I'm pretty sure that the agents the RIAA represent (the record labels themselves) own the copyright to the songs they're chasing, not the artists themselves.
The OP has a '*' by his or her name, which shows that they are a subscriber. Subscribers get the stories early. (The idea being to see the sites before everyone hits it, and it gets slashdotted.)
It means they also have time to write a comment, and submit as soon as the article goes live.
During the old days of live chat, the kind where every character is echoed to the screen immediately, hitting backspace would actually output ^H, and someone touchtyping might hit it a few times, before realising that the word wasn't being deleted.
For instance, I could type:
"But on the other hand, java(backspace backspace backspace) assembly needs this."
Excepting the screen to read, "But on the other hand, assembly needs this."
But the screen would read: "But on the other hand, java^H^H^H^H assembly needs this."
^W is the same, but for entire words (a control+backspace command.)
I think it's just a copy paste troll when the name of the company/person in question is replaced; In this case, google is put in the place of whatever was there before.
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He said/probably/ won't run, i.e. he wants a demo to find out if it will run before paying real money for the game.
People are far more likely to reveal the identity and plans of 'Mr Big' if they know they won't be found out, and Mr Big won't know who they are.
If the journalist must reveal who the source is, then they [the sources] are less likely to talk, as they fear for their own lives. (And those of their friends, family, children, etc.)
Ok, now read the post again, very carefully, especially the line form which you took your quote.
Got it now?
Good.
If not, here it is.
The grandparent said that he wants to decide when his kids are old enough to smoke or drink (to use the examples in this line: Or here, kid, wanna cigarette? How about a 500cl whang of wine? I don't think I want someone else making that decision for me, a parent. So I stand behind 18, odd an age as it is.).
He wants to decide when his kid is old enough to drink, not someone else making that decision for him.
However, at 18, his child is no longer 'a kid', and can make the decisions for himself.
At no point, however, does he say that he wants the goverment to have full control, quite the opposite in fact. However, he wants to be able to make those decisions, rather than the child, until (of course) the child becomes an adult.
Hence the age limit (18) which, in these cases, can be overruled by the parent.
No, I don't think they can, simply because they're using Valve's code to make their game, without having paid for it.
This is obviously fine with Valve (hell, why wouldn't it be, it adds to the value of their game for no cost), but it wouldn't be ok if they were selling it, and Valve would have good grounds to sue them for profiting off their code.
No, they can't chose when to shuffle either, a different colour card is put at the very end of the shoe, and the cards are dealt from the front of the shoe, and put in at the back, behind the card.
When the card reaches the front, the deck is shuffled.
Another thing you could try is getting them to use the onscreen keyboard to type your usernames and passwords, and for something which is very very easy to do, and a little more secure, simply get them to enter their username and password the wrong way round, fill in the password field first, and then the username.
Both of these have the potential to fool hardware keyloggers, at least.
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Well, whilst I agree with your general point, you would be less likely to mistake IPOD as belonging to someone else than you would, say, APPL.
Being as Apple Inc. trades under AAPL, not APPL.
No, no, it's two people on each of the internets.
However, as we don't know how many internets there are in total....
I'm pretty sure that the agents the RIAA represent (the record labels themselves) own the copyright to the songs they're chasing, not the artists themselves.
They still do, every so often when I have to use a terminal with IE and no ad or popup protection, there they are.
;)
You probably just block them, so don't notice.
The purpose of slashdot is not to deny service to sites, the point of a Ddos is. Intent, and all that.
Also, slashdotting is carried out by hundreds or thousands of users, of their own free will, clicking on a link, Ddos is done with zombie machines.
The OP has a '*' by his or her name, which shows that they are a subscriber. Subscribers get the stories early. (The idea being to see the sites before everyone hits it, and it gets slashdotted.)
It means they also have time to write a comment, and submit as soon as the article goes live.
During the old days of live chat, the kind where every character is echoed to the screen immediately, hitting backspace would actually output ^H, and someone touchtyping might hit it a few times, before realising that the word wasn't being deleted.
For instance, I could type:
"But on the other hand, java(backspace backspace backspace) assembly needs this."
Excepting the screen to read, "But on the other hand, assembly needs this."
But the screen would read: "But on the other hand, java^H^H^H^H assembly needs this."
^W is the same, but for entire words (a control+backspace command.)
But issuing an 'no comment' on everything, including false things, means that when it is used on something true, it doesn't stand out.
If you dispell anything false by saying so, then every 'no comment' automatically becomes true.
The trick is to no-comment on false statements as well.
"Yeah, but only 10% of the /. crowd qualifies. All of the others have severe issues (see: spelling, grammer)"
Was........ was that on purpose? As the correct spelling of that word is 'grammar'.
It's both, it was the movie Sneakers originally, and later paid homage to in the (rather excellent) game Uplink.
I think it's just a copy paste troll when the name of the company/person in question is replaced; In this case, google is put in the place of whatever was there before.
He said /probably/ won't run, i.e. he wants a demo to find out if it will run before paying real money for the game.
"If I asked the other guard the way to the door of life, what would he say?"
And then choose the other door.
People are far more likely to reveal the identity and plans of 'Mr Big' if they know they won't be found out, and Mr Big won't know who they are.
If the journalist must reveal who the source is, then they [the sources] are less likely to talk, as they fear for their own lives. (And those of their friends, family, children, etc.)
Ah, but as we live in a quantum world, at the very core level there is either a particle there, or there is not, and therefore it must be digital.
Well, I guess if you go down low enough, the electrical signals sent to the brain are digital, but that's getting pretty picky, pretty picky indeed.
Ok, now read the post again, very carefully, especially the line form which you took your quote.
Got it now?
Good.
If not, here it is.
The grandparent said that he wants to decide when his kids are old enough to smoke or drink (to use the examples in this line: Or here, kid, wanna cigarette? How about a 500cl whang of wine? I don't think I want someone else making that decision for me, a parent. So I stand behind 18, odd an age as it is.).
He wants to decide when his kid is old enough to drink, not someone else making that decision for him.
However, at 18, his child is no longer 'a kid', and can make the decisions for himself.
At no point, however, does he say that he wants the goverment to have full control, quite the opposite in fact. However, he wants to be able to make those decisions, rather than the child, until (of course) the child becomes an adult.
Hence the age limit (18) which, in these cases, can be overruled by the parent.
There lies a problem with all the @gmail.com addresses, surely?
If google admit that this company owns the trademark, then wouldn't the company have grounds to try and take the domain 'www.gmail.com'?
No, I don't think they can, simply because they're using Valve's code to make their game, without having paid for it.
This is obviously fine with Valve (hell, why wouldn't it be, it adds to the value of their game for no cost), but it wouldn't be ok if they were selling it, and Valve would have good grounds to sue them for profiting off their code.
Nintendo issued a press release a while ago, to that exact tune: a single dead pixel, and they're replace it.
Yes, that's true, but the allowed number is 7 dead pixels, or 3 in a cluster.
So that arguement wouldn't work, although in my view 1 dead pixel should be enough to warrant a return.
No, they can't chose when to shuffle either, a different colour card is put at the very end of the shoe, and the cards are dealt from the front of the shoe, and put in at the back, behind the card.
When the card reaches the front, the deck is shuffled.
Actually, it seems like people in Europe and Australasia have an advantage, for a change, thanks to filefronts Europe and Australasia only mirrors.
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Here for anyone in those areas.
http://halflife2.filefront.com/file/;43287#Downlo
They'll have trademarked it, with respect to computer programs I imagine.
Like Microsoft has trademarked the work 'Windows' with respect to computer software.
Or the Apple from the story have trademarked 'Apple' for use in the context of computers, yet EMI/Capitol have trademarked it with respect to music.
Another thing you could try is getting them to use the onscreen keyboard to type your usernames and passwords, and for something which is very very easy to do, and a little more secure, simply get them to enter their username and password the wrong way round, fill in the password field first, and then the username.
Both of these have the potential to fool hardware keyloggers, at least.