I was absolutely blown away by the visuals in this show (I'm embarrassed to admit, my first NiN concert in 15 years of being a fan). Awesome to see something talking about how they set up all the multimedia.
Exactly! This is the first thing that came to mind when I read this story - "Hrmm, government oversight in the development of the most used operating system in the world. Illegal wiretapping is now legal... Keyloggers, anybody?"
Makes me ever more anxious for a copy of Cory Doctorow's ParanoidLinux.
Well, technically it's closing the barn door BEFORE the horse gets out.:) Since, you know, they're finding a way around the law before the law gets... Well, you know.:)
Seriously... Ebay is a FANTASTIC place to pick up used books on the cheap. I'll usually just buy a "lot" of like 20-30 books... with Media Mail (if you're in the States), it is MEGA cheap to get them shipped to you. You usually average around 2 bucks a book if you do it this way... often times even cheaper.
Man... as much as I have awesome fond memories of watching MacGyver as a kid... I made the mistake of going back and watching some episodes in reruns a few months back. WOW. That is some horrendous TV right there.
Yup, it was the same when I went to Waterloo for CS (class of 2001 baby!) - I was offered thousands in scholarships from other schools, including UofT, but Waterloo's co-op program sold me (and, to be honest, the scholarships still would have balanced out to less than the money that I made through co-op).
I've got an Xbox 360, with a wireless net adaptor for it, plus a laptop using wireless (and the router connecting it all together), and a 2.4ghz cordless phone. All in one bedroom. Haven't noticed any issues with any of it yet (knock on wood).
I've never worked for an employer in Ontario who didn't specifically have a "You must give at least 2 weeks notice when leaving" clause in the employment contract. Whether or not that's actually legal, I couldn't say, but I always gave that much notice, at least (I gave 3 months notice when I left my last job, because I liked them so much and knew how much trouble they'd had finding new hires in the past).
If so, there's a ton of consumers out there that are going to be very frustrated. I've never dealt with a shoddier product than the Scientific Atlanta PVR that I had through Rogers Cable a couple years ago. It was a HUGE pain in the ass to use.
Of course we didn't just surrender completely to that one. Region-free dvd players are one example, as are all the apps out there that let you reset your computer's dvd-region arbitrarily. And Australia's high court ruled that it's legal to sell devices that circumvent region-lockout as well.
Absolutely. Sure they're expensive now, but who cares? They're not made in any kind of quantities to be price-savvy at the moment, but they sure as hell will be in the future. I'd buy one just to have the reduced heat in my laptop.
Indeed, my gmail account has seen a DRAMATIC rise (something on the order of 150+ per day, from around 30 per day) in spam arriving in my spam folder. The occasional 1 or 2 still makes it through to my inbox, but most of those are foreign language, usually asian languages that I can't read anyway. It seems like a huge proportion of them are joe job spam bouncing back for my domain, as well. Annoying that the spammers have picked up my domain as a joe job domain, but what can ya do?
It wasn't 'a combination of rapidly increasing stock prices, individual speculation in stocks, and widely available venture capital.' It was 'dumbass venture capitalists throwing money at any goober with an "... on the net!" business plan, under the impression that as long as it was on the net, it would make money.'
I think the whole point here is that they're saying that #2 is, in fact, not true. The crux of their argument is that they are a British company, doing business in Britain, and thus are not subject to US jurisdiction. Internet jurisdiction is a bit of a grey area here - what constitutes "doing business in the US"? Is simply accepting business from US clients enough? Or do you have to have an actual business presence (ie offices, paying taxes in the states)?
Umm, I didn't see it stated in the article that he made that much money. Maybe somebody mentioned it in the comments above me, but I'm not going to go digging through hundreds of comments to find information that should have been provided in the original article.
The only mentions of money in the article:
ordered Peterson to pay restitution of more than $5.4 million...illegally copying and selling more than $20 million in software.
So perhaps I misattributed how much money he made (I presumed that the article's saying that he sold $20million in software meant that he actually took in $20million), but I still don't see where in that article it says the 5.4million is what he made himself.
He sold over $20 million worth of software, but only had to pay restitution of $5.4 million? I don't get it. Is that on TOP of having to forfeit the $20 million of income as well? The article is a bit short on details. If not, then it sounds like he's gonna still be sitting pretty when he gets out of jail, at almost $15 million to the good.
The problem is, all the hot girls smoke! So the non-smoking guys will go to where the hot girls are, and then the non-smoking girls will follow because that's where all the non-smoking guys went, and then we're out of business!:)
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I was absolutely blown away by the visuals in this show (I'm embarrassed to admit, my first NiN concert in 15 years of being a fan). Awesome to see something talking about how they set up all the multimedia.
Exactly! This is the first thing that came to mind when I read this story - "Hrmm, government oversight in the development of the most used operating system in the world. Illegal wiretapping is now legal... Keyloggers, anybody?" Makes me ever more anxious for a copy of Cory Doctorow's ParanoidLinux.
Well, technically it's closing the barn door BEFORE the horse gets out. :) Since, you know, they're finding a way around the law before the law gets... Well, you know. :)
Seriously... Ebay is a FANTASTIC place to pick up used books on the cheap. I'll usually just buy a "lot" of like 20-30 books... with Media Mail (if you're in the States), it is MEGA cheap to get them shipped to you. You usually average around 2 bucks a book if you do it this way... often times even cheaper.
If the press would stop reporting on his antics, he would no longer have a mouthpiece for his ridiculous ranting. The man is clearly imbalanced.
Man... as much as I have awesome fond memories of watching MacGyver as a kid... I made the mistake of going back and watching some episodes in reruns a few months back. WOW. That is some horrendous TV right there.
I predict a marked increase in transfers of cute_kitten_video.avi across the P2P networks.
Yup, it was the same when I went to Waterloo for CS (class of 2001 baby!) - I was offered thousands in scholarships from other schools, including UofT, but Waterloo's co-op program sold me (and, to be honest, the scholarships still would have balanced out to less than the money that I made through co-op).
Dude... if you're going to do that, do it at home so you can at least get the achievement for it! :)
I've got an Xbox 360, with a wireless net adaptor for it, plus a laptop using wireless (and the router connecting it all together), and a 2.4ghz cordless phone. All in one bedroom. Haven't noticed any issues with any of it yet (knock on wood).
I've never worked for an employer in Ontario who didn't specifically have a "You must give at least 2 weeks notice when leaving" clause in the employment contract. Whether or not that's actually legal, I couldn't say, but I always gave that much notice, at least (I gave 3 months notice when I left my last job, because I liked them so much and knew how much trouble they'd had finding new hires in the past).
If so, there's a ton of consumers out there that are going to be very frustrated. I've never dealt with a shoddier product than the Scientific Atlanta PVR that I had through Rogers Cable a couple years ago. It was a HUGE pain in the ass to use.
Of course we didn't just surrender completely to that one. Region-free dvd players are one example, as are all the apps out there that let you reset your computer's dvd-region arbitrarily. And Australia's high court ruled that it's legal to sell devices that circumvent region-lockout as well.
Absolutely. Sure they're expensive now, but who cares? They're not made in any kind of quantities to be price-savvy at the moment, but they sure as hell will be in the future. I'd buy one just to have the reduced heat in my laptop.
If he successfully sent a signal back in time, wouldn't we already know about it? :)
Indeed, my gmail account has seen a DRAMATIC rise (something on the order of 150+ per day, from around 30 per day) in spam arriving in my spam folder. The occasional 1 or 2 still makes it through to my inbox, but most of those are foreign language, usually asian languages that I can't read anyway. It seems like a huge proportion of them are joe job spam bouncing back for my domain, as well. Annoying that the spammers have picked up my domain as a joe job domain, but what can ya do?
"Google caves in to pressure in Australia, evilly censors blogs. So much for that 'don't be evil' motto, guys!"
It wasn't 'a combination of rapidly increasing stock prices, individual speculation in stocks, and widely available venture capital.' It was 'dumbass venture capitalists throwing money at any goober with an "... on the net!" business plan, under the impression that as long as it was on the net, it would make money.'
Don't be a twat on the internet, just because you think you're anonymous. Somebody will eventually snap, hunt you down, and beat you silly.
Listen, Jack, if you wanted a pre-release copy of the game, I'm sure Take Two would gladly send you one.
Yes, and every Slashdot reader also reads arstechnica. Oh, wait, no they don't.
I think the whole point here is that they're saying that #2 is, in fact, not true. The crux of their argument is that they are a British company, doing business in Britain, and thus are not subject to US jurisdiction. Internet jurisdiction is a bit of a grey area here - what constitutes "doing business in the US"? Is simply accepting business from US clients enough? Or do you have to have an actual business presence (ie offices, paying taxes in the states)?
The only mentions of money in the article:
So perhaps I misattributed how much money he made (I presumed that the article's saying that he sold $20million in software meant that he actually took in $20million), but I still don't see where in that article it says the 5.4million is what he made himself.
He sold over $20 million worth of software, but only had to pay restitution of $5.4 million? I don't get it. Is that on TOP of having to forfeit the $20 million of income as well? The article is a bit short on details. If not, then it sounds like he's gonna still be sitting pretty when he gets out of jail, at almost $15 million to the good.
The problem is, all the hot girls smoke! So the non-smoking guys will go to where the hot girls are, and then the non-smoking girls will follow because that's where all the non-smoking guys went, and then we're out of business! :)