I'll not get into the reasons, but just remember; "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" is apt.
Operating systems are no different. They are "software" too. With all the compromises and good intentions built in.
Ok, so if you want to use Windows and Linux, in the near future, it might be best to use Suse for the "Linux" side. So What?
Sounds more like a counter to "IBM+RedHat" than anything else.
So the "free" software supports the "closed, but popular Windows" software. How is that different than non-DRM mp3 files running on iPods?
Personally I think the SEC should forcably de-list or begin the de-listing process of any stock that shows up in a SPAM campaign like this.
Um, and do you also think scantilly clad women deserve to get raped?
A pump and dump scheme simply selects a stock with the right combination of price and volume that they think they can manipulate.
Take the EGLY.OB example (heh, it's up 6% right now). It is a low priced (under a dollar) stock, so lots of shares are cheap. It has sufficient volume (100K shares/day) to be useful. If it is too thinly traded you can't accumulate shares on the cheap. If the volume is too high, the market will keep the dumpers shares low.
So, the spammers are doing a buy-low, "advertise" (pump it up), sell-high (dump) campaign. The particular stock selected was probably just a result of a screen for the desired trading properties.
The company whose stock is manipulated (most likely) had nothing to do with it.
I had an iPod. I never played anything on it but MP3 files. It was nice, but the battery life/hard-to-change-battery sucked. I sold my iPod Mini on eBay recently. I am looking for another player.
I liked the iPod HW, and might consider it again. The nanos look nice, but right now a Sansa looks like the best alternative for a flash player.
Costco shows 30GB hdd Zune players for $240. That seems like a good price-point, IF I can ignore all on-line services and just play my own MP3 files. I assume it plays MP3 without issue.
Does anyone know if I can just connect a Zune to a Windoze PC and drop files in a folder. I really don't want to load a bloated app that connects to some online-service I will never use to buy DRM music. Cheap but good Microsoft subsidized hw is fine by me.
I can't wait till they get a hold of this one. Regardless of all the other evidence they will use it as a way to slag on those who believe global climate change might be natural. They will say we should trust environmentalists to know the truth, should have signed the Kyoto treaty, vote in liberals and allow gay marriage and surely stem cell research will save the world. It is all linked to terrorists, who cause global warming with their suicide bombs. Corporations and "profits" cause all human misery. There was no misery before the industrial age.
The climate is dynamic. The question is: "is human survival subject to something so trival as the randomness of the universe?" And the answer is "yes". There is no god. Just ask the dinosaurs. Shit happens.
if it's made into federal law that it's illegal to force anyone to show their vote
That's retarded. If it can be done, someone will do it.
Trust me, you are far better off with a system where "they" can't know that you didn't vote against them. They may still break your legs anyhow, but they'll never know how you voted.
BTW, I think breaking your legs is against the law too. Lots of things are against the law.
Laws solve no problems. Laws only provide the means to legally punish offenders, if they are caught.
What is so hard about the concept of a program that can go out to the Internet, look at what is there and renders it for me. WITH NO WAY TO CHANGE ANYTHING ON MY COMPUTER.
They are talking about core body temperature, not your cubicle temperature.
So, the question is this - If "they" can offer you a gene-splice "cure" for aging that involves you looking like a crocodile or turtle for the next 200 years, do you want it?
What if you could double your lifespan, but think twice as slow?
If you are popular, and you have a good lawyer, you can get away with shoting someone OJ, cough, excuse me, Achoo!, Rober Blake, sorry.
Anyhow, I think we need a big celebrity to get arrested on what used to be a civil crime of copyright infringment, to bring the issue to light.
Meanwhile, if you are not rich, good looking, and popular, don't steal stuff or infringe on copyrights and you will be OK. It's all crap anyhow, right?
That said, if you have an ordinary lawyer, you are probably more likely to get off "scott free", in front of a jury, in a case involving shooting someone who deserves it over a case of some high-falutin' copyright thingamahoochi.
I was recently sholder-surfing, behind my 12 year old son looking for info on some shoot-em-up game or other.
He clicked on a "sketchy" site that purported to have "hints and secrets".
A nice looking bare-chested woman popped up.
There was a couple second pause... then he nonchalantly clicked the "X".
Ok, so I am not sure what he would have done had I not been looking over his shoulder, but what more could you ask for?
As long as unexplained charges don't show up on my credit card, that is what you should expect your child to do while web surfing and "inappropriate" material appears.
In general, I must agree with you. But clearly that is not the case all the time. Take my example, off the top of my head, of the 2nd amendment to the US constitution. Clearly there was room for more than a one-liner.
All I am saying, is that when I write (usually about techie stuff), I try to write clearly, without taking for granted the audience. I assume my docs will be read by the corporate types who pay the bills, and the geek admin who will install and run my code. I define my terms, even if they are painfully obvious (to me) at the time. You need some perspective that some reader down the road may not have the same background as you or the same assumptions. (Heh, *that* reader might be myself three years from now.)
Why can't law be the same? I guess it boils down to more docs are better. How about writing the "full manual" AND a "quick start", and a "for dummies", and ???, etc. As much as it takes, depending on how important the item your are writing about is. The GPLV3 might be worth more words. I have hundreds of GB of storage, if not TB. A few more words won't hurt me, but might make my legal bills smaller later.
I know "the law" is all about dotting the "i"s and crossing the "t"s, but if you do the legalese first, then preface multiple, redundant, intended-to-clarify, clauses, how does that detract from the primary goal?
In addition to the "special language of lawyers" you are adding the "language of common usage" - which seems to me, would make it somewhat harder to misinterpret the meaning. I am asking why it is not common to add to the meaning.
Heh, why not mandate that laws be expressed in both the native tongue, and, latin, or esperanto, plus vernacular of the native toungue. Just to be clear, for all time.
I suspect folks, by and large, like things not to be "for all time".
Your point about non-immutable language is well taken, thus my query about adding a "present-day" common usage explaination. By doing that, it seems to me, that the leeway for "intrepretation" is further restricted. Even if only by expanding the argument to future linguists about the meaning of "past" common usage of the language. Kind of like adding a check-sum, or at least another legal hurdle to "bending" the meaning of the intent.
"Thou shalt not steal." is one thing.
"Thou shalt not steal anything which shall deprive an individual of his belongings, even if they are intangible." is different than "Thou shalt not steal tangible things. Things that can be duplicated without cost to the owner are fair game."
I know, traditions and all, but after all, legal rulings are often called "opinions". Why does there need to be
"interpretation"? When you make a law (or write a license), would it be so hard to tag a sentence or two in plain vernacular about the "intent"? Why wouldn't that have any weight, legally? I mean, if it is from the original author of the clause in question, why would it not have standing, even if clearly different from the exacting legalese? Seems like we have the author of GPLV3 explaining himself already! Couldn't the intent be part of the license?
To take a really off topic, but simple, example; When they said; A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. They knew what them meant. Would it have been so hard to add a sentence? Either By this we mean a well regulated militia is one that is under state control or The intention of this is to prevent the state from usurping the rights of individuals, so this to means all citizens of good standing can bear arms.?
Makes a big difference, and not subject to later interpretation.
I just think that they should spend money over a period of time
Yes, $100 Million is a vast amount of wealth, which can be made more powerful if spent over time, as I assume any donor would require. I assume we are not looking for a one-time binge of purchases. The idea of spreading out acquisitions over time would prevent "bidding up the market". Philanthropic gestures can be very shrewd. "Free" money needn't be "easy-come-easy-go". If this idea catches on, a popular trust can attract more donations (so don't rule out spending a little on "marketing", in addition to acquisitions. [I am not in the marketing field.])
I am sure that is why the "wisdom of crowds" has been brought to bear on this opportunity. However, if it were known that there were a "run" on, say mid-twentieth century SF novel copyrights, the price might go up more than if there were a slow paced purchase of the same titles, over time. After all, that particular category, while near and dear to many a Slashdotter, is, in the end, a luxury and not an essential work of knowledge.
Money is easy to make, but "real money" is hard to accumulate. Once it is dispersed it is gone. Over time, you fight inflation, but in this case, it is somewhat balanced by the diminishing value of the copyrights it seeks to purchase.
Heh, the planet will "heal" and "get better" -- compared to what?
As far as I can tell, the "natural" state of most planets in the universe is "lifeless". As the parent points out, sooner or later THIS planet is going to be scorched, by "natural" causes.
The same people who bemoan the "damage" that people do are often the same ones who deny any "higher purpose" for people (e.g. they are not religious).
Now, I myself, am also far from religious, but if humans have any "purpose" it is to begat other humans and spread throughtout the galaxy, keeping one step ahead of novas, black holes, X-ray quasars, or what have you.
Not that that is much of a point, but otherwise, there is no point, and then who cares?
While I agree that people are a renewable resource, apparently using them as fuel might not be eco-friendly. The new thing seems to be just to freeze and shake a body until it is dust.
I think there are folks who take the mod system way too seriously and have some sort of problem with the fact that "funny" doesn't garner "karma", so they feel obliged to give it "insightful" or some such. I don't care, If I post a "funny", I don't expect "karma".
My personal opinion is that "funny" is just that - for those who think it is funny. Maybe having zero karma for funny is "right", maybe it is "wrong".
I dunno.
Hey mods - don't zap me down too much. I didn't mod myself up. You are in a pissing match with other mods! (Not that I give a shit what my "karma" is, I am soo going to hell, maybe, depending on who you ask.)
I know that, say, a crack dealer, is supposed to pay income tax, even though his business enterprise is illegal.
Can the crack dealer write off his bail bonds, 22" dubs, and Escalade sound system as expenses? How about those crack whores - as an entertainment item, usual and customary in his line of work? I doubt the IRS will accept those deductions.
So, if selling in-game items in the real world is "illegal" (against the TOS), can you have legitimate expenses?
Any accountants for crack dealers out there? If they do pay taxes, don't they generally lie about where the money came from? (Thus making it a moot point of admitting to the "expenses" involved.)
With the natural (or unnatural, doesn't really matter) ebb and flow of the climate, it might get pretty damn easy to get to the north pole without an icebreaker soon.
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I'll not get into the reasons, but just remember; "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" is apt. Operating systems are no different. They are "software" too. With all the compromises and good intentions built in.
Ok, so if you want to use Windows and Linux, in the near future, it might be best to use Suse for the "Linux" side. So What?
Sounds more like a counter to "IBM+RedHat" than anything else.
So the "free" software supports the "closed, but popular Windows" software. How is that different than non-DRM mp3 files running on iPods?
Um, and do you also think scantilly clad women deserve to get raped?
A pump and dump scheme simply selects a stock with the right combination of price and volume that they think they can manipulate.
Take the EGLY.OB example (heh, it's up 6% right now). It is a low priced (under a dollar) stock, so lots of shares are cheap. It has sufficient volume (100K shares/day) to be useful. If it is too thinly traded you can't accumulate shares on the cheap. If the volume is too high, the market will keep the dumpers shares low.
So, the spammers are doing a buy-low, "advertise" (pump it up), sell-high (dump) campaign. The particular stock selected was probably just a result of a screen for the desired trading properties.
The company whose stock is manipulated (most likely) had nothing to do with it.
I liked the iPod HW, and might consider it again. The nanos look nice, but right now a Sansa looks like the best alternative for a flash player.
Costco shows 30GB hdd Zune players for $240. That seems like a good price-point, IF I can ignore all on-line services and just play my own MP3 files. I assume it plays MP3 without issue.
Does anyone know if I can just connect a Zune to a Windoze PC and drop files in a folder. I really don't want to load a bloated app that connects to some online-service I will never use to buy DRM music. Cheap but good Microsoft subsidized hw is fine by me.
The climate is dynamic. The question is: "is human survival subject to something so trival as the randomness of the universe?" And the answer is "yes". There is no god. Just ask the dinosaurs. Shit happens.
That's retarded. If it can be done, someone will do it.
Trust me, you are far better off with a system where "they" can't know that you didn't vote against them. They may still break your legs anyhow, but they'll never know how you voted.
BTW, I think breaking your legs is against the law too. Lots of things are against the law.
Laws solve no problems. Laws only provide the means to legally punish offenders, if they are caught.
Is that so much to ask for, of ANY browser?
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
* 2nd ref: footnotes
So, the question is this - If "they" can offer you a gene-splice "cure" for aging that involves you looking like a crocodile or turtle for the next 200 years, do you want it?
What if you could double your lifespan, but think twice as slow?
At least they only bought the lifetime version. The eternity subscription is a bitch.
Anyhow, I think we need a big celebrity to get arrested on what used to be a civil crime of copyright infringment, to bring the issue to light.
Meanwhile, if you are not rich, good looking, and popular, don't steal stuff or infringe on copyrights and you will be OK. It's all crap anyhow, right?
That said, if you have an ordinary lawyer, you are probably more likely to get off "scott free", in front of a jury, in a case involving shooting someone who deserves it over a case of some high-falutin' copyright thingamahoochi.
He clicked on a "sketchy" site that purported to have "hints and secrets".
A nice looking bare-chested woman popped up.
There was a couple second pause... then he nonchalantly clicked the "X".
Ok, so I am not sure what he would have done had I not been looking over his shoulder, but what more could you ask for?
As long as unexplained charges don't show up on my credit card, that is what you should expect your child to do while web surfing and "inappropriate" material appears.
They are either right next to Joseph Smiths "golden plates" or in some nameless, vast government warehouse.
All I am saying, is that when I write (usually about techie stuff), I try to write clearly, without taking for granted the audience. I assume my docs will be read by the corporate types who pay the bills, and the geek admin who will install and run my code. I define my terms, even if they are painfully obvious (to me) at the time. You need some perspective that some reader down the road may not have the same background as you or the same assumptions. (Heh, *that* reader might be myself three years from now.)
Why can't law be the same? I guess it boils down to more docs are better. How about writing the "full manual" AND a "quick start", and a "for dummies", and ???, etc. As much as it takes, depending on how important the item your are writing about is. The GPLV3 might be worth more words. I have hundreds of GB of storage, if not TB. A few more words won't hurt me, but might make my legal bills smaller later.
I know "the law" is all about dotting the "i"s and crossing the "t"s, but if you do the legalese first, then preface multiple, redundant, intended-to-clarify, clauses, how does that detract from the primary goal?
Heh, why not mandate that laws be expressed in both the native tongue, and, latin, or esperanto, plus vernacular of the native toungue. Just to be clear, for all time.
I suspect folks, by and large, like things not to be "for all time".
"Thou shalt not steal." is one thing.
"Thou shalt not steal anything which shall deprive an individual of his belongings, even if they are intangible." is different than "Thou shalt not steal tangible things. Things that can be duplicated without cost to the owner are fair game."
Two very different things, as we now know.
To take a really off topic, but simple, example; When they said; A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. They knew what them meant. Would it have been so hard to add a sentence? Either By this we mean a well regulated militia is one that is under state control or The intention of this is to prevent the state from usurping the rights of individuals, so this to means all citizens of good standing can bear arms.?
Makes a big difference, and not subject to later interpretation.
Yes, $100 Million is a vast amount of wealth, which can be made more powerful if spent over time, as I assume any donor would require. I assume we are not looking for a one-time binge of purchases. The idea of spreading out acquisitions over time would prevent "bidding up the market". Philanthropic gestures can be very shrewd. "Free" money needn't be "easy-come-easy-go". If this idea catches on, a popular trust can attract more donations (so don't rule out spending a little on "marketing", in addition to acquisitions. [I am not in the marketing field.])
I am sure that is why the "wisdom of crowds" has been brought to bear on this opportunity. However, if it were known that there were a "run" on, say mid-twentieth century SF novel copyrights, the price might go up more than if there were a slow paced purchase of the same titles, over time. After all, that particular category, while near and dear to many a Slashdotter, is, in the end, a luxury and not an essential work of knowledge.
Money is easy to make, but "real money" is hard to accumulate. Once it is dispersed it is gone. Over time, you fight inflation, but in this case, it is somewhat balanced by the diminishing value of the copyrights it seeks to purchase.
As far as I can tell, the "natural" state of most planets in the universe is "lifeless". As the parent points out, sooner or later THIS planet is going to be scorched, by "natural" causes.
The same people who bemoan the "damage" that people do are often the same ones who deny any "higher purpose" for people (e.g. they are not religious).
Now, I myself, am also far from religious, but if humans have any "purpose" it is to begat other humans and spread throughtout the galaxy, keeping one step ahead of novas, black holes, X-ray quasars, or what have you.
Not that that is much of a point, but otherwise, there is no point, and then who cares?
I know, that is not what you meant, but many of the solutions imply a "server" for your "client" screen, so there are some current examples.
But it doesn't work for "fast" stuff like video or games.
The big quesion, as someone else pointed out - how long is your "wireless" monitor going to run on batteries?
I wonder if the remaining powder will burn?
I posted it under another "funny".
I think there are folks who take the mod system way too seriously and have some sort of problem with the fact that "funny" doesn't garner "karma", so they feel obliged to give it "insightful" or some such. I don't care, If I post a "funny", I don't expect "karma".
My personal opinion is that "funny" is just that - for those who think it is funny. Maybe having zero karma for funny is "right", maybe it is "wrong".
I dunno.
Hey mods - don't zap me down too much. I didn't mod myself up. You are in a pissing match with other mods! (Not that I give a shit what my "karma" is, I am soo going to hell, maybe, depending on who you ask.)
I sure hope he wore gloves and/or other protection for that part!
Can the crack dealer write off his bail bonds, 22" dubs, and Escalade sound system as expenses? How about those crack whores - as an entertainment item, usual and customary in his line of work? I doubt the IRS will accept those deductions.
So, if selling in-game items in the real world is "illegal" (against the TOS), can you have legitimate expenses?
Any accountants for crack dealers out there? If they do pay taxes, don't they generally lie about where the money came from? (Thus making it a moot point of admitting to the "expenses" involved.)
With the natural (or unnatural, doesn't really matter) ebb and flow of the climate, it might get pretty damn easy to get to the north pole without an icebreaker soon.
Or is than "an hot carl". I can never remember what is in fashion now.