I believe you've missed the point, actually.
The plaintiff in this suit is suing because the defendant reported the plaintiff's violation of the law.
They have no case. This is like any of us college file sharers suing our schools because they reported our copyright violations to the government. It's a bunch of tripe, really - companies who violate the law should not be able to sue the people who report the violations!
"I first started phr34king and stealing 1337 w4r3z when I was 10. It was all downhill from there, lol. I was all, WTF. OMG, is this illegal? shut up n00b!"
The point is that though the 'pillars' will work under XP, the new OS will be DESIGNED for them. They will work MUCH better under Longhorn, with better hardware support/acceleration and so on. Plus, Microsoft is very interested in the concept of 'trusted computing', and putting DRM into the hardware of your next computer.
Of course, the whole 'pillars working better under Longhorn' thing is what MS wants us to think, but we obviously won't know until they FINALLY come out with it... whenever that is.
There is a problem with the database that is preventing the site from working.
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I wonder... is this thing really sending an e-mail to the administrator each time someone visits the Slashdotted image? If so... I feel sorry for both the administrator and the mailserver.
Come to think of it, this may be the first time I've heard of a double-Slashdotting from a single story.
Now, to get on topic enough that I'm not modded into oblivion...
It's nifty that Google did this and all, but why not take advantage of the features of other operating systems? Windows XP (and maybe 2000? I can't remember) allows for semi-transparent windows; is there anything in HTML or CSS that could somehow take advantage of this? What about a Google site that does something funky using XUL in Firefox?
Personally, I love seeing all the stuff Google Labs puts out, and I look forward to whatever else they might have.
Now Paris Hilton's new sex tapes will be done by webcam... meaning even worse video quality!
Seriously, though, that's pretty sweet. Props to this guy for figuring out how to do it.
Incorrect. KGW TV had a chopper flying around that caught video of a lava flow, and I'm pretty sure they weren't in the rim or using an infrared camera. See for yourself.
Actually, IIRC, there already have been porn movies made with men in dinosaur suits, with ridiculously large prosthetic phalli that squirted cow milk. "Pornosaurus", it was called...
WARNING: NSFW/ADULT LINKS! Pornosaurus clip 1. You weirdo. Pornosaurus clip 2. Freako.
Weren't there some laws passed a few years ago reclassifying some types of high-speed internet connections as "information" systems instead of "telecommunications" systems? Would telecom regulations even apply to these now, regardless of whether they should or not?
Zell Miller is simply not a Democrat.
Seriously, just because a person has opponents doesn't mean their opponents are from a different political party. There are Republicans who hate Bush and Democrats who hate Kerry.
Does anyone know if this ruling could lead to the abolishment of DRM on CDs? After all, it's basically the same thing - a company regulating how a work is reproduced, rather than just how it is broadcasted. Come to think of it, isn't downloading music a way that a work is reproduced, rather than broadcasted?
I'm not a lawyer, but hey, this struck me as intriguing...
Has anyone else ever read the EULA for the original Visual Studio.NET (the 2002 version)? You'll notice that the words "activate" and "activation" never appear in it, let alone some phrase that limits the number of times you can activate the software. I'm curious... can Microsoft legally force people to activate software if they never agree to do it?
When I login, my user name doesn't show up on the first page. I get weird trailing characters like "-×oe" after the story, and I can't see my user info page. Is Slashdot broken (again)??
It's not arguable that objectivity and subjectivity are the same thing. If someone overcomes alcoholism as a result of a self-help program, it is nearly universally positive, and therefore as close to objective help as help can truly come. On the other hand, religion is a form of subjective self-help. People (including myself) feel that they improve themselves by taking part in some activity, even if the improvement exists nowhere outside of their mind.
At the heart of the concepts of subjectivity and objectivity are where the perceived effects lie. If there can be disagreement as to whether an effect is truly helpful, but the person still believes it is, then it is subjectively helpful. If there can be no dispute over an effect's helpfulness, then it is objectively helpful.
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Sorry. I meant when I was 0x0A.
True, but most people can afford to be their own lawyer and say that a case should be thrown out because it is groundless...
I believe you've missed the point, actually.
The plaintiff in this suit is suing because the defendant reported the plaintiff's violation of the law.
They have no case. This is like any of us college file sharers suing our schools because they reported our copyright violations to the government. It's a bunch of tripe, really - companies who violate the law should not be able to sue the people who report the violations!
"I first started phr34king and stealing 1337 w4r3z when I was 10. It was all downhill from there, lol. I was all, WTF. OMG, is this illegal? shut up n00b!"
The point is that though the 'pillars' will work under XP, the new OS will be DESIGNED for them. They will work MUCH better under Longhorn, with better hardware support/acceleration and so on. Plus, Microsoft is very interested in the concept of 'trusted computing', and putting DRM into the hardware of your next computer.
Of course, the whole 'pillars working better under Longhorn' thing is what MS wants us to think, but we obviously won't know until they FINALLY come out with it... whenever that is.
The screenshot is down, and I get:
There is a problem with the database that is preventing the site from working.
An email has been sent to the administrator notifying them of the problem. Please try again later.
I wonder... is this thing really sending an e-mail to the administrator each time someone visits the Slashdotted image? If so... I feel sorry for both the administrator and the mailserver.
Come to think of it, this may be the first time I've heard of a double-Slashdotting from a single story.
Now, to get on topic enough that I'm not modded into oblivion...
It's nifty that Google did this and all, but why not take advantage of the features of other operating systems? Windows XP (and maybe 2000? I can't remember) allows for semi-transparent windows; is there anything in HTML or CSS that could somehow take advantage of this? What about a Google site that does something funky using XUL in Firefox?
Personally, I love seeing all the stuff Google Labs puts out, and I look forward to whatever else they might have.
A nice attempt at karma whoring. Geoff linked to this in his story.
Now Paris Hilton's new sex tapes will be done by webcam... meaning even worse video quality! Seriously, though, that's pretty sweet. Props to this guy for figuring out how to do it.
Incorrect. KGW TV had a chopper flying around that caught video of a lava flow, and I'm pretty sure they weren't in the rim or using an infrared camera.
See for yourself.
Actually, IIRC, there already have been porn movies made with men in dinosaur suits, with ridiculously large prosthetic phalli that squirted cow milk. "Pornosaurus", it was called...
WARNING: NSFW/ADULT LINKS!
Pornosaurus clip 1. You weirdo.
Pornosaurus clip 2. Freako.
It's not an eye! It's a little light that blinks!
Not quite. Disney's robot was not independently bipedal - it was balanced by a huge counterweight in the cart it pulled.
... Hey Japan, wtf? What's with the robots? Soccer players, rollerskaters, dancers, sumos, dinosaurs... where's my robot butler, eh??
So... how long until we have a bunch of these go haywire and eat people in a theme park somewhere?
P.S.
Weren't there some laws passed a few years ago reclassifying some types of high-speed internet connections as "information" systems instead of "telecommunications" systems? Would telecom regulations even apply to these now, regardless of whether they should or not?
Not flamebait, folks... merely quoting the parent's username...
Zell Miller is simply not a Democrat.
Seriously, just because a person has opponents doesn't mean their opponents are from a different political party. There are Republicans who hate Bush and Democrats who hate Kerry.
Fuck off. Uh oh, I just got myself fined into oblivion! OH NOES!
Some people may have forgotton, but this actually happened.
And, as we know, Office Space got that idea FROM Superman III.
that you just linked to the same story twice?
Does anyone know if this ruling could lead to the abolishment of DRM on CDs? After all, it's basically the same thing - a company regulating how a work is reproduced, rather than just how it is broadcasted. Come to think of it, isn't downloading music a way that a work is reproduced, rather than broadcasted?
I'm not a lawyer, but hey, this struck me as intriguing...
Has anyone else ever read the EULA for the original Visual Studio .NET (the 2002 version)? You'll notice that the words "activate" and "activation" never appear in it, let alone some phrase that limits the number of times you can activate the software. I'm curious... can Microsoft legally force people to activate software if they never agree to do it?
"basically words things most people already know in ways that make it seem like it's new and insightful"
No deeper truths or insights there. In fact, just the opposite.
When I login, my user name doesn't show up on the first page. I get weird trailing characters like "-×oe" after the story, and I can't see my user info page. Is Slashdot broken (again)??
It's not arguable that objectivity and subjectivity are the same thing. If someone overcomes alcoholism as a result of a self-help program, it is nearly universally positive, and therefore as close to objective help as help can truly come. On the other hand, religion is a form of subjective self-help. People (including myself) feel that they improve themselves by taking part in some activity, even if the improvement exists nowhere outside of their mind.
At the heart of the concepts of subjectivity and objectivity are where the perceived effects lie. If there can be disagreement as to whether an effect is truly helpful, but the person still believes it is, then it is subjectively helpful. If there can be no dispute over an effect's helpfulness, then it is objectively helpful.