They can't afford to produce Farscape, and pay for the rights to rerun Lost In Space, so they are going with Lost In Space. That show was such a hit that the Star Dreck people ripped it off to make Voyager.
The FTC will not do anything, because they have no teeth. I tried to sic them on an online pyramid scheme called nexgen 3000 that conned my great uncle, but since I did not lose money, my complaint meant nothing. With Republicans in Congress and the White House, the FTC will never be given teeth, as it could then bite their big business cronies. Lawsuits are the only recourse we have. If "tort reform" goes through, we will lose our only recourse.
Bonzi can advertise without being deceptive. Tricking people with phony error messages is what this law suit is about. Deceptive advertising is illegal. Doing it online doesn't change that.
The original 14 year, renewable once copyright was adequate. At the very most, copyrights should expire when the author does, as a dead body can not be given incentive to keep creating. The term, intellectual property is a perversion of the spirit of copyright laws. Copyright is a lease to the artist from the public domain, and it will revert back to the public domain. The sooner, the better.
If I feel strongly enough about a news item to submit it, my opinion is going to come through. If the editor doesn't agree, he probably won't post the story, but what can you do? They are the editors. One thing that needs to be considered is that the news, online or any other way, is just as much entertainment as information, and you aren't going to get anyone's attention saying nothing so you won't offend the people who are going to whine that you are biased. And why even include the other side's point of view. Many posters will do that, and if I think the other side is just plain wrong, that will come through no matter how sympathetic I try to be. Try not to let it jerk your chain. If you go looking for things to be pissed off by, you'll easily find them, and it will just stress you out.
I have an idea for the ultimate video game! Picture a dotted line down the middle of a rectangular field, where two line segments hit a small square back and forth in a virtual game of table tennis. Here is a link to what I have so far.
What is being taught in business ethics? Ivory tower crap like that goes out the window once students leave school and enter the corporate arena. If business ethics101 taught reality, they would teach greed is good, the almighty dollar is god. Why wouldn't American companies sell China censorware? Profit is profit. Democracy and capitalism are not synonyms.
In the U.S., and several other allegedly free societies, censorship is practiced to protect corporate profits. Information on how to circumvent any form of copy protection or digital rights management is illegal in the US under the DMCA, and it has nothing to do with protecting children from smut, or stopping the spread of hate propaganda. Many so-called democracies are really oligarchies for sale to the highest corporate bidder. Democracy and capitalism are not synonyms.
They claim when I buy software of DVD, all I get is licence to use it no sale has taken place. I hope that the courts won't let them get away with this nonsense. If I pay for someting, and then take it out of a store, and I won't be returning it after a certain time, that is a sale. End of story.
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Amen! Consumers can send a message to the record labels, and the whole entertainment cartel by not buying their products. Voting with our wallets works.
The last war actullay declared by Congress was World War II. Presidents have waged war whenever they damn well pleased to, and Congress has never lifted a finger to stop them. War was never declared in the cases of Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War I, Somalia, or any of the smaller military actions since the end of WWII.
I tried to read the rules on the US Copyright Office's website, and I think I felt my brain starting to melt! I am not a lawyer, and do not know how to speak legalese, but I submitted this anyway. I hope I spoke their language.
CD music, and CD+G Compact discs with graphics, the most common format for Karaoke music.
I propose that it should be allowed for the measures that prevent "copy protected" CDs from being played in a computer. Many use a computer as their sole method of playing discs, and have no intention of copying them. One example from personal experience is a karoke disc entitled Headbangers Hits Volume X, manufactured by Soun Choice Karaoke. I use a computer as my sole player of Karaoke media, as I do not own a dedicated karaoke player. The disc in question uses a copy protection scheme that makes it unplayable in a computer. Allegedly the purpose of this is to prevent unauthorized copying. My intention is only to play the disc, and means to circumvent the "copy protection" may exist, but the DMCA makes it illegal for me to use them. Without an exemption for playing CDs in a computer, simply playing a disc I own in my computer would make me a criminal.
The point of the comment is that "Daisy Cluster" sounds like a boquet of flowers, not a weapon. Another example is "friendly fire." Friends don't shoot at you! If you are killed by your own army, that doesn't make you any less dead.
From the article...According to Mr Allen, NASA was forced to send robots to the moon and faked the manned missions because radiation levels in space were lethal to humans.
Robots in 1969? These nuts need to stop smoking crack.
There is no such thing as cyberterrorism, or cyberwar. These are buzzwords used by power seekers, and the technically illiterate people who really belived that Y2K would be the end of time.
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They can't afford to produce Farscape, and pay for the rights to rerun Lost In Space, so they are going with Lost In Space. That show was such a hit that the Star Dreck people ripped it off to make Voyager.
actually, they hope to combine human and mouse DNA to make a real Mickey and Minnie. Michael Eisner is suing them for copyright infringement.
The FTC will not do anything, because they have no teeth. I tried to sic them on an online pyramid scheme called nexgen 3000 that conned my great uncle, but since I did not lose money, my complaint meant nothing. With Republicans in Congress and the White House, the FTC will never be given teeth, as it could then bite their big business cronies. Lawsuits are the only recourse we have. If "tort reform" goes through, we will lose our only recourse.
Bonzi can advertise without being deceptive. Tricking people with phony error messages is what this law suit is about. Deceptive advertising is illegal. Doing it online doesn't change that.
The original 14 year, renewable once copyright was adequate. At the very most, copyrights should expire when the author does, as a dead body can not be given incentive to keep creating. The term, intellectual property is a perversion of the spirit of copyright laws. Copyright is a lease to the artist from the public domain, and it will revert back to the public domain. The sooner, the better.
If I feel strongly enough about a news item to submit it, my opinion is going to come through. If the editor doesn't agree, he probably won't post the story, but what can you do? They are the editors. One thing that needs to be considered is that the news, online or any other way, is just as much entertainment as information, and you aren't going to get anyone's attention saying nothing so you won't offend the people who are going to whine that you are biased. And why even include the other side's point of view. Many posters will do that, and if I think the other side is just plain wrong, that will come through no matter how sympathetic I try to be. Try not to let it jerk your chain. If you go looking for things to be pissed off by, you'll easily find them, and it will just stress you out.
If you believe that Microsoft is a great company making great software, and those Linuxheads are just spreading FUD, here is a link just for you!
Of course water is an element. It is one of the four. Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
We have the hogshead, the dram, the cubit, the bushel, the gross, the furlong, and even the jigger. There's nothin' wrong with 'em by crackie!
I have an idea for the ultimate video game! Picture a dotted line down the middle of a rectangular field, where two line segments hit a small square back and forth in a virtual game of table tennis. Here is a link to what I have so far.
LOTR junkies don't have kids. You have to actually get laid to concieve children.
Make some little cards with some holiday themed pictures, and this poem.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
The economy is dead, so
There's nothing for you.(except this card.)
Happy Holidaze anyway.
What is being taught in business ethics? Ivory tower crap like that goes out the window once students leave school and enter the corporate arena. If business ethics101 taught reality, they would teach greed is good, the almighty dollar is god. Why wouldn't American companies sell China censorware? Profit is profit. Democracy and capitalism are not synonyms.
In the U.S., and several other allegedly free societies, censorship is practiced to protect corporate profits. Information on how to circumvent any form of copy protection or digital rights management is illegal in the US under the DMCA, and it has nothing to do with protecting children from smut, or stopping the spread of hate propaganda. Many so-called democracies are really oligarchies for sale to the highest corporate bidder. Democracy and capitalism are not synonyms.
Interesting stuff! What if cave drawings are only graffiti?
They claim when I buy software of DVD, all I get is licence to use it no sale has taken place. I hope that the courts won't let them get away with this nonsense. If I pay for someting, and then take it out of a store, and I won't be returning it after a certain time, that is a sale. End of story.
Amen! Consumers can send a message to the record labels, and the whole entertainment cartel by not buying their products. Voting with our wallets works.
The last war actullay declared by Congress was World War II. Presidents have waged war whenever they damn well pleased to, and Congress has never lifted a finger to stop them. War was never declared in the cases of Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War I, Somalia, or any of the smaller military actions since the end of WWII.
I tried to read the rules on the US Copyright Office's website, and I think I felt my brain starting to melt! I am not a lawyer, and do not know how to speak legalese, but I submitted this anyway. I hope I spoke their language.
CD music, and CD+G Compact discs with graphics, the most common format for Karaoke music.
I propose that it should be allowed for the measures that prevent "copy protected" CDs from being played in a computer. Many use a computer as their sole method of playing discs, and have no intention of copying them. One example from personal experience is a karoke disc entitled Headbangers Hits Volume X, manufactured by Soun Choice Karaoke. I use a computer as my sole player of Karaoke media, as I do not own a dedicated karaoke player. The disc in question uses a copy protection scheme that makes it unplayable in a computer. Allegedly the purpose of this is to prevent unauthorized copying. My intention is only to play the disc, and means to circumvent the "copy protection" may exist, but the DMCA makes it illegal for me to use them. Without an exemption for playing CDs in a computer, simply playing a disc I own in my computer would make me a criminal.
The point of the comment is that "Daisy Cluster" sounds like a boquet of flowers, not a weapon. Another example is "friendly fire." Friends don't shoot at you! If you are killed by your own army, that doesn't make you any less dead.
From the article...According to Mr Allen, NASA was forced to send robots to the moon and faked the manned missions because radiation levels in space were lethal to humans. Robots in 1969? These nuts need to stop smoking crack.
This anti-leech.com is clearly a thing that should not be. Hackers and crackers, have at them. Make them pay.
What the hell? All the trolls said BSD was dying or dead. Looks like it's alive and growing to me.
There is no such thing as cyberterrorism, or cyberwar. These are buzzwords used by power seekers, and the technically illiterate people who really belived that Y2K would be the end of time.
A giant web that might be strong enough to catch people! That would be really scary if the story included a picture.