I buy internet access from a small ISP. A guy provides DSL to a few hundred people. I dont think hes going to do this any time soon. When i lived with my mom she had Speakeasy DSL, i also dont think they would try something like this. I would expect comcast to try to pull this on its customers but thats why its worth paying a small premium to not support a heartless corporation who will make you pay in the end.
I think hunger relief is often the the far less useful money that gets rid of guilt. Somehow people think if someone is not literally starving they don't deserve their help.
Yes people are still starving but it is less than it has been before and the reason for hunger is almost always political, economic, or weather related. Much of the human reasons for keeping people hungry are dealt with when you educate and empower the population.
I don't think it is fair to consider people who have enough to eat often by subsistence farming to be too rich for our aid. This laptop plan may or may not be the best way but it is far from useless or harmful. I guess we will find out soon enough.
Wrong. Should the current TPB admins be prosecuted, dispossessed of their goods and incarcerated, it would scare into submission anyone who would think of following in their footsteps.
It will scare most people, some people will still go for it. Also it will probably only scare people in the same country. Someone under a different legal system is probably going to still feel fairly safe.
Nope. The Supreme court already gave these patents the OK. It will be extremely difficult, nearly impossible to change it. The only possible way to change it would be if there was a huge majority of people who thought it was wrong. That is probably not going to happen. Most people don't care or are not informed enough.
But world wide there is usually a workers party and a business party. In America the Democrats (liberals) are the workers party and the Republicans (conservative) are the business party. In America both parties aren't very different however.
Man you just can't make gamers happy. If they change the game play and keep the graphics nearly the same people complain its not what they know and like. Look at Starcraft and Counter Strike, 2 of the most popular games ever. The gameplay is so solid nobody wants it to change. Notice how CS:Source didn't really take off other than the fact it has to be played in the big tourneys. Solid gameplay is important and once you get the perfect gameplay dont change it too much. People will happily play add ons with new features but are generally the same game.
Look at games like chess, the same game play has lasted hundreds of years. The chess boards have gotten ornate and computer chess can show some cool pieces but its the same solid game play people want and EXPECT.
Though the game suffers somewhat from overly-familiar game play in the single-player component, you'll probably be too busy gawking at the scenery to care
This is a review from someone who wants everything new. They don't really care about the game they just want it to be new and shiny. Something to distract them. I know a lot of people play video games for the same reason they watch TV, to distract themselves for a while. If you really want new game play look outside the FPS genre. There are some subcategories of FPS games that you might want to try but stop complaining that they didn't throw the baby out with the bathwater and redesign what works.
I just got back from a bike tour in France. I was amazed at how courteous the French drivers were to bicycles considering how rude they appeared to each other. French drivers are crazy, they drive fast and turn sharp and quick. Despite this i felt very safe. I saw almost nobody wearing a helmet in France and I'm sure its because its actually fairly safe to ride a bike there.
I mean, I hate when bikes ride the roads when they don't need to
Bikes almost always need to. It is unsafe to ride on sidewalks at the speed most bike commuters move at.
because it impeeds cars
Cars don't own the road. Bikes are traffic too. Also keep in mind the speed limit is the maximum permissible speed according to the law. That means if it is wet or dark or sunny or anything that impedes your driving ability the law says you MUST go slower, and in fact you may NEVER go faster regardless of the circumstances. I don't feel bad riding my bike on the roads, cars have to share even if they don't want to.
In fact, slowly this place is going more "green" such that some people who do ride bikes snub those who don't.
Not if car drivers can do anything about it. Here are some of the news of bicycling around Seattle within the last 2 months.
Remember that if they helped wiretap legally they are already immune. If there was a court order and the government required a wiretap the telco's cannot be sued. The problem here is that the government was breaking the law (allegedly lol) and the telco's helped work out the details of how to break the law.
Urban bicycle schemes like the Amsterdam white bikes or neighborhood car pool sharing comes to mind.
I recently spent a bit of time in Paris and Lyon in France. They both has city wide bicycle rentals that work out really well. I think a bike is better suited to this kind of thing. The main problem i see is that Americans don't want to ride a bike. In France i saw many business men in suits riding the bicycles around with their brief case on the back. Without the social stigma of riding a bike in Europe they can do it. In America people believe if your riding a bike its because you got a DUI or your just broke.
GHB can actually be quite safe. For one it is a naturally occuring chemical that exists in every cell of your body RIGHT NOW. It can be used as an intoxicant but the words "date rape drug" are not fair. There are so many potential date rape drugs out there, alcohol being #1.
GHB is used as a sleep aid and to treat alcoholism. Also when small amounts of GHB are taken it increases growth hormones and has been used by bodybuilders. Of course it can be dangerous but calling it simply a "date rape drug" and nothing else is unfair.
Libertarian ideals never seem to work out in the real world do they? Our current hybrid system of capitalism and socialism seems to work pretty good. I don't understand why so many people believe we are better off with no taxes and basically no government.
With 20/20 I could actually keep my BT ratios positive.
Haha...
You think they would let you host bit torrent all day with that? Ya right, they would either charge an overuse fee (they are in nearly every unlimited internet package from major soulless corporations) or they would just shut you off.
However, I do agree that if someone were to be found liable for copyright infringement for non-profit and personal use, the fine should represent actual losses plus a bit, rather than a hundred times them as a deterrence.
Let me play devil's advocate for a moment. Lets say you have a system where when someone steals music they have to pay the actual damages. If the actual damages is the lack of money they got from you buying the song then the actual damages are the same as the retail value. So that means you copy a CD online and you damaged them $15 or so.
So in this system what is going to prevent everyone from stealing first and paying later? If the only amount you pay is close to what you would have payed anyway it makes good business sense to steal. With all that said this whole case is ridiculous but thats because of the jury instructions as you mentioned, not the final amount she might have to pay. That is just layers of ridiculousness.
These pictures have been produced by specialists from Germany's federal police force, the Bundeskriminalamt, working from originals found on the Internet, which had been digitally altered to disguise the man's face.
What the hell are you talking about? The difference is that with real bullets you cant tell people what happened afterwards. With rubber bullets its all going to be on a blog later.
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I heard tjstork is an admitted transexual.
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No commercials, good music, streaming over the internet if you don't live in Seattle.
I buy internet access from a small ISP. A guy provides DSL to a few hundred people. I dont think hes going to do this any time soon. When i lived with my mom she had Speakeasy DSL, i also dont think they would try something like this. I would expect comcast to try to pull this on its customers but thats why its worth paying a small premium to not support a heartless corporation who will make you pay in the end.
lol democrats are criminals...
I think hunger relief is often the the far less useful money that gets rid of guilt. Somehow people think if someone is not literally starving they don't deserve their help.
Yes people are still starving but it is less than it has been before and the reason for hunger is almost always political, economic, or weather related. Much of the human reasons for keeping people hungry are dealt with when you educate and empower the population.
I don't think it is fair to consider people who have enough to eat often by subsistence farming to be too rich for our aid. This laptop plan may or may not be the best way but it is far from useless or harmful. I guess we will find out soon enough.
Wrong. Should the current TPB admins be prosecuted, dispossessed of their goods and incarcerated, it would scare into submission anyone who would think of following in their footsteps.
It will scare most people, some people will still go for it. Also it will probably only scare people in the same country. Someone under a different legal system is probably going to still feel fairly safe.
Nope. The Supreme court already gave these patents the OK. It will be extremely difficult, nearly impossible to change it. The only possible way to change it would be if there was a huge majority of people who thought it was wrong. That is probably not going to happen. Most people don't care or are not informed enough.
But world wide there is usually a workers party and a business party. In America the Democrats (liberals) are the workers party and the Republicans (conservative) are the business party. In America both parties aren't very different however.
Man you just can't make gamers happy. If they change the game play and keep the graphics nearly the same people complain its not what they know and like. Look at Starcraft and Counter Strike, 2 of the most popular games ever. The gameplay is so solid nobody wants it to change. Notice how CS:Source didn't really take off other than the fact it has to be played in the big tourneys. Solid gameplay is important and once you get the perfect gameplay dont change it too much. People will happily play add ons with new features but are generally the same game.
Look at games like chess, the same game play has lasted hundreds of years. The chess boards have gotten ornate and computer chess can show some cool pieces but its the same solid game play people want and EXPECT.
Though the game suffers somewhat from overly-familiar game play in the single-player component, you'll probably be too busy gawking at the scenery to care
This is a review from someone who wants everything new. They don't really care about the game they just want it to be new and shiny. Something to distract them. I know a lot of people play video games for the same reason they watch TV, to distract themselves for a while. If you really want new game play look outside the FPS genre. There are some subcategories of FPS games that you might want to try but stop complaining that they didn't throw the baby out with the bathwater and redesign what works.
I just got back from a bike tour in France. I was amazed at how courteous the French drivers were to bicycles considering how rude they appeared to each other. French drivers are crazy, they drive fast and turn sharp and quick. Despite this i felt very safe. I saw almost nobody wearing a helmet in France and I'm sure its because its actually fairly safe to ride a bike there.
I mean, I hate when bikes ride the roads when they don't need to
Bikes almost always need to. It is unsafe to ride on sidewalks at the speed most bike commuters move at.
because it impeeds cars
Cars don't own the road. Bikes are traffic too. Also keep in mind the speed limit is the maximum permissible speed according to the law. That means if it is wet or dark or sunny or anything that impedes your driving ability the law says you MUST go slower, and in fact you may NEVER go faster regardless of the circumstances. I don't feel bad riding my bike on the roads, cars have to share even if they don't want to.
In fact, slowly this place is going more "green" such that some people who do ride bikes snub those who don't.
Not if car drivers can do anything about it. Here are some of the news of bicycling around Seattle within the last 2 months.
Bicyclist shot with BB pellets
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/338042_shot04.html
Road rage in Fremont involves SUV driver, bicyclist
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/337174_roadrage29.html
Bicyclist dies in truck accident
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003874671_dige08m.html
Remember that if they helped wiretap legally they are already immune. If there was a court order and the government required a wiretap the telco's cannot be sued. The problem here is that the government was breaking the law (allegedly lol) and the telco's helped work out the details of how to break the law.
Urban bicycle schemes like the Amsterdam white bikes or neighborhood car pool sharing comes to mind.
I recently spent a bit of time in Paris and Lyon in France. They both has city wide bicycle rentals that work out really well. I think a bike is better suited to this kind of thing. The main problem i see is that Americans don't want to ride a bike. In France i saw many business men in suits riding the bicycles around with their brief case on the back. Without the social stigma of riding a bike in Europe they can do it. In America people believe if your riding a bike its because you got a DUI or your just broke.
Not to take away from the dangers of the GHB drug
GHB can actually be quite safe. For one it is a naturally occuring chemical that exists in every cell of your body RIGHT NOW. It can be used as an intoxicant but the words "date rape drug" are not fair. There are so many potential date rape drugs out there, alcohol being #1.
GHB is used as a sleep aid and to treat alcoholism. Also when small amounts of GHB are taken it increases growth hormones and has been used by bodybuilders. Of course it can be dangerous but calling it simply a "date rape drug" and nothing else is unfair.
Libertarian ideals never seem to work out in the real world do they? Our current hybrid system of capitalism and socialism seems to work pretty good. I don't understand why so many people believe we are better off with no taxes and basically no government.
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girlfriend reference on slashdot...
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The problem a lot of people have is there is no defined amount. They just say you are using "excessive bandwidth" at some point.
With 20/20 I could actually keep my BT ratios positive.
Haha...
You think they would let you host bit torrent all day with that? Ya right, they would either charge an overuse fee (they are in nearly every unlimited internet package from major soulless corporations) or they would just shut you off.
The taxes are probably so high BECAUSE of the the fact that nobody pays.
However, I do agree that if someone were to be found liable for copyright infringement for non-profit and personal use, the fine should represent actual losses plus a bit, rather than a hundred times them as a deterrence.
Let me play devil's advocate for a moment. Lets say you have a system where when someone steals music they have to pay the actual damages. If the actual damages is the lack of money they got from you buying the song then the actual damages are the same as the retail value. So that means you copy a CD online and you damaged them $15 or so.
So in this system what is going to prevent everyone from stealing first and paying later? If the only amount you pay is close to what you would have payed anyway it makes good business sense to steal. With all that said this whole case is ridiculous but thats because of the jury instructions as you mentioned, not the final amount she might have to pay. That is just layers of ridiculousness.
From the interpol web page it says:
These pictures have been produced by specialists from Germany's federal police force, the Bundeskriminalamt, working from originals found on the Internet, which had been digitally altered to disguise the man's face.
Piper nigrum does come in green and red varieties although this is always called "green peppercorn" and "red peppercorn" in the USA anyway.
that has the be the best dead body joke on this page so far...
What the hell are you talking about? The difference is that with real bullets you cant tell people what happened afterwards. With rubber bullets its all going to be on a blog later.
You're a shitty manager.
Your men are being worked so hard that they fall asleep at work, and you're thinking about contracts?
That there smells of profit.
Fixed it for you. Remember shity managers seem to be the ones who make the most for their masters...