Huh. My brother married a lady that was a secretary to some executive. My business partner married a local Okinawan. Both came from respectable families and neither were "bar girls".
I used to work for IEG (Internet Entertainment Group - WikiPedia Page - once the largest Internet porn company in the world). We regularly seeded the Interwebs with snippets of our best porn because while the majority of people would accept our 2 minute gifts of hardcore fucking and sucking and grunting drenched in lube and sweat and go no farther, a small percentage - maybe 2 or 3 - would sign up for the full deal. VERY profitable. We never really cared much about "piracy" since most of the people interested in spending money on porn would eventually end up giving us their credit card number.
Of course, in 20% of the sign-ups, "wife" would find out, and we would have charge-backs from people that denied ever having been to our sites.
On a different note, we had one of the biggest Internet "pipe" into a single company in the world in the late 1990's and early 2000's. People never believed me when I told them what our conx was, they insisted it must be for the entire building, not just our half floor in a beautiful glass tower in downtown Seattle (a block from Pike Place Market). And, while we had a HUGE library of porn, our offices did not have naked porn stars running about, no free blow jobs.
I don't know about trademark law, but a non-legal, average person interpretation of the term "unfair competition" suggests that you'd have to be competing against the trademark holder rather than expressing support for their product.
Perhaps the "unfair competition" comes from having a more popular fan site than the company's own Internet properties? They are both "embarrassed" and "irritated" that they are not leveraging those fans to the fullest financial extent on their own site... Idiots. Typical MBAs.
And then we become the Borg. Slippery slope! First it's an electronic ear for the deaf. Then we replace the eyes. Next we develop an interface that connects our brains directly with our computers (or at least iTunes)... Then our bodies become the robot.
We don't yet know of any planets or other worlds that are not totally toxic to humans. Sure, we can build spacesuits and space craft to support humans to do these things. But machines can go these places and do these things. We have to start somewhere, robots today lead to the robots of tomorrow. We don't just start out with iRobot. We build robots with incremental technological advances until we get to iRobot.
It seems to me that every time man has developed such devices 4 or 5 times as many people who used to do the work are now employed supporting the device that does the actual work.
Yes, this is the case now and for the near future.
But eventually, robots will be autonomous and able to service themselves.
It's a progression of advances, and you have to start someplace.
Imagine a team of robots -- some rolling on wheels, some walking on two legs...
People are obsessed with the idea of robots that look like we do. And in time, technology will get there. But it isn't necessarily the most efficient / practical / useful way to do it.
This is exciting. The knowledge contained within this crater will feed millions and advance the knowledge nessesary for the survival of the Human Race by many years, and reveal the secrets of oil spill clean up as an added bonus!
He should of asked about the refusal of Verizon to carry the g-phone.
Verizon has contractual obligations and a considerable advertising investment in the Motorola Droid. *Every* service provider makes such deals, there's nothing nefarious going on other than standard business practices.
Besides, Verizon sucks, why would you want to sign up with them anyway?
Given that "Patent Trolling" brings a *LOT* of court business to that particular jury pool, I wonder how smart the folks in Marshal Texas really are? Suppose they know more than we assume, but also understand that if they nullify every dumb-assed patent that comes their way, the Patent Trolls will take their business (and $$$) elsewhere? Cynical?
Look, obviously to most people, this whole thing is bullshit - just like most of the US border / TSA crap.
But honestly, in "today's new world", if you give the TSA / Border Drones shit, you're going down. The lesson? Be polite, give 'em what they ask for, and say "yes, sir". Otherwise, expect a bad outcome.
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But overall most americans there are jarheads, with a few other serives hiding out.
Only in your little world. Both non-military and non-Marine in the rest of Japan exceed your liitle GI-heaven in Okinawa.
Android Users Aren't As Disloyal As Reported
Of course not, it not in their programming (Asimov's Laws, and all). Unless they are Borg...
You do not date, nor marries a gaijin...
Huh. My brother married a lady that was a secretary to some executive. My business partner married a local Okinawan. Both came from respectable families and neither were "bar girls".
Did you host your fag pr0n on linsux servers?
We ran Irix on SGI machines.
Internet = porn.
I used to work for IEG (Internet Entertainment Group - WikiPedia Page - once the largest Internet porn company in the world). We regularly seeded the Interwebs with snippets of our best porn because while the majority of people would accept our 2 minute gifts of hardcore fucking and sucking and grunting drenched in lube and sweat and go no farther, a small percentage - maybe 2 or 3 - would sign up for the full deal. VERY profitable. We never really cared much about "piracy" since most of the people interested in spending money on porn would eventually end up giving us their credit card number.
Of course, in 20% of the sign-ups, "wife" would find out, and we would have charge-backs from people that denied ever having been to our sites.
On a different note, we had one of the biggest Internet "pipe" into a single company in the world in the late 1990's and early 2000's. People never believed me when I told them what our conx was, they insisted it must be for the entire building, not just our half floor in a beautiful glass tower in downtown Seattle (a block from Pike Place Market). And, while we had a HUGE library of porn, our offices did not have naked porn stars running about, no free blow jobs.
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I don't know about trademark law, but a non-legal, average person interpretation of the term "unfair competition" suggests that you'd have to be competing against the trademark holder rather than expressing support for their product.
Perhaps the "unfair competition" comes from having a more popular fan site than the company's own Internet properties? They are both "embarrassed" and "irritated" that they are not leveraging those fans to the fullest financial extent on their own site... Idiots. Typical MBAs.
And then we become the Borg. Slippery slope! First it's an electronic ear for the deaf. Then we replace the eyes. Next we develop an interface that connects our brains directly with our computers (or at least iTunes)... Then our bodies become the robot.
We don't yet know of any planets or other worlds that are not totally toxic to humans. Sure, we can build spacesuits and space craft to support humans to do these things. But machines can go these places and do these things. We have to start somewhere, robots today lead to the robots of tomorrow. We don't just start out with iRobot. We build robots with incremental technological advances until we get to iRobot.
It seems to me that every time man has developed such devices 4 or 5 times as many people who used to do the work are now employed supporting the device that does the actual work.
Yes, this is the case now and for the near future.
But eventually, robots will be autonomous and able to service themselves.
It's a progression of advances, and you have to start someplace.
The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea. They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall mountain.
No, they will be fought with computers. And when the numbers are calculated, people on the appropriate side will be directed to the Death Chambers.
Imagine a team of robots -- some rolling on wheels, some walking on two legs...
People are obsessed with the idea of robots that look like we do. And in time, technology will get there. But it isn't necessarily the most efficient / practical / useful way to do it.
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IE6 doesn't seem to support it, but FF3.5.5 does. How disappointing.
Is that a TROLL or a JOKE?
Does anyone still post on usenet?
Mostly Wearez and child / animal porn.
This is exciting. The knowledge contained within this crater will feed millions and advance the knowledge nessesary for the survival of the Human Race by many years, and reveal the secrets of oil spill clean up as an added bonus!
The real Jobs in in Cupertino.
No, no.. In Cupertino, it's black turtlenecks .
He should of asked about the refusal of Verizon to carry the g-phone.
Verizon has contractual obligations and a considerable advertising investment in the Motorola Droid. *Every* service provider makes such deals, there's nothing nefarious going on other than standard business practices.
Besides, Verizon sucks, why would you want to sign up with them anyway?
Given that "Patent Trolling" brings a *LOT* of court business to that particular jury pool, I wonder how smart the folks in Marshal Texas really are? Suppose they know more than we assume, but also understand that if they nullify every dumb-assed patent that comes their way, the Patent Trolls will take their business (and $$$) elsewhere? Cynical?
Yeah, and border guards never lie, just like cops never lie. Sure.
You do understand that border crossings are covered by lots of CCTV, right?
Look, obviously to most people, this whole thing is bullshit - just like most of the US border / TSA crap.
But honestly, in "today's new world", if you give the TSA / Border Drones shit, you're going down. The lesson? Be polite, give 'em what they ask for, and say "yes, sir". Otherwise, expect a bad outcome.
Apple and the MPEG people could find that at the end of the battle that their own patents have fallen.
This is probably why they have as yet not brought a lawsuit. Also, they may be looking for a big target (i.e. Google).
The problem is that Apple has and Amazon will shortly have a "you can't sell your book for cheaper at other ebook stores" clauses in their agreements.
Isn't this Price Fixing? Isn't that illegal?
A lobbyist cannot block an appointment...
It was a "figure of speech", not a literal suggestion.
Published: April 26, 2010