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I know what you mean, I was a fan of the Voltron cartoon when I was younger. Looking back, I realize that every episode had the exact same format as any number of movies or tv shows :
1. Bad Guys make new secret weapon and use it on Good Guys (robeast)
2. Good Guys attack and get asses kicked (attack as lions)
3. Good Guys Regroup (form voltron)
4. Good Guys attack again and get asses kicked
5. Good Guys use their own secret weapon to destroy their enemy (form blazing sword, cut in two or four)
Comic Book Guy: Oh, Captain Janeway. Lace: The Final Brassiere. Oh hurry up, I'm a busy man. Ugh, this high-speed modem is intolerably slow. (The download is interrupted by a banner advertisement) Hey, what the? Huh, the Internet King. I wonder if he can provide faster nudity.
(scene changes to Homer's office)
Homer: Welcome to the internet my friend, how can I help you?
Comic Book Guy: I'm interested in upgrading my twenty eight point eight kilobaud internet connection to a one point five megabit fibre-optic T-1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatable with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration?
Homer: (after long pause) Can I have some money now?
good god, same thing happened to one of my friends! we all played on the MUD (aturion dynasty, for any one who cares) and i know i had to quit because it interferred with my classes. but he kept playing. dropped all his classes and sat in his dorm room MUDding. was one of the highest ranked players, but had to leave college because of it. at first, it's humorous. he skips a class or two to play, we poke fun at him because of it and that's that. but eventually, it's just plain sad.
--paul
i would think that MS coders would use the appropriate MS product - Visual Studio - to write code in. Of course they wouldn't use Word for that. Besides, MSVS has its own 12-step wizards to "help" you (i never really use them, though, so i don't know how useful they really are). Even so, MS people USING word wouldn't necessarily have had the paperclip on the desktop. There's einstein, the dog, cat, robot thing, etc.:) and they can be hidden, making it almost like a normal document-writing program...except for the headache of a load time.
it's possible to find the old rogue game out there. i remember playing a windows version of it (which i played back in the late 80s) 3 years ago when i got back into ascii games, after remembering the fun i had with rogue and moria. it was funny, i was never too badly addicted to them. my mom was the addict in the family. she would play moria for weeks (there was another ascii game we played, forget the name, where she would create stacks of handdrawn maps). i don't remember if she ever beat it. i know i didn't.
these examples are decent, but it's not exactly compelling...so he had a good couple of years a while back. what about pre-1995? post-1996? looks like he had a mere 15 minutes that many (good AND bad) authors have had. what about his career as a whole? i wasn't convinced before of his ability, and this does little to persuade me otherwise.
wow, Mr. King had a birthday since he last died. And this sounds like it was one of his more gruesome deaths. I guess that is what you get when you put kerosene in the refrigerator (with your food?).
no, no, no...the greatest game is Round 42! moon patrol rules still, though. both contained the tweaked low-res CGA graphics (16 colors!!), and thus were much more special than those other CGA games that only had three colors.
this probably isn't such a bad idea. considering how automated Ebay appears to be, they probably just runs scripts that grep for "CD-R" or something. and you aren't misleading anyone with that statement, as you would be if you left it out altogether.
--paul
Is a TOS legal just because it is written and posted online and you have to agree to it's terms if you want what the site is offering for free?
the TOS doesn't appear to apply to the standard googler, so much as those who would seek to use google to better themselves. seems fair. if some organization is giving away free hamburgers on campus, a vegan, who has every right to those hamburgers, as everyone else does, probably wouldn't accept the TOS, which is that they are made of meat (or perhaps the organization specializes in killing small animals for fun and profit). i know this is apples and oranges, but i didn't have time to think of a better example.:)
If a company establishes a standard measurement, do I have a legal right to use that accepted standard even if it is in a commercial setting ?
yes, of course. bear in mind, though, that being in a commercial setting, this right doesn't translate to "everyone else is using it, therefore, i have the right to use it." let's face it, even though *nix platforms are cool, the accepted desktop standard is windows. everyone has the right to use windows. doesn't mean the TOS doesn't apply to you just because everyone else is using it.
Does a company have a right to store my published, copyrighted material and use it for it's own gain without my permission or an offer of fair compensation?
hmm. tough question. but out of context, so not really. first, there is the TOS. second, the google cache is more for the user who might be looking for YOUR site. if your site goes down for some reason, you stand to lose business, obviously. if there is a cache of your site for prospective customers to go to in the mean time, it betters you. it only really betters google because users and sellers alike think this is a good feature to have, therefore, more people use google. if you don't want your site cached with google, don't register with google.
Does a company have a legal right to apply it's intellectual property to anyone else's property for the purpose of making an evaluation without consent from the property's owner?
let's sue the people who decided that "* critic" was a good job (fill in the * with the product of choice - movie, food, sex, etc...). wait, who made up the taste comparison test? and what about when a guy sees two different hot women walking down the street? is he under law when he picks one to walk up to and lay the charm on?
If the answer to the above question is yes, then does it have a legal responsibility to distribute that evaluation fairly without trying to influence it by singling anyone out for any reason?
isn't the very idea of a search engine to weed out the bad websites for exactly the reasons they should be weeded out? if google thinks people would rather see websites that are actually GOOD as compared to those that have the money to APPEAR good, isn't that the right of google? maybe this is actually part of the evaluation, in which case, you lose due to your faulty business model, NOT due to unfair bias.
If I am have legal right to use an IP number for my own legal purposes, does a third party have a right to track that IP number and use the information gathered without my permission?
yes, you, just like anyone else, has the right to use an IP number. you also have the right to not use it. consider a photographer who takes public pictures. while stalking someone isn't legal, i am pretty sure it is perfectly legal to take a picture in public. don't like it? stay inside.
Does an unspoken contract exist between search services and webmasters that allow a search engine to legally build it's business using the content of webmasters without express permission?
hell, i should sue mapmakers who might have the guts to put MY house or business on a map they draw! afterall, they are building a business model on the content of the townmasters, and probably without their permission, too.
If yes, then what are the terms and if the answer is yes, has not the search services been acting illegally all along?
this doesn't make sense. but if it did, then see above.
these are all just opinions, of course. i'm no lawyer.
--paul
Re:I didn't make this up since I can't do ascii ar
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it is also worth noting that he probably lost because he was being heckled by Fritz's shakespeare, so much so that he had to leave the room for a bit. much of that time was probably lost while he sat there trying to gain composure.
--paul
i don't know if they changed it, but you used to be able to only have one screenname at one computer online at a time for an account. so, even though you can make like 7 screennames, only one of those could be online at once. therefore, i am pretty sure it would take you at least 1000 hours to use 1000 hours of aol time. plus, it seems like having more than one installation of aol on a computer caused screwy things to happen (and only one account per installation + guests). AND you have to use windows. this is not to say that scripts can't do it, you would just need x number of computers all running windows and all with a separate installation of aol (and prolly separate cc numbers?) speaking of which, i personally wouldn't want to put my CC # in a script, nor would it matter anyway, if i could only use it once.
of course, you could always get a group of ninjas together with a truckload of aol cds, and a large amount of water-resistant glue, and go to aol headquarters and glue as many as possible to the side of the building at night (obviously, police would eventually be involved)...and remember to put the shiny side out so you blind all passer-bys the next day...making them even more disgusted with aol.
or i could just be babbling, in order to escape working on my program....
Slashdot Mirror
1. Bad Guys make new secret weapon and use it on Good Guys (robeast)
2. Good Guys attack and get asses kicked (attack as lions)
3. Good Guys Regroup (form voltron)
4. Good Guys attack again and get asses kicked
5. Good Guys use their own secret weapon to destroy their enemy (form blazing sword, cut in two or four)
6. Profit!
--paul
Comic Book Guy: Oh, Captain Janeway. Lace: The Final Brassiere. Oh hurry up, I'm a busy man. Ugh, this high-speed modem is intolerably slow. (The download is interrupted by a banner advertisement) Hey, what the? Huh, the Internet King. I wonder if he can provide faster nudity.
(scene changes to Homer's office)
Homer: Welcome to the internet my friend, how can I help you?
Comic Book Guy: I'm interested in upgrading my twenty eight point eight kilobaud internet connection to a one point five megabit fibre-optic T-1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatable with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration?
Homer: (after long pause) Can I have some money now?
--paul
good god, same thing happened to one of my friends! we all played on the MUD (aturion dynasty, for any one who cares) and i know i had to quit because it interferred with my classes. but he kept playing. dropped all his classes and sat in his dorm room MUDding. was one of the highest ranked players, but had to leave college because of it. at first, it's humorous. he skips a class or two to play, we poke fun at him because of it and that's that. but eventually, it's just plain sad. --paul
imagine a beowulf cluster of computers...disposing of you!
question is...where has the food you put in your CD-dri^H^H^H^H^H^Hcoffee cup holder gone??
--paul
ahhh...nerd humor. gotta love it. --paul
i would think that MS coders would use the appropriate MS product - Visual Studio - to write code in. Of course they wouldn't use Word for that. Besides, MSVS has its own 12-step wizards to "help" you (i never really use them, though, so i don't know how useful they really are). Even so, MS people USING word wouldn't necessarily have had the paperclip on the desktop. There's einstein, the dog, cat, robot thing, etc. :) and they can be hidden, making it almost like a normal document-writing program...except for the headache of a load time.
it's even more than that. it's an infinite recursive loop!
a large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular, large, popular, small, unpopular,
SEGMENTATION FAULT(core dumped)
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Best ASCII/ANSI game ever.
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this probably isn't such a bad idea. considering how automated Ebay appears to be, they probably just runs scripts that grep for "CD-R" or something. and you aren't misleading anyone with that statement, as you would be if you left it out altogether. --paul
Is a TOS legal just because it is written and posted online and you have to agree to it's terms if you want what the site is offering for free?
the TOS doesn't appear to apply to the standard googler, so much as those who would seek to use google to better themselves. seems fair. if some organization is giving away free hamburgers on campus, a vegan, who has every right to those hamburgers, as everyone else does, probably wouldn't accept the TOS, which is that they are made of meat (or perhaps the organization specializes in killing small animals for fun and profit). i know this is apples and oranges, but i didn't have time to think of a better example. :)
If a company establishes a standard measurement, do I have a legal right to use that accepted standard even if it is in a commercial setting ?
yes, of course. bear in mind, though, that being in a commercial setting, this right doesn't translate to "everyone else is using it, therefore, i have the right to use it." let's face it, even though *nix platforms are cool, the accepted desktop standard is windows. everyone has the right to use windows. doesn't mean the TOS doesn't apply to you just because everyone else is using it.
Does a company have a right to store my published, copyrighted material and use it for it's own gain without my permission or an offer of fair compensation?
hmm. tough question. but out of context, so not really. first, there is the TOS. second, the google cache is more for the user who might be looking for YOUR site. if your site goes down for some reason, you stand to lose business, obviously. if there is a cache of your site for prospective customers to go to in the mean time, it betters you. it only really betters google because users and sellers alike think this is a good feature to have, therefore, more people use google. if you don't want your site cached with google, don't register with google.
Does a company have a legal right to apply it's intellectual property to anyone else's property for the purpose of making an evaluation without consent from the property's owner?
let's sue the people who decided that "* critic" was a good job (fill in the * with the product of choice - movie, food, sex, etc...). wait, who made up the taste comparison test? and what about when a guy sees two different hot women walking down the street? is he under law when he picks one to walk up to and lay the charm on?
If the answer to the above question is yes, then does it have a legal responsibility to distribute that evaluation fairly without trying to influence it by singling anyone out for any reason?
isn't the very idea of a search engine to weed out the bad websites for exactly the reasons they should be weeded out? if google thinks people would rather see websites that are actually GOOD as compared to those that have the money to APPEAR good, isn't that the right of google? maybe this is actually part of the evaluation, in which case, you lose due to your faulty business model, NOT due to unfair bias.
If I am have legal right to use an IP number for my own legal purposes, does a third party have a right to track that IP number and use the information gathered without my permission?
yes, you, just like anyone else, has the right to use an IP number. you also have the right to not use it. consider a photographer who takes public pictures. while stalking someone isn't legal, i am pretty sure it is perfectly legal to take a picture in public. don't like it? stay inside.
Does an unspoken contract exist between search services and webmasters that allow a search engine to legally build it's business using the content of webmasters without express permission?
hell, i should sue mapmakers who might have the guts to put MY house or business on a map they draw! afterall, they are building a business model on the content of the townmasters, and probably without their permission, too.
If yes, then what are the terms and if the answer is yes, has not the search services been acting illegally all along?
this doesn't make sense. but if it did, then see above.
these are all just opinions, of course. i'm no lawyer.
--paul
don't panic!!!
--paul
$ man sex
No manual entry for sex.
--paul
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it is also worth noting that he probably lost because he was being heckled by Fritz's shakespeare, so much so that he had to leave the room for a bit. much of that time was probably lost while he sat there trying to gain composure. --paul
of course, you could always get a group of ninjas together with a truckload of aol cds, and a large amount of water-resistant glue, and go to aol headquarters and glue as many as possible to the side of the building at night (obviously, police would eventually be involved)...and remember to put the shiny side out so you blind all passer-bys the next day...making them even more disgusted with aol.
or i could just be babbling, in order to escape working on my program....
--paul
i always thought a ton was 2000 lbs. does that mean a kilogram is exactly 2 lbs? --paul