There's some kind of legal thingy called the "reasonable person" standard. Since IANAL, you can take all this with a pound of salt, but, as I recall, it goes something like: Would a reasonable person really think that this expensive laptop would be honestly, legally, legitimately available for sale at $300? If you fail to meet the reasonable person standard, they can use that as evidence that you did, in fact, have a pretty good idea the stuff was stolen.
You're all forgetting the "reasonable person" test thingy. Since IANAL, that's the most technical name I have for it. Basically, the it goes like this: Would a "reasonable person" believe that a laptop worth $1800 is really going to be honestly and legally sold for $300? If you fail the reasonable person test thingy, they can dismiss your claims of ignorance.
Yes, I am a graduated of the Jake Johannson Vocabulary Builder-Upper Class.
Primarily to keep the BSA nazis off their backs- when you get a computer free-for-carrying-off-site for your nonprofit or for home use you should ALWAYS reformat the hard drive and install a new OS. To do otherwise opens up your school children to being turned against you in a court of law by the BSA- as some teachers found out not to long ago. NO non-profit should ever be using Microsoft operating systems for that reason- it's just to hard to keep track of the licensing on donated equipment, unless you acutally purchase new copies of the OS. And of course, Microsoft is really pushing people towards Linux- Win2000 and Win98 are already gone from store shelves, and I give XP about 6 months after Vista is released to disappear.
You are truly ignorant on this topic... Why would you try to post on something about which you know nothing? First of all, schools get Microsoft OSs for about $50. I know, I've been a public ed. tech. coordinator for 9 years. Second, there's a rollback clause in the license. You can use the license to install the current OS or any previous version. As for donated computers, MicroSoft bends over backwards to allow school to legally use ANY version of Windows on them, FREE OF CHARGE. See http://www.microsoft.com/education/freshstart/fres hstart.asp. What the hell is with you commie (NOT FLAMEBAIT! His name is "marxist hacker"!) idiots who just gotta bash MicroSoft at every turn, even when you're in over your heads?!?
If you can change the media from print to web and still call it a comic, why not from print to big screen? Personally, if i can't feel the shitty paper, and smell that shitty ink, it aint no comic. Don't get me wrong, I'm no luddite; I read more ebooks than printed, for the last several years. I'd just prefer a new moniker for the online comics. Hey, here's a catchy one that the kids'll love -- E comic!
What on Earth makes you think we can change it? What on Earth makes you think we should change it?!?! Are you so arrogant as to think we have a say in it? Maybe it's some other species' turn to rule the planet!
We NeoCons don't deny that the climate is changing; we deny that it's the fault of mankind. We maintain that climate change is a natural part of the planet's life cycle. The planet experienced dramatic global warming following the last ice age -- my car's not that old, is yours?
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the"k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen ve vil tak over ze world!
Why would a home user need these speeds? I can't think of a legal use that my 3Mb connection isn't perfectly capable of handling. 10Mb would be great for downloading pirated DVDs. Of course, some day there will exist a legal online movie distribution system, and this would be perfect for taking advantage of that service. I'm genuinely curious -- what would you use that speed for?
"Are you smoking crack? What the hell kind of bank do you know of that gives credit cards to minors? You can't even get a checking account until you're an adult. Not to mention, when something is delivered that is of any value, a signature is usually required by the courier. Do you think DHL, UPS or FedEx are going to turn over a case of alcohol to a fourteen year old kid at the door?!
I guess we should require adults to show up at the post office to pick up condoms and their porno mags, too. Wouldn't want children ordering those.
Personally, I don't even care. Kids who are stupid enough to drink already drink and they do it without the internet. There are PLENTY of adults who readily buy alcohol for kids. Their kids, someone else's kids - even just a strange kid in front of a convenience store asking adults to bring them out a six pack.
Proof that having a 4 digit user number != having a 3 digit IQ.
Michigan's Governor Granholm has a bill awaiting her signature that would allow motorists to transport an opened but recorked bottle of wine from the restaurant where it was purchased and partially consumed to the buyer's home. This is kind of a no brainer -- "hmmm, I just paid $120 for this bottle, and we only had one glass. Chug the rest and drive home sloshed, or leave it on the table for the bus boy to drink?" (It's currnetly illegal to have an open container (even a re-sealed open container) in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, at least here in Michigan).
I think you'd like the talk on DRM given to the Microsoft Research group on why they should abandon DRM. It was delivered by Cory Doctorow, science fiction writer and European Affairs Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), among other things. Find it here:
I use a Craftsman drill and a small carbide bit. Goes through all drive platters like butter. Don't even need to remove the drive from the machine (assuming the whole PC is being decomissioned, of course). I suppose it would be possible for someone with incredibly vast resources to recover some bits and pieces of data, but man, I doubt it. Think of all the shrapnel grinding around in there! You'd have to have some pretty sensitive and valueable data on that drive to need better than this technique, I think.
"Because your are not able to to fire a weapons at another individual that has the ability to decapitate according to the Geneva Convention..."
True or not, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. That's so stupid I cannot even formulate an intelligent reply, because I'm just dumbfounded by it's sheer madness. I guess I'll stop trying.
"...an exoskeleton would probably be difficult to maneuver in dense environments"
talk about your understatement! did you see the pictures? the guy's got a backpack the size of, --well, i don't know, but it's friggin big!-- just to hold the electronics!
"...probably not terribly useful in reality"
except you could carry much heavier (i.e. more powerful) weapons and a lot more (and bigger) ammo.
"Yes, most of us are tired of the jokes. For whatever reason, though, there are always the fucktards who decide they'll mod up the same God damned garbage they've seen other people mod up. They're the type of people who follow the herd in a pathetic attempt to feel cool.
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If I had mod points, I'd mod you up for using my favorite insult.
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There's some kind of legal thingy called the "reasonable person" standard. Since IANAL, you can take all this with a pound of salt, but, as I recall, it goes something like: Would a reasonable person really think that this expensive laptop would be honestly, legally, legitimately available for sale at $300? If you fail to meet the reasonable person standard, they can use that as evidence that you did, in fact, have a pretty good idea the stuff was stolen.
You're all forgetting the "reasonable person" test thingy. Since IANAL, that's the most technical name I have for it. Basically, the it goes like this: Would a "reasonable person" believe that a laptop worth $1800 is really going to be honestly and legally sold for $300? If you fail the reasonable person test thingy, they can dismiss your claims of ignorance. Yes, I am a graduated of the Jake Johannson Vocabulary Builder-Upper Class.
Primarily to keep the BSA nazis off their backs- when you get a computer free-for-carrying-off-site for your nonprofit or for home use you should ALWAYS reformat the hard drive and install a new OS. To do otherwise opens up your school children to being turned against you in a court of law by the BSA- as some teachers found out not to long ago. NO non-profit should ever be using Microsoft operating systems for that reason- it's just to hard to keep track of the licensing on donated equipment, unless you acutally purchase new copies of the OS. And of course, Microsoft is really pushing people towards Linux- Win2000 and Win98 are already gone from store shelves, and I give XP about 6 months after Vista is released to disappear.
s hstart.asp. What the hell is with you commie (NOT FLAMEBAIT! His name is "marxist hacker"!) idiots who just gotta bash MicroSoft at every turn, even when you're in over your heads?!?
You are truly ignorant on this topic... Why would you try to post on something about which you know nothing? First of all, schools get Microsoft OSs for about $50. I know, I've been a public ed. tech. coordinator for 9 years. Second, there's a rollback clause in the license. You can use the license to install the current OS or any previous version. As for donated computers, MicroSoft bends over backwards to allow school to legally use ANY version of Windows on them, FREE OF CHARGE. See http://www.microsoft.com/education/freshstart/fre
Kirk's career is dead, Scotty is REALLY dead. I guess we should be happy for him...
...tell me these people have been responsible enough to also design a robotic tennis racket, in case that damn bat finds its way into my house?
sorry, left out an important phrase. So was Sin City the movie a comic?
If you can change the media from print to web and still call it a comic, why not from print to big screen? Personally, if i can't feel the shitty paper, and smell that shitty ink, it aint no comic. Don't get me wrong, I'm no luddite; I read more ebooks than printed, for the last several years. I'd just prefer a new moniker for the online comics. Hey, here's a catchy one that the kids'll love -- E comic!
"Promicuous mode for war driving"
You can take these routers war driving?!?!? Cool!!! Are they battery operated, or do you have a reeely long extension cord?
What on Earth makes you think we can change it? What on Earth makes you think we should change it?!?! Are you so arrogant as to think we have a say in it? Maybe it's some other species' turn to rule the planet!
We NeoCons don't deny that the climate is changing; we deny that it's the fault of mankind. We maintain that climate change is a natural part of the planet's life cycle. The planet experienced dramatic global warming following the last ice age -- my car's not that old, is yours?
Stupid!!!
I guess I thought we woulda had this one nailed down by now! What will scence reveal that we don't know next?
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known as "Euro-English". In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the"k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have 1 less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be ekspekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"s in the language is disgraseful, and they should go away. By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi to understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru! And zen ve vil tak over ze world!
I just can't believe our friends in the Chinese government didn't want to get in on this crackdown...
Why would a home user need these speeds? I can't think of a legal use that my 3Mb connection isn't perfectly capable of handling. 10Mb would be great for downloading pirated DVDs. Of course, some day there will exist a legal online movie distribution system, and this would be perfect for taking advantage of that service. I'm genuinely curious -- what would you use that speed for?
I got it.
"Are you smoking crack? What the hell kind of bank do you know of that gives credit cards to minors? You can't even get a checking account until you're an adult. Not to mention, when something is delivered that is of any value, a signature is usually required by the courier. Do you think DHL, UPS or FedEx are going to turn over a case of alcohol to a fourteen year old kid at the door?! I guess we should require adults to show up at the post office to pick up condoms and their porno mags, too. Wouldn't want children ordering those. Personally, I don't even care. Kids who are stupid enough to drink already drink and they do it without the internet. There are PLENTY of adults who readily buy alcohol for kids. Their kids, someone else's kids - even just a strange kid in front of a convenience store asking adults to bring them out a six pack.
Proof that having a 4 digit user number != having a 3 digit IQ.
Michigan's Governor Granholm has a bill awaiting her signature that would allow motorists to transport an opened but recorked bottle of wine from the restaurant where it was purchased and partially consumed to the buyer's home. This is kind of a no brainer -- "hmmm, I just paid $120 for this bottle, and we only had one glass. Chug the rest and drive home sloshed, or leave it on the table for the bus boy to drink?" (It's currnetly illegal to have an open container (even a re-sealed open container) in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, at least here in Michigan).
http://www.kottke.org/04/06/cory-drm-talk
I use a Craftsman drill and a small carbide bit. Goes through all drive platters like butter. Don't even need to remove the drive from the machine (assuming the whole PC is being decomissioned, of course). I suppose it would be possible for someone with incredibly vast resources to recover some bits and pieces of data, but man, I doubt it. Think of all the shrapnel grinding around in there! You'd have to have some pretty sensitive and valueable data on that drive to need better than this technique, I think.
"Because your are not able to to fire a weapons at another individual that has the ability to decapitate according to the Geneva Convention..."
True or not, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. That's so stupid I cannot even formulate an intelligent reply, because I'm just dumbfounded by it's sheer madness. I guess I'll stop trying.
"...an exoskeleton would probably be difficult to maneuver in dense environments"
talk about your understatement! did you see the pictures? the guy's got a backpack the size of, --well, i don't know, but it's friggin big!-- just to hold the electronics!
"...probably not terribly useful in reality"
except you could carry much heavier (i.e. more powerful) weapons and a lot more (and bigger) ammo.
"So when do we get mounted guns?"
and get posted on the N/S Korean border?!?! No thanks!
"Your bionic eye may need a firmware update."
I'm seeing a Matrix-style jack in the back of the head for firmware updates, right?
"Yes, most of us are tired of the jokes. For whatever reason, though, there are always the fucktards who decide they'll mod up the same God damned garbage they've seen other people mod up. They're the type of people who follow the herd in a pathetic attempt to feel cool. "
If I had mod points, I'd mod you up for using my favorite insult.