Yes, and they're very helpful. I can't count all the times a livecd has pulled one of my desperate friends out of a jam. They also serve as an introduction to linux for them, when they wouldn't have otherwise tried one.
I guess the nice thing about this is that alot of people always have their iPods around, and you have something to write back to if you can recover some lost stuff off your drive.
A successful venture capitalist would likely tell you to have an excellent written, formal business plan. A good business plan is usually the product of at least two of the three things he mentioned.;)
The seller is required to collect sales and use tax in any state where it has a presense. I believe according to nexus law, that includes any state where you so much as set up a booth at a convention. Otherwise, as a buyer, I thought you were always supposed to pay the sales tax in your state on said "on your honor" line. I understand its the same for catalog orders.
These aren't real assertions on my part, just how I understand it.
The purpose of the GPL is to keep the code and any contributions open. Its specifically designed to keep people from taking 4 millions hours of your work, tinkering with it a bit, closing the source, and selling it off as your own.
It really is all about protecting our ability to keep software evolving... not about ego boosts.
Plus, you're wrong in claiming that you can lawfully import anything you obtain legally according to the law of the place it was acquired. Surely you understand that, for example, you can't import marijuana into the US just because you legally bought it in Holland or something.
It wasn't an assertion, it was just my understanding. As I said, it is all very confusing to me. I would have assumed that illegal substances were exceptions anyway. See, I thought I remembered hearing that allofmp3 dealt with some sort of proper licensing authority in Russia. Anyway, I guess thats both wrong and otherwise irrelevant. While I couldn't follow all of what you said since I'm not familiar with most of your references (and am probably too lazy to track them down), I think I get the picture. I can't buy from allofmp3 anymore in an effort to go legal. Oh well, I'm still not buying CDs.
I don't think you can compare a journalist and a doctor. The journalists job is to critize the people in power. They need a whole other type of protection than a doctor does.
They're comparable because they're both obstruction of justice. Yes, they're seperate jobs, and in both cases we could be talking about protecting lives over protecting someones career.
Why one earth would the bomber talk to the journalist if he/she knew that the journalist was free to give the information to the police?
It wouldn't be the first time someone indicated intent to murder before they did it.
We're not talking about giving up basic parts of democracy, we're in fact talking about protecting the public. Additionally, you probably don't want to cite the UN as a proper model for ANYTHING right now. They are a failed beurocracy. They're corrupt and have been largely impotent in dealing with international crises for years. Besides, those "Americans" are the ones who provide all the aide and muscle the US does provide.
Wait, so that means the downloaders are breaking the law? Last I understood, it was legal to purchase your music from allofmp3.com because they had licenced the music, and you can lawfully import anything that you obtained legally. Well, if we didn't obtain it legally now (?), its not legal for import. Does this mean RIAA could sue downloaders here? This has gotten way too confusing.
In the US, obstruction of justice is a whole different situation. Similarly, a phychiatrist has doctor/patient priviledge, but has an obligation to report any situation where they know a crime is going to be committed.
Honestly, if a journalist nabs an interview with someone who has plans to bomb a building, or assasinate someone, I don't want him to be able to scream "free press" and protect the source's identity.
True, judges don't, but I imagine that's why they usually present the testimony of "experts". Then its just an issue of establishing the validity of the label "expert". I'm not a lawyer, but I have to imagine this is how it works.
Hmm... encourage swift change in the patent system by making a crapload of money? You figure out how to do this without going to jail and I'll get the capital for yah.
Also interesting. I don't think you'd have to have any AI for the initial configuration part. They already issue thinks like the CPP and make deductions from them. They just need to put one up the first time I boot my window manager.
Then, the trickier part (and probably what you were talking about) I'd like to have my window manager monitor my activity. Then it could GRADUALLY wean me on to that more efficient method, when it thinks I'm ready.:)
I can see all the power users just sweating up a storm.
Likewise no OS is so intuitive that all people can use it isntantly as though they'd been doing it their whole life, in part because what is intuitive vaires by person. However once you are used to the methods, you can get quite productive with all the majors.
That's an interesting point. Instead of the few basic options your major window mangaer offers on first boot, I'd like to see one that issues a personality profile like the Wonderlic CPP. Based on those results you could have the interface customize itself based on your responses. If you're a more intuitive person, it may look and work more like OSX when you're done. If you're more like me it would be quite different. Just an interesting idea I'd like to see tried well.:)
Or does something like this already exist?
I'm really hoping that they'll skip the dupe and post "Slashdot reader makes out with Milla Jovovich", complete with link to a jpg of me necking w/ Leeloo Dallas.
I realise different content has different value to different people... but I have a hard time assigning real value to Jane Doe's, "I had such a crappy day cause Bobby doesn't like me" posts.
I know these aren't the sorts of blogs most people think about, but it seems like that represents the vast majority of content we get in blogs.
I'd call your coworker's blog one of the few that had real content on it. That makes it the one in a million that is worth anything.
And of course, the idea of having access to unfiltered information is always good, but there were always outlets for that on the internet. I'm just saying the bar has been lowered (yet again) for the expertise necessary to create content on the web. I should say, I don't suppose that's really a BAD thing.
As for tsunami stuff, I guess we'd have to see how many people would have seen those videos without visiting Bob's Blog. I seem to remember alot of home video on TV alone, right after it happened.
I was just stabbing at some numbers... which I thought was pretty clear from the original post. Obviously, I don't know what their books look like. I sincerely doubt you have much idea either, until you do more research.
Ultimatly the point is they'll have to maintain their profit margin, or they won't do it.
I already assumed this will not happen anytime soon.
Of course, any product they might offer would be DRM'd somehow. That sucks, but what else would anyone expect?
I don't know if a streamed version would only be worth $0.25 to everyone, though. Cosidering how many shows I make an actual point of watching, I pay more than that just for my cable tv... and I don't use anything to archive the shows (maybe that makes me the dummy).
I realize there are some serious differences there, like picture quality and such, but you get the point.
I think that would land heavily on the user. AutoLink (as I understand it) is an optional function of the toolbar that must be explicitly enabled by the user.
As for copyright violations, I seriously doubt it. That would be like filing suit against me for making a mandatory minimum text size in my browser. Or perhaps even like me looking at a book through sunglasses. I haven't changed the content and republished it, I've just modified the way I see the original work.
I spent a long time wondering why everyone made a big deal out of it. All I came up with is, for every 4,000,000 blogs published, 1 is made by someone with something important and meaningful to say.
The bar for posting something on the web has been lowered even further than it used to be. Of course this means (now more than ever) any dumbass is putting up crap to see on the internet.
The upside is that a handful of people that have something important to say can do so with ease.
Also, these "blogs" generally have relatively strict templates to keep the material organized in such a way where people can actually read what people post without having to scroll past 8 pages of animated gifs on a geoshitties page.
Well, lets think about it this way. If it costs $52 for me to buy a season box set of Stargate, and there are 22 episodes per set, lets call it $2.40 per episode. Then hack off a conservative amount for the old manufacturing and distribution costs and guesstimate that with the new lower costs they could sell them for $1 or $1.50 an episode and maintain their profit margin. Would we pay that?
If we're asking them to reduce their profit, that's probably not realistic.
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The summary says 2 to 11 times battery life. So, unless you have a really bad battery...
Yes, and they're very helpful. I can't count all the times a livecd has pulled one of my desperate friends out of a jam. They also serve as an introduction to linux for them, when they wouldn't have otherwise tried one.
I guess the nice thing about this is that alot of people always have their iPods around, and you have something to write back to if you can recover some lost stuff off your drive.
I'm watching the OC now, and damn Lucas straight to his lava planet hell for this.
A successful venture capitalist would likely tell you to have an excellent written, formal business plan. A good business plan is usually the product of at least two of the three things he mentioned. ;)
The seller is required to collect sales and use tax in any state where it has a presense. I believe according to nexus law, that includes any state where you so much as set up a booth at a convention. Otherwise, as a buyer, I thought you were always supposed to pay the sales tax in your state on said "on your honor" line. I understand its the same for catalog orders.
These aren't real assertions on my part, just how I understand it.
The purpose of the GPL is to keep the code and any contributions open. Its specifically designed to keep people from taking 4 millions hours of your work, tinkering with it a bit, closing the source, and selling it off as your own.
It really is all about protecting our ability to keep software evolving... not about ego boosts.
Plus, you're wrong in claiming that you can lawfully import anything you obtain legally according to the law of the place it was acquired. Surely you understand that, for example, you can't import marijuana into the US just because you legally bought it in Holland or something.
It wasn't an assertion, it was just my understanding. As I said, it is all very confusing to me. I would have assumed that illegal substances were exceptions anyway. See, I thought I remembered hearing that allofmp3 dealt with some sort of proper licensing authority in Russia. Anyway, I guess thats both wrong and otherwise irrelevant. While I couldn't follow all of what you said since I'm not familiar with most of your references (and am probably too lazy to track them down), I think I get the picture. I can't buy from allofmp3 anymore in an effort to go legal. Oh well, I'm still not buying CDs.
I don't think you can compare a journalist and a doctor. The journalists job is to critize the people in power. They need a whole other type of protection than a doctor does.
They're comparable because they're both obstruction of justice. Yes, they're seperate jobs, and in both cases we could be talking about protecting lives over protecting someones career.
Why one earth would the bomber talk to the journalist if he/she knew that the journalist was free to give the information to the police?
It wouldn't be the first time someone indicated intent to murder before they did it.
We're not talking about giving up basic parts of democracy, we're in fact talking about protecting the public. Additionally, you probably don't want to cite the UN as a proper model for ANYTHING right now. They are a failed beurocracy. They're corrupt and have been largely impotent in dealing with international crises for years. Besides, those "Americans" are the ones who provide all the aide and muscle the US does provide.
Wait, so that means the downloaders are breaking the law? Last I understood, it was legal to purchase your music from allofmp3.com because they had licenced the music, and you can lawfully import anything that you obtained legally. Well, if we didn't obtain it legally now (?), its not legal for import. Does this mean RIAA could sue downloaders here? This has gotten way too confusing.
In the US, obstruction of justice is a whole different situation. Similarly, a phychiatrist has doctor/patient priviledge, but has an obligation to report any situation where they know a crime is going to be committed.
Honestly, if a journalist nabs an interview with someone who has plans to bomb a building, or assasinate someone, I don't want him to be able to scream "free press" and protect the source's identity.
The reason we don't deal with China is simple - they have nukes!
Correction, they have commerce.
As China quicly becomes a wealthier nation things will improve. It has already started.
You were modded funny, but I'd really worry about this if its using current wifi technology.
True, judges don't, but I imagine that's why they usually present the testimony of "experts". Then its just an issue of establishing the validity of the label "expert". I'm not a lawyer, but I have to imagine this is how it works.
Hmm... encourage swift change in the patent system by making a crapload of money? You figure out how to do this without going to jail and I'll get the capital for yah.
:)
I'm kidding of course, but I love the idea.
Also interesting. I don't think you'd have to have any AI for the initial configuration part. They already issue thinks like the CPP and make deductions from them. They just need to put one up the first time I boot my window manager.
:)
Then, the trickier part (and probably what you were talking about) I'd like to have my window manager monitor my activity. Then it could GRADUALLY wean me on to that more efficient method, when it thinks I'm ready.
I can see all the power users just sweating up a storm.
Likewise no OS is so intuitive that all people can use it isntantly as though they'd been doing it their whole life, in part because what is intuitive vaires by person. However once you are used to the methods, you can get quite productive with all the majors.
:)
Or does something like this already exist?
That's an interesting point. Instead of the few basic options your major window mangaer offers on first boot, I'd like to see one that issues a personality profile like the Wonderlic CPP. Based on those results you could have the interface customize itself based on your responses. If you're a more intuitive person, it may look and work more like OSX when you're done. If you're more like me it would be quite different. Just an interesting idea I'd like to see tried well.
I'm really hoping that they'll skip the dupe and post "Slashdot reader makes out with Milla Jovovich", complete with link to a jpg of me necking w/ Leeloo Dallas.
Hey! If I have an image of it, it must be true.
Mod parent up, this is the first smart answer I've heard.
People really shouldn't be jumping on open AP's just because they're open and you're broke. There are several reasons why that's not a good idea.
I realise different content has different value to different people... but I have a hard time assigning real value to Jane Doe's, "I had such a crappy day cause Bobby doesn't like me" posts.
I know these aren't the sorts of blogs most people think about, but it seems like that represents the vast majority of content we get in blogs.
I'd call your coworker's blog one of the few that had real content on it. That makes it the one in a million that is worth anything.
And of course, the idea of having access to unfiltered information is always good, but there were always outlets for that on the internet. I'm just saying the bar has been lowered (yet again) for the expertise necessary to create content on the web. I should say, I don't suppose that's really a BAD thing.
As for tsunami stuff, I guess we'd have to see how many people would have seen those videos without visiting Bob's Blog. I seem to remember alot of home video on TV alone, right after it happened.
I was just stabbing at some numbers... which I thought was pretty clear from the original post. Obviously, I don't know what their books look like. I sincerely doubt you have much idea either, until you do more research.
Ultimatly the point is they'll have to maintain their profit margin, or they won't do it.
Oh, and there's no need to be nasty.
I already assumed this will not happen anytime soon.
Of course, any product they might offer would be DRM'd somehow. That sucks, but what else would anyone expect?
I don't know if a streamed version would only be worth $0.25 to everyone, though. Cosidering how many shows I make an actual point of watching, I pay more than that just for my cable tv... and I don't use anything to archive the shows (maybe that makes me the dummy).
I realize there are some serious differences there, like picture quality and such, but you get the point.
I think that would land heavily on the user. AutoLink (as I understand it) is an optional function of the toolbar that must be explicitly enabled by the user.
As for copyright violations, I seriously doubt it. That would be like filing suit against me for making a mandatory minimum text size in my browser. Or perhaps even like me looking at a book through sunglasses. I haven't changed the content and republished it, I've just modified the way I see the original work.
An interesting idea though.
I spent a long time wondering why everyone made a big deal out of it. All I came up with is, for every 4,000,000 blogs published, 1 is made by someone with something important and meaningful to say.
The bar for posting something on the web has been lowered even further than it used to be. Of course this means (now more than ever) any dumbass is putting up crap to see on the internet.
The upside is that a handful of people that have something important to say can do so with ease.
Also, these "blogs" generally have relatively strict templates to keep the material organized in such a way where people can actually read what people post without having to scroll past 8 pages of animated gifs on a geoshitties page.
Well, lets think about it this way. If it costs $52 for me to buy a season box set of Stargate, and there are 22 episodes per set, lets call it $2.40 per episode. Then hack off a conservative amount for the old manufacturing and distribution costs and guesstimate that with the new lower costs they could sell them for $1 or $1.50 an episode and maintain their profit margin. Would we pay that?
If we're asking them to reduce their profit, that's probably not realistic.
Oh, and they're worth every penny. I promise.