The AIM network is run by AOL, although it is separate from their dialup subscriber network. Even if they go under it's unlikely this would be shut down though, too many users and ad revenue. It would most likely be restructured or sold to another party. Even if it did shut down, everyone would just switch to msn or yahoo.
Now before someone suggests that I'm being arrogant, it seems that they don't bother to block a lot of sites which most Chinese people can't read. As I understand it the english version of Wikipedia is not currently blocked, though the Chinese version is. Add to that the fact that a majority of websites are in English, and you're going to be able to access a lot more information if you can read English.
UFOs exist, that is a fact. A UFO is by definition an unidentified flying object. Hundreds of cases of aerial objects that can't be immediately identified have been reliably documented (and by qualified observers).
What you choose to "believe" or not believe is what UFOs represent. If your position is that it would be irrational to assume these represent alien spacecraft, then the correct statement would be "you always had to be a real "YAHOO!" to believe UFOs were alien spacecraft."
All the while justifying it all to the public with "well the artists should be compensated for their work", knowing full well the artists are just as fucked whether or not the label gets paid.
Anyone can see it. If EMI is preparing to offer DRM free downloads, and everyone but the other majors want to do away with it, it's only a matter of time before it's eliminated. As much as the content industry might hate it, consumer demand is more powerful than their distribution policy. If they think they can force draconian DRM on people who won't accept it, then their sales will just decline further and they will not fix any of their current problems.
It took them years to allow internet distribution in any format. It might take a few more before they will allow it in a format which will gain wide acceptance, but ultimately it's in their best interest as well as the consumers'.
surely every cop driving on the roads is not responding to a service call all the time.
There are a few instances where I have witnessed them driving at the speed limit, but basically every other time I have seen one that is not stopped, it will be going at an extremely high rate of speed.
This is definitely the norm here. Whenever I see a cop speeding (which is a frequent occurrence) they are almost always going much faster than the other cars, even if they don't have their lights on or don't appear to have an urgent need to get somewhere.
One time I was driving around atlanta and was going about 15-20 over in the far left lane, when I saw a cop coming up behind me very fast. I thought I was fucked and would be getting a ticket, so I move over to the right, figuring he will want to pull me over on the right side. Instead he just blew by me like I was standing still.
The cops routinely get away with this because really, who is going to stop them.
DRM increases not decreases consumer value', such as by enabling people to rent content at a lower price than ownership
Well, if the consumer recognizes that as a value at all. So far the trend (at least in DRM systems used in internet distribution) has been clearly indicating that people generally don't want to rent their content.
The media companies certainly want this however, as it gives them more opportunities to get the consumer to pay for the same content multiple times, maybe in different formats or for different devices or uses.
Whether it could still be possible to operate casinos legally in the US is not the most important thing here, whether casinos and online gaming companies will continue to put up with the hassle involved is. Right now it's not looking like they will.
Between this bill and the arrest of betonsports CEO, the feds are sending a strong message to online gaming compamies that they are cracking down hard on this sector. PartyGaming (owner of no.1 gambling site partypoker) already announced they are pulling out of the US market. Rumors are that Pokerstars.com (no.2 site) will follow suit tomorrow or very soon.
888.com (another major online casino) and a host of smaller sites already said they are no longer going to allow US players. Now of course other sites make start up to fill the void, but make no mistake, this bill will hit the gaming sector extremely hard.
It seems that the point of contention in this lawsuit was the iTunes interface, which Apple did develop (although probably with the original team who they also acquired in the purchase). iTunes was originally Soundjam MP developed by Connectix. iTunes used the same base code but the interface is significantly different from Soundjam in many aspects.
Even though most ISP AUPs prohibit illegal music downloading, most broadband providers know that illicit downloading is one of the primary allures of their service and that a significant portion of their customer base engages in it. Some even advertise the ease of it (albeit circumspectly) in their advertising. If they project the image that they actually enforce their AUPs that may drive customers to competing providers that are more willing to overlook such behavior.
That report seemed kind of hard to believe. I mean, if they delayed it till 2007 and then priced it ridiculously high, that would give M$ a significant opportunity to cut into their marketshare. I didn't figure Sony to be that stupid.
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While $60k/yr is a decent payday, I'm don't think I would accept it for a year in federal pound me in the ass prison.
The AIM network is run by AOL, although it is separate from their dialup subscriber network. Even if they go under it's unlikely this would be shut down though, too many users and ad revenue. It would most likely be restructured or sold to another party. Even if it did shut down, everyone would just switch to msn or yahoo.
This might be news if:
1. Microsoft actually gave a shit about any protocol they didn't define.
2. Anyone actually gave a shit about hotmail.
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Now before someone suggests that I'm being arrogant, it seems that they don't bother to block a lot of sites which most Chinese people can't read. As I understand it the english version of Wikipedia is not currently blocked, though the Chinese version is. Add to that the fact that a majority of websites are in English, and you're going to be able to access a lot more information if you can read English.
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UFOs exist, that is a fact. A UFO is by definition an unidentified flying object. Hundreds of cases of aerial objects that can't be immediately identified have been reliably documented (and by qualified observers).
What you choose to "believe" or not believe is what UFOs represent. If your position is that it would be irrational to assume these represent alien spacecraft, then the correct statement would be "you always had to be a real "YAHOO!" to believe UFOs were alien spacecraft."
Every experience I have ever had with a Symantec product has been utterly terrible. Generally they cause more problems than they solve.
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All the while justifying it all to the public with "well the artists should be compensated for their work", knowing full well the artists are just as fucked whether or not the label gets paid.
Anyone can see it. If EMI is preparing to offer DRM free downloads, and everyone but the other majors want to do away with it, it's only a matter of time before it's eliminated. As much as the content industry might hate it, consumer demand is more powerful than their distribution policy. If they think they can force draconian DRM on people who won't accept it, then their sales will just decline further and they will not fix any of their current problems.
It took them years to allow internet distribution in any format. It might take a few more before they will allow it in a format which will gain wide acceptance, but ultimately it's in their best interest as well as the consumers'.
ok but... basically every time I see one?
surely every cop driving on the roads is not responding to a service call all the time.
There are a few instances where I have witnessed them driving at the speed limit, but basically every other time I have seen one that is not stopped, it will be going at an extremely high rate of speed.
This is definitely the norm here. Whenever I see a cop speeding (which is a frequent occurrence) they are almost always going much faster than the other cars, even if they don't have their lights on or don't appear to have an urgent need to get somewhere.
One time I was driving around atlanta and was going about 15-20 over in the far left lane, when I saw a cop coming up behind me very fast. I thought I was fucked and would be getting a ticket, so I move over to the right, figuring he will want to pull me over on the right side. Instead he just blew by me like I was standing still.
The cops routinely get away with this because really, who is going to stop them.
DRM increases not decreases consumer value', such as by enabling people to rent content at a lower price than ownership
Well, if the consumer recognizes that as a value at all. So far the trend (at least in DRM systems used in internet distribution) has been clearly indicating that people generally don't want to rent their content.
The media companies certainly want this however, as it gives them more opportunities to get the consumer to pay for the same content multiple times, maybe in different formats or for different devices or uses.
Whether it could still be possible to operate casinos legally in the US is not the most important thing here, whether casinos and online gaming companies will continue to put up with the hassle involved is. Right now it's not looking like they will.
Between this bill and the arrest of betonsports CEO, the feds are sending a strong message to online gaming compamies that they are cracking down hard on this sector. PartyGaming (owner of no.1 gambling site partypoker) already announced they are pulling out of the US market. Rumors are that Pokerstars.com (no.2 site) will follow suit tomorrow or very soon.
888.com (another major online casino) and a host of smaller sites already said they are no longer going to allow US players. Now of course other sites make start up to fill the void, but make no mistake, this bill will hit the gaming sector extremely hard.
As another poster mentioned, Casaddy and Greene was the manufacturer of Soundjam, not Connectix. Sorry for the mistake.
It seems that the point of contention in this lawsuit was the iTunes interface, which Apple did develop (although probably with the original team who they also acquired in the purchase). iTunes was originally Soundjam MP developed by Connectix. iTunes used the same base code but the interface is significantly different from Soundjam in many aspects.
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Even though most ISP AUPs prohibit illegal music downloading, most broadband providers know that illicit downloading is one of the primary allures of their service and that a significant portion of their customer base engages in it. Some even advertise the ease of it (albeit circumspectly) in their advertising. If they project the image that they actually enforce their AUPs that may drive customers to competing providers that are more willing to overlook such behavior.
Please go take a statistics course.
That report seemed kind of hard to believe. I mean, if they delayed it till 2007 and then priced it ridiculously high, that would give M$ a significant opportunity to cut into their marketshare. I didn't figure Sony to be that stupid.
Great post. How long did that take!
You must be new here.
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While he did misquote it, the meaning wasn't changed because he put 'the Indian government,' before that.