Anger ( and offense is a form of anger) is not one of the Christian tools.
I would say that is a very naive interpretation. Yeah, Jesus said something along the lines of don't get angry, but in all actuality anger and offence are Christianity's most powerful tool. Just look at how much ammo the Janet tit thing gave the fundy christians.
Of course I am offended by anybody who tries to force thier religion on others, but you don't see the FCC protecting me (or the children!!).
cheerist! I can't even get video to loop properly with Pygame which is based on SDL. I hardly think it is competition for directX. I would love to be proven wrong BTW, I REALLY don't want to re-implement in Java, but when the Pygame developers themselves shrug and say there is nothing to do SDL just sucks for video what can you do?
It says that Mac users tend to have more disposable income. Otherwise they probably would not have bought a Mac in the first place. (not flamebait, I promise!)
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Have you ever actually tried to show a woman stuff through a telescope? THAT, my friends, is a chick magnet. Atleast it was the last few times I tried it;)
Until she realizes that it isn't actually that big....
1) If I link to a site that links to a site that has DMCA violating speech, does that mean my site is violating aswell? what about google? If so, how far does this chain go?
Knowing who wrote the law my guess would be six degrees. Our lawyers are drafting a C&D for ICANN as the entire interweb is in violation.
I love this logic: Yeah, the US sucks ass, but at least it's not Soviet Russia. Like that makes it better some how. I have a revolutionary idea, how about we change some of this crap instead of patting ourselves on the back about how not Soviet Russia we are.
oh well....screw it.... I say BUSH IN '04!!!!!! I need a good excuse to move up there....
I use p2p to try out stuff I have never heard before, and used cd stores to buy the stuff I know I want. Celophane Square rocks, and has super cheap used cd's + good selection.
My mp3 player is a Creative Nomad, so I would have to Play Unfair (apparently) to even listen to anything off iTunes anyway.
It is called a "terms of service" agreement. By breaking the TOS maybe they can only refuse the service. Since no penalty is stipulated in the agreement and no actual copyright infringement is necissarily taking place. Of course, they could probably hit you with the DMCA.
I personally find iTunes overpriced and over restrictive so I will never buy anything from them anyway, it is an interesting case though.
but I don't feel like scrolling up to the original..
I am not sure that you CAN sign away your rights. Obviously it has not been tested in court. But you can't just sign a contract that makes you a slave for example. I mean you can SIGN it, but it has no actual obligation or weight in court.
I thought iRate was a great idea but when I tried it I could only d/l one song at a time and I basically had to just sit at my computer to do it. Have they fixed that yet?
They're not. They haven't been ordered to pay damages or compensation, they've simply been told what they cannot do with the documents in order to prevent further infringement of Diebold's right to confidentiality in the lawyer-client relationship.
As I said before, by not publishing news that has value they are suffering damages and a potential loss of revenue.
So if someone breaks into your house (unlawfully), arranges to take photos of you in a compromising position (unlawfully), and a journalist is invited to view these photos on the burglar's own premises and equipment (lawfully) and copy them for publication (lawfully with the burglar's licence) then that's alright?
Let me offer my own convoluted analogy: Important information regarding the very future of the democracy we all hold so dear is released to the press, whose duties are to disseminate important information. Press performs said duties. Instead of refuting the evidence the practitioner of said information calls in the lawyers to cover the evidence up. Oh wait, that is ACTUALLY what happened.
The whistle blower performs a valuable service in our morally questionable society. I think anything that limits this service is a VERY bad idea.
To me it seems pretty cut and dry actually. The person that leaked the memos did something wrong. The newspaper that repoted them did nothing wrong. As we slashdotters like to say from time to time: once the cat is out of the bag you can't put it back. Why are the newspapers having the corrective burden placed upon them? If they have valuable news and they are being forced not to report it then they are suffering sanctions when those sanctions should rightfully be placed upon whoever broke the confidentiality agreement.
You act as if the converse is true. An alternative energy source is not an alternative fuel.
The converse doesn't need to be true because alternative fuel is a subset of alternative energy.
Yeash. No one ever takes the time to know what the hell they're blathering about.
I thought I already said what we were blathering about: semantics
But really, the original point does stand, GW has at least made an effort. Besides, I am tired of this game. I think I usually agree with your posts BTW...
An alternate fuel IS an alternate energy source. Nobody gets in thier car to appreciate it's gas, they get in it to turn that gas into energy and drive to the store.
What I think happened is that you made too strong of a statement, got called on it, and are reverting to semantics to backpedal your way out of it.
Alternate energy sources are not alternate fuel sources??? You can use solar on cars and houses, you can use hydrogen power on cars and houses. I fail to see how this is insightful.
Well, I guess that is where we differ. I believe that we do have a right to access our own cultural heritage. Unfortunately, for the first time ever, that culture is wholly owned by one consortium. It is the monopoly of culture that is the problem, not greedy downloaders, not greedy artists, not even greedy labels. If there was no monopoly the greedy labels would actually be competing with each other instead of teaming up to steal our culture from us and then sell it back at ungodly prices.
It's hard to tell. Bush stopped the tariff against steel interest lobbying I think. China also started buying shitloads of it which made it relatively scarce(hence more $$). If I had money invested in steel like the guy further down the thread I would think about selling it pretty soon. Steel prices are finally starting to level off (hopefully).
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hehehe, I am not sure if that is funnier if it was meant to be a joke or not...
excellent point, except:
Anger ( and offense is a form of anger) is not one of the Christian tools.
I would say that is a very naive interpretation. Yeah, Jesus said something along the lines of don't get angry, but in all actuality anger and offence are Christianity's most powerful tool. Just look at how much ammo the Janet tit thing gave the fundy christians.
Of course I am offended by anybody who tries to force thier religion on others, but you don't see the FCC protecting me (or the children!!).
hehehe...thats good...
The answer is yes....and no
as a foot in the door, the more open standards can be intorduced and promoted to gain larger foothold.
Beware your foothold doesn't become too large or else you will no longer be able to walk.
With how fat kids are these days maybe it's a good thing....
cheerist! I can't even get video to loop properly with Pygame which is based on SDL. I hardly think it is competition for directX. I would love to be proven wrong BTW, I REALLY don't want to re-implement in Java, but when the Pygame developers themselves shrug and say there is nothing to do SDL just sucks for video what can you do?
It says that Mac users tend to have more disposable income. Otherwise they probably would not have bought a Mac in the first place. (not flamebait, I promise!)
Have you ever actually tried to show a woman stuff through a telescope? THAT, my friends, is a chick magnet. Atleast it was the last few times I tried it ;)
Until she realizes that it isn't actually that big....
Finally it suggests that pi = 3...
.1415.... is pretty damn good!!! heh.
Crap man, for the time I would say that being within
1) If I link to a site that links to a site that has DMCA violating speech, does that mean my site is violating aswell? what about google? If so, how far does this chain go?
Knowing who wrote the law my guess would be six degrees. Our lawyers are drafting a C&D for ICANN as the entire interweb is in violation.
heh
I love this logic: Yeah, the US sucks ass, but at least it's not Soviet Russia. Like that makes it better some how. I have a revolutionary idea, how about we change some of this crap instead of patting ourselves on the back about how not Soviet Russia we are.
oh well....screw it.... I say BUSH IN '04!!!!!! I need a good excuse to move up there....
thats cool.
I use p2p to try out stuff I have never heard before, and used cd stores to buy the stuff I know I want. Celophane Square rocks, and has super cheap used cd's + good selection.
My mp3 player is a Creative Nomad, so I would have to Play Unfair (apparently) to even listen to anything off iTunes anyway.
interesting...
Apple has the right to not sell me songs either
It is called a "terms of service" agreement. By breaking the TOS maybe they can only refuse the service. Since no penalty is stipulated in the agreement and no actual copyright infringement is necissarily taking place. Of course, they could probably hit you with the DMCA.
I personally find iTunes overpriced and over restrictive so I will never buy anything from them anyway, it is an interesting case though.
but I don't feel like scrolling up to the original..
I am not sure that you CAN sign away your rights. Obviously it has not been tested in court. But you can't just sign a contract that makes you a slave for example. I mean you can SIGN it, but it has no actual obligation or weight in court.
I thought iRate was a great idea but when I tried it I could only d/l one song at a time and I basically had to just sit at my computer to do it. Have they fixed that yet?
They're not. They haven't been ordered to pay damages or compensation, they've simply been told what they cannot do with the documents in order to prevent further infringement of Diebold's right to confidentiality in the lawyer-client relationship.
As I said before, by not publishing news that has value they are suffering damages and a potential loss of revenue.
So if someone breaks into your house (unlawfully), arranges to take photos of you in a compromising position (unlawfully), and a journalist is invited to view these photos on the burglar's own premises and equipment (lawfully) and copy them for publication (lawfully with the burglar's licence) then that's alright?
Let me offer my own convoluted analogy: Important information regarding the very future of the democracy we all hold so dear is released to the press, whose duties are to disseminate important information. Press performs said duties. Instead of refuting the evidence the practitioner of said information calls in the lawyers to cover the evidence up. Oh wait, that is ACTUALLY what happened.
The whistle blower performs a valuable service in our morally questionable society. I think anything that limits this service is a VERY bad idea.
To me it seems pretty cut and dry actually. The person that leaked the memos did something wrong. The newspaper that repoted them did nothing wrong. As we slashdotters like to say from time to time: once the cat is out of the bag you can't put it back. Why are the newspapers having the corrective burden placed upon them? If they have valuable news and they are being forced not to report it then they are suffering sanctions when those sanctions should rightfully be placed upon whoever broke the confidentiality agreement.
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I fear the day manufacturers realize that they can just produce less and charge more and call the layoffs profit.
You act as if the converse is true. An alternative energy source is not an alternative fuel.
The converse doesn't need to be true because alternative fuel is a subset of alternative energy.
Yeash. No one ever takes the time to know what the hell they're blathering about.
I thought I already said what we were blathering about: semantics
But really, the original point does stand, GW has at least made an effort. Besides, I am tired of this game. I think I usually agree with your posts BTW...
An alternate fuel IS an alternate energy source. Nobody gets in thier car to appreciate it's gas, they get in it to turn that gas into energy and drive to the store.
What I think happened is that you made too strong of a statement, got called on it, and are reverting to semantics to backpedal your way out of it.
Alternate energy sources are not alternate fuel sources??? You can use solar on cars and houses, you can use hydrogen power on cars and houses. I fail to see how this is insightful.
...you do not have a right to hear music...
Well, I guess that is where we differ. I believe that we do have a right to access our own cultural heritage. Unfortunately, for the first time ever, that culture is wholly owned by one consortium. It is the monopoly of culture that is the problem, not greedy downloaders, not greedy artists, not even greedy labels. If there was no monopoly the greedy labels would actually be competing with each other instead of teaming up to steal our culture from us and then sell it back at ungodly prices.
you know, 1.25 meg, the amount of data you could actually fit on those crappy 3.5" disks
It's hard to tell. Bush stopped the tariff against steel interest lobbying I think. China also started buying shitloads of it which made it relatively scarce(hence more $$). If I had money invested in steel like the guy further down the thread I would think about selling it pretty soon. Steel prices are finally starting to level off (hopefully).