If an agent sells you something for a price lower than they are authorized to do you're in the clear. The agent, however, is responsable. So they get to sue their software, not you. Cheers,
At the end of the day, you most certianly are being forced to sign the contract. The entire point of labour law is to prevent employers from abusing the imbalance of power inherent in our system. Cheers,
You should probably be lobbying the gov't to make them upgrade.
Regardless, you're on the ass end of tech adoption. That means things won't work as well for you as the do for people on the opposite end. You can either whine and bitch about people using their broadband, or you can whine and bitch to the telco/cableco/gov't to get it yourself. Which do you think will be more effective?
Come join the rest of us when you can, but until then, don't expect us to wait for you. Cheers,
Any VALID reason for calling modem owners/users ignorant?
Yes, I do have a valid reason. I started lobbying the telco, cableco, and the gov't for broadband in the mid 90's. I now have it. If you still don't have it, 5 or so years after it started being talked about, tough shit.
As a balloon rises in the atmosphere, more and more pressure is placed on it.
>Dead wrong.
As the outside pressure drops, the balloon will expand, due to constant internal pressure not being conterbalanced by external pressure. Try putting a balloon in a vacuum chamber (it'll pop). So don't browbeat the kid.
Now, that said, I highly doubt that's what actually happened - the story said that the balloon was designed to inflate to its full size when it reached its destination altitude.
I wish people would stop being so critical when NASA doesn't succeed. They're trying things that've never been done before, of course things are going to break some of the time. Cheers,
What about the zombies with chainguns implanted in their abdomens from the original?
Or was that the expansion/sequel? Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Cable/DSL isn't real world, but 9600bps is?
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Yeah, Cable/DSL is pretty much an urban/suburban thing. That's life.
Why is it such a shock that the infrastructure is better in more populated areas? I really don't have much sympathy for people who want to live away from other people, and complain about lack of infrastructure.
The fact is, it isn't 1996 anymore. A great number of people have broadband now, and they actually want to use it. Why the fuck should we wait for the slow and ignorant?
Here in Canada the Tel/Cable Co's have to supply broadband, and at least one is available in pretty much all areas that can somewhat plausably claim to be populated. Even my brother, who lives in Prince George, BC (a redneck hive way off in the wilderness) has cable now. If you don't have access to it, it is your fault for not demanding that the appropriate companies supply it (or demand that the government legislates them to do so). Obviously, you did not do this - don't take that out on those that did. Cheers,
Someone might kill him. It wouldn't surprise me, he's playing with fire. Someday, he'll piss off the wrong person, and he'll be gone.
If this guy moved next door to me, I'd move. He's made himself a target and I wouldn't want to be around when he gets a mailbomb (the real, physical, kind). Cheers,
You can turn that argument right back around against unions. They show no allegiance to any non-union members, often forcing them out of work (closed shops). Big business isn't exactly a force for good in the world, but I've never heard of them pulling something as odious as a teacher's strike - holding students, who have no control or involvement in the contract negotiations, ransom.
Yes, we need labour laws to keep big business in check, but it seems obvious that we strong union laws to keep them from abusing their power as they do. Cheers,
boot was a great mag for the time (mid 90's), but they merged it with a fairly mainstream one (something along the lines of Ziff Davis tripe), and changed the name to MaximumPC. It sucked.
Now, to be fair, MaximumPC was fairly good in comparison to the others of its genre, but it didn't compare to boot.
Imagine used to be a great publisher, but they sold out a long time ago, no sense in mourning the loss years after the fact. Cheers,
There wasn't a good enough reason to steal the students computer. Besides, it seems that even if someone did crack the system, they probably would not put information that would lead right to them.
I find it far more likely that Kent just put those files there as a cover-up. Cheers,
Why would I be arrested for murder if I hadn't killed anyone? Seems like if I killed someone
, I should be in jail. And you can be rest assured that if you're arrested, you ARE most likely going to have to prove you're actually innocent because the fact that you the cop arrested pretty squarely places the burden of proof back on you. Cheers,
It actually lowers our value, by encouraging company loyalty. Given that we are in demand, having people move around more results in a more active market, resulting in higher average saleries. Cheers,
In my juristiction (and pretty much everywhere, AFAIK) there's absolutely nothing an employer can do about a union. They either accept the contract, or they don't do business.
And since the union pretty much decides who gets hired/fired, you'd better not talk to loudly about disolving it. Cheers,
It would be more similar to buying 2 p400s (one for yourself, and one for a freeloader), as opposed to an 800 for your own use. More total productivity may be gained by the extra system, but not for the person buying the equipment. Cheers,
Slashdot Mirror
Your solution would lead to only "artists" like Britany Spears being paid, while real art remains marginalized.
You seem to be overlooking that many great works were produced before copyrights, and many will continue to be produced after.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
A better analogy would be to desolve the business when the founder dies.
This would have the added benifit of preventing megacorps from lasting too long.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
If an agent sells you something for a price lower than they are authorized to do you're in the clear. The agent, however, is responsable. So they get to sue their software, not you.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
At the end of the day, you most certianly are being forced to sign the contract. The entire point of labour law is to prevent employers from abusing the imbalance of power inherent in our system.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Be aware of one thing: Quicktime for Linux won't read any of the movies you download from the internet.
Oh well. Its still a step in the right direction.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
You should probably be lobbying the gov't to make them upgrade.
Regardless, you're on the ass end of tech adoption. That means things won't work as well for you as the do for people on the opposite end. You can either whine and bitch about people using their broadband, or you can whine and bitch to the telco/cableco/gov't to get it yourself. Which do you think will be more effective?
Come join the rest of us when you can, but until then, don't expect us to wait for you.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Yes, I do have a valid reason. I started lobbying the telco, cableco, and the gov't for broadband in the mid 90's. I now have it. If you still don't have it, 5 or so years after it started being talked about, tough shit.
dictionary.com defines ignorant as:
- Lacking education or knowledge.
- Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
- Unaware or uninformed.
I think that after 5 years, those that haven't lobbied for broadband can be considered ignorant.Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
As a balloon rises in the atmosphere, more and more pressure is placed on it.
>Dead wrong.
As the outside pressure drops, the balloon will expand, due to constant internal pressure not being conterbalanced by external pressure. Try putting a balloon in a vacuum chamber (it'll pop). So don't browbeat the kid.
Now, that said, I highly doubt that's what actually happened - the story said that the balloon was designed to inflate to its full size when it reached its destination altitude.
I wish people would stop being so critical when NASA doesn't succeed. They're trying things that've never been done before, of course things are going to break some of the time.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
What about the zombies with chainguns implanted in their abdomens from the original?
Or was that the expansion/sequel?
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Yeah, Cable/DSL is pretty much an urban/suburban thing. That's life.
Why is it such a shock that the infrastructure is better in more populated areas? I really don't have much sympathy for people who want to live away from other people, and complain about lack of infrastructure.
The fact is, it isn't 1996 anymore. A great number of people have broadband now, and they actually want to use it. Why the fuck should we wait for the slow and ignorant?
Here in Canada the Tel/Cable Co's have to supply broadband, and at least one is available in pretty much all areas that can somewhat plausably claim to be populated. Even my brother, who lives in Prince George, BC (a redneck hive way off in the wilderness) has cable now. If you don't have access to it, it is your fault for not demanding that the appropriate companies supply it (or demand that the government legislates them to do so). Obviously, you did not do this - don't take that out on those that did.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Someone might kill him. It wouldn't surprise me, he's playing with fire. Someday, he'll piss off the wrong person, and he'll be gone.
If this guy moved next door to me, I'd move. He's made himself a target and I wouldn't want to be around when he gets a mailbomb (the real, physical, kind).
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
You can turn that argument right back around against unions. They show no allegiance to any non-union members, often forcing them out of work (closed shops). Big business isn't exactly a force for good in the world, but I've never heard of them pulling something as odious as a teacher's strike - holding students, who have no control or involvement in the contract negotiations, ransom.
Yes, we need labour laws to keep big business in check, but it seems obvious that we strong union laws to keep them from abusing their power as they do.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
boot was a great mag for the time (mid 90's), but they merged it with a fairly mainstream one (something along the lines of Ziff Davis tripe), and changed the name to MaximumPC. It sucked.
Now, to be fair, MaximumPC was fairly good in comparison to the others of its genre, but it didn't compare to boot.
Imagine used to be a great publisher, but they sold out a long time ago, no sense in mourning the loss years after the fact.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
It'd be really nice if they ported that to Linux and the other BSDs.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
I've never heard of a Sorenson player for *n?x, and it doesn't seem that freshmeat has either.
Or are you just talking out of your ass?
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
There wasn't a good enough reason to steal the students computer. Besides, it seems that even if someone did crack the system, they probably would not put information that would lead right to them.
I find it far more likely that Kent just put those files there as a cover-up.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Sounds like it stands for Digital Carnivore System to me...
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
The pranksters didn't hold up traffic, the authorities did. They do this every year here in Vancouver, and the authorities act reasonably.
The bug *really* didn't need to be pulled down right away.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Why would I be arrested for murder if I hadn't killed anyone? Seems like if I killed someone , I should be in jail. And you can be rest assured that if you're arrested, you ARE most likely going to have to prove you're actually innocent because the fact that you the cop arrested pretty squarely places the burden of proof back on you.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
What about when you go into an underground parking lot? GPS isn't likely to work down there.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
We may aswell surrender now, we'll become automatons ourselves.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
It actually lowers our value, by encouraging company loyalty. Given that we are in demand, having people move around more results in a more active market, resulting in higher average saleries.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
In my juristiction (and pretty much everywhere, AFAIK) there's absolutely nothing an employer can do about a union. They either accept the contract, or they don't do business.
And since the union pretty much decides who gets hired/fired, you'd better not talk to loudly about disolving it.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
Unions often force employers to promote based on stagnation as opposed to merit...
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland
It would be more similar to buying 2 p400s (one for yourself, and one for a freeloader), as opposed to an 800 for your own use. More total productivity may be gained by the extra system, but not for the person buying the equipment.
Cheers,
Rick Kirkland