Actually, I'd LIKE subscription based TV. There's only 3 channels I really watch - History Channel, Weather Channel, and CNN. I don't get cool channels that I'd like. It'd be nice to subscribe to certain channels, rather than pay a high price for the channels I want, plus channels like Golf Channel, 3 home shopping networks, 6 "inspirational" channels, and the like.
But hey, what do I know? I'm only the customer. I'll take what I'm forced to buy and like it, right?
I think this is a step in that direction. I, for one, don't keep up on local elections, and most often hear about them after they've been voted on. It kinda pisses me off, because I don't know when things are voted on. If there were an Internet model, I'm sure someone would implement email notification of upcomming votes. "Polls are open! [input type="button" value="Click here to vote!"]
America's now about simplicity and convenience. The Internet has made many things easier. More people would vote if they could click a link, check some boxes and hit "submit" before they read their email in the morning.
Dates - they're often expressed in deadlines. They make a wonderful WOOSH'ing noise when they fly by.
Now, if you have a date, I'm wondering why you're at a Monty Python show, and not working? Otherwise you might get a second date - when you're no longer working.
They're EOE if they refuse to consider resume's from both the black and white applicants that worked at SCO.
Discrimination is based on gender, race, religion, or sexual preference. If I looked at an application and saw the name "Muhommad Al'ibawba" and said, "Eww, an Arab." *crumple, stuff* THAT'S discrimination.
Saying, "I don't want to hire anyone who worked at SCO" isn't being discrimanatory. They're just being jerks.
The free market was unable to come up with a product the governments liked, so the governments are commissioning one to their specifications. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
This is a part of competition, though, even if it isn't free-market. Microsoft has had how many years to come up with a secure, and viable system for governments to use. They have been touting it for a long time, and are nearly forcing governments to use it. And suddenly they get all pissy when a government says, "Hrmm, your system isn't good enough. Neither is there any other system out there. I guess we'll have to make our own."
Governments are also Customers. If your customer isn't happy, they'll do something else to fill their need. In this case, the Customer is commissioning their own software.
It may be "unfair" because it's not free market, but then again, the customer is unhappy with the product.
Agreed. SCO is setting precedence by breaking the GPL on one Software. The same as Microsoft can come in and say, "Show us you're license compliant" so can other GPL Software. The first step is not a C&D letter, but a scary legal letter that can be summed up in so many words: "Prove you're GPL compliant on X software." Then if they don't, or can't, then comes the C&D.
But if the GPL is still valid, then the IP must be licensed for free, or not licensed at all:
(preamble of GPL)
Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
See section 7. If the GPL is valid, then the IP is licensed as free to use. If SCO says they're still infringing, then SCO has broken the GPL and has no right to distribute. They can't have the best of both worlds.
Maybe a sign that has an enlarged version of that pic of Tux in battle gear, "Born to Frag." How about Tux photoshopped like Cats saying, "You have no chance to survive make your time."?
No, a billboard for KY Jelly: "For when you know you're going to get it..."
Or you could make a 20' tall Tux, with an angry look on his face, appear in the road in front of their driveway. That'll spook 'em good.
The most likely reason the high-end cards cost so much are due to development costs. Research and Development cost quite a bit of money, and only sales can offset these costs. Once the manufacturing of these cards gets up to speed, they're not expensive to manufacture, but the costs are in development. Same with software, the disc isn't $50, it's the cost of development.
True, with all the other options for transferring data to the hdd (wireless pcmcia, usb drive), You would think they would take out the cd drive and put something else in - I would say cooling. That could provde them the space to add more or different cooling tech. I wonder if they've talked to Shuttle to see how they cool their lunchboxes.
I hate sites that insist on midi music. I rarely come across them, but when I do, I immediately think, "WTF is that? Where's it comming from? How do I make it stop? Where's my gun?"
On professional sites, such as your financial services sites, this seems very unprofessional. Ambiance, bah. Do that through good page design, not stupid-sounding midi. It's like I'm going to use more services if "The Entertainer" is playing horribly through my speakers when I'm at the site.
I second laying off the carbos - as I have done it for a while, and am watching the weight fall off.
I love chicken, so I eat lots of that, and beef too. My lunches are often a chicken breast with veggies, dinners are much the same (meat and veggies). It got boring after a while, but seeing myself become less gravitationally-challenged is a great motivator.
As far as energy goes, you'll be tired the first few days you're on that diet. Carbs = quick energy. When you're not intaking carbs, your body must first metabolize your fat into sugars, giving you energy. This takes time, but is steady energy. I liked that alot. No big highs and lows during the day, just a steady, albiet low, stream of energy.
I coupled this with exercise. At work, I drink lots of water (probably about 4 liters of water a day). This is good for you, but helps me, because I have to get up, go downstairs to the bathroom on a regular interval. Also, I go walking or play tennis in the evenings, and am active in martial arts.
My taekwondo instructor did the same diet, and shed about 45 lbs. I've hit the 15 lb mark since starting, and am keeping it off. I still have further to go, but am happy so far. I've been overweight all my life. I was pushing 300 lbs about 7 years ago. I was 260 (+/- 10 lbs) in college (2 years ago) I'm down to about 240 now, and hope to get down to about 220 before I'm done.
The thing about the Atkins diet, is it focuses on keeping your metabolism burning fat. When you consume carbs (especially simple ones like processed sugar), your body fires off insulin. This starts processing those carbos for energy. Now that your body is working on those injested carbos, it stops processing the stored ones (the ones around your waist). Once it's done with those you've injested, it goes back to your stored ones.
By greatly reducing the carbs you injest, your body is constantly working on your stored ones for energy. If you keep your body working on your fat stores, the pounds will start to come off quickly.
This diet definitely takes willpower (especially when there's bread being baked in the house), but is definitely worth it. So grab some chicken and veggies. Load up on celery and carrots (they actually take MORE calories to digest than they contain, bonus!) and find the joy of spices. Drop the sugars and carbs (forget the beer, that's the toughest sacrifice), and watch yourself change for the better.
HP 4L's are one of the toughest printers HP has ever made. I've been to a few car dealerships who print work orders on 4L's. The service department is not a very friendly environment (dust, dirt, grime, etc), but these things keep slowly spitting out the good prints. I swear you could hit these things with a sledgehammer and they'd keep going.
I couldn't afford a lawyer, but I'd be willing to bet a judge would see it my way if I prepared a clear presentation explaining what I'd been using the device for (assuming I wasn't a pirate that is!). DirecTV would have NO proof I was using it to steal their signal, after all (since I wasn't).
This statement is a bit frightening. I just goes to show how the "innocent until proven guilty" thing has been silently pushed out of the courts. DirecTV is accusing people of committing crimes with little more than a packing slip. That's hardly the sole evidence they need to prove that someone's stealing signal. The burden of proof is on them. If I got one of these letters, I'd do the same as you, telling them, "Come get some!" They would have to prove that I was doing something wrong, and they must do that before I get to defend myself. The pirates should worry, the rest should call their bluff.
This sounds like one of those cases where paying cash for 'grey' goods is a smart move.
Smartcard reader/programmers are now suddenly "grey" because they can be used for illegal activities? Holy cow, that means EVERYTHING is "grey." A pencil can be used to break a copyright, a baseball bat can be used to vandalize, a vehicle can be used to help rob a bank. All of these are now "grey" goods because they have the possibility of being used to break the law.
That's all we need, more companies calling us criminals for things we have the possibility of doing.
One thing I remember about Utah, is a billboard posted right before you entered the state (on private land I believe, but this was a while ago), that said:
"Please do not laugh at the natives."
So please, take the advice, and do not laugh at the natives. Just snicker, chortle, or guffaw.
When will American politics wake up and address the injustices that are the real root of the terrorist problem?
It's hard to measure the amount of hate and ignorance in the world, yet it's so easy to measure the number of terrorist attacks and the number of dead resulting from the attacks.
I love reading warning labels. It's amazing what poorly manufactured products will do. I mean, you think lawn-mower manufacturers would make blades that would cut grass effectively, but not cut off fingers when I stuck my hand underneath it while it was running. Black & Decker needs to figgure out how to make their blow-driers safe to use in the bathtub. And Mattel needs to manufacture those Superman capes better, so my kids can fly. I sure am glad the UL protects me from these poorly manufactured products. Now excuse me, I must go charge my cellphone battery in the microwave.
How long do you think it'll take before Microsoft OEM agreement's this out? Since nothing really happened in the anti-trust suit, and the only productive thing the courts have done has just been overturned, it's business as usual.
Telling the media is so the way to do this. Joe Sixpack doesn't know what an ISP does, or a computer much for that matter. But, if you put it in a context they can understand, such as "malicious hackers are watching people on . They are stealing their social security numbers, credit cards, and reading their email!", You will be sure to cause a stir and have many people start calling . Even if most of it is hypothetical, the average user doesn't know it. You are bound to get the attention of Someone Important, and something will get done.
If anything, people will cancel their accounts with the ISP, then the ISP can claim the $5k in damages and have the FBI step in.
Actually, I think it's more like Ronald McDonald saying it'd adversely affect his buisness if a group of people raised cows, grow wheat, and vegetables. Then harvested them and make hamburgers.
Pretty wrong if you ask me. The government gives grants for research that gets patented and sold, yet are advised against doing the same for research that will be free to use after it's done.
This EXACTLY what we need! The ability for the common people to be judge, jury and executioner. I mean, why bother with the legal system, when all you need to do is broadcast a signal down a Class A network to take out all those pesky people who download copyrighted works! It'll make it so much easier for me to enforce my copyrights when I can blow up an entire network without fear of reprisal, and without those annoying checks and balances of the court system. So what if some innocent people's computers die, it's all collateral damage. Besides, those people are future pirates.
I hope to God this technology never becomes available. Or wait, I do, so that Sen. Hatch's computer blows up because a hacker saw copyrighted works on his computer. Or at least thought he did. Or just had a suspicion. Or maybe blew up the computer as a precautionary measure, because it could be used for infringement.
I wish these people would realize that no matter what they do with computer technology, someone will always find a way to circumvent and exploit it. Maybe the *AA industry should make their products more appealing, and follow the laws of economics to sell more product. Because God knows this isn't working.
Just remember, the easiest way for corporations to become compliant is to skirt the issue completely and pretend it doesn't exist. After all, if you stop talking about it, people will forget it even happened...
Besides, if we actually held M$ to whatever was decided, it'd be Bad for Business (tm, Republican Party)
The RIAA is doing what is essentially legal exthortion. They're going after those who have no resources to fight, and will back down easily. If they took this to court, would they have won? Probably not, but their targets also cannot afford to pay huge legal costs. "If you don't settle with us, we'll take you to court!" can easily translate to, "If you don't settle with us, we'll break your legs!" and get the same results.
They're not going to go after Google, because Google can fight back. They'd rather have their lawyers threaten those who are less of a challenge, and will fork over the cash easier, because they can't fight.
The RIAA is a bunch of big schoolyard bullies, taking the lunch money of the skinny geeks.
Right, but there's always the problem of "right of ways". If Verizon wants to throw some fiber through your back yard, they have to have your permission. If they want to dig fiber under a street, they have to have city's permission to do so.
I think some of the stickyness deals with private stuff going through public areas. I'm not for sure on this, but that could be one reason.
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Actually, I'd LIKE subscription based TV. There's only 3 channels I really watch - History Channel, Weather Channel, and CNN. I don't get cool channels that I'd like. It'd be nice to subscribe to certain channels, rather than pay a high price for the channels I want, plus channels like Golf Channel, 3 home shopping networks, 6 "inspirational" channels, and the like.
But hey, what do I know? I'm only the customer. I'll take what I'm forced to buy and like it, right?
I think this is a step in that direction. I, for one, don't keep up on local elections, and most often hear about them after they've been voted on. It kinda pisses me off, because I don't know when things are voted on. If there were an Internet model, I'm sure someone would implement email notification of upcomming votes. "Polls are open! [input type="button" value="Click here to vote!"]
America's now about simplicity and convenience. The Internet has made many things easier. More people would vote if they could click a link, check some boxes and hit "submit" before they read their email in the morning.
Dates - they're often expressed in deadlines. They make a wonderful WOOSH'ing noise when they fly by.
Now, if you have a date, I'm wondering why you're at a Monty Python show, and not working? Otherwise you might get a second date - when you're no longer working.
They're EOE if they refuse to consider resume's from both the black and white applicants that worked at SCO.
Discrimination is based on gender, race, religion, or sexual preference. If I looked at an application and saw the name "Muhommad Al'ibawba" and said, "Eww, an Arab." *crumple, stuff* THAT'S discrimination.
Saying, "I don't want to hire anyone who worked at SCO" isn't being discrimanatory. They're just being jerks.
The free market was unable to come up with a product the governments liked, so the governments are commissioning one to their specifications. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
This is a part of competition, though, even if it isn't free-market. Microsoft has had how many years to come up with a secure, and viable system for governments to use. They have been touting it for a long time, and are nearly forcing governments to use it. And suddenly they get all pissy when a government says, "Hrmm, your system isn't good enough. Neither is there any other system out there. I guess we'll have to make our own."
Governments are also Customers. If your customer isn't happy, they'll do something else to fill their need. In this case, the Customer is commissioning their own software.
It may be "unfair" because it's not free market, but then again, the customer is unhappy with the product.
Agreed. SCO is setting precedence by breaking the GPL on one Software. The same as Microsoft can come in and say, "Show us you're license compliant" so can other GPL Software. The first step is not a C&D letter, but a scary legal letter that can be summed up in so many words: "Prove you're GPL compliant on X software." Then if they don't, or can't, then comes the C&D.
But if the GPL is still valid, then the IP must be licensed for free, or not licensed at all:
(preamble of GPL) Finally, any free program is threatened constantly by software patents. We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
See section 7. If the GPL is valid, then the IP is licensed as free to use. If SCO says they're still infringing, then SCO has broken the GPL and has no right to distribute. They can't have the best of both worlds.
Maybe a sign that has an enlarged version of that pic of Tux in battle gear, "Born to Frag." How about Tux photoshopped like Cats saying, "You have no chance to survive make your time."?
No, a billboard for KY Jelly: "For when you know you're going to get it..."
Or you could make a 20' tall Tux, with an angry look on his face, appear in the road in front of their driveway. That'll spook 'em good.
The most likely reason the high-end cards cost so much are due to development costs. Research and Development cost quite a bit of money, and only sales can offset these costs. Once the manufacturing of these cards gets up to speed, they're not expensive to manufacture, but the costs are in development. Same with software, the disc isn't $50, it's the cost of development.
True, with all the other options for transferring data to the hdd (wireless pcmcia, usb drive), You would think they would take out the cd drive and put something else in - I would say cooling. That could provde them the space to add more or different cooling tech. I wonder if they've talked to Shuttle to see how they cool their lunchboxes.
I hate sites that insist on midi music. I rarely come across them, but when I do, I immediately think, "WTF is that? Where's it comming from? How do I make it stop? Where's my gun?"
On professional sites, such as your financial services sites, this seems very unprofessional. Ambiance, bah. Do that through good page design, not stupid-sounding midi. It's like I'm going to use more services if "The Entertainer" is playing horribly through my speakers when I'm at the site.
I second laying off the carbos - as I have done it for a while, and am watching the weight fall off.
I love chicken, so I eat lots of that, and beef too. My lunches are often a chicken breast with veggies, dinners are much the same (meat and veggies). It got boring after a while, but seeing myself become less gravitationally-challenged is a great motivator.
As far as energy goes, you'll be tired the first few days you're on that diet. Carbs = quick energy. When you're not intaking carbs, your body must first metabolize your fat into sugars, giving you energy. This takes time, but is steady energy. I liked that alot. No big highs and lows during the day, just a steady, albiet low, stream of energy.
I coupled this with exercise. At work, I drink lots of water (probably about 4 liters of water a day). This is good for you, but helps me, because I have to get up, go downstairs to the bathroom on a regular interval. Also, I go walking or play tennis in the evenings, and am active in martial arts.
My taekwondo instructor did the same diet, and shed about 45 lbs. I've hit the 15 lb mark since starting, and am keeping it off. I still have further to go, but am happy so far. I've been overweight all my life. I was pushing 300 lbs about 7 years ago. I was 260 (+/- 10 lbs) in college (2 years ago) I'm down to about 240 now, and hope to get down to about 220 before I'm done.
The thing about the Atkins diet, is it focuses on keeping your metabolism burning fat. When you consume carbs (especially simple ones like processed sugar), your body fires off insulin. This starts processing those carbos for energy. Now that your body is working on those injested carbos, it stops processing the stored ones (the ones around your waist). Once it's done with those you've injested, it goes back to your stored ones.
By greatly reducing the carbs you injest, your body is constantly working on your stored ones for energy. If you keep your body working on your fat stores, the pounds will start to come off quickly.
This diet definitely takes willpower (especially when there's bread being baked in the house), but is definitely worth it. So grab some chicken and veggies. Load up on celery and carrots (they actually take MORE calories to digest than they contain, bonus!) and find the joy of spices. Drop the sugars and carbs (forget the beer, that's the toughest sacrifice), and watch yourself change for the better.
HP 4L's are one of the toughest printers HP has ever made. I've been to a few car dealerships who print work orders on 4L's. The service department is not a very friendly environment (dust, dirt, grime, etc), but these things keep slowly spitting out the good prints. I swear you could hit these things with a sledgehammer and they'd keep going.
I couldn't afford a lawyer, but I'd be willing to bet a judge would see it my way if I prepared a clear presentation explaining what I'd been using the device for (assuming I wasn't a pirate that is!). DirecTV would have NO proof I was using it to steal their signal, after all (since I wasn't).
This statement is a bit frightening. I just goes to show how the "innocent until proven guilty" thing has been silently pushed out of the courts. DirecTV is accusing people of committing crimes with little more than a packing slip. That's hardly the sole evidence they need to prove that someone's stealing signal. The burden of proof is on them. If I got one of these letters, I'd do the same as you, telling them, "Come get some!" They would have to prove that I was doing something wrong, and they must do that before I get to defend myself. The pirates should worry, the rest should call their bluff.
This sounds like one of those cases where paying cash for 'grey' goods is a smart move.
Smartcard reader/programmers are now suddenly "grey" because they can be used for illegal activities? Holy cow, that means EVERYTHING is "grey." A pencil can be used to break a copyright, a baseball bat can be used to vandalize, a vehicle can be used to help rob a bank. All of these are now "grey" goods because they have the possibility of being used to break the law.
That's all we need, more companies calling us criminals for things we have the possibility of doing.
One thing I remember about Utah, is a billboard posted right before you entered the state (on private land I believe, but this was a while ago), that said:
"Please do not laugh at the natives."
So please, take the advice, and do not laugh at the natives. Just snicker, chortle, or guffaw.
When will American politics wake up and address the injustices that are the real root of the terrorist problem?
It's hard to measure the amount of hate and ignorance in the world, yet it's so easy to measure the number of terrorist attacks and the number of dead resulting from the attacks.
If it can be easily measured, it has a value.
I love reading warning labels. It's amazing what poorly manufactured products will do. I mean, you think lawn-mower manufacturers would make blades that would cut grass effectively, but not cut off fingers when I stuck my hand underneath it while it was running. Black & Decker needs to figgure out how to make their blow-driers safe to use in the bathtub. And Mattel needs to manufacture those Superman capes better, so my kids can fly. I sure am glad the UL protects me from these poorly manufactured products. Now excuse me, I must go charge my cellphone battery in the microwave.
How long do you think it'll take before Microsoft OEM agreement's this out? Since nothing really happened in the anti-trust suit, and the only productive thing the courts have done has just been overturned, it's business as usual.
Telling the media is so the way to do this. Joe Sixpack doesn't know what an ISP does, or a computer much for that matter. But, if you put it in a context they can understand, such as "malicious hackers are watching people on . They are stealing their social security numbers, credit cards, and reading their email!", You will be sure to cause a stir and have many people start calling . Even if most of it is hypothetical, the average user doesn't know it. You are bound to get the attention of Someone Important, and something will get done.
If anything, people will cancel their accounts with the ISP, then the ISP can claim the $5k in damages and have the FBI step in.
Actually, I think it's more like Ronald McDonald saying it'd adversely affect his buisness if a group of people raised cows, grow wheat, and vegetables. Then harvested them and make hamburgers.
Pretty wrong if you ask me. The government gives grants for research that gets patented and sold, yet are advised against doing the same for research that will be free to use after it's done.
This EXACTLY what we need! The ability for the common people to be judge, jury and executioner. I mean, why bother with the legal system, when all you need to do is broadcast a signal down a Class A network to take out all those pesky people who download copyrighted works! It'll make it so much easier for me to enforce my copyrights when I can blow up an entire network without fear of reprisal, and without those annoying checks and balances of the court system. So what if some innocent people's computers die, it's all collateral damage. Besides, those people are future pirates.
I hope to God this technology never becomes available. Or wait, I do, so that Sen. Hatch's computer blows up because a hacker saw copyrighted works on his computer. Or at least thought he did. Or just had a suspicion. Or maybe blew up the computer as a precautionary measure, because it could be used for infringement.
I wish these people would realize that no matter what they do with computer technology, someone will always find a way to circumvent and exploit it. Maybe the *AA industry should make their products more appealing, and follow the laws of economics to sell more product. Because God knows this isn't working.
Just remember, the easiest way for corporations to become compliant is to skirt the issue completely and pretend it doesn't exist. After all, if you stop talking about it, people will forget it even happened... Besides, if we actually held M$ to whatever was decided, it'd be Bad for Business (tm, Republican Party)
The RIAA is doing what is essentially legal exthortion. They're going after those who have no resources to fight, and will back down easily. If they took this to court, would they have won? Probably not, but their targets also cannot afford to pay huge legal costs. "If you don't settle with us, we'll take you to court!" can easily translate to, "If you don't settle with us, we'll break your legs!" and get the same results.
They're not going to go after Google, because Google can fight back. They'd rather have their lawyers threaten those who are less of a challenge, and will fork over the cash easier, because they can't fight.
The RIAA is a bunch of big schoolyard bullies, taking the lunch money of the skinny geeks.
Right, but there's always the problem of "right of ways". If Verizon wants to throw some fiber through your back yard, they have to have your permission. If they want to dig fiber under a street, they have to have city's permission to do so.
I think some of the stickyness deals with private stuff going through public areas. I'm not for sure on this, but that could be one reason.