Just a note to tell you I'm going to pass on The Plant. Although I am a big fan (my faves are your "weird" works - Firestarter, Tommyknockers, etc!) I must tell you that Amazon.Com has been an absolutely terrible netizen, brazenly beating competitors over the head with fraudulent patents on basic web technologies which have years of demonstrable prior use.
Sorry Steve, but Amazon == Evil. I simply do not do business with them (nor do many thousands of netizens) even if they are collecting the bux for you. In this regard, you blew it badly. Ah, well.
Keep cranking out the magic, my man! And watch out for them vans!
Is there any actual evidence that the guy was domain squatting in the normal sense of the word (ie. keeping a domain name for purely speculative purposes)?
Who cares. Squatting cannot be illegal - NSI now squats on every domain ever registered and allowed to expire, don't they?
They just didn't want to share the market with anyone. If you wanted to look up a web auction, they wanted you to go to Ebay.com, and Ebay only. Bidder's Edge was allowing people to find auction sites they had never heard of, and Ebay (with it's huge mindshare) didn't like it.
Very nicely put, and truly, the crux of the matter. The discussions of the legalities and analogies and possible precedents are fascinating for sure, but I think its a sure bet nobody at ebay is cogitating like this - all they give a shit about is keeping the golden goose to themselves.
<tongue firmly in cheek> It occurs to me that if one stands back from the jargon and abstractions we've developed to describe things we "do", then it's easily seen that nobody is trespassing, nobody is gaining access to anything, nobody is going anywhere. All thats happening is people are using machinery to send impulses across wires. Now lets talk about who owns packets.
Costing them money by running crawlers? How's that?
I think he means costing them in the sense that a certain number of people are surfing and viewing banners over at bidder's edge where they can get info on ebay auctions, rather than navigating ebay and viewing thiers. The assumption being that if ebay auction data was NOT available anywhere but ebay, those folks would be at ebay racking up ebays eyeball count instead of at bidder's edge.
I must have misunderstood what was going on. It appeared that you responded to the guy who posted the Ford Exhorbitant article by accusing him of stealing the material. Then you proceeded with all this Canyonero stuff, which was a simpsons bit, but had nothing to do with the post you appeared to be replying to. Yes, I get it, I have seen the episode, I don't see any connection between that and the Exhorbitant post, which you alleged to have been ripped off.
It has nothing to do with the Simpsons. You didn't follow the link. It was a repost of the story on BBSpot, which he linked to in the first line of his post. (duh)
Anything with that much mass not being used for carrying of equipment/goods should be denied from consumer purchase.
Same argument can be made about computers: Anything with that kind of power and complexity should be denied from consumer purchase. In another discussion recently someone posted an opinion that people ought to be able to pass an exam to buy a computer.
This all reminded me of a line from the Steve Martin movie 'Parenthood', which I paraphrase:
"You gotta have a special license to buy an SUV, but they'll let any old butt-reamin' idiot become a computer owner..."
Oh come on, the guy doesn't profess to be a genius or even to be taken seriously:
Here are raw feelings and thoughts typed in to the beat of loud, raccous music. They are not meant to be taken seriously. If you are in doubt as to what is humor, truth, crap, or absurdity there is always feedback.
Delusions of web design cluefulness aside, the kid is alright. Besides, didn't his dad play drums for Iron Butterfly?
Oh come on, the guy doesn't profess to be a genius or even to be taken seriously:
Here are raw feelings and thoughts typed in to the beat of loud, raccous music. They are not meant to be taken seriously. If you are in doubt as to what is humor, truth, crap, or absurdity there is always feedback.
Delusions of web design cluefulness aside, the kid is alright. Besides, didn't his dad play drums for Iron Butterfly?
So, if I need to log in for some really important reason (e.g. I want to log back in before the rm -rf / does too much more damage), your system will detect that, and prevent me from logging in?
As a Microsoft Software Designer{tm}, I can tell you that we would write a Wizard{tm} which would methodically determine the exact nature of your distress via a series of simple dialog boxes. But of course, due to the underlying design superiority of our OS products, many important system tasks such as deleting the file system are commonly available to users, so the point is moot.
Biolink said it is currently developing an upgrade which would combine technologies from several partners to enable the real-time collection, transmission and storage of DNA profiles and other data.
"The mouse is second only to the keyboard as a natural collection site for users hair, skin flakes, nail clippings, and traces of any controlled substances being used while online." said J. Mimpton Cleeb III, Director of Research & Development. "Our piece is ready, we're only waiting to close deals with our potential partners".
Sources say Biolink is negotiating deals with Real Networks and AOL/Netscape for the data transport functionality, and the FBI for data storage and archival services.
Granted, but: it ain't got nuttin to do with logic. RIAA doesn't give a fuck about anything but preserving the life of the golden goose.
What's rocked me on my heels is finding that Hatch, that old homo-hater and paragon of most of what sucks about politics, actually seems to give a shit.
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Just a note to tell you I'm going to pass on The Plant. Although I am a big fan (my faves are your "weird" works - Firestarter, Tommyknockers, etc!) I must tell you that Amazon.Com has been an absolutely terrible netizen, brazenly beating competitors over the head with fraudulent patents on basic web technologies which have years of demonstrable prior use.
Sorry Steve, but Amazon == Evil. I simply do not do business with them (nor do many thousands of netizens) even if they are collecting the bux for you. In this regard, you blew it badly. Ah, well.
Keep cranking out the magic, my man! And watch out for them vans!
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"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Machiavelli framed nad hanging in my office.
I bet thats a real icebreaker.
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The entertainment industry defines our entire culture
I groped around for a witty response and then decided that there was really nothing more to say.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
"We're lucky we don't get all the government we pay for."
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Is there any actual evidence that the guy was domain squatting in the normal sense of the word (ie. keeping a domain name for purely speculative purposes)?
Who cares. Squatting cannot be illegal - NSI now squats on every domain ever registered and allowed to expire, don't they?
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
They just didn't want to share the market with anyone. If you wanted to look up a web auction, they wanted you to go to Ebay.com, and Ebay only. Bidder's Edge was allowing people to find auction sites they had never heard of, and Ebay (with it's huge mindshare) didn't like it.
Very nicely put, and truly, the crux of the matter. The discussions of the legalities and analogies and possible precedents are fascinating for sure, but I think its a sure bet nobody at ebay is cogitating like this - all they give a shit about is keeping the golden goose to themselves.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
<tongue firmly in cheek>
It occurs to me that if one stands back from the jargon and abstractions we've developed to describe things we "do", then it's easily seen that nobody is trespassing, nobody is gaining access to anything, nobody is going anywhere. All thats happening is people are using machinery to send impulses across wires. Now lets talk about who owns packets.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Costing them money by running crawlers? How's that?
I think he means costing them in the sense that a certain number of people are surfing and viewing banners over at bidder's edge where they can get info on ebay auctions, rather than navigating ebay and viewing thiers. The assumption being that if ebay auction data was NOT available anywhere but ebay, those folks would be at ebay racking up ebays eyeball count instead of at bidder's edge.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Relax. Take a deeeep breath. Can you say "tongue-in-cheek"? Idiot.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Its an old Simpsons thing.
It has nothing to do with the Simpsons. You didn't follow the link. It was a repost of the story on BBSpot, which he linked to in the first line of his post. (duh)
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Anything with that much mass not being used for carrying of equipment/goods should be denied from consumer purchase.
Same argument can be made about computers: Anything with that kind of power and complexity should be denied from consumer purchase. In another discussion recently someone posted an opinion that people ought to be able to pass an exam to buy a computer.
This all reminded me of a line from the Steve Martin movie 'Parenthood', which I paraphrase:
"You gotta have a special license to buy an SUV, but they'll let any old butt-reamin' idiot become a computer owner..."
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Ahah! A therapist!
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Oh come on, the guy doesn't profess to be a genius or even to be taken seriously:
- Here are raw feelings and thoughts typed in to the beat of loud, raccous music. They are not meant to be taken seriously. If you are in doubt as to what is humor, truth, crap, or absurdity there is always feedback.
Delusions of web design cluefulness aside, the kid is alright.Besides, didn't his dad play drums for Iron Butterfly?
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Oh come on, the guy doesn't profess to be a genius or even to be taken seriously:
- Here are raw feelings and thoughts typed in to the beat of loud, raccous music. They are not meant to be taken seriously. If you are in doubt as to what is humor, truth, crap, or absurdity there is always feedback.
Delusions of web design cluefulness aside, the kid is alright.Besides, didn't his dad play drums for Iron Butterfly?
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Gonna keep some CA's (Carnivore Admins) hopping if the box is Windows-based.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
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"Never attribute to penis that which can reasonably explained by cigar?"
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Do you know why your Windows computer crashed the last time it did?
But of course. It was the VXD error in " " which caused a page fault at 3a77bfff::7acc3246. Dumbass! :-)
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
So, if I need to log in for some really important reason (e.g. I want to log back in before the rm -rf / does too much more damage), your system will detect that, and prevent me from logging in?
As a Microsoft Software Designer{tm}, I can tell you that we would write a Wizard{tm} which would methodically determine the exact nature of your distress via a series of simple dialog boxes. But of course, due to the underlying design superiority of our OS products, many important system tasks such as deleting the file system are commonly available to users, so the point is moot.
Innovation. UNIX doesn't get it.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
Biolink said it is currently developing an upgrade which would combine technologies from several partners to enable the real-time collection, transmission and storage of DNA profiles and other data.
"The mouse is second only to the keyboard as a natural collection site for users hair, skin flakes, nail clippings, and traces of any controlled substances being used while online." said J. Mimpton Cleeb III, Director of Research & Development. "Our piece is ready, we're only waiting to close deals with our potential partners".
Sources say Biolink is negotiating deals with Real Networks and AOL/Netscape for the data transport functionality, and the FBI for data storage and archival services.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up
[First Voice] Napster is just a facilitation for crime.
[Second Voice] True, true. Microsoft is just a facilitation for innovation.
[Third Voice] Waaaazzzzzzzaaaaaaaaappppp?
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PGP, not GPG
It was an encrypted message. :-)
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ZDNET is asking if reviews are bought and paid for???? That is fucking funny!
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This seems more than a bit illogical to me.
Granted, but: it ain't got nuttin to do with logic. RIAA doesn't give a fuck about anything but preserving the life of the golden goose.
What's rocked me on my heels is finding that Hatch, that old homo-hater and paragon of most of what sucks about politics, actually seems to give a shit.
"I will gladly pay you today, sir, and eat up