Thanks to POPFile, I can at least filter out most of the spam that gets into my mailbox, but I prefer a solution that addresses the source of the problem.
So Microsoft wants chattroom users to register (for a small fee, of course) with credit cards? Oh, and pedophiles would never, ever use bogus credit cards or phony IDs. Add to that the no identity thief would think to create a bogus MS chatroom page or send out bogus emails to lure unsuspecting people to hand over their credit card numbers.
OK, cheap shots aside; what will this lawsuit serve? They obviously know they won't get much money, if any, from a girl living in a city's subsidized housing system. This is nothing more than a tactic designed to instill fear into file-sharers, call it an attempt at Social Engineering.
It's a classic example of an industry failing to keep pace with technology and paying for it in the end. A similar thing happened when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences snubbed Any Sirkis for a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role of Gollum simply because the character was computer generated; never mind that Sirkis did the voice and the action for the CGI character. (Makes me wonder where the "Science" part went.) But I digress.
The RIAA and the music industry had an opportunity to embrace file sharing as a way to promote and, yes, sell music online. Let's face it, who wants to pay $20 for a CD just for one or two songs? Granted, some really good songs never get air play; but then again I've heard songs get air time that make me want to bazooka vomit. (Remember the "Titanic" soundtrack?)
Oh, sure, now the music industry is starting to come around, but the damage has alread been done. So what's left? Law suits. It's easier, by the RIAA's thinking at least, to criminalize file sharers, the ones who embraced the technology early on, than it is to admit their shortsightedness.
The sizes may be different, but I think the mentalities of the RIAA and the 12 year old girl are probably pretty close
I doubt it. The article says the girl was an honors student, so that would put her at least one up on the RIAA and higher still than the Fox writer who misspelled the word "the" in the article.
Lots of the new popular music completely misses the target for me and I am sure much of the music buying public. For me, I have been focusing on expanding my collection of older bluegrass, jazz and finding all that punk stuff that never made it to CD.
I, for one, think that 99% of the music being pushed out by the RIAA today is sad waste of perfectly good CD blanks. I guess I'll start my collection of opera CDs. Sure beats the hell out of the bubblegum garbage being thrown to the consumers.
So in a sense, by not raising the dollar ammount, they have lowered prices.
Yeah, but the quality of the product (i.e. the music) has retreated to the point of being worthless. Hell, I can't remember the last CD I bought from a current artist. Most of the CDs I own are re-released copies of older LPs.
From my understanding, natural gas is a mixture of gases (including methane). Propane, on the otherhand, is just that: propane. As evidence, I offer the following link from the Good Eats Fan Page.
Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable driving at high speeds on roads with SUVs and a big tank of gaseous hydrogen in the tank.
Hell, I don't feel safe with SUVs on the road, period. I ride a motorcycle and last thing I need in my life is to be sideswiped by some cell-phone yakking yuppie soccer mom driving an SUV that never sees so much as a dirt road.
Actually, one source of natural gas can be found at sanitary landfills. Every landfill has breather pipes that burn off the methane produced by the decomposing trash. Many landfills actually route the methane to tanks and sell it to natural gas companies for additional revenue.
I thought the GPL grants the creator IP rights, but it is the creator who chooses to release his/her code to the open source community for consideration. I don't recall anywhere in the GPL where the creator actually surrenders his/her IP rights. If that's true, the what better forum to explore this issue than in front of the WIPO?
One thing to consider that is often overlooked: LOTR (the book) was originally intended to be released as one continous book, but the publisher didn't think anyone would read a 1000+ page book. (By that token, they would have never published "Programming Perl" or any Russian novels, either.) So, it could be easily said that FOTR and TTT are merely two parts to a much larger movie.
I have read both the book and watched both movies and enjoyed both versions. True, much was altered going from print to screen, but that is inevitable with such a deep and rich work. The same could be said of such movies as "Anna Karinina", "The Brothers Karamazov", "War and Peace", and "Gone With the Wind". (Funny how I picked three Russian novels, eh?) Of course not everyone is going to enjoy the same movie, book, etc. Heck, I think any film version of "Anna Karinina" pales in comparison to the staring Greta Garbo, but that's just me. I also think that time will be the true test of how well the film version of LOTR will fair.
I don't know about the Dec 16th all day marathon though. Something about going to a movie at 3pm and leaving after midnight. Besides, my GF has enough trouble staying awake in a 1.5 hour long movie.
In that case, I would suggest avoiding Wagnerian operas as well; one of Wagner's operas can last 3 hours, with or without intermissions! As for me, I would love watching the full trilogy in one day, just have a strether nearby to carry me out.
"Run home. Run home and cry to mommy." --Bruce Campbell, "Army of Darkness"
Come on, Darl, you go out and yank on the dragon's tail and you didn't expect the dragon to turn around and smoke your sorry ass? I swear, McBride & Co. must be either incredibly stupid, categorically insane, taking heavy psycotropic drugs or all three. Hell, I'm surprise the major TV networks haven't made this into a new reality TV series; it's a lot more interesting, funnier, and the only thing missing is the sex.
"As I walked in here, I heard you talk about Intellectual Property and hijacked code. How your supposed IP ended up in the Linux kernel, when the only code you've shown so far has been public knowledge, some for over 10 years and others release by your own company. You talk about Linux users being theives and pirates, and yeah you have the balls to stand there and demand blood money for something you don't even own, or you'll sue. Over there, you have some supposed anonymous company, hiding, who allegedly bought a license just to kiss your ass. And over here is IBM, Red Hat, and SuSE, among others, willing to take the hard way; to stand up against your mafia tactics and fight. You call them them pirates. I call them freedom fighters. You think you're sending these slendid foot soldiers back with their tails between their legs. I say they will walk out of here with their heads held high because they're fighting for freedom; they're fighting for the little guy; they're fighting to protect our right to choose which OS to run. That is what is called integrity. That is what is called character. That is what this country was founded upon. And McBride, Sontag, Heise, wherever you are: FUCK YOU TOO!!!"
Funny, it seems like only a couple weeks ago the MPAA was blaming file sharing as the reason why Charlie's Angel's 2 tanked. What will be the MPAA's scapegoat next week? Power outages in the northeast?
Slashdot Mirror
Sounds like a opening line to a horror movie trailer: The Night of the Telemarketers.
Thanks to POPFile, I can at least filter out most of the spam that gets into my mailbox, but I prefer a solution that addresses the source of the problem.
Yeah. Right.
Sardine ice cream sundaes for everyone!
It's a classic example of an industry failing to keep pace with technology and paying for it in the end. A similar thing happened when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences snubbed Any Sirkis for a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role of Gollum simply because the character was computer generated; never mind that Sirkis did the voice and the action for the CGI character. (Makes me wonder where the "Science" part went.) But I digress.
The RIAA and the music industry had an opportunity to embrace file sharing as a way to promote and, yes, sell music online. Let's face it, who wants to pay $20 for a CD just for one or two songs? Granted, some really good songs never get air play; but then again I've heard songs get air time that make me want to bazooka vomit. (Remember the "Titanic" soundtrack?)
Oh, sure, now the music industry is starting to come around, but the damage has alread been done. So what's left? Law suits. It's easier, by the RIAA's thinking at least, to criminalize file sharers, the ones who embraced the technology early on, than it is to admit their shortsightedness.
I doubt it. The article says the girl was an honors student, so that would put her at least one up on the RIAA and higher still than the Fox writer who misspelled the word "the" in the article.
Hey, I like trolls. They're funny and really tasty after being slow roasted over an open pit.
More competition for my sugar intake.
I, for one, think that 99% of the music being pushed out by the RIAA today is sad waste of perfectly good CD blanks. I guess I'll start my collection of opera CDs. Sure beats the hell out of the bubblegum garbage being thrown to the consumers.
I want my Tech TV!
Don't touch the keyboard.
Yeah, but the quality of the product (i.e. the music) has retreated to the point of being worthless. Hell, I can't remember the last CD I bought from a current artist. Most of the CDs I own are re-released copies of older LPs.
Hell, I don't feel safe with SUVs on the road, period. I ride a motorcycle and last thing I need in my life is to be sideswiped by some cell-phone yakking yuppie soccer mom driving an SUV that never sees so much as a dirt road.
I thought the GPL grants the creator IP rights, but it is the creator who chooses to release his/her code to the open source community for consideration. I don't recall anywhere in the GPL where the creator actually surrenders his/her IP rights. If that's true, the what better forum to explore this issue than in front of the WIPO?
Der Ring des Nibelungen, the other ring story.
I have read both the book and watched both movies and enjoyed both versions. True, much was altered going from print to screen, but that is inevitable with such a deep and rich work. The same could be said of such movies as "Anna Karinina", "The Brothers Karamazov", "War and Peace", and "Gone With the Wind". (Funny how I picked three Russian novels, eh?) Of course not everyone is going to enjoy the same movie, book, etc. Heck, I think any film version of "Anna Karinina" pales in comparison to the staring Greta Garbo, but that's just me. I also think that time will be the true test of how well the film version of LOTR will fair.
Of course, your milage (and opinions) may vary.
In that case, I would suggest avoiding Wagnerian operas as well; one of Wagner's operas can last 3 hours, with or without intermissions! As for me, I would love watching the full trilogy in one day, just have a strether nearby to carry me out.
It's harder than that. You can actually herd cats. Or maybe not.
Come on, Darl, you go out and yank on the dragon's tail and you didn't expect the dragon to turn around and smoke your sorry ass? I swear, McBride & Co. must be either incredibly stupid, categorically insane, taking heavy psycotropic drugs or all three. Hell, I'm surprise the major TV networks haven't made this into a new reality TV series; it's a lot more interesting, funnier, and the only thing missing is the sex.
(insert thunderous applause here)
Apologies to fans of "Scent of a Woman". :)
"By the prickling of my thumbs, something goofy this way comes." -- MST3K