try and forget we are talking about computers for a second. Instead, think in terms of say mouse traps. Banning reverse engineering would make the idea of building a better mouse trap, illegal. Considering to build a better one, you would have to start with the current best example, find out how it works,improve on the design and of course make it destinct enough to not violate the original patent.
i have had 2 companies tell me that they required a min credit score for work there. Not that they looked at the credit report BUT that they required a certain score.
accept many employers do NOT look at the credit report but the credit score. Many things can effect your score that are not your fualt, including credit checks ( even from other employers) medical bills, pending civil judgements, divorce, bankruptcy 6 years prior, high debt load, being self employed, etc. Many of the things that go into your credit score would not be acceptable( or maybe even legal in some cases) reasons to deny employment on their own.
but is it not a violation of the fair credit laws to use a credit history for any reason OTHER than extending credit? I can understand if you give a company car, credit card etc. I had a credit check done on my when applying for a part ime job with an electric company( for like 12.00 an hour) in the customer service dept to make extra money.
conservative media execs, like Ted Turner? Give me a break. All the big names in media ACCEPT from FOX are liberal as hell. Maybe they are to the right of your dad( him being a socialist) but they are still mostly to the far left of center. Also it affects the way reporters cover stories.I have seen some really cool things when broadcast transcripts are compared. One example was a non partisan group that oppsed clinton on the paula jones case. ALL the media anchors ( from the big 3) called them a right wing group when they opposed clinton. When the same group opposed bush on an issue( i think it was the secret list of people meeting for energy policy) the same anchors called the group a bipartisan watchdog group.
even if piracy would cost the record and movie industries big bucks, so what? I mean compare the hi tech indistry to the record industry in both importance and in dollars. If we had to let the movie industry completely go bankrupt it woudl only represent a fraction of the tech economy here and abroad.
In china and other countries, the film/record industries make plenty of many and pirates are running the show there. I do not think it is worth it for us( the country) to spend the money to "mandate" protections for their industry. Why don't they produce there own protected enviroment for viewing/listening to their products and see if anybody pays for it?
well I know of somebody who has a copy of XP pro that no longer needs the activation step. It has been taken out so you can use the program without it.
this could actually hurt the record companies more. Why would I buy a 14.00 secure copy of their product that I can not copy to my MP3 player or whatever, when I can buyt a 3 dollar bootleg that works better?
maybe microsoft is not as evil as we thought. They knew the RIAA and MPAA would get DRM in someway. That would certainly hurt their sales, as people would have less reason to try new technologies. They will just make some crappy ass DRM system full of holes. Given their track record nobody will be able to tell it is done intentionally!
well i can promise you one thing. I can promise you that if the president of the US gives a deadline( esp one only 2 years after he leaves office) SOMEBODY at NASA has said they can meet it no problem.
frankly it is doing things like this mars plan that will make Bush win again. He is a leader who takes chances. Unlike our last president, he leds the country , instead of following polls. The stratagey is working for him. Plus his approval is down in the 55% range. I am guessing he has been saving the mars mission for lower approval ratings.
but we can NEVER learn how to colonize mars without sending people. It is possible. We can do it. Hell we almost can do it with the know how we have now. Lets go and pay Valentine Micheal Smith a visit.
why not send probes...PROBES ARE FOR PUSSIES. Real men explore space, not send some dinky as robotic camera to do it for them. This is about manifest destiny. Spreading America out into space. Plus it will be great for my local area, I live near NASA in houston.
I think NASA needs more money. In 2001 they only ASKED for 14 billion and change. Considering what they do( launches cost a bunch) that leaves little for R&D.
well i like funding war machines. I think they are cool. But that aside why not make extra funding for nasa optional. Put a boc on every tax return. Check here to have 5 dollars of your refund go to NASA. NASA's budget is tiny. If 25 million or so people gave 5 bucks it woudl really help. We could do the same thing with disease research too.
I think theatres shoud put signs up.."No cell phones please" and then have ushers throw you out mid movies if you make OR take a call in the theatre. For God's sake, step outside. That is what I do.
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I would just like to be able to get their cell number. So I can call them up and say "dude you are driving like an asshole...STOP IT!"
I have figured out a way to avoid junk on P2P networks. It is simple. Almost all RIAA spoofs will be of suck ass pop bands like britney, InSYNC, Creed, etc. In fact you would be better off getting the silence. To avoid the silence download good stuff from indy bands and non airplay type acts. These sound better and wil nto likely be spoofed by the RIAA. As an added advantage these acts will become popular from all the air play via mp3 trading and the RIAA wil realize that it is good for the recording industry.
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you forget the other side to this...labor may go down in value, but the costs of everything labor produces will fall too.
try and forget we are talking about computers for a second. Instead, think in terms of say mouse traps. Banning reverse engineering would make the idea of building a better mouse trap, illegal. Considering to build a better one, you would have to start with the current best example, find out how it works ,improve on the design and of course make it destinct enough to not violate the original patent.
i have had 2 companies tell me that they required a min credit score for work there. Not that they looked at the credit report BUT that they required a certain score.
accept many employers do NOT look at the credit report but the credit score. Many things can effect your score that are not your fualt, including credit checks ( even from other employers) medical bills, pending civil judgements, divorce, bankruptcy 6 years prior, high debt load, being self employed, etc. Many of the things that go into your credit score would not be acceptable( or maybe even legal in some cases) reasons to deny employment on their own.
but is it not a violation of the fair credit laws to use a credit history for any reason OTHER than extending credit? I can understand if you give a company car, credit card etc. I had a credit check done on my when applying for a part ime job with an electric company( for like 12.00 an hour) in the customer service dept to make extra money.
I volunteer Lance Bass!
i had a ti994/a and parsec was THE game.
conservative media execs, like Ted Turner? Give me a break. All the big names in media ACCEPT from FOX are liberal as hell. Maybe they are to the right of your dad( him being a socialist) but they are still mostly to the far left of center. Also it affects the way reporters cover stories.I have seen some really cool things when broadcast transcripts are compared. One example was a non partisan group that oppsed clinton on the paula jones case. ALL the media anchors ( from the big 3) called them a right wing group when they opposed clinton. When the same group opposed bush on an issue( i think it was the secret list of people meeting for energy policy) the same anchors called the group a bipartisan watchdog group.
even if piracy would cost the record and movie industries big bucks, so what? I mean compare the hi tech indistry to the record industry in both importance and in dollars. If we had to let the movie industry completely go bankrupt it woudl only represent a fraction of the tech economy here and abroad. In china and other countries, the film/record industries make plenty of many and pirates are running the show there. I do not think it is worth it for us( the country) to spend the money to "mandate" protections for their industry. Why don't they produce there own protected enviroment for viewing/listening to their products and see if anybody pays for it?
expensive so small media producers can not use them. This protects current one'd from having to lower prices in a digital age.
yea really. They can't even c-protect software and it stays digital.
well I know of somebody who has a copy of XP pro that no longer needs the activation step. It has been taken out so you can use the program without it.
could be tricky this time. We may have to resort to ..LIQUID PAPAER!
this could actually hurt the record companies more. Why would I buy a 14.00 secure copy of their product that I can not copy to my MP3 player or whatever, when I can buyt a 3 dollar bootleg that works better?
maybe microsoft is not as evil as we thought. They knew the RIAA and MPAA would get DRM in someway. That would certainly hurt their sales, as people would have less reason to try new technologies. They will just make some crappy ass DRM system full of holes. Given their track record nobody will be able to tell it is done intentionally!
well i can promise you one thing. I can promise you that if the president of the US gives a deadline( esp one only 2 years after he leaves office) SOMEBODY at NASA has said they can meet it no problem.
frankly it is doing things like this mars plan that will make Bush win again. He is a leader who takes chances. Unlike our last president, he leds the country , instead of following polls. The stratagey is working for him. Plus his approval is down in the 55% range. I am guessing he has been saving the mars mission for lower approval ratings.
but we can NEVER learn how to colonize mars without sending people. It is possible. We can do it. Hell we almost can do it with the know how we have now. Lets go and pay Valentine Micheal Smith a visit.
why not send probes...PROBES ARE FOR PUSSIES. Real men explore space, not send some dinky as robotic camera to do it for them. This is about manifest destiny. Spreading America out into space. Plus it will be great for my local area, I live near NASA in houston.
10 lbs is a lot. How much does it cost per pund to launch stuff into space. If we can save 1 pund it is surely worth it.
I think NASA needs more money. In 2001 they only ASKED for 14 billion and change. Considering what they do( launches cost a bunch) that leaves little for R&D.
well i like funding war machines. I think they are cool. But that aside why not make extra funding for nasa optional. Put a boc on every tax return. Check here to have 5 dollars of your refund go to NASA. NASA's budget is tiny. If 25 million or so people gave 5 bucks it woudl really help. We could do the same thing with disease research too.
I think theatres shoud put signs up.."No cell phones please" and then have ushers throw you out mid movies if you make OR take a call in the theatre. For God's sake, step outside. That is what I do.
I would just like to be able to get their cell number. So I can call them up and say "dude you are driving like an asshole...STOP IT!"
I have figured out a way to avoid junk on P2P networks. It is simple. Almost all RIAA spoofs will be of suck ass pop bands like britney, InSYNC, Creed, etc. In fact you would be better off getting the silence. To avoid the silence download good stuff from indy bands and non airplay type acts. These sound better and wil nto likely be spoofed by the RIAA. As an added advantage these acts will become popular from all the air play via mp3 trading and the RIAA wil realize that it is good for the recording industry.