If you "found" that painting in a storefront with a big sign that said "Hey, grab these, they're free!" then that would make sense.
You didn't just stumble onto software, you went looking for it, and someone gave it to you (assuming the usual methods of piracy, such as p2p, BitTorrent, UseNet, IRC, etc.).
Maybe, but newbies are also the ones who aren't particularly comfortable with asking questions, often can't completely explain the issues they're having (It don't do nothin'), and might have screwed something up which would prevent them from accessing the Internet.
A book, which can be propped open next to the keyboard and monitor, can be followed like a cookbook, minimizing the headaches of searching forums (and then trying to find those forums again after Windows asks you to reboot for whatever reason).
This sounds trivial to everyone here at/., but it's not for us.
It could make the procedure a lot more accessible.
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Right now, an endoscope requires a general anesthesia, which requires the patient to be monitored for adverse reactions, as well as accompaniment since the patient won't be able/allowed to drive home afterward.
My mom just had one done a few days ago, and she lives alone. The clinic performing it usually has a shuttle to pick up and drop off patients, but it wasn't available that day. She offered to take a cab, but they wouldn't allow it, stating that whoever is picking her up and dropping her off would have to stay there. Luckily, a neighbor was willing to help. (I live a few states away, for those wondering why I wasn't helping her.)
If he wasn't able to help her, she'd have had to reschedule, which would have meant rearranging her work schedule and possibly losing pay if she can't arrange the time off on short notice. If she could have driven herself there and back, she could have scheduled it around work, instead of the other way around.
I wonder how many people aren't able to have procedures like this done because they don't have the time/resources.
Would flying at that velocity be at all safe or comfortable? I mean, getting halfway around the world in an hour would be a great convenience, but not if you break your neck in the process.
From what I've seen, there isn't age verification software for either of the others. I've never purchased alcohol online, but I do know that a lot of places will not ship directly to your door, but instead ship to a local liquor store for pickup. Age verification is performed there.
As for adult material, I always thought that porn and whatnot just used the credit card for age verification. Do they do something else now?
I've never heard of "age verification software," but does it come as any surprise when Jack Thompson starts pulling stuff out of his ass?
I'd bet the release of SP1 ends up being good for everyone. People that already have Vista will have (at least some of) their performance issues sorted out. Then, since Vista won't be as broken as it has been, more copies should sell, leading to better development for it.
As much as people say they'll never move off of XP, people said that about 98. It's not that nobody upgrades to the new versions of Windows anymore; they're just (rightfully) a bit more cautious about it now.
You're right, but this isn't about "any forward-looking organization," it's about Wal-Mart, a company that has decided that prosecuting shoplifters isn't worth their time unless they're stealing a lot.
They'd probably harbor a sleeper cell in the loading dock as long as their supply chain of cheap Chinese crap doesn't slow down.
You think Wal-Mart really misses $10k? It's easily worth that much to prevent damage to one of their stores, and I'll bet the customers in the store at the time weren't even aware that a bomb threat had been issued.
Evacuating = loss of sales. Explosion = loss of sales. Wiring $10k while some heifer on a Rascal scooter buys at least that much worth of food = revenue. Also, they probably get reimbursed the $10k through insurance or use it as a tax writeoff or something.
At least things work as they should somewhere. It finally dawned on them that "Hey, people don't always steal music, and when it's cheaper, they buy more."
It's quite sad that this has to be such a stunning revelation, actually.
For every parent that picks this up so they can just plop their kids in front of the computer and ignore them all day, there's going to be one that actually uses it the right way: as a means to enforce rules that have already been set down in the house.
If mom and dad say "no porn," a kid is going to try to look for some anyway. If he's blocked, he'll probably think "damn" and find something else to do, instead. If he's motivated enough to circumvent the block, then perhaps another talk with the parents is in order.
Also, the filter could be useful for a lot of those instances where "accidental" porn come up, like every other Google image search.
Having to provide a defense for yourself != Having to prove your innocence.
If you are suspected of a crime, sometimes that results in a trial. During that trial, evidence is revealed, and sometimes that evidence exonerates a defendant.
"Innocent until proven guilty" does not mean you are immune to all legal effects until you are convicted, it simply means that the trier of fact in a trial is not allowed to presume guilt, and has to establish the defendant's guilt based solely on the evidence presented.
No, a DA that prosecutes a case that isn't solid either loses the case or has the case dismissed.
Your car is seen running a red light. That's enough evidence to indict you, just as if your shoes were found at the scene of a theft. It doesn't prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but it's enough to warrant further investigation.
Then, at trial, the trier of fact (a jury in a criminal case, a judge in most civil and traffic cases) determines whether or not the defendant is guilty.
Your car on camera -> "trial" (traffic ticket trials are often done via mail, with the defendant simply writing out a statement with their Not Guilty plea) -> You presenting your defense (You weren't driving) -> Acquittal.
Red-light cameras are perfectly justified, as long as they allow for the contesting of the tickets, which they seem to do.
It's clear that the people don't want to pay for anything anymore. It's clear that there is a sense of entitlement to be able to just grab copies of everything simply because it's possible. It's clear that for every person who only downloads things to watch/listen before buying, there's one person who fires up some sort of downloading app (be it a BitTorrent client, a P2P app, or a Usenet client) and hits "download all" just because they can.
That's what's clear, and the law dictates the opposite, because somewhere along the way, we, as a society, decided that people who create things get compensated.
Now, the argument against DRM is sound. There is one glaring problem with it, though, and that's the people making the argument. When your biggest proponent is a horde of 13 year olds spamming a website with piles of shit because they think it's political, your whole argument suffers. We need the EFF to actually take some initiative and put out a media campaign or something, because right now, the "war" is perceived as record labels, movie studios, and software companies against the world, because people who advocate any sort of middle ground (like some kind of passive DRM that allows tracking of ownership without interfering with fair use) is ignored, because it's not as epic as "Pirates vs. The World."
You're right in that universities should take some due diligence in preventing copyright infringement, and the number of universities offering alternatives is increasing.
However, once a university does something to curb infringement, why should they continue to protect/anonymize students? If they've already gone out of their way to encourage students to not commit infringement, then the students should be on their own if they decide to continue doing it.
2) 1.5 GB a week is a lot. The limit is actually now 2.0 GB a week, and there are plenty of ways to make things not count against you. Use the University-provided e-mail server means your e-mail is in-network and doesn't count. Using the University-provided HTTP proxy keeps your web browsing in-network, and it doesn't count.
3) Do you even know why that bandwidth cap was instated? Back in the days of the original Napster (not the subscription Napster (which is free at Penn State), there was a group of 8 students that were using up the bandwidth for the entire University. Not just the residence halls, but the entire campus. The swipe card readers on the dorms wouldn't work, because the network was saturated with illegal downloading. By limiting each jack to 2 GB a week, you can actually use the network in labs and classrooms when you need it, too.
4) Draconian policies? You mean "Don't download illegal materials?" That's pretty draconian, let me tell ya. You know, your cable line has the same policy on it.
Oh, and since nobody actually downloads copyrighted material, just those linux.isos everyone uses as their defense of BitTorrent, there's an on-campus linux mirror with a few different distros. That bandwidth doesn't count.
According to the terms of service of most ISPs, you ARE liable for your neighbors using your network. Your connection is your responsibility, and if someone uses it without your knowledge, then you have been negligent.
Just got a new contract from Cingular, and I got a Motorola L6 for $50 with a $50 MIR (so, basically free), and it's got no lock on the features (that I've noticed).
It's data port is mini-USB, so I can use any cable that fits the port as a data cable, like that mini-USB cable that comes with just about every digital camera anymore. (Or maybe not anymore, actually, what with cameras using SD cards and the like.)
Anyway, with the Motorola software (which isn't technically free, but there are freeware/shareware versions floating around, or at least some trials), and any mini-USB cable, I can dick around with my phone, and even use it as a cellular modem.
Sure, maybe I'm paying $50 a month for my phone, but if I didn't have the money, I wouldn't have the phone. By looking around and seeing how just about every jackass is loudly going on about their latest drunken escapade or embarassing medical condition, I think most people can afford a cell phone.
The RIAA has the rights to distribution, and they say it's 10 bucks for a CD.
If you obtain the CD, but don't give them the 10 bucks, then they've lost 10 bucks.
It's actually pretty easy to see how it's a lost sale. If you were never going to buy it, why download it? The argument you always hear is "The music sucks blah blah blah." If it sucks so badly (and a lot of it does), then why does everybody desire to possess it so much? It boggles the mind.
This is something that gets to me, so don't think I'm attacking you. It's just an argument that gets made all the time and doesn't make sense.
You say that since you weren't going to buy something, that it's not really a lost sale, since you wouldn't have bought it. However, you're using it, exactly for the purpose it was released for. Whether it's listening to a CD, watching a movie, or installing software, you're getting the use that you're supposed to have paid for without having done so. Therefore, it is, in fact, a lost sale. As a user and a customer, you owe the creator, publisher, etc. whatever value they've set on the product, unless you've negotiated some other deal (perhaps through a rebate, coupon, or sale).
Since everyone using a stolen copy of Windows hasn't paid for it, they all owe Microsoft the going rate for it. Microsoft lost those sales.
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If you "found" that painting in a storefront with a big sign that said "Hey, grab these, they're free!" then that would make sense. You didn't just stumble onto software, you went looking for it, and someone gave it to you (assuming the usual methods of piracy, such as p2p, BitTorrent, UseNet, IRC, etc.).
Maybe, but newbies are also the ones who aren't particularly comfortable with asking questions, often can't completely explain the issues they're having (It don't do nothin'), and might have screwed something up which would prevent them from accessing the Internet.
A book, which can be propped open next to the keyboard and monitor, can be followed like a cookbook, minimizing the headaches of searching forums (and then trying to find those forums again after Windows asks you to reboot for whatever reason).
This sounds trivial to everyone here at /., but it's not for us.
Right now, an endoscope requires a general anesthesia, which requires the patient to be monitored for adverse reactions, as well as accompaniment since the patient won't be able/allowed to drive home afterward.
My mom just had one done a few days ago, and she lives alone. The clinic performing it usually has a shuttle to pick up and drop off patients, but it wasn't available that day. She offered to take a cab, but they wouldn't allow it, stating that whoever is picking her up and dropping her off would have to stay there. Luckily, a neighbor was willing to help. (I live a few states away, for those wondering why I wasn't helping her.)
If he wasn't able to help her, she'd have had to reschedule, which would have meant rearranging her work schedule and possibly losing pay if she can't arrange the time off on short notice. If she could have driven herself there and back, she could have scheduled it around work, instead of the other way around.
I wonder how many people aren't able to have procedures like this done because they don't have the time/resources.
Would flying at that velocity be at all safe or comfortable? I mean, getting halfway around the world in an hour would be a great convenience, but not if you break your neck in the process.
From what I've seen, there isn't age verification software for either of the others. I've never purchased alcohol online, but I do know that a lot of places will not ship directly to your door, but instead ship to a local liquor store for pickup. Age verification is performed there.
As for adult material, I always thought that porn and whatnot just used the credit card for age verification. Do they do something else now?
I've never heard of "age verification software," but does it come as any surprise when Jack Thompson starts pulling stuff out of his ass?
I'd bet the release of SP1 ends up being good for everyone. People that already have Vista will have (at least some of) their performance issues sorted out. Then, since Vista won't be as broken as it has been, more copies should sell, leading to better development for it. As much as people say they'll never move off of XP, people said that about 98. It's not that nobody upgrades to the new versions of Windows anymore; they're just (rightfully) a bit more cautious about it now.
You're right, but this isn't about "any forward-looking organization," it's about Wal-Mart, a company that has decided that prosecuting shoplifters isn't worth their time unless they're stealing a lot.
They'd probably harbor a sleeper cell in the loading dock as long as their supply chain of cheap Chinese crap doesn't slow down.
You think Wal-Mart really misses $10k? It's easily worth that much to prevent damage to one of their stores, and I'll bet the customers in the store at the time weren't even aware that a bomb threat had been issued.
Evacuating = loss of sales. Explosion = loss of sales. Wiring $10k while some heifer on a Rascal scooter buys at least that much worth of food = revenue. Also, they probably get reimbursed the $10k through insurance or use it as a tax writeoff or something.
At least things work as they should somewhere. It finally dawned on them that "Hey, people don't always steal music, and when it's cheaper, they buy more."
It's quite sad that this has to be such a stunning revelation, actually.
Marketing Begins?
I think with a million preorders, the marketing is pretty much done.
For every parent that picks this up so they can just plop their kids in front of the computer and ignore them all day, there's going to be one that actually uses it the right way: as a means to enforce rules that have already been set down in the house. If mom and dad say "no porn," a kid is going to try to look for some anyway. If he's blocked, he'll probably think "damn" and find something else to do, instead. If he's motivated enough to circumvent the block, then perhaps another talk with the parents is in order. Also, the filter could be useful for a lot of those instances where "accidental" porn come up, like every other Google image search.
Shouldn't this put millions more LDs out into the "economy" daily, effectively generating SL inflation on the order of Zimbabwe's?
How can their economy have survived this long to even have a "disaster?!"
Having to provide a defense for yourself != Having to prove your innocence. If you are suspected of a crime, sometimes that results in a trial. During that trial, evidence is revealed, and sometimes that evidence exonerates a defendant. "Innocent until proven guilty" does not mean you are immune to all legal effects until you are convicted, it simply means that the trier of fact in a trial is not allowed to presume guilt, and has to establish the defendant's guilt based solely on the evidence presented.
No, a DA that prosecutes a case that isn't solid either loses the case or has the case dismissed.
Your car is seen running a red light. That's enough evidence to indict you, just as if your shoes were found at the scene of a theft. It doesn't prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but it's enough to warrant further investigation.
Then, at trial, the trier of fact (a jury in a criminal case, a judge in most civil and traffic cases) determines whether or not the defendant is guilty.
Your car on camera -> "trial" (traffic ticket trials are often done via mail, with the defendant simply writing out a statement with their Not Guilty plea) -> You presenting your defense (You weren't driving) -> Acquittal.
Red-light cameras are perfectly justified, as long as they allow for the contesting of the tickets, which they seem to do.
But where can I get some DVDA HD DVDs?
It's clear that the people don't want to pay for anything anymore. It's clear that there is a sense of entitlement to be able to just grab copies of everything simply because it's possible. It's clear that for every person who only downloads things to watch/listen before buying, there's one person who fires up some sort of downloading app (be it a BitTorrent client, a P2P app, or a Usenet client) and hits "download all" just because they can.
That's what's clear, and the law dictates the opposite, because somewhere along the way, we, as a society, decided that people who create things get compensated.
Now, the argument against DRM is sound. There is one glaring problem with it, though, and that's the people making the argument. When your biggest proponent is a horde of 13 year olds spamming a website with piles of shit because they think it's political, your whole argument suffers. We need the EFF to actually take some initiative and put out a media campaign or something, because right now, the "war" is perceived as record labels, movie studios, and software companies against the world, because people who advocate any sort of middle ground (like some kind of passive DRM that allows tracking of ownership without interfering with fair use) is ignored, because it's not as epic as "Pirates vs. The World."
You're right in that universities should take some due diligence in preventing copyright infringement, and the number of universities offering alternatives is increasing.
However, once a university does something to curb infringement, why should they continue to protect/anonymize students? If they've already gone out of their way to encourage students to not commit infringement, then the students should be on their own if they decide to continue doing it.
A desktop crammed into a slab, no, but an iBook, a PowerBook, or a MacBook with a swiveling screen are probably well within their capabilities.
1) The dorms are required for one year. Not two.
.isos everyone uses as their defense of BitTorrent, there's an on-campus linux mirror with a few different distros. That bandwidth doesn't count.
2) 1.5 GB a week is a lot. The limit is actually now 2.0 GB a week, and there are plenty of ways to make things not count against you. Use the University-provided e-mail server means your e-mail is in-network and doesn't count. Using the University-provided HTTP proxy keeps your web browsing in-network, and it doesn't count.
3) Do you even know why that bandwidth cap was instated? Back in the days of the original Napster (not the subscription Napster (which is free at Penn State), there was a group of 8 students that were using up the bandwidth for the entire University. Not just the residence halls, but the entire campus. The swipe card readers on the dorms wouldn't work, because the network was saturated with illegal downloading. By limiting each jack to 2 GB a week, you can actually use the network in labs and classrooms when you need it, too.
4) Draconian policies? You mean "Don't download illegal materials?" That's pretty draconian, let me tell ya. You know, your cable line has the same policy on it.
Oh, and since nobody actually downloads copyrighted material, just those linux
According to the terms of service of most ISPs, you ARE liable for your neighbors using your network. Your connection is your responsibility, and if someone uses it without your knowledge, then you have been negligent.
In 12 months, most PS3s will still be in the boxes, so yes.
Just got a new contract from Cingular, and I got a Motorola L6 for $50 with a $50 MIR (so, basically free), and it's got no lock on the features (that I've noticed).
It's data port is mini-USB, so I can use any cable that fits the port as a data cable, like that mini-USB cable that comes with just about every digital camera anymore. (Or maybe not anymore, actually, what with cameras using SD cards and the like.)
Anyway, with the Motorola software (which isn't technically free, but there are freeware/shareware versions floating around, or at least some trials), and any mini-USB cable, I can dick around with my phone, and even use it as a cellular modem.
Sure, maybe I'm paying $50 a month for my phone, but if I didn't have the money, I wouldn't have the phone. By looking around and seeing how just about every jackass is loudly going on about their latest drunken escapade or embarassing medical condition, I think most people can afford a cell phone.
The RIAA has the rights to distribution, and they say it's 10 bucks for a CD.
If you obtain the CD, but don't give them the 10 bucks, then they've lost 10 bucks.
It's actually pretty easy to see how it's a lost sale. If you were never going to buy it, why download it? The argument you always hear is "The music sucks blah blah blah." If it sucks so badly (and a lot of it does), then why does everybody desire to possess it so much? It boggles the mind.
This is something that gets to me, so don't think I'm attacking you. It's just an argument that gets made all the time and doesn't make sense.
You say that since you weren't going to buy something, that it's not really a lost sale, since you wouldn't have bought it. However, you're using it, exactly for the purpose it was released for. Whether it's listening to a CD, watching a movie, or installing software, you're getting the use that you're supposed to have paid for without having done so. Therefore, it is, in fact, a lost sale. As a user and a customer, you owe the creator, publisher, etc. whatever value they've set on the product, unless you've negotiated some other deal (perhaps through a rebate, coupon, or sale).
Since everyone using a stolen copy of Windows hasn't paid for it, they all owe Microsoft the going rate for it. Microsoft lost those sales.
Why would be stuck on Pentium IV for six years?
Because Intel keeps adding 1 to 4 and getting 4.9999056489, so it isn't quite 5 yet.