doesn't take much land space, grows tall, 4 harvests per year, can grow indoors anywhere... plenty of biomass there for fuel. might as well use it for paper then too, get some trees back on the planet and try to actually clean some air.
soon though i think. you're already starting to see the signs of an end of a prohibition. citizens not respecting the laws, police not enforcing the laws and the judicuary system not enforcing the laws.
one of the good things about linux is that there's many five (give or take) spots that the marjority of the casual home based linux guy is going to choose. that said, there's these other 350+ distros competing for a peice of that action. competition = good... cathedral... bazaar... we've done this argument before.
just because the top guy changes every once in a while, doesn't mean anything in respect to the quality of the guy sitting on top, they've still got to beat out the other plethora of distros.
ps: the reply button is in the floaty box to the left now.
yeah... it'd be interesting to see if/how it reroutes to VoIP from cellular towers without dropping the call... or how it deals with low bandwidth, or low signal quality wireless. weather that will flip it back onto the cell towers or not... and how those charges show up on your phone bill... they must be doing per second billing then as well (if it keeps flipping back and forth, say... when your stuck in gridlock on a road with houses nearby, snatching thier internets).
hey... speaking of further complications... what about that guy who was sued there a while back for using that coffee shops' unprotected wireless? wouldn't... this be against the law in some states?
I predict the lawyers will be the only winners here.
Also, FTA:
"In April, Microsoft urged the federal competition authorities to thoroughly investigate Google's acquisition of online advertising brokerage DoubleClick, after being beaten by Google in closing a deal for the company. The Federal Trade Commission has since confirmed it is investigating the matter."
Wouldn't that case be dropped now that Microsoft bought that other ad company for an obsene amount of money?
full article without the annoying request for info popup thing:
10 arrested in piracy raid at swap meets CDs and DVDs - Police seize more than 50,000 items worth about $758,000 Sunday, June 10, 2007 HOLLY DANKS The Oregonian
HILLSBORO -- Police closed down two popular swap meets Saturday and arrested 10 people on accusations of selling counterfeit CDs and DVDs in what one recording industry official called Oregon's biggest piracy raid.
Sgt. Paul Wandell, Beaverton police spokesman, said officers seized more than 50,000 items worth about $758,000. Most of the items were fake music CDs and movie DVDs, along with knockoff designer purses, sunglasses and clothing, and counterfeit brand-name toys, Wandell said.
Marcus Cohen, anti-piracy counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America, called the number of items seized at the M&M Swap Meet and Millennium Flea Market "overwhelming."
Besides being "the largest piracy raid in Oregon to date," Cohen said, Saturday's crackdown also was one of the largest operations in the country.
Wandell said Beaverton police got a tip about counterfeit items being sold at a Beaverton market in December, and the investigation led them to the Hillsboro flea markets.
Cohen was amazed by the quality of some of the bogus CDs and packaging, saying a good percentage of the Hillsboro discs were being counterfeited by a million-dollar replication machine like the music industry uses.
About 20 recording and movie industry investigators came from California to help police identify counterfeit items.
"We were surprised about the size and sophistication," Cohen said, standing in a steady drizzle Saturday afternoon at the chain-link fence that surrounds M&M. "It's something we are going to be paying very close attention to, finding who has a replication machine that shouldn't."
The names of those arrested and the charges were not immediately available. The owners of the swap meets were not arrested, but Lt. Michael Rouches, Hillsboro police spokesman, said he would ask city officials to look into revoking the owners' business license if they knew what was going on.
The flea markets are held every weekend.
Hayde Miranda, one of the M&M owners, said she didn't know any of the vendors were selling anything illegally. "It's unfortunate that some of our vendors, who are independent business owners, were selling things that were fake. We rent to them, but we have nothing to do with what they sell."
Miranda said M&M would be open today.
When dozens of police officers arrived about 12:30 p.m. Saturday to serve a search warrant at M&M, there were about 200 customers wandering booths that sell food, clothing, jewelry, trinkets, car parts, music and movies. While police blocked the entrance, a steady stream of drivers and pedestrians approached the gate at 346 S.W. Walnut St., hoping to get in and wondering what was happening.
"There were some vendors who ran and left their money behind, and some grabbed their money and booked," Wandell said. "But there were no problems, and it was very orderly."
Customers and vendors leaving throughout the afternoon as police packed up seized merchandise said they were not bothered by the raid. "The police were just doing their jobs," said a car parts vendor who didn't want to give his name. The vendors who were arrested "knew what they were doing was illegal," he said.
Wandell said customers who purchased counterfeit items would not be targeted because it would be hard to prove they knew the merchandise was fake. The CDs seized Saturday were selling for about $4.50 each and the DVDs for between $4 and $12, he said.
Fake CDs and DVDs usually have poorly printed labels, loose shrink-wrap or a different kind of covering, Wandell said. Some of the movies seized Saturday included "Shrek the Third" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," which are still in theaters and haven't been released on DVD yet.
"Rogers does not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law. Rogers retains personal information only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes."
All of them (in the world) have the potential to spy on you. But in the US, thanks to government privacy lobbyists, we get the privilidge of full disclosure and an open forum to debate what privacy we'd like to see from a government.
Well, here in Alberta there's a $25 recycling fee on new computers (I believe it's when you buy a processor and mobo in the same purchase, I may be wrong though).
So... that may be a good number to estimate your increase costs off of.
um... I don't know where you've been registering, but the ones I usually see are something like
JCMS5IK
I don't really mind them, except when they use I's, 5's, s's, 1's or l's, I've also seen a few that are case sensative and use m's or something like that.
Some are getting better by not using those characters, while others are getting worse and for everytime you get it wrong they give you a new one... sometimes you just have to keep hitting refresh till they give you a decent one.
OTOH, some now also use a short audio clip pronouncing the letters... (I believe facebook is doing that, I may be wrong though)
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http://xkcd.com/137/
professional enough for you asshole?
doesn't take much land space, grows tall, 4 harvests per year, can grow indoors anywhere... plenty of biomass there for fuel. might as well use it for paper then too, get some trees back on the planet and try to actually clean some air.
soon though i think. you're already starting to see the signs of an end of a prohibition. citizens not respecting the laws, police not enforcing the laws and the judicuary system not enforcing the laws.
You know what else is a bad idea?
Entering in your PIN number into an ATM machine and getting a NSF funds error message.
used to only be the two options there... they've added that "update" button/feature fairly recently IFAIK.
one of the good things about linux is that there's many five (give or take) spots that the marjority of the casual home based linux guy is going to choose. that said, there's these other 350+ distros competing for a peice of that action. competition = good... cathedral... bazaar... we've done this argument before.
just because the top guy changes every once in a while, doesn't mean anything in respect to the quality of the guy sitting on top, they've still got to beat out the other plethora of distros.
ps: the reply button is in the floaty box to the left now.
Weird, I get an error message:
"Iceweasel doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (firefoxurl) isn't associated with any program."
and when I try to open this "ie" program:
"~ $ ie
bash: ie: command not found"
maybe there's something wrong with your operating system?
see topic...
A quick Google search revealed that yes, it has gone to court and won.
Yes, you can.
"GPLv2, or later"
yeah... it'd be interesting to see if/how it reroutes to VoIP from cellular towers without dropping the call... or how it deals with low bandwidth, or low signal quality wireless. weather that will flip it back onto the cell towers or not... and how those charges show up on your phone bill... they must be doing per second billing then as well (if it keeps flipping back and forth, say... when your stuck in gridlock on a road with houses nearby, snatching thier internets).
hey... speaking of further complications... what about that guy who was sued there a while back for using that coffee shops' unprotected wireless? wouldn't... this be against the law in some states?
seems like a market skype should get into... or are they already?
specifically, this link. You may need an account to view it, I don't know.
there's plenty of positions for open source developers there...
It's like the Sean Connery / Alex Trebek skits from SNL.... only, instead of being funny, you're a douche.
OMFG A GOATSE LINK LOL GO BUY MICROSOFT PRODUCTS!!!
I don't get it.
does it matter when we live in a world where a concept is a patentable process?
I believe it was the yellowpages who first came out with this groundbreaking technology.
I predict the lawyers will be the only winners here.
Also, FTA:
"In April, Microsoft urged the federal competition authorities to thoroughly investigate Google's acquisition of online advertising brokerage DoubleClick, after being beaten by Google in closing a deal for the company. The Federal Trade Commission has since confirmed it is investigating the matter."
Wouldn't that case be dropped now that Microsoft bought that other ad company for an obsene amount of money?
"even if it means diverting law enforcement resources from health and safety issues to movie theatres"
I'd rather not do that... to me, health and safety is worth more than money.
full article without the annoying request for info popup thing:
10 arrested in piracy raid at swap meets
CDs and DVDs - Police seize more than 50,000 items worth about $758,000
Sunday, June 10, 2007
HOLLY DANKS
The Oregonian
HILLSBORO -- Police closed down two popular swap meets Saturday and arrested 10 people on accusations of selling counterfeit CDs and DVDs in what one recording industry official called Oregon's biggest piracy raid.
Sgt. Paul Wandell, Beaverton police spokesman, said officers seized more than 50,000 items worth about $758,000. Most of the items were fake music CDs and movie DVDs, along with knockoff designer purses, sunglasses and clothing, and counterfeit brand-name toys, Wandell said.
Marcus Cohen, anti-piracy counsel for the Recording Industry Association of America, called the number of items seized at the M&M Swap Meet and Millennium Flea Market "overwhelming."
Besides being "the largest piracy raid in Oregon to date," Cohen said, Saturday's crackdown also was one of the largest operations in the country.
Wandell said Beaverton police got a tip about counterfeit items being sold at a Beaverton market in December, and the investigation led them to the Hillsboro flea markets.
Cohen was amazed by the quality of some of the bogus CDs and packaging, saying a good percentage of the Hillsboro discs were being counterfeited by a million-dollar replication machine like the music industry uses.
About 20 recording and movie industry investigators came from California to help police identify counterfeit items.
"We were surprised about the size and sophistication," Cohen said, standing in a steady drizzle Saturday afternoon at the chain-link fence that surrounds M&M. "It's something we are going to be paying very close attention to, finding who has a replication machine that shouldn't."
The names of those arrested and the charges were not immediately available. The owners of the swap meets were not arrested, but Lt. Michael Rouches, Hillsboro police spokesman, said he would ask city officials to look into revoking the owners' business license if they knew what was going on.
The flea markets are held every weekend.
Hayde Miranda, one of the M&M owners, said she didn't know any of the vendors were selling anything illegally. "It's unfortunate that some of our vendors, who are independent business owners, were selling things that were fake. We rent to them, but we have nothing to do with what they sell."
Miranda said M&M would be open today.
When dozens of police officers arrived about 12:30 p.m. Saturday to serve a search warrant at M&M, there were about 200 customers wandering booths that sell food, clothing, jewelry, trinkets, car parts, music and movies. While police blocked the entrance, a steady stream of drivers and pedestrians approached the gate at 346 S.W. Walnut St., hoping to get in and wondering what was happening.
"There were some vendors who ran and left their money behind, and some grabbed their money and booked," Wandell said. "But there were no problems, and it was very orderly."
Customers and vendors leaving throughout the afternoon as police packed up seized merchandise said they were not bothered by the raid. "The police were just doing their jobs," said a car parts vendor who didn't want to give his name. The vendors who were arrested "knew what they were doing was illegal," he said.
Wandell said customers who purchased counterfeit items would not be targeted because it would be hard to prove they knew the merchandise was fake. The CDs seized Saturday were selling for about $4.50 each and the DVDs for between $4 and $12, he said.
Fake CDs and DVDs usually have poorly printed labels, loose shrink-wrap or a different kind of covering, Wandell said. Some of the movies seized Saturday included "Shrek the Third" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," which are still in theaters and haven't been released on DVD yet.
Cohen sai
"Rogers does not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law. Rogers retains personal information only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes."
http://www.shoprogers.com/privacy1.asp
All of them (in the world) have the potential to spy on you. But in the US, thanks to government privacy lobbyists, we get the privilidge of full disclosure and an open forum to debate what privacy we'd like to see from a government.
Well, here in Alberta there's a $25 recycling fee on new computers (I believe it's when you buy a processor and mobo in the same purchase, I may be wrong though).
So... that may be a good number to estimate your increase costs off of.
nah, it's just early and I haven't finished my morning pot of coffee yet... can't read right now...
um... I don't know where you've been registering, but the ones I usually see are something like
JCMS5IK
I don't really mind them, except when they use I's, 5's, s's, 1's or l's, I've also seen a few that are case sensative and use m's or something like that.
Some are getting better by not using those characters, while others are getting worse and for everytime you get it wrong they give you a new one... sometimes you just have to keep hitting refresh till they give you a decent one.
OTOH, some now also use a short audio clip pronouncing the letters... (I believe facebook is doing that, I may be wrong though)
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