You seem to think that Terri's husband has her out on his front porch. She's in a hospital. Several courts have upheld the right to remove her artificial life support. Even BUSH thinks that the husband should have the right to decide in these cases. He signed into law such a system while he was governor of Texas.
Btw, it's perfectly legal to take a dog to a vet and have it put down. It happens probably millions of times a week.
No, a better analogy would be as follows: "I would not be allowed to starve my broccoli to death, but a precious young woman with the brain of a broccoli is OK?!
The only problem with that is that it's perfectly legal to kill both broccoli stalks and broccoli brained woman, no matter how precious either of them are.
Who would have thought that webpages designed for 800x640 screens would be hard to read on 240x320 screens?! That's simply shocking! I'm glad this story was posted because it certainly taught me something new!
I was going to talk about Apple's DRM which allows you to strip it out by merely burning a CD. I was also going to talk about Napster's all you can eat, as long as you're willing to pay monthly plan, which obvoiusly relies on DRM.
But then I remembered. DRM is nonsense. DRM does not stop piracy. Any who wants to infringe will infringe. Thus, DRM only hurts paying customers.
DRM is basically a screen door on a bank vault. It's like we're all supposed to pretend it's secure when we all know it's not.
Think about it. There are MILLIONS of cell phones out there. There must have been plenty of times someone with a cell phone tried to call 911 but couldn't. I've never heard of a attorney general suing the cell phone industry.
But, merely ONE time it happens with Vonage, and the lawsuits begin. You don't find that even a little bit suspicious?!
I personally think this is a backdoor ploy by the status quo phone industry to hurt Vonage.
Let's face it, cell phones don't always have 911 access either, but NO one complains about that. That's because the status quo phone industry makes a fortune on cell phones.
Once the status quo phone industry kills off the little guys like Vonage and takes over VOIP, we won't be hearing about the so called 911 problem anymore.
On one hand you call DRM a "fact of life" but then in the same sentence you admit it only give an "appearance of security." In other words, you admit it does nothing.
You know damned well that DRM only hurts LEGITIMATE customers, because those who want to infringe WILL infringe.
Maybe your first premise, that DRM is a fact of life, is in error. Maybe the status quo should simply realize the futility of DRM and give up.
HP announced layoffs today in its Boise Idaho facility, affecting approximately 3000 contract workers. Spokeswoman Debra Cartwright was quoted as saying, "Why should we hire American's and their god-damned lawsuits?! We'll outsource this crap and save a ton of money on the tax breaks W gives us!"
Believe it or not, Apple's DRM doesn't bother me
on
iTunes DRM Hole Closed
·
· Score: 5, Insightful
Considering you can burn Apple's song on CD and get rid of the DRM, who cares.
What I'd love is a way to download songs from Apple in a non-lossy format! If DVD Jon could do that, I'd give him a lifetime of gratitude!
It's more than just the price, moron. There are other factors too. E.g., the fact that there is DRM. The fact that they are streamed and not downloaded.
To "get it" broadcasters have to make it as easy as possible, not necessarily as cheap as possible. Look at iTunes. I think a dollar (US) is way too much for lossy formatted music. But the rest of the world doesn't appear to mind because Apple made it very easy.
Computers are the biggest time-suck ever created. At least with the TV on you can do homework at the same time.
And let's not forget that when students do their homework on their computer, they're only copying and pasting stuff they found on the net. How is that learning?
Computers are tools. They CAN be used for improving learning. But they rarely are.
Slashdot Mirror
God, this is turning into a HILARIOUS thread! That was fucking awesome! I actually laughed out loud!
Thanks. It's a sad day when brain-dead-blonde jokes are considered trolling!
Wow, you're right. I sure hope there's not a comma hell!
You seem to think that Terri's husband has her out on his front porch. She's in a hospital. Several courts have upheld the right to remove her artificial life support. Even BUSH thinks that the husband should have the right to decide in these cases. He signed into law such a system while he was governor of Texas.
Btw, it's perfectly legal to take a dog to a vet and have it put down. It happens probably millions of times a week.
Hell, is your creation, not mine.
No, a better analogy would be as follows: "I would not be allowed to starve my broccoli to death, but a precious young woman with the brain of a broccoli is OK?!
The only problem with that is that it's perfectly legal to kill both broccoli stalks and broccoli brained woman, no matter how precious either of them are.
Damn, I hate when the follow-up is funnier than my original!
... Adobe has taken the Real approach to software.
Millions are. Believe me. I simply cannot remember any links right now. But when I do I'll be sure to post them. Honestly.
And yes, I have one of those very odd monitors capable of natively running at 800x640. Don't ask me where I got it, as I don't remember.
Who would have thought that webpages designed for 800x640 screens would be hard to read on 240x320 screens?! That's simply shocking! I'm glad this story was posted because it certainly taught me something new!
I was going to talk about Apple's DRM which allows you to strip it out by merely burning a CD. I was also going to talk about Napster's all you can eat, as long as you're willing to pay monthly plan, which obvoiusly relies on DRM.
But then I remembered. DRM is nonsense. DRM does not stop piracy. Any who wants to infringe will infringe. Thus, DRM only hurts paying customers.
DRM is basically a screen door on a bank vault. It's like we're all supposed to pretend it's secure when we all know it's not.
I was hoping the REAL science guy was coming back: Dr. Science He knows more than you!
Think about it. There are MILLIONS of cell phones out there. There must have been plenty of times someone with a cell phone tried to call 911 but couldn't. I've never heard of a attorney general suing the cell phone industry.
But, merely ONE time it happens with Vonage, and the lawsuits begin. You don't find that even a little bit suspicious?!
I personally think this is a backdoor ploy by the status quo phone industry to hurt Vonage.
Let's face it, cell phones don't always have 911 access either, but NO one complains about that. That's because the status quo phone industry makes a fortune on cell phones.
Once the status quo phone industry kills off the little guys like Vonage and takes over VOIP, we won't be hearing about the so called 911 problem anymore.
Thanks, now you've got me singing Motorhead's "Emergency"!
On one hand you call DRM a "fact of life" but then in the same sentence you admit it only give an "appearance of security." In other words, you admit it does nothing.
You know damned well that DRM only hurts LEGITIMATE customers, because those who want to infringe WILL infringe.
Maybe your first premise, that DRM is a fact of life, is in error. Maybe the status quo should simply realize the futility of DRM and give up.
I love this quote from Bill: "investments isn't measured in megahertz"
Does he even know that PCs nowadays, even Apples, have CPUs that are measured in multiple gigahertz?!
Well, at least we know that he wrote that himself, because I can't imagine someone working for Bill being that ignorant.
HP announced layoffs today in its Boise Idaho facility, affecting approximately 3000 contract workers. Spokeswoman Debra Cartwright was quoted as saying, "Why should we hire American's and their god-damned lawsuits?! We'll outsource this crap and save a ton of money on the tax breaks W gives us!"
Considering you can burn Apple's song on CD and get rid of the DRM, who cares.
What I'd love is a way to download songs from Apple in a non-lossy format! If DVD Jon could do that, I'd give him a lifetime of gratitude!
It's more than just the price, moron. There are other factors too. E.g., the fact that there is DRM. The fact that they are streamed and not downloaded.
To "get it" broadcasters have to make it as easy as possible, not necessarily as cheap as possible. Look at iTunes. I think a dollar (US) is way too much for lossy formatted music. But the rest of the world doesn't appear to mind because Apple made it very easy.
And the sad part is that Channel 5 is probably better than 99% of the shows on prime time in the US.
Mod me flamebait or troll, but let's face it, broadcast TV in the US sucks.
Everyone convicted of a felony has to give a DNA sample before sentencing.
It's strange that since "free" is an impossiblity, that such a word would even exist. I wonder where we got such notion?
I move to have "free" stricken from all dictionaries. Who's with me?!
Computers are the biggest time-suck ever created. At least with the TV on you can do homework at the same time.
And let's not forget that when students do their homework on their computer, they're only copying and pasting stuff they found on the net. How is that learning?
Computers are tools. They CAN be used for improving learning. But they rarely are.