Well your cousins to the South do not play a levy for format shifting. That is free (if not blocked by DMCA). No reason to chuckle, as I consider that the laugh is on you.
But the RIAA in the US would surely love to (and are lobbying for) forbid format shifting without payment to the "suffering artists". You could soon be in the same boat.
Here in Denmark, we also have a levy. That covers the copying of music within a family (I can give my sister a copy of one of my CD's if I wish). As far as I know format shifting is free.
It is not only clicks. They are payed per SHOWN add. Even if you never click on one, they make money. For what it is worth, I accepted their plea and white-listed them.
If I were to attend the funeral it would only be to ensure that it is truly dead! I would carry a stake, an axe and an EMP-gun in case the beast tries to rise again.
That is not pridictable with current knowledge and tech. Perhaps next year or perhaps in 100,000 years. Given the periodicity of previous eruptions, I would not expect it to wait 500,000 years. IIRC correctly it is already 100.000 years overdue.
But it is entirely possible that it won't be a super eruption, but just a smaller blow. These have happened some times within the last 100.000 years.
No, I am sorry. They are working on a bill that will abolish elections in Australia. The bill will say that ant other parties are opposed to protecting the children. Anyone who opposes the bill is obviously a child abuser.
Due to "difficult winds" he dropped into the Ocean after completing half the trip. The entire trip was, for reference supposed to last 15 minutes and span 38 Km, He was picked up by a rescue chopter and is reportedly unharmed.
You will be excluded from winning if you commit a crime i
That is sad. That removes cracking, phishing etc. from the approaches. It would have been interesting to have an more open playing field - that would potentially reveal something useful (weakness in FedEx for instance, dangers of social engineering). I fully agree that the family should be left alone, as this is only a game.
Panspermia adds a level of complexy to evolution we really do not need. I have seen people argue that life on Earth came from microbes in comets or even from meteorite fragments bouncing of Mars. Sure, that may explain how life ended up on earth, but how did start in a comet or Mars - an question much harder to explain that how the organic soup on early earth cooked up life.
Now, I know that this amino acid in RTFA is not life. I am not really surprised that it is found - space observations have shown a large amount of more or less complex organic molecules in space or nebulae.
"The building blocks for life have to come from somewhere, they don't just appear out of nowhere (or do they?)"
They were very likely created by chemical reactions on earth. Earth is a better laboratory than any meteorites, comets ect. because here is heat, infrared light and most important of all: Liquid water.
It was merely an analysis and introduction to self enforcing protocols - protocols that make cheating difficult. Bruce often writes such pieces on security related matters. As a security expert, he covers all aspects: IT, civil, banking, etc. of security and the psychological mechanisms behind the perception of security and risk. He publishes the newsletter CRYPTO-GRAM once a month, that contain some good pieces. You can subscribe if you wish.
And he is one of the few who, IMO, has the right take on the "security" upgrades done in the US / word after 9/11.
Yes, I admit it: I respect him, and have subscribed to the newsletter for years.
If asked like: "What is your education and training policy for employees?" and "Will additional education be reflected in job position, if my job performance is satisfying, or is promotion generally based on seniority?"
or something like that. And a critical one for me: "What is you policy on flexible hours" (or whatever you call in in the US - is it OK I get to work later (or earlier) and then leave later (or earlier)).
Ubisoft: Your development budget is better spent on developing good games (I am not saying your current games are bad - I have no experience with them), than yet another copyright scheme that will be broken.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but it was my impression that Australia is more scared of violence and drugs than tits. Titofobia seems to be patented by USA.
But it still puzzles me that the AU people, which I've always considered as easygoing and enlightened, accept this level of government "protectionism".
Assuming the man had the money in his pocket to start with. If a loan was required for the initial investment, that has to be taken into account. A little off topic: If I went to any business today and promised them a 10 year ROI, they would laugh. In this economic climate 1-2 year ROI seems to what they are willing to risk.
True. Privacy has higher priority in many European countries, but the fact the Norway can clear the logs after three weeks, are a consequence of the *not* being members of EU. EU has issued data retention rules of one year. Some countries (like Denmark) has implemented the directive, others haven't yet.
All in the name of war against terror, of course.
Of coursing interests like knowing the player names (and statistics, scores etc) for any sport is not nerdy. The persons who hit the hardest define the legal interests. The nerds learn to shrug it off and are later rewarded with more interesting and better paying jobs. Ah well, I digress and am getting OT.
"that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests"
So pursuing intellectual activities are obscure? What a sad state the world is in (by wikipedias definition). I'd better get drunk, watch a ballgame and get in a fight like a other proper human being.
What is really funny about this is that the whole net neutrality debated started with ISP's demanding that content providers pay them to transport their content. Disney are merely turning the picture around.
In my mind both approaches are wrong. If a content provider wants to make money they should make the users subscribe to the site. If their content is good enough, they'll probably succeed.
RIAA / MPAA? That number is even more absurd than the older numbers that Ars Technica analyzed recently: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/rep-howard-berman-calls-for-new-ip-law-using-dodgy-data.ars
The job loss claim is ludicrous! 300.000+ jobs? How? Where? So if all download their stuff legally from then net that number of jobs will be created? Or does he expect that CD and DVD stores will spring back to life in this digital age at the cost of LEGAL downloads?
The full name is "Infuenza A H1N1" which is specific (and boring). You are right about H1N1 being a being generic for the proteins in the family Influenza A H1N1 belongs to.
True, that is a risk. But all companies get their share of psychopaths today. They use people to screen them, and generally stop them before they are put in positions, than can damage the company. There are many jobs they are not ideally suited for, but they may be damn good as programmers or other non-people facing jobs.
There was a law passed saying you can't discriminate on genetics.
There, that will stop the criminal blackmailer in their tracks.:-P
On a more serious note, IBM (and hopefully other companies), has made a corporate rule to never require genetic information from employees or from people applying for a job. They are out early, but that is only good, as future tests may reveal tendencies for violence, psychopathy or...
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But the RIAA in the US would surely love to (and are lobbying for) forbid format shifting without payment to the "suffering artists". You could soon be in the same boat.
Here in Denmark, we also have a levy. That covers the copying of music within a family (I can give my sister a copy of one of my CD's if I wish). As far as I know format shifting is free.
It is not only clicks. They are payed per SHOWN add. Even if you never click on one, they make money.
For what it is worth, I accepted their plea and white-listed them.
If I were to attend the funeral it would only be to ensure that it is truly dead! I would carry a stake, an axe and an EMP-gun in case the beast tries to rise again.
But it is entirely possible that it won't be a super eruption, but just a smaller blow. These have happened some times within the last 100.000 years.
I wish you a good safe life down under.
Due to "difficult winds" he dropped into the Ocean after completing half the trip. The entire trip was, for reference supposed to last 15 minutes and span 38 Km, He was picked up by a rescue chopter and is reportedly unharmed.
The story is somewhat weak. It suggests running Avast and MS Malicious Software Removal Tool.
Mod parent up for actually reading FTA. :)
You will be excluded from winning if you commit a crime i
That is sad. That removes cracking, phishing etc. from the approaches. It would have been interesting to have an more open playing field - that would potentially reveal something useful (weakness in FedEx for instance, dangers of social engineering).
I fully agree that the family should be left alone, as this is only a game.
Now, I know that this amino acid in RTFA is not life. I am not really surprised that it is found - space observations have shown a large amount of more or less complex organic molecules in space or nebulae.
"The building blocks for life have to come from somewhere, they don't just appear out of nowhere (or do they?)"
They were very likely created by chemical reactions on earth. Earth is a better laboratory than any meteorites, comets ect. because here is heat, infrared light and most important of all: Liquid water.
He publishes the newsletter CRYPTO-GRAM once a month, that contain some good pieces. You can subscribe if you wish.
And he is one of the few who, IMO, has the right take on the "security" upgrades done in the US / word after 9/11.
Yes, I admit it: I respect him, and have subscribed to the newsletter for years.
If asked like: "What is your education and training policy for employees?" and "Will additional education be reflected in job position, if my job performance is satisfying, or is promotion generally based on seniority?"
or something like that. And a critical one for me: "What is you policy on flexible hours" (or whatever you call in in the US - is it OK I get to work later (or earlier) and then leave later (or earlier)).
Ubisoft: Your development budget is better spent on developing good games (I am not saying your current games are bad - I have no experience with them), than yet another copyright scheme that will be broken.
But it still puzzles me that the AU people, which I've always considered as easygoing and enlightened, accept this level of government "protectionism".
Assuming the man had the money in his pocket to start with. If a loan was required for the initial investment, that has to be taken into account.
A little off topic: If I went to any business today and promised them a 10 year ROI, they would laugh. In this economic climate 1-2 year ROI seems to what they are willing to risk.
True. Privacy has higher priority in many European countries, but the fact the Norway can clear the logs after three weeks, are a consequence of the *not* being members of EU. EU has issued data retention rules of one year. Some countries (like Denmark) has implemented the directive, others haven't yet.
All in the name of war against terror, of course.
Of coursing interests like knowing the player names (and statistics, scores etc) for any sport is not nerdy. The persons who hit the hardest define the legal interests. The nerds learn to shrug it off and are later rewarded with more interesting and better paying jobs. Ah well, I digress and am getting OT.
"that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests"
So pursuing intellectual activities are obscure? What a sad state the world is in (by wikipedias definition). I'd better get drunk, watch a ballgame and get in a fight like a other proper human being.
In my mind both approaches are wrong. If a content provider wants to make money they should make the users subscribe to the site. If their content is good enough, they'll probably succeed.
As much as I hate being proven wrong, I learn on the few occasions :-)
RIAA / MPAA? That number is even more absurd than the older numbers that Ars Technica analyzed recently: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/rep-howard-berman-calls-for-new-ip-law-using-dodgy-data.ars
The job loss claim is ludicrous! 300.000+ jobs? How? Where? So if all download their stuff legally from then net that number of jobs will be created? Or does he expect that CD and DVD stores will spring back to life in this digital age at the cost of LEGAL downloads?
The full name is "Infuenza A H1N1" which is specific (and boring). You are right about H1N1 being a being generic for the proteins in the family Influenza A H1N1 belongs to.
Seemed safer than calling my manager a psychopath :-)
BTW: my IP address is 127.0.0.1 - see if you can harm me!
True, that is a risk. But all companies get their share of psychopaths today. They use people to screen them, and generally stop them before they are put in positions, than can damage the company.
There are many jobs they are not ideally suited for, but they may be damn good as programmers or other non-people facing jobs.
There was a law passed saying you can't discriminate on genetics.
There, that will stop the criminal blackmailer in their tracks. :-P ...
On a more serious note, IBM (and hopefully other companies), has made a corporate rule to never require genetic information from employees or from people applying for a job. They are out early, but that is only good, as future tests may reveal tendencies for violence, psychopathy or