Copyright had nothing to do with the missing Doctor Who episodes. The BBC routinely purged tapes for various reasons:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
As a Time-Warner customer in Austin, Texas, where TW recently had a spat with NBC, I would warn you that you will likely NOT be able to access Viacom websites to download your shows. TW said the exact same thing then (just download them), and NBC blocked TW IPs. We were shit out of luck. I pray for the day that FIOS is available in my apartment complex so I can dump TW.
No, I absolutely believe that you would do those things. And you would do them because you're a selfish bastard (not you personally of course, I'm sure you're a reasonable person, I'm just being abstract here). You do them because you want to grow your wealth. The fact that you create jobs and improve the well-being of your employees is incidental to this. Further, I don't assume YOU PERSONALLY wouldn't want to do this, or that YOU PERSONALLY wouldn't want to contribute to society, but my point, which I didn't make very well, is that I'm not overly optimistic that society, taken as a whole, can be counted on to contribute in to the degree necessary to maintain "infrastructure and basic assistance", if left to their own devices.
Beyond infrastructure and basic assistance, it is exactly that. Why can't I choose whom to spread it to? New employees, charities, whomever.
Because you won't. And most other people wouldn't either, because we're all a bunch of selfish bastards. There has to be a point at which, in order to participate in society, you have to contribute to society. Arguing about that fact is silly. Arguing about the DEGREE to which it is done, now *that's* a worthy discussion.
The people who have a phone and know how to call the FCC are the same people who won't need to--because they heard the announcements, got their coupons, and bought their boxes at Wal*Mart.
Oh, I think you're terribly understimating the lazyness and stupidity of the average American. I guarantee that there will be thousands upon thousands of folks that are haven't paid any attention to the notices, and are going to go absoutely ape-shit when their TVs go dark. I'm not saying that there'll be riots in the streets, but there's going to be a ton of pissed off folks looking for someone to blame. Expect a spike in lawsuits against retailers who sold analog TVs for the last 2 years (regardless of whether they posted any notice).
Keep in mind that there are TWO reasons why the date was moved to February 2009. The first is that it's AFTER the superbowl. The second is that it's AFTER the upcoming congressional elections. If the switched happened any time prior to the fall elections, there's be folks that would lose their seat because "You turned off my Oprah!".
Close. 60 days from when you receive NOTICE about the transaction. In the USA, a bank must produce a statement at last monthly if you have electronic transactions on your account. If, for instance, you make your transaction on day one of a new statement cycle, you could reasonably argue that you have at least 90 days to claim fraud. In fact, you could easily tack on another 2-4 weeks if you were away from your mailbox, etc. Banks usually quote the 60 days from the transaction because it's much easier to load in their systems for tracking purposes, and easier for the customer to understand. That doesn't make it any less wrong, however:)
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Please rank all crimes for us so we don't make this mistake again. I'll wait...
640k is enough memory for anyone. You might be just fine with VHS, but don't assume every has a low of a bar as you.
Next time you're in court facing charges, please feel free to represent yourself.
I can be angry at more than one thing at a time. It's my superpower.
It'd be more likely if you'd have referred to median, and not average, salaries.
Fuck and Shit are perfectly cromulent words.
Are there a lot of straw men out your way? Or is that just your yard?
All of you have loved ones. All can be returned. All can be taken away. Please step away from the vehicle. Keep Summer safe.
But they DON'T want to prevent fraud, they want to prevent liability, which they they have.
Copyright had nothing to do with the missing Doctor Who episodes. The BBC routinely purged tapes for various reasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Because when I see English words I expect English grammar.
Oh really? Well, maybe YOU didn't not try it, why don't you go not do that and tell us how it didn't go?
The only software where one doesn't really need any creativity - is already written and there is literally no work there...
if you believe that code software that's already written doesn't need to ever be touched again, you don't know jack about programming.
Nobody Doesn't Like Molten Boron! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Ty3O0Vac4
As a Time-Warner customer in Austin, Texas, where TW recently had a spat with NBC, I would warn you that you will likely NOT be able to access Viacom websites to download your shows. TW said the exact same thing then (just download them), and NBC blocked TW IPs. We were shit out of luck. I pray for the day that FIOS is available in my apartment complex so I can dump TW.
No, I absolutely believe that you would do those things. And you would do them because you're a selfish bastard (not you personally of course, I'm sure you're a reasonable person, I'm just being abstract here). You do them because you want to grow your wealth. The fact that you create jobs and improve the well-being of your employees is incidental to this. Further, I don't assume YOU PERSONALLY wouldn't want to do this, or that YOU PERSONALLY wouldn't want to contribute to society, but my point, which I didn't make very well, is that I'm not overly optimistic that society, taken as a whole, can be counted on to contribute in to the degree necessary to maintain "infrastructure and basic assistance", if left to their own devices.
Beyond infrastructure and basic assistance, it is exactly that. Why can't I choose whom to spread it to? New employees, charities, whomever.
Because you won't. And most other people wouldn't either, because we're all a bunch of selfish bastards. There has to be a point at which, in order to participate in society, you have to contribute to society. Arguing about that fact is silly. Arguing about the DEGREE to which it is done, now *that's* a worthy discussion.
The people who have a phone and know how to call the FCC are the same people who won't need to--because they heard the announcements, got their coupons, and bought their boxes at Wal*Mart.
Oh, I think you're terribly understimating the lazyness and stupidity of the average American. I guarantee that there will be thousands upon thousands of folks that are haven't paid any attention to the notices, and are going to go absoutely ape-shit when their TVs go dark. I'm not saying that there'll be riots in the streets, but there's going to be a ton of pissed off folks looking for someone to blame. Expect a spike in lawsuits against retailers who sold analog TVs for the last 2 years (regardless of whether they posted any notice). Keep in mind that there are TWO reasons why the date was moved to February 2009. The first is that it's AFTER the superbowl. The second is that it's AFTER the upcoming congressional elections. If the switched happened any time prior to the fall elections, there's be folks that would lose their seat because "You turned off my Oprah!".
Close. 60 days from when you receive NOTICE about the transaction. In the USA, a bank must produce a statement at last monthly if you have electronic transactions on your account. If, for instance, you make your transaction on day one of a new statement cycle, you could reasonably argue that you have at least 90 days to claim fraud. In fact, you could easily tack on another 2-4 weeks if you were away from your mailbox, etc. Banks usually quote the 60 days from the transaction because it's much easier to load in their systems for tracking purposes, and easier for the customer to understand. That doesn't make it any less wrong, however :)