They're not called "nazca lines", they are drawings that are located in the Nazca plains, in Peru. I'll admit they're surprising, but not necesarily supernatural or alien in origin. For a good, rational point of view go here
Of course, how many times has Microsoft been hacked? Not their misconfigured software set up by users in the field, but their truly important computers, the ones they pay attention to.
Never.
As far as you know. Really, I don't think they'll advertise it.
Actually, I wasn't replying to you, but to the parent of my post (which has rightfully been sent to -1 Troll Hell). I in fact enjoyed your article a lot, and agree in all your posts. And as much as I admire RMS's work, I'm also repelled by his fanaticism and inflexibility in most topics. Now, excuse me while I go write 100 times in the blackboard "I will not feed the trolls":S
Okay, but the point is that what you just described is *not* legal. If a government school puts up a sign on the front a school building saying "by attending this school you agree to waive your right to a seperated church and state" is that legal?
Hey, what do you know, EULAs in school! And airports! Who says the software industry doesn't contribute to you life?
I'm no RMS fan, but he's clearly innocet of your charges. He's not at all confused about IP. RMS wishes intellectual property did not exist; yet, he is not stupid and has to acknowledge that, as of now, it does exist by law. The GPL is a way to turn the whole notion of copyright around and make it work against itself (hence, its alias, "copyleft"). In other words, the GPL is a way to use copyright law to ensure information is free. If there was no copyright law, the GPL wouldn't be needed and RMS would be much happier. BTW, what I just said is hardly insider's information, it can be easily learned. Next time, I suggest you do some reading before ranting on a subject. A good place to start is here .
I'm guessing you get to work pretty closely to directors. If so, can you tell us what is their approach to the new tools technology has given them? Are they still "thinking celluloid" made cheaper by rendering it digitally, or do they really seek to break the mold and make shots that were previously impossible?
5) Any sleezy action by the RIAA members is beside the point. Didn't your Mother teach you that two wrongs don't make a right?
Two wrongs don't make a right? Gee, then I guess killing nazis to stop death camps was all fscked up. Because, you know, it was wrong to kill. Except, of course, under the circumstances it was right. My point being, there are circumstances where I think copying "intellectual property" is not wrong. The law is wrong. You know, law can be wrong sometimes, that's why there are procedures to change it.
[Matthew and Joe are sitting on Dave's couch. Dave is standing and lecturing them.]
DAVE: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know why, but I do know if Henry Ford and John Chrysler had spent all their time fighting, we'd still be driving around in horse and buggy.
MATT: Umm... Who, who's John Chrysler
DAVE: The guy who invented the Chrysler?
JOE : [Laughing] There's... there's no such person as John Chrysler.
MATT: Oh no. No. Oh wait a minute... wait a minute... wait a minute. Is he by any chance related to Jack Chevrolet? [Laughs]
[Matthew and Joe laugh]
DAVE: Look. You... you guys get the point I'm trying to make, right?
JOE/MATT: Yeah/Yeah
DAVE: Ok, great.
[Joe and Matthew get up to leave.]
MATT: [Repeating joke aloud] John Chrysler
DAVE: Matthew.
JOE : We're not laughing at you boss.
DAVE: Yeah...
MATT: We're really not...
JOE : [To Matthew] C'mon, we gotta get outta here dude. [To Dave] Hey. Uh, give my regards to Bill Pontiac. [laughs]
Really, contact Dell and ask for an explanation. I think we'd all love to hear what kind of lame excuse they try to come up with in order to avoid admitting that they harvest spammable addreses from the net:)
I don't see a great fire hazard here. Sure, dust bunnies are flammable, but it would take an extremely hot processor to ignite them, and even then it would be more of a quick flame than a real fire. I just can't see the electronics or the case catching fire. Bottom line: You might lose your PC, but it will be a very quick and self-contained fire. And considering how extremely unlikely it is to happen, I'd say don't worry.
It just ocurred to me that water cooling might double as a great fire-extinguisher... since a fire in the case would probably sever the hoses. Then again, if you're water cooling, your processor will never get that hot... never mind.
I take issue with the title of your post. Geeks created the net. The military just paid for it. You wouldn't say you "created your car" because you bought it, would you? I agrree with your other points:)
And let's not forget: 22% complaining about the sun being a monopoly 3% wondering about a Beowulf cluster of suns (imagine that) 45% starting a flame war about the color of Sun servers because they didn't RTFA.
I think you should take the counteroffer. As you stated, you're happy at your current job and the only incentive for leaving was money; with that removed, I don't see why you should leave. And to all the people talking about how you'll be branded disloyal... come on, use your brains. I have been in that exact situation. I went to my boss and told him pretty much: "I'm really happy here, I like the job, but I got this offer for this much more money andI'll probably take it". Now, unless your boss is a total dick, he can understand that a 50 percent raise is one heckuva incentive. If he goes to bat for you to get a similar raise, I say take it. There should be no hard feelings, since your actions were perfectly reasonable. I don't think any boss will brand you as disloyal because you had intentions of earning 50 percent more; in fact, they might despise you if you didn't. The best case would have been to go to your boss before accepting the other offer and saying you're having a hard time deciding; but even in your situation, I think you can make your boss empathize with your decision.
So they should go out, seize 1000 illegal CDs, tag them and put them back in circulation, and then go out again to seize a 1000 CDs? Or bust 100 "pirates", tag them and send them back to do business?:) Not a flame, actually I find that piece of info really interesting and useful (I didn't know that), and I appreciate your posting it. But I don't think it applies here, unless the RIAA is allowed to brand "pirate" with a hot iron on any infringer's forehead (which, come to think of it, they'd probably like to do)
Billion? Come on, the US starts out with 32 IPCs and, if lucky, get to earn 40-42. The USSR starts with 24, but if it gets all of Germany's territory, can be getting over 50 (OK, 45 limit) before turning on Japan. Billions. That would take, like, 10 million turns.
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Heck, in Zimbabwe, mobs of people are encouraged by the government to maraud farms... Can't do that in the US! Which country has better personal freedoms?
Obviously, Zimbabwe, where you are free to maraud farms. The US is so fascist. (Not Troll. Funny. Learn the difference)
But the thing is: how many people in the world could play basketball like that guy? Not many, and most of them are in the NBA. These people are THE TOP in their field, as in it doesn't get better than this. For that kind of excellence, I can see them getting paid what they do. I think of it as "the more people capable of doing your job, the less you make".
And what exactly does he produce by being good at a perfectly random set of skills that happen to be suited to a game? Not a lot of people could do what Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawing did/do. And yet they don't get paid nearly 1% of what sports "stars" get. That's what's wrong with this. Plus, once people start getting hundreds of millions of dollars, that is just wrong. Nobody needs or can use that much money. It's capitalism gone awry, and immoral.
Not trolling: As a geek, I hang out with a few other geeks, but most of my interactions are with more normal people. When they come to me with a problem, I have learned to start by the "Have you tried [most obvious solution]yet?" and work my way up, because an amazingly surprising amount of times they haven't tried what I thought was obvious. Is the "did you turn on your monitor?" syndrome. It's not self-sufficiency, it's an acknowledgment that even the best of them sometimes forget the obvious, and that troubleshooting starts from the simplest. And, in many cases, they don't really know if your just another luser in need of a LART-inflinged lesson....
I'd ruin an evening trying to find Mexicans really geting into Susanne Vega
Well, I'm Mexican and I really like Suzanne Vega. Got all her records and everything. I don't really have a point here, but felt oddly compelled to respond ^_^
Wow. I bet you're the kind of guy who won't read anything by Oscar Wilde because he was homosexual. The point being, what does one thing have to de with the other?
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They're not called "nazca lines", they are drawings that are located in the Nazca plains, in Peru. I'll admit they're surprising, but not necesarily supernatural or alien in origin. For a good, rational point of view go here
Of course, how many times has Microsoft been hacked? Not their misconfigured software set up by users in the field, but their truly important computers, the ones they pay attention to.
Never.
As far as you know.
Really, I don't think they'll advertise it.
Actually, I wasn't replying to you, but to the parent of my post (which has rightfully been sent to -1 Troll Hell). :S
I in fact enjoyed your article a lot, and agree in all your posts. And as much as I admire RMS's work, I'm also repelled by his fanaticism and inflexibility in most topics.
Now, excuse me while I go write 100 times in the blackboard "I will not feed the trolls"
Okay, but the point is that what you just described is *not* legal. If a government school puts up a sign on the front a school building saying "by attending this school you agree to waive your right to a seperated church and state" is that legal?
Hey, what do you know, EULAs in school! And airports! Who says the software industry doesn't contribute to you life?
I'm no RMS fan, but he's clearly innocet of your charges. He's not at all confused about IP.
RMS wishes intellectual property did not exist; yet, he is not stupid and has to acknowledge that, as of now, it does exist by law. The GPL is a way to turn the whole notion of copyright around and make it work against itself (hence, its alias, "copyleft").
In other words, the GPL is a way to use copyright law to ensure information is free. If there was no copyright law, the GPL wouldn't be needed and RMS would be much happier.
BTW, what I just said is hardly insider's information, it can be easily learned. Next time, I suggest you do some reading before ranting on a subject. A good place to start is here .
I'm guessing you get to work pretty closely to directors. If so, can you tell us what is their approach to the new tools technology has given them? Are they still "thinking celluloid" made cheaper by rendering it digitally, or do they really seek to break the mold and make shots that were previously impossible?
5) Any sleezy action by the RIAA members is beside the point. Didn't your Mother teach you that two wrongs don't make a right?
Two wrongs don't make a right? Gee, then I guess killing nazis to stop death camps was all fscked up. Because, you know, it was wrong to kill. Except, of course, under the circumstances it was right.
My point being, there are circumstances where I think copying "intellectual property" is not wrong. The law is wrong. You know, law can be wrong sometimes, that's why there are procedures to change it.
If Speilberg directs Episode III there will be some sort of cute and cuddily ending to it.
You mean like those goddamned ewoks?
...of this scene from News Radio:
... Who, who's John Chrysler
... there's no such person as John Chrysler.
... wait a minute ... wait a minute.
... you guys get the point I'm trying to make, right?
/MATT: Yeah/Yeah
...
...
---- Dave's Office ----
[Matthew and Joe are sitting on Dave's couch. Dave is standing and
lecturing them.]
DAVE: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know why, but I do know if
Henry Ford and John Chrysler had spent all their time fighting, we'd still
be driving around in horse and buggy.
MATT: Umm
DAVE: The guy who invented the Chrysler?
JOE : [Laughing] There's
MATT: Oh no. No. Oh wait a minute
Is he by any chance related to Jack Chevrolet? [Laughs]
[Matthew and Joe laugh]
DAVE: Look. You
JOE
DAVE: Ok, great.
[Joe and Matthew get up to leave.]
MATT: [Repeating joke aloud] John Chrysler
DAVE: Matthew.
JOE : We're not laughing at you boss.
DAVE: Yeah
MATT: We're really not
JOE : [To Matthew] C'mon, we gotta get outta here dude. [To Dave] Hey.
Uh, give my regards to Bill Pontiac. [laughs]
[Matthew and Joe Exit.]
Really, contact Dell and ask for an explanation. I think we'd all love to hear what kind of lame excuse they try to come up with in order to avoid admitting that they harvest spammable addreses from the net :)
I don't see a great fire hazard here. Sure, dust bunnies are flammable, but it would take an extremely hot processor to ignite them, and even then it would be more of a quick flame than a real fire. I just can't see the electronics or the case catching fire.
Bottom line: You might lose your PC, but it will be a very quick and self-contained fire. And considering how extremely unlikely it is to happen, I'd say don't worry.
It just ocurred to me that water cooling might double as a great fire-extinguisher... since a fire in the case would probably sever the hoses. Then again, if you're water cooling, your processor will never get that hot... never mind.
I take issue with the title of your post. :)
Geeks created the net. The military just paid for it. You wouldn't say you "created your car" because you bought it, would you?
I agrree with your other points
And let's not forget:
22% complaining about the sun being a monopoly
3% wondering about a Beowulf cluster of suns (imagine that)
45% starting a flame war about the color of Sun servers because they didn't RTFA.
I think you should take the counteroffer. As you stated, you're happy at your current job and the only incentive for leaving was money; with that removed, I don't see why you should leave.
And to all the people talking about how you'll be branded disloyal... come on, use your brains. I have been in that exact situation. I went to my boss and told him pretty much: "I'm really happy here, I like the job, but I got this offer for this much more money andI'll probably take it". Now, unless your boss is a total dick, he can understand that a 50 percent raise is one heckuva incentive. If he goes to bat for you to get a similar raise, I say take it.
There should be no hard feelings, since your actions were perfectly reasonable. I don't think any boss will brand you as disloyal because you had intentions of earning 50 percent more; in fact, they might despise you if you didn't.
The best case would have been to go to your boss before accepting the other offer and saying you're having a hard time deciding; but even in your situation, I think you can make your boss empathize with your decision.
So they should go out, seize 1000 illegal CDs, tag them and put them back in circulation, and then go out again to seize a 1000 CDs? Or bust 100 "pirates", tag them and send them back to do business? :)
Not a flame, actually I find that piece of info really interesting and useful (I didn't know that), and I appreciate your posting it. But I don't think it applies here, unless the RIAA is allowed to brand "pirate" with a hot iron on any infringer's forehead (which, come to think of it, they'd probably like to do)
You know, probably that's EXACTLY what happened.
Check Appendix 1 in the document (it's a graphic, so I can't post it here, but it's worth the trip)
Wasn't there a rumor once about people buying/trying to buy accounts with low user id's? I could have imagined it, but I'm sure I read it somewhere...
Billion? Come on, the US starts out with 32 IPCs and, if lucky, get to earn 40-42. The USSR starts with 24, but if it gets all of Germany's territory, can be getting over 50 (OK, 45 limit) before turning on Japan.
Billions. That would take, like, 10 million turns.
Heck, in Zimbabwe, mobs of people are encouraged by the government to maraud farms... Can't do that in the US! Which country has better personal freedoms?
Obviously, Zimbabwe, where you are free to maraud farms. The US is so fascist.
(Not Troll. Funny. Learn the difference)
You forgot great hair... remember, the one with the best hair gets to be te CEO (Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless)
But the thing is: how many people in the world could play basketball like that guy? Not many, and most of them are in the NBA. These people are THE TOP in their field, as in it doesn't get better than this. For that kind of excellence, I can see them getting paid what they do. I think of it as "the more people capable of doing your job, the less you make".
And what exactly does he produce by being good at a perfectly random set of skills that happen to be suited to a game?
Not a lot of people could do what Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawing did/do. And yet they don't get paid nearly 1% of what sports "stars" get. That's what's wrong with this.
Plus, once people start getting hundreds of millions of dollars, that is just wrong. Nobody needs or can use that much money. It's capitalism gone awry, and immoral.
Not trolling:
As a geek, I hang out with a few other geeks, but most of my interactions are with more normal people. When they come to me with a problem, I have learned to start by the "Have you tried [most obvious solution]yet?" and work my way up, because an amazingly surprising amount of times they haven't tried what I thought was obvious. Is the "did you turn on your monitor?" syndrome.
It's not self-sufficiency, it's an acknowledgment that even the best of them sometimes forget the obvious, and that troubleshooting starts from the simplest. And, in many cases, they don't really know if your just another luser in need of a LART-inflinged lesson....
I'd ruin an evening trying to find Mexicans really geting into Susanne Vega
Well, I'm Mexican and I really like Suzanne Vega. Got all her records and everything.
I don't really have a point here, but felt oddly compelled to respond ^_^
Wow. I bet you're the kind of guy who won't read anything by Oscar Wilde because he was homosexual.
The point being, what does one thing have to de with the other?