You shouldn't put up w/ such horrible renting conditions--grow a pair!
On second thought, not growing a pair might be quite a bit less painful, given the circumstances:)
Agreed, EULAs need some regulation. This is like having a clause in your apartment lease that says your landlord can break into your place once a week just to kick you in the balls.
Until they do that, there is nothing to stop me giving a friend a copy of an album or movie, if I wanted to. Drugs are illegal, yet it doesn't do much to stop the trafficing in them, and they are socially frowned apon.
What you didn't mention in your drugs analogy is that here in the US there are multitudes in prison whose only crime was to use illegal drugs. Would you be comfortable living in a country with multitudes in prison whose only crime was sharing mp3s? And even if there was no jail time involved, think about those fines. The average kazaa user could easily be fined orders of magnitudes more than their net worth. Just wait for a US President to eventually declare a "War on Piracy" and it'll be all downhill from there.
On the plus side, if you're a celebrity who engages in file-sharing your publicist will just say that you have an "mp3 addiction" and you'll spend 3 weeks in Betty Ford, after which you can cry to Barbara Walters about it on TV:)
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You know, I really, really wish Lincoln had said this. The problem is, he didn't.
Not including hindi shouldn't hurt the PDA too badly. Almost all the educated folks who can afford to drop $300 on a PDA already know english. Watch some Indian tv and movies sometime--knowing english is considered chic. Movies aren't my only source of information on this topic, of course; both of my parents are from the subcontinent.
I hear you, man, I'm a recent college grad myself--took me months to get the job I have now, and I had 3 years of experience interning at a nationally known tech-company. The sheer lack of empathy in this place just astounds me.
That's why if you know they need experience with Widget X, you write at length about your experience with Widget X and trim down your bullets regarding unrelated skills.
One of the best tips I ever heard was this: Modify your resume for every job you apply to.
"Because this worm does use a randomly chosen address that it finds on an infected computer as the "From:" address, numerous cases have been reported in which users of uninfected computers receive complaints that they have sent an infected message to someone else.
For example, Linda Anderson is using a computer that is infected with W32.Klez.E@mm; Linda is not using a antivirus program or does not have current virus definitions. When W32.Klez.E@mm performs its emailing routine, it finds the email address of Harold Logan. It inserts Harold's email address into the "From:" line of an infected email that it then sends to Janet Bishop. Janet then contacts Harold and complains that he sent her infected email, but when Harold scans his computer, Norton AntiVirus does not find anything--as would be expected--because his computer is not infected."
But whether you live in paradise or hell does directly depend on whether you believe in him or not. Really, what do you have to lose?
Ya know, I was sitting here nodding my head at what you were saying . . . all until this last sentence.
I've known some excellent christians in my life, and many of them have tried to convert me over the years. In the end, when their logic fails to persuade me, they all seem to offer this Pascal's Wager argument as a last-ditch effort.
If the only way to convert someone is through fear, then the rest of your message must not be terribly compelling to the person with whom you're speaking. Now, maybe fear wasn't necessary to win your faith, but that's just an example of how religion and faith in God is such a personal decision.
All I'm saying is that I would be much happier if Christians would just admit that it's possible for someone to read the Bible and honestly not believe it, to think that maybe all the answers don't lie in their holy book.
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You shouldn't put up w/ such horrible renting conditions--grow a pair! On second thought, not growing a pair might be quite a bit less painful, given the circumstances :)
Agreed, EULAs need some regulation. This is like having a clause in your apartment lease that says your landlord can break into your place once a week just to kick you in the balls.
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No no no, everybody who has an MP3 is 'downloading communism'.
Don't give in to the Evil Empire, kiddies!
Until they do that, there is nothing to stop me giving a friend a copy of an album or movie, if I wanted to. Drugs are illegal, yet it doesn't do much to stop the trafficing in them, and they are socially frowned apon.
:)
What you didn't mention in your drugs analogy is that here in the US there are multitudes in prison whose only crime was to use illegal drugs. Would you be comfortable living in a country with multitudes in prison whose only crime was sharing mp3s? And even if there was no jail time involved, think about those fines. The average kazaa user could easily be fined orders of magnitudes more than their net worth. Just wait for a US President to eventually declare a "War on Piracy" and it'll be all downhill from there.
On the plus side, if you're a celebrity who engages in file-sharing your publicist will just say that you have an "mp3 addiction" and you'll spend 3 weeks in Betty Ford, after which you can cry to Barbara Walters about it on TV
You know, I really, really wish Lincoln had said this. The problem is, he didn't.
I'd take Lisa over that fascist court any day. Comic Book Guy, on the other hand . . .
Everyone knows that google backs Homer's Mr. Search.
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"That name again is Mr. Search . .
For chrissakes, don't you geeks have anything better to do at this time of night than go to slashdot and . . . oh, wait . . .
/me slinks into a corner
Advertisers don't "get it" why Gen X isn't buying their crap. We have figured out that marketing and lying have become synonyms, and we don't like it.
Damn, and here I thought it was because we're all unemployed or in fear of losing our jobs. Man, I wish I was joking . . .
Not including hindi shouldn't hurt the PDA too badly. Almost all the educated folks who can afford to drop $300 on a PDA already know english. Watch some Indian tv and movies sometime--knowing english is considered chic. Movies aren't my only source of information on this topic, of course; both of my parents are from the subcontinent.
If the Internet is like a network of sexual partners, then a slashdotting must be like the most unmerciful gangbang ever.
I hear you, man, I'm a recent college grad myself--took me months to get the job I have now, and I had 3 years of experience interning at a nationally known tech-company. The sheer lack of empathy in this place just astounds me.
HR and hiring managers can -smell- desperation coming . . .
They're like women that way.
That's why if you know they need experience with Widget X, you write at length about your experience with Widget X and trim down your bullets regarding unrelated skills.
One of the best tips I ever heard was this: Modify your resume for every job you apply to.
I'm sure this is just a sign of my own immaturity, but I read "Please, Moorcock, please!" and just about collapsed in a fit of laughter :)
"Because this worm does use a randomly chosen address that it finds on an infected computer as the "From:" address, numerous cases have been reported in which users of uninfected computers receive complaints that they have sent an infected message to someone else. For example, Linda Anderson is using a computer that is infected with W32.Klez.E@mm; Linda is not using a antivirus program or does not have current virus definitions. When W32.Klez.E@mm performs its emailing routine, it finds the email address of Harold Logan. It inserts Harold's email address into the "From:" line of an infected email that it then sends to Janet Bishop. Janet then contacts Harold and complains that he sent her infected email, but when Harold scans his computer, Norton AntiVirus does not find anything--as would be expected--because his computer is not infected."
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Yea, we can use the argument that Jack Valenti is as dangerous to the Constitution as the Boston Strangler is to a woman alone.
No, no, no--he meant LCD. Haven't you ever heard the phrase "liquid crystal courage"?
I certainly see the irony, but please keep in mind that a post on slashdot should be judged much differently than a scholarly paper.
Try fairtunes. I believe the founders are no longer involved, but the organization is still up and running.
There's a flaw in your RIAA to typewriter analogy: The typewriter is still useful :)
Are you telling me that you don't buy Keanu Reeves as the Enlightened One? For shame.
Some people create their own blogs as an exercise in applied solipsism.
"Mayfly hard drives: Because we care. For, ya know, a day or two."
But whether you live in paradise or hell does directly depend on whether you believe in him or not. Really, what do you have to lose?
Ya know, I was sitting here nodding my head at what you were saying . . . all until this last sentence.
I've known some excellent christians in my life, and many of them have tried to convert me over the years. In the end, when their logic fails to persuade me, they all seem to offer this Pascal's Wager argument as a last-ditch effort.
If the only way to convert someone is through fear, then the rest of your message must not be terribly compelling to the person with whom you're speaking. Now, maybe fear wasn't necessary to win your faith, but that's just an example of how religion and faith in God is such a personal decision.
All I'm saying is that I would be much happier if Christians would just admit that it's possible for someone to read the Bible and honestly not believe it, to think that maybe all the answers don't lie in their holy book.