That's right, it *doesn't* hold up. But the judge sure thought so...
Obviously, we have people who have never even seen a computer before the trial, and know nothing about how a computer or the net work making very important decisions about them.
Does anyone else notice that the road sign becomes completely black with the Night Vision? I hope this is just the webmaster's error (I doubt that these pictures are actual photographs of Night Vision at work).
Remember, if an ISP takes action against this kind of thing, it then can be held responsible for the content. If they just pass the stuff on without filtering it, they are treated differently.
I do not know the proper way to say these things in lawyer-speak, so perhaps someone else more knowledgeable in the subject can help...
The French ISP Altern was found responsible for the content someone posted on its servers. The judge said that just like a newspaper is responsible for what people print in it, an ISP is responsible for the content others post on its servers. The Slashdot article is here
I am not sure about the outcome of the case. Altern was down for quite a while, but is now back up. You now must provide an email address (that is confirmed) to open an account. There was a petition, and as the case was posted on Slashdot, quite a few people signed it. I do remember the ISP owner (it's a one-person operation, on a Linux server BTW) thanking everyone for the support.
IIRC, babies see the world upside-down for a very short while, before their brain adjusts. I was not aware of the flipping glasses experiment, however. VERY interesting.
I've been reading Slashdot for quite some time, and at least once a month, there is an article about a new high-bandwidth technology that's going to change the world. All I have to say is... WHERE IS IT!
I live in a fairly large city. I already get cable TV in my house. In 1998, my cable company said to wait for next year. They are still saying the same thing this year. This is all while I have read numerous press releases about my cable company (Comcast) signing a contract with @Home.
DSL? Naw... I have checked all the DSL providers I could think of, and then I looked some more up and checked those. None of them offer DSL service in my area.
Am I the only one that's in a situation like this? I can imagine that if this is happening in a fairly large city (Philadelphia, for the curious) that the situation is even worse elsewhere. (No, I'm not saying that Philadelphia is the center of the world, but it is a fairly large and known city.)
I was just thinking about this today. Maybe Rob could allow moderators to voluntarily sort through the stories to make the sorters' lives easier (say... automatically drop the stories that get a score below -5)...
If one webmaster removes the CometCursor from their site as a result of this, the whole thing will not have been pointless. Aside from the privacy violation (which, from the posts I have read, isn't very major, as it cannot be easily linked to the person's name/address/blood type) I think that this is good because... this thing is ANNOYING! Really... it ranks right up there with scrolling statusbar javascript. Sure, I can click "No", but I have to click it EVERY TIME I VISIT THE SITE!
You would've thought that this kind of thing would be limited to sites hosted on the members.aol.com domain, but I have also read that many major, and wortwhile site use this annoying thing!
Granted, you don't use your credit card, or even your real name, on Slashdot (unless you choose to, voluntarily), but the Slashdot username and password ARE passed as a URL when you log in.
I have often thought about time travel, but I have come to the conclusion that even if it were possible, it wouldn't lead anywhere. Here's an example:
I know how to travel through time.
My friend gets hit by a car.
I travel back in time and save him.
My friend doesn't get hit by a car.
I don't travel back and save him.
My friend gets hit by a car.
This is no longer the case with me.
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I have made the journey to my garage, and have retreived my old keyboard. Goodbye, windows keys, goodbye cheap rubber mat keys. Hello, fast typing, and non-aching fingers.
If you still have your old keyboard that you used with your XT, get it out of the garage and use it. These things are priceless. If you don't have one, it's time to check eGay and buy one. There are some suckers out there that don't know what treasure they have, and will gladly get rid of it for a few bucks.
You can drive nails into cement with this thing, and it will still work. You can spill hot coffee and sweet sticky soda on it. It will work for years after that. Don't use the wimpy $5 keyboards. They will do major damage to your fingers.
On this thing, it takes virtually no effort to press a key. Therefore, I type much faster.
Yadda yadda yadda... I've become an old fart before becoming an adult.
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Also available in MS Windows, Left Alt+Left Shift+NumLock. You must have the Accessibility Features installed.
The Enter key seems pretty hard to reach while using the arrow keys, while the 5 key is right in the middle.
Did Master Dust Puppy himself teach you? Can you play Quake well?
Obviously, we have people who have never even seen a computer before the trial, and know nothing about how a computer or the net work making very important decisions about them.
Does anyone else notice that the road sign becomes completely black with the Night Vision? I hope this is just the webmaster's error (I doubt that these pictures are actual photographs of Night Vision at work).
If they do not filter the content, they are treated merely as a carrier.
I do not know the proper way to say these things in lawyer-speak, so perhaps someone else more knowledgeable in the subject can help...
I am not sure about the outcome of the case. Altern was down for quite a while, but is now back up. You now must provide an email address (that is confirmed) to open an account. There was a petition, and as the case was posted on Slashdot, quite a few people signed it. I do remember the ISP owner (it's a one-person operation, on a Linux server BTW) thanking everyone for the support.
I always thought that Strawberry Fields was a Beatles song...
IIRC, babies see the world upside-down for a very short while, before their brain adjusts. I was not aware of the flipping glasses experiment, however. VERY interesting.
Or "if I remember correctly"
Or, you can just use the "Newest First" option. And don't forget to use the -1 threshold.
I think it's about time that Slashdot got a new section to deal with I-want-that-domain lawsuits. :(
Rob just stole your credit card! Look out!
Of course it's progress! The disks cost almost the same to print, but you're paying twice as much! Oh wait... you're a consumer. Never mind. :)
I live in a fairly large city. I already get cable TV in my house. In 1998, my cable company said to wait for next year. They are still saying the same thing this year. This is all while I have read numerous press releases about my cable company (Comcast) signing a contract with @Home.
DSL? Naw... I have checked all the DSL providers I could think of, and then I looked some more up and checked those. None of them offer DSL service in my area.
Am I the only one that's in a situation like this? I can imagine that if this is happening in a fairly large city (Philadelphia, for the curious) that the situation is even worse elsewhere. (No, I'm not saying that Philadelphia is the center of the world, but it is a fairly large and known city.)
I was just thinking about this today. Maybe Rob could allow moderators to voluntarily sort through the stories to make the sorters' lives easier (say... automatically drop the stories that get a score below -5)...
You would've thought that this kind of thing would be limited to sites hosted on the members.aol.com domain, but I have also read that many major, and wortwhile site use this annoying thing!
Granted, you don't use your credit card, or even your real name, on Slashdot (unless you choose to, voluntarily), but the Slashdot username and password ARE passed as a URL when you log in.
Check the Plugins directory (Netscape\Program\Plugins or Netscape\Plugins or Netscape\Users\YourUserName\Plugins)
If you still have your old keyboard that you used with your XT, get it out of the garage and use it. These things are priceless. If you don't have one, it's time to check eGay and buy one. There are some suckers out there that don't know what treasure they have, and will gladly get rid of it for a few bucks.
You can drive nails into cement with this thing, and it will still work. You can spill hot coffee and sweet sticky soda on it. It will work for years after that. Don't use the wimpy $5 keyboards. They will do major damage to your fingers.
On this thing, it takes virtually no effort to press a key. Therefore, I type much faster.
Yadda yadda yadda... I've become an old fart before becoming an adult.
(I am under the impression that there is no more Q3test, but that the game is still in beta. If it isn't, please pardon, and correct me.)
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