Let's see how you'd react when someone fired you because your "business model" of wanting to be paid for doing your job is outdated. Apart from the greed of record companies there are actually many people who work hard to create music. Shouldn't they be paid because you think that you should be able to get anything for free?
Explain that to the artist who gets 10 cents out of the dollar from the record company. Shouldn't he/she be paid fairly?
The pack sold is not illegal in any way. it does not teach the owner how to break the law? it simply educates them about it.
I quite agree. Syfert himself puts it very well:
"If 19 cases costs them $5000 in attorney time, I wonder how many cases it'd take before their business model crumbles. That is unless they are going to actually work for a living."
It's funny cos it's true. The whole thing reminds me of record companies trying to hold THEIR outdated business model with ligitation, which is also funny; they are on borrowed time.
Except, this time it's not Joe Public. I hope this guys socks it to them. Huzzah
If everyone who had a bluetooth were able to communicate via their mind to their phone instead of audibly, that would save me a lot of confusion. I welcome it with open arms.
I realised recently that when I walk down the street and see someone talking to themself I now assume it's a Bluetooth headset. The other day this led to an interesting run-in with a good, old fashioned, crazy person. Sign of the times.
I actually have mod points at the moment, but instead of modding parent up, I want to reply in agreement.
I couldn't agree more. I'm sure Rosa Parks would as well.
I live in Britain and frankly, I feel disgusting at the way that ordinary people have been increasingly criminalised in recent years. Particularly since Blair, legislation has been more and more as a means of control. This is not a thought, it's a fact. Look at the statistics for the number of new pieces of legislation that came in under his tenure. I really don't like the way this country is going at the moment.
Now, I'm not going to go into the rights and wrongs of piracy, but I will say this one thing. The world is changing. Record companies still desperately cling onto the old models, and it make me laugh at their blinkeredness. When music copying is so mainstream that any kid with a PC can copy a CD, it starts to become clear to everyone bar the music companies and the governments they lobby that one way or another, things need to change. Just in case some of those people are reading, I will give you a few clues to get you started: how much is a track worth to a buyer? What percentage of that does the artist receive? How much of that SHOULD the artist receive? How much would the buyer pay if he/she felt the artist would receive FAIR royalties?
You made a lot of money for many years, give artists a fair deal, reduce your ridiculous profits and you MIGHT survive, record companies. Otherwise, I hope every single artist out there makes a website selling their MP3s and every single record company goes totally fucking bust.
"Thirty-three-year (1) old Scottsman (2) Matthew Anderson was sentenced this week (3) to 18 months in prison for orchestrating a malicious Trojan (4) campaign in 2006. The reason for his relatively light sentence? He apparently wasn't seeking to maximize profit like any normal, red-blooded hacker. Also, his timing was good (5). His arrest in June 2006 predated (6) by a matter of months the Police and Justice Act, which would likely have resulted in a harsher sentence. By comparison, David Kernell, who snooped in Sarah Palin's email, got a year in prison."
Let's play match the errors to the numbers, kids!
* Imaginary country
* Split infinitive
* Partial sentence
* Missing hyphen, implications of being a predator
* Oh, look! That hyphen reappeared
And my personal favourite:
* Hilarious capitalisation making it sound as though protagonist is leading an actual historical faction
So... if I understand correctly, what's actually happening here is that a Utah company claims that NASA cannot meet the legal requirements by using the competition's designs, and the various Utah congressmen are joining in the chorus to support that Utah company.
Company discredits competitors, congressmen support their state's industry. Surprising? Hardly.
The law itself is very fishy. Quoting TFA:
The law states that NASA “shall, to the extent practicable, extend or modify existing vehicle development and associated contracts including contracts for ground testing of solid rocket motors, if necessary, to ensure their availability for development of the Space Launch System.”
To me, the intent there is "don't change it unless reasonable on safety or other grounds". But why the enforcement of staying with current contracts? It stinks of the lobbying parent describes. More from TFA:
Phrases like “to the extent practicable”, “if necessary”, and “as appropriate” give NASA leeway to go in different directions if they determine something as specific as outlined in the legislation’s report language is not practicable, necessary, and/or appropriate.
Just reading up on Wikileaks, I found this stating that their main host is PRQ, a Swedish ISP infamous for hosting The Pirate Bay. So they must be the good guys:-)
Slashdot Mirror
Siri and I were just talking about this
Robert Fano's password was hunter2. True* fact.
Do we really think that terrorists are going to be coordinating things via FB?
It's like that old joke, what was Bin Laden's last FB entry?
"BRB, someone's at the door"
No, it was "Osama needs credits for farmville :("
Now trending: #FBIbastards
......II ffoorr oonnee wweellccoommee oouurr nneeww 33DD oovveerrlloorrddss
Let's see how you'd react when someone fired you because your "business model" of wanting to be paid for doing your job is outdated. Apart from the greed of record companies there are actually many people who work hard to create music. Shouldn't they be paid because you think that you should be able to get anything for free?
Explain that to the artist who gets 10 cents out of the dollar from the record company. Shouldn't he/she be paid fairly?
From the article:
(..) users who had downloaded films like The Hurt Locker, Far Cry and Call of the Wild
I liked the game Far Cry, so how about that movie? Is it any good? Is it worth the download?
Well worth the $20 I paid for it
The pack sold is not illegal in any way. it does not teach the owner how to break the law? it simply educates them about it.
I quite agree. Syfert himself puts it very well:
"If 19 cases costs them $5000 in attorney time, I wonder how many cases it'd take before their business model crumbles. That is unless they are going to actually work for a living."
It's funny cos it's true. The whole thing reminds me of record companies trying to hold THEIR outdated business model with ligitation, which is also funny; they are on borrowed time.
Except, this time it's not Joe Public. I hope this guys socks it to them. Huzzah
I'm on the battlefield, wounded, afraid and possibly delerious, and up rolls the bastard offspring of Wall-E and pedobear?
If everyone who had a bluetooth were able to communicate via their mind to their phone instead of audibly, that would save me a lot of confusion. I welcome it with open arms.
I realised recently that when I walk down the street and see someone talking to themself I now assume it's a Bluetooth headset. The other day this led to an interesting run-in with a good, old fashioned, crazy person. Sign of the times.
Cutting eedge vaporware is still vaporware.
Well, that's awkward. Who wants to be the one to tell OCZ that the product that they have released to market is vaporware? (Shotgun not me.)
Obligatory: This isn't the Android you're looking for
..plenty of room for a Windows 7 install
:-]
This is what is known in the art world as a perfect marriage of subject and medium
:Facepalm:
Oops! I'm sorry, please don't sue me!
Laws are not repealed by going out and breaking more laws.
Of course they are.
Quite effectively, too.
I actually have mod points at the moment, but instead of modding parent up, I want to reply in agreement.
I couldn't agree more. I'm sure Rosa Parks would as well.
I live in Britain and frankly, I feel disgusting at the way that ordinary people have been increasingly criminalised in recent years. Particularly since Blair, legislation has been more and more as a means of control. This is not a thought, it's a fact. Look at the statistics for the number of new pieces of legislation that came in under his tenure. I really don't like the way this country is going at the moment.
Now, I'm not going to go into the rights and wrongs of piracy, but I will say this one thing. The world is changing. Record companies still desperately cling onto the old models, and it make me laugh at their blinkeredness. When music copying is so mainstream that any kid with a PC can copy a CD, it starts to become clear to everyone bar the music companies and the governments they lobby that one way or another, things need to change. Just in case some of those people are reading, I will give you a few clues to get you started: how much is a track worth to a buyer? What percentage of that does the artist receive? How much of that SHOULD the artist receive? How much would the buyer pay if he/she felt the artist would receive FAIR royalties?
You made a lot of money for many years, give artists a fair deal, reduce your ridiculous profits and you MIGHT survive, record companies. Otherwise, I hope every single artist out there makes a website selling their MP3s and every single record company goes totally fucking bust.
"Thirty-three-year (1) old Scottsman (2) Matthew Anderson was sentenced this week (3) to 18 months in prison for orchestrating a malicious Trojan (4) campaign in 2006. The reason for his relatively light sentence? He apparently wasn't seeking to maximize profit like any normal, red-blooded hacker. Also, his timing was good (5). His arrest in June 2006 predated (6) by a matter of months the Police and Justice Act, which would likely have resulted in a harsher sentence. By comparison, David Kernell, who snooped in Sarah Palin's email, got a year in prison."
Let's play match the errors to the numbers, kids!
* Imaginary country
* Split infinitive
* Partial sentence
* Missing hyphen, implications of being a predator
* Oh, look! That hyphen reappeared
And my personal favourite:
* Hilarious capitalisation making it sound as though protagonist is leading an actual historical faction
If the dispatcher needs more info, they can always text back.
"bein hld hstg @ UVA 2 guy w smg"
"lol"
This exists. Greater Manchester Police released an app which gives security updates and stuff. I haven't used it. It's not been without it's critics.
But worrying about texts to 911 ignores the real issue, which is easily available guns and ammo.
It's a good job that the sedentary lifestyle correlating with prolonged computer usage isn't a major risk factor in heart disease then
(Yeah I know, facts = karma hell)
it could all be used to predict your longevity
I hope they don't data-mine my email then!
So... if I understand correctly, what's actually happening here is that a Utah company claims that NASA cannot meet the legal requirements by using the competition's designs, and the various Utah congressmen are joining in the chorus to support that Utah company.
Company discredits competitors, congressmen support their state's industry. Surprising? Hardly.
The law itself is very fishy. Quoting TFA:
The law states that NASA “shall, to the extent practicable, extend or modify existing vehicle development and associated contracts including contracts for ground testing of solid rocket motors, if necessary, to ensure their availability for development of the Space Launch System.”
To me, the intent there is "don't change it unless reasonable on safety or other grounds". But why the enforcement of staying with current contracts? It stinks of the lobbying parent describes. More from TFA:
Phrases like “to the extent practicable”, “if necessary”, and “as appropriate” give NASA leeway to go in different directions if they determine something as specific as outlined in the legislation’s report language is not practicable, necessary, and/or appropriate.
Or dangerous, as the summary suggests.
I could say what I always say about Privoxy. But it never sinks in, so instead here's an amusing link
Just reading up on Wikileaks, I found this stating that their main host is PRQ, a Swedish ISP infamous for hosting The Pirate Bay. So they must be the good guys :-)
I don't like the idea of wirelessly controlled nerves.
Remote code injection - scary.
Merely a marketing issue - "Make your enemies dance like Michael Flatley!"
Kind of reminds me of the time that the Windows source code was leaked whoops I mean made open source