Re:You hit the nail - it's really the end of CABLE
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I haven't had cable for the past year and a half. This was after sharing a house with people in college and having every pay channel imaginable and our Time Warner DVR.
Once I graduated and was out on my own I was not able to afford cable anymore. I survived by just buying the DVDs of the shows I like, downloading them (legally or illegally), and *GASP* spending my time doing something more productive.
The majority of what is on TV these days is complete crap. I also remember when a 30 minute block of TV used to have at least 25 minutes of the actual show. Now you are lucky to get 20 minutes of the actual show you want to see.
As more and more shows become available through different channels (pun somewhat intended) like downloading, the easier it will be for people to realize that they don't really need cable.
I live in Houston Texas and I for one cannot wait until we all have a complete and reliable auto-pilot system on most if not all cars. No more heavy traffic or people cutting through 4 lanes to exit the freeway, no more soccer moms in a giant Ford Excursion with one hand on the wheel and a cell phone in the other with screaming kids in the back seat slowly creeping into my lane. Also, no more redneck cops on the interstate setting up speed traps in their tiny towns just so they can get their greedy hands in my wallet.
Now maybe I'm wrong about this, but I always thought this would work:
Say you get sued for DOWNLOADING, not uploading, 5 $GENERIC songs. Could you not simply go out and buy the CDs that those songs are on (cash purchase at used record store) and claim fair use? They would have no way to prove when you purchased those CDs, and spending $10 a CD would be a lot cheaper than settling with a record industry. I know that not settling would probably mean that you would have to go to court and that in itself is quite expensive, but if you own the CD, isn't it legal to download the song? And if you win you could counter-sue for legal costs.
I am in no way saying that this is a bullet-proof alibi, but is there a huge flaw in my logic that I am not seeing?
A Tatooine planet is a planet that orbits more than one star. One example of a Tatooine planet is HD 188753 Ab, which orbits a triple star system in the constellation Cygnus, about 149 light-years from Earth. It was reported that Caltech astronomer Maciej Konacki referred to the new type of planets as "Tatooine planets", due to the similarity with Tatooine, the home planet of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series.
The United States government has just green-lit a project to send a ship to the edge of the solar system to study this new object. I hear that the scientists and other passengers will be cryogenically frozen during the long trip and that the pilots will be assisted by Microsoft's latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence: Computer Lifeforce Intelligent Pilot Project: Year 9000 edition, or C.L.I.P.P.Y 9000 for short.
How is this any different from LEGALY being able to buy books that tell you step for step how to convert semi-automatic pistols and rifles into fully automatic, or how to build a silencer?
for radio. Has anyone else heard these commercials lately? I hardly ever listen to the radio anymore except for when I'm driving to/from work. Lately I've been hearing a commercial that starts out as some sort of big important news break, and then it plays that error message you get on the telephone if the number you dial doesn't exist, followed by an operator voice saying "please insert $0.25 for the next 3 minutes". The final statement of the commercial is "Radio. Some things you just shouldn't have to pay for". These commercials piss me off because we're already paying for radio by listening to all their stupid commercials and by hearing the same songs over and over again. XM or Sirius should have a commercial that mimics the sound of someone changing through the stations and all the same songs are playing, followed by a voice saying "Radio. You get what you pay for".
What about Coin-star? You know, the little machine in the grociery stores and Walmart that lets you pour all your change into it, prints out a little receipt with a barcode on it to take to the cashier for your money? People go in there all the time with $100 in change, so I imagine that if you could fake up one of those coinstar barcodes, you could run yourself a decent little scam.
The 5400 rpm drive in my laptop died recently. When looking for a replacement I decided for the same price to upgrade the speed of my drive rather than the capacity. I upgraded from a 5400 rpm 60 gig drive to a 7200 rpm 60 gig. The difference in speed is not very large, but it is definately very easy for me to notice an increase in performance in all aspects of my computing.
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Why do men die before their wives?
Because they want to
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I haven't had cable for the past year and a half. This was after sharing a house with people in college and having every pay channel imaginable and our Time Warner DVR.
Once I graduated and was out on my own I was not able to afford cable anymore. I survived by just buying the DVDs of the shows I like, downloading them (legally or illegally), and *GASP* spending my time doing something more productive.
The majority of what is on TV these days is complete crap. I also remember when a 30 minute block of TV used to have at least 25 minutes of the actual show. Now you are lucky to get 20 minutes of the actual show you want to see.
As more and more shows become available through different channels (pun somewhat intended) like downloading, the easier it will be for people to realize that they don't really need cable.
an applicant must "express interest" in the job...
Does this apply to government jobs as well? Or do I still have to be dangerously underqualified?
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Isn't Google Rumor Central still a beta?
I hate to nitpick, but didn't the Egyptions invent paper back in 3000 BCE?
I live in Houston Texas and I for one cannot wait until we all have a complete and reliable auto-pilot system on most if not all cars. No more heavy traffic or people cutting through 4 lanes to exit the freeway, no more soccer moms in a giant Ford Excursion with one hand on the wheel and a cell phone in the other with screaming kids in the back seat slowly creeping into my lane. Also, no more redneck cops on the interstate setting up speed traps in their tiny towns just so they can get their greedy hands in my wallet.
I think the important question here is "Does it run linux?"
nonanalytical, impulsive, controled-by-their-emotions
You mean women?
Now maybe I'm wrong about this, but I always thought this would work:
Say you get sued for DOWNLOADING, not uploading, 5 $GENERIC songs. Could you not simply go out and buy the CDs that those songs are on (cash purchase at used record store) and claim fair use? They would have no way to prove when you purchased those CDs, and spending $10 a CD would be a lot cheaper than settling with a record industry. I know that not settling would probably mean that you would have to go to court and that in itself is quite expensive, but if you own the CD, isn't it legal to download the song? And if you win you could counter-sue for legal costs.
I am in no way saying that this is a bullet-proof alibi, but is there a huge flaw in my logic that I am not seeing?
I could have sworn that Robert Preston was dead... or maybe the government has just been hiding him.
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You mean like a Tatooine planet?
A Tatooine planet is a planet that orbits more than one star. One example of a Tatooine planet is HD 188753 Ab, which orbits a triple star system in the constellation Cygnus, about 149 light-years from Earth. It was reported that Caltech astronomer Maciej Konacki referred to the new type of planets as "Tatooine planets", due to the similarity with Tatooine, the home planet of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series.
Frank: Gentlemen, I propose we send a message to tobacco companies everywhere by fining the Spammers infinity billion dollars!
Congressman: That's the spirit Frank! But I think a real number might be more effective.
we'll have flying cars...
Why was I programmed to feel pain!!!
The Prime Number Shitting Bear is still my favorite way to count primes.
a story about a trapeze artist who, in her spare time, is the Chief Lizard Wrangler
Sounds like the synopsis of a porno movie.
It seems that criminal scum gravitate to areas of the internet where anonimity and laxx administrative controls are in high supply.
Sounds vaguely familiar...
The United States government has just green-lit a project to send a ship to the edge of the solar system to study this new object. I hear that the scientists and other passengers will be cryogenically frozen during the long trip and that the pilots will be assisted by Microsoft's latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence: Computer Lifeforce Intelligent Pilot Project: Year 9000 edition, or C.L.I.P.P.Y 9000 for short.
How is this any different from LEGALY being able to buy books that tell you step for step how to convert semi-automatic pistols and rifles into fully automatic, or how to build a silencer?
Did you also write a program called Maginot Firewall?
for radio. Has anyone else heard these commercials lately? I hardly ever listen to the radio anymore except for when I'm driving to/from work. Lately I've been hearing a commercial that starts out as some sort of big important news break, and then it plays that error message you get on the telephone if the number you dial doesn't exist, followed by an operator voice saying "please insert $0.25 for the next 3 minutes". The final statement of the commercial is "Radio. Some things you just shouldn't have to pay for". These commercials piss me off because we're already paying for radio by listening to all their stupid commercials and by hearing the same songs over and over again. XM or Sirius should have a commercial that mimics the sound of someone changing through the stations and all the same songs are playing, followed by a voice saying "Radio. You get what you pay for".
What about Coin-star? You know, the little machine in the grociery stores and Walmart that lets you pour all your change into it, prints out a little receipt with a barcode on it to take to the cashier for your money? People go in there all the time with $100 in change, so I imagine that if you could fake up one of those coinstar barcodes, you could run yourself a decent little scam.
The 5400 rpm drive in my laptop died recently. When looking for a replacement I decided for the same price to upgrade the speed of my drive rather than the capacity. I upgraded from a 5400 rpm 60 gig drive to a 7200 rpm 60 gig. The difference in speed is not very large, but it is definately very easy for me to notice an increase in performance in all aspects of my computing.
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