Stern's antics have to significantly changed in the last 10-20 years. So unless the definition of obscene/indecent changed in the past month (it didn't, only the penalties for volating existings rules changed) it would seem like we was booted off the air for something else
Much as I dislike Kerry's positions on a number of issues (including the DMCA and Globalization) he is far, far, far better than Bush. Since Nader has no chance in hell of being elected it is important to vote for Kerry (even if you don't like everything he says) in order to keep Bush from winning.
In 2000 a lot of people (myself included) voted for Nader because they opposed Gore's right-of-center positions on many issues and the result has been record deficits, prepetual war, general outrage from the international comunity and the gradual roll back of our civil liberties and constiutional rights.
Recent polls predict that Nader will get far less than the number of votes needed to get federal matching funds for the Green Party and that "his 2004 candidacy a much greater threat to the Democratic Party's candidate than to George W. Bush" (Source: The Gallup Organization, Summary, subscription required to view full article.) So don't kid yourself a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush and the last thing we (the people of the US) need is four more years of King George II.
Would this be the death of the PIN? What's next - biometrics? Will this last only as long as it also cannot be spoofed?
The probelm is the mag stripe cards, not the PIN numbers. Rather than replacing the PINs and leaving users with biometric data on the same, easy to fake, cards why not keep the PINs but use encrypted smart cards in the place of mag stripes
Sunset provisions, are a good idea, but I see no reason to exempt quote-unquote "basic issues" such as murder or theft. It's not like, when the law against murder is up for renewal, there are going to be a lot of people saying "hey, I don't think there's nearly enough murder going on these days". On the other hand, allowing an exemption clause would just open the gates for lawmakers to describe their pet projects as "basic issues".
On the surface this seems like a pretty good idea but my only concern is that it is almost impossible for a bill (especially one with a lot of support) to get through congress without multiple pork barell and/or partisan riders attached. So I am afraid that this would result in congress critters attaching pet projects that would never pass on their own to "basic issues" renewal bills (i.e. The Murder Recriminalization and Federal Funding for a new strip club in Rep. Douchebag's district act) and if you think is is unrealisitic look no further than the energy bill considered by the senate last year which included a provision for federal funding of a Hooter's in Louisiana
Take a cue from our overvelous drug laws and allow the seizure of all equipment used to violate the CAN SPAM act and/or purchased with profits from said violations.
Prohibit ISPs (US Based ones at least) from offering net access to convicted spamers for a significant period (i.e. 5 years for the first violation, 20 years for the second, life for the third)
Crippling fines (i.e. $10,000 per message)
Prison terms for repeat offenders
If any other laws were violated in the process of sending spam (e.g. planting trojans, breaking into other peoples machines for use as relays, etc) or the spam is advertising a illegal product make sure to prosocute under those laws too
I have both Speedpass (had it about 2 years) and EZ-Pass (just got it recently) and the only personal information either needed was name, address, credit card info, phone number and license plate number (EZ-Pass only). Neither even tried to get a SSN and there is no reasson they would need one since they don't offer credit (and therefore have no reason to run a credit check) they just charge the credit/debit card you give them when you sign up.
Can someone please explain to me when this became a land where we had to determine what a voter intended and not what he actualy voted for (or in this case didn't vote for).
The problem is that any of the following situtations could result in a blank ballot being recored and without a paper trail it is imposible to determine which it was:
The voter intentionally cast a blank ballot for whatever reasson (protest vote, apathy, etc)
The voter didn't fill out his/her ballot properly
A bug in the machine (hardware or software) prevented the ballot from being counted even though it was filled out correctly
Someone (a political operative, voting machine company empolyer, croupt precint offical, random mischief maker, etc) altered the machine's software/instered malicious code which prevented it from functioning as it should have.
Therefore while determining the intent of voter's who didn't vote correctly may to be important (although it is mandated in some states) it is important to be able to verify that the machine is working properly and that all the uncounted votes are the result of blank or incorrectly filled out ballots.
you can basically get away with defrauding a hooker (bouncing checks, counterfeit bills, or just a plain old stiffing). Ditto for bookies.
The problem with this theory is that since they are "on the other side of the law" pimps and bookies won't call the cops, they'll just beat the shit out of you
The problem is that if you just quit the vast majority of theaters won't show your film, many magazines, newspapers, TV and radio stations will refuse to carry ads for your film, many retail and video rental chains won't carry your film and your iflm will not be considered for the Oscar's (and other awards) and the publicity which copmes with them.
Dell is notorious for utterly worthless tech support. If you don't have standards, your location is irrelevant.
I have to disagree with this. While Dell's support is far from excellent I have found them to be much better than most other computer companies. I will admit their hold times are often long but they (unlike most other tech support lines I've dealt with) usually fix the problem on the first call and when a component needs to be replaced they usually get it to me much faster and with much less BS than other companies
Personally, I always use horror movie villians for website registration. Although I can't help but worry that maybe Freddy Krueger wouldn't have killed all those people if he wasn't getting all my SPAM and junk mail
iTunes would be the only way to load your iPod anymore
This is not entirely true. I have iTunes for Windows installed in order to use the ITMS and have no problems using Xplay to access my iPod although I did have to reinstall it after installing iTunes
I've often wondered this too. Also I seems to apply only to full systems. I have ordered a variety of items from Dell (monitors, PDAs, memory cards of various kinds, etc) without tax but they always charge me sales tax on systems (desktops and laptops)
Because spyware/adware is most usefull (to its creators) when it is installed on as many computers as possible. Only a very small precentage of computers run *nix . OF those a significant number (much higher than with windows) are run by people who know enough about computers to avoid spyware/adware and/or find and remove it.
For spyware/adware to wortk (from the perspective of the people making and distribting it) it needs a large userbase consisting of computer-illiterate people who either don't know it is there or think gaving it is a good thing.. The number of *nix users in this category is tiny compared to the number of windows users
What about a touchscreen system that records the vote electronically and prints it (in human-readable form) on a piece of paper the voter can see, and than put in a physically ballot it box.? This would allow for the simplicity and counting speed of a fully computerized system while still leaving a paper trail that could be hand counted if nessecary and allowing the voter to verify that their vote was recorded correctly.
Apple was not 1st with either a portable mp3 player or an online music store, dumbass.
The iPod was by far the best mp3 on the market when it first came out and iTMS is the only online music store that is worth using (at least for major label music)
Soooo.... If one does purchase (foolishly) a SCO license... and the courts rule that they are full of shit (correctly) - would that entitle you to sue SCO for your license fee back?
IANAL but I think it depends on the terms/wording of the license. If the license is to use SCO Linux (which they own and can license however they want, although they could be held liable for violating the license on any GPL'd code it contains.) you can't sue because they provided what they sold you (a license to use their version of Linux). However, if you can prove that they either represented themselves as owning all linux distros and/or licensed you to use something they don't own you might have a case for fraud or false advertising.
There are people trying to get a buggy CD signed by Microsoft
Unfortunatly this has nothing to do with the xbox as most of the people in question are actually M$ Software designers working on future versions of Windows , IE and Outlook
Apple rolled out a service to complement the iPod with legal music. I think that answers this question rather nicely.
iTMS was released over a year after the first iPod and even then only for mac users (about 5% of computer owners, don't know what precentage of iPod users but I would be shocked if it was above 25% seeing as even when iPod was only supported/only included software for macs 3rd party programs such as xplay allowed people to use iPods with other OSes). I would hardly call this a similtainious rollout.
The reason copyright issuses didn't cause problems for the iPod release was that courts had already ruled that portable mp3 players were legal in the Rio case (RIAA vs. Diamond Multimedia, I beleive)
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Stern's antics have to significantly changed in the last 10-20 years. So unless the definition of obscene/indecent changed in the past month (it didn't, only the penalties for volating existings rules changed) it would seem like we was booted off the air for something else
Vote for Nader, Get Bush!
Much as I dislike Kerry's positions on a number of issues (including the DMCA and Globalization) he is far, far, far better than Bush. Since Nader has no chance in hell of being elected it is important to vote for Kerry (even if you don't like everything he says) in order to keep Bush from winning.
In 2000 a lot of people (myself included) voted for Nader because they opposed Gore's right-of-center positions on many issues and the result has been record deficits, prepetual war, general outrage from the international comunity and the gradual roll back of our civil liberties and constiutional rights.
Recent polls predict that Nader will get far less than the number of votes needed to get federal matching funds for the Green Party and that "his 2004 candidacy a much greater threat to the Democratic Party's candidate than to George W. Bush" (Source: The Gallup Organization, Summary, subscription required to view full article.) So don't kid yourself a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush and the last thing we (the people of the US) need is four more years of King George II.
ReDefeat Bush in 2004! Vote John Kerry for President
The probelm is the mag stripe cards, not the PIN numbers. Rather than replacing the PINs and leaving users with biometric data on the same, easy to fake, cards why not keep the PINs but use encrypted smart cards in the place of mag stripes
On the surface this seems like a pretty good idea but my only concern is that it is almost impossible for a bill (especially one with a lot of support) to get through congress without multiple pork barell and/or partisan riders attached. So I am afraid that this would result in congress critters attaching pet projects that would never pass on their own to "basic issues" renewal bills (i.e. The Murder Recriminalization and Federal Funding for a new strip club in Rep. Douchebag's district act) and if you think is is unrealisitic look no further than the energy bill considered by the senate last year which included a provision for federal funding of a Hooter's in Louisiana
Wouldn't it be simpler to require accurate information but let people chose if they want their information published or not.
I have both Speedpass (had it about 2 years) and EZ-Pass (just got it recently) and the only personal information either needed was name, address, credit card info, phone number and license plate number (EZ-Pass only). Neither even tried to get a SSN and there is no reasson they would need one since they don't offer credit (and therefore have no reason to run a credit check) they just charge the credit/debit card you give them when you sign up.
The problem is that any of the following situtations could result in a blank ballot being recored and without a paper trail it is imposible to determine which it was:
Therefore while determining the intent of voter's who didn't vote correctly may to be important (although it is mandated in some states) it is important to be able to verify that the machine is working properly and that all the uncounted votes are the result of blank or incorrectly filled out ballots.
So we're discusing the 2000 Presidential Election here, right?
The problem is that if you just quit the vast majority of theaters won't show your film, many magazines, newspapers, TV and radio stations will refuse to carry ads for your film, many retail and video rental chains won't carry your film and your iflm will not be considered for the Oscar's (and other awards) and the publicity which copmes with them.
I have to disagree with this. While Dell's support is far from excellent I have found them to be much better than most other computer companies. I will admit their hold times are often long but they (unlike most other tech support lines I've dealt with) usually fix the problem on the first call and when a component needs to be replaced they usually get it to me much faster and with much less BS than other companies
Personally, I always use horror movie villians for website registration. Although I can't help but worry that maybe Freddy Krueger wouldn't have killed all those people if he wasn't getting all my SPAM and junk mail
This is not entirely true. I have iTunes for Windows installed in order to use the ITMS and have no problems using Xplay to access my iPod although I did have to reinstall it after installing iTunes
I've often wondered this too. Also I seems to apply only to full systems. I have ordered a variety of items from Dell (monitors, PDAs, memory cards of various kinds, etc) without tax but they always charge me sales tax on systems (desktops and laptops)
Because spyware/adware is most usefull (to its creators) when it is installed on as many computers as possible. Only a very small precentage of computers run *nix . OF those a significant number (much higher than with windows) are run by people who know enough about computers to avoid spyware/adware and/or find and remove it.
For spyware/adware to wortk (from the perspective of the people making and distribting it) it needs a large userbase consisting of computer-illiterate people who either don't know it is there or think gaving it is a good thing.. The number of *nix users in this category is tiny compared to the number of windows users
What about a touchscreen system that records the vote electronically and prints it (in human-readable form) on a piece of paper the voter can see, and than put in a physically ballot it box.? This would allow for the simplicity and counting speed of a fully computerized system while still leaving a paper trail that could be hand counted if nessecary and allowing the voter to verify that their vote was recorded correctly.
Screw major retailers. I spent about 10 seconds on Google and found all of these:
- Zone Free DVD
- DVD City
- Overseas Best Buy
- 220-Electronics
- J-List
- and a whole hell of a lot more
or if you already have a dvd playerThe iPod was by far the best mp3 on the market when it first came out and iTMS is the only online music store that is worth using (at least for major label music)
IANAL but I think it depends on the terms/wording of the license. If the license is to use SCO Linux (which they own and can license however they want, although they could be held liable for violating the license on any GPL'd code it contains.) you can't sue because they provided what they sold you (a license to use their version of Linux). However, if you can prove that they either represented themselves as owning all linux distros and/or licensed you to use something they don't own you might have a case for fraud or false advertising.
Unfortunatly this has nothing to do with the xbox as most of the people in question are actually M$ Software designers working on future versions of Windows , IE and Outlook
A schooner IS a sailboat stupid head!
narkotix, step up and receive your certificate of redundancy certificate
iTMS was released over a year after the first iPod and even then only for mac users (about 5% of computer owners, don't know what precentage of iPod users but I would be shocked if it was above 25% seeing as even when iPod was only supported/only included software for macs 3rd party programs such as xplay allowed people to use iPods with other OSes). I would hardly call this a similtainious rollout.
The reason copyright issuses didn't cause problems for the iPod release was that courts had already ruled that portable mp3 players were legal in the Rio case (RIAA vs. Diamond Multimedia, I beleive)