>The Al Qaeda wants to impress people in the muslim countries, who think of "football" as the sport that's played by kicking a round ball with the feet.
I think it's also just as reasonable to think Al Qaeda wants to strike fears into the heart of Americans once again. A good portion of ordinary Americans will watch some part of Super Bowl tomorrow. I can't think of a better target, personally. Chances are, a good fraction of Americans will see it live if something were to happen at Super Bowl.
well, incompatibility surely is one of reasons it's a billion dollar market to begin with. if half iPods were the same form factor, the sale of a third-party case would be much lower than now. (nevermind the fact the overall iPod sales would also be lower - one reason for the massive success has to be the constant updating and offering just a bit more in improved form factor and additional functionality to make the previous gen. buyers think of upgrading...)
I remember on 9/11, some clever people took advantage of network shortages in Manhattan to withdraw money from ATM, thinking there was no consequence. Some of them were charged and found guilty.
I also heard another case where some people in midwest figured out that they could swipe their drivers license at the gas pump and it would dispense gas for "free." Those people were charged and found guilty.
In both cases, just like this P2P case, you can claim "I didn't know it was illegal." I am guessing that such naive "confession" isn't really applicable or effective as a defense (and shouldn't be, in my opinion) beyond certain point since people were getting things of monetary value for "free."
In all cases, the prosecution had evidence on who and what was involved: withdrawer/money, motorist/gas, sharer/copyrighted music. All "I didn't know it was illegal" defends is the intent. That's not "no evidence."
So Google going there for revenue reasons is doing "Something"? Are copyright infringing downloaders also doing "Something" to protest against the RIAA tactics?
Let's not confuse things done in self-interest with no external effects to be "Something" meant in your quote.
Could Google donate all its China-based revenue to political organizations trying to bring democracy to China? That would be do no evil, but I somehow doubt that. If they really had principled Do No Evil intentions, they would have had Brin and Page up there making statements instead of some PR guy.
I thought they'd get charged income tax for the amount of money originally paid (to them) to purchase the stocks. Then whatever they gain beyond that original amount is subject to the capital gains tax.
I'm not sure how it works for founding stock holders, though. Any accountants here? Otherwise, it's a huge hole in the tax code.
Why do we always have these comments modded insightful? Why do we have to basically equate "we got it pretty good here in US of A" to "you can't complain about anything"? Even billionaires have their complaints. I am not saying those are always meaningful, but it's not possible to have meaningful discussions if you'll be blanket chastising any "complainers" for not being in the worst off category.
I agree with what you said and want to add one more common case, which is, not working on what you love to support a living you absolutely love. (Spouse, kids, friends, lifestyle, gadgets, etc.)
This is slightly off topic, but one thing I noticed in Japan was that when there are more than one elevator, as soon as UP/DOWN button is pressed, the indicator for the elevator you'll be riding (i.e. the one closest to your floor, going the correct direction) would light up. Then, the indicator would flash when the elevator has arrived.
This is something simple and very informative to the riders without requiring much sophistication, in terms of renovation. You still won't know how long you have to wait, but at least you know which elevator you should be waiting for.
Why is this modded insightful? So going into the "details" (as far as the general population is concerned) of the distinction between infringment and stealing would be enough convince the 4% of the population? (That was, afterall, the point of the grandparent.)
LIGO is absolutely insane. A friend of mine worked on it. Around each vacuum sealed mirror at the end of the arm, there's a do-not-enter zone. I don't know for sure, but I think the instrument was sensitive enough to measure the change in the "local" gravitational field due to the human mass!
I don't suffer (yet) from RSI, but one thing that does matter to me about the mouse is the weight. I've noticed that wireless mice with batteries put a great deal of strain on my wrist mainly because of the weight of the batteries. I am not sure how many ergonomics designers out there place weight among the considerations...
Consequently, I've settled on using wired lightweight mouse or laptop-style small wireless mouse.
I never understood this reasoning. Private consumers aren't the only ones using PCs - enterprises and businesses use PCs too. And they do not get away with corporate-wide piracy of Windows. Even if 100% of ind. users pirated Windows in S. Korea, there's significant revenue to be had from corporate users.
I realize this is a joke, but the problem is, H1B is not supposed to enable companies to "make" money. It's explicitly against the law governing H1B to hire foreign workers at reduced wage.
>the Ipod isn't an innovation, but its a slickly packaged device whose usability trumped its competitors.
I'm sorry, but this is a peeve of mine... If you offer superior design and usability, that's innovation. Innovation is not defined at the hardware level. Just because there was a HD-based mp3 player before iPod doesn't mean Apple wasn't innovative.
I alo feel FF has gotten heavier in the last year or so... On my Mac, I used to use FF more and Safari less because FF was faster in every aspect - applcation start up, rendering, etc. Now, I am not so sure. FF feels quite heavy and I have shifted back to Safari...
Are carriers "allowed" to adhere to offer these "rights" by raising the price? Why don't we let the economics of the industry take care of this? T-Mobile offers one year contracts, but makes you (generally) pay more for the phones. You can't eat the cake (heavily subsidized phones) and have it too (short contract).
>Word wasn't "better" than WordPerfect (if you are running a transcription service or something similar, people have the FASTEST results with WP 5.1 than ANY modern system), and Excel wasn't "better" than Lotus 1-2-3. However, they were less than half the price and you could get the bundle for less than either program individually.
I think you missed the most important point of Office. Did WordPerfect work with Lotus 1-2-3 as seemlessly as Word and Excel?
The battery is replaceable too. And the standard headphone jack is great, compared to SP. The only drawback is that it only plays GBA games, which is fine by me, but I'm sure others would have loved the ability to play GB/GBC games.
Because they, albeit in small tags, actually declare on the "CD" itself that it's not a conventional CD. Take the latest album by Dave Matthews Band - there's a sticker on it that says it's meant to play on a conventional (i.e. non-PC) CD player and if one wants to play on the PC, it does so as DRMed WMA.
Deceptive? Yes. But they do try to declare on the "CD" that it is not a regular CD. An extreme analogy, no doubt, but no one would complain about "fair use" violation when a DVD doesn't play movies on a CD player, right? Sort of like that.
Nice. No, I do not own an MP3 which isn't legally mine. No, I do not have pirated software on my computer. Yes, I use Windows but no, it's not a pirated copy. I work for MS. Duh.
Now you are also trying to rationalize their behavior. It's music - nothing essential, for crying out loud. Many students were involved in infringing copyright purely for their pleasure and for petty reasons.
I grew up respecting IP - frankly, I don't understand the sentiment of "entitlement" or "rationalization" here. When I am presented with an opportunity to obtain something of value for free, I become wary because I feel someone is missing out or something is wrong. And if I decide to take advantage of it and turns out it's something illegal, I'm not going to ask others to defend me - I really should have known better.
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I think it's also just as reasonable to think Al Qaeda wants to strike fears into the heart of Americans once again. A good portion of ordinary Americans will watch some part of Super Bowl tomorrow. I can't think of a better target, personally. Chances are, a good fraction of Americans will see it live if something were to happen at Super Bowl.
well, incompatibility surely is one of reasons it's a billion dollar market to begin with. if half iPods were the same form factor, the sale of a third-party case would be much lower than now. (nevermind the fact the overall iPod sales would also be lower - one reason for the massive success has to be the constant updating and offering just a bit more in improved form factor and additional functionality to make the previous gen. buyers think of upgrading...)
I also heard another case where some people in midwest figured out that they could swipe their drivers license at the gas pump and it would dispense gas for "free." Those people were charged and found guilty.
In both cases, just like this P2P case, you can claim "I didn't know it was illegal." I am guessing that such naive "confession" isn't really applicable or effective as a defense (and shouldn't be, in my opinion) beyond certain point since people were getting things of monetary value for "free."
In all cases, the prosecution had evidence on who and what was involved: withdrawer/money, motorist/gas, sharer/copyrighted music. All "I didn't know it was illegal" defends is the intent. That's not "no evidence."
Let's not confuse things done in self-interest with no external effects to be "Something" meant in your quote.
Could Google donate all its China-based revenue to political organizations trying to bring democracy to China? That would be do no evil, but I somehow doubt that. If they really had principled Do No Evil intentions, they would have had Brin and Page up there making statements instead of some PR guy.
I'm not sure how it works for founding stock holders, though. Any accountants here? Otherwise, it's a huge hole in the tax code.
Why do we always have these comments modded insightful? Why do we have to basically equate "we got it pretty good here in US of A" to "you can't complain about anything"? Even billionaires have their complaints. I am not saying those are always meaningful, but it's not possible to have meaningful discussions if you'll be blanket chastising any "complainers" for not being in the worst off category.
I agree with what you said and want to add one more common case, which is, not working on what you love to support a living you absolutely love. (Spouse, kids, friends, lifestyle, gadgets, etc.)
Who says small towns need to be saved..? Is financial success the only way to be saved..?
This is something simple and very informative to the riders without requiring much sophistication, in terms of renovation. You still won't know how long you have to wait, but at least you know which elevator you should be waiting for.
Um, dual booting isn't replacing OS, is it?
Why is this modded insightful? So going into the "details" (as far as the general population is concerned) of the distinction between infringment and stealing would be enough convince the 4% of the population? (That was, afterall, the point of the grandparent.)
LIGO is absolutely insane. A friend of mine worked on it. Around each vacuum sealed mirror at the end of the arm, there's a do-not-enter zone. I don't know for sure, but I think the instrument was sensitive enough to measure the change in the "local" gravitational field due to the human mass!
Consequently, I've settled on using wired lightweight mouse or laptop-style small wireless mouse.
I never understood this reasoning. Private consumers aren't the only ones using PCs - enterprises and businesses use PCs too. And they do not get away with corporate-wide piracy of Windows. Even if 100% of ind. users pirated Windows in S. Korea, there's significant revenue to be had from corporate users.
I realize this is a joke, but the problem is, H1B is not supposed to enable companies to "make" money. It's explicitly against the law governing H1B to hire foreign workers at reduced wage.
I'm sorry, but this is a peeve of mine... If you offer superior design and usability, that's innovation. Innovation is not defined at the hardware level. Just because there was a HD-based mp3 player before iPod doesn't mean Apple wasn't innovative.
I alo feel FF has gotten heavier in the last year or so... On my Mac, I used to use FF more and Safari less because FF was faster in every aspect - applcation start up, rendering, etc. Now, I am not so sure. FF feels quite heavy and I have shifted back to Safari...
Are carriers "allowed" to adhere to offer these "rights" by raising the price? Why don't we let the economics of the industry take care of this? T-Mobile offers one year contracts, but makes you (generally) pay more for the phones. You can't eat the cake (heavily subsidized phones) and have it too (short contract).
I think you missed the most important point of Office. Did WordPerfect work with Lotus 1-2-3 as seemlessly as Word and Excel?
The battery is replaceable too. And the standard headphone jack is great, compared to SP. The only drawback is that it only plays GBA games, which is fine by me, but I'm sure others would have loved the ability to play GB/GBC games.
Deceptive? Yes. But they do try to declare on the "CD" that it is not a regular CD. An extreme analogy, no doubt, but no one would complain about "fair use" violation when a DVD doesn't play movies on a CD player, right? Sort of like that.
Nice. No, I do not own an MP3 which isn't legally mine. No, I do not have pirated software on my computer. Yes, I use Windows but no, it's not a pirated copy. I work for MS. Duh.
I grew up respecting IP - frankly, I don't understand the sentiment of "entitlement" or "rationalization" here. When I am presented with an opportunity to obtain something of value for free, I become wary because I feel someone is missing out or something is wrong. And if I decide to take advantage of it and turns out it's something illegal, I'm not going to ask others to defend me - I really should have known better.