the biggest problem with these suits is that the riaa is trying its best to coerce people into settling, even if the defendants have done nothing wrong.
folks are being steamrolled into forking over several thousand dollars to the riaa because it's cheaper than going to court to declare their innocence.
if a group of defendants could get together, hire a high dollar law firm, and do some honest to goodness discovery, i'd be willing to bet that a court would start throwing out a number of these suits.
right now, this has become a windfall for the riaa because it's like pushing over dominoes and they have no reason to stop doing it.
i've got my 8" dob and i love the daylights out of it.
it's big enough to gulp down a nice spectrum while small enough to remain truly portable (meaning i don't need a semi and a forklift to move it).
and the best thing is...at star parties...while the others are still cailbrating and aligning their scopes...i'm set up and running.
my xbox will never be connected to the net.
it's just a matter of time before the hacks are out to change the ads to something more useful...like i don't know...blank space?
i am so glad to see law enforcement stepping up to bust these thieves but i have a problem with the DMA funding this.
what concerns me is that the dma wants to portray the image that there is such a thing as responsible email marketing and i really don't think that there ever can be such a thing so long as companies opt you into lists without your consent.
but let's rejoice in this for now and hope they get an appropriate punishment...like being forced to ingest those herbal remedies for hair loss.
as long as it doesn't try to force feed you updates everytime you start it on ala musicmatch, attempt to take over your system, like real, come bundled with the os, like you know who, and just plain works...i'll love it.
now if you really want to have a media player...find one that'll cook french fries and keep beer cold.
but unfortunately our web/intranet is all designed for ie and even uses ms' old java engine.
if we try mozilla or netscape, or any other non-ie browser, the site ceases to function and we get blamed if we miss something that's been posted up there.
heh...i have to log in at least four times everytime i visit it.
i'd like to get a version of that and change it a little.
what i'd like it to do is open a window and loopback the feed to the host computer.
just imagine the look on someone's face when they realize that they are looking at images of themselves from say two minutes prior.
if wiretapping can be eluded by merely encrypting the data envelope, then why can't the "intellegence community" think of that too?
i mean none of us are rocket-scientists (i know...speak for myself) but i cannot believe that anyone working for an intelligence body didn't think of this already.
it's sad but unfortunately necessary.
it's estimated that the greeks will lose over a billion dollars at these games.
and even with the endorsement deals and the tv contracts, the amount of money needed to pull off this spectacle of "pure sport" will exceed will be near another billion.
i just hate the commercialism of honest athletics but what's worse is having these contests results contested, overturned, and the winners stripped of their prizes and the viewers left puzzled because of doping, improper judging or worse.
you guys are exactly right but unless there is some sort of concentrated effort to educate the undereducated, such a plan would never work.
the riaa and mpaa won't miss my business, nor yours (points left), nor yours (points right) but it would miss the billions of dollars in lost revenue if a global uprising against the industries took place.
the public needs to get involved.
this goes beyond riaa and the mpaa basically extorting people out of thousands of dollars at a time.
this hits at the heart of our constitution and our rights to due process.
as it stands, the right to due process is being squashed because ordinary individuals do not have the right to the same quality legal representation as do the plaintiffs.
i bought an open box jbl home theater system and i bought the service plan...why? because jbl isn't known for manufacturing dvd players and knew that was bound to fail.
sure enough...the thing died and i took it in to be replaced. well it was explained to me that the model i had was no longer in production and that they would have to get me to bring the whole thing in and swap out the entire system per the contract.
so i took my broken dvd player and went home, called my best friend, an attorney, and we went back with my copy of the psp in hand.
they eventually caved in once frank, the atty, called their corporate office while we were waiting for the manager to make up his mind.
they gave me a sony 6 disc dvd changer and i'm been as happy as a clam for the last year.
but i do feel bad for those poor souls who don't have a friend who is a consumer rights attorney and teaches consumer/business law at our local law school.
now i do know a guy who didn't fare as well. he purchased an hp laptop from the same store and asked them to add office xp and ram to it (he was standing next to me on a previous visit to the customer service center).
he came back in to tell them he no longer wanted the laptop because he found it cheaper online.
best buy said no problem and socked him with a 15% restocking fee. the guy was arguing it but was told that even though he never took possession of the laptop and even though it never left best buy's premises, they were going to have to charge him the fee to cover their expenses.
ever since then, i avoid them like the plague but i do hit there after xmas when i get the $250 in gift cards every year.
and maybe i missed it, is what are the jobs of 2014?
and i also wonder how medicine and the roles of physicians will be.
i can imagine the script pad will be replaced by an encoded card which will have your information on it to hand to the pharmacist, or that the doctor's tablet will upload your pharmaceutical information directly to your pharmacist.
well if you're asking me...i do my part.
i encourage people to avoid doing business with any company that sends email, unsolicited, to your inbox.
but you know...so many people are so desperate for things they cannot afford, that they will gamble a chance with the little money they do have on something that sounds too good to be true and then be mad at themselves for going against their better judgement.
this is just one of the tools i've been waiting for.
now if only gmail could have a "save as draft" feature...i can switch from my current webmail provider to gmail.
what i would like to see is google's price drop more while putting out more shares.
i think keeping their price in the 60-75 range while almost doubling the number of shares available should help them more than hurt them.
then in a few years, they can come back with a share repurchase program and thus bump up the price per share to get it where they want it.
i don't care how much you despise an idea...
there is never a reason to suppress someone else's free speech rights.
just because an idea, group, or person is unpopular, it does not give any group, body, or individual the right to squash their ability to convey their message.
i don't like bush nor the gop but it's important that the american public learn both sides of an issue so that they can make informed decisions.
a leader.
sitting in front of my face, right now, is a stack of floppy discs that are the original netscape 2 install discs.
that was a revolutionary app back then.
95% of my spam originates from asia
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i know what this study is saying and it makes sense to me.
what i think is happening is that certain spammers who have access to asian servers are targetting my accounts and i got undetected by the bulk of other spammers.
perhaps my spammer doesn't want to relinquish or share his list with anyone.
and if that's true...i hope he doesn't start thinking about selling or leasing it.
"Defeatist!:) Don't give up! Unfortunately those of us who DO care about their privacy seem to be in a shrinking minority. But that can be reversed."
and i retorted:
i'm not a quitter but i am a realist.
reality in this instance says that as long as we have a congress that preserves corporate rights ahead of consumer rights, and a judicial system that backs those pro-business positions up, you can kiss your privacy rights goodbye.
and fwiw...there is no mention anywhere in the constitution about an individual right to privacy.
i seriously doubt anyone living in the late 1700's could've foreseen a time when a machine would be able to hold all the data concerning your every purchase, your every movement, and i was reading last week about a new device that can let its user see what you're seeing by reading the data reflected off of your eyes.
i just don't think that these services are ready for primetime yet.
there's still too many kinks to work out...i.e...your power goes out...so does your phone.
your net connection fails, so does your phone.
and there is the 9-1-1 situation that someone else pointed out.
give these services a couple of years to work out the kinks and come up with work-arounds and backup systems.
and fwiw...you may as well give up on the privacy concerns. a programmer friend of mine with citigroup says that there is so much info out there already on just about everyone in this country based on credit card purchases, online habits, and other situations to fill the library of congress several times over.
so these one or two line clauses in a TOS aren't really a hill of beans compared to what's already out there on each of you.
(tin foil hat and tinfoil hat linux [ http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/ ] can now be applied.
i really think that it's time that we all admit collectively, that the current system for email, is broken.
the only way to fix it is to redesign it.
the reality is that the can-spam act provides an enforcement clause but there is no additional funding for law enforcement or the ftc to target these people.
this is very much like the government's drug policy.
lots of laws but little enforcement.
the system lets the little fish go looking for the big fish but they fail to realize that the little fish grow up to become big fish as they learn and get better at their "trade."
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and www.atomicwedgie.com
those are truly bully sites...
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the biggest problem with these suits is that the riaa is trying its best to coerce people into settling, even if the defendants have done nothing wrong.
folks are being steamrolled into forking over several thousand dollars to the riaa because it's cheaper than going to court to declare their innocence.
if a group of defendants could get together, hire a high dollar law firm, and do some honest to goodness discovery, i'd be willing to bet that a court would start throwing out a number of these suits.
right now, this has become a windfall for the riaa because it's like pushing over dominoes and they have no reason to stop doing it.
i've got my 8" dob and i love the daylights out of it. it's big enough to gulp down a nice spectrum while small enough to remain truly portable (meaning i don't need a semi and a forklift to move it). and the best thing is...at star parties...while the others are still cailbrating and aligning their scopes...i'm set up and running.
my xbox will never be connected to the net. it's just a matter of time before the hacks are out to change the ads to something more useful...like i don't know...blank space?
i am so glad to see law enforcement stepping up to bust these thieves but i have a problem with the DMA funding this.
what concerns me is that the dma wants to portray the image that there is such a thing as responsible email marketing and i really don't think that there ever can be such a thing so long as companies opt you into lists without your consent.
but let's rejoice in this for now and hope they get an appropriate punishment...like being forced to ingest those herbal remedies for hair loss.
as long as it doesn't try to force feed you updates everytime you start it on ala musicmatch, attempt to take over your system, like real, come bundled with the os, like you know who, and just plain works...i'll love it.
now if you really want to have a media player...find one that'll cook french fries and keep beer cold.
but unfortunately our web/intranet is all designed for ie and even uses ms' old java engine.
if we try mozilla or netscape, or any other non-ie browser, the site ceases to function and we get blamed if we miss something that's been posted up there.
heh...i have to log in at least four times everytime i visit it.
i'd like to get a version of that and change it a little. what i'd like it to do is open a window and loopback the feed to the host computer. just imagine the look on someone's face when they realize that they are looking at images of themselves from say two minutes prior.
if wiretapping can be eluded by merely encrypting the data envelope, then why can't the "intellegence community" think of that too? i mean none of us are rocket-scientists (i know...speak for myself) but i cannot believe that anyone working for an intelligence body didn't think of this already.
it's sad but unfortunately necessary. it's estimated that the greeks will lose over a billion dollars at these games. and even with the endorsement deals and the tv contracts, the amount of money needed to pull off this spectacle of "pure sport" will exceed will be near another billion. i just hate the commercialism of honest athletics but what's worse is having these contests results contested, overturned, and the winners stripped of their prizes and the viewers left puzzled because of doping, improper judging or worse.
you guys are exactly right but unless there is some sort of concentrated effort to educate the undereducated, such a plan would never work.
the riaa and mpaa won't miss my business, nor yours (points left), nor yours (points right) but it would miss the billions of dollars in lost revenue if a global uprising against the industries took place.
the public needs to get involved.
this goes beyond riaa and the mpaa basically extorting people out of thousands of dollars at a time.
this hits at the heart of our constitution and our rights to due process.
as it stands, the right to due process is being squashed because ordinary individuals do not have the right to the same quality legal representation as do the plaintiffs.
i bought an open box jbl home theater system and i bought the service plan...why? because jbl isn't known for manufacturing dvd players and knew that was bound to fail.
sure enough...the thing died and i took it in to be replaced. well it was explained to me that the model i had was no longer in production and that they would have to get me to bring the whole thing in and swap out the entire system per the contract.
so i took my broken dvd player and went home, called my best friend, an attorney, and we went back with my copy of the psp in hand.
they eventually caved in once frank, the atty, called their corporate office while we were waiting for the manager to make up his mind.
they gave me a sony 6 disc dvd changer and i'm been as happy as a clam for the last year.
but i do feel bad for those poor souls who don't have a friend who is a consumer rights attorney and teaches consumer/business law at our local law school.
now i do know a guy who didn't fare as well. he purchased an hp laptop from the same store and asked them to add office xp and ram to it (he was standing next to me on a previous visit to the customer service center).
he came back in to tell them he no longer wanted the laptop because he found it cheaper online.
best buy said no problem and socked him with a 15% restocking fee. the guy was arguing it but was told that even though he never took possession of the laptop and even though it never left best buy's premises, they were going to have to charge him the fee to cover their expenses.
ever since then, i avoid them like the plague but i do hit there after xmas when i get the $250 in gift cards every year.
and maybe i missed it, is what are the jobs of 2014? and i also wonder how medicine and the roles of physicians will be. i can imagine the script pad will be replaced by an encoded card which will have your information on it to hand to the pharmacist, or that the doctor's tablet will upload your pharmaceutical information directly to your pharmacist.
well if you're asking me...i do my part. i encourage people to avoid doing business with any company that sends email, unsolicited, to your inbox. but you know...so many people are so desperate for things they cannot afford, that they will gamble a chance with the little money they do have on something that sounds too good to be true and then be mad at themselves for going against their better judgement.
this is just one of the tools i've been waiting for. now if only gmail could have a "save as draft" feature...i can switch from my current webmail provider to gmail.
now can someone please help me figure out how to educate the public to quit buying items offered in spam?
nasa can find evidence of beer on mars, we'll know for sure there was intelligent life.
what i would like to see is google's price drop more while putting out more shares. i think keeping their price in the 60-75 range while almost doubling the number of shares available should help them more than hurt them. then in a few years, they can come back with a share repurchase program and thus bump up the price per share to get it where they want it.
i don't care how much you despise an idea... there is never a reason to suppress someone else's free speech rights. just because an idea, group, or person is unpopular, it does not give any group, body, or individual the right to squash their ability to convey their message. i don't like bush nor the gop but it's important that the american public learn both sides of an issue so that they can make informed decisions.
a leader. sitting in front of my face, right now, is a stack of floppy discs that are the original netscape 2 install discs. that was a revolutionary app back then.
i know what this study is saying and it makes sense to me.
what i think is happening is that certain spammers who have access to asian servers are targetting my accounts and i got undetected by the bulk of other spammers.
perhaps my spammer doesn't want to relinquish or share his list with anyone.
and if that's true...i hope he doesn't start thinking about selling or leasing it.
and i can see my boss giving everyone their daily "vitamin" every morning.
you said:
:) Don't give up! Unfortunately those of us who DO care about their privacy seem to be in a shrinking minority. But that can be reversed."
"Defeatist!
and i retorted:
i'm not a quitter but i am a realist.
reality in this instance says that as long as we have a congress that preserves corporate rights ahead of consumer rights, and a judicial system that backs those pro-business positions up, you can kiss your privacy rights goodbye.
and fwiw...there is no mention anywhere in the constitution about an individual right to privacy.
i seriously doubt anyone living in the late 1700's could've foreseen a time when a machine would be able to hold all the data concerning your every purchase, your every movement, and i was reading last week about a new device that can let its user see what you're seeing by reading the data reflected off of your eyes.
i just don't think that these services are ready for primetime yet.
there's still too many kinks to work out...i.e...your power goes out...so does your phone.
your net connection fails, so does your phone.
and there is the 9-1-1 situation that someone else pointed out.
give these services a couple of years to work out the kinks and come up with work-arounds and backup systems.
and fwiw...you may as well give up on the privacy concerns. a programmer friend of mine with citigroup says that there is so much info out there already on just about everyone in this country based on credit card purchases, online habits, and other situations to fill the library of congress several times over.
so these one or two line clauses in a TOS aren't really a hill of beans compared to what's already out there on each of you.
(tin foil hat and tinfoil hat linux [ http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/ ] can now be applied.
i really think that it's time that we all admit collectively, that the current system for email, is broken.
the only way to fix it is to redesign it.
the reality is that the can-spam act provides an enforcement clause but there is no additional funding for law enforcement or the ftc to target these people.
this is very much like the government's drug policy.
lots of laws but little enforcement.
the system lets the little fish go looking for the big fish but they fail to realize that the little fish grow up to become big fish as they learn and get better at their "trade."