Enough of this phony, pseudo-ideological nonsense. Most of you care nothing about how much the RIAA pays artists. Talking about it all the time just helps you with your cognitive dissonance and makes it okay that you steal music.
When will this foolish drivel have run its course?
obligatory Slashdot disclaimer: I'm a musician who has had more than my share of people around the world asking me for free cd's and telling me they want to copy my music for their friends.
Except, what's the percentage of bullshit patents, like 'A method of using a single mouse click to buy goods on the Internet'? How many of these patents, bullshit & otherwise, are actually covered by prior art that the inventor didn't find out about? And considering copyright is now almost forever, how long until patents are, too, considering there's such a backlog that it's in the best interest of the leading corporations to make it so?
saying that the Internet has become a sanctury for cyber-criminals is a lot like saying the physical world has become a sanctuary for (non-cyber) criminals.
Both are probably true.
True. But wanting one set of laws for everybody on the planet and things made easy for the cops to make arrests is ridiculous. Let the cops work for a living instead of consuming mass quantities of donuts.
Also, these Dells can be configured with Linux (with support) or ordered with no OS installed (install Linux yourself). Don't know why those guys would be mumbling about the cost of Windows.
Yes, they can. However, in the 'real world', a lot of business CEOs still want Windows installed on their servers because Windows is 'better'. One of my clients went with Windows 2003 Server rather than Linux due to 'support costs'. It's all in what the customer wants, colored by what the customer percieves as the 'real win solution'.
Or someone who drinks a couple liters of hard liquor a day even though they've destroyed their liver and have to go for dialysis four times a week to stay alive while waiting to get to the front of the organ recipient list.
First off, dialysis is for kidney failure.
Second off, if you're on an organ transplant list, you will not advance on it if your habits contribute to the need for the transplant. Thus, heavy drinkers won't get a liver, etc.
Is there a reason the satellite has to be up this high? Could it be at a lower altitude?
Not if the satellite is going to appear to sit in one spot in the sky. At geosynch altitude, the sat has an orbit of 24 hours, thus, appears to be stationary.
Not to mention that your dish has to 'track' the satellite to get a decent connection time. Then it has to swing back to the 'start' position to pick up the next satellite in orbit.
Bulk mobile one way, say, to an offsite backup server farm. That 155 Mbps looks awful tasty on the download link. Should be able to move lottsa pr0n...
The 5 Mbps uplink is kinda weak, though. Forget about bittorrent...
Control the meaning of words, you control how they're percieved. For instance, most if not all the old Soviet republics considered themselves 'democratic' in that elections were held on a regular basis. Of course, there was only one slate of candidates to elect, so calling them 'democracies' was a bit of a misnomer. Likewise, their penchant for putting "People's' in front of just about everything, like 'People's Democratic Republic of'. Double whammy there...
Now, if the definition of 'approved' now means 'guaranteed not to piss off any J Random NeoCon Fundie', and 'theory' now means 'something that cannot be proved but must be taken on faith', we're in serious trouble here...
Actually, I'm thinking the funniest part of this is, the Internet and filesharing has given these has-beens a new lease on life that they wouldn't have otherwise. C'mon, disco already???? There's a reason why we here in the States say "dead as disco".
Having a powerless figurehead is an idiotic waste.
Oh, I dunno about that. It gives the People somebody to throw beer bottles at when they're pissed off at Government while the real Bad Guys leave town...
We need to find a way to make P2P distribution models legitimately profitable for the corporations that lobby in Washington for these asinine laws. I was under the impression that the Warcraft folks already had some kind of a P2P model going for distributing their patches and suchlike--perhaps other companies could be induced to do the same?
Excuse me?
Which version of the GPL requires anybody to work to ensure corporate profits? If RIAA wants to make P2P distribution networks profitable, let them do their own damned coding.
Ah, but the ham sandwiches are mandated to be made available. There is no requirement for their consumption, thus, First Amendment challenges don't apply.
Didn't matter that the voting age was 18, or that you could be sent to a combat zone by the military at age 19. Statistically, the car insurance companies were having to pay off a disportionate amount of damage claims by 18-20 year old drunk customers, but if drinking was legally raised to 21, they would be able to skate on paying claims. "Hey, we're not liable if they broke the law!!" Kinda reminds me of why they wanted seat belts legislated into effect. Seat belts save lives, see, and a live person can be sued SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier than a dead person's estate...
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Gene Simmons, is that you???????????????
Except, what's the percentage of bullshit patents, like 'A method of using a single mouse click to buy goods on the Internet'? How many of these patents, bullshit & otherwise, are actually covered by prior art that the inventor didn't find out about? And considering copyright is now almost forever, how long until patents are, too, considering there's such a backlog that it's in the best interest of the leading corporations to make it so?
Yeah, what was I thinking? Getting a cop to let go of a donut is impossible.
True. But wanting one set of laws for everybody on the planet and things made easy for the cops to make arrests is ridiculous. Let the cops work for a living instead of consuming mass quantities of donuts.
Forget the blackjack.
First one is an interesting theory awaiting proof. The second is just wishful thinking of vengeful whackjobs.
Yes, they can. However, in the 'real world', a lot of business CEOs still want Windows installed on their servers because Windows is 'better'. One of my clients went with Windows 2003 Server rather than Linux due to 'support costs'. It's all in what the customer wants, colored by what the customer percieves as the 'real win solution'.
But they're biodegradable.
And mighty tasty when cooked on the processor heat sink...
Does it blend?
It keeps them from implementing Weapons of Mass Denial, of course. Turn in your NeoCon card immediately and report to Camp Xray for reindoctrination.
First off, dialysis is for kidney failure.
Second off, if you're on an organ transplant list, you will not advance on it if your habits contribute to the need for the transplant. Thus, heavy drinkers won't get a liver, etc.
Not if the satellite is going to appear to sit in one spot in the sky. At geosynch altitude, the sat has an orbit of 24 hours, thus, appears to be stationary.
Not to mention that your dish has to 'track' the satellite to get a decent connection time. Then it has to swing back to the 'start' position to pick up the next satellite in orbit.
The 5 Mbps uplink is kinda weak, though. Forget about bittorrent...
I could get behind that...
Oh, Sweden has an army alright, they just don't spend the fraction of their GNP on it that the US does.
Doesn't everybody?
Control the meaning of words, you control how they're percieved. For instance, most if not all the old Soviet republics considered themselves 'democratic' in that elections were held on a regular basis. Of course, there was only one slate of candidates to elect, so calling them 'democracies' was a bit of a misnomer. Likewise, their penchant for putting "People's' in front of just about everything, like 'People's Democratic Republic of'. Double whammy there...
Now, if the definition of 'approved' now means 'guaranteed not to piss off any J Random NeoCon Fundie', and 'theory' now means 'something that cannot be proved but must be taken on faith', we're in serious trouble here...
Damn, I wish I had the modpoints I had a couple days ago....
Actually, I'm thinking the funniest part of this is, the Internet and filesharing has given these has-beens a new lease on life that they wouldn't have otherwise. C'mon, disco already???? There's a reason why we here in the States say "dead as disco".
We would, but your currency is worth more than ours at the moment, which is why the bribe wasn't big enough.
Tell ya what, we'll hold onto Celine Dion for you. Good enough?
Oh, I dunno about that. It gives the People somebody to throw beer bottles at when they're pissed off at Government while the real Bad Guys leave town...
Excuse me?
Which version of the GPL requires anybody to work to ensure corporate profits? If RIAA wants to make P2P distribution networks profitable, let them do their own damned coding.
Ah, but the ham sandwiches are mandated to be made available. There is no requirement for their consumption, thus, First Amendment challenges don't apply.
Didn't matter that the voting age was 18, or that you could be sent to a combat zone by the military at age 19. Statistically, the car insurance companies were having to pay off a disportionate amount of damage claims by 18-20 year old drunk customers, but if drinking was legally raised to 21, they would be able to skate on paying claims. "Hey, we're not liable if they broke the law!!" Kinda reminds me of why they wanted seat belts legislated into effect. Seat belts save lives, see, and a live person can be sued SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier than a dead person's estate...