But they aren't after the people. they are just sending out threatening letters to people they THINK might be sharing data. They don't know their names or if they really did pirate anything.
If they think they have a case why the straight up offer of a $2k settlment? This is protection money, nothing more.
I did a single google search and found credible evidence that there is no such desperate situation, and that global warming is not as cut and dry as it's made out to be.
Do i need to remind you of the recent debarcle where climate models once used as a baston of global warming cult memebers as PROOF we are all going to die in a bad hollywood movie, actually had a 2yk bug which once corrected showed preindustrial times as the hottest on record.
Yes, and in the EU farmers are paid in some cases more to not farm then to farm.
You can see where this kind of logic becomes a problem.
also, your definition of "soon" must be in geological terms. even according to this report (which grossly understates the costs) solar must improve by roughly 800% just to break even with coal. that kind of improvement isn't happening in terms of what a normal person would call soon.
Bullshit. the status quo is just fine. look around you, the world is fine, it's not falling apart like scare mongers claim. I remeber in primary school I was being told by our no good tree hugging teacher the world only had 20 years of coal and oil left and that the hole in the ozone layer was going to eat us before then anyway. Wake up, these people are using fear (just like bush ironicly) to try effect their changes in society. Not facts.
When your electrical bill is 5x what it was, the world is still warming and you realise you just got screwed.
There is no where near the concensus they claim on man made global warming. coal and oil are still our best source of energy, it's not running out so quickly that we need to be pushing rediculous idea's like this, claiming "the future is bright" when it will infact cripple the economy.
Since when does C02 drive weather anyway? they ignore basic high school science. I found it amusing to watch a show the other night harping on about increased C02 raising sea water acidity, when in fact a warming ocean results in c02 ESCAPING the water.
How many freaking police departments does america need? all 3 of them seem to be falling over each other in one big orgy of mission statments and juristiction battles.
not to mention the litteny of local and state police departments.
err, a summer camp is a private function, not public. And she is underage, in which case she can't sign a release to begin with, or give permission to have her photo taken.
are you really so stupid as to suggest it's a minor's responsibility to understand contract law ? i'm pretty sure anywhere you go you'll find photographing kids and giving away their photo's on the interwebs isn't legal.
1. the girl is under 18, a model release form is required
2. without the release the photographer HAS NO RIGHT to release her image for commercial purposes
3. She didn't license the photo, the photographer did it, why the fuck should she need to understand a license when she doesn't know it's being applied to her image?
imagine if you can, suddenly seeing your image on tv and in newspapers when you didn't give consent for it to be used? I'd sue the fucking pants off them as well.
What exactly are you basing the statement that intel "ruined the desktop" on?
I'd say the desktop platform is in a great position. speed has gone way up and cost is way down, and we have more options then ever in the history of computing. I propose you are just a whinger who will never be happy no matter what.
"She made no threats and followed all the directions"
incorrect numbnuts.
the tard ignored questions about her odd looking shirt, if she had of just said "oh it's just a geeky shirt i made, if there's a problem with it i can change?" they probably would have at worst asked her to nip into the ladies and change her shirt. By simply ignoring questions about the object taped to her chest she raised the alarm. she's lucky to be alive.
I've always advocated that pirates pirate things they wouldn't pay for anyway, hence why they were always going to win.
make all media pirate proof 100%, make no money. the slightest crack in the system and you make no money.
simply release your media in a format everyone can enjoy for free in a quality higher then the pirates are putting out, slip in some well targeted adverts, hey presto you just won over a market you had no chance of ever having previously and your making money from it.
Just goes to show... open source is like a puppy with a nasty bite. looks defencless, but pat the puppy in a place it doesn't like and you get gashed. same thing happened to bell with BSD
I know, doesn't it make you just gag at the sheer stupidity of it? trouble is people are idiots, and will lap this shit up. I know i can a. think of something else b. think of more then one thing at a time to really fuck them up.
My bet is if they ever really could tell what people are thinking... it would go something like this - FOOD,SEX,FOOD,SEX,FOOD,SEX...
exactly right. people are dying a painful death right now, because a bunch of middle class guilt trippers are concerned birds might be born with thinner egg shells.
Misleading advertising is the point. The reality is that all so called "digital" products contain A/D conversation at more then 1 point in the chain. The problem is that cable company's are selling a product at a higher price, claiming it's something it's not.
MS was the one not interested in the internet, hence the lack of IE in win95 initally. Now they want to claim credit for google's success, when google is the one MS is trying desperately to play catch up to?
well if they can claim credit for that, then i guess i can claim credit for building the moon.
The problem is, they prevent people receiving important medical attention by claiming they can cure/treat things they do not even have the education to understand. These people aren't conducting any kind of research or questioning their methods... they are just taking money from desperate/stupid people.
Sure will power is important in peoples recovery, but no one has ever beaten cancer through will power or "thought" away a deadly infection.
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It's still fraud if someone claims a false claim, takes your money, but by a happy chance you get something out of it anyway.
I don't care if you waste your money on something completely useless that does you and anyone else no harm.
I DO care when these con artists claim it can cure/treat real illnesses, because if even one person delays proper treatment to these quacks, it's one too many. Homeopathy is mildly therapeutic at best, and even most of those benefits can be explained as nothing to do with the treatment itself.
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If they think they have a case why the straight up offer of a $2k settlment? This is protection money, nothing more.
http://www.universetoday.com/2005/11/04/greenlands-ice-sheet-is-growing/
I did a single google search and found credible evidence that there is no such desperate situation, and that global warming is not as cut and dry as it's made out to be.
Do i need to remind you of the recent debarcle where climate models once used as a baston of global warming cult memebers as PROOF we are all going to die in a bad hollywood movie, actually had a 2yk bug which once corrected showed preindustrial times as the hottest on record.
You can see where this kind of logic becomes a problem.
also, your definition of "soon" must be in geological terms. even according to this report (which grossly understates the costs) solar must improve by roughly 800% just to break even with coal. that kind of improvement isn't happening in terms of what a normal person would call soon.
Bullshit. the status quo is just fine. look around you, the world is fine, it's not falling apart like scare mongers claim. I remeber in primary school I was being told by our no good tree hugging teacher the world only had 20 years of coal and oil left and that the hole in the ozone layer was going to eat us before then anyway. Wake up, these people are using fear (just like bush ironicly) to try effect their changes in society. Not facts.
There is no where near the concensus they claim on man made global warming. coal and oil are still our best source of energy, it's not running out so quickly that we need to be pushing rediculous idea's like this, claiming "the future is bright" when it will infact cripple the economy.
Since when does C02 drive weather anyway? they ignore basic high school science. I found it amusing to watch a show the other night harping on about increased C02 raising sea water acidity, when in fact a warming ocean results in c02 ESCAPING the water.
not to mention the litteny of local and state police departments.
sweet black baby jesus! someone listened to an opposing view and agreed with it!!! i can't be on /.
are you really so stupid as to suggest it's a minor's responsibility to understand contract law ? i'm pretty sure anywhere you go you'll find photographing kids and giving away their photo's on the interwebs isn't legal.
2. without the release the photographer HAS NO RIGHT to release her image for commercial purposes
3. She didn't license the photo, the photographer did it, why the fuck should she need to understand a license when she doesn't know it's being applied to her image?
imagine if you can, suddenly seeing your image on tv and in newspapers when you didn't give consent for it to be used? I'd sue the fucking pants off them as well.
I'd say the desktop platform is in a great position. speed has gone way up and cost is way down, and we have more options then ever in the history of computing. I propose you are just a whinger who will never be happy no matter what.
TFA is nothing but a troll like your post. misleading headline.
what crack are you smoking? i've been able to make a copy of my dvd's for atleast the last 5 years.
this girl is an idiot for simply ignoring questions about the shirt. a simple "it's just a t-shirt" would have probably satisfied most people.
incorrect numbnuts.
the tard ignored questions about her odd looking shirt, if she had of just said "oh it's just a geeky shirt i made, if there's a problem with it i can change?" they probably would have at worst asked her to nip into the ladies and change her shirt. By simply ignoring questions about the object taped to her chest she raised the alarm. she's lucky to be alive.
make all media pirate proof 100%, make no money. the slightest crack in the system and you make no money.
simply release your media in a format everyone can enjoy for free in a quality higher then the pirates are putting out, slip in some well targeted adverts, hey presto you just won over a market you had no chance of ever having previously and your making money from it.
Just goes to show... open source is like a puppy with a nasty bite. looks defencless, but pat the puppy in a place it doesn't like and you get gashed. same thing happened to bell with BSD
My bet is if they ever really could tell what people are thinking... it would go something like this - FOOD,SEX,FOOD,SEX,FOOD,SEX...
.. I'll just think of tub girl and goatse.cx man all day. take that fuckers.
exactly right. people are dying a painful death right now, because a bunch of middle class guilt trippers are concerned birds might be born with thinner egg shells.
Misleading advertising is the point. The reality is that all so called "digital" products contain A/D conversation at more then 1 point in the chain. The problem is that cable company's are selling a product at a higher price, claiming it's something it's not.
we have the fossils - we win
well if they can claim credit for that, then i guess i can claim credit for building the moon.
Sure will power is important in peoples recovery, but no one has ever beaten cancer through will power or "thought" away a deadly infection.
It's still fraud if someone claims a false claim, takes your money, but by a happy chance you get something out of it anyway.
I DO care when these con artists claim it can cure/treat real illnesses, because if even one person delays proper treatment to these quacks, it's one too many. Homeopathy is mildly therapeutic at best, and even most of those benefits can be explained as nothing to do with the treatment itself.