but I've seen similarly asinine things - like a mainboard that needs Windows, IE and ActiveX to stream BIOS updates from the Internet into your chip (not kidding)
Please tell us what that was. I need to avoid that mess for many reasons! With that kind of stupid in the updates, what is in the code?!?
What's the deal with MP3sparks.com? Is it another Russian site or something? Seems like either it's not legit or it's operating in a country with different ideas about copyright.
It is the same Russian site with a new domain name. And zookz is another interesting site.
Sure they can. If free takes three days to download, and $5 takes an hour, that season of Desperate Housewives might be purchased instead of "stolen."
It is just that up to now they have had it backwards. They charge $40 a head for the soup kitchen, while the steakhouse next door is free. (There is still a long wait for a table)
Why does everyone keep treating them like a bunch of criminals?
The sad part is that it seems that only Aussies treat Aussies like a bunch of criminals. Yes, I get the joke, but considering the great firewall and more, it just seems less funny.
SIt's like whenever I hear the phrase "no new taxes on anyone making under $250k." I just curse loudly enough to make my dogs leave the room, and I feel 1% better.
My mom sent an email to the whole family with my high school graduation pictures using ImageShack to host them, but something went wrong and all my relatives saw goatse.cx pictures instead.
Ohh... Sorry... I thought that was your graduation. You know... Senior prank to the principal. Shake his hand and, OH MY GOD!
I would argue that these are not attacks but free speech (as in freedom of expression). Sure, some security sites will be down, that's just the way it is. A mDDOS attack, assuming this is going to be their method, is just like free speech but through the mouth of your NIC card. Ok it's more like yelling but all they need are good earplugs.
Right up until you decide to have a press conference in my living room. Break into my house and you may get shot.
Pew used the AACS membership list to generate their list of "scientists" to poll. Anyone that wants to fork over $99 can join the AACS, including kindergarten teachers. Would you call the opinion of a kindergarten teacher the opinion of a scientist? The stated goals of AACS essentially define it as a left-leaning organization, so it's no surprise that 55% say they are Democrats.
Perhaps Pew could not do their research on such a decidedly biased sample to begin with -- but I suppose that is asking too much these days.
Everyone is biased. You need to look behind the headlines to find out anything. I just wish CNN and Fox had a [citation needed] tag.
And thanks for that bit of information. It does give a little perspective.
Don't just blame malice. There will be a slight bias to the people who pay you most of the time. It may not be intentional. But if you work for "The Cap and Trade Working Group" you are more likely to support the CO2 cause of global warming, than if you work for the "Natural Gas Producers Association."
It can't have anything to do with greater funding for pure research coming from Democrats. I wonder if the scientists polled were only defense contractors, would those numbers change...
Like you, I've always hated the "if you've ever driven even ONE MILE over the limit, that's the same as SERIAL MURDER. IT IS ILLEGAL!!1!ELEVEN!" argument.
I always wondered why people tried that argument. Most of my friends know I speed like a mad man all the time. So if they win the argument and convince me it is true, I might just go "What the fuck." Bang!
Or I might just ease into it with assault and pop em in the nose.
The car analogy doesn't work unless when I download Big Robots Part 8, someone going to see the movie gets turned away. "Sorry, Goldberg's Pants pirated this film so you can't see it."
So you're fine with me using your car without your permission as long as I replace the gas/fluids I use and get it back before you wake up?
After all, that's what you're asserting is the correct analog to copyright violation and you seem to assert it is acceptable.
No. You might rag on it, or get in a wreck, or pick up nasty street whores and stain my seats. Not to mention ware an tear on the engine, clutch, transmission, and tries. But I am fine with you copying my car any time.
Houston is a swamp, not a desert. Many days it is well over 90 and raining hard. And a 5 year break even point sucks from an investment standpoint. OK for home users with an urge, but not a real business case for it yet. Hopefully it gets a lot cheaper for cells.
And last but not least, where are you going to put all this power for use at night? Yeah maybe wind helps but many of the same problems crop up.
Consider that the highest demand for power is during the day to run air conditioning, and solar for supplemental power start to make sense. Just not dollars, as it is still amazingly expensive.
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You won. Now what?
Buy the t-shirt?
So I burn a new CD for every upgrade ...
That doesn't sound very efficient and environment savvy, though!
If that twenty cents is really making a difference in your monthly budget, you have bigger problems.
But if you want, you can just make a bootable flash drive the same way and copy the file over.
"Grow the fuck up."
Glass houses...
I always preferred "Ohh look, honey! A matching pot and kettle set!" It makes them think a bit longer, and some people need the practice.
If you cannot use the binary, it wasn't even 'distributed'.
Based on current case law, yes it was. Now pay your $8 million.
but I've seen similarly asinine things - like a mainboard that needs Windows, IE and ActiveX to stream BIOS updates from the Internet into your chip (not kidding)
Please tell us what that was. I need to avoid that mess for many reasons! With that kind of stupid in the updates, what is in the code?!?
Well, I've had to use liveCD a couple of times to save data off of a Windows install before reformatting. Does that count?
Nahh... People use Linux to remove Windows all the time.
What's the deal with MP3sparks.com? Is it another Russian site or something? Seems like either it's not legit or it's operating in a country with different ideas about copyright.
It is the same Russian site with a new domain name. And zookz is another interesting site.
They can never beat free, sorry.
Sure they can. If free takes three days to download, and $5 takes an hour, that season of Desperate Housewives might be purchased instead of "stolen."
It is just that up to now they have had it backwards. They charge $40 a head for the soup kitchen, while the steakhouse next door is free. (There is still a long wait for a table)
Why does everyone keep treating them like a bunch of criminals?
The sad part is that it seems that only Aussies treat Aussies like a bunch of criminals. Yes, I get the joke, but considering the great firewall and more, it just seems less funny.
SIt's like whenever I hear the phrase "no new taxes on anyone making under $250k." I just curse loudly enough to make my dogs leave the room, and I feel 1% better.
Now you have me cursing... Thanks for that.
That, or Billy Connolly is pain free!
My mom sent an email to the whole family with my high school graduation pictures using ImageShack to host them, but something went wrong and all my relatives saw goatse.cx pictures instead.
Ohh... Sorry... I thought that was your graduation. You know... Senior prank to the principal. Shake his hand and, OH MY GOD!
I would argue that these are not attacks but free speech (as in freedom of expression). Sure, some security sites will be down, that's just the way it is. A mDDOS attack, assuming this is going to be their method, is just like free speech but through the mouth of your NIC card. Ok it's more like yelling but all they need are good earplugs.
Right up until you decide to have a press conference in my living room. Break into my house and you may get shot.
Pew used the AACS membership list to generate their list of "scientists" to poll. Anyone that wants to fork over $99 can join the AACS, including kindergarten teachers. Would you call the opinion of a kindergarten teacher the opinion of a scientist? The stated goals of AACS essentially define it as a left-leaning organization, so it's no surprise that 55% say they are Democrats.
Perhaps Pew could not do their research on such a decidedly biased sample to begin with -- but I suppose that is asking too much these days.
Everyone is biased. You need to look behind the headlines to find out anything. I just wish CNN and Fox had a [citation needed] tag.
And thanks for that bit of information. It does give a little perspective.
Don't just blame malice. There will be a slight bias to the people who pay you most of the time. It may not be intentional. But if you work for "The Cap and Trade Working Group" you are more likely to support the CO2 cause of global warming, than if you work for the "Natural Gas Producers Association."
It can't have anything to do with greater funding for pure research coming from Democrats. I wonder if the scientists polled were only defense contractors, would those numbers change...
I mean, 3GB of RAM ought to be enough for everybody....
Yeah, but 1 of that is mapped to my video card.
"This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions." so use: instead try http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9ovyz_the-it-crowd-anti-piracy-ad_fun
p.s and the show is on channel4 not bbc
Can I mod that informative AND funny?
Just to put it into perspective. Al Queda is pressuring farmers in afghanistan to grow poppies to make cocaine.
Poppies are processed to opium which is processed to heroin. Cocaine is made from coca.
Yeah... Al Queda is just so wrong headed!
Like you, I've always hated the "if you've ever driven even ONE MILE over the limit, that's the same as SERIAL MURDER. IT IS ILLEGAL!!1!ELEVEN!" argument.
I always wondered why people tried that argument. Most of my friends know I speed like a mad man all the time. So if they win the argument and convince me it is true, I might just go "What the fuck." Bang!
Or I might just ease into it with assault and pop em in the nose.
I guess I will be the first one to point out my typos. Ha. Spoiled your fun, spelling vulture!
So you're fine with me using your car without your permission as long as I replace the gas/fluids I use and get it back before you wake up?
After all, that's what you're asserting is the correct analog to copyright violation and you seem to assert it is acceptable.
No. You might rag on it, or get in a wreck, or pick up nasty street whores and stain my seats. Not to mention ware an tear on the engine, clutch, transmission, and tries. But I am fine with you copying my car any time.
Houston is a swamp, not a desert. Many days it is well over 90 and raining hard. And a 5 year break even point sucks from an investment standpoint. OK for home users with an urge, but not a real business case for it yet. Hopefully it gets a lot cheaper for cells.
Power distribution nightmares - although super conducting main lines like they're using in New York are very promising.
There are some risks as well. http://www.hsb.com/theLocomotive/Story/FullStory/ST-FS-SOLAR.html One grid means one point of failure. Three days in Houston with no power was bad enough.
And last but not least, where are you going to put all this power for use at night? Yeah maybe wind helps but many of the same problems crop up.
Consider that the highest demand for power is during the day to run air conditioning, and solar for supplemental power start to make sense. Just not dollars, as it is still amazingly expensive.