Came in handy once when I was remoted in and ejected a CD. I didn't want to go to the other building and hassle someone to open the door just to push the tray in.
I think this move mainly covers themselves legally, but you can't say it's a bad feature - so long as you can choose to limit it, only if you want, or are a parent. Sometimes it's good to have your earphones loud! The risks are so much less than smoking, but a lot of us still do that.
I was upset at missing the back-to-school market. Now we're missing the holiday sales market. All of those laptops and PCs are going to have XP on it. What percentage will upgrade to Vista? Well, I guess that's the little dream that I need to give up on. Vista's deployment is going to come from people buying CPUs with the OS pre-installed, not dancing down the CompUSA aisle as they clutch that boxed version of Vista to their loving chest. So not only did we miss last year's opportunity, we're missing this year's opportunity, too. With the convergence of high-tech media, this holiday season would have been an explosive nodal point to get Vista out for a compounded effect.
It sounds like he/she doesn't really care about the product except they missed the Big Kill.
Enforcement will be left to the state prosecutor. Authorities hunting internet pirates will be able to pass on details to film and music producers who can then inform the police.
Who are these authorities? I'm asssuming reps from the companies but bounty hunter does come to mind.
Maybe so but the jump from Solaris to Linux was a small one for me. The overall structure of etc var bin sbin tmp yadda yadda yadda just screams *nix. As well as the commands ls mv cp vi su and more.
Maybe the kernal didn't spring from *nix but the overall architecture sure does.
I could be wrong but I think AmigaOS was kind of a cross DOS/*nix environment. It used services, resolv.conf and a host of other networking files that were compatible with *nix.
I had a lib that could run *nix programs. I could go fire it up and and it but it's not worth the effort. I'm sure others have better memories than me in this regard.;)
I called them about licensing because I was a tech troubleshooting Macs and asked them about temp installs for said task. They said as long as I didn't leave it on the machine (on my honor) there were no problems.
Somehow I keep thinking the right of the people is someone like me, not a corporation.
I think what we need here is a Supreme Court ruling on what "people" means. I don't know if I would like the outcome but at least there is a line drawn in the sand on this definition. It's too bad google didn't take that angle and run with it. It's not like they don't have the bux.
Lines are easier to fight than slippery slopes.
Or whatever your analogy is.
But, man! In the internet world that article is left wide open. If persons is a corporation we are goners. There is no probable cause in this case.
It isn't a "privacy issue" it is a 4th ammendment issue. Google has 4th ammendment rights. They are entitled to the protection from unwarrented searches. There is no crime being investigated in this request. This is the government trying to build a case where none exist.
Amendment IV - Search and seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
They do? Since when? They are a people and not a corporation? People are not corporations and vice versa and the subpeona was not unreasonable. They were notified in the due process of law.
Hey, root for gogle in this battle but this constituional stuff really does not apply here.
Perhaps he should be more reluctant because it's against the US constitution.
Why do people ALWAYS trot out the constitution on matters like this? Here, I have done your homework for you:
Amendment I - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
If google had posted it and was told by the govt. not to then it would apply.
Then we hit:
Amendment IV - Search and seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Is a corporation a "people" and did the govt. raid their offices?
Anyway, I think people should read what the constitution actually says before they post meaningless references to it.
If you ask me though,.99 is still highway robbery. My download has no overhead other than iTunes bandwidth fee, which is pennies per sale.
Let's see how this actually adds up... bandwidth, server cost, electricity to run the servers, backup system, UPS, admins to keep them running, real estate space to store the servers, pay for the tune ($0.60 or so IIRC so we have $0.39 for support of the infrastructure), on-call costs for admins to make sure the servers run 24/7 (though clustering would help here adding more cost), the customer support people answering the phones to refund bad dloads and field complaints, the loading of new tunes, the development of the software,....
Granted some of the above may be automated but bandwidth is not the only cost here. They make, what? $0.10 per song or so I have heard. Sure, after a billion dloads that adds up to $100,000,000. For the record companies that is $600,000,000. (hope my math is close;)
Anyway you have to realize that $0.99 per download supports a lot of people and infrastructure.
And I wasn't too thrilled with his weld quality either. Looks like it was showing rust in the picture. And the bottom plate looked like it would hold water, not shed it. Overall, I'm not sure I'd want it next to my home.
Dude! His dad did it. He said it wasn't that hard. Give him a break.
Yeah, I'm a former and sometimes still welder. Certified 7018 vertical.
So what does it take to build your own wireless reception tower?
* Lots of determination
* Lots of cement
* Structure to pour the base (e.g. cement tubing, wooden cage, etc.)
* Shovel
* Blowtorch
* Welding kit
* Steel plate
* Long, threaded steel rod (about 12 feet to make three smaller rods of four feet)
* Paint
* Buffering tools
* Air-compressor
* A Dad who does the bulk of the work
The commercial is not "Interactive" because you must watch it repeatedly. You don't interact with the commercial; you interact with the company by doing something indicated subliminably* in the commercial.
I watched the commercial from a link below and it is not subliminal as it is kind of obvious. Subliminal is perceived under the concious. This one is obviously not under the radar.
Slashdot Mirror
Take the tour.
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With OS X I can do this in a shell with:
drutil tray open
drutil tray close
A few random timing loops and you are good to go.
Came in handy once when I was remoted in and ejected a CD. I didn't want to go to the other building and hassle someone to open the door just to push the tray in.
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Wow! That was cruel, dude.
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Nice one. Comparing lung cancer to hearing loss.
I can live with hearing loss.
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It sounds like he/she doesn't really care about the product except they missed the Big Kill.
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Enforcement will be left to the state prosecutor. Authorities hunting internet pirates will be able to pass on details to film and music producers who can then inform the police.
Who are these authorities? I'm asssuming reps from the companies but bounty hunter does come to mind.
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Maybe so but the jump from Solaris to Linux was a small one for me. The overall structure of etc var bin sbin tmp yadda yadda yadda just screams *nix. As well as the commands ls mv cp vi su and more.
Maybe the kernal didn't spring from *nix but the overall architecture sure does.
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I could be wrong but I think AmigaOS was kind of a cross DOS/*nix environment. It used services, resolv.conf and a host of other networking files that were compatible with *nix.
;)
I had a lib that could run *nix programs. I could go fire it up and and it but it's not worth the effort. I'm sure others have better memories than me in this regard.
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Two words: Conflict Catcher.
I called them about licensing because I was a tech troubleshooting Macs and asked them about temp installs for said task. They said as long as I didn't leave it on the machine (on my honor) there were no problems.
Saved me hours of work.
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Somehow I keep thinking the right of the people is someone like me, not a corporation.
I think what we need here is a Supreme Court ruling on what "people" means. I don't know if I would like the outcome but at least there is a line drawn in the sand on this definition. It's too bad google didn't take that angle and run with it. It's not like they don't have the bux.
Lines are easier to fight than slippery slopes.
Or whatever your analogy is.
But, man! In the internet world that article is left wide open. If persons is a corporation we are goners. There is no probable cause in this case.
qz
Amendment IV - Search and seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
They do? Since when? They are a people and not a corporation? People are not corporations and vice versa and the subpeona was not unreasonable. They were notified in the due process of law.
Hey, root for gogle in this battle but this constituional stuff really does not apply here.
qz
Why do people ALWAYS trot out the constitution on matters like this? Here, I have done your homework for you:
Amendment I - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
If google had posted it and was told by the govt. not to then it would apply.
Then we hit:
Amendment IV - Search and seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Is a corporation a "people" and did the govt. raid their offices?
Anyway, I think people should read what the constitution actually says before they post meaningless references to it.
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cash cost of the settlement is hard to value but Sony says that the value of album downloads are $10 per album. If the 5 million people
Value is not cost. What is the cost of those downloads?
I bet a lot less than the value.
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911 call:
.... no...
Please, I need you to get my cat down from the tree. It'll starve!
Hang on, m'aam. Have you ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?
Don't worry. It will come down when it gets hungry.
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Let's see how this actually adds up... bandwidth, server cost, electricity to run the servers, backup system, UPS, admins to keep them running, real estate space to store the servers, pay for the tune ($0.60 or so IIRC so we have $0.39 for support of the infrastructure), on-call costs for admins to make sure the servers run 24/7 (though clustering would help here adding more cost), the customer support people answering the phones to refund bad dloads and field complaints, the loading of new tunes, the development of the software, ....
Granted some of the above may be automated but bandwidth is not the only cost here. They make, what? $0.10 per song or so I have heard. Sure, after a billion dloads that adds up to $100,000,000. For the record companies that is $600,000,000. (hope my math is close ;)
Anyway you have to realize that $0.99 per download supports a lot of people and infrastructure.
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Dude! His dad did it. He said it wasn't that hard. Give him a break.
Yeah, I'm a former and sometimes still welder. Certified 7018 vertical.
It did make me cringe too.
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So what does it take to build your own wireless reception tower?
* Lots of determination
* Lots of cement
* Structure to pour the base (e.g. cement tubing, wooden cage, etc.)
* Shovel
* Blowtorch
* Welding kit
* Steel plate
* Long, threaded steel rod (about 12 feet to make three smaller rods of four feet)
* Paint
* Buffering tools
* Air-compressor
* A Dad who does the bulk of the work
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What? Try it again. This time look up the word coherent.
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J.P. Hogan Bug Park
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They do this in Bug Park by J.P. Hogan.
Good book, btw.
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I got in with FF without a problem on my Mac.
I don't want a free coupon but who tells the truth to these things? Let's see a show of hands....
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I watched the commercial from a link below and it is not subliminal as it is kind of obvious. Subliminal is perceived under the concious. This one is obviously not under the radar.
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Sure! Why not? It is worth a buck to give them my life history.
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The blipvert has arrived.
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I wish you the best of luck.
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