Initially yes, but then you don't have to ever worry about it again. My kids have a Thomas the train video that has close to 10 minutes of crap at the begining you have to sit though before the menu even comes up. Being the avid fans they are, they tend to watch the video quite often. Ripping it meant that I don't have to wait around to hit play when the menu comes up after 6 different warning notices in 3 languages and countless previews.
I had QCast early on before they started selling (out) under the GameShark logo. I was disappointed. As you said, the PS2 just doesn't have enough oompf behind it to do decent resolution videos. Neat idea if only they had better hardware. Switching over to XBMP and later to XBMC made me much happier.
People with excellent karma appear to not have to deal with it. I think they should extend the same to non-AC posters, or at least those who have been around for awhile.
They do. That's where karma comes in. I think the karma cap is (or at least was) 50. It's not THAT hard to post 50 times a funny/insightful/interesting post.
Besides, if you put "I'll probably get modded down for this", it's like an instant bonus as they normally get modded up. Of course this post will be the exception to the rule.
It also can be a bank policy. A year or two ago, my locally owned credit union happily "loaned" me the disputed amount while it was investigated. It was only about $40 or so (double charged at a Wal-Mart I beleive) but they had no problem crediting my account. It did end up being in error, so I kept the money. If it had not been in error, they would have debited the money back out.
Both of which have no actual statute attached to them and are merely rated as to how dumb they are. These are good examples of the ones that are ULs.
While it may not be an actual statute, Board of Health regulations usually stipulate that dishes must dry on their own, they can't be wiped dry using a towel. They can either drip dry or use some type of an process to speed up the process (heat and/or air). Towels quickly become a breeding ground for bacteria and the like which generally isn't a good idea.
I remember from my dish washing days at a summer camp that the dishes usually got hot enough from the 180+ degree water that it would only take a minute or two for any remaining water to evaporate off.
Blockbuster has around 750k customers. Netflix has four times that amount with 3m customers. 100k one way or another isn't exactly huge, but it is still quite significant. It's more then 1/8th of Blockbuster's business that Netflix doesn't have to immediately fight for if Wal-mart would have just discontinued the service and let people fend for themselves.
Maybe your experience is that way, but my (albeit limited) experience is the opposite. Many of my married w/ children coworkers routinely come in early, stay late, etc. Other single or just married w/o children are in the door at 7:30 and out the door at 4:00. Hourly/salary has some to do with this, but its also the type of people they are, but I usually see more salary people picking up the extra work then non-salary. Classifying all married w/ children workers as slackers is just incorrectly stereotyping us.
It also helps to have a company that actually enforces sick/personal time. I get a lump of hours to use for being sick, doctors appointments for both me AND my family. If I need to stay home with a sick kid, I lose the hours. If I need to pick him up from school early, I lose the hours. If your company doesn't enforce it, then blame your company as well.
Maybe I am just naive, but it doesn't seem to me that CS majors will be unable to find a position in the future.
I wasn't meaning that ALL jobs were getting outsourced. Pure CS majors are in less demand these days, at least in my parts. In higher demand are more business related degrees with CS classes/minors/double majors.
there have been many articles on Slashdot about the lack of people enrolling in IT courses in post-secondary, as well as the need for more people in these areas. Being a Computer Science student, this is great news for me, meaning I may be in demand in the future.
Hahaha. That's funny. Demand for more people in these areas. In case you haven't heard the news, your future job is being outsourced to India. The dotcom bubble popped a few years back. IT is still in need, but not in the same way that it was once. What companies are looking for is people who know how to use a computer, not necessarily people who know computer.
Seriouly, do yourself and your career a favor. Double major in another field, such as business, marketing, etc. It will probably pay off more then a degree in CS. I know I wish I would have had someone tell me that before I graduated a few years ago. Unless that is you want to stay in the academic or research field.
1. You are presuming he lives in the US, is controled by US laws, and/or gives a shit about the MPAA.
Presuming that he is under US law, last I checked space shifting for your own purposes, particularly backup, was still legal. Many people have ripped their movies for some type of a media server. The origianls are still tucked away in their case, safe and sound, and I have near instant access to all my movies.
2. If the activity is actually illegal, then possibly. Trying to track down some user named SoBeIcedT likely will require more labor then it's worth when there are so many more people that would be simplier to track down (e.g. use their real names in forums). Or going after people who are actively distributing copyrighted material would be a better use of resources.
3. Grey area. Could go either way. If it was just 1 disc, then the court may lean towards giving you the benefit of the doubt. If you had 100 movies that all had their discs lost and you didn't have receipts, it may be harder to still talk your way out of it. But still, their may be other ways to document the circumstances why you don't have the originals (e.g. house fire with supporting documentation).
30ms might be pushing it. Well..I guess it is CTU, so it's doable, but they would have to download it to Jack's PDA first. This guy claims he did The Matrix in 4 seconds (yeah, I don't beleive him either).
Dish is buying the satellite and the uplink facility. However the content and encoding equipment wasn't included in the deal (yet..stay tuned though;) )
Maybe poor was the wrong word. Replace it with fixed income, less fortunate, lower class, or any other phrase that decribes someone that may not readily have several hundred dollars to drop on a digital STB, let alone several hundred more for a basic digital TV (to best use said STB).
I'm by no means poor, but I have better things to do with my money right now then sink it into a technology that, initially, won't truly benefit me in any way over existing OTA analog signals. There are many more people that have less then I do that feel the same way.
Telling people to go take a class or read isn't exactly going to change their problem.
It doesn't relate directly to the end of the trial. It just means that SCO's motion to further delay things was denied. It doesn't mean that SCO won't try other delay tactics, just that this particular tactic is dead.
It's kind of like putting a 6 year old to bed. They will kick and scream and fight to stay up as long as they can. They will find excuses to drag things on as long as they can in hopes that you will forget how late it is getting. Eventually though, they always end up going to sleep.
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Initially yes, but then you don't have to ever worry about it again. My kids have a Thomas the train video that has close to 10 minutes of crap at the begining you have to sit though before the menu even comes up. Being the avid fans they are, they tend to watch the video quite often. Ripping it meant that I don't have to wait around to hit play when the menu comes up after 6 different warning notices in 3 languages and countless previews.
Did anyone explain to you how this world is spherical....?
Did anyone explain to you how this site is US-centric.
Now all we need is a Wookie and a few Ewoks to ultimately unravel the entire system.
I had QCast early on before they started selling (out) under the GameShark logo. I was disappointed. As you said, the PS2 just doesn't have enough oompf behind it to do decent resolution videos. Neat idea if only they had better hardware. Switching over to XBMP and later to XBMC made me much happier.
Besides, if you put "I'll probably get modded down for this", it's like an instant bonus as they normally get modded up. Of course this post will be the exception to the rule.
It also can be a bank policy. A year or two ago, my locally owned credit union happily "loaned" me the disputed amount while it was investigated. It was only about $40 or so (double charged at a Wal-Mart I beleive) but they had no problem crediting my account. It did end up being in error, so I kept the money. If it had not been in error, they would have debited the money back out.
They are probably using 10^x days instead of the technically correct 2^X day format. Drive manufacturers do that to gain the extra time.
I remember from my dish washing days at a summer camp that the dishes usually got hot enough from the 180+ degree water that it would only take a minute or two for any remaining water to evaporate off.
Blockbuster has around 750k customers. Netflix has four times that amount with 3m customers. 100k one way or another isn't exactly huge, but it is still quite significant. It's more then 1/8th of Blockbuster's business that Netflix doesn't have to immediately fight for if Wal-mart would have just discontinued the service and let people fend for themselves.
Linksys WiFi routers already do 54Mbps Ok. Seriously. Have you ever REALLY gotten 54mbits/sec out of a 802.11g access point, of ANY brand?
I didn't think so.
The fee for "Happy Birthday To You" goes to ASCAP/BMI, not to the RIAA.
Maybe your experience is that way, but my (albeit limited) experience is the opposite. Many of my married w/ children coworkers routinely come in early, stay late, etc. Other single or just married w/o children are in the door at 7:30 and out the door at 4:00. Hourly/salary has some to do with this, but its also the type of people they are, but I usually see more salary people picking up the extra work then non-salary. Classifying all married w/ children workers as slackers is just incorrectly stereotyping us.
It also helps to have a company that actually enforces sick/personal time. I get a lump of hours to use for being sick, doctors appointments for both me AND my family. If I need to stay home with a sick kid, I lose the hours. If I need to pick him up from school early, I lose the hours. If your company doesn't enforce it, then blame your company as well.
I would say that SatelliteGuys.Us has the bigger FTA forum but both should definitely be checked out.
So you are at fault for losing the envelopes, are too cheap to pony up the $.37 (or slightly more) for the postage, but still blame Netflix?
You can mail back multiple DVD's in a Netflix mailer as well BTW.
If he wants to go to school for 4 years to do PC Help Desk support, then he is setting his sights a little low.
Seriouly, do yourself and your career a favor. Double major in another field, such as business, marketing, etc. It will probably pay off more then a degree in CS. I know I wish I would have had someone tell me that before I graduated a few years ago. Unless that is you want to stay in the academic or research field.
1. You are presuming he lives in the US, is controled by US laws, and/or gives a shit about the MPAA.
Presuming that he is under US law, last I checked space shifting for your own purposes, particularly backup, was still legal. Many people have ripped their movies for some type of a media server. The origianls are still tucked away in their case, safe and sound, and I have near instant access to all my movies.
2. If the activity is actually illegal, then possibly. Trying to track down some user named SoBeIcedT likely will require more labor then it's worth when there are so many more people that would be simplier to track down (e.g. use their real names in forums). Or going after people who are actively distributing copyrighted material would be a better use of resources.
3. Grey area. Could go either way. If it was just 1 disc, then the court may lean towards giving you the benefit of the doubt. If you had 100 movies that all had their discs lost and you didn't have receipts, it may be harder to still talk your way out of it. But still, their may be other ways to document the circumstances why you don't have the originals (e.g. house fire with supporting documentation).
30ms might be pushing it. Well..I guess it is CTU, so it's doable, but they would have to download it to Jack's PDA first. This guy claims he did The Matrix in 4 seconds (yeah, I don't beleive him either).
Dish is buying the satellite and the uplink facility. However the content and encoding equipment wasn't included in the deal (yet..stay tuned though ;) )
Maybe poor was the wrong word. Replace it with fixed income, less fortunate, lower class, or any other phrase that decribes someone that may not readily have several hundred dollars to drop on a digital STB, let alone several hundred more for a basic digital TV (to best use said STB).
I'm by no means poor, but I have better things to do with my money right now then sink it into a technology that, initially, won't truly benefit me in any way over existing OTA analog signals. There are many more people that have less then I do that feel the same way.
Telling people to go take a class or read isn't exactly going to change their problem.
It doesn't relate directly to the end of the trial. It just means that SCO's motion to further delay things was denied. It doesn't mean that SCO won't try other delay tactics, just that this particular tactic is dead.
It's kind of like putting a 6 year old to bed. They will kick and scream and fight to stay up as long as they can. They will find excuses to drag things on as long as they can in hopes that you will forget how late it is getting. Eventually though, they always end up going to sleep.
You could do this at least on February 2 of last year.
How did they gain access to i2 anyways? I thought it was for educational use, and not for commercial use. Those bastards.