That almost perfect describes the whole concept behind Circuit City's failed DivX program,... When will the recording industry actually learn something from history instead of repeating it?
(e.g., you can't sit on your front porch with your boombox nor roll your car windows down while playing a CD*
I think it's highly unlikely that somebody is going to charge you with copyright infringement for playing a CD or listening to the radio with your windows down, but many communities (particularly in the suburbs) have noise ordinances, so if you're playing too loud, a police officer may write you a citation for noise. If a police officer tried to write me a citation for copyright infringement for something like that, I'd probably be hauled off to jail for laughing my ass off too hard at the cop!
Why don't Apple just start building cars? They'd be all white and only use special Apple tyres and iGas...
Because then Microsoft would get into the car business to compete! The good news is that, we'd all be driving $100 cars that got 200 miles per gallon. The bad news is that there would be a much higher increase in crashes,... (though the iCars by Apple wouldn't crash as much as the MS Cars;-)
Actually, the article is neither credited to the Washington Post nor USA Today. At the very beginning of the article, it says it came from Reuters, which is a news feed service that many newspapers get their stories from.
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I would agree that Wikipedia is poor at reporting stories that are both recent AND controversial - but to be fair, I don't think those are the kinds of things you should be looking up in an encyclopedia anyway. Look back at this same article in six months and I guarantee it'll be correct and unbiassed. It just takes time for the community to settle on the right wording.
The Hurricane Katrina articles are a reasonably good example of this. Back in September of last year, when all this was happening, the article saw several edits every minute and lots of people would insert all sorts of stuff in there. Most of this was actually legitimate, but poorly organized since things were happening and being posted on the fly. Of course, there was the usual assortment of conspiracy theorists adding stuff as well, but most of this is gone now. The article (actually articles, since there are quite a few dealing with many aspects of the hurricane) have stabilized, references have been checked and properly formatted, and bad references (such as personal blog entries and editorial stuff) have been largely deleted. By late June, the main article was promoted to being a featured article.
Of course, there's still work to be done, and it's not perfect. The criticism of the government response and political effects articles are still pretty atrocious, with all sorts of bias; the former article of which still has an NPOV tag. Of course, this is the whole point... most of the info on scientific facts and timelines and stuff is generally valid and not disputed; it's the articles dealing with political commentary and personal views that are the problem.
The Wal-Mart article is another one that seems to have too much personal and political bias inserted into it. Though the Google article is relatively clean and has been pretty tame for several months now.
I guess too many people figured out AOL wasn't 'The Internet'?
Now I see what Dubya was talking about when he referred to, "The Internets," back in the 2004 campaign! There's the "normal internet" and the "AOL internet"... two "Internets.";-)
with the name of, "Muhammed Ali," you might have a problem here,... Never mind the fact that you've got a major building in the U.S. dedicated to the cause of peace,...
I can see how they might be interested in the bookmarks and browser history information. This could help augment the PageRank algorithm to possibly cut down on all the scammers trying to increase their PageRank by google-bombing. If they can collect data on what sites people actually visit, based on their own browsers, this would be very useful. Of course, the NSA might want this information, too,...;-)
On the bright side, this would cut down on all the SMS spam that's sent that we all have to pay for receiving. On the minus side, it could put a major dent in the usage of SMS. Though, in Europe, I think it's used quite a bit -- for some reason, it's been a bit slower to catch on in the US.
Important context missing from summary: students have to submit to this as a pledge, and it's compulsory for all students wishing to participate in extra curricular activities.
A pledge?!?! What, like those silly "virginity pledges" some kids are signing?! Ha! Ha! Ha! Great one!:-)
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O RLY? Certainly, it's not the ONLY public relations disaster for the company! Isn't AOL synonymous with PR disasters nowadays? ;-)
Put everyone with a cell phone on the secret watch list, too. That should put just about,... everyone,... on the list. ;-)
About the only thing Microsoft has going for them is their proper use of grammar,...
They should've called it the, "X-Pod."
maybe slashdot should hire him to design slashdot logos,... ;-)
That almost perfect describes the whole concept behind Circuit City's failed DivX program,... When will the recording industry actually learn something from history instead of repeating it?
I think it's highly unlikely that somebody is going to charge you with copyright infringement for playing a CD or listening to the radio with your windows down, but many communities (particularly in the suburbs) have noise ordinances, so if you're playing too loud, a police officer may write you a citation for noise. If a police officer tried to write me a citation for copyright infringement for something like that, I'd probably be hauled off to jail for laughing my ass off too hard at the cop!
Because then Microsoft would get into the car business to compete! The good news is that, we'd all be driving $100 cars that got 200 miles per gallon. The bad news is that there would be a much higher increase in crashes,... (though the iCars by Apple wouldn't crash as much as the MS Cars ;-)
The Hurricane Katrina articles are a reasonably good example of this. Back in September of last year, when all this was happening, the article saw several edits every minute and lots of people would insert all sorts of stuff in there. Most of this was actually legitimate, but poorly organized since things were happening and being posted on the fly. Of course, there was the usual assortment of conspiracy theorists adding stuff as well, but most of this is gone now. The article (actually articles, since there are quite a few dealing with many aspects of the hurricane) have stabilized, references have been checked and properly formatted, and bad references (such as personal blog entries and editorial stuff) have been largely deleted. By late June, the main article was promoted to being a featured article.
Of course, there's still work to be done, and it's not perfect. The criticism of the government response and political effects articles are still pretty atrocious, with all sorts of bias; the former article of which still has an NPOV tag. Of course, this is the whole point ... most of the info on scientific facts and timelines and stuff is generally valid and not disputed; it's the articles dealing with political commentary and personal views that are the problem.
The Wal-Mart article is another one that seems to have too much personal and political bias inserted into it. Though the Google article is relatively clean and has been pretty tame for several months now.
Ric Romero wanted for breaking news story on 'long filenames'! :-)
Now I see what Dubya was talking about when he referred to, "The Internets," back in the 2004 campaign! There's the "normal internet" and the "AOL internet" ... two "Internets." ;-)
. . . only newbies would use AOL. Oh, wait! ;-)
Ric Romero? Is that you?
with the name of, "Muhammed Ali," you might have a problem here,... Never mind the fact that you've got a major building in the U.S. dedicated to the cause of peace,...
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Of course, the kid's still a virgin,... ;-)
At least he wasn't pouring crap beer, though,... :-)
On the bright side, this would cut down on all the SMS spam that's sent that we all have to pay for receiving. On the minus side, it could put a major dent in the usage of SMS. Though, in Europe, I think it's used quite a bit -- for some reason, it's been a bit slower to catch on in the US.
Originality be damned! I still got first post ! :P
A pledge?!?! What, like those silly "virginity pledges" some kids are signing?! Ha! Ha! Ha! Great one! :-)