it is illegal for a person in the US to download music from Allofmp3, and that such a person could be sued for copyright infringement for having done so.
So what. The RIAA sues people for downloading music that never owned a computer. As far as I see it, downloading music from allofmp3 isn't illegal until someone is convicted in court.
Unforunately, only the people with the knowledge of how to prevent Windows from being compromised by running as Admininstrator in the first place are the only people who know how to set it up to run as a limited user.
It seems like Windows was set up so that the Administrator uses the Administrator account all the time, and if it's your personal computer, that's you - limited users are for when someone else is the Administrator.
maybe needing a unanimous grand jury to decide that a case is not whistleblowing before going to full trial?
We used to have something in regards to these sort of programs, called "oversight." I think the problem that a lot of people have with secret prisons, wiretapping, etc, isn't really that it's happening, it's that it is happening at the whim of an administration that has shown a general disregard for any notion of individual rights, while declaring itself superior to any law or oversight of its actions.
For example, the real story about NSA wiretapping wasn't the fact that the NSA was tapping wires (that's what the NSA DOES), wiretapping itself should come as no surprise to anyone who knows the NSA exists, but that they were doing it without consulting FISA, at least after the fact, which is what they are supposed to do.
Pandora never seemed to work for me. I guess the problem is that it tries to find songs that sound like songs I already have. If I already have one song, why would I want another song that sounds the same?
Besides, I never like the song that "sounds the same" as much as the song I told it I liked in the first place.
Yeah, but there are 120MB floppy disks that have been out for ages (LS120). How many people actually have the drive? (I do, but I don't have any media!).
Most of my computers don't even HAVE a floppy drive. As far as I can tell, DVD-RW and CD-RW have essentially replaced the floppy for largish data storage, and USB flash drives for smallish data storage.
I wouldn't count on tape keeping up even as much as it has, if the market for tapes keeps shrinking. There's just not going to be as much money being thrown at it.
Does it really matter how reliable they are, though? As long as they are reliable enough that the chances of two drives failing at the exact same time are insignificant, then RAID should be just fine (excluding cases where offsite data storage would be needed, in which case it's probably still easier to just use rsync to another RAID).
In my experience, although I haven't used tapes in ages, I used to have one of those QIC-80 drives. By the time I actually needed to recover data off a tape, the tape was unreadable. That was the last time I ever used tape.
Do you even really want increased data density with tape drives? If you're using them for backup, it would seem that as density goes up, the chances of losing data go up as well.
Personally, if my data were REALLY important, I'd want it punched out on Mylar tape, so if it were really necessary, I could read the binary code back out with my bare eyeballs, a sheet of paper, and a pencil.
Honestly, I welcome the prospect of having everyone talking on phones, maybe it'll drown out the sound of the screaming brat I always end up having to listen to for six hours on every flight I've ever been on.
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Isn't that kind of like saying "I didn't kill the guy. It was the bullet's fault."
it is illegal for a person in the US to download music from Allofmp3, and that such a person could be sued for copyright infringement for having done so.
So what. The RIAA sues people for downloading music that never owned a computer. As far as I see it, downloading music from allofmp3 isn't illegal until someone is convicted in court.
It doesn't seem too annoying there, but it's also surrounded by flashing animated banner ads.
Unforunately, only the people with the knowledge of how to prevent Windows from being compromised by running as Admininstrator in the first place are the only people who know how to set it up to run as a limited user.
It seems like Windows was set up so that the Administrator uses the Administrator account all the time, and if it's your personal computer, that's you - limited users are for when someone else is the Administrator.
If this is not the case and if I were some terrorist, I'd like to have one of those phones and service!
Or, as it turns out, a reporter with confidential sources, or anyone in general who is opposed to current government policy.
maybe needing a unanimous grand jury to decide that a case is not whistleblowing before going to full trial?
We used to have something in regards to these sort of programs, called "oversight." I think the problem that a lot of people have with secret prisons, wiretapping, etc, isn't really that it's happening, it's that it is happening at the whim of an administration that has shown a general disregard for any notion of individual rights, while declaring itself superior to any law or oversight of its actions.
For example, the real story about NSA wiretapping wasn't the fact that the NSA was tapping wires (that's what the NSA DOES), wiretapping itself should come as no surprise to anyone who knows the NSA exists, but that they were doing it without consulting FISA, at least after the fact, which is what they are supposed to do.
Well, I've never heard of a government being overthrown via a written document.
Magna Carta.
Pandora never seemed to work for me. I guess the problem is that it tries to find songs that sound like songs I already have. If I already have one song, why would I want another song that sounds the same?
Besides, I never like the song that "sounds the same" as much as the song I told it I liked in the first place.
They'll have a "PlaysOnMicrosoftWindowsMedia11CertifiedPlayersFor Sure" stickers.
The problem with Vanco is that it must be administered with an IV, you can't get a script for the stuff and go home.
That's not a problem at all... It just keeps idiots from stopping as soon as they feel better, and developing resistant strains.
All of the CD's I own are almost all good tracks. However, I've only bought about 5 CD's in as many years.
How many people will have forgotten that Google even existed by the time they finish restoring all the data back from the tapes?
Yeah, but there are 120MB floppy disks that have been out for ages (LS120). How many people actually have the drive? (I do, but I don't have any media!).
Most of my computers don't even HAVE a floppy drive. As far as I can tell, DVD-RW and CD-RW have essentially replaced the floppy for largish data storage, and USB flash drives for smallish data storage.
(The key being that the media is bootable.)
I wouldn't count on tape keeping up even as much as it has, if the market for tapes keeps shrinking. There's just not going to be as much money being thrown at it.
Yeah, wtf. They also talked about area in inches, instead of the standard units of Football Fields.
Does it really matter how reliable they are, though? As long as they are reliable enough that the chances of two drives failing at the exact same time are insignificant, then RAID should be just fine (excluding cases where offsite data storage would be needed, in which case it's probably still easier to just use rsync to another RAID).
In my experience, although I haven't used tapes in ages, I used to have one of those QIC-80 drives. By the time I actually needed to recover data off a tape, the tape was unreadable. That was the last time I ever used tape.
Do you even really want increased data density with tape drives? If you're using them for backup, it would seem that as density goes up, the chances of losing data go up as well.
Personally, if my data were REALLY important, I'd want it punched out on Mylar tape, so if it were really necessary, I could read the binary code back out with my bare eyeballs, a sheet of paper, and a pencil.
yeah, but they don't.
Then again, I don't think $12 is unreasonable for a CD, if all the tracks are worthwhile.
ANY email trying to get you to buy shit is spam. If you requested it, it's just requested spam.
I don't care if I BEGGED them to send me an advertisement. After the first email, every subsequent email is spam.
I personally consider ANY email trying to get me to BUY SHIT that I wasn't specifically seeking out to be spam.
Even if I did do business with Travelocity or US Airways, it would be to buy a plane ticket, not to get more shit in my Inbox every week.
Honestly, I welcome the prospect of having everyone talking on phones, maybe it'll drown out the sound of the screaming brat I always end up having to listen to for six hours on every flight I've ever been on.
In that case, if terrorists want to crash a plane, why don't they just turn their phones on?
Interesting to see how that will play out here.. With Ahmadinejad being a PhD engineer, and Bush being a general dumbass.
Now the NSA can monitor my shirt. Great.