So if you use *Apple's* system then *they* get to set the rules. Don't like it? Fine. Buy music elsewhere where you like the rules, but don't go into their store and complain and break their rules!
I won't.
However, I might go into the store, buy their products, take them home, and re-arrange them so they work better with my other products.
If that is against the law, then please arrest me.
There are proper routes you can take in the justice system to get a law like the DMCA repealed, until then breaking it doesn't make you look like anything except a criminal.
"One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"
The founding fathers are rolling over in their graves. I often like to think what the modern world would be like in America if these men were still holding sway.
Who on earth would think you can type or write something down and it NOT be recorded? That is what you are doing -- recording your words onto a medium.
And now that I think about it, the original law this is based on is also pretty lame. If you don't want someone to record what you're saying, don't talk to them.
Why on earth would you want a common username@ portion of an email address? I had to specifically move away from those types of addresses just based on the sheer volume of spam due to dictionary attacks on SMTP servers.
My email address is still easy to remember, though: j240f89234jf2-0934jf234f@mydomain.com.
I like to bitch about what is wrong with the government here also, but I'm not so fed up that I think there is another country out there that is better overall than America.
I know wtf sabots are. I thought the reference was appropriate -- slashdotters wanting to throw sabots into the voting machinery. Thus talking about the prospect would be akin to rattling your sabots.
No you don't... re-read my post. I said #1 we need to build more redundancy into these systems. Meaning we need other ways to count votes if there is a problem suspected. This could include a number of techniques, including printing out a receipt.
Even though you are still generating a paper receipt, the electronic voting can make things more secure and easier to tabulate IF THE ENGINEERS ARE NOT RETARDED.
Just because Diebold sucks doesn't mean the concept does.
Pen and paper: the only way to vote. Say no to machines.
I know it's all the rage on slashdot to rattle your sabots, so I really hate to break it to you -- machines are already used to count votes made with pen and paper, all over the country. You complete the arrows with a pen, and then feed your card into a computer that reads and tabulates your vote.
So instead of saying "no to machines," why don't we say "yes" to fixing the problems? #1 we need some redundancy built into these systems in case of problems. #2 we clearly need a better group of engineers working on the problem than those at Diebold.
The reason the trike has smooth motion is simple - the centre of mass (where the axle is attached) doesn't move vertically. It's exactly the same reason as for a hoop rolling on a plane surface except the hoop is more obvious.
Another way to think about it (especially when viewing the picture) is that they've moved the flat surface to the wheel, and the circular surface to the road.
Tell me, how many 99+ cent pepsis did you have to buy for every free song you won? Unless you were able to cheat, you bought 3 pepsis for every 1 free song, on average.
Also, did you spend more money than normal on pepsi?
so which exactly is more 'bad', making a game about an accident which directly or indirectly made tens of thousands lives shorter or about a war that was intentionally started(in hate) and ended up having millions of people dead?
Ummm, but World War II ended thanks to the heroism of many men and women across the world, and Hitler and the Nazi's were destroyed. Ultimately good triumphed over evil.
Dangerous Distraction? Sure, just add it to the list:
- Changing the radio station - Finding the right CD to play - Talking on the phone w/o hands-free - Paying too much attention to the back seat - Eating and drinking - Reading a map or navigation system - In-dash PC
And no more van Goghs... oh, wait. He didn't make any money.
These are the fears that have been expressed over every popular entertainment medium since the advent of the printing press.
The best art IMO comes from the desire to entertain, innovate and make great art; when art that exists solely or primarily to make a profit fades away will we really be worse off as a society?
Are you really trying to discredit all art that costs a lot of money to create? Then should we leave the creation of art to only the extremely wealthy?
A movie costs quite a bit more to create than an oil painting. It also employs quite a number of people, and some would argue, provides more entertainment and thought provocation than a painting.
Doubtful, or at least questionable. The pirate is not taking revenue from HBO and it is uncertain whether he/she would purchase HBO were the option to pirate it unavailable. Where information is concerned, a freeloader is not necessarily parasitic.
Interesting worldview. In reality, this show is not free information, but paid-for entertainment. If not enough people are paying for it, it goes away. That is capitalism. But if there are people watching it by breaking laws, that is illegal.
Your problem is this: you are old. I know, because I'm old too.
I don't think this is really it. While I am young (late 20's), most of the shows I listed are also liked by my siblings (30's) and my parents (50's/60's). Quality transcends age groups I think.
1. I wasn't listing ALL quality shows, just the ones I watch most often. I don't spend much time watching TV (thank you PVR gods). There are plenty more quality shows available across the spectrum. Programming on PBS, Discovery Channel, History channel, and A&E comes to mind.
2. "I remember the day when..." is a fallacy. Yeah, yeah, "back in the good, old days" everything was better... uh huh.
3. If the number of quality programs has increased, regardless of whether the number of channels has increased, than the amount of quality programming has increased. I don't care if the vast percentage of overall programming is lousy, as long as my choices for quality programming have INCREASED.
Most of the shows I listed are critically lauded and popular... seems to be a fair way of assessing "quality." There are many more out there that meet that criteria that I don't watch.
If you want proof that quality of television programming has fallen, check out the lineups of the three major networks, compare them to a decade ago, and get back to me.
First of all, why should I do the work? You and the guy I was replying to are the ones trying to convince people quality has fallen. YOU try to back it up.
Second of all, why should we just compare the three major networks then and now? Much of the quality programming comes from other channels, cable TV, etc. (HBO, especially.) Many of those channels did not exist, or in the case of HBO, were not creating the kind of television content they are now. To me that means the quality programming has increased, not decreased.
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But I could be using Trillian Pro while you're using AIM. You have no idea I'm on Trillian Pro, which logs chats by default (a wonderful feature).
So if you use *Apple's* system then *they* get to set the rules. Don't like it? Fine. Buy music elsewhere where you like the rules, but don't go into their store and complain and break their rules!
I won't.
However, I might go into the store, buy their products, take them home, and re-arrange them so they work better with my other products.
If that is against the law, then please arrest me.
There are proper routes you can take in the justice system to get a law like the DMCA repealed, until then breaking it doesn't make you look like anything except a criminal.
"One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.'"
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The founding fathers are rolling over in their graves. I often like to think what the modern world would be like in America if these men were still holding sway.
Who on earth would think you can type or write something down and it NOT be recorded? That is what you are doing -- recording your words onto a medium.
And now that I think about it, the original law this is based on is also pretty lame. If you don't want someone to record what you're saying, don't talk to them.
Why on earth would you want a common username@ portion of an email address? I had to specifically move away from those types of addresses just based on the sheer volume of spam due to dictionary attacks on SMTP servers.
My email address is still easy to remember, though: j240f89234jf2-0934jf234f@mydomain.com.
It's been around since the Walkperson debuted.
Sorry, I couldn't read the rest of your post since I just THREW UP ON MY MONITOR.
No, he said at 95% of the time it was at low speed near an intersection. That means 1 time out of 20 it is NOT at low speed or NOT at an intersection.
I like to bitch about what is wrong with the government here also, but I'm not so fed up that I think there is another country out there that is better overall than America.
So why are you still here? Honestly?
I know wtf sabots are. I thought the reference was appropriate -- slashdotters wanting to throw sabots into the voting machinery. Thus talking about the prospect would be akin to rattling your sabots.
No you don't ... re-read my post. I said #1 we need to build more redundancy into these systems. Meaning we need other ways to count votes if there is a problem suspected. This could include a number of techniques, including printing out a receipt.
Even though you are still generating a paper receipt, the electronic voting can make things more secure and easier to tabulate IF THE ENGINEERS ARE NOT RETARDED.
Just because Diebold sucks doesn't mean the concept does.
Pen and paper: the only way to vote. Say no to machines.
I know it's all the rage on slashdot to rattle your sabots, so I really hate to break it to you -- machines are already used to count votes made with pen and paper, all over the country. You complete the arrows with a pen, and then feed your card into a computer that reads and tabulates your vote.
So instead of saying "no to machines," why don't we say "yes" to fixing the problems? #1 we need some redundancy built into these systems in case of problems. #2 we clearly need a better group of engineers working on the problem than those at Diebold.
I stuck a robot up my pussy.
I now predict SKYNET will swoop in with Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries booming forth.
The reason the trike has smooth motion is simple - the centre of mass (where the axle is attached) doesn't move vertically. It's exactly the same reason as for a hoop rolling on a plane surface except the hoop is more obvious.
Another way to think about it (especially when viewing the picture) is that they've moved the flat surface to the wheel, and the circular surface to the road.
free itunes music, no DRM, thanks pepsi
Yeah, it was "free" all right.
Tell me, how many 99+ cent pepsis did you have to buy for every free song you won? Unless you were able to cheat, you bought 3 pepsis for every 1 free song, on average.
Also, did you spend more money than normal on pepsi?
Damn smart promotion...
so which exactly is more 'bad', making a game about an accident which directly or indirectly made tens of thousands lives shorter or about a war that was intentionally started(in hate) and ended up having millions of people dead?
Ummm, but World War II ended thanks to the heroism of many men and women across the world, and Hitler and the Nazi's were destroyed. Ultimately good triumphed over evil.
There was nothing good in the story of Chernobyl.
Dangerous Distraction? Sure, just add it to the list:
- Changing the radio station
- Finding the right CD to play
- Talking on the phone w/o hands-free
- Paying too much attention to the back seat
- Eating and drinking
- Reading a map or navigation system
- In-dash PC
IT'S APRIL 1ST which means the /. editors post craploads of crazy stories.
That is true, but this year there have been credible hints that any story posted without comments made by the editors is a true story.
Also, I do not think this "story" qualifies anyway, because the guy is just asking a question, Will 100 cups of coffee in 24 hours kill him.
To which my answer is: How many of those cups are armed?
I will join you, good sir!
(april fools)
Can you guys get a room or something.
Bring your dads along while you're at it.
-1 Elitist.
And no more van Goghs... oh, wait. He didn't make any money.
These are the fears that have been expressed over every popular entertainment medium since the advent of the printing press.
The best art IMO comes from the desire to entertain, innovate and make great art; when art that exists solely or primarily to make a profit fades away will we really be worse off as a society?
Are you really trying to discredit all art that costs a lot of money to create? Then should we leave the creation of art to only the extremely wealthy?
A movie costs quite a bit more to create than an oil painting. It also employs quite a number of people, and some would argue, provides more entertainment and thought provocation than a painting.
Doubtful, or at least questionable. The pirate is not taking revenue from HBO and it is uncertain whether he/she would purchase HBO were the option to pirate it unavailable. Where information is concerned, a freeloader is not necessarily parasitic.
Interesting worldview. In reality, this show is not free information, but paid-for entertainment. If not enough people are paying for it, it goes away. That is capitalism. But if there are people watching it by breaking laws, that is illegal.
So what AOL is telling people is... Spammers have Porsches! Spamming => money!
My next question as a newbie would be: so how do I become a spammer? Where do I apply & when can I start?
Are these the same people that think, "Hmmm, that bank robber just got busted, and HE had a million dollars! So how do I become a bank robber?"
Clearly both these people did something wrong, made money, and then got caught. I don't see this as a positive story for spammers.
Your problem is this: you are old. I know, because I'm old too.
I don't think this is really it. While I am young (late 20's), most of the shows I listed are also liked by my siblings (30's) and my parents (50's/60's). Quality transcends age groups I think.
Two problems with your logic:
;-)
And one problem with my math... I added an extra point at the end without revising my opening statement.
Two problems with your logic:
1. I wasn't listing ALL quality shows, just the ones I watch most often. I don't spend much time watching TV (thank you PVR gods). There are plenty more quality shows available across the spectrum. Programming on PBS, Discovery Channel, History channel, and A&E comes to mind.
2. "I remember the day when..." is a fallacy. Yeah, yeah, "back in the good, old days" everything was better... uh huh.
3. If the number of quality programs has increased, regardless of whether the number of channels has increased, than the amount of quality programming has increased. I don't care if the vast percentage of overall programming is lousy, as long as my choices for quality programming have INCREASED.
Most of the shows I listed are critically lauded and popular... seems to be a fair way of assessing "quality." There are many more out there that meet that criteria that I don't watch.
If you want proof that quality of television programming has fallen, check out the lineups of the three major networks, compare them to a decade ago, and get back to me.
First of all, why should I do the work? You and the guy I was replying to are the ones trying to convince people quality has fallen. YOU try to back it up.
Second of all, why should we just compare the three major networks then and now? Much of the quality programming comes from other channels, cable TV, etc. (HBO, especially.) Many of those channels did not exist, or in the case of HBO, were not creating the kind of television content they are now. To me that means the quality programming has increased, not decreased.