"But piracy is now good! After all, it helped build Hollywood!"
This article was never intended to condone the earlier actions of Hollywood (or the other groups it mentions) but was instead meant to illustrate the hypocricy of their current actions against the so called "pirates".
Sure it'll help me "to figure out when [I] last saw a particular colleague or what bottle of wine [I] had been drinking that night" but will it help me figure out where I am, who this person is beside me and what kind of tequila got me here?
Exact same issue here. I recently signed up with Astraweb after running into Earthlink's bandwidth "wall". The most frustrating thing about it for me is the fact that Earthlink never mentioned this before I signed up for service and doesn't seem to have any mention of it on their site. It wasn't until I got ahold of a tech that I found out how limited their version of "unlimited" service really is.
Actually, it shouldn't be hard at all to buy a copy of Drunken Master 2. It was released here in the US as "The Legend of Drunken Master." Good luck finding a copy of Drunken Master 1...though to be honest, DM2/LoDM is a better flick.
The bulbs should cost $300 or less and were recently upgraded from 3000hrs to 4000hrs. Nothing was actually changed on the bulb itself; Infocus simply found through testing that 4000hrs was a more acurate figure.
"Asked if the association knew Brianna was 12 when it decided to sue her, Weiss answered, 'We don't have any personal information on any of the individuals.'"
Sure, no personal information other than your name, address, ISP, music tastes, etc.
I had one of these DVR's for a few months before I moved and overall it was a disappointment. The unit would crash (hard) every week or so requiring a full reboot. When I called TW and asked what the deal was, the rep admitted that she had one too and that they were still "pretty buggy". Also, after owning the unit for only a few months during which I rarely used it, other than the automatic buffering, it suffered a hard drive failure.
One nice thing I can say about this unit though is that it has the ability to record one show while watching another, which is a feature Tivos and ReplayTVs don't yet have.
"The same thing will happen if you lend someone your car and they kill someone with it. Your insurance rates go up, not theirs. Nothing new here, move along."
Except that analogy doesn't really hold water here. If I lend you my car and you go on a pedestrian killing rampage do you really think I'll be the one up on murder charges? Sure my insurance company may cancel my policy and I may even have personal lawsuits lodged against me but the crime of murder rests squarely on your shoulders.
I like how the article mentions specific artists' music "found" on the individuals' PCs but fails to mention where the music came from instead leading the reader to believe they were downloaded illegally.
Good point. I wouldn't be surprised to find that the Japanese refer to PCs as...PCs. For example "computer science" is pronounced "konpyuta sciensu" in Japanese because their language simply adopted the already existing words. Ja mata!
I'm a longtime member of Fatwallet and I'd like to point out some facts to those people who claim that FW "finally got some balls". The reason the ads were taken down in the first place was that Tim (the mod) was not interested in fighting with the retail giants over information that he knew was easily accessible regardless. In the original response to retailers threats he mentioned that in order for the site to qualify for "safe harbor" status and avoid litigation the site was obliged to remove the information when he found it. However, given the nature of FW it was impossible to quash every post dealing w/ BF and the site allowed links to other sites (some hosted outside the US) which hosted the same information. The only reason litigation is being pursued now is that Wal-mart forced his hand by subpoenaing the personal information of one of FW's members.
IMO, FW has done exactly what they should have. Avoided a pointless legal battle until forced into it and then protected the anonymity of it's members when threatened.
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"But piracy is now good! After all, it helped build Hollywood!" This article was never intended to condone the earlier actions of Hollywood (or the other groups it mentions) but was instead meant to illustrate the hypocricy of their current actions against the so called "pirates".
Sure it'll help me "to figure out when [I] last saw a particular colleague or what bottle of wine [I] had been drinking that night" but will it help me figure out where I am, who this person is beside me and what kind of tequila got me here?
Exact same issue here. I recently signed up with Astraweb after running into Earthlink's bandwidth "wall". The most frustrating thing about it for me is the fact that Earthlink never mentioned this before I signed up for service and doesn't seem to have any mention of it on their site. It wasn't until I got ahold of a tech that I found out how limited their version of "unlimited" service really is.
Actually, it shouldn't be hard at all to buy a copy of Drunken Master 2. It was released here in the US as "The Legend of Drunken Master." Good luck finding a copy of Drunken Master 1...though to be honest, DM2/LoDM is a better flick.
Another thing worth mentioning about the X1 is that, unlike the SP4800, the X1 can be had for under $1k.
The bulbs should cost $300 or less and were recently upgraded from 3000hrs to 4000hrs. Nothing was actually changed on the bulb itself; Infocus simply found through testing that 4000hrs was a more acurate figure.
So now Sitefinder is considered innovation?? Inconceivable!
"Asked if the association knew Brianna was 12 when it decided to sue her, Weiss answered, 'We don't have any personal information on any of the individuals.'" Sure, no personal information other than your name, address, ISP, music tastes, etc.
I had one of these DVR's for a few months before I moved and overall it was a disappointment. The unit would crash (hard) every week or so requiring a full reboot. When I called TW and asked what the deal was, the rep admitted that she had one too and that they were still "pretty buggy". Also, after owning the unit for only a few months during which I rarely used it, other than the automatic buffering, it suffered a hard drive failure. One nice thing I can say about this unit though is that it has the ability to record one show while watching another, which is a feature Tivos and ReplayTVs don't yet have.
"The same thing will happen if you lend someone your car and they kill someone with it. Your insurance rates go up, not theirs. Nothing new here, move along." Except that analogy doesn't really hold water here. If I lend you my car and you go on a pedestrian killing rampage do you really think I'll be the one up on murder charges? Sure my insurance company may cancel my policy and I may even have personal lawsuits lodged against me but the crime of murder rests squarely on your shoulders.
I like how the article mentions specific artists' music "found" on the individuals' PCs but fails to mention where the music came from instead leading the reader to believe they were downloaded illegally.
In what way is what CleanFlicks does different than when a network TV station airs a version of Saving Private Ryan that's been "edited for content"?
Good point. I wouldn't be surprised to find that the Japanese refer to PCs as...PCs. For example "computer science" is pronounced "konpyuta sciensu" in Japanese because their language simply adopted the already existing words. Ja mata!
But what about Mr. Coffee? ...which leads to Mr. Radar, etc...
I'm a longtime member of Fatwallet and I'd like to point out some facts to those people who claim that FW "finally got some balls". The reason the ads were taken down in the first place was that Tim (the mod) was not interested in fighting with the retail giants over information that he knew was easily accessible regardless. In the original response to retailers threats he mentioned that in order for the site to qualify for "safe harbor" status and avoid litigation the site was obliged to remove the information when he found it. However, given the nature of FW it was impossible to quash every post dealing w/ BF and the site allowed links to other sites (some hosted outside the US) which hosted the same information. The only reason litigation is being pursued now is that Wal-mart forced his hand by subpoenaing the personal information of one of FW's members. IMO, FW has done exactly what they should have. Avoided a pointless legal battle until forced into it and then protected the anonymity of it's members when threatened.