Google is your friend. By the way, this is why you never post your cell number online. Set up a temp email address instead, or ask interested buyers to post their number, not yours.
Well, why not apply the ratio of downloads to uploads to the legal purchase price?
In your example, whoever does the distribution is liable... you'd be liable to passing it on to your mum, she'd be liable for passing it on to the others.
No, that would be the Catholitic converter. The Cathalitic converter was developed in souther France, it is used to sway pollution from papal authority.wikipedia: Cathar
A Carthalitic converter, on the other hand, is attached to the exhaust pipe of elephants to assist in crossing the Alps.
And finally, anyone of Greek descent can tell you that the cathalitic converter is really a device used to convert puppies into salt, from the roots "kat-", being the young of animals, and "hali-", meaning salt.
Except, of course, that if one uploads to a third-party site, then the person doing the uploading doesn't need to use the bandwidth. They've provided the copy to potentially limitless downloaders, while only maxing out the upload for 320 secs. This is, after all, the whole point of uploading the file -- so you don't get bogged down in p2p data transfer but still manage to make the content available.
When competition becomes serious, "embrace and extend." This is exactly what MS's outlandish purchases in the 90s were about, and it seems they just forgot about it for a while (and were probably concerned about antitrust).
Meet the new Microsoft... same as the old Microsoft.
by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF (813746) Alter Relationship on Thursday November 09, @01:47PM (#16787847)...
I'm no geophysicist, but a celestial body with a molten core that was not spinning could certainly exist. Is it improbable that the moon is such a body?
The moon revolves with a period of 27+ days (the sidereal period). Furthermore, any body in space with a molten core that moves with a regularly changing momentum (e.g., orbits anything) will revolve. This is due to the inertia of the molten core. So, a celestial body with a molten core that does not spin is theoretically possible, but it would require that the body is not in orbit, or that the orbit's diameter is so huge that the angular momentum is insignificant.
it's the presence of a dipole. (There's some really terrible doulbe entendres to get from that, but I'll pass onthe opportunity).
by casualsax3 (875131) Alter Relationship on Thursday November 09, @12:30PM (#16787241):
The fact that the moon as a very weak magnetic field is almost proof in and of itself that it doesn't have a molten core:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field#Magnet ic_field_of_celestial_bodies [wikipedia.org]
The moon's sidereal period is over 27 days, a strong magnetic field would not be expected. The major indicator that a molten core is not present is the lack of a dipolar field -- which a geodynamo (from the molten core) would cause.
Now, asking rhetorically: If Rumsfeld had not pushed for going to war, would it have happened anyway?
I know you asked rhetorically, but I have to address this --
Powell was against the war, but toed the line and made the case for it before the UN (depsite his reservations about the conclusivity of the evidence). When Powell rediscovered his spine and refused to lie to the public, he was forced out.
Don't you think that Rummy was selected for the position precisely because of his stance vis-a-vis use of military power? And if he were to change his mind, wouldn't he have been forced out as quickly as Powell was?
There are plenty of political websites for you to get your rocks off on.
Lets stick with technology related news.
Sure. Because political news can never be a subset of "News for Nerds"? You don't have to view the discussion of any article, if it bothers you, why not just ignore it?
And I'll say that the general discussion on political topics on slashdot is very different from the discussion on political sites... and I much prefer the discussion here. At least the rabid partisans on slashdot come from all slants.
Finally, if you are logged in, go to "preferences" select "home page" and change how the different sections are prioritized... if you want, you can opt never to see a "politics" article again.
"I believe DARPA is barking up the wrong tree for now, or at least biting off more than they can chew."
I think what you're trying to say is that DARPA isn't capable of developing speech recognition software equal to the task of real-time translation.
I'm sure that DARPA is fully aware that the biggest block to real-time translation is speech recognition -- that's why they are funding this project -- because it is (1) beyond the scope of what private enterprise is currently capable of without cash influx and (2) because it would be extremely useful to have such a tool, and to have the IP rights to it.
Speech recognition is a part of translation, not outside it.
Who gives gifts of several hundreds of dollars in electronics?
I do. To myself. Seriously, the holiday shopping period (and the all-important just-post-holiday-period) is the best time to buy personal electronics. Christmas gifts I tend to buy way ahead of time, anyway.
Also, to note, that there are lots of DINKs out there (double income -- no kids) for whom a few hundred dollars on a gift is totally within reason -- and if you were going to buy it anyway (like a new laptop, for example), why not give it as a gift?
I sat in the corner with the old folks who shun technology, but at least I know where my vote went.
What, in the rubbish bin? Or in the "we'll-only-count-these-if-it's-a-close-one" pile, like absentee ballots?
Until the ENTIRE tabulation process is open to the public, I will never assume that my vote is counted. I.E., the votes should be counted in the room where they were cast, once the polls have closed. No one enters, no one leaves until the counting is done, with a glass window so that the public can observe the process in entirety.
Congratulations, you are a victim of state-mandated monopolies. Government regulation got you into this mess; the city signed a contract giving Cox exclusive rights to your town.
And without the government sponsorship of the monopoly, he'd probably have no cable service at all. That infrastructure is prohibitively expensive to put up in most areas, and no one would rik the outlay without some guarantee of profit.
The problem is not that there is government regulation of the sponsored monopoly; the problem is that the government has failed to do its duty by regulating the monopoly properly.
This is because the government is owned by corporations, no longer a government of the people.
IIRC, you're absolutely right. Either way, though, it requires collusion to set the price at an artificial level in order to derive some non-competitive advantage (in this case, to drive Rambus OOB).
Well, one of TFAs is not responding, another requires flash...
But I will say that there is NOTHING scarier than "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
Because eventually, if you keep messing around in the dark, it's going to happen... and only your imagination limits how terrible a grue is. This game experience was why I demanded my parents install a nightlight.
Well, first, if you're going to post like such an ass, you should at least have the cojones to not post as AC.
Second, did you read the article? Was the article not specifically about the DOJ's initiation of investigations into Sony Electronics? Did the article even give more than a passing nod to other companies that the DOJ is currently investigating? Did you even RTFA?
Why are YOU upset that the summary reflects the article? Just because the focus of the article happens to be Sony? Or because you enjoy hopping on the anti-Zonk bandwagon?
Here, try something that may be beyond your intellect:
1. Read the summary. 2. RTFA. 3. Does TFS reflect TFA? If not, go ahead and criticize. If so, shut your piehole.
The origin of Earth's extremophiles is that of life that evolved from organisms which existed in relatively benign environments, but were pushed into extreme environments through competition.
Not necessarily. It's quite possible (likely, even) that life existed/began in what we would consider extreme environments, then evolved according to the changing conditions on the planet. Today we have what we would consider benevolent conditions on most of the planet's surface, yet many of the organisms of a billion years ago might have a very hard time surviving.
This knee-jerk Sony-bashing stuff is getting kind of weird.
I don't think it's weird -- I think it's a natural reaction to the comedy of errors that is currently Sony. Sony has destroyed their brand reputation among a significant subset of their consumer base by shipping defective product, by attempting to cover that up, by shipping product with consumer-harming add-ons, by making poor management decisions, by making promises they can't keep... etc.
Sure, some people take it a little far -- but it's Sony that has bashed themselves, others are just making note of it. I for one am refusing to purchase Sony products until I see evidence that they've cleaned up their act.
Basically, extremophiles are organisms that can survive at both extermes of the temperature spectrum.
False.
Extremophiles can survive at one or more extremes of any of a number of spectrums, including temperature, pressure, background radiation, salinity, etc.
Some of the codecs do help to play clips, but others are disguised as a variety of nuisance or malicious programs.
I know when I want people to use my codec, I disguise it as malware.
The upcoming Halloween holiday is already being exploited by malicious hackers who are baiting websites with viruses and trojans.
Who would bait their website with viruses? I mean really, is someone going to click on a link that says "Get your viruses here!" The video content is the bait, the malware is the payload.
"As the DOJ continues its investigation into RAM price fixing, it has started looking at Sony's operations."
"'Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ in what appears to be an industrywide inquiry,' the company said in a short statement."
So in other words...
DOJ: "Let's see... next on the list is... Sony, you're up."
Well, how could a price-fixing inquiry NOT be industry-wide? The whole mechansim of price-fixing is that you get everyone in the industry to set prices at an artificially high level. Any industry member who didn't participate would break the scheme, as long as they had the production capacity.
So, when people say that Sony isn't being singled out, that they're just one of many... that's exactly the point of the investigation.
"Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ in what appears to be an industrywide inquiry," the company said in a short statement. (Emphasis mine).
I'll amend your selective emphasis a bit:
Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ in what appears to be an industrywide inquiry," the company said in a short statement.
Does it look a little different now? I think we've all learned to never take the statements of a company under investigation at face value -- they've shareholders and executives to protect, after all.
It is also a matter of honesty and democracy to allow others a reasonable amount of control.
(emphasis mine)
That's nice and all, but since when are those two characteristics of any import to the powers that be in the US? Or did you mispell hypocrasy and demagoguery?:)
That's what it's all about here.
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Well, I got a RIAA warning letter when I downloaded Good Vibrations... I guess you could say they gave me a letter of Marque-mark and the Funky Bunch.
So now who is the corsair and who is the pirate?
Google is your friend.
By the way, this is why you never post your cell number online. Set up a temp email address instead, or ask interested buyers to post their number, not yours.
Well, why not apply the ratio of downloads to uploads to the legal purchase price?
In your example, whoever does the distribution is liable... you'd be liable to passing it on to your mum, she'd be liable for passing it on to the others.
No, that would be the Catholitic converter. The Cathalitic converter was developed in souther France, it is used to sway pollution from papal authority.wikipedia: Cathar
A Carthalitic converter, on the other hand, is attached to the exhaust pipe of elephants to assist in crossing the Alps.
And finally, anyone of Greek descent can tell you that the cathalitic converter is really a device used to convert puppies into salt, from the roots "kat-", being the young of animals, and "hali-", meaning salt.
Except, of course, that if one uploads to a third-party site, then the person doing the uploading doesn't need to use the bandwidth. They've provided the copy to potentially limitless downloaders, while only maxing out the upload for 320 secs. This is, after all, the whole point of uploading the file -- so you don't get bogged down in p2p data transfer but still manage to make the content available.
Microsoft has always "gotten it".
When competition becomes serious, "embrace and extend." This is exactly what MS's outlandish purchases in the 90s were about, and it seems they just forgot about it for a while (and were probably concerned about antitrust).
Meet the new Microsoft... same as the old Microsoft.
by casualsax3 (875131) Alter Relationship on Thursday November 09, @12:30PM (#16787241): The moon's sidereal period is over 27 days, a strong magnetic field would not be expected. The major indicator that a molten core is not present is the lack of a dipolar field -- which a geodynamo (from the molten core) would cause.
Powell was against the war, but toed the line and made the case for it before the UN (depsite his reservations about the conclusivity of the evidence). When Powell rediscovered his spine and refused to lie to the public, he was forced out.
Don't you think that Rummy was selected for the position precisely because of his stance vis-a-vis use of military power? And if he were to change his mind, wouldn't he have been forced out as quickly as Powell was?
And I'll say that the general discussion on political topics on slashdot is very different from the discussion on political sites... and I much prefer the discussion here. At least the rabid partisans on slashdot come from all slants.
Finally, if you are logged in, go to "preferences" select "home page" and change how the different sections are prioritized... if you want, you can opt never to see a "politics" article again.
"I believe DARPA is barking up the wrong tree for now, or at least biting off more than they can chew."
I think what you're trying to say is that DARPA isn't capable of developing speech recognition software equal to the task of real-time translation.
I'm sure that DARPA is fully aware that the biggest block to real-time translation is speech recognition -- that's why they are funding this project -- because it is (1) beyond the scope of what private enterprise is currently capable of without cash influx and (2) because it would be extremely useful to have such a tool, and to have the IP rights to it.
Speech recognition is a part of translation, not outside it.
Also, to note, that there are lots of DINKs out there (double income -- no kids) for whom a few hundred dollars on a gift is totally within reason -- and if you were going to buy it anyway (like a new laptop, for example), why not give it as a gift?
Until the ENTIRE tabulation process is open to the public, I will never assume that my vote is counted. I.E., the votes should be counted in the room where they were cast, once the polls have closed. No one enters, no one leaves until the counting is done, with a glass window so that the public can observe the process in entirety.
The problem is not that there is government regulation of the sponsored monopoly; the problem is that the government has failed to do its duty by regulating the monopoly properly.
This is because the government is owned by corporations, no longer a government of the people.
IIRC, you're absolutely right. Either way, though, it requires collusion to set the price at an artificial level in order to derive some non-competitive advantage (in this case, to drive Rambus OOB).
Well, one of TFAs is not responding, another requires flash...
But I will say that there is NOTHING scarier than "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."
Because eventually, if you keep messing around in the dark, it's going to happen... and only your imagination limits how terrible a grue is. This game experience was why I demanded my parents install a nightlight.
Well, first, if you're going to post like such an ass, you should at least have the cojones to not post as AC.
Second, did you read the article? Was the article not specifically about the DOJ's initiation of investigations into Sony Electronics? Did the article even give more than a passing nod to other companies that the DOJ is currently investigating? Did you even RTFA?
Why are YOU upset that the summary reflects the article? Just because the focus of the article happens to be Sony? Or because you enjoy hopping on the anti-Zonk bandwagon?
Here, try something that may be beyond your intellect:
1. Read the summary.
2. RTFA.
3. Does TFS reflect TFA? If not, go ahead and criticize. If so, shut your piehole.
Sure, some people take it a little far -- but it's Sony that has bashed themselves, others are just making note of it. I for one am refusing to purchase Sony products until I see evidence that they've cleaned up their act.
Extremophiles can survive at one or more extremes of any of a number of spectrums, including temperature, pressure, background radiation, salinity, etc.
Who would bait their website with viruses? I mean really, is someone going to click on a link that says "Get your viruses here!" The video content is the bait, the malware is the payload.
So, when people say that Sony isn't being singled out, that they're just one of many... that's exactly the point of the investigation.
That's nice and all, but since when are those two characteristics of any import to the powers that be in the US? Or did you mispell hypocrasy and demagoguery?
That's what it's all about here.