Sending emails is not trespass. they have an email server -- they connect it to the internet -- they want to recieve emails. this guy sent emails, end of story. he had no intent to cause harm and he didn't do so.
This would be the equivalent of putting someone in jail for "trespass" for sending you a letter in the mail. Its an abuse of the language and the law.
Far more impressive is that you managed to changes something 85 billion years before our universe came into existence. Care to explain that one, too?
Shows what you know, puney human. The Q were there at the begining of time and they'll be here at the end of time. And dont correct my spelling of "puney" thats how we spelled it 100,000 years before you were born!!
no dumbass, the fact that I play 5 instruments and produce/compose makes me a musician. The fact that I run a scoring company that makes income makes me a "professional musician".
So don't presume to tell me what the fuck I am, Especially as an AC.
might as well list as many as I can... academic humor
Computer graphics -- Matrix, The Transformation... Linear Algebra -- The Nth Matrix, Mechanical Engineering -- rxF - the moment of the matrix. The Matrix for Humanties majors -- what the fuck is a matrix? Physics -- Where the matrix represents a spherical cow of uniform density.
I really wanted to work pivot, eigenvaluse/vectors determinants, projections, method of least squres and vector space in, but its too late for that:D
music industry tip - soundtrack has to be written *last* thats because it has to go along with the film that presumably isn't done yet! This isn't to say they dont have an idea what it will sound like, but the orchestra definatley hasn't been hired.
IANAL, but isn't there some clause in copyright law stating that you can produce a derivative work using sampled music royalty- and permission-free as long as you sample less than 4 bars?
Nope... a composer can use *4 bars* of another song as *written notes on paper* in his own composition... but legally even 1 sample is a copyright violation... the reason is this:
Copyright law protects works fixed in a *physical medium*. Notes on paper, while copyrightable, are a very weak fixed medium. If there were not limits on what constitutes copyright violation, someone could copyright notes, scales, chord progressions, time signatures, etc... the basic building blocks of music -- so at some point a limit had to be established (and long before a sampler existed I might add). This kind of abuse is basically whats hapening in the patent system right now -- people patenting basic principles of science (music). Imagine if roger waters started patenting rythm guitar riffs -- chaos.
Now a recording is a very *strong* fixed medium -- very easily identifiable, and more then that it *exists*. A note on a piece of paper dosen't exists until someone plays it. So this is the interesting thing -- it is not infringing to put up to 4 bars of the rythm guitar from "wish you were here" in your song *if you play it yourself*, but it is infringing to sample *his* performance of those notes.
And if you think about it it's really pretty fair. If someone hears something they like they are free to play it themselves, but they aren't free to rip you off wholesale.
preface: I am a musician and I work hard and make great music and make no money at all from it, I am way biased on this issue:) The first thing that ran through my mind after reading the phrase about rap musicbeing poorer was "wow copyright law has done some good"
Seriously, when Peter Gun (guy can't even come up with an original name!!) samples steely dans "black cow" (which is a work of art) and sings "yo nigger whoa nigger!" over it, he has contributed *nothing* to art, *nothing* to music, and nothing to society. Theres no stifling of art here. He should have to pay for that sample, he's making money from their hard work.
Contrast that to Enigma's "The Screen Behind The Mirror" which is an electronica album based around the Carmina Burana -- an absolute masterpiece -- and this album contributes volumes to music and art... if this album hadnt existed, we really would be poorer...
I think in this case, trajedy is in the eye of the beholder. The same way that disney dosen't care that you can't make your own episodes of Ducktales.
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as MS office due to "java technology", so the price difference all works out in the end.
Executive Memo,
To all Employees and Personnel of Microsoft,
NO MORE GODDAMN MEMOS!
Signed,
Steve Balmer (With Bill Gates hand up my ass like a puppet)
here's mine, northridge earthquake, I dont remember exactly the date, but I wsa playing Wing Commander I or II, I dont remember which, and I had *just* blown up some huge ass ship, a carrier I think -> My speakers are blasting the sound of the ship exploding, and at that percise moment the earthquake begins, and as the ground begins to rumble Im thinking, "holy shit thats a great sound effect", then I realize whats going on and dash to the doorframe where your supposed to be in an earthquake. I think I ended up loosing the level to, got attacked while my ship was unmanned:)
I was going to make a similiar comment... the HP way as of late was to build great products to get a good reputation, and then build *shit* and live *off* your reputation.
Every HP product I've owned was absolute junk. I had my CDR (7000 series) replaced *3* times before it went out of warranty. Each lasted about 3 - 4 months before it would only produce coasters... cost me easily 200$ in cds (this is back when they cost 2 - 5$ each)
My HP printer worked when it felt like it. It made these noises like the bow of a ship buckling as it was printing, still worked if you didn't mind being gouged 30$ for an ink tank. Convienantly after its waranty was up, whatever was making the noise gave out completley... printer dead.
I'm on my *third* HP scanner, the first two died. 90 day warranty my ass. First one, just stopped working one day, electrically dead... second one, mechanical failure, it made a chunk-chunk-chunk-chunk sound the innards ground to bits one day, also conveniantly out of warranty.
My *expensive* HP computer at work, the on board sound card just *died* one day. Never has worked since...
This is what the death of the "HP way" means to me, less bullshit products. At this point I've basically sworn never to buy another HP again.
I dont like the french either ...
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Back many years ago when I was in physics class... My buddy and I were shit bored in lab, and the TA was a really cool big guy with a pony tail who drove a harley (and happened to be a graduate student in physics).
We had finished our lab a bit early, and well, there was still about 3 gallons of unused liquid nitrogen -- this could not be allowed. So we started to figure out things to do with it, poured it on the floor and watched the dirt particles dance around:)
Looking for some other things to do with the stuff, I poked some holes in the bottom of our Styrofoam cup and poured the liquid nitrogen in it -- I had hoped the cup would levitate on the boiling nitrogen leaking out the bottom... no dice, it was too heavy -- So I kept tearing away the walls of the cup, trying to leave enough room for liquid nitrogen, but leave the cup light enough to float. Finally I arrived at the right balance, and we had fun kicking our cup around the floor and watching it glide. So to be idiots we showed the TA what we were doing and he replies, "Gentlemen, you have just discovered the leidenfrost effect." And to this I reply, "We call it hovercup."
You have a contract that they can't change at will.
This is a common misperception... companies can do **whatever the fuck they want** and frequently do! You should see the shit that goes on at my workplace... now if the company bullshit rubs your contract the wrong way, then you can sue them to enforce it.
Lawyers are expensive, just to talk to one would cost 5k I'm sure. And thats what they are figuring! Cut your salaries just less then it might cost to consult with a lawyer. What they need to do is get together and class action devine(someone must have mentioned this already). Thats the only way they could hope to recover enough to pay their legal fees.
Why not hold Network Admins responsible for problems on their networks?
Ummmm, Im an admin and I dont want to be responsible for *MS's* buggy software. Are you seriously suggesting that MS can't afford to be liable for their problems so I should be?
As for GPL/Open Source etc. software your right that there is a problem:)
people did buy dvd's -- but thats because dvd's were new and novel -- they rock VHS and people were hungry for that.
Dataplay is worse in every way then a CD. They are essentially trying to convince people to toss their equiptment for *no* benefit. Sony tried this with the minidisc all thru the 90's and failed. This will fare no better.
Im gonna have to agree with you on this one... Advertisers take pains to present what they feel is the perfect image.
One day I was watching tv, and I stumbled on a commercial running at the *exact* same time* on two channels: Fox and Univision (spanish channel)... So the commerical looked like this: there was a baby sitting in a high chair on the kitchen faceing the camera, and people doing things in the kitchen... An anouncer was giving some information about some baby care program.
On fox -- the baby and the babies family were white -- on univision -- the baby and the babies family were mexican. Exact same commercial! It was on the same set, and the movements of the actors were exactly the same, it was like staring at some weird alternate universe.
Whats even stranger is there was no reason they *had* to do that because there was no dialogue except that of the announcer -- which could have easily been overdubbed...
Thats what they want! They *never ever* expected this bill to pass. This is merely mis-direction so they can get what they want when no one is looking. Now we have to start all over -- find out what new bill is evil -- get the word out again. This is classic strategic manuvering. *Don't fall for it*
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Dude, please read the article before posting :D
at this point your obviously trolling so I will respond no further
theres no entry its a piece of mail or a few datagrams. theres no physical analogy!
This would be the equivalent of putting someone in jail for "trespass" for sending you a letter in the mail. Its an abuse of the language and the law.
Far more impressive is that you managed to changes something 85 billion years before our universe came into existence. Care to explain that one, too? Shows what you know, puney human. The Q were there at the begining of time and they'll be here at the end of time. And dont correct my spelling of "puney" thats how we spelled it 100,000 years before you were born!!
I used my Q powers about 100 billion years ago to alter this constant to impress a lady Q -- forgot to change it back -- I will get right on it.
"You dont ask how some things are done, you simply do them." - Q
So don't presume to tell me what the fuck I am, Especially as an AC.
Computer graphics -- Matrix, The Transformation ... Linear Algebra -- The Nth Matrix, Mechanical Engineering -- rxF - the moment of the matrix. The Matrix for Humanties majors -- what the fuck is a matrix? Physics -- Where the matrix represents a spherical cow of uniform density.
I really wanted to work pivot, eigenvaluse/vectors determinants, projections, method of least squres and vector space in, but its too late for that :D
music industry tip - soundtrack has to be written *last* thats because it has to go along with the film that presumably isn't done yet! This isn't to say they dont have an idea what it will sound like, but the orchestra definatley hasn't been hired.
Nope ... a composer can use *4 bars* of another song as *written notes on paper* in his own composition... but legally even 1 sample is a copyright violation ... the reason is this:
Copyright law protects works fixed in a *physical medium*. Notes on paper, while copyrightable, are a very weak fixed medium. If there were not limits on what constitutes copyright violation, someone could copyright notes, scales, chord progressions, time signatures, etc ... the basic building blocks of music -- so at some point a limit had to be established (and long before a sampler existed I might add). This kind of abuse is basically whats hapening in the patent system right now -- people patenting basic principles of science (music). Imagine if roger waters started patenting rythm guitar riffs -- chaos.
Now a recording is a very *strong* fixed medium -- very easily identifiable, and more then that it *exists*. A note on a piece of paper dosen't exists until someone plays it. So this is the interesting thing -- it is not infringing to put up to 4 bars of the rythm guitar from "wish you were here" in your song *if you play it yourself*, but it is infringing to sample *his* performance of those notes.
And if you think about it it's really pretty fair. If someone hears something they like they are free to play it themselves, but they aren't free to rip you off wholesale.
Seriously, when Peter Gun (guy can't even come up with an original name!!) samples steely dans "black cow" (which is a work of art) and sings "yo nigger whoa nigger!" over it, he has contributed *nothing* to art, *nothing* to music, and nothing to society. Theres no stifling of art here. He should have to pay for that sample, he's making money from their hard work.
Contrast that to Enigma's "The Screen Behind The Mirror" which is an electronica album based around the Carmina Burana -- an absolute masterpiece -- and this album contributes volumes to music and art ... if this album hadnt existed, we really would be poorer ...
I think in this case, trajedy is in the eye of the beholder. The same way that disney dosen't care that you can't make your own episodes of Ducktales.
as MS office due to "java technology", so the price difference all works out in the end.
Executive Memo, To all Employees and Personnel of Microsoft, NO MORE GODDAMN MEMOS! Signed, Steve Balmer (With Bill Gates hand up my ass like a puppet)
here's mine, northridge earthquake, I dont remember exactly the date, but I wsa playing Wing Commander I or II, I dont remember which, and I had *just* blown up some huge ass ship, a carrier I think -> My speakers are blasting the sound of the ship exploding, and at that percise moment the earthquake begins, and as the ground begins to rumble Im thinking, "holy shit thats a great sound effect", then I realize whats going on and dash to the doorframe where your supposed to be in an earthquake. I think I ended up loosing the level to, got attacked while my ship was unmanned :)
then why not tell us that story ? :)
Every HP product I've owned was absolute junk. I had my CDR (7000 series) replaced *3* times before it went out of warranty. Each lasted about 3 - 4 months before it would only produce coasters ... cost me easily 200$ in cds (this is back when they cost 2 - 5$ each)
My HP printer worked when it felt like it. It made these noises like the bow of a ship buckling as it was printing, still worked if you didn't mind being gouged 30$ for an ink tank. Convienantly after its waranty was up, whatever was making the noise gave out completley... printer dead.
I'm on my *third* HP scanner, the first two died. 90 day warranty my ass. First one, just stopped working one day, electrically dead ... second one, mechanical failure, it made a chunk-chunk-chunk-chunk sound the innards ground to bits one day, also conveniantly out of warranty.
My *expensive* HP computer at work, the on board sound card just *died* one day. Never has worked since ...
This is what the death of the "HP way" means to me, less bullshit products. At this point I've basically sworn never to buy another HP again.
but how will caffine help ?
We had finished our lab a bit early, and well, there was still about 3 gallons of unused liquid nitrogen -- this could not be allowed. So we started to figure out things to do with it, poured it on the floor and watched the dirt particles dance around :)
Looking for some other things to do with the stuff, I poked some holes in the bottom of our Styrofoam cup and poured the liquid nitrogen in it -- I had hoped the cup would levitate on the boiling nitrogen leaking out the bottom ... no dice, it was too heavy -- So I kept tearing away the walls of the cup, trying to leave enough room for liquid nitrogen, but leave the cup light enough to float. Finally I arrived at the right balance, and we had fun kicking our cup around the floor and watching it glide. So to be idiots we showed the TA what we were doing and he replies, "Gentlemen, you have just discovered the leidenfrost effect." And to this I reply, "We call it hovercup."
This is a common misperception... companies can do **whatever the fuck they want** and frequently do! You should see the shit that goes on at my workplace ... now if the company bullshit rubs your contract the wrong way, then you can sue them to enforce it.
Lawyers are expensive, just to talk to one would cost 5k I'm sure. And thats what they are figuring! Cut your salaries just less then it might cost to consult with a lawyer. What they need to do is get together and class action devine(someone must have mentioned this already). Thats the only way they could hope to recover enough to pay their legal fees.
Now that'll I give ya: admins reponsible for bad admin work :) ... I have seen alot of that, and ocassionally been party to it :D
Ummmm, Im an admin and I dont want to be responsible for *MS's* buggy software. Are you seriously suggesting that MS can't afford to be liable for their problems so I should be?
As for GPL/Open Source etc. software your right that there is a problem :)
Dataplay is worse in every way then a CD. They are essentially trying to convince people to toss their equiptment for *no* benefit. Sony tried this with the minidisc all thru the 90's and failed. This will fare no better.
One day I was watching tv, and I stumbled on a commercial running at the *exact* same time* on two channels: Fox and Univision (spanish channel)... So the commerical looked like this: there was a baby sitting in a high chair on the kitchen faceing the camera, and people doing things in the kitchen ... An anouncer was giving some information about some baby care program.
On fox -- the baby and the babies family were white -- on univision -- the baby and the babies family were mexican. Exact same commercial! It was on the same set, and the movements of the actors were exactly the same, it was like staring at some weird alternate universe.
Whats even stranger is there was no reason they *had* to do that because there was no dialogue except that of the announcer -- which could have easily been overdubbed ...
You misunderstood the commercial ... the one degree they refer to is the one degree of seperation between MS and your wallet.
Thats what they want! They *never ever* expected this bill to pass. This is merely mis-direction so they can get what they want when no one is looking. Now we have to start all over -- find out what new bill is evil -- get the word out again. This is classic strategic manuvering. *Don't fall for it*