That being said, I have an antique T22 that runs Ubuntu nicely. What I'd like to see Lenovo offer some time in the future, when my T22 finally dies the Real Death, is an option for some flavor of Linux on a new Thinkpad out the door.
Not really. Were you around when 11 Meters really took off back in the 70's? They didn't call it 'Childrens Band' for nothing. All the hams I knew back in The Day were always going on about how it was an exclusive hobby that catered to the more altruistic natures of the hams involved. And no, they didn't want their hobby diluted by the lunacy happening up on CB. They were always going on about how once a year they did Field Day as part of their emergency preparations, and how they'd get through when nobody else could.
No, I never learned Morse Code. No, I never got my ham ticket. But I listened to a lot of shortwave back in The Day, and probably would have gotten my ticket if I'd been able to schedule time to learn the code, and find somebody to give me the exam.
And as far as that goes, learning Morse never made sense to me anyways, not since the advent of the PC.
That's because, as a fallback, nothing really beats CW/Morse Code for efficiency. The bandwidth for a CW transmission is 500 Hz. And it'll get through in conditions where SSB or FM voice transmissions won't.
Tag this 'commonsense'. Finally a record label who is starting to 'get it'.
Um, no. From TFA:
British label EMI, which was recently purchased by a private equity fund, is reportedly considering a significant cut to the amount of money it provides the trade groups on an annual basis.
Equity fund managers are basically beancounters. When the new beancounter overlords looked over the returns from the 'investment', they saw the 'investment' was a waste. The new beancounter overlords aren't record company execs, they have more business sense.
Because, like all lawyers starting out, he was a nobody back in the day. They had no clue he'd turn out the way he did. The Bar isn't a bunch of fortune tellers, they're a bunch of fortune stealers.
Actually, I do think RIAA should be forced to pay $500 every time somebody legally downloads a $0.99 song. And hey, I have a novel idea, have them pay it to the artists for a change instead of indulging in Hollywood accounting to screw the artists out of every last cent they can get away with.
Personally, I think RIAA's lawyers should be tasered in the nuts once for every one of these suits they bring, but that's just my opinion, I could be overreacting....
Like the phone company did back in the day when they went after some kids for allegedly hacking a 911 system when actually, they downloaded a 'confidential computer text file' reputedly worth over $80k when they were selling copies of it for about 30 bucks. IIRC, they wanted to charge the kids for the cost of the computer system used to create the document, the time logged by the person that typed the document up, plus the salary of said typist's supervisor for the time the typist reputedly spent creating the document.
Though to be honest, these days that article presented as an official announcement probably would terrify the populace. Good luck reassuring people who are terrified of imaginary threats.
Kind of like the fearmongering of Team B back in the 70's, eh?
Pretty much, they do. Case in point, most of the OSS Cowboys of World War 2 were Harvard grads. They later became the core of the CIA. And don't kid yourself, CIA's upper management is still Harvard, and still thinks they ought to be running the world.
Would a suit based on the assumption that an overflight by a UAV be considered a warrantless search work against the authorities?
The short answer is no. It's been tried.
There was a case called California v. Ciraolo which dealt with exactly such an issue. The police used a helicopter to look down onto someone's property to search for marijuana plants. The defendant argued that it was a search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Court said that so long as the police are in navigable airspace it's no different than them looking at the front of your house from the street.
That was a criminal defense. I'm talking about where the citizen is the plaintiff and the city/county/state is the defendent, in civil court. The burden of proof is a lot lower there, just ask OJ. Whole different scenario we're talking about. Let's even up the ante a bit and say the plaintiff had 8-foot privacy fences erected around his property thus blocking plain view from the streets. I believe it's been established that a privacy fence creates some expectation of privacy?
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Wouldn't that count as child abuse?
Lenovo isn't IBM.
That being said, I have an antique T22 that runs Ubuntu nicely. What I'd like to see Lenovo offer some time in the future, when my T22 finally dies the Real Death, is an option for some flavor of Linux on a new Thinkpad out the door.
No, I never learned Morse Code. No, I never got my ham ticket. But I listened to a lot of shortwave back in The Day, and probably would have gotten my ticket if I'd been able to schedule time to learn the code, and find somebody to give me the exam.
That's because, as a fallback, nothing really beats CW/Morse Code for efficiency. The bandwidth for a CW transmission is 500 Hz. And it'll get through in conditions where SSB or FM voice transmissions won't.
Naw, let's just barbeque him, and use old SCO stock certificates for the fuel. They're too rough and not absorbant enough for toilet paper...
Maybe he oughta substitute jello shots for the reward pellets. Stimlation, after all, is motivation...
Mebbe so, but getting them started on World of Warcrack will get you a visit from the animal warden for cruelty to animals...
Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Condi, of course.
Not to worry, with the right genetic engineering, we can give it the proper four asses.
But where is the "sekrit world headquarters" of Linux that they intend to nuke?
Fear not, Citizen, our beloved government will rectify this by reclassifying it momentarily.
There is???????????? Coulda fooled me.
Um, no. From TFA:
Equity fund managers are basically beancounters. When the new beancounter overlords looked over the returns from the 'investment', they saw the 'investment' was a waste. The new beancounter overlords aren't record company execs, they have more business sense.
Damned straight, we owe that guy many many MANY beers.
So many great setups, so few modpoints.
Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article on him doesn't give any family details, so there's no way to assess the damage done to the gene pool.
Because, like all lawyers starting out, he was a nobody back in the day. They had no clue he'd turn out the way he did. The Bar isn't a bunch of fortune tellers, they're a bunch of fortune stealers.
Personally, I think RIAA's lawyers should be tasered in the nuts once for every one of these suits they bring, but that's just my opinion, I could be overreacting....
Nawwwww...
Like the phone company did back in the day when they went after some kids for allegedly hacking a 911 system when actually, they downloaded a 'confidential computer text file' reputedly worth over $80k when they were selling copies of it for about 30 bucks. IIRC, they wanted to charge the kids for the cost of the computer system used to create the document, the time logged by the person that typed the document up, plus the salary of said typist's supervisor for the time the typist reputedly spent creating the document.
I'd go in a heartbeat. And I'd stay as long as I could. Where do I sign up to be a colonist?
Note to self: Cancel all contracts for baked beans on future lunar missions. - NASA Administrator
Kind of like the fearmongering of Team B back in the 70's, eh?
That explains why they go apeshit over stem cell research. Obviously, they're actively defending their copyrights.
Pretty much, they do. Case in point, most of the OSS Cowboys of World War 2 were Harvard grads. They later became the core of the CIA. And don't kid yourself, CIA's upper management is still Harvard, and still thinks they ought to be running the world.
That was a criminal defense. I'm talking about where the citizen is the plaintiff and the city/county/state is the defendent, in civil court. The burden of proof is a lot lower there, just ask OJ. Whole different scenario we're talking about. Let's even up the ante a bit and say the plaintiff had 8-foot privacy fences erected around his property thus blocking plain view from the streets. I believe it's been established that a privacy fence creates some expectation of privacy?