If you read the article, the claim is that the DMCA request was a mistake, not "fake". Big difference there!
Fair enough. But with a weapon as powerful as the DMCA, extra caution is warranted when using it. "I didn't know the gun was loaded . .." isn't something you want to have to say.
It's only marginally climate controlled and it's inconvenient. But it is connected to a Mythbuntu box that I thought I would use with the HD Homerun. But the inconvenience factor wins most of the time. I occasionally watch stuff that Miro downloads, but I don't have that many subscriptions and I've only finished the January videos.
The TV does receive a few cable channels over the internet-only cable. They don't bother to block all the local programming. I believe that my wife has a couple of stories she follows. She doesn't know how to record with Myth, so if she misses those -- which is the norm -- she watches them on the network website on a PC.
The kid's still small, and is happy with the VHS taps she "inherited" from her mom.
So that's pretty much solved the cable problem, which I guess means we are streaming-only.
Well it's not a perfect reason. Many companies traditionally send their backup tapes or their shred bins or boxes of old files to an operator like Iron Mountain to store / destroy them. I expect Iron Mountain would comply with a court order just as readily as a cloud operator. I suppose with cloud operators the jurisdictions are more likely to differ which could be considered an advantage or not depending on why the court order is being served.
I noticed that although you write "court order" here -- and probably a lot of us are making the same assumption -- that phrase is not used in the Dropbox terms quoted in TFA. Instead, it reads "...Dropbox cooperates with United States law enforcement when it receives valid legal process..." It certainly makes you consider that Dropbox -- like other service providers with access to you data -- would give up your files just for a request from the cops, the FBI, etc. without even the limited due process of an actual court order.
Well after you are done paying $1000's in traffic violations, let me know if it was worth it.
He could simply claim he thought you were texting, bam, probable cause.
Old movies look better in HD. Even a film from the 1930's has a higher 'resolution' than a dvd. You can see the difference.
D
They might, if I got a bigger, better TV and a bigger, better room to go with it. But I seem to be going the other way, getting a smaller, crappier TV room with each move and "life event". I don't disagree that there are many very fine older movies. I'm telling grandparents to get my daughter the "Sleeping Beauty" bluray against the possibility that my entertainment situation reverses someday.
It sounds more like the laser than the discs. The discs are pressed (while home DVDs are written by changing ink colour) and shouldn't degrade.
They shouldn't, but that assumes that no oxidizers are trapped in or somehow infiltrate the plastic sandwich the metal's embedded in. I've got discs that used to play and don't anymore. And it seems to be player-independent.
I've got over 800 CDs - some as old as 35 years and still they work just fine.
First, There are no 35 year old CDs. The technology was first introduced in the fall of 1976 by Sony. So I'm going to call bullshit on your 35 year old CD claim.
Hey, check this out:
2011 - 1976 = 35
Oh my god!
And I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he doesn't have that prototype disc or the prototype (pre red book) unit used to play it.
Why dont you make a car XBMC so you dont have to carry disks in the car?
You don't even need to modify or adapt anything: I've got a super cheap-ass car DVD for the kiddo that will play AVIs from a USB stick. Now the discs stay home. And with its lousy resolution, you don't need to worry about bluray!
you have the wrong firmware installed, I suggest you upgraded it to submissive woman 36.D. Then you will have response like "only a BJ, you are a kind master" or
"you are so generous master, I will do the laundry after I swallow".
Not the wrong firmware, just insufficient user privileges.
That's two times the number of frames per second as they used in Steamboat Willie. How far we've come!
I was thinking that if we went to 600 fps, it would pull down nicely without need for frame-rate or audio tricks to cinematic 24fps and also PAL and NTSC for TV and video release. Then every director would use almost as much film as Kubrick.
... if anything, this will result in a film that looks unnaturally smooth to a movie going audience... essentially adding a distraction for the 2D viewers while not fixing anything for 3D viewers...
That's why I never go outside. And when I stay inside, I insist on strobe lighting.
... but, alas, i've already failed by responding to a troll.
In your defense -- and, I guess, by extension, mine -- it was apparently a really good troll. At least if you can measure success from the size of the response tree.
Scotty was 'resurrected' in a way that was totally plausible for the character. It worked, and technically he never died. Spock's resurrection was much less plausible
Any smashed PC is replaced by the oldest in stock. new replacements for those which reach the budgeted life intact.
More of a symptomatic treatment than a cure, though. Those old machines are gonna "wear out" faster than a new one. Either that, or your people start building Wally-style computer catapults. There's always an engineering solution.
That would help warn me when an apparently green traffic signal was actually red to a stationary observer. Talk about savings. This beats extra nanoseconds by a . . . uh . . . it beats them!
Oh please, that's quite possibly the lamest excuse in this day and age. 2006 called, they want their lame Micro$haft excuses back.
Seems to me the GP wouldn't use Netflix unless it supported his chosen format. How is this an excuse? A person doesn't need an "excuse" to not subscribe to Netflix, they needn't buy extra hardware to please others,
So anyway, he explained his reasoning. This is a discussion, after all. People state opinions, explain their rationale . ..
Get over yourself, and look in to getting that penguin tattoo removed from your ass.
And other slashdotters make rude comments like this. It's not clever, it's just mean-spirited.
I also don't want to use Netflix because I use Linux. And I use Linux to make my father-in-law not want to visit because he can't use my computer to stream his Netflix. And of course for emacs.
I share her sentiment. I'm especially looking forward to Deep Space Nine being available - we already own TOS, so having it on Netflix is of less importance to us.
DS9 can come in handy. Last night, for instance . . . I had a terrible time getting to sleep.
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If you read the article, the claim is that the DMCA request was a mistake, not "fake". Big difference there!
Fair enough. But with a weapon as powerful as the DMCA, extra caution is warranted when using it. "I didn't know the gun was loaded . . ." isn't something you want to have to say.
It's only marginally climate controlled and it's inconvenient. But it is connected to a Mythbuntu box that I thought I would use with the HD Homerun. But the inconvenience factor wins most of the time. I occasionally watch stuff that Miro downloads, but I don't have that many subscriptions and I've only finished the January videos. The TV does receive a few cable channels over the internet-only cable. They don't bother to block all the local programming. I believe that my wife has a couple of stories she follows. She doesn't know how to record with Myth, so if she misses those -- which is the norm -- she watches them on the network website on a PC. The kid's still small, and is happy with the VHS taps she "inherited" from her mom. So that's pretty much solved the cable problem, which I guess means we are streaming-only.
He was downloading IOS without a support contract. this is the same as downloading and installing windows without a licence.
Neither of which should carry a punishment of that magnitude.
I wonder if the capes were made in China.
Probably. It's been years since I've seen a cape factory in this country.
Well it's not a perfect reason. Many companies traditionally send their backup tapes or their shred bins or boxes of old files to an operator like Iron Mountain to store / destroy them. I expect Iron Mountain would comply with a court order just as readily as a cloud operator. I suppose with cloud operators the jurisdictions are more likely to differ which could be considered an advantage or not depending on why the court order is being served.
I noticed that although you write "court order" here -- and probably a lot of us are making the same assumption -- that phrase is not used in the Dropbox terms quoted in TFA. Instead, it reads "...Dropbox cooperates with United States law enforcement when it receives valid legal process..." It certainly makes you consider that Dropbox -- like other service providers with access to you data -- would give up your files just for a request from the cops, the FBI, etc. without even the limited due process of an actual court order.
Well after you are done paying $1000's in traffic violations, let me know if it was worth it. He could simply claim he thought you were texting, bam, probable cause.
Yes, worth it.
Old movies look better in HD. Even a film from the 1930's has a higher 'resolution' than a dvd. You can see the difference.
D
They might, if I got a bigger, better TV and a bigger, better room to go with it. But I seem to be going the other way, getting a smaller, crappier TV room with each move and "life event". I don't disagree that there are many very fine older movies. I'm telling grandparents to get my daughter the "Sleeping Beauty" bluray against the possibility that my entertainment situation reverses someday.
It sounds more like the laser than the discs. The discs are pressed (while home DVDs are written by changing ink colour) and shouldn't degrade.
They shouldn't, but that assumes that no oxidizers are trapped in or somehow infiltrate the plastic sandwich the metal's embedded in. I've got discs that used to play and don't anymore. And it seems to be player-independent.
I've got over 800 CDs - some as old as 35 years and still they work just fine.
First, There are no 35 year old CDs. The technology was first introduced in the fall of 1976 by Sony. So I'm going to call bullshit on your 35 year old CD claim.
Hey, check this out:
2011 - 1976 = 35
Oh my god!
And I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he doesn't have that prototype disc or the prototype (pre red book) unit used to play it.
Why dont you make a car XBMC so you dont have to carry disks in the car?
You don't even need to modify or adapt anything: I've got a super cheap-ass car DVD for the kiddo that will play AVIs from a USB stick. Now the discs stay home. And with its lousy resolution, you don't need to worry about bluray!
But eating lard instead of a slice of bread to lose weight . . . [that] won't work because they involve being confused about what's actually going on.
Interestingly enough, you might not be right.
I think it depends on the length of the agreement and the impact on the employee.
If non-compete came with full pay for the period of non-competition, then it might be reasonable.
you have the wrong firmware installed, I suggest you upgraded it to submissive woman 36.D. Then you will have response like "only a BJ, you are a kind master" or "you are so generous master, I will do the laundry after I swallow".
Not the wrong firmware, just insufficient user privileges.
That's two times the number of frames per second as they used in Steamboat Willie. How far we've come!
I was thinking that if we went to 600 fps, it would pull down nicely without need for frame-rate or audio tricks to cinematic 24fps and also PAL and NTSC for TV and video release. Then every director would use almost as much film as Kubrick.
... if anything, this will result in a film that looks unnaturally smooth to a movie going audience... essentially adding a distraction for the 2D viewers while not fixing anything for 3D viewers...
That's why I never go outside. And when I stay inside, I insist on strobe lighting.
... but, alas, i've already failed by responding to a troll.
In your defense -- and, I guess, by extension, mine -- it was apparently a really good troll. At least if you can measure success from the size of the response tree.
Scotty was 'resurrected' in a way that was totally plausible for the character. It worked, and technically he never died. Spock's resurrection was much less plausible
According to Memory-Alpha, "Scotty ... attempts to save Uhura from the probe, but is killed by it, only to be revived by it shortly thereafter."
I think McCoy had the good decency to grow old and die. I never remember him being resurrected.
"Shore Leave"
You should be okay so long as you're not a redshirt.
In TOS and its movie sequels, didn't McCoy, Scotty, Spock and Kirk get resurrected in one way or another?
Any smashed PC is replaced by the oldest in stock. new replacements for those which reach the budgeted life intact.
More of a symptomatic treatment than a cure, though. Those old machines are gonna "wear out" faster than a new one. Either that, or your people start building Wally-style computer catapults. There's always an engineering solution.
That would help warn me when an apparently green traffic signal was actually red to a stationary observer. Talk about savings. This beats extra nanoseconds by a . . . uh . . . it beats them!
Oh please, that's quite possibly the lamest excuse in this day and age. 2006 called, they want their lame Micro$haft excuses back.
Seems to me the GP wouldn't use Netflix unless it supported his chosen format. How is this an excuse? A person doesn't need an "excuse" to not subscribe to Netflix, they needn't buy extra hardware to please others,
So anyway, he explained his reasoning. This is a discussion, after all. People state opinions, explain their rationale . . .
Get over yourself, and look in to getting that penguin tattoo removed from your ass.
And other slashdotters make rude comments like this. It's not clever, it's just mean-spirited.
I also don't want to use Netflix because I use Linux. And I use Linux to make my father-in-law not want to visit because he can't use my computer to stream his Netflix. And of course for emacs.
I share her sentiment. I'm especially looking forward to Deep Space Nine being available - we already own TOS, so having it on Netflix is of less importance to us.
DS9 can come in handy. Last night, for instance . . . I had a terrible time getting to sleep.
...not trolling, either.
Why?
- The ability to install whatever you want, and use the computer however you want
Of course, with no hard disk, "install" meant something a little different than it does today.
the iPad still can't fit into your pocket.
I hear Apple is equipping their store employees with larger than usual pockets. What, that's been done before?