hey there's an interesting idea you can mount one to the top of the TV camera and report the result on an infowindow in real time along with the propaganda:)
The Sirius Cybernetics corporation is please to announce elevators tat can see into the near future, they know when you are going to need an elevator and which floor you want to go to because its already seen itself drop you off.
Ok everyone I'm going to warn you ahead of time this is going to be a bit messy. I also want to pre-apologize for the sporadic bile spewing.
What we have going on here (which I don't see anyone discussing this in depth) are the 2 heavily conflicting spiels coming out of the 2-mouthed double talkers of the media companies.
OK when you go buy a DVD or a CD, or an electronic song, you are getting essentially 2 things, Media and a license.
Now from all the claptrap that is going a reasonable person would think that the license if the big deal. Pay for the license and all is well. If this were the case then the media would be inconsequential. The format or type of the media would be irrelevant. Fair use could be exercised and all would be well. If this were true then you should able to reasonably get replacement media with reasonable verification of license and a modest replacement fee. (This is what Nintendo basically told me when i asked about if my gamecube games are damaged, I still have the email). Alas this is *FALSE*. There may be a few anecdotes on people who have managed to strong arm someone into doing it, usually right after the sale, but to the best my knowledge there is no such thing.
What problem is this a different metaphor for? DVD regioning. Again if the license was the real issue, and you paid said license, then if you were to move to a new region you should reasonably be able to turn in your old media a reasonable service charge (80-100% is not reasonable, if it were then the license would be only 0-20% of the cost) and get media that will play in your new region.
Now lets walk over to the other side of the fence. Let us say that instead of licensing you *bought* and actually *owned* that copy of the music. Well then you could do all the things you normally do with any other object you own. Use it until if falls apart, sell it, rent it, loan it, try it out in the store maybe? Once you own something its your responsibility to take care of it. If its a manufacturing defect its covered under warranty.
The current state of affairs is neither. You pay for a license with all sorts of restrictions of use, you have media that won't be replaced. With DVDs its illegal to make legit backup copies to prevent damage. The media guys want to have it all their way. This kind of behavior of treating your 'customers' like the scum of the earth is unsustainable.
Which countries have been forced to switch to ipv6? and by whom? Not to mention are those countries doling out their IP numbers any better than the guys that gave MIT a class A
It is a widely held misconception that exposure to a radioactive substance will 'mutate' normal objects into some radioactive thing. This is almost exclusively untrue. The exception is when material are exposed over long periods to *hard* radiation you may have some amount of nuclear interaction with the decay products of the original substance. Flying off neutrons is what causes the fission chain reaction after all. However, Uranium nuclei are very large, and as they are naturally radioactive, unstable on their own. Also recall that atoms are mostly empty space, nuclear reactions in otherwise stable materials aren't terribly common.
I am not a nuclear physicist. But i can call a couple of friends if i need to:)
Slow down a piece there cowboy. As its clearly stated in the article to which you refer, Oak Ridge was making military weapons. Also the waste was dumped into pits. This particular issue has *nothing* to do with waste planning at all. The ignorance about the material at the time and, probably, expediency led to such haphazard disposal. Not to mention the nitric acid.
As for your non-sequitur to 'anti-environmentalists', which by your tone i assume means anyone who would advocate nuclear power, All energy conversion technologies that use consumables have an output of something. I have seen a lot of knee jerking on nuclear, some valid, and a lot that isn't. You have to pick your poison if you want the juice for your internet.
There is something else of import in this. Back in the days of the at&t/bsd debacle something interesting happened. Apparently Novell asked for the details of the findings to be sealed. What could this mean? Why would novell do that? I have my suspicions, if a may wax conspiracy for a moment...
Its known that whole pieces of 'cloth' were taken, we really arent sure how much, but as the settlement fell out, it seems like a lot. My suspicion is that the judgment was sealed to keep the customers from knowing how much of what was begin sold was really available for free. Why would the BSD crowd allow this? I also suspect they wanted to have their project left well enough alone and couldn't care less about what the other guys passed off to their deep pocketed clients.
So we are kind of left with a mystery. How much of SCO unix is really unix.. and how much ( if any) is BSD? Does it have any effect on the claim? If it does will it turnout that SCO/Caldera bought a load of goods, so to speak? Tainted by thievery in the past? This plot twist could make this from messy into a cesspool.
3. The RIAA is choosing to devote their resources to target individuals, rather than devoting their resources to creating a feasible distribution method "
You just mentioned iTunes in the same sentence where you claim the recording industry is not creating a feasible ditribution method for music online. iTumes is one of their feasible distribution methods. The stupidity of some people just amazes me.
Record labels distribute music. Stores like Tower Records sell the music. Apple is just 1 more store the record labels use to sell music.
Allegedly you are being sold a license for the content.. not (technically) the actual content. Locking a file to an owner implies you have purchased the file (cd, dvd whatever). Again if there were the case then you could use that license anywhere, and if the media was lost or damaged a replacement would be provided at less than full license cost. As it is allegedly the license that is being 'sold' I used 'sold' because if you actually owned it they couldn't take it away from you.
But on to the second point. Locking the media to an 'owner' (you aren't an owner you are a licensee) revokes the main problem with dealing with these type of objects.. you cannot give them away or loan them (library). Now granted that loaning an electronic file is a bit messy, i will point your attention to DiVx that miserably bad quasi dvd rental system. Again while not exactly the same its close. And with the advent of combo discs, part burnable part pressed, you will soon be forced to authorize your dvd purchases it will be tied to your player,, you wont be able to sell it, loan it, copy it, or give it away. Its also very possible that a dvd player could sense the number of people watching (IR sensor) and not allow it to play if everyone hasn't paid their license.
While the consumers might not allow these things to live long, they will be attempted to be shoved down our throats. Precedent has already been set on that issue.
This is were this argument breaks down. if you are sold a license for the music. why isn't that license equivalent to the one when you buy a CD? Why is there this licensing game at all?
Your license should move with you if you paid for it. If they want to take it away because you move then you should get a refund.
This has all the same arguments as the dvd regioning crap. If you more to europe, and you already have purchased a license why doesn't the MPAA replace your media for a region 2 one? Its the *LICENSE* that is the important part right?
(thing its not.. the **AA is lying to you, but you knew that. its about control of how you consume. You must consume by their will)
Perhaps you will recall the "kmart" incident. This is where the cops took it upon themselves to hold a 'raid' on people in the in the parking lot of a 24 hour kmart and a fast food restaurant. There was no complaint by kmart and the cops arrested people who has just exited both the kmart and the fast food joint without cause, under the auspices of 'loitering' or something else equally as stupid.
Im going to end my commentary here.before i get more irritated. It might please you to know that the cops got in a shit load of trouble and all the people were un-arrested.
Umm the RIAA didnt make the itunes music store happen, Steve Jobs did. The reasoning is quite sound. The members of the RIAA have no outlet for digital music that meets the demand of the customers. They've had years t wrk something out. They have not. The amount of money that could be made selling out of print music for download at a dime a pop of the entire riaa catalog is enormous. Why hasnt it been done? because its not about money, or paying the artists their share, its about holding on to the last breath to an outmoded racketeering scheme.
"John Fisher, SCO's Canadian manager, disagreed, saying so far there's no evidence Linux is to blame for what he call the 'sharp" drop in sales in this country."
Well in the context of SCO's claims that linux couldn't have reached enterprise level without code 'from' SCO, we have an admission that Linux played no part in their revenue loss (in 2000).
The question is.. what is the sale drop for SCO products in 01, 02, and 03 as compared to 99-00?
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Funny I was in Chinatown today and there no MPAA members stopping the *sale* of pirated movies out in the public street.
I've been counting down the seconds until i die and this guy tells me were are no seconds?! geez i dont want to freaking live forever
hey there's an interesting idea you can mount one to the top of the TV camera and report the result on an infowindow in real time along with the propaganda:)
The Sirius Cybernetics corporation is please to announce elevators tat can see into the near future, they know when you are going to need an elevator and which floor you want to go to because its already seen itself drop you off.
*NOW WITH GPP! Genuine People Personalities!
Ok everyone I'm going to warn you ahead of time this is going to be a bit messy. I also want to pre-apologize for the sporadic bile spewing.
What we have going on here (which I don't see anyone discussing this in depth) are the 2 heavily conflicting spiels coming out of the 2-mouthed double talkers of the media companies.
OK when you go buy a DVD or a CD, or an electronic song, you are getting essentially 2 things, Media and a license.
Now from all the claptrap that is going a reasonable person would think that the license if the big deal. Pay for the license and all is well. If this were the case then the media would be inconsequential. The format or type of the media would be irrelevant. Fair use could be exercised and all would be well. If this were true then you should able to reasonably get replacement media with reasonable verification of license and a modest replacement fee. (This is what Nintendo basically told me when i asked about if my gamecube games are damaged, I still have the email). Alas this is *FALSE*. There may be a few anecdotes on people who have managed to strong arm someone into doing it, usually right after the sale, but to the best my knowledge there is no such thing.
What problem is this a different metaphor for? DVD regioning. Again if the license was the real issue, and you paid said license, then if you were to move to a new region you should reasonably be able to turn in your old media a reasonable service charge (80-100% is not reasonable, if it were then the license would be only 0-20% of the cost) and get media that will play in your new region.
Now lets walk over to the other side of the fence. Let us say that instead of licensing you *bought* and actually *owned* that copy of the music. Well then you could do all the things you normally do with any other object you own. Use it until if falls apart, sell it, rent it, loan it, try it out in the store maybe? Once you own something its your responsibility to take care of it. If its a manufacturing defect its covered under warranty.
The current state of affairs is neither. You pay for a license with all sorts of restrictions of use, you have media that won't be replaced. With DVDs its illegal to make legit backup copies to prevent damage. The media guys want to have it all their way. This kind of behavior of treating your 'customers' like the scum of the earth is unsustainable.
Thank you for your indulgence.
indeed it is. however caution often takes precedence over caution and even knowledge.
Which countries have been forced to switch to ipv6? and by whom? Not to mention are those countries doling out their IP numbers any better than the guys that gave MIT a class A
thing is once its been made insoluble it can be filtered out of the water supply.
Microbes are not known for their fast acting results. I suggest scrubbing bubbles instead, they work for tips:)
It is a widely held misconception that exposure to a radioactive substance will 'mutate' normal objects into some radioactive thing. This is almost exclusively untrue. The exception is when material are exposed over long periods to *hard* radiation you may have some amount of nuclear interaction with the decay products of the original substance. Flying off neutrons is what causes the fission chain reaction after all. However, Uranium nuclei are very large, and as they are naturally radioactive, unstable on their own. Also recall that atoms are mostly empty space, nuclear reactions in otherwise stable materials aren't terribly common.
I am not a nuclear physicist. But i can call a couple of friends if i need to:)
Slow down a piece there cowboy. As its clearly stated in the article to which you refer, Oak Ridge was making military weapons. Also the waste was dumped into pits. This particular issue has *nothing* to do with waste planning at all. The ignorance about the material at the time and, probably, expediency led to such haphazard disposal. Not to mention the nitric acid.
As for your non-sequitur to 'anti-environmentalists', which by your tone i assume means anyone who would advocate nuclear power, All energy conversion technologies that use consumables have an output of something. I have seen a lot of knee jerking on nuclear, some valid, and a lot that isn't. You have to pick your poison if you want the juice for your internet.
/me brushes his teeth irately at sco
Umm the BSD settlement was over a decade ago.
SCO has made passing references to the BSD settlement.. but none (to my knowledge) about the sealed documents.
WTF are you talking about?
There is something else of import in this. Back in the days of the at&t/bsd debacle something interesting happened. Apparently Novell asked for the details of the findings to be sealed. What could this mean? Why would novell do that? I have my suspicions, if a may wax conspiracy for a moment...
Its known that whole pieces of 'cloth' were taken, we really arent sure how much, but as the settlement fell out, it seems like a lot. My suspicion is that the judgment was sealed to keep the customers from knowing how much of what was begin sold was really available for free. Why would the BSD crowd allow this? I also suspect they wanted to have their project left well enough alone and couldn't care less about what the other guys passed off to their deep pocketed clients.
So we are kind of left with a mystery. How much of SCO unix is really unix.. and how much ( if any) is BSD? Does it have any effect on the claim? If it does will it turnout that SCO/Caldera bought a load of goods, so to speak? Tainted by thievery in the past? This plot twist could make this from messy into a cesspool.
Cant we just strap some rockets and launch it into deep space for our decedents to find?:)
Well I think the solution is clear. Laminate the bamboo with carbon fiber:)
3. The RIAA is choosing to devote their resources to target individuals, rather than devoting their resources to creating a feasible distribution method "
You just mentioned iTunes in the same sentence where you claim the recording industry is not creating a feasible ditribution method for music online. iTumes is one of their feasible distribution methods. The stupidity of some people just amazes me.
Record labels distribute music. Stores like Tower Records sell the music. Apple is just 1 more store the record labels use to sell music.
The RIAA still didnt create the ITMS.
Couple of problems,
Allegedly you are being sold a license for the content.. not (technically) the actual content. Locking a file to an owner implies you have purchased the file (cd, dvd whatever). Again if there were the case then you could use that license anywhere, and if the media was lost or damaged a replacement would be provided at less than full license cost. As it is allegedly the license that is being 'sold' I used 'sold' because if you actually owned it they couldn't take it away from you.
But on to the second point. Locking the media to an 'owner' (you aren't an owner you are a licensee) revokes the main problem with dealing with these type of objects.. you cannot give them away or loan them (library). Now granted that loaning an electronic file is a bit messy, i will point your attention to DiVx that miserably bad quasi dvd rental system. Again while not exactly the same its close. And with the advent of combo discs, part burnable part pressed, you will soon be forced to authorize your dvd purchases it will be tied to your player,, you wont be able to sell it, loan it, copy it, or give it away. Its also very possible that a dvd player could sense the number of people watching (IR sensor) and not allow it to play if everyone hasn't paid their license.
While the consumers might not allow these things to live long, they will be attempted to be shoved down our throats. Precedent has already been set on that issue.
This is were this argument breaks down. if you are sold a license for the music. why isn't that license equivalent to the one when you buy a CD? Why is there this licensing game at all?
Your license should move with you if you paid for it. If they want to take it away because you move then you should get a refund.
This has all the same arguments as the dvd regioning crap. If you more to europe, and you already have purchased a license why doesn't the MPAA replace your media for a region 2 one? Its the *LICENSE* that is the important part right?
(thing its not.. the **AA is lying to you, but you knew that. its about control of how you consume. You must consume by their will)
well they do say that everything is bigger in texas.
Perhaps you will recall the "kmart" incident. This is where the cops took it upon themselves to hold a 'raid' on people in the in the parking lot of a 24 hour kmart and a fast food restaurant. There was no complaint by kmart and the cops arrested people who has just exited both the kmart and the fast food joint without cause, under the auspices of 'loitering' or something else equally as stupid.
Im going to end my commentary here.before i get more irritated. It might please you to know that the cops got in a shit load of trouble and all the people were un-arrested.
Umm the RIAA didnt make the itunes music store happen, Steve Jobs did. The reasoning is quite sound. The members of the RIAA have no outlet for digital music that meets the demand of the customers. They've had years t wrk something out. They have not. The amount of money that could be made selling out of print music for download at a dime a pop of the entire riaa catalog is enormous. Why hasnt it been done? because its not about money, or paying the artists their share, its about holding on to the last breath to an outmoded racketeering scheme.
"John Fisher, SCO's Canadian manager, disagreed, saying so far there's no evidence Linux is to blame for what he call the 'sharp" drop in sales in this country."
Well in the context of SCO's claims that linux couldn't have reached enterprise level without code 'from' SCO, we have an admission that Linux played no part in their revenue loss (in 2000).
The question is.. what is the sale drop for SCO products in 01, 02, and 03 as compared to 99-00?
Isnt Gartner the same guys that said windows was so full of hole it shouldnt be used?
setup a big ring around the planet.. its one huge global NAT router.
Thing is... would a DDoS attack from the whole universe cause a black hole?
HOw much does a packet weigh?:)