So "inadvertedly pushing yourself away from the space station" means that you can't possibly be moving slower than the top speed a jet pack would push you with?
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As was stated in an interview with a PirateBay spokesperson (linked to in another comment on yesterday's story about TPB being back online) there are no logs kept on their servers regarding user's torrent downloads. They wouldn't be as stupid as that.
"5) Slashdot sucks, because most people here don't see the immorality of file sharing, and don't see that incredibly expensive shows like 24 and Lost WON'T EXIST if they can't make money. We might actually be seeing the fall of good video programming. It may not exist in 10 years, except for amateur junk."
I've always been wondering about that kind of argument.
Let's say I download 24 or Lost. Let's say many more people download 24 or Lost. What does that do to keep these shows from appearing on national television or any of the cable channels here in my country (Austria)?
24's season 5 is scheduled some time this fall on no less than two channels I receive and I'm sure Lost will be seen as well. I've never heard of a show either being cancelled while on because of file sharers who download episodes, nor have I heard of a show not being broadcast on other channels in other countries because of file sharers who download episodes.
On the contrary, I pay my fees and taxes and whatnot for national and cable TV no matter whether I watch any of those expensive shows or not. So what's the difference where I watch it, TV or downloaded? Fox gets paid for 24 by the TV stations who show it and they get their money from their users, subscribers, taxes, ads, whatever.
Seriously, where does anyone loose money here? I've been asking that myself for quite some time now.
And despite the popularity of TPB, BitTorrent and file sharing, people who do file sharing are still a tiny minority compared to those that regularily watch such TV shows on their regular channels.
Why shouldn't they reply in any way they like? Just because those ridiculous threats came from the Big Media Entities like the IFPI, Sega, Dreamcast and what have you? How does that warrant anything but smug responses? As much as they'd love it (and apparently have conviced many people of it) the Big Media are not the supreme overlords of this planet (yet?). Heck, the "Content Industry" is even just a small subset of what we call IT industry, yet they manage to wag that dog just fine.
I welcome any opposition to that, and the PirateBay's replies were hilarious:)
What if next time RMS decides (say under the pretence of intellectual freedom or some crap like that) he doesn't like country music and that free software mustn't be used in any part of the process of creating or playing country music? Who'd be there to stop him? Or how?
I fear that this kind of pseudo-activism is not going to help anybody but will set back the free software movement by years. Just after "the masses" have at least started accepting and/or understanding the free software spirit instead of mistaking it for communistic nonsense of an old, befuddled hippie.
And weren't there statements by Linus or someone else that the Linux kernel as we know it will never be released under the GPLv3? Doesn't surprise me.
He also borrows stuff from Tolkien, mainly names I think. I don't remember which they were in particular but "Endor", for example, is obviously the Sindarin name for Middle-earth.
When you're doing sci-fi/fantasy it's not really possible not to be influenced by Tolkien:)
There's something called "labor law" (hope that's the correct term in English) which is there to protect employees from threats (and actions) exactly like the ones your boss seems to be making. At least in Europe, but I am very sure there's an equivalent in the US, too.
All you need to do is to look into your contract and be sure to have complied with the terms of notice (again, hopefully the correct term in English). If you did then you are entitled to your final paychecks, dismissal pay (correct term?), etc.
Your boss has no rights whatsoever to withhold any of your paychecks or to talk badly about you or your work if you quit your job in accordance with your contract. Of course there's nothing to keep him from opening his mouth and being "a bit nuts", but he may not do anything which would be to your disadvantage.
If you are in doubt you might want to contact a lawyer or look into the code yourself. You do not need to take shit like that from him (or any other supervisor).
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Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_ratings about how those ratings are calculated and how the networks know who watched what for how long.
So "inadvertedly pushing yourself away from the space station" means that you can't possibly be moving slower than the top speed a jet pack would push you with?
As was stated in an interview with a PirateBay spokesperson (linked to in another comment on yesterday's story about TPB being back online) there are no logs kept on their servers regarding user's torrent downloads. They wouldn't be as stupid as that.
"5) Slashdot sucks, because most people here don't see the immorality of file sharing, and don't see that incredibly expensive shows like 24 and Lost WON'T EXIST if they can't make money. We might actually be seeing the fall of good video programming. It may not exist in 10 years, except for amateur junk."
I've always been wondering about that kind of argument.
Let's say I download 24 or Lost. Let's say many more people download 24 or Lost. What does that do to keep these shows from appearing on national television or any of the cable channels here in my country (Austria)?
24's season 5 is scheduled some time this fall on no less than two channels I receive and I'm sure Lost will be seen as well. I've never heard of a show either being cancelled while on because of file sharers who download episodes, nor have I heard of a show not being broadcast on other channels in other countries because of file sharers who download episodes.
On the contrary, I pay my fees and taxes and whatnot for national and cable TV no matter whether I watch any of those expensive shows or not. So what's the difference where I watch it, TV or downloaded? Fox gets paid for 24 by the TV stations who show it and they get their money from their users, subscribers, taxes, ads, whatever.
Seriously, where does anyone loose money here? I've been asking that myself for quite some time now.
And despite the popularity of TPB, BitTorrent and file sharing, people who do file sharing are still a tiny minority compared to those that regularily watch such TV shows on their regular channels.
I wonder if under the EUCD (the EU equivalent to the DMCA) providing links to "copyrighted material" is "illegal" as well?
Point taken :)
Why shouldn't they reply in any way they like? Just because those ridiculous threats came from the Big Media Entities like the IFPI, Sega, Dreamcast and what have you? How does that warrant anything but smug responses? As much as they'd love it (and apparently have conviced many people of it) the Big Media are not the supreme overlords of this planet (yet?). Heck, the "Content Industry" is even just a small subset of what we call IT industry, yet they manage to wag that dog just fine.
:)
I welcome any opposition to that, and the PirateBay's replies were hilarious
What if next time RMS decides (say under the pretence of intellectual freedom or some crap like that) he doesn't like country music and that free software mustn't be used in any part of the process of creating or playing country music? Who'd be there to stop him? Or how?
I fear that this kind of pseudo-activism is not going to help anybody but will set back the free software movement by years. Just after "the masses" have at least started accepting and/or understanding the free software spirit instead of mistaking it for communistic nonsense of an old, befuddled hippie.
And weren't there statements by Linus or someone else that the Linux kernel as we know it will never be released under the GPLv3? Doesn't surprise me.
He also borrows stuff from Tolkien, mainly names I think. I don't remember which they were in particular but "Endor", for example, is obviously the Sindarin name for Middle-earth.
:)
When you're doing sci-fi/fantasy it's not really possible not to be influenced by Tolkien
There's something called "labor law" (hope that's the correct term in English) which is there to protect employees from threats (and actions) exactly like the ones your boss seems to be making. At least in Europe, but I am very sure there's an equivalent in the US, too.
All you need to do is to look into your contract and be sure to have complied with the terms of notice (again, hopefully the correct term in English). If you did then you are entitled to your final paychecks, dismissal pay (correct term?), etc.
Your boss has no rights whatsoever to withhold any of your paychecks or to talk badly about you or your work if you quit your job in accordance with your contract. Of course there's nothing to keep him from opening his mouth and being "a bit nuts", but he may not do anything which would be to your disadvantage.
If you are in doubt you might want to contact a lawyer or look into the code yourself. You do not need to take shit like that from him (or any other supervisor).