You'd probably be better off liquifying the dust and then foaming it with nitrogen gas, or something like that. Form it into sheets, blocks or whatever shape you need.
And he would have been right. In fact, the Roman system lasted a hell of a long time, longer than the United States is likely to survive, in anything like its current form. In both cases, the system as such wasn't the issue, it was the ethical and moral caliber of the citizens that operated it that caused problems. So long as the people worked within the system and maintained it, it worked well. When they began to misuse it for fun and profit things fell apart. And that's as much the situation now as it was a couple of millenia ago.
Or "Doesn't Require Me". I opted out of buying CDs twenty years ago before they even came up with DRM (I just considered them a bad deal more than anything else... I buy used ones though), and won't buy anything I can't duplicate with ease. I am accustomed to the legal exercise of that power and see absolutely no reason to relinquish it: certainly not because of someone else's feeling of entitlement. Nothing to do with "piracy" or mass copyright infringement... I just won't support a bunch of assholes and I won't be treated as a crook by crooks! I mean, what else can you call them? I am not an illegal cartel and I have not been investigated for price-fixing and payola, and I haven't sued any teenaged girls lately. Furthermore, I don't expect companies from whom I purchase goods to treat me as a criminal by default. And the recent Sony debacle over a goddamned rootkit is the last straw: not that I've bought a Sony product since 1979 anyways. The entertainment industry is a train wreck that already happened and is still rolling over its passengers.
I think I'd rather just read a book. You know, the nonvolatile kind made from paper, that won't expire if you don't pay your monthly fee.
"well everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! well everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! don't you know about the blog ? well everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! yeah! well everybody's agog, about the blog!"
Yes, indeed. I believe that the Electronic Frontier Foundation actually has women working for it that don't have children! Also, I think that there might even be men working there (I'm not positive about that so don't quote me.)
I never said otherwise... but if you want to truly solve a problem you get to the root of the problem, and lawyers aren't the root. Sure, corporate attorneys do a lot of bad things and it would be nice if some of them got some jail sentences, but if you don't get rid of their lords and masters it won't make any difference.
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Enough of the RC updates.
... considering that Firefox already notified me with that cute little focus-stealing upgrade box.
Yeah, no shit
Would You Use Ad-Supported Windows?
No. Hell no. Bloody hell no.
"this rootkit was designed to hide a legitimate application, but it can be used to hide other objects, including malicious software."
Baloney. Any application installed on my computer under false colors that is hidden from me is not a legitimate application. Sorry, Symantec.
at series risk for DMCA lawsuits
Don't you mean "at risk of a series of DMCA lawsuits"?
It's overlords, dude ... overlords.
independent study downplaying the viability of Linux at the enterprise level.
It's really about Microsoft downplaying the visibility of Linux at the enterprise level. Something which, let's face it, is really bothering them.
living on the Enterprise-D.
"Learn to ride flowing brooks". Something about whitewater rafting, I think.
You'd probably be better off liquifying the dust and then foaming it with nitrogen gas, or something like that. Form it into sheets, blocks or whatever shape you need.
Yes, but the wind would still blow Lunar dust all ov ... oh wait.
is that our equipment and technology is all computer-controlled, and when the Lunar Lawnmower Man decides to take everything over it will be chaos.
And he would have been right. In fact, the Roman system lasted a hell of a long time, longer than the United States is likely to survive, in anything like its current form. In both cases, the system as such wasn't the issue, it was the ethical and moral caliber of the citizens that operated it that caused problems. So long as the people worked within the system and maintained it, it worked well. When they began to misuse it for fun and profit things fell apart. And that's as much the situation now as it was a couple of millenia ago.
Or "Doesn't Require Me". I opted out of buying CDs twenty years ago before they even came up with DRM (I just considered them a bad deal more than anything else ... I buy used ones though), and won't buy anything I can't duplicate with ease. I am accustomed to the legal exercise of that power and see absolutely no reason to relinquish it: certainly not because of someone else's feeling of entitlement. Nothing to do with "piracy" or mass copyright infringement ... I just won't support a bunch of assholes and I won't be treated as a crook by crooks! I mean, what else can you call them? I am not an illegal cartel and I have not been investigated for price-fixing and payola, and I haven't sued any teenaged girls lately. Furthermore, I don't expect companies from whom I purchase goods to treat me as a criminal by default. And the recent Sony debacle over a goddamned rootkit is the last straw: not that I've bought a Sony product since 1979 anyways. The entertainment industry is a train wreck that already happened and is still rolling over its passengers.
I think I'd rather just read a book. You know, the nonvolatile kind made from paper, that won't expire if you don't pay your monthly fee.
I don't know but you're hurting my eyes!
Yeah, you got me on that one. Oops.
Well, if a certain industry has its way, I'd say figure on a couple of tin cans and some string.
Sung to the tune of "Surfin' Bird" by The Cramps.
"well everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! well everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! don't you know about the blog ? well everybody's agog, about the blog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! blog blog blog, the blog is the fog! yeah! well everybody's agog, about the blog!"
To quote Lieutenant Worf during his stint on Deep Space 9: "I see nothing amusing about being ... small."
Can't argue that point ... books have been around a lot longer than recorded music, it's true. Hadn't thought of it that way, but you're right.
Yes, and if Bindows gets popular Microsoft will sue and they'll have to change the name to Binspire.
Can any company control how the product is used after purchase?
Apparently you can if your name is Sony. Just takes a Windows rootkit.
Maybe DRM restricting what country an item works in?
You mean like DVD Region Codes?
Better make sure your cemetery plot is paid up.
Yes, indeed. I believe that the Electronic Frontier Foundation actually has women working for it that don't have children! Also, I think that there might even be men working there (I'm not positive about that so don't quote me.)
I never said otherwise ... but if you want to truly solve a problem you get to the root of the problem, and lawyers aren't the root. Sure, corporate attorneys do a lot of bad things and it would be nice if some of them got some jail sentences, but if you don't get rid of their lords and masters it won't make any difference.