"It is extremely frustrating for him that there are people out of his reach who are pointing at him and laughing," Osvath said. "It cannot be good to be so furious all the time."
Why is it that I know exactly how he feels?
Exactly. If it were me, I'd be caching weapons to use against the zoo keepers, in hopes of making my escape the next time they opened the door! Or have I been watching too many old Star Trek episodes?
The fact that chimpanzees are so close to us is a strong argument for us to defend them.
No the fact that chimps are so close to us is a strong argument to wipe the little bastards out quick before they figure out a way to take us out! Every day we find out Chimpanzees are more and more like us... I don't know about you, but that scares the hell out of me!
There are times when a legal name change is entirely appropriate. This is one of them! What happens when her boyfriends are asked "Have you ever done Marijuana?"
I, for one, probably wouldn't be to happy with getting that "tingly-genitals" feeling while I'm kissing my grandmother... I think you need a much more sophisticated analysis of the object of attention here! One that can distinguish "Sheryl Crow = Good" and "Keith Richards = Not so good!"
There is no money to be made in taking on bullies! What kind of a lawyer are you anyway, choosing principle over remuneration? They don't teach that in any law school I know of!
Slashdot now:
"The RIAA should be going after anybody who profits from the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material. In addition, the RIAA should be issuing take down notices or cease and desist orders to those it believes to be distributing copyrighted materials for free (which is the same thing your local library does!) In no case should the RIAA ignore established conventions of due process or rules of evidence (I.e. an easily falsified screen shot in and of itself is not evidence of infringement.)"
We also object to the Record Companies' use of hired guns; it would be much more appropriate for them to say "Sony Music is suing you!" rather than "The RIAA, a front for the Record Companies designed to evade accountability, is suing you!"
I probably missed some, but I think that is the gist of it.
The request comes from Richard Taylor, who argues that young people 'feel that the law has no control over them. They just feel that they can go on the streets and do whatever they like.'
"The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their teachers. I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint."~attributed to Hesiod (8th century B.C.)
So, what's new? In Hesiod's case, I don't think it was video games that were causing this behavior! Young people act rebellious -- get over it!
The knife point is used to cut the eyes out of a potato or the stem off of tomatoes or other fruits. And cutting watermelons that have a larger diameter than the knife blade. Pen knives with points are also extremely useful for whittling. And punching new holes in your belt. And prying cases open. Why would people have bought pointed knives for hundreds of years if they didn't actually have some utility?
While we're at it, why don't we ban penises? After all, it's the weapon of choice for rapists everywhere!
Unless, of course, somebody simply bribed an Apple employee to provide them with the "secret key". What I'm wondering is, once you have the key and the algorithm used to generate the hash, how do you determine which hashes have been activated and which have already been used? Try each one out on the website, then abort the transaction?
Not as much of a jerk as all the people buying these bootleg iTMS gift certificates... the card had an incorrect address on it which was undeliverable to... so I should have just thrown it away?
Just make copyrights non-transferable and non-inheritable, i.e. you could never sell your rights to another person or corporation, so they would automatically expire upon the original creator's death. You could still license the use of your copyright to others to earn a profit by it (i.e. lease, not sell). Yes, there are a couple problems with this: 1) It creates an incentive to kill people to get free access to their work. However, since everybody simultaneously gets free access to the work, there is very little profit to be made in doing this. 2) It obsoletes the concept of a "work for hire". The other implication is that since corporations themselves are incapable of creating anything, a corporation should never be allowed to hold the copyright on anything.
Oh, and your son should go out and write his own damn book!
They HAVE to keep a database for the cards anyway, to keep track of every code that has already been used (can't have you using the same gift card twice now, can they?) How much harder could it be to keep track of every code that has actually been sold? But even then, there is a window of opportunity: if someone can guess your code between the time it is activated and the time you use it, then they've got your gift certificate and you don't. (This really IS stealing.) My advice to anyone who gets a gift certificate would be to use it as soon as possible. Personally, I feel gift certificates are stupid anyway -- why give somebody the equivalent of cash that can only be used at one store and which becomes worthless if that store declares bankruptcy, when you could just as easily give them cash, or a money order, or a check, or any number of other instruments that could be redeemed anywhere. I once received a gift certificate in a Christmas card that was delivered accidentally to my address, and I was able to go ahead and use it. Couldn't have done that with a check or money order, could I?
When is the MIT Media Lab going to start working on something that is actually USEFUL to the common person? Say something in the field of teledildonics, for example.
Imagine all the great opportunities for gaslighting people you don't like you could create by hacking into this device while somebody else is wearing it!
You can already do this in a limited fashion with Google Maps on the Google phone. Using the built-in compass and tilt sensors, it can display a Street View image that changes as you pan the phone to correspond with the direction the display is pointed. Which opens up the possibility for someone to write an app for the Google phone that takes the camera image in real time and displays it on the LCD with superimposed 3D virtual modifications that everybody running the app could then see at the same location. Just imagine the multiplayer games you could play with that! (Ignoring, of course, the safety implications of a bunch of people navigating busy streets by looking through their cell phones.) As far as I know, this should be doable on the iPhone as well (and possibly other devices).
Or simply apply the law equally to ALL internet connections. Companies like Intel have thousands of employees on a single pipe. I'm willing to bet you could find 3 instances of infringement in a single day on most OC3 connections... I say we start shutting them down!
If you are convicted three times, that would be one thing. But punishing someone for being accused three times, likely by the same entity each time, violates long-established principles of due process.
You lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Microsoft has a long history of screwing over their partners. Usually it comes in the form of releasing a product to directly compete with any product a third party demonstrates as profitable. Can't the MCPs simply refuse to pay the fees and let Microsoft revoke the licenses?
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"It is extremely frustrating for him that there are people out of his reach who are pointing at him and laughing," Osvath said. "It cannot be good to be so furious all the time."
Why is it that I know exactly how he feels?
Exactly. If it were me, I'd be caching weapons to use against the zoo keepers, in hopes of making my escape the next time they opened the door! Or have I been watching too many old Star Trek episodes?
The fact that chimpanzees are so close to us is a strong argument for us to defend them.
No the fact that chimps are so close to us is a strong argument to wipe the little bastards out quick before they figure out a way to take us out! Every day we find out Chimpanzees are more and more like us... I don't know about you, but that scares the hell out of me!
Maybe I'll just stick with chairs.
Ballmer?!? Is that you?
Hey, Rush is a Republican, therefore all Republicans must be loud-mouthed, ignorant bigots... yep, it works for me!
There are times when a legal name change is entirely appropriate. This is one of them! What happens when her boyfriends are asked "Have you ever done Marijuana?"
I, for one, probably wouldn't be to happy with getting that "tingly-genitals" feeling while I'm kissing my grandmother... I think you need a much more sophisticated analysis of the object of attention here! One that can distinguish "Sheryl Crow = Good" and "Keith Richards = Not so good!"
There is no money to be made in taking on bullies! What kind of a lawyer are you anyway, choosing principle over remuneration? They don't teach that in any law school I know of!
We also object to the Record Companies' use of hired guns; it would be much more appropriate for them to say "Sony Music is suing you!" rather than "The RIAA, a front for the Record Companies designed to evade accountability, is suing you!"
I probably missed some, but I think that is the gist of it.
We spent hundreds of hours in front of the Astroids simulator, practicing breaking rocks up into smaller rocks!
"The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their teachers. I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint."~attributed to Hesiod (8th century B.C.)
So, what's new? In Hesiod's case, I don't think it was video games that were causing this behavior! Young people act rebellious -- get over it!
While we're at it, why don't we ban penises? After all, it's the weapon of choice for rapists everywhere!
Unless, of course, somebody simply bribed an Apple employee to provide them with the "secret key". What I'm wondering is, once you have the key and the algorithm used to generate the hash, how do you determine which hashes have been activated and which have already been used? Try each one out on the website, then abort the transaction?
Yeah, but your sister gets the last laugh... the damn panties and bra don't even fit me!
Not as much of a jerk as all the people buying these bootleg iTMS gift certificates... the card had an incorrect address on it which was undeliverable to... so I should have just thrown it away?
I said I was _able_ to go ahead and use it; I didn't say I _did_ go ahead and use it.
Just make copyrights non-transferable and non-inheritable, i.e. you could never sell your rights to another person or corporation, so they would automatically expire upon the original creator's death. You could still license the use of your copyright to others to earn a profit by it (i.e. lease, not sell). Yes, there are a couple problems with this: 1) It creates an incentive to kill people to get free access to their work. However, since everybody simultaneously gets free access to the work, there is very little profit to be made in doing this. 2) It obsoletes the concept of a "work for hire". The other implication is that since corporations themselves are incapable of creating anything, a corporation should never be allowed to hold the copyright on anything. Oh, and your son should go out and write his own damn book!
They HAVE to keep a database for the cards anyway, to keep track of every code that has already been used (can't have you using the same gift card twice now, can they?) How much harder could it be to keep track of every code that has actually been sold? But even then, there is a window of opportunity: if someone can guess your code between the time it is activated and the time you use it, then they've got your gift certificate and you don't. (This really IS stealing.) My advice to anyone who gets a gift certificate would be to use it as soon as possible. Personally, I feel gift certificates are stupid anyway -- why give somebody the equivalent of cash that can only be used at one store and which becomes worthless if that store declares bankruptcy, when you could just as easily give them cash, or a money order, or a check, or any number of other instruments that could be redeemed anywhere. I once received a gift certificate in a Christmas card that was delivered accidentally to my address, and I was able to go ahead and use it. Couldn't have done that with a check or money order, could I?
When is the MIT Media Lab going to start working on something that is actually USEFUL to the common person? Say something in the field of teledildonics, for example.
Imagine all the great opportunities for gaslighting people you don't like you could create by hacking into this device while somebody else is wearing it!
You can already do this in a limited fashion with Google Maps on the Google phone. Using the built-in compass and tilt sensors, it can display a Street View image that changes as you pan the phone to correspond with the direction the display is pointed. Which opens up the possibility for someone to write an app for the Google phone that takes the camera image in real time and displays it on the LCD with superimposed 3D virtual modifications that everybody running the app could then see at the same location. Just imagine the multiplayer games you could play with that! (Ignoring, of course, the safety implications of a bunch of people navigating busy streets by looking through their cell phones.) As far as I know, this should be doable on the iPhone as well (and possibly other devices).
Now you really CAN see dead people!
Or simply apply the law equally to ALL internet connections. Companies like Intel have thousands of employees on a single pipe. I'm willing to bet you could find 3 instances of infringement in a single day on most OC3 connections... I say we start shutting them down!
If you are convicted three times, that would be one thing. But punishing someone for being accused three times, likely by the same entity each time, violates long-established principles of due process.
You lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas. Microsoft has a long history of screwing over their partners. Usually it comes in the form of releasing a product to directly compete with any product a third party demonstrates as profitable. Can't the MCPs simply refuse to pay the fees and let Microsoft revoke the licenses?