OK, so if I'm reading this correctly....If my current registrar wanted to, they could decide to charge me $1000/year to renew forbis.org, my "vanity" domain name. Assuming no collusion between registrars, I would then be compelled to shop for a different registrar, one of which would likely want to offer me a low price, comparable to what I'm currently paying, knowing that it's basically free money for them.
As annoying as this seems to me, it seems like the only hassle for a non-profit like myself who has no incentive to keep the domain name (other than the fact that it is my name) would be in shopping registrars for a better price. My current registrar may want to try to price-gouge me in hopes that I don't know enough to find a new registrar, but a competing registrar would be more likely to try to attract my business.
My sister sends all of her emails in all-caps. Since I can never catch her on the phone, email is the only way we really stay in touch. Without the caps-lock key, I'm afraid we'd have to resort back to snail mail. I'm sure there are a lot of us with relatives who have the same issue.
Yep, agreed on all counts. I use my compound miter for all crosscuts that will fit. I don't really even use the tablesaw much at this point. Saw a beauty of a portable tablesaw when I visited my father last month (I think it was a Ryobi, for that matter). Will probably get a new one if I ever have any serious work that requires it.
That's part of my worry - my tablesaw's an old one and the rip fence isn't parallel by any stretch of the imagination. I've adjusted it as best as possible, but for the most part I do ripping with my bandsaw.
Here is a writeup of the saw's debut at the International Woodworking Machinery &
Furniture Supply Fair (2000). I remember reading this back in 2000 thinking "great idea,
but I wonder if it'll ever get adopted". Glad to see it's gaining traction - the table
saw is the only piece of equipment in my shop that I'm nervous around.
Now if they
can solve kick-back, I'll be a tablesaw fiend.
I came across this discussion during meta-mod, and wanted to follow up. I had this service for about two months before they terminated my account. The termination letter said my monthly usage of 10GB was "40x over the average user" and they were closing my account immediately. So they expect you to pay $60/month for about 256MB/month usage. My recommendation is to stay away from this service.
Good point, it's definately not too late to contact your Senators. It's probably also worth following up with your Congressman to get clarification as to the reason for their vote on this matter.
If they voted contrary to your desires, contact their opposition in the upcoming elections. I've exchanged several interesting emails with my Congressman's opponent.
It's a little late to worry about reading the text and contacting your Congressman, but here's a link to the bill. Here's a
link to see how your Congressman voted.
Somehow I think if ATI, Nvidia, etc were going to use the DMCA to attack platforms with "unofficial" drivers, they'd have done it long ago with Linux.
I wasn't implying that other companies would attack unofficial drivers. I agree with you, there's clearly no interest on their part. But that wasn't the question - whether or not those companies would choose to pursue legal action doesn't define the legality of the software.
Not to mention the rather flaky assumption that the drivers included in this package are in any way "unofficial" - I mean, how "unofficial" can drivers *provided by the hardware vendor* be ?
I never made such an assumption. Again, I'm contrasting the "official" release by Apple with "unofficial" ones created by third parties not associated with any of the hardware involved. That's what the original poster was asking about.
Uh, did you miss the part where _Apple_ are the ones distributing this software ?
I wasn't talking about Apple's release. Of course Apple's would be legal. I was addressing what could possibly make unofficial drivers illegal, which was the point of the parent's question. I thought that was clear.
I'm guessing that yes, this is only targeting XP - the driver CD that bootcamp produces would only apply to XP. And if I interpret this whole thing correctly, the drivers are the key to this, aren't they?
There was nothing stopping you from legally multi-booting before.
Not contracticting you, but is it possible that there's some aspect of the DMCA that could be interpreted to make this illegal? Sometimes it seems that that law crops up at the strangest times.
Article is contrary to what they said on
The Sopranos last night. Too bad Aaron Aarkaway didn't have one of his narcoleptic episodes while he was standing there. That would have been funny.
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OK, so if I'm reading this correctly....If my current registrar wanted to, they could decide to charge me $1000/year to renew forbis.org, my "vanity" domain name. Assuming no collusion between registrars, I would then be compelled to shop for a different registrar, one of which would likely want to offer me a low price, comparable to what I'm currently paying, knowing that it's basically free money for them.
As annoying as this seems to me, it seems like the only hassle for a non-profit like myself who has no incentive to keep the domain name (other than the fact that it is my name) would be in shopping registrars for a better price. My current registrar may want to try to price-gouge me in hopes that I don't know enough to find a new registrar, but a competing registrar would be more likely to try to attract my business.
Is this about right? Am I missing something here?
My sister sends all of her emails in all-caps. Since I can never catch her on the phone, email is the only way we really stay in touch. Without the caps-lock key, I'm afraid we'd have to resort back to snail mail. I'm sure there are a lot of us with relatives who have the same issue.
Yep, agreed on all counts. I use my compound miter for all crosscuts that will fit. I don't really even use the tablesaw much at this point. Saw a beauty of a portable tablesaw when I visited my father last month (I think it was a Ryobi, for that matter). Will probably get a new one if I ever have any serious work that requires it.
That's been on my to-do list for, well, a few years. I'll probably do it before I use the saw again.
Maybe it's time for me to look in to a new tablesaw. Mine doesn't have any sort of riving knife.
That's part of my worry - my tablesaw's an old one and the rip fence isn't parallel by any stretch of the imagination. I've adjusted it as best as possible, but for the most part I do ripping with my bandsaw.
True enough - I've never experienced kickback, but my high school shop teacher put the scare into us that has never left.
Here is a writeup of the saw's debut at the International Woodworking Machinery & Furniture Supply Fair (2000). I remember reading this back in 2000 thinking "great idea, but I wonder if it'll ever get adopted". Glad to see it's gaining traction - the table saw is the only piece of equipment in my shop that I'm nervous around.
Now if they can solve kick-back, I'll be a tablesaw fiend.
But if alcohol is legal, why is marijuana not?
I could very well be wrong, but I'd guess the beer industry lobbyists have a lot to do with this.
I came across this discussion during meta-mod, and wanted to follow up. I had this service for about two months before they terminated my account. The termination letter said my monthly usage of 10GB was "40x over the average user" and they were closing my account immediately. So they expect you to pay $60/month for about 256MB/month usage. My recommendation is to stay away from this service.
Had Pigpen left the group?
I think he was still current, although too sick to tour.
True. Two of the members of the '60s band "The Grateful Dead" are already dead.
Two? Hell, they've had four keyboard players die.
Good point, it's definately not too late to contact your Senators. It's probably also worth following up with your Congressman to get clarification as to the reason for their vote on this matter.
If they voted contrary to your desires, contact their opposition in the upcoming elections. I've exchanged several interesting emails with my Congressman's opponent.
It's a little late to worry about reading the text and contacting your Congressman, but here's a link to the bill. Here's a link to see how your Congressman voted.
I'd say it's more like sifting through poop: You've got to dig through tons of crap before you can find a tasty peanut.
I wish there was a +1, Gross mod.
I'll probably vote for Kinky. Seriously, getting someone like him in office is the only way there would by any chance of changing the status quo.
And you're right - it would be fun as hell!
Come on. Tell us something we didn't know.
OK. OLN has hired a man named Stanley Cup to promote the NHL playoffs this year.
The OP was clearly referring to the legal status before Bootcamp. Note the line I quoted in my original reply.
At this point I can only assume you're trolling me. I'm done trying to debate sematics that are clearly written.
Somehow I think if ATI, Nvidia, etc were going to use the DMCA to attack platforms with "unofficial" drivers, they'd have done it long ago with Linux.
I wasn't implying that other companies would attack unofficial drivers. I agree with you, there's clearly no interest on their part. But that wasn't the question - whether or not those companies would choose to pursue legal action doesn't define the legality of the software.
Not to mention the rather flaky assumption that the drivers included in this package are in any way "unofficial" - I mean, how "unofficial" can drivers *provided by the hardware vendor* be ?
I never made such an assumption. Again, I'm contrasting the "official" release by Apple with "unofficial" ones created by third parties not associated with any of the hardware involved. That's what the original poster was asking about.
Uh, did you miss the part where _Apple_ are the ones distributing this software ?
I wasn't talking about Apple's release. Of course Apple's would be legal. I was addressing what could possibly make unofficial drivers illegal, which was the point of the parent's question. I thought that was clear.
I'm guessing that yes, this is only targeting XP - the driver CD that bootcamp produces would only apply to XP. And if I interpret this whole thing correctly, the drivers are the key to this, aren't they?
There was nothing stopping you from legally multi-booting before.
Not contracticting you, but is it possible that there's some aspect of the DMCA that could be interpreted to make this illegal? Sometimes it seems that that law crops up at the strangest times.
Article is contrary to what they said on The Sopranos last night. Too bad Aaron Aarkaway didn't have one of his narcoleptic episodes while he was standing there. That would have been funny.
Oh my God, you don't know??!?
If they announce a Bluetooth Mighty Mouse, I'll be satisfied. Anyone know what's taking so long?