Seems that here in Australia where Oil, Aluminium and most other things are far more common than water, that something which destroys water would be somewhat pointless.
Reply here with your definition (legally sufficent for a court case) of what a web site is ?
I've developed them for years, written then, installed them rebooted them when they died... but what is the exact definition of a web site ?
http://www.slashdot.org/ isn't one... that's a URI or URL ? The stuff on the box in the ~slashdot directory... isn't that the content ? www.slashdot.org is a DNS name ? The box itself is a server or a computer ?
After a few decades of systems analysis, especially when the Victorian Rail (Australia) was asked what is a train and didn't get a straight answer - I'm not one to be critical of a judge who states honestly... that he is somewhat confused as to what a Web Site is.
In Australia it is legal to circumvent copy protection and region protection... refer to this starting point for information and links.
So in all your grand comments, remember the world is 95% not US
Remember - you bought a disk, some holes, some ink, some plastic and paper - the only part that's not yours is the movie. You are allowed to use that disk for a coaster, microwave it, read it off a bit at a time and look at it all. That's the facts... by most of the worlds laws.
My password is only protected by me, whilst I protect it.
The moment my password (which happens to be "ILuvGeorge2008") is divulged to the world by my stupidity, then there is no rule protecting my rights to that password.
That simple.
If there was, I'd use Vista as a password, and sue Microsoft for telling everyone what my password is.
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I'm glad they didn't accidently give out a DVD key or something....
No beer until 21, no driving a car without a licence, no sex on TV without pixelation.
Yes... a kid can go and anonymously buy a gun, ammo and shoot it - all within the law...
WTF ?
Is the US insane ?
I'm not talking about banning guns, just about knowing who has em... not talking about stopping criminals getting them, just talking about crazy people getting them.
Jeez... get a clue US of A, the rest of the world is laughing at your stupidity.
Anyway - my experience was at the local mega-computer store, where Microsoft had come in around 2 weeks ago and 'recovered' all the XP media/disks etc... The store is now 100% XP free, overnight.
Another case, a friend bought a Dell with XP on it - on delivery, it had a free Vista upgrade (and no XP).
The mobs in WoW are so intelligent, that they emulate humans incredibly:
1. Ignorance: Like people walking down a street when a mugger is mugging an old lady, the mobs ignore all other attacks on fellow beings. 2. Predicitability: Like normal human beings, they act in entirely predictable ways given the same circumstance. The person goes to work in the morning and gets stuck in traffic, they are suprised. They are equally suprised and annoyed all subsequent mornings when stuck in the same traffic. 3. Emotional Distraction: When their attention is finally grabbed, the human being will focus on nothing else but the focus of their emotion. To the extent of running their car into a pole whilst watching the scantily clad Night Elf Huntress.
Who, like me - believed God created the universe 15 billion years ago, used evolution rather than a production line to make humans - and pissed off and left us all alone like a crazed scientist, waiting for an unbiased experimental result ?
Why did he have to make it 10,000 years ago instantly filled with people and 2 million year old relics ?
"Uh, you can also use Linux without needing to know how to use those things"
Well lets see - I had to: 1. Compile my LAN card driver 2. VI my X11Config settings to get my monitor to work properly 3. Manually RPM remove some packages in a circular version loop 4. Yum update my Printer stuff 5. Manually set up my network cards using vi/etc/sysconfig/networking
All this because: 1. I have a combo printer/fax/scanner 2. On board lan 3. Dual DVD monitors of differing resolutions
So - no, none of the machines I've used linux on in the last 5 years have ever been install and use.
80% of the universe wants install and use... Linux doesn't provide that.
"Remind me again what Vista does that my Linux box can't?"
Well, I can't speak for Vista, but Windows XP runs on my box without me having to know how to use VI, GCC, Make, Yum, C, C++ and write down IRQs, ports, numbers from the inside of my computer first.
Having said that - and being able to do that, Linux does indeed have a place in my home/business:)
Linux will not be a desktop OS for the masses, until... well... never.
Waiting for the OSX release which will natively support Win32... then we are rockin'
When the answer to a user's question "I installed Linux and I can't get the network card working" changes from "You twit, you have done something wrong" to "Yes, there seems to be a problem, how can I help" - that's the day Linux can take over from Windows 98, or any Windows OS.
Since that day is decades away, Linux will remain in the realm of the guru and server OS it currently is in.
Cause I'm crap at them - and I still paid the same money... and after all how else can I come second last.
Anyone playing World of Warcraft ever looked up thottbot.com.... then you are a cheat. Anyone playing World of Warcraft ever had a 60 show their 40 through a tough area... then you are a cheat. Anyone playing World of Warcraft install mods to allow them to heal better in raids... then you are a cheat. Anyone playing World of Warcraft go into battle grounds against noob 60s in full epic regalia and pretend it's a level playing field.... then you are a cheat.
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As the theory of relativity breaks down when someone switches the lights off - as C becomes ZERO.
...Einstein didn't think of that.
Oh no
Seems that here in Australia where Oil, Aluminium and most other things are far more common than water, that something which destroys water would be somewhat pointless.
PS: Yes... hyperbole alert for those nit pickers.
Reply here with your definition (legally sufficent for a court case) of what a web site is ?
... that's a URI or URL ? ... isn't that the content ?
... that he is somewhat confused as to what a Web Site is.
I've developed them for years, written then, installed them rebooted them when they died... but what is the exact definition of a web site ?
http://www.slashdot.org/ isn't one
The stuff on the box in the ~slashdot directory
www.slashdot.org is a DNS name ?
The box itself is a server or a computer ?
After a few decades of systems analysis, especially when the Victorian Rail (Australia) was asked what is a train and didn't get a straight answer - I'm not one to be critical of a judge who states honestly
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21659333-2,00 .html
Remember, the world doesn't run to US laws.
... refer to this starting point for information and links.
In Australia it is legal to circumvent copy protection and region protection
So in all your grand comments, remember the world is 95% not US
Remember - you bought a disk, some holes, some ink, some plastic and paper - the only part that's not yours is the movie. You are allowed to use that disk for a coaster, microwave it, read it off a bit at a time and look at it all. That's the facts... by most of the worlds laws.
They did no such thing, they used their own computer, own time, own disk.... at no time did they break into anyone's house, computer....
... I own the paper AND the ink, just not the story.
I buy a DVD, I own the disk, the holes, the metal - the bits. The only bit I don't own is the actual art content.
To put it in the context of a book
I can choose to read the book backwards, skip every second letter - and even read the boring publication bits at the front - all legally.
So don't give me this crap that reading the bytes off a DVD I own is illegal.
My password is only protected by me, whilst I protect it.
The moment my password (which happens to be "ILuvGeorge2008") is divulged to the world by my stupidity, then there is no rule protecting my rights to that password.
That simple.
If there was, I'd use Vista as a password, and sue Microsoft for telling everyone what my password is.
Jeez. Get a reality check in isle -1.
http://www.hddvd.org/hddvd
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I'm glad they didn't accidently give out a DVD key or something
Not squeezing hard enough it seems, the u didn't come out.
That should of course be squeeze...
The harder you sqeeze, the more comes out.
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MPAA Lesson of the day.
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00110000001110010100011000111001001100010011000100 11000000110010001110010100010000110111001101000100 01010011001100110101010000100100010000111000001101 00001100010011010100110110010000110011010100110110 00110011001101010011011000111000001110000100001100 11000000100000
... but with holes in it.
Yell - and everyone hears you, but they soon ignore you
Whisper - and a few people hear you.
Governments would like to control it - but can't.
And best of all - when you fart in an elevator you can blame it on other people.
In the Spirit of GNU, I'd like an online game where stacks of poeople get together online and log onto online games where they play MMORPGs.
You are arguing over volume...
A nuke - a million people
A bomb - a thousand people
A machine gun - a hundred people
The constitution protects your right to bear arms, where in the constitution does it say a million is too many, but a hundred is ok ?
My opinion is that the right to bear arms should be limited to 6 shots (or was it 2) as per the weaponry at the signing of the constitution.
Seems the US has something arse about.
...
No beer until 21, no driving a car without a licence, no sex on TV without pixelation.
Yes... a kid can go and anonymously buy a gun, ammo and shoot it - all within the law
WTF ?
Is the US insane ?
I'm not talking about banning guns, just about knowing who has em... not talking about stopping criminals getting them, just talking about crazy people getting them.
Jeez... get a clue US of A, the rest of the world is laughing at your stupidity.
I'm sure I submitted this story a week ago :)
Anyway - my experience was at the local mega-computer store, where Microsoft had come in around 2 weeks ago and 'recovered' all the XP media/disks etc... The store is now 100% XP free, overnight.
Another case, a friend bought a Dell with XP on it - on delivery, it had a free Vista upgrade (and no XP).
Anyway - it's already happenning.
The mobs in WoW are so intelligent, that they emulate humans incredibly:
1. Ignorance: Like people walking down a street when a mugger is mugging an old lady, the mobs ignore all other attacks on fellow beings.
2. Predicitability: Like normal human beings, they act in entirely predictable ways given the same circumstance. The person goes to work in the morning and gets stuck in traffic, they are suprised. They are equally suprised and annoyed all subsequent mornings when stuck in the same traffic.
3. Emotional Distraction: When their attention is finally grabbed, the human being will focus on nothing else but the focus of their emotion. To the extent of running their car into a pole whilst watching the scantily clad Night Elf Huntress.
Who, like me - believed God created the universe 15 billion years ago, used evolution rather than a production line to make humans - and pissed off and left us all alone like a crazed scientist, waiting for an unbiased experimental result ?
Why did he have to make it 10,000 years ago instantly filled with people and 2 million year old relics ?
"In other words, it basically sounds like you're using a distribution that has poor hardware detection and package management."
... driver worked.
Yes... of course I am, I said I was using Linux didn't I.
"are you sure you never had to install drivers for that onboard NIC in Windows? "
Yes... insert CD, press 'YES'
The simple fact is, that the average person doesn't want Linux, because Linux is not for average people.
If (like Big Brother TV Reality), Linux was made for the average person, then Linux would be Windows.
Like it or lump it, the stuff that makes Linux great is also the stuff that makes it (like Firefly the TV show) open only to a small market.
"Uh, you can also use Linux without needing to know how to use those things"
/etc/sysconfig/networking
Well lets see - I had to:
1. Compile my LAN card driver
2. VI my X11Config settings to get my monitor to work properly
3. Manually RPM remove some packages in a circular version loop
4. Yum update my Printer stuff
5. Manually set up my network cards using vi
All this because:
1. I have a combo printer/fax/scanner
2. On board lan
3. Dual DVD monitors of differing resolutions
So - no, none of the machines I've used linux on in the last 5 years have ever been install and use.
80% of the universe wants install and use... Linux doesn't provide that.
"Remind me again what Vista does that my Linux box can't?"
:)
... well ... never.
... then we are rockin'
Well, I can't speak for Vista, but Windows XP runs on my box without me having to know how to use VI, GCC, Make, Yum, C, C++ and write down IRQs, ports, numbers from the inside of my computer first.
Having said that - and being able to do that, Linux does indeed have a place in my home/business
Linux will not be a desktop OS for the masses, until
Waiting for the OSX release which will natively support Win32
Scientists Create Humans That Are 15 Percent Sheep
That explains it all.
When the answer to a user's question "I installed Linux and I can't get the network card working" changes from "You twit, you have done something wrong" to "Yes, there seems to be a problem, how can I help" - that's the day Linux can take over from Windows 98, or any Windows OS.
Since that day is decades away, Linux will remain in the realm of the guru and server OS it currently is in.
Cause I'm crap at them - and I still paid the same money... and after all how else can I come second last.
.... then you are a cheat. ... then you are a cheat. ... then you are a cheat. .... then you are a cheat.
.... most people have no issues with cheating.
Anyone playing World of Warcraft ever looked up thottbot.com
Anyone playing World of Warcraft ever had a 60 show their 40 through a tough area
Anyone playing World of Warcraft install mods to allow them to heal better in raids
Anyone playing World of Warcraft go into battle grounds against noob 60s in full epic regalia and pretend it's a level playing field
See