I used to be a big skeptical of motherboard audio, then I bought an ASUS with an onboard CMPCI chip (which I was also a bit skeptical of) and it changed my opinion completely. Not only is the sound perfect, but best of all it was fairly inexpensive compared to buying a sound card, and it saved me a slot.
1. Get a boss that says "yeah..." alot
2. Hire two people named Bob to do the lay offs
3. Make posters with company slogans like "what can YOU do for the company"
and you're set.;)
Security? Goodness, it's because of plans like this that we need backup in the first place.;) If you put your snesitive files on someone elses drive, bad things will happen.
I know that the music industry is going to blame MP3's for this, so I'm going to give my opinion as to why it IS the fault of MP3's.
There are a lot of small bands out there that are really good, and they only tend to produce mp3's until they get out into the big time. I do have big bands on my hard drive, But I don't listen to them anymore, because those little bands are so great.
This wonderful system of music compression let me discover them, and THAT'S why I don't buy CD's anymore.
I've come across the section of the DMCA which is being "violated" in this "case". Reading legal documents is the harder than correcting slashdot authors grammar. Anyway, here it is.
--Not important-- Title V: Protection of Certain Original Designs - Vessel Hull Design Protection Act - Amends Federal copyright law to provide for protection of original designs of vessel hulls which make a vessel attractive or distinctive in appearance to the purchasing or using public.
--The violation (doesn't seem important) Bars protection for designs that are: (1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace; (3) dictated solely by a utilitarian function of the article that embodies them; or (4) embodied in a useful article that was made public by the designer or owner more than one year before the date of application for registration.
Provides for ten-year terms of protection.
Sets forth marking and design notice requirements for protected designs. Bars recovery against persons who began undertakings leading to infringement before receiving notice. Places the burden of providing notice of protection on design owners.
Grants owners of protected designs exclusive rights to make, have made, import, sell, or distribute for sale or for use in trade any useful article embodying protected designs. Makes it infringement to engage in such activities with respect to infringing articles without an owner's consent. Provides that it shall not be infringement to: (1) engage in certain activities with respect to protected designs without knowledge; or (2) reproduce a protected design solely for purposes of teaching, analyzing, or evaluating the appearance, concepts, or techniques embodied in the design or the functions of the useful article embodying the design.
Places the burden of establishing a design's originality on the party alleging rights in a design.
Provides that protection shall be lost if application for design registration is not made within two years after the date on which the design is first made public.
Sets forth registration application requirements. Accords protection to designs with respect to which an application was filed by a U.S. owner in a foreign country on the date as filed if the U.S. application is filed within six months after the earliest date on which such foreign application was filed.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) determinations of registrations and procedures for cancelling registrations in cases where a party believes he or she may be damaged by registration; and (2) ownership and transfer of property rights of protected designs.
Authorizes design owners to seek judicial review of final refusals of the Register of Copyrights to register designs. Permits the use of arbitration to resolve infringement disputes. Authorizes injunctive relief to prevent infringement.
Provides for recovery of damages or the infringer's profits in infringement cases. Sets a three-year statute of limitations with respect to recovery for infringement. Authorizes the court to order or cancel registrations. Prescribes penalties for the filing of infringement actions with respect to fraudulently-obtained registrations or making false markings or representations.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postal Service to issue regulations for the enforcement of exclusive rights with respect to importation of protected designs. Subjects articles imported in violation of such rights to seizure and forfeiture.
Terminates protection under this Act upon issuance of a design patent with respect to an original design.
Grants the U.S. district courts jurisdiction over actions arising under this Act.
I know a lot of people these days like to mod their cases, and I looked at the case on this web site (which han't been hit hard yet) and I don't see alot of room for cutting, and etc. If you do cut on the main side, all you see is the side of your drives.
While it is nice to see cases that accept standard ATX motherboard formats, it's even nicer to see cases that are shipped as a big plastic block with no holes, and it's up to the user to drill everything.;) It's a nice thought anyway..
And for this comment above others, mod me down, I don't mind. These are just my opinions as a hobbyist.
I remember a few years ago (before the 1Ghz CPU came out) people were saying that we'd never get there because of the bus speed, and they were right. This is just one example of chip speed being high, but performance not matching it because of other things inside the box. I think that's something we need to consider before bashing this poor law anymore.;-)
Also, moore's law may not apply well to those blazing edge computers in which only one exists. As everyone here at slashdot knows, it's often a year or more before we ever see such cool technolgy as the company boasts about.
You guys crack me up. Any sane person knows there is no shadow conspiracy here at slashdot. Now, if you'll excuse me I have to get my Rob Malda brand TV dinner out of the microwave... Geez..
It's all about the suspense. I saw this file on kazaa many times. But, I don't think piracy will be a big deal. Simply because the crowd this movie attracts seem to have the same ideals as the author who wrote this article.
As a sign of good faith I think thes domains should be offfered for free to those who own.com.net.org already.. I don't want to pay another 35 bucks a year to get another domain..
Also, what are the rules for having this domain? no swearing? obviously no porn. Sorry slashdot..
How to get hired as an open source developer. I'm sorry, I don't understand how this is possible. Mod me down, I don't care! How on earth can someone get paid for developing free software. Yes, I know all the pro-open source people are going to attack me. Bring it on.
The modern literature association has some very good text on evaluating a web sites credibility. I expect that most college students had to do with MLA by now. Never the less, they do have good documentation. I suggest getting the book "The everyday Writer"
Over the past years, I have been increasingly interested in Apples' line of computers and laptops. But, years before that I swore off Apple for good as I sit at one of the older terminals in my middle school. I've been a PC user since I was born, but damn, look at the specs on the new laptops, and how fast G4's are.
So, I'm curious. Has anyone else had any strange inklings of conversion to apple as of late?
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I used to be a big skeptical of motherboard audio, then I bought an ASUS with an onboard CMPCI chip (which I was also a bit skeptical of) and it changed my opinion completely. Not only is the sound perfect, but best of all it was fairly inexpensive compared to buying a sound card, and it saved me a slot.
1. Get a boss that says "yeah..." alot 2. Hire two people named Bob to do the lay offs 3. Make posters with company slogans like "what can YOU do for the company" and you're set. ;)
Security? Goodness, it's because of plans like this that we need backup in the first place. ;) If you put your snesitive files on someone elses drive, bad things will happen.
Probably just a scam to open a new shopping mall with.
I know that the music industry is going to blame MP3's for this, so I'm going to give my opinion as to why it IS the fault of MP3's.
There are a lot of small bands out there that are really good, and they only tend to produce mp3's until they get out into the big time. I do have big bands on my hard drive, But I don't listen to them anymore, because those little bands are so great.
This wonderful system of music compression let me discover them, and THAT'S why I don't buy CD's anymore.
I've come across the section of the DMCA which is being "violated" in this "case". Reading legal documents is the harder than correcting slashdot authors grammar. Anyway, here it is.
--Not important--
Title V: Protection of Certain Original Designs - Vessel Hull Design Protection Act - Amends Federal copyright law to provide for protection of original designs of vessel hulls which make a vessel attractive or distinctive in appearance to the purchasing or using public.
--The violation (doesn't seem important)
Bars protection for designs that are: (1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace; (3) dictated solely by a utilitarian function of the article that embodies them; or (4) embodied in a useful article that was made public by the designer or owner more than one year before the date of application for registration.
Provides for ten-year terms of protection.
Sets forth marking and design notice requirements for protected designs. Bars recovery against persons who began undertakings leading to infringement before receiving notice. Places the burden of providing notice of protection on design owners.
Grants owners of protected designs exclusive rights to make, have made, import, sell, or distribute for sale or for use in trade any useful article embodying protected designs. Makes it infringement to engage in such activities with respect to infringing articles without an owner's consent. Provides that it shall not be infringement to: (1) engage in certain activities with respect to protected designs without knowledge; or (2) reproduce a protected design solely for purposes of teaching, analyzing, or evaluating the appearance, concepts, or techniques embodied in the design or the functions of the useful article embodying the design.
Places the burden of establishing a design's originality on the party alleging rights in a design.
Provides that protection shall be lost if application for design registration is not made within two years after the date on which the design is first made public.
Sets forth registration application requirements. Accords protection to designs with respect to which an application was filed by a U.S. owner in a foreign country on the date as filed if the U.S. application is filed within six months after the earliest date on which such foreign application was filed.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) determinations of registrations and procedures for cancelling registrations in cases where a party believes he or she may be damaged by registration; and (2) ownership and transfer of property rights of protected designs.
Authorizes design owners to seek judicial review of final refusals of the Register of Copyrights to register designs. Permits the use of arbitration to resolve infringement disputes. Authorizes injunctive relief to prevent infringement.
Provides for recovery of damages or the infringer's profits in infringement cases. Sets a three-year statute of limitations with respect to recovery for infringement. Authorizes the court to order or cancel registrations. Prescribes penalties for the filing of infringement actions with respect to fraudulently-obtained registrations or making false markings or representations.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postal Service to issue regulations for the enforcement of exclusive rights with respect to importation of protected designs. Subjects articles imported in violation of such rights to seizure and forfeiture.
Terminates protection under this Act upon issuance of a design patent with respect to an original design.
Grants the U.S. district courts jurisdiction over actions arising under this Act.
This story definately wins the most Obfuscated Slashdot Headline award.
Subject says it all. ;)
I know a lot of people these days like to mod their cases, and I looked at the case on this web site (which han't been hit hard yet) and I don't see alot of room for cutting, and etc. If you do cut on the main side, all you see is the side of your drives.
;) It's a nice thought anyway..
While it is nice to see cases that accept standard ATX motherboard formats, it's even nicer to see cases that are shipped as a big plastic block with no holes, and it's up to the user to drill everything.
And for this comment above others, mod me down, I don't mind. These are just my opinions as a hobbyist.
Do any of the people who get these violated calls see any of that 5,500 dollars?
I remember a few years ago (before the 1Ghz CPU came out) people were saying that we'd never get there because of the bus speed, and they were right. This is just one example of chip speed being high, but performance not matching it because of other things inside the box. I think that's something we need to consider before bashing this poor law anymore. ;-)
Also, moore's law may not apply well to those blazing edge computers in which only one exists. As everyone here at slashdot knows, it's often a year or more before we ever see such cool technolgy as the company boasts about.
As with everything, you can relate this to the simpsons. We mess up the earth, so we move the whole damn thing to another planet.
This is there year 2002, where are my flying cars. WHERE ARE MY FLYING CARS? change this story to humour, please.
Exactly, do you know how much money they spent to develop Japanese school girls? It's amazing.
I know it's hard, but dno't buy from the spammers, please. ;) Thinkgeek, the slashdot affiliate is selling the same RC cars online.
Link here
You guys crack me up. Any sane person knows there is no shadow conspiracy here at slashdot. Now, if you'll excuse me I have to get my Rob Malda brand TV dinner out of the microwave... Geez..
It's all about the suspense. I saw this file on kazaa many times. But, I don't think piracy will be a big deal. Simply because the crowd this movie attracts seem to have the same ideals as the author who wrote this article.
As a sign of good faith I think thes domains should be offfered for free to those who own .com.net.org already.. I don't want to pay another 35 bucks a year to get another domain..
Also, what are the rules for having this domain? no swearing? obviously no porn. Sorry slashdot..
How to get hired as an open source developer. I'm sorry, I don't understand how this is possible. Mod me down, I don't care! How on earth can someone get paid for developing free software. Yes, I know all the pro-open source people are going to attack me. Bring it on.
I was MUCH rather build something like Sauramon' tower. Which I'm sure violates every building code there is, but hey.. ;-) tower!
The modern literature association has some very good text on evaluating a web sites credibility. I expect that most college students had to do with MLA by now. Never the less, they do have good documentation. I suggest getting the book "The everyday Writer"
It helps the community and adds books to my shelf, at the same time. Amazing, I'm in.
Over the past years, I have been increasingly interested in Apples' line of computers and laptops. But, years before that I swore off Apple for good as I sit at one of the older terminals in my middle school. I've been a PC user since I was born, but damn, look at the specs on the new laptops, and how fast G4's are. So, I'm curious. Has anyone else had any strange inklings of conversion to apple as of late?
To the matress king perhaps? Hmmmm...
I'm sure a lot of the people here already know how quantum computers work, or will work, o whatever. ;)
But here is a great article for those who havn't read anything yet.