Let the early adopters be your unpaid QC department. I really do want to shift to SSD myself for speed reasons, but will wait a couple of years for the tech to sort itself out.
If you liked Greedo shooting first or the FBI agent's guns morphing into walkie-talkies, you'll love the kinder gentler Indy as he takes on the Japanazi rats while snapping a copy of Al Gore's Earth In The Balance instead of that long leather symbol of the slavemasters of the old South.
Its probably a good thing that IBM has patented the "paper or plastic?" meme. Considering how many of their ex-employees are going to need to learn those words, IBM should also patent "You want fries with that?" and "May I take your order?" as well. Might as well cover all the bases.
Mr. Patry gives two reasons for the closure: his personal views were being attributed to Google, and the current trends in copyright law are too depressing.
The first reason is probably valid, and Patry is correct in wanting to clearly differentiate his views from Google's. (While most people would just slap "The views expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer's..." boilerplate on their blog and call it a day, its a free Intertubes.)
The second reason reads more like pure frustration and petulance than anything else. His pulling the archived material is likely a part of this martyrdom.
I do wish that Mr. Patry would come on down off that cross - we need the wood.
Hmmm, looks like the lights are off at work. Lets try her cell.
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The last word of your post is self-explanatory. Doc Ruby apparently believes that I'm Karl Rove. Patently untrue of course - I haven't stomped on any baby kittens in at least 3 hours.
I wonder what happens if you inform a cop that you are recording him when he pulls you over.
A whole bunch of new laws get passed making it illegal for reasons of public servant safety to take video of any police officer in the performance of his duties. I suspect that we'll also see the first exception to the laws against jamming cell phones being made for public safety types as well. Can't have those evulll hax0rs using the Intertubes to commit identify theft against our Men In Blue, can we?
I find it interesting how you're now moving the goal posts in this discussion. You originally decried the alleged inability of the Pentagon to use lasers specifically as a point defense in the parent, but now apparently feel the need to include all "Star Wars" technologies in your condemnation.
But fear not - it looks like you've got a few sheep with some mod points to burn on your side. Karma whores and bomb-throwers on Slashdot are actually quite adept at that in my experience, so relax - you've got at least one competency you can brag about today.
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NBC doesn't seem to think that nobody's watching. They're claiming American Idol-esque numbers so far.
Let the early adopters be your unpaid QC department. I really do want to shift to SSD myself for speed reasons, but will wait a couple of years for the tech to sort itself out.
Bang! Zoom! Right to the Moon!
1. RIAA, MPAA, and disk drive manufacturers combine to provide a 50 mbps connection to everybody in the US. Just because they're nice guys.
2. Sales of offline storage go through the roof.
3. The Pirate Bay gets Slashdotted almost immediately and can't afford to lay on new servers to handle the load.
4. RIAA sues those lucky enough to connect for copyright violations.
5. ???
6. PROFIT!
And with better toys. Give me live steel over a boffer sword any day.
Do they still charge VAT?
Ah, I get it ...
Its a PROFIT DEAL!!!!
What they really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
He'll buy Hans a schnapps and ask him for a ride in the Jahrtausendfalke?
If you liked Greedo shooting first or the FBI agent's guns morphing into walkie-talkies, you'll love the kinder gentler Indy as he takes on the Japanazi rats while snapping a copy of Al Gore's Earth In The Balance instead of that long leather symbol of the slavemasters of the old South.
Prove it.
Prove that his boxen have never been Pwned. Logical fallacy much?
Its probably a good thing that IBM has patented the "paper or plastic?" meme. Considering how many of their ex-employees are going to need to learn those words, IBM should also patent "You want fries with that?" and "May I take your order?" as well. Might as well cover all the bases.
Mr. Patry gives two reasons for the closure: his personal views were being attributed to Google, and the current trends in copyright law are too depressing .
The first reason is probably valid, and Patry is correct in wanting to clearly differentiate his views from Google's. (While most people would just slap "The views expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer's ..." boilerplate on their blog and call it a day, its a free Intertubes.)
The second reason reads more like pure frustration and petulance than anything else. His pulling the archived material is likely a part of this martyrdom.
I do wish that Mr. Patry would come on down off that cross - we need the wood.
Suing your customers has really worked well for RIAA, hasn't it.
Some true "meaning-of-life stuff" in this story.
Hmmm, looks like the lights are off at work. Lets try her cell.
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Unless its a federal judge. Then the army will be after you and you're screwed.
The last word of your post is self-explanatory. Doc Ruby apparently believes that I'm Karl Rove. Patently untrue of course - I haven't stomped on any baby kittens in at least 3 hours.
Fair cop. I posted without reading carefully (hardly the first time that's happened on /.).
I wonder what happens if you inform a cop that you are recording him when he pulls you over.
A whole bunch of new laws get passed making it illegal for reasons of public servant safety to take video of any police officer in the performance of his duties. I suspect that we'll also see the first exception to the laws against jamming cell phones being made for public safety types as well. Can't have those evulll hax0rs using the Intertubes to commit identify theft against our Men In Blue, can we?
Why the hell didn't anybody tell me before that electricity and telephone service are RIGHTS? Damn your black hearts Con Edison and Ma Bell!
That'd be a neat trick, considering that the Democrats control the House and Senate.
Not rebuild it - erect it.
(snicker, snort)
I wasn't originally going to say anything myself. But it takes a big man to own up to his own inadequacies, so I congratulate you, big man.
I find it interesting how you're now moving the goal posts in this discussion. You originally decried the alleged inability of the Pentagon to use lasers specifically as a point defense in the parent, but now apparently feel the need to include all "Star Wars" technologies in your condemnation.
Well, the rest of us can use Google too.
"star wars" "missile defense" (successful OR success)
But fear not - it looks like you've got a few sheep with some mod points to burn on your side. Karma whores and bomb-throwers on Slashdot are actually quite adept at that in my experience, so relax - you've got at least one competency you can brag about today.