You're referring to P2P as though it were a particular program or piece of software. This is akin to saying that FTP is lame because you can only download.tar.gz files with it.
I, for one, would rather see NASA go with the "overpowered sports-car" model (AKA Ferrari). Those pictures of the "sedan" models aren't nearly sleek enough.
Let's build a Star Wars style ship and paint it Empire black! Yeah! Now that would increase the support for the space program. It's all about marketing...
Not to be too nit-picky here, but I too would like to keep "big business" happy, since they see fit to employ me. Also, would it be ok for "small business" if they didn't want to switch to ipv6, or is it just "big business" that's evil?
Honestly, I'm not losing any sleep over this, it will work itself out when it has to.
I'd like to know who they're primarily going after here, people who share music or people who download it? Or is there any distinction being made at this point?
In other words, if I download a bunch of copyrighted files, but I don't share them, am I at a greater or lessor risk of getting tagged on one of these lists?
It's true that there are many people who are forced to live extremely hard lives, who have grown up with violence and have carried guns since they were 12.
But is this what we're supposed to revere? This is one of the reasons why America *needs* to maintain the mightiest military in the world.
Of course war is dirty, but it's sometimes the only way. It's a practical necessity of life, and always will be. And the American military can and will handle it in the way they have been trained to do.
And while many Americans have no doubt become complacent, don't let that fool you. They are also resilient and quite fierce when provoked, as the Iraqi military is finding out, again.
It could be argued that the "revenue" to the government here is not monetary, but realized by the increased power and authority that are afforded by "War On Drugs".
Is it too much to ask of a student to use complete words and sentences in their homework? Give me break.
I use lots of acronyms and "technical" terms at work, but if I would never turn in a paper using them. We're supposed to be teaching proper English in schools, not whatever kids pass off as language in a chat room.
If you were teaching a class about C++, would you let your students get away with typing in shortcuts for certain key words? Then again, would the compiler? Hey, it might not compile, but it ought to know what they meant, right?
I realize backwords compatibility sounds good when your site doesn't work, but all it really does is allow you to continue using invalid or non-standards compliant HTML.
I work for a web development company, and we are no longer supporting Netscape 4.x or any version of IE under 5.5. I've found that a standards compliant browser *is* good and actually makes life much easier. Now I can write standards compliant HTML and know that it will look/work the same in any standards compliant browser.
Of course, this means that the legacy web sites will have to change, but that's life!
That's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. If you want to use "The Internet", then get an ISP ($20 per month), or, if you can't afford that, go to the library and use it free. If you want it, then get it. If you don't, then quit whining about. Either way, it doesn't make a lick of difference to me. I'm just tired of every issue being turned into a racial issue.
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You're referring to P2P as though it were a particular program or piece of software. This is akin to saying that FTP is lame because you can only download .tar.gz files with it.
I, for one, would rather see NASA go with the "overpowered sports-car" model (AKA Ferrari). Those pictures of the "sedan" models aren't nearly sleek enough.
Let's build a Star Wars style ship and paint it Empire black! Yeah! Now that would increase the support for the space program. It's all about marketing...
Not to be too nit-picky here, but I too would like to keep "big business" happy, since they see fit to employ me. Also, would it be ok for "small business" if they didn't want to switch to ipv6, or is it just "big business" that's evil?
Honestly, I'm not losing any sleep over this, it will work itself out when it has to.
That was one heck of a (multi-billion dollar) failure; and in their favor!
My failures have never amounted to much...
I'd like to know who they're primarily going after here, people who share music or people who download it? Or is there any distinction being made at this point?
In other words, if I download a bunch of copyrighted files, but I don't share them, am I at a greater or lessor risk of getting tagged on one of these lists?
That's true, government agencies are incredibly inefficient. Hence our huge national debt!
However, re-directing the funding that NASA is giving to SETI to reduce the national debt would be akin to throwing a suitcase off the Titanic.
Would you say then that sendmail is baroque beyond repair?
... but that was my retirement grease!
It's true that there are many people who are forced to live extremely hard lives, who have grown up with violence and have carried guns since they were 12.
But is this what we're supposed to revere? This is one of the reasons why America *needs* to maintain the mightiest military in the world.
Of course war is dirty, but it's sometimes the only way. It's a practical necessity of life, and always will be. And the American military can and will handle it in the way they have been trained to do.
And while many Americans have no doubt become complacent, don't let that fool you. They are also resilient and quite fierce when provoked, as the Iraqi military is finding out, again.
The UN tossed itself in the dustbin! And once again, America will pull it out and dust it off. It won't be the first time, or probably the last.
What makes America great is that they aren't afraid to do the right thing, even when their "allies" capitulate in the face of danger.
A Human.
It could be argued that the "revenue" to the government here is not monetary, but realized by the increased power and authority that are afforded by "War On Drugs".
Is it too much to ask of a student to use complete words and sentences in their homework? Give me break.
I use lots of acronyms and "technical" terms at work, but if I would never turn in a paper using them. We're supposed to be teaching proper English in schools, not whatever kids pass off as language in a chat room.
If you were teaching a class about C++, would you let your students get away with typing in shortcuts for certain key words? Then again, would the compiler? Hey, it might not compile, but it ought to know what they meant, right?
I realize backwords compatibility sounds good when your site doesn't work, but all it really does is allow you to continue using invalid or non-standards compliant HTML.
I work for a web development company, and we are no longer supporting Netscape 4.x or any version of IE under 5.5. I've found that a standards compliant browser *is* good and actually makes life much easier. Now I can write standards compliant HTML and know that it will look/work the same in any standards compliant browser.
Of course, this means that the legacy web sites will have to change, but that's life!
That's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. If you want to use "The Internet", then get an ISP ($20 per month), or, if you can't afford that, go to the library and use it free. If you want it, then get it. If you don't, then quit whining about. Either way, it doesn't make a lick of difference to me. I'm just tired of every issue being turned into a racial issue.
"Do or do not, there is no try." --Yoda