I had the same experience. The new machine (to replace the old AS/400) came with training that the CEO wanted. At first I thought that the trainer was underestimating my level but after a few quetsions and blank stares I realized that I new a lot more about the system than he did.
How can the first response be redundant and the second response, posted a minute later and saying the same thing, not be. I didn't realize that someone could repeat me and I would be the redundant one. OK, I'm done de-karma-ing myself now. As you were.
Does www.whitehouse.com take you to the White House's homepage? I never would have thought of that. I think I'll take a look at what our president is up to. Cool, boobies...
How different is this from the investigative reporters on your local news broadcast. In many cases a white hat my find that customer's CC numbers or SS numbers are accessable via an exploit or weak security. In a way, he/she would be helping the public by giving the company and opportunity to correct the situation or at least take it public. An investigating reporter may find that a company or governemnt office is throwing out sensitive info without shredding it or taking the proper preventative measures. If I am giving a company like Amazon my CC#, I want to oknow that they are going to protect that info. Who is going to watch/audit the company if they get lazy?
Then get a ReplayTV. They suppurt larger drives and dual drives. Install 2 250GB drives and you are done. I bought a 40 hour ReplayTV for $400 (lifetime service) and install 2 160 GB drives that I got for $90 after rebate. That gives me 320 hrs for a total of $580. In a few months the larger drives will be available for that price but I am happy with 320 hrs.
I was polite about it in (the beginning) as well. When this whole ordeal began I was a fan of blacklists and thought that they were great. However, the problem is that in 6 months, I have not received a single communication from them. For all that I know, the e-mail link on their page is broken. I followed the instuctions on their site exactly and still nothing. Perhaps it is just this Blacklist that is the problem, but it has been a nightmare for me. YMMV. Anyway, my opinion of black ists has shifted dramatically. They just are not the answer to the problem.
The problem is that they are not checked and updated (at least in my experience). My companyies IP (actually my ISP's entire C-block is blacklisted by one list and dispite trying for 6 months, I have had no luck getting removed. I have gotten zero responce from the blacklist dispite many attempts and following their removal instruction to the letter. No other blacklist has us listed and we have never had an open rlay or sent spam. So to me, this particular blacklist is evil and since they are the only one that I have had to deal with, I wouldn't be suprised if others have had the same experience.
Although I may not have said it as well as I could have, that is the basis of my question. If the RIAA continues to make copyrighted CDs and shuts down P2P services, what am I to do when I have a damged disc. I could make a backup even though I am entitled to one and I can't grab the files off of P2P because no one will give me access to the file out of fear of being sued. Now the RIAA can start making disc more fragile and easier to scratcha and I will be forced to buy the same disc over and over during the course of my lifetime. But I just want to listen to the damn song. Isn't it great to be a consumer in America?
Semantics. I was simply using the term that is commonly used in these debates. I will have to ad that my list of incorrect terms along with pirate and stealing.
Valid points. But the burden of proof should be on the RIAA is those cases. Just because their are many possible situations where the right to fair use could be extorted, that should not mean that I no longer have the right. I am able to make backup CDs because I could lose them in a fire, they could melt in a hot car or even be stolen or lost. If I am no longer allowed to use my backups, then what is point of backing them up. Especially if they are stolen, am I supposed to through out the backups because suddenly the theif has the right to listen to these songs instead of me. The theif is the one who is breaking the law since he has no "license" to listen to the music. That still belongs to me with my backup copies.
No, I did not have renter's insurance, so it was a complete loss for me. If I had been reimbersed, I would have likely re-purchased the CD's that I wanted most and forgotten about the ones that I seldom listen to. This brings up another question/issue. Before the fire, I could have made backup's of every CD that I had. Then after the fire, I wouldn't have lost anything audiable, just the physical packaging. However, after the fire, it was too late, but couldn't I have considered napster to be my backup. Since I could readily download a CD when ever I wanted, why make a backup of it?
I see your point, but I am not clear on the definition of copying in this context. As a downloader, I am initiating the copying so to me I am making the copy. I can borrow your CD and copy it. Are you saying that you are breaking the law because you let me borrow it or I am because I am duplicating it?
First they went after the software/servers. Now they are going after the people sharing the files. Do you beleive that they will stop there. Secondly, it is my understand (perhaps I'm wrong) that the laws deal with the "copying" of copyrighted material. Since a digital copy is made when I intiate a download, I have no doubt that downloadding will soon fall into the sites of the RIAA. The person sharing the files may be making them available to copy, but the copying in happening in the download step.
About this interpretation of Fair Use: I agree that downloading mp3's of CDs that you have purchased should be fair use. I am in a similar situation. A couple of years ago I lost 90% of my CD collection in an apartment fire. I had about 20 of these CDs ripped at the time and since then, I have downloaded many of the others to replace what I had paid for. In some cases, I re-purchased the CD because I wanted to have an original for some of my favorite artists but I didn't mind the mp3 mastered replacements for many of the CDs. Would this fall under Fair Use? I would think that it does since the RIAA seems to think that we are only purchasing a license to listen to the music. However, if I had to present the original CDs to a judge to prove that I do/did own the physical CD, I would be SOL.
"Seein' as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the VC on the QT cause if it leaks in the VC we could end up an MIA and then we'd all be put on KP" - RW as A2C AC in GMV
Since Mars is covered in red dust, perhaps we should move forward with plans to colonize it. That way we will be safe when the visitor's motherships arrive. It stopped Donavon, Diana & Lydia before.
Damn lizard people.
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I was wondering how long it would be before someone took the bait.
That dog cracks me up...
I had the same experience. The new machine (to replace the old AS/400) came with training that the CEO wanted. At first I thought that the trainer was underestimating my level but after a few quetsions and blank stares I realized that I new a lot more about the system than he did.
How can the first response be redundant and the second response, posted a minute later and saying the same thing, not be. I didn't realize that someone could repeat me and I would be the redundant one. OK, I'm done de-karma-ing myself now. As you were.
Did you know that the PS2 can play PS1 games?
I use SysRq all the time. But then again, not everyone has an AS/400 in their basement.
My AOL 9.0 rocks!!!
Does www.whitehouse.com take you to the White House's homepage? I never would have thought of that. I think I'll take a look at what our president is up to. Cool, boobies...
How different is this from the investigative reporters on your local news broadcast. In many cases a white hat my find that customer's CC numbers or SS numbers are accessable via an exploit or weak security. In a way, he/she would be helping the public by giving the company and opportunity to correct the situation or at least take it public. An investigating reporter may find that a company or governemnt office is throwing out sensitive info without shredding it or taking the proper preventative measures. If I am giving a company like Amazon my CC#, I want to oknow that they are going to protect that info. Who is going to watch/audit the company if they get lazy?
Then get a ReplayTV. They suppurt larger drives and dual drives. Install 2 250GB drives and you are done. I bought a 40 hour ReplayTV for $400 (lifetime service) and install 2 160 GB drives that I got for $90 after rebate. That gives me 320 hrs for a total of $580. In a few months the larger drives will be available for that price but I am happy with 320 hrs.
I was polite about it in (the beginning) as well. When this whole ordeal began I was a fan of blacklists and thought that they were great. However, the problem is that in 6 months, I have not received a single communication from them. For all that I know, the e-mail link on their page is broken. I followed the instuctions on their site exactly and still nothing. Perhaps it is just this Blacklist that is the problem, but it has been a nightmare for me. YMMV. Anyway, my opinion of black ists has shifted dramatically. They just are not the answer to the problem.
The problem is that they are not checked and updated (at least in my experience). My companyies IP (actually my ISP's entire C-block is blacklisted by one list and dispite trying for 6 months, I have had no luck getting removed. I have gotten zero responce from the blacklist dispite many attempts and following their removal instruction to the letter. No other blacklist has us listed and we have never had an open rlay or sent spam. So to me, this particular blacklist is evil and since they are the only one that I have had to deal with, I wouldn't be suprised if others have had the same experience.
Although I may not have said it as well as I could have, that is the basis of my question. If the RIAA continues to make copyrighted CDs and shuts down P2P services, what am I to do when I have a damged disc. I could make a backup even though I am entitled to one and I can't grab the files off of P2P because no one will give me access to the file out of fear of being sued. Now the RIAA can start making disc more fragile and easier to scratcha and I will be forced to buy the same disc over and over during the course of my lifetime. But I just want to listen to the damn song. Isn't it great to be a consumer in America?
Semantics. I was simply using the term that is commonly used in these debates. I will have to ad that my list of incorrect terms along with pirate and stealing.
Valid points. But the burden of proof should be on the RIAA is those cases. Just because their are many possible situations where the right to fair use could be extorted, that should not mean that I no longer have the right. I am able to make backup CDs because I could lose them in a fire, they could melt in a hot car or even be stolen or lost. If I am no longer allowed to use my backups, then what is point of backing them up. Especially if they are stolen, am I supposed to through out the backups because suddenly the theif has the right to listen to these songs instead of me. The theif is the one who is breaking the law since he has no "license" to listen to the music. That still belongs to me with my backup copies.
No, I did not have renter's insurance, so it was a complete loss for me. If I had been reimbersed, I would have likely re-purchased the CD's that I wanted most and forgotten about the ones that I seldom listen to. This brings up another question/issue. Before the fire, I could have made backup's of every CD that I had. Then after the fire, I wouldn't have lost anything audiable, just the physical packaging. However, after the fire, it was too late, but couldn't I have considered napster to be my backup. Since I could readily download a CD when ever I wanted, why make a backup of it?
I see your point, but I am not clear on the definition of copying in this context. As a downloader, I am initiating the copying so to me I am making the copy. I can borrow your CD and copy it. Are you saying that you are breaking the law because you let me borrow it or I am because I am duplicating it?
First they went after the software/servers. Now they are going after the people sharing the files. Do you beleive that they will stop there. Secondly, it is my understand (perhaps I'm wrong) that the laws deal with the "copying" of copyrighted material. Since a digital copy is made when I intiate a download, I have no doubt that downloadding will soon fall into the sites of the RIAA. The person sharing the files may be making them available to copy, but the copying in happening in the download step.
About this interpretation of Fair Use: I agree that downloading mp3's of CDs that you have purchased should be fair use. I am in a similar situation. A couple of years ago I lost 90% of my CD collection in an apartment fire. I had about 20 of these CDs ripped at the time and since then, I have downloaded many of the others to replace what I had paid for. In some cases, I re-purchased the CD because I wanted to have an original for some of my favorite artists but I didn't mind the mp3 mastered replacements for many of the CDs. Would this fall under Fair Use? I would think that it does since the RIAA seems to think that we are only purchasing a license to listen to the music. However, if I had to present the original CDs to a judge to prove that I do/did own the physical CD, I would be SOL.
"Seein' as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the VC on the QT cause if it leaks in the VC we could end up an MIA and then we'd all be put on KP" - RW as A2C AC in GMV
The 7th is the evil bit.
It seems to be a big issue to the directors. They don't want anyone messing with their creative vision.
Steve Jobs, not Steve Case.
2003-06-09 17:23:14 The Visitors return in V: The Second Generation (articles,tv) (rejected)
Since Mars is covered in red dust, perhaps we should move forward with plans to colonize it. That way we will be safe when the visitor's motherships arrive. It stopped Donavon, Diana & Lydia before. Damn lizard people.