Yeah, but I'd assume (I'm too lazy to do research) that it means 10 copies of the same work.
It only makes sense. If you have to pay the added tax on blank CDs, and if you can only record 10 of them, why are you obligated to continuing paying the tax even though it does you no good?!
Well, I volunteer. If I get sued by the RIAA, I'll raise this argument. I'll probably end up in debt for the rest of my life, but I'll die with the knowledge that someone law student, somewhere, wrote a law journal article about me.
... well, mostly because I am one, but I was perplexed why anyone would disagree with the following statement:
"A feature will be implemented if and only if there is a developer who wants to implement it"
Why should someone be compelled to develop software he doesn't want to develop? When you're forced to do something you don't want to do, that's called work, not a hobby. That isn't what open source is about.
If you want a feature put in an open source product, either do it yourself, wait for someone to do it, or pay someone to do it for you. But never ever ever expect someone to do it for you for free.
We pay a similar tax for blank CDs under the Home Recording Act. I can't understand why we PAY the music industry a tax on the media, but we are still not allowed to fill the media with content?!
If we already paid for and own the content, then what's the justification for the tax?! The tax only makes sense if we're allowed to put music we on the disc we didn't pay for.
What TIVO should do is sell a PCI TV card. It should come with an external USB Cablecard/Smartcard reader so we can get HDTV broadcasts. And they should do it fast before the Flags shut down the fun!
That time I was gang-raped by a bunch of over-weight former wrestlers, dragged through hot coals, and left for dead, really changed my life and made me a better person.
Now when I see over-weight former wrestlers, I shoot them on sight. That makes the whole world better.
Damn, you're right. I guess what we need is an 100% existence tax. You turn your life over to the state, sort of like a prisoner, but you get to go outside more.
You can get your taxes done by a professional accountant or you can go to H&R Block and have your taxes done by a guy who found out about a tax training course H&R offered, signed up for it, took the course, passed it, then started working for H&R Block.
Than this is the guy who produced the Clash's AWFUL album "Give 'Em Enough Rope"! God that sucked. It sucked harder than an electrified sucking machine used on the suckiest day of your life!
If that's what he's hanging his hat on nowadays, I truly feel sorry for him.
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So if a buy a new PowerPC, format the hard drive and wipe out OSX, install NT4, I'm still a Mac user?!
And what if I take all the guts out of the case and replace it with and intel motherboard, CPU, etc. Does that still make me a Mac user?
I'm just curious how you can NOT use the Mac OS and still use a Mac.
Maybe this will clear it up, if I buy an Intel based machine, wipe Windows off of it, and install Linux. Am I still using Windows?!
I'm glad to hear that Steam got shot. It's a crappy palladium-lite as far as I'm concerned. Maybe now that it'd dead I'll get around to buying Half-Life 2.
But Ash getting shot was great loss. You'd think that if he could survive the army of darkness, he could survive a volcano!
Because copyrights protect a particular code. Patents protect a process. Accordingly, copyrights enable competition. While patents destroy it.
The most egregious example in my mind of a software patent is a Japanese company's patent on linking a help file to a help icon. There is no specific code involved. ANY help icon linked to ANY help file is in violation of the patent.
Copyrights actually encourage competition, because if someone codes a great word processor, for example. Some other coder might try to make a different and better one, with his own code.
But patents stop any competition, because nearly every computer process can be patented and monopolized. Think about, right now nearly every piece of software you use is in violation of that Japanese help icon patent.
And think of all the other trivial processes your computer does that are or soon will be patented. Once you start eliminating all those processes, you end up with a pretty looking empty box under your desk. Unless of course Apple obtained a business method patent on pretty looking boxes under desks.
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Yeah, but I'd assume (I'm too lazy to do research) that it means 10 copies of the same work.
It only makes sense. If you have to pay the added tax on blank CDs, and if you can only record 10 of them, why are you obligated to continuing paying the tax even though it does you no good?!
Well, I volunteer. If I get sued by the RIAA, I'll raise this argument. I'll probably end up in debt for the rest of my life, but I'll die with the knowledge that someone law student, somewhere, wrote a law journal article about me.
... well, mostly because I am one, but I was perplexed why anyone would disagree with the following statement:
"A feature will be implemented if and only if there is a developer who wants to implement it"
Why should someone be compelled to develop software he doesn't want to develop? When you're forced to do something you don't want to do, that's called work, not a hobby. That isn't what open source is about.
If you want a feature put in an open source product, either do it yourself, wait for someone to do it, or pay someone to do it for you. But never ever ever expect someone to do it for you for free.
We pay a similar tax for blank CDs under the Home Recording Act. I can't understand why we PAY the music industry a tax on the media, but we are still not allowed to fill the media with content?!
If we already paid for and own the content, then what's the justification for the tax?! The tax only makes sense if we're allowed to put music we on the disc we didn't pay for.
Gee, I would have thought that France would have surrendered to the RIAA's demands!
No, not advertisments, "Bonus Materials."
When it gets sued, the patents are obvious and there is plenty of prior art. When it is suing, they are not obvious and there is no prior art.
What TIVO should do is sell a PCI TV card. It should come with an external USB Cablecard/Smartcard reader so we can get HDTV broadcasts. And they should do it fast before the Flags shut down the fun!
Well, I have to agree. Given the choice of all three options, I've always done my own taxes.
Somehow a "Gnutella of tits" just doesn't seem as satisfying as a "Torrent of tits."
God, I'd pay for that!
You have your cross to bare, I have mine.
That time I was gang-raped by a bunch of over-weight former wrestlers, dragged through hot coals, and left for dead, really changed my life and made me a better person.
Now when I see over-weight former wrestlers, I shoot them on sight. That makes the whole world better.
Damn, you're right. I guess what we need is an 100% existence tax. You turn your life over to the state, sort of like a prisoner, but you get to go outside more.
You can get your taxes done by a professional accountant or you can go to H&R Block and have your taxes done by a guy who found out about a tax training course H&R offered, signed up for it, took the course, passed it, then started working for H&R Block.
The choice is yours.
What this country needs is a tax on taxes. You should be compelled to pay a 5% tax on your total tax bill.
... that our laws stop at our borders.
I totally agree that journalists should be exempt from libel lawsuits without a showing of malice.
But that doesn't mean the rest of the world has to agree with us. They are free to set their own laws and to ignore ours.
Damn facts always get in the way of a great analogy!
Than this is the guy who produced the Clash's AWFUL album "Give 'Em Enough Rope"! God that sucked. It sucked harder than an electrified sucking machine used on the suckiest day of your life!
If that's what he's hanging his hat on nowadays, I truly feel sorry for him.
So if a buy a new PowerPC, format the hard drive and wipe out OSX, install NT4, I'm still a Mac user?!
And what if I take all the guts out of the case and replace it with and intel motherboard, CPU, etc. Does that still make me a Mac user?
I'm just curious how you can NOT use the Mac OS and still use a Mac.
Maybe this will clear it up, if I buy an Intel based machine, wipe Windows off of it, and install Linux. Am I still using Windows?!
He has NOT switched to a Mac. The article specifically says he's running Linux on a PowerPC!
... and jump on every trend that comes and goes. It should stick with its core business: Helping people find porn.
I'm glad to hear that Steam got shot. It's a crappy palladium-lite as far as I'm concerned. Maybe now that it'd dead I'll get around to buying Half-Life 2.
But Ash getting shot was great loss. You'd think that if he could survive the army of darkness, he could survive a volcano!
Because copyrights protect a particular code. Patents protect a process. Accordingly, copyrights enable competition. While patents destroy it.
The most egregious example in my mind of a software patent is a Japanese company's patent on linking a help file to a help icon. There is no specific code involved. ANY help icon linked to ANY help file is in violation of the patent.
Copyrights actually encourage competition, because if someone codes a great word processor, for example. Some other coder might try to make a different and better one, with his own code.
But patents stop any competition, because nearly every computer process can be patented and monopolized. Think about, right now nearly every piece of software you use is in violation of that Japanese help icon patent.
And think of all the other trivial processes your computer does that are or soon will be patented. Once you start eliminating all those processes, you end up with a pretty looking empty box under your desk. Unless of course Apple obtained a business method patent on pretty looking boxes under desks.
I agree. There is NO possible way that it could be illegal to actually commit suicide!
Beat what out of him? The fact that he's not really a journalist?! I think he admitted that by not answering my question.