just go private and get advertising funds like everyone else? What if you don't even watch the BBC? You are still forced to support them? And they have these TV Licencing vans with EMF equipment in them that can tell if a TV is being used in a house within 30 seconds. Did you know they actually threw 20 people in jail in 2003 for not having a TV Licence? That is fucking ridiculous.
Yeh, but as far as I can tell, ucomics IS the syndicate. I think it stands for Universal Comics, another name for the Universal Syndicate company. A search for "universal syndicate" brings ucomics.com up as the first link. I could be wrong though.
Is that site outside the USA or something? There used to be several C&H fan sites that did a "daily rerun" of an old strip and they were forced to shut down by the syndicate.
But when I'm roaming, it says roaming at the top of the main lcd panel when I flip it open. So removing the PRL indicator not only removes the sub-lcd panel indicator, but the main lcd panel indicator too?
The design is just pathetic, if I plan on making a phone call, I'm gonna open the phone anyhow, so they could just tell me I'm roaming on the main LCD panel. Or have the text "roaming" only flashing on the sub-lcd panel when I'm in a roaming zone (not "verizon" when I'm in a normal zone). Or even just use a bold "R" to indicate roaming on the sub-lcd panel. They gave no thought to this design whatsoever.
Thanks for the help, I'll inquire at the store in the mall.
The numbers aren't exactly the same as his, but I dunno what efficiency, what kWh/day/m^2, or what cost/kWh he used. However, he will definitely save more than $25.
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Well, while it might seem like you have a valid point, you're really talking apples and oranges. With music, people are taking someone else's work without paying for it and then using it for their own personal purposes.
With CherryOS, a person has taken someone else's work without paying for it (same as above) but then has claimed the work to be their own and is charging for it (much different than above).
So people aren't really being hypcrites, they just have different views on two subjects that seem the same at face value, but are really quite different in the details.
Anyone know how big their FLAC files are? And if most of their catalog is available in FLAC or just a few? I'm not looking to download stuff either way, but was wondering if they spend much effort on quality (as they sort of claim on their front page) or if they just tote it to garner interest.
You've touched on the exact point why American Idol is flawed, and hardly anyone on that show is actually an "artist". They all have great voices, but they can't produce music. An artist takes time to compose music that has good rhythym, beat, tones, where the transitions are performed smoothly, etc. They take time to write lyrics that express certain feelings, ensure that they sync up with notes properly, and maintain some sort of message throughout the music, flow smoothly, etc. And then they perform this music with exquisite attention to detail on their instrument (voice, piano, whatever) to near perfection. Now not all artists do this well, but this is what actually makes someone an artist. Some of the contestants on American Idol could do that, but I'm guessing most of them can't, and you don't ever see that because they sing other artist's music the entire time. They're simply tools. And this is quite evident when someone bastardizes a great song like Louis's "Wonderful World" and adds in their own soul style, hip style, or whatever. Sure, they are demonstrating their talent at controlling their voice, but in the end it sounds horrible because it doesn't fit together.
... you're a singer, a guitarist, pianist. What you do is sing, play the guitar, play the piano, you don't produce music.
Now, that's not to say that it doesn't take talent to sing well or play and instrument well. And you can certainly succeed performing other people's music, but you aren't an artist
Exactly.
As soon as I read "In addition, a 1 per cent sales tax would be placed on Internet services and new computers", my immediately response was
Hell. Fucking. No.
This is just another attempt for the industry to slither out of their own responsibilities (despite some of the execs being against the plan). Just like instead of spending their own cash to pursue their own copyright infringment interests, they now have the DOJ spending public tax dollars to pursure the private company's copyright infringment interests. Now, they want every technology purchase to pay for their problems. Complete and utter bullshit.
I've bought a ton of computer equipment over the last 2 or 3 years, while only downloading maybe 1 or 2 copyrighted songs. I used to download more, but the crap they put out is horrible nowadays. So I listen to indie internet radio to hear some new good stuff, but that is about it. Hell, the minimal amount of money I spend a year on internet service is $600. Now I gotta fork over another $6 to the music industry for crap that hurts my ears? No. Thanks.
You know what's sad about this though? Now that someone has come up with the idea, it'll resurface every couple years and eventually become part of a future tax law. This kind of shit sickens me.
In all seriousness, the camera work and such were fine, but the acting and script were um... sub par :P But for whatever your budget was (I assume next-to-nothing), the explosion graphics weren't too shabby. Fake looking obviously, but not too shabby.
Wow, that movie was lame. I had to scrub my eyes with bleach after seeing that guy in a thong at the start. And what the hell is up with the ending? Turns into a B-rated porn flick. I dunno what you guys were smoking when you made this...
Sorry, you are a moron. I said if a "business deal came by" ... meaning that it was offered to me. I didnt actively seek out a way to make the money by duping someone and then not decide to do it. It just showed up. It was used for an example, get over youself.
Well, that was part of the point. To me, it seems like some people just read a forum where some guy was saying: "Hey, want to see your status, check out this URL after logging in..."
There were no signs indicating that this information was only for access by authorized Harvard personnel. Nothing warned them that they should probably not be accessing this information. They probably thought no one even cared, the information just happened to be accessible online.
Well, that wouldn't be duping here then, would it? That would just be buying her house for double the market value. Now, if she didn't want to sell it at even that price, then I guess just up the price until she does want to sell it.
Just think of it as a big pimple on Earth's face that needs to be popped. Ewww...
UHHHH... Is that a man? A woman? Huh? I also found this picture:
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http://www.tazzie-colomb.com/gallery/Tazzie4001.j
I'm scared, someone hold me please.
Seriously, I think this is overboard. If I was applying and just happen to run across a link that let me look at the standing of my application, I would have done it. And I consider myself to be an ethical person. If I see someone drop a $5 bill out of their pocket walking down the street, I'll pick it up and give it back to them. If a guy left his iPod in a classroom, I would pick it up and find him to return it. If a business deal came by where I could make $10 million by duping an old lady out of her $100k house, I wouldn't take it. Hell, I even help old ladies across the street on occasion.
The fact is, these people were probably just curious about their application status. And the reason only those 119 probably checked theirs out was because they were the only ones that knew about it. I don't know what their application numbers are, but if 5000 applied and all of them knew about the hack, probably at least 4000 of them would have checked out their applications. As well, the hack was only open for what ? 9 hours total? Does everyone who applies to Harvard check every 8 hours to see if a hack is available that will let them view their application status? Gimme a break. Maybe they could use this as a final decision maker, but to totally nix these hapless few is ridiculous. I bet more crooked business majors have come out of the Harvard Business School.
Yeh, I've thought about things like that, but the only problem is the initial acceleration would kill a lot of the satellites we are trying to launch currently. But for a payload of explosives...
You hit it on the head in the last paragraph. Enormous amounts of fuel are spent in the first 1/10 of the rocket launch when compared to the other stages of the launch. There was some guy, I think Russian or something, that did some calculations regarding putting a rocket on a train at the top of a hill, accelerating the train down that hill and up another hill, and then launching the rocket (at a final speed of maybe 100 or 200 mph). The fuel savings were freaking incredible, something like 20 % or 30 %. I forget all the exact numbers, and couldn't find it with a bit of searching, but the amount of fuel you save in the beginning is ridiculous. That's why launches off of Mars would be much easier, despite being very close in size to Earth. The atmosphere on Mars is 10^-2 the density of the atmosphere on Earth.
The other problem with high ISP engines is they have very low thrust values. So they are not viable for launching. The highest ISP engines we have right now are electric propulsion (EP) engines (in the 1000s of seconds). But their maximum thrust is only a newton or two. So they are quite useful for station-keeping, but not for launching. The highest ISP engines capable of launch duty is something around 300 seconds.
Well, it's all about safety restrictions. When you're out on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming, you'll be subjected to a certain dose of radiation and there is nothing you can do about it. You could build a huge shield around yourself, but that isn't viable for everyday life. Or if you're flying in an airplane ... you can't exactly add a 1" lead or water skin to the airplane, it won't fly. You just have to deal with it. But when you're working close to a source capable of delivering high radiation doses and you are able to build in extra precautions, then you do it. I worked in MSU's NSCL (superconducting cyclotron) and the entire building was shielded such that you received a smaller radiation dose when working in the building than living in the dorms. Now this was to shield the research from being tainted by outside radiation sources as much as shielding emissions from the research, but the requirements were actually set by OSHA because they want the extra precautions in place when you have the possibility of dealing with high radiation doses.
I misread it as Peking at Netscape and thought some sort of Netscape Expo was taking place in Peking. I was wondering why anyone would go to the trouble of making up an expo for Netscape.
Wow, you're narrow-sighted. Let's look at the situation:
You must do A.
If you do not do A, then B happens.
You will not be imprisoned for not doing A.
You will be imprisoned for B.
Therefore, if you do not do A then B happens and you are imprisoned.
The simple fact of the matter is that 20 people were thrown in jail for not paying the fee, and then not paying the fine (as I said before). If the TV Licencing fee did not exist, these people would have not gone to jail as a result of not paying the fee. Although they may have gone to jail for some other reason, such as murdering someone, etc.
If someone were to do this first, I would have bet Utah to be it. The land of the Mormons. The Mormon community is one of the largest cults in the world and they're nothing but a bunch of nut-jobs. Don't mistake them with true Christianity, they are far from it. When being inducted into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the formal name for the Mormons, abbreviated LDS) your life is taken over and belongs to LDS. I visited Salt Lake City one time and actually saw several young girls (~16) being married off to "respectable men of the Mormon community". Nobody actually thinks for themselves there, and all the decisions are made by the people with the power in the LDS counsels. Salt Lake city is kind of a freaky place because of this ... too bad because it's in a beautiful location.
But as far as I understand it, the tax only pays for 1 network, the BBC. That would be like paying for just NBC, or just ABC, or just TNT, etc. $240/year is a ton of money to be paying for just 1 network. Now, if that money covered half of the TV programming available, I would be fine with it. I currently pay $35 / month = $420 / year for access to 20 or 30 different networks and stations (about 70 channels total, some networks control multiple channels). How much does the TV Licencing tax actually get you? How many channels does the BBC offer?
Tell that to the 20 people thrown in jail in 2003 for not paying the licence and not paying the fine.
Scroll down to page 5.
The whole TV Licencing thing is absurd anyhow. I never knew it existed before, but $150/year to use equipment that you have already paid for is moronic. I guess it pays for the BBC? Why don't they just go private and get advertising funds like everyone else? What if you don't even watch the BBC? You are still forced to support them? And they have these TV Licencing vans with EMF equipment in them that can tell if a TV is being used in a house within 30 seconds. Did you know they actually threw 20 people in jail in 2003 for not having a TV Licence? That is fucking ridiculous.
Yeh, but as far as I can tell, ucomics IS the syndicate. I think it stands for Universal Comics, another name for the Universal Syndicate company. A search for "universal syndicate" brings ucomics.com up as the first link. I could be wrong though.
Is that site outside the USA or something? There used to be several C&H fan sites that did a "daily rerun" of an old strip and they were forced to shut down by the syndicate.
But when I'm roaming, it says roaming at the top of the main lcd panel when I flip it open. So removing the PRL indicator not only removes the sub-lcd panel indicator, but the main lcd panel indicator too?
The design is just pathetic, if I plan on making a phone call, I'm gonna open the phone anyhow, so they could just tell me I'm roaming on the main LCD panel. Or have the text "roaming" only flashing on the sub-lcd panel when I'm in a roaming zone (not "verizon" when I'm in a normal zone). Or even just use a bold "R" to indicate roaming on the sub-lcd panel. They gave no thought to this design whatsoever.
Thanks for the help, I'll inquire at the store in the mall.
Um, I think you've got some units messed up there.
Typical average would be 4 kWh/day for a 1 meter^2 (similar size to a 3' x 5') panel.
30% Efficiency * 4 kWh/day * 365 days/year * 10 years * $0.10/kWh = $438
The numbers aren't exactly the same as his, but I dunno what efficiency, what kWh/day/m^2, or what cost/kWh he used. However, he will definitely save more than $25.