There ya go. Send them to Chino. I hear there's all kinds of crime to clean up in Chino! They could really do some good down there...for the rest of the country...by getting their asses handed to them.
Well, I won't argue the fact that the street vendors WERE breaking the law; that's no longer at issue. I'm ashamed that the RIAA can act in such a fashion with such (as of yet) unquestioned authority.
Would I have a right to raid a local chop-shop if my car were stolen? I always assumed that's what the POLICE were for. In light of these new developments, however, I'm considering forming a vigilante justice team. Why not? What's the difference?
Is this for real? Who gave them the authority to do this? If I were to plagiarize someone's work of fiction, it doesn't give that person the right to bust into my bookstore and throw things around. There are legal proceedings to be followed. Whatever happened to decency?
Well for what it's worth, I certainly wasn't posting to troll for a +5 mod. I merely find it amusing that laptop companies continually try to get thinner and thinner. The laptop industry is almost as vain as fashion. I'll laugh when the day comes that you can't even see your portable if it's turned on its side.
That's an interesting point, and I'd like to find out myself if this is true. However, wouldn't this be different than monitoring their own sendmail servers? Even if they avoid actual monitoring and are simply given statistics of how much of your traffic is allocated to mail as opposed to the rest of your bandwidth. Wouldn't this be a better tip-off?
They think you're a spammer? That's ridiculous of them. I would think it wouldn't be too hard to see if you're sending mail or actual packets. As far as usage, I personally am all for setting throttles. If they can't afford to have you downloading constantly at the maximum speed you're paying for, then they need to scale back. Some people (like myself) are using their broadband as their media connection; as in I watch a lot of streaming broadcasts. Don't set a limit on how many GB of data transfer you can have per month (like I noticed Comcast doing recently). Just do the math and set the throttle. It's that simple.
You're absolutely right. Literally every male member of my family all the way back to the Revolutionary War has served and fought to preserve our freedoms. I was merely posting out of frustration.
We could already do basically the same kind of thing with iMovie, although with more of a workspace interface, but it was still nice and cheap.
Still, a scrub machine for the masses. Could make for some interesting deejay team competitions; visuals used to be automated. It's nice to see a more hands-on approach to a technology we've otherwise left to the A/V club geeks.
This is really interesting! And I'm wondering how you got started. Have you done this for a while? Did you use Apple first, or PCs?
I've been doing the same (building custom PCs) for other people for years, and yet when it comes to my own computers I opt for Macs. I'm a recent convert. Why?
Because I got tired of struggling to make drivers work together, finding different games and programs were optimized for different chipsets, and dealing with Windows registries to try to make everything run as smoothly as possible.
Then I tried a Mac. Pretty much everything worked out of the box, smoothly (like it was optimized for the platform, not a specific driver), and almost everything I extra tried in it was practically designed to already work WITH what I already had in the computer. The OS is far more elegant and makes sense to my less savvy customers.
Price is often the bottom line. For the advantages, I prefer to run Macs personally. I can't fault people who opt for the dollar-accessability of PCs. I guess it's all in how you personally prioritize, and how much work you want to put into making the system work.
But hey, the U.S. is big on mercy missions. Maybe if they just point it in the right direction and wait a few years...that's what we do with most of our probes anyway, right? What's the difference?
You make an absolutely terrific point in your assessment of the 10th amendment. This is where states do have individual powers to fill in the voids left by our federal government. And one can certainly argue that the powers granted to the FBI in these recent bills are reasonably assumed by the federal government in the interests of national security, especially considering that they are not contradictory to any previous rights held by the people.
The problem here is that until challenged in the Supreme Court, the government reserving and assuming authority in the bill mentioned in this article can create its own definition of "reasonable." In this case, they have determined, whether we like it or not, that it is not unreasonable for them to search our private financial records without a warrant.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures...
Aren't our financial records our own "papers and effects"? Are they intillectual property? What are they?
I don't think it's it's a stretch to assume that our financial records ARE personal property. What's scary is that our government IS creating its own set of definitions for these terms, namely "unreasonable," and is doing so without fear of challenge from the people it is sworn to protect and serve.
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Oh yeah. I'd definitely hit it.
Damon,
Yeah, I think you're right. Maybe they're waiting to drop the bomb online until after they've showed everyone up in court.
Or maybe they really are just full of it.
Damon,
I think you mean Compton. Chino is farther east and is fairly decent. :P
;D
To a rural North Dakota hick like me, it's all scary.
There ya go. Send them to Chino. I hear there's all kinds of crime to clean up in Chino! They could really do some good down there...for the rest of the country...by getting their asses handed to them.
Well, I won't argue the fact that the street vendors WERE breaking the law; that's no longer at issue. I'm ashamed that the RIAA can act in such a fashion with such (as of yet) unquestioned authority.
Would I have a right to raid a local chop-shop if my car were stolen? I always assumed that's what the POLICE were for. In light of these new developments, however, I'm considering forming a vigilante justice team. Why not? What's the difference?
Damon,
Is this for real? Who gave them the authority to do this? If I were to plagiarize someone's work of fiction, it doesn't give that person the right to bust into my bookstore and throw things around. There are legal proceedings to be followed. Whatever happened to decency?
Damon,
Well for what it's worth, I certainly wasn't posting to troll for a +5 mod. I merely find it amusing that laptop companies continually try to get thinner and thinner. The laptop industry is almost as vain as fashion. I'll laugh when the day comes that you can't even see your portable if it's turned on its side.
Nah, with this example at 3500 to 4000 bucks depending on case materials, I'm not seeing it in the same league w/ Apple PBs.
No CD drive. No built-in wifi. A 10 inch screen. And Windows?
You can have it.
That's okay, I really don't want it.
I didn't notice the first time around, and now I can't get to it. Guess we'll have to wait to find out.
That's okay, I'll stick with my iBook. It's cuter anyway.
Damon,
Looks like Apple will be going back to the drawing board. The iBooks look pretty thick in comparison.
Damon,
If it's a serious proposal I think that'd be great. Let's get the funding approved and be off then.
I fear though that this may be a stunt to gain some more traction in the polls. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out.
Damon,
That's an interesting point, and I'd like to find out myself if this is true. However, wouldn't this be different than monitoring their own sendmail servers? Even if they avoid actual monitoring and are simply given statistics of how much of your traffic is allocated to mail as opposed to the rest of your bandwidth. Wouldn't this be a better tip-off?
They think you're a spammer? That's ridiculous of them. I would think it wouldn't be too hard to see if you're sending mail or actual packets. As far as usage, I personally am all for setting throttles. If they can't afford to have you downloading constantly at the maximum speed you're paying for, then they need to scale back. Some people (like myself) are using their broadband as their media connection; as in I watch a lot of streaming broadcasts. Don't set a limit on how many GB of data transfer you can have per month (like I noticed Comcast doing recently). Just do the math and set the throttle. It's that simple.
Damon,
Definitely not Mac users! It's not white, it's not fruity; I think it's obvious who Sony is pandering to here.
Damon,
I can't wait to start exploring. On the advice of some other /.ers yesterday I grabbed maestro early. Looks like it was a good thing I did...
Damon,
Target?
Perhaps NASA was counting on the wind to keep it reasonably clean for an extended period of time.
But I'm asking because I really don't know. Was this thing built to withstand a dust storm?
Damon,
Our margins have been worse. Those numbers look good to me!
You're absolutely right. Literally every male member of my family all the way back to the Revolutionary War has served and fought to preserve our freedoms. I was merely posting out of frustration.
Damon,
We could already do basically the same kind of thing with iMovie, although with more of a workspace interface, but it was still nice and cheap.
Still, a scrub machine for the masses. Could make for some interesting deejay team competitions; visuals used to be automated. It's nice to see a more hands-on approach to a technology we've otherwise left to the A/V club geeks.
Damon,
Maybe they should have installed wipers...
This is really interesting! And I'm wondering how you got started. Have you done this for a while? Did you use Apple first, or PCs?
I've been doing the same (building custom PCs) for other people for years, and yet when it comes to my own computers I opt for Macs. I'm a recent convert. Why?
Because I got tired of struggling to make drivers work together, finding different games and programs were optimized for different chipsets, and dealing with Windows registries to try to make everything run as smoothly as possible.
Then I tried a Mac. Pretty much everything worked out of the box, smoothly (like it was optimized for the platform, not a specific driver), and almost everything I extra tried in it was practically designed to already work WITH what I already had in the computer. The OS is far more elegant and makes sense to my less savvy customers.
Price is often the bottom line. For the advantages, I prefer to run Macs personally. I can't fault people who opt for the dollar-accessability of PCs. I guess it's all in how you personally prioritize, and how much work you want to put into making the system work.
Damon,
But hey, the U.S. is big on mercy missions. Maybe if they just point it in the right direction and wait a few years...that's what we do with most of our probes anyway, right? What's the difference?
Damon,
So do they just give up, or hope Spirit can eventually find it and give it a doggie biscuit?
Damon,
You make an absolutely terrific point in your assessment of the 10th amendment. This is where states do have individual powers to fill in the voids left by our federal government. And one can certainly argue that the powers granted to the FBI in these recent bills are reasonably assumed by the federal government in the interests of national security, especially considering that they are not contradictory to any previous rights held by the people.
The problem here is that until challenged in the Supreme Court, the government reserving and assuming authority in the bill mentioned in this article can create its own definition of "reasonable." In this case, they have determined, whether we like it or not, that it is not unreasonable for them to search our private financial records without a warrant.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures...
Aren't our financial records our own "papers and effects"? Are they intillectual property? What are they?
I don't think it's it's a stretch to assume that our financial records ARE personal property. What's scary is that our government IS creating its own set of definitions for these terms, namely "unreasonable," and is doing so without fear of challenge from the people it is sworn to protect and serve.
Damon,