Chief: "I swear to god I'll pistol whip the next person that says Shenanigans".
Mack:"Hey Farva...What's that restaurant you like, you know, the one with all the goofy shit on the walls?"
Farva: "You mean Shenanigans?"
Mack: "Oooooooohh" (hands the Chief a pistol)
In 1999, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI suspended information service contracts with an earlier Asher-run company because of concerns about his past, according to law enforcement sources. The Chicago Tribune reported in 1987 that court documents in a federal drug case said defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey, who identified Asher as a pilot and onetime smuggler, offered him as an informant.
Jennie Khoen, a spokeswoman for the Florida department, said yesterday that the agency knew about Asher's "history with drug smuggling," including his work as an informant. Moore said his department "knew about Mr. Asher's past."
Maybe Asher can watch the fox guarding the hen house while he's at it....
Well, you should know how to do basic Calculus before resorting to a calculator.
I know how to do derivatives, integrals...etc...but the human mind is far from perfect, and always makes mistakes. I use my TI on problems that make no sense doing out by hand. A triple integral? Why bother if you know the basics - you are just doing redundant math and wasting your time.
If you know how to use a hand powered drill, why would you choose that over an electric?
does your mom still buy your clothes? (sorry...had to get that one in):-)
You can return jeans after you bring them home..., but I see your point about purchasing them
But back to music...the People make laws, and participate in the economy, therefore they have the right to change things if they want...legality and illegality are only defined by the citizens of the country, not by corporations (although it sometimes seems this way)....So in a way, we do get to decide about the copyright holders, because we could revoke their rights if enough people got together...
Well...not necessarily....I(not me) may download it and not enjoy the fruits of her labor....so should I pay her even though I didn't like it....probably not
But a counterargument to that, would be: let's say I go to her concert, and don't like it...can I ask for my money back? Doubtful...
The future of music is not a physical CD (this is where the RIAA finds themselves out of a job).
Now, lets say the music companies set up a site where I can download anything I want, it is on my computer instantly, and I can transfer it between my devices. Set a reasonable price, and I am your customer (iTunes...made $1 million in a day...pretty impressive).
The 'free market economy' is screaming..."we like music, but you have priced it way too high...so we'll download until you can provide us with something better."
Electronic information has changed the way we have to look at ideas and property...
People are equating downloading music to stealing potential profits... i.e. companies are saying that "we would have made money if you had bought this, but now we're just even, so give us the profits we would have made if you bought it"...That is logic that is inheriently flawed.
And I will give you the defense about buying products after you download them. I admit to downloading programs, and then purchasing them later, because I see value in what the programmers have done, and they deserve to be compensated for their time.
The flipside is, people don't see value in music anymore (gee...I wonder why: Britney, Boy Bands...etc), so they won't pay for it...It's called a free market economy.
The reason you see the RIAA bitching and moaning, and not the MPAA (as much), is that DVD's are a better bang for you buck...You get 2+ hours of movie, behind the scenes stuff...etc...
I purchased the Dropkick Murphy's set, because it was a tremendous value. I got a CD (really good), and a DVD of their concerts...Now that was worth my money....
Yes, there may be laws against infringement...etc...but the beauty of the US is that laws can change (just look at Prohibition)...and the People will change what they want...
You have deprived the Jaguar dealer of their physical property, and you are now a thief.
This is why IP and Copyright Law is so fascinating...they don't have less property after somebody downloads a song, you have merely infringed on their "right" to control copies of their material.
And the poster brings up a valid point...is it really a loss to the business if the person had no intention on buying it in the first place? Because no physical loss has occured. Nobody has really come up with a good answer to that one....
I suspect an answer would be something like a scene in Minority Report, where people are arrested before they commit crimes...But what if the person decided at the last moment to not commit the crime?
The Internet has brought a whole series of questions to light...questions that were not discussed before digital information....
Well, if you believe this, do what I do...Plan on designing the automation machines.
We are still a long way off from a computer designing another computer to do a complicated task. So human intervention is necessary for a while. You won't be unemployed as quickly if you are building something in demand.
[karma]Or we could sue the bejeezus out of anybody that tried to automate our jobs, kind of like the RIAA sues people that will probably buy their music.[/karma]
Well....then the people should organize themselves...and put together laws to ban parking tickets.
The key is organization! If we get organized, it is amazing what we can do...
Don't act like there is some higher power making laws...they are made by a government we elect. And whether you believe it or not, we have complete control over it....It just depends how you exert that control.
Courts are not a simple little thing that you can manipulate just because you are right.
Most if not all trial lawyers are spineless assholes that know how to make the system work for them, or coerce you into admitting something in a way that shows you are guilty...
If you go in front of a judge, you better be absolutely prepared...
Clearly you aren't talking to the engineers of the group.
Yes, I definitely want to know about all parts of my car...then when it breaks, I can fix it myself without spending $70+/hour on a grease monkey.
My TV...definitely...
My computer...I want to know whats going on at an assembly level...maybe even lower
I think knowing the nuances of everything you use makes you appreciate them even more. I mean, look around, and think of all the amazing devices we take for granted, which are truly engineering marvels. I am still amazed that my cell phone that is the size of 3 matchbooks can transmit for 8 hours to a base station 1 mile away, and still be audible.
"Every fiber, thin as a hair, carries the impulses responsible for Internet traffic, telephones, cell phones, military communications, bank transfers, air traffic control, signals to the power grids and water systems, among other things."
Gee, I hope the military isn't using the Internet for critical communications. Same with air traffic control.
If all this stuff is transmitted over something as insecure as the Internet, I'd say we have something to worry about...
Well...Six Sigma does have some relevance, its not just a buzzword.
It is a measure of standard deviations on a probability curve. Six sigmas of standard deviations ensures error free operations something like 99.9997% of the time (I don't recall the exact numbers).
Remember to follow spec when making your own network cables. Running the wires straight through will cause issues (signal interference). You must have pins 3 and 6 on the same twisted pair, otherwise, the cables won't work after 30 feet or so...
If I had done it correctly, I could have saved 2 trips to the store, and lots of headaches.
Currently, these scanners are either non-portable, or the size of a truck..
We should start to worry when they become van sized.
I am wondering what kind of jamming technology could prevent scanning by the backscattered rays. Creating destructive interference would probably produce a blank image, but consider safety...Do you want a high energy wave generator running a few feet from your bedroom? Probably not...
I would be interested in what materials block the scanning waves. Perhaps something that would resonate at that particular frequency...
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But can it generate the 1.21 Gigawatts necessary to enable time travel?
Chief: "I swear to god I'll pistol whip the next person that says Shenanigans".
Mack:"Hey Farva...What's that restaurant you like, you know, the one with all the goofy shit on the walls?"
Farva: "You mean Shenanigans?"
Mack: "Oooooooohh" (hands the Chief a pistol)
Actually...
/etc/init.d/speechd start
/dev/speech
echo "I am the voice of the computer" >
I am the voice of the computer
Sorry, somebody already beat you to it.
The White House
OK....then use RedHat....use SuSE....
The forums are a great resource for any platform or distro.
But yes...use Gentoo...its fucking amazing....
Then use Gentoo....
Gentoo Forums are the most amazing techincal resource. People on there are friendly, and you can pretty much get any question answered.
But yes, many Linux people take the "1337er than thou" approach. There are people out there willing to help.
In 1999, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI suspended information service contracts with an earlier Asher-run company because of concerns about his past, according to law enforcement sources. The Chicago Tribune reported in 1987 that court documents in a federal drug case said defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey, who identified Asher as a pilot and onetime smuggler, offered him as an informant.
Jennie Khoen, a spokeswoman for the Florida department, said yesterday that the agency knew about Asher's "history with drug smuggling," including his work as an informant. Moore said his department "knew about Mr. Asher's past."
Maybe Asher can watch the fox guarding the hen house while he's at it....
Well, you should know how to do basic Calculus before resorting to a calculator.
I know how to do derivatives, integrals...etc...but the human mind is far from perfect, and always makes mistakes. I use my TI on problems that make no sense doing out by hand. A triple integral? Why bother if you know the basics - you are just doing redundant math and wasting your time.
If you know how to use a hand powered drill, why would you choose that over an electric?
does your mom still buy your clothes? (sorry...had to get that one in) :-)
You can return jeans after you bring them home..., but I see your point about purchasing them
But back to music...the People make laws, and participate in the economy, therefore they have the right to change things if they want...legality and illegality are only defined by the citizens of the country, not by corporations (although it sometimes seems this way)....So in a way, we do get to decide about the copyright holders, because we could revoke their rights if enough people got together...
Well...not necessarily....I(not me) may download it and not enjoy the fruits of her labor....so should I pay her even though I didn't like it....probably not
But a counterargument to that, would be: let's say I go to her concert, and don't like it...can I ask for my money back? Doubtful...
The future of music is not a physical CD (this is where the RIAA finds themselves out of a job).
Now, lets say the music companies set up a site where I can download anything I want, it is on my computer instantly, and I can transfer it between my devices. Set a reasonable price, and I am your customer (iTunes...made $1 million in a day...pretty impressive).
The 'free market economy' is screaming..."we like music, but you have priced it way too high...so we'll download until you can provide us with something better."
Well...thats my whole point...
Electronic information has changed the way we have to look at ideas and property...
People are equating downloading music to stealing potential profits... i.e. companies are saying that "we would have made money if you had bought this, but now we're just even, so give us the profits we would have made if you bought it"...That is logic that is inheriently flawed.
And I will give you the defense about buying products after you download them. I admit to downloading programs, and then purchasing them later, because I see value in what the programmers have done, and they deserve to be compensated for their time.
The flipside is, people don't see value in music anymore (gee...I wonder why: Britney, Boy Bands...etc), so they won't pay for it...It's called a free market economy.
The reason you see the RIAA bitching and moaning, and not the MPAA (as much), is that DVD's are a better bang for you buck...You get 2+ hours of movie, behind the scenes stuff...etc...
I purchased the Dropkick Murphy's set, because it was a tremendous value. I got a CD (really good), and a DVD of their concerts...Now that was worth my money....
Yes, there may be laws against infringement...etc...but the beauty of the US is that laws can change (just look at Prohibition)...and the People will change what they want...
Incorrect....
You have deprived the Jaguar dealer of their physical property, and you are now a thief.
This is why IP and Copyright Law is so fascinating...they don't have less property after somebody downloads a song, you have merely infringed on their "right" to control copies of their material.
And the poster brings up a valid point...is it really a loss to the business if the person had no intention on buying it in the first place? Because no physical loss has occured. Nobody has really come up with a good answer to that one....
I suspect an answer would be something like a scene in Minority Report, where people are arrested before they commit crimes...But what if the person decided at the last moment to not commit the crime?
The Internet has brought a whole series of questions to light...questions that were not discussed before digital information....
Well, if you believe this, do what I do...Plan on designing the automation machines.
We are still a long way off from a computer designing another computer to do a complicated task. So human intervention is necessary for a while. You won't be unemployed as quickly if you are building something in demand.
[karma]Or we could sue the bejeezus out of anybody that tried to automate our jobs, kind of like the RIAA sues people that will probably buy their music.[/karma]
Well....then the people should organize themselves...and put together laws to ban parking tickets.
The key is organization! If we get organized, it is amazing what we can do...
Don't act like there is some higher power making laws...they are made by a government we elect. And whether you believe it or not, we have complete control over it....It just depends how you exert that control.
"Just because their business model is outdated (is it?) doesn't mean you can take the law into your own hands."
Actually....the law is in our hands...because the US is governed by We The People.
Public opinion changes laws...just look at Prohibition and its repeal.
Like my dad says..."The people have spoken, they want to download music."
If the people think something is unfair, yes, they can change the laws, or protest against them.
I hate to break it to you, but thats the real beauty of a Democracy...you don't like something...go change it...
Thats a tough call....
Courts are not a simple little thing that you can manipulate just because you are right.
Most if not all trial lawyers are spineless assholes that know how to make the system work for them, or coerce you into admitting something in a way that shows you are guilty...
If you go in front of a judge, you better be absolutely prepared...
I was browsing around...and came upon a list of felonies...
List of Felonies
I guess filesharing is now right up there will violent crime...
"And, of course, Son's own net worth has cratered to around $1.1 billion, a slide that makes him History's Biggest Money Loser."
The poor guy....he only has 1.1 billion dollars...
I think I'll be lucky if i see 1/1000 of that money in my lifetime.
How about tossing some engineers that business cash...we are the ones building the stuff....
Clearly you aren't talking to the engineers of the group.
Yes, I definitely want to know about all parts of my car...then when it breaks, I can fix it myself without spending $70+/hour on a grease monkey.
My TV...definitely...
My computer...I want to know whats going on at an assembly level...maybe even lower
I think knowing the nuances of everything you use makes you appreciate them even more. I mean, look around, and think of all the amazing devices we take for granted, which are truly engineering marvels. I am still amazed that my cell phone that is the size of 3 matchbooks can transmit for 8 hours to a base station 1 mile away, and still be audible.
Details are what make the world interesting...
Gee, I hope the military isn't using the Internet for critical communications. Same with air traffic control.
If all this stuff is transmitted over something as insecure as the Internet, I'd say we have something to worry about...
Well...Six Sigma does have some relevance, its not just a buzzword.
It is a measure of standard deviations on a probability curve. Six sigmas of standard deviations ensures error free operations something like 99.9997% of the time (I don't recall the exact numbers).
Another idea for a home network is to run special cable rather than separate phone, ethernet, and coaxial.
It is bundled Cat5, telephone, and coaxial, and comes in a tight package not much larger than heavily shielded (RJ-6 coax?).
You can easily run central distribution of phones, video on demand, networking...etc...
Kill 3 birds with one stone....
Just a thought...
Remember to follow spec when making your own network cables. Running the wires straight through will cause issues (signal interference). You must have pins 3 and 6 on the same twisted pair, otherwise, the cables won't work after 30 feet or so...
If I had done it correctly, I could have saved 2 trips to the store, and lots of headaches.
I wouldn't worry about this....yet..
Currently, these scanners are either non-portable, or the size of a truck..
We should start to worry when they become van sized.
I am wondering what kind of jamming technology could prevent scanning by the backscattered rays. Creating destructive interference would probably produce a blank image, but consider safety...Do you want a high energy wave generator running a few feet from your bedroom? Probably not...
I would be interested in what materials block the scanning waves. Perhaps something that would resonate at that particular frequency...
I'd like to see them install Magic Lantern on my Gentoo box....
If they get around my pinhole cameras, I will also be impressed....