Twist the situation around... imagine installing an exploit onto Sony's internal network, without their permission, then get caught. Wanna bet the judge is going to let you off with a $7.50 punishment?
The biggest problem with SUVs, traditionally and still, is that they tend to roll over
Not from my point of view... their problem is this: the SUV usually wins. From my meager time in life, I've seen plenty of reckless drivers. Not all of them were teenagers... I've seen my share of reckless soccer moms, businessmen, and delivery drivers. Quite a few of these drive heavier vehicles. I suppose it makes them feel safer, being in a heavier vehicle (which they probably are).
They continue their reckless driving habits, however, now becoming that much more of a threat to the general populace driving smaller cars. They may be more likely to survive, but they're decreasing the chance of survival for everybody else.
Until everybody "wises up", goes out and buys an heavier vehicle... at which point we're right back at square one, with worse gas mileage.
Makes me wonder about the legality of recording online radio. Nobody seems to be making a fuss about this... I can record (via streamripper or the like) and edit the tags manually. Usually requires some cleaning up, but it works.
As far as I know, there's no way they can stop this.
Supposing they shut down all the 'net radio, I could always pick up a high definition radio (my local country radio station just went HD), and run a cord from a headphone jack into the line-in on my soundcard, manually snipping the tracks & entering in the tag info. A lot of effort, really, but it's worth it in my opinion. I've heard complaints about the sound quality degradation, too... Considering I don't mind the quality of most of my 128Kb/s MP3s (supposedly comparable to the final results of copying from the line-in), I'll be happy with the results
Nah... the v is present in both, so the v in the minuend would be rendered null by the subtrahend.
Unless you're considering v to be a unit of measure, at which point it would better syntax to place the v at the end of the amount, rather than at the front.
He's got thirteen channels of wrestling Comin' in strong from a satellite send A two hundred function remote control Big screen TV with stereo Football, baseball, nascar too With picture in a picture it's all in view And if it comes on just a little too late With his VCR's he'll get it on tape.
He's a high-tech redneck Mayberry meets Startrek He's a bumpkin' but he's plugged in He's a high-tech redneck.
--- Instrumental ---
He's got twenty sub-woofers in the back of his truck A thousand watts of power and he keeps it cranked up He ain't into hip hop, he ain't into rap He likes to rattle them speakers with Ronnie Milsap CD cassette digital tape, CB radar and scannin' short wave And if he needs to talk to his honey at home He just dials up her number on his cellular phone
He's a high-tech redneck Mayberry meets Startrek He's a bumpkin' but he's plugged in He's a high-tech redneck.
He's a high-tech redneck Mayberry meets Startrek He's a bumpkin' but he's plugged in He's a high-tech redneck...
I don't know where you're located, so it's hard to see where you're basing your reasoning off from. I'm located in the northeast, in Upstate NY. About an hour's drive away from Massachusetts. Within a few hours drive, I can reach Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, etc. That's well within the reasonable reaches of a small business... I've known quite a few people (myself included) who will drive a few hours to get something that they desire enough (in my case, it was a '96 or '97 Outback Impreza Sport with less than a 100,000 miles on the odometer). Most small businesses I know actually manufacture product... at which point they have several states within a couple days shipment.
By nationalizing the law you're making it cost the same to do business in multiple states as it costs to do business in one state.
I agree with that statement. I don't believe that making it "cost the same to do business in multiple states" will hurt small businesses. Say each corporation requires the equivalent one lawyer, full-time, to take care of the intricacies involved in doing business in multiple states (yeah, I'm simplifying it quite a bit, but it's for the sake of an example). Seems to me that a big business would be able to absorb the cost of retaining that lawyer more easily than a small business.
...you're taking away the ability of individual states to customize the law to the needs of their citizens.
No. I'd be taking away the ability of individual states to customize this particular facet of the law. I realize fully that there are situations where a state's law should be paramount. There are others where a national law should preside. I believe that this is one of those examples of where a national law would benefit small businesses more than large.
The closest personal example I can give concerns that used Subaru I was looking for. I traveled as far as New Hampshire, three and a half hours away, looking for this particular (and rather stringent) model and year. I could not find one for sale, at a reasonable price with reasonable mileage, within my home state of NY. I found several out of state, but had the purchase of each complicated by problems arising from dealing with multiple states. Each state (with the exception of NH), wanted to charge a sales tax, which amounted to several hundered dollars. Some states would allow a refund, but only after wading through a mass of paperwork (which, from the description given, sounds like it would have taken months). I'm only one man, with limited resources, and I would not have been able to tie up several hundred dollars for several months. Someone more wealthier than I may have been able to.
These problems continued, from obtaining an interstate transit permit (which some states would recognize, some won't), to the various warranties provided by each state (some had 30 day, some had none at all). I finally ended up settling for an Legacy Outback that was less than a mile away. All these rules and regulations prevented me from finding the car that I wanted, and supporting a dealer or garage that had the car that I wanted.
In most situations, I'd agree with you... I'm not a big fan of big business. But this might hurt small business more than it would hurt big business. A small business may not be able to afford to cut/sort through all the different laws required to do business in multiple states... whereas a big business could more easily absorb the cost. I don't like that.
OT: Last I knew, the 'H' in 'IMHO' stood for honest, emphasizing that the speaker is stressing that he's not putting one over on you (whether he actually is or not is another question).
Put humble in place of honest, and you turn a lot of posters into hypocrites.
I must be an exception then. In my meager driving experience of 5 years or so, I've gotten three tickets:
1. Speeding on a highway, 82 mph in a 65 zone.
2. Parking in a handicapped spot without a handicapped tag.
3. Failing to come to a complete stop before making a right on red.
All three times, the charges were reduced to a simple parking ticket, with an appropriate fine ($120, $50, $100 respectively). All I had to do is send in the ticket, pleading not guilty, stating my side of the story.
In each case, the judge seemed more interested in receiving the revenue from the fine than anything else. In each case, the charge was reduced to a non-moving violation, which prevented my insurance company from raising my rates (which would've hurt a lot worse than a simple fine). In each case, my prior driving record was brought up, I assume to ensure that I was not a legitimate menace to society.
I assume that once it's established that I'm not a menace, each judge was willing to reduce my penalties to something more reasonable, assuming I was willing to accept that, and not "waste his time" anymore.
Works for me;o). 'Course, this could just be the attitude in Upstate NY, and differ around the country (and world, for that matter).
I run Linux mainly because I like buttons, dials, and switches. I want to be able to change this, and see what happens... fiddle with that, and watch as this and that changes.
I take pride out of what I assemble, what I've modified, and what I've changed. I like someone looking at my desktop, and saying "Never seen that before. What's this?"
I want the ability to do all that. I don't want a mega-corporation in charge of deciding what I can change, and what I can't.
To me, that's cool. Your definition of cool might differ, at which point you'll figure it's not cool. That's ok... you do your thing, I'll do mine.
Or, if you're someone like me and can't resist the urge to "clicky", make sure you've got a spare terminal open... just kill the firefox process. Or fire up a virtual terminal, and do the same.
If you're on Windows, good luck... I haven't the guts (or whatever it'll take) to try that on my XP system.
Yep. I'm not sure it reduces the conductivity to the point where you'd want to bathe electronics in it, however. I imagine it breaks down also, since "they" recommend changing it every so often (though if it sits at near room temp... *shrug*).
Main purpose antifreeze has is just that... lower the freezing point of the coolant so that when the environmental temp. drops below freezing, the coolant doesn't freeze too, and split your block in the process. It also raises the boiling temp, preventing the coolant from becoming steam.
Imagine the howls of rage from the tinfoil hatted, middle-class, Slashdot Geek if the government were to back with all it's power a standard Linux distro for everyone.
Howl with rage? I think not. I might celebrate, then I might cringe with the bewildering cries of "What's Linux?"
Now if they forced me to use a specific distro... then I might "howl with rage."
Makes me wonder what would be more expensive... sueing him (assuming they can), or porting a Linux client?
'Cause as far as I'm concerned, that's a large portion of the issue here. RIAA not withstanding, all I have to do to get DRM-less & free music is fire up my favorite P2P app. By definition, anybody who wants free music won't be using Jon's app. Someone who's running Linux and would like a legit (semi... at least someone's gettin' paid, right?) music service definitely would.
What I want is a Linux-compatible music service that carries country music (talk about a minority, huh? *grin*). Jon might have provided that for me. iTunes sure hasn't. Neither has Napster. Anybody who has a decent country collection available for purchase doesn't have a Linux client. Anybody who has a Linux client doesn't have a decent country collection (go figure).
What other option do I have? Go back to Windows? Yeah, right.
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...if there's a market for non-DRM hardware, you'll be able to buy it.
Unless Big Business puts enough money into the government to legislate it out of existence.
And maybe, just maybe... that's one aspect of our judicial system that's gone horribly wrong.
If we're going to use logic, then don't bury humans because it teaches worms to attack us.
;o)
On the other hand, it's really easy to defend ourselves against worms... just makes sure we're on the top of the ground, and not buried underneath it.
See? No worries
That sounds fair to me.
For installing an exploit onto your system?
Twist the situation around... imagine installing an exploit onto Sony's internal network, without their permission, then get caught. Wanna bet the judge is going to let you off with a $7.50 punishment?
Didn't think so.
The biggest problem with SUVs, traditionally and still, is that they tend to roll over
Not from my point of view... their problem is this: the SUV usually wins. From my meager time in life, I've seen plenty of reckless drivers. Not all of them were teenagers... I've seen my share of reckless soccer moms, businessmen, and delivery drivers. Quite a few of these drive heavier vehicles. I suppose it makes them feel safer, being in a heavier vehicle (which they probably are).
They continue their reckless driving habits, however, now becoming that much more of a threat to the general populace driving smaller cars. They may be more likely to survive, but they're decreasing the chance of survival for everybody else.
Until everybody "wises up", goes out and buys an heavier vehicle... at which point we're right back at square one, with worse gas mileage.
At least they're admitting it...
Makes me wonder about the legality of recording online radio. Nobody seems to be making a fuss about this... I can record (via streamripper or the like) and edit the tags manually. Usually requires some cleaning up, but it works.
As far as I know, there's no way they can stop this.
Supposing they shut down all the 'net radio, I could always pick up a high definition radio (my local country radio station just went HD), and run a cord from a headphone jack into the line-in on my soundcard, manually snipping the tracks & entering in the tag info. A lot of effort, really, but it's worth it in my opinion. I've heard complaints about the sound quality degradation, too... Considering I don't mind the quality of most of my 128Kb/s MP3s (supposedly comparable to the final results of copying from the line-in), I'll be happy with the results
Nah... the v is present in both, so the v in the minuend would be rendered null by the subtrahend.
Unless you're considering v to be a unit of measure, at which point it would better syntax to place the v at the end of the amount, rather than at the front.
He's got thirteen channels of wrestling
Comin' in strong from a satellite send
A two hundred function remote control
Big screen TV with stereo
Football, baseball, nascar too
With picture in a picture it's all in view
And if it comes on just a little too late
With his VCR's he'll get it on tape.
He's a high-tech redneck
Mayberry meets Startrek
He's a bumpkin' but he's plugged in
He's a high-tech redneck.
--- Instrumental ---
He's got twenty sub-woofers in the back of his truck
A thousand watts of power and he keeps it cranked up
He ain't into hip hop, he ain't into rap
He likes to rattle them speakers with Ronnie Milsap
CD cassette digital tape, CB radar and scannin' short wave
And if he needs to talk to his honey at home
He just dials up her number on his cellular phone
He's a high-tech redneck
Mayberry meets Startrek
He's a bumpkin' but he's plugged in
He's a high-tech redneck.
He's a high-tech redneck
Mayberry meets Startrek
He's a bumpkin' but he's plugged in
He's a high-tech redneck...
I don't know where you're located, so it's hard to see where you're basing your reasoning off from. I'm located in the northeast, in Upstate NY. About an hour's drive away from Massachusetts. Within a few hours drive, I can reach Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, etc. That's well within the reasonable reaches of a small business... I've known quite a few people (myself included) who will drive a few hours to get something that they desire enough (in my case, it was a '96 or '97 Outback Impreza Sport with less than a 100,000 miles on the odometer). Most small businesses I know actually manufacture product... at which point they have several states within a couple days shipment.
...you're taking away the ability of individual states to customize the law to the needs of their citizens.
By nationalizing the law you're making it cost the same to do business in multiple states as it costs to do business in one state.
I agree with that statement. I don't believe that making it "cost the same to do business in multiple states" will hurt small businesses. Say each corporation requires the equivalent one lawyer, full-time, to take care of the intricacies involved in doing business in multiple states (yeah, I'm simplifying it quite a bit, but it's for the sake of an example). Seems to me that a big business would be able to absorb the cost of retaining that lawyer more easily than a small business.
No. I'd be taking away the ability of individual states to customize this particular facet of the law. I realize fully that there are situations where a state's law should be paramount. There are others where a national law should preside. I believe that this is one of those examples of where a national law would benefit small businesses more than large.
The closest personal example I can give concerns that used Subaru I was looking for. I traveled as far as New Hampshire, three and a half hours away, looking for this particular (and rather stringent) model and year. I could not find one for sale, at a reasonable price with reasonable mileage, within my home state of NY. I found several out of state, but had the purchase of each complicated by problems arising from dealing with multiple states. Each state (with the exception of NH), wanted to charge a sales tax, which amounted to several hundered dollars. Some states would allow a refund, but only after wading through a mass of paperwork (which, from the description given, sounds like it would have taken months). I'm only one man, with limited resources, and I would not have been able to tie up several hundred dollars for several months. Someone more wealthier than I may have been able to.
These problems continued, from obtaining an interstate transit permit (which some states would recognize, some won't), to the various warranties provided by each state (some had 30 day, some had none at all). I finally ended up settling for an Legacy Outback that was less than a mile away. All these rules and regulations prevented me from finding the car that I wanted, and supporting a dealer or garage that had the car that I wanted.
In most situations, I'd agree with you... I'm not a big fan of big business. But this might hurt small business more than it would hurt big business. A small business may not be able to afford to cut/sort through all the different laws required to do business in multiple states... whereas a big business could more easily absorb the cost. I don't like that.
OT: Last I knew, the 'H' in 'IMHO' stood for honest, emphasizing that the speaker is stressing that he's not putting one over on you (whether he actually is or not is another question).
Put humble in place of honest, and you turn a lot of posters into hypocrites.
And how rough is the rough in roughly spherical?
*grins and ducks out the door*
I must be an exception then. In my meager driving experience of 5 years or so, I've gotten three tickets:
;o). 'Course, this could just be the attitude in Upstate NY, and differ around the country (and world, for that matter).
1. Speeding on a highway, 82 mph in a 65 zone.
2. Parking in a handicapped spot without a handicapped tag.
3. Failing to come to a complete stop before making a right on red.
All three times, the charges were reduced to a simple parking ticket, with an appropriate fine ($120, $50, $100 respectively). All I had to do is send in the ticket, pleading not guilty, stating my side of the story.
In each case, the judge seemed more interested in receiving the revenue from the fine than anything else. In each case, the charge was reduced to a non-moving violation, which prevented my insurance company from raising my rates (which would've hurt a lot worse than a simple fine). In each case, my prior driving record was brought up, I assume to ensure that I was not a legitimate menace to society.
I assume that once it's established that I'm not a menace, each judge was willing to reduce my penalties to something more reasonable, assuming I was willing to accept that, and not "waste his time" anymore.
Works for me
Cooler? Maybe. Depends on your definition.
Configurable? Yes.
I run Linux mainly because I like buttons, dials, and switches. I want to be able to change this, and see what happens... fiddle with that, and watch as this and that changes.
I take pride out of what I assemble, what I've modified, and what I've changed. I like someone looking at my desktop, and saying "Never seen that before. What's this?"
I want the ability to do all that. I don't want a mega-corporation in charge of deciding what I can change, and what I can't.
To me, that's cool. Your definition of cool might differ, at which point you'll figure it's not cool. That's ok... you do your thing, I'll do mine.
Not to mention trying to figure out where all those holes in security came from and patching them.
Yeah, that makes sense. Pawn the cost of fixing your security holes on the guy who found them.
If my house ever gets burglarized, I'm going to try to get the burglar to pay the contractor to fix the "hole" the burglar got in through.
Or, if you're someone like me and can't resist the urge to "clicky", make sure you've got a spare terminal open... just kill the firefox process. Or fire up a virtual terminal, and do the same.
If you're on Windows, good luck... I haven't the guts (or whatever it'll take) to try that on my XP system.
Gee... when you look at how many people die from automobile accidents each day (An average of 114 people die each day in car crashes in the U.S.), 1-10 deaths per launch, caused by the resulting fallout, doesn't seem all that much.
I suppose it depends on what kind of spin the media puts on it...
*cough* Tesla *cough*
Yep. I'm not sure it reduces the conductivity to the point where you'd want to bathe electronics in it, however. I imagine it breaks down also, since "they" recommend changing it every so often (though if it sits at near room temp... *shrug*). Main purpose antifreeze has is just that... lower the freezing point of the coolant so that when the environmental temp. drops below freezing, the coolant doesn't freeze too, and split your block in the process. It also raises the boiling temp, preventing the coolant from becoming steam.
Nah... those will be provided by the user ;o)
BSODs are pretty much a thing of the past...
;o)
On the other hand, I agree with everything else you said.
I suppose these are why you chose "pretty much," huh?
Imagine the howls of rage from the tinfoil hatted, middle-class, Slashdot Geek if the government were to back with all it's power a standard Linux distro for everyone.
Howl with rage? I think not. I might celebrate, then I might cringe with the bewildering cries of "What's Linux?"
Now if they forced me to use a specific distro... then I might "howl with rage."
Makes me wonder what would be more expensive... sueing him (assuming they can), or porting a Linux client?
'Cause as far as I'm concerned, that's a large portion of the issue here. RIAA not withstanding, all I have to do to get DRM-less & free music is fire up my favorite P2P app. By definition, anybody who wants free music won't be using Jon's app. Someone who's running Linux and would like a legit (semi... at least someone's gettin' paid, right?) music service definitely would.
What I want is a Linux-compatible music service that carries country music (talk about a minority, huh? *grin*). Jon might have provided that for me. iTunes sure hasn't. Neither has Napster. Anybody who has a decent country collection available for purchase doesn't have a Linux client. Anybody who has a Linux client doesn't have a decent country collection (go figure).
What other option do I have? Go back to Windows? Yeah, right.
Sounds more like undergoing chemo to kill cancer... just gotta hope that it kills the cancer before it kills you.
Or so I've heard, anyhow.