What, do you think your ISP doesn't log what account get an addresses assigned to it at a particular time? They can certainly tie IP + point in time to a customer.
But I'd be a paying ass (if I played WoW). What do you mean that I'm "wasting" their CPU? I'm paying them for it, just like any other WoWer. Hell, aren't people who bot more likely to have *multiple* accounts so they can farm gold?
Yes, the evil pirates are ruining iTunes by not using it to buy their mus-wait, what?
Try more along the lines of buying coke from a small grocery store and then pouring the coke into a big jug so it takes up less space in your fridge, then discarding the cans.
Activate at home? Oh, you mean by installing a proprietary music store application (btw why on earth does a music store have to be an application instead of a website?) which has nothing to do with the phone on the computer you might not own? Right.
What did Steve Jobs do you to you, run your dog down? Jesus. I have my iPhone box right here. Did you know that it says you need a PC with Windows or a Mac and you need to have iTunes installed to use the product? It's not like Apple is dropping their evil proprietary software onto your machine when you plug your phone in without any warning.
Being able to activate myself is convenient. I liked that. I was an existing AT&T customer who had never had any problems with them - I've had some horrible piece of shit phone with them for five years or so before I switched to the iPhone. I've still never had any problems with them. Hell, I haven't -talked- to someone from AT&T about my service, ever. They send me a bill and I pay it. No bullshit involved.
I don't quite know why you're frothing at the mouth. Yes, there's some lock-in. That's advertised straight-up. You need iTunes; you need an AT&T contract. Don't like it? Then vote with your wallet and buy something else.
A fair point. I usually keep two novels plus textbooks with me. On some occasions, I'll replace the two novels with a larger O'Reilly book (or something of a similar nature and dimensions). I think Kindle is smaller than the regular two novels and is definitely smaller than OSS Essentials.
The article's title and the blurb conflict. FISA is a law that provides a framework for issuing wiretap orders on the down-low. Wiretap orders obtained under the FISA law's requirements are, uh, obtained lawfully (although I do not like the law, it still *is* a law). Are these illegal wiretaps or not?
And, equally importantly, which companies could look their communities in the eye after selling to Microsoft?
Novell has already sold their soul and they're still staring people down. Guess this should be taken as an announcement that we'll soon be dealing with Microsoft SuSE.
I dunno, if the judge is instructing me to decide whether or not someone is guilty or innocent under laws that a duly-elected Congress and President have passed and signed-off on, I'd probably go what he asks. There's not much point to the whole democracy thing if we completely disregard the laws our elected officials put into place.
I dunno what the deal with Slashdot is. It seems like our answer to everything is jury nullification...
I think his point was that, hey look, it's 2007-10, and they need to release this soon. Why are they trying to assfist in all of the bleeding-edge stuff *now*? Why can't it wait for 8.04?
So yeah, let's run a simulation where Iran's rulers get their way in the Middle East. How many nukes do you think it'll take them to "wipe Israel off the map"? Hey, that's what they OPENLY SAY they're going to do.
Except, you know, he didn't (the entry is well-cited, so nobody is allowed to give me shit about using Wikipedia as a source - go click the myriad of links it offers). But, haha, why do you warhawks care about that? There's oil to be had! Profits to be made! DIRTY, GRUBBING, EVIL AYE-RABS TO KILL!
Because, you know, the persons really at fault couldn't possibly be the braindead fuckwits who changed daylight savings time knowing full well it would require us to touch every computer system in North America...
Unfortunately, copyright law is not that simple. YouTube is a 'safe harbour' under the DMCA 512(c). 512(c) is a magical section of the law that grants an online service provider which hosts content from users on their own servers immunity from IP infringement provided that they meet certain criteria.
To summarize, YouTube has to designate an agent to receive notice of infringement, publish their copyright infringement policies, disable access to repeat offenders, and respond reasonably to takedown / counter notices.
So just as long as they're processing those DMCA takedowns and tossing users out, the DMCA (in theory) shields them from litigation. So, eh, surprisingly, this is copyright law.
Disclaimer: IANAL. Go read copyright.gov/onlinesp/ or ChillingEffects.
Last time I checked, software piracy is a copyright issue, not an issue of material theft. Microsoft is not the 'item manufacturer' in this case; they're the copyright holder. As such, Bill Gates is very relevant to this matter.
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What, do you think your ISP doesn't log what account get an addresses assigned to it at a particular time? They can certainly tie IP + point in time to a customer.
But I'd be a paying ass (if I played WoW). What do you mean that I'm "wasting" their CPU? I'm paying them for it, just like any other WoWer. Hell, aren't people who bot more likely to have *multiple* accounts so they can farm gold?
Yes, the evil pirates are ruining iTunes by not using it to buy their mus-wait, what?
Try more along the lines of buying coke from a small grocery store and then pouring the coke into a big jug so it takes up less space in your fridge, then discarding the cans.
That's actually a really good idea. It keeps campers off and encourages people to keep chugging.
Their bare majority didn't stop this from failing with filibuster-proof margins. Thanks, Democrats.
:p)
Themocrats (I couldn't help it...Look Around You, ok?
What did Steve Jobs do you to you, run your dog down? Jesus. I have my iPhone box right here. Did you know that it says you need a PC with Windows or a Mac and you need to have iTunes installed to use the product? It's not like Apple is dropping their evil proprietary software onto your machine when you plug your phone in without any warning.
Being able to activate myself is convenient. I liked that. I was an existing AT&T customer who had never had any problems with them - I've had some horrible piece of shit phone with them for five years or so before I switched to the iPhone. I've still never had any problems with them. Hell, I haven't -talked- to someone from AT&T about my service, ever. They send me a bill and I pay it. No bullshit involved.
I don't quite know why you're frothing at the mouth. Yes, there's some lock-in. That's advertised straight-up. You need iTunes; you need an AT&T contract. Don't like it? Then vote with your wallet and buy something else.
Indeed. The feds are putting your money back into my economy (I live in CT).
:-)
Thanks for that, btw.
They rolled over for the NSA. They fought when it was convenient for them. Being inconsistent means nothing.
...And? Are you saying there are zero Obama fanatics? No white supremacists supporting McCain? No loonies in the Clinton camp?
Then, is it the customer's fault that his ISP is grossly overselling their capacity?
A fair point. I usually keep two novels plus textbooks with me. On some occasions, I'll replace the two novels with a larger O'Reilly book (or something of a similar nature and dimensions). I think Kindle is smaller than the regular two novels and is definitely smaller than OSS Essentials.
What the fuck are you talking about? Where did he say it had to be a democracy? Did you even read what you quoted, troll?
The man was trying to say that they'd hopefully all work together towards *something* instead of trying to kill everybody else.
The article's title and the blurb conflict. FISA is a law that provides a framework for issuing wiretap orders on the down-low. Wiretap orders obtained under the FISA law's requirements are, uh, obtained lawfully (although I do not like the law, it still *is* a law). Are these illegal wiretaps or not?
I dunno, if the judge is instructing me to decide whether or not someone is guilty or innocent under laws that a duly-elected Congress and President have passed and signed-off on, I'd probably go what he asks. There's not much point to the whole democracy thing if we completely disregard the laws our elected officials put into place.
I dunno what the deal with Slashdot is. It seems like our answer to everything is jury nullification...
I think his point was that, hey look, it's 2007-10, and they need to release this soon. Why are they trying to assfist in all of the bleeding-edge stuff *now*? Why can't it wait for 8.04?
I must agree with this Coward. Some random university's network didn't have traffic shaping set up correctly. So? This is somehow newsworthy?
Do you mean his asstunnel? (Mods - it's a joke from TFA.)
Bad troll is baaaaad.
PROTIP: There's nothing 'viral' in this instance. iD included the dosBox binary in their distribution sans the terms of the GPL and the authors file.
Go back to hiding under your bridge, mister troll.
Except, you know, he didn't (the entry is well-cited, so nobody is allowed to give me shit about using Wikipedia as a source - go click the myriad of links it offers). But, haha, why do you warhawks care about that? There's oil to be had! Profits to be made! DIRTY, GRUBBING, EVIL AYE-RABS TO KILL!
Because, you know, the persons really at fault couldn't possibly be the braindead fuckwits who changed daylight savings time knowing full well it would require us to touch every computer system in North America...
Unfortunately, copyright law is not that simple. YouTube is a 'safe harbour' under the DMCA 512(c). 512(c) is a magical section of the law that grants an online service provider which hosts content from users on their own servers immunity from IP infringement provided that they meet certain criteria.
To summarize, YouTube has to designate an agent to receive notice of infringement, publish their copyright infringement policies, disable access to repeat offenders, and respond reasonably to takedown / counter notices.
So just as long as they're processing those DMCA takedowns and tossing users out, the DMCA (in theory) shields them from litigation. So, eh, surprisingly, this is copyright law.
Disclaimer: IANAL. Go read copyright.gov/onlinesp/ or ChillingEffects.
Last time I checked, software piracy is a copyright issue, not an issue of material theft. Microsoft is not the 'item manufacturer' in this case; they're the copyright holder. As such, Bill Gates is very relevant to this matter.