but the video game industry has had ample time to step up to the plate on this.
What in the hell are you talking about? The video game industry has had fine grained rating systems in place for years. Or didn't you notice that ESRB sticker on every damn game in the store? The problem is parents that can't say no to their little horrors.
Why is that? I was able to watch R-rated stuff at 14 regardless of what my mother said, and my kids will be able to play 'adult' video games regardless of what I want. How is this a problem? The only thing I've seen so far is parents who can't be bothered to raise their kids.
In the Northern Territory however, I think you could indeed blow that pussy to bits with the weapon of your choice, short of a fully automatic. I think they can still own the likes of AK-47's (limited to semi) and Colt AR-15's. But I could be wrong about that. I don't keep up with NT that much.
I could totally see an AR-15 being legal - who'd ban a varmint gun?
have seen images of terrorists shot in the head and neck with.50 cal machine gun fire and the result has always been head still attached but ripped appart
What range? Bullets lose energy over distance, and the main benefit of a.50 over a.30-06 is range. At extreme range, it's powerful, but not at the level you're thinking of. Yeah, there were probably bits of head left, but if it was a cat vs. hunting rifle at 100M range, i'd be looking for a set of ears, if anything.
You can go on their web site and find 3 different prices for the exact same thing depending on which unit you go in, and I mean home, small business, and large.
Sounds like you should be configuring the same thing on all 3 units, then buying the cheapest.
60 billion dollars won't give you the ability to lift a chair which takes 800 lbs of force to seperate from the ground.
Sure it will; you're just not thinking clearly. when you have $60B, you can hire someone to make it happen. He then (without your knowledge) bribes and sabotages as appropriate, leaving you a solution with no liability.
There are certain parts of the US constitution that produce effects that various other nations object to. Powers reserved to the states, certain constitutional protections and limits on federal power are the primary ones.
You should alert congress;)
The US has been vilified many times for refusing to agree to various treaties, primarily because the US federal government doesn't have authority over these matters.
Funny, I vilify the US govt for trying to foist their broken IP laws on the rest of the world.
Given this and the fact that with a few quick calculations I can already tell you that for me to leave the US and visit anywhere in the EU for a week would easily cost me more than a months wages.
A few weeks in europe for 2 people costs about $5k, including airfare. If you're willing to work odd jobs, you may be able to stretch it to a few months, possibly ending with $2k of your original cash. This is based on what my coworker did this summer, flying from seattle.
You could also just blow off all your creditors except the mortgage bank, pay just your house payment, and keep all your stuff you bought on unsecured credit. 7 years later, the written-off credit card accounts disappear from your credit report.
Unless they decide to sue you, in which case you now have a judgement and your wages are garnished. What, were you expecting a free lunch?
The victims have all of the power they need to stop this already - it's called Critical Thinking. It's a shame that's only taught in about one school out of a hundred, but that's the solution to a whole raft of our societal problems.
How's critical thinking going to stop someone from getting a car loan in my name or getting utilities in my name in some state I've never even been in?
Yes, let's remove all responsibility from individuals and beg the big friendly government to make someone else take care of us.
Sure, no problem. Just make sure that I actually own my own data and can force people to remove or correct it promptly and also require that they notify me before storing it in the first place. In other words, I don't have the power to do this stuff today, why make me responsible for it?
none of those media centoer boxes will stream VOB files. This means that if you want to watch DVD movies from a central server, you will have to convert them all to mpeg2 files.
And they won't either. The DVD consortium won't license such a device, so anything that does something like that will have to be homebrew or slightly grey market. Someone tried doing it before - they built a $20k DVD jukebox that basically stored DVD images on a disk array and streamed it over the network. They couldn't get licensing unless they made the user insert the dvd while playing it, which defeated the whole point.
Driving 100mph on a public road is not illegal. It is an adminstrative infraction. If it were illegal, it'd be a misdemeanor, and you'd be entitled to a lawyer.
Oh really? It would appear that by the definition of circumvention in 17 USC 1201, acts performed with permission of the copyright owner are not circumvention:
Apparently you missed a sentence: All you might need is a single copyrighted CD using that same DRM owned by someone else.
Yes cell phones use SMTP to contact towers, and verify the accessability of circuits, and those SMTP packets are highly flaged, and YES text messages are SMTP packets (same as ICQ and e-mail, AIM, MSN etc etc)
Arrgh! SMS, no SMTP! ICQ uses udp or possibly a tcp connection, not SMTP. Are you really that clueless or just trolling?
If the secretary confides in you that the boss is running a prostitution ring on the side, and those bobcats from California have cocain welded into the 4X4 bucket support beams, you'd better be looking elsewhere.
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Might have been concerns over health concerns and/or liability for health problems, if the tower was going to be at the school.
What possible health concerns could there be over a cell tower at a school? The only liability issue I can see is if it fell on someone.
So, are you suggesting that the minors should have a say in the matter?
Sounds reasonable. Of course, they're still living at home, so the parents have final say over whether a given game stays in the house.
but the video game industry has had ample time to step up to the plate on this.
What in the hell are you talking about? The video game industry has had fine grained rating systems in place for years. Or didn't you notice that ESRB sticker on every damn game in the store? The problem is parents that can't say no to their little horrors.
With video games it is.
Why is that? I was able to watch R-rated stuff at 14 regardless of what my mother said, and my kids will be able to play 'adult' video games regardless of what I want. How is this a problem? The only thing I've seen so far is parents who can't be bothered to raise their kids.
The native wildlife have enough problems without having to deal with another imported species.
Australia has the world's only poisonous mammal - are you sure you don't have it backwards?
In the Northern Territory however, I think you could indeed blow that pussy to bits with the weapon of your choice, short of a fully automatic. I think they can still own the likes of AK-47's (limited to semi) and Colt AR-15's. But I could be wrong about that. I don't keep up with NT that much.
I could totally see an AR-15 being legal - who'd ban a varmint gun?
have seen images of terrorists shot in the head and neck with .50 cal machine gun fire and the result has always been head still attached but ripped appart
What range? Bullets lose energy over distance, and the main benefit of a .50 over a .30-06 is range. At extreme range, it's powerful, but not at the level you're thinking of. Yeah, there were probably bits of head left, but if it was a cat vs. hunting rifle at 100M range, i'd be looking for a set of ears, if anything.
/meow.
Poor argument - it could easily be made (more) illegal, and hardware manufactures told not to add region-hacking codes in the firmware.
Is that worth losing Australia and Europe as markets?
You can go on their web site and find 3 different prices for the exact same thing depending on which unit you go in, and I mean home, small business, and large.
Sounds like you should be configuring the same thing on all 3 units, then buying the cheapest.
read your windows eula buddy, or be ready to defend your rights under it it in a court of law.
What eula? You buy the Pc, then wipe the disk. You never even saw the EULA, just sold off the software you had no use for.
60 billion dollars won't give you the ability to lift a chair which takes 800 lbs of force to seperate from the ground.
Sure it will; you're just not thinking clearly. when you have $60B, you can hire someone to make it happen. He then (without your knowledge) bribes and sabotages as appropriate, leaving you a solution with no liability.
If I really thought I could do England or Germany for 1500 for five days I'd be willing to try but it costs nearly 1000 for the airfare alone.
Stay in youth hostels and go for 2 weeks for about $2k. And dont' do England or Germany. Do Europe - anywhere the train goes, right?
There are certain parts of the US constitution that produce effects that various other nations object to. Powers reserved to the states, certain constitutional protections and limits on federal power are the primary ones.
You should alert congress ;)
The US has been vilified many times for refusing to agree to various treaties, primarily because the US federal government doesn't have authority over these matters.
Funny, I vilify the US govt for trying to foist their broken IP laws on the rest of the world.
Given this and the fact that with a few quick calculations I can already tell you that for me to leave the US and visit anywhere in the EU for a week would easily cost me more than a months wages.
A few weeks in europe for 2 people costs about $5k, including airfare. If you're willing to work odd jobs, you may be able to stretch it to a few months, possibly ending with $2k of your original cash. This is based on what my coworker did this summer, flying from seattle.
You could also just blow off all your creditors except the mortgage bank, pay just your house payment, and keep all your stuff you bought on unsecured credit. 7 years later, the written-off credit card accounts disappear from your credit report.
Unless they decide to sue you, in which case you now have a judgement and your wages are garnished. What, were you expecting a free lunch?
The victims have all of the power they need to stop this already - it's called Critical Thinking. It's a shame that's only taught in about one school out of a hundred, but that's the solution to a whole raft of our societal problems.
How's critical thinking going to stop someone from getting a car loan in my name or getting utilities in my name in some state I've never even been in?
If you bought a car, would it be acceptable for the automobile manufacturer to be responsible for somebody else doing a hit and run on your vehicle?
You missed a couple of points of distinction:
Yes, let's remove all responsibility from individuals and beg the big friendly government to make someone else take care of us.
Sure, no problem. Just make sure that I actually own my own data and can force people to remove or correct it promptly and also require that they notify me before storing it in the first place. In other words, I don't have the power to do this stuff today, why make me responsible for it?
none of those media centoer boxes will stream VOB files. This means that if you want to watch DVD movies from a central server, you will have to convert them all to mpeg2 files.
And they won't either. The DVD consortium won't license such a device, so anything that does something like that will have to be homebrew or slightly grey market. Someone tried doing it before - they built a $20k DVD jukebox that basically stored DVD images on a disk array and streamed it over the network. They couldn't get licensing unless they made the user insert the dvd while playing it, which defeated the whole point.
I think you are confusing civil penalties with criminal penalties, both are due to doing something "against the law" and are therefore "illegal".
Civil penalties are generally not against the law - they're done in civil court, which is concerned with contract law. (IANAL)
For example, it is illegal to drive 100mph.
Driving 100mph on a public road is not illegal. It is an adminstrative infraction. If it were illegal, it'd be a misdemeanor, and you'd be entitled to a lawyer.
sms is working the same as e-mail.
Are you high? SMS isn't even based on tcpip!
Oh really? It would appear that by the definition of circumvention in 17 USC 1201, acts performed with permission of the copyright owner are not circumvention:
Apparently you missed a sentence: All you might need is a single copyrighted CD using that same DRM owned by someone else.
Yes cell phones use SMTP to contact towers, and verify the accessability of circuits, and those SMTP packets are highly flaged, and YES text messages are SMTP packets (same as ICQ and e-mail, AIM, MSN etc etc)
Arrgh! SMS, no SMTP! ICQ uses udp or possibly a tcp connection, not SMTP. Are you really that clueless or just trolling?
If the secretary confides in you that the boss is running a prostitution ring on the side, and those bobcats from California have cocain welded into the 4X4 bucket support beams, you'd better be looking elsewhere.
Purely hypothetical, I presume?