Commander Hadfield is the most well known astronaut since Sally Ride -- and with this, he'll be right up there with Neil Armstrong. If this is viral marketing, then THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SPACE PROGRAM NEEDS! Fun, excitement, exquisite beauty -- that's what Hadfield has been beaming back to Earth for the last five months. I've been following his facebook posts for the last couple months and I was genuinely concerned about the ammonia leak this week and his spacewalk, and so were millions of other people. How many "fans" will watch his live prime-time EDT re-entry tomorrow night after watching this video tonight? How many even bothered to watch the final Shuttle landing? This guy is a bona fide star and we who care about space exploration should be embracing him.
It's clear that there are a lot more lawyers specializing in tech law now than then, explicitly because of situations like the DOS case and the gazillion tech patent disputes that have been poorly defended before and since.
This argument basically says that yes, you may have a broken product, but you can only sue if you've actually lost data. You can't have "may be injured" and "injured" in the same pool of plaintiffs in this particular case. If you haven't been injured, you can't apply.
If the case had been a few years later, and about Windows 98 instead of DOS 6.0, I'm sure it would've been a lot harder to argue that the all users weren't "injured" somehow because I think everybody would've lost some data using WIN98 by then and been able to better sympathasize with the plaintiffs. (As opposed to DOS 6, mainly used by businesses and hobbists but not nearly as ubiqitious as Windows would eventually become.)
She's a good lawyer who is well paid to get people off the hook. I'm sure she would've done the same for Apple or Sun or Enron. That's her job, that's why she's headed to the Supreme Court.
Many public computers (in libraries, cafes, train staions) are "bare bones" or old recycled systems without DVD drives. You can't boot off a DVD if you don't have a drive.
There is another factor nobody seems to "get" -- That if I pay the 99 cents, why would I share the track at all? If I can scrape 99 cents off the floor or the sidewalk or roll pennies or make a few buck scraping grease traps at the local Burger King, why can't somebody else? I'm going to spend money out of my pocket, then spend my time stripping the code out (or some other sort of DRM workaround) so you don't have to? For 99 cents, it's not worth it.
When I'm paying $10-$15 (or $18 if I'm too lazy to shop around) for one good track on and otherwise mediocre CD, then a sort of "fuck these prices" mentality comes into play. Then I might be tempted to rip the CD and "fight the power." If I didn't pay for the track to begin with, I'd definitely P2P it.
But most Americans share a "what's mine is mine" principle -- that I work for a living and therefore if I buy something it's my property. Why share? Frankly, it's unAmerican.
Now for a reality check...legal downloads aren't going to stop illegal ones. And there will always be those who think that everything should be freely shared. But people who drop 99 cents on a track aren't going to be the ones placing songs on P2P.
And strictly speaking, how many people are actually sharing anything? I see a (relatively) few users dishing out tracks to millions.
>Is there any particular reason why I would want to feel sympathetic towards the Cylons?
Simply because we know that Boomer is one of the Cylon models. The series has set up a passionate relationship with her and Chief Petty Officer Tyrol. She's also taken in Boxey (she thinks she's an orphan too, remember?) So obviously, when she finds out she's a Cylon, the audience will have sympathy for her. Duh.
By the way, I know the robots were lizards. I seem to remember that the Marvel adaptation of the BG movie actually depicts them (although I'm a bit fuzzy - it could be in one of the back-up interviews in the super size edition.) In any case, there were no Lizard Cylons involved in the old show so that point is moot. Evil Robots mindlessly chasing humans across the galaxy is accurate.
From what I understand, the Christopher Lee's scene which eventually was omitted from ROTK deals with Saruman's death by Grima's hand at Orthanc, not the Shire. This would completely seal the fate of the Scouring scene, as Saruman would be dead long before the hobbits return home.
Although I'm venturing further off topic: In the old days they'd put a pan of coals to under the covers before going to bed (or for people who were sick.) Lately, I find my iBook gets my bed nice and toasty on these New England winter nights...!
Maybe you should actually sit down and watch the new show before you berate it.
The original series (lamely) stole from the stale "evil robots want to wipe out the human race," completely without motivation other than they're "evil." The new series is more of a "Frankenstein" premise, where a life form rises up against its creator, and possibly like Frankenstein's monster, we will find ourselves feeling sympathetic towards these Cylons.
Besides, how can a stupid robot dog be cool? One of the most inexcusable sci-fi characters ever! Give me a break, or give me sexy Number 6 at least...
It's not that AAC allows me to save smaller files at equal quality, but that I can have higher quality without taking up any more drive space. Since a 4meg AAC sounds noticibly better than a 4meg MP3, I just rip everything as AACs now.
Well, of course "we" should feed them first - and rebuild medical facilities, sanitation, police force, financial system, and everything else either disrupted by the war or perverted during the Ba'ath reign.
But Anselm asks, "Should geeks around the world take the lead in getting Iraq back online?" Of course! That's the thing you and I, as programmers, administrators, designers, tech writers, etc., have to offer the situation.
People in every profession have a particular skill or trait to bring to the table in situations like this. Rebuilding Iraq's information infrastructure is what/.'s can do. A simple, snappy answer like "we should feed them first," a) completely ingnores the poster's question and b) ignores what geeks really can do to make the world a better place - besides port "Doom" to microwave oven control panels and digital watches.
I can only assume you're referring to my post, where I present my explanation and but add a snipe at Michael Powell at the end. I was trying to draw a dialogue where you go, "yeah you're right, wrong, this is why, whatever..." It's called, uh, "communication," where maybe I learn something new and you do too.
If you have trouble juggling even two thoughts at once maybe you should stop playing so much "snake" on your cell phone and troll somewhere else.
Actually, I did RTFA, back in 2001, and again this morning. That article has also been posted on Slashdot in the past.I sited it as the most extreme form of failure of this power-line idea, not as a comparison of the two systems.
Perhaps I should've been more clear in my post as to the difference, but this subject has come up time and time again on slashdot and no matter what the method, the technology has been panned.
I assumed that most slashdot readers have come across these posts in the past, and for that I apologize.
I'll also add that the other trials that have gone on in Europe have pretty much been stopped due to RF interference, so I am surprised that Mike Powell (aka, Colin's kid, future POTUS) is backing it.
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Commander Hadfield is the most well known astronaut since Sally Ride -- and with this, he'll be right up there with Neil Armstrong. If this is viral marketing, then THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SPACE PROGRAM NEEDS! Fun, excitement, exquisite beauty -- that's what Hadfield has been beaming back to Earth for the last five months. I've been following his facebook posts for the last couple months and I was genuinely concerned about the ammonia leak this week and his spacewalk, and so were millions of other people. How many "fans" will watch his live prime-time EDT re-entry tomorrow night after watching this video tonight? How many even bothered to watch the final Shuttle landing? This guy is a bona fide star and we who care about space exploration should be embracing him.
It's clear that there are a lot more lawyers specializing in tech law now than then, explicitly because of situations like the DOS case and the gazillion tech patent disputes that have been poorly defended before and since.
This argument basically says that yes, you may have a broken product, but you can only sue if you've actually lost data. You can't have "may be injured" and "injured" in the same pool of plaintiffs in this particular case. If you haven't been injured, you can't apply.
If the case had been a few years later, and about Windows 98 instead of DOS 6.0, I'm sure it would've been a lot harder to argue that the all users weren't "injured" somehow because I think everybody would've lost some data using WIN98 by then and been able to better sympathasize with the plaintiffs. (As opposed to DOS 6, mainly used by businesses and hobbists but not nearly as ubiqitious as Windows would eventually become.)
She's a good lawyer who is well paid to get people off the hook. I'm sure she would've done the same for Apple or Sun or Enron. That's her job, that's why she's headed to the Supreme Court.
Skynet.
Many public computers (in libraries, cafes, train staions) are "bare bones" or old recycled systems without DVD drives. You can't boot off a DVD if you don't have a drive.
You forgot the bubble gum!
That's simply the iPod seen at an extreme angle.
Come to think of it, everybody else got Kuffs too.
There is another factor nobody seems to "get" -- That if I pay the 99 cents, why would I share the track at all? If I can scrape 99 cents off the floor or the sidewalk or roll pennies or make a few buck scraping grease traps at the local Burger King, why can't somebody else? I'm going to spend money out of my pocket, then spend my time stripping the code out (or some other sort of DRM workaround) so you don't have to? For 99 cents, it's not worth it.
When I'm paying $10-$15 (or $18 if I'm too lazy to shop around) for one good track on and otherwise mediocre CD, then a sort of "fuck these prices" mentality comes into play. Then I might be tempted to rip the CD and "fight the power." If I didn't pay for the track to begin with, I'd definitely P2P it.
But most Americans share a "what's mine is mine" principle -- that I work for a living and therefore if I buy something it's my property. Why share? Frankly, it's unAmerican.
Now for a reality check...legal downloads aren't going to stop illegal ones. And there will always be those who think that everything should be freely shared. But people who drop 99 cents on a track aren't going to be the ones placing songs on P2P.
And strictly speaking, how many people are actually sharing anything? I see a (relatively) few users dishing out tracks to millions.
>Is there any particular reason why I would want to feel sympathetic towards the Cylons? Simply because we know that Boomer is one of the Cylon models. The series has set up a passionate relationship with her and Chief Petty Officer Tyrol. She's also taken in Boxey (she thinks she's an orphan too, remember?) So obviously, when she finds out she's a Cylon, the audience will have sympathy for her. Duh. By the way, I know the robots were lizards. I seem to remember that the Marvel adaptation of the BG movie actually depicts them (although I'm a bit fuzzy - it could be in one of the back-up interviews in the super size edition.) In any case, there were no Lizard Cylons involved in the old show so that point is moot. Evil Robots mindlessly chasing humans across the galaxy is accurate.
From what I understand, the Christopher Lee's scene which eventually was omitted from ROTK deals with Saruman's death by Grima's hand at Orthanc, not the Shire. This would completely seal the fate of the Scouring scene, as Saruman would be dead long before the hobbits return home.
Although I'm venturing further off topic: In the old days they'd put a pan of coals to under the covers before going to bed (or for people who were sick.) Lately, I find my iBook gets my bed nice and toasty on these New England winter nights...!
The original series (lamely) stole from the stale "evil robots want to wipe out the human race," completely without motivation other than they're "evil." The new series is more of a "Frankenstein" premise, where a life form rises up against its creator, and possibly like Frankenstein's monster, we will find ourselves feeling sympathetic towards these Cylons.
Besides, how can a stupid robot dog be cool? One of the most inexcusable sci-fi characters ever! Give me a break, or give me sexy Number 6 at least...
It's not that AAC allows me to save smaller files at equal quality, but that I can have higher quality without taking up any more drive space. Since a 4meg AAC sounds noticibly better than a 4meg MP3, I just rip everything as AACs now.
It still doesn't give AOL an excuse to violate all the standard RFC conventions.
But Anselm asks, "Should geeks around the world take the lead in getting Iraq back online?" Of course! That's the thing you and I, as programmers, administrators, designers, tech writers, etc., have to offer the situation.
People in every profession have a particular skill or trait to bring to the table in situations like this. Rebuilding Iraq's information infrastructure is what /.'s can do. A simple, snappy answer like "we should feed them first," a) completely ingnores the poster's question and b) ignores what geeks really can do to make the world a better place - besides port "Doom" to microwave oven control panels and digital watches.
If you have trouble juggling even two thoughts at once maybe you should stop playing so much "snake" on your cell phone and troll somewhere else.
Perhaps I should've been more clear in my post as to the difference, but this subject has come up time and time again on slashdot and no matter what the method, the technology has been panned.
I assumed that most slashdot readers have come across these posts in the past, and for that I apologize.
I'll also add that the other trials that have gone on in Europe have pretty much been stopped due to RF interference, so I am surprised that Mike Powell (aka, Colin's kid, future POTUS) is backing it.