>it's arguable that anyone who buys a Celine Dion record deserves all they get...
Ok, but I can envision many scenarios where a person with otherwise good taste can find himself in the position of using a publication in the course of work or research that he might not use for entertainment. Say I'm working on my masters' and researching the irish whistle and uileann pipe in lat 20th century popular music. Guess what artist had material with such a complement? So there is a way I could be directly affected without even being a fan of the music.
How about this: A youth puts this disc in a public (or school) library's Mac. The computer "breaks." The librarian, who is half gator, has the visitor banned, labeled as a 'hacker', expelled from school, prosecuted under some 'for the children' statute, and nobody but slashdot readers ever considers that it s SONY who should be punished.
>Greater LA (as it were) also includes big chunks >of Ventura, Orange, and San Bernadino counties >as well.
Looks to me like it includes Phoenix on the east side, and San Diego on the South as well. The dividing line doesn't seem that obvious. Seen from the air at night, it doesn't even stop at the ocean. And from the air during the day, the smog starts about 100 miles East.
> Imagine 200 college kids with jogging strollers >(to give an idea of the size) all trying to go >somewhere after class.
I see approximately 10 times this every morning on my way to class. Various combinations of two and four wheeled human powered vehicles, plus the occasional pickup truck and/or golf carts.
On the other hand, my university sidewalks are far better than the typical situation in downtown Atlanta.
On the other other hand, Segways will be right at home in Peachtree City, where the golf cart is the "normal" mode of transportation...
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>I hope Rod Hill liked owning his own house.
Even if Cherian sues and LOSES, Hill might be out cold.
Wonder if Rod even knows how famous (infamous?) he has just become?
The way I see it, Cherian doesn't even have to sue. The State of Georgia should prosecute Hill. He shouldn't have lied to the police. Period. Who does he think he is, Bill Clinton?
I had quite a shock when I bought a M-Audio Delta card. The reason I bought this card was that it is the only product in a certain narrow range of specifications that has Linux support. There is even a penguin sticker on the box.
What they mean by "Linux support" is that there is an ALSA driver for the ICE-1712 chipset. Now, I'm not totally upset about this -- it *does* work. But it was quite a reach for the company to go as far as to specify Linux support on the box and in all the advertising, but not even include the ALSA software on the CD in the box!
> Read your EULA. It will SPECIFICALLY state that M$ has the right to inspect/audit you at any time.
Perhaps. It does not trump my right to shoot them dead if they forcibly enter my property. The ONLY people who have such authority wear uniforms and carry search warrants.
And the graphics guy who does the layout, and the project manager who has to schedule the update, and the QE staff who does the regression testing and the DBA who changes the schema to acommodate this new piece of data.
In the business world, it's rarely the case that ANYTHING costs "zero dollars and zero cents".
Being forced to change a website which is part of a production system will always have costs. Maybe it costs me nothing to update forms on my personal site, but in a corporate environment the slightest change often has a significant cost.
>They designed it poorly. The damn thing should >not just shut off with the kill switch, but lock >the dumbass in.
...and fill the car with anaesthetic gas...
I want a remote killswitch for my car. Just dial a cellphone number and a fuse link burns. Since there's a relay, it's just a small step to lock the doors... Toxic gas release... steel spike through the seat... brake line pressurized...
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>Linus has never wanted to take over Microsoft.
>He states that time and time again.
Of course not. Microsoft would be petty, insignificant collateral damage in the pursuit
of world domination.
>it's arguable that anyone who buys a Celine Dion record deserves all they get...
Ok, but I can envision many scenarios where a person with otherwise good taste can find himself in the position of using a publication in the course of work or research that he might not use for entertainment. Say I'm working on my masters' and researching the irish whistle and uileann pipe in lat 20th century popular music. Guess what artist had material with such a complement? So there is a way I could be directly affected without even being a fan of the music.
How about this: A youth puts this disc in a public (or school) library's Mac. The computer "breaks." The librarian, who is half gator, has the visitor banned, labeled as a 'hacker', expelled from school, prosecuted under some 'for the children' statute, and nobody but slashdot readers ever considers that it
s SONY who should be punished.
>So, if students got voting rights, they would
>actually have to listen to students, and that is
>obviously quite scary.
Young, educated people participating in democratic processes scares who? Why?
>how is this more unconstitutional than the movie
>theatres refusing to allow minors admintance to
>R rated movies ?
Very simple: There is no law that requires movie theatres to refuse to allow admission to minors.
Since no such law exists, how can it be "more or less unconstitutional" than the law being proposed regarding games?
>Can we expect the job market to be as good for
>IT people since the Internet bubble burst?
Why can't we expect a similar market to before the Internet bubble started expanding?
>Greater LA (as it were) also includes big chunks
>of Ventura, Orange, and San Bernadino counties
>as well.
Looks to me like it includes Phoenix on the east side, and San Diego on the South as well. The dividing line doesn't seem that obvious. Seen from the air at night, it doesn't even stop at the ocean. And from the air during the day, the smog starts about 100 miles East.
Wish list: Cascade Delete and Subselects.
Don't shoot me for this, but the schema I must deal with requires these. I'd *love* to use MySQL or Postgres.
>US legal documents must be in English
Do you have anything to support that?
I've seen rental agreements written in Spanish.
Are you suggesting these are unenforceable?
So you're saying the problem lies in the complacency of the semiliterate masses?
>You won't find it in the constitution, but
>you'll find it in the Federalist Papers.
The real reason is buried in the soil of New England.
> it _does_ put a mark on your credit for 7
>years, much like bankruptcy.
Baloney. It puts a mark on your credit record exactly like a loan. Which is exactly what it is. Nothing more, nothing less.
>Those two wrongfully accused employees had a
>habit of not logging out or locking their
>terminal when leaving the desk.
s/wrongfully/rightfully/
s/had a habit/were responsible because/
>Why did they not rerelease the Speak'n'Spell to
>coincide with E.T. being rereleased?
They're afraid that kids today are savvy enough to actually make a device that will summon an alien ship.
>a little dicey to continue having dirty thoughts
>about Drew Barrymore.
Well, Erika Eleniak totally stole that show from Drew. And she's still WAY hotter.
>I've walked out on places, or canceled tickets to
>an event that said they wanted to search me.
Last time I wanted to walk on an event, the tickets would have been nonrefundable. How do you handle that situation?
>No matter how we tried to tell BSA that ALL OUR
>SOFTWARES ARE GENUINE, the threatening letters
>keep coming.
File a TRO to stop the threatening letters.
The threats will continue, then you nail them for
violating the restraining order.
> Imagine 200 college kids with jogging strollers
>(to give an idea of the size) all trying to go
>somewhere after class.
I see approximately 10 times this every morning on my way to class. Various combinations of two and four wheeled human powered vehicles, plus the occasional pickup truck and/or golf carts.
On the other hand, my university sidewalks are far better than the typical situation in downtown Atlanta.
On the other other hand, Segways will be right at home in Peachtree City, where the golf cart is the "normal" mode of transportation...
>I hope Rod Hill liked owning his own house.
Even if Cherian sues and LOSES, Hill might be out
cold.
Wonder if Rod even knows how famous (infamous?)
he has just become?
The way I see it, Cherian doesn't even have to sue. The State of Georgia should prosecute Hill. He shouldn't have lied to the police. Period. Who does he think he is, Bill Clinton?
I had quite a shock when I bought a M-Audio Delta
card. The reason I bought this card was that it is the only product in a certain narrow range of
specifications that has Linux support. There is even a penguin sticker on the box.
What they mean by "Linux support" is that there is
an ALSA driver for the ICE-1712 chipset. Now, I'm not totally upset about this -- it *does* work. But it was quite a reach for the company to go as far as to specify Linux support on the box and in all the advertising, but not even include the ALSA software on the CD in the box!
>How is it that M$ is able to legally go on the premises and invade the schools computers
They can't. Unless the school administrators are
stupid enough to allow it.
Any audit of this type needs to be conducted in
your attorney's and/or your accountant's office.
Period.
Even the IRS doesn't go this far.
> Read your EULA. It will SPECIFICALLY state that M$ has the right to inspect/audit you at any time.
Perhaps. It does not trump my right to shoot them
dead if they forcibly enter my property. The ONLY
people who have such authority wear uniforms and
carry search warrants.
>Whatever happened to the concept of 'Innocent until proven guilty'?
It never applied to civil matters.
"Preponderance of Evidence" is the doctrine at
work in a civil case.
All you have to do to win a civil case is to persuade
a judge and/or jury that the facts are more probably
one way than the other.
Burden of proof beyond a shadow of a doubt, and
"presumption of Innocence" only apply to criminal
cases.
>That 18-20 y.o. CS student may become tomorrow's
>purchasing agent
I don't know if you meant that to be as damning as
it sounds.
It's like saying "that med student at johns hopkins may become tomorrow's lab assistant"
>Just ask the guys that write the code.
And the graphics guy who does the layout, and the project manager who has to schedule the update, and the QE staff who does the regression testing and the DBA who changes the schema to acommodate this new piece of data.
In the business world, it's rarely the case that
ANYTHING costs "zero dollars and zero cents".
Being forced to change a website which is part of a production system will always have costs.
Maybe it costs me nothing to update forms on my
personal site, but in a corporate environment the
slightest change often has a significant cost.
>Every long-term Congressman has, at one time or
>another, proposed a bill that was bad.
Perhaps, but not every one has pushed legislation
so egregious as to rise to the level of treason.
That's what we're on about here.
>They designed it poorly. The damn thing should
>not just shut off with the kill switch, but lock
>the dumbass in.
...and fill the car with anaesthetic gas...
I want a remote killswitch for my car. Just
dial a cellphone number and a fuse link burns.
Since there's a relay, it's just a small step
to lock the doors... Toxic gas release