It's really cool that, while everyone's donating to the Tsunami because it's so sensational, Gates has kept his eye on a bigger killer - preventable diseases, gone unprevented because people are so poor they can't afford a $5 vaccination.
And the Linux community has kept its eye, to a certain extent, on a different problem: technological inequality. If poor nations tried to buy windows, they'd have no money left over for hardware! By providing a versatile OS that can scale to run on systems from the least of hardware to the best of hardware, they give poor countries a slightly better shot at catching up.
So everyone's trying their best. There's no need to argue who's trying harder.
everytime I posted something someone would reply that to improve chastity, you need more virgins, and the only way to get them is to make more babies. So I changed it to abstinence. And I didn't like having "fucking" in my sig.
The way the FCC penalty system is structured, a station cannot renew or transfer licenses while the matter is open. For a large media company who relies on being able to buy and sell stations, this is a strong incentive to pay the fine and not fight it.
Then the fines aren't large enough. The fines should be such that you don't break the rules in the first place. If people break the rules and pay the fines because the rules are unreasonable and the fines aren't too harsh, then the government is just stealing money.
Kind of like speeding tickets... If the limits were strictly enforced - like having a cop every mile on the highway recording license plates of anyone doing 1 mile over the limit - then people would demand that their government bring the limits in tune with reality. But instead, not enough people get pulled over to create a revolution, and not harsh enough of a penalty is applied to those who do get pulled over to make it worth fighting. So speeding tickets just become a reliable source of revenue loosely based in public safety.
I think their second point is the one the RIAA has been trying to go after:
"And second, respondents failed to demonstrate that time-shifting would cause any likelihood of nonminimal harm to the potential market for, or the value of, their copyrighted works."
They've been arguing that P2P is really hurting their sales.
You're correct about the economics: there's be less demand if you raise prices. But I still think there'd be a huge market for affordable popular movie downloads.
Also, you're not just raising prices, you're providing a competitive alternative to P2P. You failed to consider that there are some people who don't use P2P, but who WOULD use a paid service like iTunes for movies. Sure, iTunes costs more, compared to free songs on P2P, but iTunes' reliability and ease-of-use is a huge draw for many people, and more than enough to justify a $.99 price tag.
So you're not just "paying for what you could get for free", you're paying for added convenience.
The betamax decision was for a device that makes analog copies of data on a magnetic tape, NOT a physical device designed to cause an explosion.
So don't try to apply the betamax decision to bombs to illustrate how it shouldn't apply to P2P software. P2P is somewhat relevant to betamax, bombs are not.
The exact phrase the opinion used was "admits of singificant non-infringing use"
Where'd you find that quote??? The real exact phrase is as follows:
"In summary, the record and findings of the District Court lead us to two conclusions. First, Sony demonstrated a significant likelihood that substantial numbers of copyright holders who license their works for broadcast on free television would not object to having their broadcasts time- shifted by private viewers. And second, respondents failed to demonstrate that time-shifting would cause any likelihood of nonminimal harm to the potential market for, or the value of, their copyrighted works. The Betamax is, therefore, capable of substantial noninfringing uses. Sony's sale of such equipment to the general public does not constitute contributory infringement of respondents' copyrights."
Interpret that as you like.
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Of course I didn't read it! If I read everything I criticizes, I wouldn't be able to criticize as many things.
Care to quote which part contradicts my criticism?
Heh - if you think the US energy policy is environmentally unfriendly, just wait until the billion people in China start wanting to drive SUVs. If China turns into the economic superpower that everyone thinks it's going to be, I predict fossil fuel consumption so great it'll make the US look like an Amish state.
More like turns into Mordor:)
But hopefully China will learn from USA development mistakes and invest more in cross-country mass transit, rather than cross-country highways.
I didn't say he was hurting publicity, but publishing unofficially leaked info takes control away from Apple. If Apple wanted to leak information, they would do so to whom they wanted, and (judging from the lawsuit) they wouldn't choose to leak it to thinksecret.
"If you really want to protect yourself and your property, install an alarm system and perimeter cameras. Let whoever it is take whatever it is they want, then nail them with 5 - 10 years in jail because they didn't realize you had a hundred disposable electronic cameras monitoring your perimeter.
Protect your family. Don't be stupid and macho. Let your television go. Your kids need someone to take care of them."
"Not all uses are controversial. Trucking outfits..."
Well, duh. A company can do whatever it wants with the vehicles it owns, including putting tracking devices on them.
But this case is about police "bugging" a private vehicle. I think if they want to vandalize private property, they should need to get a warrant first.
What if I spray-paint the side of a police building, so I can track its movement more easily? Is that okay? After all, just like "Law enforcement personnel could have conducted a visual surveillance of the vehicle as it traveled on the public highways," I could have conducted a visual surveillance of the police building without spray-painting it.
Nick is not stealing Apple hardware nor is committing copyright infringement, at least not in regard to the website (he is a student so...).
He is (indirectly) compromising Apple's product launch thunder, and also he gives competitors a head start to develop competing products.
I say "indirectly" because it's really the fault of whatever insider that has authorized access to Apple info and is distributing it against the NDA the insider presumably signed.
I suspect Apple could only sue for the names of his sources, and then the "Journalists don't need to reveal their sources" rule would come into effect, and the case would be dismissed.
I have a friend who managed to catch an accounting error that saved the company millions of dollars. He didn't even get a BONUS that year. If I were the CEO and I found out an employee saved us millions, I'd at least drop him a $50,000 bonus check or something, since the money wouldn't be there at all if he hadn't caught it.
He should write a letter to the company's customers and investors describing how the company leaves critical accounting bug finding to luck and the goodwill of unpaid (unrewarded) workers.
The people who do such a good job that you start to take the stability and results they enable for granted often get taken for granted themselves.
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$750M saving lives > $750M Free software
That's not apples to apples either...
But seriously, why do we even need to compare?
It's really cool that, while everyone's donating to the Tsunami because it's so sensational, Gates has kept his eye on a bigger killer - preventable diseases, gone unprevented because people are so poor they can't afford a $5 vaccination.
And the Linux community has kept its eye, to a certain extent, on a different problem: technological inequality. If poor nations tried to buy windows, they'd have no money left over for hardware! By providing a versatile OS that can scale to run on systems from the least of hardware to the best of hardware, they give poor countries a slightly better shot at catching up.
So everyone's trying their best. There's no need to argue who's trying harder.
Sorry, but if you can't find a hot geek girl at Stanford, then you'll never find one.
everytime I posted something someone would reply that to improve chastity, you need more virgins, and the only way to get them is to make more babies. So I changed it to abstinence. And I didn't like having "fucking" in my sig.
The way the FCC penalty system is structured, a station cannot renew or transfer licenses while the matter is open. For a large media company who relies on being able to buy and sell stations, this is a strong incentive to pay the fine and not fight it.
Then the fines aren't large enough. The fines should be such that you don't break the rules in the first place. If people break the rules and pay the fines because the rules are unreasonable and the fines aren't too harsh, then the government is just stealing money.
Kind of like speeding tickets... If the limits were strictly enforced - like having a cop every mile on the highway recording license plates of anyone doing 1 mile over the limit - then people would demand that their government bring the limits in tune with reality. But instead, not enough people get pulled over to create a revolution, and not harsh enough of a penalty is applied to those who do get pulled over to make it worth fighting. So speeding tickets just become a reliable source of revenue loosely based in public safety.
I'll tell you something. I suffer from bipolar disorder. When I have a major depressive episode, it is impossible to get my ass outside.
Doesn't medication help at all? Not that I know anything besides what I learned from Abbey's mother on ER...
The DoD has been doing it for many many years and they will withold payment if somoene messes up
Not really, though.
Check out the Failure to Withhold Funds section of this document.
"If you really want low server load, switch over to an RP server."
Don't be retarded; the handful of RP servers are already all at high population, and lag problems and queues happen there just as often.
I think their second point is the one the RIAA has been trying to go after:
"And second, respondents failed to demonstrate that time-shifting would cause any likelihood of nonminimal harm to the potential market for, or the value of, their copyrighted works."
They've been arguing that P2P is really hurting their sales.
You're correct about the economics: there's be less demand if you raise prices. But I still think there'd be a huge market for affordable popular movie downloads.
Also, you're not just raising prices, you're providing a competitive alternative to P2P. You failed to consider that there are some people who don't use P2P, but who WOULD use a paid service like iTunes for movies. Sure, iTunes costs more, compared to free songs on P2P, but iTunes' reliability and ease-of-use is a huge draw for many people, and more than enough to justify a $.99 price tag.
So you're not just "paying for what you could get for free", you're paying for added convenience.
The betamax decision was for a device that makes analog copies of data on a magnetic tape, NOT a physical device designed to cause an explosion.
So don't try to apply the betamax decision to bombs to illustrate how it shouldn't apply to P2P software. P2P is somewhat relevant to betamax, bombs are not.
The exact phrase the opinion used was "admits of singificant non-infringing use"
Where'd you find that quote??? The real exact phrase is as follows:
"In summary, the record and findings of the District Court lead us to two conclusions. First, Sony demonstrated a significant likelihood that substantial numbers of copyright holders who license their works for broadcast on free television would not object to having their broadcasts time- shifted by private viewers. And second, respondents failed to demonstrate that time-shifting would cause any likelihood of nonminimal harm to the potential market for, or the value of, their copyrighted works. The Betamax is, therefore, capable of substantial noninfringing uses. Sony's sale of such equipment to the general public does not constitute contributory infringement of respondents' copyrights."
Interpret that as you like.
Of course I didn't read it! If I read everything I criticizes, I wouldn't be able to criticize as many things.
Care to quote which part contradicts my criticism?
Maybe that's enough of a difference to improve performance compare to the other guy's computer?
In gaming tests on Toms Hardware, the AIW 8500DV consistently outperformed the AIW 7500 by about 50%.
Heh - if you think the US energy policy is environmentally unfriendly, just wait until the billion people in China start wanting to drive SUVs. If China turns into the economic superpower that everyone thinks it's going to be, I predict fossil fuel consumption so great it'll make the US look like an Amish state.
:)
More like turns into Mordor
But hopefully China will learn from USA development mistakes and invest more in cross-country mass transit, rather than cross-country highways.
Wouldn't a simple opaque fence have done the trick, or were they spying with infrared cameras?
"I use themes on XP on a 667MHz P3 w/ 384 megs of RAM with absolutely no trouble."
How's your graphics card compare to a Radeon 7500 AIW?
"The true value is just as likely to be close to the maximum as the minimum."
What makes you think that?
They should have specified how accurate they consider the numbers to be, or given a standard deviation or something.
Maybe it hit water in some previous age and sunk to the bottom?
But why isn't it covered in dust like everything else around it?
"We estimate that 98000 more deaths than expected (8000-194000)"
Taking the mean average ((8000+194000)/2=~100000) is not a good estimate when your numbers have such a large range.
To be the most accurate, they should have just said "at least 8000, but the number may turn out to be much higher when better data is available."
I didn't say he was hurting publicity, but publishing unofficially leaked info takes control away from Apple. If Apple wanted to leak information, they would do so to whom they wanted, and (judging from the lawsuit) they wouldn't choose to leak it to thinksecret.
"What if I spray-paint the side of a police building, so I can track its movement more easily?"
This is perhaps the worst analogy that's ever been written.
Why do you say that? Sure it's extreme, but it's the same idea - marking something to track it more easily.
Or they could just donate the whole box, and simply advertise the hell out of us when we click "search, powered by Google (tm)"
I'm guessing slashdot doesn't have many readers who don't already use google for the majority of their searches.
"If you really want to protect yourself and your property, install an alarm system and perimeter cameras. Let whoever it is take whatever it is they want, then nail them with 5 - 10 years in jail because they didn't realize you had a hundred disposable electronic cameras monitoring your perimeter.
Protect your family. Don't be stupid and macho. Let your television go. Your kids need someone to take care of them."
Very well said!
"Not all uses are controversial. Trucking outfits..."
Well, duh. A company can do whatever it wants with the vehicles it owns, including putting tracking devices on them.
But this case is about police "bugging" a private vehicle. I think if they want to vandalize private property, they should need to get a warrant first.
What if I spray-paint the side of a police building, so I can track its movement more easily? Is that okay? After all, just like "Law enforcement personnel could have conducted a visual surveillance of the vehicle as it traveled on the public highways," I could have conducted a visual surveillance of the police building without spray-painting it.
Nick is not stealing Apple hardware nor is committing copyright infringement, at least not in regard to the website (he is a student so...).
He is (indirectly) compromising Apple's product launch thunder, and also he gives competitors a head start to develop competing products.
I say "indirectly" because it's really the fault of whatever insider that has authorized access to Apple info and is distributing it against the NDA the insider presumably signed.
I suspect Apple could only sue for the names of his sources, and then the "Journalists don't need to reveal their sources" rule would come into effect, and the case would be dismissed.
I have a friend who managed to catch an accounting error that saved the company millions of dollars. He didn't even get a BONUS that year. If I were the CEO and I found out an employee saved us millions, I'd at least drop him a $50,000 bonus check or something, since the money wouldn't be there at all if he hadn't caught it.
He should write a letter to the company's customers and investors describing how the company leaves critical accounting bug finding to luck and the goodwill of unpaid (unrewarded) workers.
The people who do such a good job that you start to take the stability and results they enable for granted often get taken for granted themselves.