I believe the law doesn't count MP3 players as illegal, because converting the cds to MP3s counts as part of the process of playing the songs with a MP3 player...
The reason they have something like this is probably that there are some users who, after downloading a file, won't be able to find it unless it's saved on the desktop.
I usually move all my personal stuff from my old computer to a new one. Or at least the most important personal stuff. If you're going to leave a message on a computer, you wouldn't leave it in a computer and then not use that computer for 50 years.
(Hmm, or maybe you would. I guess human memory can only go as far.)
Surely someone is going to turn it on sooner or later, and can then report it to the rest of your family...
Unless one of your arch enemies finds it first, or unless you put it on your laptop, and it is crushed with you in a freak accident causing your death.
But then again, even with the "envelope in your drawer" idea, if your house burns down with you, it may not help much.
Isn't it a voice clip playing, instead of actual people talking? If the spammers actually had to call each person individually, there's no way this could be profitable.
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Unfortunately, it's still better to run to the hospital rather than bleeding to death...
I believe the law doesn't count MP3 players as illegal, because converting the cds to MP3s counts as part of the process of playing the songs with a MP3 player...
..is a "Verified by Slashdot" certificate.
The reason they have something like this is probably that there are some users who, after downloading a file, won't be able to find it unless it's saved on the desktop.
...dancemat keyboard?
..movie pirates in China and Phillipines are complaining about people illegally distributing the movies that they so painfully pirated.
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2003-0
I usually move all my personal stuff from my old computer to a new one. Or at least the most important personal stuff.
If you're going to leave a message on a computer, you wouldn't leave it in a computer and then not use that computer for 50 years.
(Hmm, or maybe you would. I guess human memory can only go as far.)
Surely someone is going to turn it on sooner or later, and can then report it to the rest of your family...
Unless one of your arch enemies finds it first, or unless you put it on your laptop, and it is crushed with you in a freak accident causing your death.
But then again, even with the "envelope in your drawer" idea, if your house burns down with you, it may not help much.
...make a timer bot that sends the death e-mail after a week after the timer has started, but then you reset the timer every day.
The problem being that if you forget to reset the timer, your loved ones may get a "I'm dead" e-mail from you too early.
Isn't it a voice clip playing, instead of actual people talking?
If the spammers actually had to call each person individually, there's no way this could be profitable.
...that people actually use those services even though it's expensive?