Well, if we believe the architec then the fact that Zion is dead and Neo is still around causes a problem in the matrix that will destabilize it causing the matrix, and all of the humans sitting around in their pods to die. Now apparently things are different, theres a virus running around (Agent Smith) and Neo decided in the machine's view to sacrifice all of humanity (except for the crews of Morpheus's and Niobe's ships) for Trinity. The architec claimed to know that he knew what Neo would do, but does he know about the other anomaly running around in his system, Agent Smith?
I'm betting that its Smith that breaks the casualty loop and not the fact that Neo made the decision to save Trinity.
Neo makes an important descision - but I get the feeling that he would have made the same descision whether or not he had been told all the things he was.
And that folks, was the entire point of the movie. We have no control over our actions, we can just understand the why behind them. More so in the matrix, where everything is just a program. (which begs the question why 'killall Neo' doesn't work but thats besides the point;)
War driving just got 100 times easier thanks to Verizon. First they defend us against the RIAA, now they're giving us free wireless access throughout NYC!
Remember that NASA is primarily 3 things each taking about a third of the budget: 1) Manned spaceflight 2) Unmanned spaceflight 3) Aeronautical research
$15billion is nothing in the context of the Federal government and the fact that most of it isn't even going to the shuttle program. $15 billion isn't going to the shuttle, its going to landing probes on Mars/comets/etc, putting satellites in Orbit, and researching new aircraft/aircraft equipment.
You forgot to add in cost/time in there. 30 billion over more than a decade isn't as impressive as the cost of the space station initially seems. Especially when you compare that to welfare programs over the same ammount of time.
I believe the point of this was that he was settling for the WHOLE suit, not just part of it - he was clearly guilty of copyright infringement from the files he had on his computer; it was the contributory infringement that was a lot more sticky (and impossible to prove - that one he should have fought). However, he was certainly still responsible for the files he had on his computer that he had not paid for.
According to the article, the RIAA sued him for putting up a search engine that had the capability of searching for any files. Since *.mp3 would turn up all sorts of music files from every single computer on the network, the RIAA sued him for facilitating copyright infringement. According to the interview, the RIAA made no claims as to whether or not he had Mp3s on his own hard drive.
Which makes them somehow unable to defend their interest now? Just because someone's a child molester doesn't deprive them of their freedom of speech. (Freedom of anonymnity, sure, but not speech.)
Through due process those convicted of a felony could be deprived of any/all of their rights as a US citizen. Why not corporations? Citizens convicted of felonies are automatically denied their right to vote yet corporations convicted of felonies are still allowed to "donate" billions of dollars of soft money to political campaigns? Wheres the justice in that?
Also, remember that the shuttle re-enters under no power at all, so it has to exert all breaking forces as friction. A spacecraft that could slow itself in orbit to zero ground speed could fall back to earth and terminal velocity and then deploy chutes, or glide. (This is how people can parachute out of a baloon from 110,000 feet.)
a) Bin Laden was never short of a few (hundred) million, and I doubt the US has got hold of all his assets even now.
Try billions of dollars, thousands of professors accross hundreds of universities across dozens of countries and accross decades. Does Bin Laden have that?
Notice they said "Satellites" not moons. More or less anything in orbit of a planet counts as a Satellite. Earth has two or three natural satellites (including the moon) and several thousand arteficial satellites, IIRC.
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Well, if we believe the architec then the fact that Zion is dead and Neo is still around causes a problem in the matrix that will destabilize it causing the matrix, and all of the humans sitting around in their pods to die. Now apparently things are different, theres a virus running around (Agent Smith) and Neo decided in the machine's view to sacrifice all of humanity (except for the crews of Morpheus's and Niobe's ships) for Trinity. The architec claimed to know that he knew what Neo would do, but does he know about the other anomaly running around in his system, Agent Smith?
I'm betting that its Smith that breaks the casualty loop and not the fact that Neo made the decision to save Trinity.
And that folks, was the entire point of the movie. We have no control over our actions, we can just understand the why behind them. More so in the matrix, where everything is just a program. (which begs the question why 'killall Neo' doesn't work but thats besides the point
Universities have Human Resource departments with power over tenured professors?
And then of course theres the ninth ammendment...
The Itanic 2 appears to be going down like the first...
If /. is a blog, then I find it ironic that theres a direct post to a /. post in this article on The Register...
War driving just got 100 times easier thanks to Verizon. First they defend us against the RIAA, now they're giving us free wireless access throughout NYC!
Remember that NASA is primarily 3 things each taking about a third of the budget:
1) Manned spaceflight
2) Unmanned spaceflight
3) Aeronautical research
$15billion is nothing in the context of the Federal government and the fact that most of it isn't even going to the shuttle program. $15 billion isn't going to the shuttle, its going to landing probes on Mars/comets/etc, putting satellites in Orbit, and researching new aircraft/aircraft equipment.
You forgot to add in cost/time in there. 30 billion over more than a decade isn't as impressive as the cost of the space station initially seems. Especially when you compare that to welfare programs over the same ammount of time.
According to the article, the RIAA sued him for putting up a search engine that had the capability of searching for any files. Since *.mp3 would turn up all sorts of music files from every single computer on the network, the RIAA sued him for facilitating copyright infringement. According to the interview, the RIAA made no claims as to whether or not he had Mp3s on his own hard drive.
South Korean law might have statutes that nullify this section of the EULA.
Which makes them somehow unable to defend their interest now? Just because someone's a child molester doesn't deprive them of their freedom of speech. (Freedom of anonymnity, sure, but not speech.)
Through due process those convicted of a felony could be deprived of any/all of their rights as a US citizen. Why not corporations? Citizens convicted of felonies are automatically denied their right to vote yet corporations convicted of felonies are still allowed to "donate" billions of dollars of soft money to political campaigns? Wheres the justice in that?
Don't confuse software engineers with engineers that build things like bridges, airplanes, power stations and cars.
In which case, laws would be very exact; which cannot be good. You don't need a loophole to get around a mathematical point...
Are we denying the existance of the Wing Commander movie these days?
Also, remember that the shuttle re-enters under no power at all, so it has to exert all breaking forces as friction. A spacecraft that could slow itself in orbit to zero ground speed could fall back to earth and terminal velocity and then deploy chutes, or glide. (This is how people can parachute out of a baloon from 110,000 feet.)
Its not like they're remaking Casablanca or anything...
Can I sue AOL for spamming me with CDs and floppy disks for the last decade?
a) Bin Laden was never short of a few (hundred) million, and I doubt the US has got hold of all his assets even now.
Try billions of dollars, thousands of professors accross hundreds of universities across dozens of countries and accross decades. Does Bin Laden have that?
The sanitized war is also what the international red cross wants us to see. Anyone read the geneva conventions lately?
I just hope this guy's school has a sympathetic college of law...
Notice they said "Satellites" not moons. More or less anything in orbit of a planet counts as a Satellite. Earth has two or three natural satellites (including the moon) and several thousand arteficial satellites, IIRC.
FM Radio can't compete with CD quality; I'd think that 128kbit or 192kbit Mp3 would be more than enough to be limited by FM Radio and not the source.
And while punishing with a fine isn't cruel and unusual...that amount surely is.
Ammendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
I'd say that twice the US's GDP for one person's pirating of music is excessive, cruel and unusual.
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Google is privately owned, no matter how much MS wants to buy it, they really can't.
/. and thinkgeek and any number of anti-M$ websites out there that actually provide a useful service...
Next thing we know MS will look into buying