That's still work and you should pay taxes on that quarter, yesiree!
back when i was young, a quarter could buy quite a few items down at the local general store. my, i could buy a few pounds of caramel corn, some gee-willies or a doodley-snack.
Heh, so are you complementing me or insulting me with that first statement?:) I don't agree with the tactics used by the music industry to combat p2p, and i do have problems with widespread litigiousness. laws such as the california anti-spam law is just the same as taxing it. they just move the administrative costs to the taxpayers who enlists lawyers that smell the money who in turn sues the spammer, etc, etc. also, one spam does not cost me $1000 in lost productivity, and if it does to anyone, i'm sure they have a secretary reading their e-mail for them.
maybe more like $10 or $20 per spam. of course, this isn't enough money to draw the lawyers to sue the spammers, so...
"According to an Assembly analysis, the spammer could be fined $1,000 per unwanted e-mail or $1 million per incident, whichever was less, plus actual damages to the recipient. An incident is defined in the bill as "a single transmission of substantially similar content."
Spam would go from annoying menance to lawyer-feeding-frenzy.
Example: Most people get like 10 spams a day. That's $10,000. Wait 10 days and that's $100,000. Wait 100 days and that's a cool million.
Yeah, the spammers are outside of california's jurisdiction, but database errors and the like could make quite a few people millionaires. Scary stuff, IMHO
With more than 100,000 brains, arms, hearts and genitalia that can individually regenerate the original beast with a few e-mails. Linux can't die, no matter how much FUD and the like gets tossed out by people like Gates. It's similar to saying you can kill p2p. Whatever. Linux is here to stay.
This to me sounds pretty loaded. At first glance I took it to mean that the EFF is happy that massive copyright violations are taking place. I like free music as much as the next person, but this statement makes the EFF's thoughts on p2p sound more controversial than they really are.
Selling the TV and buying a farm is a great idea, but for those that don't, marketers will adjust to the new ad climate. At the end of the article it says that companies will just spend more money on things like product placement and program sponsorship.
The best thing that could come of this would be TV free of most commercials. Unfortunately, this would probably lead to shows that are unwatchable as they would contain so many "ad-ettes" (pop-up ads ala TLC, product placement, etc). Guess there's always the movies....no, wait...
better ads!!! Woohoo! Now when I visit the relatives they'll make me laugh with their epic stories of this funniest commerial or that one with the dog!!! Yeah! Go TiVo!
SYDNEY--Four teenage boys were found clinging to life today, after being thrown through 98 windows in a normally quiet suburban Sydney.
"We don't know for sure who did it, but this looks like the work of the MSDS--the Microsoft Defenestration Squad," said a Syndey Police Department spokesperson
The boys alledgedly had developed an easy way to circumvent the anti-piracy controls on Microsoft's game console, the X-Box. Reportedly, they tried to blackmail Microsoft with the information to try get a version of the Linux operating system to run on the X-Box. Microsoft never reponded to their blackmail.
The MSDS is wanted in 56 countries for a wide range of crimes. Everything from extortion stemming from unreasonable licensing agreements, to the now familiar chucking-folks-out-the-windows routine used to discourage competitors.
Sydney hospital officials say that the boys are making a good recovery and will be released by the end of the next week.
Slashdot Mirror
From the guy's ethical AI patent: "...overseen by a master control unit-expert system..."
it's the MCP!
End of Line.
spells SKYNET!!!
The "we will bury you" wasn't a threat advocating violence, but more like "we will kick your ass" economically. Or so my polysci teacher said...
Hey, someone made a Sean Conneryizer that translates slashdot into Sean Connery speak! This makesh dupesh intereshting!!
That's still work and you should pay taxes on that quarter, yesiree!
back when i was young, a quarter could buy quite a few items down at the local general store. my, i could buy a few pounds of caramel corn, some gee-willies or a doodley-snack.
The bums didn't have a "free" room 'cause they paid a quarter for it!
*hungrily waits for cookies*
The peek-a-booty project is a lot less interesting than I would imagine...
Heh, so are you complementing me or insulting me with that first statement?:) I don't agree with the tactics used by the music industry to combat p2p, and i do have problems with widespread litigiousness. laws such as the california anti-spam law is just the same as taxing it. they just move the administrative costs to the taxpayers who enlists lawyers that smell the money who in turn sues the spammer, etc, etc. also, one spam does not cost me $1000 in lost productivity, and if it does to anyone, i'm sure they have a secretary reading their e-mail for them.
maybe more like $10 or $20 per spam. of course, this isn't enough money to draw the lawyers to sue the spammers, so...
"According to an Assembly analysis, the spammer could be fined $1,000 per unwanted e-mail or $1 million per incident, whichever was less, plus actual damages to the recipient. An incident is defined in the bill as "a single transmission of substantially similar content."
Spam would go from annoying menance to lawyer-feeding-frenzy.
Example: Most people get like 10 spams a day. That's $10,000. Wait 10 days and that's $100,000. Wait 100 days and that's a cool million.
Yeah, the spammers are outside of california's jurisdiction, but database errors and the like could make quite a few people millionaires. Scary stuff, IMHO
"...that gung-ho millionaires are more free to take risks because they 'don't represent a nation; [they] represent humanity.'"
hmmmm...nope. lost me on that one...
Piracy over profit!
With more than 100,000 brains, arms, hearts and genitalia that can individually regenerate the original beast with a few e-mails. Linux can't die, no matter how much FUD and the like gets tossed out by people like Gates. It's similar to saying you can kill p2p. Whatever. Linux is here to stay.
Microsoft on the other hand...
Windows CE & Linux? Oh the irony!!!
This to me sounds pretty loaded. At first glance I took it to mean that the EFF is happy that massive copyright violations are taking place. I like free music as much as the next person, but this statement makes the EFF's thoughts on p2p sound more controversial than they really are.
Yeah, and sometimes I read it as "McFly."
What? Callista Flockheart? Huh?
SCO very interesting!!!!
Selling the TV and buying a farm is a great idea, but for those that don't, marketers will adjust to the new ad climate. At the end of the article it says that companies will just spend more money on things like product placement and program sponsorship.
The best thing that could come of this would be TV free of most commercials. Unfortunately, this would probably lead to shows that are unwatchable as they would contain so many "ad-ettes" (pop-up ads ala TLC, product placement, etc). Guess there's always the movies....no, wait...
did i coin a new word?
better ads!!! Woohoo! Now when I visit the relatives they'll make me laugh with their epic stories of this funniest commerial or that one with the dog!!! Yeah! Go TiVo!
..end sarcasm...
SYDNEY--Four teenage boys were found clinging to life today, after being thrown through 98 windows in a normally quiet suburban Sydney.
"We don't know for sure who did it, but this looks like the work of the MSDS--the Microsoft Defenestration Squad," said a Syndey Police Department spokesperson
The boys alledgedly had developed an easy way to circumvent the anti-piracy controls on Microsoft's game console, the X-Box. Reportedly, they tried to blackmail Microsoft with the information to try get a version of the Linux operating system to run on the X-Box. Microsoft never reponded to their blackmail.
The MSDS is wanted in 56 countries for a wide range of crimes. Everything from extortion stemming from unreasonable licensing agreements, to the now familiar chucking-folks-out-the-windows routine used to discourage competitors.
Sydney hospital officials say that the boys are making a good recovery and will be released by the end of the next week.
This might get modded down as redundant, but the threat the article speaks of is something entirely different and totally game-independent.
Link to IMDB
So every time I store my inflight snack in nature's pocket and the guards find out about it, I'll still get the gloves....great...Juuuuuuust great....
"So what changed in 1984? Who, or what, caused the change?
Wal-Mart."
the Good Enough Diploma!!!