Your debt to society is paid, unless, of course, you're a drug offender (even low level marijuana possession... )
Drug felons can't vote, own a handgun/possess ANY kind of weapon in most states (including, but not limited to, knives, box cutters, exacto blades, pepper spray/mace, stun guns, etc.).. They also can't get any kind of federal financial aid for school, any kind of federal housing assistance, cash assistance, food assistance, and in many states, even medical assistance is limited.
I'm willing to bet drug offenders will be up next for a registry..
So if RIAA gets money from blank CD's, and an unsigned artist is producing their own albums, burning their own CD's, then..
Who is stealing from who? Are people downloading music stealing from the artists (many who are buying their merchandise and attending their concerts), or is the recording industry stealing from unsigned artists?
Why should I, as an unsigned artist, be paying money for every blank CD I use to record my music?
The damn tabs are usually wrong anyway I've found! But I would hate to see these disappear! What's next? Banning audacity so that guitarists/bassists like myself won't be able to slow down songs while preserving pitch to find out what the musicians were doing?
Torture happens on U.S. soil also. In 2003, I was in the Spokane County Jail for 40 days..
They refused to let me eat a religiously vegan diet, I went from 165 lbs down to 130 lbs in 40 days, due to not receiving enough food that I was able to eat. They also recorded in the records that I WAS eating meat, which was factually incorrect.
They would switch my diet to a vegan for a few days before they would weigh me, then switch it back immediately after weighing me, as if they were trying to put a little weight on me before they weighed me, so in all likelihood, I was UNDER 130 lbs..
Welcome to America, where your religious rights no longer count, and they can refuse to feed you food that is compatible with your religous beliefs.
Well said! Berkeley, California has an organization called Cop Watch. Basically, they film cops in actions to make the cops more accountable for their actions. http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/
I propose everyone of you reading these threads, who is concerned by this, START A CHAPTER IN YOUR LOCAL CITY. This isn't going to get any better with us lying down and taking it.
As someone earlier said, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? [Who will police the police?]
You are assuming that you can PROVE that you were not read your Miranda rights. If you don't have any witnesses, you have no proof. They're going to take the cops word over yours.
Also, in Spokane, Washington, the cops don't read you your rights, you get read them the NEXT day by the "telescreen" judge, by a judge that you see through a TV with a camera system.
I had MAJOR problems with ZipZoomFly when they were still called GoogleGear. I ordered a CPU, it was received damaged, and they absolutely REFUSED to issue me a replacement or a refund, saying >I
I never did get my replacement, and they were absolutely the RUDEST people I've ever dealt with.
AOL is the most popular ISP because it comes pre-installed on a lot of computers, and the people signing up for it don't know they're selling their soul and you have to wait upwards of an hour to reach anyone in cancellation... Which is basically the only way to cancel.. Sending in the letters, the letters don't seem to make it there.. Hmm..
It's REAL easy to sign up, almost impossible to cancel without cancelling your credit card.. I know several people who had to do this.. and they have an indemnification clause that says if you want to sue AOL, you're paying for their lawyers..
And your tag line about dumping sony in favor of Micro$oft, makes me think.. why isn't there a Linux or xBSD based game system? (Open source of course..) You wouldn't be able to call it the XBox since SOMEONE stole THAT name.. =) Maybe they're pissed about "XWindows"?
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Your debt to society is paid, unless, of course, you're a drug offender (even low level marijuana possession... ) Drug felons can't vote, own a handgun/possess ANY kind of weapon in most states (including, but not limited to, knives, box cutters, exacto blades, pepper spray/mace, stun guns, etc.).. They also can't get any kind of federal financial aid for school, any kind of federal housing assistance, cash assistance, food assistance, and in many states, even medical assistance is limited. I'm willing to bet drug offenders will be up next for a registry..
So.. there is NO possibility of a false positive occuring with this technology?
Isn't there a Drupal module that already does this?
What YouTube video is this?
No, that's just the Mayan Y2.012K bug...
So if RIAA gets money from blank CD's, and an unsigned artist is producing their own albums, burning their own CD's, then..
Who is stealing from who? Are people downloading music stealing from the artists (many who are buying their merchandise and attending their concerts), or is the recording industry stealing from unsigned artists?
Why should I, as an unsigned artist, be paying money for every blank CD I use to record my music?
-Myke
The damn tabs are usually wrong anyway I've found! But I would hate to see these disappear! What's next? Banning audacity so that guitarists/bassists like myself won't be able to slow down songs while preserving pitch to find out what the musicians were doing?
Torture happens on U.S. soil also. In 2003, I was in the Spokane County Jail for 40 days..
They refused to let me eat a religiously vegan diet, I went from 165 lbs down to 130 lbs in 40 days, due to not receiving enough food that I was able to eat. They also recorded in the records that I WAS eating meat, which was factually incorrect.
They would switch my diet to a vegan for a few days before they would weigh me, then switch it back immediately after weighing me, as if they were trying to put a little weight on me before they weighed me, so in all likelihood, I was UNDER 130 lbs..
Welcome to America, where your religious rights no longer count, and they can refuse to feed you food that is compatible with your religous beliefs.
Why is the American Liver Foundation considered a domestic terrorist organization?
Anyone with a web connection and maybe a blog is a potential journalist...
Well said! Berkeley, California has an organization called Cop Watch. Basically, they film cops in actions to make the cops more accountable for their actions.
http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/
I propose everyone of you reading these threads, who is concerned by this, START A CHAPTER IN YOUR LOCAL CITY. This isn't going to get any better with us lying down and taking it.
As someone earlier said, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? [Who will police the police?]
Never, ever, hit, kick, or otherwise assault, someone who carries a gun, a night stick, mace/pepper spray, and a taser.
Just my personal opinion =)
You are assuming that you can PROVE that you were not read your Miranda rights. If you don't have any witnesses, you have no proof. They're going to take the cops word over yours.
Also, in Spokane, Washington, the cops don't read you your rights, you get read them the NEXT day by the "telescreen" judge, by a judge that you see through a TV with a camera system.
I had MAJOR problems with ZipZoomFly when they were still called GoogleGear. I ordered a CPU, it was received damaged, and they absolutely REFUSED to issue me a replacement or a refund, saying >I
h tm l ?merchant_id=1019601
I never did get my replacement, and they were absolutely the RUDEST people I've ever dealt with.
In closing, boycott these ripoff artists if you can. Google "googlegear" or zipzoomfly and you'll see LOT'S of complaints.
http://www.google.com/googlegear.html
http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/zip-zoom-fly/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff134267.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/merchrating/user_rv.htm
Caveat emptor!
We won the war on Spam according to Bill Gates,
Just like we won the war on terrorism, according to John Ashcroft...
Yes this was completely a joke.. Thus the =) at the end of it.. =)
Yeah, there's 52 states: Counting Alaska & Hawaii right? =)
Yeah, but do they run Linux?
I, for one, welcome our self-aware robot overlords.
(Sorry, had to, no one else had yet.. =) )
AOL is the most popular ISP because it comes pre-installed on a lot of computers, and the people signing up for it don't know they're selling their soul and you have to wait upwards of an hour to reach anyone in cancellation... Which is basically the only way to cancel.. Sending in the letters, the letters don't seem to make it there.. Hmm..
It's REAL easy to sign up, almost impossible to cancel without cancelling your credit card.. I know several people who had to do this.. and they have an indemnification clause that says if you want to sue AOL, you're paying for their lawyers..
Friends don't let friends use AOL.
Just wait until they block SSH on port 22 and make you pay a premium for being able to securely access your servers from home..
For $199 or so that the Roomba costs, why would I pay MORE for IT than my BONG?
I think I'll just pass the bong, and use the $199 to FILL the bong, not have it wheel itself across the room.. =)
Now they should link Google Transit into their Google SMS service, so people can look up bus schedule information via SMS on their cell phones..
For those that don't know, send a text to 46645 (GOOGL) with the word help and it'll tell you how to use the system, or go to sms.google.com..
And your tag line about dumping sony in favor of Micro$oft, makes me think.. why isn't there a Linux or xBSD based game system? (Open source of course..) You wouldn't be able to call it the XBox since SOMEONE stole THAT name.. =) Maybe they're pissed about "XWindows"?
Tweaker mice.. just what the world needs.. Do they hallucinate shadow mice?
Yeah, but.. are there Linux drivers for it?