Re:Have any freenet users ever been sued?
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Revamping Freenet
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I too haven't used freenet. However, for any filesharing system to work, you really need a critical mass of users. If a new users checks it out and can't find the latest Ashley Simpson music, he isn't going to stick around and share his stuff.
the RIAA's lawsuits have targetted people who make their music collection available for download in order to decrease the amount of music available and make kazaa, limewire, etc. less appealing.
Since freenet doesn't seem to have the critical mass that other services have, and in theory, getting user information is impossible, they've so far left it alone.
the PPC was designed for emulating. MS bought virtual PC a few years back, and has tight control over the XBox hardware, so there's less variation than with many emulated systems. The XBox features 3 PPCs (6 hardware threads) running at 3.2Ghz. Emulation is certainly possible.
register globals, magic quotes, session url rewriting, etc. can be set via the.htaccess file.
magic quotes... I don't think there are appropriate words to describe how stupid that is. Everybody needs to suffer so newbies won't have to escape data before inserting it into a db?!?!?! Arrghgh!!!!
Re:Better graphics = more realistic games right?
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GPU Gems 2
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You should try hanging out in the men's room of your local gay bar.
the simple and obvious solution is to abolish the income tax and replace it with a sales tax of some sort. The would stop penalizing domestic products and help equalize the pricing of foreign products. And it would not run afoul of WTO rules, tariff limits, etc.
Prior to the income tax most federal gov't revenues came from tariffs on imported goods, which helped the development of US industry.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Of course, the Constitution is an agreement between the people and the gov't, not an agreement between the people and google.
It's not "illegal" either. Per the Constitution, the legislature writes laws and the executive branch enforces them.
EULAs are contracts - agreements between private citizens enforceable by a court. A court may find the contract (or a specific clause) unenforceable, but it's not illegal.
And yes, if you don't know jack shit about what you're talking about, it does make your claim anticonstitutional. Oops, illegal. Oops, invalid.
let me get this straight.... you realize that social security is a fraudulent pyramid scheme and you'll never recover any of the money you "contributed" to it. Yet you want the same federal gov't to be in charge of health care?
the movie distribution/theater business model is a little more complicated.
Generally, the first week a movie is out, the theater gets 5-10% of the ticket price, the distributor gets 90-95%. Those percentages change as the movie ages, but most movies don't last more than 2-3 weeks. Occasionally there's a "Star Wars" or "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" or "Passion of the Christ" with a long lifespan, so the theater can make actually make money off the ticket sales.
For most movies, the only profit source is overpriced concessions.
We got a call from our provider, they had received a few letters from a couple of lawyers. They requested EZT to be shut down immediately, otherwise we and the hosting service would be sued.
There is no lawsuit. They (RIAA or whoever) told the to shutdown or there would be a lawsuit
"Damages" does not mean "direct loss of revenue".
Perhaps a better question is "what right do you have to trample over the performer's wishes wrt their music?"
If a band wants to allow fans to tape their shows and gives copies to all their friends, fine. That's their right. However, if they don't want to allow it, that's also their right.
Or maybe the creator's rights only matter when it's GPL software being "stolen" for use in closed source commercial software.
finally! someone who understands the essence of libre!
I've been releasing my shit under the GPL license for years. Sure, some close minded, closed source assholes complain that I don't flush the toilet. Or that it isn't sanitary to take a dump in the sink. Well fuck them! Open Source forever!
it would be nice if/. replaced the gif images with svg. but face it, they spent 5 years ignoring requests to replace them with png (there are plenty of commandline utilities to convert gifs to png). This is a site that still uses a crappy, non-compliant, table-based layout so people that still use Mosaic or Netscape 1.0b won't be denied links to the goatse man. Nevermind that Alistapart did a nice xhtml redesign of the front page. These are "editors" who don't bother to check if a story has already been posted within the last 2 days before they post a dupe^2.
So What are the chances that slashdot will start using svg? It would be nice, but it would also require plenty of work vectorizing or designing new icons. Given the "honorary mexican" work habits of the editors, it's not goign to happen.
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the RIAA's lawsuits have targetted people who make their music collection available for download in order to decrease the amount of music available and make kazaa, limewire, etc. less appealing.
Since freenet doesn't seem to have the critical mass that other services have, and in theory, getting user information is impossible, they've so far left it alone.
the PPC was designed for emulating. MS bought virtual PC a few years back, and has tight control over the XBox hardware, so there's less variation than with many emulated systems. The XBox features 3 PPCs (6 hardware threads) running at 3.2Ghz. Emulation is certainly possible.
Not unlike Michael Jackson's dick the morning after a Macaulay Culkin sleep over.
magic quotes ... I don't think there are appropriate words to describe how stupid that is. Everybody needs to suffer so newbies won't have to escape data before inserting it into a db?!?!?! Arrghgh!!!!
You should try hanging out in the men's room of your local gay bar.
gcc spits out warnings, but it works.
Prior to the income tax most federal gov't revenues came from tariffs on imported goods, which helped the development of US industry.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Of course, the Constitution is an agreement between the people and the gov't, not an agreement between the people and google.
Xenix. SFU. Look into it.
Big deal. Nostradamus predicted it first.
EULAs are contracts - agreements between private citizens enforceable by a court. A court may find the contract (or a specific clause) unenforceable, but it's not illegal.
And yes, if you don't know jack shit about what you're talking about, it does make your claim anticonstitutional. Oops, illegal. Oops, invalid.
(Arrow pointing to toilet paper roll) Yale Diplomas. Take one.
Does your resume have a section for handles you've used online? Does your McDonalds name tag say "Anonymous Coward"?
I always "whip out my dick and ask for a blowjob" our prospective new-hires. People have not been hired because of the poor fellatio technique.
let me get this straight.... you realize that social security is a fraudulent pyramid scheme and you'll never recover any of the money you "contributed" to it. Yet you want the same federal gov't to be in charge of health care?
Generally, the first week a movie is out, the theater gets 5-10% of the ticket price, the distributor gets 90-95%. Those percentages change as the movie ages, but most movies don't last more than 2-3 weeks. Occasionally there's a "Star Wars" or "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" or "Passion of the Christ" with a long lifespan, so the theater can make actually make money off the ticket sales.
For most movies, the only profit source is overpriced concessions.
All cats look the same in the dark.
The fine print for most tickets bars you from making a recording.
- There is no lawsuit. They (RIAA or whoever) told the to shutdown or there would be a lawsuit
- "Damages" does not mean "direct loss of revenue".
Perhaps a better question is "what right do you have to trample over the performer's wishes wrt their music?"If a band wants to allow fans to tape their shows and gives copies to all their friends, fine. That's their right. However, if they don't want to allow it, that's also their right.
Or maybe the creator's rights only matter when it's GPL software being "stolen" for use in closed source commercial software.
I've been releasing my shit under the GPL license for years. Sure, some close minded, closed source assholes complain that I don't flush the toilet. Or that it isn't sanitary to take a dump in the sink. Well fuck them! Open Source forever!
And tonight I'll be checking skinemax, penis in hand.
So What are the chances that slashdot will start using svg? It would be nice, but it would also require plenty of work vectorizing or designing new icons. Given the "honorary mexican" work habits of the editors, it's not goign to happen.
fuck the purple moose, i want to see some pink camel toe!
and you'd never get laid again either.