Here in America, a company is legally an entity, possessing most of the legal rights of a human being, and so is singular. I don't know that they are, in Britain.
It makes sense if you think about the fact that Amazon is made up of many people, not just one. It's like saying 'The Who have finished their tour' rather than 'The Who has finished its tour.' Which makes more sense?
That's all over my head, for sure, but it seemed to me that all he was saying is that kqueue, epoll, and SIGIO as a class were far and away better than just poll.
Well, y'know, it's an article about Chenbro. So... If you wrote an article about, say, Ford, or Intel, you might talk a lot about Intel this and Intel that. In fact, Tom's did an article back in the day where they toured an AMB fab, and you know? They said 'AMD' a whole lot there too!
That said, while I strongly doubt cash money was exchanged, I expect Chenbro paid airfare and so on.
They'd be tossed out because I'll bet you good money Verizon et al have never actually said 'Faster Free Copyrighted Music Downloads!' but rather 'Faster Downloads,' which really falls under the same category as advertising a fast car: It's not false advertising, because it will go that fast, but you may not be able to go that fast in all cases because of other laws.
And you're right, it's bad PR, but I just don't think the story would be a big one. Go ahead and ask around your family, see how many of them can explain to you the circumstances of either this or the previous suit by the telcos against the RIAA. I'll bet you're in the minority in being able to. I know in my family I am.
Those suits would almost certainly be tossed out, as all the ISP is doing is failing to contest something they are legally required to do. Verizon could have simply passed on the info required in the subpoena rather than challenging it, and aside from a minor PR hit, most people wouldn't notice. Tell me, which ISPs didn't fight those subpoenas? Can you name five?
You're right, though, that fighting the subpoenas is great PR for Verizon. I'm not sure it's worth the legal fees, but it's something.
This is, after all, the same Verizon that spent who knows how much in legal fees fighting the RIAA's right to subpoena information on their customers at all. So if it's a cost issue, it's enlightened self-interest: They believe that customers choose them for the value-added of privacy. I don't think their decisions make economic sense on only that basis. Love 'em or hate 'em, I think they're operating out of pride: We're the phone companies, and any hacker, phreaker, or record label trade group who crosses us is going down. But once again I could be wrong.
Or just walk in and say that you usually charge $X an hour, but since you want to retain control and you might be developing it anyway you're willing to negotiate.
On the other hand, if they hauled you in and brought you to trial, I think many juries would conclude that the possibility that someone else placed it there constitutes a reasonable doubt.
However, if they search your house afterwards, and you have a huge stash, well, sucks to be you.
About 1/600th of one percent, according to uncited statistics that say 40% of filesharers are overseas. Should be accurate enough for these purposes, though. If you need real numbers, do your own research, or at least get in touch with folks who have, rather than counting on/.
Notice I said many anarchists, because I know there are many crypto- and rational anarchists, as well as Randists and other breeds, who are right-wing, rather than the communal/communist sorts who make up the (debatable) majority. And I really only included them to be complete. So let me say this: Many anarchists are right-wing, many are left-wing, and even more split their views oddly along the spectrum. And falling on the no-forced-organization end of the spectrum doesn't mean you can't join an organization... Just that you don't want to be forced to. I love unions, for instance, but I dislike the idea that in order to work certain places I have to join certain unions. I do understand why, though... I'm not arguing with you, just making that distinction.
I'd disagree, though, in that I consider the 'right' in American mainstream politics to be right-of-center in most ways, but decidedly liberal in the question of how much say the government has in social issues. And then farther along the spectrum come libertarians, with whom I consider myself loosely affiliated. But yes, I agree with the sentiment.
Technically, libertarians, minarchists, and many anarchists are right-wing. They simply don't share the social agenda we associate with the right. The most simple and least inflamatory way I can think of to characterize the difference is to say that leftists want fairness, rightists want freedom. Of course, that's a gross oversimplification, so please don't flame me... I know that both ends of the spectrum want both things. In fact, it might be better to say that leftists think fairness leads to freedom, rightists think freedom leads to fairness. Still an oversimplification, though.
Glad you're an idiot. Thermometers, no thermometers, THE WOMAN NEEDED SKIN GRAFTS. Doctors don't give you skin grafts for pain. I'd take cold coffee every day of my life before I'd take skin grafts.
While I agree with your point, in fact the woman in question needed skin grafts, so bad were her burns. In addition, that McDonalds had been warned several times about the excessive temperatures of their coffee (you can get more out of the beans that way, but it's not safe to serve without allowing it to cool first).
You're missing the point of the sex analogy. It doesn't apply to the situation as a whole, it merely establishes that there are cases (this may or may not be one of them) where the normal price for something (sex or an audit) may not be adequate when that is forced upon you without consent.
Okay, but that's almost circular logic. Windows isn't inherently bad, nor is Linux inherently good. If Windows was secure, and at least as user friendly as it is now, then assuming price wasn't a problem and you didn't have RMS-like moral qualms (and a lot of people take a pragmatic view of that, myself included. Open software has benefits in terms of design and security, but if closed software can outperform it...) there would be no reason not to use Windows.
Well, self-interest can be enlightened. It isn't always, but... If you want a full explanation, you should probably look it up. Basically, enlightened self-interest is when you do something that benefits the greater good because it also benefits you. Like supporting artists, because you want to live in a beautiful city, or funding sanitation or medical research because beds for lepers means less lepers on the streets, and so less chance that you might catch leprosy. That sort of thing.
related to corn related to toys related to McDonalds related to church related to paper related to your mom?
Also money. We live in a capitalist system. You can argue that it's not pure capitalist, and you're right, but the fact remains that everything in out society comes back to money, and hence you can tie anything together by claiming the common link is money. Good things and bad. You could make some sort of thesis about greed, but on the other hand enlightened self-interest does a lot of good, and what exactly is the difference? I'm not sure.
I was merely commenting that 'Protestant' actually is a denomination. And I read the site, they're not Catholic, and not Orthodox, and they seem to have descended ideologically from Luther's ideas, thus making them Protestants of one stripe or another.
But on the other hand, the site in question is arranged so you only have to pan once for each page of text... Granted, it's not smooth like scrolling, but if you wanted discrete pages rather than the more fluid scrolling arrangement, you might consider that an advantage... I actually liked it, the only downside I see is that the mousewheel won't wor, and that's fixable...
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Here in America, a company is legally an entity, possessing most of the legal rights of a human being, and so is singular. I don't know that they are, in Britain. It makes sense if you think about the fact that Amazon is made up of many people, not just one. It's like saying 'The Who have finished their tour' rather than 'The Who has finished its tour.' Which makes more sense?
Why bother with your sig? You can say the same thing much more efficiently: 'This sentence is a lie.'
That's all over my head, for sure, but it seemed to me that all he was saying is that kqueue, epoll, and SIGIO as a class were far and away better than just poll.
I think they meant 'enmity,' a hatred, grudge, or dislike.
Well, y'know, it's an article about Chenbro. So... If you wrote an article about, say, Ford, or Intel, you might talk a lot about Intel this and Intel that. In fact, Tom's did an article back in the day where they toured an AMB fab, and you know? They said 'AMD' a whole lot there too! That said, while I strongly doubt cash money was exchanged, I expect Chenbro paid airfare and so on.
They'd be tossed out because I'll bet you good money Verizon et al have never actually said 'Faster Free Copyrighted Music Downloads!' but rather 'Faster Downloads,' which really falls under the same category as advertising a fast car: It's not false advertising, because it will go that fast, but you may not be able to go that fast in all cases because of other laws. And you're right, it's bad PR, but I just don't think the story would be a big one. Go ahead and ask around your family, see how many of them can explain to you the circumstances of either this or the previous suit by the telcos against the RIAA. I'll bet you're in the minority in being able to. I know in my family I am.
Those suits would almost certainly be tossed out, as all the ISP is doing is failing to contest something they are legally required to do. Verizon could have simply passed on the info required in the subpoena rather than challenging it, and aside from a minor PR hit, most people wouldn't notice. Tell me, which ISPs didn't fight those subpoenas? Can you name five? You're right, though, that fighting the subpoenas is great PR for Verizon. I'm not sure it's worth the legal fees, but it's something.
This is, after all, the same Verizon that spent who knows how much in legal fees fighting the RIAA's right to subpoena information on their customers at all. So if it's a cost issue, it's enlightened self-interest: They believe that customers choose them for the value-added of privacy. I don't think their decisions make economic sense on only that basis. Love 'em or hate 'em, I think they're operating out of pride: We're the phone companies, and any hacker, phreaker, or record label trade group who crosses us is going down. But once again I could be wrong.
Or just walk in and say that you usually charge $X an hour, but since you want to retain control and you might be developing it anyway you're willing to negotiate.
On the other hand, if they hauled you in and brought you to trial, I think many juries would conclude that the possibility that someone else placed it there constitutes a reasonable doubt. However, if they search your house afterwards, and you have a huge stash, well, sucks to be you.
About 1/600th of one percent, according to uncited statistics that say 40% of filesharers are overseas. Should be accurate enough for these purposes, though. If you need real numbers, do your own research, or at least get in touch with folks who have, rather than counting on /.
by posting on /.
Notice I said many anarchists, because I know there are many crypto- and rational anarchists, as well as Randists and other breeds, who are right-wing, rather than the communal/communist sorts who make up the (debatable) majority. And I really only included them to be complete. So let me say this: Many anarchists are right-wing, many are left-wing, and even more split their views oddly along the spectrum. And falling on the no-forced-organization end of the spectrum doesn't mean you can't join an organization... Just that you don't want to be forced to. I love unions, for instance, but I dislike the idea that in order to work certain places I have to join certain unions. I do understand why, though... I'm not arguing with you, just making that distinction.
Thank you. I was a bit nervous posting it, I expected flames, but it seems like I got it right...
I'd disagree, though, in that I consider the 'right' in American mainstream politics to be right-of-center in most ways, but decidedly liberal in the question of how much say the government has in social issues. And then farther along the spectrum come libertarians, with whom I consider myself loosely affiliated. But yes, I agree with the sentiment.
Technically, libertarians, minarchists, and many anarchists are right-wing. They simply don't share the social agenda we associate with the right. The most simple and least inflamatory way I can think of to characterize the difference is to say that leftists want fairness, rightists want freedom. Of course, that's a gross oversimplification, so please don't flame me... I know that both ends of the spectrum want both things. In fact, it might be better to say that leftists think fairness leads to freedom, rightists think freedom leads to fairness. Still an oversimplification, though.
Glad you're an idiot. Thermometers, no thermometers, THE WOMAN NEEDED SKIN GRAFTS. Doctors don't give you skin grafts for pain. I'd take cold coffee every day of my life before I'd take skin grafts.
While I agree with your point, in fact the woman in question needed skin grafts, so bad were her burns. In addition, that McDonalds had been warned several times about the excessive temperatures of their coffee (you can get more out of the beans that way, but it's not safe to serve without allowing it to cool first).
You're missing the point of the sex analogy. It doesn't apply to the situation as a whole, it merely establishes that there are cases (this may or may not be one of them) where the normal price for something (sex or an audit) may not be adequate when that is forced upon you without consent.
Okay, but that's almost circular logic. Windows isn't inherently bad, nor is Linux inherently good. If Windows was secure, and at least as user friendly as it is now, then assuming price wasn't a problem and you didn't have RMS-like moral qualms (and a lot of people take a pragmatic view of that, myself included. Open software has benefits in terms of design and security, but if closed software can outperform it...) there would be no reason not to use Windows.
Well, self-interest can be enlightened. It isn't always, but... If you want a full explanation, you should probably look it up. Basically, enlightened self-interest is when you do something that benefits the greater good because it also benefits you. Like supporting artists, because you want to live in a beautiful city, or funding sanitation or medical research because beds for lepers means less lepers on the streets, and so less chance that you might catch leprosy. That sort of thing.
related to corn related to toys related to McDonalds related to church related to paper related to your mom?
Also money. We live in a capitalist system. You can argue that it's not pure capitalist, and you're right, but the fact remains that everything in out society comes back to money, and hence you can tie anything together by claiming the common link is money. Good things and bad. You could make some sort of thesis about greed, but on the other hand enlightened self-interest does a lot of good, and what exactly is the difference? I'm not sure.
I was merely commenting that 'Protestant' actually is a denomination. And I read the site, they're not Catholic, and not Orthodox, and they seem to have descended ideologically from Luther's ideas, thus making them Protestants of one stripe or another.
'Non-denominational protestantism?' Is that like transnational Americanism?
But on the other hand, the site in question is arranged so you only have to pan once for each page of text... Granted, it's not smooth like scrolling, but if you wanted discrete pages rather than the more fluid scrolling arrangement, you might consider that an advantage... I actually liked it, the only downside I see is that the mousewheel won't wor, and that's fixable...